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COVER STORY

A PALL of gloom fell on a city whose dreams of seeing its own son steer the country were dashed for good.

The last day of filing of certificate of can-didacy was the day of mourning and sadness for Filipinos who were hoping that the earlier decision of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duter-te not to run as president would change on the last minute.

On Thursday, Duterte’s executive assistant Christopher Lawrence Go and city adminis-trator Jesus Melchor Quitain filed the Mayor’s COC.

After the filing, Duterte called for a short media briefing and he said that he filed for the mayorship because his daughter former Mayor Sara Z. Duterte- Carpio is not ready to run as mayor.

What triggered the so-called Duterte-serye was ignited after Sara posted on her instagram account yesterday a photo a certificate of can-didacy (COC) for Mayor with a caption “Digong, gahulat ko sa imuha (Digong, I am waiting for you). To all my Filipino fellows, you will make him President, otherwise, lagot kayo sa akin (you will experience my wrath). Tandaan niyo itong araw na ito. Wala kaming pera, wala kam-ing makinarya (Remember this day. We do not have money, we do not have machinery).”

After she uploaded the picture of her COC, supporters monitored the event in the social media hoping that there will be some sort of a miracle to happen. Some supporters also con-verged inside Magsaysay Park where the Com-mission on Election (Comelec) office located, waiting for Sara to come and file her COC as Mayor of the city.

People thought that time if Sara will file her COC, Duterte would withdraw his COC for Mayor and file another COC as president. Duterte’s supporters in Manila who never left the thought that he would retract his COC for mayor and run for presidency, were elated upon knowing the news.

Friday’s events seemed like one taken out of a movie script. As the hours waned, the plot thickened, and the thrill escalated to a crescen-do minute by minute.

Hopes lit up anew after reports came out on social media that Duterte already arrived in Manila conveyed by a private jet reportedly owned by a businessman.

It was 2:30 p.m., people were really ex-cited as seen on their faces with the thought that it will be the beginning of change for the Filipinos. Even the local reporters did not miss the moment. Local news radio stations were giving updates to their listeners from time to time on the situation inside Magasaysay Park.

Even the politicians who filed their COC that time were also excited to wait if Sara to file her can-d i d a c y because e v e n them

were also hopping the change to come. The employees of Comelec were also excited to see the former mayor to arrive in their office.

It was 4:00 p.m., an hour before the dead-line, people were getting anxious to see Sara file her COC. Every vehicle went inside the park people were howling thinking that Sara arrived. Many cars went inside the park but she was nowhere.

END OF A DREAMFriday’s events seemed like one taken out of a movie script. As the hours waned, the plot thickened, and the thrill escalated to a crescendo minute by minute.

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

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NEWS

THE bid of Rep. Mylene Garcia-Albano of Davao City’s Second District

to be elected for the third and final term is unopposed.

Albano filed her certifi-cate of candidacy (COC) min-utes before the deadline of filing at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) city of-fice inside Magsaysay Park yesterday afternoon in the presence of younger brother, former congressman Vincent J. Garcia, who arrived in the Comelec office an hour ahead.

In a statement she issued to Edge Davao,

Albano said she is touched by the fact that nobody is op-posing her bid to serve for the third and last term.

“It is an indication that the people of the district ap-proved of what we are doing as their duly elected repre-sentative,” she said.

Aside from crafting laws and helping in legislative work as member of the House of Representatives, she said she had been able to cause the completion of several projects in District 2.

“I am very grateful for the excellent teamwork and assistance that she got from

Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte and Vice Mayor Paolo “Pulong” Duterte through the years,” Albano said, adding that her “excellent working relation-ship” with the Dutertes, there is a long list of achievements that “we are very proud of”.

She said that during the last six years at least four school buildings with 18 classrooms per building through PAGCOR worth P42 million, a 200-bed dormi-tory within the University of Southeastern Philippines campus for Paquibato Dis-trict scholars, one of the most unique dorms in the country.”

“We were able to com-plete four district centers, upgraded barangay health centers, and put up new ba-rangay halls in Tibungco, Pampanga, Cabantian and Pandaitan among many oth-er projects,” Albano said.

“With the help of Rep. Sid Ungab (as chairman of the House committee on appro-propriations) a bridge to con-nect Callawa in the Second District and Lampianao in the 3rd District has been funded,” she said.

Albano said “another good news to my fellow citi-

Rep. Mylene’s re-election unopposedRattles off projects during the last 6 years

zens in District 2 is that elec-trification has snow reached sitio Butay of the hinterland barangay of Tapak.”

Starting this year, she said yearly flood control projects

are rising in Lasang, Mandug, Bunawan and in Jade Valley, Tigatto; a P 30-million farm to market road (FMR) and a bridge connecting Barangay Sumimao to the 3rd District,

a P20-million tourism road from Cabantian to rhe D’Le-onor Resort in Brgy Comu-nal, with another P50 million budget for next year, widen-ing and rehabilitation of Ma-

may Road and upgrading of its drainage.

She many more multi-mil-lion projects for the Second District are now in the pipe-line.

UNOPPOSED. Davao City Second District Rep. Mylene Garcia-Albano files her certificate of candidacy (COC) for reelection a few minutes before the deadline of filing at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) 11 on Friday afternoon. She was accompanied by his brother Vince, himself a former congressman. Lean Daval Jr.

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WITH the “Duterte Serye” ending on the last day of fil-

ing of candidacy, youth group Anakbayan called on Davao Mayor City Rodrigo Duterte to continue pushing for pro-peo-ple advocacies even as he an-nounced his final decision not to run for president in 2016.

The group specifically ac-knowledged Duterte’s com-mitment to resuming the now stalled peace negotiations be-tween the Philippine govern-ment (GPH) and the National Democratic Front of the Phil-ippines (NDFP) and address the root causes of the rebellion in the country.

“His commitment to pur-suing just and lasting peace by addressing the root causes of the armed revolution should be picked up by other presi-dential candidates and should be a major agenda in the

2016 elections,” said Vencer Crisostomo, national chairper-son of Anakbayan.

Crisostomo expressed admiration for Duterte’s au-dacious leadership style and noted his support to the pro-gressive mass movement es-pecially in Davao.

“Mayor Duterte is not someone who settles for emp-ty rhetoric but has matched his talk with action,” said Crisostomo who cited the mayor’s repeated calls for the resumption of the GPH-NDFP peace talks, his condemna-tion of military harassment and killing of lumad leaders as well as his role in the release of various prisoners of wars in Mindanao.

He said Duterte, with youth organizations can push for a “people’s agenda” for 2016 which includes fighting

THE Commission on Election (Comelec) in Davao City dismissed

allegations made by support-ers of Mayor Rodrigo R. Dute-rte on social that the certifi-cate of candidacy (COC) filed for mayor was invalid.

In an interview after the final hour of filing of COC on Friday night, Comelec 11 assistant regional director Marlon Casquejo said that the COC of Duterte is valid.

“We verified it this morn-ing (Friday) and we see it as valid in form and substance,” he said.

The claim of the netizens that the notarial commission of lawyer Samuel Dagpin was already expired since it is dated December 2014.

Casquejo, however, said Dagpin submitted his notari-al commission to his office and it stated that he can no-tarize up to 2016.

He said the December 2014 refers to the Profes-sional Tax Receipt (PTR) which notarial lawyers usu-ally get it every December for next year. He said the December 2014 is the date where Dagpin took his PTR

for 2015.Casquejo also explained

the December 2012 date stated in the COC of Duterte was the issuance date of his Philippine Passport which he submitted during the filing.

“Ang katong nakita nako na 2012, kay giisa-isa man gyud to nako is the ID nai-yanggi-submit which is his passport issued in 2012 and will expire on 2017 (The 2012 I saw was, I closely exam-ined it, the ID he submitted which is his passport issued on 2012 and will expire on 2015),” he said.

Meanwhile, Casquejo said the weeklong COC filing was generally peaceful even if there were some support-ers who converged outside the Comelec office because they were expecting some-one to file on the last minute.

There were reports earli-er that former Davao mayor Sara Z. Duterte-Carpio was to file her COC for mayor be-cause of her Instagram post showing her COC.

Casquejo said all the COCs filed were submitted to the Comelec law department for evaluation.

PORT workers held a picket protest outside the SUMIFRU Wharf in

Tibungco against SUMIFRU’s intentional dillydallying of collective bargaining negotia-tions. Wearing red armbands, around fifty workers of the multinational fruit giant’s cold storage unit under the union AJMR Labor Union-Associa-tion of Democratic Labor Orga-nizations – Kilusang Mayo Uno (AJMRLU-ADLO-KMU) called on SUMIFRU to stop its dilato-ry tactics and submit its count-er-proposal immediately to set the negotiations in motion.

“Judging by SUMIFRU’s actions, we cannot help but conclude that there is intent to refuse to bargain with us. It has been more than forty days since we submitted our CBA proposal. Under the law, the employer is supposed to submit its counterproposal within ten (10) days but there has been no movement what-

soever,” said Rene Diamora, union president of AJMR Labor Union.

Diamora lamented that SUMIFRU is using their recent affiliation with federation AD-LO-KMU as ground in stalling negotiations, blasting this as baseless because employers have absolutely no right to question a union’s organiza-tional decisions. AJMRLU disaf-filiated from yellow federation Southern Philippines Feder-ation of Labor (SPFL) on Au-gust 6, 2015 and affiliated with ADLO-KMU on September 10, 2015. The union submitted its CBA proposal to SUMIFRU on September 14, 2015. On Octo-ber 9, 2015, SUMIFRU through its executive Deogracias Mo-cam, wrote a letter question-ing ADLO-KMU’s standing to represent the union in negotia-tions. Afterwards, a vilification campaign against KMU was launched in the port, clearly

SEEKING RE-ELECTION. A Commission on Elections (Comelec) staff member puts on the name of incumbent Vice Mayor Paolo Z. Duterte after lawyer Alexis Lumbatan filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) on Friday. Duterte, who is gunning for his second term, is running unopposed. Lean Daval Jr.

