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P 15.00 • 20 PAGESwww.edgedavao.netVOL. 8 ISSUE 97 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY, AUGUST 14 - 15, 2015
For minsinterpreting UN Special Rapporteur
AFP OFFICIAL QUITS POST
EDGE Serving a seamless society
DAVAO
HIGHEST PAIDSharapova highest-paid female athlete for 11th straight year
Eduardo Gubat resigned from his position yesterday and apologized for misinterpret-ing the statements of United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons Dr. Chaloka
Beyani on the plight of indige-nous peoples (IPs) staying at the UCCP-Haran compound.
“I, the Spokesperson of the Eastern Mindanao Command, Colonel Eduardo B Gubat INF (GSC) PA, humbly apologize to UN Rapporteur Cheloka Beyani for such oversight and for the inconvenience it has
brought to the UN Rapporteur. By reason of such statement, Lt. Gen. Aurelio B. Baladad, AFP, Commander of Eastern Mindanao Command, AFP has approved my resignation as spokesperson,” Gubat said in an email to the media.
“The description of Haran Lumads as trafficked persons
was the assessment of the AFP’s Eastern Mindanao Com-mand and not of the UN Spe-cial Rapporteur Cheloka Bey-ani. The effect of the statement was not intentional,” he added.
A statement issued by EastMinCom last August 7 had quoted Beyani as saying he
FOREIGN AID. An American tourist serves “dirty ice cream” (sorbetes) to customers as he helps an ice cream vendor friend sell his products at Rizal Park in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
FAFP, 11
Spokesperson of the Eastern Mindanao Command, Colonel Eduardo B Gubat INF (GSC) PA
SENATORS Grace Poe and Francis “Chiz” Escudero have hinted at running
for president and vice pres-ident, respectively, in next year’s polls during Tuesday’s night fellowship of the Nation-alist People’s Coalition (NPC) after discussing different concerns of its members for inclusion to their “platform of government,” a party stalwart disclosed Wednesday.
While they did not de-clare running to higher posi-tion,Batangas Rep. Mark Llan-dro Mendoza, the House bloc head of NPC at the House of Representatives, said Poe and Escudero had consulted the
members about problems in their respective provinces.
“Pero tinatanong nila ang members kung ano ang differ-ent concerns na kailangang i-address at isama sa platapor-ma nila sa 2016,” Mendoza ad-mitted without giving details to the concerns raised in the fellowship Tuesday night.
Mendoza said they were still in consultative stage, clar-ifying that Poe and Escudero joined the fellowship to meet and greet at least 30 NPC members who attended the event.
Deputy Speaker and Is-abela Rep. Giorgidi “Gigi”
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DAVAO City Mayor Ro-drigo Duterte will not invite politicians to
join the celebration of the 30th Kadayawan Festival.
Duterte said he does not want the festival to be used by politicians, adding people might misinterpret their appearance as an en-dorsement by him for the upcoming election.
“Wala, ayaw ko. Ayaw ko mag invite ng mga (politiko) kasi magulo, tapos sabihin dun nag punta dito kasi sin-uportahan ko (I don’t want to invite politicians because it will be chaotic, and then they will say I’m supporting them),” the mayor said.
Duterte also gave assur-ance that the public will be safe during the celebration.
He said the city will maintain its red alert status to ensure the safety of the public.
“The military and the police have to make it (Ka-dayawan) peaceful, sila yung magiging gwardiya,” he said.
“We don’t see any threat to our security, but just the same, especially on terror-
ism, you cannot lower your vigilance,” he said.
Duterte also said he gave freedom to the author-ities to conduct checkpoints if they wish to.
The mayor also asked the people of Davao to ex-tend their patience on the intensified checkpoints and security measurers of the police and military.
THE Davao City Council yesterday approved the P113.4 million Supple-
mental Budget No. 3 on third and final reading.
In an interview yesterday, committee on finance, ways and means and appropria-tions chair councilor Danilo C. Dayanghirang said the bigger chunk of the budget or P51.8 million will be allotted for pay-ment of Productivity Enhance-ment Incentive (PEI).
“The issuance of the PEI will depend on the City Hall because they can ask the cer-tificate of approval coming from the City Council secre-tary,” Dayanghirang said.
“By practice they can use
it to continue the processing of the payroll,” he added.
Dayanghirang said quali-fied city government employ-ees will receive the PEI, which is equivalent to their one month salary.
Dayanghirang said em-ployees with unsatisfactory performance in previous years and have pending administra-tive case will not also receive the PEI.
The committee report said the PEI, which is under the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund of Lumpsum Appropriations and Econom-ic Enterprises, got the high-est share of the budget with an amount of P51.8 million
in the General Fund Proper and P2.48 million from the Economic Enterprise or 48 percent of the total appropri-ations.
The appropriations for Development Fund ranked second with a total of P47. 6 million or 42 percent of the total appropriation.
The budgets are the rever-sions of current year and prior year’s appropriations due to some changes of priority pro-grams and projects as request-ed by the proponents, some of which were coursed through the offices of city councilors, and financial assistance from DBM.
During the committee
hearing, some amendments were presented and accepted by the committee such as the request councilor Karlo S. Bel-lo for the amendments of his reversion.
The total appropriations for the General Fund Prop-er which is P62,881,054.09, will now be decreased by P444,224.00, making the new total appropriations for Gener-al Fund Proper P62,436,830.
