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By Lorie A. Cascaro F IFTEEN officials of the Depart- ment of Environment and Natu- ral Resources 11, who had been removed from their posts for failing to stop illegal logging in the region, may face administrative or criminal charges should they fail to prove themselves innocent through a writ- ten report within 10 days. Rita Fe S. Cordova, DENR 11 pub- lic affairs chief, bared yesterday that the accusation against the relieved officers has not been confirmed By Jade C. Zaldivar T HE suspect in the kidnapping-for- ransom and murder of his million- aire uncle surrendered to authori- ties last Sunday and returned P3.6 mil- lion of the P5 million as ransom he got from the victim’s family. Michael Decenteceo Lim surren- dered to Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 regional director Chief Supt. Jaime Mor- n Given 10 days to explain illegal logging, or else, face administrative or criminal raps n Regional director down to CENRO men re- lieved n Returns P3.6M of P5-M ransom EDGE P 15.00 • 20 PAGES www.edgedavao.net VOL.5 ISSUE 86 JULY 3, 2012 Sports Page 15 15 sacked men of DENR probed Science/Environment Page 4 Serving a seamless society F15 SACKED, 13 FSUSPECT, 13 Follow Us On DAVAO Indulge Page A1 PROTEST. Film stars of indie film “Malan” and members of the B’laan tribe stage a protest during the awards night of the 1st Sineng Pambansa National Film Festival in Davao City Sunday after the film was pulled out because of a disagreement between the director and screenwriter. The screenwriter and the protesters wanted a “torrid kissing scene” deleted as it was allegedly insensitive to the culture of the indigenous people. [KARLOS MANLUPIG] June 29 ‘massacre’ Suspect in kidnap-slay of uncle gives up
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Page 1: Edge Davao 5 Issue 86

By Lorie A. Cascaro

FIFTEEN officials of the Depart-ment of Environment and Natu-ral Resources 11, who had been

removed from their posts for failing to stop illegal logging in the region, may face administrative or criminal charges should they fail to prove themselves innocent through a writ-

ten report within 10 days.Rita Fe S. Cordova, DENR 11 pub-

lic affairs chief, bared yesterday that

the accusation against the relieved officers has not been confirmed

By Jade C. Zaldivar

The suspect in the kidnapping-for-ransom and murder of his million-aire uncle surrendered to authori-

ties last Sunday and returned P3.6 mil-lion of the P5 million as ransom he got

from the victim’s family.Michael Decenteceo Lim surren-

dered to Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 regional director Chief Supt. Jaime Mor-

n Given 10 days to explain illegal logging,or else, face administrative or criminal rapsn Regional director down to CENRO men re-lieved

n Returns P3.6M of P5-M ransom

EDGEP 15.00 • 20 PAGES

www.edgedavao.netVOL.5 ISSUE 86 • JULY 3, 2012

SportsPage 15

15 sacked menof DENR probed

Science/EnvironmentPage 4

Serving a seamless society

F15 SACKED, 13

FSUSPECT, 13

Follow Us On

DAVAOIndulgePage A1

PROTEST. Film stars of indie film “Malan” and members of the B’laan tribe stage a protest during the awards night of the 1st Sineng Pambansa National Film Festival in Davao City Sunday after the film was pulled out because of a disagreement between

the director and screenwriter. The screenwriter and the protesters wanted a “torrid kissing scene” deleted as it was allegedly insensitive to the culture of the indigenous people. [KARLOS MANLUPIG]

June 29 ‘massacre’

Suspect in kidnap-slay of uncle gives up

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VOL.5 ISSUE 86 • JULY 3, 2012

The gun ban is on in preparation for the new registration of

voters in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mind-anao (ARMM) but it will not be enforced only in the ARMM provinces of Basi-lan, Sulu, Tawi-tawi, Magu-indanao and Lanao del Sur and the cities of Marawi and Lamitan but in non-ARMM neighbors as well.

Comelec Resolution 9479, promulgated on June 27, provides that the gun ban in connection with the new voters’ listing will be from July 1 to 31 in the ARMM and the cities of Cotabato, Zamboanga and

Isabela and the provinces of Sultan Kudarat, Zam-boanga del Sur, Lanao del Norte and North Cotabato.

Resolution 9479 pro-vides the rules and regu-lations on the “bearing, carrying or transport-ing of firearms or other deadly weapons in con-nection with the general registration of voters in the ARMM.”

Aside from firearms, the ban also includes air-guns and airsoft guns while deadly weapons include “bladed instrument, hand grenades or other explo-sives.”

FORMER Councilor Danny Dayanghi-rang said Monday

that corporatizing the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) will have disastrous ef-fects, especially on the poor and marginalized sectors.

Guesting at the Kape-han sa Dabaw, SM City Davao, he expressed his objection against House Bill 6069 authored by Bacolod Representa-tive Anthony Golez, Jr., and Senate Bill 3130 by Senator Franklin Drilon, which will restructure national government hospital into govern-ment corporations.

Dayanghirang point-

ed out that corporatiza-tion will cause high cost of hospitalization and deprive people of access to government health programs resulting in higher number of sick people and mortality.

Of the 26 public hos-pitals proposed to be corporatized, two in the Davao region are includ-ed--the SPMC and the Davao Regional Hospital in Tagum City.

He said that since last year, the city gov-ernment, with an annual budget of P75 million, spent P1,232 per patient for the Lingap para sa Mahirap (charity for the poor) as health assis-

CiTy Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio last week formally re-

quested the Philippine National Police (PNP) to impose a month-long gun ban in the city during this year’s month-long (Aug. 1-31) Kadayawan sa Da-baw Fruit and Flower Fes-tival.

The request was coursed through the Davao City Peace and Order Council (DCPOC), a multi-sectoral peace body.

“We’re waiting for the PNP’s reply,” the mayor said last Thursday.

Earlier the mayor signed, on June 26, Ex-ecutive Order 22, series of 2012, directing the creation of an executive committee that will run the 2012 edition of the Kadayawan, touted as country’s king of festi-vals in recognition of the city’s indigenous groups and their rich and unique culture, arts and bountiful crops of fruits and flow-ers.

This year’s festival will be celebrated from August 1 to 31 with cor-responding calendared activities.

Heading the Kaday-awan ExeCom is the city mayor, co-chaired by Act-ing City Administrator Zuleika Lopez from the government and Gene Bangayan from the pro-vate sector.

The Secretariat will be headed by Jason Mag-naye of the City Tourism Operations Office while Museo Dabawenyo head Orly Escarilla is the fes-tival director and official spokesperson.

The following commit-tees were also created:• Committee on ways and means - Gene

Bangayan;• Publicity, promo-tions & documentation - City Information Office acting officer Joseph Law-rence Garcia;• Safety and secu-rity – form cooperation among Task Force Davao commander Col. Marcos Norman Flores Jr., Davao City Police Office chief Col. Ronald Dela Rosa, Public Safety Command Center head Ret. Major Magno Adalin Jr., and Central 911 acting offi-cer Emmanuel Jaldon;• Traffic manage-

By Lorie A. Cascaro

iNCLUSION of Mount Apo, a dormant volca-no located in the prov-

inces of Davao del Sur and North Cotabato and the cities of Davao, Digos and Kidapawan, in the United Nations Educa-tional, Scientific and Cul-tural Organization (Unes-co) list of World Heritage sites would immediately trigger conservation and preservation initiatives for the country’s highest peak.

This, according to businessman Philip “Son-ny” Dizon, president of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Phil-ippines - Davao City, and tourism consultant of the City Mayor’s Office.

Guesting in last Mon-day’s Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM City Davao, Dizon said, “it has to be done because the way things are, in the next 10 years only half of the moun-tain’s forest cover will be

left.” The nomination of

Mt. Apo to the Unesco list would prod government authorities to undertake conservation projects , he said, adding that local government units have expressed their support for the nomination, par-ticularly Davao City May-or Sara Duterte-Carpio, North Cotabato Governor Lala Taliño-Mendoza and Davao del Sur Governor Douglas Cagas.

In Dizon’s own words, “Mt. Apo is a giver of life, such that it provides fertility to the soil and causes generalized rain-fall benefitting the re-gion’s agriculture. Unfor-tunately, however, forest fires threaten the site.”

Noting that Unesco’s listing happens every three years, Dizon said criteria used for inclu-sion in the list include biodiversity, social ef-

THE BIG NEWS2 EDGEDAVAO

FMT. APO, 13

FSARA, 13

FDANNY, 13

FNON, 13

By Jade C. Zaldivar

in her address be-fore the World Cit-ies Summit (WCS)

in Singapore last July 1, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio bannered the city’s emergency re-sponse capability through the Public Safety Com-mand Center.

Duterte-Carpio was a panelist of the WCS Mayors Forum upon the invitation of Minister of State Lee Yi Shyan of the Ministry of National De-velopment and Ministry of Trade and Industry of Singapore.

The mayor had told Davao media last week before she left for Singa-pore that she would talk about the city’s efforts in maintaining the peace and safety of the people.

“The main discus-sion would be on what challenges cities face, and what are the practi-cal best practices with

which to address them. The forum was to serve as a venue for mayors to learn from each other and for creating cooperation among them,” she said at a oress forum last June 28.

The mayor said she would present the inno-vations to improve the ef-ficiency of the PSCC with its IBM Intelligent Opera-tions Center (IOC) which began operating two weeks previous.

The IOC is a role-based portal that pro-vides a single, integrated view of significant events and incidents occurring in the city.

It also serves as an early warning system by monitoring Key Risk Ar-eas, thereby allowing the city’s peace-keeping units to take action in a collab-orative manner.

The IOC provides an online portal between of-fices, providing each with dashboards which display each other’s performance.

Imbibed into the IOC is the connection be-tween the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) the Central 911, Task Force Davao, Traffic Manage-ment Center, Davao City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council, City Information and Tech-nology Center, Bureau of Fire Protection, Land Transportation Office 11, National Intelligence Co-ordinating Agency, and the Bureau of Jail Man-agement and Penology. Also included in the sys-tem are the Office of the Civil Defense, Department of Science and Technol-ogy 11, Philippine Coast Guard Region 11, Tacti-cal Operations Group 11, Philippine Drug Enforce-ment Agency 11, Criminal Investigation and Detec-tion Group 11, DCPO Traf-fic Group, Highway Patrol Group 11, PNP Maritime Group 11, and the Davao City Peace and Order Council.