Comelec: Mayor Rody COC validBy ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

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Anakbayan to Rody: Backprogressive platform, bets

Port workers picket SUMIFRUfor stalling CBA negotiations

DAVAO DEL NORTE pol-itics suddenly turned from ho-hum to inter-

esting after two candidates made unexpected last-minute changes in their certificates of candidacy transforming some political personalities from al-lies to foes.

Observers called the sud-den twists of events as “ini-tial betrayals” which happen when parties renege on agree-ments or turn their backs on political covenants.

The incidents of betrayal involve two del Rosarios –out-going governor Rodolfo del Rosario and his son, incum-bent First District Congress-man Anthony G. del Rosario.

What was initially agreed was for congressman Antho-

ny, also known as “AGR” to run for governor while incumbent Vice Governor Victorio “Baby” Suaybaguio would run for congressman.

On the other hand, Gover-nor Dolfo del Rosario would run for mayor of the Island Garden City of Samal with in-cumbent Vice Mayor Al David Uy as his running mate.

Last Wednesday, Gov-ernor del Rosario and Vice Mayor Uy filed their COCs in Igacos Comelec.

On Friday afternoon, Anthony del Rosario was ac-companied by his father, Gov. del Rosario, and other family members to file his COC for governor. Suaybaguio had ear-lier filed his COC for 1st con-

Last-minute betrayalin Davao del Norte

From allies to foes

WAITING FOR MYLENE. Supporters of Davao City second district Rep. Mylene Garcia – Albano enjoy the see-saw inside Ramon Magsaysay Park while waiting for her to file the certificate of candidacy (COC). Armando Fenequito Jr.

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ALL-OUT SUPPORT. Incumbent mayors of the 10 municipalities and one city of the province have strongly backed the candidacy of Governor Malanyaon’s standard bearer-- Rep. Nelson L, Dayanghirang -- as governor of the Province of Davao Oriental for next year’s elections.

OUTGOING Davao Orien-tal Governor Corazon Malanyaon is strong-

ly backing the gubernatorial bid of First District Rep. Nel-son Dayanghirang, saying the man whom he described as “hard-working, strong-willed and benevolent leader” would continue the economic growth and development of the prov-ince.

Before facing the local me-dia, the governor and all of the province’s incumbent mayors held a caucus here in which they declared full support for the gubernatorial bid of Rep. Dayanghirang who is running under the ruling Liberal Party. The incumbent mayors from the ten municipalities and one city also disclosed that majori-ty of barangay captains under their jurisdiction will also sup-port Dayanghirang after the governor made a disclosure on her preferred successor.

“All of the province’s may-ors including the barangay captains are one with me in pushing for the candidacy of Rep. Nelson Dayanghirang to be the province’s next gov-ernor,” says Gov. Malanyaon, who is the most awe-inspiring

figure in the political history of Davao Oriental as she brought a new political order to the landscape of a sunshine prov-ince.

When Malanyaon took over as governor in 2007, Davao Oriental was a dete-riorating low-class province known not only as the pe-rennial economic laggard of the Davao Region but also as hotbed of the long-running communist insurgency. The provincial government then could not raise enough reve-nue to fund its services for the underprivileged. Now on her last term, Governor Malanya-on has managed to transform her province into a first-class status that is now leader of agricultural production in the country. The province has be-come a model of competent and participatory local gover-nance. Under the leadership of Malanyaon, Davao Oriental achieved a remarkable record being the most awarded local government unit in the coun-try for its best practices in local governance.

In conferring the Gawad-PamanangLahi award to her, The Department of Interior

and Local Government says: “Her (Governor Malanyaon) leadership is the kind best described by the late DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo as ‘mahusay at matino.’ Hindi la-hatngmahusay aymatino at hindilahatngmatino ay mahu-say. Angkailanganponatin ay iyongmahusay at matino.”

Running unopposed in the succeeding two elections, Malanyaon was given unprec-edented faith by her constit-uents for her competence and integrity as the people of Davao Oriental kept voting for her entire ticket. “We should always remember that we are given the opportunity to lead, not because of ourselves, but because people hope that we will be in the service of others,” says Malanyaon who is now running for representative of the First District here after completing her nine-year term of office.

For his part, Rep. Dayang-hirang says that “with a thor-ough improvement in the peo-ple’s satisfaction with the local governance, residents of Davao Oriental now speaks with pride of their province. There is now a sense of ownership in

what has been achieved in the province under the leadership of Governor Malanyaon, and a strong commitment to sustain-ing those achievements. Public expressions of gratitude for her genuine public service has confirmed Governor Malanya-on’s place in the hearts of her people.” Dayanghirang’s run-ning mate is incumbent pro-vincial board member Nino SoteroUy.

Governor Malanyaon has also fielded a “former tricy-cle driver,” Mati City Council member Delfin Dodo Miones, to run as representative of the vote-rich Second District here. In pushing for the candidacy of Dayanghirang and Miones, Governor Malanyaon says her political team has the “most important quality to serve the people and that is the ability to work well with others, to listen to different points of view and the flexibility to accommodate the valid concerns of others.”

“Because we must always pay closer attention to the sen-timents of the public. Only then can there be a genuine public service that is truly responsive to the needs of the people,”

IT will be a one-on-one fight in the Davao City 3rd District congressional race

after Engr. Alberto Ungab and youthful Karlo Bello filed their certificates of candidacy (COCs) on the last day of the filing period Friday.

The 52-year-old Ungab was accompanied by his old-er brother and last--termer congressman Isidro T. Ungab and a throng of supporters when he filed his COC at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Friday morning.

The Ungab brothers and their entourage wore green shirts and chanted the hopeful’s nickname as they marched inside the park and into the Comelec office at around 9:30 a.m.

Earlier, Bello, who is also a last-termer city councilor, silently filed his COC under the ruling local political group Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod.

The elder Ungab said that although Bello is running under Hugpong, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte has

given his blessings himself for his younger brother to seek the post.

“I had a long talk with the mayor Monday night and he told me my brother may also run if he wishes to. We are happy that he also recognized out efforts in the third district,” said Ungab, a staunch Duterte supporter.

Rep. Ungab said his proven track record and performance will be their advantage over Bello in the coming elections. He cited numerous road proj-ects and school buildings aside from increasing the number of teachers made the third dis-trict become progressive.

Ungab was even teary-eyed when he and his brother faced the media after the COC filing. They lost their father while they were still young.

There will not come a time, both assured, that they will be fighting for the same position.

“I’m proud of the accom-plishment of my brother,” the younger Ungab said.

RACING against time after a supposed ally kingpin suddenly endorsed a dif-

ferent candidate, last-termer Davao del Norte Vice Governor Victorio “Baby” Suaybaguio, Jr. withdrew his certificate of candidacy for congressman in the province’s first district and filed a new COC for governor against Congressman Antho-ny del Rosario (AGR) less than an hour before 5 p.m. deadline yesterday, Friday.

The vice governor in an in-terview past 6 P.M. Friday has only a short message for his running for governor: “It’s all but because of people’s clam-or.”

The vice governor and the rest of provincial and district slates under Liberal Party and Kusog Baryohanon party filed their COCs lasting for about

an hour starting past 2 p.m. Friday.

Many first thought there was just no hitch for the unit-ed groups of the LP and Kusog as Cong. AGR filed his COC for governor under LP, Board Member Alan Dujali as inde-pendent candidate, Suaybagu-io for 1st district congressman under LP, ex-Cong. Tonyboy Floirendo (TBF) for 2nd con-gressman under Kusog, 5 can-didates for board members in the 1st district under the LP, and the other 5 candidates in the 2nd district under Kusog.

But, later in the day, Suay-baguio was forced by circum-stance to separate from the LP led by Governor Rodolfo del Rosario by withdrawing his COC for congressman and then filing a new COC for gov-

Cora, mayors back Dayanghirang

ANOTHER UNGAB. Engr. Albert Ungab (right) is accompanied by his brother, Davao City Third District Rep. Isidro Ungab (center), upon his filing of certificate of candidacy (COC) at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) 11 Friday morning. Rep. Ungab groomed his younger brother to replace him in the city’s Third District helm. Lean Daval Jr.

Suaybaguio faces Del Rosariofor Davao del Norte governorTension grips Comelec office during last day of COC filing

It’s Ungab vs Belloin DC’s 3rd DistrictBy CHARLES RAYMOND A. MAXEY

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By CHARLES RAYMOND A. MAXEY

A RESIDENTIAL condominium with a per-fect setting specifically for nature lovers will soon rise in the Island Garden City of Samal. The project, the Holiday Oceanview Residenc-es, is indeed a paradise discovered as it offers a breathtaking view nature can offer.

Wesley Bangayan, gen-eral manager of developer Holiday Garden Island Development Corpora-tion, said they are the first to develop a residential condo project that is fac-ing the beachfront, giv-ing future homeowners a magnificent view of the sunrise and vista of the ocean.

“We are the first one to develop a condominium facing the beachfront for Samal Island,” Bangayan said. “This is a unique project.”

The Holiday Ocean-view Residences is a four-storey low-rise residential

condominium rested at Holiday Oceanvew in Ba-rangay Ilihan, Babak Dis-trict. Situated right beside the Oceanview Marina, this new enclave is some-thing new and different from other developments.

The project has three buildings—one main and the East and West buildings, and covers two hectares of the 7.6-hect-are Holiday Oceanview Samal project. The condo is just one of the three components of the Holi-day Oceanview, which includes a village and ma-

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We are the first one to develop a condominium facing the

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rina.Bangayan said con-

struction for the mid-high project is now in full swing and they target to have this com-pleted in 18 months. The company launched the project in Septem-ber, officially making it the first condo resort to serve Samal and very approximate to the is-land’s eco-tourism de-velopment.

“Basically, con-struction is now in full swing. We have fin-ished the foundation for the West building and we will now pro-ceed to the lay-outing of the main building,” Bangayan said.

He said the main strength of their proj-ect is that all units are facing the sea, facing the Davao Gulf.

