T HE City Legal Office (CLO) sees no problem in the move of the Davao City Council to remove some ordinances which are no longer applicable. Lawyer Enrique Junior Bonocan, CLO’s spokesper- son, told Edge Davao that the move initiated by vice mayor Paolo Z. Duterte is part of their legislative power as long as it does not supercede the provisions of the Constitution and the Lo- cal Government Code. “Every law is always subject to amendment, modification, or even re- peal. If according to the wisdom of the city council there is a need to amend, change or modify – or even abrogate a particular ordi- nance kaya nilang gawin yan because it’s within their powers,” Bonocan said. Bonocan added that the move is still subject to review by their office to de- termine any legal infirmity before the city mayor ap- proves. “If our office (halimba- wa) finds (during the re- view that there are) legal flaws in the proposed ordi- nance we will recommend to the mayor to exercise his veto power,” he said. Vice mayor Duterte said in an interview last Monday that he has already listed down ordinances that need to be removed but subject review by the rules, laws and privileges committee. Duterte said that it’s about time for the city council to review the code on ordinances as he sees that some of them can be delegated or be enacted into barangay ordinances. “Pareha aning stray ani- mals, di naman na naga-ex- ist diri kay ang stray ani- mals naaman lang diri mga iro naman lang unya naa P 15.00 • 20 PAGES www.edgedavao.net VOL. 6 ISSUE 220 • THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014 By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR. [email protected]EDGE Serving a seamless society DAVAO FOBSOLETE, 10 OBSOLETE ORDINANCES VM Pulong wants ‘non-applicable’ ordinances decoded CART PUSHER. A porter pushes a cart full of used cardboard boxes at corner E. Quirino Avenue and Magallanes Street, Davao City which he will deliver to the fruit stands at the Bankerohan Public Market’s bagsakan area yesterday. Lean Daval Jr. ALWAYS READY. Dabawenyos nowadays bring with them umbrellas and oth- er protection from downpour induced by unpredictable weather condition. Lean Daval Jr.
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THE City Legal Office (CLO) sees no problem
in the move of the Davao City Council to remove some ordinances which are no longer applicable.
Lawyer Enrique Junior Bonocan, CLO’s spokesper-son, told Edge Davao that the move initiated by vice mayor Paolo Z. Duterte is part of their legislative power as long as it does not supercede the provisions of the Constitution and the Lo-cal Government Code.
“Every law is always subject to amendment, modification, or even re-peal. If according to the wisdom of the city council there is a need to amend, change or modify – or even abrogate a particular ordi-nance kaya nilang gawin yan because it’s within their powers,” Bonocan said.
Bonocan added that the move is still subject to review by their office to de-
termine any legal infirmity before the city mayor ap-proves.
“If our office (halimba-wa) finds (during the re-view that there are) legal flaws in the proposed ordi-nance we will recommend to the mayor to exercise his veto power,” he said.
Vice mayor Duterte said in an interview last Monday that he has already listed down ordinances that need to be removed but subject review by the rules, laws and privileges committee.
Duterte said that it’s about time for the city council to review the code on ordinances as he sees that some of them can be delegated or be enacted into barangay ordinances.
“Pareha aning stray ani-mals, di naman na naga-ex-ist diri kay ang stray ani-mals naaman lang diri mga iro naman lang unya naa
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CART PUSHER. A porter pushes a cart full of used cardboard boxes at corner E. Quirino Avenue and Magallanes Street, Davao City which he will deliver to the fruit stands at the Bankerohan Public Market’s bagsakan area yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
ALWAYS READY. Dabawenyos nowadays bring with them umbrellas and oth-er protection from downpour induced by unpredictable weather condition. Lean Daval Jr.
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COMPOSTELA Valley has been placed in a state of calamity due
to the damages caused by continuous rain brought by tropical depression Agaton and low pressure area, the provincial government an-nounced yesterday.
The province report-ed damages amounting to P131.9 million mostly on agriculture and infrastruc-ture. The records from the provincial stated that the damage on agriculture has reached to P108.6 million in the 4,798 hectares of all the crops.
The damage for in-frastructure likewise has reached P23.3 million on
account of damaged bridg-es and roads.
The province’s Sang-guniang Panlalawigan has approved the resolution to utilize its calamity funds.
Earlier state of calami-ty declarations by the mu-nicipalities of New Bataan, Montevista, Monkayo, and Compostela were made bases to declare the whole province.
“As said, if there’s at least two municipalities declared being under the state of calamity and if 20% of the total population is affected already, and con-sidering agriculture and infrastructure damages as
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THE BIG NEWS
A MEMBER of the Davao City Council proposes to change
the sodium bulbs of street lights to Led Retrofit lamps.
Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang said in a power point presentation during his privilege speech in Tuesday’s regular ses-sion that the purpose of his proposal is to reduce the cost of energy con-sumption of street lights. He said that the project is
is in compliance by the city with Administrative Order 183 on the use of energy efficient lighting and light-ing systems.
Dayanghirang said the city has 32,000 existing street lights which have an average consumption of 84,480 kilowatt hours a day.
He said that the city government needs to ex-pand its street lighting ser-vices to enhance further
peace and order in all the barangays, but because of the high cost of energy con-sumption by streetlights, this will not materialize due to the limited budget.
“The savings that can be generated can be used to finance projects aimed at reducing of energy con-sumption,” said Dayanghi-rang.
Aside from reducing electricity cost, Dayanghi-rang said the city needs to
reduce the production of greenhouse gasses (GHG) from existing sodium bulbs.
“The carbon footprint of this GHG contributor can be reduced by economical-ly- and technology-driven solutions,” the presenta-tion stated.
If the proposal is ap-proved, 5,000 streetlights will be replaced by Led Retrofit bulbs in a period of six months.
A DRIVER and body-guard of former barangay captain
Robert Olanolan has been charged with murder after being positively identified as the alleged killer of a man who was taking dinner last August 23, 2013.
Davao City prosecu-tor Joseph Mamburam penned the resolution charging Rammil Galadin, of barangay 76-A, Bucana of murdering his neigh-bor, Jessie De Dios.
Mamburam cited evi-dences submitted by the police and testimonies of Joan Mesias, girlfriend of the victim, and Leonor Renegado, the victim’s live-in partner.
Galadin recommend-
ed no bail for Galadin’s temporary liberty.
Last September 3, Me-sias described to the po-lice investigator the phys-ical features of the assail-ant who was positively identified by De Dios’ live-in partner as Galadin.
Prior to the incident, Mesias and De Dios were having dinner on the cor-ner of Legaspi and San Pedro streets. At about 7:30 p.m. they saw Gala-din disembark from a motorcycle and shoot the victim several times with a handgun that resulted to his death.
Galadin and the driv-er of the motorcycle then fled from the scene, De Dios said.
LUNCH BREAK. The Quezon Park along San Pedro Street in Davao City is fast becoming the preferred place for many students to spend their lunch break. Lean Daval Jr.
MEDICAL MISSION. Residents of nearby communities avail themselves of the free medical check up and medicines during the 2nd Carolina medical mission at the Davao City Recreation Center yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
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ASIDE from the P7.5-million reno-vation of the Small
Business Development Center (SBDC), the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (DCCCII) is planning to put up a facil-ity called “The Cube” which will be fully operational on March 7, this year.
The Cube aims to assist young and starting compa-nies in the metro by pro-viding them space where they can do their business operation.
Raf Vlummens, SBDC
coordinator, said during the media conference of Club 888 at The Mar-co Polo Davao yesterday that it would be the “first co-working facility in Min-danao,” adding that it will offer a modern, spacious and technically up-to-date facility at affordable rates.
He said that it offers 22 spacious offices to cater to start-up offices and com-panies and will be open from 7 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. The facility, aside from be-ing strategically accessible,
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THE DAVAO City Cham-ber of Commerce and Industry Inc.,(DCC-
CII) and CBI, a Dutch for-eign affairs agency, have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to train local businessmen how to export their agri-products
to the European market.Raf Vlummens, an en-
trepreneurial coach and a member of DCCCII, said that small and medium enterprises have to be equipped because of the opportunities outside, add-ing, “the European market
is interested in agricultural products of the country, like banana chips, cacao, palm oil, pineapple, mango, and seaweed.
He said that Europeans are interested in banana chips because they can be mixed with cereals, a com-
mon breakfast meal. He noted that their country is only capable of producing fruits like apples. He said that tropical fruits like co-conut have enticed them.
The first free training was attended earlier this
Police filed charges yesterday before the city prosecution office
against one of the robbers who allegedly took items from inside the house of a 64-year-old woman in Purok 8, New Loon in barangay Mintal.
PO3 Felix Pabroa, inves-tigator of the Tugbok police, said that Vincent Mater, 20 was positively identified by the victim, Concepcion Gud-en, as the one who robbed her house last November.
Police said Guden imme-diately informed police after she saw Mater eating lunch in a carenderia in Mintal.
However, Pabroa said they will wait for the trial court to issue a warrant of arrest against the suspect be-fore making arrest.
Police said robbers armed with bolos and a .38 caliber pistol took a mobile phone worth P4,000; a wrist watch worth P3,000; P200 worth grocery items, and P3,340 cash.
Mamerto fetched his wife nearby when three un-identified men waylaid their path and declared hold-up. The couple said the suspects tied their hands and instruct-ed them to proceed to the house. [EPC]
A HOSPITAL care-taker is in critical condition after he
was shot by an unidenti-fied person while walking along San Pedro St. last Tuesday morning.
Police identified the victim as Dig-ar Tiponti-pon, 25, caretaker at the Davao Doctors Hospital and a transient resident of Barangay 5-A, San
Isidro, Bankerohan. P/Supt. Joel Consul-
ta, station commander of the San Pedro police, said that Tipontipon was shot in the head by his assail-ant at about 5:35 a.m.
Police investigation showed that the assailant was described by wit-nesses as wearing a jack-et, of medium build who shot Tipontipon with a
hand gun. The witnesses imme-
diately rushed him to the hospital.
