P 15.00 • 20 PAGES www.edgedavao.net VOL. 7 ISSUE 132 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 EDGE Serving a seamless society DAVAO [email protected]By CHENEEN R. CAPON By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR. [email protected]FP12-B, 10 FCOUNCIL, 10 THE BIG NEWS page 3 SPORTS page 14 DANIEL PADILLA DENIES HE IS PLAYING FOR AMA IN PBA D-LEAGUE DR. PHILIPS WANTS TO RETURN INSIDE EDGE P12-B EXPRESSWAY DPWH bares 38-kilometer Lasang-Toril link D avao City Vice May- or Paolo Z. Duterte will lock the ple- nary hall during roll call of regular and special ses- sions to determine which councilors are late. In an interview with re- porters yesterday, the vice mayor said he plans to lock the plenary during the roll call so that the Council Sec- retary can determine the late councilors. He said the doors will be opened again after the roll call. He said he is waiting for the reaction of the council- T o ease the traf- fic congestion in Davao City, the De- partment of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) 11 is targeting to con- struct a P12-billion ex- pressway that will start from Lasang all the way to Daliao, Toril by 2018. Emilio P. Sucaldito Jr. chief of the planning and design section of the Davao City District Engi- neer’s Office, told Edge Davao that the govern- ment is eyeing to have a 38 kilometer expressway that will pass through La- sang via Barangay Waan in Buhangin all the way up to Mintal and down to Toril District. He said the Japan In- ternational Cooperation Agency (JICA) has con- ducted a feasibility study of the proposed express- way. “Our engineers are already conducting pre- dated survey plan in the area and there is an on- going coordination with officials of the baran- gays where the proposed expressway will pass through,” Sucaldito said. He said DPWH 11 is already working on the 30-meter right of way that the government is planning to buy from lot owners based on the zon- al value mandated by the Council doors to be locked during roll call UNLOCKED. A media practi- tioner enters the session hall of the Sangguniang Panlungsod yesterday after the roll call. Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte had or- dered the door closed while the roll was being called so that late councilors would not be able to enter. Last week’s session was canceled because of a lack of quorum. Lean Daval Jr.
Transcript
P 15.00 • 20 PAGESwww.edgedavao.netVOL. 7 ISSUE 132 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
DANIEL PADILLA DENIES HE IS PLAYING FOR AMA IN PBA D-LEAGUE
DR. PHILIPS WANTS TO RETURN
INSIDE EDGE
P12-B EXPRESSWAYDPWH bares 38-kilometer Lasang-Toril link
Davao City Vice May-or Paolo Z. Duterte will lock the ple-
nary hall during roll call of regular and special ses-sions to determine which councilors are late.
In an interview with re-porters yesterday, the vice mayor said he plans to lock
the plenary during the roll call so that the Council Sec-retary can determine the late councilors.
He said the doors will be opened again after the roll call.
He said he is waiting for the reaction of the council-
To ease the traf-fic congestion in Davao City, the De-
partment of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) 11 is targeting to con-struct a P12-billion ex-pressway that will start from Lasang all the way to Daliao, Toril by 2018.
Emilio P. Sucaldito Jr. chief of the planning and design section of the Davao City District Engi-neer’s Office, told Edge Davao that the govern-ment is eyeing to have a 38 kilometer expressway that will pass through La-sang via Barangay Waan in Buhangin all the way up to Mintal and down to Toril District.
He said the Japan In-ternational Cooperation Agency (JICA) has con-ducted a feasibility study of the proposed express-way.
“Our engineers are already conducting pre-dated survey plan in the area and there is an on-going coordination with officials of the baran-gays where the proposed expressway will pass through,” Sucaldito said.
He said DPWH 11 is already working on the 30-meter right of way that the government is planning to buy from lot owners based on the zon-al value mandated by the
Council doors to belocked during roll call
UNLOCKED. A media practi-tioner enters the session hall of the Sangguniang Panlungsod yesterday after the roll call. Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte had or-dered the door closed while the roll was being called so that late councilors would not be able to enter. Last week’s session was canceled because of a lack of quorum. Lean Daval Jr.
VOL. 7 ISSUE 132 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 20142
FNO, 10
FDOST ,10 FSEARCH, 10
F8 INTELLIGENCE, 10
EDGEDAVAO
THE BIG NEWS
A HARD LIFE. Senior citizens line the steps of San Pedro Cathedral along San Pedro Street in Davao City either selling flowers and candles or begging for alms. In yesterday’s regular session, the City Council passed an ordinance appropri-
ating funds for the implementation of the death benefit assistance of P5,000 for surviving heirs and other non-related beneficiaries of bona fide senior citizens of Davao City. Lean Daval Jr.
Eight intelligence operatives from Toril Police Station
were transferred to the withholding center of the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) upon the request of the family of murder victim Manuel Corral VII.
DCPO Offi-cer-In-Charge Superin-tendent Marvin Pepino said the eight were trans-ferred because the vic-
tim’s family had “no more trust in the intelligence operatives of Toril (Police Station).”
“To assure them, we relieved the eight offi-cers and transferred them here to DCPO. We also want to know if they had something to do with the incident,” he added.
Pepino clarified that the eight operatives are not suspects in the killing
of Corral VII, saying the investigation is still pend-ing.
He also said the trans-fer of personnel was made to clear the names of the intelligence department of the Toril Police Station.
The intelligence op-eratives were identified as Police Officer (PO)3 CatalinoJalalon, PO3 Rico Adlawan, PO2 Eugenio Mendez, Senior Police Of-
ficer (SPO)1 Jeremias Cu-nanan, PO2 Ric John Bor-ja, PO2 Janwed Cagape, PO2 Bernardo Flauta, and PO1 Jeffer Villegas.
Pepino said police are currently investigating a witness who showed up recently. The witness was identified as an asset of the Toril Police Station.
“We are still extracting testimonies from him,” he
8 intelligence operativesrelieved over murder caseBy FUNNY PEARL GAJUNERA A peace consultant
believes there is no need to lengthen
the transition period for the Bangsamoro govern-ment as proposed by for-mer presidential adviser on the peace process Je-sus Dureza and the lat-ter’s former senior advis-er Irene Santiago.
Dureza and Santiago had both said the tran-sition should be moved from 2016 to 2020, or a period of six years instead of just two, to allow the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to prepare
for elections.“As far as I know, dif-
ferent local and interna-tional organizations are helping the MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front) in crafting their plat-forms,” Dayanghirang said in last Monday’s Kapehan sa Dabaw held at SM City Davao Annex.
Dayanghirang, who was part of the Philippine Government (GPH) peace panel during the peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), said
No need to extend Bangsamorotransition, peace consultant says
SOME public school teachers in Davao re-gion will be soon be
preparing their lessons with their own govern-ment-issued laptops.
Regional director Alimzar Asum, cluster di-rector of Information and Communication Tech-nology Office of the De-partment of Science and Technology (DOST) 11 in Davao City, told Edge Davao that they proposed a total of P2.6 billion as Digitalization Empower-ment Fund for next year.
“The proposed bud-get will be used for the
procurement of 200,000 laptops by 2015, of which 45,000 will be allocated for elementary and sec-ondary teachers and em-ployees of the education department nationwide,” Asum said.
Asum, who is also the head of the digitalization program, said the laptops will be used in the capa-bility building of teachers.
“We will start the pre-procurement pro-cess before the year ends so that we will be able to deliver it early next year,” Asum said. He did not give the exact number of
laptops that will be given to the Davao region, how-ever.
Department of Educa-tion (DepEd) 11 spokes-person Jenielito Atillo said they welcome the program although there has been no formal com-munication between the two agencies yet.
“That will be a great help that they thought of us. It will be a great help not just to our teachers in their teaching process but also their students,” Atillo said in a phone interview yesterday.
DOST to provide laptops to DepEd
THE death toll from the roll-on, roll off ferry from this city
that sank off Leyte Satur-day evening had reached eight after the Philippine Navy recovered five more bodies on Monday after-noon.
The recovery of the five bodies — apparently those of two adult females, two males, and a child – came amid continuing search and rescue operations in the vicinity of Surigao
Strait for the missing pas-sengers of the ill-fated M/V Maharlika 2.
A total of 113 survivors were rescued while at least three others remained missing, according to Capt. Joseph Coyme, Deputy Dis-trict Commander of the Philippine Coast Guard in Northern Mindanao.
But Coyme said more persons could be missing since many people have come asking for the where-abouts of their relatives or
family members since Sun-day.
Martites Mollanda of Parang, Cantilan, Surigao del Sur came arrived at Lipata Port Sunday to ask about her missing sister-in-law, Arleta Puyales.
Puyales took the ferry along with her other sis-ter-in-law Tita Mesias, a survivor.
Mollanda said Puyales was still missing and her name was not on the list
Search continues for missingpassengers of sunken ferry
VOL. 7 ISSUE 132 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 3
FBAYAN, 10
NEWSEDGEDAVAO
WOMEN CODE. Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Z. Duterte hands over a copy of the Women Code Ordinances book to councilor Godiven de Dios of Victorias City, Negros Occidental during yesterday’s regular session of the City Council.
De Dios was in Davao City to further her knowledge of the city’s Women Code Ordinances so that these can be adapt in her city. Lean Daval Jr.
BORED. A flower girl (right) shows signs of boredom during a recent mass wedding sponsored by the city government. The other girls cope by chatting
with each other or simply watching the rather long ceremonies. Lean Daval Jr.
LAWYER Glocelito Jayma, legal advis-er of deported Ca-
nadian professor Dr. Abu Ameen Bilal Philips, said the latter wants to go back to the Philippines because of the four chil-dren he left behind.
“We are studying whether we can get rem-edies from appropriate international bodies to lift whatever watch list or discrimination even against him in the inter-national aspect,” Jayma said in a televised inter-
view.Philips voluntarily ex-
ited the country to Cana-da last Saturday after the Bureau of Immigration issued a deportation or-der last September 8 for alleged violation of the commonwealth Act. No. 613 or the Philippine Im-migration Act of 1940.
Philips had been linked to terrorist groups and is banned in the Unit-ed States, Great Britain, Australia, Kenya, Bangla-desh, and other countries on suspicion that he is
terrorist or an advocate of Muslim extremism.
Jayma said he is plan-ning to file a petition be-fore BI to remove his cli-ent’s name from its watch list.
He said he wants his client’s name to be cleared of allegations that he is a member of a ter-rorist group and is an un-desirable alien.
He said if anything or anyone hinders the peti-tion, he will file it before the Department of Justice and Court of Appeals.
DOJ Secretary Leila de Lima, for her part, said if Jayma really wants his cli-ent’s name to be cleared he must present his counter arguments that will prove that Philips should not be included in the watch list.
Jayma confirmed that Philips was dismayed at how he was treated here but is not planning to file any complaint.
Philips was detained at the hospital of the Po-lice Regional Office (PRO) 11.
BAYAN Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Za-rate yesterday
condemned the transfer of former Major General Jovito Palparan from the Bulacan Provincial Jail to the Philippine Army Cus-todial Center in Fort Bon-ifacio, saying it showed that a state of impunity in the country “will continue and its authors will even receive special treatment under the present Aquino administration.”
“This is agitating and revolting,” Zarate said. “The flimsy excuse for this special treatment giv-en to Palparan is nothing but a grave insult to the relatives of the victims. Why would a clearly al-ready civilian prisoner be detained in a military facility?” Zarate said in a statement.
A Bulacan court al-
lowed the transfer of Pal-paran on Monday, citing his security and that of the inmates at the Bula-can Provincial Jail.
