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P 15.00 • 20 PAGESwww.edgedavao.netVOL. 7 ISSUE 124 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5-6, 2014
EDGE Serving a seamless society
DAVAO
THE BIG NEWS Page2
SPORTS page 16
WORLD CUP OVER FOR GILAS
HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS SPILLED
INSIDE EDGE
NURSE’S NIECE NOW ISOLATEDSPMC monitors another suspected MERS-CoV case
By FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA Correspondent
Another patient is being monitored at Southern Phil-
ippine Medical Center (SPMC) because of sus-pected Middle East Re-spiratory Syndrome Co-rona Virus (MERS-Cov).
The person was identified as the niece of the 38-years-old nurse from Banga town in South Cotabato who tested positive of MERS-CoV before returning home from Saudi Arabia last week.
SPMC Chief Dr. Ricardo Audan confirmed that the
22-year-old niece of the Filipi-na nurse submitted herself for quarantine after having fever.
“Gi-admit namo ang isa, pamangkin ng patient, gi-ad-mit namo last night. Actual-ly, gi-admit namo siya even though walay mga symptomas
FNURSE, 10
REHAB CZAR. Former Senator and now Presidential Assis-tant for Rehabilitation and Recovery Panfilo Lacson gamely poses holding a jackhammer on display at the exhibition area of Philconstruct Mindanao and Manufacturing Technol-ogy Davao which formally opened yesterday at SM Lanang Premier’s SMX Convention Center . Lean Daval Jr.
EIGHT containers of a hazardous chem-ical spilled in front
of an elementary school in C. Bangoy Street (formerly Ponciano Reyes) past mid-night yesterday, forcing school officials to suspend classes yesterday morning.
C. Bangoy Fire Station Commander Fire Inspec-tor Johan Alagaban told reporters that a contain-er van loaded with 800 containers of formic acid spilled eight of the contain-ers on the road when some of its tires sank on a soft portion of the road where it had been parked.
The incident happened at around 1:55 a.m. in front of the Kapitan Tomas Mon-teverde Central Elementa-ry School.
Alagaban said two con-tainer vans coming from Sasa Wharf had gone to the area to fetch 800 contain-ers of formic acid to be de-livered to Maramag, Bukid-non for rubber production.
“Ang giparkingan man gud sa truck, kato iyah-ang support niya nilapos, nihumok siya na part sa
atong dalan (The portion of the road where the truck was parked eroded since the asphalt was newly con-structed),” he said.
Alagaban said the vol-ume of formic acid that spilled on the road was 200 liters since each con-tainer held 25 liters of the chemical.
He said after they re-ceived the call on the inci-dent, they immediately re-sponded to the area along with the Davao Central Fire Station to secure the chem-ical.
He said they immedi-ately closed the road to traffic and covered the chemical with sand so that it would not easily get scattered and flow into the drainage.
He said the substance is hazardous and can cause respiratory complication if it is inhaled.
“According to our emer-gency response guide book, before they (emergency workers) will respond to this spill they need to have a breathing apparatus. The chemical should not touch
the skin and it should not be inhaled because it can cause respiratory and eye irritation,” he said.
Alagaban said that owner of the chemicals
and the truck, Elaine Bacil-lo of Millennium Trucking, was able to present a per-mit to move the chemicals.
However, he said, there is still a violation with re-
gards to the spill. “So far, the owner is
coordinating with us,” he said.
Classes suspendedAlagaban said they ad-
vised the administration of the Kapitan Tomas Mon-teverde Elementary School to suspend classes due to the hazard to the students.
The Department of
Hazardous chemicalsspill in front of schoolBy ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR., CHENEEN R. CAPON, AND FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA
HAZARDOUS. Workers cover the formic acid, a toxic and corrosive chemical, that spilled along Ponciano Street which has hazardous fumes after a six-wheeler truck carrying it overturn yesterday morning. Lean Daval Jr.
THE Department of Justice (DOJ) clari-fied that the mem-
bers of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) involved in the Septem-ber 2013 siege will not be brought back to this city to face trial of the cases filed against them.
Deputy regional pros-ecutor Peter Medalle made the clarification as he allayed fears of the residents who are ap-prehensive the presence of the accused might stir panic and might cause disturbance.
All of the accused are presently detained in Camp Bagong Diwa where they were trans-ferred from this city for security reasons.
Medalle said the
Court has come up with a procedure aimed to give justice to the victims and to the accused.
The Supreme Court en banc issued a Reso-lution dated August 5, 2014, which reads as follows: “A.M. No. 13-10-223-RTC (Re: Request for Transfer of Venue of Cases against Suspected Moro National Liberation Front [MNLF] Rebels in the Attempt to Take Over Zamboanga City). – The Court Resolved to NOTE the Memorandum dated July 17, 2014 of the Office of the Court Administr-tor (OCA) and APPROVE OCA’s recommendation that the reception of the testimony/testimonies for the prosecution and their witnesses as well
as the testimony/testi-monies of the witnesses for the accused in Crimi-nal Case Nos. 28212 and 28213 (now Criminal Case Nos.152737-TG to 152739-TG), en entitled ‘People of the Philip-pines vs. Chairperson Narulaji P. Misuari, a.k.a. Nur Misuari, et al.,’ be conducted by Executive Judge Gregorio V. Dela Peña III, RTC, Zamboan-ga City, Zamboanga del Sur under the following guidelines:
(1)After the arraign-ment and pre-trial to be conducted inside the premises of Camp Ba-gong Diwa, Taguig City, Judge Rowena M. San Pedro, Branch 158, RTC, Pasig City, shall cause the transmittal of the
case records to Executive Judge Dela Peña III or his successor;
(2)Within three (3) days from receipt of the records, Executive Judge Dela Peña III shall im-mediately calendar the cases for the reception of evidence for the prosecu-tion and their witnesses who are residing in Zam-boanga City and in the nearby provinces;
(3)When it is the turn of the inmate/accused to testify, or whenever their presence at the trial is deemed indispensable, Executive Judge Dela Peña III shall against cause the transmittal of the case records to Judge San Pedro, Branch 158, RTC, Pasig City;
THE Foundation for the Philippine En-vironment (FPE)
in partnership with tele-communications compa-ny Globe Telecom turned over mobile phones, SIM cards, and insurance policies to 42 volunteer forest guards and local watershed monitoring barangay officials to help protect biodiversity initiatives in the Pani-gan-Tamugan Watershed, Davao’s future source of drinking water.
The turn-over is part of the activities un-der the Up-Scaling Forest Restoration project be-ing funded by the United States Agency for Inter-national Development (USAID) and the Foun-dation for the Philippine Environment (FPE) to protect critical forest ar-eas across the country.
“Globe Telecom has generously donated these
equipment to beef up the communications capabil-ity of the forest guards. Through these mobile phones and with Globe Telecom’s strong reach, the BantayBukid will be able to promptly and ac-curately report the infor-mation required to help protect the Panigan-Ta-mugan watershed,” said FPE executive director GodofredoVillapando Jr.
“Globe is happy to provide the critical en-abling technologies to help FPE see through its support mandate to the implementing commu-nity-based partners and local stakeholders. This is to ensure that we are able to protect our biodi-versity through our core strength which is infor-mation and communica-tions technology,” said Fernando Esguerra Jr., Di-rector of Globe Corporate
MNLF men in siege won’tbe tried in Zamboanga: DOJ
FPE, Globe turn over phonesto watershed monitoring group
Allado supports Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s de-mand that contractors and government agen-cies that will conduct excavations in any area of the city first secure a permit from City Hall.