Meanwhile, a 17-year-old laborer named Leon-ardo Vidal, alias “Du-gong,” of Barangay 5-A, Brayco, Bankerohan was shot dead by an uniden-tified person last Mon-day at the Bankerohan
WRONG PARKING. A Traffic Management Center (TMC) enforcer writes down the plate number of a vehicle after its owner, who was nowhere to be found, parked it in a no-parking area along C.M. Recto Avenue, Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
CLOSURE ORDER. Passenger vans plying the Calinan-Bankerohan route continue to use the terminal at Bankerohan Public Market even after the issuance of a closure order from the City Business Bureau for violation of City Ordinance 158-05, series of 2005, otherwise known as the 2005 Local Revenue Code of Davao City. Lean Daval Jr.
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LIKE the classic passage, “Give them food and
they will live for a day. Teach them how to fish and they will live for-ever”, the mining firm King-king Copper Gold Project just did that.
Close to 100T pe-sos-worth of community as-sistance was extended by the King-king Copper – Gold Project (KCGP) on Wednes-day, Jan 15, 2014 to the people of Pantukan.
These include farming equipment and tools, office tables, and construction materials for village halls.
Clyde Gillespie, Coun-try Manager/ Director for Environmental Permitting , with Jonathan Banez, Com-munity Development Man-ager, both of St. Augustine Gold & Copper Ltd. (SAG-CL) led the turnovers to var-ious community partners of the project.
KCGP is a partner-ship between Nation-wide Development Cor-poration (Nadecor) and St. Augustine Gold & Copper Ltd. (SAGCL) where-in the two companies are working together to devel-op the project while part-nering with the community
to meet the needs of Pantu-kan.
In Sitio Taytayan, a village in Brgy Magnaga, where residents are mostly from the Mansaka tribe, and also where the Project handed tools for farming, Gillespie, in a short pro-gram said, “We will continue to look into opportunities to help you (IPs), with us putting high regard and respect to your culture and values. It is very important to partner with you as we strive to develop the proj-ect”
“I hope this equip-ment would help you with your farming and bring more yield come harvest time”, Gilles-pie added.
Elmer Pacio, the vil-lage’s tribal councilman, expressed his being happy that KCGP did not fail to include them as one of the community project recipients.
“Dako akong pasalamat nga natagad sa kompanya ang among request. Kini pagpakita nga ang kompan-ya mahigugmaon sa mga lu-mulupyo, dili lamang dinhi kundi sa uban pang mga lu-gar sa Pantukan, kay akong
nahibal-an nga ubay-ubay napud ang inyong nata-bangan. Naa gyud mo ka-nunay”(I have my biggest gratitude to the compa-ny for they did not forget our request. This only
shows how much they val-ue us and others, which I know they’ve also helped. You’ve always been there (for us)”, Pacio said.
Other recipients who received assistance on
Wednesday were Purok Rexan Brgy.
Napnapan with a water system, the Moral Recovery Program (MRP) of the local government unit with 2 office tables; People’s
Effort Against Crime Expansion (PEACE), a non-civic group with 1 unit sound system; and Purok l Soysoy Tribal Council with construction materials for the IPs village halls.
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Community assistance continue to pour in for Pantukan villages
Over five hundred employees from the provincial offices
and national agencies as well as government officials have gathered Monday, January 20, as Davao Ori-ental takes a pause from its daily hustles to join the nation in prayer.
A time to reflect on the recent tragic natural ca-lamities that occurred in the province for the past
year, people from differ-ent denominations came to offer prayers together, giving thanks and asking for protection.
The solemn interfaith community prayer, says Capitol employees, had provided a powerful av-enue for strengthening people’s faith while serv-ing as a symbolic rite in sparking the hope of the province after being bom-
barded by different natu-ral disasters.
Joining Governor Malanyaon in prayer were the Philippine Army, Philippine Nation Police (PNP), Social Welfare and Development Office, Office of Muslim Affairs, and the Sangguniang Pan-lalawigan.
Governor Corazon N. Malanyaon and Vice Governor Joel Z. Alma-
rio meanwhile offered prayers for strengthened governance and for a boost in the development for the entire province.
Governor Malanyaon said that the convocation was meant for people to ask repentance as well as a plea for peace and pro-tection against future ca-lamities that may hit the province. [By Karen Lou Deloso]
Davao Oriental joins nation in prayer
HEALTH services in North Cotabato’s public hospitals are
expected to improve after the province received P25 million worth of hospital facilities assistance from a United States based non- government organization, the World Medical Relief Organization based in Mich-igan.
North Cotabato Gover-nor Emmylou Mendoza and North Cotabato provincial
health chief Dr. Eva Raba-ya received the facilities at the Amas provincial capitol compound Tuesday.
“We expect the health services to improve with the new facilities,” Rabaya said, adding that the province ear-lier received medical equip-ment like x-ray machines, ul-tra-sound equipment, among others from WMR.
North Cotabato was lucky to have won the raffle draw among other local gov-
ernment units in the country, Mendoza said.
She added that health of-ficials will assess the needs of every district hospital in the province to ensure equal distribution of the medical assistance.
Rabaya said the different hospitals in the province will have a share of the benefits earned by the provincial gov-ernment.
She said the provincial government expects that the
public hospitals in North Co-tabato will be at par with pri-vate hospitals in the locality in terms of competence and as far as medical facilities are concerned.
Improvement of health services to North Cotaba-to’s indigent residents were among the priorities of Gov. Mendoza after learning that majority of Cotabatenios have limited access to gov-ernment health services. [PNA]
LGU gets P25 M worth of medical assistance from US- based NGO
STO. TOMAS, DAVAO DEL NORTE
HUNDREDS of town residents in Sto. Tomas, Davao del
Norte converged at the San Miguel Parish last Sunday morning, January 19, 2013 to celebrate the annual town’s version of Ati-Atihan where catholic lay-groups and devotees honor the feast of San-to Niño (Infant Jesus), a priest said Wednesday.
Rev. Fr. Greg Vidal, Par-ish Priest of San Miguel Parish Church, said the annual feast celebration here is a positive indicator that residents here have shown great devotion to the Santo Niño, urging the devotees to emulate the humility and child-like in-nocence of the child saint.
“Let us always show our true devotion to San-to Niño by emulating his good virtues specifically the virtue of “humility” which devil cannot im-itate,” Vidal said, in his homily during a mass held Sunday morning.
Vidal stressed that “owning hundreds of statues of the Infant Je-sus will not make you a true devotee.” He, howev-er, urged the faithful and
devotees-alike to always “storm the Infant Jesus with our prayers as He can be a source of inspira-tion and hope during hard times.”
In this town, the Ati-atihan was celebrat-ed with an array of trib-al dance, music, accom-panied by indigenous costumes and weapons, and parade along the street which was par-ticipated by Davao Win-chester Colleges, Aklan Ati-Atihan Foundation, Marsman Drysdale Company and other sec-toral groups.
Despite some driz-zles, church goers and revelers observed the feast with religious pro-cessions carrying the Santo Niño statues onto the street fiesta dancing celebrations.
Devotees attribute luck and success to the Infant Jesus, grasping in a century-old belief that possessing and display-ing it in a business es-tablishments and offic-es will bring protection and thwart bad luck. [Aurel Larabaster/Lorna Sambalud]
DavNor town celebrates ‘Ati-Atihan’
UNSUNG HEROES. Coast Guard rescuers bring children to higher ground in Barangay Mahogany, Butuan City Tuesday morning, January 21, 2014. [Min-daNews photo by Erwin Mascarinas]
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JOB POSTING. A passerby eagerly reads a job hiring advertisement posted on a wall along Magallanes Street in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
INTERNATIONAL Mone-tary Fund (IMF) projects better output for emerg-
ing market and developing economies this year relative to 2013 on better-than-ex-pected outcomes in ad-vanced economies in the latter part of last year.
In its World Economic Outlook released January 21, 2014, the multilateral lender maintained its 5.1 percent growth forecast for emerging market (EMs) and developing economies this year but slightly revised upwards to 5.4 percent the 2015 projection from 5.3 percent in the WEO last Oc-tober.
It noted that “in many emerging market and de-veloping economies, stron-ger external demand from advanced economies will lift growth, although do-mestic weakness remain a concern.”
“In emerging market economies, an export re-
bound was the main driver behind better activity while domestic demand generally remained subdued, except in China,” said.
The 2014 growth fore-cast for ASEAN 5+ 3 econo-mies, which the Philippines belongs, is up slightly to 5.1 percent compared to the forecast of five percent for 2013.
The forecast for this year is, however, lower than the 5.4 percent forecast last October given the risks posed by development in advance economies.
The growth projec-tion for ASEAN 5+3, which groups the Malaysia, Singa-pore, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines plus China, Korea, Japan, declined by 0.3 percent for this year but the 2015 projection was maintained at 5.6 percent.
The report said there is an “increased financial market and capital flow vol-atility” concerns in emerg-
ing markets in line with the tapering of the Federal Re-serve’s stimulus program, which started this month.
Tapering of the Fed’s stimulus program is pro-jected to result to portfolio shifts and some capital out-flows, which when accom-panied by domestic weak-ness is forecast to result to “sharper capital outflows and exchange rate adjust-ments.”
The report cited the need for EMs to “manage the risks of potential cap-ital flow reversals” given recent development in ad-vanced economies.
These capital flow re-versals are expected from EMs with domestic weak-nesses and external cur-rent account deficits.
“Exchange rates should be allowed to depreciate in response to deteriorat-ing external funding con-dition,” the report said. [PNA]
IMF eyes better performanceof emerging markets in 2014
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THE Bureau of Ex-port Trade Pro-motions (BETP)
said that the Philip-pines’ 2013 exports of goods and services like-ly grew by up to a little over 7% from 2012 fig-ures.
This has been at-tributed to good out-sourcing and tourism performance and an early recovery in mer-chandise shipments.
BETP director Senen Perlada said last year’s total exports likely end-ed with an increase of somehwere between 5.8% and 7.2% to a range of US$74.8 bil-lion to $75.8 billion. The high end of the growth forecast tops 2012’s 6.7% hike.