But Zarate, a human rights lawyer from Davao City, said while many de-tained prisoners are wal-lowing in cramped jails nationwide, “here we have a situation where the AFP is willing to cod-dle Palparan at his own whim and caprice.”
“This is tantamount to telling the Filipinos and the whole world that sus-pects of serial murder and other grave human rights violations can get special treatment, as long as you are “one-of-our-own,” he said.
“This is truly ironic, even revolting: one who is charged of serious illegal detention is now
THE Davao City Council plans to publish only the
amended provisions of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) and Amended Zoning Ordi-nance to lessen the cost.
Vice Mayor Paolo Z. Duterte told reporters yesterday that accord-ing to the law, only the amended provisions need to be published in local newspapers.
“It is not necessary for us to publish the whole CLUP and Zoning Ordinance, which would be very costly,” he said.
Duterte said council-ors Danilo C. Dayanghi-rang, chair of the com-mittee on finance, ways
and means, and appro-priations, and Diosdado Angelo Mahipus, chair of the committee on publi-cation, are finding ways to publish the ordinance so that the city govern-ment can save from the cost of the publication.
“If possible, after the publication of the amend-ed provisions, that’s the time that we will publish the whole CLUP and Zon-ing Ordinance,” the vice mayor said.
He said if the entire CLUP is published, the cost will reach P4 mil-lion. The city will only spend a little more than P1 million if only the amendments are pub-lished.
TAGUM City police director Superin-tendent Solomon
de Castella said the police recently found “one lead” in the killing of Magugpo West barangay captain Niño Cutin.
De Castella, however, would not elaborate on the development, saying it might preempt police investigators pursuing the lead.
Asked what angle the police are focusing on, he said, “Politika.”
Cutin was shot dead while driving his own
motorcycle on the way to the barangay hall last Au-gust 30.
The assailants were riding a motorcycle and their faces fully covered with helmets.
Cutin sustained a gun-shot wound in the head. The shell was identified by the police as coming from a new type .45 cal-iber gun.
Tagum City Mayor Allan Rellon put up a P1 million reward for the capture of Cutin’s killers. Cha Monforte, Correspon-dent
Bayan Muna slams Palparan’stransfer to military facility
Council to publish only amendedportions of CLUP, zoning ordinanceBy ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.
Deported Canadian professorwants to return for his children
Tagum police have lead in barangay captain’s killing
VOL. 7 ISSUE 132 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
P1.8M for livelihood in Hagonoy
4 EDGEDAVAO
SUBURBIA
SIX school-based veg-etable gardens in the urban and rural cat-
egories were recognized by the city government of Tagum as it rolled out its first Gulayan sa Paaralan Excellence Awards last September 15 at Big 8 Corporate Hotel.
This marked the first time for the local gov-ernment under the lead-ership to Mayor Allan L. Rellon to hold the event to recognize the efforts and contribution of schools in institutionalizing the Gulayan sa Paaralan Pro-gram (GPP) in all ele-mentary and secondary schools in the city.
Bincungan Elemen-tary School topped the list in the rural category, while San Isidro Elemen-tary School and La Fili-pina Elementary School were declared second and third placers, respec-tively.
In the urban catego-ry, Apokon Elementary School was adjudged the first place winner, followed by Mangga El-
ementary School and Magugpo Pilot Central Elementary School as second and third place winners.
The top three win-ners in each category re-ceived P10,000, P7,000, and P5,000, respectively, while those included in the top 10 finalists re-ceived P2,000.
The awarding cere-mony was the culmina-tion of the two-month citywide rigorous eval-uation process in which schools were judged on sustainability, garden quality, nutritional out-comes, educational rel-evance, and generation of community participa-tion.
In his speech, Rellon said the ceremony is a fit-ting tribute to all the peo-ple involved who took part in strengthening the GPP – from students, principals, teachers, ba-rangay officials, parents, and volunteers.
He challenged the implementers to sustain the program, saying the
award is only secondary to the main purpose of implementing a win-win mechanism to sustain the schools’ feeding pro-
grams in a bold vision of eradicating malnutrition in the city.
Rellon also an-nounced that aside from
the GPP, the city govern-ment under the City Ag-riculture Office will also implement the Gulayan sa Barangay and Gulayan
sa Kapurokan follow-ing his directive to make Tagum a model city in vegetable farming. Louie Lapat of CIO Tagum
LGU fetes outstandingGulayan sa Paaralan
WINNING GARDEN. Mayor Allan Rellon tours the Bincungan Elementary School’s Gulayan sa Paaralan with principal Joy Jade Relos. The school’s GPP
was declared first place winner for the rural category in the 1st Gulayan sa Paaralan Excellence Awards. Photo by Leo Timogan of CIO Tagum
GOVERNOR Arturo T. Uy received the 2014 Regional Kabalikat
Award from the Techni-cal Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in recognition of the sustainable, transpar-ent, and fast implementa-tion of the programs and projects of the provincial
government, particular-ly on human resources development through Technical Vocational Ed-ucation Trainings (TVET), Agri-Fishery, Eco-tour-ism, Environment, and the Health Sector.
The award was recei-ved through Senior Board Member Tyron L. Uy on
September 4, 2014 at the Grand Men Seng Hotel in Davao City from TESDA Region 11 director Ga-spar Gayona during the Institutional Awarding Ceremony in time with TESDA’S 20th Founding Anniversary.
Other Regional Kaba-likat Awardees are Pana-
bo City and Barangay Daliao, Davao City both in the LGU Category; RA Hao Training Develop-ment Center Foundation, Inc. in the Industry Cat-egory; and Phil-Nipon Technical College, Inc. in the Institution Cate-gory. (grace almedilla, ids-comval)
Gov. Uy receives 2014 RegionalKabalikat Award from TESDA
COMPOSTELA VALLEY PROVINCE
DAVAO DEL SUR
TAGUM CITY
TAGUM CITY
SENIOR citizens and persons with dis-ability (PWD) in
Hagonoy town in Davao del Sur will soon benefit from livelihood projects under the Grassroots Participatory Budgeting (GPB) Program.
The local government unit of Hagonoy has ac-cess a total of P1,871,155 from the Department of
Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Davao Region to provide livelihood and training for the informal sector in the locality.
A total of 408 benefi-ciaries will benefit from the funding.
The livelihood proj-ects include RTW selling for the Senior Citizens, massage equipment and supplies for PWDs,
prescribed and non-de-structive fishing gears to marginal fisherfolk, skills enhancement on food processing for non-working mothers and women, establish-ment of new economic project of Guihing Aplaya Motorcycles Trimotors Operators and Drivers Cooperative (GAHAMO-TODCO), and technical
skills training for unem-ployed locals.
“The proposal was granted the funding since it caters to a wide range of beneficiaries. It particularly gives impor-tance to the senior cit-izens and persons with disability,” DOLE Davao del Sur head Henry O. Montilla said. (Magie Abellana/DOLE XI)
WATCH them live every 4 p.m. dancing while
directing traffic in busy streets in Tagum City.
They’re the 20 Traf-fic Management Office (TMO) dancing traffic of-ficers, and they’re a hit in the city since they took to the streets last month.
“It’s one of the city’s ways of giving purpose-ful entertainment to our visitors from neighbor-ing and other places as well as to Tagum mo-torists and riding public while there’s usual heavy traffic starting that hour,” said Tagum City Traf-fic Management Office head Inspector Cosme Masepequiña.
In fact, he said, some visiting officials from Manila have recently ex-pressed appreciation for the city government’s launching of the initia-
tive.The TMO dancing
traffic personnel are de-ployed to direct traffic, dancing only in busy in-tersections and crossings in the city, he added.
Masepequiña said that the TMO has a strength of 136 person-nel, three of whom can issue the city’s citation tickets to traffic violators.
He said he is still in the process of seeking for the renewal of dep-utation orders for some of the TMO personnel by the Land Transporta-tion Office to beef up the three LTO-deputized city PNP personnel.
LTO-deputized agents can carry out apprehen-sions to drivers violating traffic laws, rules, and regulations and can issue Temporary Operators Permit (TOP). Cha Mon-forte, Correspondent
Tagum’s dancing traffic officers regal motorists
VOL. 7 ISSUE 132 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 5EDGEDAVAO
THE ECONOMY
THE San Vicente Multi-Purpose Co-operative of Sto.
Tomas, Davao del Norte recently received around P 4.8 million worth of farm machineries from the re-gional office of the Depart-ment of Agriculture (DA).
The donated farm ma-chineries include multi-pass rice mill worth P1.5 million, combine harvester worth P1.8 million, and a recirculating mechanical dryer worth P1.5 million.
The project is imple-mented through the DA’s Mindanao Rural Devel-opment Program and the Agri-Pinoy Rice Program as part of its commitment to sustainable agriculture, food security and self-suf-ficiency, broad-based local partnerships, and support services from farm to table.
“All the banner pro-grams have one forefront function among others which is to provide agri-cultural machineries and
postharvest facilities in all crops related project espe-cially rice, since this is the major staple food,” DA 11 field operations division chief Rosalinda Mediano said.
She said Davao Region has already met 97-per-cent rice self-sufficiency in 2013 and DA still aims for rice self-sufficiency and food sustainability by working hand in hand with other DA-attached agen-cies and even with seed growers in order to attain the objective.
“We would like to re-quest you to take effort in handling these machin-eries properly, use it ac-cording only to its purpose and maximize its function through letting others use it as well,” she added.
The formal turnover was witnessed by local government officials led by Mayor Benigno R. An-damon. (Aggie Media Ser-vice)
DA 11 turns over rice farmmachineries worth P4.8M
BETTER HARVEST. San Vicente Multi-Purpose Cooperative members from Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte inspect the combine harvester donated by the Department of Agriculture 11 to their cooperative as part of the agency’s
extended support services to rice farmers to further increase their yield and income by lessening their production losses.
VOL. 7 ISSUE 132 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 20146 THE ECONOMY EDGEDAVAO
THE Davao City Council yesterday approved on second reading a
resolution amending the tourism code of the city in order to conform with Re-public Act No. 9593 or The Tourism Act of 2009.
The resolution will set a distinction between pri-mary and secondary tour-ism enterprises in order to institutionalize the tourism industry in the city.
The committee report presented by councilor Al Ryan S. Alejandre said due to the passage of RA 9593, significant changes were brought about such as the distinction between prima-ry and secondary tourism
enterprise. The report said the
main distinction is that primary establishments or enterprises have to under-go mandatory accreditation from a national agency such as the Department of Tour-ism (DOT) prior to being licensed or registered.
Secondary enterprises, however, need not submit to DOT for accreditation.
Primary tourism enter-prise refers to facilities, ser-vices, and attractions that are directly related to or involved in tourism such as hotels, resorts, self-styled accommodation establish-ment (hostel, dormitel, con-dotel, etc.), penison houses/
inns, motels (motorist ho-tels), travel agencies, tour operators, tourist transport operators, ticketing agen-cies, tour guides, Meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE), and MICE organizers.
Secondary tourism en-terprise refers to facilities and services that may be related to tourism such as restaurants, malls, shops, department stores, sports and recreational centers, ecotourism, health and wellness centers, muse-ums, themed parks, and marinas.
In yesterday’s regular session, the Council ap-proved the resolution on
second reading entitled “A Resolution to Enact an Ordinance Amending the Tourism Code of Davao City.”
The resolution says al-though the city already has an existing Tourism Code, the passage of The Tourism Act of 2009 meant there are new provisions in the law which are not consis-tent with the existing Tour-ism Code of the city.