The condominium project is composed of 95 units and high-lighted with quality amenities aside from being nestled in a sol-

emn community that is ideal for residents who want to escape the hustle and bustle of city life.

Bangayan said their target market are in-vestors and vacation-ers who want to go to the beach and enter-tain guests outside of their homes. The place is also less-affected by bad weather as it is in-side the Davao Gulf.

“This is really an ideal place for relaxing and vacation,” he said.

Bangayan acknowl-edged the fact that their company is still new when it comes to real estate business, but said they are confident with the market be-cause of the industry’s boom. He also sees a bright outlook for the company with the sec-tor.

“Real estate is booming. For us, it is a good investment when it comes to real estate,” Bangayan said.

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He also said they are ready to face the chal-lenge despite the presence of the big players in Samal like Landco and Filinvest.

“Our competitors are already established. They are there already so that’s one of the challenges,” Bangayan said.

“Another challenge is establishing a name for us. Our Group of Com-panies is already known in Davao but we are rook-ies in real estate and this is also a challenge for us. But, whatever we start we will finish it by hook or by crook,” he added.

But, despite them be-ing new in real estate, Bangayan assured what-ever projects they develop these are quality ones like the Holiday Oceanview Residences.

With the construc-tion of the condo, Ban-gayan said tourism in

Samal also got a major boost, specially with the convergence program of the Department of Tour-ism (DOT) and Depart-ment of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) that will develop roads in tourist spots all over the country.


ECONOMY

THE Apo View Hotel, one of the oldest ho-tels in Davao City, will

soon be transformed into residential building, devel-oper Euro Towers Interna-tional Inc. announced.

“In the next three to five years we will start our development which will be the prime residential ad-dress in Davao City,” Euro Towers chief operating of-ficer Maricar Encarnacion said during the Vivaldi Resi-dences Davao Buyer’s Night on Friday night.

Encarnacion said Apo View Hotel is one of the landmarks of the city.

She said the develop-ment of hotel might start after the completion of Vi-valdi Residences Davao by 2018.

Meanwhile, Euro Tow-ers’ construction and devel-opment director Roy L. Es-tanislao said the company will work hard to finish the Vivaldi project on time.

Estanislao said right now the project is still on the foundations of the 37-story condominium project.

He said that the founda-

Apo View eyed for residential projectBy ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

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VIRTUAL REALITY SHOWROOM. A woman takes a look on the virtual reality showroom of the Vivaldi Residences Davao, the first of its kind the Philippines. The amenities and facility of the units are featured in virtual reality showroom. Photo at left shows Euro Towers International

construction and development director Roy L. Estanislao gives an update of the condominium project during the company’s Davao Buye’s Night Friday at the Apo View Hotel. Armando Fenequito Jr.

tion of the building is com-prised of 70 board place which has a 60 meters depth and 1.8 meters in diameter.

“Whatever delays we encountered during the foundation work, there are

other stages in the construc-tion that we can recover,” Estanislao said.

The company could complete the foundations building by February next year so that the project will

proceed to the next phase, according to him.

“We see to it that the foundation will really car-ry the building,” Estanislao said.

He said one of the con-

siderations in building the foundations is the soil qual-ity of the area that might affect the set construction schedule.

Estanislao said the com-pany is now on the bidding

process for the structural works of the proposed high rise condominium.

“In our program, the structural works will start by February next year also,” he said.

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THE damage to Davao Region’s agriculture sector due to the long

moderate dry spell has al-ready reached more than double as of third quarter of this year, an official said.

Department of Agricul-ture (DA) 11 assistant region-al director Maria Febe T. Orbe told reporters that total dam-age to crops in the region has already reached about P300 million as of this month.

This is higher than the damage to Davao’s rice and corn last May which reached P120 million due to the mod-erate El Niño.

“Crops including rice and corn are the most affected sector,” Orbe said.

Affected rice production areas because of the El Nino are located in the provinces of Davao del Sur and Davao del Norte.

Corn production areas

in the upland areas in Davao del Sur and Davao Occidental were also damaged because of the long drought season that is expected to peak this month.

High value crops like ba-nana in the production areas of Davao del Norte were also affected as well as the vegeta-ble production areas in Com-postella Valley.

DA 11 supervising ag-riculturist Herna M. Palma

earlier said that the damage to rice sector has reached to a total of P51.28 million, while corn damage has reached about P68.81 million as re-ported by the agency’s mon-itoring since early March of this year.

Palma said the total loss went up after the province of Davao del Sur submitted its report.

The damaged plant-ed area for rice is now at

1,427.81 hectares while the figure for corn is 3,547.57 hectares, totaling 4,975.38 hectares for the whole region.

During the second quar-ter, the province of Davao del Norte recorded the highest loss in the rice sector amount-ing to P41.14 million from 688.81 hectares of damaged rice fields, followed by Davao City with P5.6 million, Com-postela Valley with P4.4 mil-lion, and Davao del Sur with

P130,200.For corn, Davao City in-

curred the highest loss of P61.58 million from 2,142.50 hectares of damaged corn fields, followed by Davao del Sur with P3.89 million, and Davao del Norte with with P3.33 million last May.

Orbe said the damage in expected to increase since the El Nino is expected to last un-til the second quarter of the year..

El Niño damage to crops now P300M

A WOMEN’S organization based in Governor Gen-eroso in the province of

Davao Oriental is pushing for the closure of the east coast from the operation of commer-cial fishing vessels reportedly exploiting the fishery resourc-es in the area.

“Fishermen from differ-ent local coastal communities surrounding the East Coast are not fully benefitting from the resources because of the presence of commercial fish-ing vessels which are not event registered under the region, ”Agraryong Reporma Sama-hang Kababaihan chairman

Conchita Masin said during the Kapehan sa Isla at the Blugre Café at SM Lanang Premier last Friday.

Masin said these commer-cial fishing vessels from Gener-al Santos City exploit the fish-ing ground in the East Coast with the usage of active fishing gear like bagnet and ringnet. The area is known to be part of the migratory path of yellow fin tuna,

Aside from tuna, these ves-sels also catch pelagic fishes like anchovies and big-eyed scad or matambaka that di-rectly proceed to the fish land areas in General Santos with-

out being attributed to the re-gion’s fish production record.

Marine experts from the Oceana Philippines, a non-gov-ernment organization, the east coast including some part of the Davao Gulf has been part of the spawning area not just for tuna but a lot of pelagic fishes and sardines.

“The operation of these vessels adversely affects the fish catch of our fishermen,” Masin, a fisherman herself, added. She said that there are more than 3,000 fishermen from the surrounding munici-palities

Masin said local govern-

ment areas surrounding the coast, including the munici-palities of Boston, Taragona, Cateel and Manay, are also pushing the closure of the area from the operation of fishing vessels.

“Tama na ang panahon na nagtamasa ang mga dagko, amo na pud mga ginagmay (It is time for us the small fisher-men to benefit from the rich resources of our sea),” Masin said.

She said these commer-cial fishing vessels which are owned by big companies in General Santos City will not

East Coast closure for fishing vessels pushed

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) was awarded a high rating

of “very good” in the Annual Enterprise Corruption Sur-vey (AESC) 2014/15, Social Weather Stations (SWS) pice president Linda Luiz Guerrero announced.

In order to reach this rat-ing, an institution must have scored within the range of +50 to +69. Alongside DTI, the Securities and Exchange Com-mission (SEC), Social Security System (SSS), Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), and Office of the President got the same rat-ing, out of the 36 government institutions surveyed for its sincerity in fighting corrup-tion.

For the past two years, DTI is getting the same rating which is a significant improve-ment from the 2009 survey to which the agency was rated “Good.”

Other results showed that there is a slight improvement for the bureaucracy on other metrics according to the said survey.

Sixty-two percent said that, “The government can be run without corruption” against the 38 percent who said that “Corruption is part of the way the government

works”, which is an improve-ment compared to last year’s figures with only 54 percent affirmative.

Part of the survey, too, asked the respondents on their stand in the passage of a strong law on the right of peo-ple to information from the government would reduce cor-ruption. It is observed when compared with the past cycles, from 78% to 90% supporting the bill.

Such results were learned during the conduct of the An-nual Enterprise Survey on Cor-ruption (AESC) 2014/15 at the Pinnacle Hotel, Davao City last September 22 by the Nation-al Competitiveness Council (NCC).

The roadshow gathered participants coming from gov-ernment agencies, local gov-ernment units, academe, pri-vate sector, and among others who are involved in the AESC.

“Being part of its core val-ues, the Department of Trade and Industry has always com-mitted itself to upholding in-tegrity; I am glad that all our efforts through the years, has paid off as reflected in the pub-lic’s perception of our agency,” DTI-XI Regional Director Maria Belenda Q. Ambi said. DTI11/MAB/jmm

DTI gets ‘very good’rating in AESC 2015

UM student bagstop place in RICEA THIRD year Chemical

Engineering student of the University of Mind-

anao (UM) topped the recent Regional Inventions Contest and Exhibits of the DOST.

Neil Sumampong’s study garnered top points from judg-es coming from the science bureau as well as the Davao Inventors Association and the Technology Application Pro-motion Institute.

Sumampong worked solo on his study titled “Sweet Po-tatoes: A Degradation Catalysis Component of Biomate Added High Density Poly-Ethylene Plastics”, or the production of bio-oxo degradable plas-tics which can break down through just exposure to air or the ground. It was conducted

for about a year and chosen on the criteria of creativity, marketability, environmental impact, and presentation last October 3.

“Everything is surreal be-cause the other inventors were in their fifth year, and I was only in my third. They were working by team, and I was the only individual [in my study],” Sumampong said.

He added the study was conducted with the envirom-nent as his primary concern, as the project was also done with discarded ‘kamote’ or sweet potatoes to lessen waste in the course of his study.

Sumampong will join oth-er regional winners in next year’s National Inventions Contest and Exhibits in Luzon.

