P 15.00 • 20 PAGES www.edgedavao.net VOL. 8 ISSUE 76 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY, JULY 17 - 18, 2015 By FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA EXPECT MORE RAIDS Beermen nears sweep of Alaska Rody to withdraw support for LP if DeLima runs Durian candy factory could be closed down P2 P2 This is just the beginning: PDEA 11 Sports P16 EDGE Serving a seamless society DAVAO M AYOR Rodrigo Dute- rte lauded the Davao City Police Office (DCPO), the Criminal Investi- gation and Detection Group (CIDG), and other security forces involved in “COPlan Kaagapay” which netted P3.2 million in drugs and resulted in the deaths of seven alleged drug pushers. In his speech before of dif- ferent security force units at the DCPO grounds yesterday, Duterte congratulated the po- lice as well as the Philippine Drug enforcement Agency (PDEA) for their successful operation. Duterte said he was grate- ful for the latest achievement of the units, especially for their effort in keeping the drug problem in the city at its low- est point. The raid also resulted in the arrest of 39 alleged drug pushers, of which 12 were fe- male. Duterte said he does not want women put in prison Duterte lauds successful raid ADZIHAR ALBANI, PDEA 11 Director By CHARLES RAYMOND A. MAXEY and ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR. C OPLAN Kaagapay, the highly suc- cessful anti-drug operation conducted in several areas in Davao City Wednesday, marked the start of a massive and intensified campaign against illegal drugs this year. “This is just the be- ginning,” newly-installed Philippine Drug Enforce- ment Agency (PDEA) 11 director Adzhar A. Albani said in yesterday’s regu- lar I-Speak media forum at the City Hall confer- ence room. Albani said more op- erations will be conduct- ed in the coming days even as he warned those involved in the illegal drugs trade to either stop their nefarious activity or leave the city. “You leave, or the full force of the law will be applied,” he said. COPlan Kaagapay was a joint operation launched by PDEA 11, Davao City Police Office (DCPO), Criminal Inves- tigation and Detection Group (CIDG) 11, Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 through its Regional Public Safety Battalion, and the Maritime Police. The raid resulted in the killing of seven sus- pected drug pushers and the apprehension of 39 other individuals, includ- ing a minor. Law enforcers rounded up all the sus- pects in a span of over five hours. The operation started at around 3 a.m. on July 15 and ended past 8 a.m. The arrests were made through the imple- mentation of a total of 36 search warrants by the city’s nine police stations. The raids were also part of a week-long na- tionwide CIDG operation dubbed “One Time Big Time” which started last Monday and to end Sat- urday. The operation in Davao City led to the re- covery of a total of 353 grams of shabu (metham- phetamine hydrochloride) with an estimated street value of P3.2 million and 73 grams of marijuana with estimated street val- ue of P73,000. Also recovered from the suspects were 13 firearms, including a high-powered sub-ma- chine gun, 10 assorted bullets, and three motor- cycles. HOMEWARD BOUND. A young Muslim girl heads home with her mother while her father attends afternoon prayers at a mosque in Barangay 23-C Mini Forest, Quezon Boulevard yesterday. Muslim communities in Davao City joined the whole Islamic world in celebrating Eid al-Fitr or the festival of breaking of the fast today. Lean Daval Jr. FEXPECT, 10 FDUTERTE, 10
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P 15.00 • 20 PAGESwww.edgedavao.netVOL. 8 ISSUE 76 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY, JULY 17 - 18, 2015
By FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA
EXPECT MORE RAIDS
Beermen nears sweep of Alaska
Rody to withdraw support for LP if DeLima runsDurian candy factory could be closed down P2
P2
This is just the beginning: PDEA 11
Sports P16
EDGE Serving a seamless society
DAVAO
MAYOR Rodrigo Dute-rte lauded the Davao City Police Office
(DCPO), the Criminal Investi-gation and Detection Group (CIDG), and other security forces involved in “COPlan Kaagapay” which netted P3.2
million in drugs and resulted in the deaths of seven alleged drug pushers.
In his speech before of dif-ferent security force units at the DCPO grounds yesterday, Duterte congratulated the po-lice as well as the Philippine
Drug enforcement Agency (PDEA) for their successful operation.
Duterte said he was grate-ful for the latest achievement of the units, especially for their effort in keeping the drug problem in the city at its low-
est point.The raid also resulted in
the arrest of 39 alleged drug pushers, of which 12 were fe-male.
Duterte said he does not want women put in prison
Duterte lauds successful raid
ADZIHAR ALBANI, PDEA 11 Director
By CHARLES RAYMOND A. MAXEYand ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.
COPLAN Kaagapay, the highly suc-cessful anti-drug
operation conducted in several areas in Davao City Wednesday, marked the start of a massive and intensified campaign against illegal drugs this year.
“This is just the be-ginning,” newly-installed Philippine Drug Enforce-ment Agency (PDEA) 11 director Adzhar A. Albani said in yesterday’s regu-lar I-Speak media forum at the City Hall confer-ence room.
Albani said more op-erations will be conduct-ed in the coming days
even as he warned those involved in the illegal drugs trade to either stop their nefarious activity or leave the city.
“You leave, or the full force of the law will be applied,” he said.
COPlan Kaagapay was a joint operation launched by PDEA 11, Davao City Police Office (DCPO), Criminal Inves-tigation and Detection Group (CIDG) 11, Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 through its Regional Public Safety Battalion, and the Maritime Police.
The raid resulted in the killing of seven sus-pected drug pushers and
the apprehension of 39 other individuals, includ-ing a minor.
Law enforcers rounded up all the sus-pects in a span of over five hours. The operation started at around 3 a.m. on July 15 and ended past 8 a.m.
The arrests were made through the imple-mentation of a total of 36 search warrants by the city’s nine police stations.
The raids were also part of a week-long na-tionwide CIDG operation dubbed “One Time Big Time” which started last Monday and to end Sat-urday.
The operation in Davao City led to the re-covery of a total of 353 grams of shabu (metham-phetamine hydrochloride) with an estimated street value of P3.2 million and 73 grams of marijuana with estimated street val-ue of P73,000.
Also recovered from the suspects were 13 firearms, including a high-powered sub-ma-chine gun, 10 assorted bullets, and three motor-cycles.
HOMEWARD BOUND. A young Muslim girl heads home with her mother while her father attends afternoon prayers at a mosque in Barangay 23-C Mini Forest, Quezon Boulevard yesterday. Muslim communities in Davao City joined the whole Islamic world in celebrating Eid al-Fitr or the festival of breaking of the fast today. Lean Daval Jr.
DAVAO City Mayor Ro-drigo Duterte has threatened to with-
draw his support for the rul-ing Liberal Party (LP) if Jus-tice Secretary Leila de Lima runs for senator under its ticket.
This after de Lima said in a television interview that she is almost sure of making a bid for a Senate seat in the 2016
election. Reports have also come out that she might be in-cluded on the lineup of the LP.
But de Lima, who has been critical of Duterte es-pecially on allegations the mayor is involved with the shadowy Davao Death Squad (DDS), told ANC host Karen Davila that she might change her mind if the LP also takes in Duterte.
Last Wednesday, Duterte said he might support a dif-ferent party if de Lima pur-sues her senatorial bid under the LP. Local political party Hugpong sa Tawong Lung-sod which Duterte heads had allied with the LP in the 2010 and 2013 election.
“Basta kung saan siya, nasa kabila ako. Kung kay Mar (Roxas) siya, edi goodbye Mar.
Pasensya na lang. Kung ganun na dun siya sa ticket ng Liberal e di bye (Wherever she is, I’ll be on the opposite side. If she is with Mar Roxas, then good-bye Mar. If she runs with the Liberal Party then it’s time to say goodbye),” Duterte said.
Duterte is believed to be eying the presidency although he has insisted that he is not interested in the position.
JJCM Food Products, man-ufacturer of Wendy’s De-licious Durian Candy, is in
danger of being closed down by the city government due to several violations it has com-mitted.
Speaking in yesterday’s I-Speak Media Forum at Davao City Hall, Food and Drug Ad-ministration (FDA) Davao su-pervisor Deborah S. Legaspi said the owner, Janet E. Aquino, has already committed a viola-
tion by not having a license to operate from the FDA.
“Kasi wala siyang license, closure of the establishment ang ipapataw sa kanya at mer-on ding corresponding fines na up to P100,000 base po sa FDA law (Because the company has no license, we will impose clo-sure and corresponding fines of up to P100,000 based on the FDA law)”she said.
She said the Business Bu-reau had explained to the own-
er that her company should possess an FDA permit but she still failed to comply with the rule.
Legaspi said every food manufacturer and drug store is mandated to get a permit from the FDA because it con-cerns public health safety. An FDA permit, however, is not a requirement in getting a busi-ness permit from the city, she added.
Legaspi said aside from
having no FDA permit, JJCM also failed to comply with good manufacturing practices.
Legaspi said during the inspection last Monday con-ducted by the FDA and Spe-cial Intelligence Investigation Group (SIITG) Durian Candy, it was found that the company had no direct source of water inside its factory.
Legaspi said lack of water source might have contaminat-
DAVAO City Mayor Ro-drigo R. Duterte or-dered the Criminal
Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) 11 to stop the operation of an online gold selling company in the city.
In an interview on Wednesday afternoon, Dute-rte said he wants to restrain the operations of the compa-ny since it has no permit to operate here.
The mayor was apparent-ly referring to the operations of Emgoldex and Global Inter-Gold which are allegedly net-working companies.
The Securities and Ex-change Commission (SEC) had earlier warned the public against dealing with Emgol-dex because it is not regis-tered with the SEC.
It issued the warning after
finding “bogus SEC public ad-visories” concerning Emgol-dex bearing the SEC logo.
Emgoldex allegedly changed its name to Global In-terGold a few months ago.
Duterte said aside from the absence of a permit, the company is not allowed to deal in gold in its operation in order to attract investors.
“You are not supposed to be dealing with gold in the first place. In the second place you do not have a permit,” he said.
Duterte said it is not pos-sible for the company to pro-cure gold because it needs a permit from the Bangko Sen-tral ng Pilipinas (BSP) first.
“It is a pyramiding thing, I can sense it,” he said. “We will nip it in the bud,” he added.
BREAKING THE FAST. Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Z. Duterte (right) distributes food packs to Muslim residents of Barangay 23-C Mini Forest, Quezon Boulevard who are preparing to celebrate Eid al-Fitr or the festival of breaking of the fast yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
Rody to withdraw supportfor LP if de Lima runsBy FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA
Durian candy makercould be closed downBy ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.
Duterte orders CIDG to stoponline gold ‘pyramid’ scheme
POPE FRANCIS SURPASSES 22 MILLION TWITTER FOLLOWERS
POPE Francis surpassed 22 million Twitter fol-lowers Wednesday on his multiple accounts, joining the ranks of tech-savvy entertainers and world leaders who command tens of mil-lions of eyeballs on social media.
According to the site Il Sismografo, the pope pulled in 29,000 new followers each day during his recent eight-day trip to South America, versus his already impressive aver-age of 20,000.
Of the nine accounts in languages such as French and German, his Spanish language account is the most popular -- with just over nine million followers -- while the English ac-count comes in second with around 6.5 million followers.
A Vatican office writes the tweets -- usu-ally quotes from his speeches and homilies -- with the pope’s approval.
Despite the uptick in followers, the pope still has a long way to go to catch up with other world leaders like US President Barack Obama, who has over 60 million followers.
Francis is also well behind American en-tertainer Katy Perry, who has the world’s most Twitter followers, with about 72.5 million. FDURIAN, 10
HUMAN rights lawyer and former Senator Rene Saguisag yester-
day filed a formal complaint before the House of Repre-sentatives Ethics Committee against two congressmen who had filed treason and inciting to sedition cases against the government’s peace negotia-tors.
Saguisag formally filed a complaint with Belmonte and
the House of Representatives Ethics Committee to initiate a formal investigation against Buhay Party-list Rep. LitoAt-ienza and ABAKADA Party-list Rep. Jonathan dela Cruz.
The two had filed cases of treason and inciting to se-dition against Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary TeresitaQuintos Deles and Government of the Philippines (GPH) Chief Peace
Negotiator Professor Miri-am Coronel-Ferrer and other members of the peace pan-el on May 28.
