This was bared by Manuel “Bobby” Orig, first vice pres- ident for Mindanao Affairs of AboitizPower, during a presen- tation before a small group of business leaders and profes- sionals marking the second an- niversary of Nanding Boys, an association of men supporting Arch. Emeritus Fernando Ca- palla, at the retired archbish- op’s residence in Catalunan Grande. Orig said the Department of Energy (DOE) has granted AP Renewables, Inc. (APRI), an AboitizPower subsidiary, au- thority to explore and develop close to 20,000 hectares in two contract areas for the so-called Mt. Apo Geothermal Project. One of the planned geo- thermal plants will be explore and develop the contract area consisting of Mt. Talomo-Tico area located in municipality of Magpet, and the provinces of North Cotabato and Davao del Sur. The other contract area in “Sibulan and Kapatagan” is lo- cated in the municipality of Sta. [email protected]By ANTONIO M. AJERO P 15.00 • 22 PAGES www.edgedavao.net VOL. 7 ISSUE 64 • FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 13-14, 2014 EDGE Serving a seamless society DAVAO Unemployment down to 5% INSIDE: 2 4 PNoy says due process... 16 Let the games begin F2 GEOTHERMAL, 10 2 GEOTHERMAL PLANTS EYED Aboitiz Davao projects to generate 200 MW HAPPY FREEDOM DAY. Davao City Administrator for operations Jhopee Avanceña-Agustin (left), SM City Davao mall manager Lynette Lopez (center) and Councilor Mabel Sunga-Acosta (right) share a light moment during the 116 th Independence Day celebration at the SM City Davao yesterday. Lean Daval Jr. FLAG HOISTING. A ceremonial hoisting of this giant Philippine flag marked the commemoration of the 116th Independence Day at the SM City Davao yesterday. Lean Daval Jr. A BOITIZ POWER CORP. will develop and operate two geothermal power plants in Davao City, Davao del Sur and North Co- tabato which can generate an aggregate capac- ity of up to 200 megawatts in five years.
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This was bared by Manuel “Bobby” Orig, first vice pres-ident for Mindanao Affairs of AboitizPower, during a presen-tation before a small group of business leaders and profes-sionals marking the second an-niversary of Nanding Boys, an association of men supporting Arch. Emeritus Fernando Ca-palla, at the retired archbish-op’s residence in Catalunan Grande.
Orig said the Department of Energy (DOE) has granted AP Renewables, Inc. (APRI), an
AboitizPower subsidiary, au-thority to explore and develop close to 20,000 hectares in two contract areas for the so-called Mt. Apo Geothermal Project.
One of the planned geo-thermal plants will be explore and develop the contract area consisting of Mt. Talomo-Tico area located in municipality of Magpet, and the provinces of North Cotabato and Davao del Sur. The other contract area in “Sibulan and Kapatagan” is lo-cated in the municipality of Sta.
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EDGE Serving a seamless society
DAVAO
Unemployment down to 5%
INSIDE:24PNoy says due
process... 16Let the games
begin
F2 GEOTHERMAL, 10
2 GEOTHERMAL PLANTS EyEDAboitiz Davao projects to generate 200 MW
HAPPy FREEDOM DAy. Davao City Administrator for operations Jhopee Avanceña-Agustin (left), SM City Davao mall manager Lynette Lopez (center) and Councilor Mabel Sunga-Acosta (right) share a light moment during the 116th Independence Day celebration at the SM City Davao yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
FLAG HOISTING. A ceremonial hoisting of this giant Philippine flag marked the commemoration of the 116th Independence Day at the SM City Davao yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
ABoitiZ PoWer CorP. will develop and operate two geothermal power plants in Davao City, Davao del Sur and north Co-
tabato which can generate an aggregate capac-ity of up to 200 megawatts in five years.
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THE BIG NEWSFREEDOM DAy JOB FAIR. Thousands of job seekers troop to the 2014 Kalayaan Job Fair of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) at NCCC Mall in Matina, Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
UN E M P l O y M E N T rate in Davao Region dropped from 6.4 per-
cent as of January this year to 5 percent by the end of April, an official said.
This is still lower than the April 2013 unemployment rate which was 8.3 percent unemployment rate.
“We are expecting the same trend from the past years that there will be an in-crease in the unemployment rate because of the new grad-uates adding to the region-al labor force but instead it
decrease at tumaas ang em-ployment rate,” Department of labor and Employment 11 (DOlE 11) Joffrey Suyao said yesterday.
The employment rate of Davao region beefed up from 93.6 percent in January of this year to 95 percent by the end of April
This is 3.3 higher com-pared to 91.7 percent em-ployment rate of the same period last year.
last year’s low employ-ment rate is the reflection of damages of typhoon Pablo in
Davao Oriental, Compostela Valley and portions of Davao del Norte specifically in the agriculture sector.
Suyao attributed the growth in the job growth in all major sectors including agriculture industry and ser-vice sector for the second quarter of the year.
According to a report by the National Economic and Development Agency (NEDA), the service sector contributed more that half of the workers employed in the country or 52.8 percent.
DOlE 11 is still assessing the contributory factors for the increase of employment rate in the region.
Suyao, meanwhile, said that underemployment re-mains high at 14.5 percent but this is still lower com-pared to the 14.7 percent last January of this year and 14.6 percent of April last year.
“We are hoping that we can maintain this increase in employment rate so that we can have a good year for the labor sector at the end of 2014,” the director added.
DAVAO light Power Co.,(DlPC) expressed no interest in overtaking
the franchise areas of Davao del Norte Electric Cooperative (Daneco) comprised of two provinces, an official said.
“There’s no plan as of now to take charge unless there an invitation from the govern-ment or Daneco will allow us, “ DlPC president Arturo Milan said in a phone interview with Edge Davao yesterday.
Daneco supplies power to the provinces of Compostela Valley and Davao del Norte.
Prospects of DlPC taking over the Daneco franchise ar-eas surfaced after Power Sec-tor Assets and liabilities Man-agement Corporation (PSAlM) issued a disconnection order to the electric cooperative from the Mindanao grid after it failed to settle its debt amount-ing to P576.45 million.
Aside from its unpaid bal-ance to Psalm, Daneco also has to settle its monthly bill of 50 million to Therma Marine Inc., (TMI) which provides the 18MW to the cooperative.
DESPITE the huge number of jobs available, only 286
applicants or a measly 7.42 percent of the total 3,853 applicants were hired on the spot (HOTS) in yester-day’s Kalayaan Job Fair at NCCC Mall of Davao.
As of presstime, 202 ap-plicants were hired by local companies while only 84 were lucky to hook up with overseas employers. The figures were collated as of 3:00 p.m. cutoff.
Department of labor and Employment 11 (DOlE 11) regional director Jof-frey Suyao told Edge Davao yesterday that the low turnout could be due to the applicants’ incomplete doc-
uments.A total of 16,588 jobs
abroad were awaiting job seekers in yesterday’s job fair.
“Most of our job va-cancies kasi ready na for deployment and most of our applicants don’t have passport yet,” he said, add-ing that it would take three weeks to one month to pro-cess the passport.
On the other hand, Suyao said that most appli-cants were hired in the ser-vice industry like service crew, call center agents, and customer represen-tatives. There were also applicants hired for office works as account execu-tive, layout artist, and ac-
counting assistant.“We are doing our best
to hit our 15 percent max-imum target for HOTS pero it’s always been unattain-able every regular big job fair,” the direcor said.
Before yesterday’s job fair, DOlE conducted a pre-registration and mini job fair last June 5 to 11 in the same venue to increase the number of HOTS. It garnered about 1,535 reg-istrants, but only 17 were hired during this period.
“We already encour-aged companies and agen-cies to join the pre-regis-tration para mas mahaba ang interaction nila sa ap-plicants kasi sa dami ng ap-plicants ngayon mas maikli
ang maigugol nila to inter-view all their applicants,” Suyao said.
DOlE also encouraged agencies to refer applicants with potential to Technical Education and Skills Devel-opment Authority (TESDA) for further training. As of 1:00 p.m. yesterday, 41 ap-plicants were already re-ferred to Tesda.
Suyao said that the agency is confident it can hit the 15 percent target because the number of ap-plicants notably increased even before the 3:00 cut-off. He said that they are expecting about 2,500 to 3,000 applicants for this year’s Kalayaan job fair. [CRC]
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NO PERMANENT ADDRESS. Isla Verde fire victims make the covered court of Barangay 35-D along Padre Gomez Street in Davao City their temporary shelter after they were ordered to vacate public schools to give way to the opening of classes two weeks ago. Lean Daval Jr.
