T HREE persons were arrest- ed for illegally recruiting 73 women, including nine minors, who were rescued by au- thorities in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur last Tuesday morning. The suspects, Nora Dipatuan Malagyan, Miguel Salvador and Aslea Melo, are detained at the Prosperidad municipal police sta- tion in Patin-ay, Prosperidad. The victims, mostly from Ma- guindanao and Cotabato City, were brought Friday night to the office of the Department of Social EDGE P 15.00 • 20 PAGES www.edgedavao.net VOL.5 ISSUE 165 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, OCTOBER 21 - 22, 2012 Congrats mga lespu! Serving a seamless society DAVAO Science\ Environment Page A1 Indulge Follow Us On Science/ Environment Page 7 Page 4 Sports Page 15 Suburbia Human trafficking Victims mostly come from Maguindanao, North Cotabato and Cotabato City. F73 WOMEN, 10 73 women, kids saved; 3 nabbed By Anthony S. Allada CARNAPPING. Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte Carpio (center) and P/SSupt. Gregorio R. Pimentel, Highway Patrol Group (HPG) chief, look on while Davao City Police Director P/SSupt. Ronald dela Rosa demonstrate how carnappers cut the wires for the alarm devices of vehicles during the presentation of arrested members of Baktin carnap group and the recovered carnapped vehicles at the Davao City Police Office on FridaY. [LEAN DAVAL JR.] T HE Food and Drugs Ad- ministration (FDA) has warned anew on the pro- liferation of banned drugs ped- dled in the sidewalks of the Chi- natown district, Davao City, the same products that were the target of previous confiscations and arrests. Arnold Alindada, FDA Davao region director, said the banned drugs being peddled again were those promising to promote weight loss and enhance sexual potency. “There’s even a medi- cal doctor here that suffered a colon cancer after taking big doses of that slimming drug,” Alindada said, without identifying the patient. The allowable presence of mercury should not ex- ceed one part per million, “but the banned drug contained 1,000 ppm,” Alindada added. The FDA did not identify the origin of the banned drugs, al- though they could have been sneaked into the city using ei- ther the cities of Zamboanga and General Santos. MC/MindaNews FDA warns vs spread of banned drugs
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THREE persons were arrest-ed for illegally recruiting 73 women, including nine
minors, who were rescued by au-thorities in Prosperidad, Agusan
del Sur last Tuesday morning.The suspects, Nora Dipatuan
Malagyan, Miguel Salvador and
Aslea Melo, are detained at the Prosperidad municipal police sta-tion in Patin-ay, Prosperidad.
The victims, mostly from Ma-guindanao and Cotabato City, were brought Friday night to the office of the Department of Social
Victims mostly come from Maguindanao, North Cotabato and Cotabato City.
F73 WOMEN, 10
73 women, kids saved; 3 nabbedBy Anthony S. Allada
: Recharging Life
CARNAPPING. Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte Carpio (center) and P/SSupt. Gregorio R. Pimentel, Highway Patrol Group (HPG) chief, look on while Davao City Police Director P/SSupt. Ronald dela Rosa demonstrate how carnappers cut the wires for the alarm devices of vehicles during the presentation of arrested members of Baktin carnap group and the recovered carnapped vehicles at the Davao City Police Office on Friday. [LEAN DAVAL JR.]
THE Food and Drugs Ad-ministration (FDA) has warned anew on the pro-
liferation of banned drugs ped-dled in the sidewalks of the Chi-natown district, Davao City, the same products that were the target of previous confiscations
and arrests.Arnold Alindada, FDA Davao
region director, said the banned drugs being peddled again were those promising to promote weight loss and enhance sexual potency.
“There’s even a medi-
cal doctor here that suffered a colon cancer after taking big doses of that slimming drug,” Alindada said, without identifying the patient.
The allowable presence of mercury should not ex-ceed one part per million, “but
the banned drug contained 1,000 ppm,” Alindada added. The FDA did not identify the origin of the banned drugs, al-though they could have been sneaked into the city using ei-ther the cities of Zamboanga and General Santos. MC/MindaNews
VARiouS groups op-posing Republic Act (RA) 10175 or the
Cybercrime Prevention Act have agreed to form a citywide alliance against the controversial law.
in a meeting Thursday in Davao City, they agreed to unify their initiatives to combat the cybercrime law through the alliance that they will soon launch.
“it is better to have a unified stand to call for either the amendment or repeal of the law,” law-yer Carlos isagani Zarate, of the union of People’s
Lawyers in Mindanao and the second nominee of Bayan Muna partylist, told reporters.
He said both the tra-ditional and the new me-dia, including bloggers, media practitioners and ordinary internet users, should be united because “the issue cuts across ideological lines.”
“Everybody is affect-ed,” Zarate added.
He asked people not go easy on their campaign simply because a 120-day temporary restraining or-
THE BIG NEWS2 EDGEDAVAO
PROCLAMATION. YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association)-Davao election committee chair Pablo Gonzales (center) with members, Atty. Honesto Cabarroguis (extreme left) and Artemio R. Romero (extreme right) proclaims
the newly elected directors, Edge Davao editor Antonio Ajero, Atty. Ricardo Villegas, Atty. Leoncio Villa-Abrille and Atty. Antonio B. Partoza Jr. Elected but not in photo are realtor Jose B. Custodio, retired Judge Jose Lopez and Youth
Director Buddy Mark Salonga. Photos at right show Comelec chair Gonzales assisted by Commissioner Romero and YMCA Davao General Secretary Sylvia Piedad, starts the tabulation of the votes cast.
THE P70-million Pri-ority Development Assistance Fund
(PDAF) of each repre-sentative of the House is not yet included in the P1.6-billion infrastruc-ture funds set aside for the three congressional districts of Davao City in the annual General Ap-propriations Act (GAA) of Fiscal Year 2013.
This was learned from congressman isidro ung-ab of the 3rd District, who said that he and two oth-
er members of the House representing the three districts will get a com-bined PDAF of P210 mil-lion for projects they have identified for FY 2013.
ungab said that the PDAF is not the same with the P1.6 million to-tal infra funds in the GAA that will go to the three districts.
of the huge amount, the bulk –P742.7 million, or 46.21 percent, will go to the 3rd District, ung-ab said. The 2nd district
represented by congress-woman Mylene Garcia will get a share of P527.7 million, or 32.83 percent, while the 1st district of Rep. Karlo Nograles will have a share of P336.6m million, or 20.94 percent.
“Aside from our dis-tricts’ GAA share and our PDAF, congressmen can also access to other sources of funds in the national government, through the various de-partments like the de-partments of health,
agriculture, agrarian re-form, education,TESDA, social welfare and de-velopment,” ungab told Edge Davao.
“We can also get fund-ing assistance from insti-tutions and governments abroad, if they are con-vinced of our project pro-posals like solar power development, providing of water systems in com-munities not reached by the water district, com-puter units, among oth-ers,” Rep. Garcia added.
3 solons’ P210-M PDAF notincluded in P1.6-B bonanzaBy Antonio M. AjeroLAWYER Leoncio
“Nonoy” P. Vil-la-Abrille , a national
leader of the Jaycees Sen-ate, Rotary international and Ambassador Club international, topped the election of directors of the YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) of Davao during the associ-ation’s 41st annual corpo-rate meeting at the YMCA multi-purpose hall last Saturday.
Villa-Abrille is a mem-ber of the current board of directors and officers whose incumbent presi-dent (for two years now) is lawyer Antonio “ony”
B. Partoza Jr.others who made it to
the board aside from Vil-la-Abrille, were Partoza, lawyer Ricardo V. Ville-gas, Jose B. Custodio, re-tired Regional Trial Court judge Jose B. Lopez and Edge Davao editor Anto-nio M. Ajero.
Buddy Mark C. Salon-ga won as youth direc-tor. The elected directors were proclaimed by Di-rector Pablo R. Gonzales Jr., election committee chairman.
The newly elected and reelected members of the board and incumbent
Villa-Abrille tops YMCA elections
THE Davao City Police office an-nounced the dis-
mantling of a carnapping group that had been op-erating in the city since November 2011 follow-ing the recent arrest of its four members.
Senior Superinten-dent Ronald de la Rosa, DCPo director said ar-rested were Hermie Ta-hom, Eddie Lopez, Jerry Paulino and Diego Ma-catimpag.
Tahom of Tandag City,
Surigao del Sur turned in his three other cohorts in Davao City after his ap-prehension Monday while aboard a stolen gray Toy-ota innova in Tandag City.
The vehicle’s loss was reported Monday dawn by an executive of a ba-nana plantation in the city.
De la Rosa said the vehicle was traced by au-thorities through its glob-al positioning system.
He attributed a total of 21 carnapping incidents
to the group, 18 in Davao City and three in Tagum.
De la Rosa said the arrests also led to the re-covery of five cars com-prising one each of Toyota innova, Hyundai Tucson, Honda Fit, Kia Carens and one Toyota Grandia van.
ivestigators are look-ing for the alleged mas-termind of the group identified by his cohorts as Ryan Yu alias “Baktin”.
De la Rosa said said the group usually oper-ates between 12 mid-
night and 2:00 o’clock in the morning, and have contacts with a car firm since through its lead-er, they can easily open target vehicles without breaking car doors and windows.