“There is also a need to incorporate the novel pro-visions brought about by the passage of such law,” the resolution stipulated.
It stated that after sev-eral meeting with the City Tourism Operations Office
(CTOO) and the Depart-ment of Tourism (DOT)11, the Committee on Tourism of Davao City Council came up with the a proposed amendment of the existing ordinance.
Also, there are nation-al standards prescribed by the DOT, in compliance with its mandate under the law to heighten and increase the standards of tourism establishments in the country.
“These points were also bolstered by DOT Assistant Secretary Arturo Boncato who mentioned that in-deed it is already time to amend our code because our national government
cannot do anything with-out the support of the lo-cal partners which are the Local Government Units (LGUs),” the report stated.
The report said one of the discussions centered on the definition of self-styled accommodation and establishment which is un-der the primary tourism enterprise. This encom-passed the many kinds of accommodations that are sprouting in the city which was suggested to be includ-ed in the ordinance as they can be also considered tourism establishments catering to the needs of the tourists and thus need to be regulated.
The Provincial De-velopment Council (PDC) of South Cota-
bato has endorsed around P2.4 billion worth of pro-posed development in-vestments in various parts of the province next year.
South Cotabato Gover-nor Daisy Avance-Fuentes said Monday the appro-priation will cover the implementation of the local government‘s prior-ity programs and projects under its 2015 Annual In-vestment Plan (AIP).
She said the PDC, which is the province’s highest development pol-icy-making body, unani-mously adopted and ap-proved the 2015 AIP in a recent meeting held at the provincial capitol in Koro-nadal City.
The PDC, which is headed by the governor, is composed of officials of the province’s 10 towns and lone city as well as leaders of peoples’ orga-nizations and non-govern-ment organizations that are recognized or accred-ited by the local govern-ment.
The AIP, as defined in the guidelines on provin-cial/local planning and expenditure management and the budget operations manual for local govern-
ment units (LGUs), is the annual slice of the local investment development program of the LGUs.
It constitutes the total resource requirements of the LGU consisting of the annual capital expendi-tures as well as the regular operating expenditures that will serve as basis for the preparation of the an-nual budget and supple-mental appropriations.
Fuentes, who chairs the PDC, said the pro-posed AIP focuses on five development sectors that comprise social; ad-ministration; economic; technical infrastructure; environment manage-ment and disaster risk reduction/climate change adaptation (DRR/CCA).
She said the social development sector re-ceived the biggest budget with P816.563 million or 34 percent, followed by technical infrastructure with P731.793 million or 31 percent, develop-ment administration with P599.717 million or 25 percent, economic devel-opment with P143.324 million or six percent, environment manage-ment and DRR/CCA with P95.205 million or five percent.
“These are invest-
ments that are deemed vital in terms of the deliv-ery of various basic ser-vices to our constituents and in addressing the de-velopment needs of our remote and marginalized areas,” Fuentes said in a statement.
The governor said the bulk of the proposed AIP or around P2.274 billion constitute the funding for the local government’s operations and imple-mentation of its pro-grams, projects and relat-ed activities.
A total of P64.219 mil-lion was allotted for the calamity fund, P48 mil-lion for the special edu-cation fund and P5.137 million for the provincial government’s assistance to national government agencies, she said.
Fuentes said the fund-ing for the 2015 AIP will be drawn from the local government’s general fund, local development fund, calamity fund and special education fund.
She said the province’s projected income for next year was set at around P1.284 billion, Internal Revenue Allotment or IRA share of P1.078 billion and P215.651 in other local revenues. (MindaN-ews)
So. Cotabato adoptsP2.4-B AIP for 2015
Globe Telecom is the Development Sponsor for Aklan,
one of the 14 provinces severely damaged by su-per typhoon Yolanda (in-ternational name Haiyan)
when it hit the Philippines almost a year ago.
“Globe has long been committed to na-tion-building and to help our countrymen get back on their feet when disaster
strikes,” Globe corporate communications senior vice president Yoly Crisan-to said in a statement.
“Adopting Aklan is our response to the gov-ernment’s call for private
sector participation in the comprehensive plan to re-habilitate the country af-ter Typhoon Haiyan,” she added.
Globe supports the Of-fice of the Presidential As-
sistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery (OPARR), which was created to su-pervise the efforts in the devastated sites. The com-pany is tasked to fund and implement the “minimum
musts” in the areas of edu-cation, housing, livelihood, and health, and other pri-ority projects as well as to shepherd the overall strategic plan in Aklan and ensure its success.
Globe Telecom adopts Aklan for rehab and recovery efforts
SOME years back, friends of Leila Rispens-Noel – who
was then living in the Netherlands – wanted to visit the town where she was born and where she grew up. But they had dif-ficulty in finding the town on the Philippine map.
“I had to describe to my friends where the town is geographically lo-cated and told them not to worry because one day Bansalan will be placed on the map of the Philip-pines,” said the native of Bansalan, Davao del Sur. She left her hometown in 1979., but now she’s back for good.
Bansalan is a small town, with a total land area of only 20,770 hect-ares. It is subdivided into 25 barangays and is the boundary between the provinces of North Cota-bato and Davao del Sur. It is about 72 kilometers south of Davao City and is very accessible by land transportation. The town is sandwiched by two cit-ies: Kidapawan and Digos.
“This is probably the reason why progress in my former town is so slow,” wrote Rispens-Noel in the column “Roundtrip: Ban-salan-Holland,” which she used to write for a syndi-cated media organization. “Vehicles do not linger long in Bansalan. Passen-gers from North Cotabato are eager to reach Digos or Davao City, while pas-sengers bound for North Cotabato are raring to reach Kidapawan City and
further to Cotabato City. It has never been a place where passengers stay longer for one reason or the other. Business activ-ities remain in the hands of the local enterprising people. And so the town remains largely rural and agricultural…”
There are always two sides of a coin. In a way, being a laggard in develop-ment can also be a bless-ing in disguise. As a matter of fact, Bansalan has been touted as a “green town” of Davao del Sur for being “environment-friendly.”
For one, Bansalan is the birthplace of the internationally-known Sloping Agricultural Land Technology (SALT). “The system is a simple, low-cost, and timely method of tilling the fragile uplands, which comprise about 60 percent of the country’s total land area,” explains Roy C. Alimoane, the di-rector of the Mindanao Baptist Rural Life Center (MBRLC) Foundation, Inc. “SALT helps protect the soil from erosion and leaves of nitrogen-fixing trees and shrubs are used as fertilizer for crops and feeds for livestock.”
The MBRLC is located in barangay Kinuskusan, just 10 kilometers away from the town proper. Ac-tually, it’s a training center for various sustainable farming systems. Consid-ered the “Disneyland of agricultural lovers,” peo-ple from all over the coun-try travel to this place just to learn the modern tech-
nologies it shares.At MBRLC, you can
learn how to make a FAITH (Food Always In The Home) garden and to sustain your farm by adopting the SALT system and its three other modifi-
cations: Simple Agro-Live-stock Technology (SALT 2), Sustainable Agroforest Land Technology (SALT 3), and Small Agro-Livelihood Technology (SALT 3). You can also learn how to milk dairy goats, harvest tila-pia, and graft fruit trees, among others.
For developing these technologies, the Depart-ment of Science and Tech-nology awarded the center “in the area of agricultural production” in 1987. In 1991, the regional office of the UN Food and Agricul-ture Organization (FAO) recognized MBRLC with a World Food Day Silver Medal for its contribution in “mobilizing people’s participation in tree plant-ing and sustainable forest resources management.” Earlier, in 1985, its former director, Harold R. Watson, was given the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award
for peace and internation-al understanding for pro-moting the technologies in various parts of Asia.
Speaking of Asia, the center houses its affiliate, the Asian Rural Life De-velopment Foundation
(ARLDF). “Our main pur-pose is to help develop and uplift the standard of living of the poorest of the poor in Asia,” explains Al-imoane of the foundation which was launched in 1988.
Through the founda-tion, the staff has trained more than 10,000 people from Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and South America. Trainees have included farmers and high-level officials, Chris-tians and Hindus. “Aside from training, they also learned to know more about our country and our culture,” says Alimoane.
In an adjacent baran-gay, in Eman, you can visit the Lao Integrated Farm. If you love durian (de-scribed by a Westerner as a fruit that “smells like hell but tastes like heaven”), then you should not miss visiting this place. It is
owned by Benjamin Lao, who planted 700 durians in his five-hectare farm. Other fruits you can find in the farm include man-gosteen, rambutan, and lanzones. Lao also rais-es goats (purebred and upgraded). His fruits are grown organically as he uses goat manure as fertil-izer for his fruit trees.
Lao practices organic farming. It’s no wonder why the Department of Agriculture singled him out as the Outstanding Or-ganic Farmer of the Year some years back. Years earlier, he also received the same distinction for integrated farming.
Other areas to visit while in Bansalan are the Mainit Hot Springs in ba-rangay Managa, Balutakay (where vegetables like cabbages, carrots, cauli-flowers, and onions are grown), and Tinago and Angel Falls (which can be visited while on the way to Balutakay).
Every September, the town also celebrates its Bansaulog (which comes from the two words, “Ban-sa” taken from the name of the town and “saulog,” the local word for “cele-bration”). It’s a week-long celebration which culmi-nates with street dancing. Participants come from various schools, both ele-mentary and high school.
As known for its envi-ronmental protection ini-tiatives, Bansalan recently added in its Bansaulog celebration the search for “Mutya ng Kalikasan.”
“Instead of the usual beauty and brains search, we want to include envi-ronmental protection so that people will be aware of the importance of what God has given us,” explains Geraldine Batal, the mu-nicipal tourism officer.
Bansalan used to be a barrio of the municipality of Santa Cruz. When Digos (now the province’s capi-tal) became a town itself, Bansalan was part of it. The municipality lies 22 kilometers west of Digos.
On June 6, 1952, Ban-salan was separated from Digos and under Executive Order No. 506 became a municipality itself. (In 1957, Matan-ao was cre-ated out of the territory of Bansalan. Ten years later, Magsaysay followed suit.)
But it was not until Apolonio Ilagan, a captain in the Philippine Constab-ulary, became the town’s first mayor on September 18, 1952 that the town celebrated its anniversa-ry.
According to some legends, Bansalan got its name from a Bagobo chieftain (datu) named “Dansalan” whose tribal folks were the original in-habitants of what is now the town of Bansalan. A so-called reporting error by the early surveyors transposed the name to Bansalan and somehow became the official name. Bansalan is also previous-ly called “Miral” – named after the river – and some local folks still refer to this former name.
“According to some legends, Bansalan got its name from a Bagobo chieftain (datu) named “Dansalan” whose tribal folks were the original inhabitants of what is now the town of Bansalan.”
Bansalan: Davao del Sur’s green townText and Photos by HENRYLITO D. TACIO
VOL. 7 ISSUE 132 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 20148
A better chanceEDITORIAL
THERE is much wisdom in former presidential adviser on the peace process Jesus Dureza’s suggestion that the transition period for the
Bangsamoro be extended from two years to six. Du-reza, who is now the chair and president of the Phil-ippine Press Institute (PPI), made the statement over the weekend with his former senior adviser Irene Santiago, and with both having extensive experience in the peace process, the suggestion certainly needs to be considered. Their reasons are numerous, but none is more compelling than this: if the MILF joins the 2016 election, its candidates will have to face seasoned and traditional politicians who are adept at manipulating votes for their favor.