Sara banners PSCC in Singapore summit

PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION. American Chamber of Commerce-Davao president Sonny Dizon at the Kapehan sa SM Davao on Monday calls for the inclu-

sion of Mt. Apo in the list of identified Unesco World Her-itage sites to trigger its preservation and conservation. [KARLOS MANLUPIG]

Mt. Apo pushed as World Heritage site

n Mayor Sara, Gov. Cagas and Gov. Lala Mendoza interested in project

Sara wants gun ban for Kadayawan

Danny: Corporatizing SPMC is disastrous

New voters’ listing

Non-ARMM neighbors included in gun ban

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VOL.5 ISSUE 86 • JULY 3, 2012 3EDGEDAVAO THE BIG NEWS

FKING, 13

An estimated 400 American Navyand Coast Guard person-

nel taking part in naval exer-cises with Filipino troops in Mindanao are not allowed to have an R & R (Rest and Rec-reation) during the nine-day joint training exercise that begins July 2, a Navy official said on Sunday.

Around 400 members of the Philippine Navy (PN) and 150 personnel from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) are joining the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Train-ing (CARAT) 2012 exercises. This is the first time US forces are holding naval exercises in Mindanao, said Capt. Rob-ert Empedrad, CARAT 2012 exercise director. Empedrad, also the deputy commander of the Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao Command, said

the US soldiers will be strictly restricted to their designated areas “to avoid any untow-ard incidents or anything that would violate Philippine laws” and for security rea-sons He told MindaNews it was the US side that sought the restriction. He said US authorities do not want a re-peat of the rape case involv-ing a US serviceman, appar-ently referring to the “Nicole” rape case involving US Lance Cpl. Daniel Smith at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Luzon in 2005.

Also, allowing the US troops to stray from their designated areas may lead to “ugly encounters” that mili-tant groups could use to lam-bast both the Philippine and US governments, Empedrad added. Two US vessels—the missile-guiding frigate USS

Vandergrift and cutter-ship USCG Waesche—are taking part in the naval exercises in Mindanao.

USS Vandergrift arrived at around 1:05 p.m. Sunday near the mouth of Sarangani Bay and was met by Phil-ippine Navy ship Salvador Abcede. USCG Waesche was expected to arrive an hour later. Vandergrift arrived at the Makar Wharf in General Santos City at around 3 p.m. Some journalists, including MindaNews, were allowed to board Salvador Abcede, a fast patrol craft, to meet USS Vandergift. Another US ship also arrived in the country—the USNS Safeguard, a res-cue and salvage ship—and docked in Manila for training exercises at the Manila Bay, said Empedrad.[BONG SARMIeN-tO/MINdANewS]

US-Phil. Naval exercise begins No R & R for US troops in Mindanao

eXECUTIVES OF St. Augustine Gold & Copper Ltd. (SAG-

CL) executives and rep-resentatives of the new NADECOR board of direc-tors have assured local government and commu-nity leaders in the Pantu-kan area in Compostela Valley Province that the two companies are work-ing together to develop the world-class King-king copper/gold deposit near Davao City on the island of Mindanao.

In a statement, of-ficials of the partnering firms they look forward

to building a premier mining project that will bring significant social and economic benefits not just to Pantukan but the entire the Philippines in general.

Once approved, the King-king project will generate high-paying jobs for the residents of Pantukan and nearby communities, including more than 4,000 jobs during construction and 2,000 careers during op-eration.

SAGCL Chief Oper-ating Officer Tom Hen-derson, new NADECOR

President Conrado T. Calalang and NADECOR Chief Operating Officer Leo Nitorreda met with local municipal council officilas and barangay captains recently to as-sure them that the proj-ect is moving ahead. This is the first time that SAG-CL and NADECOR execu-tives have met with gov-ernment and communtiy leaders together. “We think it’s important that local leaders see that we are united on this project and united on our com-mitment to the commu-

King-king mining partners assure LGUs of good project

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VOL.5 ISSUE 86 • JULY 3, 20124 SCIENCE/ENVIRONMENT EDGEDAVAO

PLANTS grown in pots never reach their full potential,

images of their roots show.A medical imaging tech-

nique called magnetic reso-nance imaging (MRI) has been used by researchers to capture plant pot root snap-shots.

The pictures reveal that the roots “sense the size

of the pot” and restrict the growth of the plant.

The findings have been presented at the Society for Experimental Biology’s an-nual meeting in Salzburg, Austria.

Lead researcher Hendrik Poorter, from the Julich re-search institute in Germany, told BBC Nature that as soon as he saw the results, he re-

potted all of his houseplants.“I thought, you poor guys,

what have I done to you?” he recalled.

For the imaging study the research team focused on two species - sugarbeet and barley.

Dr Poorter’s colleague Dagmar van Dusschoten pro-duced the MRI scans. The technique, used widely in

The MRI scans show how barley (left) and sugarbeet (right) plants arrange their roots.

‘Stunted’ pot plants cannot reach full potential

The Philippines aims boosting its resiliency against climate change

with plans to make its an-nual budget increasingly climate-sensitive.

Presidential Assistant for Climate Change and former Environment Chief Elisea Gozun has reported that Budget Secretary Flor-encio Abad already mani-fested support for such a bid, noting he understands the problem and the govern-ment acknowledges experts’ warning the Philippines is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change in the world.

”He wants me and the Climate Change Commission to take a look at the budget to ensure what we identi-fied as climate priorities are funded,” she said.

The government is prior-itizing adaptation measures so the archipelagic Philip-pines can cope with climate change’s repercussions.

Such repercussions in-

clude onslaught of increas-ingly violent weather distur-bances and sea level rise.

Though not a major emitter of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (GHGs), the Philippines still also undertakes some mea-sures to help mitigate the release of these into the at-mosphere.

Experts earlier said GHGs trap heat in the atmo-sphere, causing global tem-perature to rise.

Such global warming drives climate change, they noted.

”For the Philippines, therefore, priority must be on adaptation measures to help communities build re-siliency to climate change,” Gozun said.

She believes improving resiliency will help protect communities and the coun-try’s development gains.

Gozun said a third-party review of government’s cli-mate initiatives is already in progress.

The review aims to fur-ther improve such initiatives and to better identify which of these must be prioritized for funding.

”We must ensure gov-ernment’s budget is climate-sensitive,” Gozun said.

She noted that budgets of local government units (LGUs) are also being re-viewed for climate-sensitiv-ity.

Such budgets must be reviewed since LGUs are at the forefront of the battle against climate change, she pointed out.

”Critical action on cli-mate change is really at the local level,” she said.

Gozun hopes to see, by mid-2012, the initial draft of the review’s findings so far.

Final report on the re-view’s findings is expected for release around Septem-ber this year, she said.

”Such findings will be inputs to proposed budgets for 2013 and beyond,” she added. (PNA)

PHL targets developing its annual budget increasingly climate-sensitive

That house plants, such as flamin-go lilies and red-edged dracaena, are known to remove indoor pollutants that are contained in paint, detergents and synthetic furnishings?That the light levels inside a house are similar to those under a tropical or sub-tropical forest canopy from where many house plants evolved?That if a house plant has grown too large, it is possible to root prune plants using the bonsai method?That plants grown in pots that are too large are susceptible to root disease because of excess moisture retained in the soil?

medicine, reveals the water molecules within the plant roots.

The resulting 3D map of the roots’ structure stretch-ing to the outer limits of the pot shows, for the first time, exactly how restricted potted

plants are.In their experiments on

80 different species, the team found that doubling a pot’s size caused a plant to grow almost half as big again.

“The most surprising thing is that there seems to

be no end to the pot limita-tion,” explained Dr Poorter.

“For every plant species we looked at, pot size was the factor limiting its growth.”

‘Happy’ plantsWithin as little as two

weeks of seeds being sown, the scientist explained, a plant’s roots would stretch to the edge of the pot and then, “the trouble starts”.

“When they reach the edge, they send some kind of signal to the shoots to say, ‘there’s a problem - stop growing’.”

Each plant appeared to be trying to escape its pot; more than three quarters of the root system was in the outer half of the container.

“The inside of the pot is hardly used,” explained Dr Poorter.

Research in this subject has, in the past, focused on pot size from the perspec-tive of how small a container plants can be grown in, as the aim is to grow as many plants as possible per square metre in a commercial setting.

But Dr Poorter said: “We want to make plants as happy as possible.”

Although this may sound sentimental, understanding a plant’s full potential is crucial for the researchers that study them; it reveals how much of a parallel can be drawn be-tween studies carried out in the lab and how plants would grow in nature.

“Even the largest pot was not large enough not to limit growth.”

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VOL.5 ISSUE 86 • JULY 3, 2012 5EDGEDAVAO THE ECONOMY

FO R E I G N - b a c k e d Sagittarius Mines Inc. is to blame for

the rising violence in its Tampakan copper-gold project area and not the tribesmen supposedly re-sponsible for the atroci-ties, a militant leader said yesterday.

Ryan Lariba, spokes-person of Bagong Aly-ansang Makabayan-Soc-sksargen, defended the “pangayaw” launched by the B’laan tribesmen against the mining firm.

Pangayaw is reported-ly a tribal tradition to con-front with force threats to their ancestral lands.

“There would be no violence if only the min-ing company respects the wish of the tribal mem-bers for them to abandon the Tampakan project,” Lariba said.

While there are tribes-men opposed to the min-ing project, there are also those who support the venture, especially the tribal chieftains.

Dalina Samling, tribal chieftain in Barangay Dan-lag in Tampakan, South Cotabato, said they sup-port the mining project due to its economic and social contributions.

“Our children are go-ing to school because of the mining company, which also provides jobs to several tribesmen,” she said.

Lariba said that Sagit-tarius Mines has caused divisiveness among the tribal communities, cit-ing those who oppose and support the mining proj-ect.

John Arnaldo, Sagittar-ius mines external com-munications and media relations manager, earlier said the company “is open to dialogues” with those tribal members opposed to the project to thresh out their concerns.

Last week, a policeman and a company security consultant were killed in the mines development site. Two other militiamen

were wounded in the at-tack.

Officials of the 27th Infantry Battalion, headed by Lt. Col. Alexis Bravo, pointed to the group of Daguil Capion as allegedly behind the fresh violence, which came three days af-ter an unidentified attack-er killed a security guard also within the Tampakan copper-gold project area.

Last year, Capion ad-mitted responsibility for the ambush that killed three workers of a con-struction company hired by Sagittarius Mines for a road project.