The same amount of P444,224.00 will be added to the Development Fund partic-ularly on Non-Infrastructure Projects under Social Develop-ment Program, thereby mak-ing the new appropriations P48,126,311.24.
THE police have arrest-ed a suspected ran-som courier of the Abu
Sayyaf Group (ASG) involving the kidnapping of an Austra-lian national in Zamboanga Sibugay, a top police official disclosed Thursday.
Senior Supt. Celso Bael, Zamboanga Sibugay police director, identified the ar-rested suspect as Edeliza Ulep alias Gina Perez.
Bael said Ulep was ar-rested during a manhunt operation around 12:45 p.m. Tuesday at Purok 7, Villana Street, Trento, Agusan del Sur.
Bael said Ulep has a
standing warrant of arrest for the crime of kidnapping with ransom issued by a court in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay.
He said Ulep was tagged as the ransom courier in the kidnapping of former Austra-lian soldier Warren Rodwell.
Rodwell was kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf brigands from his residence in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay on De-cember 5, 2011.
Rodwell was freed on March 23, 2013 in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur.
Bael said Ulep was taken to the province of Zamboan-ga Sibugay for her to stand trial in court. (PNA)
BELO BEAUTY. Celebrity doctor Vicki Belo talks to guests and members of the Davao media during the press launch of Belo Clinic in time for its 25th anniversary at Seda Abreeza Hotel on Wednesday afternoon. Belo was joined during the event by top endorser Piolo Pascual, former Miss Universe Margie Moran-Floirendo, and Belo Medical Group managing director Cristalle Belo Henares. Lean Daval Jr.
No politicians invited to Kadayawan: RodyBy FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA and ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.
Council OKs P113.4M SB3 on final readingBy ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.
MAYOR Rodrigo Dute-rte will study the recommendation of
the City Council to file charges against members of the mili-tary and to pull out all military troops in Paquibato as a re-sponse to the June 14 “Paqui-bato massacre.”
The committee on civil, political and human rights chaired by councilor Karlo S. Bello on Tuesday made three recommendations after inves-tigating the incident.
In its report, the commit-tee recommended the transfer of the ground commander of the military’s June 14 opera-tion, First Lieutenant Christo-
pher Santos, and the soldiers under his command due to the Council’s distrust of and lack of confidence in Santos, add-ing he is no longer welcome in the city.
The committee also rec-ommended that the Commis-sion on Human Rights (CHR) file charges against the mili-tary and that the government pull out all military troops in Paquibato.
Duterte said he will read the recommendations to see if there is sufficient ground to implement the recommenda-tions.
“Why don’t we make them leave the entire city? Why only
Paquibato? You know the mil-itary is not under my jurisdic-tion though I give them direc-tion on what to do,” he said.
Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte previously said the City Coun-cil needs to review the recom-mendations first, specifically the part that Santos is no lon-ger welcome in the city.
“There will be a possi-ble amendments on the first recommendation. Because if they will be re-assigned, if you would put a note that they are no longer welcome here in the city, it looks like you are declar-ing them as persona non gra-ta,” the vice mayor said.
In his committee report,
Bello revealed the possibility of tampering with evidence on the crime scene.
He also noted that it had been proven that the firearms found beside the victims do not contains their finger prints.
The fatalities during the in-cident were identified as Datu Ruben Enlog, Randy Carnasa and Ologario Quimbo, who were killed inside the house of peasant leader Aida Seisa.
The military has said the incident was a legitimate en-counter with members of the New People’s Army (NPA), but Seisa said the three were farmers who were visiting her home.
DURIAN candies will be distributed for free during the main events
of the 30th Kadayawan sa Dabaw festival which will start next week.
This was bared yesterday by festival executive commit-tee (execom) spokesperson councilor Al Ryan Alejandre during the I-Speak Media Fo-rum.
Alejandre said the free candies will be distributed during the Panagtagbo in Tiongko Field, Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan, and Pamulak (Flo-ral Float Parade) in Rizal Park.
“This aims to remove the stigma that our durian candies
are harmful to eat,” he said.Alejandre said the execom
invited some durian candy manufacturers to participate in producing the samples that will be given to the audiences.
Durian candies got some bad press after around 1,900 children in Cagwait and Tan-dag City, Surigao del Sur were poisoned after eating product of Davao City-based Wendy’s Delicious Durian Candy last month.
Earlier, Special Investiga-tion Task Group (SITG) Durian Candy Senior Superintendent Aaron Aquino revealed the Food and Drug Administration
DAVAO Light and Power Co. sees an improve-ment of the power
supply situation within its franchise starting yesterday, August 12. The National Pow-er Corporation through the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) sig-nificantly increased the pow-er supply allocation of Davao Light from a maximum of 196 MW as of August 11 up to 234 MW yesterday.
The NGCP has advised Davao Light that the improve-ment in the power situation in Mindanao was due to the restoration of the one-unit of STEAG coal-fired power plant last August 11 days ahead its deadline, which is on August 16. It was in July 18 when the said unit started to undergo a Preventive Maintenance Ser-vicing.
Ross Luga, Davao Light’s Corporate Communication Officer, said that the improve-ment in the supply is just in time for the upcoming Ka-
dayawan festivity. This would mean availability of power supply to meet the franchise’s demand.