Dureza also pointed out that the MILF needs more time to organize itself as a political party and to ca-pacitate itself in order to earn public goodwill to be able to fairly compete with the entrenched political leaders. “Most crucial is that they will lack time to show positive results and convince the ‘doubters.’ In
that light, the MILF and/or its candidates will stand no fair chance of winning.” A setback for the MILF in the 2016 election could derail any gains the peace process has had in the past decades.
But peace consultant Ednar Dayanghirang, who was part of the government’s peace panel in the talks with the National Democratic Front of the Phil-ippines (NDFP), offers an alternative view: the MILF has been in existence for many decades and can very well organize itself as well as stand its ground against traditional politicians. Besides, he pointed out, the MILF leadership itself has not asked for an extension on the transition period, so why give it to them?
We must remember, however, that the best laid plans are often derailed by the wiles of men, and traditional politics can very well undo the hard work the government and the MILF have put in. In the grand scheme of things, six years are nothing if they will give Mindanao a better chance of gaining peace.
EDGEDAVAO
VANTAGE
Columnists: MA. TERESA L. UNGSON • EDCER C. ESCUDERO • AURELIO A. PEÑA • ZHAUN ORTEGA • BERNADETTE “ADDIE” B. BORBON • MARY ANN “ADI” C. QUISIDO • LEANDRO B. DAVAL SR., • NIKKI GOTIANSE-TAN • NICASIO ANGELO AGUSTIN • EMILY ZEN CHUA • CARLOS MUNDA Economic Analyst: ENRICO “GICO” G. DAYANGIRANG • JONALLIER M. PEREZ
OLIVIA D. VELASCOGeneral Manager
Printed by Zion Accuprint Publishing Inc. Door 14 ALCREJ Building,
Quirino Avenue, 8000, Davao City, PhilippinesTel: (082) 301-6235
CAGAYAN DE ORO MARKETING OFFICELEIZEL A. DELOSO | Marketing ManagerUnit 6, Southbank Plaza Velez-Yacapin Sts.Cagayan de Oro CityTel: (088) 852-4894
RICHARD C. EBONAAdvertising Specialist
SOLANI D. MARATASFinance
EDGEDAVAOProviding solutions to a seamless global village.
ANTONIO M. AJEROEditor in Chief
OLIVIA D. VELASCOGeneral Manager
Columnists: CARLOS MUNDA • HENRYLITO TACIO • MA. TERESA L. UNGSON • EDCER C. ESCUDERO • AURELIO A. PEÑA • MARY ANN “ADI” C. QUISIDO • LEANDRO B. DAVAL SR., • NICASIO ANGELO AGUSTIN • VIDA MIA VALVERDE • Economic Analysts: ENRICO “GICO” G. DAYANGIRANG • JONALLIER M. PEREZ
LEANDRO S. DAVAL JR. Photography
JOSEPH LAWRENCE P. GARCIAContributing Photographer
ARLENE D. PASAJECartoons
KENNETH IRVING K. ONGBAI FAUZIAH FATIMA SINSUAT AMBOLODTO
MEGHANN STA. INES NIKKI GOTIANSE-TAN
Lifestyle
Printed by Zion Accuprint Publishing Inc. Door 14 ALCREJ Building,
Quirino Avenue, 8000, Davao City, PhilippinesTel: (082) 301-6235
CAGAYAN DE ORO MARKETING OFFICELEIZEL A. DELOSO | Marketing ManagerUnit 6, Southbank Plaza Velez-Yacapin Sts.Cagayan de Oro CityTel: (088) 852-4894
GENERAL SANTOS CITY MARKETING OFFICEFLORENCE S. VILLARIN Marketing Specialistc/o PZ Villarin MarketingSalvani St., Oringo Brgy. City HeightsTel: (083) 303-2215
MANILA MARKETING OFFICEANGELICA R. GARCIA | Marketing ManagerBlk. 1, Lot 10, La Mar Townhomes, Apitong St.,Marikina Heights, Marikina City Tel: (02) 942-1503
NEILWIN JOSEPH L. BRAVOManaging Editor
AGAPITO JOAQUIN JR.Associate Editor
RICHARD C. EBONAMarketing Supervisor
SOLANI D. MARATASFinance
AQUILES Z. ZONIOFUNNY PEARL GAJUNERA
CHA MONFORTE Correspondents
ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.CHENEEN R. CAPON
Reporters
JOCELYN S. PANESDirector of Sales
AGUSTIN V. MIAGAN JRCirculation
PHILIPPINE PRESS INSTITUTEthe national association of newspapers
VOL. 7 ISSUE 132 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
PRESIDENT Aquino again railed at the media for supposedly portray-ing the Philippines as a “danger-
ous and lawless country.” He must have been pissed off by news on policemen who were implicated in major crimes.
Let’s clarify a few things. First, it’s not the fault of media that policemen have been involved in crimes. Blame the loopholes in the recruitment process and training. Blame the erring cops for using the weapons entrusted to them for nefarious ends. Blame anything and anybody but the media whose duty is to report and comment on wrongdoings committed by people in government, in-cluding law enforcers.
Second, it’s not the business of gov-ernment to tell the media to not high-light sensational crimes (read crimes committed by policemen). Editors may do the nation a service by burying sensa-
tional crimes bordering on v o y e u r i s m . It’s a different story however when law en-forcers are the ones involved. Crime is a crime regard-less of who the criminal is. But it becomes worse when the perpetrators are peo-pled clothed, armed and paid with tax-payers’ money.
Maybe this is not a lawless country as lawless can be. Nonetheless, recent re-ports on police involvement in crimes — in addition to previous cases that have faded from public memory – should be cause for alarm. The decadence that
has crept into the police force cannot be solved by empty assurances and ranting against the media which is only doing its job.
Why not order the police higher-ups and his favorite Cabinet member, Inte-rior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas to cleanse the police force in-stead of castigate the media? It may be a herculean task, but when shall we start cleaning our own Aegean stable? Who knows, it might even boost Roxas’ pres-idential bid, which appears hopeless at the moment.
But frankly, I wasn’t surprised by Aquino’s latest anti-media antics. He has always been averse to criticism and any-thing that contradicts his way of getting things done. Recall how he threatened the Supreme Court after it declared the controversial Disbursement Accelera-tion Program as unconstitutional, and
how his allies in the House of Repre-sentatives seconded his blow by filing a bill that would deny the judiciary effec-tive control of the Judicial Development Fund.
No wonder that the Freedom of In-formation Bill, which he promised to make a priority upon assuming office, has remained in the doldrums. And if, by miracle, the Congress happens to enact one, expect it to be watered down to the level of inefficacy. For even if Aquino is being portrayed as one who has nothing to hide in as far as the use of public funds is concerned, he seems not keen on al-lowing full disclosure of government transactions to the public.
We have a dictator clothed as a re-former. (MindaViews is the opinion sec-tion of MindaNews. H. Marcos C. Mor-deno can be reached at [email protected])
“LIFE is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” When Tom Hanks delivered
those lines in the Oscar awarded Forrest Gump, most choco aficionados agreed.
There’s no person in this world who may not like chocolates at all. “Any sane person loves chocolate,” declared Bob Greene. In fact, “nine out of ten people like chocolate. And the tenth person lies,” said John Q. Tullius.
Chemically speaking, “chocolate really is the world’s perfect food,” to quote the words of Michael Levine, the author of The Emperors of Chocolate. As Geronimo Pip-erni puts it: “Chocolate is a divine, celestial drink, the sweat of the stars, the vital seed, divine nectar, the drink of the gods, pana-cea, and universal medicine.”
Chocolate has recently been includ-ed in the A-list of antioxidants – up there with soybeans and green tea. Antioxi-dants, or flavanols, help protect the body from damage caused by pollution, pesti-cides, smoking, and processed foods.
“Chocolate and health do not seem to fit together but it is a very interesting proposition: if I can eat something I like and it is good for me, that is great,” said Hans Vriens, chief innovation officer of Barry Callebaut, which conducted a study. “Chocolate is probably at the bottom of the list when you think about making food healthier.”
But eating dark chocolate every day for 10 years could reduce the likelihood of heart attacks and strokes in some high-risk patients. A team of researchers from Australia used a mathematical model to predict the long-term health impact of dai-ly dark chocolate consumption in 2,013 people with a condition known as meta-bolic syndrome, which puts them at high risk of heart disease.
The team found that in the best case scenario – with no patient missing any daily portions – the treatment could po-tentially avert 70 non-fatal and 15 fatal heart attacks or strokes per 10,000 people
over 10 years.The study
was published in the Brit-ish Medical Journal. The r e s e a r c h -ers, however, stressed the protective ef-fects have only been shown for dark choco-late containing at least 60 to 70 percent cocoa—not for milk or white choc-olate. This is probably due to higher levels of flavonoids in dark chocolate.
But experts not involved in the study urged caution. “Recommendations for daily consumption of dark chocolate... will certainly get people with metabolic syn-drome excited, but at this point these find-ings are more hypothetical than proven, and the results need real-life data to con-firm,” said Dr. Kenneth Ong at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in the United States.
Eating a daily dose of cocoa or dark chocolate may also do wonders to your blood pressure. Pulling data from 20 studies published over the last decade, researchers found that people who ate fla-vanol-rich cocoa products every day for a few weeks saw their blood pressure drop by about two or three points.
That’s far less than the reduction people taking blood pressure lowering medication could expect, but it’s on par with the effects of adding diet changes or exercise to their routine, according to the researchers.
According to the American Heart As-sociation, a person’s systolic blood pres-sure (the top number) should be less than 120 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg), and their diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number) should be less than 80 mm Hg.
The 20 studies included in the re-view followed people who were generally
healthy for two to 18 weeks. Of 856 par-ticipants, 429 ate between 3 grams (g) and 100 g of dark chocolate or cocoa that contained anywhere from 30 milligrams (mg) to 1080 mg of flavanols, daily. The other 427 people were put in comparison groups that ate low-flavanol cocoa powder or products that did not contain any flava-nols.
At the end of the studies, those who ate the flavanol-rich dark chocolate or cocoa product saw their systolic blood pressure fall by roughly 2.8 mm Hg while their dia-stolic fell by 2.2 mm Hg.
Dr. Elizabeth Jackson, a cardiologist and assistant professor of medicine at the University of Michigan Health Systems in Ann Arbor, cautioned hypertensive in-dividuals not to stop exercising in favor of chocolate.
“If I had to choose between cocoa and exercise, I would take the exercise,” said Jackson, who was not involved in the study. “To me this says a little bit of dark choco-late isn’t too bad, but you wouldn’t want to go overboard with the calories and eat a pound of chocolate.”
Here’s another good thing about exer-cise and chocolates. Healthy people who exercise and also eat chocolate regular-ly tend to have a lower body mass index (BMI) than those who eat the rich brown sweets less often, according to a survey of a population of more than 1,000 American adults.
Published as a research letter in the Archives of Internal Medicine, the survey reinforces the notion that choco-late packs heart healthy benefits, despite its high calorie and sugar content.
People in the study, whose ages ranged from 20 to 85, reported eating choco-late an average of twice a week and ex-ercising an average of 3.6 times a week. Those who said they ate chocolate more often than the norm tended to have a low-er ratio of weight over height, a calculation made by taking a person’s weight and di-viding it by their height times two.
A normal BMI is typically 18.5 to 24.9, while people who figure lower are consid-ered underweight and those above 25 are overweight.
“Adults who consumed chocolate more frequently had a lower BMI than those who consumed chocolate less often,” said the study led by Beatrice Golomb and col-leagues at the University of California San Diego. “Our findings – that more frequent chocolate intake is linked to lower BMI – are intriguing.”