Services have also strengthened export tallies, growing to $21.6 billion from $18.6 bil-lion in 2012.
Recently released November results point to merchandise ex-port receipts exceeding 2012’s $52.099 billion high, with the full-year merchandise report ex-pected to yield growth of 2.2% to 4.1% for
2013. Perlada added that he was “confident merchandise exports will be at least close to 2012 levels,” given that the 11-month tally was at $49.4 billion, a 2.6% increase from the previ-ous year.
The January to No-vember 2013 results followed automotive and consumer electron-ics growth, and modest uptick in shipments of construction materials, chemicals, food, furni-ture, fixtures, home de-cor, and mineral prod-ucts.
Exports are seen growing more in 2014, with the robust per-formance of the infor-mation technology and business process out-sourcing industry likely to continue on the back of expansion into non-voice services.
Merchanidse export growth, according to Perlada, will be pushed forward by automotive and consumer electron-ics, woodcrafts and fur-niture, processed foods and beverages, and chemicals. – Rappler.com
nization (UNWTO) World Toursim Barom-eter has reported that Asia and the Pacific is the fastest growing tourism region in the world, after a 6.0 per-cent increase in the number of internation-al tourist arrivals in 2013.
International tour-ists in Asia and the Pa-cific region increased by about 14 million bringing the number of tourist arrivals up to 248 million last year.
“South-East Asia (+10 percent) was
the best perform-ing sub-region, while growth was compar-atively more moder-ate in South Asia (+5 percent), Oceania and North-East Asia (+4 percent each),” the UN-WTO report said.
Moreover, Europe remains the top tourist destination growing by 5.0 percent last year and welcoming 29 mil-lion more tourists.
In the same period, America has addition-al tourist arrival of six million tourists while Africa attracted an ad-ditional of three mil-lion tourists.
Meanwhile, the
UNWTO report also showed top source market for tourism which include China, Russia, France, United States, United King-dom, Canada, and Aus-tralia.
On emerging markets, significant growth in outbound tourism expenditure include Turkey, Qatar, Philippines, Kuwait, Indonesia, Ukraine, and Brazil.
Germany, Japan and Italy were still considered important source market despite decline in outbound expenditures, said UN-WTO. [PNA]
Asia Pacific fastest growing tourism region
The Philippine economy likely expanded 5.8-6.5
percent in the last quar-ter of 2013, with strong domestic demand and exports possibly offset-ting the impact of a ty-phoon in November, a senior government offi-cial said on Wednesday.
“When the Novem-ber data came out, exports were much more robust than we thought,” Socioeconom-ic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said.
“The manufacturing output was also robust
and remittances and even consumption and investment continue to be quite robust,” he said.
The government previously estimated growth in the fourth quarter likely slowed to 4.1-5.9 percent from a year earlier due to the destruction wrought by super typhoon “Yolan-da” (Haiyan).
Balisacan also said he expected full-year 2013 GDP growth would likely be close to the high end of Manila’s 6-7 percent goal.
Philippines’ Q4 growth in 2013 seen at 5.8-6.5%
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THE Philippines’ lead-ing airline, Cebu Pa-cific Air (PSE:CEB)
promotes travel between Japan and the Philippines with a seat sale as low as PHP99, from January 22 to 24, 2014 or until seats last.
The airline recently increased seat capacity between Japan and the Philippines by 500%, with the slated launch of direct flights between Manila and Tokyo (Narita), as well as Manila and Nagoya on March 30, 2014. CEB’s Ma-nila-Osaka-Manila service also went from thrice week-ly to daily last December 20, 2013.
Throughout the seat sale period, passengers can buy PHP99 seats between Manila and Osaka, for travel from March 15 to June 30, 2014.
Seats on Manila-Na-goya flights are also up for grabs for PHP99, while passengers can book Ma-nila-Tokyo (Narita) seats for PHP3,888. Travel period for promo seats on these new routes is from March 30 to September 30, 2014.
Passengers can also take advantage of an on-going select domestic seat sale, for travel from March 1 to June 30, 2014, to fly from Cagayan de Oro, Davao and Bacolod, among others, to Japan via Manila.
“Cebu Pacific started operating a thrice weekly Manila-Osaka service in 2008. This year, we will fly to Japan 18 times weekly, and offer fares that are up to 60% lower than other airlines. Savings can be even lower with seat sale fares,” said CEB VP for Mar-keting and Distribution Candice Iyog.
After the seat sale, lowest year-round fares to Osaka start at PHP3,999, while fares to Nagoya and Tokyo (Narita) start at PHP5,499.
“Japan has a significant tourist market that we can grow. In line with the Phil-ippines’ tourism agenda, we look forward to boost-ing leisure and business travel between our two countries,” she added.
CEB will launch daily services to Tokyo (Narita) on March 30, 2014, utiliz-ing the airline’s brand-new Airbus A320 fleet. The maiden flight will depart Manila at 5:25am, arriving in Tokyo at 10:35am. The return flight departs Tokyo at 11:45am, and arrives in Manila at 3:45pm.
On the same day, CEB will launch its Manila-Na-goya-Manila service, with a Tuesday, Thursday, Sat-urday and Sunday frequen-cy. Departing Manila at 3:20pm, the maiden flight
will arrive in Nagoya at 8:25pm. The return flight will depart Nagoya at 9:10pm, and arrive in Ma-nila at 12:10am the next day.
For bookings and in-
quiries, guests can go to http://www.cebupacif-icair.com/, or call the reser-vation hotlines (02)7020-888 or (032)230-8888. The latest seat sales can also be found on CEB’s of-
ficial Twitter (@cebupacif-icair) and Facebook pages.
CEB’s 48-strong fleet is comprised of 10 Airbus A319, 28 Airbus A320, 2 Airbus A330 and 8 ATR-72 500 aircraft. It is one of the
most modern aircraft fleets in the world. Between 2013 and 2021, Cebu Pa-cific will take delivery of 14 more brand-new Airbus A320, 30 Airbus A321neo, and 4 Airbus A330 aircraft.
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COMPETITIVE EDGE
AWARDEES. SM City Davao and SM Lanang Premier were awarded the Mother-Baby Friendly Workplace Certification by the Department of Health at the Regional Monitoring and Evaluation for Equity and Effectiveness Conference. The ceremony was held at Grand Men Seng Hotel last January 17. In the photo are (L-R) DOH Regional Director Abdulla Dumama, Jr., SM Davao mall manager Lynette Lopez and DOH Asst. Regional Director Annabelle Yumang.
U.P. SCIENTIST APPOINTED. UP President Alfredo Pascual awards University of the Philippines (Mindanao) Prof. Annabelle Novero her appointment as UP Scientist for 2013-2015 under the Scientific Productivity System (SPS) in ceremonies witnessed by Chancellor Sylvia Concepcion. Prof. Novero completed a number of research projects and was the author of “Recent Advances in Sago Palm Micropropagation” in the book “Current Advances in Plant Sciences”. The SPS aims to support development in science and technology by encouraging and rewarding scientific productivity among UP faculty members.
CEB slashes fares to Japan with seat sale as low as P 99
A WEEK into the an-nouncement of the Tigerair-Cebu Pacific
strategic alliance, Tigerair Philippines has been ac-tively preparing to roll out some initiatives that will enhance the partnership with Cebu Pacific and en-large its offerings to existing and prospective customers.
Among the initiatives are the development of its network, enhancement of ancillary services and the upgrading of its website to make the customer experi-ences better.
“Having a new owner does not mean that we stop generating ideas to enhance our customers’ experience. Leveraging our partnership with Cebu Pacific, I believe that there is much more that we can do,” said Presi-dent and CEO Olive Ramos.
Tigerair Philippines will continue to operate under the Tigerair brand, while tapping on Cebu Pacific’s website as a sales and dis-tribution platform for all its routes, and vice versa. Both airlines are now working to upgrade their websites to facilitate such cross-book-
ing of flights.President and CEO of
Cebu Pacific, Mr. Lance Gokongwei said, “Our in-tention is to grow Tigerair Philippines as an inde-pendent franchise. We are reviewing opportunities to increase Tigerair Phil-ippines’ fleet. We are very excited to embark on this partnership and we look forward to working closely with Olive, who will con-tinue with her leadership position at Tigerair Phil-ippines.” With a stronger presence in the Philip-pines, Tigerair Philippines will continue to operate from Terminal 4 at NAIA and Clark International Airport. From its bases in Clark and Manila, Tigerair Philippines flies to both domestic and international destinations which include Cebu, Bacolod, Iloilo, Kali-bo, Puerto Prinsesa, Taclo-ban, Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Singapore.
Customers who wish to book their flights with Tigerair can continue to do so via the airline’s website (www.tigerair.com) or ho-tline (+ 632 798-4488).
More than just ‘business as usual’ for Tigerair Philippines
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TUESDAY was a great day for the farmers of ty-phoon-ravaged Leyte, particularly San Isidro, a farm-ing town known for its corn plantations.
On that day, the regional office based in Davao City of the Department of Agriculture sent off from the Sasa port four tractors to Tacloban City to help in the rehabilitation of ag-ricultural areas in the province now struggling to rise from the ruins left by super typhoon Yolanda late last year. The send-off was supervised by DA 11 director Remelyn Recoter, who earlier made arrangements for the tractors after meet-ing with her counterpart DA officials in the Western Visayas region.
The farm machines, all Massey Ferguson 360 tractors, will be brought to the municipality of San Isidro which has been identified as the area that badly needs rehabilitation as a wide swath of its corn lands were wiped out by Yolanda. The area is littered with typhoon debris that, if not cleared, makes cultivation virtually impossible. The tractors will be used to remove the debris and subsequently prepare the land for replanting. The tractors will be engaged for one month, possibly longer if such a need arises.
