P 15.00 • 20 PAGES www.edgedavao.net VOL. 7 ISSUE 169• FRIDAY - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7-8, 2014 EDGE Serving a seamless society DAVAO [email protected]By CHENEEN R. CAPON FNEW, 10 ‘NEW MINDANAO’ BARRED. Local media practitioners gather outside the SMX Convention Center after they were prevented from entering the venue of the Philippine Development Forum on Bangsamoro where President Aquino was scheduled to speak. Story on page 2. Lean Daval Jr. Aquino lays groundwork for Bangsamoro development “T HE Mindanao we all aspire for is within reach.” This was the gist of President Benigno Aqui- no’s message on the sec- ond day of the Philippine Development Forum on Bangsamoro at the SMX Convention Center at SM Lanang Premier. “The progress is pal- pable, and it is apparent that our efforts are hav- ing a profound effect,” Mr. Aquino said. The President said in just the first nine months of 2014, The Board of In- vestments (BOI) of the Au- tonomous Region of Mus- lim Mindanao (ARMM) registered a yearly all- time high of P3.37 billion in investments. “This is more than double the P1.46 billion in investments recorded in 2013, and almost six times the P569 million in investments ARMM re- ceived in 2012. ARMM’ s GDP has likewise been on an upswing, from a con- traction of 0.3 percent in 2011, to a growth of 1.2 percent in 2012, and a growth of 3.6 percent in 2013,” Mr. Aquino said. The President also said there has been “a sea change in terms of busi- ness interest in Mindan- ao.” “In the Davao Region alone, inbound missions of companies from Japan, China, Korea, and oth- er members of the Bru- nei Indonesia Malaysia Philippines – East Asia DISCUSSION. President Benigno S. Aquino and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim quietly discuss matters during the Philippines Development Forum on Bangsamoro at SM Lanang Premier’s SMX Convention Center yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
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BARRED. Local media practitioners gather outside the SMX Convention Center after they were prevented from entering the venue of the Philippine Development Forum on Bangsamoro where President Aquino was scheduled to speak. Story on page 2. Lean Daval Jr.
Aquino lays groundwork for Bangsamoro development
“THE Mindanao we all aspire for is within reach.”
This was the gist of President Benigno Aqui-no’s message on the sec-ond day of the Philippine Development Forum on Bangsamoro at the SMX Convention Center at SM Lanang Premier.
“The progress is pal-pable, and it is apparent that our efforts are hav-ing a profound effect,” Mr. Aquino said.
The President said in just the first nine months of 2014, The Board of In-vestments (BOI) of the Au-tonomous Region of Mus-lim Mindanao (ARMM) registered a yearly all-time high of P3.37 billion in investments.
“This is more than
double the P1.46 billion in investments recorded in 2013, and almost six times the P569 million in investments ARMM re-ceived in 2012. ARMM’ s GDP has likewise been on an upswing, from a con-traction of 0.3 percent in 2011, to a growth of 1.2 percent in 2012, and a growth of 3.6 percent in 2013,” Mr. Aquino said.
The President also said there has been “a sea change in terms of busi-ness interest in Mindan-ao.”
“In the Davao Region alone, inbound missions of companies from Japan, China, Korea, and oth-er members of the Bru-nei Indonesia Malaysia Philippines – East Asia
DISCUSSION. President Benigno S. Aquino and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim quietly discuss matters during the Philippines Development Forum on Bangsamoro at SM Lanang Premier’s SMX Convention Center yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
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THE Public Employ-ment Service Office (PESO) of Davao City
has landed in the Hall of Fame for the National Best PESO in highly urbanized city category.
Speaking in yesterday’s “I-Speak Media Forum,” Davao City PESO manager Lilibeth D. Patninople said the award was given to the city for three consecutive years because of its unique management of the office among the other cities in the
Philippines.Pantinople said the fac-
tors that made the city win the award are the eight ac-tive and functional district PESO offices in different parts of the city that cater to job seekers in the distant ar-eas. Seven school-based PE-SOs were also installed.
Pantinople said every Friday they conduct a mini-job fair at the City Hall roof-top for fast employment be-cause there are many com-
DAVAO City Mayor Ro-drigo R. Duterte urged the Philippine National
Police-Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) 11 to patrol the city’s highways to prevent robberies perpetrated by some habal-habal (passenger motorcycle) drivers.
In last Wednesday’s com-mand conference at the Grand Men Seng Hotel, Duterte said most of hold-up incidents are perpetrated by motorcycle drivers.
“That is one serious prob-lem na hindi talaga masolve (that we really cannot solve),” he said.
Duterte said the drivers’ modus is to bring their pas-sengers to a dark place near the highway where they steal their passenger’s valuables.
He said the highway stretch of the Bukidnon-Davao
road is his problem because most of the robbery incidents perpetrated by the motorcy-cle drivers happen in the area.
“Ilang beses na yan na ma-gasakay… tapos pagdating sa Marilog area ay hohold-upin (There have been many in-stances when a driver takes on a passenger, and then when they reach Marilog he will rob the passenger),” he said.
Duterte said the HPG is supposed to patrol the high-ways because that is its man-date. “They are not supposed to patrol in downtown areas because they could not arrest any robbers there,” he said.
He also said it is the PNP Traffic Group’s job to guard the downtown area.
The mayor said he might call for a separate meeting to address the issue.
DAVAO City report-ers yesterday cried discrimination af-
ter being virtually shut out of the Philippine De-velopment Forum (PDF) on Bangsamoro at the SMX Convention Center at SM Lanang Premier.
The Davao media were there to cover the speech of President Aqui-no but were made to stand outside the conven-tion center because they supposedly arrived after the cut-off time.
A female member of Presidential Security
Group (PSG) said the cut-off was 9 a.m., but another one said it was 9:30 a.m. Still another one said it was 10 a.m.
Two reporters ar-rived at the area at ex-actly 9:30 a.m. only to be told they would not be allowed to enter the area anymore. The assigned PSG personnel marked their media passes but still told them they could no longer enter.
As Davao City report-ers began to arrive and made to wait outside, a member of the Mala-
cañang Accreditation and Relations Office (MARO) came out and said they will be able to enter the convention center by 10: 45 a.m. before the arriv-al of President Aquino to give his speech.
However, a group of Manila-based reporters belonging to the Mala-cañang Press Corps who also arrived late (past 10 a.m.) were allowed to en-ter the center.
“We have no quarrel with the Malacañang beat reporters. It’s their right to cover just as it is the
right of local reporters to cover. But you have cut-off for locals and no-cut off for Malacañang re-porters, expect the local media to protest -- those who were barred and those of us who were al-ready inside,” Carolyn O. Arguillas, editor-in-chief of MindaNews, posted in her Facebook page yes-terday.
“Please learn to re-spect the media accred-itation cards issued by government for us to gain access to the coverage
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GOOD JOB. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte hands over cash incentives to Sta. Ana Police Precinct represented by station commander Superintendent Royina M. Garma for its achievements against prohibited drugs during a command conference at the Grand Men Seng Hotel on Wednesday night. Lean Daval Jr.
ECONOMIC Planning Secretary and Neda director-general Ar-
senio Balisacan yesterday said it will take “decades of hard work and massive resource investment” to fully transform the Bang-samoro region into a peaceful society with a re-sponsive government and a robust economy.
In his opening remarks
during the Philippines Development Forum on Bangsamoro yesterday at SMX Convention Cen-ter in Davao City, Balisa-can also pointed out that the forum itself – which was attended by repre-sentatives of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the Bangsamoro Development Agency, lo-cal governments and the
national government, in-ternational development partners, and members of civil society and the pri-vate sector – may not be representative of every-one who has a stake in the Bangsamoro region.
“Let us not forget that there will always be those who will feel left out in this process, whose voic-es may not be heard in
this forum. So even as we bring our minds together in this event, let us contin-ue to listen, be sensitive to, and consider others’ views and sentiments to ensure that development will truly be inclusive and that the gains we achieve will last,” he said.
Balisacan lauded the Bangsamoro Develop-
Transforming Bangsamoro regionmeans ‘decades of hard work’: Neda
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HIGH FASHION. Guests check out the couture collection of renowned designer Cary Santiago during the opening of his 25th anniversary travelling exhibit at the activity center of Abreeza Mall on Wednesday evening. Lean Daval Jr.
A man claiming to be an Army re-servist was jailed
after being intercepted at the main entrance of the Davao City Over-land Transport Terminal (DCOTT) carrying fire-arms and bladed weap-ons.
The suspect was identified as Robert Herbulario Panes, 41, a resident of Purok Pag-kakaisa, Carmen, Sultan Kudarat.
Base on the blotter
report of Talomo Police Precinct, Panes was ar-rested at the checkpoint area of the terminal for carrying a .45 caliber pistol with tampered number 1437066 and some bladed weapons.
According to the blotter report, Panes was hesitant to show his sling bag to the duty Task Force Davao of-ficer, Eduardo Santos, prompting the latter to check his belongings.
Recovered from
Panes’ possession were a .45 caliber pistol, three empty magazines of .45 pistol, 57 live am-munition believed to be for the said firearm, four empty magazines of .40 caliber pistol, 80 live bullets of the said pistol, two jungle knives, and one black sling bag.