“We have nothing against what the mayor is saying. Tama naman sya di ba na syempre everybody is affected by the traffic,” Allado, who is also the presi-
dent of Davao Contrac-tors Association, said.
An irate Duterte had earlier blamed govern-ment agencies and pri-vate contractors under-taking road rehabilita-tion projects in the city for the recent heavy traffic in the city.
Duterte mentioned the excavation projects and road projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Davao City Water District (DCWD), PLDT, and other compa-
nies and agencies.He his office should
be informed first be-fore any road project is conducted. He also said contractors should put more manpower to complete projects in the shortest possible time.
“If there’s a need to put in more resourc-es, more people, more equipment, work lon-ger hours, we will,” Al-lado said. “I think para-mount ang concern kasi yun rin naman ang in-
terest ng contractors na matapos kaagad.”
Allado said their projects are also direct-ly affected by the road congestion.
“Kung matraffic, ma-hihirapan din kaming tapusin ang project be-cause our supplies have to come from outside the project site. For in-stance, kailangan nam-ing ng konkreto , kung matraffic pano ideliver yun?” he said.
Allado said the only
PHILCONSTRUCT MINDANAO OPENS. Presidential Assistant for Rehabili-tation and Recovery Panfilo Lacson (center, front row), Department of Tour-ism (DOT) assistant secretary Arturo Boncato (left, front row) and Councilor Jimmy Dureza (right, front row), who represented Davao City Mayor Rodrigo
R. Duterte, lead the cutting of ribbon to mark the opening of Philconstruct Mindanao and Manufacturing Technology Davao yesterday at SM Lanang Premier’s SMX Convention Center . Lean Daval Jr.
Fernando C. Esguerra Jr., head of Corporate Responsibility of Globe Telecom, explains during yesterday’s I-Speak media forum at City Hall the details of the company’s project of giving out mobile phones and insurance to the Bantay
Bukid volunteers. Also in photo is Interface Development Interventions (IDIS) executive director Mary Ann Fuertes. Lean Daval Jr.
MORE than 200 companies fea-turing the latest
in building and construc-tion trade show partici-pated in the second leg of this year’s Philconstruct which kicked off yester-day at the SMX Davao Convention Center, SM Lanang Premier.
Among the exhibitors are Pacific Paint (Boysen) Phil., Cemex Philippines, Hilti Philippines, Inc., and Holcim Philippines.
This year’s exposi-tion was attended by members of Philcon-struct Events, Exhibition and Conferences Corp
(PEECC), Davao Con-structors Association Center, Inc. (DCACI), Phil-ippine Contractors Asso-ciation (PCA), Philippine Society of Ventilating, Air-conditioning and Re-frigerating Engineers, Inc (PSVARE), and the Association of Carriers and Equipment Lessors, Inc (ACCEL) which also organized the three-day event.
“Philconstruct has been the defining land-scape for building and construction in the coun-try whether you’re in Lu-zon, Visayas or Mindan-
THREE of the 20 ASEAN fellows for “Innova-tion in Inclusive De-
velopment” (IID) are Min-danawons, all of them from Davao City.
The Universities and Councils Network on Inno-vation for Inclusive Devel-opment in Southeast Asia (UNIID-SEA) announced Wednesday the selection of 20 IID Fellows from eight ASEAN countries.
Through a small grants program, the fellows will “develop and share teaching and learning packages fea-turing innovative and inclu-sive approaches to pressing social concerns such as sus-tainable livelihoods, food se-curity, climate change, water and sanitation, and special education, among others.”
The UNIID-SEA defines “Innovation for inclusive de-velopment” as “innovation that aims to reduce poverty, and enables as many groups
of people, especially the poor and marginalized, to participate in decision-mak-ing, create and actualize op-portunities, and share the benefits of development.”
Of the 20 fellows, 10 are from the Philippines, three of them from Mindanao; three are from Malaysia; two from Singapore; and one each from Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, Indonesia, and Cambodia.
The three Mindanawon IID Fellows are Arlene Cos-ape, Dean of the School of Business and Governance of the Ateneo de Davao University; Glorypearl Dy, a graduate of the University of the Philippines-Mindanao, now CEO and President of Switotwins, Inc.; and Milton Norman Medina, Associate professor, Math and Science Department of the College of Arts and Sciences Education at the University of Mindan-ao.
(CIDG ) 11 recovered worth P525,000 of sha-bu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) from five suspects in a buy-bust operation in Ba-rangay Tres de Mayo, Digos, Davao del Sur on Wednesday night.
The suspects were identified as Rosemarie Castro Baran, a resident of Purok Liwayway, Ba-rangay San Pablo, Tacu-rong City; Gabby Nawal Lumambas and Salahu-din Lumanda Salaman, both residents of Baran-gay Sepaka, Datu Paglas,
Maguindanao; and Guiamaludin Pasawilan Adam and wife Camaria Guiapar Adam, residents of Barangay New Isabela, Tacurong City.
The CIDG said the five suspects were ap-prehended after a brief chase along national highway of Digos City.
The suspects’ mo-torcycle was cornered in front of the Iglesia ni Cristo Church in Matti while their van was cor-nered in Sitio Colonan.
The drugs weighing 75 grams were recovered in a grassy portion along the Highway of Digos
CIDG nets P525Kin drug buy-bustBy FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA
Contractor supportsDuterte’s requirement
3 of 20 ASEAN fellows for ‘Innovationin Inclusive Dev’t’ are Mindanawons
FLY ACE CORP SET TO SHOWCASE PRODUCTS AT DAVAO FOOD EXPO. After their participation in the re-cently concluded Cebu Food Expo last July which gath-ered a total of 8,373 trade visitors in three days, Fly Ace Corporation is again, all set to showcase their well-loved brands such as Jolly Claro Palm Oil, Franzia, May Spar-kling Juice, Good Life Bread Crumbs, Dona Elena Olive Oil, Jolly Mushroom, Old Orchard Juices and offer their customers with exciting product sampling activities, cooking demos & special discounts at the DAVAO FOOD EXPO 2014 happening on September 4 to 6 at the SMX Convention Center, SM Lanang Premier, Davao. In photo (from left): Ms. Cynthia Maria Santos, Manager of Fly Ace Corporation’s Brand Activation Group and Ms. Paula Dela Paz, Project Executive Officer at Global-Link MP Events
Int’l Inc. at the contract signing for Cebu and Davao Food Expo 2014. “Davao Food Expo is undoubtedly one of the biggest food & beverage expos in Davao and we believe that this is a good venue to strengthen our presence in the region.” says Ms. Cynthia Santos, Brand Activation Group Manager of Fly Ace Corp. “Our thrust has always been to bring the best of the world’s food and bever-age products closer to Filipino homes and Davao Food Expo provides us with that opportunity.” Held under the banner of PRINTPACKPLAS DAVAO, Davao Food Expo will bring together more than 150 companies and is expect-ed to draw in more than 8,000 trade buyers. Entrance is free. Pre-register at www.globallinkmp.com today. For more info, call Global-Link MP at tel. no. (632) 750-8588 or email [email protected]. See you there!