TRADITIONAL DRESS. Colorful “malong” clothing, the famous Muslim hand woven fabric worn as traditional dress by both men and women, are being displayed by a sales lady in a souvenir shop in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
THE bicameral confer-ence committee was convened on June 10,
2014, and completed reconcil-ing both Senate and Congres-sional versions of the lemon law, which passed third and final reading from both cham-bers. Members of the bicam-eral conference committee for the Senate were Senators Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara and JV Ejercito, headed by Sen. Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino, while the House contingent was comprised of Reps. Maria Carmen Zamora, Anthony del Rosario, Rufus Rodriguez, as led by Rep. Mark Villar.
The two versions of the lemon law are House Bill No. 4082 and Senate Bill No. 2211: the measures being highly similar, they differed only on three major points. The House version in particular embraces as State policy that “a motor vehicle is a major consumer purchase or investment. The consumer rights should thus be clearly defined including the means for redress for vi-olations thereof”, while the
Senate version was silent. Also, the House version provides that “all disputes that have been submitted for mediation shall be settled not later than forty-five (45) working days from the date of filing of the complaint with the DTI”, while the Senate proposes a shorter period of ten (10) days; and the House version provides that, “in the event there is a failure to settle the complaint during the mediation proceedings, the parties may voluntarily enter into arbitration proceedings, likewise to be supervised by the DTI,” without imposing any period of time within which to conduct arbitration, the Senate provides that such proceed-ings must be done “within twenty (20) working days”.
The committee adopted the House version as the work-ing version, and has reconciled the periods for dispute resolu-tion, mediation and arbitration to adopt shorter time frames for the processes. During the proceedings, Rep. Zamora
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III on Thurs-day said the govern-
ment observed due process in the prosecution of politi-cians involved in the alleged multi-billion pork barrel scam.
At the Independence Day celebration in Naga City, President Aquino said such due process of law was not enjoyed by Filipino ances-tors who fought for the coun-try’s independence against the Spanish colonization.
He particularly cited the 15 Bicolano martyrs,
11 of them, after their ar-rest, were mistreated and convicted after one-day tri-al, and executed in Bagum-bayan five days after Jose Rizal was shot to death in 1896. The other two mar-tyrs died in jail while the remaining two were sent abroad and eventually also died there.
“Sinunod natin ang ta-mang proseso: nagsagawa ng imbestigasyon, nangalap ng mga ebidensiya, at ngay-on ay nagsampa ng kaso. Puwede naman itong gina-wa noon nang mabilisan at
walang matibay na basehan upang masira ang pangalan ng mga kandidatong daw-it sa kontrobersiya, pero idinaan natin sa tamang sistema ang pagpapalabas ng katotohanan,” the Chief Executive said.
The Ombudsman has filed before the Sandigan-bayan plunder cases against Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada and Ramon Revilla Jr., businesswoman Janet lim-Napoles and five others over the pork barrel scam.
President Aquino down-
played speculations of pol-iticking in the P10-billion pork barrel issue.
He said the controversy first came out during last year’s elections on the ille-gal detention of Benhur luy, as well as fake non-govern-ment organizations (NGOs) and pocketing of govern-ment funds. luy is the prin-cipal whistle-blower in the scam.
The President add-ed that he ordered Justice Secretary leila De lima to make accusations based on concrete evidence. [PNA]
STUDENTS from the Col-lege of law Education of the University of Mind-
anao on Monday will begin a 10-day mentoring on setting up legal aid clinics with the ex-pertise of instructors from the United States.
The program aims to ad-dress the endemic challenges that face law schools in the is-land.
It is supported by the le-gal Aid Program for Mindanao and the International Senior lawyers Project, a non-gov-ernment organization based in New york city.
The US Embassy will be flying-in law professor Patrick D. Costello from the University Of Idaho College Of law.
Costello specializes in clini-cal legal education and dispute resolution, and has helped
develop six courses revolving around mediation and victims’ rights clinics at their institu-tion.
“The workshops are not for setting up a legal aide clin-ic, but rather to provide further education to our students and the faculty who wish to join the lessons,” said Jess Espejo, assis-tant dean for the UM College of law Education.
Additionally, UM’s legal Advocacy Network enables law students to practice their education through providing free legal advice to the needy and the indigent involved in disputes.
The free mentoring ses-sions with Costello run from June 16- 26, after which he will travel to Cagayan de Oro city on the next leg of the educational tour.
TROOPERS from the Maguidanao-based 6th Infantry Division have
sighted Abu Sayyaf bomb expert Abdul Basit Usman during operations in Shariff Aguak town last Tuesday.
However, soldiers failed to hit the latter as the brigand made a hasty escape on, said Col. Dickson Hermoso, 6th Infantry Division spokesman, on Thursday.
He added that Usman was making improvised ex-plosive devices (IEDs) when surprised by the military.
Hermoso stated that they are looking into the possibility that the ASG bomb expert was helping Bangsamoro Islamic Free-dom Fighters (BIFF) make
its own IEDs.“We have establish a
connection as Basit has ex-isting alliances with the BIFF and the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI). And lately, we have been recovering a lot of IEDs in our area,” he said in Filipino.
Hermoso said they are still determining whether the BIFF is getting funding from the JI aside from help in making its IEDs.
The 6th Infantry Divi-sion spokesman said the BIFF uses IEDs in their ex-tortion bids in the area.
Basit was arrested earli-er in 2006 but managed to escape.
US authorities has placed a bounty of US$ 1 million on the former’s head. [PNA]
ASG bomb expert Usmansighted in Maguindanao
PNoy says due process in pork scam probe
UM Law students to train under US legal aid experts
Lemon Law passes bicam
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THE Philippines has taken the opportunity to highlight its mile-
stones in the agri-fishery trade as well as the coun-try’s initiatives for Southeast Asia’s economic integration by 2015 as it hosts South-east Asia’s largest food ex-hibition to date at the World Trade Center in Pasay City.
The SIAl ASEAN food market was organized for the first time in Manila by Paris-based Salon Interna-tional de l'Agroalimentaire (SIAl) and is being held alongside the Manila Food and Beverage Expo (MAF-
BEX) from June 11-13.The event boasts of
over 500 exhibitors from 20 countries worldwide and is expected to draw 15,000 visitors from all over Asia.
Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said the three-day event would give opportunity for the coun-try’s food, agriculture and agribusiness industries to pitch in their export prod-ucts to the world.
“The Philippines will also take advantage of the event to showcase the World Bank-funded Philippine Ru-ral Development Program
(PRDP) that aims to put up market-oriented interven-tions in rural areas through-out the country,” he said.
The government, under its Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016, has iden-tified investments in food and agriculture as a major imperative as it works to achieve food security, raise quality of life in rural areas and sustain economic pros-perity.
Alcala said the PRDP, which is under the auspices of the Department of Ag-riculture, is a six-year pro-gram that aims to achieve
just that.Its major components
include local planning, in-frastructure development, agro-industrial enterprise development and program support in order to increase rural incomes and enhance farm and fishery productivi-ty in preparation to the ASE-AN integration.
“The SIAl ASEAN is a good venue to introduce the PRDP to the public and for various agri-fisheries stake-holders to network and exchange ideas on agri-en-treprenuership,” Alcala said. [PNA]
BANKS will now have to undergo stress test to determine
their ability to cover their exposure to the real estate sector.
This after Bangko Sen-tral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) policy-making Monetary Board (MB) recently ap-proved the implemen-tation of a pre-emptive macro-prudential policy measure in a bid to ensure that banks have sufficient coverage for their real es-
tate credit exposure.In a statement, the cen-
tral bank said this measure “does not reflect any immi-nent vulnerability among banks’ with exposure to the real estate sector.”
”Instead the measure simply reinforces the pru-dential policy that banks must have sufficient capi-tal to absorb any possible shocks on its credit expo-sures.”
Under the new mea-sure, universal and com-
mercial banks (U/KBs) and thrift banks (TBs) have to meet the 10 per-cent regulatory require-ment for qualifying capital after they have been put under the stress test.
Also, these banks should have a Common Equity Tier 1 that is at least six percent of their qualify-ing capital after the test.
Similarly, stand alone TBs has to have a Tier 1 ratio that accounts to six percent of their qualifying
capital.Banks that fail to meet
the requirements need to formally explain before the regulators why they should not face corrective actions.