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By CHENEEN R. CAPON

PRESIDENT Aquino on Friday said the Depart-ment of Energy (DOE)

and the National Electrifica-tion Administration (NEA) have completed their prepa-rations for typhoon “Lando.”

”The DOE and the NEA are ready in case the areas which are hit by the typhoon lose power,” the President said in a press conference Fri-day.

The NEA is an attached agency of the DOE and is man-

dated to better manage the electric cooperatives (ECs) of the country. After typhoon Yolanda left the country in 2013, the NEA helped in pro-viding loans needed by ECs to replace toppled electricity poles and distribution lines.

PAGASA warned that ty-phoon “Lando” will make its landfall on Saturday. It is cur-rently heading east of Baler, Aurora.

Typhoon “Lando” has maximum sustained winds of

130 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 160 kph.

Despite the typhoon’s eye still located 510 kilometers (km) East of Baler, Aurora (15.6°N, 126.3°E) on Friday, PAGASA has already raised public storm warning signal #1 (PSWS #1) and PSWS #2 around the country.

Meanwhile, the grid op-erator, National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP), said on Thursday it has completed its preparation to minimize

the impact of the typhoon to power transmission facilities.

The firm also said its Overall Disaster Command Center would monitor all the power restoration activities, reports and updates from its Regional Command Centers.

NGCP holds the franchise of the National Transmission Corporation, which allows it to operate the transmission lines around the country. But, the state still owns the power assets. (PNA)

DOE, NEA ready for typhoon ‘Lando’FEAST, 13

DIFFERENT STROKES. This hograiser conveys livestock along Bunawan, Davao City on Saturday through his multicab vehicle which doubles up as family car as well. NJB

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Countdownfor vanishing birds

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ENVIRONMENT

By HENRYLITO D. TACIO

Bernie Apal, the man who rescued the trapped pinsker’s hawk-eagle

Rene Ronquillo holding the hawk-eagle before it was to be released.

“I am very happy that the bird will go back to the forest again,” said Apal, adding that other people must do the same to protect the remaining natu-ral species which God has giv-en to Filipinos.

Rene Ronquillo, Hedcor president and chief operating officer, hailed Apal of what he had done. In a program prior to the release of the hawk-ea-gle, he pointed out: “With this action of Bernie Apal, we learn what real partnership is (all about). The fact that the com-munity’s immediate action of reporting the incident to us means they trust us… We are real partners in taking care not just the environment but the biodiversity as a whole.”

The pinsker’s hawk-eagle is endemic to Mindanao and can be found in other parts of the country. According to Birdlife International, there are 16 different species of hawk-eagles all over the world.

The pinsker’s hawk-eagle has not been fully studied by

science yet. In fact, its taxon-omy is still a matter of debate among scientists. Some believe it is a subspecies of the Philip-pine hawk-eagle so it is given the scientific name Spizaetus philippensis pinskeri. There are those who think it is a full species and classify it as either Nisaetus pinskeri or Spizaetus pinskeri.

Estimates from the Birdlife International show the total wild population of both Philip-pine and pinsker’s hawk-eagle at between 1,000 and 2,500 individuals. Both hawks and eagle come from the family Ac-cipitridae.

Unlike the Philippine ea-gle, which is considered an en-dangered species, the pinsker’s hawk-eagle is considered a threatened species. Accord-ing to the International Union FOR Conservation of Nature (IUCN), endangered species are those whose populations are in danger of extinction while threatened species have populations highly depleted

to the mini-mum.

In its lat-est State of the World’s Birds report, Birdlife In-ternational singled out the Phil-ippines as one of the four coun-tries in Asia as among 10 coun-tries with the highest n u m b e r s of globally threatened birds (the other three are Indone-sia, China

and India).Also listed by IUCN as

threatened species are Bagobo babbler, black-faced spoon-bill, blue-breasted flycatcher, blue-caped kingfisher, Cebu black shama, celestial blue monarch, Chinese egret, grey imperial pigeon, Japanese bittern, Japanese yellow bun-ting, long-billed creeper, Lu-zon wren-babbler, Mindanao parrotfinch, Mindoro bleed-ing heart pigeon, Negros fruit dove, Negros bleeding heart pigeon, Negros tree babbler, nicobar pigeon, Philippine water redstart, short-crested monarch, spot-billed Pelican, Sulu bleeding heart pigeon, Sulu hornbill and white-throat-ed jungle flycatcher.

Aside from Philippine ea-gle, the Convention on Inter-national Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flo-ra (CITES) also listed these two birds as endangered species: blue-naped parrot and rufous hornbill.

Birdlife International has identified 604 bird species found in the country -- that’s 6% of the world’s total num-ber of known birds. A third of the bird species are endemic or can only be found in the Philippines.

The IUCN considered a species rare when these can be “found only in one par-ticular area or only in a few areas in the country in high-ly specialized habitat types” and “occur only in very small numbers.” Example is Oriental dowitcher, which is known in the science world as Limnodro-mus semipalmatus.

Vulnerable species have still sizeable populations but the number is under threat from serious factors and thus likely to become endangered soon. The white-necked stork, goodfellow’s jungle flycatcher

and Philippine bullfinch are considered as vulnerable spe-cies.

Environmentalists blame the habitat loss as the prima-ry factor in the decimation of the bird species in the coun-try. The State of Philippines Birds, published by Haribon Foundation and Birdlife Inter-national, said that about 67% of the country’s birds spend their life or part of their life in a tropical forest.

In Cebu, which has com-pletely lost its primary forest, one species and several sub-species have joined the dodo into extinction.

The status of the endan-gered Philippine eagle is an-other case in point. Studies have shown that a pair of Philippine eagle needs at least 7,000 to 13,000 hectares of for-est as a nesting territory.

Hunting has also contribut-ed to the decimation of several bird species. Many birds are consistently caught for meat. Last year, there was a news re-port of seven men who were il-legally hunting wild Philippine ducks inside a protected area in Pantabangan town in Nueva Ecija.

To save the country’s wild-life species, the government signed Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protect Act under Republic Act 9147. The law stipulates the fine and pen-alties of those who kill and de-stroy wildlife species: impris-onment of 2-4 years and/or a fine of P5,000 to P300,000 for critical species; imprisonment of one 1-2 years and/or a fine of P2,000 to P200,000 for endan-gered species; imprisonment of 6 months to one year and/or a fine of P1,000 to P100,000 for vulnerable species; and impris-onment of 1-6 months and/or a fine of P500 to P50,000 for threatened species.

The rescued pinsker’s hawk-eagle released into

the wild

LAST September 7, 36-year-old Bernie Apal and his two com-

panions were on their way to the barangay hall to get residence certificate. They tried to follow the short-cut way instead of the usual road going to the place.

While walking, Apal saw a bird that was entangled in tree-roots near the Tomari Creek within the area of ba-rangay Sibulan in Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur. Even though the bird was in a cliff, Apal decided to rescue it. In the ten years he has been living in the barangay, it was the third bird of such kind he had seen.

Apal, a Bagobo-Tagab-awa farmer, thought the bird was dying as it was unresponsive and scrawny. The bird’s left eye was also injured as a result of trying to escape from the vine. It was assumed the bird was hunting for food when it got itself strapped in the peren-nial vines that grow near the roots of trees.

Apal had to walk for three hours to reach the ba-rangay hall in Sibulan and turned over the bird to the authorities. The barangay captain contacted Hedcor, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aboitiz Power which op-erates a run-of-river hydro-power plant in the area, and asked to do something to save the bird.

Hedcor immediately bought the bird -- which was identified later on as a pinsker’s hawk-eagle -- to

the Malagos Garden Resort, where Dr. Roberto “Bo” Pu-entespina, Jr. is having a sanc-tuary for rescued birds.

When Dr. Puentespina saw the eagle, he was ada-mant at first. The survival was slim at the bird was suffering from dehydration and starvation. “People who want to rescue birds must give them water every now and then,” he suggested.

In order for the birds not be restless during the travel, Dr. Puentespina suggested that the eyes be covered per-haps with a clean sock. Also, the birds must be wrapped to avoid their wings to move.

Dr. Puentespina nursed the hawk-eagle back to health and provided vita-mins and medication. When it was brought in for treat-ment, the eagle’s weight was only 500 grams. A month later, it gained 300 grams more. “The only thing I did to help the eagle was to give it my tender loving care,” he said.

After 37 days of intensive care, the hawk-eagle -- which was given the name “Ma-bikker,” a Bagobo-Tagabawa term for “strength and pow-er” -- was released in the area where it was rescued.

Among the criteria iden-tified before the hawk-eagle was release were good body condition and the ability to fly. In addition, the injured eye had already fully recov-ered. When all these con-siderations were met, the hawk-eagle soared back again to its original habitat.


VANTAGE

EDITORIALUnderstanding Rody

THE dream is over.Mayor Rodrigo Duterte was missing on Thursday.

Missing again on Friday. Where was he on those high-strung moments for the legions of his supporters anxiously awaiting for his anticipated filing of Certiciate of Candidacy for President?

Only he knows.And perhaps those belong to the first layer of his inner cir-

cle.As the hours waned on Friday, it was like a pall of gloom

fell on Davao City and many parts of the country where be-lievers of a political change spurred by a Duterte presiden-cy exist. The waiting was almost killing the diehard Duterte supporters. On social media, every post relative to him were flooded with likes and shares. Here was a man many wanted

to be their President.In the end though, he was nowhere in the vicinity of the

Commission on Elections. He did not even leave home. Not boarded a plane. Not even prepared a COC for President.

Are we taken for a ride? Some may think so. However, here was a 70-year old man people want to run the country for the next six years. That may seem easy to think. Have they placed themselves on the man’s shoes? Perhaps not. There were simply overwhelming assumptions. The task, afterall, could be daunting. And it was understandable if he hesitated.

It’s enough that the country knew there was a man people wanted to run but did not. He could probably be the only one who gave the Presidency a serious thought while the others are intoxicated and engulfed by the spectre of power in their hands.