The suspect, who has since remained in hiding, had blamed the mining company for the atroci-ties in the mines site, say-ing bloodshed could have been avoided if only Sagit-tarius Mines heeded their demand to abandon the project.

Bravo has ordered a continued manhunt opera-tions against the suspects.

Sagittarius Mines is

also facing security threats from the communist New People’s Army and social resistance from the local Catholic Church and other groups on concerns over the environment, human health and food security, among others.

It plans to excavate the massive deposits using

open-pit mining, a method banned by the provincial government of South Co-tabato.

The estimated con-tained copper at Tampak-an in total resources has risen from 13.9 million metric tons to 15 million MT while estimated con-tained gold has risen from

16.2 million ounces to 17.9 Moz, according to the latest company study.

It is potentially the larg-est single foreign direct in-vestment in the country with an estimated $5.9 billion capital requirement for the production stage targeted in 2016. (BONG SARMIeNtO/MINdANewS)

‘Blame mining firm, not lumads’

in one of the many offices in this city hall where permits are regularly issued, the exchange of money is just an irresistible

practice that not even the many closed circuit television cameras can even stop it. Yes, you read that right, some of the exchanges of money were within sight of the cctv camera.

The issuance of permits is one of the most important things for an investor, as no business can be done legally without a permit, especially when you want to build something. Let’s give the presumption that giving bribe to expedite the processing of

documents is standard practice. But what is so bad about this office in the city hall is that it is holding hostage the permits of some investors whom they feel they can milk to their hearts content.

But it doesn’t end there. When the head of the office finds out about what is happening, he jumps into the fray and suddenly asks for a million requirements, which aren’t even required by law for the processing of this particular permit.

Upon learning of the situation, the investor only muttered, kao bin peh.

What CCTV?

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VOL.5 ISSUE 86 • JULY 3, 2012GAME CHANGERS6 EDGEDAVAO

Unlike most Filipino-Chinese families, Frank or Kim to his family and friends, wasn’t actually prepped all his life for the day that the family business will be hand-ed over to him.

“I was in Manila having my own businesses there, then last year my uncle, who is my dad’s partner in the business retired, which my dad also plans to do in the near future. So, I had to come home and start taking care of the business and learn from my dad while he’s still at it,” Kim said.

Being thrown into an en-vironment that he may have grown up with but has not really got himself wet with, is a moment for Kim to show what he is made of, especial-ly that the family business has been there since 1949.

“I did not want too many cooks in the kitchen, so we kids never really got involved with the business during our growing up years. We were given the free reign to do what we wanted,” Kim said, adding that his other brothers have careers very distinct from the family busi-ness. “It seems that it’s just me. I am the kind of person that wherever you throw me, I will survive. If I were to sink or swim, I’ll definitely swim.”

An iconic structure along MacArthur Highway in Ma-tina is the seat of the family business – Southern Motors of Davao, Inc. The structure is an icon in itself; a structure that has undergone many changes but has retained its

basic core, its foundation.“The building has been

here since 1952. If I am not mistaken, the company is one of the oldest standing dealerships that we have in the country, if not in the whole of Southeast Asia,” Kim said.

An anecdote about the building will show how much the height of the road has increased over the years. The driveway used to be lev-el with the road but constant road repairs have shown in-creased the elevation of road so much that the building driveway is now lower than the road.

There is an urban myth about Filipino-Chinese fami-lies wherein the first gen-eration establishes the busi-ness, the second generation expands the business, and the third generation squan-ders it. Kim is the third gen-eration to handle the busi-ness.

“I hope that it will not be our generation that will squander it. I really hope not,” Kim said, adding that he was really nervous about being part of the family busi-ness. “But knowing that my father is there to guide me is some kind of assurance that I won’t be making the same mistakes.”

While he may be a new player in the business, Kim has already made his mark with the employees.

“We take good care of the people who helped us through the years. Some of our employees have been

with us for the past 40 years,” Kim said. “There are small things that your employees will actually appreciate.”

Kim may have been the boss with his businesses in

Manila, but it’s not the same case here in Davao where he is working for his father.

“My dad gives me the space to work on my own. He knows that if don’t know something, I’ll find out how. It’s a trait that I’ve had since I was a kid,” Kim said. “It’s re-ally difficult to work for your

parents.”If it seems that Kim is all

work and no play, he’s the exact opposite. Behind the motor pool of Southern Mo-tors is another garage that houses several vintage cars of Kim, which he plans to restore to tiptop form. While he may be working for the

family business already, Kim continues to do what he en-joys – producing parties.

To those who are won-dering if Kim is married, he is not. He is available and single.

“You just can’t have ev-erything,” Kim said, laugh-ing.

JUST like driving, there’s no other way of learning how to drive a car than by getting behind the wheel, turning the ignition on, and actually driving. And that is how Frank Liu III is learning the

ropes of the family business, which he is set to take care of.

“My dad gives me the space to work on my own. He knows that if

don’t know something, I’ll find out how. It’s a

trait that I’ve had since I was a kid,” --Kim Liu

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EDGEDAVAO

If they can, why can’t we…

ANTONIO O. FLOIRENDO SR., indubita-bly the most successful entrepreneur in these parts of the country, passed

away Friday night at the age of 96.Mr. Floirendo first came to Mindanao more

than 60 years ago, after accepting the auto dealership of Ford motor company. He actu-ally had two choices, the other being the Vi-sayas. He fell in love with Mindanao and cor-rectly read its big potentials by just looking at the map.

While virtually putting Mindanao on wheels by pioneering in the lone auto dis-tributorship, he immediately went into agri-culture, and didn’t mind opening marshlands and forests for crop production. The rest is history that is known by almost all Dabawen-yos who could not ignore the epic saga of Don Antonio.

Through his companies, now more than 20 and still counting, Mr. White Hair, as he also called, must have really touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of native Dabawenyos and migrants attracted by the bright future

that his ventures have to offer. These included thousands of scholars, many of whom he had also employed, provided treatment for the sick and gave sundry social services through the AOF Foundation and other altruistic insti-tutions he and his children have established.

Don Antonio died at a time when his bur-geoning business empire is in the midst of pouring more investments into multi-billion world-class projects that promise to employ thousands more of workers, increase contri-butions of revenues to local government units where these are operating, not to mention the multiplier effects which are hard to quantify.

Mr. Floirendo, who was ironically a mining engineer who did not go into mining, leaves his empire in the good hands of his children and the professional managers many of whom he had handpicked to lead some of his enterpris-es.

The tens of thousands of Dabawenyos who are directly benefited by his companies, includ-ing the millions who are indirect stakeholders, can be assured that the Floirendo empire lives.

iT was recently announced that 40 Filipino en-

trepreneurs made it to the world’s richest men in the world. Henry Sy topped the list of the 40 richest Filipinos with esti-mated assets worth USD 9.1 billion. The second was a far cry at almost half that of Sy’s assets.

Of the 40, 15 are considered USD billion-aires and the remaining 25 are USD million-aires. Occupying the 40th place has an estimat-ed total asset worth USD 140 million, which is even slightly higher than the combined 2011 annual incomes of the top 3 cities in Mindan-ao. From another perspective, these 3 cities’ incomes only equal to around 1.5% of Henry Sy’s total assets.

If we total the estimated assets of these 40 richest Filipino entrepreneurs, they would equal to around 9.5% of the gross domestic product of the Philippines in 2011 (initial es-timates), or a little less than the contribution of the agriculture sector in the gross domestic product of the country. Further, the total as-sets are equivalent to around 20% of the total public debt of the Philippines.

What do see from these figures? What I see is the fact that we have good and excellent Filipino entrepreneurs and they significantly contribute to – and control – the national economy. While some ordinary, helpless mor-tals could only envy them and might probably feel a bit furious on how they take advantage of the consuming public, I feel that they are necessary agents in a market economy and for the growth and development of the country.

What they have is clearly the result of their own hard work. While most of them were born with silver spoon in their hands and mouths, the reality is that someone in their family did an extraordinary thing to start the process of accumulating wealth – a very common aspiration and ambition of anybody else.

Everybody knows, for example, the hum-ble beginnings of Henry Sy. What we learn from stories circulating around is that he started his Shoe Mart in that old shopping district of Carriedo in Quiapo, Manila. I do not know the rest of his life history but what I want to believe is his industry and diligence to attain a goal in life – to sustain the needs of his family and eventually to seize the opportunity presented to him as he did so. That opportu-nity grew tremendously and with his focus on what he does did he realize the limitless possi-bilities for one who has the devotion and hard work plus the necessary resources - financial resources to say the least.

Sad to note that many of us connect accu-mulation of wealth to greed. In some sense, it could be when: (a) what you “put in” is inferi-or in value to what you get; (b) you use others to get what you aspire for without appropri-ate compensation; (c) you use your position in authority to increase your possession; (d) you insist in possessing what is legally no lon-ger yours; and (e) you unjustly manipulate the system and the market in your favor. Greed could then be determined as the “excess” to your true and real value. Hence, everybody – rich and poor alike – could be guilty of greed.

Possessing a preponderance of wealth is not bad for as long as it is not the result of greed - not a selfish ambition to dominate, but a consequential result of hard work and a vi-sion of those opportunities in the market.

The stories of wealthy people serve to inspire us – not to become greedy but to set ambitions and to do better for ourselves. The rich became what they are now through how they dealt with what they had and who they were in the past. They should teach us then to seek rather than just to wait in apathy for opportunities to present themselves to us; to use our talents and resources – though how limited and meager they appear to be at this time – to attain our goals and to advance our well-being.

May the famous adage “if they can, why can’t we”be our hopeful mantra whilst we en-deavor to improve who we are and where we are.

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VOL.5 ISSUE 86 • JULY 3, 2012

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cal air now filled with the scent – or maybe ordure – of next year’s midterm elec-tions, expect the media to be con-taminated too with filth spewed by politicians and their spin doctors. Just today, I came across a column (or more aptly, a PR item) that seeks to sanitize the image of former Bukidnon congressman Juan Miguel Zu-biri vis-à-vis the 2007 poll fraud in Ma-guindanao, which enabled him to steal the Senate seat that rightfully belongs to belatedly-installed Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III.

(Note: I erred in calling Zubiri “re-tired former senator.” He does not de-serve this honorific since he should not have occupied such position in the first place. One cannot resign from a post which does not belong to him. He can only yield it to its true owner.)