COCO TO GO. Production of coconut byproducts in Lanao del Norte will be given a boost once the proposal for a P13-million enterprise development
is approved under the new Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP). (Photo by Cyrus Seraspe, DA Region 10)
TUBOD, Lanao del Norte --- A P13-mil-lion enterprise de-
velopment project that will expand production of coconut byproducts here has been submitted for funding under the new Philippine Rural Develop-ment Project (PRDP).
The provincial govern-ment, in partnership with the Malingao Community Services Multi-Purpose Cooperative (MCOCO), aims to expand the exist-ing coco coir market into producing other prod-ucts such as coco geonets, baled fiber, and bio-organ-ic fertilizer.
“Coconut is the most abundant crop in the prov-ince. Farmers would be in an advantageous position by tapping its multifari-ous uses aside from copra trading,” Department of Agriculture 10 regional di-rector Lealyn Ramos said.
Ramos, who is also the PRDP Mindanao cluster director, said the proposed project could provide ad-ditional income to coconut farmers by maximizing the use of coconut husks and byproducts, citing de-mand for geonet especial-ly in soil erosion control.
The Department of Public Work and High-ways (DPWH) has issued a memorandum circular directing all national and local government agen-cies to use coconut fiber, coco peat, and coco dust materials for soil condi-tioning and erosion con-trol.
Baled coconut fiber
is widely used in making ropes and mats, while coco-peat can be used as bio-organic fertilizer for crops such as banana.
Region 10 has identi-fied coconut as priority commodity product for development under PRDP.
Proposed under PRDP’s Investments in Rural Enterprises and Agriculture and Fisheries Productivity or I-REAP component, the projects aim to elevate agricultural production into the next levels of the value chain through production and market support facilities.
It will partner with a local cooperative that has previous experience in implementing agriculture or commodity-related en-terprises and has existing or identified market for the products.
The proposed fund-ing support will be used to acquire facilities for twinning and weaving, in-frastructure and logistics support, and other equip-ment for the production of bio-organic fertilizer.
Once operational-ized, the processing plant is expected to produce an average of 550 rolls of geonets, 870 bundles of baled fiber and 3,600 sacks of bio-organic fertil-izer monthly.
If the target produc-tion is met, the coopera-tive would earn P990,000 on geonets, P580,000 on baled coco fiber, and P720,000 for coco peat bio-organic fertilizer per month.
Baled fiber is priced at P660 per bundle (60-70 kilos), geonets at P1,800 per roll (with deliver-ies to Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Surigao del Sur, and Ozamiz), and the bio-or-ganic fertilizer at P200 per sack, data from the business plan show. (JM Rosas, DA-MRDP)
LGU to expand production ofcoco byproducts under PRDP
nities, a basketball court was recently opened by Camella Tagum last August 30, 2014, at Phase 3 of the the Ital-ian-Mediterranean themed subdivision.
The basketball court will provide another ven-ue for homeowners to strengthen their commu-nity spirit by holding ball games and other sports activities within their community.
“The basketball court will give them many op-portunities to bond as families and as neighbors,” said Sheila Mae Lara, Ca-mella Tagum Marketing Head, adding that they will also soon be holding the ground-breaking of the clubhouse.
The launch and bless-ing was made festive with a cheer dance presenta-tion by students of the University of Southeast-ern Philippines Tagum, which followed the rib-bon-cutting led by a guest from the media commu-nity, Christian Gorgonio, Operations Manager of Periodico Norte. Camel-la’s homeowners, clients, sales partners, and sales network also joined the event.
Camella Tagum is a sprawling masterplanned subdivision located along the National Highway in Tagum City, with over 80 homes already occupied by homeowners and 250 houses already construct-ed.
The property is se-cured by a perimeter fence and entry is monitored at the entrance gate by round-the-clock security. Maintenance and home-owner affairs are man-aged by a professional
property manager, ensur-ing subdivision upkeep as well as community affairs are properly handled.
Homes in Camella Tagum are a viable prop-erty investment whose value have seen a continu-ous climb since its launch in 2011.
“Camella Tagum has a remarkable 30% to 50% value appreciation since it was first launched,” said Lara. She added that in-vestors can also rely on a steady stream of rental income that can also go up to 10% to 15% annually.
Lara said now is the best time to invest in Ca-mella Tagum as the city continues to progress with upcoming developments in infrastructure and the strengthening of their ag-riculture industry.
“There is a buzz that big players in mall devel-opment are coming in, and that city roads will be improved. What is touted as the second largest con-tainer port in the country is currently being con-structed in Madaum,” she said, explaining that all these developments will influence value appreci-ation of properties in the city, Camella Tagum in-cluded.
Camella offers home-buyers with several fi-nancing options such as banks, Pag-ibig, and their in-house financing with low interest rates at 7% to 11% per annum. With these options, Camella Tagum homes can go as low as P6,000 a month.
Homebuyers are urged to visit the Camella Tagum exhibit booths in Gaisano Grand Mall, Gaisano Mall of Tagum, and NCCC Mall in Tagum, or the Camella Office at Unit 12 GAisa-no Grand Arcade, Lapu Lapu Extension, Apokon Road, Tagum City, with telephone numbers 0999-8864150, 0917-5639617, and 084-2164309.
PUBLIC school teacher Randy Halasan was for-mally conferred the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in elaborate ceremo-
nies last Sunday and no less than President Benigno Aquino III was on hand.
Teacher Randy, the 31-year old beacon of light of the Matigsalog tribe in Pegalongan up in the hills of Marilog District, was recognized for his community development initiatives beyond the call of his duty as a teacher.
Randy’s story is a very inspiring one and reflects the state of things of both education and rural devel-opment.
As a teacher, Randy had the least preferred assign-ment. Who in his right mind would accept a teaching job that requires almost seven hours of travel and crossing two treacherous rivers where many lives have been lost. Consider too the conditions in the lo-cality—no power, telecommunications and adequate water facilities.
Instead of whining over the most deplorable con-ditions, teacher Randy used his resolve to help the Matigsalogs uplift their lives. Slowly but surely, he went beyond the classrooms and became a life teach-er—painstakingly teaching lumads how to plant and start a livelihood. He awakened them to working as a community with that old school bayanihan spirit.
Last Sunday, teacher Randy joined an elite class made up of Chinese journalist Hu Shuli, Indonesian IP teacher Saur Marlina Manuring, Afghanistan’s “Raider of the Lost Art” Omara Khan Masoudi, Chi-nese environmental lawyer Wang Canfa, and Paki-stan’s The Citizen’s Foundation.
Seated a breath away from the President, teacher Randy may have played back in his mind what he had wished for Pegalongan and the Matigsalogs. Before he could speak or poke the President, the latter told him: “About your bridge, write me a letter.”
Randy could only smile. He nodded. Let’s wish the President keeps his word.
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YEARS of peace-making efforts, ne-gotiations, and bending-over-back-wards to accommodate the recalci-
trant have not freed Mindanao of turmoil and violence. No sooner is one initiative or negotiation concluded than a new set of renegades and blood-thirsty elements enters the fray.
It’s the steep price we pay for tolerat-ing bad governance and for our govern-ment’s failure to institutionalize democ-racy effectively.
Bad governance bastardizes law and order, autonomy, and peaceful dis-pute-resolution processes. Our weak commitment to democracy prevents so-ciety from becoming more civilized and allows its desperate elements to commit barbaric acts.