Meanwhile, for the past weeks, Davao Light was able to manage the critical power supply situation. It has not im-plemented the rotating power interruptions since August 1 within its franchise. Even so, the implementation of the ro-tating service disruptions was not yet lifted until major gener-ating power plants which have undergone shutdown will be-come online.
Given the current power supply situation, Davao Light will now discontinue the scheduling of the implemen-tation of the rotating power interruptions to its customers.
Davao Light contingency measures will still be readily in place as the Mindanao pow-er supply has zero reserve. If in case one of the generating plants in Mindanao will under-go emergency or maintenance
THE recent killing of a political ally of Monkayo town mayor Joselito
Brillantes Jr. has sparked con-troversies which observers here suspect might lead to a major split among the political leaders of Compostela Valley Province as the 2016 elections nears.
Fortunato Pendoy, a close aide of Brillantes, was mur-dered by unidentified armed men last August 6 in Monkayo town.
The group of Brillantes had floated up suspicions that it was the group of Board Member Ramil Gentugaya that was behind the killing.
Gentugaya, a close ally of Governor Arturo Uy, is ru-mored to be gearing up to chal-lenge Brillantes for the mayor-alty seat of Monkayo in 2016.
Late last week, an indig-nation rally was held by the supporters of Brillantes in Monkayo town demanding justice for the killing of Pendoy.
Recently, Brillantes came out in an interview with one of the local TV stations in Davao City challenging Uy to spear-head a fact-finding to identify the killers of Pendoy.
“The challenge is accept-ed,” Uy said during a press briefing held at the provincial capitol in Nabunturan town on Wednesday morning, August 12.
Uy said he would create a special investigating body that will investigate the killing of Pendoy and all other cases of killings that happened in Monkayo town in the past.
He also mentioned the kill-
LAUGH TIME. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 11 Joselin Marcus E. Fragada, Kalipunan ng mga Kawani sa Kagawaran ng Kalikasan (K4) national president lawyer Alvin Joseph G. Tolentino, and K4
national chairman Joseph Langanlangan laugh as Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte (left) cracks a joke during the K4 convention last Wednesday after-noon. Armando B. Fenequito Jr.
PROTEST. A group of Lumads and members of progressive groups stage a protest rally outside Hotel Vicente along F. Torres Street where some members of the House of Representatives are conducting a two-day public inquiry on human rights violations. Lean Daval Jr.
Mayor to study actionof dads on Paquibato
Probe on killing of political allyof ComVal town mayor sought
Free durian candiesduring KadayawanBy ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.
THE City Government of Davao has requested the Department of Ag-
riculture (DA) 11 to fund the concreting of three farm-to-market roads (FMR) amount-ing to P344 million.
The request was con-tained in a letter signed by City Planning and Devel-opment Office (CPDO) offi-cer-in-charge Marcelino P. Escalada Jr. These projects are set to be implemented next year.
Escalada said the list of sub projects are culled out of the City Commodity Invest-ment Plan (CCIP) 2015-2018.
If approved, the sub-proj-
ects will be funded under the Philippine Rural Development Plan (PRDP) which the city is about to enter into an agree-ment with the agriculture de-partment.
Escalada said the sub-projects submitted to DA 11 included FMR projects which will improve the pro-ductivity of cacao farmers in the city.
The sub-projects lined up for 2016 were the P50 mil-lion rehabilitation and con-struction of Purok 4,6, and 8 in Barangay Subasta FMR to Calinan District and the P144 million rehabilitation of Ba-rangay Megkawayan in Cali-
nan District FMR going to Ba-rangay Malabog in Paquibato District.
Another project is the P150-million rehabilitation of Barangay Fatima in Paquibato District and Barangay Daal-gdag in Calinan District FMR with bridge component.
Engr. Jose Froilan Rigor, head of the CPDO planning di-vision, told Edge Davao these first three projects for 2016 are for the development of the cacao industry of the city.
“Most these areas are ma-jor cacao production area in Davao City,” Rigor said.
Rigor said the cacao in-dustry is one of the top com-
modities in the city that will be prioritized under the city’s three-year CCIP.
He earlier said that among the proposed plans for the ca-cao industry under the plan were construction of nursery for cacao seedlings and exten-sion of financial assistance for cacao farmers.
Rigor said the city pri-oritized the cacao industry because of its huge export po-tential. The industry expect-ed that there will be a global shortage of cacao by 2018 because of the increasing local and international demand.
According to the City Ag-
City seeks funding for FMR projects
THE entry of the 150-megawatt capaci-ty of the first unit of the
Aboitiz subsidiary-Therma South Inc. (TSI) in Barangay Binugao, Toril District will draw more investors in dif-ferent sectors, an official said.
“Pagpasok ng TSI lalong darami ang investors sa man-ufacturing, real estate and business process outsourc-ing (BPO),” City Planning and Development Office (CPDO)
planning division head Engr. Jose Froilan Rigor told Edge Davao in a recent interview.
Rigor said the sectors of agro-processing, tourism as well as port and industrial development will also start to thrive in the city because of the additional power.
The additional power supply from the coal-fired power plant, he said, will provide reserve to the grow-ing power demand of the
city due the city’s economic growth.
Davao City has the big-gest power requirement in Mindanao with an estimate of more than 200 megawatt daily power requirement. Other cities with big power requirements are General Santos City and Cagayan de Oro City.