The “columnist” echoed Zubiri’s ri-diculous claim that he had no involve-ment in the cheating, although the people should thank him (Zubiri) for ad-mitting that there indeed was cheating. But to insist that he knew nothing of it is

worse than spinning a fairy tale. At least, fairy tales entertain children and enrich their imagination.

Zubiri’s ludicrous claim on the other hand adds insult to the injury of hav-ing an impostor in the Senate at the same time that we had an imposter in Malacanang. Worse, our good columnist called Zubiri’s “resignation” last year an “ethical feat” for which the voters seem prepared to reward based on a May 20 to 26 Pulse Asia survey of 2013 senatori-al preferences. He said Zubiri, instead of desperately clinging on to his(?) Senate post, chose to keep his integrity intact and is now “free to seek fresh mandate.”

Never have I read such contorted misrepresentation of facts. Zubiri de-cided to leave only when it became clear that the fraud in Maguindanao could no longer be denied. It would be more shameful to wait for the Senate Electoral Tribunal to announce the verdict that he lost; it was better to stage a “graceful exit” complete with the drama of a fare-well speech before national television.

The truth would have been known much earlier had Zubiri not filed a coun-ter-protest in order to delay the resolu-tion of Pimentel III’s protest. Sayang na-man ang P200 million annually in pork barrel funds. Worse, Zubiri defied what-

ever sense of decency was left in him by insisting on joining the same coalition where Pimentel III was supposed to be one of the senatorial candidates. And for reasons known only to him, Vice Presi-dent Jejomar Binay, head of the PDP-Laban which forms the other half of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) – the other one being the Partido ng Masang Pilipino of former president Joseph Es-trada – welcomed Zubiri with open arms.

Where is ethics and integrity in all these manipulations? Where is integrity in stealing an elective post and claiming innocence about the felony? Where is Zubiri’s ethics, where is his delicadeza in asserting that he has as much right to be part of UNA as Pimentel III has? UNA’s leadership however should get equal blame for making it appear that no there’s no harm in having both the rob-ber and the robbed on the same boat. Talk about opportunism, Binay and Es-trada have shown that they have plenty of it in store.

To see our politicians flit from one affiliation to another with the ease of carefree butterflies is already revolting enough. But Zubiri’s and UNA’s stunt has made us run out of adjectives. [H. Mar-cos C. Mordeno can be reached at [email protected]]

9VANTAGE POINTS

Monkey Business

EDGEDAVAORashid: Soldier

of Peace

The revolution will be organized

by beth RamoS Special Feature

by hugo Dixon analySiS

Sick (spin) doctor

(1st of 2 Parts)

iS it possible that rebel leaders are over-rated? In the wake of the Arab Spring, the Occupy Wall Street movement, and other

populist uprisings around the world against autocracy and corruption, geopolitical ana-lysts are asking fundamental questions about what leadership means in such struggles. What sort of leadership is needed in nonvio-lent uprisings? And in this digital age, do re-bellions even need leaders?

The romanticized answer is that nonvio-lent struggles no longer require a charismatic leader – they can emerge spontaneously as oppressed people rise up and communicate through Facebook and Twitter. This lack of organization or hierarchy is said to be well suited to the goals of such movements. Where insurgents are fighting for democratic rule, it is appropriate that nobody is bossing anybody around. What’s more, this alleged lack of lead-ership has a side benefit in that it precludes the authorities from destroying a movement by rounding up the ringleaders. You can’t lop off the head if there is no head.

A year ago, in the stirring aftermath of the Egyptian revolution, that paradigm had resonance. But the Arab Spring has run into trouble. It took a long and bloody struggle in Libya to depose Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, and Syria is being inexorably sucked into a civ-il war. Even Egypt no longer looks like a clear victory for the Facebook revolutionaries: The Muslim Brotherhood, which has a more tradi-tional hierarchy and respect for authority, is poised to scoop up the fruits of the populist occupation of Tahrir Square.

Getting beyond outrage“This is a war by other means,” says Rob-

ert Helvey, a former U.S. army colonel who has devoted himself to studying nonviolent com-bat and trains activists in its methods. “If you are going to wage a struggle, everybody needs to be on the same sheet of paper.” The savviest analysts of the recent nonviolent movements never believed they had much chance unless they had leadership, unity, and strategy.

Start with the most basic tenet: No move-ment is likely to topple an entrenched regime unless it has a strategy. This involves system-atically analyzing the opponent’s weaknesses, devising a plan for undermining them, and an-ticipating how the struggle is likely to unfold. To forge such a strategy, a movement needs leadership. And to follow such a strategy through the hard times ahead – during which nonviolent protests may be met with violence – it will need unity. Srdja Popovic, a leader of Otpor, the Serbian student group that helped bring down Slobodan Milosevic’s dictator-ship in 2000, now advises activists on how to organize similar movements. He stresses the importance of unity, and tells them one of the main reasons Otpor succeeded against Milosevic was because it banged together the heads of a bickering group of politicians and got them all to support one candidate.

Leadership is required to plan the differ-ent stages of a conflict. Helvey says there are usually three: removing a regime; installing a democratic government, maybe a transitional one; and then defending that new govern-ment against coups. He points out that while the Egyptian students brought down Hosni Mubarak, they didn’t have a follow-up plan, which allowed the Muslim Brotherhood to step in and take control. They won an impor-tant battle, but had their prize snatched from their hands.

The problem in Egypt was getting beyond regime change, but most movements struggle to get even that far. Again, that’s usually due to a lack of effective leadership. Gene Sharp, a Boston-based academic who has studied nonviolent struggle for over 60 years, says it’s foolhardy to think you don’t need lead-ers. History supports this argument; few, if any, leaderless nonviolent struggles have been successful, according to Adam Roberts,

emeritus professor of international relations at Oxford University. The Occupy Wall Street movement may be a case in point. It was a public relations sensation early on, but the participants didn’t appear to have any strat-egy beyond pitching tents in public spaces, and public interest fizzled. The ongoing Syr-ian revolution is another example of the perils of revolt without sound strategy. The activists there didn’t seem to have any plan for what to do when President Bashar al-Assad’s regime fought back with torture, detention, and mass killings – even though that brutal response was predictable.

The Syrian activists made another strate-gic error: They initially placed too much em-phasis on demonstrations against the regime, and while public protests are crucial in revo-lutionary movements, they expose the partici-pants to brutality. Alternative tactics, such as boycotts and strikes, can be a better way to challenge the regime while keeping your ca-sualties low. It takes leadership to coordinate that kind of strategy. To be fair, the activists in Syria can’t organize or even communicate ef-fectively with anything larger than small cells because as soon as they put their heads above the parapet, they are arrested, tortured or killed. After months of being bludgeoned by the regime, the Syrian activists have increas-ingly turned to violence themselves.

Propagandists and strategistsWhat sort of leadership is required to

sustain a nonviolent revolution? Since head-less social-media revolutions appear to be doomed, the temptation is to flip to the oppo-site extreme – a powerful, charismatic leader. History seems to have smiled upon this tactic: India’s independence movement had Mohan-das Gandhi; the U.S. civil rights movement had Martin Luther King; the anti-apartheid move-ment had Nelson Mandela. More recently, Aung San Suu Kyi has been the face of Burma’s struggle against dictatorship, and Anna Haz-are the leader of India’s anti-corruption cru-sade. Inspirational leaders, all.

i met Rashid sometime in 2010. What struck me about him was he is a Muslim but he chose to join the army. He was in-

troduced to me by 1st Lt. Rio Anthony Gam-mad, Charlie Company commander 73rdIB assigned in Maasim-Kiamba,Maitum or MAKIMA. Lt. Gammad happens to be my foster son. Soon after, it was not only Lt. Gammad who considered me foster moth-er but the whole Charlie Company.

I treat them as my “kids” and they con-sider me their matriarch. They are always respectful in their dealings with me, always careful not to cause anything that would upset me. They reciprocate my goodness to them by giving me gifts (despite their lim-ited resources) which surprise and delight me no end. I witnessed how these young men won the hearts and minds of the com-munity – Christians and Muslims alike.

I submit, I did have bad experiences with the military in my younger years to the point of hating and uttering invectives whenever I saw military men because of their abuses. Since my work requires deal-ing with them I had no choice but to work closely with them. Later on, I found out that not all military are bad and they too can be exponents of peace, especially the new breed with their idealism, honesty, and commitment.

These young men and women were endeared to me because of their discipline, humility, respectfulness, and profession-alism towards their job and the people around them. Even in the predominantly Muslim barangays, they are highly regarded because of their friendliness. I was touched by their humility by apologizing to Muslim communities for the sins of war committed by their predecessors.

I haven’t heard of any complaint from the community of any misdemeanor or abuse committed by them. I haven’t seen them in public having wild drinking sprees. They are always disciplined and good man-nered, that’s why they are always welcome in my home.

I asked myself, what if one of these young soldiers or officers happened to be my daughter or son, far from the care of their parents and families? I felt pity for them.

Back to Rashid. He was charming re-spectful, always smiling, and attentive. In one of our conversations, he opened him-self to me candidly, on why he entered the military service. He told me, “ I want to help achieve lasting peace in Mindanao. I want to help bridge the wide divide be-tween Muslims and Christians. We live in the same land (Mindanao) and we should all help achieve this elusive peace. “

I remember when we both attended a seminar on disaster risk reduction, he was so attentive. There was an instance when during a discussion, emotions were high. Yet he remained cool and smilingly remind-ed the group that bickering will lead us to nowhere. We all shut up.

Last year of September, Rashid vis-ited me while he was on a break from military operations. I told him jokingly, “ Wala na yung school boy complex-ion mo.” to which he smilingly replied, “Andyan pa rin mom, hindi mawawala yan.” He was so gracious and told me “ Nabusog ako mom, paborito ko kasi ang adobong manok. Marami pong sala-mat.” That was our last meeting.

2Lt. Rashid Karim, 28, a Maguindan-aon, joined our Creator a week after that visit. With his boots on - on mission- do-ing what he said he wanted - soldiering for peace, for the community, bridging the dividing lines of Mindanao, keeping our country whole, for a Peace we all truly deserve.

He took a part of me. I will always miss Rashid. [Beth Ramos is the munici-pal information officer of Maitum, Saran-gani.]

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VOL.5 ISSUE 86 • JULY 3, 201210 COMMUNITY SENSE EDGEDAVAO

LOCAL residents es-tablished a new mark on Friday with

around 250,000 trees planted in various parts of the city as part of its massive 2nd Tree Grow-ing Festival.