Two of the tractors are owned by DA 11 while the other two are being lent by Davao Oriental and Compostela Val-ley. The gesture of Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley is
a pleasant surprise, considering that they themselves are still reeling from the ravages of, not just one but three re-cent typhoons --Pablo, Zoraida and Agaton, not to mention the low-pressure area (LPA) which was no less damaging. In fact, as we write this piece, Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte was delivering to Comval Gov. Arthur T. Uy and Davao Oriental Gov. Corazon N. Malanyaon checks worth P4 million – P2 millon for Davao Oriental, and P2 million for ComVal (four towns at P500,000 each), as Davao City’s latest assistance to the beleaguered provinces.
As explained by Regional Director Recoter, sending the four tractors to Western Visayas was Region 11’s way of re-paying a debt of gratitude to Region 12 (Soccksargen), and Region 10 (Northern Mindanao) for their assistance to Com-Val and Davao Oriental when these provinces were flattened by typhoon Pablo in 2012.
Such gestures are heartwarming and most welcome. This is one proof that disasters draw out the best in people. For a change, instead of witnessing their leaders busy themselves in recriminations, political bickerings, inane grandstanding and other counter-productive preoccupations, Filipinos want to see men and women in government help one anoth-er work for the welfare of their beleaguered constituents.
Yes, indeed.
VOL. 6 ISSUE 220 • THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014
(Conclusion)
BY MARY JUDALINE F. PARTLOW
SPECIAL FEATURE
AQUILES Z. ZONIOCorrespondent
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Final gamble
‘I’ll take it up with the Board’ Swimming with the turtles: Apo Island’s newest attraction
IF one goes to Tubbataha Reef or to some other dive destination, one would probably get to see a sea
turtle glide by, but there’s minimal in-teraction compared to what one can experience with the turtles in Apo Is-land, Ocampo said.
“You don’t really have to seek them out when you go snorkeling or diving. They are just right there and they feel safe and comfortable even with hu-mans around them,” he pointed out.
LIVELIHOOD AND TOURISMFishermen and their families in the
island benefit from the sea turtles in that during off-peak fishing season, they have an alternative source of income to tide them over, says Rhodes.
The males rent out masks and snor-kels to visitors at P180 a set with no time limit. The women, meanwhile, sell T-shirts and souvenir items promoting swimming with the turtles.
The island’s income is also boosted by the fact that many visitors come over not just for diving but because of the allure in getting a chance for a close encounter with the turtles.
Boats that come to the island have to pay a one-time mooring fee, not to men-tion that boat operators plying the Apo Island route also earn extra income.
A budge traveler gets to pay at least P50 for a round-trip ride to and from Apo Island, with a jump-off point at Malatapay in Zamboanguita town.
For one who embarks from Duma-guete, Malatapay can be accessed via pub-lic transport at a minimal cost of P20 on board a jeepney.
By private vehicle or on board a motor-cycle, it would take about half an hour to reach Malatapay from Dumaguete.
DOCUMENTATIONAs the lure of swimming with the tur-
tles is increasing by the day, some quarters believe there is a need for documentation to keep track of the number and the indi-vidual turtles that are in Apo Island.
Rhodes admits it is not an easy task but she hopes that eventually this can be achieved.
Tagging of turtles in Apo Island is out of the question as these would only drive them away, she said.
But, according to Ocampo, a British national, David Lewis, is doing a pho-to compilation of the turtles that can be found in the island to identify those that are returning every so often or the ones that are staying longer.
Photographs of turtles, especially those of the right and left sides, can pro-vide information and assist in the iden-tification of each individual, Ocampo ex-plained.
Lewis is encouraging snorkelers, div-ers and photo enthusiasts to submit their photos of turtles taken at Apo Island to help him in his documentation.
Ocampo is optimistic that with prop-er documentation coupled with the right promotion, swimming with the turtles in Apo Island will soon become a big hit in the tourism industry.
A well-travelled environmental ad-vocate and diver, Ocampo says he does not know of any other place in the Phil-ippines where swimming with the turtles is an everyday occurrence at a very min-imal cost.
“The experience is well worth it. It is simply majestic to be in touch with these creatures and it makes you want to keep on coming back for more,” he added. [PNA]
A GAME OF CHICKENS – Some mem-bers of the opposition bloc, leaders of progressive movement and other
political adversaries are dangling an im-peachment threat against President Benig-no S. Aquino III following the approval and alleged illegal use of the Malampaya funds and the so-called Disbursement Acceler-ation Program (DAP) without the nod of Congress. Another reason for the reported impeachment push was the President’s al-leged dipping of his fingers into the sensa-tional Corona impeachment and trial.
President PNoy himself was busy at-tending to his usual official function at the Palace when the news about the impeach-ment move reached him. Looking oddly cheerful, he decked out casually in barong tagalog attire, hardly mentioning about the impeachment move when he faced the media. But the impeachment push now circulating in the rumor mill is causing con-cern even in government circle therefore it needs some clarification from the Presi-dent’s trusted people.
Why are they doing this? Could it have anything to do with the alleged “instances of despotism” demonstrated by the Pres-ident? Whatever the reason, the public ought to know. Supporters of impeach-ment say they have plenty of reasons to want to oust President PNoy. Their anger and dissatisfaction stemmed in part from the fact that the President is allegedly guilty of political inexperience, ineptitude and in-decisiveness.
They also cited as ground for impeach-ment the President’s alleged mismanage-ment of the affairs of government, along with a recent flurry of financial scandals like the PDAF and DAP that have involved several partymates and close aides of Pres-
ident PNoy – though the President him-self was never i m p l i c a t e d . Moreover, it is claimed that the adminis-tration’s fum-bling ways and PNoy’s mav-erick efforts to root out cor-ruption among politicians and business-men have gained him plenty of critics and detractors. These are the guys who call the Aquino administration, albeit sometimes tongue in cheek, a dismal failure.
Rightly or wrongly, some detractors even fault PNoy’s ho-hum performance when he was still member of the House of Representatives and the Senate as if scant preparation for running the coun-try is valid as an argument in explaining the string of political and diplomatic faux pas that have eroded his performance and popularity ratings.
Also, it is not helping the President’s image any that there is rising criminality and unabated corruption alleging perme-ating all levels in government. His net ap-proval ratings plunge several notches and sparked the first hints by the opposition and various progressive groups that they might move to impeach the President. They are confident there is high moral ground in their push for impeachment, persuading other interested groups to join the cause.
At this stage, though, political analysts and legal experts remain doubtful if an impeachment move will prosper. Under
the law, to make it successful the legisla-ture should garner two-thirds majority votes necessary to impeach the sitting President. But given the sheer number of allies and dominance of the ruling party both in the Senate and House of Repre-sentatives, such a move will be like a pro-verbial camel having difficultly in passing through the hole of a needle. President PNoy’s allies and supporters are blam-ing the whole mess on what they see as a cynical maneuver by his political oppo-nents and detractors.
The impeachment actually is “nothing less than a coup d’ etat,” said some mem-bers of the majority party, “it’s a wreck-ing of democracy,” they added. But his reformist agenda and his direct approach to the people still carry wide and popular support.
Well some members of the opposition bloc themselves admit that the impeach-ment move is an uphill battle. Yes, indeed, at this juncture of the nation’s political journey, impeachment is premature, a classic long shot, if you ask me for my two-cent’s worth. “What else could the opposition do?” says a political dopester. “Perhaps this is their final gamble for-getting impeachment is a numbers game – a political game of chickens,” he rhap-sodized.
Meanwhile, Palace defenders say the opposition is only trying to score some points because of the fast-approaching presidential derby in 2016. They want to demolish the image of the Administration and its party by doing everything, includ-ing throwing the kitchen sink at the sit-ting President, to paraphrase a tired cli-ché. Whether it will click with the masses, nobody can tell with certainty.
IF YOU’RE someone who has a product or service to sell--- like a sales agent who proposes an investment plan to a
foundation, or a publisher who sells a pub-lication idea to a council or federation, or an advertising manager selling ad space to a real estate firm--- chances are you get a reply like, “I’ll take it up with the Board”.
When you get a response like this, it’s the same as they’re slamming the door on you. So your next move might be to keep nagging and persisting until you get the contract (parang awa mo na!)--- or simply scratch them from you list of “potential cli-ents”.
I came across a management book by Peter Drucker many, many moons ago that says “never, never try to sell to a commit-tee”. In other words, get the guy at the top who makes the final decision. If this guys tells you “I’ll take it up with the Board” it means he’s slamming the door on you.
Taking up a proposal with the Board of Directors is the same as taking it up with the Council or taking it up with the Feder-ation or taking it up with the Foundation board, etc, etc. These are usually groups of people who NEVER agree with each other on many things.
I once tried to present a proposal for a “Visitors Guidebook” to the Davao Tourism Council many, many summers ago after the council president, a good friend of mine, ask me “to present it to the Board”. Oh, yes, they were so nice about it, agreeing that they need the guidebook, but in the end, the Board members changed their mind and scrapped the idea. The door was slammed
shut on me. (Thank
goodness, we were able to produce this g u i d e b o o k without any help from any-one and with-out any funds from any group or tourism council).
A n o t h e r instance I can’t forget was the time I was asked to make a formal presentation of a mutual fund investment I was selling for a world-renown asset management firm.
This time, it was a university foundation here led by a prominent businessman, an-other close friend of mine, who asked me to “present to the Board” my proposal for our company’s fund managers to manage their foundation funds, which was in millions.
I didn’t know I would be competing with two large banks who brought their own bank officers to present their own proposals to manage the funds of the Foun-dation.
This fund was already invested in a big, well-known company known for its beer and earning 8% annually, and its preferred earnings withdrawn every quarter for the foundation’s operational expenses.
Even with our earning projections three times their own rate, the Board ( composed of people in the business and academe, mostly friends of mine, too) decided NOT
to change their investment set-up with the bank where their funds were deposited.
It means, it was a waste of time “taking it up with the Board”. To say it bluntly, the door was also slammed shut in front of my face----again.
Just lately, I was trying to get the export-ers’ federation local chapter here to take part in a trade publication to be circulat-ed only among exporters, producers and shippers. Although the head of this group showed some interest, he still asked me to “make a proposal” so he can take it up with the Board.