Police said Panes declared himself as a member of Armed Forc-es of the Philippines (AFP) reserves but failed to show documents to
prove his claim.He also failed to
show a license for his firearms and permit to carry.
TF Davao com-mander Colonel Macai-rog Alberto said Panes should be closely inves-tigated for his claim of being an AFP reservist.
Panes faces charges for violation of Repub-lic Act (RA) 10591 or illegal possession fire-arms and bladed weap-ons.
Army ‘reservist’ arrestedfor guns, knives at DCOTTBy FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA
DAVAO City Mayor Ro-drigo R. Duterte will prioritize health and
education for the 2015 bud-get allocated to his office.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday night, Dute-rte said he will allocate the bigger chunk for his health program called Lingap and education for more scholar-ships.
“Ang Lingap talaga ang nakakatulong sa walang-wa-la. ‘Yan ang pinakamabigat. Sometimes, umaabot ako ng P280 million niyan kasi wala tayong hospital (The Lingap program really helps the needy. That is the biggest need. Sometimes, the allo-cation reaches up to P280 million because we have no hospital),” he said.
The mayor said 90 per-cent of the population of the city has no money for their health.
“Kung hindi mo tulungan ang mga mahirap, patay tal-aga ‘yan (If you do not help the poor, they will end up dead),” he said.
Duterte said he will add more funds for his Scholar-ship on Tertiary Education
Program (STEP) so that more scholarships will be given to deserving students of the city.
He said the city is also known for producing stu-dents who top board exam-inations for various profes-sions. He said some of these students are the scholars funded by the city govern-
Duterte to prioritize health,education in 2015 budget
THE mayors of 11 mu-nicipalities and one city of Basilan signed
a manifesto Wednesday re-questing the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to intensify operations against the Abu Sayyaf Group and neutralize it.The mayors stated in the manifesto that the ASG has been involved in a range of criminal activities such as extortion, kidnap-
ping, bombing, and just re-cently an ambush that took the lives of six government soldiers.
The soldiers, including a junior officer, were killed in an ambush by suspect-ed Abu Sayyaf bandits last Sunday in Barangay Libug in the municipality of Sumisip. The soldiers were deployed to provide security to work-
TASK Force Davao (TFD) commander Colonel Macairog Alberto yes-
terday scored the United States for issuing a travel ad-visory on Mindanao, saying the places should be speci-fied.
In a text message, Alberto said the US should not issue a travel advisory on the entire Mindanao but only on some places.
“The advisory is not ap-plicable here in the city, may-be in some other places. The US should’ve specified the places to avoid misconcep-tion in the entire Mindanao,” Alberto said.
The US Embassy had issued travel advisory to American citizens against travelling to Mindanao due to continuous violence in some
areas.The US Embassy in Ma-
nila advised all Americans from travelling to Mindanao, especially to Zamboanga Pen-insula after the ambush inci-dent in Sumisip Basilan last week that killed six soldiers.
The casualties were iden-tified as Second Lieutenant Jun Corpuz, Sergeant Tran-quilino Germo, Private First Class (PFC) Rolando Entera Jr, PFC Freddie Pandoy, PFC Raffy Canuto, and PFC Mark Anthony Singson.
The advisory was also is-sued because of the call from a Jihadist website to attack international schools in the Middle East.
Alberto said the city has not received any form of threat, although the security remains on high alert.
NO less than eight past presidents and a number of chairmen
of the board of trustees of the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (DCCCII) urged Dabawenyos, farmers, big and small and medium scale enterprises, and other stakeholders in the region and other parts of the country to support and be part of this year’s Davao Trade Exposition (DATE 2014) at SMX Convention Center at SM Lanang Pre-mier in Davao City, Novem-ber 19-22.
“DATE is Mindanao’s largest home-grown trade fair that showcases local companies’ products and expertise,” said Simeon Mar-fori II, past DCCCII president who himself was a com-mittee chairman of a DATE event.
“If there is any one trade fair that companies seeking Mindanao partners need to attend and participate in, DATE is it,” Marfori said.
Past president Sofro-nio “BJ” Jucutan said DATE is one of the best venues to showcase and advertise the products and services of lo-cal companies.
DATE has a wide cover-age, the whole West Pacific Region, and a sprinkling of other foreign countries and trade blocs, all at reasonable rates, said Jucutan who, like Marfori, was also in charge of a DATE event once.
“DATE exposes local companies to the flood tideof
6 former presidentsendorse DATE 2014
John S. Gaisano Jr.
Simeon Marfori
Architect Daniel Lim
Sebastian L. Angliongto
Robert Quinto
Sofronio “BJ” Jucutan
business opportunities brought in by domestic and foreign investors and buy-ers,” Robert “Boyet” Quinto, another past president said.
Sebastian “Anggie” L. Angliongto, who in his mdi-30s was DCCCII’s youngest president and later honorary chair for life, said Davao’s economy indubitably leads Mindanao in agribusiness, a reason DATE is an import-ant marketing strategy that can propel the right image to investors of other parts of the country and the world, and entice them to come to Davao Region and neigh-boring investment havens in Mindanao.
John S. Gaisano Jr., pres-ident of the chamber twice and current chairman of the board of trustees, bared
that DATE has always been a trade exhibition of mostly small and medium size en-terprises which provide em-ployment to thousands, not to mention the multiplier benefits to many more.
“DATE is about Davao’s agri-based economy giving livelihood and better lives to many people in the region and other parts of the island that is difficult to quantify,” said Gaisano, who, as chair of the 2013 Mindanao Busi-ness Conference at the SMX Convention, succeeded in bringing to Davao City Pres-ident Aquino and 14 cabinet members to discuss various topics.
Architect Daniel Lim, chamber immediate past president and current ex-ecutive vice president, said
DATE is Davao’s agriculture and trade exhibit that has continuously been running since its inception.
“Although many more exhibitions have now come from the National Capital Region, DATE has been faith-ful in serving the interests of farm producers, traders and consumers by continu-ously showcasing high qual-ity products, best practices and opportunities of agri-business ventures based in Davao and also in other parts of Mindanao,” Lim said.
“This year is even bet-ter because DATE will bring the best speakers in focus topics to town, and pleasant surprises await all who will invest time to visit the expo and attend the side lectures,” he said.
BUREAU of Customs (BOC) officials at the Ninoy Aquino Interna-
tional Airport (NAIA) seized a mail parcel from Africa which was declared as “letters and cards” but actually contained over 600 pieces of United States Postal Money Order amounting to around P28 mil-lion.
In a statement yesterday, the Department of Finance said customs officers opened a mail parcel containing 651 pieces of US postal money orders with a total value of US$631,470 that was mailed via Fedex courier delivery service last October 22, 2014 from Togo, West Africa.
The parcel arrived in the country on November 3, 2014 and was consigned to
a certain John Secada Mat-ters whose address was list-ed at Unit 710 Ferrous Bel Air Tower, 30 Polaris Street, Makati City. Each of the 651 pieces of postal money order has the same US$970 value and does not bear any name or address.
The Customs Intelligence Group placed the shipment under an Alert Order after re-ceiving a tip from French Cus-toms officials who inspected the package upon its arrival in France en route to the Philip-pines.
Because the package is not addressed to a French na-tional, the French Customs al-lowed the package to travel to the Philippines but not before alerting the BOC-NAIA, pro-viding the air flight number
and the Air Bill reference so the parcel can be intercepted upon arrival.
The shipment was seized as it constitutes a violation of Section 2503 in relation to Section 2530 of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philip-pines for misdeclaration of its content as well as violation of the Anti-Money Laundering Act or Central Bank Circular 1389 as amended by Circular No. 98 Series of 1995. Customs officers will allow the proper authorities to inspect the post-al money orders to verify if it is authentic or fake.
“Time and again, the con-tinued vigilance of our enforce-ment and intelligence unit has proven effective,” said Edgar Macabeo, District Collector for BOC-NAIA.
“We will not stop in our active operations. We routinely conduct inspection operations on arriving and departing international flights, includ-ing air cargo, and intercepts currency, narcotics, weapons, counterfeit merchandise, pro-hibited agriculture products or other illicit items,” he said.
“All balikbayan box or postal parcels arriving in the country are subject to Customs inspection and may be charged with corresponding duties and taxes,” he added.
“We would like to reas-sure the public of our contin-ued vigilance in monitoring all mail, parcels, and packages coming in and out of the coun-try especially during this holi-day season,” Macabeo added. (DoF)
Customs thwarts attempt to sneakin P28M in postal money order
THE Department of Fi-nance (DOF) yesterday said as of June 2014,
the General Government Debt stood at P4.5 trillion or 4.4 percent year-on-year up from June 2013 of P4.3 tril-lion.
The General Government Debt to GDP ratio improved further to 37.3 percent as of the same period. This is a full 6 percentage point improve-ment from before the admin-istration took office in 2009, when the general govern-ment debt to GDP ratio stood at 44.3 percent, the DOF said in a statement.
The National govern-ment (NG) debt is P5.7 trillion, slightly higher by 0.4 percent than Q1 2014, driven by domestic net is-suance and the impact of peso depreciation against the US dollar.
Of the total debt,
P1,919.1 billion or 34.0 percent is sourced from for-eign creditors and P3,731.8 billion or 66.0 percent is sourced from the domestic market. The emerging total debt which is P5,650.9 bil-lion, or 46.9 percent of GDP, went up from P5,628.4 bil-lion, or 47.8 percent of GDP as March 2014.