Much of this can be blamed on the central government for, on one hand, its cavalier treatment of the constituents and their dysfunctional local govern-ments and, on the other, its coddling of warlords and strongman-style leadership
*****There’s also its failure to prime the
local governments for autonomy and re-sourceful problem-solving. When trouble erupts, it makes up for the local govern-ment’s lack of leadership or initiative by taking over, arrogating its role, sidelining its leaders.
This style of governance—tolerating complacency and non-performance, then stealing the scene when trouble erupts—has caused much trouble for Mindanao
and Mindanaons.It was manifest in Zamboanga during
the MNLF imbroglio when the President camped out in the area supposedly to oversee operations—the command-er-in-chief in action! It happened again in Tacloban in the wake of Typhoon Yolan-da.
The take-over and top-level interven-tions sidelined the locals and, when the smoke cleared, citizens and leaders were left holding the bag. So much for autono-my or the principle of subsidiarity.
*****Now we wait in suspense wonder-
ing about the fate of the Manila-super-vised crafting of the Bangsamoro Basic Law. And people wonder: Why is there so much firing and bombing still? Are the MILF into peacemaking for real? Are our armed forces equal to their mission? Questions are hanging, twisting in the air.
If peace is at hand, why does the pub-lic mood feel like there’s a stand-off? Is peace a package to be signed, sealed, and delivered first before its contents can be unfolded, tasted, and savored? Why can’t there be programs that foster and promote peace even now, along with its related concepts of citizenship and na-tion-building?
Meanwhile, will there be an effort to integrate these concerns into the educa-tional curriculum? How about commu-nity development: are facilitators, teach-ers, or community organizers working hand-in-hand with locals to promote autonomy and self-governance? Or will everything hinge on the whims and ca-prices of warriors still armed to the teeth, threateningly poised to strike at a moment’s signal?
In much of Mindanao today, there’s apprehension that any effort towards these ends may now be too late amid fears that issues are already too convo-luted and overly politicized while nar-row agendas are embedded ever more deeply in the psyche of the protago-nists—as exemplified by the increasing-ly aggressive, increasingly well-armed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.
*****The road to peace now appears
strewn with potential problems posed by elements that claim with increasing ferocity the ownership of the intifada, backed by formidable ordnance and fire-power acquired in the course of the “peace process.”
As Mindanao waits askance, the issue of good governance remains the over-arching question. Would that the local governments were already capacitated, able to mobilize their constituents for peaceful ends, and primed for inclusive development.
In the order of things, peace-making
ought to have already permeated their programs and activities by now, well along in promoting peace as a way of life within a democratic framework.
Such a regime would also seek to wean people away from reliance upon strongmen for leadership—which has spawned the rise of bullying politicos and warlords and their feudal ways, making democracy in the region that much more difficult to cultivate and in-stitutionalize.
*****Our island region has had more than
enough of imperious leaders—the an-tithesis of democratic leadership and statesmanship, of which we are in short supply.
Mindanaons badly need to be led away from the swagger of oligarchs whose dominance and polarizing pres-ence in governments on all levels fuel dissent, anger, defiance, insurgency.
We need leaders who promote har-mony, cooperation, and self-reliance. Statesmen, not strongmen!
[Manny is former UNESCO regional director for Asia-Pacific; secretary-gen-eral, Southeast Asia Publishers Associa-tion; director, Development Academy of Philippines; member, Philippine Mission to the UN; vice chair, Local Government Academy; member, Cory Govt’s Peace Panel; awardee, PPI-UNICEF outstanding columnist. He is president/national con-venor, Gising Barangay Movement Inc. [email protected]]
NEILWIN Joseph L. Bravo, the manag-ing editor of “Edge Davao,” attended the awarding ceremony of the 2014
recipients of the Ramon Magsaysay Award at the CCP Main Theater last September 1.
In a news report the day after, Bravo said RM laureate Hu Shuli will help head teacher fellow laureate Randy Halasan – the first Dabawenyo to receive the pres-tigious award – in the implementation of solar power for Pegalongan.
Hu Shuli is from China. She is recog-nized for “her unrelenting commitment to truthful, relevant, and unassailable jour-nalism, her fearless promotion of trans-parency and accountability in business and public governance, and her leadership in blazing the way for more professional and independent-minded medial practic-es” in her mother country.”
In an interview with Halasan before he left for the awarding ceremony last Au-gust, he told me that he really wants to in-stall a solar power at the Pegalongan in the hills of Marilog District. “There’s no elec-tricity in that place so solar power might help,” he said.
Mio de la Cruz, in an article published in “Philippine Daily Inquirer,” wrote: “On a scorching summer day in a tropi-cal country like the Philippines, the sun beams out approximately 1,000 watts of energy per square meter of surface area that it shines on. If we could harness all that energy, then we could easily power our homes and offices for free.”
But while solar power is indeed free and plentiful, solar panels (the mirrors that catch the rays of the sun to turn wa-ter into steam that would turn the pow-er-generating turbines) are very costly. “The cost of trapping sunshine and con-verting it into electricity is considerable:
approximate-ly P1,000 per watt, way above the reach of the ordinary people,” de la Cruz wrote.
Those who want to avail themselves of 1,000 watts of solar power to run appliances in their home need to invest at least P1 million. But the good news is: The cost of manufacturing solar panels is getting lower every year. What’s more, their efficiency is increas-ing.
Solar power is indeed environ-ment-friendly. A report from the Environ-ment News Network (ENN) carried this item: “The solar systems in the Philip-pines will reduce the dependence of vil-lages on non-renewable energy sources. The systems will also slow deforestation, as less wood will be cut to meet daily needs. Replacing diesel generators, the new solar systems will reduce air and noise pollution.”
But an in-depth report released by the Associated Press (AP) some years back speaks of “a dirtier side” of the solar pow-er. The report talks about the experience in the United States but Filipinos should know the other side before the country rushes itself to become solar energy-de-pendent.
“While solar is a far less polluting en-ergy source than coal or natural gas, many panel makers are nevertheless grappling with a hazardous waste problem. Fueled partly by billions in government incen-
tives, the industry is creating millions of solar panels each year and, in the process, millions of pounds of polluted sludge and contaminated water,” the AP report said. “To dispose of the material, the compa-nies must transport it by truck or rail far from their own plants to waste facilities hundreds and, in some cases, thousands of miles away.”
The fossil fuels used to transport that waste, experts say, is not typically considered in calculating solar’s carbon footprint, giving scientists and consum-ers who use the measurement to gauge a product’s impact on global warming the impression that solar is cleaner than it is.
After installing a solar panel, “it would take one to three months of generating electricity to pay off the energy invested in driving those hazardous waste emis-sions out of state,” Dustin Mulvaney, a San Jose State University environmental stud-ies professor who conducts carbon foot-print analyses of solar, biofuel, and natu-ral gas production, was quoted as saying.
The AP report said new companies often send hazardous waste out of their plants because they have not yet invested in on-site treatment equipment, which al-lows them to recycle some waste.
Several solar energy experts in the United States said they have not calcu-lated the industry’s total waste and were surprised at what the records showed. “Solyndra, the now-defunct solar com-pany that received $535 million in guar-anteed federal loans, reported producing about 12.5 million pounds of hazardous waste, much of it carcinogenic cadmi-um-contaminated water, which was sent to waste facilities from 2007 through mid-2011,” the AP report noted.