I don’t know if I’m barking up the wrong tree, or the local prexy here just can’t make any small decision like this, he has to “take it up with the Board”. In short, the door was simply slammed shut in front of my face.
It’s useless in cases like this to follow up by calling or texting, because they’ll think you’re so desperate, they need to handle you like a Yolanda survivor who needs emergency help. So, we don’t make any followup calls. We just move on to make the same offer to more keenly interested clients.
So if you’re faced with a top gun who tells you he’ll “take it up with the Board”, don’t insist making your proposal. He’s dumping you. He’s slamming the door on your face. He’s telling you to get the f__k out.
Just remember Peter Drucker’s tip on selling : “Never, never try to sell to a com-mittee.”
offers WI-FI connection up to 100MB to ensure that lessees can provide quality services to their clients.
The Cube, according to Vlummens, provides a community where young Dabawenyo entrepreneurs can find opportunities by meeting new people and venture to new businesses.
Located on the second floor of the DCCCII building, it is open even to non-mem-
bers of the chamber. This is to ensure that it will be able to provide not just space, but a community that fos-ters growth for students, young work-at-home pro-fessionals and SMEs.
People who will be availing of the co-working space will be paying P250 per day while the virtual office is P3,500 per month. This is inclusive of WI-FI usage.
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GO V E R N M E N T ’ S weather agency is-sued on Wednesday
its first dry day forecast for the country.
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronom-ical Services Administra-tion (PAGASA) weather spe-cialist Anthony Lucero said the forecast is this agency’s newest product that will be updated monthly to help keep the agricultural sec-tor and other stakeholders concerned abreast about expected rainfall conditions
nationwide.”The agricultural sector
can integrate the forecast in its decision-making pro-cess for farmers’ benefit and better rice production,” he said Wednesday during a climate forum in Metro Manila, citing one use of the new product.
He noted dry day is a day having less than one millimeter of rainfall.
For this year’s March-April-May period, PAGASA reported expecting a higher number of dry days con-
sistent with areas with be-low-normal rainfall forecast particularly for Luzon.
The number of dry days is expected to gradually in-crease in the Visayas and Mindanao during the April-May-June period, PAGASA continued.
Lucero reiterated PAGA-SA will continue developing products that will help fur-ther meet the public’s need for the latest available in-formation on weather and climate.
He noted PAGASA aims
securing more equipment that will help this agency achieve such goal.
Among PAGASA’s prod-ucts at present are its 5:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. 24-hour weather forecasts, 5:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. gale warn-ings, 11:00 a.m. weather advisory as well as weather bulletins at 5:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 5:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.
PAGASA also provides special weather forecasts and weekly weather out-look reports. [PNA]
THE Department of Justice said on Wednesday that be-
ginning on Jan. 24, 2014, applicants for the Nation-al Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Clearance can apply and fill out the complete form online at www.doj.gov.ph/nbi or www.nbi.gov.ph.
”With the implementa-tion of the new NBI system, we shall continue to roll-out and implement solutions
to progressively eliminate queues and simplify pro-cesses,” Justice Secretary Leila M. De Lima said.
”Online application is the logical next step after the switch,” De Lima added.
The NBI system is now run by the DOJ, a first in the agency’s history and sub-stantially upgrades the old systems.
Newly-appointed NBI Director Virgilio L. Mendez
said, “This is just our third full week of operation un-der our watch but we ex-pect significant progress in the coming weeks with the delivery of additional equipment and increase in personnel.”
Mendez added that the Renewal Module will be im-plemented next.
The NBI Clearance Sys-tem is a component of the flagship National Justice In-
formation System (NJIS) to link and share information among justice sector insti-tutions.
After the online reg-istration, applicants may proceed directly to any of the 55 sites nationwide for payment and biometric en-rollment for the release of the clearance.
A list of these areas is available at http://www.nbi.gov.ph. [PNA]
SORTING OUT. Ian Laminero sorts out watermelons in a fruit stand at Bankerohan Public Market yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
naman tay dog pound… ang stray animals ihatag na lang nato na sa barangay level,” said Duterte.
He cited as example the ordinance on San Pe-dro Street which said that no structure shoul be built along this street but right now there areca lot of exist-ing structure in the area.
“Naa puy isa regarding sa old airport na dili daw pwede patukiuran og mga buildings ang area pero na puro naman na subdivision karon.”
Duterte said that they will also review regarding the public safety inside Davao International Air-port because during the time of Mayor Sara Duter-te the emergency team of Central 911 was prohibited
from assisting passengers of a Cebu Pacific plane that overshot the runway last year.
“Imbitahon nato sila if mo ingon na sila na kaya na nila ang safety sa mga tao sa sulod, sila na lang di na ta magapil-apil ang atoa kana na lang naa sa gawas,” he said.
The vice mayor said that a need to remove some ordinances that many local government units have bor-rowed from the city’s code of ordinances.
“Parehas sa Palawan, nangayo jud silag copy. So, maulaw ta ba. Naay mga karaan na ma apply lang sa 1970’s pero dili na ma apply karon kay modern na ang atong katilingban, ” he said.
added factors as well, then same declaration for the whole province can be done also,” said the state-ment.
Meantime, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Dute-
rter personally gave the P500,000 cash assistance to the local leaders of the New Bataan, Montevista, Monkayo, and Compostela which were affected with the continuous rain. [ABF]
public market. Police said that at
about 10:00 p.m. while the victim was carry-ing vegetables a certain alias “Tagalog” armed with pistol shot him in the buttocks.
Vidal was imme-diately rushed to the
Southern Philippines Medical Center where he was declared out of danger by the attending physician.
As of presstime, po-lice are still clueless about the assailants in the two shooting inci-dents.
year by 15 entrepreneurs while the second is set in February. On the final and third trainings, Vlummens said that the attendees will go to Amsterdam, Neth-erlands to do benchmark-ing and see opportunities there. The participants will meet prospective buyers there in May of this year.
On the other hand, 15 business entrepreneurs will participate the Salon Internationale de l’alimen-tation, (SIAL) or Globa Food Marketplace this October.
It is a public fair which specializes in the food pro-cessing industry in Paris, France.
Participants will bring with them their products to showcase in the Euro-pean market. He said that they will have a one-on-one meeting with buyers from Brussels, Belgium.
Aside from training, local businessmen should also have assistance in fi-nancing, packaging and marketing to be globally competitive.
PAGASA releases maiden dry day forecast in 2014
Online application for NBI clearance available starting January 24 –- DOJ
VOL. 6 ISSUE 220 • THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014
REMEMBER your Tamagochi pet? There’s a new com-
puter game to get addict-ed the way the Tamagochi bug hit us in the past. It’s called Pou.
If you’re that kind of person who likes to check your mobile phone most of the time, then maybe this game is already a part of your daily routine.
Introducing Pou your triangular potato-like alien pet developed and published by Paul Sala-meh (ZAKEH in Google Play store).
Pou is a game for those who like to feed, clean, exercise, play and put to sleep a virtual pet-friend.
This popular An-droid and Itunes store game has been hitting the communities lately reach-
ing 100 million to 500 mil-lion users and 1,795,238 five-star ratings.
Aside from keeping Pou healthy and alive, there are also mini games available for you to earn coins and purchase cute or funny costumes, food and medicine that can help you keep your pet happy.
This game may look cute because of its col-orful atmosphere but it takes a lot of time. Your duty as Pou’s parent and friend does not end by feeding him a lot, sending him to the lab , teaching him to plant in your gar-den or spend leisure time with him at the playroom.
You pass through lev-els and see Pou grow up healthy and skillful just like how you do it with
your Tamagotchi pet.Pou can also interact
with other Pous by visit-ing them while the game is connected in the inter-net. This is where the fun comes in. You get to meet with other players and compare and share with them your pet’s colorful costume and fun skills.
The game is available in English, French, Span-ish, Catalan, Portugese, Italian, German, Dutch, Danish, Polish, Hungar-ian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Chinese and Ar-abic which means Pou’s life would be meaningful like yours as you com-municate with the other Pous who desire to know more about you and your pet.
Well, for those who don’t play Pou, it’s not
too late to finally meet and customize your Pou and mingle with other players present in your neighborhood.
It’s time for you to express and share your unique and creative ideas with your cute, lov-able and playful pet, Pou.
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ICT HUB
ASUS yesterday an-nounced the avail-ability of two new
devices, thehigh-perfor-mance ASUS Transformer Pad and the unique Ul-traportable Transformer Book Trio with a keyboard dock that can also be used as a self-contained Win-dows 8 desktop PC.
ASUS Transformer Pad TF701T
The new ASUS Trans-former Pad is perfect for on-the-go entertainment, thanks to a durable me-tallic design that’s just 8.9mm thick and weighs 585g. A high-quality speaker with ASUS Sonic-Master audio technology gives loud, clear sound for music, movies and games, while the 17-hour battery life when docked means the new ASUS Transform-er Pad lasts for two full working days between charges.
The tablet for vivid 2560 x 1600 entertain-
mentThe new ASUS Trans-
former Pad features a 10.1-inch high-perfor-mance IGZO-TFT display with reduced energy con-sumption and a very wide color gamut. The 2560 x
1600 WQXGA resolution gives an extraordinari-ly sharp image, while IPS (In-Plane Switching) technology ensures ac-curate color reproduc-tion, wide 178-degree viewing angles and ex-cellent daylight visibility. The new ASUS Trans-former Pad also features a front 1.2-megapixel camera for crystal-clear video chat and a rear 5-megapixel camera that captures full-resolution photos while shooting simultaneous 1080p Full
HD video.The new ASUS Trans-
former Pad is more than just a high-performance tablet — it’s also an ex-tremely capable Android laptop, thanks to its Mo-bile Dock. The dock’s
full-size keyboard with a large multi-touch touch-pad makes the new ASUS Transformer Pad perfect for productivity apps and the Microsoft Office-com-patible Polaris Office suite is supplied pre-installed.