Mayor Sara Duter-te-Carpio urges victims of carnapping to cooper-ate in the filing of charges against the perpetrators even as she congratulat-ed the police for a job-well-done. PIA 11/Joey Sem G. Dalumpines
Police dismantle carnap group
SECuRiTY personnel of the city govern-ment arrested a call
center agent for allededly trying to steal a Philip-pine flag from the Davao City hall Friday dawn.
But when 23-year-old Markxell inabiogan was brought to the nearby San Pedro police station, he said he had no intention of stealing the flag.
“i just do not want the flag to get wet by the rain,” he told the police.
However, retired po-liceman Anahaw, team leader of the city hall se-curity team, inabiogan
was not authorized to lower the flag.
The flag retreat, he said, is done every Friday afternoon.
inabiogan was caught by security guards while lowering the flag from its pole.
Security staff made the arrest on suspicion the suspect would replace it with something else.
inabiogan is facing a theft charge even as au-thorities are still looking into other possible viola-tions that he made with regards to the handling of the Philippine Flag. [ASA]
WHiLE his family members were crying, an al-
leged leader of the noto-rious terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group who was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat faked a collapse as mem-bers of the Regional intel-ligence unit 11 of the Phil-ippine National Police-in-telligence Group were about to take him aboard a van that was supposed to take him to the Davao in-ternational Airport Friday morning.
But Basal Taib, alias kumander Gonggong Sali or Jalil Adjal, was forced to board the vehicle where soon enough dropped all
pretense of illness.He was escorted by
Riu 11 chief Supt. Leon-ardo Felonia, deputy chief for intelligence insp. Cri-sente Evangelio and SPo4 Pio Saavedra in his trans-fer from the Riu 11 deten-tion center at Candelar-ia, Ecoland, this city to Zamboanga City and from there isabela, Basilan.
Taib’s detention at Riu 11 was kept secret until Friday because he was considered a high-profile personality with a P3.3 million reward for his ar-rest.
Task Force Sanglahi, a special group created by PNP chief Gen. Nica-nor Bartolome through a
directive from President Benigno Simeon Aquino iii, composed of Riu 11, PNP Special Action Force, and Philippine Air Force and in coordination with the Palimbang municipal police Station mounted an operation at 12:05 p.m. on Wednesday that resulted to Taib’s arrest in front of Wal Primary School, Ba-rangay Wal, Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat.
The arrest was by vir-tue of an arrest warrant is-sued by Judge Leo Jay Prin-cipe of the Regional Trial Court Branches 1 and 8 in isabela, Basilan for kid-napping and serious illegal detention.
The case stemmed from
an incident that happened sometime in 2001 when Taib reportedly led the Abu Sayyaf group to kidnap and detain employees of Gold-en Harvest Plantation in Lantawan, Basilan.
Sources said the vic-tims were later beheaded, but authorities have yet to confirm this. other re-ports showed that Taib also participated in a series of bombing incidents in Mindanao and the National Capital Region.
Taib reportedly dis-guised himself as a volun-teer teacher and an ency-clopedia sales representa-tive that set him up to be at the school premises when he was arrested. [ASA]
FVILLA-ABRILLE, 10
FDAVAO, 10
Man arrested ‘stealing’ flag
By Anthony S. Allada
Abu Sayyaf leader fakes collapsein police custody to avoid transfer
Davao City groups agree on alliance vs cybercrime law
TOP PRIZE. A collaboration between the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Philippines) and Banco de Oro Unibank (BDO) bagged 1st place at the recently-held 5th KYRA Awards, which recognizes the country’s best fundraising campaigns. ‘Funding and Finding Ways for the Environment’ empowers BDO ATM cardholders to voluntarily donate PHP5 to WWF after each ATM transaction. Funds support climate change, food security and environmental conservation programmes across the country.
WWF enjoins all BDO cardholders to continue supporting its initiatives via the award-winning programme. From left to right are Sheila Faycan (Marketing Assistant), Honey Carmona (Individual Donor Program Officer), Sophia Dedace (Communi-cations Officer), Reggie Olalia (VP for Marketing and Corporate Relations), Michelle Mohinani (Major Gifts Manager) and AJ Tapia (Corporate Relationships Manager).
4SCIENCE/ENVIRONMENT EDGEDAVAO
AN island-dwelling cockroach and a tiny snail were declared
extinct Wednesday while 400 plants and animals were added to a threatened “Red List” as global envi-ronment ministers met in india.
The international union for Conservation of Nature (iuCN) updated its author-itative study on the state of biodiversity on Earth, say-ing 20,219 species were at risk of dying out.
it added 402 species such as the Egyptian dab lizard and the Sichuan Tai-men, a fresh water fish from China, to the “Red List”, which puts them in the threatened category.
Two invertebrates, a cockroach from the Sey-chelles last seen in 1905 and a freshwater snail called Little Flat-Top from the uS state of Alabama, have moved into the extinct category since the last up-date of the bi-annual survey in June.
“These are species that do not occur anywhere else in the world,” the iuCN’s director of biodiversity conservation Jane Smart said at a uN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) conference in Hyderabad, southern india.
The report also showed that 83 percent of Mada-gascar’s 192 palm species, which the poor rely on heavily for food and hous-ing, are at risk of extinction.
They include the “Sui-cide Palm”, which grows up to 18 metres (60 feet) in height and dies a few months after flowering and producing seeds. only 30 mature specimens are known to exist in the wild today.
A quarter of the world’s mammals, 13 percent of birds, 41 percent of am-phibians and 33 percent of
BIODIVERsITy LOss. llustration of the main causes of biodiversity loss, with examples of en-dangered species. An island-dwelling cockroach and a tiny snail were declared extinct while 400
plants and animals were added to a threatened “Red List” as global environment ministers met in India [AFP]
REsCuED. A rescued gibbon undergoing rehabilitation at the Kalaweit sanctuary in Pararawen village. More
than 400 plants and animals were added to a “Red List” of species at risk of extinction. [AFP]
Hundreds of plants, animals added to ‘threatened list’
reef-building corals are at risk of extinction, according to the iuCN.
The report set alarm bells ringing as more than 70 environment ministers met for talks on halting the depletion of Earth’s natural resources, with pressure for them to match political pledges with hard cash.
There was also some happy news, however, with the iuCN saying eight spe-cies had moved out of the extinct category due to new sightings.
They include a Tanzani-an tree, Erythrina schlieb-enii, five types of mollusc,
a dwarf toad from Sri Lan-ka, and Holdridge’s Toad, a species from Costa Rica.
The gathering comes two years after uN coun-tries approved a 20-point plan at a conference in Ja-pan for reversing the wor-rying decline in plant and animal species that humans depend on for food, shelter and livelihoods.
Execution of the plan has been hamstrung by a lack of funding and the Hyderabad talks are being closely watched for new fi-nancial commitments.
Environmental econo-mist Pavan Sukhdev said
Wednesday that an expert panel had concluded that between $150-440 billion (115 to 330 billion euros) would be needed annual-ly to meet the Japan goals, dubbed the Aichi biodiver-sity targets.
Current conservation spending is estimated at about $10 billion per year.
With a 2020 deadline, the targets include halv-ing the rate of habitat loss, expanding conservation areas, preventing the ex-tinction of species on the threatened list, and restor-ing at least 15 percent of degraded ecosystems.
“The cost of inaction is something that people have only just begun to appreci-ate,” uN Environment Pro-gramme executive director Achim Steiner warned.
“When you run out of water, when you run out of arable land... and your rivers run dry, when your lakes silt up, when your fisheries collapse, then it is often too late to start talking about the value of biodiver-sity ecosystems.”
The three-day minis-ters’ meeting comes at the end of two weeks of talks by senior officials from 184 parties to the conference --
negotiations that delegates say have become stuck on the question of financing in a time of economic austeri-ty.
The convention, to which 193 countries are signatories, marks its 20th anniversary this year.
it has already missed one key deadline when it failed to meet the target set to halt biodiversity loss by 2010.
The updated Red list, assessing 65,518 known species of animals and plants, lists 795 as extinct and 63 as surviving only in captivity. [AFP]
BuiLDERS and contractors have more important roles to play in ensuring
the safety of the public in gen-eral so they should be critical when choosing the products they use.
“The use of substandard and uncertified construction products can affect your rep-utation so make sure you only choose those that have been certified in terms of quality and safety,” Philippine Product Safe-ty and Quality Foundation, inc. (PPSQF) representative Alex Yanson said Thursday during
the Consumer Fair 2012 open-ing Program held at the NCCC Mall in Davao City.
He said PPSQF is appealing to builders and contractors to think of the safety of the people all the time in the construction of their projects.
More than ten companies have joined the fair and have made available samples of their products for the consumers to see. Among these companies are union Galvasteel Corpora-tion with their roofing prod-ucts, SMWPi Wood Products, inc with their plywoods, Tech-
no Trade Resources Davao with their water distribution pipes, Berben Merchant, inc. with their fire extinguishers and many others.
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, who was the guest speaker during the event, called on the manufacturers to promote the welfare and in-terest of the consumers. She also advised Dabawenyos to be aware of their rights as con-sumers.
“Consumer awareness is crucial as we strive to move forward,” Duterte-Carpio said.
She also urged the Department of Trade and industry to “cre-ate polices and an economic environment that will encour-age Dabawenyos to grow their business and improve their ca-pabilities.”