Saguisag, however, said the cases were a form of “pros-ecutorial terrorism” against proponents of the Bangsam-oro peace process.
Atienza and de la Cruz had asked the Manila City Prose-cutor’s Office to charge Deles, Coronel, and other members
of the peace panel for their role in the signing of the peace agreement between the gov-ernment and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Included in the com-plaint-affidavit by the two solons were all the members of the negotiating panel of the MILF, members of the Bangsamoro Transition Com-mission (BTC), and Supreme
POLICE operatives arrest-ed one of the most want-ed persons in South Co-
tabato while attending a town fiesta in nearby Sarangani Province on Wednesday after-noon.
Senior Superintendent Jose Arnaldo Briones Jr., South Cotabato police director, said Thursday joint police in-telligence and Special Action Force personnel nabbed elu-sive suspect Daguil Capion, who has taken up arms against foreigners’ attempt to mine his tribe’s ancestral lands, around 2 p.m. in the poblacion of Malungon town in Saran-gani.
Capion is facing a string of murder and attempted murder cases and listed as the number one most wanted person in Tampakan, South Cotabato,
He was arrested based on a warrant of arrest issued by Koronadal City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 25 Judge
Lorenzo Balo.“He (Capion) was spotted
in one of the foundation anni-versary festivities of Malungon and was immediately arrest-ed,” Briones said.
He said the suspect was immediately transferred to the Tampakan municipal police station after undergoing rou-tine documentation.
The official said Capion, who is a B’laan tribal leader, has pending cases for multiple murder, multiple attempted murder and grave coercion be-fore the RTC Branch 25.
He was charged for the killing in March 2011 of three workers of a construction company working on the US$ 5.9-billion copper and gold mining project of for-eign-backed firm Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI) in the hinter-lands of Tampakan.
Capion and his men were also tagged in the June 20,
THE attack by the New People’s Army (NPA) on soldiers of the 58th Infan-
try Battalion here Saturday af-ternoon has left several women and children traumatized.
“My four-year old daugh-ter kept on saying ‘God help us, please God help us’ while crying,” Gem, who asked that her full identify be withheld, recalled.
“As the gunfight ensued, we thought we were going to die as we crawled on the bamboo floor. I held on tight to my two children and just prayed for our lives with our neighbors who were with us,” she said.
She added she was still ex-periencing fear and had difficul-ty getting sleep at night. “I can’t sleep properly; whenever the dogs bark we get out of bed in fear.”
“My daughter was in a state of shock after the incident; she can’t talk and would just cry. We just tried to keep on talking to her and thank God she now
responds better,” Gem said, al-though she noted her daughter has been behaving differently after the incident.
“The frightening part was that the NPAs were hiding be-neath the bamboo floor [of the house] where we were. If the soldier in the CVO (Civilian Vol-unteer Organization) outpost fired back I’m sure we all would have been dead. The soldier just shouted to let the civilians get out of the house in exchange for his surrender to save us,” anoth-er woman said.
Residents pointed out that 15 people, including five chil-dren and two pregnant women, were in the balcony of the house in front of the CVO outpost, ei-ther playing cards or just watch-ing the game when the incident happened.
“We were all trapped and we did not have time to run away from the house as we all just dropped on the floor when the firefight started. We then
THE Food and Drug Ad-ministration (FDA) dis-closed Thursday that
staphylococcus bacteria was behind the food poisoning incidence in CARAGA region that victimized about 2,000 school children.
“It was seen in the labo-ratory tests that “staphyloc-cocus bacteria” was present and matched in the symptoms manifested by patients such as vomiting, stomach ache,” said Dr. Ma. Lourdes Santiago, acting deputy director general of FDA in a press briefing held at the DOH media relations unit.
Dr. Santiago said that staphyloccus is a type of bac-teria that is link to food poi-soning because it is found in the human skin hair, especial-ly if there is an open wound like pimples.
“So it is really very im-portant to really practice hand hygiene. That is the possible reason,” Santiago said.
She said that the bacte-ria contaminated the candies during their mishandling in the production process.
The bacterial contamina-tion, she said, possibly took place in the activities involved in the production of the can-dies during and after the preparation and even in sup-ply chains.
She further said that in-vestigation was still on-going for other samples of candies.
“We had sought the assis-tance of police on this matter,” she added.
She further said that part of the investigation focused on tracing further the source and place where the candies were ‘TRUMPED UP.’ Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Carlos Isagani T. Zarate shows
his picture in an affidavit of complaint filed by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) before the City Prosecution Office for alleged kidnapping and serious illegal detention. Indigenous People (IP) leaders had told CIDG that Zarate and other mass leaders had brought Lumads to
Davao City for propaganda. Zarate, however, said the Lumads came on their own to escape the presence of Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the remote areas in Bukidnon, Davao del Norte and Compotela Valley. He also hit the government for the ‘trumped up’ case filed against him and other mass leaders. Armando B. Fenequito Jr.
Saguisag files ethicscase against 2 solonsFor ‘terrorism’ vs gov’t, MILF peace panelsBy JON JOAQUIN
CELEBRATION. Muslim women bring along their young children as they wait for Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Z. Duterte who is scheduled to visit and distribute food packs to various Muslim communities in the city yesterday.
Muslim communities in Davao City joined the whole Islamic world in celebrating Eid al-Fitr or the festival of breaking of the fast today. Lean Daval Jr.
Women, kids shocked byNPA raid on Gingoog village
FDA finds “staphylococcus” bacteria behind candy poisoning in Caraga
NEW ARMY CHIEF. President Benigno S. Aquino III hands over the command symbol to 57th Philippine Army (PA) Commanding General, Army Major General Eduardo Año from former outgoing commanding General Lt. Gen Hernando IriberriAFP Chief of Staff, during the PA Change of Command Ceremony at the PA Gym in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City on Wednesday (July
15, 2015). Año is the commander of the Army’s 7th Commander of the 10th Infantry “Agila” Division, a Cum Laude Graduate and a member of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) “Matikas” Class of 1983. (Photo by Lauro Montellano Jr./Malacañang Photo Bureau/PNA)
THIS town, which was re-cently awarded as one of the country’s Outstand-
ing Rice Achievers, acquired five Mobile All-In Shredder Machines and six Vermi Tea Brewers from the Department of Agriculture-Region 11.
Municipal Agriculturist Helen Carampatana received Wednesday afternoon the farm machineries which were manufactured by the Davao Techno Craft, from the DA per-sonnel.
Carampatana said the ma-chines will also be distributed to identified cooperatives and Rural Improvement Club (RIC) women’s group.
She said the shredder machine will be pulverizing biodegradable materials like rice stalks and hulls to become organic fertilizers while the brewer will be fermenting 60 liters of water added with one kilo of vermicast for 72 hours to be sprayed to rice farms and other agricultural areas also as fertilizer.
Carampatana said that the distribution of farm machin-eries is only part of various distributed farm equipment here in this municipality since it also acquired two farm trac-tors, a number of threshers, and an Organic Trading Post, among others. (PNA)
THE Regional Disaster Risk Re-duction Management Council (RDRRMC) here in Caraga re-
gion in another emergency meeting, lifted its declaration of the region under the status of “food poisoning outbreak” after no new cases of candy poisoning were reported and hospital admissions from the region stayed at 66.
This was disclosed by PSupt. Martin M. Gamba, in an interview, Wednesday morning. He said that an emergency meeting was called for by the RDRRMC, Tuesday morn-ing, with the Department of Health, Office of the Civil Defense, Depart-ment of Social Welfare and Develop-ment (DSWD), Bureau of Fire Pro-tection (BFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine Army (PA), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and other members of the council to assess the incident, discuss the sit-uational updates and the courses of actions taken and needs to be done.
Among the actions of the coun-cil was the lifting of the “food poi-soning outbreak” status per recom-
mendation from the regional DOH, Gamba said.
According to Supt. Gamba, no new case was received by the po-lice based on their monitoring from their lower units, and he believed that must be the actual develop-ment on the ground. They are still waiting, however, for further update regarding the incident from the DOH or the council.
The PNP regional spokesper-son also said that cases of “Reckless Imprudence Resulting in Multiple Serious Physical Injuries in Relation to R.A. 7610,” “Violation of Repub-lic Act 10611,” otherwise known as “Food Security Act of 2013” and “Violation of R.A. 7394 (Consumer Act of the Philippines) were filed in court against the five arrested suspects in Cagwait, Surigao del Sur identified as Junnil Martinez Teriote, 30; John Oben Dequilla, 36; Joel Alferez Paja, 29; Richard Lawag Rivera, 28; and Martinez Sawit Bo-caycay, 19; all residents of MacAr-thur, Calinan, Davao City; Henryto Bitco Amoguis, 21; from Valencia, Bukidnon and Genelyn Dorgas Pasa, 26; from Bocana, Davao City. (PNA)
COMPANIES owned by the family of former Senate President Manuel Villar
are reportedly planning to ex-pand their ventures in the com-ing months in parts of South Cotabato province.
South Cotabato Gov. Daisy Avance-Fuentes said Thursday the former senator is currently visiting several areas in the prov-ince to explore possible business and investment opportunities.
South Cotabato is presently celebrating its 49th foundation anniversary and 16th T’nalak Festival.
The governor said Villar,
who turned his attention on his family’s businesses after stints in the House of Representatives and the Senate, and failed pres-idential bid in 2010, personally toured local shopping malls in Koronadal City on Wednesday.
“The (Villar family) is very positive with South Cotabato as an investment destination and currently looking at a major project in Koronadal City,” she said in a radio interview.
But Fuentes, who had an earlier meeting with the former senator, declined to give further details on the planned business venture.
Villar is chairman of Vista Land & Lifescapes Inc., which is one of the country’s biggest property developers.
Vista Land is the holding company of Brittany, Crown Asia, Camella Homes, Commu-nities Philippines and Vista Res-idences.
His family also owns Star-Malls Inc. and the Finds chain of convenience stores.
Two years ago, Villar’s Ca-mella Homes started the devel-opment of a 12.4-hectare prop-erty in Barangay Carpenter Hill in Koronadal City.
The company has signified
to invest around PHP500 mil-lion for the prime residential development project, which is its first in South Cotabato.
Meantime, Fuentes said the former senator will be joined in Koronadal City on Saturday by his son, Las Pinas Rep. Mark Villar.
She said the younger Villar will grace the province’s founda-tion anniversary day on July 18 and culmination of the T’nalak Festival.
Fuentes said Senators Grace Poe and Francis Escudero have also confirmed to attend Satur-day’s festivities. (PNA)
POLICE operatives ar-rested one of top most wanted persons in South
Cotabato while attending a town fiesta in nearby Saran-gani Province on Wednesday afternoon.
Sr. Supt. Jose Arnaldo Bri-ones Jr., South Cotabato police director, said Thursday joint police intelligence and special action force personnel nabbed elusive suspect Daguil Capion at around 2 p.m. in Poblacion of Malungon town in Saran-gani.
Capion is facing a string of murder and attempted murder cases and listed as the number one most wanted person in Tampakan, South Cotabato,
He was arrested based on a warrant of arrest issued by Koronadal City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 25 Judge Lorenzo Balo.
“He (Capion) was spotted in one of the foundation an-niversary festivities of Malun-gon and was immediately ar-rested,” he said.
Briones said the suspect was immediately transferred to the Tampakan municipal police station after undergo-ing routine documentation.
The official said Capion,
who is a B’laan tribal leader, has pending cases for multiple murder, multiple attempted murder and grave coercion before the RTC Branch 25.
He specifically charged for the killing in March 2011 of three workers of a con-struction company working on the USD5.9 billion copper and gold mining project of for-eign-backed firm Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI) in the hinter-lands of Tampakan.
Capion and his men were also tagged in the June 20, 2012 ambush in Barangay Kimlawis of Kiblawan town in Davao del Sur that led to the killing of a retired police officer hired by SMI as securi-ty consultant and three other police escorts.
In October 2012, he elud-ed arrest in an operation staged by the Army’s 27th Infantry Battalion (IB) at his house in Barangay Kimlawis but his wife Juvy and two sons were killed after allegedly be-ing caught in the crossfire.