According to scientists who conduct
so-called “life cycle analysis” for solar, the transport of waste is not currently being factored into the carbon footprint score, which measures the amount of green-house gases produced when making a product.
Life cycle analysts add up all the glob-al warming pollution that goes into mak-ing a certain product – from the mining needed for components to the exhaust from diesel trucks used to transport waste and materials. Not factoring the hazardous waste transport into solar’s carbon footprint is an obvious oversight, analysts said.
“The greenhouse gas emissions as-sociated with transporting this waste is not insignificant,” Mulvaney said. As an example, he said that “shipping 6.2 mil-lion pounds of waste by heavy-duty trac-tor-trailer from Fremont, California, in the San Francisco Bay area, to a site 1,800 miles away could add 5 percent to a par-ticular product’s carbon footprint.”
Still, Mulvaney believes the rough-ly 20-year life of a solar panel makes it some of the cleanest energy technology currently available. Producing solar is still significantly cleaner than fossil fu-els. Energy derived from natural gas and coal-fired power plants, for example, cre-ates more than 10 times more hazardous waste than the same energy created by a solar panel, according to Mulvaney.
And yes, solar energy is best for household use. It is also more reliable than conventional energy sources. Ask Climate Change Commissioner Naderev “Yeb” Saño. In the days after tropical storm Ondoy, while Meralco was scram-bling to fix the transmission lines and raise downed electrical posts, the Saño family had solar power to tide them over.
Henrylito D. Tacio
THINK ON THESE!
Mindanaons need statesmen, not bullying strongmen!
pero nagclaim man gud siya nga gikalintura lagi daw so wala nalang pud mi nag second thought for throat swab and iso-lation (We admitted the niece of the patient last night. Actually we admit-ted her even though she had no symptoms, but she claimed that she had fever so we did not hesitate and subjected her to throat swab and isolation),” Au-dan said
“During admission her vital signs were OK, meaning her blood pres-sure and temperature were OK. She had no fe-ver, she had no cough or cold, but she claimed that she had fever,” he added.
Another patient was identified as the husband of the nurse and is now under the quarantine section of SPMC.
Audan also said a re-swabbing was already conducted on the pa-
tients and the sputum was already submitted to the research institute for tropical medicine in Manila.
“We are hoping the test results will all be negative,” he said.
MERS-CoV is a fatal respiratory illness pre-senting influenza-like symptoms such as fever, cough, and diarrhea.
The World Health Organization said it has recorded 837 laborato-ry-confirmed cases of infection with MERS-CoV globally, including at least 291 related deaths, as of July 23.
The 38-year-old nurse, who works at the Jubail General Hospital in Saudi Arabia, arrived in Manila last August 29 along with another co-worker aboard Sau-di Airlines Flight SV870 from Dammam that had 249 passengers.
She and her co-work-er reportedly had close contact with MERS-CoV patients confined at the hospital before returning home for a month-long vacation.
The two were tested for MERS-CoV last week but decided to board the flight to Manila with-out knowing the results, which turned out posi-tive.
The nurse only knew of the test result after arriving in her home-town last September 1 via Cebu Pacific flight 5J-997 from Manila to this city.
DOH-12 and IP-HO-South Cotabato personnel immediately transferred the nurse to the SPMC in Davao City following notification of the test result.
She is currently con-fined at the SPMC’s iso-lation unit.
EXPO. A sales staff of a herbal oil and wellness products manufacturer offers free massage to mall-goers during the final day of Kabisig Philippine government expo and
trade fair at the activity center of Abreeza Mall in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
Education (DepEd) 11 de-clared the suspension of classes at around 2 a.m. after the Davao City Fire station and Central 911 confirmed the hazard of the chemical to people.
Kapitan Tomas Central Elementary School Prin-cipal Leonida Polentinos said she announced the suspension of classes as early as possible as they had a 6 a.m. class.
“I was informed by the Bureau of Fire Protection past 4 a.m. that some chem-icals had been spilled… I immediately called our dis-trict supervisor to confirm if we would have classes. It was automatically sus-pended due to the hazard,” Polentinos said.
For his part, DepEd 11 spokesperson Geneli-to Atillo said there are no plans of filing cases as of the moment.
“The number one con-cern of the DepEd is the safety of the children, but we leave it to the leader-ship to the superintenden-cy of Davao City if a case will be filed against the trucking company which was carrying the chemical,” Atillo said.
City Environment and Natural Resources (CEN-
RO) head Eliza Madrazo told reporters that they will wait for the result of the investigation of En-vironment Management Board (EMB), which is the concern agency that issues permits to chemical com-panies.
“We are going to coor-dinate with EMB,” Madrazo said.
‘Illegal’In a separate interview,
however, Davao City Fire District marshal Fire Chief Inspector Carlos T. Dueñas said Millennium Trucking transported the hazardous chemicals “illegally.”
He said based on BFP-Davao City district investi-gation, the formic acid was placed in containers for water dispensers and was transported through a con-tainer van.
“There is a proper con-tainer and proper vehicle in transporting this kind of hazardous material,” Dueñas said, adding that Pacillo did not secure a con-veyance permit.
This was attested to by Jessie A. Catinoy, account manager of Shacman Mo-tors Inc., an exhibitor in the 2014 PhilConstruct at SMX and a Manila-based distrib-utor of heavy duty trucks
and equipments.Catinoy said only a few
companies have trucks made specifically for trans-porting chemicals because such vehicles are expensive.
He said as far as he knows, only one company has this kind of vehicle in the country. He asked re-porters not to include the name of the company.
Dueñas said Pacillo vi-olated Republic Act 9514 or Fire Code of the Philip-pines of 2008. He said the value of the administrative fine will be based on how many liters were spilled.
On the other hand, Davao City Public Safety and Security Command Center chief Frank Villaro-man told reporters that Pacillo violated the law be-cause vehicles transport-ing hazardous chemicals should not be travelling along city streets because of the health risk.
Villaroman said his of-fice will also investigate the incident.
“We might recommend removal of the company’s business permit,” he said.
The incident yesterday was not the first in Davao City. Dueñas said last month a similar incident happened in Buhangin.
(4)After the recep-tion of the testimony of inmate/accused, Judge San Pedro shall cause the return of the case records to Executive Judge Dela Peña III for the recep-tion of evidence for the witnesses of the accused who are in Zamboanga City and in the nearby
provinces; and(5)Thereafter, the
case records shall be forwarded to the sala of Judge San Pedro for the continuation of tri-al, decision-making, and promulgation of judg-ment.”
Medalle said Judge Dela Peña will hear the
testimonies and evidenc-es against the accused while Judge San Pedro in Pasig will hear the testi-monies and evidences of the accused.
He said when the time comes for the witnesses to identify the suspects, “this will be done in Pasig City.” (PNA)
Social Responsibility.Bagobo tribal lead-
er and member of the BantayBukid volunteer group Stephen Matondo thanked FPE and Globe in behalf of his community.
“We used to think that protecting our mountains and our wildlife is a lonely and difficult task. But we are glad that lowlanders now recognize the importance of our forests by supporting us through this donation. These cellphones will go a long way in helping us monitor and protect the trees and animals found in the watershed,” Ma-tondo said.