She said consumers should know their rights and that in-cludes the right to complain if they get products with sub-standard quality. Dabawenyos should also immediately file their complaints with DTi so that the manufacturers and sellers are apprised of the state of their products, she added.[LoVELy A. CARiLLo]
DELIVERy. A laborer loads ice blocks unto a motorboat that he delivered later in a nearby island at Sta. Ana Wharf yesterday. [LEAN DAVAL JR.]
FiSHERY officials are eyeing fish-ing seasons in the Davao Gulf in the face of dwindling fish produc-
tion.According to Bureau of Fisheries
and Aquatic Resources 11 officer in Charge Jose Villanueva they are look-ing at a 3-month closed fishing sea-son for galunggong (big bellied round scad) and tuna species in the gulf.
Villanueva said that according to his studies the problem with dwin-dling catch is fishery management in the gulf. Fisherfolks for example are using finer nets which nets very young fishes. About 40 to 50% of the catch have not reached juvenile stage.
“These fisherfolks still has plenty of catch but the fishes are much small-er.” Villanueva said.
The three month closed fishing season will give these fishes the time and opportunity to spawn eggs.
The fishing season will only ap-ply to the mentioned fish species, for closed seasons, fisherfolks can still catch species not included in the ban. once it is open season, these fishes can be harvested again.
He cited the close and open fishing season declared in Zamboanga which is limited to sardines, as a measure to prevent overfishing of the particular fish species.
Based on a 15-year old fishery study conducted by Villanueva as ear-ly as 1999 fishing has exceeded that of the maximum sustainable yield, which is ecological yield that can be harvest-ed without reducing the base popula-tion of the fishery resources.
under the implementing Rules and Regulations or iRR of the Davao City Fishery Code ordinance, the City has the power to implement closed and open fishing seasons within its mu-nicipal waters. Villanueva hopes that a unified program for municipal waters of the Davao Gulf can be adopted by the various local government units in the region. [PiA 11/RG ALAmA]
Builders urged to veer away from substandard materials
Six barges working non-stop excavating for gold and several
more hydraulic pumps tearing away whole mountainsides have turned the delta around iponan River in Cagayan de oro City, once a Class A environment teeming with life and vegetation, into a wasteland.
This was the conclu-sion reached by officials of the Department of En-vironment and Natural Resources in Northern Mindanao and Sulog-one Sendong is enough, an environmental non-gov-ernment organization, who met Wednesday to discuss the plight of the critically endangered ip-onan River.
“The iponan River sys-tem is so poisoned that even tadpoles no longer live there,” said Raoul Geollegue, a former DENR official who is now an environment advocate.
Rex Monsanto, DENR-10 regional director for
mines, said what was once an idyllic waterway in the 1970s has turned into an environmental wasteland with the in-troduction of hydraulic mining in the river in the 1990s.
Prior to that, Monsan-to said panning for gold was the main source of livelihood for the people of the hinterland villages until traders introduced hydraulic mining.
using high-pressure water shot through a noz-zle attached to pumps siphoning water from ip-onan River, miners blast-ed entire mountainsides to get to the gold.
Geollegue said for every gram extracted from the river, at least a ton of soil and dirt have to be extracted from the mountains and riverbeds. “To get gold the size of a matchbox, an entire mountain has to be de-stroyed,” he pointed out.
Geollegue said the toll FMINERs, 10
7EDGEDAVAO SUBURBIA
A top military officer ordered the imme-diate creation of a
board of inquiry to look into the circumstances in the en-counter between members 27th infantry Battalion and a group of heavily armed men 6:00 am october 18, in Purok uno, Sitio Aliong, Barangay Kimlawis, Kibla-wan, Davao del Sur which left three civilians dead and one wounded.
Brig. General Ariel Ber-nardo, commander of the 10th infantry Division said the Boi must look into the possible violation in the rules of engagement by the soldiers.
He also directed the offi-cers and men of the 27th iB involved in the incident to report to the division head-quarters immediately for further investigation.
initial investigation re-port revealed that mem-bers of the 27th iB head-ed by 1Lt. Dante Jimenez, commanding officer of the Bravo Company were re-sponding to a report about the presence of armed men in the area headed by alias Daguil Capeon, when they were fired upon as they ap-proached a nipa hut.
The report said the sol-diers fired back as five heav-ily armed men including Capeon withdrew towards Mt. Bololomot leaving be-hind three dead bodies, identified later as Juvy, Pop and John, wife and children of Capeon, respectively.
Vicky Capeon, one of the daughters of Daguil, was wounded in the left ear and sought refuge in their
relatives.The investigation dis-
closed further that although Capeon’s family resided at Barangay Datal Blao, sev-eral kilometers from the encounter site, they would visit the older Capeon in his lair, one of the reasons why they were present in one of his hiding places at Sitio Aliong during the incident.
Lt. Colonel Alexis Bravo, commanding officer of the 27th iB ordered the sol-diers to secure the area and at the same time requested the Kiblawan Police Station to provide personnel from the Scene of the Crime op-eration to conduct indepen-dent investigation at the encounter site.
He said Capeon’s group though small in number figured in several incidents in the past like the ambush on police personnel in Ki-blawan and the series of killings of innocent civilians in the area.
Bravo said Capeon’s group also clashed with sol-diers in previous occasions.
Soldiers recovered one hand grenade, one rifle gre-nade, empty shells of M-16 Armalite rifle and two piec-es M16 magazines with live bullets during the clearing operation.
Meanwhile, a Quick Reaction Team headed by Major obligado, command-er of the 10th Civil-Military operations Battalion pro-ceeded to the area to attend to the needs of the bereaved family in coordination with the Bongmal Tribal Coun-cil. [PIA 11/Joey Sem G. Da-lumpines]
sPORTs COMPLEX. Provincial Engineer Raul Mabanglo gives updates on the development of the P242-million sports complex during the live broadcast of PG Heads Hour last Friday from the Provincial Information Of-fice (PIO) mini studio, Capitol, Tagum City. Target completion date of the 11-hectare sports complex, which is now more than 72% complete, is No-vember 30 next month, said Engr. Mabanglo.
As previously announced by Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario during the ground-breaking ceremony held 11-11-11 or November 11, 2011, inauguration of the sports complex is expected on 12-12-12 or December 12, 2012.
Major features of the sports complex are the Olympic-sized swimming pool with warm-up pool, grandstand, and rubberized oval. These shall be made available to athletes of the upcoming Davao Region Athletic Asso-ciation (Davraa) Meet, the province having won as host in a bidding held recently in Davao City which the governor himself participated. PG Heads Hour is a program of PIO which aims to provide fresh information regarding the current programs, projects and activities under each department of the Provincial Government. [Photo by oNDoy LAGuitAo]
WiNNiNG in the 2013 elections in Davao ori-
ental will be a vigorous pursuit as most candi-dates are running with rivals except for five who will be running unop-posed.
Data from the Com-mission on Elections (CoMELEC) Davao ori-ental office of the Pro-vincial Election Super-visor shows that only top the offices in the Mu-nicipality of Boston and in the province are left with-out rivalry.
Among those uncon-tested are the provincial governor’s seat which only incumbent Gov. Corazon Malanyaon is aiming for re-election, and the vice governor’s seat which is eyed unop-posed by incumbent Vice Gov. Joel Mayo Almario.
House Representative Thelma Almario of the 2nd Congressional District of Davao oriental is also running unopposed while only the mayoralty and the vice mayoralty seats in the Municipality of Boston are freed from rivalry among the town level top posts.
Back at the provincial level, 10 candidates are vying for the Sangguni-ang Panlalawigan Board Members seats allotted for the 1st District and also 10 candidates are running for SP seats re-served for the 2nd Dis-
trict.Winning for 1st Dis-
trict Congressional post is match between the incumbent House Representative Nelson Dayanghirang and Napo-leon Sango.
Meanwhile, to post municipal level elec-tions in the 1st District of Davao oriental will be-come a fight of either two or more, except for the Municipality of Boston where the mayoralty and vice mayoralty seats are being aspired for one can-didates, respectively.
in Baganga, five can-didates are contending for the mayoralty seat: Ar-turo Monday, Cecilio Monday, Belino Morales, Roy Nazareno and Ronie osnan, while three can-didates are aiming for the vice mayoralty seat: Belly Agon, Edito Jualo, Ramo-na olea. A total of 29 can-didates are in hot pursuit for a seat at the Sangguni-ang Bayan.
in Manay, winning the mayoralty seat is a match between Jon Mar-co Dayanghirang and Ri-carte Mamparo while a duel between Elpedio Crave and Alvino Manu-ay is up for vice mayoralty race. Fourteen are aiming for a seat the Sangguni-ang Bayan.
in Caraga, William Duma-an and Alicia Mori are vying for the mayor-alty seat while Alexander Sael and Belshazzar So-
brecary are in a match to win the vice mayoralty seat. A total of 19 candi-dates are pursuing for a seat at the Sangguniang Bayan.
in Cateel, Wilbur Chua and Camilo Nunez are in a match to win the mayor-alty seat while isidro Cas-tro and Mariano Armando Carlos Dacuycuy are also in a duel to grab the vice mayoralty position. Eigh-teen candidates are aspir-ing for a seat at the Sang-guniang Panlungsod.