Also contributing to the increase is the 0.5 percent higher local government units debt than the March 2014 level. The combined investment in government securities of the GSIS and SSS rose from P453.8 bil-lion to P 485.7 billion Y.O.Y level.
General government debt includes outstanding debt of the NG, the CB-BOL, SSIs and LGUs, less in-tra-sector holdings of gov-ernment securities includ-ing those held by the BSF.
General Gov’t Debt to GDPimproves further to 37.3%
A group of young in-dividuals from this city are making a dif-
ference in the lives of their fellow Pinoys by creating solutions using mobile and web-based technologies.
Laurence Arguelles, John Auxillos, Mark Anthony Colentava, Christopher Lau-ro Sarili, Armando Ching, and Patrick Evan Espiritu are the co-founders of Ba-langa Makerspace, a group that finds solutions to prob-lems in their community.
Arguelles and Colenta-va were part of the winning team in the 10th SWEEP (Smart Wireless Engineer-ing Education Program) Innovation and Excellence Awards, the biggest annual tech competition for stu-dents in engineering and information technology organized by Smart Com-munications, Inc. (Smart) in 2003.
Makerspace is an inter-national concept of open laboratory, a communi-ty-operated workspace
where people with com-mon interests, goals, and skills meet, socialize, and collaborate.
Balanga Makerspace usually helps business startups. But co-founder Colentava explains, “We are also approached by college students, professionals and entrepreneurs. People from all walks of life have sought our help with their problems relating to data networks, advertisements, commerce, and tourism. As Bataan has vast tracts of farm and agricultural land, there are even agriculture concerns that we study.”
Heavy on online re-search
Since members of the Balanga Makerspace have built a reputation for them-selves as tech-savvy, a lot of the solutions sought by the community from them requires a lot of on-line research, which is why Smart’s Free Internet pro-mo came as a welcome de-velopment for the team.
Young techies tap Smart free Internet to help solve problems
SLOWER price increas-es of food pulled down inflation rate to 4.3
percent in October 2014, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).
For the second consecu-tive month, price increases for food slowed down. Food inflation recorded a 7.2 per-cent year-on-year growth in October 2014 compared to the previous month’s 7.8 percent.
“Ample supply of meat, fish, and vegetable items in the market and easing of commodity prices helped reduce price pressures,” Eco-nomic Planning Secretary and NEDA director-general Arsenio M. Balisacan said.
In September 2014, in-flation rate registered at 4.4
percent – a slide from August 2014’s inflation rate of 4.9 percent.
“In part, the easing of lo-gistics bottleneck in the port of Manila starting Septem-ber 2014 may have also con-tributed to the abatement of price pressures in October 2014,” Balisacan said.
Year-to-date inflation stood at 4.3 percent, still within the Development Budget Coordination Com-mittee’s target of 3.0 to 5.0 percent for 2014.
Balisacan said the easing prices of commodities in the international market amid improved supply were re-flected in the domestic mar-kets. However, this favorable impact was negated by the year-on-year upward adjust-ments in electricity charges
during the period.Price indices of electrici-
ty, gas and other fuels went up to 3.2 percent in October 2014 from 2.4 percent. Elec-tricity price increased as a result of the PhP0.67 per kilowatt hour generation charge of the Manila Electric Company or MERALCO.
“Overall, the tempered inflation outturn is expected to provide the Bangko Sen-tral ng Pilipinas (BSP) room to possibly keep its key poli-cy rates steady,” he said.
The Monetary Board in October 23, 2014, kept the BSP key policy rates un-changed at 4.0 percent for the overnight borrowing or reverse repurchase (RRP) fa-cility and 6.0 percent for the overnight lending or repur-chase (RP) facility. This was
done due to easing pressures for commodity prices, ro-bust domestic demand, ade-quate domestic liquidity, and strong bank lending growth.
“On the external front, global economic prospects are expected to remain un-even, thus mitigating up-ward pressures on commod-ity prices,” said Balisacan.
The government will re-main vigilant against infla-tion risks and will continue efforts to ensure supply suf-ficiency of key commodities and to mitigate the impact of a possible dry spell. The government also continues to explore more lasting solu-tions to the port congestion problem to avoid disrup-tions in the domestic supply chain that could result in higher transportation costs.
Inflation slows anew to4.3 percent in Oct 2014
GOING NUTS. A sari-sari store worker refills a display container with raw peanuts at Agdao Public Market in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
THE proposed biggest solar power plant proj-ect in the Philippines,
which will be located in Su-rallah, South Cotabato, has already acquired two major government clearances as well as the funding commit-ment to jumpstart its con-struction, officials said.
Bryan Diosma, of the Mindanao Development Au-thority (MinDA) and a tech-nical staff at the Mindanao Power Monitoring Commit-tee (MPMC), said Wednesday the solar power project of NV Vogt Philippines Solar Energy One, Inc. has already secured permits from the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples.
“Those are the two ma-jor permits needed to start an RE (renewable energy) proj-ect,” he said, citing data from the One Stop Facilitation and Monitoring Center (OSFMC).
Last month, MinDA, the secretariat of the MPMC, and the Department of Energy (DoE) launched the center’s web portal in Metro Manila.
Diosma told MindaN-ews that NV Vogt has also acquired a service contract from the DOE.
Based on the data from the OSFMC, NV Vogt proposes to construct a 12.5-megawatt
solar power plant in Surallah town, he said.
Recently, NV Vogt offi-cials paid a courtesy visit to South Cotabato Governor Daisy Avance Fuentes, who expressed support to their RE project.
Last June, Surallah town Mayor Antonio Bendita said in a radio interview “that the P1-billion solar power plant project was expected to go on stream in January 2015.”
NV Vogt, which accord-ing to another source is still waiting for the approval from the Energy Regulation Com-mission, has already started initial drilling works as well as the construction of office
facilities at the plant site.In a statement last Au-
gust, NV Vogt announced that the Armstrong As-set Management (AAM) has committed to provide US$29 million (P1.3 billion at current exchange rates) to fund the construction of the first phase involving a 6.5 MW ground-mounted and grid-connected solar power plant.
The South Cotabato 6.25 MW project will be the world’s largest diesel replacement power plant when it is com-pleted, given that 100 percent of its generated power will replace diesel-generated peak power, NV Vogt said.
Phl’s largest proposed solar plant inSouthCot gets DENR, NCIP permits
SOUTH Cotabato officials are pushing for the in-clusion of half-cup serv-
ing of rice or “half-rice” in menus of food establish-ments within the province.
The move was based on a proposed ordinance being deliberated by members of the Sangguniang Panalal-wigan.
Board member Vicente de Jesus, chair of the provin-cial board’s committee on agriculture, said the measure is the province’s response to efforts by the national gov-ernment, especially the De-partment of Agriculture, to help reduce rice wastage.
He said various sectors have expressed support to the move in public hearings conducted by his committee.
“Owners and operators of local food establishments signified to implement it once the ordinance is ap-proved,” he said.
De Jesus said they are currently on a system that would properly set the inclu-sion of the “half-rice” serving in the menus.
He said they are also studying various proposals made by representatives of fastfood chains, restaurants and caterers that serve “val-ue meals.”
Under the proposed ordinance, food establish-ments or outlets would be slapped with hefty fines if
they would fail to include “half-rice” serving in their menus.
A fine of P500 was set for the first offense, P1,500 for the second offense and P2,500 and cancellation of business permit for the third offense.
“We’re now finalizing the ordinance and we will soon calendar it for final deliber-ation and passage,” he said.
The National Food Au-thority in South Cotabato earlier asked the Sangguni-ang Panlalawigan to pass an ordinance on the matter to allow residents to have an alternative choice in terms of rice serving.
The agency also urged lo-cal governments of the prov-ince’s 10 towns and lone city to pass similar ordinances or set policies that would help minimize rice wastage.
In 2008, several fast food chains started offering “half-rice” serving in re-sponse to the national gov-ernment’s call then to con-serve rice.
The Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology said each Fil-ipino reportedly waste an average of 3.29 kilos of rice every year.
Such wastage reach-es around 296,869 metric tons or around P8 billion in terms of value.
South Cotabato joins‘half-rice’ campaign
IN anticipation of the com-ing Christmas season, mobile payment platform
Globe Charge is providing re-tailers and merchants more opportunities to realize extra earnings in the form of addi-tional discounts from their transactions.
Aside from giving them an alternative means for pay-ment which turns their mo-bile phones into a point-of-sale payment card terminal, Globe Charge recently an-nounced that it will waive fees for transactions or services—also called the “merchant dis-count rate (MDR)”—charged by the credit card company to merchants, for the first six months of the service for those applying for the service on or before December 15, 2014. This means business owners can enjoy the benefit of accepting credit card pay-ments with reduced deduc-tions on their settlement fees from credit card companies.
“As retailers, merchants and SMB owners embrace the ease and convenience brought about by Globe Charge, we now provide them a means to earn a lit-tle more come the holiday season and toward the New Year by canceling the mer-chant discount rate for six
months,” Senior Vice Presi-dent for Globe myBusiness Martha Sazon said.