An estimated 20,000 volunteers from various sectors trooped to plant-ing sites along the critical Quezon mountain range here early Friday to join the tree planting festivity, which is presently consid-ered as among the biggest in the country.

“It’s a huge success. Based on our initial as-sessment, we have so far planted about 99 percent of the 250,000 tree seed-lings that we prepared for

today’s festival,” Mayor Peter B. Miguel told re-porters.

Based on data re-leased by the City En-vironment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro), the total number of vol-unteers who signed up reached 15,479 as of Thursday night but thou-sands more showed up for the activity.

The volunteers, who were composed mostly of students as well as private and government work-ers, converged at the city hall grounds and several other identified jump-off sites here at around 4 a.m.

They were then fer-ried to the tree planting sites situated in five up-

land villages of the city by trucks and service ve-hicles commissioned by the local government.

Augustus Bretana, Cenro chief, said the tree planting sites covered 1,200 hectares of lands in 53 upland sitios and puroks of Barangays Ca-cub, Esperanza, Mabini, San Jose and Topland that straddles the Quezon mountain range.

The mountain range serves as the natural boundary of this city and the neighboring provinc-es of Sultan Kudarat and Davao del Sur.

He said most of the planting sites were with-in titled private lands as well as areas that were

covered by the govern-ment’s Integrated Social Forestry program.

“We initially encoun-tered minor problems like the non-arrival of the tree seedlings but cited that they were able to resolve them later on. Overall, we were able to achieve our targets,” Bretana said.

During its launching last year, around 25,000 local volunteers planted a total of 131,028 tree seed-lings in 522.78 hectares of idle lands along the Roxas Mountain Range, which extends to six of the city’s 27 barangays.

The city government originally targeted to plant 120,000 trees in 500 hectares of land in the area.

The city government decided to launch the tree-growing festival last year to highlight the lo-cal celebration of the In-ternational Environment Month held every June and support for Aquino’s National Greening Pro-

gram.It noted that the fes-

tivities aimed to promote environmental volun-teerism among residents and the rehabilitation of the city’s declining forest reserve.

Miguel said the tree-planting activity officially ended at around 12:30 p.m., with the arrival at the city hall grounds of the last contingent com-ing from one of the re-motest planting sites in Purok Randal of Barangay Cacub.

He said five people suffered minor injuries in separate incidents, including “freak ones,” while the contingents were on their way to the tree planting sites.

He said the victims re-ceived proper treatment through the city govern-ment’s standby medical team.

“But overall, this is a great day for the city as we have once again proven that we can stand

up as one for the cause of our environment,” Miguel said.

As part of the festivi-ties, the city government, which allotted P2 million for the activity, offered a free lunch for all vol-unteers at the city hall grounds here.

But Miguel stressed that this year’s Tree Growing Festival will be a continuing activity and he has assigned Cenro per-sonnel to start as early as tomorrow (Saturday) the validation of Friday’s ac-complishment.

“We will check if there are seedlings that our vol-unteers missed of if there are more areas that need-ed to be planted,” he said.

The mayor added that they planned they are eyeing the activity to be-come a long-term endeav-or through an incentive scheme for local farmers who would be assigned to take care of the planted trees. (ALLeN V. eStABILLO/MINd-ANewS)

Koronadal folk plant 250,000 trees

CLIMBING IN DAVNOR. A media practitioner scales the wall, which the Provincial Government  through the Provincial Sports Development Office  puts up for Katkat DavNor,  during a wall climbing competition in Tagum City as part of the celebration of the 45th Araw

ng Davao del Norte. It  has three categories: Inter-LGU, Inter-Media, and Inter-School. The three fastest contestants  per category  to climb the top shall receive medals and P1,000, P750 and P500 cash, respectively. [PhOtO By ONdOy LAGUItAO ]

The City Council of Cagayan de Oro re-cently passed Reso-

lution No. 10909-2012 ex-pressing its sincerest grati-tude to SM Prime Holdings, for “extending financial assistance to the victims of Typhoon Sendong . . . and for sharing sympathies in one way or another to the Kagay-anons during our time of grief.”

It will be remembered that SM Prime in collabo-ration with SM Foundation and SM Supermarket was one of the first to respond to the victims of this tragedy last December. It donated P3M to the city government for its relief efforts, and dis-tributed relief goods, drink-ing water, clothes, medi-cines, and medical services to 19,500 families in devas-tated areas. It continues to

offer long -term solutions by building 200 homes through its partnership with Gawad Kalinga.

The resolution, initi-ated by Councilor Ian Mark Nacaya, and signed by Vice Mayor Caesar E. Acenas and City Council Secretary Artu-ro de San Miguel mentions that “such acts of generos-ity and compassion have gone a long way in alleviat-ing the plight of the stricken victims especially with the limited resources of the City Government to address the shortage in basic supplies.”

It adds that “such help-ing hands . . . made such unprecedented tragedy in the city’s history a little easier to bear, instill a new sense of hope, confidence and pride to the city and its people.”

“The people of Cagayan

de Oro will never forget such generosity and shall always remember each and every one who con-stantly stayed by our side and gave us all the moral and personal support dur-ing the difficult days,” it concludes.

SM City Cagayan de Oro has been part of the lives of residents of the City of Golden Friendship since it opened in 2003. Apart from bringing great shopping, leisure, and en-tertainment, it has been a catalyst of business and employment opportuni-ties, been a top taxpayer, and collaborated with local government units on many civic and cultural projects. Operation Sendong was SM’s way of giving back to a city that it had grown to love and become a part of.

Sendong Aid CDO City Council thanks SM Prime

nEW avenues for el-evating customer experience will be

the focal point of this year’s 21st National Retail Confer-ence and Stores Asia Expo (NRCE) which will be held on August 9 to 10 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. This year’s staging of the NRCE is also set to differentiate retailing in the Philippines as it de-clares “Shopping. It’s More Fun in the Philippines”.

Organized by the Phil-ippine Retailers Associa-tion (PRA) and supported by PLDT Alpha Enterprise, SM Department Stores, Robinsons Malls and HP Philippines, Araneta Cen-

ter, Ayala Malls and Meral-co, the NRCE is the coun-try’s biggest retail industry event. The conference is attended by over 700 retail owners, suppliers, CEOs, and top level executives from all over the country. Its twin event, the Stores Asia Expo, is the country’s premier exhibition of retail suppliers and service pro-viders.

This year’s NRCE takes its cue from the Philippine government’s well con-ceived “It’s More Fun in the Philippines” campaign. Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez will be speaking on the campaign’s syn-ergy with retail industry

growth. Mr. William Schul-tz, President and CEO of Coca-Cola Bottlers Philip-pines Inc., delivers the con-ference keynote message. Coca-Cola’s participation in this year’s NRCE is ex-pected to further elevate the “fun” aspect of the conference as the brand celebrates “100 Year of Happiness”. Meanwhile, Emmy award-winning television producer of The Tyra Banks Show and the widely popular fashion re-ality show America’s Next Top Model is set to share the newest developments in marketing and branding and global opportunities for Filipino brands.

21st NRCE focuses on elevating customer experience

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VOL.5 ISSUE 86 • JULY 3, 2012 11SUBURBIAEDGEDAVAO

MANY northern parts of the city will experience

temporary water service interruption following different schedules from July 6 to July 9. The wa-ter cut is necessary for Davao City Water District to do these systems im-provements: tapping of the 1,000-mm diameter Mortar Line Coated Steel Pipeline (MLCSP) trans-mission line to the Pan-orama Reservoir, installa-tion of 600mm diameter butterfly valve at Bacaca Road corner Diversion Road in Buhangin and re-placement of 600mm di-ameter butterfly valve at Panorama Reservoir.

Would-be affected ar-eas are:

From 8:00 PM of July 6 until 11:00 AM of July 8 (39 hours) in some Ma-tina Pangi areas specifi-cally from Km. 7 to km. 9 including Orange Grove Subd., Iñigo Village, Mt. Terrace Village, Samantha Homes, La Vista Monte, Hillcrest Subd., Country-side Homes, Mountain View Subd. and the Japa-nese Tunnel to Country-side portion of Diversion Road;

From 8:00 PM of July 6 until 12:00 noon of July 8 (40 hours) in some Ma-a areas from Metroville Subd. to Carlos P. Garcia Highway, including Sto. Niño, Pantinople Village, Garcia Settlers, Anahaw Village, Diho Village, Sal-cedo Village, JPMI Village, Ma-a Peoples Village, Ma-a portion of Las Terrazas, Pag-asa Village, Del Pilar Village, New Washington Village, NHA Ma-a, Green Meadows Ma-a, Roldan Village, Woodridge Park Subdivision, South Villa Heights, Monteritz Clas-sic Estates, Lower Dampa, Ma-a Slaughter House, Ma-a City Jail, Ma-a Riv-erside, Ma-a Riverfront, Maharlika Village, Carlos P. Garcia Highway (from Shell Gas Station Ma-a to Ma-a bridge);

From 8:00 PM of July 6 until 10:00 AM of July 8 (38 hours) in some ar-eas in Cabaguio Ave. from DECO Machine Shop to J.P. Laurel Avenue portion of Cabaguio Road including RGA Village, Cory Aqua-marine, Palm Village, Sarphil Subd., Park View Ave., SOS Village and Wa-ter Lily Subd.;

From 8:00 PM of July 6 until 1:00 PM of July 8 (41 hours) in some down-town areas of Barangays 9, 10 & 11 including Davao Doctors Hospital, Marfori Heights I & II, Napaka Vil-lage, Doña Vicenta Village I & II, Awhag Village, Min-eral Village, Garden Park

Village, Lizanto Homes, Davao Medical School Foundation, EMP Village I & II, Diho Subdivision III, San Rafael Village, Ledes-ma Subdivision, Fatima Village, Monfort Village, Circumferential Road, Stella Maris Homeown-ers Association, Garcia Heights and Morning Side Heights; some areas in J.P Laurel Ave. or Bajada specifically NCCC Hous-ing, San Antonio, Hilltop Village, at the back of Davao Light and Power Company, along J.P. Laurel Ave. from Durian Hotel to Davao-Agusan Road, Abreeza Mall, Villa Mar-garita Hotel, Roadway Inn, Regina Compound, Regino Compound, Con-suegra Compound, Pen-era Compound, Doña Mil-agros Village, Rivera Vil-lage, Palm Village, South-ern Philippines Medical Center, Aquino Subd., Margarita Village, DCWD, Toyota, Jerresa Subd., La-nang Executive Homes, Lulu Subd.;