in Tarragona, con-tending candidates for the mayoralty seat are Romualdo Daruca and Nestor uy while aspirants for the the vice mayoralty seat are Ernesto Dapita-non, Edwin Matais and Merly Pusta. Nineteen candidates are running for a seat the Sangguni-ang Bayan.
in the 2nd District of Davao oriental, top posts at the municipal level are all rivaled.
in Mati City, winning the mayoralty seat is a match between incum-bent mayor Michelle Ma-rie Denise Rabat and Car-lo Luis Rabat; the taking the vice mayoralty seat is also a fight of two: Ma. Glenda Gayta and Antho-ny John Eric Rabat while 26 candidates are aiming to pick a seat at the City Council.
in Banaybanay, grabbing the mayoral-ty seat is a quartet fight
among Michael Raymond Angala, Catalina Bagay-as, Lemuel ian Larcia and Adalia Tambuang while winning the vice mayor-alty seat is a triad fight among Glicerio Patricio, Ryan Eric Santiago and Liezel Teves.
in Governor Gener-oso, three are vying for the mayoralty seat: Ar-nulfo Andoy, Jerry dela Cerna, and Vicente oren-cia. Three are also aspir-ing for the vice mayoral-ty post: Prima Guiritan, Basser Musa and Katrina Joy orencia while 28 can-didates are looking at the prospect of picking a seat at the Sangguniang Bayan.
in Lupon, taking the mayoralty seat is a quartet fight among Paraluman Hager, Domin-go Lim, Afran Quinones and Eva Quinones-Man-dalupe while a trio fight among Ric Alinton, San-tos Alonzo Jr and Bonso Barabag is up for the vice mayoralty race. A total of 27 candidates are vying for a seat at the Sangguni-ang Bayan.
in San isidro, Apolinar Ruelo, Edgarflor Saulon and Justina Yu are in a trio fight for the mayor-alty seat while Renefredo Gerona, Rolando Gonzaga and Carlos orito are also in a trio quest for the vice mayoraly position. A total of 20 candidates are aspir-ing to sit at the Sangguni-ang Bayan. [PIA 11/ Jeane-vive Duron-Abangan]
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that it is investing in a fiber optic link that would increase commu-nication carrying capacity consid-erably and more efficiently. Com-petition indeed has the beneficial effect of compel-ling businesses to continuously innovate. This is to provide better products and ser-vices at more affordable cost to consumers.
But this hasn’t always been the case in the Philippines until lately. immediately fol-lowing World War ll, policy capture has been the order of the day in this country. Back then, influential businesses, among them PLDT, have been able to secure from govern-ment legal protection from competition.
Those who are old enough then should be able to recall the consequence of monop-oly. in the case of PLDT the line is always busy. Without competition a monopoly has no incentive to improve its product or ser-vice. Monopolies have proliferated even more during the Marcos dictatorship where favored cronies have easy access to policy.
This is until former president Cory Aqui-no has come to power and has promptly lib-eralized the economy. i’ve been a party to this process as a member of the 8th Congress. Competing industries have since prospered giving only the best to their customers. This precisely is the reason why PLDT is investing in a fiber optic link to please customers and secure more patronage in a now highly com-petitive telecommunication industry.
The bad news is that there are still a couple of important industries that remain protected. These are the shipping and air-line industries. Foreign cargo vessels are only allowed to unload and pick up cargo at the port of Manila and nowhere else in the country. Local shipping companies have the monopoly of picking up cargo coming from abroad which has been unloaded at the port of Manila for delivery to its final destination elsewhere in the country such as to Cebu or Davao City. They also have the monopoly of picking up cargo destined for abroad from all over the country for shipment to the port of Manila where foreign cargo vessels may pick it up for delivery to its final foreign des-tination.
This double handling necessarily adds to cost. Moreover, the exclusive privilege is also being abused. Shipping cargo from Davao City to Metro Manila is two times more ex-pensive than shipping the same cargo by foreign carrier from Metro Manila to Thai-land which is three times farther away. This makes export products from outside of Met-ro Manila such as from the Visayas and Min-danao less competitive. Foreign vessels must therefore be allowed to deliver cargo to and pick up cargo from any port in the country in order for the export industries of the Visayas and Mindanao to prosper.
The same goes for the airline industry. Foreign airlines carrying passengers from abroad may only land at NAiA. They’re not allowed to fly their passengers directly to their final destinations in the Philippines such as to Metro Cebu or Davao City. Local destinations are reserved for local airlines.
The Philippines is endowed with superi-or tourist resources. The country is also the nearest tourist destination in the ASEAN re-gion from tourist outgoing countries such as Japan, Taiwan and China. Yet, tourists from these countries prefer to go to Thailand and Malaysia because coming to the Philippines is more costly.
Most tourist destinations in the Philip-pines are in the Visayas and Mindanao. But the cost and inconvenience of having to take a double ride to these destinations are driv-ing tourists elsewhere in the ASEAN region. Some tourist have to stay overnight in Met-ro Manila before they can take a connecting flight to their final destination in the Visayas or Mindanao.
i recommend that congressmen from the Visayas and Mindanao take up the cud-gel for their constituents with regards to the domestic shipping and airline monopolies. They must mobilize a strong lobby in con-gress to eliminate these last remaining leg-acies of post-war Philippines. The object is not to secure privilege but to ensure fairness which is always good for everyone.
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Good job and the Duterte mantra
Competition
THE FRoNT pages of local peri-odicals have been adorned with photos of Mayor Sara D. Carpio
and City Police Director Sr. Supt. Ron-ald dela Rosa with arrested suspected leaders and members of two crime syn-dicates, one responsible for a series of carnapping incidents and the other for car break-ins. Add to these news sto-ries and pictures on arrests of men and women involved in the peddling of pro-hibited drugs.
The busts were refreshing, if not inspiring to Dabawenyos who recently worried over a succession of crimes against property and person, incidents that do not augur well for the city’s long time claim of being near crime-free as evidenced by the awards received by the city police force for a number of years now.
For their latest achievements, officers and members of the city police force
deserved to be lauded by the citizenry led by Mayor inday Sara. However, for the record, let it be said that the busts could not have been possible without the cooperation of other police stations and law enforcement agencies here and neighboring areas who contributed intelligence information and manpower. Civilian cooperation in providing more info to enrich police record and profiling and also urgent reports on crime activities about to happen or in progress are likewise indispensable.
indeed, the collaboration must continue since more data are needed, not only in lassoing in more criminals but also in strengthening cases against those already formally charged in court.
Everybody must do his share in achieving the mantra enunciated decades ago by then Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte that the city should at all times be a dangerous place for criminals.
said power in-terruptions in its franchise area will continue to be a major concern un-til 2015 when the coal-fired power plant of the Saran-gani Electric Corporation (SEC) in Maas-im, Sarangani starts operating. Socoteco ii and SEC have entered into a power sales agreement for the base load supply of 70MW, roughly 70 percent of the ca-pacity requirement of the electric coop-erative. The PSA was already approved by the Energy Regulatory Commission in July. SEC is expected to begin construc-tion next year.
Socoteco ii has an existing annual contract with the Aboitiz-owned Ther-ma Marine, inc. for the supply of 30MW to make for the reduced supply from the National Power Corporation. The supply from Therma Marine however jacked up electricity rates in its franchise area by more than P1.50 per kilowatt hour.
The power supply problem however is not just confined to the franchise ar-eas of Socoteco ii as Zamboanga is now reportedly suffering from 2-3 hours of brownouts. So is iligan City, which hosts the Mindanao regional offices of both the National Power Corporation and the National Grid Corporation of the Philip-pines.
During the height of the 2010 pow-er crisis when prolonged dry season in Mindanao brought the total power sup-ply down to less than 500MW, brown-outs lasting up to 12 hours severely af-fected and interrupted business opera-tions throughout the island.
The national government has yet to quantify the losses incurred by the economy in Mindanao caused by those brownouts but it is conservative to place them in the hundreds of millions of pe-sos as the power supply problem lasted for close to five months.
These power supply crisis is again staring at the faces of Mindanaoans al-though this did not really disappear af-ter the 2010 debacle.
But the need to accelerate the ad-dition of new capacities are now more pronounced if the island is to sustain its growth in spite of the ongoing and recur-ring power supply problem. More so now that the prospect of lasting peace in the troubled southern parts of the island is already at hand.
Even if the Agus and Pulangi hydro-electric power plants, which are still owned and operated by the Napocor, are fully rehabilitated to the tune of P30 billion, the Mindanao grid still needs to add at least another 300MW by 2016. That will bring the total requirement to 600MW based on the PCCi recommenda-tion (figure includes the 300 new capaci-ty that did not materialize between 2009 and 2012). The supply demand will even grow bigger beyond 2016 when a final peace agreement between the MiLF and the government would have been signed.
The conflict areas in Mindanao are among the least developed regions in is-land. ironically, these areas are also rich in natural as well as mineral resources. if peace reigns in these troubled regions, we need the infrastructure to propel growth in the island.
Stable and reliable power supply tops that list.
Without it, brownouts will be here for good.
[Edwin G. Espejo writes for www.asiancorrespondent.com.]
“FoR this trial in particular,” Koh wrote in an opinion, “which in-volves claims of up to $2.5 billion
in damages, this data is extremely import-ant to the public’s understanding of the eventual outcome, which has the potential for wide-ranging ripple effects.”