If the BSP is not satis-fied with the explanation it will send the financial institution a notice to sub-mit within 30 calendar days an action plan that will enable it to meet the regulatory requirements. [PNA]
TO fast track the entry of new investments in the country, the De-
partment of Energy (DOE) needs to improve and in-crease the power supply, House Deputy Minority leader and lPG-MA par-ty list Rep. Arnel Ty said Thursday.
Ty said the precarious reserve was describe “crit-ically low” and the lack of “energy security” could dis-courage new investors and dampen jobs' creation in the months ahead.
“Our flimsy power re-serve margins suggest that all three grids in luzon, Visayas and Mindanao are easily vulnerable to increas-ing outages during extreme high demand,” Ty said in a statement.
He claims that the men-ace of potentially escalat-ing outages has also made residential, commercial and industrial consumers highly susceptible to elec-tricity price hikes, as supply becomes severely short of demand.
lPG-MA party list has been batting for stronger government supervision of all energy markets, so as to reinforce consumer pro-tection against potentially unfair trade practices and pricing abuses.
“Should a large power generator suddenly conk out, luzon could lurch from supply disruptions,” Ty warned.
“In fact, luzon would have started to stagger from outages as early as May, had the Department of Energy not prevailed upon some generating companies to defer the maintenance shutdown of their facilities (to this month),” he said.
In the Visayas, Ty said power reserves are hover-ing near zero, while Mind-anao continues to wobble from recurring outages. [PNA]
BSP to implement stress test on banks’ real estate exposure
PHL showcases initiatives for AEC
UNDER A PILE. A young girl eats her lunch surrounded by second-hand shoes that her family sells at Agdao Public Market’s ukay-ukay area in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
Solon: New investments dependent on steady power
Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transporta-tion and CommunicationslAND TRANSPORTATION
FRANCHISING AND REGUlA-TORy BOARD
Regional Office No. XIDavao city
Petition for renewal of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate an AirConDitoneD tAXi Service
ArieL S. tAGALoG, Case no.2012-Xi-00554 Petitioner
x- - - - - - - - -- - - -----x
notiCe oF heArinG
Petitioner is a grantee of a Certificate of Public Con-venience issued in this case authorizing the operation of an AIRCONDITIONED TAXI service on the route: WITH-IN DAVAO CITy to any point in Region XI with the use of ONE (1) unit, which certifi-cate will expire on December 31,2014. In the petition filed on May 26, 2014, petitioner requests authority to extend the validity of said certificate to operate along the same route with the use of the same unit previously authorized.
NOTICE, is hereby giv-
en that this petition will be heard by this Board on JUNE 25, 2014 at 09:30 a.m. at this office at the above address.
At least, TEN (10) days prior to the above date peti-tioner shall publish this No-tice once in a one (1) daily newspaper of general circula-tion in Mindanao
Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must file their written opposition supported by documentary evidence on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the petitioner, and may if they so, desire ap-pear on said date and time.
This petition will be acted upon by this Board on the ba-sis of its records and the doc-umentary evidence submit-ted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documen-tary and/or oral evidence.
WITNESS the Honorable BENJAMIN A. GO, CESO V, Re-gional Director, this 26th day of May 2014 at Davao City.
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OKAy, June is the marriage month. It rhymes with moon
and swoon. Ditto for hon-eymoon. And so let's talk about this sacred institution.
Marriage, so goes the history, was initiated by God Himself in the Garden of Eden. “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh” (Genesis 2:24).
The first marriage came into my mind when I heard a little girl who was asked during a Sunday school if she knew the story of Adam and Eve. “Of course, I do,” she replied. “First God made Adam and then looked at him and said, ‘I think I can do better,’ so He created a woman.”
yes, children have funny views. But adults, too, can’t help poking fun on mar-riage, despite its sanctity. “Marriage is a great institu-tion,” said Hollywood bomb-shell Mae West, “but I’m not ready for an institution yet.” To the great Italian leonar-do Da Vinci, marriage “is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pull-ing out an eel.”
Views about marriage
abound. “Marriage is a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the re-maining chapters in prose," says British writer Beverley Nichols. In other words, “All marriages are happy,” to quote the words of Cana-dian playwright Raymond Hull. But he added, “It’s the living together afterward that causes all the trouble.”
English writer G.K. Chesterton has a similar view: “Marriage is an ad-venture, like going to war.” After all, “marriage is an al-liance entered into by a man who can’t sleep with the window shut, and a wom-an who can’t sleep with the window open.” That’s what Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once said.
When it comes to mar-riage, men and women have different ideas. Amer-ican author and playwright Jean Kerr writes, “Marrying a man is like buying some-thing you’ve been admiring for a long time in a shop window. you may love it when you get it home, but it doesn’t always go with ev-erything in the house.”
As a reply to that state-ment, an unknown author penned, “Getting married
is very much like going to a restaurant with friends. you order what you want, and then when you see what the other fellow has, you wish you had ordered that.”
Women have more to say about husbands. Hol-lywood star Zsa Zsa Gabor, who had been married several times, commented, “Husbands are like fires. They go out when unat-tended.” Sexpot Marilyn Monroe, who also married on several occasions, had the same view: “Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.”
love and marriage are two different things. “love is one long sweet dream, and marriage is the alarm clock,” someone quipped. “If love means never having to say you’re sorry,” Amer-ican actress Estelle Getty pointed out, “then marriage means always having to say everything twice."
If in the past you want to make love with your partner, please be aware: marriage changes passion. After the wedding, you’re suddenly in bed with a rel-
ative. On second thought, marriage – according to American comedian Alan King – is nature’s way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.
Of course, fights are not uncommon among mar-ried couples. “In the early years, you fight because you don’t understand each other,” commented Ameri-can journalist Joan Didion. “In the later years, you fight because you do.” This state-ment may have impelled American comedienne Phyllis Diller to suggest: “Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.”
To avoid all those un-necessary troubles, Amer-ican president lyndon B. Johnson suggests, “I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one’s wife happy. First, let her think she’s having her own way. And second, let her have it.” Comedian Joey Ad-ams was right: “Marriage is give and take. you’d better give it to her or she’ll take it anyway.”
How will you know that your marriage is in trouble? According to award-win-ning American comedi-an Milton Berle, you will
know it “if your wife says, ‘you’re only interested in one thing,’ and you can’t re-member what it is.”
Of course, there are suc-cessful marriages. When British-born American co-median Henry youngman was asked about the secret of their long marriage, he replied, “We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week: a little candlelight, dinner, soft music and danc-ing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.”
“The happiest marriage I can imagine to myself,” contends English poet S.T. Coleridge, “would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman.” To either husband or wife, Ameri-can statesman Benjamin Franklin suggests, “Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut af-terwards.”
American poet Ogden Nash suggests, “To keep your marriage brimming with love in the loving cup: Whenever you’re wrong, admit it; whenever you're right, shut up.” Take it from American comedian Rod-ney Dangerfield: “I haven’t spoken to my wife in years. I didn’t want to interrupt
her.” The woman cries be-
fore the wedding and the man after, so goes a Polish proverb. This story proves: A man placed some flowers on the grave of his dearly parted mother and started back towards his car when his attention was diverted to another man kneeling at a grave. The man seemed to be praying with pro-found intensity and kept re-peating, “Why did you have to die?”
The man approached the grieving fellow and asked, “Sir, I don’t wish to interfere with your private grief, but this demonstra-tion of pain is more than I’ve ever seen before. For whom do you mourn so deeply? Is it your child or your mother or father?”
The mourner took a closer look at the person asking and then said, “My wife’s first husband.”
It’s good to be married though. Socrates declared, “By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you’ll become a philoso-pher.” Now, you know why he became a classical Greek philosopher.
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EDITORIAL
IT was Philippine Independence Day yesterday. Of course, some Filipinos are still questioning June 12, 1898 as the real date the country was liber-
ated from its colonizers. They argue that it was re-ally on July 4, 1946, when the Americans granted us freedom. Well, Filipinos usually disagree on a lot of things to the point of killing each other, rather than be unanimous and enjoy the silence of the cemetery. Those who fought the Spaniards also fought –and killed --each other, like the rival groups of Emilio Aguinaldo and Andres Bonifacio. During World War II, thousands of Filipino fighters lost their lives in the hands of their rival fellow guerilla groups.
Another useless exercise is debating on what should be the right national language.
There is no point rhapsodizing Freedom Day in the face of our continuing disunity. We suggest our lead-ers concentrate on more important priorities. How about jailing bigtime thieves in the government and enforcing thousands of laws rendered inutile due to the failure of enforcers to implement them?
let’s build more jails and genuine rehabilitation centers because lack of discipline is one of the mal-adies pulling us down as a nation. Also, it might be a good idea to jail jailers who line their pockets with the dirty money of rich jailbirds who get special treatment and even continue their criminal activities inside penitentiaries.