Matondo said that the mobile phones will allow
them to file field reports directly to the Davao City’s Environment and Natural Resources Of-fice (City ENRO), which is the head agency of the Watershed Multi-partite Monitoring Team (WMMT). The WMMT will use the information gathered from the vol-unteers as basis for their monthly report to the WMC.
The Panigan-Tamugan Watershed is home to a number of threatened endemic species of flo-ra and fauna. The US-AID-FPE partnership had also funded a resource assessment of the area which revealed, among others, that at least 40% of the country’s endemic
avian population is found thriving in this critical area. The area is currently threatened by deforesta-tion brought about by ille-gal logging and agri-plan-tation expansion.
“The FPE-GLOBE mobile phone project fits neatly into the multi-sectoral part-nership strategy that the Watershed Manage-ment Council (WMC) has undertaken in order to sustainably manage our watersheds. We look forward to similar initia-tives from other groups in the future as we seek to ensure that water-sheds are protected and preserved for the benefit of future generations of Dabawenyos.”
ao. But this year’s version in Davao will be a spec-tacular event,” Engr. Ra-mon Allado, event chair, said during the opening ceremony.
Aside from wide ar-ray of products, the expo also features Technofo-rum Mindanao, a series of seminars designed to pro-
vide a learning platform for over by 10,000 trade professionals and buyers.
A side-by-side “Crafts and Cultural Village” is also featured, dedicat-ed to the living tradition of some the indigenous groups in Mindanao.
“This showcase will greatly benefit the arti-
sans of our indigenous people as well as our local entrepreneurs who are in need of good venue for the products of Mindano. This is Philconstruct’s way of giving back to Davao,” Mary Ann Mon-temayor, president of the Davao Ecocrafts Associa-tion, said. CRC
City.Police also confiscat-
ed two .45 caliber pistols, two magazines with 12 live ammunition, and a caliber .38 revolver with five live bullets.
Provincial Officer of Davao Sur Criminal In-
vestigation and Detection Team Chief Inspector Dave Mejia said the move-ment of this group was being monitored by the intelligence personnel of CIDG 11 months ago after receiving reports on their illegal activities.
The suspects will be sued for violations of Re-public Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Danger-ous Drug Act of 2002 and Republic Act 10591 or the Comprehensive Laws on Firearms and Ammu-nition.
request they have is the identification of a point person in City Hall to whom they can direct their concerns.
Duterte had already appointed Atty. Neil Da-lumpines from the City
Administrator’s Office to coordinate with con-tractors.
Allado said that there is ongoing con-struction and rehabil-itation in most major city roads because the
national government is pouring in budget for the improvement of road networks.
He said they are pro-jecting more projects next year because of the increase in budget.
TO cap off the month long Kadayawan cel-ebration of the city of
Davao, Ciudades, with the participation of more than 200 riders from all over the city and neighboring provinces, made their way onto the welcoming arms of nature to experience, ex-plore and expose her glori-ousness.
Situated in a vast 200-hectare landscape, Ciudades, under the Lapa-nday Properties, holds forth a meticulously en-visioned masterplan that aims to engage everyone to a lifetime fulfillment of dreams and reality. With its luscious and extensive land, Ciudades aspires to develop a self-contained community with endless possibilities!
The event begun with a message from Ms. Ma-ria Luisa Abaya, Lapanday Properties Phil. Inc Market-ing Manager, followed by
the gun start that signaled an exciting and sweat filled day for all in attendance. To keep everyone up on their feet, renowned musician, Popong Landero, serenad-ed the crowd and nature with his songs that made the event extra special.
All throughout the day, under the magnificence of the sun, riders made their way onto the makeshift bike track. Cheers echoed from all corners as riders passed the start/finish point in front of the crowd at the El Centro Park. Truly, it was a hot race --- literally, hot.
At the end, winners emerged; rapport was es-tablished between and amongst participants and newfound respect for each other was celebrated with high fives, smiles and nods all around.
Participants were awarded certificates, which was followed by a raffle
draw that certainly made everyone excited. Closing the event was Mumho Pres-ident and event host, Ferdi-nand James Nervida.
To the winners of the re-cently concluded Ciudades Kadayawan Fun Ride and MTB Race, congratulations. Until the next bike ride!
Villa Señorita’s open house and grand launching of ameni-ties last August 9 was a joyous and momen-tous get-together marked with festivi-ties, laughter, and a dash of confetti.
The highlight of the event was the ribbon-cut-ting led by Jenson Land and Realty Development Corporation (JLRDC) president Nelson Chua and JLRDC chief finance officer Jennifer Chua.
“Manifested by going beyond the presupposed expectations, the grand launching event of Villa
Señorita’s amenities was a huge success,” Jennifer said.
Homeowners, spon-sors, and the Villa Señori-ta staff were also finally able to put faces to the names as they mingled and challenged each other in friendly matches to test their strengths in various sports competitions.
So far, a total of 216 housing units have al-ready been built in the 9.8-hectare property. The units come in four different house models representing popular Fili-pino flora: Waling-waling, Sampaguita, Ilang-ilang,
and Rosas.Dondon Sause, a Villa
Señorita homeowner, said the subdivision is a very suitable place for a city resident like him to live in.
“I made a good deci-sion in choosing Villa Se-ñorita because it really feels like home here. I en-joy all the available ame-nities and the community is a great place to live and grow in,” he said.
According to Villa Se-ñorita project manager Engr. Fernando Bajada, they don’t just see the project as a business but
WHAT better way to end a month long of non-stop eating, cooking and more eating than a bottle (or two…or three) of healthy meals. Yes, a bottle – not a plate – but a bot-tle of healthy and delicious meals not only for detox purposes but for a holistic recharge much needed by the body.
They say it is just a ‘frenzy’, even a ‘fad’, but if you are one of those who defies the norm then this is for you. Well, this is nothing out of the or-dinary. This is normal -- very normal indeed. At some point in time, we sit down and think of how to be healthy. Yes, we all want, need and desire to be healthy. Maybe ‘buff healthy’ is not for most of us but being healthy now has been made quick, easy and readily available
juices of colors, flavors and health benefits have been feeding the people of Davao for some time now. From children to yup-pies to adults, everyone is enjoying repairing their stressed out body with a bottle on hand. Truly, we are always on the go and most often, forget to eat – eat healthily at that. Hence, with Soul-KitchenC° Urban SIPS and Urban EATS, we not only satisfy our hunger but also be healthy at the same time! Now, that is how life should be! Not only that, Soul-KitchenC° also has a number of other healthy and personally prepared meals in a jar that will truly satisfy even the meticulous eater! The @pinkmother herself, Ms. Mimi Vergara- Tupas, makes sure that every product produced is what the body needs. Personal favorite is their beets cold-pressed juice. A self-confessed beets lover, I enjoyed how their juice tickled my body internally thus mak-ing me feel relaxed and focused. Second on my list is their cold Almond-Mylk! I don’t even know where to start. It was smooth, rich and milky until the last drop. I love it a bit on the cold side and taken like water. This is perfect for some-one who does not have the luxury of time to whip up something. I love the Al-mondMylkSoy (bits and pieces of nutty goodness tickling your taste buds adds another degree of texture and flavor), Al-mondMylk with Spinach (perfect for mornings and even evenings before go-ing to sleep) and of course, the AlmondMylk (simply divine!). If milk is not for you then have a bite of their healthy Overnight Oats! Yes, I have been in an oats craving since I got back (and for my allergies too) and with this jar full of Oats, Chiaseeds, Greek
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“We build the houses as if they were our own. We build the amenities that we want to experi-ence ourselves also,” he said.