That’s the key in this case, and it ex-plains why the push for more open courts goes far beyond voyeurism. Cases like this matter to the public. Here, the defendant and the plaintiff together control a giant slice of the mobile phone market. And as we know, iPhones, Samsung Galaxys and other mobile devices are often how peo-ple go online today. The ultimate outcome of Apple v. Samsung will have a tangible effect on millions of people. This is what the press is paid to cover, and what it does when it’s at its best: devote the time and resources to figuring out what’s happening up in the stratosphere where giants wage their battles, and then explain it in a way that lessens the gap between the elite and the rest of us. Journalism like that is what the public says it wants. Journalism like that requires access to source materials.
Apple and Samsung are appealing Koh’s unsealing ruling in the u.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. in the meantime the relevant documents remain under wraps. The question now is where that court will
draw the line on what the tech giants are allowed to keep private in a high-profile public trial.
You can debate the wisdom of these big patent trials. (Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs’ co-founder in Apple, said of the trial, “i hate it.”) Regardless, they’re happening, all over the world, involving not just Apple and Samsung but companies like Google, HTC, and oracle. Their complexities are such that the weeks after the August verdict in the Apple v. Samsung case have been spent trying to figure out whether the chicken scratch on the jury’s verdict form adds up to $1,051,855,000 or $1,049,343,540 or $1,049,423,540. or trying to divine what the jury foreman really means when he says this or that in interviews. it might be natural for the companies to push for secre-cy, but it’s also natural for the public to push back on whether they really, truly need it or are unnecessarily leaving the public in the dark.
There’s a growing sense that the patent system in the united States is seriously out of whack. Either that’s the case or the pub-
lic is wrong in thinking it so. Neither situa-tion is particularly healthy for our economy (or our democracy, for that matter). We’ll have a better chance figuring out which it is, and fixing it, if we can fully see what’s happening.
Apple and samsung’s cone of silence
Brownouts are back, hopefully
not for good
( Conclusion )
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General Santos City
The unfulfilled dividends of peace
By NaNcy ScolaCommentary
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‘There’s a growing sense that the patent system in the United States is seriously out
of whack. Either that’s the case or the public is wrong in
thinking it so. Neither situation is particularly healthy for our economy (or our democracy,
for that matter). We’ll have a better chance figuring out which it is, and fixing
it, if we can fully see what’s happening.’
DECiSiVE FACToR – over the years and under different administra-tions, top national leaders are
always upbeat they are persistently con-fident of ending the decades-old armed conflict in Muslim-dominated areas in Mindanao. They continued to divulge grand and ambitious plans for Mind-anao, talked endlessly without getting tired and often straying from one topic to the next and their preferred subject is long-lasting peace.
However, peace cannot be achieved through flights of rhetoric, hackneyed phrases and lofty promises. it can only be accomplished if our leaders are ded-icated, sincere and honest enough to implement the appropriate processes and correct the offenses and histori-cal injustices against the people in the war-ravaged provinces in Mindanao. Peace cannot be obtained and achieved at the negotiating tables in foreign lands or elsewhere but it can be fully accom-plished and realized at home base.
When the Marcos regime signed the Tripoli Agreement in 1976 with the Moro secessionist movement, it had made it unmistakably clear that it opted to chart the democratic path in the pur-suance of the goals and aspirations of the Bangsamoro people for a just, com-prehensive, progressive and well-mean-ing peace. Then another Peace Pact was signed in 1996 between the Ramos leadership and again with the MNLF in Jakarta, indonesia. Ten years later MNLF chieftain Nur Misuari demanded for the renegotiation of the 1996 peace accord because of his belief the government failed to comply with its political and so-cio-economic provisions.
The leader-ship rejected his demand outright stating that it would only allow a review of the peace agreement’s unimplemented provisions. Feeling upset and disgust-ed, Misuari chose to violently oppose and repudiate the government that eventually resulted to his arrest. He was slapped with rebellion charges, jailed and place in solitary con-finement in January 2002. But prior to that unpleasant event, the performance of Misuari as the first regional governor of Autonomous Region in Muslim Mind-anao (ARMM) was the decisive factor in the peace efforts and commitments on various projects including the immedi-ate and comprehensive implementation of socio-economic programs.
That was a daunting task because the realization of the socio-economic programs and political commitment can create a progressive impact on the lives of the Bangsamoro people, but unfor-tunately the odds seem stacked against Misuari. Something wrong happened miserably along the way and this must be among the reasons he dismally failed to deliver the promised ‘peace dividends.’ Now there lays the problem confronting the Aquino administration and the Misu-ari-led MNLF faction after the signing of the Bangsamoro Framework Agreement between the GRP and the Moro islamic Liberation Front (MiLF). While there are things they need to iron out urgently, the present dispensation and the MNLF still
have different positions and conflicting views.
Some years back, the MNLF has maintained the truce, while the MiLF founded in 1978 by Misuari’s No.2 man Salamat Hashim rekindled fighting else-where in the island. Now it’s the other way around. The GRP and the MiLF re-cently signed the ‘historical’ Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro, which caught the ire of Misuari and his loyal fol-lowers. Although Misuari strongly pro-tested the GRP-MiLF effort, he objects the use of violence despite claims that he still commands a million constant fol-lowers. Probably annoyed by Misuari’s claim MiLF peace negotiator Mohagher iqbal quickly debunked and belittled the claim as “pure exaggeration.”
You now could see the varying and conflicting situations because it won’t be that too easy to reconcile the two fac-tions each longing to see the fulfillment of a true Bangsamoro autonomous polit-ical entity. To some quarters and promi-nent political observers, the ‘rift is seen as tribal’ in nature. Most of Misuari’s faithful supporters and freedom fighters hail from southwest Mindanao and Sulu while the MiLF’s followers and combat-ants are from Central Mindanao regions. Knowing for a fact, there is little coop-eration or harmony or nothing at all be-tween the two groups.
So how could one expect that peace is already within reach after the signing of the Bangsamoro Framework Agree-ment? There’s nothing to crow or brag about yet. it’s just the initial step towards achieving the long-cherished peace in Muslim Mindanao – and processes after-wards that are long and cumbersome.
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on the environment was catastrophic: heavy silt-ation has inundated thou-sands of hectares of farm lots along the iponan Riv-er and turned them into virtual wastelands.
“Even fruit and coco-nut trees planted along the riverbanks were not spared from silt and min-ing wastes,” he said.
What made matters worse, Geollegue said for-eigners, mostly Korean businessmen, came three years ago and introduced barges in the river on the pretext of quarrying sand and gravel.
“Why government agencies allowed them to operate with impunity is beyond me. The workers of these barges are not Filipinos but Koreans. Do they have working per-mits?” Geollegue asked.
Engr. Daniel Belderol, of the DENR Mine Man-agement Division, said upon their inspection, they found the barges were disguised as dredg-ers but were actually ex-cavators scooping the riv-er bottom for gold.
“The barges have chains of extractors that scoops the soil on the riv-er bottom. These have a mesh of filtering nets to separate the gold from the soil,” he said.
Photos from several aerial inspections made by the Philippine Air Force Tactical operations Group 10 and Sulog this year revealed that at least seven barges are operat-
ing along the iponan Riv-er.
A GMA 7 TV crew who went up to the hinterland villages to investigate the mining operations in iponan River on Feb. 1, 2012 was allegedly ha-rassed by a barangay offi-cial of Tuburan, who was reportedly a protector of the Korean businessmen.
Because of the result-ing public uproar, Cagay-an de oro Mayor Vicente Emano issued an order on Aug. 2, 2012 putting a stop to all mining ac-tivities along the iponan river.
The local government of Cagayan de oro has not been very forthright over the mining issue in iponan River. Several attempts made by local environmentalists and journalists to get copies of permits issued by the city government were not entertained.
Local officials insist-ed during interviews with the local press that mining operations have stopped after Emano’s order last Aug. 2.
An aerial inspection made again by the Phil-ippine Air Force and Su-log last Sept. 21 found that the barges were still there and operating in the river.
Last Wednesday, DENR Regional Direc-tor Ruth Tawantawan revoked all the Environ-ment Clearance Certifi-cates (ECC) issued to all companies engaged in
sand and gravel quarry-ing along the iponan Riv-er.
The DENR said some 20 companies were af-fected by the order and have set up a task force to conduct site inspections.
“Apparently these companies have engaged in some technical mal-versation because their permits were for quar-rying, not for mining,” Tawantawan said.
Meanwhile, farmers and fishermen who de-pend on the condition of the delicate ecosystem of iponan River are losing the battle against the ef-fects of mining.
Roldan Maglungsod, president of Baikingon Farmers Association, said heavy siltation has caused the river to change its course every time it rains heavily.
Because of this, Ma-glungsod said farmers have stopped investing in their farm lots because of the risk of economic loss.
Geollegue said not only the farmers are at risk but hundreds of fish-ermen along Macajalar Bay in Misamis oriental are threatened.
He said fishermen suffer from declining fish catch because the silt-ation has flowed to the fishing grounds in Ma-cajalar Bay.
“We see an entire eco-system already dying be-fore our eyes,” Geollegue lamented. [Froilan Gal-lardo / MindaNews]
Welfare and Development (DSWD) 11 for turn-over to their respective towns.