Earlier, Davao Light and Power Company (DLPC) ex-ecutive vice president and
chief operating officer Arturo Milan said DLPC has a total contracted power supply of 318 MW, the bulk of which is coming from the National Power Corporation (NPC) at 242 MW, followed by Hedcor Sibulan (45 MW), Therma Marine, Inc. (28.7), and Hed-cor Talomo (28.7 MW).
Milan said big bulk of the incoming 170 MW will be coming from the initial 100 MW of the Therma South Inc.
(TSI)’s 300 MW coal-fired energy project in Barangay Binugao, Toril, Davao City and Barangay Inawayan, Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur. The first unit will commercially oper-ate by September this year.
The remaining 70 MW is still under negotiation, with 50 MW of which will come from the 300 MW SMC Davao Power Plant Project of the San Miguel Consolidated Power Corporation in Malita,
Davao del Sur by the end of 2015.
The other 20 MW will come from the Filinvest De-velopment Corporation’s Mt. Apo Geothermal Plant.
Earlier, the National Eco-nomic and Development Au-thority (NEDA) 11 reported that among the striving and fastest growing sectors in the region are services like the BPO and industries like man-ufacturing.
CPDO: Coal plant draws investors
PHILIPPINE Airlines an-nounced the launching of non-stop flights be-
tween Cebu and Los Angeles beginning March 15, 2016 as part of the expansion of the flag carrier’s route operations to the United States.
The start of the new ser-vice will commence on a mile-stone date - PAL’s 75th found-ing anniversary.
The thrice weekly service will utilize the 254-seater bi-class Airbus A340 with 36 lie-flat seats on business class and 218 seats on regular economy.
“Our customers in the Vi-sayas and Mindanao have long clamoured for direct flights between Cebu and the US due to the travel convenience this will bring. One can simply take a short hop to Cebu from any point in the Visayas and Mind-anao and connect to Los Ange-les, instead of flying all the way to Manila,” PAL President and Chief Operating Officer Jaime J. Bautista explained.
“Foreign tourists and our kababayans in the United States will benefit from the flexibility of choice in terms of
flights to and from the Philip-pines,” he added.
The flag carrier current-ly operates 35 weekly flights to mainland USA and two US territories combined. From Manila, PAL operates eleven weekly flights to Los Angeles, ten weekly flights to San Fran-cisco and four weekly flights to New York. PAL has five weekly flights each to Guam and Ho-nolulu. The new US service from Cebu will bring to 38 the total number of frequencies to the United States per week.
The new service to the US brings to 34 the total number of international flights operat-ing out of Mactan International Airport, considered a major hub next to the NAIA terminals in Manila.
PAL Cebu’s international operations consist of thrice weekly flights to Nagoya, daily flights to Osaka and Seoul as well as fourteen weekly flights to Narita. The airline’s domes-tic operations between Cebu and Bacolod, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Iloilo, Tacloban and Manila total 95 flights a week.
Philippine telecommuni-cations company Globe Telecom was honored
as Telecom Service Provider of the Year and Mobile Service Provider of the Year for 2015 by Frost and Sullivan Philip-pines following a remarkable performance due to efforts and initiatives in the past year.
Globe Telecom, coming from its extensive transfor-mation, posted outstanding results by end 2014. It fig-ured prominently in revenue growth, market share growth,
product introduction and innovation, consumer acqui-sition, growth in subscriber base and business/market strategy. These resulted to Globe catapulting to leader-ship in the Philippine tele-communications industry.
“We have established our-selves as the preferred telco brand in the country as mani-fested by impressive business gains across all business seg-ments and expansion of both mobile and broadband. We were successful in creating
business opportunities rid-ing on the strong mobile data adoption, as well as increas-ing smartphone penetration. We thank Frost and Sullivan for this recognition given to us,” said Globe Chief Finance Officer (CFO) Alberto De Larrazabal who received the award on behalf of Globe.
The annual Frost and Sul-livan Best Practices Awards recognize companies in a va-riety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement
and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, cus-tomer service, and strategic product development.
De Larrazabal also served as keynote speaker for the Customer Experience Phil-ippines Summit 2015 orga-nized by Frost and Sullivan Philippines with the topic “Visionary Innovator and Thought Leader: The Future of Telecom” which discussed the transformation journey of
ASEAN has the potential to become the fourth largest market in the
world by 2050, says the Ma-laysia U.S. Chamber of Com-merce (MYUSCHAM).
Executive Director Roy Mi-chael said with over 600 mil-lion people and a combined gross domestic product (GDP) of RM2.4 trillion in 2013, ASE-AN was the seventh largest market.
“Should the trend con-tinue, it has the potential to become the fourth largest market globally by 2050,” he added.
He told Bernama, ASEAN recorded over USD 1.2 trillion in total merchandise exports, making it one of the most open economic regions in the world.
“Significant progress had been made in integrating the
economies of the 10-mem-ber states under the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) blueprint which is expected to be a reality by year-end,” he said.
Michael was speaking after hosting the ASEAN-U.S. Trade Winds Forum at the Malaysian Embassy here on Wednesday. It was attended by American policy and industry leaders.
The half-day forum is a quarterly event hosted on ro-tation between ASEAN embas-sies here to increase under-standing between American and ASEAN small and medium enterprises.