While the research stopped short of establishing a reasonable or beneficial limit for chocolate-eating, experts urged moderation. “Before you start eating a chocolate bar a day to keep the doctor away, remember that a chocolate bar can contain over 200 calories which mostly come from saturated fats and sugar,” said Dr. Nancy Copperman, director of Pub-lic Health Initiatives at the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System in New York.
“Consider limiting your chocolate fix to 28 grams portion of dark chocolate or adding cocoa powder which is very low in fat to your food once a day,” said Dr. Copperman, who was not involved in the study.
Despite this good news about choc-olates, some people still abhor choco-lates like the plague – particularly those who suffer from migraines. The underly-ing trigger varies, but research suggests many sufferers can blame the stimulants theobromine and caffeine in choco-late for their ordeal.
As stimulant, chocolate has been cit-ed as one of the causes of sleeplessness. This is the reason why insomniacs should not eat chocolate before going to bed. But for those who are just married, who cares about sleeping? “If you are not feeling well, if you have not slept, chocolate will revive you. But you have no chocolate! I think of that again and again! My dear, how will you ever manage?” French writ-er Marquise de Sévigné penned.
The sweet and the bitter of itVANTAGE POINTS 9EDGEDAVAO
VOL. 7 ISSUE 132 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 201410P12-B... No...
Council...
8 intelligence...
Bayan...
DOST...
Search...
FFROM 1 FFROM 2
FFROM 1
FFROM 2
FFROM 3
FFROM 2
FFROM 2
NEWS EDGEDAVAO
government.“As of now, it is still
too early to say how the project will be imple-mented. I still have no idea if it will be a pub-lic-private project,” he said. “But the plan is to complete the project by 2021,” he added.
He also said there is still no plan if the ex-pressway will have a toll fee or if it will be run by a private company.
Sucaldito said the proposed 38-kilome-ter expressway will ease travel from nearby provinces like Davao del
Norte and Davao del Sur.“Travelling will be
much faster and it will be easier because it will be connected to airports and sea ports,” he said, adding that the agricul-ture and fisheries sec-tors will benefit most from the proposal.
The expressway will also decongest main city roads.
“Thirty percent of trucks and private cars from Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Bukidnon will be divert-ed in this expressway,” Sucaldito said.
A study conducted by the Asia Halcrow Inc. last year which was commis-sioned by Asian Devel-opment Bank (ADB) and Department of Trans-portation and Communi-cation revealed that the huge number of vehicles and growing population in the city causes traffic congestion.
The large number of vehicles makes it diffi-cult to regulate and man-age, and itself is often the case of traffic con-gestion. CRC with reports from Armando Fenequito Jr.
ors if they will agree to lock the hall during the roll call of every session.
Duterte said this plan will serve as a reminder to the councilors that they should be in the session hall before 10 a.m. so the session can start on time.
Last week’s session was canceled due to a lack of quorum since there were only 13 members present, including the vice mayor.
In the regular session yesterday, the vice mayor instructed the sergeant at
arms of the City Council to lock the doors during the roll call.
The councilors pres-ent during the roll call were NiloAbellera Jr., Maria Belen Sunga-Acos-ta, VictorioAdvincula Jr., Bernard Al-ag, Al Ryan Alejandre, Joan Bonguy-an-Quilos, Louie John Bonguyan, DaniloDayang-hirang, April Marie Day-ap, Jimmy Dureza, Edgar Ibuyan Sr., January Dute-rte, Rene Elias Lopez, Di-osdado Angelo MAhipus, BerinoMabo-o, Bonifa-
cioMilitar, and Rachel Zo-zobrado.
There were no late comers in the session yes-terday.
Then the councilors who were on vacation leave were Tomas Mon-teverde VI and Leah Lib-rado-Yap.
Councilors on official business were Leonardo Avila III and Marissa Sal-vador-Abella.
On sick leave were councilors Myrna Dalo-do-Ortiz and Mary Joselle Villafuerte.
said.Meanwhile, the result
of the paraffin test on PO1 Jeffer Villegas came out negative while his ballistic exam came out positive.
Villegas is being in-vestigated because he had mauled Corral VII a few days before the vic-tim was found dead. The mauling was caught on CCTV.
Pepino said the ballis-tic result of Villegas was inconclusive since the latter could have fired a gun or that the gun was only dirty.
He said Villegas him-self claimed he had not fired his gun recently.
Villegas also tested negative in his drug test conducted by the DCPO last Monday.
Manuel Corral VII was found dead with five gun-
shot wounds at around 3:30 a.m. on Saturday in Juan dela Cruz Street in Toril, Davao City.
His body was found days after he was mauled before dawn on Septem-ber 10 allegedly by Ville-gas.
Last Monday, a Spe-cial Investigation Task Group was created to in-vestigate the killing.
The group is headed by PRO 11 deputy region-al director for operation Senior Superintendent Aaron Aquino and Davao City Police Office (DCPO) director Senior Super-intendent Ronald dela Rosa.
The group is com-posed of the Regional Internal Affairs Service, Regional Investigation and Detective Manage-ment Division, Regional Public Information Of-
fice, and Criminal Inves-tigation and Detection Group-Eastern Mindan-ao.
Meanwhile, the Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 expressed its dismay over the alleged involve-ment of a member of the Philippine National Po-lice (PNP) in the killing.
PRO 11 director Chief Superintendent Wen-dy Garcia Rosario said his office is impartial to all who violate the law, whether the violator is a civilian or in uniform.
The family of Corral earlier said they are look-ing for the possibility that perpetrators killed their brother to purposely put the blame on Villegas.
But they added that they are still looking for the link of the police offi-cer to the perpetrators of the crime.
leaders of the MILF are confident they will be able to perform and prepare despite the short transi-tion period that is expect-ed to start next year.
“Remember, MILF has been organized for de-cades. They have leaders in the community level as low as sitio level. Hindi dapat natin sila maliitin (We should not belittle them). They are more organized than the tradi-tional politicians in Mind-anao,” Dayanghirang said.
Dureza had earlier said MILF leaders and party-lists running in the 2016 election might lose because they are ill-pre-pared against the tradi-tional politicians. He said this could cause a failure in the efforts to attain lasting peace in Mindan-ao.
Dayanghirang also
pointed out that the MILF itself is not asking for an extension.
“If the MILF is com-plaining, there must be something wrong. But they are not complaining. I haven’t heard any com-ment from them that be-cause the time is too short then they would not join the election. We are the only ones saying it, and we are outsiders. Maybe it’s good to listen to them and better to ask them,” he added.
“It’s a matter of under-standing that the MILF is just transforming from armed conflict to political arena using their same people,” Dayanghirang said.
Congress targets to pass the Bangsamoro Ba-sic Law (BBL) bill by De-cember 17 this year so that a plebiscite can be
held in February or March next year.
According to Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodri-guez, who will chair the Special Ad Hoc Commit-tee on the Bangsamoro, the first reading of the bill is scheduled on Septem-ber 24.
“We hope to finish by December 17 so we can have the plebiscite in Feb-ruary or March,” Rodri-guez said.
The government and MILF peace panels had earlier agreed that the plebiscite to ratify the BBL should be held “with-in 120 days from the ef-fectivity of this Basic Law.”
Rodriguez said they will put in the Bangsam-oro Basic Law the P700 million budget for the Commission on Elections. CRC with reports from Mindanews
Atillo said Region 11 has a total of 20, 231 public elementary school teachers and 9, 716 pub-lic secondary teachers.
DepEd, Region 11 has 1,632 public elementa-ry schools and 301 pub-lic high schools, for the school year 2012-2013.
“I doubt DOST can
give each teacher a laptop because there’s so many of us but any assistance will be a great help,” Atil-lo said, adding that once they received the formal communication from DOST , both agencies will sit together to “hammer out who will receive the laptops.”
Atillo said it is not ide-al to give laptops to teach-ers who are assigned in the hinterlands because some of these areas do not have electricity.
“We would like to be sure that laptops will be optimized so that it will serve its purpose,” he added. CRC
of missing persons at the Command Center at the port.
Jessie Saberon, a 57-year old survivor from San Pedro, Laguna said her husband, Felizardo and granddaughter, Tepani, were both missing. Their names were also not on the list of missing passengers.
Some other survivors and relatives were waiting for word on their in Lipata port.
Coyme said they were still validating the claims of the relatives since it was apparent that some of the passengers were not listed on the manifest of M/V Ma-harlika 2.
He said the vessel only listed 58 passengers and 22 crew members or a to-tal of 84 people.
He quoted Maharlika 2 skipper Juan Cuyago as saying they counted 116 people on board before giving the order to aban-don ship.
Capt. Kieser C. Gatdula of the Philippine Air Force said they already made four rounds of aerial sur-vey on board a chopper but could not see any sign of life.
“We been hovering the area that’s 25 nauti-cal miles but we have just seen scattered life jackets,” he told reporters Monday morning after making the aerial survey.
Boats from the Phil-ippine Navy were also searching the area on Mon-day.
Maharlika 2 sank around 6 pm Saturday off Pintuyan, Southern Leyte after losing control while heading for Liloan, South-ern Leyte.
Johanne Jake Miranda, a diver in Surigao City, said more could have died in the treacherous waters of Surigao Strait had they not contacted foreign vessels nearby.
He and Coast Guard of-ficials went to his own dive shop at Barangay Punta Bilar because his shop has better radio signal.
“We contacted the three foreign vessels and these foreign vessels have rescued a total of 73 indi-viduals. Fifty-four people were rescued by M/V St. Martin, 18 by M/V Lara Venture and one by Ocean King,” he said.
He said the water of Su-rigao Strait has a constant current of two knots per hour. During the incident the water was rough be-cause of strong winds.
Survivor John Paul Maulliet, 18, from Lianga, Surigao del Sur said he couldn’t thank enough St. Martin for saving them.
Noel M. Torralba, Coast Guard sub-station com-mander in Lipata Port, said the vessel was not over-loaded. Otherwise they would not have allowed it to leave, he added.
Torralba said the ship can carry at least 403 pas-sengers.
Juanito Villano, oper-ations manager of Mon-
tenegro Shipping that has two ships plying the Su-rigao-San Ricardo, South-ern Leyte route said they canceled voyages on Sat-urday due to the weather condition.
M/V Filipinas Dapi-tan of Cokaliong Shipping Lines left for Cebu on Sat-urday but returned to the port of Surigao after one hour at sea.
Al Caturla, Port Police Commander of Philippine Ports Authority said the ship has finally rested. It is considered as the old-est ship plying the Surigao City-Liloan, Southern Leyte route, which it had served for 30 years.
“It carried 13 rolling cargoes. It departed at 11:30 in the morning on September 13,” he said.
Caturla had been as-sisting some survivors at the port area in Lipata.
Some generous individ-uals in Surigao City provid-ed food for the survivors and emergency respond-ers.
PhilHarbor, the com-pany that owned Marhar-lika 2, has offered P3,000 as cash assistance to each survivor. It also provided food to all survivors.
But some survivors said they did not receive the amount as their names were not on the manifest.
Each survivor received shirts and pants from the Department of Social Wel-fare Development of Su-rigao City. (Roel N. Catoto/MindaNews)
given the choice of where he wants to be detained,” he added.
Palparan was indicted on December 15, 2011 for two counts of kidnap-ping and serious illegal detention in connection with the abduction of still missing UP student activ-ists Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño in 2006.
He went into hiding a few days later and was
arrested only last August 12.