“i had to leave Cota-bato City early Saturday morning to facilitate their rescues,” Cotabato City Vice Mayor Muslimin Sema said in an interview.
The staff of North Co-tabato Governor Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza had earlier informed Sema’s son, Army Lt. Nasrula Sema, about the fate of the victims since many of the victims are her constituents.
The governor immedi-ately fetched her constitu-ents Friday night.
As of Saturday after-noon, the rest of the victims had already been returned
home aboard three pas-senger vans through the ef-forts of Sema, the provincial social welfare and devel-opment office of Maguind-anao, and Rep. Bai Sandra Sema of the province’s sec-ond district.
Marites Nuñez, project coordinator of non-govern-ment organization, Justice, Peace and integrity for Cre-ation -- integrated Devel-opment Center inc. (JPiC-iDC), based in Agusan del Sur, said that after learning of the incident they imme-diately took the initiative to source out funds to pro-vide food and personal be-longings, including white t-shirts for the victims.
Nuñez said the victims
left Cotabato City Monday afternoon on the promise of decent jobs in Kuwait and that their documents were to be processed in Butuan City.
However, curious el-ements of the Highway Patrol Group 13 intercept-ed the three passenger jeepneys Tuesday morning upon reaching Barangay Sta. Maria, Prosperidad because they looked suspi-cious as the jampacked ve-hicles contained only wom-en. upon investigation the police concluded that it was a case of human trafficking, with women most likely ending up as sex workers. [ASA ]
officers will hold a joint meeting on october 30 to choose the new set of offi-cers to serve 2012-2013, according to Ms Sylvia Piedad, chapter executive secretary.
YMCA Davao has a total of 295 men and women members of good standing.
Before the elections, President Partoza made his report to the assem-bly, followed by the report of Corporate Treasurer Ricardo Villegas.
The proposed amend-ment to the chapter’s Constitution to bar in-cumbent members of the board from running for reelection was disap-
proved by the assembly. However, it unanimously approved the change of month of the annual cor-porate meeting and elec-tion of YMCA directors from September to octo-ber, provided that if the meeting does not push through in october, it will be postponed to Novem-ber.
der (TRo) on RA 10175 was issued since “the threat is still there and the danger is imminent.”
Zarate said the cy-bercrime law is a litmus case on human rights for
the Supreme Court (SC) under Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno.
“We have to consider the politics inside, espe-cially that Sereno is un-popular and so you will
never know her direc-tion,” he said.
The SC has set the oral argument for the cyber-crime law on January 15. [Lorie Ann A. Cascaro/MindaNews]
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURT11TH JUDICIAL REGION
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT-SHERIFFDAVAO CITY
HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND, (HDMF) or Pag-ibig Fund, Mortgagee -versus- EJF-REM CASE NO. 13, 554-12
JOEL G. MENDOZA married to Ma Theresa S. Mendoza Mortgagor/s.
Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee Home Development Mutual Fund against Joel G. Mendoz married to Ma. Theresa S. Mendoza with postal address at B14 L30 Wellspring Village Catalu-nan Pequeño 8000 Davao City to satisfy the mortgage indebted-ness which as of December 3,2010 amounted to ( Php 303,774.67) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest, penalty charges, plus attorney’s fees equivalent to TEN ( 10%) of the total indebtedness plus other legal expenses incident of foreclosure and sale; the un-dersigned Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on November 15, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland,Davao City to the highest bidder for Cash or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property together with all the improvements thereon, to wit:
Transfer Certificate of Title No. T- 298841“ A parcel of land xxx (Lot 30, Blk.14 ), situated in the Baran-
gay of Catalunan Grande, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao.xxx Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED (100) SQUARE METERS, more or less”
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.
In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,it shall be held on December 13, 2012 without further notice.
Prospective buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the titles herein described real property/ies and the en-cumbrances thereon, if any there be.
Davao City, Philippines, October 3, 2012
FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF: (SGD.) JOSEPH T. CASTRO,JR. Sheriff IVNoted by:
(SGD) ATTY. EDIPOLO P. SARABIA, JR. Clerk of Court VI & Ex-Officio Provincial Sheriff
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VOL.5 ISSUE 165 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, OCTOBER 21 - 22, 2012 13EDGEDAVAO CLASSIFIEDS ADSRepublic of the Philippines
Department of Transportation and CommunicationsLAND TRANsPORTATION FRANCHIsING AND
REGuLATORy BOARDRegional Office No. XI
Davao City
Petition for Renewal of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate an AIRCONDITIONED TAXI Service
ALEXANDER S. SALAZAR, Case No.2003-XI-02133 Petitioner x- - - - - - - - - - - - - -x
NOTICE HEARING
Petitioner is a grantee of a Certificate of Public Convenience issued in this case authorizing the operation of an AIRCONDITIONED TAXI Service on the route: WITHIN DAVAO CITY to any point in Region XI with the use of ONE (1) unit, which certificate will expire on December 31, 2012.In the petition filed on August 8, 2012, petitioner request authority to extend the validity of said certificate to operate along the same route with the use of the same unit previously authorized. NOTICE, is hereby given that this petition will be heard by this Board on OCTOBER 29, 2012 at 09:00 a.m. at this office at the above address.
At least, FIVE (5) days prior to the above date petitioner shall publish this Notice once in a one (1) daily newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao
Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must file their written opposition supported by documentary evidence on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the petitioner, and may if they so, desire ap-pear on said date and time.
This petition will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and the documen-tary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive addi-tional documentary and/or oral evidence.
WITNESS the Honorable BENJAMIN A. GO, CESO V, Regional Director, this 10th day of August 2012 at Davao City.
TEREsITA DELA PEÑA-yÑIGuEZChief Transport Development Officer
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COuRT
11TH JUDICIAL REGIONOFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT-SHERIFF
DAVAO CITY
HOME DEVELOPMENT MuTuAL FuND, (HDMF) or Pag-ibig Fund, Mortgagee -versus- EJF-REM CAsE NO. 13, 569-12
FERDINAND P. TARIAGA married to Mitchel P. Tariaga Mortgagor/s.
Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee Home Development Mutual Fund against Ferdinand P. Tariaga married to Mitchel P. Tariaga with postal address at Lot 017 Blk. 035 Dumoy, Toril, Rosalina Village 3, Davao City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of July 20, 2011 amounted to ( Php 393,436.84) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest, penalty charges, plus attorney’s fees equivalent to TEN ( 10%) of the total indebtedness plus other legal expenses incident of foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on No-vember 15, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecol-and,Davao City to the highest bidder for Cash or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property together with all the improvements thereon, to wit:
Transfer Certificate of Title No. T- 270758 “A parcel of land xxx (Lot 17, Blk.35 of the consolidation- subdivision plan Pcs-112402-001850,xxx), situated in the City of Davao, Island of Mindanao.xxx Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY EIGHT (128) SQUARE METERS, more or less”
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.
In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,it shall be held on Decem-ber 13, 2012 without further notice.
Prospective buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the titles herein described real property/ies and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be.
Davao City, Philippines, October 3, 2012
FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF: (sGD.) JuLITO J. ANGGOT Sheriff IVNoted by:
(SGD) ATTY. EDIPOLO P. SARABIA, JR.Clerk of Court VI & Ex-Officio Provincial Sheriff
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Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
11th Judicial RegionBranch 8, Davao City
IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF MINORS ABDUL-ADEL ELMANDA ECORAS AND NABELA ELMANDA ECORAS WITH APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF NAME, SP PROC.NO. 12,246-2012
SPOUSES PHILIPPE LUTHI AND BEBETH ELMANDA-LUTHI, Petitioners.x-----------------------------------------------------------------------------x
ORDER
This is a verified petition fot the adoption of Abdul-Adel Elmanda Ecoras and Anabela Elmanda Ecoras, filed by petitioners-spouses Philippe Luthi and Bebeth Elmanda-Luthi, thru counsel, praying that after due notice, publication and hearing, the said minors be declared for all intents and purposes, the petitioners’ children.
Finding the verified petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set hearing of this petition to December 6, 2012 at 8:30 in the morning.
Social Worker Ms Loreli C. Basillote is hereby directed to submit separate child case study and home case study reports to address, particularly,the following: i. the availability of the minors for adoption;and ii. The qualifications of petitioners, pursuant to Republic Act 8552, otherwise known as the “Domestic Adoption Act of 1998”, within thirty (30) days from receipt of this Order.
Petitioners are hereby directed to cause the publication of this Order at their expense, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation, which has been selected after raffle, in the City and the (4) provinces of Davao.
Likewise, petitioners are further directed to furnish the Office of the Solicitor General a copy of their petition.
Any person interested or who seeks to oppose the instant petition may appear to state why said petition should not be granted.