Although Villa Señori-ta is a socialized housing development that offers a range of affordable op-tions to average income-earning families, JLRDC gives clients more than what they deserve. The developer aims to pam-per its clients with the best kind of service.
“It can be considered
at par with Class A resi-dential developments because it can offer more than what most socialized housing developers can deliver. The development is not just a result of stan-dardized conceptualiza-tion but well-planned in-novation as well,” Bajada said.
JLRDC’s goal is simple: it wants to cater to every single family’s whims and desires by bringing them to a place where they be-long, a place called home, a place called Villa Se-ñorita.
School basketball team posted its third straight win last Wednesday to remain undefeated in the on-going Davao As-sociation of Catholic Schools (DACS) Sports-fest at the HCDC gym.
The Blue Knights of coach Migs Solitaria showed too much fire-power and defense in demolishing the Holy Cross of Bunawan, 110-33.
The Blue Knights earlier defeated Holy Cross of Agdao, 123-23 last Sept. 1 and routed Holy Cross of Mintal, 118-43 last Sept. 2.
Meanwhile, Holy Cross of Babak also con-tinued its winning form Tuesday by whipping HCA, 92-54 after surviv-ing against HCB, 78-74 last Sept. 1 in the high school boys basketball.
In the high school girl�s division, As-sumption College of Davao scored its second straight win via a con-vincing 105-17 victory over the visiting As-sumption Academy of Peñaplata last Wednes-day.
ACD first routed the Holy Cross of Agdao, 125-20. AAP earlier won over HCA, 67-37 last Tuesday
In grade school, Phil-ippine Women’s College routed Holy Cross Col-lege of Calinan and later trounced UIC, 59-56.
University of Immac-ulate Conception won by a default over SPCT but SPCT later bounced back with an 89-23 win over HCCC.
Over-all sports chairman Rudy Salvador said the championship games will be played on Sept. 6 at the UIC Bajada gym.
THE Ateneo de Davao University taekwon-do players collected
nine gold medals plus two silvers to dominate this year’s Davao Association of Catholic Schools (DACS) Sportsfest.
ADDU got the golds from Joshua Zion Ibañez (fin weight) and Rapha-el Luis Salise (flyweight) in secondary boys; Louie Danielle Almazar (fin-weight), Jodie Nabor (fly-weight), Patricia Anne Go
(bantamweight) and Ri-anne Cheadee Salise (wel-terweight) in secondary girls, Trisha Mae Facundo (46-49 kg. college wom-en), Samantha Hope Sal-ise (Group 1) and Adrea Deniega (Group 2) in girls elementary.
Our Lady of Fatima Academy (OLFA) finished over-all second with 7 golds, 10 silvers and 2 bronzes followed by the Philippine Women’s Col-lege with 6 golds, 8 silvers
and 6 bronzes.San Pedro College also
got 6 golds but only had 1 silver and four bronze medals.
Assumption College of Davao pocketed 4 golds, 1 silver and 2 bronzes followed by St. John Paul College of Davao (2-4-2), University of Immaculate Conception (2-2-1), Ga-briel Taborin College of Davao (1 gold), Holy Cross of Bunawan (0-1-2) and Stella Maris Academy of
Davao (0-0-2).OLFA’s gold medalists
were Kendell Isideo Besia (elementary boys group 1), Lawrence Horiuchi (elementary boys group 2), Rhea Vera Anrubio (el-ementary girls group 3), Cyra Jade Cervantes (elem. Girls group 5), Jomar Caro-lina (secondary boys ban-tamweight), Mark Banzon (secondary boys welter-weight) and Ana Marie Ampacio (secondary girls welterweight).
TWO-TIMES defend-ing champion Serena Williams, in her black
and white leopard dress, started quietly before roar-ing past 11th seed Flavia Pennetta 6-3 6-2 to reach the semi-finals of the U.S. Open on Wednesday.
The world number one lost her first two service games to Pennetta to fall behind 3-0 before snapping to attention and rattling off the next six games to claim the first set.
“She was playing really well and she was playing very aggressive,” said Wil-liams. “So I had to just step up my level of game as well.”
Determined to make up for a disappointing grand slam season in which she failed to reach the quar-ter-finals in any of the three previous majors,
Williams broke her fellow 32-year-old in the fifth and seventh games to advance in 63 minutes.
The top seed will meet Russian 17th seed Ekateri-na Makarova, who reached her first grand slam semi-final with a 6-4 6-2 victory over 16th seed Vic-toria Azarenka, runner-up to Williams in the last two Opens.
Pennetta was disap-pointed to have lost, but not disappointed with the quality of her tennis against the 17-times grand slam singles winner.
“She was really good today. I think we play really good tennis tonight. I mean, really strong tennis in ev-erything,” said the Italian. “Today, I push so much and she come in with the best tennis, I think.”
GANGED UP. USA guard Derrick Rose goes to the hoop in traffic against Do-minican Republic. FIBA.com
Ateneo HS cagers post 3rd win
LOTS OF PROMISE. Francesca Di Lorenzo in second-round girls' singles action action on Day 10 of the Open. - Ashley Marshall/usopen.org
Ateneo jins rule DACS Sportsfest
Serena in semis
It’s...FFROM 16forced Puerto Rico to call a timeout at the 2:16 mark of the first with the Philip-pines leading 21-13.
Tenorio and Gabe Nor-wood got two more bas-kets at the tail end of the first quarter to give Gilas a 24-13 lead after the first 10 minutes.
Paul Lee made two free throws to extend the Gilas run to 18-0 but Barea fi-nally scored on two free throws on the next play.
Gilas head coach Chot Reyes then subbed out Blatche for June Mar Fajar-do, and Puerto Rico slow-ly climbed back into the game. A fastbreak layup from Alexander Galin-do trimmed their deficit down to eight, 29-21.
A long triple from Bar-ea got Puerto Rico within eight again, 40-32, but Ranidel De Ocampo gave
a gorgeous pass to Blatche for a two-handed dunk and another double-digit lead for Gilas with 2:58 left in the first half.
Gilas gave up too many fouls as the second quar-ter closed to allow Puerto Rico to cut the lead down to five at 44-39 to end the first half.
Powered by 80% shooting from the two-point area and led by Blatche’s 15 and Tenorio’s 13 points, Gilas went into the half with a lead for the first time in four games.
After almost two score-less minutes, Norwood finally opened the scoring for Gilas off a De Ocampo assist.
Puerto Rico then went on a 7-2 run punctuated by a fast break layup from Bar-ea to cut Gilas’s lead down to just two points at 48-46.
PIGGYBACK. The Philippines’ Ranidel de Ocampo bites into a fake.FIBA.com
15EDGEDAVAO SPORTS
Gilas tries to get one win vs SenegalGILAS Pilipinas has
lost all its four games in the 2014
FIBA Basketball World Cup. The losses kept get-ting more and more pain-ful but we’ve had our mo-ments.
Jeff Chan in the game versus Croatia, June Mar Fajardo against Greece, Gabe Norwood and Jim-my Alapag versus Argen-tina. We saw positives in there and we kept believ-ing because we knew the most important games were still ahead of us.
Against Puerto Rico, the glorious pain turned into just pain. The beau-tiful sadness turned into just plain sadness.