Panel discussions includ-ed updates on the progress of the AEC, challenges in achiev-ing ASEAN economic integra-
Globe is 2015 best provider says Frost and Sullivan PH
PAL to operate Cebu–LA flights
ASEAN has potential as 4th largest market
FESTIVAL BUDGET. Kadayawan executive committee co-chairman of Finance, Ways and Means Ruben Bangayan (right) says the total expenditure for the festival has reached P25 million and the promotion for the event got the biggest chunk amounting to P10.8 million. Bangayan, together with councilor Al Ryan Alejandre (center) and Davao City Tourism Operations Office (CTOO) officer-in-charge Lisette Marques, graced yesterday’s I-Speak media forum at City Hall. Lean Daval Jr.
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IN 2010, Agnes Locsin’s Alay Sa Puno Series was launched with UGAT: Unang Galaw, which featured BIAG GAONGEN in a solo dance concert that took inspiration from trees. Subsequent years saw DAHON: Ikalawang Galaw with GEORGETTE SANCHEZ in 2012; PUNO: Pangatlong Galaw with Gaye Galiluyo also in 2012; SANGA: Ika-Apat na Galaw with SONNY LOCSIN and KRIS-BELLE PACLIBAR M in 2013; and last year’s BULAK: Ika-Limang Galaw with Kris-Belle, Biag, and NONIE BUENCAMI-NO with choreography by ALDEN LUGNASIN. Come August 14-16, the final episode of the series, BUNGA: Ang Huling Galaw, will be performed at the new Locsin Dance Workshop 2 in La-nang, Davao City.
BUNGA:Ang Huling Galaw
Kris-Belle Paclibar M. and Biag Gaongen in BULAK: Ika-Limang Galaw.
Gaye Galiluyo in PUNO: Pangatlong Galaw.
The Alay Sa Puno Series focuses on the plea for survival of trees around us. Agnes Locsin, Davao’s most cel-ebrated choreographer, professes a profound love for trees and simply wishes to share this love in showing audiences the beauty of trees in her dances. Locsin’s choreographic ca-reer can be traced by her varying pas-sions for all that is Filipino. The 90’s saw the birth of her neo-ethnic cho-reography where her works dealt with Philippine history. At the turn of the century, she shifted to what she calls urban-native, where she took inspi-ration from the day-to-day life of the urban Filipino. Nowadays, she hugs trees so her dances revolve around her love for nature, specifically the trees endemic to the Philippines. And thus was born the Alay Sa Puno Se-ries. Back in town are Biag, Kris-Belle, and Gaye, currently rehearsing for the final event. Joining them is new-comer, so to speak, JOJO MAMAN-GUN in BUNGA, along with the Locsin Dance Workshop’s (LDW) top students SAMANTHA MAR-TIN, JOBELLE MAHINAY, and GIAN BASAN. Jojo is a former prin-cipal dancer of Ballet Philippines (BP) who joined Hong Kong Disneyland in 2005. After a serious bout of ver-tigo, he stopped dancing and turned to photography, and now he’s dancing
again. “For Agnes Locsin, I am will-ing to dance again,” Jojo claims. “The current trend in choreog-raphy is collaborative,” Locsin em-phasizes. “The dancers and I work together in creating the movements,” she adds. Locsin is obviously proud of her dancers, all of who have achieved so much in their dance careers. Gaye is a freelance dancer based in Germa-ny. Kris-Belle, a Davaoena product of LDW, is also a former BP principal dancer who moved to HK Disney and further to perform with Cirque du Soleil in Macau. Much has been writ-ten on Biag who is has been based in Davao for the past two years, and in a capsule Biag has been with BP, Cloud Gate of Taiwan, and Tanz Oper Graz in Austria. BUNGA is a must-see dance con-cert that the Davao audience is quite fortunate to see. Fact is that several dance enthusiasts from the country and abroad are coming to Davao just to watch BUNGA. Mark the dates: August 14-16, 7:00pm at the new LOCSIN DANCE WORKSHOP 2 (behind Nikkei Jin Kai Internation-al School) Mamay Road, Lanang, Davao City. For more information and reservations call 2274753, or text 09169095099 / 0915825422; or email [email protected], or visit Locsin Dance Workshop on facebook.
AS Davao prepares for the biggest festival of the city, we at felcris centrale is gearing up for our very first Kaday-awan celebration! Join us as we celebrate the month of august with a fun-family affair on august 14-23 at the al-fresco. For a distinctly Davao taste in fashion, music and food head to Mercado de Centrale on August 14 to 16 and August 21 to 23, 2015 for that great find! Craving for Davao’s fin-est and freshest fruits? Visit Davao Fresh at the Alfresco Area from August 14 to 31
While enjoying your shopping and dining, let us entertain you with davao’s new breed of talent, catch the acoustic performances of influence band on fri-day August 14, Marvin Blue Corpus and Jaypee Paule’s up beat funk on the 15th and the soulful voice of the Echoistic on the 16th all happening at 6pm at the Al-fresco and don’t miss out on August 21 to 23, live band performances by The Proj-ect, Music Authority and Birds Eye Band. Check out the latest in art and fashion with Philippine Women’s College of Fine Arts and Design as they add
a modern twist on tradition-al design starting August 14 to23 at the main mall, drop by the second floor and feast your eyes with Tabula Rasa’s Art Exhibit, featuring artworks by Dinky Munda, Brando Cedeño, Bai Magin-say and Daryl Descallar from August 14 to 31, 2015 Enjoy the Kadayawan on August 21 to 23, 2015 for a weekend of fun, games, laughter and surprises as we entertain the whole fam-ily with free magic show, clowns, and booth games 3pm onwards Great things are happen-ing only at Felcris Centrale, distinctly davao.