SO ORDEREDDavao City, Philippines, October 3, 2012
(SGD) SALVADOR M. IBARRETA, JR. Presiding Judge10/22, 29, 11/5
Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation and
CommunicationsLAND TRANsPORTATION FRANCHIs-
ING AND REGuLATORy BOARDRegional Office No. XI
Davao City
Petition for Conversion of Individual Certificate of Public Convenience into a Cooperative Fran-chise to operate a PUJ-DUAL Ordinary Regular Service
VILLAGE OPERATORS AND DRIVERS TRANSPORT SERVICE COOPERATIVE Case No.2012-XI-00716(VODTRANSCO)and ROMEO P. DIGMAN (2003-XI-02216) Petitioner.x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x
NOTICE HEARING
Petitioner is a grantee of a Certificate of Public Convenience issued in this Case No. 2003-XI-02216 authorizing the operation of PUJ-DUAL Ordinary Regular Service for the transportation of passengers and freight along the line:TIBUNGCO VIA BUHANGIN ROUTE and for cargoes as dual service from said route to any point in Region XI with the use of ONE (1) unit, which Certificate is still valid and subsisting up to July 2, 2014.In the petition filed on August 16, 2012, petitioner requests authority to convert its Individual Certificate of Public Convenience issued to its individual member. Romeo P. Digman into a co-operative franchise with the use of the same number of unit to operate along the same route previously authorized. NOTICE, is hereby given that this petition will be heard by this Board on OCTOBER 31, 2012 at 09:30 a.m. at this office at the above address.
At least, TEN (10) days prior to the above date peti-tioner shall publish this Notice once in a one (1) daily newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao
Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must file their written opposition supported by documen-tary evidence on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the petitioner, and may if they so, desire appear on said date and time.
This petition will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and the documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.
WITNESS the Honorable BENJAMIN A. GO, CESO V, Regional Director, this 16th day of August 2012 at Davao City.
TEREsITA DELA PEÑA-yÑIGuEZChief Transport Development Officer
ThE unshakeable bond between a shy nerd from the ‘burbs and his faith-ful dog is the heart of Frankenweenie, the black and white stop motion picture (in theaters today) Tim Burton refers to as a “memory piece.” Drawn from his own childhood memories of grow-ing up in Burbank, California, it’s an ode to the kooky neighborhood kids and adults Burton knew, the monster movies that shaped him, and, as Burton told Movieline with a smile, his way of teaching kids about one of the toughest facts of life: Death. “It was originally such a memory piece for me, in the sense that it was per-sonal,” Burton told Mov-ieline at Fantastic Fest, where Frankenweenie debuted as the open-ing night film. “I think it started with that MOMA show, I saw a lot of the old drawings that I’d done, and there was something about the drawings that I wanted to try to recap-ture.” Frankenweenie brings Burton back to his roots, a feature-length extension of the live-action short film that jump-started his
career and earned him cult status – and famously got him fired from Disney. Taking the story of Fran-kenweenie and fleshing out his nostalgic vision of his old stomping grounds, Burton added characters (including the heavily ac-cented Japanese-Amer-ican kid Toshiaki, “my fa-vorite”) and texture, and a healthy dose of movie geek references, from Frankenstein to Godzilla and beyond. “[I added] other kids that I remember in school, and teachers, and the geogra-phy of Burbank — the real setting,” he explained. “I tried to make everything more personal — even if it was a couple of kids mixed together. For me it made it feel more natural. I didn’t feel like this was just a short, that I was just going to pad it out with something. There were other monsters and other
things I’d been thinking about over the years. I tried to treat it as expand-ing on those feelings and those memories of that time.” In keeping with Burton’s oeuvre, Frankenweenie is playfully macabre. But mo-reso than his other films, especially those aimed at children, it deals openly with the difficult subject of kids and death. “For me it was a way to explore the concept of death in a slightly abstract but safe way,” Burton offered. he pointed to his own childhood experience that inspired the tale. “My dog, whom I loved, they said he wasn’t going to live — he had this thing called dis-temper so he wasn’t sup-posed to live very long, but ended up living quite a long time. So there’s al-ways this weird specter of death hanging over which I didn’t quite understand.”
“At the same time I love Frankenstein and I learned about it through those movies, which deal with abstract things and things that are quite hard to explain to children in a slightly safer way,” he con-tinued. “I grew up in a cul-ture where death was very negative, but you see cer-tain hispanic cultures that have Day of the Dead and they treat it in a more posi-tive way. For me it was an attempt to show death in a different way that’s not negative.” Yes, but is Burton pre-pared to see the poten-tial increase of copy-cat “science experiments” in young Frankenweenie viewers with dearly de-parted pets of their own? “Better that than most of the kids that I knew who were torturing animals!” he laughed. “If it takes kids away from that, it’s prob-ably for the best.”
ThIS week, SM City Davao mounts the cool-est activities to feature the different facets of a nation. From music to dance to costumes, SM has prepared everything enjoyable for the kids and the kids at heart! Dance, in many cultures is an expression of joy and sorrow of people. In some, it serves as a ceremony or a right which marks significant milestones in the com-munity or among peoples. Be entertained by the many dance expressions of different nations. Catch the Danc-es of Nations Contest on October 22 at The Annex. They say music in universal. It transcends gender, time and culture. Experience how music unites peoples in the UN International Music Festival on October 23. Plus, come in your favorite national costume and march around the mall. Join the United Nation Parade of Cos-tumes October 24. A total of P35,000 worth of prizes will be given away on October 22-24! Celebrate United Nation at SM City Davao. For inquires, call 297.6998 local 126. Like SM City Davao on Facebook or follow @smcitydavao on Twitter for event and promo updates.
CEBU PACIFIC (PSE:CEB) is ready to mount more flights to local destinations other car-riers plan to abandon later this month. The country’s largest carrier said in a statement it can fill the void and prevent any disruption in travel con-nectivity within the country to help support economic, business and tourism growth. “We have enough planes and more are coming this year and in the next few years to cover key local desti-nations and mount additional flights,” said Candice Iyog, CEB vice president for marketing and distribution. CEB is open to adding flights or exploring more route opportunities to and from Butuan, Cotabato, Cagayan de Oro, Dumaguete, Dipolog, Legazpi, Puerto Princesa, Roxas, Tacloban and Zamboanga. It has already announced more flights out of Cagayan de Oro, Puerto Princesa, Tacloban and Zamboanga, as part of the 10 domestic routes CEB is launching in the 2nd half of 2012. These new routes are Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga, Puerto Princesa to Iloilo and to Davao, and Tacloban to Iloilo. “CEB’s domestic passengers grew by 18% in the 1st half of 2012, compared to the same period last year. Through CEB’s 60 domestic routes and constant seat sales, local and foreign travellers can take advantage of CEB’s accessible options to travel to different parts of the country, via our hubs in Manila, Cebu, Clark, Davao, Iloilo and Kalibo,” Iyog said. In the 1st half of 2012, CEB grew its Cebu-Mindanao passenger traffic by 36%, and its Cebu-Visayas passen-ger traffic by 53%. CEB’s Luzon-Cebu traffic also grew by 49%, while its Luzon-Manila traffic grew by 27%, she said, comparing figures from the same period last year. CEB currently operates 10 Airbus A319, 21 Airbus A320 and 8 ATR-72 500 aircraft. Its fleet of 38 aircraft – with an average age of 3.6 years – is the largest aircraft fleet in the Philippines. Between 2012 and 2021, Cebu Pacific will take delivery of 21 more Airbus A320 and 30 Airbus A321neo aircraft orders. It is slated to begin long-haul services in the 3rd quarter of 2013.
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JUSTIN Timberlake and Jessica Biel are husband and wife! E! News has confirmed that the longtime couple kept us guessing for years, but said arrivederci to singledom today by tying the knot in front of family and close friends at the Borgo Egnazia resort in the southern Italian city of Fasano. “It’s great to be married, the ceremony was beau-tiful and it was so special to be surrounded by our family and friends,” the newlyweds said in a state-ment to People. Jimmy Fallon and his wife, Nancy Juvonen, Andy Samberg, Timbal-and, ‘N Sync alum Chris Kirkpatrick, Biel’s 7th heaven sister Beverley Mitchell, and Timberlake music manager Johnny Wright and his wife, Erika, were among the VIPs in attendance. The festivities kicked off a few days before the I-dos, with those who had already arrived in It-aly gathering for a casual beach party on Wednes-day night and then piling into a caravan of cars the
following day for dinner and drinks in Trappeto. Private security was tight everywhere the wed-ding party went, while a source told E! News that the guests were asked to sign nondisclosure agree-ments to ensure that the details of the TimberBiel nuptials stayed private for as long as possible. We knew this day was coming, though. Wedding preparations were under-way and Timberlake, 31, had jetted off to Las Vegas and Cabo San Lucas with a bunch of buddies—
who kindly provided the striptease—to celebrate his final days of bachelor-hood last month. Asked how the wed-ding planning was going, the 30-year-old bride-to-be told E! News earlier this month that she was keep-ing it together. “I’m just pretty much cool as a cucumber in general in my life, so...I’m cool.” And we imagine that’s just the way Timberlake likes her—although he probably appreciates how hot she is, too.
ThE magic between Daniel Radcliffe and Rosie Coker is gone. The “harry Potter” star and his long-time girl-friend have ended their relationship. Coker’s fa-ther confirmed the break-up news to the U.K.’s Daily Mail, adding, “Rosie’s not in this country at the mo-ment. She’s trying to move on. She won’t want to talk about it.” A rep for Radcliffe tells omg!, “We don’t comment on his personal life.” Radcliffe and Coker, both 23, met in 2007 on the set of “harry Potter And The half-Blood Prince” and started dating three years later. Radcliffe wasn’t shy about his feelings for the production assistant. Earlier this year, he told Parade that he was “abso-lutely” in love with Coker, who lived with Radcliffe in his luxury Manhattan pad. “When Rosie’s here, every day seems better,” he gushed. “Ultimately, I think, it comes down to that — having somebody in your life who makes you
happier than you thought you could be.” however, Radcliffe did admit that he’s “not an easy person to love.” he told Parade, “There are lots of times when I’m a very good boyfriend, but there are times when I’m useless. I mean, I’m a mess around the house. I talk nonstop. I become obsessed with things.