Capion, who repeatedly admitted responsibility over the killings in various media interviews, said he had taken up arms to stop the supposed encroachment of SMI into their ancestral lands. (PNA)
2015 T’NALAK FESTIVAL
Polomolok is 2015 ‘Cleanest& Greenest’ LGU in SouthCotTHE municipality of
Polomolok once again reigned supreme when
it was chosen as the prov-ince’s Cleanest and Green-est Municipality for 2015, trouncing last year’s defend-ing champion municipality of Surallah.
Polomolok came back from last year’s second place finish due to strong points it garnered as recipient of the Best Public Market, Best Pub-lic Plaza and Parks, Best Mu-nicipal Nursery, Best Central Material Recovery Facility, Best Community Garden, Best Backyard Garden and Best Public Toilet Special Awards.
It also added to its numer-ous special awards the Best Barangay Special Award rep-resented by Brgy. Pagalungan, by winning third place.
Surallah, meanwhile, slide down to second place over-all but won the Best Roadside Beautification and Best Ba-rangay Special Award repre-
sented by Brgy. Veterans.Tupi, on the other hand,
landed into third place, im-proving its fourth place finish last year and also won second place in the Best Barangay Special Award represented by Brgy. Lunen.
Tampakan, T’boli and the City of Koronadal in the Clus-ter I LGUs ranked fourth, fifth and sixth places, respectively, in which Polomolok, Surallah and Tupi also belong.
For Cluster II LGUs, the municipality of Norala was adjudged the Most Improved Municipality besting the mu-nicipalities of Lake Sebu, Sto. Nino, Tantangan and Banga which are also included in the said cluster.
Cash incentives received by Cluster I winners in the contest are as follows: First Place – P800,000.00; Second Place – P500,000.00; Third Place – P300,000.00; Fourth – Sixth Places – P50,000.00 each.
Special Award winners in the Best Public Market, Best Public Plaza and Parks, Best Central Material Recov-ery Facility, Best Community Garden and Best Public Toilet received P10,000.00 each; the Best Backyard Garden won by Edwin Gonzaga received P5,000.00; and, Best Munic-ipal Nursery and Best Road-side Beautification received P30,000.00 each.
For the Best Barangay award, the First Place re-ceived P30,000,00, Second Place P20,000.00 and Third Place P10,000.00.
Dole Philippnes spon-sored the cash incentives for the Best Municipal Nursery and Best Roadside Beautifi-cation Special Awards while South Cotabato Foundation, Inc. sponsored the Best Public Toilet cash incentive.
Cluster II LGUs were ear-lier given P40,000.00 assis-tance by the province after undergoing Coaching and
Mentoring sessions by the Provincial Environment Man-agement Office regarding the formulation of their respec-tive environment programs.
Norala the Most Improved municipality among Cluster II LGUs received P20,000.00 cash incentive.
The contest was divided into unannounced initial and final evaluations with 30% and 70% rating, respectively.
Evaluators were Elbe Balucanag and Alfredo Supe-rales of PEMO, Jose Perez of the Provincial Planning and Development Office, Engr. Er-isaldy Quienes of the Integrat-ed Provincial Health Office, Fruto Sumagaysay Jr. of the Provincial Information Office, Julius Mella of the Arts, Cul-ture, Tourism, Museum and Sports Promotions Unit, Sher-ee Ann Reyes of the South Cotabato Foundation Inc. and Teresita Savarez of Dole Phils. (Fruto C. Sumagaysay Jr., PIO-South Cotabato)
Davao Sur town acquires 11 farm machineries from DA-11
RDRRMC lifts ‘food poisoningoutbreak’ status in Caraga
Suspect in South Cotabato minesite killings nabbed in Sarangani
THE National Com-mission on Muslim Filipino (NCMF) is
positioning Davao City to become a pilot area for Is-lamic micro-financing as it urged Muslim business-men to open a window for Islamic micro-financing to help micro and small busi-nesses.
NCMF Sec. Yasmin Busran-Lao said this is the commission’s alterna-tive mechanism in helping small businesses in in-creasing their capitaliza-tion now that the Islamic banking system is not yet institutionalized in the country.
Lao said access to fi-nancing is just among the challenges being confront-ed by micro and small businesses, which are tied by the strict requirements of commercial banks.
The NCMF, she said, is in discussion with the Ma-laysian consulate here for a consultation on the pos-sible framework of Islam-ic micro-financing which could be offered by the pri-vate sector.
Islamic nation Malaysia has already acquired the expertise of banking and micro-financing since it is already institutionalized and practiced for a long time, according to Lao.
NCMF is targeting to pilot the Isl;amic microf-inance in Davao City be-cause of its huge potential.
“Muslim companies here can start micro-fi-nancing by opening a win-dow for this service that will be free from interest,” Lao said.
A company could ei-ther offer the service with-out interest since it is part of their Shariah-law or as part of their charity, she added.
According to their law, Lao said each Muslim is re-quired to put percentage of her income for charitable works known as zakat.
“Companies could re-quire their employees to donate a portion of their income to help those small businesses and want –to-be entrepreneurs to start their own small business-es,” she said,
The Islamic micro-fi-nancing window of a com-pany could cater not only Muslim entrepreneurs but also those who are
non-Muslim.Possible client could
loan P5,000 to P10,000 to start a business or add it to their capitalization.
Lao said it is necessary to explore other financ-ing schemes and systems with the Asean integration because of the possible
entry of Muslim investors, professionals and tourists who would require a Sha-riah-compliant way of fi-nancing and banking.
HALAL FEST. A mall-goer checks salted duck egg being sold by an exhibitor during the second day of the 1st Mindanao Halal Festival at the activity center of Abreeza Mall yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
VOL. 8 ISSUE 76 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY, JULY 17 - 18, 20156 THE ECONOMY EDGEDAVAO
SOME 100 to 150 IT stu-dents, developers and programmers will join
the first AngelHack Davao leg on August 15 to 16.
AngelHack ambassador Angel Abella said that the event will be a venue for local ICT start-ups and IT students to showcase their ideas and talents in producing their products that are not limited to computer applications and
softwares.AngelHack provides
bridge between international IT community and the Silicon Valley, the AngelHack said in its website.
Winner of the AngelHack Davao leg will have the chance to fly all the way to Silicon Val-ley in San Francisco Califor-nia and expose their ideas to global technology companies, maybe for financing.
“We are organizing this kind of event because we want to bring out the kind of talents we have here in Davao,” Abella said.
She said stakeholders in the ICT industry, even those that are already employed, that they could start a busi-ness using their IT skills to produce innovations needed by the local and international community.
“Some of our talents in the ICT sector don’t see the via-bility of becoming a start-up because that is what they are trained for when they were still in schools,” Abella said.
She added that there’s a need to remind teachers and instructors that they should equipped students to become future owner of start-ups not just an employee of a BPO company.
“They need to tell their students not just to go after work, but build their own business,” Abella said.
The city’s start-up com-munity still needs to be fur-ther strengthen to influence young professionals and new graduates to venture into busi-ness, according to her.
Also, talents here have huge potential because of their innovations that are al-
ready recognized abroad.However, support from
the government is vital in the success of start-up.
Abella said the pending bill in the Senate seeking tax exemption of start-up would help in promoting more IT professionals and graduates to venture into business and use their skills in developing prod-ucts that would help the com-munity in alleviating poverty.
THE Junior Chamber In-ternational (JCI) Davao created the Davao Busi-
ness Developer, a project that will provide business, informa-tion technology (IT) and multi-media solutions for micro and small businesses in the city.
The project also aims to develop micro businesses, events and organizations, convince investors and estab-lished companies to invest in these businesses and develop a sustainable organization that will help them.
Project manager Sanju Chugani, while acknowledg-ing the fact that Davao is a promising area for investment and business as evidenced by a growing number of enter-prises and industries spread across its urban landscape, the city has weak and outdated marketing strategies.
Chugani, a professional multimedia designer and web developer, said that after mak-ing a research, he found out that many companies fell be-hind in adopting to the more
innovative schemes in attract-ing consumers and investors.
Most local companies, he said, don’t have a marketing staff or sustainable ideas to expand their horizon, which prove they heavily lack in the public relations department.
Aside from this, he said some of these firms even out-source their business solutions outside the country instead of utilizing local skills.
Chugani cited the Davao Doctors Hospital, which is out-sourcing in New Zealand in de-
veloping their website. “IT solutions are not well
known and small businesses are not open to adopting to these services,” Chugani said in last Wednesday’s Club 888 media forum at the Marco Polo Davao.
The company saw the po-tentiality of the local business-es- small and micro to thrive in the market and promote local products. This project will also bring more investors to invest in the city and create more
JCI Davao project to help small businessesBy PRINCE SIMON CANDAand VANESSA KATE F. MADRAZO
IN a meeting on July 15, the National Economic and Development Author-
ity (NEDA) Board chaired by President Benigno S. Aquino III, approved the new Civil Registry System Information Technology Project and chang-es in the NAIA Expressway Phase II and the Daang Hari- SLEX (South Luzon Express-way) Link Road Project.
“The approval of the Civil Registry System Information Technology Project will ex-tend and enhance the Philip-pine Statistics Authority’s civil registry document services, which is a highly critical need for Filipino citizens. Mean-while, the adoption of changes in the NAIA Expressway Proj-ect, Phase II and the Daang-hari-SLEX Link Road project are responsive in essentially reconciling the increasing need of motorists and the ser-vice capacity of these roads over the course of time,” said Economic Planning Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan.
First, the NEDA Board ap-proved the new Civil Registry System (CRS) Information
Technology Project of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
The project involves the computerization of the civ-il registry operations of the PSA and is designed to collect, store, maintain, and manage civil registry documents and the specimen signatures of all city and municipal registrars using imaging technology. It will also include production of vital statistics and will make the civil registry services avail-able nationwide through the CRS outlets and other autho-rized partners.
Moreover, the project has an estimated total project cost of PhP1.59 billion, that will be implemented through pub-lic-private partnership. It has a concession period of 12 years including 2 years of develop-ment.
With regards to the NAIA Expressway Project, Phase II, the NEDA Board approved to change the alignment from Domestic Road to Elec-trical Road.
The transfer of the project
NEDA approves newcivil registry project
THE government expects the Philippine economy to grow stronger in the
second half of 2015 after post-ing a slower growth in the first half, bolstering hope on the at-tainment of even the low end of 7 to 8-percent growth target this year.
”The second half will hopefully pick up. The third quarter especially is a low base,” National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Director General Ar-senio Balisacan told reporters on the sidelines of the signing
Wednesday of a joint memo-randum circular on evaluation policy framework with the De-partment of Budget and Man-agement.
Balisacan admitted that while achieving even the low end of growth target is a “big challenge”, “(but) we are not giving up, we have to work much harder especially in the government spending.”
The NEDA chief cited pos-itive drivers that could offset the impact of lower exports in the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the first se-
mester of the year.“We expect the private
consumption will grow be-cause inflation is low, remit-tances are low, oil prices are low and consumer confidence is still high,” he said, noting they also bank on investments and government spending in boosting the country’s eco-nomic growth.
Balisacan said the country posted a slowdown in export performance in April and May 2015 amid fragile global eco-nomic conditions.
“We have some challenges
because of exports. Globally, exports have been less robust than what we expected… Un-certainties are quite a drag in export growth,” he said, refer-ring to the China stock market crash and the European prob-lem on Greece’s debt crisis.
Balisacan said the slow-down in global trade could be a drag on second-quarter GDP.
The country’s GDP slowed down to 5.2 percent in the first quarter of 2015 from last year’s 5.6 percent due to weak government spending and lower exports. (PNA)
Robust economic growth seen in 2nd half
GOVERNMENT spending, which is among the rea-sons for the slowdown
of domestic growth in the first quarter of 2015, is seen to pos-itively contribute to the econo-my’s expansion in the second quarter.
“(It is) much better than the first quarter,” Budget and Management Secretary Flor-encio Abad told reporters Thursday.
Growth in the first three months of the year remained strong at 5.2 percent but it is lower than quarter-ago’s 6.6 percent due mainly to lower government spending and net exports.
Economic managers, thus, vowed to boost spending espe-cially on necesary infrastruc-ture projects to ensure that expansion of the economy will be for long term.
Bureau of the Treasury
(BTr) data show that govern-ment expenditures in end-April this year grew by five percent to Php 660.6 billion compared to year-ago’s Php 626.1 billion.
Abad disclosed that infra-structure disbursement of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) alone reached about P25 billion last June alone.
“This has not happened before,” he added.