“We foresee this ben-efiting small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs) such as stores, off-site branches, as well as other similar busi-nesses across the country - especially those who will be putting up Yuletide bazaars,-tiangges and expos as the holidays draw near,” Senior Vice President for Globe myBusiness Martha Sazon pointed out,” Sazon added.
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TIMES have really changed. These days, some jokes are no longer funny. In fact, some jokes put the jok-ers in trouble.
Take the case of Arnold Go, 42, a plane passenger, whose joke caused him to be arrested by the police in Cebu City.
Go was taking a Cebu Pacific flight to Butuan from the Mactan Cebu International Airport the other day. When an attendant requested him to put his hand-carried bag in the overhead compartment, he refused, saying it contained explosives. The attendant reported the matter to the pilot who in turn summoned the airport authorities.
Go’s joke caused CebPac to cancel the flight and because of that decision, more than 140 passengers were unable to reach their destination that day. Go faces the prospect of being criminally charged and convicted pursuant to a law that makes it unlawful to crack jokes about bombing and other terrorist acts.
The other case has something to do with the ongoing Senate investigation of Vice President Jejomar Binay on al-
leged corruption. Antonio Tiu, who insists he, not Binay, owns a huge ha-
cienda in Rosario, Batangas, lambasted Senator Peter Al-lan Cayetano for joking about the possibility of his being kidnapped. In a press conference, Tiu branded Cayetano “shameless and insensitive” for making statements that would put Tiu and members of his family in jeopardy.
After witnessing the drama in involved in the Senate investigation, the public cannot guess what would be the final outcome of this whole shebang. Many, many things are still bound to happen between now and in the run-up to the 2016 presidential elections. Considering the kind of politics being practiced in this country, what we can be sure of is that more jokes that will be cracked and many of them will not be funny. Why, they’re even making fun of the vice president’s dark skin! We just hope that in the end, the joke will not be on us, the public, the voters who almost always become the victims in the sometimes dead-ly game of politics.
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SAVE for the Japanese and Chinese (Taiwan) consular office opened in Davao prior to its cityhood under
American rule, the country did not have any, direct or otherwise, diplomatic link with any country. As a “colony” of Wash-ington, matters that involved foreign af-fairs rested on the decision of the Amer-ican-influenced National Assembly.
The Japanese consular office in Davao, which was opened in March 1920, was only an annex of the Manila Consulate. It later became a full-blown embassy on Feb. 6, 1932, and this was in response to the growing Japanese pop-ulation, which had reached a fifth of the region’s over-100,000 inhabitants. This growth added more impetus to the ele-vation of Davao as an attractive Japanese investment area. As a result of World War II, this important landmark was closed but later reopened as diplomatic ties between Japan and the Philippines returned to normal.
A couple of years after the Japanese consular annex opened, the Republic of China (Taiwan), which had by now opened a consulate in Manila, appointed Te Chiu Im, a local Chinese resident beer distributor and co-founder of the Chi-nese Chamber of Commerce of Davao, as
its first honorary consul of Davao (1923-28). But the rise of China as member of the United Nations (UN) on Nov. 25, 1971 would eventually lead to the clo-sure of the consulate in the city.
Eight years after declaring indepen-dence from the Dutch in August 1945, Indonesia, on Dec. 17, 1953, opened its consular mission in Davao City. But its significance over the decades, especial-ly in trade and economic engagements, it was elevated to consulate general on Sept. 23, 1974 through an edict signed
by Indonesian envoy to the Philippines Marsekal Sri bima Ariotedjo.
On Dec. 11, 1995, Malaysia became the second member of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to open a chancery in Davao City; its orig-inal office was housed in a downtown hotel. The opening was part of the grow-ing role Malaysia would play in two key historical events involving Muslims of Southern Philippines: (a) the signing on Sept. 2, 1996 of a peace accord between the Philippines and Moro National Lib-eration Front (MNLF) and (b) a similar event on Oct. 15, 2012, between the gov-ernment and the Moro Islamic Libera-tion Front (MILF). Since its inception up to 2013, six consul-generals had headed the chancery.
Although the US established its embassy in Manila immediately after Washington ‘granted’ the Philippine in-dependence on July 4, 1946, it was not until July 2007 when it opened a virtu-al consulate, known as the “American Presence Post” (APP), in the city. Ini-tially, it catered only to the issuance of visas through the internet, which was manned by a Digital Outreach Team.
Over the next seven decades (1945-2015) other friendly countries opened
their own diplomatic missions in the city, managed by honorary consuls, all socio-civic Davao icons. The first hon-orary consul of the Czech Republic was Gilbert C. Go while the Republic of Palau appointed Miguel Iñigo as its honorary consul in Davao and was succeeded by Federico Puyod. Antonio Brias, spouse of Maricris Floirendo, the daughter of late banana king Don Antonio, became the first honorary consul of Spain in Davao; he was succeeded by Genaro Lon y Ozami.
Maris Lourdes G. Monteverde was appointed honorary consul of Mex-ico while Rowena Vida-Lisbona, the Davao-based assistant general man-ager of Maersk Filipinas, a shipping firm, was anointed as honorary consul of Denmark, Dennis Uy, founder of the Davao-based oil firm Phoenix Petro-leum Philippines Inc. (PPPI) and 2013 Datu Bago awardee, was honorary con-sul of Kazakhstan to the Philippines, while Joaquin C. Rodriguez, a Davao resident who became president of Ben-guet Mines and wife of Sonja Habana, daughter of former city councilor Anto-nio Habana, is Republic of Serbia consul ad honorem to the country. Both held office in Makati.
Is Davao City ready for climate change?I just got hold a copy of the IPCC Fifth As-
sessment Synthesis Report and the future doesn’t look good.IPCC refers to the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change, a scientific inter-governmental body under the auspices of the United Nations. First established in 1988, it produces reports that support the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which is the main inter-national treaty on climate change.
The ultimate objective of the UNFCCC is to “stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would pre-vent dangerous anthropogenic (that is, hu-man-induced) interference with the climate system.”
The IPCC reports cover “the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human-induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.”
In 2007, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to IPCC and former US Vice-President Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. “for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change.”
The synthesis document of the Fifth As-sessment Report (called AR5) has some good news and bad news -- but mostly the latter. “Global mean sea-level rise will continue for many centuries beyond 2100,” it said. “The few available analyses that go beyond 2010 indicate sea-level rise to be less than one me-
ter above the pre-industrial level by 2300.”
The AR5 synthesis re-port also point-ed out that “ s u s t a i n e d mass loss by ice sheets would cause larger sea-level rise.” What is more frightening is that “part of the mass loss might be irrevers-ible.”
This is indeed bad news for the econo-my of Davao City. The recent “Business Risk Assessment and the Management of Climate Change Impacts,” published by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), said that sea-level rise may create problems for Davao City’s ports.
“Located along the relatively shallow channel between the city and Samal Island, these port facilities are a nerve center for Davao City’s economy, and serve a variety of ships handling both cargo and passengers,” the risk assessment said.
In a seminar on climate change some years back, Councilor Leonardo Avila III said that Agdao district, Panacan, Sta. Ana wharf, part of the Lanang, Bajada and Matina ar-eas, the whole of downtown area, including the City Hall, will be completely submerged. These areas will virtually be part of the Davao Gulf, he said.
As a result, 40 percent of the city’s total population will be forced to evacuate to high-er areas like the districts of Buhangin, Cata-lunan Grande, Calinan, Mintal and Paquibato. Since the downtown area is already inundat-ed, businesses also have to be relocated to higher areas.
The sources of water, already a crisis in some parts of the city, are also at risk. “Davao has traditionally tapped surface wa-ter from its rivers as its main water source,” the WWF/BPI report said. “It prides itself in the relatively high quality of its drinking wa-ter. However, salt intrusion has already been reported in city districts to shore, especially in portions of the city where groundwater extraction continues. Sea level rise may ag-gravate this situation.”
The AR5 synthesis report also stated that “ocean acidification will continue for centu-ries if carbon dioxide emissions continue.” It added that ocean acidification “will strongly affect marine ecosystems and the impact will be exacerbated by rising temperature ex-tremes.”
Ocean acidification is touted to be global warming’s evil twin. “Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere eventually finds its way to and dissolves in the oceans, causing the water to become ‘acidic’… reducing the ability of the coral reefs to deposit calcium carbonate or calcify,” explained Dr. Edgardo Gomez, the founding director of the University of the Phil-ippines Marine Science Institute.
Davao City is part of the Davao Gulf, which is known for its marine biodiversity. It is a hub for both wild-caught fisheries and aqua-culture. “Rising sea surface temperatures and
ocean acidification are likely to lead to mar-ginalization of coral reefs and sea grass beds, spawning adverse effects for this sector,” the WWF/BPI report said.
Of the four cities included in the WWF risk assessment (the three others were Baguio, Cebu, and Iloilo), Davao City has been singled out to be “the least vulnerable city” among the cities identified. “It has the opportunity to do things the right way,” the study said. “It has a good hold of sustainable development in water, power, food security driven by agricul-ture, climate smart zoning, mass transit, land use and infrastructure as well as efficient land and sea access to centers of development na-tionwide.”
The WWF study suggested: “The trick is to maintain this sustainability over the de-cades ahead when climate change impacts is expected to worsen in other cities.”