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A carnival of great fun this Kadayawan at Felcris Centrale
PREMIERE Gaming brand, ASUS Republic of Gamers, has partici-pated in Davao’s larg-est tech event in the annual Mindanao Cy-ber Expo (MCE). The three day event held last July 31 up to Au-gust 2 at the Annex of SM CIty Davao, boast-ed successive talks and seminars about the lat-est technology while piquing the interest of passersby with in-viting booths from a number of IT compa-nies. ASUS Republic of Gamers invited gamers and tech enthusiasts to their booth to try and test their wide-range of gaming equipment and activities. The event started with the presentation by introducing what is ROG all about fol-lowed by ROG system cur-rent product line ups: Asus ROG G20, G501 and G551. Asus Republic of Gamers also came up the most awaited contest called “Play It Cool” Dota 2 Gaming Marathon that matches the ROG theme for this year. All participant Gamers had the chance to win a ZenFone 2 64GB. Also on display were ASUS graphics cards such as the ASUS Strix GTX 970 DirectCU II OC and Strix Gaming Pe-ripherals. Among the products that
ASUS introduced at the Expo is the ROG G501 and G551 the gaming laptops that features the latest GTX960M G501 is powered by the 4th-generation Intel® Core™ i7 processor and the new NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960M graphics for an unrivalled gaming experience. This im-pressive power is supported by ASUS-exclusive Hyper
Cool technology with dual independent fans, delivering smooth, stable performance for both gaming and profes-sional content creation. Not to mention it is ASUS’ thin-nest gaming notebook avail-able in the market today. Along with G501 is the G551 that also features GTX960M and 16GB of on-board RAM for gaming and multi-task-ing. In addition, the G501 and G551 models have a 15.6-inch FHD (1920x1080) to treat users to incredibly detailed visuals and lifelike colors. The G20 is a compact gam-ing desktop, a stylish gaming PC designed to dominate the small-form-factor gaming desktop segment. The G20 features a compact 12.5-li-ter case and is powered by a 4th-generation Intel® Core™ i7 processor matched with an NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX™ 745 graphics card for unstop-pable gaming and home entertainment ROG G20 de-livers incredible energy ef-ficiency as well, drawing just 10W in Eco Energy mode. On the outside, G20 sports a bold and distinctively-ROG design, with a matte-black finish, aggressive lines, Ma-yan-inspired markings, and customizable lighting ef-fects. ROG G20 has already received critical acclaim, win-ning the Best Choice of the Year and Golden Awards at Computex 2014.
ASUS ROG unleashes hardcore gaming equipment in the Mindanao Cyber Expo 2015
THE pilot episode of 2015’s most ro-mantic teleserye “On the Wings of Love” easily won national TV ratings last August 10, set-ting the stage for another riveting viewing experi-ence on ABS-CBN’s Primetime Bida. According to data from Kantar Media, the first episode of James Reid and Nadine Lus-tre’s first teleserye de-buted strongly with a national TV rating of 22.1%, which is 9 per-centage points higher than the pilot episode of its rival program in GMA “My Faithful Husband” (12.7%). James and Nadine’s drama series also won in different parts of the country including the urban areas where it
hit a TV rating of 23.4% vs. GMA’s series’ 15.3%, and in rural areas with 20.4% vs. 9.2%. “On the Wings of Love’s” p r e m i e r e was also a success in Mega Manila with 22.5% vs. its
rival program’s 19.6%, and in Metro Manila with 24.4% vs. 15%.
Aside from ratings, “On the Wings of
Love” also con-
quered social network-ing sites including Twitter, where the pro-gram’s official hashtag #OTWOLArrival became a worldwide trending topic on Twitter. Sev-eral netizens flooded the microblogging site with positive comments about the teleserye. Meanwhile, more viewers will be immers-ing themselves more into James and Nadine’s love story as fate pulls
Clark (James) and Leah (Nadine) to-
gether in San Fran-cisco. How will Clark and Leah’s lives in America
change when they make a special agreement that will solve their
problems? Don’t miss
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THIS SUNDAY, share festive moments with the whole family and learn how to pre-pare dishes that are perfect for big gatherings and cel-ebrations. Popping in at the Idol sa Kusina set is Kapuso teen actress Bea Binene to help out in cooking this week’s menu together with hosts Chef Boy Logro and Bettinna Carlos. No celebration is complete with-out some Chicken BBQ that’s why the gang are preparing not one, but two grilled chicken favorites—the Classic Pinoy BBQ and the tasty Chicken Inasal. A different twist to the traditional pancit is also served—the Pancit Kalabasa—and it comes with tips on how to stay healthy. Adding flavor to the already delicious set is a plateful of Sweet and Sour Lapu-Lapu. A sweet ending to the festive night is taken care of the Dessert Depart-ment’s special Coconut Jelly for dessert. Do not miss the celebration this Sunday, August 16, in Idol sa Ku-sina, 7:15PM only on GMA News TV.