From 8:00 PM of July 6 until 2:00 PM of July 8 (42 hours) in some ar-eas along Mamay Road including Angliongto / Mamay Road, Hillside Subd., Belisario Village, Diamond Village, Licer-alde Village, JLA Subd., St. Anthony Village, Mamay Village, Roseville Subd., Victoria Heights, Vincent Heights, Leah Subd. and Damosa;

From 8:00 PM of July 6 until 8:00 AM of July 9 (60 hours) in some ar-eas in Buhangin Carlos P. Garcia Highway from Ma-a bridge to Depart-ment of Public Works and Highways in Panacan, in-cluding Jade Valley Subd., Juliville Subd., NCCC Relo-cation, Tigatto, Panorama Homes Subd., Robinsons Highlands Subd., Bu-hangin Proper, Buhangin-Tigatto Road, crossing Mi-lan to Holy Trinity portion of Buhangin-Cabantian Road, Bread Subd., Pio-neer Subd., Carpio Subd., St. John Subd., Sison Vil-lage, Sand Village, Villa Park Subd., St. Jude, Sta. Teresita, Dragon Com-pound, NHA Buhangin, Diho Village Buhangin, Fareñas Compound, La Verna Hills, Pag-ibig Subd., connections in Ciu-dad De Esperanza served by the Dumoy Water Sup-ply System (WSS), Bacaca Road, El Rio Vista, Rolling Hills, San Antonio Village, Riverview Village, Green Heights Subd., Sandawa Village, San Pedro Village, Pag-asa Village, Spring Valley, Ladislawa Village, Sto. Niño Hills, Orange Grove Hotel, Mt. Carmel, Dumanlas and San Vi-

cente;From 8:00 PM of July

6 until 8:00 AM of July 9 (60 hours) in some areas in Lanang from Lanang to DPWH Panacan including Grand Regal Hotel, Ramos Village, Lizada Village, Vil-la De Davao Subd., Lanang Beach Club, Summerhill Village, Guadalupe Vil-lage, Insular Village I & II, Fortune Executive Homes, Nova Tierra Village, M. Ozano Subd., San Lorenzo Ruiz Village, Bayview Vil-lage, DPWH Depot, AFP Mutual Homes and Davao International Airport;

And from 8:00 PM of July 6 until 8:00 PM of July 9 (72 hours) in some areas in Sasa, Pampanga and Panacan specifically Doña Asuncion Subd., Belen Homes, Pampanga Executive Homes, San Roque Village, Don Loren-zo Homes, Bolton Village, Doña Pilar Village, South-ern Homes, Doña Paz Vil-lage, Hacienda Village, Old Airport Road, Doña Aurelia Village, Lougemar Village, Marla Compound, Doña Salud, Mahayahay Settlers, Mercedes Vil-lage, Suha Village, BAT Compound, Cabayugan I, II & III, Nelia Ville Subd., Doña Socorro Village, PDRHAI Village, Bel-Air Subd., Crystal Mead-ows, Tierra Verde Vil-lage, Doña Caridad Subd., De Guzman Village, EMI Ville Homes, Empress Subd., Tiera Niño Village, Philippine Naval Forces (only those connections served by Dumoy WSS), PMPC Village, Landmark I, II & III, San Juan Village, Panacan Relocation, Vista Verde I & II and Camp Cat-itipan.

Acting general man-ager Edwin V. Regalado apologizes to would-be affected customers but explained that these sys-tems improvements can help increase the water pressure in northern parts which are supplied by Du-moy Water Supply System. He appeals for the under-standing and coopera-tion and advises to store enough water in clean and covered containers prior to the scheduled water in-terruption as water supply may be restored earlier if work goes smoothly or lat-er if unforeseen problems arise.

The general public may call the DCWD trunk line at 221-9400 and press “1” on their phone dial to listen to the latest daily water updates, or contact its call center through the 24-hour hotline 221-9412 or 0927-7988966 for up-dates, complaints, queries and other matters per-taining to DCWD services.

Water Advisory

Temporary water service cut in north areas July 6 - 9

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DENR Secretary Ra-mon Paje ordered last June 29 the relief of DENR executives, in-cluding Davao region-al executive director (RED) Jim Sampulna, after receiving reports of log confiscations de-spite President Benig-no Aquino III’s execu-tive order a year and a half ago imposing a log-ging ban nationwide.

Regional technical director forestry Har-dinado Patnugot and officer-in-charge chief of forest resources con-servation division Clau-dio Jumao-as were also relieved from post, as well as Provincial En-vironment And Natu-ral Resources Officers (Penro) and Commu-nity Environment and Natural Resources Of-ficers (Cenro) in the region.

The Penros of the region who were also

removed from their posts were Marcia Isip (Davao del Norte), Gre-gorio Lagura (Davao Oriental), and Julius Valdez (Compostela Valley).

The Cenros in the region relieved from their posts were Na-poleon Paje (Davao City – West), Melchor Ozaraga (Davao City – East), Robinson Camacho (Baganga), Basilio Caralos (Lu-pon), Restituta Dime (Mati), Dioscor Ga-varra (Manay), Marvin Parilla (Maco), Victor Billones (Monkayo) and Antonio Inguillo (Nabunturan).

The 15 sacked of-ficials in Davao prov-inces are part of the 31 DENR officials in Regions 11 and 13 in Mindanao relieved of their posts in what ob-servers call as the June 29 “massacre.”

Cordova said DENR Region 5 RED Jose-lin Marcus Fragada will assume Sampulna’s position either today if not Wednesday. Fraga-

da is still waiting for a special order although he had already received a verbal order regard-ing his new position.

Further, her office has yet to receive advice on the new officers to assume the posts of the relieved officers in the region.

Paje announced the relief of DENR execu-tives in Region 13 and 11, following the con-fiscation of P16 million worth of illegal logs in Manila North Habor al-legedly shipped from Davao.

Cordova said based on the research by the region’s forest re-sources conservation division, the confiscated logs were transported in enclosed vans and the regional office has no x-ray machines to check the content, which was declared as cement.

Aquino declared a moratorium on the cut-ting of timber in natural and secondary forests nationwide through Ex-ecutive Order No. 23 in February 2011.

ente at Camp Catitipan in Davao City.

Lim is the suspect in the abduction and mur-der of prominent busi-nessman Eduardo Bina-vides Valdez, 77.

Lim, is the nephew of Valdez, married and a res-ident of Mabini St., Cer-vantes Subd., Tagum City, Davao del Norte.

The suspect also sur-rendered P3.6 million, believed to be part of the P5 million ransom money the suspect had demand-ed.

Police said the fa-ther of the suspect, who wished not to be named, exhibited full cooperation and collaboration with investigators and ‘had been instrumental in the peaceful surrender of the suspect.’

In an earlier interview, Davao City Police Office (DCPO) chief SSupt. Ron-ald dela Rosa, revealed that the suspect was the confidant of the victim in handing the latter’s finan-cial affairs.

Upon learning that huge amounts had been withdrawn from his ac-count, Valdez on June 19

told Lim to drive with him to Davao City from Tagum City in order to clarify matters with his bank.

The DCPO chief said Lim shot Valdez inside his car and brought the victim’s body inside his (Lim’s) apartment in El Rio Subd., Bacaca, Davao City.

Thereafter, Lim fabri-cated a story that he and Valdez were kidnapped and that the abductors were demanding P5 mil-lion in exchange for their safe return.

Valdez’ wife believed Lim and handed the ran-som of P5 million several days later.

Lim, however, cut off communication with the victim’s family until June 27 when the suspect called up his relatives to own the crime of kidnap and murder and direct-ing his relatives to Valdez’ body in Lim’s apartment.

The relatives reported the matter to the police, who discovered the vic-tim’s body in an advanced state of decomposition. It bore a single gunshot wound.

The retrieval of the

body was conducted by joint personnel of Police Station 2, Davao City Po-lice Office (DCPO); Re-gional Crime Laboratory Office (RCLO) 11; PNP Anti-kidnapping Group and operatives of the Re-gional Intelligence Divi-sion (RID)11 led by SSupt. Micheal John Dubria, CSEE on June 27.

Authorities had ear-lier conducted an exten-sive manhunt operation against the suspect who was later found to have fled to Manila the night be-fore the relatives reported the incident to the police.

Evidence vital to the case were recovered from the suspect’s vehicle, a white FORD Everest with plate number LGS 568, which was found by the police at a parking lot in Lanang, Davao City.

Recovered from the ve-hicle were two (2) pistols, one of which is believed to be the murder weapon, several rounds of ammu-nition, and his wallet and mobile phone.

Pertinent cases have been filed before the Re-gional Trial Court against the suspect.

fects of the mountain and its threat status.

He said the nomina-tion process is not simi-lar to the Seven Wonders of the World list of tour-ism attractions, which is profit-oriented and the decision is based on mass media and internet voting for tourism devel-opment.

“This is the real Mc-Coy. Unesco is a branch of the United Nations for

the preservation of an-cient ruins, natural won-ders, educating people, and initiating conserva-tion efforts,” he said, add-ing that the World Heri-tage list is decided by a panel of judges from all over the world, who are technically-minded, and not on the basis of popu-larity and propaganda.

Also being considered for the final list is Mount Hamiguitan, also found

in the region, he said, however, “there is more urgent need to include Mt. Apo in the list to im-mediately start its con-servation.”

The Banawe Rice Ter-races in Benguet, the Tubbataha Reef in Sulu, and Baroque architecture of churches in the Philip-pines are some of the places included in the list of Unesco World Heritage sites.

ment headed by Ret. Col-onel Desiderio Cloribel of the Traffic Manage-ment Center;• Physical ar-rangement – General Services Office head law-yer Jessie Melodias and City Engineer’s Office acting head Engr. Roland Reyes;• Cleanliness and sanitation committee will be headed by lawyer Jopseph Felizarta who heads the City Environ-

ment and Natural Re-sources Office;• Logistics servic-es will be delivered by City Veterinarian’s Office head Dr. Cerelyn Pinili, Correspondence and Re-cords Division head Aida Bontia, and City Librar-ian Nora Fe Alajar.The budget from the lo-cal government for the Kadayawan is yet to be announced pending fur-ther discussions.[JAde C. ZALdIVAR]

tance.He cited that the

government spent P109,589,946 for 88,916 cases assisted by Lingap last year.