By the way, for those who are not famil-iar with climate change, it is very simple. “We are increasing emissions of greenhouse gases and thus their concentrations in the atmo-sphere are going up. As these concentrations increase, the temperature of the earth rises,” said Prof. Robert Watson, former IPCC chair.
“While human activities during the past century have damaged a long list of nature systems, most of these problems are local or regional in scope and can be revered in years to decades if sufficient effort is exerted,” Christopher Flavin wrote in his book, “Slow-ing Global Warming: A Worldwide Strategy.” “Changes to the earth’s atmosphere on the other hand are global and irreversible not only in our lifetimes but in our children’s and grandchildren’s as well.”
Growth Area (BIMP-EA-GA) have drastically in-creased, from 18 in 2012, to 37 in 2013, and to 51 in just the first ten months of 2014,” he said.
“On top of this, we have heard of plans to ex-pand and diversify from several companies from vastly different industries – from energy, to coconut products, to palm oil, and various other consumer products,” he added.
“This is an early im-pact of our efforts at peace, stability, and fos-tering a good business cli-mate,” he said.
Mr. Aquino said the 5.6 growth target this year is “very attainable.”
“The development boost we want to give to Mindanao likewise in-cludes investments in infrastructure, which is necessary for the region to become a competitive destination for invest-ments,” he added.
He said from 2011 to
2014, the Department of Public Works and High-ways (DPWH) has spent nearly P100 billion for road, bridge, and other infrastructure projects in Mindanao, and next year, the government intends on investing even more. For 2015, the DPWH bud-get for Mindanao will be at P63.13 billion.
In terms of power, Mindanao is also looking at full recovery.
“In fact, the region might even have power security ahead of Luzon. By 2015, I am informed, several major power plants will be coming on-line here, including the 300-MW Coal-Fired Ther-ma South Energy Power Plant in Davao del Sur, and the 200-MW South-ern Mindanao Coal-Fired Power Plant in Sarangani. These two plants, among others, put us on track to have an energy surplus in Mindanao by 2015,” Aqui-no said. CRC
HOMEWARD BOUND. A student braves the heavy downpour and the almost flooded E. Quirino Avenue just to get home Wednesday night. Lean Daval Jr.
venue. If you in govern-ment can’t honor these cards, please do not issue them anymore,” she add-ed.
Arguillas and a few others were already in-side the venue when she heard from a member of the Malacañang Press Corps that some local re-porters were not admit-ted inside.
Arguillas went out to try to help sort things out, but she decided to stay with the Davao me-dia when they were still refused entry.
The situation wors-
ened when Sta. Ana Po-lice Precinct commander Superintendent Royina Garma told Davao media to vacate the area.
Garma gave them two options: either leave SM Lanang Premier or stay in the police lounge located on the same level as SMX.
The reporters chose to stay and stand their ground.
Carmenlito Fran-cisco, business editor of Mindanao Times, posted in his Facebook account that he believes discrimi-nation against “local” me-dia will not be solved in
his lifetime“This is the reason I
hate to cover events that are organized by people from the imperial Manila. They think they are better at anything. Then so be it. It is about time that we don’t cover these events. Let them. As if they know a thing or two about Min-danao. And I will berate any government official who will criticize us if the reports in the nation-al media outlets are all about negative stories,” Francisco said.
Philippine Press In-stitute (PPI) chair Jesus
Dureza, who was a Press Secretary of then-Presi-dent Gloria Arroyo, said discrimination against lo-cal media has been on-go-ing “since time immemo-rial.”
“Experience tells us that when locals are sidelined, the goodwill of a visit is lost as soon as the President leaves with negatives at its wake. We never learn,” Dureza said.
The Davao media were finally allowed to enter the venue at around 11 a.m., just in time to hear President Aquino’s speech. CRC
ment Agency for complet-ing the “herculean task” of crafting the Bangsam-oro Development Plan, which he said will help bring better opportuni-ties for the Bangsamoro as it moves towards re-covery and development during its transition years and beyond.
Balisacan said the two-year transition peri-od, which began in mid-2014 and will continue until mid-2016 when President Aquino’s term ends, is of utmost impor-tance.
“In just two short years, we need to demon-strate the dividends of peace in the Bangsamoro
region by progressively bridging the development gaps caused by decades of conflict; we need to attain the stability and normal-ity necessary to achieve sustainable and inclusive growth in the succeeding years and ensure lasting peace in all its communi-ties,” he said.
Balisacan said the so-cial, economic, and polit-ical foundations that will be laid during the two-year period are crucial to the success of the new Bangsamoro Government that will be established pursuant to the Bangsam-oro Basic Law.
“Our goal, as stated in the Philippine Develop-
ment Plan, is to achieve inclusive growth. While we see gains in the Philip-pine economy, we cannot claim full success as long as there are those who are left behind,” he said.
“Our Bangsamoro brothers and sisters de-serve to benefit from and contribute to the growth and the crafting and im-plementation of the Bang-samoro Development Plan is a major step to-wards this,” he added.
Balisacan also said the best plans are only “maps illustrating the road that we must take.”
“It is still up to every one of us to move forward and take the necessary
steps to achieve a just fu-ture and better quality of life for the people of the Bangsamoro and the Phil-ippines,” he said.
“A lasting peace can only be attained when the causes of discord are fully addressed. And, the roots of conflict will only be truly eliminated when ev-ery citizen – regardless of creed, gender or ethnici-ty – is able to enjoy good health, education, and quality of life; to live with freedom, honor, dignity, and justice; and to con-tribute his or her talents, potentials, and capabili-ties to the betterment of his or her community and society,” he said. CRC
panies that ask help from them to find employees.
Pantinople said they also have partners from Manila that conduct overseas re-cruitment in the city.
The PESO Davao City has already solicited 30,214 job vacancies on the programs of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
Of the total, 18,964 were referred to various estab-lishments and 12,365 were placed for regular employ-ment.
The office also recorded
a total of 18,250 registered from their Skills Registry System (SRS).
A total of 7,483 also par-ticipated in the Pre-Employ-ment Seminar for Local Ap-plicant conducted at the City Hall rooftop and in the eight district PESO.
Pantinople said they also gave livelihood assistance to 460 beneficiaries for those who were not hired from employment.
The beneficiaries were properly screened and mon-itored by PESO Davao.
ment.Duterte said qualified
scholars will have all ex-penses paid for by the city, including tuition and miscel-laneous fees, book expenses, monthly stipend, and trans-portation allowance.
He said the scholar can also choose any college or university in the city.
Duterte said he could not allocate a bigger part for peace and order fund since all the salaries for the addi-tional force multipliers like the police auxiliaries, ba-rangay tanods, and the Task Force Davao will be drawn from it.
Earlier, City Council committee on finance, ways
and means, and appropria-tion chair Danilo C. Dayang-hirang said the 2015 annual budget will be discussed in next Tuesday’s regular ses-sion.
Last month, the City Council passed the pro-posed P5.830 billion 2015 budget on first reading.
Vice Mayor Paolo Z. Duterte said they will try to fast-tack the deliberation and finish the budget before December.
The City Mayor’s Office (CMO) will have the highest increase as its budget also includes that of Central 911, Public Safety and Security Command Center (PSSCC), and the Lingap Program.
ers who are implementing a Saudi-funded road project.
“We believe that the ASG is a threat to the peace, secu-rity and development of our beloved province,” the may-ors stated in the manifesto.
The signatory-mayors were Rose Furigay, Lami-tan City; Gulam Hataman, Sumisip; Ingatun Istarul, Tipo-Tipo; Alih Sali, Akbar; Duri Kallahal, Tuburan; Talib
The mayors condemned “in the highest possible terms and denounce the ter-roristic activities of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).”
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DOG is man’s friend. But the animal can be deadly if it bites you,
especially if the dog is not vaccinated. After all, dogs are one of the carriers of ra-bies, a viral infection of the brain.
Last year, at least 16 cas-es of rabies -- all of whom died as a result -- were re-ported from Davao Region. This year, as of October, about five deaths caused by rabies were reported from Davao City alone. This makes the city as having the most number of rabies cases in the region, according to a report written by Cheneen R. Capon.
In a recent issue of Edge Davao, Capon quoted Divene Hilario, the new rabies pro-gram manager of the De-partment of Health (DOH), who made this statement: “The city has the highest re-cord in the region because it has also the highest pop-ulation compared to other provinces in the region.”
The figures alarmed Jinky Espino since just even one case of rabies means more people can be infect-ed. “The ideal is 1.5 in ev-ery one million population but we are targeting that by 2016, Davao region will be rabies-free,” the former pro-gram manager said.
While Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, and Taiwan are considered rabies-free, the disease is a serious threat elsewhere in Asia. In the Philippines, rabies claims 400 people each year, ac-cording to the Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO).
Health experts, how-ever, fear the real toll may be much higher. “We be-lieve the death toll could be higher because of the many deaths that go unreported in remote parts of the coun-try,” says Dr. Mary Miranda, leader of the rabies research program at the Research Institute for Tropical Medi-cine.
“In most parts of the re-gion, surveillance of rabies is inadequate and not given priority compared with oth-er infectious diseases like tuberculosis and malaria. Also, there are not too many laboratories doing rabies di-agnosis,” Dr. Miranda adds.