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On the Wings of Love’s pilot episode trends worldwide on Twitter
Bea Binene cooks fiesta-perfect food in Idol sa Kusina
Clark and Lea’s love sto-ry in “On the Wings of Love,” weeknights after “Pangako Sa’yo” on ABS-CBN Primetime Bida. For more information about the program, visit the official social network-ing site of Dreamscape Entertainment Televi-sion at Facebook.com/DreamscapePH, Twitter.
com/DreamscapePH, and Instagram.com/DreamscapePH. Meanwhile, viewers may also catch up on full episodes and past epi-sodes of “On the Wings of Love” through ABS-CBNmobile. For more information, please go to www.abscbnmobile.com.
THE KADAYAWAN FESTIVAL is about harvest and its bounty, this was the idea behind the introduction of Park Inn by Radisson Hotel Davao’s special Kadayawan festival Supersize Boodle Fight Meal at the hotel’s RBG Restaurant Bar Grill, all-day dining restaurant.
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ing to excite all Dabawenyos and visiting tourists alike.” adds Pavan. “We have the Grilled Vegetable Salad with Chevre Cheese, Tinolang Manok Soup, Grilled Squid, Fried Crablets, Grilled Tuna Belly, Chicken Inasal, Grilled Shrimp, Grilled Tilapia, Crispy Pork Belly, Lumpia Shanghai, Pancit, Special Davao Cake and Fresh Fruits on the menu. All served with Plain and Garlic Rice, plus
“As part of the Kadayawan celebration, we are adding a twist to our Supersize family meal offering by making it a Boodle Fight style,” explains General Manager, Mr. Pavan Kakar. A boodle fight is typically a long table filled with rice, stir-fried noodle, and everything and anything one cares to fill
the table up with. The use of spoons and forks are optional making eating by hand a fun experience (of course one may ask for cutlery but I re-ally would suggest getting down and dirty with your hands.) “Daily for two weeks, the sumptuous dishes created by our chefs are surely go-
RBG’s Grilled Vegetable Salad with Chevre Cheese.
Park Inn by Radisson Davao’s general manager Pavan Kakar (right) presents the Supersize Boodlefight meal during the press launch.
a pitcher of drink. Priced at Php1,999.00 net good for 6 to 7 persons.” I loved the Grilled Vegeta-ble Salad with Chevre Cheese as well as the Kinilaw with Pomelo Salad which gave me flavours that are truly rep-resentative of Davao’s rich and colourful cuisine. The Davao Cake as well as the fresh Davao fruit platter serve as a fantastic end to a filling meal. The Davao Cake is a rich and moist chocolate cake
using Davao’s famed Malagos chocolate with a hint of Duri-an filling and topped-off with bitter and crunch cocoa nibs. Aside from the fun in shar-ing a table-full of food, Park Inn has partnered up with Fujifilm Instax PH to give ev-ery group availing a Supersize Boodlefight Meal a compli-mentary Instax photo print-out as a souvenir. Another picture will be posted on RBG’s “Wall of Memories” as their entry for a chance to
win more prizes on a raffle on September 3. The Supersize Boodle Fight Meal is already available now until Monday, August 31 for lunch and dinner. Reserva-tions can be made through 272 7600 or via email at [email protected]. Follow me on Instagram or on Twitter at @kenneth-kingong for travel stories, foodie finds, and happenings in, around, and beyond Du-rianburg.
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Shared responsibilityPROVIDING potable water to Davao City’s close to 1.5
million residents is not the sole responsibility of the Davao City Water District (DCWD), even if right now
it is the country’s biggest water provider.Under a Philippine law, providing water to a community
is a shared responsibility among the water district serving that community, the local government unit, including the barangay government, and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
Level 1, also called point source, is to be provided by the LGU, which usually provides a jetmatic pump or pitcher pump from which the resident will fetch water. Level 2, or communal, is to be provided by DPWH. Communal is a sim-ple water system for a barangay with several adjoining sitios where a considerable number of people are living. In this system, the DPWH will tap an identified water source, deliv-er this to a reservoir, from where water will run through a
pipe to as many adjacent sitios. Each sitio will be provided with only one faucet to be the lone common source of si-tio residents. Level 3, or pipe network, is what we have in the DCWD and other water districts in the country. This is a system wherein water is delivered right into the homes or commercial establishments through a network of big and small distribution pipes that draw water from a number of reservoirs. This is the system that entails a lot of money to construct and manage.
In fact, the Davao Bulk Water Project being jointly under-taken by DCWD and Apo Agua Infrastructora is going to cost a total of P12 billion for an expanded water system that would be good up to 2030.
It would be interesting to know how much have the local government and the DPWH done in providing Levels 1 and 2 water systems. This worthwhile inventory should be done by the Davao City Council.
CHINA’S recent decision to devalue its currency in response to growing domestic pressures on its economy
just shows that no matter how big and scary it tries to project itself to the rest of the world, the Chinese government is only as strong as its fragile hold on its people. China’s action will always be guided by its domestic concerns because they cannot af-ford to have any sort of unrest among its citizens.
The Chinese government is skilled in the use of smoke and mirrors, like its ag-gressive posturing in the international arena, coupled with economic policies that pander to their masses just to keep reali-ty at bay. How long they can keep this act up and what are the consequences when they finally can’t are the big questions that eventually the whole world – not just China – has to face.
---Speaking of dire consequences, one
way to curb the growing traffic problem of Davao City is by apprehending and im-posing fines on erring commuters who re-fuse to follow the rules on loading and un-loading. By haphazardly flagging down or getting off public utility vehicles wherever they choose to, these irresponsible com-muters add significantly to the congestion on the roads. Yet until now they have been able to do this with impunity.