Earlier, Abad said infra-structure spending for April to June this year would be higher since implementation of infra-structure projects set this year has started.
He also cited that there are about P303 billion worth of projects under the 2014 budget that will only be im-plemented this year, thus, fur-ther boosting fiscal spending. (PNA)
Q2 2015 spending much better -- Abad
TRADITIONAL FARE. A Muslim vendor sells grilled tulingan or bakas, a traditional Islamic dish, for P200 apiece in Barangay 23-C Mini Forest, Quezon Boulevard where majority of residents are Muslim. Lean Daval Jr.
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Aside from getting an up-to-date hair cut, any man’s crowning glory should get properly pam-pered to rid it of toxins as well as chemical build up due daily shampooing and conditioning. Heat, as well as perspiration and air pollution also contribute to hair stress which can lead to hair breakage. Normally, men would be forced to go to a fancy salon to get their hair treatments. Lucky for me, Rocky’s Barbershop, the first barbershop to open in the mall in Davao City re-cently rolled out their Hair Spa, hair therapy line. Now, aside from get-ting a sharp and snazzy
hair cut, one can now get choose from Hydrating, Purifying, and Stimulat-ing Therapies to rejuve-nate, protect and preserve their own head of hair. Since I use quite a num-ber of hair products on my head, I decided to try Rocky’s Hydrating hair treatment which address-es dry scalp while restor-ing the natural beauty and health of hair. The experi-ence while getting my hair treated was relaxing, with the stimulating serum giving a cool sensation on my scalp. For guys with dandruff problems, Gaga, the bar-ber who was in-charge of my treatment, recom-
mends Rocky’s Purify-ing treatment. The serum used for the treatment uses Piroctone Olamine, which has an anti-dan-druff action that kills fun-gal infection that causes dandruff. It is also per-fume free and is gentle to the hair and scalp. For guys who are afraid of falling hair, a Stimulat-ing hair treatment which helps strengthen hair and addresses hair fall prob-lems is a perfect remedy. After 30 minutes (time passes quickly thanks to Rocky’s free wifi), my hair was rinsed revealing to-tally soft and manageable hair. My scalp also felt re-freshed and clean and re-
laxed thanks to the cool-ing sensation of the Hair Spa serum. I am afraid that this level of groom-ing and pampering will be habit forming, but know-ing that my mane will be cared for by Rocky’s and their almost 20 years of hair experience, I know my locks are in good hands. The new Hair Spa treat-ments are available in all branches of Rocky’s Bar-bershop in Davao and General Santos cities. Follow me on Instagram or on Twitter at @kenneth-kingong for more foodie finds, travel stories, and happenings in, around, and beyond Durianburg.
THERE is much to be said about the mod-ern male, for starters the fashion sense of the urban man has evolved from basic to dapper, his tastes more cultured and polished. This air of male sophistication extends even to hair care, as it has become an integral part of modern men’s grooming.
Aside from getting a snazzy hair cut, one can now get to choose from Hydrating, Purifying,
and Stimulating Therapies to rejuvenate,
protect and preserve one’s own head of hair.
Getting my hair cut at Rocky’s.Trying the Hydrating Hair Spa treatment.
At Rocky’s Barbershop Abreeza.
A2 INdulge! EDGEDAVAOEVENT
LAST July 9 to 11, forums on topics related to education and career planning were con-ducted at SM City Davao’s University Fair at the mall’s Event Center.
MinDA, TESDA and JCI at the SM City Davao Univ Fair
Honorable Consul Tomoko Dodo at SM City Davao University Fair. The Japanese Consular Office facilitates a number of scholarships programs which give Filipino youth opportunities to study in Japan.
Opening the University Fair last July 9 were (L-R): JCI Davao president Louel Zambrano (5th from the left), Malaysian Consul General Abdullah Zawawi Tahir, Counc. Mabel Sunga-Acosta, SM City Davao mall manager Lynette Lopez, DOLE XI regional director Atty. Joffrey Suyao and SM assistant vice president for operations-Mindanao Debby Go.
Mr Romeo Montenegro of Mindanao Development Authority.Students at the University Fair
Nicole Bian with staff from JIB School.
The National University Pep Squad at the fair opening.
On the first day, Min-danao Development Au-thority’s director of in-vestment promotions and public affairs Romeo M. Montenegro gave a talk on ASEAN integration where he discussed how it can af-fect the local economy. He said that the forthcoming integration poses a wide range of opportunities for all ASEAN member coun-tries including its work-force. Private and government agencies presented their scholarship programs on the second day. SM Foundation, Inc. which has been running the col-lege scholarship program since 1993 has produced over 1,900 graduates and currently supports 1,500 scholars in 82 partner colleges and universities, nationwide. The Davao City Water District who started their scholarship program in the same year has also supported under-privileged but deserving students with its academic and non-academic pro-grams. The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) offers “Edu-cation for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP)” for qualified ben-eficiaries/dependents of OFWs. It is available to those beneficiaries who in-
tend to enroll in any four to five-year baccalaureate course, in any university across the country and any Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)-ac-credited institution or in privately-owned tertiary or vocational institutions. The Davao Light and Power Company mean-while, offers purposive scholarships to engineer-ing students who are in their sophomore year. The recipients of the program will also get the chance to work in DLPC or their af-filiate companies. The Technical Educa-tion and Skills Develop-ment Authority’s (TESDA) also presented their online courses which interested parties may avail for free. After completing the on-line course modules, par-ticipants may opt to take face-to-face assessment for National Certification at any TESDA accredited as-sessment center or venue. On the last day, the Ju-nior Chamber Interna-tional Davao conducted a career forum aimed at giv-ing future college students a glimpse of their possible professions. Among their speakers were Cong. Karlo Nograles and Counc. Ber-nie Al-ag. The University Fair was started in 2013. This
year’s fair was participated in by Ateneo de Zam-boanga and Ateneo de Cagayan de Oro (Xavier University), International Academy for Film and Television (Bigfoot) from Cebu, Dumaguete’s Silli-
man University, Manila’s National University, De La Salle College of Saint Benilde, Mapua College of Technology, University of Santo Tomas and SoFA Design Institute. Davao-based schools
also joined the event to showcase their pro-grams—Ateneo de Davao University, Davao Doc-tor’s College, Fashion In-stitute of Design and Arts, Institute of International Culinary and Hospitality
Entrepreneurship, Joji Ila-gan Career Center Foun-dation, MOST Institute of Davao, Philippine Wom-en’s College, University of Mindanao and University of the Philippines in Min-danao.
APART from the 70 percent off on incredible selec-tions mallwide and a chance to win a brand new Suzuki Grand Vitara in the raffle, loads of fash-ion and musical en-tertainment await shoppers at SM La-nang Premier this Great 3-Day Sale weekend, July 17 to 19. Kicking off the festive sale events at the met-ro’s premier shopping and lifestyle destination on July 17 are live per-formances at the Atrium of DJ Tien Batu at 10am-12pm and DJ Wacky Mas-bad at 5pm-7pm. On July 18, 6pm, the #DenimCitizens trunk show and meet and greet with SM Youth Ambassa-dors LA Aguinaldo and Richard Juan will hap-pen at the Atrium. It will feature clothes from the Denim Collection of SM Youth, the Boys Teens’ Wear department of The SM Store composed of four primary brands: Tee Culture, Markus, Tank, Character Tees and Reef Break. Admission to the show is free. While they may be new to the Davao scene,
both LA Aguinaldo and Richard Juan have gained a following in the social media and TV circuits in Metro Manila and beyond. A model and traveler, Aguinaldo has amassed over 37,000 followers on Instagram since he started shar-ing photos of his trips to different countries. Meanwhile, Aguinaldo is a Hong Kong-Chinese TV personality and model based in the Philippines. Right after the #Den-imCitizens mini fashion show on Saturday night, at 7pm, Pinoy pop rock band Never the Strang-ers – known mainly for the toothpaste jingle “Moving Closer” – will perform at The Foun-
THOUSANDS of fans flocked to the grand fans day of ABS-CBN’s top-rat-ing daytime drama series “Oh My G” last July 12 at SM City San Pablo, La-guna. To personally thank their supporters, “Oh My G” lead stars Janella Sal-vador, Marlo Mortel, and Manolo Pedrosa bonded with their fans through nonstop surprises and must-see production numbers. Among those who joined Marlo, Manolo, and Janella in “Oh My G’s” thanksgiving mall show are their co-stars Maris Racal, Kazel Kinou-chi, Kate Alejandrino, Axel Torres, Tom Doro-mal, Paolo Gumabao, Kokoy de Santos, Veron-ica Reyes, Teetin Villan-
ueva, Brigs Aricheta, and Ganiel Krishnan. Meanwhile, in its last two weeks, “Oh My G” will surely keep TV view-ers glued to their TVs now that Sophie (Janel-la) has discovered her sister Anne (Yen Santos) is suffering from an in-curable illness. How will Sophie fight her sister’s battle now
that Anne is still in a coma? Will Anne still be able to wake up and re-cover from her illness? Don’t miss the final episode of “Oh My G” on July 24 (Friday), before “It’s Showtime” on ABS-CBN Prime-Tanghali. For more information about “Oh My G” log on to www.abs-cbn.com, or follow @abcbndotcom
on Twitter. For more up-dates, log on to www.abs-cbn.com or follow @abscbndotcom on Twit-ter. Meanwhile, viewers may also catch up on full episodes and past episodes of “Oh My G” through ABS-CBNmo-bile. For more informa-tion, please go to www.abscbnmobile.com.
INdulge! A3EDGEDAVAOENTERTAINMENT
‘Oh My G’ stars draw thousands of fans to thanksgiving show
Denim Citizens, Never the Strangers and Vince Lahorra at SM Lanang Premier
tain Court grounds for Playlist Live. Composed of songwriter Ace Libre, vocalist, keyboardist and guitarist JP del Mundo, bassist Gab Palanca and drummer Nash Igna-cio, Never the Strang-ers will play songs from their new album release, “Screenburn,” under Uni-versal Records. On Sunday, July 19, at 5pm, one of the coun-
try’s finest saxophonists – Vince Lahorra – will ser-enade mallgoers with his own brand of jazz music at the Atrium. Catch awesome events at SM Lanang Premier this July 17-19! For inquiries, contact 285-0943. You can also check out SM Lanang Premier on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for sale alerts, promos and event updates.
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THIS SUNDAY, Idol sa Kusina goes with the battle cry “Sarsa pa lang, ulam na” as Chef Boy Logro and Bet-tinna Carlos team up in the kitchen to serve “saucy” clas-sic Pinoy favorites! Kapuso leading man Geoff Eigen-mann joins in on the fun food trip that will surely get everyone started on extra rice serv-ings! With the rainy season kicking in, warm up the night with some light yet tasty Spanish-Style Fish Sarciado. Start heat-ing the frying pans and cook along as Chef Boy, Bettina, and Geoff pre-pare a special version of Chicken Afritada. Enjoy the classic flavors of an all original Pinoy Pork Menudo and discover how to cook an irresist-ible pot of Beef Mecha-do! Wrapping up this saucy feast is the special Buco Pandan courtesy of
the dessert department. Looks like everyone’s going to get extra serv-ings of rice to go with
this Sunday’s episode of Idol sa Kusina, begin-ning at 7:15PM on GMA News TV.
ENVIRONMENTBringing backBicol’s BankulisSustainable tuna management might just bring back the big fish
enforcement. We aim to elim-inate illegal fishing, minimize the capture of juvenile tuna and drive commercial fishers away from municipal waters – the three leading causes of overfishing.”
Since 2011, WWF has been working to enhance yel-lowfin tuna management prac-tices for 5000 fishers in 112 tuna fishing villages around the Lagonoy Gulf and the coast of Occidental Mindoro.
WWF’s Public Private Partnership Programme To-wards Sustainable Tuna (PPT-ST) has since organized tuna fishing associations in all 15 municipalities in the Lagonoy Gulf, plus six LGUs in the Min-doro Strait. It spearheaded the registration and licensing of tuna fishers, vessels and
gear to minimize bycatch and illegal fishing, deployed 1000 plastic tuna tags to make the fishery traceable, and com-pleted a series of training ses-sions on proper tuna handling to ensure that exported tuna continually meet international quality standards.