Indeed, it is infuriating to think that in this coun-try, the rich felon has many options to get away with his crime. First, he can bribe the corrupt police of-ficers. Failing in this, he can suborn some prosecu-tors. If not, the judges in the municipal or regional trial courts. Then allegedly some justices in the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court. Failing in all the above, he still has a chance to bribe his jailers. Then, finally he still has the option of using his money in influencing some corrupt people in the Parol Board and have his sentence commuted or eventually par-doned for “good conduct.” If we have a justice system as rotten as this, there’s really no point in celebrat-ing Independence Day?
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VANTAGE POINTS 9EDGEDAVAO
(Conclusion)
By Manny ValdehueSa
WORM’S EYEVIEW
(Speech deliVered at the international conference of cotaBato on June 6, 2014).
COMMENTARY
Detestable reputation
What Does MILF Mean by a Ministerial Form of Government?
We cannot simply talk peace foreverPERPETUAl POlITICS ARE ENTRENCHED
IN OUR POlITICIANS’ ElEMENTS – All this is expected. There is certainly plenty
of reason for the people to get discouraged: At this early stage top leaders of the contending political parties and incumbent officials were already busy talking about the upcoming 2016 presidential elections. Supposedly as a rule, law-makers and elective officials are instructed by the Constitution to “maintain high standards of integrity” in the performance of their duty. Un-fortunately, they are behaving in the contrary.
There are some pretty crucial issues and pressing national concerns that need their ut-most attention yet it is in early political maneu-verings where all their energies go. The Philip-pines got the offensive reputation for being a third-world but highly politicized country. In many ways and reasons, that’s nothing new af-ter all. Why is the 2016 presidential election so special and important? To whom is it important after President Benigno Aquino III ended up his term?
In some ways, the country’s political history can be seen as a series of moves in which pow-erful and moneyed political clans and well-or-ganized groups advanced on, confronted and ultimately outmaneuvered all their opponents. These people acted persistently and one would readily notice that immediately right after every election they will again start working for the next polls. It was the best move for any political team to come out early against their perceived rivals and rely heavily on the widespread belief that many successful politicians won in their candidacies – re-election or whatever by engag-ing early.
Not surprisingly, even during the midterm election campaign jaunts, senior leaders of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) already
floated the idea of endorsing Vice President Jejomar Binay as the party’s standard bearer in the 2016 na-tional elections. Not to be out-done, stalwarts of the liberal Party (lP) did the same thing during the group’s victory party and hinted that Department of Interior and local Government (DIlG) Secretary Mar Roxas is hand-picked by President Aquino to be the party’s standard bearer.
Political analysts firmly believe that map-ping out political plans at this early stage will de-pend not only on the sincerity of those keeping a moist eye on the presidency in fulfilling their promise to continue what had been started by their respective parties – socio-economic and political affairs, but also on the active efforts of the aspirants to protect and promote their own rights and political interests. In countless occa-sions experts and political pundits have indicat-ed that some powerful political dynasties and some would-be leaders, particularly those who are now in power, do not have the capability and the will to give up power.
They are such power-obsessed people that they want to cling on to power like hungry leech-es for dear life as if there is no life after the gov-ernment. Once they have contested an elective position, particularly if they won it, set an eye on that office as a permanent right. Not only do they acquire a strong taste for public office but their influence gives them a clear advantage in elec-
tions against less prestigious opponents. To be sure, too much politics streamed in the bloods of Filipino politicians.
The early flexing of political muscles is argu-ably the most distasteful and disgraceful act of the contending parties. Too bad that elective offi-cials and would-be leaders supposedly will have the enviable task of resuscitating the country’s socio-economic tribulations, but instead they were too preoccupied with political jockeying and preparing for the 2016 general polls. They have been sacrificing everything for the survival not of the people but for their own selfish mo-tives and political interests.
The people’s sincere hope is that incumbent officials and their political masters will be able to fulfill their litany of campaign promises and at the same time share the perception that the Philippines although continues to go through drastic changes and many difficulties lie ahead, its reform agenda and open door policy must solidly remain. Through the decades political ex-ercises in a Philippine setting have never change at all. The mainstream politics is more complex highlighted by unhealthy elements of a capitalist society: mob rule, inefficiency, abused freedom, breakdown of law and order and cluttered gov-ernment.
Perpetual politics are embedded in the char-acteristics of our politicians. Would-be leaders or to be precise, presidential hopefuls, probably should have genuine concerns for the people but many observers who are directly involved in political affairs think the idea of early politicking will do more damage than provide benefits. But there is no stopping the power-thirsty people who seem are getting ready for the next elec-tions. However, they always have to bear in mind that “engaging too early in politics is both expen-sive and stressful when they are trying to win.”
THE good news is that even as we have yet to complete the political transition as de-fined in the Comprehensive Agreement
on the Bangsamoro, the work of implementing the Normalization Annex has already begun and milestones along this comprehensive post-con-flict track will also soon become apparent.
The good news is that even as we have yet to complete the political transition as defined in the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bang-samoro, economic gains are clearly on the hori-zon, and even in the pipeline.
last Wednesday, a high-level business del-egation accompanied by no less than US Com-merce Secretary Penny Pritzker met with the President, and they expressed interest in put-ting up potential investments in infrastructure projects for Mindanao. On the same day, am-bassadors from member countries of the Orga-nization of Islamic Cooperation visited Bongao, Tawi-Tawi – specifically, a sample of MNlF Peace and Development Communities (PDCs). They lauded the government of the Philippines for its continued efforts to improve the lives of Mus-lims in Mindanao and likewise pledged to assist the development efforts in every way possible and open to them.
Our neighbors in the ASEAN community are just as keen in bringing in technical assis-tance and financial resources as investments in your region, with our immediate peace part-ner, Malaysia, inquiring into how they can help promote the Philippines’ Halal Industry as well as Islamic banking. In our own backyard, we have our own innovative and dynamic private sector, looking at the rise of the Bangsamoro as the tide that will lift our economic conditions higher than ever before.
Together with the World Bank, the Govern-ment and the MIlF have agreed to organize a Development Forum on the Bangsamoro this coming September to be participated in by the international development community and the private sector to bring forward, discuss, and fa-cilitate the delivery of concrete and immediate peace dividends for their investment and par-ticipation.
To witness such an outpouring of support and optimism from individuals, organizations, sectors, and countries – all clearly invested in a shared interest to build a society founded on peace and unity – is both encouraging and overwhelming.
Peace is ultimately about coexistence and inclusion. In no way is it a one-way street. Peace is for all of us and, thus, requires a shared commitment from all of us, as well.
Today, this commitment is fully fleshed out in this diverse assembly. I see men and women of varying levels of experience and expertise, of divergent faiths and ethnicities coming to-gether yet again to secure the peace that we all thought would elude this and future gener-ations.
And yet, here we are. No longer just talking about peace but living in it and for it – together.
During this dialogue, let us open our minds and heart, and be generous in sharing what we consider our most important needs and heart-felt desires in the Bangsamoro society that we want to shape. Conflicting opinions and po-sitions will arise, but that is what dialogue is all about. Amid such differences lie our deter-mination to identify the issues we need to ad-dress and iron out as a reconciled, if not united, whole.
Remember what Nelson Mandela once said? He had posted the challenge: “Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. you can be that generation.” What our forebears dreamt about, we now have a duty to fulfill.
With that, I would like to end the way I be-gan – with extreme gratitude to the organizers of this Interreligious Dialogue and to every par-ticipant – thank you for keeping the faith, thank you for supporting the peace process.
Salamat sa inyong mataimtim na pag-mamahal sa bayan. Magsukol.
[Speech delivered by Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos-Deles, at the opening of the International Conference of Cota-bato on June 6, 2014 at the Notre Dame Univer-sity gymnasium]
THE MIlF specifies a “ministerial form of government” as their preferred system for the Bangsamoro jurisdiction.
It is unclear what they mean or how they define the concept except to characterize it as “asymmetrical”—presumably in relation to the familiar presidential system. It would be helpful if they can define what they mean.
The term “asymmetrical” is synonymous to irregular, lop-sided, uneven, or unbalanced. Why would anyone want a lop-sided, uneven, or un-balanced set up?
If they merely wish to underscore its un-evenness or disproportionate structure to what’s at hand, they should still elaborate on it for the sake of clarity and for the benefit of the uninvolved parts of Mindanao and the country as a whole.