For the first three games, there were those who of us passed blame. We’re some of the most passionate basketball fans in this planet so it’s understandable. Even if
the pointing of fingers was present after the first three losses, most of it was still kind-hearted.
The dam broke after the loss to Puerto Rico. Some of the team’s big-gest supporters turned into its biggest critics.
Sabi nga nila, quota na tayo sa moral victories. Champion na tayo dun. Kailangan natin nung to-toong victory. Yung ililista nila.
We didn’t get it against Puerto Rico. This wasn’t a win, moral or otherwise. This was just a loss. A painful, heart-wrenching loss.
There were some of us who gave into the temp-tation. We pointed fin-gers. My Twitter timeline looked more like the Iron Throne with all the barbs sticking out of it.
I won’t lie. I also thought Gilas could have
done things different-ly. I thought giving up a foul with 34 seconds left in a one-possession game didn’t make sense. I thought Andray Blatche veered away from his usual game in the closing minutes.
Ganyan naman tayo e. Analysts tayong lahat.
Our passion breeds knowledge and our knowledge breeds opin-ions.
We all have the right give our two cents on what they should or shouldn’t have done but none of us should attack the people representing us in Spain.
They left their fami-lies to represent us. They dedicated months, some even years of their lives to make sure that, for a few hours, we could all forget about our troubles and be hopeful for them and for
us as a people.With nothing but a
few words of encourage-ment from our govern-ment, they spent millions and millions of pesos in private money to bring us back into the basketball limelight.
They won the silver in the 2013 FIBA Asia Cham-pionship. They gave us the performance against South Korea that we will never forget.
They did it without asking for anything else for our support and our prayers.
Right now there are wives longing for their husbands, children miss-ing their fathers, and parents waiting for the return of their children from Spain.
Every shot we take against any member of Gilas Pilipinas is like spit-ting on their sacrifice.
INTERESTING match-ups for the remain-ing seats to the next
roundNine teams have
clinched places in the Round of 16 at the FIBA Basketball World Cup and plenty of others will attempt to join them on the last day of the Group Phase.
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Greece, Lithua-nia, Senegal, Slovenia, tournament hosts Spain and defending champi-ons USA have all booked their places in the next round which will tip off in Barcelona and Madrid this weekend (Saturday 6-Sunday 7 September).
In Wednesday’s ac-tion, Iran kept their hopes alive of progress-ing from Group A with a 88-73 triumph over Egypt in a battle of win-less teams. Brazil sealed their passage to the next round with an 81-73 victory over Serbia, while Spain pulled away from France 88-64.
In Group B, Puerto Rico finally broke into the win column with a 77-73 triumph over the winless Philippines,
and Argentina guaran-teed their appearance in Madrid in the Round of 16 with an 81-46 success against Sene-gal. Greece remained unbeaten with a 76-65 victory over Croatia to leave Jasmin Repesa’s side with a lot of work to do to advance in the tournament.
Other than the USA having taken first place in Group C with a 106-71 win over the Domin-ican Republic, second, third and fourth place have yet to be deter-mined. That’s because New Zealand won for the first time, downing Ukraine 73-61, and Tur-key came from 17 points down to stun Finland in overtime, 77-73.
In Group D, Slovenia stayed unbeaten after a hard-fought 93-87 tri-umph over Angola, who have lost three straight since an opening day win over Korea. Austra-lia claimed their third victory with a 70-62 win over Mexico, and Lithuania bounced back from a setback to the Boomers with a 79-49 rout of the Koreans.
THE last seven teams to make up the field for the
Round of 16 will be de-termined on Thursday the last day of the Group Phase.
Here is what’s at stake.
Group ASpain and Brazil are
sure of finishing in first and second place even if they lose to Serbia and Egypt, respectively. Egypt are eliminated. Serbia, France and Iran are playing for the re-maining two spots to advance to the Round of 16.
Spain: Sure to finish in first place.
Brazil: Sure to finish in second place.
Serbia: Can finish third if they win against Spain and if France lose to Iran. Can finish fourth if they lose to Spain and France beat Iran.
France: Need to beat Iran to reach Round of 16. Can finish third with a win.
Iran: Need a win. Can beat France and qualify if
Serbia beat Spain. Should Spain beat Serbia, Iran can beat France and force a three-way tie.
Egypt: Eliminated.Group BGreece, Argentina
and Senegal have ad-vanced to the Round of 16, while the Philippines are eliminated. Croatia and Puerto Rico will bat-tle for the last available spot for the next round.
Greece: Can finish in first place with a win over Argentina.
Argentina: Can finish in first place with a win over Greece. If they lose, they can drop to third place if both Croatia and the Philippines win.
Croatia: Need a win against Puerto Rico. Can finish in second place with a win and if the Phil-ippines and Greece win.
Senegal: A win against the Philippines will see them finish in third place.
Puerto Rico: Need a win against Croatia. A de-feat eliminates them.
Philippines: Eliminat-ed.
EARLY CELEBRATION. Andray Blatche of the Philippines (11) leaps to the bench in the early moments of the game where the Philippines took a commanding lead. FIBA.com
IT’S OVER LET’S USE OUR BRAINS. Andray Blatche seems to be telling his teammates
in the endgame against Puerto Rico. FIBA.com
SLAM. Andray Blatche of the
Philippines (11) dunks against Ricky
Sanchez of Puerto Rico. FIBA.com
COMFORTING. L.A. Paul Lee (13) comforts teammate LA Tenorio (5) af-ter the Philippines lost another close match in the 2014 FIBA World Cup in Spain. FIBA.com
Puerto Rico foils GilasTHE Philippines flirt-
ed with victory for some fleeting mo-
ments, the last at 70-67 with a little over two min-utes left in the ballgame, but for the fourth time, it was just like that. Flirting. Never engaged.
Gilas Pilipinas con-trolled the Group C FIBA World Cup match through most of the game and looked headed for a break-through win until ringed NBA veteran JJ Barea came to spoil the party.
Now, that’s why he’s an NBA champion. The diminutive Barea deto-nated in late in the fourth quarter to lift Puerto Rico to a 77-73 win over Gilas Pilipinas.
For the fourth straight game, Gilas Pilipinas gave their all on the court. For the fourth straight game, they came up painfully short.
With Gilas leading 70-67, Barea went on an 8-0 run on his own to give Puerto Rico a 75-70 ad-vantage. Jimmy Alapag ended the drought with three free throws but there were only 4.5 seconds left in the game.
Two free throws from Ricky Sanchez guaran-teed Puerto Rico’s win and sealed the fate of Gilas. The Philippines no longer has a chance to make it to the round of 16 but they could still salvage from pride against Senegal Thursday.
Barea led Puerto Rico with 30 points in the game. Ricky Sanchez and David Huertas added 13 points each.
Blatche led the Philip-pines with 25 points and 14 rebounds but he com-mitted a crucial turnover that led to Barea scoring the go-ahead basket for Puerto Rico.
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LA Tenorio and Paul Lee had their best games of the tournament scoring 18 and 10 points, respectively, but Gilas had limited con-tribution from their bigs.
Puerto Rico started the game with two tri-ples for an early 6-0 lead but LA Tenorio got one back immediately.
Down 13-9, Gilas went on a 12-0 run thanks to the scoring of Andray Blacthe and the offensive rebounding of Marc Pingris. This