PPTST harnesses market power and consumer demand to promote sustainably-caught tuna and support low-impact fishing methods like artisanal fishing with hand-line reels – better alternatives to com-mercial tuna long-lines, which stretch up to 80 kilometres and are rigged with up to 3000 baited hooks.
Funded by Coop, Bell Sea-food, Seafresh and the German Investment and Development Corporation, PPTST involves
European seafood compa-nies plus their local suppliers, BFAR, local government units in the Bicol Region and Mind-oro, the WWF Coral Triangle Programme, WWF-Germany plus WWF-Philippines.
Today about 52% of the country’s fish exports come from tuna, which buoys the lives and livelihoods of mil-lions of Filipinos. WWF’s Glob-al Oceans Campaign, Sustain Our Seas, builds on decades of work to rekindle the health and productivity of the Earth’s oceans.
“By working to conserve their shared resource, Lago-noy Gulf’s fishers might some-day herald the return of the big fish,” says WWF’s Joann Binon-do. Now that fish tale should be worth the wait.
Bankulis or yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) are the most highly-prized fish in Bicol’s Lagonoy Gulf. A fisher shows off a 39-kilogramme fish. A decade ago, golden-finned bankulis were much larger. (Gregg Yan / WWF)
Fisherman hauling a 30-kilogramme yellowfin tuna in Albay. The giant fish are processed and
exported to a host of international destinations. (Gregg Yan / WWF)
A fisherman returns from a successful trip in Tiwi. Circular tuna handline reels ensure that fishers catch just one fish at a time - an alternative to bag-nets which cordon off entire fish schools and long-lines with up to 3000 dangling hooks. (Gregg Yan / WWF)
LATE afternoon and we’re holed up in a hut along the coast of Tiwi
in Albay, trading fish tales and waiting for fishermen to return. Sitting around us are their wives, mending nets and eyeing the swelling crowd of kids cajoling in the surf. This time of year, high-ly-prized bankulis or yellow-fin tuna pass through Albay by the thousands.
The first of the outrigger bancas arrive, unloading a decent haul of pundahan or skipjack – small, striped tuna which have proven surpris-ingly resilient to commercial fishing. Bancas two and three return empty-handed while a fourth disgorges a tub of galunggong or scad. Few yel-lowfin tuna are landed.
“The Lagonoy Gulf is the Bicol region’s richest tuna site – but it is heavily overfished,” explains BFAR National Stock Assessment Project Head Virginia Olaño.
“Two decades ago, fishers regularly caught large yel-lowfin. In 1998, a fisherman landed a 196 kilogramme giant, long as a car and fat as a drum. Now yields are wan-ing and yellowfin average just 18 to 35 kilogrammes – meaning juveniles have re-placed adults.”
Though yellowfin tuna are economically-valuable, they’re far more than just seafood. Top predators in the marine food chain, they maintain the balance be-tween oceanic predators and prey. “Today the Lagonoy Gulf’s most common fish are anchovies,” warns Olaño. “There aren’t enough pred-ators to eat them – because we’ve eaten most of their predators.”
Gulf-wide Meeting of Tuna Fishers
To stop overfishing and help manage existing tuna stocks in Bicol, the World Wide Fund for Nature
(WWF), Bureau of Fisher-ies and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), plus the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) convened the first meeting of the Gulf of Lagonoy Tuna Fishers Federation (GLTFF), com-prised of the coastal munic-ipalities ringing the Lagonoy Gulf – 3070-square kilome-tres of sea separating the Bi-col mainland from the storm-swept island of Catanduanes. Over 500 people attended Bicol’s first large-scale gath-ering of fishers, held at the Lagman Auditorium of Bicol University’s Tabaco Campus last June.
“We’ve waited three years to formalize this fed-eration, which covers 2000 tuna fishers in the Lagonoy Gulf,” says BFAR Assistant Regional Director Marjurie Grutas. “GLTFF aims to syn-ergize fisheries management while optimizing coopera-tion, knowledge-sharing and
THE food poisoning cases that victimized about 2,000 people has a simple solution afterall--proper personal hygiene.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) came out with their findings that staphylococcus bacteria was behind the food poisoning incidence in Caraga region.
The laboratory tests showed that “staphyloccocus bacte-ria” was present and matched in the symptoms manifested by patients such as vomiting, stomach ache, according to Dr. Ma. Lourdes Santiago, acting deputy director general of FDA. Dr. Santiago said that staphyloccus is a type of bacteria that is link to food poisoning because it is found in the human skin hair, especially if there is an open wound like pimples.
The solution? Practice hand hygiene.Contamination could have been caused by transfer of bac-
teria through hand contact. The FDA tests revealed that bac-teria may have contaminated the candies during their mis-
handling in the production process. It could have taken place during the production of the candies, or during and after the preparation, and even in supply chains. Contamination can happen also if those engaged in the production go to comfort room and had caught bacteria, which may transfer to the food they were repacking.
DOH Secretary Janette L. Garin emphasized that food preparation should be accompanied with corresponding hy-gienic activity. People engaged in food production or food processing has to understand that hygiene is very important because it is in their hands lies the safety of those who will consume their product. Wearing of gloves, hairnet and oth-er hygienic equipment and tools in the factory is imperative. Food business owners should police their ranks and ensure that everyone who comes in contact with food should be free from bacteria.
It’s a simple solution but it’s also the most neglected.
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A CLIMATE scientist and a doctor in math education came to my home for dinner. They are two of the newest citizens of
Davao City, having come from prestigious insti-tutions in Manila. Dressed simply and ruggedly, they radiated energy and intelligence that be-lied disappointments felt within. It was their first payday at another prestigious institution here in Davao, of which I am also part. Shock-waves coursed through their being at having received over 50% less than what they used to make, less taxes and deductions. I tried con-soling them by saying that the cost of living in Davao is much cheaper than in Manila. I invited them to my own cabin in the woods located in the city to give them a Davao welcome.
In the course of the dinner, we got to joking about the relatively small pay and our coming to terms with it. We recognize that our job is something we truly enjoy, that we give our whole bodies and souls for it. Yet, just looking
at our payslips can be a dis-maying experi-ence especially since we have come from h i g h - p a y i n g jobs in Manila. My husband runs a machin-eries business and he keeps teasing me about my salary, saying that it is just the price of one small China-made generator. He tells me that I am worth so much more. Nevertheless, he respects and understands my career path because it is where I find my fulfilment and happiness.
My guests and I are highly-educated intelli-gent women who can laugh at our choices even
as we gripe about the outcomes. Educated in the best schools here and abroad, we have a strong sense of self that allows us to find our worth in who we really are and not in how much we earn. We still give our all despite the small pay because it is never just about the money. As we walk around the village to whet our appetite for dinner, we savour the rustic en-vironment with the huge trees casting shadows in the sunset. We share stories about our work and researches, about the interesting people we have encountered, about how we ended up in our respective fields. Climate change, square roots, and virtue pepper our conversation. It is comforting to know that we all shared eureka moments we held on to and pursued despite the seeming craziness and impracticality. Mar-riage and babies have been postponed for im-mersion in realms of knowledge the majority will never appreciate. Still, we recognize that we are blessed in the people who love and sup-
port us. There is the husband who cooks for us or who allows us to carry our own names, the solicitous mother who listens to our stories, and the aunt who shelters us. In choosing to carve paths off the beaten track, the more we recognize that the people who hold our hands are extra-special. These people have also gone off the beaten track with us.
We have committed to sharing not only our knowledge in science, math, and philoso-phy but also our whole selves. We are pursuing pure realms of knowledge that seem esoteric in a developing country with a third world men-tality. This is especially an uphill struggle when popular culture primarily appreciates the fast, flashy, and lucrative. This is especially an uphill struggle when our pay leaves so much to be desired. Nevertheless, we still found wealth be-cause we found ourselves amidst the cacoph-ony of competing material needs and societal expectations.
WHILE reading a local daily recently, I came across a news report that eating shellfish and so-called “ala-
mang” harvested from Balite Bay in Mati City was still not safe.
The reason: they are still positive for paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) “that is be-yond the regulatory limit.” Other than those mentioned above, squids, shrimps and crabs are safe to eat provided they are fresh and washed thoroughly before being cooked.
In layman’s term, PSP is red tide. Despite several studies being done, no one still knows when and where red tide started. But some people believe that the first occurrence was recorded in the Holy Bible. In Exodus 7:20-21, these words were written: “Moses raised his staff in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was changed into blood. The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water.”
Dr. Rafael D. Guerrero III, former director of the Philippine Council for Aquatic and Ma-rine Resources Development (PCAMRD), said red tide is a natural phenomenon brought about by the bloom or predominance of a floating microscopic organism known as di-noflagellates. These “single-celled organisms can swim at the maximum rate of one meter per hour, by means of two whip-like flagella.”
The University of the Philippines at Los Baños (UPLB) said the name red tide was coined due to the sea water discoloration which ranges from amber, red, brown, yellow orange to purple caused by the highly-dense population of dinoflagellates. To make it short, its present name was given. In science, it is called harmful algal blooms (HABs).
Experts say red tides occur in warm seas and in calm coastal waters, usually between the end of warm months and the onset of the rainy season. They may last from a few
hours to sev-eral months, depending on the prevailing conditions in the area.
Of the 2,000 dinoflagellates known, only 20 species pro-duce toxins or poisonous sub-stances that kill humans. The red tide organism that caused deaths in the country has been identified as Pyrodinium bahanse var. compressum. In medical parlance, red tide poisoning is referred to as paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP).
The P. bahamense, according to Dr. Guer-rero, is capable of horizontal and vertical movements in the water. Being attracted to sunlight, it rises up to the surface during daytime and settles at the bottom in the dark hours.
The organism multiplies rapidly through asexual means (without sex cells) during its productive stage which results in bloom. For its resting or dormant stage, the organism reproduces sexually and form cysts which “hibernate” in the sediment until activated by favorable conditions in the next outbreak.
Marine scientist Howard Seliger said that red tide is triggered by the increased nutri-ents in coastal currents. In his book,Biology, Epidemiology and Management of Pyrodin-ium Red Tide, he said that in the past there was not enough food in the currents to allow them to be carried over long distances.
But now, Seliger believes that more nu-trients may be entering coastal waters “due to increased discharges of industrial and hu-man wastes into waterways and decreased
natural filtering due to deforestation.”This finding has been bolstered by Dr.
Teresita M. Espino of the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. “When there is so much waste, it becomes condu-cive to the growth of microorganisms that deplete the oxygen. The oxygen is eaten by the shellfishes which may cause the red tide incidence,” she explained.
The red tide organism that beset the Phil-ippine waters, Seliger said, thrives only in coastal waters and lagoons under conditions of high salinity. It does not survive in fresh-water bodies, he added.
“Humans die when they consume shell-fish, particularly mussels, that are contami-nated with red tide organisms,” Dr. Guerrero pointed out. Mussel is the common name giv-en for any marine or freshwater bivalve mol-lusk closely related to oysters and scallops.
“Being filter-feeders, the mussels take in the red tide organisms from the water which are accumulated in their internal organs,” Dr. Guerrero explained.
Other shellfishes that filter-feed on the dinoflagellates include oysters and clams. Fish and other seafoods such as squids, shrimps, crabs, lobsters, and seaweeds are generally safe to eat even when caught from red tide infested waters provided they are washed thoroughly and the internal organs are removed.
Dr. Guerrero warned that people still get poisoned even if the mussels are cooked be-cause the toxin is not destroyed by heat. The poison in the red tide organism is known as saxitoxin, a water soluble salt that affects the nervous system.
The potency of saxitoxin has been re-ported to increase by acidic chemicals like vinegar used in preparing common Filipino dishes like adobo and paksiw, and the hydro-chloric acid present in the human stomach.
Saxitoxin is detrimental to the nervous system. “Saxitoxin blocks the sodium chan-nels of excitable membranes of the nervous system and associated muscles resulting in death by respiratory paralysis in extreme cases,” said Dr. Eric A. Tayag, one of the coun-try’s noted epidemiologists.
Health officials said PSP victims have symptoms of tingling or burning sensation on the lips, tongue and face within 30 min-utes after eating shellfishes with red tide or-ganisms. The gastrointestinal symptoms are vomiting, abdominal pain, water diarrhea, nausea, and hypersalivation.