Based on how it is practiced in some countries, Malaysia for instance, this so-called ministerial form is basically parliamentary in structure and process, with a prime minister as overall head of government, aided by a cabinet consisting of departments headed by ministers who assist as his alter egos, much like our de-partment secretaries.
Theoretically the regional government would operate collegially. Its acts and decisions would be based largely on consensus. The gov-ernment would be anchored on a party system. And, again theoretically, it would not be suscep-tible or congenial towards autocratic leadership.
Thus, there would be bona fide political par-ties, duly organized, composed of dues-paying members who are subject to party-discipline, and its leaders and candidates would be chosen by honest-to-goodness party conventions or elections.
Moreover, and more importantly, each party would be organized around well-defined princi-ples, platforms, party structure, and processes
that adhere to—and are responsive to—demo-cratic processes.
That said, wHaving stated that, what imme-diately comes to mind is whether the concept of a political party and the processes of democracy will be operative in a regional community noto-rious for being dominated by feudal practices in all its forms.
We are told that some groups, including the MIlF and their erstwhile partner, the Moro Na-tional liberation Front (MNlF), plan to (or are set to) embark on political party building, antic-ipating the creation of the new regional polity.
If so, why is there no reporting on such an important undertaking, one that is not only his-toric for the region but that may be especially edifying for our entire political system?
Then also, what if an opposition party is or-ganized? Will it be allowed and not persecuted? Will there also be coalitions or alliances? These questions haunt many Mindanaons.
Even as reservations about the Compre-hensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro persist, there is also an underlying hope of success, of great success!
For instance, even if it would be supreme-ly ironic if the MIlF or the Bangsamoro could show the rest of our society how to fix our thor-oughly dysfunctional party system, it would be heartily welcomed.
Our entrenched oligarchs, dynastic politi-cos, and their ruling syndicates urgently need a lesson in democracy, political inclusiveness, and statesmanship in order to turn our pork-addict-ed system around.
But tradition dies hard, and so with the feu-dal mindset and warlordism.
If the MIlF leaders prove to be tradition bound, and their party falls short of the demo-cratic order of business, the new region risks foundering on the shoals of personality-driven politics, the datu system, and rido as an instru-ment of dispute resolution.
For the Bangsamoro to triumph and prog-ress as the Comprehensive Agreement claims to aspire for their people, they would have to con-tend with two formidable forces: centuries-old habits and practices and trigger-happy war-rior-leaders.
Unless these atavistic forces are reined in and tamed, the Bangsamoro sub-region of Min-danao could regress and be thrown back to the days of the sultans and datus and warlords and slave-holding adventurers. It would be a terrible step backwards.
Even now the recalcitrant, defiant, and deadly behavior of the so-called Bangsamoro Is-lamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF)—on the very eve of the formation of the regional government!—is too real and menacing as to be taken lightly by either side of the agreement.
Thus, it would be so good if Bangsamoro visionaries could take these points into consid-eration and resolve to provide us all a lesson in democratic governance, modernization, and civ-il, gun-less relations!
[Manny among others is former UNESCO re-gional director for Asia-Pacific; secretary-general, Southeast Asian Publishers Association; director, Development Academy of Philippines; member Permanent Mission to the United Nations; vice chair, Local Government Academy; member, Cory Government’s Peace and Development Panel, and PPI-UNICEF outstanding columnist awardee. [email protected]]
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The splitting of its admin-istration into two factions, Daneco- National Electric Ad-ministration (NEA) and Dane-co- Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) is seen to have worsened the situation. The split up resulted to the inefficiency of the coopera-tive’s ability to collect from its clients.
Reports say that thou-sands of consumers refused to pay their monthly electric bill
because of confusion of which Daneco faction to pay.
“There’s so many things to be considered in overtak-ing a franchise area especial-ly that Daneco has to pay its debt,” Milan said,adding that taking over needs the approv-al of congressman in the area and permission from national agencies like Department of Energy (DOE).
“But we are open to any invitation if Daneco will allow
us but that is still for consid-eration because of possible conditions” he said. “It will all depend on the conditions that will be presented to us and other distribution utili-ties (DUs) like terms and the length of time of overtaking.”
Milan said that it will not be automatic because Daneco still needs to settle its obliga-tion or else any DUs can do it under a certain condition con-sidering the huge debt of the
electric cooperative.“We need to look on
the amount that we need to shell out at the same time the length of time that we can take over so that we can have our return of investment (ROI),” he said.
At present, the franchise area of DlPC stretches from Davao City to Panabo City and to municipalities of Carmen, San Isidro, and Braulio E. Du-jali. [CRC]
brought to the attention of the committee the provisions of Sec. 9 of both bills. Sec. 9 spe-cifically provides for the deter-mination of reasonable allow-ance for use (RAFU), which is the amount deducted from the value of the non-conforming (lemon) vehicle in cases where it will be replaced or refunded.
“Currently, the determina-tion of RAFU states that it is either 20% per annum deduc-
tion from the purchase price, or the product of the distance traveled in kilometers and the price divided by 100,000 kilometers, whichever is higher. We recommend that the last phrase be changed to ‘whichever is lower’, as this is more in keeping with the in-tention and the policy behind this proposal. This deduction should be weighed in favor of the consumer, consistent with
our policy,” said Rep. Zamora. The committee adopted the suggestion, amending the bill accordingly.
As the lemon law is con-sidered a priority measure by both chambers, the Bicameral Conference Committee pushed for the recognition of motor vehicles as major consumer purchases as State policy. This lays down the premise and anchors the policy in terms
of consumer protection. With the bicameral conference ap-proval of the lemon law, both chambers ratified the report and accepted amendments on June 10, 2014, paving the way for the bill’s enrollment for the President’s signature. Barring a presidential veto, the lem-on law will be finally enacted for the timely and necessary protection of motoring con-sumers.
Cruz, the cities of Davao and Digos in the province of Davao del Sur.
“We are mindful that the projects are located within the Mt. Apo National Park, a reason we will be pro-active in launching programs that will protect the environment and the host communities,” Orig said.
Aboitiz Power has the experience and expertise in running geothermal power plants, as they own two plants right now –the 458-megawatt Makiling-Banahaw plant in
the provinces of Batangas and laguna, and the 229-MW Tiwi plant in Albay.
Compelling reasonsOrig enumerated what
he said were the compelling reasons that prompted Ab-loitiz to undertake the Mt. Apo Geothermal in addition to the one owned by the Energy De-velopment Corporation (EDC) of the lopez Group also in Mt. Apo.
“There is need to diversi-fy the power mix in order to ensure the long-term security of the island’s power supply, “
the Aboittiz Power executive said.
He said the people of Min-danao should fully benefit from the rich potentials of its geothermal resources.
The Mt. Apo Geother-mal Project, he said, will be the answer to the challenge of building more renewable power plants in Mindanao “to mitigate climate change.”
“The project is actually consistent with Aboitiz Pow-er’s strategy of using the right mix of renewable and non-re-newable power sources as
the most practical and effec-tive way of solving the power problem in Mindanao.
He said the project will be in three phases – Phase 1 (exploration) in year 1 and 2 to take 24 months; Phase 2 (construction) in year 3 and 4 to be accomplished in another 24 months; and Phase 3 (year 5 and beyond)
Orig could not for certain how much would the entire project cost, but he said the company will spend about $6 million to develop one pro-duction well.
PRESIDENT Benig-no S. Aquino III has called on Filipinos to
relive the spirit of heroism that spurred the revolution against Spanish colonialism more than a hundred years ago.
In his message during the 116th anniversary cele-bration of the proclamation of Philippine Independence, the President said the sacri-fices of Filipino heroes must be recognized and must serve as an inspiration, as the country pursues the righteous path that the ad-ministration champions.
“Bilang mga tagapagma-na ng kalayaang ipinagla-ban ng mga nauna sa atin,
tungkulin po ng bawat isa sa ating hindi na hayaang bum-alik ang ating bansa sa dati nitong kalagayan; ang hindi na muling magbunsod ng mga panibagong sakripisyo sa maraming Pilipino,” he said during the ceremony held at Plaza Quince Mar-tires here Thursday.
With this in mind, the government continues to carry out major projects that will improve the con-ditions of the people in the Bicol region, he said, giving as an example the Bicol In-ternational Airport in Da-raga, Albay, that is aimed at enhancing tourism and relations with other coun-tries. [PNA]
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EDGEDAVAOMOVIE REVIEW
With Maleficent, Robert Stromberg’s reworking of the tale of Sleep-ing Beauty, it looks like Disney is intent on revising their dusty an-nals of fairy tales and turning them into modern feminist stories. it started with last year’s criminally saccharine Frozen, where, to those once girls familiar with the story and are now grown-ups and have little girls themselves, the cold-hearted Snow Queen gets to absolve herself (from what exactly? her stuck-up-ness, perhaps?). in essence, Maleficent follows the same route; you can already smell the twist at the first half. The film is not only a revisionist take but also offers a dolled-up version of the iconic villainess in the guise of a female-centered fantasy.