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VOL. 8 ISSUE 143 • SUNDAY-MONDAY, OCTOBER 18 - 19, 2015 VANTAGE POINTS 11EDGEDAVAO

JUST because it rains every now and then, it doesn’t mean El Niño is no longer with us. Don’t be fooled. The climate cycle in

the Pacific Ocean with a global impact on weather patterns is still wreaking havoc in some parts of the world.

According to Mike Halpert, the deputy di-rector of the Climate Prediction Center, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the current El Niño is con-sidered to be “one of the strongest on record.”

Here’s what Live Science says of El Niño: “The cycle begins when warm water in the western tropical Pacific Ocean shifts east-ward along the equator toward the coast of South America. Normally, this warm water pools near Indonesia and the Philippines. During an El Niño, the Pacific’s warmest surface waters sit offshore of northwestern South America.”

More often than not, those who are di-rectly hit by El Niño are farmers as crops are destroyed due to dry weather. Without wa-ter, agricultural crops have a hard time grow-ing. Production is likely to drop.

But businesses also suffer -- as a result of long brown outs and black outs. With-out electricity, those products that are to be stored in freezers and refrigerators are bound to deteriorate.

Every time there is El Niño, Mindanao faces power shortage. The reason: About half of island’s power supply (52% to be spe-cific) is still being produced by hydropower plants. Yes, you read it right. So, when these

h y d r o p o w e r plants have in-sufficient water supply, the re-sult is less elec-tricity.

M i n d a n -ao gets most of its power sup-ply from Agus in Lake Lanao and Pulangi in Maramag, Bukidnon.

I have learned that as of October 12, the level of Pu-langi was at 285.5 meters above sea level and Lake Lanao at 699.997 meters above sea lev-el. “(This is) still very comfortable, but with a discharge rate of around 80 centimeters per day, this will soon be depleted especially if no rains come in to replenish the water supply,” my source said.

My source reminded me that the shut-down rate for Lanao is at 698.15 meters above sea level. Since 699.15 meters above sea level is already “critical,” there is no other recourse but forced the power plants “to cut down on production.”

Electricity produced by water movement has been used for decades. In fact, about 16 percent of the world’s electricity is generated by hydropower.

According to the Washington-based Worldwatch Institute, the world’s top five

producers are Canada, China, Brazil, the Unit-ed States and the Russian Federation. Sev-eral countries, including Brazil and Norway, obtain almost all their electricity from this one source.

Hydropower can be generated by water falls (the first hydroelectric plant was built on Niagara Falls in 1878), rushing rivers and streams, and manmade dams, all of which allow a controlled amount of water to pass through the pipes that spin turbines – creat-ing electricity.

“Growing interest in developing hydro-electric power is largely an outgrowth of gov-ernments’ desire to be more self-sufficient in energy and to provide low-cost electricity,” wrote Cynthia Pollock Shea in Renewable Energy: Today’s Contribution, Tomorrow’s Promises.

A World Bank report in the 1980s showed the Philippines as one of the “thirteen largest additions to hydroelectric capacity in devel-oping countries.” From an operating capac-ity of 940 megawatts in 1980, it went up to 2,195 megawatts in 1985. In 1998, the total hydropower capacity stood at 2,304 mega-watts or almost 20 percent of the country’s total installed capacity.

The Department of Energy reports there are 1,081 hydropower potential sites scat-tered throughout the country. In a recent media briefing, 11 potential sites for hydro-power plants are identified in the regions of Caraga, Soccsksargen, and Davao.

Although hydropower is considered en-

vironment-friendly, there are those who dis-agree. Some environmentalists believe that hydropower from man-made dams produce significant amounts of carbon dioxide and methane, which are greenhouse gases closely connected to climate change.

“Large amounts of carbon bound up in trees and other plants are released when a reservoir is initially flooded and the plants rots,” Worldwatch points out in a recent re-port. “And as plant matter settling on the res-ervoir bottom decomposes without oxygen, it leads to a buildup of dissolved methane, which is released into the atmosphere when water passes through the dam’s turbines.”

To operate well for many decades, hydro projects require sound management, not just of equipment, but of entire watersheds. “Hydroelectric power will not be truly re-newable until the functions of flood control, irrigation, transportation, power production, tree planting, fisheries management, and sanitation are coordinated within the overall goal of maintaining healthy and productive rivers,” Shea reminded.

In the final analysis, however, “hydro-electric power creates virtually no pollution problems,” writes H. Steven Dashefsky, the man behind Environmental Literacy: Every-thing You Need to Know About Saving Our Planet. “Small-scale projects cause little harm to the environment, but larger projects are environmentally destructive.”

Meanwhile, with El Niño still upon us, ex-pect rotating brownouts every now and then!

SENATOR Grace Poe’s statement, even if made during an ambush interview, on the link between federalism and polit-

ical dynasties has revealed her flip-flopping approach in dealing with dynastic politicians. Sad to say, she is no political maverick after all.

But more critically, such a remark also showed her lack of understanding of feder-alization. So just to be clear. Federalism does not perpetuate political dynasties. It is actu-ally patronage politics fostered by a highly centralized system of government that does.

The fact is political dynasties are a huge obstacle to federalization because they un-dermine local governance. According to the International Guidelines on Decentralisation and Strengthening of Local Authorities issued by UN-HABITAT─ “Political decentralization to the local level is an essential component of democratization, good governance and citi-zen engagement”.

However, the status quo in the Philippines paints the contrary picture. A respected polit-ical commentator articulates the dire situa-tion so poignantly this way─ “In the 1970s, there was only one dictatorship in the coun-try: the Marcos dictatorship. Today, we have many ‘small dictatorships’ in the form of po-litical dynasties.”

The concentration of local government authority in a single family has two notable results.First, accountability in office is no lon-ger a standard for public servicefor blood re-lations would expectedly trump over the pub-

lic’s demand for checks-and-balance amongst officials in local government.

Obviously, when this happens unabated graft and corruption infects local governance itself.

The second effect of dynastic dominance in local government is the steady deteriora-tion of the quality of leaders being elected to office. Indeed, Professor Ronald Mendoza, arguably the most avid anti-political dynasty advocate around, bitterly laments that meri-tocracy in governance is actually “dying at the hands of political dynasties.”

According to Colombian academic, Pablo Querubin, inPolitical Reform and Elite Per-sistence: Term Limits and Political Dynasties in the Philippines, political elites in the Philip-pines are so entrenched in their dominant po-sition they have become essentially insulated from political competition.

Sadly, being in this station of privilege and impunity for so long has led to the incultur-ation of a myopic and parochial governance frame of mind. Clearly demonstrated by the local politico who can only be bothered by short-term projects that have an immediate and perceptible impact and most likely sim-ply as a knee-jerk response to the clamor of the day from his or her supporters.

And worse, as local communities contin-

ue to suffer inept and corrupt dynastic lead-ers, those who can and are willing to push for reforms but do not have the inherited politi-cal advantage are effectively denied the right to run for public office because of the “monar-chical” character of local government.

Indeed, Filipinos who are more qualified, passionate and patriotic, including many from the youth ranks, are unfairly deprived of the opportunity to establish clean and effec-tive local governance.

Both these outcomes have become the bane to the socio-economic progress of local communities in the country. According to a groundbreakingstudy on political dynasties by the Asian Institute of Management Policy Center in 2012—lower standards of living, lower human development, and higher levels of deprivation and inequality persist in the districts governed by local leaders who are members of a political dynasty.

The more alarming development is that thefattest dynasties—those with the most number of family members in elective of-fice—are actually ensconced in the poorest parts of the country.

Now such a chokehold of local dynasties on local governance brings to bear serious doubts on our country’s readiness to shift to a federal form of government. There is a very real fear that enhancing local autonomy with political dynasties still having their way in lo-cal government will prove disastrous for local communities.

In fact, Senator Poe later on clarified that

what she actually meant was that increasing local authority can further entrench these tra-ditional families in their positions of power thereby condemning many Filipinos in per-petual misery.

This belated elucidation does not really improve her position because she has aligned herself with dynastic families. A move which leads to the suspicion that she is against a shift to federalism because the status quo has proven beneficial to her political ambitions. Simply put, dynastic politics which thrives on the currentubercentralized structure could be her ticket to Malacañang.

I think many will agree that Senator Poe’s gaffe has shown she has been tutored well in the ways of patronage politics by her Number 1. Senator Chiz Escudero after all carries the flag of the tribe of political dynasties with en-viable distinction. Indeed if pundits are to be believed, the road to the top jobs in the land is theirs for the taking.

Unfortunately the good lady senator has fallen in a terrible sinkhole by disrespecting the federalism aspiration shared by millions of Filipinos, most of whom are most likely from Mindanao. Forsaking this popular ad-vocacy to forge dynastic alliances will be her mistake that may never to be forgiven. Nor forgotten.

(MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews.The author is an independent legislative and policy consultant. He conducts research on current issues in state-building, de-centralization, and constitutionalism.)

Power shortage

The most unforgivable gaffe

Henrylito D. [email protected]

THINK ON THESE!