ASUS Transformer Book Trio ‘Three-in-
one’A new breed of ultra-
portable device with a two-part dockable design that can be used by one person as a laptop, or by two people as a separate tablet and desktop PC.
With the ability to switch between Windows 8 and Android at the press of a button, Transformer Book Trio offers unmatched three-in-one flexibility for users who want the best of all mobile worlds.
Dual processors and dual operating systems ASUS Transformer Book Trio features a sleek and durable metallic design, and is powered by a 4th generation Intel® Core™ processor for seamless multi-tasking perfor-mance and outstand-ing energy efficiency in Windows 8 laptop mode. When it’s time for en-tertainment to take over from productivity, the 11.6-inch display detach-es from the ‘PC Station’ keyboard dock for use as a multi-touch Android tablet with its own Intel Atom™ dual-core pro-cessor and up to 64GB
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- The Port-land Trail Blazers
braced themselves for a late onslaught from Kevin Durant. They still failed to stop him.
The 6-foot-9 forward scored 11 of his 46 points in the final 3:23 to help the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Trail Blazers 105-97 on Tuesday night.
‘’When the basket is an ocean, you can’t really do much about it,’’ Portland guard Wesley Matthews said. ‘’He’s been on a roll.’’
Durant has scored at least 30 points for eight consecutive games, the longest such streak of his career. He made 17 of 25 field goals, including 6 of 7 3-pointers.
‘’He did what he’s been doing the last two weeks,’’ Portland guard Damian Lillard said. ‘’You look up, he’s hitting 50 and 45 and 50 again and 40 and up. We knew coming in that he’s been shooting the ball well.’’
Reggie Jackson added 15 points for Oklahoma City (32-10), which took a one-game lead over Port-land in the Northwest Di-vision. Oklahoma City im-proved to 9-5 since point guard Russell Westbrook was taken out of the lineup after having surgery on his
right knee.LaMarcus Aldridge
had 29 points and 16 rebounds, but he went 1-for-8 from the field in the fourth quarter. Durant said Aldridge’s late strug-gles might have been a combination good defense by Kendrick Perkins and Serge Ibaka and the Trail Blazers being worn out from their loss to Houston the night before.
‘’Perk and Serge did a great job early on con-testing LaMarcus’ jump shot, but he’s a great play-er and he was knocking them down,’’ Durant said. ‘’In the fourth quarter, of course, after playing last night, he’s a little tired. We forced him all the way out close to the 3-point line and made him shoot some tough ones and we were able to rebound and hit shots on the other end.’’
Matthews added 21 points for Portland (31-11), which lost its last two games of a four-game road trip.
‘’Pissed,’’ Matthews said. ‘’We’re not happy. Last year we were happy coming off a road trip at .500. We’re not that team any more. We didn’t come out with the right energy and the right mentality against Houston and they were ready for us. We came
out with the right mentali-ty early in this game and KD had a hell of a fourth quarter, so it’s bitter.’’
Oklahoma City held Lillard to 14 points, well below his average of 21.4 points per game.
Portland led 93-90 when Durant was called for an offensive foul. Du-rant was unhappy after the call, and after Perkins was called for a foul, Du-rant, still frustrated, hit the scorer’s table and was issued a technical foul. Portland made two of the three free throws to go up by five. A fired-up Durant responded with a layup, then a 3-pointer to tie the score with 2:52 remaining.
‘’It was really a stupid, stupid reaction by me,’’ Durant said. ‘’I could have hurt my team really badly. I was just more frustrated with myself, turning the ball over. I can’t hurt my team like that. This time, it went in our direction. Next time, I’ve got to be smart-er.’’
Durant seemed to reach another gear after the technical, though. He hit a 3 with 48 seconds left to give the Thunder a 102-95 lead, then another with 26.8 seconds remaining to ice the game.
Portland led 48-40 late in the second quarter
before Durant sparked a rally with a 3-pointer. The Thunder took the lead with 8.3 seconds left in the first half on a jumper by Thabo Sefolosha, but Lillard re-sponded with a layup with 0.2 seconds left to give the Trail Blazers a 52-51 lead at the break. Portland shot 57 percent in the first half. Durant scored 20 points on 8-for-11 shooting in the first half, but his team-mates shot 13 for 38.
Durant’s jumper early in the second half finally gave the Thunder the lead, but the Trail Blazers han-dled the surge. A 3-point-er by Nicolas Batum and a bucket from Aldridge gave Portland a 67-62 lead and caused Oklahoma City to call a timeout.
The Trail Blazers ex-tended their lead to 75-66, but again, the Thun-der closed out a quarter strong. Oklahoma City held Portland scoreless for the last 2:35 of the pe-riod. Durant hit a 3-point-er to close the quarter and give the Thunder a 77-75 lead.
Portland made just one field goal in the final 3:45.
‘’Total team effort,’’ Durant said. ‘’We didn’t get discouraged after they hit tough shots and we missed shots, and we got
a good win.’’The Thunder play at
San Antonio on Wednes-day night with the top re-cord in the Western Con-ference on the line.
‘’We know how tough it is to win there,’’ Du-
rant said. ‘’We know how tough that team is. You’ve just got to come prepared and with a lot of energy. I think our group is ready to come out there and play our game, and we’ll see what happens.’’
MIAMI (AP) -- Their big early lead was gone, the Miami
Heat were trailing with 3 minutes remaining and the two-time defending cham-pions seemed very much in trouble.
They didn’t let Boston score again.
That’s how to snap a de-fensive slump.
LeBron James scored 11 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter, Chris Bosh added 16 and the Heat beat the Celtics 93-86 on Tuesday night - finishing the game on a 9-0 run after trailing 86-84 with 3:08 left.
‘’It’s difficult doing what we do,’’ Bosh said. ‘’But that’s why we’re the champs, to do the difficult thing again and get the job done. Tonight was a good start. We just have to build off of it.’’
Chris Andersen scored 13 points and made all five of his shots for Miami, which had given up at least 100 points in four of its last six games. The Heat are 25-1 when allowing less than 100 points; 5-11 oth-erwise.
Brandon Bass scored 15 points, Kris Humphries had 14 points and 13 re-
bounds, and Jeff Green had 12 points for the Celtics, who enjoyed a 46-33 edge in rebounds but shot only 39 percent.
And when it was over, Celtics coach Brad Stevens had a simple assessment of the final 3 minutes.
‘’LeBron James hap-pened,’’ Stevens said.
James made seven free throws in the final 2:33, the only other points down the stretch coming on a jump-er by Ray Allen that put the Heat up for good. James did the rest, while the Celt-ics missed their final four shots.
REIGNING World Box-ing Organization (WBO) Asia-Pacific
bantamweight champion Marlon Tapales of Davao City will make his first title defense against Mexican challenger Noe Martinez Raygoza on Feb. 8 at the Al-mendras gym here.
The 12-round title bout is presented by the MP Pro-motions USA, LLC in coop-eration with Joven Sports Promotion.
“Tapales is ready to de-
fend his belt,” said trainer Raides “Nonoy” Neri in an interview.
Tapales, 21, won the va-cant title via a unanimous decision over Fredirex Ro-driguez last August 1, 2013 at the Cebu City Waterfront Hotel & Casino in Cebu City. Tapales knocked down Ro-driguez once on the sixth round of that fight.
Before that, Tapales (23 wins, 9 KOs, 2 losses) stopped Ruben Manakane in the fourth round by a techni-
cal knockout at Sangyo Hall, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Raygoza is toting an im-pressive ring record of 16 wins with 9 KOs and 5 loss-es.
Pitted in the main supporting event is the four-rounder bout between undefeated Jonel Dapidran (2 wins, 0 loss or draw) of MP Boxing Stable against Joefil Camocamo (3 wins, 2 losses, 0 draw) of Pala-fox Stable-Iligan City in the 136-pound division.
Durant has 46 in Thunder win
Heat survive Celtics
Tapales to defend WBO Asia-Pac title against Mexican challenger
DYNAMITE DANNY. Danny Seigle of Talk N’ Text (left) takes a jumper against Mark Barocca and Jose Devance of San Mig Coffee in their PBA Philippine Cup quarterfinals Game 1 won by the Mixers. Nuki Sabio
KEVIN DURANT. 46 points against the Blazers.
IT HAD been a while since the BPAs had a lunch or dinner out many thanks to a holiday, season that was filled with great food and many calorific treats. So any call to action for the new year has to be top notch to be able to bring these foodies out from hid-ing. The opportunity arrived last week when we decided to have lunch at Lachi’s lo-cated along Ruby Street at the Marfori subdivision. Already a favourite din-ing spot for Durianburg’s urbanites, Lachi’s home-cooked dishes as well as desserts are sure to make one break their new year’s diet resolution. On the top of the list is Latchi’s famous laing. Sa-vory and rich, Lachi’s Spicy Laing is a sure hit served on piping hot rice. Going for the homerun, I went for the Spicy Laing Spaghetti served with sinful Lechon Kawali which added a salty flavour and a crispy texture
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to the dish. Deciding to share the love and the calories, group also ordered Lachi’s famous Callos. Sticky with a melt-in-your-mouth goodness, the Callos is a homey treat which also de-serves heaping cups of rice. I love that Lachi’s serves picked cucumbers along with their meals, the sweet, tart and crisp slivers of cucumber add a much wanted crunch and palate cleanser. For those who want to cut down on their meat intake, Latchi’s also offers Breaded Soft Tofu with Teriyaki Sauce as well as Deep Fried Bangus also served with a pickled cu-
If you want to break your new year diet resolution, make Lachi’s Spicy Laing Spaghetti with Lechon Kawali be the diet breaker because it is worth it.
Lachi’s melt-in-the-mouth Callos is one of the best I have tasted so far.
Spicy Laing and Deep Fried Bangus.Pickled cucumber sides.