By Jay Rosas
in the film, Sleeping Beauty aka Princess Au-rora takes the backseat to allow for the backstory of Maleficent, who we first see as a young girl with eagle-strong wings and beautifully frightening horns. She is radiant and beaming with a good heart that her pointed protru-sions almost become an anomaly, yet it is undeni-ably hers and perhaps that which gives her the natural authority to rule over the portion of her kingdom. But wandering through the forest, the young Ma-leficent meets a young Stefan, who befriends her; romance blossoms. But Stefan is conveniently consumed by greed as he grows up that he abandons Maleficent for a portion of the other kingdom’s wealth and power giving Maleficent a run towards vengeful transformation into an evil witch, whom we know as the one who casts a spell on young Au-rora. But given this is a fa-miliar story, even with the obvious revisions, the filmmakers wants us to take it as it is. Which is why despite its efforts to present a strong female
character, it fumbles into an uneven and unin-spired story. Perhaps cast-ing Angelina Jolie, who can conjure elegance and wickedness in a single de-scent from the heavens, can mask this lack of nar-rative depth, inviting us to trust in the film’s noble intentions? Jolie is given a character that allows her to brandish grace and re-straint, offering at times emotional depth through a mere stare or glint from
her eyes, despite a thinly-written character. however, the result is a host of other characters that fade into the back-ground. For instance, the conflict between her and Stefan (Sharlto Copley) is really never fleshed out or given enough substance. Aurora (Elle Fanning) is given not much to do re-ally other than provide the cutesiness and innocence that would drive Malefi-cent to rekindle her moth-erly capacities. The story is quick to get rid off the male authoritative figure as if it is the only thing get-ting in the way of true girl-power triumph. Despite Stromberg’s vi-sual effects background, the action sequences looks bland and uninspired. The battle scenes, one involving monster trees and a short appearance of a dragon, is unexciting and lacks the stuff that epic battles are fancied and remembered. Malefi-cent and Aurora’s first ex-change in the forest, which could perhaps sum the entire movie, is playfully staged and quite memo-rable, but unfortunately it has long been given away in the trailer.
Beautiful monsterRobert Stromberg’s Maleficent
Many have hailed Fro-zen to be a departure from the old Disney princesses trope, redefining the no-tion of the “true love’s kiss” (only the get-to-know-your-prince-charming-first tactic was already
employed in Enchanted), and Maleficent draws the same pattern while at the same time giving a chance to present the other side of what we once knew to be evil. This is a worthy objective, of course, but it
succeeds less in trying to push for its supposed pro-gressive agenda because it is still stands in the Disney formula of quick routes to-ward quick bucks and the conveniently happy end-ing.
Jolie is given a character that allows her to
brandish grace and restraint,
offering at times emotional depth through a mere stare or glint from her eyes, despite a thinly-written
character.
ABS-CBN once again honored everyday Filipino heroes in its annual flag-raising ceremony themed “Mga Kwento ng Kabaya-nihan” aired this morning (June 12). ABS-CBN president and CEO Charo Santos-Concio said in her speech that 2013 was a tough year for the country, but that it should be remembered with heartwarming sto-ries of virtue, courage, and valor of the Filipinos. She also said that ABS-CBN’s commitment to bring quality content on tV, film, radio, and print will always be inspired by these honorable traits. “We won’t get tired of being an instrument to help our fellow country-men in times of need. And this is ABS-CBN’s con-tribution to fostering the tradition of heroism,” she added. “The Voice of the Philip-pines” first runner-up Kla-risse de Guzman led the singing of the Philippine national anthem. “The Voice” artists Morissette Amon and Radha performed the song “Saludo” to honor Fili-pino heroism, while Gary Valenciano sang The Fili-pino Channel’s 20th anni-versary theme song titled “Galing Ng Pilipino” to recognize the excellence of overseas Filipino workers worldwide. Meanwhile, ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foun-dation, inc. (ALKFi) man-aging director Gina Lopez acknowledged the warm
support of the donors, vol-unteers, and its partners that led to the success of its projects. As it celebrates its 25th anniversary, ALKFi has already helped more than 163,000 children and 830,000 families, an-nounced Lopez. “By continuously help-ing them, we are fortifying the real strength of our na-tion,” she said. She added that ALKFi
has distributed educa-tional materials to 9,500 schools and trained more than 3,700 teachers. it has also completed the refor-estation of La Mesa Wa-tershed, engaged students from about 280 schools to visit La Mesa Eco Park every year, conducted ecotourism projects in 70 municipalities across the country through the Green initiative project, and rehabilitated 16 esteros
in Metro Manila. its disaster emergency and rehabilitation arm Sagip Kapamilya, mean-while, aided more than 12 million Filipinos in the country’s calamity-stricken areas including typhoon Yolanda-hit cities. The event, hosted by Ariel Ureta and Bernadette Sembrano, marked ABS-CBN’s annual tradition of commemorating Philip-pine independence Day.
As pARt of park Inn by Radisson Davao’s commitment to Responsible Business, the hotel’s management and staff celebrated World Cleanup Day by cleaning the area along the shoreline of san Juan Centro, Agdao. the team was also joined by General Man-ager pavan Kakar. park Inn by Radisson is Carl-son Rezidor Hotel Group’s internationally successful mid-scale limited ser-vice concept, a segment-leading brand with a 26 year track record of delivering a quality guest experience. Carlson Rezidor’s Responsible Business program builds on the principles and
aspects of sus-tainable devel-opment which benefits the people, com-munity and the environment. As part of the pro-gram, all hotels strive to take
economic, social, ethical and environmental issues into consideration and takes action by also spreading aware-ness within the community.
this saturday (June 14), feel the romantic atmosphere in Vampire Ang Daddy Ko with real-life couple Jake Vargas who plays Dimitri and Bea Binene who portrays Bebe. When Dimitri visits the neighborhood, his sister Vava (Glaiza de Castro) will notice that he always dis-obeys her. Because she knows that the only thing that can make her brother happy is to be with Bebe, she will plan to ruin her relationship with Der-ry (Derrick Monasterio) by
making him appear as an unfaithful boyfriend. When Bebe learns about this, she will get jealous, which will lead to their breakup. D i m i t r i
w i l l
then take advan-tage of this chance, so he finally finds the courage to tell Bebe about his true feel-ings for her. With Vava’s
h i l a r i o u s execu-
tion o f
her wicked plan, the viewers will certainly laugh out loud especially when Victor (Vic sotto) and his father Vlad (Oyo sotto) eventually get involved. Will Bebe and Derry still get to fix their relationship? What will be Dimitri’s reac-tion when he finds out the his sister planned this to happen? Don’t miss the fun and excitement in Vampire Ang Daddy Ko on its new times-lot every saturday right after 24 Oras Weekend only on GMA 7.
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Park Inn by Radisson Davao joins coastal cleanup
Jake Vargas proposes to Bea Binene in Vampire Ang Daddy Ko this Saturday
BULGOGI BROTHERS LETS YOU FIRE YOUR LOVE FOR APPA. Treat your dad to a FREE Unyang Style Bulgogi at Bulgogi Brothers whenever you spend Php500 on your next visit.
CELEBRATE FATHER’S DAY AT TGI FRIDAY’S. Give Dad the taste he loves on Father’s Day with Friday’s FREE Jack Daniel’s Chicken with a Php500 minimum purchase on your next visit.
Gary Valenciano.ABS-CBN president and CEO Charo Santos Concio.