People almost always contract rabies from the sa-liva of rabid animals. Any warm-blooded animal can be infected, but dogs are by far the commonest source. In fact, dogs are responsible for over 90 percent of rabies deaths in the country. “The usual pattern of transmis-sion is dog to dog,” explains Dr. Miranda, “and then from
dog to human.”Children are at greatest
risk because they’re most likely to play with dogs. This has been confirmed by the United Nations health agency, which said that that up to 60 percent of rabies cases occur in people less than 15 years of age.
Though bites are the usual form of transmission, rabies can also be con-tracted if open wounds or mucous membranes in the eyes, nose, and mouth come into contact with saliva from a rabid animal, or if an in-fected person kisses a part-ner. In rare cases, victims contract it from inhaling the air-borne virus – in caves inhabited by rabid bats, for example – or by drinking unpasteurized milk from a rabid animal.
Among Filipinos, rabies is a highly misunderstood disease. Many, especially those in rural areas, still be-lieve that garlic and a few drops of vinegar can cure rabies. Others believe that a quack doctor have the power to eliminate the virus from the body with the use of a stone or by sucking with the use of a carabao horn.
But how can you tell if an animal is rabid? “A common clue is a sudden change of behavior, like drooling, un-provoked aggression, biting, aimless running and diffi-culty breathing,” informs Dr. Silvius Alon, a veterinarian who once worked with the Mindanao Baptist Rural Life Center in Kinuskusan, Ban-salan, Davao del Sur. How-ever, some infected animals may become paralyzed or die suddenly without show-ing signs of illness.
If possible, any dog that bites a person should be confined and observed. “If the dog remains healthy for ten to 14 days, it’s safe to as-sume it’s rabies-free,” says Dr. Miranda. If the animal does show symptoms, the owner should contact the local health department or a veterinarian immediately and the dog should be hu-manely put down.
In humans, rabies symptoms can take weeks or months to appear. This presents a real problem when treating the disease because by the time symp-toms have developed it may be too late to prevent death. When an infected animal bites a person, the virus travels along the nerves to the central nervous system where it incubates for up to three months. In this period the victim shows no signs of illness.
At the end of the incuba-tion period, the virus mul-
tiplies rapidly, spreading to the brain and throughout the body, even to the eyes and extremities like hair follicles. Initial symptoms, in what doctors refer to as the “prodromal stage” of the disease, may be mild. They last from two to ten days and include a slight fever, headache, nausea and per-sistent loose cough. There may be pain, itching, tin-gling, or a sensation of cold at the bite site.
Then, in the “acute neu-rological stage,” symptoms become more and more frightening. For the next two to seven days, the pa-tient becomes nervous, agi-tated, restless, and irritable, and may salivate excessive-ly. As the virus replicates in the brain, the victim expe-riences eye problems (like enlargement of the pupils), weakness of the facial mus-cles and hoarseness.
In one out of six cases, there’s hydrophobia – a fear of water. “In this stage, there is forceful, painful muscle spasms of the throat, which expel liquids administered orally,” says Dr. S.N. Madhu-sudana, associate professor of the Department of Neuro-virology at the National In-stitute of Mental Health and Neuroscience in Bangalore, India.
Finally, the virus over-whelms the brain and cen-tral nervous system. The patient falls into a coma, be-comes paralyzed, and dies.
What should you do if you’re bitten by a rabid an-imal? First, attend to the wound immediately. “Wash it with plenty of soap and
running tap water,” in-structs Dr. Alon. “Then ap-ply an antiseptic like iodine or betadine to kill the virus.”
As soon as the wound has been cleaned, seek med-ical help. Victims must be immunized as soon as pos-sible so that antibodies can develop before the virus in-cubates. Injection must be done into the bite sites to neutralize the virus. “Once the virus reaches the brain, the antibodies are no longer effective,” says Dr. Miranda.
“Without timely treat-ment, rabies infection is 100 percent fatal,” pointed out Dr. Nancy
Nazaire-Bermal, head of the clinical research and development of the Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics. “Rabies is the best example of an illness in which pre-vention is better than cure, as it is a vaccine-prevent-able disease.”
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Anne Curtis wears Tokyo SL Dress from the Modern Metropolis collection.
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AMERICAN acces-sory brand Rasta-clat has just landed in Davao, and it took the spotlight at Abreeza’s Fashion Forum last October 23, 2014. The Long Beach, Cali-fornia-based brand with roots in the action sports, art, music, and street scenes takes a simple everyday staple—shoe-laces—and turns it into fresh, innovative accesso-ries that have become a hit among youth all over the world for both its uniquely vibrant design sensibility and its slogan of spread-ing positive vibrations. Rastaclat was launched on October 4 at Sneaker Club at Abreeza Mall—making Sneaker Club the only of-ficial retailer of the acces-sory brand in Mindanao. Introducing Rastaclat to guests at the Abreeza Fashion Forum were Sneaker Club marketing representative Danelle Jo Filipinas, as well as a team of brand ambassadors who represent different fields of youth interest in Davao City: Kat Dalisay, head of events produc-tion outfit Manic Night-nings; Manic Nightnings DJ Uno Tupas; Ateneo de Davao University market-ing student Lois Onggao; budding photographer and filmmaker Nikko Zamora; Alliyah Maria-no, a dancer at Ateneo de Davao High School; and Jed Diamante, captain of the Under-16 National Football Team. DJ Pae Dobles, another brand ambassador, spun beats throughout the evening. Also present were other Rastaclat brand ambassa-dors: DJs Torch Gacuma, Niel Recinto, and Tien Batu and Stella Maris varsity basketball player Melvin Teves. Lending support to the event was Sneaker Club owner Ra-mon Mackay. Sneaker Club is a life-style shop located at the second floor of Abreeza Mall that carries brands such as Onitsuka Tiger,
Palladium Boots, Nike Sportswear and Skate-boarding, Sperry Top-Sider, and now, Rastaclat. Since Rastaclat’s launch in October, new styles have arrived at the shop, with prices ranging from Php600 for regular releas-es to Php900 and upwards for limited edition pieces. The Fashion Forum is a monthly convergence of fashion and lifestyle press,
bloggers, designers, insid-ers, and enthusiasts that serves as a platform for the discussion and pro-motion of notable trends, projects, personalities, brands, ideas, and more. Through the Fashion Fo-rum, Abreeza Mall hopes to nurture and spread a stronger style conscious-ness in Davao City with the support and collabo-ration of industry profes-
sionals, members of the media, and local fashion fans. For inquiries and up-dates on Abreeza Mall news and events, please vis-it the Main Concierge at the ground floor or call (082) 321-9332. Stay updated by liking www.facebook.com/AbreezaMall and following @abreezatweets on Twitter and @iloveabreezamall on Instagram.
FROM 12 December 2014, SilkAir, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines, will begin daily services to Den-pasar. Together with Singapore Airlines’ four daily flights to Bali’s capital, both airlines will offer a total of five round-trip services a day, subject to regulatory ap-proval. Singapore Airlines’ Senior Vice President, Marketing Planning Ms Lee Wen Fen said: “The increase in the number of flights reflects Singapore Airlines Group commitment in expanding our service offerings and providing our customers with more choices and con-venience. Through synergising the networks of both airlines, we are able to enhance the connectivity op-tions available to our customers through our com-bined network of 99 cities in 35 countries.” SilkAir’s Chief Executive, Mr. Leslie Thng said: “Bali is a popular year-round travel destination renowned for its multifaceted attractions from temples, to pristine beaches and paddy fields. SilkAir is extremely pleased to have the opportunity to connect travellers around the world to this vibrant tourist destination from 12 December.”
KENNETH COLE, premier American lifestyle brand which designs footwear, clothes and accessories for men and women, along with Metro Society, the most successful homegrown society magazine in the Phil-ippines on its 11th year anniversary partner in a ben-efit show to raise funds for a cause. Since 1985, Kenneth Cole has been openly involved in publicly sup-porting AIDS awareness and research. He is considered the first in the fash-ion industry to do so and uses fashion as a medium to pro-mote socially conscious ads to help fight various causes from AIDS to homelessness. This Novem-ber, Metro Society guests will have an up close look at the pieces presented in the fashion show. A Metro Society exclusive presentation, it will be a 40-piece collection of Kenneth Cole’s Autumn/Winter 2014 col-lection to be worn by the country’s top celebrities. Metro Society prides itself in being the most rec-ognized society magazine for iconic fashion execu-tions featured in international blogs such as Fashion-ising, Style Bistro, News Luxury, Portfoli, Jake Rohde. The Metro Society Benefit highlights the magazine’s unique style of entertaining - fusing luxury, society, fashion, music and entertainment like no other. Meanwhile, Kenneth Cole which has over 90 retail and outlet stores worldwide and continues to inten-sify its influence and efforts to raise awareness on HIV/AIDS. For the benefit show, proceeds shall go to TREAT Asia, A Cooperative Approach to Expanding the Safe and Effective Delivery of HIV/AIDS Treatment in Asia and the Pacific. The funds raised will be directed to-wards their projects in the Philippines.
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Silkair joins Singapore Airlines to offer flights to Denpasar, Bali
Kenneth Cole in a Metro Society exclusive
Alliyah Mariano and Jed Diamante.Guests check out the Rastaclat pieces on display.