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WE ALL expect to see the normal not-withstanding the fa-çade. We want to see something different but is always focused on the usual. Yes that is how we are – al-ways searching; nev-er opening our eyes. Coming home has al-ways been my refuge away from the hustle and bustle of metro living. I see home as my sanctuary – not to mention, my world. It is where I am most com-fortable and at ease. I can leave the house and just be in my slackest outfit and not mind seen by friends the entire townspeople. Hidden but not entirely so, is one place flocked and frequented by locals be-cause of its most appealing ambience and delicious food. Outside, it looks normal – step inside, and you’ll be mesmerized of its stellar offering to your hungry and growling ap-petite. Reese in Cotabato City is one of the most delicious café/restaurants you could ever visit. Having been in the place more than once, I fondly call it, ‘hidden kitchen’. Although they have been in operations for quite some time, I have only now been introduced – by my Dad and Mama – for I am the laziest person when home. Indeed, the place is packed. Even hours before lunch, you can see people coming in and filling the place. It was so much fun seeing familiar faces un-der one roof. More so, ordering all that there is in the menu and anticipat-ing its arrival. From that point on, I know I will have a grand time – well, my hungry tummy, that is. From their extensive menu, I already have some favorites! Do not blame
me for drooling or getting hungry, okay? Arrozcaldo. Since my Daddy loves anything ‘porridge’, arrozcaldo is one of his uber-favorite. For the faint of heart, a precaution, their serving is overwhelming. Despite such, the taste and the flavor is not in any way taken for granted. This is a big bowl of nothing but delicious goodness. The egg was a most definite welcome treat to complete this meal! Pica-Pica Platter. This is by far something that fam-ily and friends will surely enjoy! Again, the portions are overwhelming and the taste are just so amazing. Not overpowering each other, the different appe-
tizers compliment each other’s appearance and most of all, taste. I sim-ply love the marriage of flavors and the savory of each item on the platter. With or without a dip, this is one highly recommend-ed item from their menu. Crunchy salad with Passion fruit dressing. The crunchiness of the vegeta-bles, the freshness of the fruits and the tanginess of the passion fruit dress-ing makes this a salad for all seasons. Hesitant of the passion fruit dressing, I was definitely dumb-founded as I salivated over its delicious and compli-menting power with the veggies and fruits. Try this: Passion fruit extract, olive oil, salt and pepper.
Mix well and drizzle over salad – and you are wel-come (I know you’ll thank me for it!). Chicken. Since I am a sucker for anything chick-en but is picky when it comes to how it is cooked, I found refuge in their many chicken dishes. For one, their buffalo wings are just so tender and juicy. Also, the sauce is subtle enough for you to reach for a glass of water. An-other chicken dish is their Inasal, which reminds me of Bacolod with every bite! Oh, the memories. The next time you are in Cotabato, visit Reese and get your appetites on fire! Drop by at N. Her-rera Bldg., Pob. 5, Quezon Ave., Cotabato City or call them at (064) 421-1085 or email at [email protected] . Be a part of Davao’s Thursday habit! Send me your recipes, questions, suggestions and comments and be featured. Email me at [email protected] (subject: Royal Chef) or tag me on instagram (herroy-alheiress) for your delicious pics!
THE OVERCAST SKIES and intermittent rains did not damp-en Cebu’s Sinulog celebration this year. With over 3.5 million people in attendance, Sinulog was burning red hot as danc-ers and colourful floats paraded for 10 hours - and the crowd was gettingthickerwith every beat of a drum. The Sinulog beat was non-stop. In Mactan Cebu Interna-tional Airport, dancers wel-comed AirAsia Zest guests traveling to and from Cebu with free fans and caps while some of the airline’s cabin crew joined the parade on board the red hot AirAsia Zest float. AirAsia Zest, the Filipino Low Cost Carrier that flies hand in hand with AirAsia, the World’s Best Low Cost Carrier for five consecutive years, has recently expanded its hub opera-tions in Cebu with the addition of domestic flights to Davao, Puerto Princesa(Palawan) and Cagayan de Oro and to inter-national destinations of Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu from Mactan Cebu International Airport as part of its com-mitment to boost tourism in Visayas and Mindanao.
AirAsia Zest continuously strives to pro-mote air travel and tourism in the country by keeping fares
low while ensuring the best, quality service for their guests. AirAsia Zest serves domestic destinations of Kalibo (Bora-cay), Puerto Princesa (Palawan), Cebu, Davao, Tacloban, Tag-bilaran and Cagayan de Oro in the Philippines with interna-tional points in Asia including China and South Korea from its main hub in Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), Manila. Promo seats from as low as P635, one way for domestic destination and P668, one way for international cities are up for grabs now via www.airasia.com. Guests who will avail of this promo would be able to travel now until seats last. Those who missed the fun in Sinulog, it’s never too late! Find out more about AirAsia’s exciting destinations and promo fare announcements via Facebook (facebook/aira-siaphilippines) and Twitter (twitter.com/airasiaph).
WITH A LITTLE more than a week left before the Lunar New Year, the metro’s premier shopping and lifestyle hub gives you 5 ways to mark the holiday and bring in fortune by leaps and bounds. F r o m J a n u a r y 20 to 31, visit SM L a n a n g Premier ’s Little Chi-na Bazaar at the Atrium, where you can find all products that celebrate the rich culture of the Chinese, from lucky decors, gems, charms and must-have items this Year of the Wooden Horse. For a glimpse of Chinese culture and artistic traditions, watch out for ‘Maximize,’ a Wushu performance of a group called More than Medals on January 26, from 5pm-6:30 pm at The Fountain Court. On January 31, be captivated with exciting festivities at the Atrium – the Lion and Dragon Dance at 10 am and the Chinese Cultural Performance of Dynamic Youth Davao at 4 pm. Want to know what’s auspicious this Year of the Wooden Horse? Consult with Feng Shui Master Expert Master Rich-ard Yu on January 30, from 10 am to 8 pm and January 31, from 10 am to 2pm, at the Atrium. Discover his forecasts and predictions and what you can do to improve your Feng Shui and usher in good fortune this New Year. Don’t miss the Chinese New Year festivities at SM Lanang Premier. For more details, contact 285-0943 or visit SM La-nang Premier on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for event updates.
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Sinulog festival sizzles with AirAsia Zest’s red hot promo
fares, colourful float and more!
Welcome the Chinese New Year at SM Lanang Premier
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Reese: The perfect gastronomical hub
A big bowl of Arrozcaldo.Luscious Grilled Chicken.
The Imbao Soup was certainly delicious.
Fresh summer salad with Passion fruit dressing.
ABS-CBN’s local adaptation of hit Mexicanovela “Maria Mercedes” may be ending this Friday (Jan 24), but for leading man Jake Cuenca, the battle to win Jessy Men-diola’s heart is far from be-ing over. Jake said he would even go the next level now that he can woo the young actress more privately and off cam. “I’ll miss Jessy the most. But I think it will be better now that the show is over. At least there is no more pressure. I’ll still be the same with Jessy even now that the show is over. The only difference is that we will have more privacy than before,” said Jake. Jessy, who is currently being tagged as the “it girl” of showbiz, recently re-vealed in “Buzz ng Bayan” last Sunday that she rarely sees or communicates with actor Sam Milby. Does this development encourage Jake even more to pursue the sought-after actress? “I really don’t mind Jessy’s other suitors. Like what I’ve said, I’m moving at my own pace regardless if Sam is courting her or not or if Jessy and I will be together or not. I just want it to hap-
pen at the right time when Jessy and I are both ready,” he said. “Maria Mercedes” re-cently held its last taping day where the production team shot the intense finale scenes avid viewers should watch out for this week. Find out what Misty (Nikki Gil) is capable of doing just to destroy the lives of (Jessy Mendiola) and Luis (Jake Cuenca). How will she save herself from going to jail after Malvina (Vivian Velez) surrendered the last piece of evidence to authorities
that will prove she is guilty of killing Mercedes’ brother Guillermo (Marx Topacio)? Whose life will be sacrificed in the name of revenge? Don’t miss the intense finale of “Maria Mercedes” this Friday after “Got to Believe” on ABS-CBN’s Pri-metime Bida. For updates, follow @MariaMercedesPH on Twitter and like www.f a c e b o o k . c o m / M a r i -aMercedesOfficial on Face-book. Tweet your thoughts about the show using the hashtag #MariaMercede-sAngPagtatapos.
INTERNATIONAL jazz fusion and smooth jazz pianist, composer, and producer David Benoit, a five-time Grammy Award nominee, will be heading to the Phil-ippines with yet another noble cause—joining the line-up of the star-studded benefit concert “Heal Our Land,” which is set to be mounted at the Mall of Asia Arena on January 31, 2014. Benoit, having made a name for himself time and time again, gained popular-ity through both his mov-ing solo performances and notable collaborations. Over the years, he has arranged, conducted, and performed musical numbers for many popular artists, including the likes of Kenny Loggins, Patti Austin, Faith Hill, Brian McKnight, and the Walt Dis-ney Company. Apart from his numer-ous accomplishments in his career as a musician, he is also the music director for the Asia America Symphony and the Asia America Youth Orchestra. “Heal Our Land” will also definitely not be the first of Benoit’s participation in causes that go far beyond plain performances, as he
has been active in a number of benefit concerts around Asia, including Korea and the Philippines. Also joining “Heal Our Land” are singers David Pack and Kevyn Lettau, with keyboardist Brian Simpson, American saxophonist and singer Jessy J, percussion-ist Richie “Gajate” Garcia, and guitarist-singers Ray Parker, Jr. and Jonathan Butler, whose song has in-spired this concert’s title. Saxophonist Michael Paulo, pianist-singer-songwriter Spencer Day, pianist Gregg Karukas Freddie Schreuders, Eric Valentine, and Nate Phil-lips of the LA All-Star Band will also be part of the con-cert’s lineup. Some of today’s local talents will also be joining the Jazzfest, including Sitti,
Side A, South Border, Free Style, Mulatto, Zoo, True Faith, Chad Borja, and recent “voice of the Philippines” contender Thor Dulay. The concert will be directed by the Philippines’ own Bert de Leon. “Heal Our Land” is pro-duced by All That Jazz Pro-motions, Inc., with the sup-port of ABS-CBN, Lifestyle Network, and other part-ners. All the participating art-ists in “Heal Our Land” chose to generously wave their fees for this concert, direct-ing proceeds to the relief ef-forts of ABS-CBN’s Sagip Ka-pamilya and Gawad Kalinga projects. Tickets are available at SM Tickets. For more information, please contact 470-2222 or visit www.smtickets .net.