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Beginning June 21 (sat-urday), make way for Ka-puso Network’s primetime Queen Marian Rivera as she unleashes the glamorous and fun side of her in the newest saturday prime-time musical, MARIAN. she has captivated the people here and abroad with her undeniable acting ability, charmed us with her striking beauty and pres-ence, and inspired us with her advocacies. And yet, there’s no stopping Marian Rivera as she grooves to the beat of being the most beautiful Dance Diva in her self-titled show. through her mass-ori-ented personality, spec-tators get the irresistible chance to celebrate with Marian as a performing artist in the show. Mar-ian heats up the stage through her contagious energetic vibe, as she will absolutely be a feast for the eyes with her show-stop-ping costumes, make-up and hairstyles. “sobrang excited ako dahil isa ‘to sa mga pan-garap kong gawin. Ibang side naman ni Marian Ri-vera ang makikita ng mga
manonood at siyempre kaabang-abang din ang mga makakasama namin sa show, mula sa mga magagaling na choreogra-phers, dance crews, hang-gang sa mga celebrity art-ists,” says Marian. Aside from Marian’s special production num-
bers every week, viewers will also witness the high-powered, face-to-face battle of dance crews to-gether with celebrity danc-ers. Meanwhile, see more of today’s generation’s icon Marian Rivera as she reveals her playful side as Yan-Yan in the segment playlist
when she grooves to the top three dance hits of dif-ferent genres every week. sharing the stage with Marian is one of Eat Bulaga hosts paolo Ballesteros. Known for his animated charm, paolo engages him-self in an insightful banter with Marian and the show’s
WItH a new school year on the way, Working Mom magazine and Barbie mag-azine prove that this is a month to welcome new ex-periences with open arms as both titles present their back-to-school issues this June 2014. In Working Mom’s latest issue, Maricel and Anthony pangilinan share the se-crets to a happy marriage, successful kids, and getting through a chaotic day—the perfect story to kick off a hassle-free school year for the family. Working Mom’s back-to-school special goes into baon that can be made in minutes, bags that are good for the kids’ backs, cute rain-proof shoes, and out-of-the-box lunch buddies. this issue also dishes out tips on beating morning madness to acing those tough sub-jects. the magazine also cel-ebrates Father’s Day with a feature on hot celebrity dads like Richard Gomez and Aga Muhlach, plus awe-some gifts that are sure to
make the daddies out there very happy. In the latest back-to-school special of Barbie magazine, kids can read up on how to head back to school the fun way after the summer holidays, present-ing fashionable bags and accessories to gear all the
little girls up for the classes to come. Barbie magazine also knows how there is nothing more fun than getting back together with friends after a long break—so it’s best to make the most of that. Join the cheerleading squad and design uniforms in one sec-
tion to kick start the kids’ creative juices. plus, don’t miss the movie section all about the Barbie film, prin-cess Charm school. this month’s issue also tells a story entitled “Rhap-sody in Buttercream,” an episode of “Barbie Life in the Dreamhouse,” where Barbie is found baking cupcakes to win a bet with teresa to prove she’s not a klutz in the kitchen. Read up on how the story will play out this June. Grab a copy of Working Mom magazine and Barbie magazine, both presented by ABs-CBN publishing, Inc. Both Working Mom and Bar-bie are available at leading bookstores and magazine stands nationwide.
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Marian Rivera like never before in GMA’s Primetime Musical: MARIAN
guests. Adding musical beat to the show is Kapuso pop superstar Julie Anne san Jose. Captivating, grand and ever-surprising, every Ka-puso will see Marian Rivera like never before as she pushes herself to the limits together with paolo and Ju-lie Anne. Marian is directed by Louie Ignacio with head writer Rommel Gacho.
Let’s make saturday nights, Marian Nights as MARIAN premieres June 21 after Vampire Ang Daddy Ko in GMA. Get the latest updates about MARIAN from its official facebook page www.facebook.com/GMAMarianshow, twitter account @GMAMarian-show and the GMA Net-work website www.GMA-Network.com.
BELiEViNG in bonds between friends, the connections that come from shared hardship, enjoyment and awe, Mountain hardwear recently held the first Vertical hitch wall climb-ing competition in Davao City.
at the Fountain Court grounds of SM Lanang Premier. Mountain hardwear brought together expe-rienced athletes to best each other’s time and skills on the wall. Distin-guished outdoor groups such as Maramag’s Min-danao Climbing Society, Edge Outdoor, Paradive DOtA, REM, and Xcape idiots sent out their repre-sentatives to compete. The competition had two categories, the Speed Climb and the Route Course. The Speed Climb is a race for the fastest climber while the Route Course is a race that tests who can go the farthest distance with very limited holds. John Jay Laurente fin-ished first for the speed climb men’s division with a time of 11.66 seconds followed by Joey Codilla with a time of 12.64 sec-onds with Lando Marti-nez as the second runner up with a time of 12.72 seconds. For the women’s speed climb, Leslie herrero fin-ished on top of the leader board with a time of 17.19 seconds while Clarice Jane Calolot and Rapha Angela Cara Suzara fin-ished second and third respectively. The men’s course climb saw Edzel Sumagay-say running away with the victory with Lando Martinez and Neil Laude finishing first and second runners up. Leslie herrero reigned as the queen of the course climb with Karina Gam-bito and Rapha Angela Cara Suzara finishing first runner up and sec-ond runner up respec-tively. Mountain hardwear’s Vertical hitch was made possible thanks to SM La-nang Premiere, Rexona, Purefoods Star Corned Beef, Ciudades, DEGEE Sounds & lights, Land-scape Photographers of Davao, Mr. Edwin Or-tiz & Family and Ma’am Mariza Jamahlul. Photo credits to Ray Villamor, Razzel Dolorito, Mae San-chez and Weng Racho.
Mountain Hardwear celebrates bonds of friendship and the outdoors with Vertical Hitch
Breaths were held as each courageous wall climber conquered the 24 feet, L-shaped wall
last June 1 for the finals of Mountain hardwear’s Vertical hitch wall climb-ing competition held
Awarding winners Juyi Fabricante of Purefoods_Razzel Dolorito of Mountain Hardwear and Ms. Chai Abaya of Ciudades.
Outdoor buddies at the Vertical Hitch.
Fire dancers at the Fountain Court. Conquering the wall.
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SAO PAUlO (AP) -- Brazil striker Neymar is only 22 years old, but knows
he will be carrying the hopes of the host country at the World Cup. He is already get-ting goosebumps just think-ing about Thursday’s opener against Croatia.
Neymar didn’t hide the fact that he is both anxious and excited to finally get go-ing in the home tournament.
‘’It’s time,’’ he said, ad-mitting to goosebumps when he heard coach luiz Felipe Scolari talk about the team’s debut in Wednesday’s news conference. ‘’The time everybody had been waiting
for has arrived.’’Neymar is Brazil’s big-
gest star and a good perfor-mance by the youngster will be key to his team’s hopes of reaching the final at the Maracana Stadium. With the No. 10 shirt made famous by Pele on his back, Neymar is aware of the expectations.
‘’It’s an honor to be where I am today,’’ he said. ‘’My friends keep telling me that I’m fulfilling their dreams too, not only mine, by playing in a World Cup here in Brazil. I hope I can play well and help my team the best way I can so we can fulfill the dream of every
Brazilian by winning the ti-tle.’’
Neymar had already at-tracted most of the attention in Brazil, even before his high-profile transfer to Bar-celona last year. With the ex-perience gained by playing alongside the likes of lionel Messi, the responsibilities have only increased.
He is Brazil’s leading scorer ahead of the World Cup, with 31 goals in 49 matches. Striker Fred is the closest to him with 17 goals in 34 matches.
Neymar said he knows his importance to the team, but tried to downplay any
idea that Brazil is just about him.
‘’I don’t play by myself,’’ Neymar said. ‘’There are 11 players on the field, and everybody knows their role and what they need to do to try to help our team make it far in the tournament.’’
For a long time, Neymar was criticized for his lack-luster performances with Brazil. But he proved his worth at last year’s Con-federations Cup, winning the warm-up tournament’s Golden Ball award as its best player and scoring a goal in the 3-0 victory over world champion Spain in the final.
HOMETOWN HERO. All eyes will be on Neymar as he carries the hosts in the 2014 World Cup. Brazil plays Croatia on June 14.IT’S NEyMAR TIME!
Brazil’s star player anxious ahead of World Cup opener
Brazil’s Neymar gestures during an official training session the day before the group A World Cup soccer match against Croatia.
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DIGOS, Davao del Sur – The PlDT-ABAP Nation-al Championships will be
held at the Digos City Gymnasi-um July 1-7 under the sponsor-ship of 8-title world champion and Sarangani representative Manny Pacquiao in partnership with the provincial government of Davao del Sur headed by Gov-ernor Claude Bautista.
Pacquiao said he wanted to relive his memories as an ama-teur when he first fought under
the Digos team.“Dito ako nagsimula bilang
amateur boxer. At dahil ama-teur boxing naman ang tourna-ment, naisip ko na gawin sa Di-gos. Marami akong magandang alaala dyan”, said the current WBO welterweight champion, who is also a member of the ABAP Board of Directors rep-resenting Region 12 (SOCCSK-SARGEN).