Citing the approval of Department of Health 11 regional director Abdul-lah Dumama, Jr. on hos-pital corporatization, Dayanghirang said the health chief is wrong in his impression that it will mean better man-agement of public hos-pitals.

“SPMC has no prob-lemm it’s doing well,” he said, adding that it is not necessary to tap private sectors to run govern-ment hospitals.

He also cited that cor-poratization is against the philosophy of public service, and threatens the security of tenure of health workers. “We should object to this. What’s the use of paying taxes?” [LORIe A. CASCARO]

Commissioner Arman-do Velasco told the Forum on Partnership Building for Lanao del Sur Electoral Reform Initiatives, a gath-ering of local officials and civil society representa-tives in Kampo Ranao last Friday, that the procedure is “almost the same as ad-opted during the last local elections.

Velasco said the differ-ence is that in the past, re-quests for exemption was signed by the Comelec in Manila. This time, it will be decided on by the Provin-cial Joint Security Control Center for recommenda-tion to the Regional Joint Security Control Center for approval.

In Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat provinces as well as Cotabato City, the gun ban has been in force supposedly since Novem-ber 24, 2009, when these areas were placed under a State of Emergency a day after the massacre of 58 persons in Ampatuan, Ma-guindanao. Maguindanao

was placed under martial law from December 4 to 12 that same year but the State of Emergency in the three areas has not been lifted.

Despite the supposed gun ban, operatives of the Criminal Investiga-tion and Detection Group in the ARMM on June 26 confiscated high powered firearms in a house of a policeman early evening in Barangay Semba, Datu Odin Sinsuat town. Sr. Supt. Leo Quevedo, ARMM CIDG chief, said they received in-formation that the firearms were shipped from Zambo-anga City to Cotabato City. Armed with a search war-rant from the Regional Tri-al Court Branch 13 in Cota-bato City, the CIDG opera-tives seized three Barrett sniping rifles, one M-60 machine gun, three rounds of rapid propelled gre-nade, a hand grenade and a cal.45 pistol and ammuni-tion from one PO1 Taradji. Hataman said these are initial reports. He said he

is awaiting the CIDG’s final report on this “gunrunning syndicate.”

Chief Supt. Mario Ave-nido, regional chief of the Philippine National Police in the ARMM, reminded the mayors of ARMM’s 116 towns and two cities and governors of the five prov-inces during the ARMM LGU Convention on Local Governance in Davao City on June 19 of the impend-ing gun ban in connection with the ARMM registra-tion of voters. A female mayor stood up to ask Lo-cal Governments Secre-tary Jesse Robredo about elected officials who have no security escorts but car-ry their own guns. “I have a gun with me,” she said. “Ma’am, kasama ka sa gun ban. Kaya humingi ka na lang ng security,” (Ma’am, you are included in the gun ban. So you better ask for security),” Robredo re-plied. After the gun ban, he added, “pwede ka na uli magdala ng baril” (you can carry your gun again).

Robredo announced on June 20 in the ARMM Fo-rum that there will be no extension of the July 9 to 18 registration of voters. “The voter has to adjust to the process. If you do not want to adjust, don’t reg-ister,” he said, explaining that registration of voters in areas outside the five-province, two-city ARMM will even be suspended so the voters’ registra-tion machines (VRMs) will be brought to the ARMM. “You’re being given spe-cial treatment,” he said. Comelec personnel from various regions in the coun-try will also be deployed to the ARMM.

Avenido announced that 928 VRMs will be de-ployed by the Commission on Elections for use during the ten-day new voters’ list-ing in the region’s 2,490 ba-rangays. Robredo said clus-tering of precincts would be resorted to because the ra-tio is around 2.5 barangays to one machine. [CAROLyN O. AR-GUILLAS/MINdANewS]

nity,” Henderson said.“We have reaffirmed

that St. Augustine re-mains NADECOR’s part-ner in developing this flagship mining project, and are keen to take it to production with them as soon as possible,” Calal-ang added.

St. Augustine Gold & Copper is said to have successfully fulfilled its commitment to com-plete the Declaration of Mine Project Feasibil-ity (DMPF) for the King-king project. NADECOR, SAGCL’s partner on the project and party to the Mineral Production Sharing Agreement with the Philippine Govern-ment, submitted the DMPF to the Department of Environment and Nat-ural Resources and the Mines and Geosciences Bureau for review and approval just last month.

St. Augustine Gold & Copper Ltd. has invested nearly US$75 million to date.This includes funding and supporting a number of commu-nity education, medical and environmental pro-grams.

The next step in de-veloping the King-king mine is the Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS). Significant progress has been made toward com-pleting the BFS that will enable construction to begin in 2013.

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The Philippines is headed to another date with the conti-

nent’s Group of Death in basketball.

World power China and defending champion Leba-non are two of the top con-tenders awaiting the Phil-ippines if it comes out the winner of the Southeast Asian Basketball Associa-tion (Seaba) championship in Group A of the Fiba-Asia Cup this September.

The Chinese and Leba-nese found themselves bracketed together after the drawing of lots held in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday. Joining them in the so-called Group of Death are Macau and the qualifiers of both Seaba and the Central Asia Basketball Associa-

tion (CABA).The Seaba tournament

will be held from July 3-7 in Chiang Mai, Thailand, with the Philippines coached by Jong Uichico favored to romp away the title.

Bunched in Group B are former two-time Fiba-Asia men’s champion Iran, Chinese-Taipei, inaugural Fiba-Asia Cup winner Qa-tar, Japan, and the qualifier from the South Asia Bas-ketball Association (Saba) championship slated in New Delhi, India from July 24-26.

“The draw promises some great competition,” newly elected Fiba-Asia secretray general Hagop Khajirian was quoted as saying in the Fiba-Asia website after he person-

ally supervised the draw-ing of lots in the Japanese capital.

Unless a major upset happens in Chiang Mai, the Philippine team of Chot Reyes will repre-sent Southeast Asia in the September 14-22 meet otherwise known as the Stankovic Cup.

Team manager Butch Antonio said the Japan stint is one of the interna-tional tournaments in the radar of the Philippines as part of the national team’s buildup for the Fiba-Asia men’s championship next year.

The top two teams in the Fiba Asia Cup actually earn outright slots in the Fiba-Asia men’s champi-onship.

Philippine national team coach Chot Reyes will have his hands full as his team is headed to the feared Group of Death in FIBA Asia.

Group of Death awaits Phl cagers

Jamelle Crnley of Rain or Shine is fast emerging as the best import of the PBA Governor’s Cup. The Paint-ers sealed another win on Sunday against Talk N’ Text 92-90.

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Residents of davao City wake up to a familiar sight ev-eryday, that of the sun rising over samal is-land across a narrow straight that is actu-ally the vast davao Gulf. But have you ever wondered what the sunrise would look like on the other side? i got to experience such when Rochelle V. invited me and a couple of our friends over to her quaint beach house at tagbaobo on the other side of samal island facing davao Orien-tal, of course going to the beach house was an adven-ture in itself. We converged and start-ed our drive at the swiss deli Lanang and proceeded to the davao samal ferry. it would have been just a short drive had there been a bridge, but we had to wait for over 30 minutes under the heat to queue up and to finally board the ferry. A quick 5 minutes and we were on samal island. surprisingly, samal island has a nice network of new roads that are a charm to drive on, except for the portions that are not yet finished. Of course i would suggest you have your car

or sUV checked before go-ing on a road trip else the hassle of walking and try-ing to find a service center in samal would be a diffi-cult task. The long queue at the port meant he had to have lunch on the road. We de-cided to stop by the public market at Peña Plata for a quick bite and to do some marketing for ingredients for dinner. The market was surprisingly clean and organized. standup comic and master cook Rikki t. bought some langka (Chiqui R.’s request) and, since we ARe on an island, some really fresh fish. We had lunch at the eat-ery located at the market’s second floor, the place was clean and served delicious home cooked Pinoy fare. to note was the double thick pork chop which was nice and tender and deliciously seasoned. i also loved the

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The picturesque beach house.The beautiful ones.

Enjoying the market.

Shopping for fruits at Peña Plata. The sinuglaw.

The other side of Samal

sinuglaw, roast pork belly, fresh tuna, and cucumber cooked in vinegar and fin-ished with fresh calamansi juice, that really set the tone of the adventure. After lunch, the group slowly made its way across samal with the concrete roads finally giving way to rough graded roads. Good thing dr. Karen A. had her AUV’s engine, suspension, and tires checked the week before the road trip. After a 45 minute romp, we arrived at Rochelle V.’s seaside slice of paradise that had a breathtaking view of

davao Oriental. Far away from a 3G signal, everyone was just there to relax and to take in the charm of a more laid back version of samal island, away from the hustle and bustle of the more touristy western coast facing davao City. Just a few meters from shore, was a coral garden that is lovingly protected by Rochelle’s caretakers. Pad-

dling on the ocean kayak, i can see that the coral heads are quite healthy with little or no coral bleaching, al-though i was not able to dive in to take a closer look since i was not able to bring my snorkeling gear. Perhaps that should be left for a future visit. Come afternoon, the group decided to visit the waterfall nearby, i opted

out though since i just wanted to relax and enjoy the scenery and the fact that i am disconnected from the cellular network. You can say that was a form of joy that is becom-ing rarer and rarer in this day of fast technology and eternal connectivity. And as the light fades, i cherish the beautiful simplicity on the other side of samal.

Sunrise facing Davao Oriental.

INdulge!

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dAVAO del norte is celebrating their 45th anniversary in the most apt manner, by having one huge fiesta for the province! dubbed as Kadagyaan Festival, which actually

means festival, celebrated the bountiful harvests, the economic growth, and, of course, showcased the many talents of the people in the province.

to give you a better glimpse of the joyous festivities in davao del norte over the weekend, here are some snapshots:

Kadagayaan Festival

Cover, cover, on the wall, who is the hottest of them all?

Jackie Rice is FHM’s sinful indulgence for the month.Georgina Wilson sizzles on esquire. Anne Curtis is this year’s Yes! Most Beautiful star.