PSP-affected persons experience senso-ry abnormalities, numbness, dizziness, light-headedness, headache, and short-tongue sensation. In severe cases, they cannot walk, and they breathe, swallow, and speak with difficulty. Some die from inability to breathe spontaneously.
Medical experts said that if recognized early, the shellfish poison can still be elimi-nated from the stomach by inducing vomit-ing or washing it out (lavage through a stom-ach tube). But once the poison has entered the circulation, only supportive treatment can help, to keep the victim alive until the poison is eliminated.
Since there is still no known antidote to red tide poison, Dr. Guerrero said the best way to prevent PSP is to avoid the consump-tion of contaminated shellfishes during the ban imposed by the government authorities.
Levels exceeding 80 micrograms of tox-in per 100 grams of shellfish meat warrant a ban on the harvest, sales, and ingestion of implicated shellfishes, according to the World Health Organization.
In the Philippines, a ban is issued when the toxic levels have exceeded 40 micro-grams of toxin per 100 grams of shellfish meat.
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Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transporta-
tion and CommunicationLAND TRANSPORTATION
FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARDRegional Office No. XI
Davao City
Petition for Renewal of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a PUJ DUAL Ordinary Regular Service
Case No.2011-XI-00576
EMILIA ROSARIO E. PASTORIZA,Petitioner
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NOTICE OF HEARING
Petitioner is a grantee of a Certificate of Public Con-venience issued in this case authorizing the operation of a PUJ DUAL Ordinary Regular Service on the route: TAGU-RANO and for cargoes as dual service from said route to any point in Region XI with the use of ONE (1) unit, which certifi-cate will expire on February 9, 2016. In the petition filed on June 22, 2015, petitioner re-quests authority to extend the validity of said certificate to operate along the same route with the use of the same unit previously authorized.
NOTICE, is hereby giv-en that this petition will be heard by this Board on JULY 29, 2015 at 09:40 a.m. at this office at the above ad-dress.
At least, TEN (10) days prior to the above date peti-tioner shall publish this No-tice once in a one (1) daily newspaper of general circula-tion in Mindanao
Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must file their written opposition supported by documentary evidence on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the petitioner, and may if they so, desire ap-pear on said date and time.
This petition will be acted upon by this Board on the ba-sis of its records and the doc-umentary evidence submit-ted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documen-tary and/or oral evidence.
WITNESS the Honorable BENJAMIN A. GO, CESO V, Regional Director, this 22nd day of June 2015 at Davao City..
TERESITA DELA PEÑA-YÑIGUEZ Chief Transportation
Development Officer
Albani and DCPO spokes-person Senior Inspector Mil-grace C. Driz said the operation was highly successful because of the coordination among the agencies involved and proper planning.
Driz said it took them one month to pull COPlan Kaaga-pay off as they had to wait for the search warrants to be is-sued first by the courts.
“This has to be planned well so that everything would
be smooth,” Driz said in the same forum.
Albani said after the raid, PDEA and other law enforcers are now staging the baran-gay clearing operations as a continuing effort in the fight against illegal drugs.
Tapping the barangay offi-cials in the anti-drug drive, he said, is necessary as they are the ones who know the activi-ties of the people living in their respective areas.
because many of them have children.
He said he wants the women to undergo rehabilita-tion if they are found positive of drug use.
He also said he will let social workers intervene and assess the suspects, although he is leaving the investigation of the case to the police.
“Pasudlonon nako ang so-cial workers, ipa assess tamo individually kung unsa ang bu-haton kung irelease ba o priso-hon (I will let social workers in
to assess the suspects individ-ually to see if they should be released or detained),” he said.
Duterte also gave incen-tives to the operating police units which he said should be used for their next operations.
CIDG director Benjamin Magalong lauded the support of the city government and for making the operation easier.
Magalong said unlike many other places in the country, Davao City gives over-whelming support to police operations.
ed the finished products.The Business Bureau
closed the JJCM manufactur-ing plant on Monday morning after the City Health Office (CHO) found that the workers there have no health cards.
Wendy’s Delicious Durian Candy has been dragged to controversy after its products allegedly caused massive poi-soning to around 1,900 school children in Surigao del Sur last week.
The National Bureau of Investigation, the Bang-koSentral ng Pilipinas, and the Department of Trade and Industry are also investigating Emgoldex’s pyramid scheme.
A cease and desist order had reportedly been imposed on Emgoldex in Massachu-setts, USA, and it has reported-ly been banned in Finland, Co-
lombia, Estonia, and Panama.People who try to recruit
“investors” in Emgoldex claim that the company is registered in Europe, but a complaint filed by Massachusetts Secre-tary of State William F. Galvin showed that it is registered in the Seychelles, an island nation off Africa. Armando B. Fenequito Jr.
Meanwhile during the same press briefing DOH Sec-retary Janette L. Garin empha-sized that food preparation should be accompanied with corresponding hygienic activ-ity.
“For those engaged in food production/food processing hygiene is very important be-cause it is in their hands lies the safety of those who will consume their product,” said Garin.
Garin added that for those involved in the production side, they should conform with certain good ideal prac-
tice such as ensuring that those who prepares and han-dle the food are responsible in wearing the proper clothes.
She said that wearing of sleeveless dress was not ad-visable especially if the one involved in the manufacturing was sweating.
Contamination can hap-pen also if those engaged in the production go to comfort room and had caught bacte-ria, which may transfer to the food they were repacking.
Most of the children that were food poisoned by the candies ages ranges from 10 to 14 years old.
Other samples of candies are still under the continuous analysis.(PNA)
2012 ambush in Barangay Kimlawis of Kiblawan town in Davao del Sur that led to the killing of a retired police officer hired by SMI as security con-sultant and three other police escorts.
In October 2012, he eluded arrest in an operation staged by the Army’s 27th Infantry Battalion (IB) at his house in Barangay Kimlawis but his wife Juvy and two sons were killed after allegedly being caught in the crossfire.
Capion, who repeatedly admitted responsibility over the killings in various media interviews, said he had taken up arms to stop the supposed
encroachment of SMI into their ancestral lands.
Meantime, Briones said Capion, who is considered a high-profile detainee, will temporarily remain under the custody of the Tampakan mu-nicipal police station pending a decision from the RTC Branch 25.
He said they already sent additional personnel from the Provincial Police Public Safety Company to augment the se-curity at the Tampakan police station.
The official said they also requested troops from the 27IB to help secure the facility and its vicinity.
Court Justice and former gov-ernment chief peace negotia-tor MarvicLeonen.
Also listed by Atienza and dela Cruz as respondent was the late Datu Antonio Kinoc, a B’laan leader and member of the MILF peace panel who passed away prior to the filing of their complaint.
“The situation seems to call for action by your ethics panel or its functional equiv-alent, even an ad hoc one, to avoid a repetition of the mis-chief,” Saguisag said in a for-mal letter complaint transmit-ted to the office of Belmonte yesterday morning.
“The two congress-men… have to be probed by their peers as a guide to future action and prevent a repeat of premature ejaculation, as it (was), causing needless de-partmental tension,” Saguisag argued. “(Atienza and dela Cruz being) at war most need-lessly with Malacañang and
the Supreme Court is not in the national interest.”
Saguisag serves as the legal counsel of Ferrer, peace panel members former Ag-riculture secretary SenenBa-cani, National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) Secretary YasminBusran-Lao, and peace panel consultant National Security Undersecre-tary Zenonida F. Brosas.
“The superior idea should prevail and therefore the argu-ably misguided duo should be reminded to win over their peers, and not to pick any needless quarrel with the executive, and even a sitting Supreme Court Justice, with remarkable incomprehensible and mind-boggling charges of treason and sedition,” Saguis-ag said.
Saguisag, who served as a senator from 1987 to 1992, said he had struggled against the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos along with Atienza
and dela Cruz. “As my courageous com-
rades in the struggle against the late unlamented dicta-torship, the duo should have learned to be tolerant of ideas they may disagree with, and even despise. This may well be the first time one is sought to be jailed peacefully inciting with ideas, posing no clear and present danger,” he said.
The former senator said the only “ weapon” used by the peace officials were “words, words, words.”
He also suggested to Atienza and dela Cruz that if they are really against the peace process, they should just “get their peers to vote NO on the basis of legally tenable, intellectually respectable, and psychologically satisfying ar-guments.”
“Lawmakers are in the business of crafting laws and policies, not in jailing people,” Saguisag said.
slowly crawled towards the lower part of the house which was concrete but one of us was already injured,” said a source named Neri, referring to Leticia Bonghanoy Cabrera, 52, who was hit by a bullet in the right shoulder.
The women said an NPA medic gave first aid treatment to Cabrera, but they felt sorry for the soldier who yielded to the rebels to save them from harm.
Barangay chair Emelyn Bu-cio said around 30 other resi-dents, mostly children, were near the basketball court and stage when the incident hap-pened.
“Some of the soldiers were playing basketball with the res-idents while a lot of people were watching and children were in the area when the firing started. The soldiers tried to hide inside the barangay hall to avoid the NPA’s superior firepower,” Bucio said.
“One grenade landed on the stage where there were sev-eral children. That is the area where the 14-year old child was wounded,” a teary-eyed Bucio said, referring to Ellen May Hinampas Hiludo, who was wounded in the back.
The grenade did not ex-plode, but the barangay official admitted she could still remem-ber how the residents screamed as explosions and gunfire erupt-ed.
“We have a small barangay with around 530 people. We know each other I cannot im-
age what might have happened if someone was killed,” she said.
No children in schoolOn Tuesday morning, only
10 out of 120 pupils from kin-dergarten to grade six went to school.
“Only 10 kids came to school today. We went to the parents and asked around and they said most of the children are still traumatized and don’t want to go to school,” said Cecil Rana, grade 2 teacher at Alaga-tan Elementary School.
“We just asked those who came to go home, and we also encouraged the parents to let the children just play and enjoy the company of other children,” she said.
Gingoog City Mayor Marie Guingona expressed her con-cerns over the welfare of the children.
“We have sent a team of trauma volunteers to help the children cope with what they had been through. Right now this is a priority and we don’t want the children and other people in the community to be traumatized and remember this incident,” Guingona said.
In April 2013, former Gin-goog mayor Ruthie Guingona, mother of the incumbent may-or, was wounded in an ambush staged by the NPA near Alaga-tan.
Three of the elder Guin-gona’s aides were killed in the attack.
A HeroAll of those who hid in the
house in front of the CVO out-post said they were grateful to the soldier who surrendered to the NPA to avoid harm to the civilians.
“For us he was a hero, he exchanged his life for our safe-ty. He could have killed several NPAs from his vantage point above the CVO outpost but he did not fire back or even throw a grenade towards the house,” said Greg, who requested not to reveal his real name.
Gem said the soldier shout-ed: “Please, there are civilians. The civilians are in the house.”
“If the soldier fired back, my God, we all would have been dead. Thanks he did not fire at our location and even surren-dered.
“It was a very frightening experience. I just left it all to God if he would take us that day. Then I asked for forgiveness in my prayer and for my children. I held on to my faith in God.”
The Clash“The incident happened at
around 5:30 in the afternoon within the community after around 30 members of the NPA opened fired upon the troops unmindful of the presence of the civilians in the area. This lead to the death of one of our trooper, while the rebels dragged anoth-er soldier after he was hit in the right leg,” said Captain Jo Patrick Martinez, spokesperson of the Army 4th Infantry Division. (Er-win Mascarinas with a report from H. Marcos C. Mordeno/MindaNews)
sustainable organizations that will aid the growth of the mi-cro and small businesses in Davao.
“The problem of the city is that lots of establishment out-source outside in the Philip-pines rather than investing in their own city” Chugani said,
The project offers features and solutions such as business model analysis, marketing and promotions and business
re-branding, web design de-velopment, graphic design and illustration, animation and videography, and client referrals and linking.
“I feel if they [small busi-nesses] will be more open, it will really increase pro-gression and the economy,” Chugani added.
JCI Davao will officially launch the project in the first week of August.
alignment from the Domestic Road to the Parañaque Riv-er/Electrical Road is in line with DPWH’s recommenda-tion, which will require an additional cost amounting to PhP2.07 billion. The project was confirmed by the NEDA Board on May 30, 2012.