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Five-time Grammy nominee David Benoit to raise Filipinos’ spirits
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cumber side dish. Of course what is Lat-chi’s if one does not have a taste of their delicious des-serts? I was already salivating at the chance of tasting Latchi’s famous San Rival as well as Dark Chocolate cake. But lo and behold, there appeared a whole Creme Brûlée Cake flying from the counter. Always willing to give anything a taste, we dug in and the cake was heavenly to say the least. The top was carefully sugared and torched to create a nice crispy layer
that cracked when we cut into it. Underneath the burnt sugar was a layer of sweet custard followed by a layer of sponge cake fol-lowed by a layer of creme anglaise and another layer of sponge cake. The the cake was subtlety sweet with a delicate finish that leaves you wanting to dig in some more, perfect with a cup of black coffee to end a wonderful meal. Follow me on Instagram or on Twitter @kenneth-kingong for travel and food-ie finds as well as happen-ings in, around, and beyond Durianburg.
For those trying to stick to their diets, try the Breaded Soft Tofu with Teriyaki Sauce.
Lachi’s beautiful Creme Brulee Cake.
Chicken Pork Adobo.
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MELBOURNE (Re-uters) - A brilliant Stanislas Wawrin-
ka ended Novak Djokovic’s three-year reign at Mel-bourne Park on Tuesday, closing out a five-set classic at a heaving Rod Laver Are-na to sensationally dump the Serb from the Austra-lian Open quarter-finals.
Heartbroken by Djokovic in two five-set epics in Melbourne and the U.S. Open last year, the eighth-seeded Swiss played out of his skin to upset his grand slam nemesis 2-6 6-4 6-2 3-6 9-7 in an exhilarat-ing four hours.
Wawrinka stayed cool in a deciding set of unre-lenting tension, sealing it when the former world number one pushed a shot wide on match point.
His triumph blew the tournament wide open, setting up a semi-final with Czech Tomas Berdych while snapping the Serb’s 28-match winning streak.
“He’s an amazing cham-pion, he never gives up. I’m really, really, really happy,” Wawrinka said in a court-side interview.
“I was really focused
point after point. I had to stay aggressive, not to give up. I was tired, I was cramp-ing a bit, I was nervous too. But now I’m going to have an ice bath for a very long time.
“Last year was really tough, this year it’s a new year.”
Wawrinka’s bid to claim a maiden Melbourne Park semi-final appearance started nervously as he notched a trio of unforced errors to gift the Serb the opening break in the sixth game.
Djokovic knuckled down to hold serve and prised two set points off his opponent’s serve.
The Swiss saved one but was powerless to save the second as a jet-heeled Djokovic rushed in to re-trieve a kind net-cord and whipped a drop-shot cross-court.
THRILLING RALLIESWawrinka regrouped
during a break, found his first serve and went toe-to-toe against Djokovic, edg-ing the Serb in a series of thrilling rallies.
The Swiss blasted an imperious backhand down
the line at the end of a 26-shot point to break Djokov-ic in the seventh game of the second set.
After prevailing in an-other epic 29-shot rally in his following service game, Wawrinka threw an icy glare at the Serb.
The Swiss thumped a first serve targeted at Djokovic’s body to raise two set points and sliced a second serve into the Serb’s midriff on the sec-ond to level the match.
Thriving in the electric atmosphere, Wawrinka rolled on, breaking a rat-tled Djokovic in the third game of the third set.
The pressure told on the Serb, and after conced-ing another break point at 3-1, Djokovic roared in frustration, shooting a be-leaguered look at his new coach Boris Becker.
The German frowned as his charge blasted a forehand long to concede a second break, allowing
SOME GOOD THINGS NEVER LASTMELBOURNE, Aus-
tralia (AP) — Vic-toria Azarenka’s
run as Australian Open champion ended in a yell-ing, screaming quarter-final defeat to Agnieszka Radwanska on Wednes-day, continuing the flow of stars tumbling out of the season’s first major.
Fifth-seeded Rad-wanska stopped Azaren-ka’s 18-match winning run at Melbourne Park and her own streak of three consecutive quarterfinal defeats at the Australian Open, winning 6-1, 5-7, 6-0 with a stunning display of versatility and court craft that shocked and confused the two-time champion.
The result means both defending champions were out in the quarter-finals — Novak Djokovic lost in five sets to Stan Wawrinka on Tuesday night.
Azarenka’s defeat fol-lowed the fourth-round exits of top-ranked Serena Williams and Maria Shara-pova and leaves 2011 French Open champion Li Na as the only major win-ner remaining in the wom-en’s draw.
Radwanska next plays
No. 20 Dominika Cibulko-va, who won the last eight games in a one-hour, 6-3, 6-0 quarterfinal rout of No. 11-seeded Simona Halep.
Li, a two-time final-ist in Australia, will play 19-year-old Canadian Eugenie Bouchard in the other semifinal.
Radwanska played drop shots and slices from the baseline, forcing Azarenka to come for-ward and then lobbing or passing her. She hit touch volleys with calm pre-cision, and instinctively anticipated Azarenka’s shots.
She didn’t fall into big-swinging rallies against the second-seed-ed Azarenka, either, con-tinually mixing it up and saving the power for when she needed it.
“She was aggressive. She was making every-thing. She was guessing right,” Azarenka said. “I was just playing a little bit too predictably.
“In the second set I managed to fight back. Third set, the first game was important. I let it go, like easily let it go. From there just couldn’t get back to it.”
Wawrinka ends Djokovic’s three-year reignRadwanska ends Azarenka’s 18-match run
MELBOURNE, Aus-tralia (AP) -- Rafa-el Nadal avoided
the top player exodus that claimed two-time defend-ing women's champion Victoria Azarenka in the preceding match on cen-ter court with a 3-6, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (7), 6-2 win over Grigor Dimitrov in the Aus-tralian Open quarterfinals Wednesday.
Nadal, who received treatment several times
for a nasty-looking blister on the palm of his left hand that he said caused him to serve slower than usual, advanced to a semifinal match against the winner of the marquee quarterfi-nal between Andy Murray and Roger Federer later Wednesday.
Azarenka won't have a semifinal date. No. 5-ranked Agnieszka Rad-wanska stopped Azaren-ka's 18-match winning
run at Melbourne Park with a 6-1, 5-7, 6-0 win earlier in the day.
That means both de-fending champions went out in the quarterfinals - Novak Djokovic lost to Stan Wawrinka on Tues-day, ending his bid for a fourth consecutive men's title. Azarenka had been aiming for three in a row and other women's title contenders Serena Wil-liams and Maria Sharapo-
va didn't even make it as far as the quarterfinals.
Nadal won on his fourth match point on Dimitrov's serve in 3 hours, 37 minutes, a long time after his celebration following a second-set tiebreaker that more re-sembled a victory dance. He stayed in a squat po-sition after his winning cross-court shot and then pumped his chest out three times.
Nadal avoids upset train
RADWANSKA. Next plays Dominika Cibulkova in the semis.
GOODBYE CHAMPS. Two-time women’s champion Victoria Azarenka (left) and three-time men’s champion Novak Djokovic (right) won’t be holding the champion’s trophies this time.
STANILAS WAWRINKA. First ever semis appearance.
VOL. 6 ISSUE 220 • THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 201416 EDGEDAVAOSports
BOASTING of the only world-class sports facility in
the region, Davao del Norte was unanimously handed the hosting of the 2014 Davao Region-al Athletic Association (Davraa) meet on Febru-ary 9-12.
Davao del Norte provincial information officer Romulo Tagalo told Edge Davao in an interview yesterday that the Department of Ed-ucation regional office has agreed to award the hosting to Davao del Norte which was accept-ed by provincial gover-nor Rodolfo Del Rosario.
“The hosting was confirmed last Monday but it was taken up in a meeting last week,” said Tagalo.
The 12-hectare Davao del Norte Sports and Tourism Complex, which also hosted the Davraa last year and the Mindanao quali-fying competitions of the 2013 Batang Pinoy, will be the main ven-ue of the annual sports conclave among school-based elementary and secondary athletes in the Davao Region.
Taking part in the Davraa are perennial champion Davao City,
Davao Oriental, Davao del Sur, Digos City, Is-land Garden City of Samal, Panabo City, Mati City, and co-hosts Tagum City and Davao del Norte.
The Davao del Norte Sports and Tour-ism Complex boasts of world-class rubberized track oval, Olympic-sized pool with warm-up pool, 1,000-seat bleacher and clubhouse, football field, baseball field, and air-conditioned basket-ball gymnasium. The complex can hold events at night with its perime-ter professional lighting system.
THREE members of the Association for the Advancement
of Karatedo (AAK) Davao who reigned as champions in the just-concluded 2nd Adidas International Cup at the Makati Coliseum will be the main guests in to-day’s Davao Sportswriters
Association (DSA) Forum set at 11 a.m. at Calle Cinco Restobar along J.P. Laurel Avenue.
Gold medalists Josh Andrew Worsley, Gabriel Quiñones and Carmela Ma-rie Estarija will share their experiences in the two-day international karatefest.
They will be joined by Davao Football Associa-tion’s Rachelle delos Reyes and Ciudades marketing and sales manager Maria Luisa “Chai” Abaya as panel-ists in the forum hosted by Calle Cinco owner Jonathan Traya and 177 Advertising owner Amik Mending.
Karate Cup champs guestsat Calle Cinco’s DSA Forum
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ELEGANT SHOT. Alfonso Labao of the Ateneo de Davao University goes up for an unmolested layup in this bit of action against Precious International School of Davao during The Royal Mandaya Hotel Cup basketball tourna-ment at the Davao City Recreation Center. Lean Daval Jr.