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AS much of a shock as Katie Holmes fil-ing for divorce from Tom Cruise might have been to the rest of us, it actually had been a long time coming, according to a close source. “The fairy tale was over,” the source said. “They had become more like friends.” While another insider declared that Cruise’s Sci-entology beliefs were a sore spot in the relation-ship, this source believes that Cruise’s mega suc-cessful career also became an issue. “It wasn’t a surprise to Tom,” the source said. “He

knew it was coming. They have had problems for a while. His career came first, always, and Katie wasn’t happy anymore.” “She wanted him home, and for them to be together. But Tom only knows how to be a movie star,” according to the source. “He’s a great dad and husband when he is there and present, but...work comes first.” As tough as that was on Holmes, the source says, it was just as hard on their daughter, Suri. “[Hol-mes] left him because she wanted a better life for her and her daughter,” the source continued. “Suri has no friends. She does

not have a normal life, and that was becoming more and more apparent as she was getting older.” “Katie wants to get a project that keeps her in one place so Suri can go to school, have friends, have play dates, all the things that she doesn’t have at the moment,” the source said. “Katie was willing to give up an unhappy mar-riage for a happier life for her daughter.” As to Holmes filing for sole custody of Suri, the source states: “She feels like she is bringing up Suri alone anyway. She doesn’t want Suri having to fly all over the world to see Tom. She wants normality.”

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TomKat’s fairy tale was long overE! Online has the first dibs

Scientology played a part in TomKat split

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tOM Cruise and Ka-tie Holmes’ marriage may have looked like the picture of perfec-tion from the outside, but insiders say the couples’ troubles were nothing new, stem-ming at least in part from Cruise’s com-mitment to scientol-ogy. “she was never truly comfortable with the scien-tology thing,” a source close to Holmes told e! news. “it was something she accepted and put up with for many years because it was impor-tant to tom, and for that reason, important to her. But over the past year, they had started to see things dif-ferently, and she was begin-ning to pull away.” “it wasn’t that she was against scientology,” the source continued. “she wasn’t at all. she definitely saw its benefit, but she also didn’t want it to be her ev-erything, and for tom, in some ways, it was. she wanted more freedom to make her own decisions.” But it appears scientol-ogy wasn’t the couple’s only area of conflict. Another source, who was close with Holmes when she first started dating the Rock of Ages star, said Hol-mes’ personality changed significantly during their marriage…and not in a good way. “she gave up everything to be with him,” the source said. “When she met him, she stopped seeing all her

friends and being the nor-mal girl that she was before. she truly adored him. she was overwhelmed by his fame when he first asked her out. He was a huge movie star and suddenly he was giving her attention, and right from the start he was enamored by her. she couldn’t believe her luck. He made her feel like all she needed in her life was him.” “i saw her a few years into the relationship and she was not the same girl,” the source continued. “everything she had to say was ‘tom this,’ ‘tom that.’ it wasn’t like she was in the first flush of love, when you can’t stop talking about someone, it was past that point. it was as if he controlled her in a way just because she had barely any-one else in her life but him, and almost no one her own age. she listened to him so much that she didn’t have

her own opinion on things, it was weird. Maybe it was because she wanted me to believe she had given up her previous life and her friends for some perfect man, but it just didn’t seem sincere.” Meanwhile, Holmes and Cruise managed to keep signs of a possible split un-der wraps—so much so that another source who spent time with Holmes recently said there was no way to tell that her divorce filing was coming. “From what i have been told, no one on [a recent trip to China] had any idea anything was wrong,” the source said. “she was ab-solutely normal in her de-meanor. no one saw any signs at all. Katie seemed happy, upbeat, in a good mood...she was talking about tom as if everything was normal. There were no red flags at all.”

SM CineMa donateS 35MM filM projeCtor to davao CineMatheque. Cinematheque (a movie art house), located at palma Gil Street and inaugurated last june 29, is a project by the film development Council of the philippines (fdCp) in cooperation with the local government of davao City. in the photo are (l-r) fdCp Chair Briccio Santos, SM davao Mall Manager lynette lopez and SM Cinema regional Manager ed Bayani.

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THIS July, SM City Davao celebrates the power of the young with its crazy cool events which will surely entertain and ex-cite the young at heart. Teen heartthrob En-rique Gil dances his way to Teenvasion Friday on July 13, 4 PM at the An-nex Event Centre. Bring along your a-game and show off your hip-hop moves at the MyPhone dance competition happening on the same Teenvasion afternoon at 5:30 PM. Spider-man was one of the first teen super-heroes who learned how to deal with grow-ing up and at the same time having super powers. Get a chance to meet and greet the amazing Spider-Man at The Annex on July 14. On July 27 to 29, put on you gaming gear as

the biggest and hot-test Davao Cyber Expo sets the battle ground for the tech savvies. Plus, catch your favor-ite characters around the mall with cosplay-

ers from all over as they unite for a grand gath-ering. This month of July, everything is at SM City Davao, including teen spirit!

For more inquiries, please call 297.6998 local 126. Like SM City Davao on Facebook or visit www.smcitydavao.blogspot.com for event and promo updates.

TRAVELERS rejoice! France’s favorite luggage brand is now on sale! Get a 10% discount on all regular priced Delsey bags today until July 10, 2012. Also, get 600 Mabu-hay miles for every single receipt purchase worth Php6000 additional 100 Mabuhay miles for ev-ery succeeding Php1000 when you use your Travel Club Platinum Master-card. Hurry to the Delsey Boutique at the ground floor of SM City Davao’s Annex.

July is Youth Power month at SM Davao!

Delsey on sale!

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TIGER WOODS scored a 69 in the final round to win

the AT&T National at Con-gressional in Maryland by two strokes.

With that, it’s back to the way it used to be. Tiger charging in red. A challenger rises. The chal-lenger fades. And Tiger at the victory ceremony raising the trophy.

Not just that. Tiger is back at number 1, and of-ficially no. 2 in golf’s his-tory.

It was the third vic-tory for Woods this year and 74th in his career, pushing him up to sec-ond place past Jack Nick-laus on the tour’s career list and moving to within eight wins of Sam Snead’s record.

Tiger also moved to the top of the PGA Tour money list and the FedEx Cup standings for the first time since September 2009.

Congressional re-opened its gates Sunday to thousands of specta-tors who got what they expected in the AT&T National - another win by Woods.

Only this win didn’t follow a typical script.

Caught in a tense duel with Bo Van Pelt on an-other sweltering day, it looked as though Woods blinked first until Van Pelt matched him with mis-takes of his own. Woods closed with a 2-under

69 and won by two shots when Van Pelt finished with his third straight bo-gey and had to settle for a 71.

He effectively clinched the win with a 9-iron down the hill to-ward the peninsula green on the 18th, a shot so pure that Woods started walking and twirled the club moments after he made contact.

And so ended a wild week in Washington - record heat Friday, fol-lowed by a wind storm that topped dozens of trees at Congressional and forced the tourna-ment to keep spectators out Saturday. They were back in force for the fi-nal round, and they were treated to some pretty good theater.

There wasn’t much to cheer in the final hour except for the 15th hole, when Woods holed a 20-foot birdie putt that crawled into the front of the cup, and Van Pelt matched that birdie with a 10-footer as the pres-sure was building.

Van Pelt had him on the ropes on the par-5 16th by ripping a 345-yard tee shot and hav-ing only a 6-iron into the green. Woods hit a spec-tator in the left rough with his tee shot, laid up, and then attacked a back flag only to see the ball tumble over the green and down an 8-foot slope.

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Tiger Woods nails 74th career win

Tiger Woods raises his arms after clinching the Memorial Golf championship and roaring back to the top spot in the world.

Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan reacts after defeating Sara Errani of Italy during a third round wom-en’s singles match at Wimbledon.

LAYING face-down for a postmatch massage as midnight approached,

Andy Murray was thrilled he managed to complete his third-round victory at Wimbledon on Saturday night.

Because otherwise, he and Marcos Baghdatis would have had to come back Monday - when everyone is supposed to be playing in the fourth round.

With the Centre Court roof closed and the lights on, Mur-ray wrapped up his 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 win over Baghdatis at 11:02 p.m., four minutes past the latest

previous finish at the All England Club. The deadline for stopping play under the roof is 11 p.m., but the match was allowed to continue while Murray served it out at love in the final game.

‘’I was under the impression I was stopping at 11, regardless of what the score was - even if it was in the middle of a game,’’ Murray said, speaking to a handful of reporters. ‘’But, yeah, obviously, glad that I managed to get to the finish.’’

In the women’s side, sec-ond-ranked Victoria Azarenka reached the fourth round of

Wimbledon for the third time by beating Slovakian qualifier Jana Cepelova 6-3, 6-3 Saturday.

Azarenka reached the semi-finals last year at the All England Club before losing to eventual champion Petra Kvitova. They are now two rounds away from a rematch in the semifinals.

Azarenka broke the 178th-ranked Cepelova five times while losing her serve twice. She is looking for her second Grand Slam title after winning this year’s Australian Open as part of a 26-match winning streak.

Murray, Azarenka win in Wimby

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WORLD and conti-nental champion Spain asserted its

supremacy, displaying superb technical football in disman-tling Italy, 4-0, and ruling Euro2012.

La Roja controlled the midfield throughout, and the wonderful passing translated into creative goals that over-whelmed the Azzurri on Mon-day, Manila time, registering two goals either side of the match to retain the European title for its third-consecutive major crown after the 2008 Eu-ros and the 2010 World Cup.

Vicente del Bosque again sent an eleven that looked odd but at the same time pretty, Cesc Fabregas reprising his role as false nine and proving it was effective, pulling off a result vastly different from the 1-1 draw between La Roja and Azzurri in the group stage.

Without a natural striker, Spain looked to have an over-sized midfield that had little chance for forceful attacks but allowed Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta to orchestrate the fluid offense.

David Silva scored first,

heading in a Fabregas pass just 14 minutes into the game at Olympic Stadium in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Xavi Hernandez set up the second, hitting a through ball to Jordi Alba who sent it past Gianluigi Buffon’s goal after 41 minutes.

Substitute Fernando Torres hit a goal just nine minutes af-ter being sent in, scoring on a Xavi assist in the 84th, before setting up Juan Mata for the final dagger just four minutes later.

On the other end, Italy had some good chances but Iker Casillas dealt well with them each time, including an An-tonio Cassano strike past two defenders and several corner kicks.

Casillas set a record, be-coming the first player to win 100 games for his country, while del Bosque also put his name in the books by becom-ing the first manager to win World Cup, Euro, and Champi-ons League.

Torres, who started just once in five matches, still won the Golden Boot with three goals and an assist.

Spain rules

Spain’s national team celebrate their Euro Cup win over Italy.

Fernando Tor-res of Spain holds his children Nora Torres (L) and Leo Torres (R) after the UEFA EURO 2012 final match between Spain and Italy at the Olympic Sta-dium.


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