Another is the approval of the change in scope of the Daang Hari- SLEX Link Road Project, which will construct additional civil works to im-prove overall access to and from both roads of the project. This includes a provision for future expansion of the SLEX for a possible fifth lane for
both directions. This is sup-ported by the Toll Regulatory Board’s October 29, 2012 let-ter to DPWH citing that SLEX was already under Level of Service C and would eventu-ally reach critical level by the year 2018. The cap of the ad-ditional cost for this change is PhP223.02 million. The NEDA Board previously approved the project on July 8, 2011. Meanwhile, the NEDA Board will still discuss anew the proposed Bonifacio Global City Ortigas Road Link of the DPWH to ensure the success-ful implementation of the proj-ect.
IT may be hard for Dabawenyos to believe especially since a coal-
fired power plant is located right in our neighborhood, but AboitizPower’s total 3,044 Megawatts of power produc-tion all over the country actu-ally consists of 40 percent (or 1,217 MW) renewable energy. While the company constantly gets flak for its non-renewable power plants, it is actually working hard to increase its portfolio of energy sourced from geothermal and hydro-electric power, and soon it will even venture into solar energy.
A few journalists (in-cluding myself) had a chance to visit a geothermal power plant last week in the so-called MakBan (Makiling-Banahaw) area in Luzon, and it was an educational and eye-opening tour. The plant is located in Barangay Bitin, Bay, Laguna, and you know you’re near
when you begin to see a net-work of large pipes that look like they’re part of some huge video game. There are actual-ly five power plants here, la-beled from Alpha to Echo, and there is a small binary plant that harnesses excess heat to produce a smaller amount of power. The total output of the Makban plant is 467 Mega-watts.
In theory a geothermal power plant works very sim-ply: heat from magma within the earth heats underground water and turns it into steam. This steam is brought up to the surface through pipes, and after being cleaned of impu-rities it is used to spin large turbines that are attached to power generators. The elec-tricity produced is then sent to the grid, adding to the pow-er that is used by the country (or just Luzon, as in the case of the Makban plant).
Since geothermal energy
is supposed to be renewable, the story doesn’t end there. The steam is turned back into water through a cooling plant and then reinjected to the earth, which will then be turned back to steam and brought back up to the pow-er plant to be used to spin its turbines. This is clean ener-gy, with not a drop of fossil fuel used to generate power. Even the cooling plant uses an air-cooling system; no coolants or anything that can damage the environment.
ChallengingLike I said it is simple in
theory, but the engineering requirements can be challeng-ing — including drilling three kilometers deep into the earth to tap the steam trapped in there. At the plant we also saw samples of large drill bits and turbines and other mechan-ical equipment that are em-ployed to produce power.
I said “supposed to be re-newable” because the water that is reinjected is only a frac-tion of the steam that had been extracted. AboitizPower tries to use as much of the steam’s energy as it can (through the smaller binary power plant), but a system like this (or any other system, for that matter) is never 100-percent efficient, otherwise it would be a per-petual motion machine which, as we know, is an absurdity.
Also, not enough water gets naturally reintroduced to the earth, and so the power plant’s power output is actu-ally decreasing at a rate of 6 percent per year. This means that in about 15 years only one plant will be operational, and from then it is a matter of time before the plant is unable to produce any more power. Currently, in fact, only two or three of the plant’s five gen-erators operate at any given time, down from full opera-
tion when it opened in 1979 (then under the National Pow-er Corporation).
Richelle Pawig, the cor-porate social responsibility (CSR) specialist of Aboitiz-Power who led us through a tour of the Cleanergy Cen-ter (an educational facility within the plant — more on Cleanergy at the end of this article), said the company is addressing this by leading tree-planting activities in the area to protect the watershed. Also, all the wastewater in the plant facility is reinjected into the earth, and our group joked that we were helping provide power to Luzon by using the restroom.
CleanergySo what’s next for Aboitiz-
Power? The company an-nounced late last year that it is partnering with US-based SunEdison, Inc. to explore the development of up to 300 MW
of “utility-scale photovoltaic power generation” projects in the Philippines over the next three years. This solar energy project will be put in place initially in Luzon and Negros. The company will also venture into waste-to-en-ergy technology in the coming years.
AboitizPower calls this initiative “Cleanergy,” a word it coined to describe an energy solution that aims to give con-sumers an option to reduce their carbon footprint and attain a more sustainable life-style. According to the compa-ny, Cleanergy communicates its vision to offer an energy solution that leaves a lighter impact on Earth’s climate and its limited resources, and to promote the usage of clean and renewable energy from sources that are sustainable and cleaner than fossil fuels. It’s doable, and it must be done before it’s too late.
ALL STEAMED UPHarnessing nature for a sustainable future
By JON [email protected] STEAMED. A network of pipes cris-cross the entire area
CLEAN ENERGY. The compound of one of the power plants, with the cooling tower on the left
PLANT VISIT. Mind-anao journalists visit the Cleanergy Center in Barangay Bitin, Bay, Laguna
STEAM POWER 101. Aboitiz-Power CSR specialist Richelle Pawig (right) explains the workings of a steam turbine to Davao City journalist Carmelito Q. Francisco
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AFTER meeting with three possible candi-dates for two highest
positions in 2016 elections, President Benigno Aquino III
on Thursday said he is closer to naming his anointed one in the presidential race.
”I think the best that I can say at this point, in this
President Aquino nears naming his anointed oneminute, is a am closer to that point,” President Aquino said during a media interview after the turnover of command rites of the Philippine National Po-lice (PNP) at the Camp Crame.
The President met with Senators Grace Poe, Francis ‘Chiz’ Escudero and Interior Secretary Mar Roxas for six hours starting at 7 p.m. last Wednesday at the Bahay Pan-garap in Malacanang.
Poe, the No. 1 senator in the mid-term 2013 midterm elections under the adminis-tration Team PNoy ticket, said they agreed that the progress
of our country will depend on the right leadership.
”That’s why we agreed that it is important to consider the voice and guide of our peo-ple to make sure that running of our government will be not go to waste but will enhance further,” Poe said.
Escudero, who supported President Aquino in the 2010 presidential election, said the meeting was ‘cordial and re-laxed.’
”We talked about a lot of things other than 2016,” Escu-dero said.
In choosing his anointed
one in 2016, President Aquino said he has to also consult oth-er stakeholders including the non-government organiza-tions and civil society groups.
”All the parties and people present last night agreed that there is a big improvement of our country in the past five years and it is natural that we should continue this kind of transformation,” President Aquino said.
President Aquino said the success of leadership can be measured by the ability of the leader to name his successor.
”And I am very glad that
there is such a big pool of people who will continue the struggle to really get our peo-ple to where they should be,” he said.
The President said he is hoping that he will be able to announce his endorsement after his last State of the Na-tion Address (SONA) on July 27.
President Aquino said he will continue to hold meet-ing with concerned groups including the hierarchy of the ruling Liberal Party (LP) whom he will meet on Thurs-day. (PNA)
WHETHER in the Philippines or in other parts of the world, Chinese restaurants are not complete without a bubbling tankful of
grouper.“Many Asians believe that eating red fish kept
alive just moments before cooking is not only more savory, but also the secret to a long and prosperous life,” wrote Gregg Yan in an article.
Most of the grouper comes from the Philippines, as the country is considered the center of the Cor-al Triangle, a region between the Pacific and Indian Oceans that harbors 75 percent of all known species of plants and animals that thrive among coral reefs.
There are 40 species of grouper, which Filipinos call lapu-lapu in honor of Cebu’s legendary chieftain who killed Ferdinand Magellan in the Battle of Mac-tan. “The grouper is a seafood highly-valued for its ex-quisite taste and texture,” says Dr. Rafael D. Guerrero, a fishery expert and former executive director of the Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development. “It is served in exclusive hotels and restaurants.”
Grouper is one of them most expensive fish around. In Hong Kong, lapu-lapu fetches up to P6,000 per piece. “Most Hong Kong people now choose to eat grouper because of the firm flesh. It’s tastier,” Ng Wai Lun, a restaurant owner in Hong Kong, told a news agency. “Farmed fish is less tasty and fresh.”
In the Philippines, lapu-lapu is widely cultured in its pristine waters. However, most the spawning areas are found in Palawan, the country’s last frontier. Pala-wan and its territorial waters host some of the most productive yet exploited fisheries on earth, according to World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), a global con-servation group.
Palawan’s waters supply 50 to 55 percent of the country’s seafood, infusing the local economy with over P4 billion each year, according to some reports. The biggest bulk reportedly comes from lapu-lapu.
As lapu-lapu is in great demand abroad, it has a big potential in the export market. But there’s a hitch: the remaining wild stocks are rapidly disappearing from the waters. “Our wild stocks are fast becoming depleted because of overfishing as a result of their high price and big market abroad,” Dr. Guerrero deplores.
A recent survey conducted by the
Lapu-lapu can be raised commercially
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Lapu-lapu can be raised in cages
WWF showed that 20 of 161 species of grouper, a reef fish that makes up a large part of the Coral Triangle’s live fish trade, were threatened with extinction.
The 20 include the squaretail coral grouper and humpback grouper, which are a popular luxury live food in Asian seafood restaurants.
The word “grouper” is derived from the Portuguese word garoupa, which means “fish.” It is the common name for numerous members of marine fish in the sea bass family. They commonly grow to 50-100 pounds (they can reach up to 750 pounds), but most market fish are about 5 to 20 pounds.
Common varieties are the Red Grouper, Nassau Grou-per, and Black Grouper; the Jewfish can reach up to 750 pounds. Many groupers can change color, depending on their surroundings. They are highly valued as a food fish, with firm, lean flesh that is suitable for almost any type of cooking. You may like it steamed, deep fried, grilled or prepared as sashimi.
Groupers may be found along coastal areas around the world, especially in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean and the Mediterranean. For
more than a decade, groupers have been cultured in brack-ish water ponds and marine net cages in Southeast Asia, including the Philippines.
According to Dr. Guerrero, there are two common spe-cies grown in the country: the green grouper (Epinephelus coiodes) and the brown mar-bled grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus). “Fry of the former are now produced all year round by a local com-mercial hatchery while that of the latter are still gathered from the wild,” he reports.
Grouper fry and finger-lings used for stocking ponds and cages are caught from the wild by fishermen and sold to the growers. The ma-jor source of grouper fry are in the provinces of Pangasin-an, Cavite, Mindoro, Quezon, Masbate, Bulacan, Cagayan, South Cotabato, and Negros Occidental.
“The fry and fingerlings are collected by fisherfolk from tidal rivers, estuaries and coastal bays during the spawning season from No-vember to June,” says Dr. Guerrero. “The fry are gath-ered in bamboo traps while fingerlings are caught by bait-ed hook and line.”
Those who want to raise green grouper can buy fry anytime of the year from the Finfish Hatcheries, Inc., whose hatchery site is locat-ed at barangay Lun Masla in Malapatan, Sarangani Prov-ince. “There is no minimum order from us,” says Rene B. Bocaya, the national sales manager.
In raising lapu-lapu, site is the first thing that should be considered. The Bureau
of Fisheries and Aquatic Re-sources says the suitable sites for cage culture of grouper are lagoons, coves and bays that are free of pollution and protected from strong winds and currents.
“A salinity range of 24 to 35 parts per thousand (ppt) for grow-out is desirable,” says Dr. Guerrero. “The water transparency should be high-er than three meters and wa-ter depth should not be less than three meters during the lowest low tide.”
If you are using fry from the wild, they should mea-sure 2-3 centimeters in body length. “Condition them first for a month in a plastic or concrete tanks with 20 to 30 ppt brackish water and fed with minced trash fish, small shrimp or Artemia three times a day at 6 in the morn-ing, 12 noon, and 6 in the af-ternoon.”
Groupers are carnivorous and voracious fish. “The com-mon method of feeding the grouper is by giving it live fish like tilapia,” says Dr. Guerrero. “This can be done by either rearing Mozambique tilapia in a pond and then harvest-ing this to feed to grouper stocked in another pond, or both grouper and the ‘feed fish’ are raised together in the same pond.”
In experiments con-ducted in Bicol University’s College of Fishery in Tabaco, Albay using the grouper-ti-lapia polyculture system, the ratio of one grouper to 20 ti-lapia was found effective. This means that for every hectare, 20,000 fingerlings of tilapia and 1,000 fingerlings of grou-per are stocked. The young of
tilapia fingerlings which ma-ture in the pond become the natural feed of the grouper.