BY MICHAEL HENRY LL. YUSINGCO

COMMENTARY


“WHY don’t you come and visit me some-time?” The invitation came from my Filipino-American friend, Grego-ry C. Ira, who now lives in Talla-hassee, the capital of the state of Florida. In an e-mail, he wrote, “If you have the time, I will bring you to the Wakulla Springs.” It was very tempting. But what’s so special about Wakulla Springs? Actually, Greg sent me the invita-tion when he learned that I was al-ready in the United States. At that time, I was staying with my uncle Carl and aunt Aida in Columbus, Ohio. When I learned that they were going to Alpharetta, Georgia to visit their son, Chris, I told them the idea of going to Florida. My uncle agreed – “if and when we still have time,” he clarified. The words of William Ward flashed into my mind: “We use time, or time uses us.” Although I was excited, I did not inform Greg about it. I didn’t want them to be disappointed should we won’t come. Then, the day came when we went to Al-pharetta. It was a long, exhausting trip. I was able to meet my cousin and his soon-to-be wife, Beatrice, who is a Mexican. On the last day, my uncle came to me and said, “Okay, Henry, we will be going to your friend’s place.” Those were music to my ears. After all, the last time Greg and I saw each other was almost a decade ago when he visited me in Davao. Actually, he was there

for a water project in General San-tos City. He paid me a visit at our home and stayed for the night. It was already dark when we arrived at Tallahassee. Since we didn’t know the place, we called Greg and he gave us the direction in going to his place. To make the long story short, we found our way. Greg welcomed us with. Af-ter a few introductions, we went straight inside the house, where we met Joy, Greg’s wife, who was busy preparing for our dinner. As I had great time with the Ira kids, my uncle Carl and aunt Aida were also talking with Greg, trying to know each other. During our dinner, I inquired about Wakulla Springs. “It’s Flori-da’s mysterious, primordial beauty that has been preserved in a rustic, 1940s-era setting,” Greg replied. “The place has always been a tour-ist attraction, but commercialism is kept a minimum.” That sounds very interesting,

my uncle commented. “Are we going there tomorrow?” my aunt inquired. Greg just nodded his head in approval. That was where we went the fol-lowing day. Joy wasn’t able to come with us since she was working. The three children also had their classes. So, there were only four of us together. The trip was about 45 minutes from Greg’s house. Reading the information writ-ten at the entrance, I found out that Wakulla comes from the Seminole Creek word that means “strange and mysterious waters.” Interesting, I told myself. The place had been enjoyed by native Americans for thousands of years before the Europeans ar-rived. Ponce De Leon twice visited the site, perhaps hoping it would prove to be the Fountain of Youth. On his second trip, in 1521, he dis-covered quite the opposite. A bat-tle with the local Indians ensued, and De Leon was hit by an arrow that would cost him his life. The heart of the park is the beautiful Wakulla Spring. Crystal

clear water flows from the spring to create the Wakulla River, one of the last pristine rivers in the Unit-ed States. The park is listed on the National Register of Historic Plac-es and designated a National Nat-ural Landmark. According to Greg, Wakulla Springs has been studied since the 19th century. The “magical spot in the woods where water gushed forth from the ground” was well known to paleontologists since 1850 when skeletal remains of mastodon were recovered. As we looked at the water, the words of Joy the night before came to my mind. “Wakulla Springs is one of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs,” she said. The greatest outflow of water ever measured at the spring was in 1973, at almost 860,000 gallons per minute. That’s over 1.2 billion gallons a day! On the average, 250,000 to 400,000 gallons of wa-ter a minute flow from the spring’s huge single opening. Where does the water come

Text and Photos by Henrylito D. Tacio

Exploring the mysterious

WAKULLASPRINGS

from? “Cave diving teams, under permit with the park have ex-plored the massive cave system, swimming 180 feet down to the spring opening, then back into the labyrinth of underground tunnels that come together to form the Wakulla Spring,” our tour guide informed. “They have swum many, many miles back into the system, under-ground, underwater, in the dark, sometimes at depths of 360 feet. These underwater explorers have come nowhere near the end of this gigantic system, and the explora-tion continues,” the guide added. Two boat tours operate daily, and both are worthwhile. You’ll see an abundance of wildlife, in-cluding a host of birds and alli-gators. Greg said that during the winter, the spring becomes a prime spot for bird watching as thousands of migrating species pass through. When water conditions permit, “glassbottom boats” drift over the bowl of the Wakulla Spring, providing breathtaking views of mastodon bones, unique lime-stone formations, and playful schools of freshwater fish. You will also be treated to the antics of -- hold your breath! – “Henry, the pole-vaulting fish.” Don’t laugh, I didn’t make this up! Some of the scenery here will probably look familiar, since it was the backdrop for several movies. The first Tarzan movie, featur-ing Olympic champion swimmer Johnny Weissmuller, was filmed at Wakulla Spring. Scenes from the classic Tarzan movies, Tar-zan’s Secret Treasure and Tarzan’s New York Adventure, were shot throughout the park and included several locals as stand-ins and the use of elephants and monkeys on the set. (Don’t fail to see the so-called “Tarzan tree.”) Wakulla was also the oth-er-worldly setting for Creature from the Black Lagoon and part of Airport ’77 (yes, the one that starred Jack Lemmon). After the boat ride, the park still offers many diversions. Though the water is a chilly 70 degrees, there is an excellent swimming area. “During summer, I usual-ly bring my three kids to swim,” Greg said. A word of caution though: Swim in the designated area only. As stated earlier, the Wakulla River is home to various wildlife species, including alligators. Also, swimming is not allowed above the headspring. By the way, entrepreneur, finan-cier, and railroad magnate Edward Ball built a Spanish-style lodge and resort in 1937. In the lobby of the lodge rests ‘Old Joe,’ legend-ary guardian of Wakulla Springs. For generations, this eleven-foot-two-inch alligator kept watch over swimmers and bathers from his perch on the far side of the spring. Shot by poachers in 1967, ‘Old Joe’ was preserved and put in his place of honor by Mr. Ball. The formal Azalea Dining Room in the lodge is well known for its Deep South cuisine and seafood. Meals are moderately priced, and the dining room is open for break-fast, lunch and dinner.

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Around 4:45 p.m.,15 min-utes before the deadline, peo-ple were still hoping Sara to file even the remaining time was already slim. There were people were shouting that Sara’s husband lawyer Mane-ses Carpio was spotted near the Comelec office. Support-ers thought that her husband was her representative to file Sara’s COC. However, not even Carpio arrived.

Supporters began to feel another disappointment, when the staff of Comelec shouted ‘time is up.’ Some of them started to shed tears and said it was a painful event for them.

Duterte supporter Erlin-da Selorio who was inside the Comelec office waiting for Sara to come, was teary when asked for her reaction.

“Sakit kaayo para sa amoa kay daghan man gud kaayo nagalaum sa ilaha na moda-gan ba pero wala diay (It is painful for us because many were hoping that they will run but nothing happens),” she said.

Selorio said her other co-supporters were also con-fused on the event because they really expect and hope that Sara file her COC.

She said even if some of the supporter were already hungry staying in Comelec of-fice waiting for Sara to file but earn nothing.

Barangay 4-A Kagawad Marites Biernes who shaved her hair on Thursday morn-ing responding the call of the former mayor to supporters of her father to shave hair to show support for Duterte’s possible filing for presidency.

Biernes said she shaved her hair believing that Duterte will really give big changes to the country knowing his heart for the poor.

“Suportado namin si May-or para maging president dahil alam namin kung gaano siya magmahal sa mga mahihirap (We support the mayor to be the president because we know how he loves the poor people),” she said.

She said less fortunate people in the city were given free medicine and hospital assistance while there were also food packs given every Monday.

On Saturday, Duterte is-sued a statement through City Information Officer Leo Villar-real.

Duterte said “Let’s gather our thoughts on this. Heavens are crying and we can’t just leave it at that. I hope we con-tinue talking. The journey has just began. I hope and pray that in the future we can find a common cause that will bind us again to work for the good of our country.”

The wait is finally over. The dream has come to a halt.

gressional district.However, before the last

day of the filing of COCs end-ed, Suaybaguio suddenly withdrew his COC for Con-gress and replaced it with a new COC for governor.

In Igacos, Vice Mayor Uy also withdrew his COC for vice mayor and replaced it with a new COC for mayor. Suddenly, the del Rosarios are being op-posed by former allies.

Anthony could have been unopposed in the guberna-torial post, while his father is facing Roger Antalan, brother

of incumbent and last-termer Mayor Aniano. Before Aning, Roger was mayor of IGaCoS for three terms.

In a video footage taken by journalist Ruel Dagsangan, the visibly irked AGR con-fronted Suaybaguio for sud-denly running against him. As of this writing last Saturday night, the filmed confronta-tion already registered 674 shares and 36,981 views, which can be considered po-litical advertisement for free. With a report from BEN TE-SIORNA.

for free education at all lev-els, genuine agrarian reform, living wage and employment for all, defence of national sov-ereignty, basic social services, peace based on justice, and the rights of marginalized sectors.

“Duterte can also help boost the candidacy of Mak-abayan senatorial bet Neri Colmenares and significantly increase the representatives of progressive partylists in con-gress,” he said.

in the hope of stalling negoti-ations.

“SUMIFRU’s actions are downright disrespectful of the union. We voted through a general assembly to change our federation because we wanted to fight for a good CBA, a CBA that favors workers in terms of wage increase, bene-fits, and tenure. We are going to fight to get a good CBA with ADLO-KMU by our side as our federation. SUMIFRU must stop making excuses and begin negotiations with us by sub-mitting their counter-proposal immediately,” Diamora added.

Among the union’s CBA proposals include wage in-creases for regular rank and file workers amounting to P2000 per month for the first year; P1500 increase per month for the second year; and P1500 increase per month for the third year and much-im-proved leave and other bene-fits.

Diamora also revealed that they are wary of manage-ment’s current maneuver as they have received reports that the latter has been calling on their individual members and instructing them to withdraw their support for the union. In addition, the management has hired new workers beyond the operation’s manning require-ment, an act which the union

suspects is prelude to their replacement in the workplace.

Meanwhile, KMU lambast-ed SUMIFRU’s machinations against a union that the labor center said was merely fight-ing against long-term neglect and repression. Carlo Olalo, spokesperson of KMU South-ern Mindanao, said that SUM-IFRU has a long and notorious history as a union buster and workers’ rights violator.

“SUMIFRU’s sins against its workers are numerous. It has created a system in the ba-nana plantations where it can escape accountability to the workers by hiding under the mantle of its service providers. It implemented a piece rate wage scheme in the planta-tions unilaterally and reduced workers’ wages by at least half. We will not allow SUMIF-RU’s devious schemes to pros-per and oppress any worker throughout SUMIFRU’s supply chain,” Olalo explained.