He had pleaded with the court to be allowed detention at the Phil-ippine Army Custodial Center in Fort Bonifacio, saying he feared for his life. The court granted the request last Monday, to the dismay of the victims’ families as well as various groups.
“What does that say
about our justice sys-tem? How you think the relatives of Palparan’s victims, like the Cadapan and Empeño families, take this, after waiting for this trial for eight years?” Zarate said.
“This is a cruel way of telling the relatives of the victims that impunity is even rewarded under Aquino’s tuwid na daan (straight path),” he said.
VOL. 7 ISSUE 132 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 11EDGEDAVAO
MOTORING
HYUNDAI Asia Re-sources, Inc. (HARI), the official distributor
of Hyundai vehicles in the Philippines, quells the ghost month with August sales up by 10% to a total of 2,073 units compared to its year-ago level. With positive sales performance in August, Hyundai’s year-to-date sales tally reached 15,676 units, 7% higher than the record-ed 14,713 units for the first eight months of 2013.
The Passenger Car (PC) segment fueled Hyundai’s over-all sales performance as the segment posted 21% year-on-year growth in August with 1,526 units sold. Backed by Hyundai’s Best of Deals campaign, the sub-compact EON scored 44% sales growth, while, Accent further built the PC sales track with 54% sales growth in August. Rounding out the laudable sales per-formance of the PC cars was the Genesis Coupe as the
model asserted 200% year-on-year growth. Improved August sales lifted year-to-date PC sales to 10,833 units, 22% up compared to the same period last year.
On the other hand, the Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) segment failed to keep at par with the PC category’s strong growth for the month of August. LCV sales was down by 11% year-on-year with 547 units sold. Despite negative growth in the LCV segment, Santa Fe staged a comeback with 85% year-on-year growth. This was followed by the sustained performance of the Grand Starex, which witnessed 7% sales growth in August with 238 units sold. Year-to-date, the LCV category experienced a 17% decline in sales to 4,843 units from the 5,846 units in the same period last year. Supply con-straints continue to under-mine the segment’s over-all performance.
AFTER months of anticipation, Isuzu Philippines Corpo-
ration has finally revealed its new flagship SUV: the mu-X. Replacing the Al-terra, the mu-X comes in three variants all packed with new technological and design features com-bined with Isuzu’s pen-chant for delivering effi-cient performance.
Inspired by preda-tory large cats, the mu-X’s design is premium but purposeful boasting of features such as pro-jector-type headlights, center roof antenna, col-or-keyed front and rear bumpers, and roof rails that can support up to 60 kilograms. The higher variants add fog lamps, chrome on the radiator grille, hood garnish, door handles, and tailgate. Power folding side mir-rors with integrated turn signal indicators are stan-dard as well.
The Isuzu mu-X’s spacious interior can ac-commodate 7 passengers comfortably. It has a new suspension system with Double Wishbones at the front and a Five-Link with coil springs and stabiliz-er bar at the back. The interior features leath-er on the seats, steering wheel, and door trim while entertainment is provided by a 6-speak-er multi-media system with Aux-In, USB, iPod, and Bluetooth connectiv-ity. GPS navigation is also standard. The range-top-ping model comes with steering wheel mounted controls and a 10-inch roof-mounted DVD mon-itor with remote control.
The mu-X comes with dual air conditioning with rear coolers (the range-topper has auto-matic climate control), speed sensing door locks, 19 storage compartments, 12 cup holders, a lockable and illuminated glove box, side step boards, and tow hooks. The instru-ment cluster also features electroluminescent di-als with a multi-function display. Higher models feature six-way power ad-justable driver’s seat and the segment’s first Smart Key passive keyless entry with push-button start/stop.
The mu-X is powered by a new engine: the 2.5-liter 4JK1-TC 4-cylin-der engine with variable geometry turbo. Rated at Euro-2 emissions stan-dard, the new engine un-derneath the mu-X is good for 136 horsepower at 3,400 rpm and 320 Nm of torque from 1,800-2,800 rpm. The engine can be mated to either a 5-speed manual or 5-speed auto-matic transmission. The mu-X boasts of increased off-roading capability thanks to its 4WD Ter-rain Command Select Dial on the four-wheel drive variant while all models boasts of excellent ground clearance (230 mm).
The mu-X is built to conform to the highest safety standards. The vehicle’s projector head-lights, high-mount LED stop lamps and available fog lamps ensure visibil-ity on the road. Equally helpful in this regard are the two-eye reverse sens-ing system and available reverse camera.
Passive safety systems fitted to the mu-X are dual front airbags, Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR) with pre-tensioner and load-limiter seatbelts in all three rows of seats, and side impact beams in-side the doors.
The All-New Isuzu mu-X is also loaded with active safety systems. Its disc brakes in all four wheels have an Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) that has Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD) and Brake Assist (BA). Providing more security are the new Electronic Stability Control (ESC) and Traction Control Sys-tem (TCS), which auto-matically brake a wheel or wheels if the systems sense any of these are slipping. This prevents skidding and loss of steer-ing control, helping re-duce fatal accidents by as much as 30%.
The All-New Isuzu mu-X is available in six color options: Splash White, Silky Pearl White, Cosmic Black, Titanium Silver, Aqua Blue and Out-back Brown. Prices are set at P1.188 million for the mu-X LS M/T 4x2; P1.260 million for the mu-X LS-M M/T 4x2; P1.358 million for the mu-X LS-A A/T 4x2; and P1.748 million for the mu-X LS-A A/T 4x4. An additional P10K will be added to variant price for all Silky Pearl White units.
Isuzu launches all-new mu-X
Hyundai Posts 10 Percent Growth in August
VOL. 7 ISSUE 132 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 201412 CLASSIFIED
( )
Billiard Supplies
Phone Nos. Cell Nos.
EDGEDAVAO
To some, a bag is a survival kit, an invest-ment, a status symbol, an expression of individual-ism or an accessory that complements any outfit or mood. It goes by different labels, designs and crafts-manship. But whether it’s fashionable or functional, utilitarian or accessorial, practical or luxurious, a bag is very personal as it carries you through the day’s mission in which-ever destination. Making bags stand out in this competitive indus-try is the main challenge for all designers. Cre-ation involves constant improvisation, reinven-tion or deconstruction of traditional styles, study of trends and experimen-tation. When it comes to resources, materials and fabrics, it’s recommended to shop for best prices without sacrificing qual-
INdulge! VOL. 7 ISSUE 132 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
EDGEDAVAOSTYLE
JUST about every woman carries a hand-bag. In a way, bags are key barometer of our times which shows the pivotal change in women’s role in society. The rising number of working women factors in the evolution of this fashion accessory, propelling it to an industry on its own with the high demand for variety to cater to a host of occasions from day ‘til night.
NiñoBasilioWeaving modern fashion into the classic utility bag
To some, a bag is a
survival kit, an investment,
a status symbol, an
expression of individualism
or an accessory
that complements any outfit or
mood.
ity and durability. While most follow the standard philoso-phy of form and func-tion, 25-year old Davao-based designer Basil Yap Cabaral adds two more elements into the creative process resulting to a modernized take on na-tive utility bags.
Sustainability and Local Heritage“The NiñoBasilio brand
FNIÑO, A4
A2 INdulge! VOL. 7 ISSUE 132 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014EDGEDAVAOUP AND ABOUT EVENT
AS Cinema One, the country’s number one cable channel, continues to celebrate its 20th anniversary, the channel is also set to bring a new viewing experi-ence to its audience with Cinema One Premium HD, which features 58 of the country’s best films in high definition. These films will be made up of balanced doses of restored classics, romantic comedy, comedy, drama, action, and horror, with material from Cinema One Originals, Star Cinema, and other film production out-fits. All these will come together to create a complete movie experience for the whole family. Until October 14, ten new movies will be released every two weeks via Pay-Per-View on SkyCable and Destiny Cable, with great viewing deals to boot. For as low as Php149 and Php 199, viewers will be granted 7-day and 14-day passes for the films, respectively. Cinema One Premium HD on Pay-Per-View will be available in all digital areas of SkyCable and Destiny Cable nationwide. For updates, visit Cinema One’s official Facebook page (www.facebook.com/Cinema1Channel).
DISCOVER, taste, and shop for great wines from exclu-sive boutique wine-makers and distributors at Misto, Seda Abreeza. Meet the wine experts who will help you choose that perfect wine that will match your cor-porate parties and events, or simply as a gift for the coming holiday season. Taste free-flowing wine with a live music perfor-mance on September 20 at 6pm until 9pm. Enjoy Mis-to’s wine buffet at only Php500 nett per person from 9pm onwards. For inquiries and reservations, please call (82) 322888, 2443000 or email [email protected].
GET COZY and sweet at the Marco Polo Davao’s Lobby Lounge. Fall in love with the delicious duo of Davao’s famous table chocolate drink and a fluffy and tasty Mango-steen, Ube, or Durian en-saymada for Php179 nett. For reser-vations and i n q u i r i e s , please call (82) 221-0888 local 7608.
Cinema One brings 58 of the best Filipino films in HD to television
Seda Abreeza to hold Wine Tasting Night
Chocolate and ensaymada combo at the Lobby Lounge
WITH a venue that can take your breath away and a strong trail running com-munity, R.O.X. is proud to have head-lined the roster of sponsors for this year’s Mapawa Trail Ru in Cagayan De Oro City. To further promote the beauty of Cagayan De Oro, R.O.X. has made it one of the locations for its stores, which aim to assist travelers, nature lovers, and outdoor enthusiasts on their outdoor endeav-ors while also sparking in-terest in shoppers who are yet to discover the beauty of the country’s natural resources. As such, R.O.X. is happy to have taken a big part in this year’s Mapawa Run – its second time to sponsor the event. To be held on October 26 at the Mapawa Nature Park in Cagayan De Oro City, the reason behind R.O.X.’s big push for this event was having seen the beauty of the outdoors in CDO, as well as the growing com-munity of trail runners, it was just natural for it to rally behind such an en-deavor. In addition, hav-ing seen the passion of the people behind Mapawa Nature Park and its Trail Run, there was no way that they would miss be-coming a part of such a great cause. The Mapawa Trail Run is a trail running event hosted inside the protected 2,500-hect-are Mapawa Nature Park. What used to be a pri-vate property of the late Vice-President Emmanuel Pelaez and his family, the Mapawa Nature Park used to be a farm and a vaca-tion place. Later on, the family decided to convert the property to a forest reserve. It now houses a variety of endemic plants, birds, and other wildlife. It has also been said to be the
reason why the Malasag area of CDO was protect-ed during the Typhoon Sendong. The Mapawa Nature Park is open to the public to enjoy differ-ent activities like rappel-ling, trekking, camping, horseback riding, wildlife observation, among many others. Characterized as a “green race”, event or-ganizers did not provide paper cups for the race, which is why runners were expected to bring their own hydration bottles. The Mapawa Run offered distances of 11K, 22K, and 42K. Interested par-ticipants may register in R.O.X. Centrio or through http://aktib.ph/919-r-o-x-mapawa-trail-mara-
thon-2014 The Mapawa Run is co-presented by Salomon, technical team is Ever-est Outdoors, hydration partners Summit Mineral Water and Gatorade, of-ficial outfitter 8a. Other sponsors include, the Municipality of Cagayan De Oro, Black Diamond, Nalgene, Real X Gear, Sea to Summit, Jollibee, Uni Fruitti, Pineapple Crum-ble, 3Trav, Duka Bay Re-sort, Jollibee, VitWater, Rural Bank of Medina, and Ayala Centrio, Ayala Malls. The official plaque provider is Shewak’s En-gravables, Cebu’s finest. Recreational Outdoor eXchange or R.O.X. con-tinues to create waves in the outdoor industry
through its unique pro-grams concerning people and the environment. It is also the largest outdoor sports and recreation su-perstore in Southeast Asia. Deriving satisfaction in providing the best tools for outdoor enthusiasts as well as subsequently providing outdoor experi-ences to further promote its various causes, what R.O.X. wants is to simply get everyone outside and experience the outdoors first hand. For inquiries on Mapa-wa Mountain Trail Run, please visit ROX Centrio CDO, Columbia Abreeza Davao, The North Face SM City Annex Davao, and Res|Toe|Run KCC Veranza GenSan.