Sneaker Club showcased Rastaclat pieces at the Abreeza Fashion Forum.
Sneaker Club marketing representative Danelle Filipinas and Sneaker Club owner Ramon Mackay.
Fashion Forum host Joey Sy with Kat Dalisay, Danelle Filipinas, Uno Tupas, Lois Onggao, Nikko Zamora, Alliyah Mariano, and Jed Diamante.
Manic Nightnings head Kat Dalisay.
Lois Onggao and Nikko Zamora.
Rastaclat gets warm welcome at Abreeza Fashion Forum
MAXENE MAGALONA will star in her first ever “Maalaala Mo Kaya” episode on ABS-CBN this Satur-day (November 8) as the rapping Filipina nurse named Fatima Palma, who gained online fame when a video of her entertaining a patient in the hospital with her rap performance went viral. “Despite all her daily challenges in the hospital, witness in the episode how Fatima is able to entertain her patients with her talent in singing and rapping,” said Maxene. “I’m honored to be chosen to portray her because I consider people like her heroes.” Also part of Maxene’s first “MMK” episode are Bembol Roco, Shamaine Buencamino, Kathleen Hermosa, Jo-seph Bitangcol, Jon Lucas, Francis Ma-gundayao, Rochelle Barrameda, Ana
Roces, Via Veloso, Gileth Sandico, and Rusty Salazar. It is directed by Raz De la Torre and written by Arah Jell Ba-
dayos and Benjamin Benson Logronio. “MMK” is led by business unit head Ma-lou Santos and creative manager Mel Mendoza-del Rosario. Capturing the hearts of Filipino viewers all over the world for the past 23 years, “Maalaala Mo Kaya” has le-gions of fans from different genera-tions who cried, laughed, fell in love, and got inspired through the real-life narratives of the show’s letter-senders. Don’t miss the longest-running drama anthology in Asia, “MMK,” ev-ery Saturday, 7:15PM, after “Home Sweetie Home” on ABS-CBN. For more updates, log on to MMK.abs-cbn.com, follow @MMKOfficial on Twitter, and “like” Facebook.com/MMKOfficial. Tweet your thoughts about this Sat-urday’s episode by using the hashtag #MMKNurseRapper.
VIEWERS who missed watching the family-friendly Halloween series ELEMENTO, which brought to life creatures from Philip-pine myths and leg-ends, can still catch its reruns on GMA News TV this November 7, 14, 21, and 28 at 10:15 PM after State of the Nation with Jessica Soho. Shot as mini feature films by acclaimed horror direc-tor Topel Lee, the four-part
series tells the fascinating stories of four elementals and their unique relation-ships with human children: a manananggal in the air, a kapre representing the earth, a river fairy protecting the water, and a black dwarf with the power of fire. On November 7, catch “SI ESPERANZA, ANG RE-BELDENG MANANANGGAL” starring Glaiza de Castro as Esperanza together with Valerie Concepcion and Ma-ria Isabel Lopez and child ac-tors Carl Acosta and Nourish
Icon Lapuz. Esperanza, a pediatri-cian and devoted mother of two, harbors a deep, dark secret. At the stroke of mid-night, she transforms into a manananggal! But instead of eating fetuses like the rest of her family, she flies through the skies rescuing abused children. Chaos begins when her evil sister Lucila comes looking for her in the big city and discovers how much Esperanza has changed. “ANG MASAYAHING KA-
PRE NA SI ITIM,” which tells about a protective kapre, airs on November 14; while “PANDORA, ANG DIWATA NG WAWA,” a tale of a river goddess, follows on No-vember 21. “APOY NI BAM-BOLITO,” a story about a unique black dwarf, airs on November 28. Catch all these family-friendly stories on myths and legends in Elemento every Friday night begin-ning November 7 right after State of the Nation with Jes-sica Soho on GMA News TV.
GMA Artist Center stars Mikael Daez and Kylie Padilla are the first Filipino repre-sentatives of Save the Children. They join international ambas-sadors Hollywood A-listers Jennifer Garner and Julianne Moore, football star Cristiano Ronaldo and distin-guished stylist/editor/fashion designer Ra-chel Zoe in promot-ing the advocacy that aims to provide both emergency and long-term support to im-prove the quality of life for children. Mikael shares that be-ing chosen as one of the first Pinoy ambassadors of Save the Children is such an honor and fulfils his dream to help an advocacy close
to his heart. “I’ve always wanted to help children. All children should be able to dream about what they want to be when they grow up. Save the Children’s work
means that more children can have those dreams. I am excited about the op-portunity to work alongside this amazing charity and am privileged to be able to use
my work for this excellent cause.” Meanwhile, Kylie is eager to take on her new role as ambassador of a children’s organization. “It is a privi-
Maxene Magalona plays nurse-rapper in her first ‘MMK’ role
Save the Children names Mikael Daez and Kylie Padilla as official Filipino ambassadors
Halloween series ‘Elemento’ airs on GMA News TV this November
lege to be a representative of Save the Children and be given the opportunity to help children in need, especially typhoon Yolanda survivors. I want to do what-ever I can to help provide them everything they need so they can recover from their experiences and reach their full potential.” In the coming days, Mi-kael and Kylie together with some of the staff of Save the Children will visit Yolanda-affected commu-nities in Tacloban to meet some of the survivors of the typhoon. Save the Children has already reached nearly 800,000 people in some of the ‘Yolanda’ hit areas pro-
viding them with emergen-cy life-saving aid and long-term support for livelihood programs that will sustain their everyday living. Save the Children’s Coun-try Director, Ned Olney, shares that they are happy to be working with pas-sionate Kapuso stars. “Save the Children is delighted to have such passionate en-gaged young people work-ing with us as we strive to give every child in the Phil-ippines the best start in life. We hope that our relation-ship with Kylie and Mikael will give us the opportunity to reach many more chil-dren and save even more lives.”
muses and image models of the brand namely ac-tress Anne Curtis, stylist Liz Uy, Thai model Paula Taylor and actress and fashionista Gretchen Bar-retto. “They are our muses of inspiration through the years so we thought hon-oring them by naming some of the pieces after them,” explains Eala. On the other hand, the brand’s holiday collection plays up on the Modern Metropolis them, featur-ing 20 unique, trendy dresses inspired by dif-ferent cities around the world. “I just got back from some traveling when the idea to design an entire collection inspired by dif-ferent world cities came to me. It was perfect timing since the owners said they wanted to celebrate the brand’s anniversary with a collection of 20 dresses,” expounds Eala. “I thought this was a great opportu-nity to pursue the idea.” The theme certainly fits well with the holidays as many people aspire of spending Christmas abroad. “I think one of the things many people dream of is to experience what it’s like to spend the holidays abroad. With the collection, we’re sort of letting them do that,” says Eala. Another very interest-ing aspects of this collec-tion is the combination of materials to create unique pieces. “We also wanted to re-flect global fashion, and that’s going towards the edgy side. However, we still wanted to retain the classy, timeless vibe we are known for. So, we combined that by using a combination of many different fabrics in classic silhouettes,” he adds. “For example, one of the piec-es has a combination of chambray and flat knits.”
East Meets West CollectionInspired by the merging cultures of east and west in varying shades of red and fuchsia with warm tones of peach and gray. This collection combines chic and elegance in flat-tering silhouettes that’s perfect for the Holiday Season.
Modern Metropolis CollectionThis collection is a series of Holiday Dresses with prints inspired by some of the famous cities in the world, the likes of Milan, Shanghai and London. This season, take a trip
around the world in stun-ning colors and cheerful prints of Modern Metrop-olis.
Heaven and earth CollectionThis collection is inspired by the vibrant colors of the sky with compliment-ing touches of earth color tones. Heaven and Earth’s quirky and fun mood is sure to set the festive mood this Holiday Sea-son. The Plains & Prints Holiday Collections will be available nationwide starting November 12, 2014. Be one of the first to check out the 2014 Plains & Prints’ Holiday Collec-tion must-haves before November 12 at an exclu-sive advanced preview at Chimes Specialty Store at Sales Street.
Anne Curtis wears Iman SL Dress from the Heaven & Earth collection.
Anne Curtis wears Isla SL Top and Iman SL Skirt from the Heaven & Earth collection.
Anne Curtis wears Moscow Dress from the Modern Metropolis collection.
Anne Curtis in East Meets West collection.
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NATIONAL Support Unit pulled off a stun-ning upset by edging
Police Regional Office-XI, 71 – 69, in the ongoing Mayor Rody Duterte and Vice May-or Pulong Duterte – 12th AFP-PNP Basketball Tourna-ment at the Davao City Rec-reation Center Almendras Gym on Wednesday.
NSU relied on the all-around performance of Ariel Bone as the multi-unit squad started its campaign on the right track.
Bone, a versatile forward from PDEA, sparked the NSU with 15 points on top of pace setting intangible plays in both ends of the floor.
Gogoy Arellano and Tan-garo each contributed 10 baskets for the NSU headed by CIDG Davao Region depu-ty director Ed Leonardo.
Dominic Delos Reyes
paced with 19 points for PRO, the last year’s run-ner-up.
After absorbing a brutal rout on opening day, Philip-pine Air Force bounced back with 76 – 67 decision over Task Force Davao.