Olalo added that the union’s protest is just and proper and SUMIFRU is vio-lating the union’s right to or-ganize and collectively bargain under the ILO Conventions 87 and 98. It is only through the militant and collective actions of workers that anti-work-er schemes of capitalists like SUMIFRU are defeated,” Olalo expressed.

says the governor.Among the incumbent

mayors who support the gu-bernatorial bid of Dayanghi-rang are: City of Mati Mayor Carlo Rabat, Banaybanay May-or AdaliaTambuang, Lupon Mayor Domingo Lim, Gover-nor Generoso Mayor Vicente

Orencia, San Isidro Mayor Tina Yu, Tarragona Mayor Nestor Uy, Manay Mayor Antero Dayanghirang, Caraga Mayor Alicia Mori, Baganga Mayor Arturo Monday, Cateel May-or Camilo Nunez, and Boston Mayor RebeccoRosit. By Ferdi-nand Zuasola

ernor as independent candi-date when ex-Cong. Floirendo returned to the Comelec pro-vincial office a little past 3 P.M. accompanying ex-Cong. Panta-leon “Bebot” Alvarez.

Alvarez filed his COC for congressman under the PDP-Laban party.

After the filing, Alvarez and Floirendo had a photo session inside the Comelec office with the latter raising the hands of Alvarez to manifest his en-dorsement.

The vice governor was first thought-of as the common standard-bearer for congress for the first district by the al-lying LP and Kusog especially when Floirendo of the latter party has since been joining with the LP group of Gov. Del Rosario.

The governor filed his COC for mayor in the Island Garden City of Samal last Wednesday with incumbent Vice Mayor Al David Uy as his runningmate to fight against the tandem of ex-Mayor Roger Antalan for mayor and Mayor Aniano An-talan for vice mayor.

Ex-Cong. Floirendo was with the LP and Kusog pro-vincial and district slates fil-ing their COCs at the Comelec office inside the Capitol com-pound and Floirendo himself filed his COC for congressman in district 2 past 2 P.M. to past 3 P.M. yesterday.

Accompanying them were some 100 LP and Kusog candi-dates from towns led by their mayors after they partook a rather late lunch at around 1 P.M. at the Tahanan ng Gober-nador as they waited for the arrival of Floirendo.

But a “small ruckus” came in after they partook their lunch when a wide tarpaulin was being hoisted as a back-drop for a supposed photo session before the COC filing, which Floirendo objected to.

The tarpaulin has a décor of tiny LP marks in blue color with large watermarked LP ribbon in stylized form at the bottom.

When it was hoisted, a cardboard figure of the gover-nor was also made to stand at its left.

An apparently displeased Floirendo was seen walking to and fro on Tahanan floor and was overheard to be saying he did “not want to be pre-empted” and that he is “not a Liberal.”

Floirendo was also over-heard saying to dining groups in Tahanan that Suaybaguio is not his congressional bet to support to but ex-Cong. Alva-rez.

The photo session was cancelled with Cong. AGR seen to be making instructions to assistants hoisting the tarpau-lin.

At past 2 p.m. the group then proceeded to walk to the nearby provincial Comelec of-fice.

In an interview, ex-Cong. TBF said that he looked up the LP and Kusog as independent to each other “but what is most important is we combine the personalities inside (the two parties) for the good of the province.”

Since the 2010 polls, the LP led by the Del Rosarios and Kusog led by Floirendo have been strong and actually the parties ruling in district 1 and 2, respectively.

Ernel Bual, publisher of Ronda Balita weekly, said that at past 4 P.M. when Suaybaguio was still inside the Comelec of-

fice filing his COC for governoR, an apparently angry Cong. Del Rosario arrived and then and there confronted Suaybaguio on “high voice” asking why the vice governor filed for gover-nor as he (AGR) could just have finished his last term in con-gress and not run for governor.

The vice governor was si-lent and tried to approach Del Rosario and gave him a hand-shake but Del Rosario did not receive it, Bual added.

Board Member Shirley Belen Aala made a side show, when she frantically arrived on the scene and tried to with-draw her COC as she planned to run for vice governor, but a call reportedly from the gover-nor had prevailed her.

“There was really tension inside the Comelec at that time, we were just mum,” Bual added. She was with some 10 local mediamen, Suaybaguio kins and political supporters and staffers of both sides wit-nessing the event happened, along with Comelec provincial officer Atty. Gay Enumerables and her employees.

Del Rosario and his group later left, without getting any concession from the hurt Suay-baguio.

The vice governor was so hurt by alleged backstabbing and double-faced talks and power moves.

For his replacement to run for congressman, the vice gov-ernor picked his nephew, last-termer Tagum City Councilor Nicandro “Nickel” Suaybaguio, Jr. to vie against much older Alvarez, and ex-Cong. Arrel Olano.The latter filed his COC Friday morning.

There are two other ob-scure candidates running for congressman in the first district, while ex-Cong. TBF smartly became unopposed, so with Board Member Alan Dujali for vice governor.

District 2 Kusog candi-dates have only one potent ri-val, last-termer Panabo Coun-cilor Jannet Tanong, while District 1 LP candidates have two potent rivals--last-termer Tagum Councilors Francisco Remitar and Allan Zulueta.

Suaybaguio has been closely siding with and casting his consistent loyalty to the Del Rosarios since their first tandem with the governor in 2009 polls, but the vice gov-ernor was ostensibly forced to separate with heavy heart when ex-Cong. TBF ostensi-bly made political lobotomy against VG Baby for an appar-ent friendship’s sake with Al-varez.

VG Baby has long been saying he is a friend of both Floirendos and Del Rosarios, and in fact heartily announced in public that he could not have been an elected public servant and in politics going to 4 decades now had it not of the advice and prodding of TBF’s late father and Tadeco found-er-owner, banana magnate Don Antonio Floirendo, Sr.

Meanwhile, few pundits said that with the emerging alliance of Suaybaguio and Antalans it is feared that the governor is put at much risk for a humiliating defeat in his twilight mayoral bid in the is-land he considered as a “jewel to be polished.”

VG Baby, too, is automati-cally thrust to ally with equally strong rival groups to LP and Kusog that are present in all towns and cities in the prov-ince in this election. – (Cha Monforte/Correspondent)

stop its operation in their area not until the national govern-ment interfere.

“They will not stop fishing even the water run dry there,” Masin said.

However, Bureau of Fish-eries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) 11 regional director Fatma M. Idris said the closing of the east coast would need a Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) from its central office.

“Surrounding LGUs should issue a collective resolution ex-pressing their desire to close some part of the east coast from the operation of the com-mercial fishing vessels,” Idris said.

The resolution will then proceed to the National Fish-eries and Aquatic Resources Council for evaluation.

She said the closed season in some areas in the East Coast will be only implemented if it is backed up with necessary

scientific data.Idris said the region’s fish

production has been declining in the past few years because the fish catch is not recorded under the Davao Region but to General Santos.

Allegedly, the tuna fishing ground is not in the seas of General Santos City anymore but in the Davao Gulf and east coast.

Oceana Philippines policy director Edward Lorenzo said the closed season or area is implanted as government’s last resort in fishery manage-ment.

The closed season is also implemented in the Davao Gulf through Administrative Order (JAO) No.02 of the De-partment of Agriculture and the Department of Interior and Local Government. The closed season is already on its second year of enforcement. CHENEEN R. CAPON

the regional communication summits, Smart also devel-oped the Batingaw app for OCD-NDRRMC. The Batingaw mobile app, which can be downloaded for free at Goo-gle Play Store and Apple App Store, is a handy resource and reporting tool for nationwide disaster management.

An active partner for di-saster communications, Smart has also been consistent in providing immediate libreng tawag services to areas affect-ed by disasters. During Yolan-da, Smart’s satellite services connected Tacloban and other affected areas to the rest of the world. Smart also offers a web-based disaster communi-

cations solution called Smart Infocast, which has been prov-en effective in disseminating weather forecasts and warn-ings.

Smart as an organization has embraced preparedness, and has been aggressively promoting the culture of pre-paredness to its partner orga-nizations under its #SafePH program. More than just pro-viding communications as relief during disasters, Smart has also taken an active role in strengthening the capacity of high-risk communities to pre-pare for, manage, and recover from the impact of disasters. To know more about Smart’s preparedness initiatives, visit

This advocacy for health is not possible without the support from many partners. P&G contin-ues to work closely with UNICEF, the Department of Education and the Department of Health to promote health and hygiene in communities. In partnership with these key institutions, P&G has built handwashing facilities and implemented hygiene education programs in public schools nation-wide. Safeguard also collaborates with various organizations to help promote handwashing with soap,

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For close to 50 years in the Philippines, Safeguard continues to be a champion of family health through its promise of superior protection against disease-caus-ing germs. Its improved Triple Shield technology with patented Zinc Pyrithione (ZPT) delivers this promise: New Safeguard not only provides protection against more types of germs, but also helps re-duce the regrowth in between washes.


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Duterte supporters speak upDISMAYEDPEOPLE from all over

the country react in dismay over Duter-

te’s no show in COMELEC Manila for not filing a COC for presidency but some Dabawenyos want him in Davao instead and approve of his filing for re-election as city mayor.

Many believe that Duterte leaving Davao is unimaginable as he has set a high bar for leading the city and keeping it se-cure.

Becky Osorio, 39, said “If he wants to serve Davao City then so be it. The city is better off with his governance.”

Abbie Cabig, 20, cele-brates Duterte’s decision. “I’m so happy because Mayor Duterte will still serve the Dabawenyos in-stead of the whole Philip-pines. I’m not saying that I’m selfish but we need Duterte here in Davao than the whole Philip-pines.”

Carly Chua, 20, shares the same sentiment. “Davao is not Davao with-out Duterte. Even though I believe that he encom-passes the qualities and has the capabilities of be-coming a president, either way, I would support him no matter what.”

Some citizens, howev-er, expressed their sup-

port for Duterte no matter what he decides.

“Okay lang naman na tumakbo sya ng pagka-mayor. Nasa kanya naman iyo. Kung ano ang laman ng COC, suportado ko siya,” said Jovani Maguin-danao, 24.