R.O.X. strengthens support for 2014 Mapawa Trail Run
INdulge! A3ENTERTAINMENT
VOL. 7 ISSUE 132 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 EDGEDAVAO
As the widely-watched GMA primetime drama series Niño bid farewell last Friday, it definitely left viewers not only inspired but also curious as to what future awaits lead actor Miguel Tanfelix, a gem of a discovery who proved himself wor-thy of the chances given him.
Miguel TanfelixYoung and grounded
do you miss doing most?A: Siguro ‘yung pag-spend ng time with classmates, kasi di ba ‘yung teenagers ngayon nakakapag-spend sila ng time talaga with classmates. Kasi ako home schooled po ako, pero kahit paano pumapasok po ako para makita po ‘yung class-mates ko para makakuha ng modules. Tapos sa kaunting panahon po na ‘yun nakakapag-bonding naman po ako sa kanila. Q: What are your other interests?A: Nagba-basketball po ako, mahilig din po ako sa cellphones.
Q: Can you share with us your dreams?A: Gusto ko pong maging successful, ‘yung masaya at kumpleto ang pamilya ko. Kumakain kami tatlong be-ses sa isang araw. Gusto ko rin pong makita ang sarili ko na na-sustain ko itong career ko sa showbiz. Q: How do you see your-self if you weren’t in showbiz?A: Gusto ko rin pong maki-ta ang sarili ko as a pilot. Kukuha po ako ng back-up plan kasi alam naman po nating ang pag-aartista, hindi po ito pang-habam-buhay. Basta po may back-up plan iyon po ang impor-tante.
Born on September 21, Miguel was only six years old when he won as StarStruck Kid’s First Prince and since then was cast in various roles in GMA. He portrayed the role of young Pagaspas in the fantaserye Mulawin, young Jimboy in Majika, and eventually found himself playing teenage roles in Love and Lies and Mga Basang Sisiw. His biggest break came this year when he was giv-en the role of portraying a mentally-challenged teenager in Niño. This was not the first time he played such a character. In the series Tinik sa Dib-dib, he played the role of Boyito, a boy who has a mental faculty of a five-year old. He says he also watched I am Sam and Miracle in Cell No. 7 as part of his preparations for playing the role of Niño. Without hesitations, the actor disclosed how he broke into tears while watching the latter. After Niño, Miguel is seen in the weekly com-edy show Ismol Family. In this quick chit-chat with the homegrown Ka-puso actor, Miguel shared how Niño made him love his craft more as well as his dreams in and out of the showbiz world. Q: We all know that Niño is a very difficult role to portray. How did you manage to pull it off?A: Para mas magampanan mo nang tama ‘yung role mo, kailangan gawin mo siya nang madalas. Lalo na po noong bago pa mag-simula ‘yung Niño, lagi po
akong nag-eensayo sa ba-hay. ‘Yung mga pinsan ko yung pinagpa-praktisan ko. Tuwang-tuwa naman sila dahil nakikita nilang gustong-gusto ko ‘yung gi-nagawa ko. Q: How do you feel that Niño showed a strong following?A: Nakakatuwa na alam mong maraming viewers ang nanonood sa show mo at nai-inspire sila sa gi-nagawa mo, nakakataba ng puso. Q: What can you say given that many people admired you for your credible acting?A: Hindi ko na po iniisip kung sikat ako o hindi basta ginagawa ko lang po kung ano ‘yung pinapagawa sa akin. At saka hangga’t maaari ay ayaw ko pong isipin ‘yun para hindi luma-ki ang ulo ko. Q: What do you remem-ber most about your character Niño?A: May isang part po sa show na sa pagkakaintindi ko po kasi sa script, nanli-ligaw si Niño dahil nakikita niya ‘yung mga kaibigan niya na ‘yun ang ginaga-wa. Pero mari-realize niya na ang panliligaw pala ay pagpaparamdam ng pag-mamahal para sa isang tao, although wala sa isip niya na ang panliligaw could lead into a relation-ship or marriage. Para sa kanya expression lang ta-laga ng feelings ‘yun. Q: What can you say to those who followed Niño from day one until the finale?
A: Laking pasasalamat ko po sa mga tumangkilik sa Niño. Lalo kaming nag-ing pursigido sa trabaho namin dahil dito at gusto namin na mas makuha ang atensiyon nila at ma-inspire pa sila. Q: Do you consider yourself as a matinee idol?A: Lahat naman kami pinapangarap na maging matinee idol ng GMA. Sana mabigyan po ng pagka-kataon. Q: Who are your role models, inspirations?
A: Siyempre gusto ko pong maging kagaya nina Ding-dong Dantes at Dennis Trillo. Q: Niño is sometimes pi-lyo. On a personal note, do you think you are one?A: Siguro kapag nasa school, kapag halimbawa, asaran kasama ang class-mates, siyempre hindi na-man po mawawala ‘yan sa mga tropa. Siguro hang-gang doon lang po. Hindi pa naman po kasi ako na-papa-away. Q: As a celebrity, what
takes pride and inspira-tion from the traditional Filipino bayong,” explains Basil. We want to give a new twist to this iconic commodity, to make it look modern, sleek, trendy and versatile. The body is made of woven dried pandan leaves --- colored and polished ones which are abundant in Negros. The bag handle is shaped out of treated mahogany. As accent, we made use of man-made leather and
we are now exploring other fabrics like maybe the T’nalak and other in-digenous materials.” Woven dried leaves are usually type-casted as relating to tropical set-tings and daywear. Basil explains how he recreated the model for today’s ur-banites. “I wanted to de-sign the bag in such a way that it can still be fashion-able and adaptable to all kinds of events, whether indoor or outdoor, day or
night.” “How did I take it to the level where fashion meets function? Aside from playing with dif-ferent shapes and sizes, color is one of the key el-ements which make our designs adaptable to street and high fashion. Say, our multi-colored patchwork bag to accentuate that all-black attire. We also have a variety of subdued tones and vibrant plains which go well with any printed or structured ensemble.” Basil, who is no neo-phyte in the retail indus-try, values his exposure to culture and arts through his “regular” day job in one of the city’s premier malls. As Visual Display Officer, he gets to experi-ment with colors and var-ious materials, research on trends and explore
art techniques. “It fuels my imagination. It’s like the warm up exercise to the actual workout rou-tine which is my other job as a bag designer. I discover new things and, in a way, I also get to do cross training in fashion merchandising because of the nature of the mall and
retail business. I’m happy that I live and breathe in a world surrounded by cre-ative minds.” Currently, Basil’s bags are only on a per-order basis. “I had a chance to display my products in a mall event back in August and, since then, orders have started pouring in.
It was a feat to have such overwhelming reception from locals and tour-ism players, given that it was my first venture and production only began in June. Imagine, what came as a cure to my mid-life crisis turned out to be the most rewarding and fulfilling investment I’ve made to date,” gushes the young entrepreneur. “I have so many plans for this brand, see it go places and to make it grow past the 7-year itch. Eventually, if budget and resources permit, I’ll work on put-ting up a store of my own. I want my bags to be read-ily available for anyone who wishes to buy on the spot, especially visitors from other regions and countries. My bags are not only unique in form and style, but they also show-case a part of our culture and heritage.” Follow Ninobasilio Bags on Facebook and In-stagram for more product details. For orders, please contact 09173211652 or 09255211552. Some pieces will soon be available at Martish specialty shop located along J.P. Laurel Ave., Davao City.
- At least high school graduate, not more than 30 years old
- Physically and mentally fit- Can handle minor repairs of the machine
- Has the ability to be cool under pressure of deadlines and complex projects
- Experience of at least one year
CLASSIFIED
Account Executives (3)- Male / Female, not more than 30 years old- Candidate must posses a Bachelor/ College Degree in any Business field.- Willing to work under pressure, flexible, persuasive, can speak fluently and computer literate- A team player- With Basic Salary, Transportation, Communication, allowance + Commission
For interested applicants, you may send your resume to:
EDGEDAVAO
VOL. 7 ISSUE 132 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 201414 EDGEDAVAOSPORTS
UNBEKNOWN to many, Japeth Agu-ilar, the most ath-
letic big man on the Phil-ippine national men’s basketball team roster, has been playing hurt for more than a year now af-ter suffering a broken pin-ky finger on his left hand in last year’s FIBA Asia Championship in Manila.
The high-flying 6-foot-9 forward disclosed this to InterAksyon.com during Gilas Pilipinas’ practice on Monday, admitting he has been gutting it out over the past year despite the injury.
“Ipinagpaliban ko muna yung operation ko sa left pinky finger ko,” Aguilar said in an exclu-sive interview.
“Broken siya. I just put heavy tape on it. Lahat ng training camp namin, ganito na siya.”
According to Aguilar, he still feels discomfort playing with a broken fin-ger but it has not affect-ed his game too much as the injury was not on his shooting hand.
“Buti sa left siya, hindi siya masyado nakakaa-pekto sa shooting. Prob-
lema lang kapag mag-di-dribble ako ng kaliwa. Minsan it bothers me, dahil naka-tape siya, hin-di mo siya ma-be-bend.” Aguilar said.
”Kailangan ko muna pagpaliban ang operation kasi wala nang panahon.”
Despite the injury, Aguilar has not taken any time off from national team duty as he takes his commitment very seri-ously.
“I committed myself playing for the coun-try kaya kailangan kong maglaro,” he added.
FOR THE COUNTRYKnown for his high-
light reel dunks, Aguilar said he enjoys each one not for himself but for the effect it has on the Filipi-no people, who go wild every time he successfully slams one home.
“Actually, hindi lang sa sarili ko (yung pag-da-dunk) para sa bansa na rin. Kasi after FIBA Asia sa Mall of Asia last year, kada nakaka-dunk ako, parang feeling ko buong Pilipinas na yung nakaka-dunk. Pa-rang Philippines versus other countries. Andun yung pride,” Aguilar said.
PBA commissioner Chito Salud has stepped into the
issue involving Paul Lee and Rain or Shine as the league’s top official has asked Lawrence Chong-son, the player’s manag-er, to resolve the matter right away with the Elas-to Painters’ camp.
This was disclosed by Atty. Mamerto Mondrag-on, Rain or Shine’s rep-resentative to the PBA board.
“Kinausap ko si com-missioner and I asked him kung kailangan bang sumulat kami sa kan-ya so he could act on it. Sinabi niya sa amin na nakausap na niya si Law-rence,” Mondragon told InterAksyon.com in a telephone interview.
Willie Marcial, the league’s media bureau
chief and special assis-tant to the commission-er, confirmed Mondrag-on’s statement, saying that there was already directives for Chongson to talk to Rain or Shine’s camp regarding his play-er.
“Kinausap na siya
ni Commissioner para makipagkita sa Rain or Shine bukas (Tuesday),” added Marcial.