Chok Gacayan and Cap-istrano combined for 41 points for the Airmen who were hammered by Bureau of Fire Protection, 102 – 30, in the opener.
Umalay had 12 for the TFD.
In the other match, Bu-reau of Jail Management and Penology clobbered Philip-pine Coast Guard, 81 – 47.
The tournament is sanc-tioned by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) regional office XI under Min-danao Basketball Region B director Regino “Boy” Cua. (Rico Biliran)
NSU stuns PRO 11, PAF bounces back
UP AND UNDER. Meralco forward Jarred Dillinger (left) goes up and under against NLEX center Asi Taulava in the PBA Philippine Cup on Wednesday. Nuki Sabio
TOP GUN. Bong Go of the City Mayor’s Office (RIGHT) dribbles past a 10th ID Agila defender in the opening game of the 12th AFP-PNP basketball tournament at the Almendras Gym. Lean Daval Jr.
JUST IN TIME. Utah Jazz's Gordon Hayward (20) celebrates with guard Trey Burke (3) after scoring against the Cleveland Cavaliers at the end of an NBA basketball game Thursday (PHL Time), in Salt Lake City. Utah won 102-100. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
GORDON Hayward prides himself on his self-control.
After hitting a step-back, game-winning jump-er at the buzzer, he couldn’t help himself. He let out all his emotion in a celebra-tory frenzy.
“I’ve never really done that before,” Hayward said. “It was just one of those moments.”
Hayward one-upped LeBron James and gave the Utah Jazz a 102-100 victory over the struggling Cleve-land Cavaliers on Wednes-day night with the dramatic shot.
Hayward, who had 21 points, broke free of James to catch an inbounds pass, faked a move to the basket and then stepped back on the right wing and swished a 21-foot jump shot as the
horn sounded.The forward was
mobbed by his Jazz team-mates in a scene reminis-cent of a college tourna-ment game.
“How can you not show emotion after a finish like that? For us to win the game after being in control the whole game and then see it slipping away, it was pretty special,” Hayward said. “Just exhilaration!”
Derrick Favors had 21 points and 10 rebounds but the Jazz had to overcome a last-minute effort by James, who scored 31 points as Cleveland fell to 1-3.
With the Cavs down four points with 17 seconds remaining, James made a 3-pointer from the corner off a deflected pass while falling away out of bounds. He then made all three free
throws after faking Favors into a foul on a 3-point at-tempt to tie the game at 100 with 3.4 seconds left.
Kyrie Irving had 34 points and Kevin Love add-ed 14 for the Cavaliers, who lost for the second time in two nights.
The Jazz led the entire way — by as many as 16 points — until the fourth quarter, when Irving scored 10 points in a 14-6 run that gave the Cavaliers an 89-86 edge with 4:43 remaining.
The Jazz went back in front and led 93-89 when Trevor Booker beat the shot clock with a 3-pointer. The next play down, Book-er was whistled for a fla-grant-1 foul on Love. The two exchanged words and each got a technical, ratch-eting up the intensity in
the already tight contest.The Cavs allowed the
Jazz to shoot 51 percent in their second of three games in the West. After losing the previous night 101-82 to Portland, Cleve-land made it much clos-er but couldn’t overcome Hayward’s heroics.
“Rome wasn’t built in a day and we understand that,” James said. “You have to continue to work the process. You hate to lose as competitors, but we felt like tonight we improved. We improved and proved in the second half we’re ca-pable of playing some good basketball.”
Enes Kanter had 18 points for the Jazz.
“It is a really big win for our team. For this team (Cleveland), you just get pumped up,” Kanter said.
HIGHWIRE HAYWARDCavs bow to Jazz on buzzer-beating shot
BLACKBELT TEST. Ryan Cordero of ITF Davao with Master Steckiewicz after the blackbelt test undergone by the former.
WITH the game tied at 96-all, Kiefer Ravena reminded
us again why he is the UAAP Season 77 MVP as he eluded the pesky defense of the vis-iting Ball Up All Stars with a thrilling drive to the basket and scored on a tough lay up with just 1.3 ticks left in the game to lift his PCWorx squad over the Allen Iver-son-mentored Gawad Kalin-ga side in the “All In” charity basketball event at the Mall of Asia Arena on Wednesday.
Ravena collaborated with former NBA player and one-time PBA import Der-Marr Johnson, who led all scorers with 24 markers, in an amazing 7-0 run in the last 1:07 of the game. Trail-ing 91-96, the Ateneo star scored on a lay-up off a pick and roll play with San Beda center Olaide Adeogun to slice the Gawad Kalinga lead to just three points. After a defensive stop, Johnson tied the count at 96-all with a three-point shot in the final 36 seconds. Gawad Kalinga muffed an attempt to regain the lead until Ravena was able to weave his own mag-ic against a group of hoops artists to break the deadlock, 98-96. Iverson called a time-out but in the ensuing play, Anthony “Mr. Afrika” Pimble misfired on his attempt.
Ravena and fellow UAAP icon Jeron Teng finished with 16 markers each, while UAAP’s top power forwards Jeth Rosario and Mac Belo added 12 and 11 points re-spectively. Adeogun hauled down 11 boards for the PCWorx squad coached by multi-titled PBA guru Tim Cone. Also playing for PCWorx were Ravena’s younger brother Thirdy, San Beda’s Javee Mocon, San Sebastian’s CJ Perez and La
Salle’s Almond Vosotros. An-other former NBA star, Eddy Curry, was unable to suit up for the game but sat on the bench of PCWorx.
Iverson came to town for the charity event aimed to help the Gawad Kalinga Foundation raise funds to build homes for the home-less. On Tuesday, the 11-time All Star and former NBA MVP known as “the Answer” also conducted a basketball clinic for kids. He was ac-companied by the popular street ball team called the Ball Up All Stars, who are well regarded with their jaw-dropping hoops skills.
The Ball Up All Stars started the game on fire, wowing the crowd at the MOA with their sensational dribbling moves and scor-ing prowess. They led by as many as 17 points, at 37-20, midway in the second quar-ter. Larry “Bone Collector” Williams sizzled with 20 points, followed by Gary “G” Smith with 19, Ryan “Spe-cial FX” Williams with 18, Grayson “The Professor” Boucher with 14, and Pimble with 13. The other members of the Ball Up squad were Aaron “AO” Owens and Tau-rian “Air Up There” Fonten-ette. Completing the Gawad Challenge team are former PBA greats Jerry Codinera, Renren Ritualo and Willie Miller.
The scores:PCWorx (98) - Johnson
24, K. Ravena 16, Teng 16, Rosario 12, Belo 11, Perez 7, T. Ravena 6, Adeogun 4, Mo-con 2, Vosotros 0.
Gawad Kalinga (96) - Bone Collector Williams 20, Smith 19, Special FX Wil-liams 18, Boucher 14, Pim-ble 13, Owens 6, Fontenette 2, Codinera 2, Ritualo 2, Mill-er 0.
ALASKA guard JVee Ca-sio sure knows when to step up. The 5-foot-
10 playmaker drilled in big buckets in the stretch, in-cluding the go-ahead jumper with 32.6 seconds left, as the Aces hacked out a thrilling 66-63 victory over erstwhile unscathed San Miguel Beer to tighten their grip on the top spot in the PBA Philip-pine Cup at the Smart-Ara-neta Coliseum.
Hardly a factor in the first three quarters, Casio took charge just in time for Alaska as he pumped in five of his 11 points in the final minute, highlighted by the clutch 16-footer that put the Aces back on top at 64-63 and eventually help them complete their fightback from six-point deficit in the final 2:30 of play against the fading San Miguel Beer crew.
The close win was the fourth straight for the Aces, who also dealt the Beermen their first setback after four tries for a 3-1 mark, drop-ping into a tie with Barangay Ginebra and Meralco.
Guard Cyrus Baguio add-ed 13 points, including an equally booming triple off Casio’s feed, while do-it-all Calvin Abueva bucked a list-less offensive performance by hauling down 16 re-bounds on top of five points and two assists.
THE much-anticipated PBA out-of-town game in Davao City and spe-
cial athlete Ernie Gawilan banner today’s guests in the resumption of Fast Fridays media forum at the Archipel-ago 7107 by Barrio Fiesta at SM Lanang Premier.
Today’s edition of the weekly forum starts at 10:00 a.m.
Heading the panel are TV5 Davao station manager Tayna Miclat and Architects Arnel Villacampa, Hector Magno and Dan Guevarra of local organizer Arki Quest for the PBA in Davao on No-vember 15 featuring Rain Or Shine Elasto Painters and Meralco Bolts. TV5 is the of-ficial station of the PBA and will be beaming the game from the University of South-eastern Philippines (USEP).
Also in today’s forum is the legless swimming sen-sation Gawilan who won three bronze medals fpr the Philippines in the recent 2014 Asian Para Games in Incheon, South Korea. He will be accompanied by James Infiesto, president of Davao Sports Association for the Differently-Abled Ath-letes.
PBA, Asian Para Games medalist at Fast Fridays
Aces stay unbeaten
ONE ON ONE. San Miguel Beer’s Junmar Fajardo guards Sonny Thoss of Alaska in the PBA Philippine Cup game between the two teams. Alaska won this one to go 4-0. Nuki Sabio