ABAP executive director Ed Picson held a meeting with
Bautista on Monday at the Davao del Sur Capitol Building where the chief local executive introduced him to his point per-sons for the tournament: board member Ricardo Molina Jr., pro-vincial legal officer Renato Bar-tolo, public information officer Ma. Ana Sumatra, and events coordinator Oscar Casaysay.
Pacquiao was represented by his former trainer and now team manager of the Pacman Boxing Team luisito “Bebe”
Tinagsa, who will also act as competition manager for the tournament.
Bautista said “we are hon-ored by this gesture of Cong. Pacquiao, who is also a close personal friend. Our province is celebrating its 47th Founding Anniversary and this national championships will enhance our celebrations. Davao del Sur will be ready to warmly wel-come all the participants, offi-cials and spectators”.
FAST Fridays makes its inaugural edition tomor-row at the Barrio Fies-
ta (Archipelago 7107) from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon at the SM lanang Premier’s Fountain Court.
FAST Fridays, which stands for Fun-Adven-ture-Sports-Travel, is a weekly media conference which tack-les on the latest sports news and trends and other related topics hosted by SM lanang Premier and Barrio Fiesta.
Veteran sports journalist Neil Bravo of Edge Davao will act as moderator. Bravo is also
host of the “let’s Get It On” sports talk show program on 105.9 Balita FM.
Guesting in the first ever FAST Fridays are members of the Team Philippines repre-sented by AAK-Davao who won five gold medals in the recent 15th Milo Malaysia Open Kara-tedo Championships in Kuala lumpur, Malaysia.
The forum will also dis-cuss the upcoming SM To SM Fun Run and the SM lanang Premier’s Father’s Day Treats. Also a special feature of the program is the featured Barrio Fiesta dish of the week.
ON Wednesday, Miami Heat big man Chris Bosh called his team’s
Tuesday evening loss to the San Antonio Spurs “probably the worst game we’ve played together.” Bosh, who received fewer than a third of the offen-sive touches that he enjoyed in the first two contests of the 2014 NBA Finals, is likely to be the offensive focal point for Mi-ami and once again a defensive point of emphasis for the Spurs, who went out of their way to force Bosh out of the action and draw Miami’s offensive atten-tion elsewhere.
For three quarters, Miami’s offense didn’t suffer as a result – the Heat still managed 75 points in the first 36 minutes without the help of transition
forays or Bosh at his absolute best. Down the stretch, and after taking in the game as a whole? CB’s absence sticks out. He made all four of his shots, and his presence on the pe-rimeter did tilt San Antonio’s defense at times that resulted in the Spurs having to give up easier shots to others, but the Heat can’t survive with such an integral part of their core being underutilized to this degree.
This is why Bosh’s pres-ence (especially if he continues to slip picks and confound San Antonio helpers) will be the key storyline heading into Game 4 – how the Heat will attempt to glom onto the obvious of-fensively while still making his looks feel like a surprising part of its arsenal, enough to catch
San Antonio off guard. And, in a way that should have bas-ketball junkies rubbing their hands together like the creeps we are, we should all be look-ing forward to San Antonio’s assumptions and counter to the expected Heat counter, and then the counter to the counter to the counter that we’ll see put in place once the third quarter of Game 4 tips off.
And then the counter after that.
So, yes, we’ll all be watch-ing Chris Bosh in Game 4. He has to be the force on both ends that puts Miami over the top, and because he can’t rightly bring the ball up court, he’ll need some support in that re-gard.
Beyond that? Here are
three storylines to watch in Game 4.
SUStAineD BALL MoVeMent, AnD tony
PArKer’S PLACe in thAtAs you’re well aware, the
San Antonio Spurs put on a clinic in the first two quarters of Game 3. A record-setting clinic.
And, as you’re likely aware, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich was more than pleased with Tony Parker’s play in Game 3, despite his lack of boffo stats:
Parker did have a great game. He put the Heat defense on edge throughout the first quarter with his feints while sometimes dominating the ball, and he made pin-point passes that led to scores that he wasn’t directly credited with.
MONEy Mayweather re-gains his spot as the world’s highest-paid
athlete.Floyd Mayweather has been
cashing multi-million checks for his fights for more than a decade. He banked at least $25 million for each of his past nine bouts going back to 2007 when he defeated Oscar De la Hoya in the most watched fight in the history of boxing pay-per-view events. Mayweather has earned almost $400 million in the ring since he turned pro in 1996 after the Olympics, but he has never had a year like this past one.
Mayweather earned $105 million during the past 12 months for 72 minutes of work in the ring for fights against Canelo Alvarez and Marcos Maidana. The payday puts May-weather atop Forbes’ annual list of the world’s highest-paid ath-letes for the second time in three years. Mayweather is the first athlete, besides Tiger Woods, to
crack the $100 million earnings threshold (Michael Jordan, Mi-chael Schumacher and Mike Ty-son have also turned the trick on an inflation-adjusted basis).
The September Mayweath-er-Canelo fight billed as “The One” set records for highest PPV gross ($150 million), live gate ($20 million) and total rev-enue (roughly $200 million). The Canelo fight marked the second bout in the blockbuster 30-month, six-fight deal May-weather signed with Showtime in 2013. Mayweather earned a guaranteed $32 million for his May fight with Marcos Maidana where the PPV buys are expect-ed to finish between 900,000 and one million when they are all counted, compared to 2.2 million for Mayweather-Alvarez. Mayweather is the most popular boxer on the planet which helps drive PPV sales, but his pay-checks get a boost because he also serves as fight promoter, in addition to pugilist.
BLOODIED WARRIOR. Asi Taulava of Air 21 is bloodied from a cut in the eye after a clash of heads during the PBA game between Air 21 and GlobalPort on Wednesday night. Nuki Sabio
City Hall Executives used a solid first half to topple Association of Barangay
Captains (ABC) Davao City, 101 – 93, for a second straight friendly game Wednesday night at the Davao City Recreation Center Almendras Gym.
A red-hot Christopher “Bong” Go once again led the way and the rest of the Execu-tives fired bombs as well to seal the victory.
Go, the sweet-shooting ex-ecutive assistant of Mayor Rodri-go Duterte, scored 28 of his total
41 points in the first half built in a superb shooting display as the Executives gained 23-points lead at the break for good.
Contributing significantly for the Executives was business-man and city sports division consultant Glenn Escandor, who played for more minutes than his regular playing time.
Escandor scattered 11 points, most of them in the sec-ond frame where the Executives outscored the Village chiefs, 33 – 15, en route to a 67 – 44 lead at the half.
Three things to watch in Game 4
National ABAP boxfest in Digos
FAST Fridays: Newesttalk of town in SM Lanang
Mayweather heads 2014 list of world’s highest-paid athletes
Executives bank on huge first half, top ABC anew
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WORlD Cup 2014: Ready or not, it is Brazil’s time to
show the worldThe countdown clocks
have clicked down towards zero. The air force is on alert. Navy frigates patrol the coastline and an army of 147,000 police and soldiers has been mobilised. Roads usually choked with traffic are emptying of cars. Schools have been closed. Offices are finishing early. Hundreds of millions of TV sets are being tuned in to the same event.
By 5pm on Thursday, Bra-zil should finally be ready for the moment this football-ob-sessed nation has been dreaming of – and dreading – for the past seven years: the kickoff of the World Cup finals.
The biggest, costliest and arguably most controversial tournament in the sport’s history will get under way at the Itaquerão stadium with a star-studded ceremony and a match between the host na-tion and Croatia.
But all is not well in the
global football family. Parting with protocol, the host presi-dent, Dilma Rousseff, and Fifa head, Sepp Blatter, will not give a speech because they fear a repeat of last year’s Confederations Cup open-ing when their words were drowned out by jeers and whistles.
While Pitbull, Claudia leitte and Jennifer lopez per-form the official song, We are One, demonstrators on the streets are planning to chant a discordant message about in-equality, forced evictions and
overspending on the $11.5bn event.
And as Neymar, Pau-linho, Hulk, Fred and their compatriots file through the stadium tunnel in São Paulo, workers in other host cities are still wrestling with the final touches on construction projects that are chronically late, over budget and fatally ill managed. Fifa, though, has declared all 12 venues ready and once the football starts, it will hope that attention shifts to the pitch rather than the streets.
LET THE GAMES BEGINREADy FOR THE WORLD CUP. Workers fix collaterals outside the unfinished Arena Corinthians stadium, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, which is one of the 12 venues of the FIFA World Cup 2014 which begins on June 12.
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