Lee was in atten-dance at the Philippine national men’s basket-ball team’s practice and confirmed that he was prohibited by Chongson
to visit Rain or Shine’s practice last week de-spite arriving in the country from the Gilas Pilipinas’ campaign in the 2014 FIBA Basket-ball World Cup in Spain.
“Yung agent ko hindi kasi ako ina-allow,” Lee said.
INCHEON, South Korea (AP) — North Koreans have already celebrat-
ed a win at Incheon, days before the Asian Games officially begin.
With play under way in the football competi-tion, the North Korean men had a 3-0 win over China in the first round on Monday as thousands of athletes from 45 na-tions were either still set-tling in or yet to arrive in the South Korean western port city. The opening cer-emony is Friday.
The North Korea line-up was cheered on by a sparse crowd at the foot-ball stadium, including South Koreans and a small contingent of uniformed
North Korean supporters flying their nation’s flag.
That show of inter-Ko-rean unity came despite tensions between the countries dating from the 1950-53 Korean War that left the sides tech-nically still at war. Open displays of the North Ko-rean flag remain illegal in South Korea, although an exception is being made for official Asian Games venues.
North Korea, which won the men’s football silver medal at the last Asian Games, has a squad of about 150 athletes to compete in 14 sports but pulled plans to send a squad of female cheer-leaders.
Japeth: I’ll play despite injury
North Korea wins opener in Asiad
PBA steps into Paul Lee issue
DavNor spikers, left, block the attack of Zamboanga City to advance in the semifinals of the volleyball boys com-
petition in the Batang Pinoy Mindanao Leg in Pagadian City. Noel baguio/davnor pio
POC consultant Rome, left, Magat awards the gold to John Marion Albano, Lorenz Dale Pacana, Zuhri Porza, and Fritz Jun Rodriguez for reigning the boys 4x50 free-
style relay in the Batang Pinoy Mindanao Leg in Pagadi-an City. Noel baguio/davnor pio
SUITING UP. Japeth Aguilar, shown here in action during the recent FIBA World Cup in Spain, will be playing thorugh an injury in the Asian Games.
ENOUGH OF THE TROUBLE. The PBA through Commissioner Chito Salud has stepped in on the Paul Lee issue.
On Sunday, the USA Basketball Men’s Senior National
Team dominated Serbia 129-92 to win the gold medal at the FIBA World Cup of Basketball. Apart from the first few min-utes, it was a decidedly one-sided affair, with Team USA meeting and arguably exceeding ex-pectations as the game’s overwhelming favorite. Serbia simply looked overmatched.
Yet if Serbia was not particularly competitive in the gold-medal game itself, they at least made
a statement in one of the contest’s sideshows. Serbian center Miroslav Raduljica, who played for the Milwaukee Bucks this past season but looks likely to return to Europe, has a very im-pressive beard. Team USA guard James Harden is well known for having his own signature facial hair. In the wake of Ser-bia’s loss, Raduljica took solace in claiming that, even if his team had not challenged the Amer-icans on the court, his beard had bested Hard-en’s in battle:
It’s a bold claim, es-pecially considering that Harden has turned his beard into a trademark and his most readily iden-tifiable attribute (except for maybe his reputation for terrible defense). On the other hand, Raduljica is clearly not concerned with branding. When it comes to hirsute supe-riority, the beard must stand on its own merits.
So let’s judge them as such. You can see Radulji-ca in the photo that tops this post. Here’s Harden:
They’re similar beards in terms of heft,
to the point where one could pick either with-out making a particu-larly bold statement in either direction. Except, as with most matters of style, it’s more about how each man carries the look. Harden uses it as a statement of his own brashness. Radul-jica, on the other hand, seems like more of an outdoorsman in accor-dance with his burlier frame. It’s a matter of taste, though one that indicates a great deal about those wielding the opinions.
A spate of late with-drawals, a serious injury to Paul George
and several marquee names missing appeared to put Team USA under a cloud for the 2014 Basketball World Cup and for future interna-tional competition.
Instead, a group of sharp-shooting NBA regu-lars were unbeaten in Spain and produced a 129-92 vic-tory over Serbia in the final to underline the depth the U.S. have at their disposal.
Stalwarts LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Car-melo Anthony and Chris Paul were missing from the initial training camp, with Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Love and Blake Griffin bowing out late in the process before Indiana forward George broke his leg in training and could now miss the
NBA season.Instead, James Hard-
en, Anthony Davis, Klay Thompson and Kenneth Faried, who along with dynamic guards Steph Curry and Kyrie Irving, were blended into a band of brothers by coach Mike Krzyzewski and his staff.
Krzyzewski, however, did not see it as an onerous task to customise and then build a team for the com-petition.
“There’s always a dif-ferent team,” he said of USA Basketball’s strategic plan to pick from an enlarged roster for international competitions.
“We had a different team in Beijing. We had 12 different players in Istan-bul, we had five guys from the Olympics and five from the world championships in London.
OFFICIALLY, it was the U.S. Olympic team, together for
just a few weeks.To the basketball
world, it was the Dream Team, and its gold-medal run changed hoops forev-er.
An American sport was transformed into a global phenomenon when Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and the rest of the NBA’s best arrived in Barcelona for the 1992 Olympics. They sparked an interest in bas-ketball that continues to impact the NBA —on and off the court.
The league is now a $5.5 billion industry and arguably the most popular international sport behind
soccer.“I think basketball was
about to explode and the dynamite stick to explode it was the Dream Team,” said U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski, an assistant on that team.
Springfield, Massa-chusetts, is basketball’s birthplace. But the mod-ern NBA game was born in Barcelona.
Major league baseball and the NFL would like to emulate the NBA’s interna-tional success. Since 1992, the league has played about 150 international basketball games and its contests been televised in more than 200 countries and territories.
With Spain hosting the Basketball World Cup the
last three weeks— capped off with the U.S. beating Serbia 129-92 in Sunday’s gold-medal game — here’s a look back at the Barce-lona Games and how the sport is changing:
THE PLAYERSWhen Jerry Colangelo
went to sign the first play-ers from behind the Iron Curtain, he didn’t do a Pat Riley and drop a couple of championship rings on the table to woo Georgi Glush-kov.
It was the mid-1980s, and the former Phoenix owner had been told about the Bulgarian big man who had done a good job against Hall of Fame cen-ter Arvydas Sabonis in a European tournament. So Colangelo and a Suns as-
sistant traveled to Sofia to negotiate a contract.
Colangelo walked into a room at the Office of Sports Ministry to find six Bulgarians, some shot glasses and a Coke as a chaser.
“We talked a few hours, made a deal where the government was getting most of the money and the player getting a small piece of it,” Colangelo said.
While the 6-foot-8 Glushkov’s career was short-lived — he’s now the president of Bulgar-ia’s basketball federation — it’s much easier finding international prospects with NBA scouts packing under-19 and under-18 tournaments around the globe.
BATTLE OF THE BEARDRaduljica claims beard victory over Harden
Depth and unselfish nature
NBA IMPACTDream Team, Olympics make impact on NBA
DREAM TEAM. The 1992 BarcelonaOlympic Games team with Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson has created a big impact on the NBA.
WHO’S GOT THE BEST BEARD. Miroslav Radjulica (left) of Serbia and James Harden (right) of the USA.
VOL. 7 ISSUE 132 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 201416 EDGEDAVAOSports
PAGADIAN CITY– Team Davao del Norte sustained its
strong showing by clinch-ing 10 gold, three silver and 16 bronze medals with two more days remain-ing in the ongoing 2014 Batang Pinoy Mindanao Qualifying Leg.
Provincial Sports Coor-dinator Giovanni Gulanes expressed satisfaction over the improved performance of his delegation at the event staged mainly at the Zamboanga del Sur Pro-vincial Government Center, here.
“This means that our sports program in Davao del Norte is working,” he said.
The contingent’s swim-ming team led the medal catch with eight gold, a sil-ver and eight bronze.
Twelve-year old John Marion Albano blazed the trail by reigning the boys 12 & under 200-m breast-
He also shared the gold in the boys 4x50 freestyle relay, together with Lorenz Dale Pacana, Zuhri Porza, and Fritz Jun Rodriguez.
Three more golds were added by Rodri-guez, who ruled the 13-15 boys 50-meter breast-stroke, 100-m breast-stroke, and 200-m breast-stroke events.
Porza also scored the silver in the 200-m butter-fly boys and a bronze in the 100-m freestyle boys.
Six more bronze med-als were shared up by Lo-renz Dale Pacana, Eryk John Omandam, Cassandra Yumi Bagarra; and, Selwyn Rex Cirunay .
Meanwhile, Denise Lagumbay won the gold in the Arnis Labanan girls while Ariel John Ma-nunuan settled for silver in the Solo Baston Anyo. Two
more bronze were bagged by Aljedoden Torreon and Ellen Rose Alarcon in the Labanan.
Fifteen-year-old Joed Solilapsi hit the gold in the long jump competition, while Joshua Gamao set-tled for bronze in the dis-cuss throw boys and Relyn Calooy in the 3000-m run-ning event girls.
Felben Carlo Rimando and Dexter Nunez both bagged the bronze in the Taekwondo’s lightweight and fin weight divisions.
While Lea Lesly Buates, bantamweight, Joebert Onato, heavyweight, and Carl Dennis Kahlil Pantas-tico are left to fight for the Taekwondo championship.
Rosvel Anne Binon-do and Jed Vallie Rayne Aquino racketed the silver in the lawn tennis team event, while Angelica Men-dez settled the bronze in the Karatedo Kata Novice Girls division.
NORTH’S HARVESTSwimmers shine for DavNor in Mindanao Batang Pinoy Games
POPULAR teen star Daniel Padilla denied on Monday that he
intends to play for AMA University after the balll-cub made him part of its protected list of players in the PBA D-League rookie draft on Monday.
While saying that play-ing in the PBA is one of his dreams, the 19-year-old Padilla said statements coming from the AMA camp that he will be join-ing the Titans in the com-ing PBA D-League Aspi-rants Cup are false.
“Siyempre po gusto ko maglaro for PBA pero hindi po totoo ang balita,” said Daniel in a brief text message to Spin.ph’s sister website Pep.ph through ABS-CBN”s talent man-
agement group Star Magic. Padilla’s statement
runs contrary to those given by AMA coach Mark Herrera, who said the pop-ular actor is enrolled at the university and is un-der contract to play for its teams.
In a separate inter-view with Spin.ph’s Snow Badua, Herrera said top AMA officials have already talked to Padilla’s mom and manager about the ac-tor’s stint with the Titans, though he admitted they have yet to get a go-signal from ABS-CBN where the teen star is under contract.
Padilla was the last player selected by the AMA Titans in the 15th round of the draft on Monday, even though the young actor
didn’t need to file his application being part of the t e a m ’ s protect-ed list - a right given to all school-based mem-bers of the league.
P B A D - L e a g u e tournament director Eric Castro said Padilla is eligi-ble to play for the Titans since he is enrolled in the university as an IT freshman.
By NOEL BAGUIO
Teen star denies he is playing for AMA
John Marion Albano rules the boys 12 & under 200-m breaststroke, 200-m backstroke, 200-m individual medley, 400-m I.M. events in the Batang Pinoy Mindanao Leg in Pagadian City. Noel baguio/davnor pio
Joed Solilapsi hits the gold in the long jump competition at the Batang Pinoy Mindanao Leg in Pagadian City. Noel baguio/davnor pio
DavNor kickers, left, boot Davao City to advance in the semifinals of the Sepak Takraw boys event in the Batang Pinoy Mindanao Leg in Pagadian City. Noel ba-guio/davnor pio