This year it’s fantasy foot-ball, which means Rosie has to listen to me talk-ing 24 hours a day about this team. ‘Should I take this player out, do you think, darling?’ And she listens to it, and she loves me for my oddness, my awkwardness, all of those things that I hate about myself. She finds them cute. I guess that’s love.”
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Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake marry in Italy!
Daniel Radcliffe single after splitting with gal pal
doughnuts from Krispy Kreme. Already a favorite pasa-lubong for travelers flying in from Manila or Cebu, Krispy Kreme held a VIP evening for lucky Dabawe-nyos at their store at the SM CIty Davao Annex to taste the the doughnut the world has been loving since 1935. I can honestly say that nothing comes close to the fresh-off-the-machine goodness of Krispy Kreme’s doughnuts. Forget about the usual day-old dough-nuts, these red hot ones are truly out of this world, and the smiles seen on my page show how happy everyone gets when Krispy Kreme’s red light is on. Taste the freshly cooked doughnut goodness only Krispy Kreme can give at the ground floor of the Abreeza Mall and the big-ger, 300 square meter store, complete with Krispy Kreme’s only drive thru outside of Metro Manila, at the Annex of SM City Davao.
CALViN Abueva, the rookie nicknamed “The Beast”, came
through with a beastly performance in his debut game, and the Alaska Aces relied on the hot shoot-ing of Dondon Hontiveros down the stretch as they turned back the Petron Blaze Boosters, 88-86, in the PBA Philippine Cup on Friday night at the SMART-Araneta Coliseum.
it was the second straight win for the Aces, who drew a double-dou-ble performance from their prized newcomer.
Abueva, still smarting his alma mater’s NCAA final four loss to Letran last Monday, showed he’s
ready for the big leagues, finishing with 12 points and 16 rebounds — a rookie-high this season — in just 27 minutes.
“What can i say? it’s nice to have Calvin be-cause he brings so much to our team energy wise. He’s going to be the back-bone of this franchise. His energy is infectious and we were able to come back from 12 points down because of that,” said a ju-bilant Alaska coach Luigi Trillo.
“once he started play-ing, he immediately be-came the energizer of our team. We’re fortunate to pick him second in the draft.”
While all eyes were focused on Abueva, Hon-tiveros stole the spotlight with his finest game in years.
up against a team he’s been associated with for a long time, Hontiveros drilled in 17 points on 4-for-7 three-point shoot-ing. All of his four treys came in the fourth period, with his last one giving the Aces a 76-72 lead with 6:11 left.
With Abueva in the game, Trillo was able to play a small-ball lineup which brought the Aces back in the game.
Abueva, who stands just 6-foot-2, was tasked to man the center spot
while Mac Baracael played power forward. The Aces found no trouble playing small, even beating the Boosters squad which played without rookie center June Mar Fajardo on second chance points, 17-16.
Nowitzki had arthroscop-ic surgery on his right knee and will be sidelined some six weeks, the NBA team said Friday.
Germany’s Nowitzki will miss the start of the regular season, but opt-ed for the procedure af-ter missing the last three pre-season contests be-cause of swelling and pain in his right knee.
Nowitzki, an 11-time All-Star, played through the injury last season, still averaging 21.6 points
and 6.7 rebounds while missing only four of the 66 games in the campaign shortened by a labor dis-pute.
in 1,055 career games with Dallas, the 34-year-old has averaged 22.9 points and 8.3 rebounds.
The Mavericks, who won the first NBA cham-pionship in franchise his-tory during the 2010-11 season, was swept in the first round of the play-offs by the oklahoma City Thunder.
Dallas open the sea-son on october 30 against the Los Angeles Lakers.
Nowitzki to get knee surgery
PCCL MINDANAO CHAMPs. Holy Trinity College of Gen. Santos City will represent Mindanao in the forthcoming 2012 Phoenix-Philippine Collegiate Champions League.
FAR Eastern univer-sity begged off from seeing action in the
qualifiers of the Philip-pine Collegiate Champi-ons League in light of the Tamaraws’ continuing search for a new head coach.
FEu athletic direc-tor Mark Molina said it has already informed PCCL commissioner Joe Lipa that the Tamaraws are not ready to partici-pate in the annual tour-nament despite having qualified following their fifth-place finish in the last uAAP men’s basket-ball meet.
The PCCL, a nation-al-level collegiate basket-ball tournament involv-ing the champion teams from the top collegiate leagues around the coun-try including the uAAP and NCAA, will be staged in November with corpo-rate sponsor Phoenix Pe-troleum Philippines.
“Wala pa kam-ing coach, mahirap mag-practice ng walang coach,” said Molina. “Hin-di kami ready in the first
FEU not seeing action in PCCLweek of November.”
“Bakasyon ang mga players, ‘yung iba nasa D-League. Wala kaming ginagawa as far as the team is concerned,” Moli-na added.
Nash Racela, assis-tant coach of Talk ‘N Text in the PBA, looms as the top candidate for the job with Bert Flores set to be relegated to the position as the Tamaraws’ chief scout.
FEu legend John-
ny Abarrientos, also an assistant to coach Tim Cone at San Mig Coffee, is also a candidate for the coaching spot.
The Tamaraws missed the Final Four despite a 9-5 win-loss record in the 75th season of the league.
university of the East, which finished seventh in the recent uAAP sea-son, will take the place of FEu in the PCCL National Capital Region qualifiers
set November 6.The Red Warriors will
join Adamson and NCAA teams Mapua and Jose Rizal university in the NCR qualifiers as they compete against Philip-pine Merchant Marine School, Centro Escolar university, St. Francis of Assisi, and St. Claire for a chance to join the main tournament of the annu-al meet to determine the country’s collegiate na-tional champion. LESS than two weeks
away from beginning the defense of his
first NBA championship in a marquee season-opening matchup with the Boston Celtics, Miami Heat forward LeBron James is answering questions about where he might theoretically play in two years, because inter-net.
ESPN.com’s Brian Wind-horst — a reporter who has covered James since his time at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School — wrote a story pub-lished Thursday in which he quoted several anonymous league executives who say the feeling around the NBA is that the Los Angeles Lak-
ers, fresh off reloading with center Dwight Howard and point guard Steve Nash in an effort to compete with James’ champion Heat (pro-vided, of course, they can get past the oklahoma City Thunder), are lining things up with an eye toward even-tually draping the King in forum blue and gold. The quick-and-dirty of it: LeBron can opt out of his contract af-ter the 2013-14 season; the contracts of every Laker not named Nash (and, presum-ably, an extended Howard) expire after the 2013-14 season; the Lakers, loving stars and having money, would then pitch LeBron on
THE Los Angeles Lak-ers have targeted Sunday’s preseason
game against the Sacra-mento Kings for Dwight Howard to make his debut, several sources told Yahoo! Sports on Thursday night.
Barring any complica-tions with Howard’s back over the next couple days, the Lakers are optimis-tic the All-Star center will make their first appear-ance for them on Sunday.
Howard has been side-lined since having surgery in April to repair a herniat-
ed disk. He’s not expected to play against the Kings on Friday in Las Vegas. The Lakers would like How-ard to play in two of their three remaining preseason games after Friday, sources said. But they’re hesitant to play him in both games of a back-to-back Wednesday and Thursday.
Howard hasn’t had any setbacks in practices since training camp began. if he has another strong work-out on Saturday, team doc-tors are expected to clear him to play Sunday.
Buzz from the wires:
Lakers will pitch for Lebron in 2013
Howard to debut with Lakers
Here’s what Lebron James would look like in a Laker jersey (right). Of course, Jamess (left) will be leading the Miami Heat in the 2012 NBA season which begins October 30. Talks of a Laker stint just recently came off the mill but could happen, in case it is probable, not earlier than 2013.
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T h e B u s i n e s s P A P E Rcoming to Hollywood.
There are problems with this, as BDL editor Kel-ly Dwyer detailed Thursday, including the fact that the Lakers would have to to-tally sever ties with Bryant to shed his $30 million cap hold. Still, though, it’s pos-sible in theory and would be sensible in practice, and someone wrote about it, so it becomes a topic of conversation. ESPN.com’s Michael Wallace conversed with LeBron about it, and James — shockingly! — dis-missed the idle chatter as just that:
Responding to an ESPN.com report on Thursday that teams such as the Los Angeles Lakers already are plotting for the next time he potentially can become a free agent, James said his only focus is on helping the Heat defend their title.
“i’m here, and this is what it’s all about,” James said after the Heat’s 105-78 preseason win over the Detroit Pistons on Thurs-day. “i’m preparing for this season, preparing to defend our title and that’s it. This is where ... i’m here now.” [...]
“That story, i don’t know where it came from, but i understand why it came up because of who i am — it’s going to happen,” James told reporters after Miami’s first preseason home game.