“For me, okay lang kung tatakbo siyang may-or uli. Mas lalong okay kung tatakbo for Pres-ident. I 100% support him,” said Jennifer Bol-unos, 26.

Many Dabawenyos, however, are saddened by his decision.

Denise Terio, 20, said, “[It’s] disappointing. The Philippines needs him.”

Several citizens thought that Duterte’s persistent no was a tactic of some sort, or a reverse psychology strategy to gain mass support. His supporters expressed their unwavering back-ing for him through a shave campaign with a hashtag #justDUit and until the final hours be-fore filing closes through the hashtag #DU30 and #Duterteserye.

Trisha Dulanas, 19, said, “I honestly feel let down because I’m inter-ested in what he can do for the country but we can’t force him if he feels he is not meant for pres-

By VANESSA KATE MADRAZOidency. I guess his ‘no’ means no and was never a ploy to gain attention.

He finally ended spec-ulations of running when he disappointed his sup-porters by not showing up to file a COC for presiden-cy. There is, however, a sil-ver lining as many believe.

“At least we are still sure that the governance in Davao is still under him,” said Gilson Po, 20. Erlinda Selorio, Duterte supporter, read cover story

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affix their signature on the commitment wall to indicate acceptance of their responsi-bilities as members of Rapid Emergency Telecommunica-tions Team in the region.

To help institutionalize disaster communication pro-tocols, mobile leader Smart Communications (Smart) committed to support the Of-fice of Civil Defense’s (OCD)

first-ever regional disaster communications conferences, dubbed as ICT Bayanihan. Smart is the first telco partner of OCD in co-organizing these regional meetings.

“The importance of com-munications in the entire disaster risk management process cannot be overempha-sized. For a country of many islands like the Philippines, located in an area being visited by at least 20 typhoons a year, this series of regional summit

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there are disasters.The most recent summit

was held in Cagayan de Oro for Region 10, which was the first region in Mindanao to hold the event. The Region 10 Summit was attended by public and private agencies, and fully sup-ported by the regional offices of the National Telecommuni-cations Commission and the DOST-ICT Office.

Northern Mindanao is committed to help out when needed to respond. OCD 10 Regional Director Ana Cañeda emphasized the significance of the quick and effective re-sponse within the first hour of an emergency situation.

DOST-ICTO Regional Di-rector Evamay dela Rosa, on the other hand, stressed the value of dedication and prac-tice for the plans to be effective.

“We should not stop here. Let us revisit and ensure that we have the mechanism in place and that these mecha-nisms are clear to everyone,” dela Rosa said. “Let’s capacitate the rapid emergency telecom-munications team and ensure that the Region 10 emergency telecommunications cluster is able to install, operate, and maintain a system of commu-nication that will reconnect us to related LGUs, emergency operation centers, NDRRMC’s operation center during and post disaster,” dela Rosa added.

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Safeguard raises Hands for HygieneOCTOBER 15, 2015 marked

the 8th year that Glob-al Handwashing Day

(GHD) was celebrated around the world. Founded by the Glob-al Private-Public Partnership for Handwashing in 2008, this day is dedicated to increasing awareness of the importance of handwashing with soap. Procter and Gamble (P&G), through its flagship soap brand Safeguard, is not only one of the founding members of this part-nership, but also continues to be a key advocate of GHD in the Philip-pines. This year was no different as Safeguard Philippines brought this annual celebration simultaneously to three key cities: Manila, Cebu and Davao.

This year’s local theme “Linis Lusog sa Global Handwashing Day” focused on proper handwashing with soap as a cost-effective solu-tion to prevent diseases, including diarrhea and pneumonia. Accord-ing to World Health Organization, approximately 13 children die because of diarrhea every day, ac-counting to almost 5,000 deaths annually. National statistics also indicate that an estimated 37 chil-dren under the age of five die from pneumonia per day. Diarrhea and pneumonia continue to be the top causes of child mortality in the Philippines. This year marks the deadline of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the fourth of which is to reduce child mortality.

While the country has made progress in MDG4 over the past few years, the interventions that reduce preventable deaths like di-arrhea and pneumonia will contin-ue to be important beyond 2015.

Many Filipinos are still not aware that disease-causing germs can be found in seemingly unlikely places. A study conducted by P&G showed that disease-causing germs may be found on everyday items like mo-bile phones, ATMs, kitchen sinks, water bottle and many more.

In three key cities nationwide, Safeguard’s celebration of GHD aimed to educate students and parents alike about the surpris-ing, everyday sources of germs. Through a fun scavenger hunt for germs, students searched through different locations like the school, the home and the playground for germs to collect. Thinking that they found the germs, they were sur-prised to discover that there was more than meets the eye. A UV light revealed that an invisible lotion was unknowingly applied on their skin while they searched through the locations. This lotion simulat-ed the invisible, disease-causing germs from everyday items.

While disease-causing germs are everywhere, these are easy to remove with proper hygiene and frequent washing with soap. Ev-eryone can prevent diseases and improve health by washing with soap. A review of multiple studies that handwashing with soap cuts the incidence of diarrhea by nearly half. Furthermore, a study in Paki-stan found that the same habit also reduced the number of pneumo-nia-related infections by more than half. Clean hands will help prevent transmission of disease from one person to the next. Clean hands will help keep families, classrooms, schools and communities healthy.

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IT’S FINAL. The Pac-

quiao-Pow-ervit Pilipi-nas Aguilas is bound for the ASEAN Basketball L e a g u e (ABL) set to start October

26 in

Bang-k o k , T h a i -

land.On Fri-

day, Aguilas team consultant and

s p o k e s p e r -son Randy

Caluag said d u r i n g

the FAST Fridays media

f o -rum

at the Archipelago 7107 by Barrio Fiesta at SM Lanang Premier that management of the Aguilas have been taken over by the Pilipinas Legends Group under its president Dick Balajadia who will be coi-owning the team with boxing super-star Manny Pacquiao.

“I am here to announce that Pilipinas Legends has taken over Pilipinas Agui-las and with this partner-ship with Congressman Manny Pacquiao, we are ready to set sail for the ABL,” Caluag said.

The Aguilas will be playing home games in Davao City and General Santos City and will be de-buting on October 29 at the University of Southeastern Philippine (USEP) Gym in Davao City against the Bangkok Mono Vampires.

The Aguilas will be coached by former PBA star Zaldy Realubit with two-time PBA Best Im-port Arizona Reed and University of the East for-ward Charles Mammie as

PH I L I P P I N E S ’ Manila North put up a tough

fight against defending champion NoviSad Al-

Wahda but still bowed to a 21-13 result to crash out

of the quarterfinals of the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Final

Friday (early Saturday morn-ing Philippine time) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

The underdog Filipi-nos faced a daunting task of overcoming the No.1-ranked team in the world, but were still able to give some scare

against the hosts in a highly physical battle.

NoviSad grabbed an early 4-1 lead after two straight long-range jumpers. But Manila North came back and didn’t back down against their bigger opponents, engaging them in a rugged match.

Troy Rosario had a chip-py encounter with a NoviSad player, getting hit in the face as Manila North trailed, 8-5. He then made two free throws that sparked a run for the Fil-ipinos.

After Rosario’s charity con-versions, Vic Manuel scored a

putback before Calvin Abueva treated the crowd with a thun-derous slam to tie the game at 9-all.

However, NoviSad kept its poise and buried two consec-utive two-pointers for a 13-9 lead. The Filipinos continued their rough battle against the hosts who saw their players go down against the highly physi-cal plays of Manila North.

But NoviSad was just too much. Leading 19-13, the squad made two game-win-ning free throws to seal the score at 21-13 with still over two minutes left.

FOUR collegiate squads and two high school var-sity teams make up the

field of The Royal Mandaya Hotel Cup basketball tourna-ment which has been reset to October 24 from its original playdate of October 17.

The tournament, accord-ing to Neil Baquiran, Royal Mandaya representative, is invitational and will bring Philippine Women’s College, San Pedro College, Holy Cross of Davao College, and the Uni-versity of Immaculate Concep-tion for college, to the game. The same is true for Ateneo de

Davao University High School and Assumption College of Davao.

The Ateneo team is the only team to be composed of purely high school students while ACD is a composite of high school and college stu-dents.

The competition aims to support and hone local players in Davao and is set as a train-ing ground for bigger tourna-ments that they will join in-cluding the Milo National Cup and Palarong Pambansa 2016.

Baquiran said that Divi-sion 2 players are very promis-

ing in terms of skill set.The tournament will pro-

ceed to a semifinals game after the eliminations round and will have cash prizes for win-ners. The champion will be given P10,000, followed by the first runner up with P7,000, second runner up with P5,000 and the third runner up with P3,000.

The opening ceremony and first round will be on Octo-ber 24, Saturday in the Genesis 88 Gym along Ecoland Phase 3, Matina in Davao City and the games will happen until De-cember 5 or 6.

Pilipinas Aguilas to play home games in Davao, GenSanASEAN HOOPSNOT QUITE. Calvin Abueva of

Manila North fails to carry his team to the semis of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour.

PILIPINAS AGUILAS. Randy Caluag, team consultant of the Pacquiao-Power-vit Pilipinas Aguilas announces the ABL home games in Davao. Lean Daval Jr.

MANDAYA CUP. Neil Baquiran of The Royal Mandaya Hotel shows the league home page during the FAST Fridays media forum at the Archipelago 7107 at SM Lanang Premier. Lean Daval Jr.

By NEILWIN JOSEPH L. BRAVO

Manila North bows out in quarters

Royal Mandaya Hotel Cup reset to Oct. 24By VANESSA KATE MADRAZO

imports. The locals will be composed of Willie Miller, Ali Austria, Nico Elorde, Adrian Salada, Jondan Salvador, Sun-dae Salvacion, Carlo Sharma, and Fil-Am Jeremy King.

Interestingly, Salvacion hails from Davao and played

for the Rizal Memorial Col-leges before making his way up to the PBA. Salvador is an-other player popular in Davao having played for the Davao Eagles in the now defunct Metropolitan Basketball As-sociation (MBA).


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