Groupers can also be raised in cages. Feeding is generally by means of trash fish given at frequencies rang-ing from twice a day to every two to three days. Feeding to satiation is commonly ap-plied. It takes around four to five kilograms of trash fish to produce a kilogram of grou-per.
“The culture period for grouper in ponds and cag-es takes four to six months, depending on the size of fin-gerlings stocked and man-agement,” Dr. Guerrero says. “Marketable sizes for the fish range from 0.4 to 0.6 kilogram per fish.”
During harvesting time, the fish are not fed for 24 hours and kept in condition-ing tanks for 1-2 hours with a water temperature of 18⁰C before being transported live. “Two to three fish are placed in oxygenated double-sheet plastic bags with 3-5 centime-ters of water and packed in styrofoam boxes,” Dr. Guerre-ro says.
Although lapu-lapu fish-ery does not contribute much to the country’s fisheries production -- small pelagics such as anchovy, sardine, and mackerel constitute the bulk of marine fisheries -- the fish-ery expert believes there is still hope.
“To conserve (the wild stocks), fishing pressure should be regulated and ma-rine reserves where they are protected should be main-tained,” Dr. Guerrero suggest-ed. “Breeding them in captiv-ity is another way.”
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“Many Asians believe that eating red fish kept alive just moments before cooking is not only more savory, but also the secret to a
AERIAL ACROBATICS. Dom Cane of Ateneo de Davao University (15) goes up against a defender from Assumption College of Davao during the two teams’ meeting in the opener of the Matinas Enclaves Basketball Tournament at the Davao City Recreation Center. Lean Daval Jr.
WITH the school rival-ry getting intense, the second weekend
of the Matina Enclaves In-ter-School Basketball Tourna-ment swings to the newly-re-furbished University of Mind-anao Gym on Saturday wit six games on tap.
Ateneo de Davao Universi-ty and the Holy Child College of Davao try to add an-other win to their succes-ful opening day triumph in the junior division. ADDU will test the mettle of Precious International School of Davao (PISD) in bracket A while HCCD will tangle with Philip-pine Women’s College (PWC) in bracket B.
Ateneo routed Assump-tion College of Davao (ACD) 79-56 in the first game last Sat-urday and HCCD kept abreast with their rivals with a win over University of the Immac-ulate Conception (UIC), 86-76, despite a depleted line-up that saw the departure of its core of starters.
PWC took a 47-117 beat-ing from darkhorse Davao Jones Academy (DJA).
The other games on Sat-urday are UIC taking on Davao Christian High School (junior B), PWC meeting Holy Cross of Davao College (mini B), PISD clashing with Ateneo (mini A)
Matina Enclaves hoops shift to UM Gym
TIM Cone on Thursday broke his silence on his reported move from
Star to sister team Barangay Ginebra, saying it is ‘possible’ while making it clear he has not been informed of any such plans.
Talk has been going around for weeks that the most successful coach in histo-ry will be tasked by San Miguel Corp. management to pump life back into a Ginebra team that has not won a champion-ship in eight seasons.
That would lead to the departure of current Gine-bra coach Frankie Lim after just one conference in charge
and a vacancy at Star which, although not yet official, was supposed to be filled by Jason Webb.
Speaking to Spin.ph from Las Vegas where he is on a scouting trip in the NBA Sum-mer League, Cone said he has not been in touch with man-agement and therefore not in-formed of any such move.
“The Ginebra rumors? I’m in the US scouting the NBA Summer League and so I have not been communicating with management,” said Cone, who led Purefoods (now Star) to a first grand slam two seasons ago.
“If there are discussions of
that, I’ve not been informed,” he added.
Asked if SMB manage-ment can transfer him to Gine-bra without his consent since he is under contract with Star, Cone said he isn’t sure but made it clear he will follow any directive from SMC top honcho Ramon S. Ang.
“I serve at the pleasure of the president, Mr. Ang, and I’ll follow whatever direction he chooses,” said Cone. “It’s possi-ble, but nothing has been said to me.”
Cone indicated he expects the situation to clear up when he returns on July 21. (Spin.ph)
Romeo Travis was held to just 17 points as the sup-posed Best Import settled for jumpers that failed to find their marks in the end-game.
Marcio Lassiter put the SMB on top for good after he knocked down a mid-range jumper that maede it 86-85 at the 5:34 mark.
The Beermen gave the defensive-minded Aces a dose of their own medicine, holding their victims score-less in a span of more than five minutes in the middle of the payoff period and just 12 the entire quarter.
ALASKA 89 – Travis 17, Abueva 15, Thoss 12, Ban-chero 8, Casio 7, Manuel 6, Dela Rosa 6, Baguio 5, Exci-miniano 4, Menk 4, Honti-veros 3, Jazul 2, Dela Cruz 0
Quarterscores: 25-21, 48-52, 76-77, 96-89
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Cone moving over to Ginebra? WITH a chance to match history at the home of golf, Jordan Spieth is
trying to make the British Open feel like just another event.
And that might be as tough as any challenge at St. Andrews.
The press room was at ca-pacity and spilled out the door when he spoke to the media Wednesday for the first time this week, creating an atmo-sphere normally reserved for Tiger Woods or Rory McIlroy. Fans gathered around a board that listed the practice round schedule, scanning up and down until they found Spieth.
“Please hold the cameras until after the shot,” caddie Mi-chael Greller told the gallery. The sound of shutters began at the top of his swing, and Spi-eth could only laugh when he launched his tee shot. “It’s like this on every hole,” he said.
The 21-year-old Texan does not have the aura of Woods.
He does not have the ac-complishments of McIlroy.
He still is the main attrac-tion at this British Open, and would be even if McIlroy — the defending champion and No. FORMER two division world
champion Brian Viloria who was scheduled to face Mexi-
co’s Danny Flores in a “stay busy” fight at the Forentine Gardens in Hollywood, California on July 25 will now face the much tougher Omar “Lobito” Soto in a rematch instead.
The clash with the 35 year old Soto is certain to test Viloria on whether he is ready for a re-match with Juan Francisco Es-trada, the talented Mexican who captured Viloria’s WBO and WBA flyweight titles via a twelve round split decision in Macau on April 6, 2013.
Soto has a record of 23-11-2 with 15 knockouts but his record can be somewhat misleading.
Soto dropped a ten round split decision to Viloria on July 10, 2010 but won the Fecarbox flyweight title with a unanimous twelve round decision over Edu-ardo Gonzalez on July 23, 2011.
Soto was out of his depth when he faced undefeated Ro-man Gonzalez, the current No. 2 on the Ring Magazine pound for pound list and lost by a 2nd round knockout in a WBA title fight on October 1, 2011 but came back to beat Glenn Do-maire, the brother of Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire to win the WBC Latino title with a twelve round unanimous decision.
According to boxrec.com Soto last fought on September 7, 2013 and lost by a 9th round
knockout in a scheduled ten round bout to Toshiyuki Igarashi after losing by a 2nd round TKO to Ulises Lara in a battle for the vacant Mexican flyweight crown on March 1, 2013.
Viloria who has won three fights in a row since his loss to Juan Franciso Estrada in a fight where Viloria out-boxed the Mexican in the first five rounds but then made the mistake of try-ing to slug it out with Estrada and dropped a close split decision told the New Standard/boxing-morror.com that he’s been “train-ing hard at the Wild Card Gym under boxer/trainer “Speedy” Gonzalez” until his regular train-er and Freddie Roach’s assistant Marvin Somodio returns to LA.
FROM THE WINGS. Francis Gabriel Escandor of Ateneo gets set to unleash a trey from the baseline. Lean Daval Jr.
and ACD trying to bounce back against Ford Acade-my of the Arts (junior A).
The tournament, sponsored by Mati-na Enclaves devel-oper Escandor Development Corporation, is sanctioned by the Sa-m a h a n g Basketball ng Pilipinas (SBP) 11 under regional director Regino “Boy” Cua.
Spieth downplays British Open chances
1 in the world — were not out with an ankle injury.
Folks know their history at St. Andrews.
Ben Hogan in 1953 is the only other player to capture the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open in the same year. Only three players since then — Ar-nold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Woods — have ever come to Scotland with hopes of a Grand Slam.
Spieth knows history, too, as much as he’d rather not think
about it until he has no choice.“I like to study the history
of golf, and it’s extremely spe-cial what this year has brought to our team,” he said. “And to have a chance to do what only one other person in the history of golf has done ... I’m sure em-bracing that opportunity.
“But by the time I start on Thursday, it won’t be in my head. It’ll be about how can I bring this Open Championship down to just another event, get out there and try and get myself into contention.”
He set out for his final prac-tice round on a cool morning with an overcast sky, occasional rain, and not much wind. There is plenty of talk about how ready Spieth will be for his shot at history. He played two full rounds and 10 holes leading up to the start Thursday. He played the Old Course four years ago on his way to the Walker Cup.
Then again, St. Andrews has rarely been this green, this slow, because of recent rain. That takes some of the roll out of the fairway, and with it the unpredictable nature of links golf.
BOBBY Ray Parks scored his first field goal in the NBA Summer League on
Wednesday (Thursday, Manila time) in the Dallas Mavericks’ 88-86 win over the Los Angeles Lakers at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas.
Parks’ basket came at the 57.5-second mark of the first quarter when he drove to the basket for a layup, providing the highlight in what proved to be his most memorable per-formance yet in four Summer League games.
The two-time MVP out of National University finished the first half with two points, a re-bound and a steal in eight min-
utes and 26 second on the floor - already his longest exposure on the floor for the Mavericks.
As a bonus, he also got to share the floor with fellow Fil-Am Jordan Clarkson of the Lak-ers as well as D’Angelo Russell, the No. 1 pick overall in the last NBA Rookie Draft where Parks was left unpicked by the teams.
Dallas led, 50-38, at the half.Parks also saw action in the
third quarter and scored a point while going up against Clarkson to round out his appearance against the Lakers, who bungled a chance to win it when Russell turned the ball over with the game tied at 86-all.
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Parks measures up with Clarkson, Russel as Mavs win over Lakers
SCENT OF ASWEEPIT’S smelling like champagne
all over again and it could hap-pen so early. Bring on the red
and white balloons on Friday. Get ready for a celebration.
That may sound like an an-nouncement coming from the fan club of San Miguel Beer and Alas-ka would do everything to spoilt that party. Like it or not, there’s a scent of a sweep in the air.
This scenario shaped in the wake of the 96-89 win by San Miguel Beer in Game 3 of the PBA Governors’ Cup Fi-nals on Wednesday night at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum showing a sense of urgency not expected in this series.
AZ Reid came through in the
clutch anew on the way to scat-tering a personal-best-tying 41 points to lead the Beermen, who took a 3-0 series lead to move on the verge of a second champion-ship this season.
It was a disappointing defeat for the Aces, who led entering and early in the fourth quarter only to fold in the endgame, falling into a situation where no team in a best-of-seven series has ever overcome.
“Wala na ako masasabi dito. Ang mga players ko talaga ang nag-trabaho dito,” Beermen coach Leo Austria said. “They just refused to lose.”
The Beermen can finish the Aces off in Game Four on Friday
also at the Big Dome.June Mar Fajardo proved to
be a force down low anew, tally-ing 14 points, 19 boards, three assists, and one block, while Alex Cabagnot added 13 points, five boards, and three assists, and Arwind Santos chipped in eight points and eight boards as he made crucial stops in the end-game.
But it was Reid who shone brightest anew as the prolific SMB import fired 11 of his output in the final frame, including five straight, the last on right-wing three-pointer that gave the Beer-men a 91-85 lead with a little less than four minutes to go.
Beermen a win away shy of sweeping Alaska
ONE ON ONE. Bobby Ray Parks of the Mavericks guard fellow Fil-Am Jordan Clarkson of the Los Angeles Lakers. Photo from the Lakers’ Twitter account
WHO’S GOING TO STOP JUNMAR? San Miguel Beer slotman Junmar Fajardo has been imposing his will in the series. The 6-foot-10 center is on track to win a second straight Most Valuable Player (MVP) award as he is way ahead in the statistical race with 37.1 statistical point standings (sps) at the end of the semifinals of the Governors Cup.
Mavs with 25 points and 11 rebounds, hit the game-winner for the Mavericks on a follow-up shot with 1.4 seconds to go.