If you remove the groups of people clus-
tered around illegal loading and unload-ing zones, you take away the reason for the jeepneys to be there as well. More than speed limits, this is one or-dinance that I would like to see the council pass.
---And on to another matter that has seen
it’s bit of time in the news lately, I’ve been following the tit-for-tat mudslinging be-tween the AFP, PNP and various left-lean-ing/progressive/militant groups regarding the plight of the lumads who have either been rescued or are being held hostage at the UCCP Haran compound. After weeks of trading accusations, the only thing clear to me is that the “truth” to all this can most likely be found somewhere in the middle. Both parties, left and right, are clearly using the issue and the lumads to get what they want. Sadly, the ones with the most at stake have the least to say in this matter. Unahan lang yan sa megaphone.
---And while I am on the topic of mega-
phones, rumored senatorial wanna-be Sec. De Lima has been using the Department of
Justice as a personal media platform to full effect as she campaigns to get in as much headlines as possible before she has to step down to file her candidacy.
Her latest PR coup has to do with the release of the third batch of names linked to the PDAF scandal during the time of for-mer President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. While such diligence in pursuit of erring public officials would normally be met with approbation, the excruciatingly slow pace indicates that there is something very very wrong with De Lima and the agency she heads.
Making matters worse is De Lima’s chronic, almost pathological need to be in the news all the time about everything. To be sure, she hasn’t won many friends in Davao lately, least of all Mayor Rody Dute-rte who has been very vocal about his dis-dain for De Lima and her fetish for personal publicity.
---Another person who must not have
much love for De Lima at the moment is my kumpare, Secretary Joel Villanueva of TESDA. After first dragging his name into the whole PDAF scandal, De Lima then is-sues a statement that his signatures were all faked.
I’m not an attorney or anything but doesn’t that sort of invalidate the findings against Sec. Villanueva? How can he be accused of doing something wrong when
the evidence against him has already been found to be false? Such is the dilemma of De Lima.
---On a more pleasant note, I had the op-
portunity to do something that I am really passionate about the other week when my good friend Bobbot Pingoy allowed me to join his Wind and Wave team in presenting to the City Council of Samal their plans to deploy several artificial reeds in selected areas around the island.
As a diver, I have seen the kind of dam-age our coral reefs have sustained from direct contact with humans or through the impact of human activity on the marine en-vironment in general. From falling anchors to wayward fins, to fluctuations in tempera-ture, siltation, and chemical poisoning – all of these have contributed to the decimation of huge tracts of corals all over the world.
And as corals go, so do the fishes, and eventually the human race will follow. No matter how much the rest of the world’s more shore-bound population want to ig-nore it, the death of the oceans is going to haunt us all. Which is why initiatives like the one Wind and Wave is putting together are important in trying to keep the balance in favor of conservation and preservation. In this, the concern was shared by the mem-bers of the city council, who welcomed the project and promised their enthusiastic support.
Dear Atty. Zen,
What are the government guidelines regarding drug testing? Can we drug test every person or at random? What is the action regarding positive results?
G.I. Boy
Dear G.I. Boy,
Yes, random drug testing is allowed in offices, even in schools, by Section 36 of Republic Act 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002. For secondary and tertiary schools, notices to parents are required before random drug testing can be done. On the other hand, officers and employ-ees of public and private offices may like-wise be subjected to random drug test and the law states that the cost of the drug test shall be borne by the employer. In the event that any officer or employ-ee is found positive for use of dangerous drugs, this shall be a ground for his sus-pension or termination under the Labor Code and criminal liability under RA 9165.
Under RA 9165, if a per-son is found to be positive for drug use only, without pos-sessing any d a n g e r o u s drug, then he/she shall be rehabilitated in a govern-ment center for at least six (6) months. If caught the second time, he/she shall then suffer the penalty of imprisonment of six years until 12 years.
Based on the website of the Danger-ous Drug Board (www.ddb.gov.ph), there were an estimated 1.7 million dangerous drug users in the Philippines in 2008. The average age of dangerous drug users is 28 years old and the ratio of male to female users is 10:1. Almost 60 percent of the users are single and their employ-ment status is unemployed. Most danger-ous drug users are of high school level and reside in urban areas. The average duration of drug use for the users pro-
filed by the study is six years. It seems that most of the users are
not the hardworking blue-collar workers who need the “extra boost” to accomplish their tasks. The above figures show that the dangerous drug users are mostly un-employed. Recent studies show that the unemployed group is considered more stressed and depressed than the em-ployed or working group. In a 2013 study of Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, it was shown that the depression rates doubled for U.S. adults who had been un-employed for a year or more compared to those who were unemployed for five weeks or less (www.medicaldaily.com).
I empathize with this escapist men-tality. When I was 16 years old and still gaga over The Sandman graphic novels of Neil Gaiman, my favourite character was Joker because he was able to escape his own reality. I tried to look for other favourite characters in that series, but I always found myself drawn towards Jok-er, to my utter dismay. I guess the choice is just a reflection of my own desire to likewise escape my own reality – yes, a shameless admission of weakness in our current society.
Nevertheless, after almost four de-cades of existence, I did not become a Joker nor was I able to resort to illegal and dangerous activities to escape my re-ality. Every day for the last four decades, I go through my own reality with its whole gamut of emotions. I have to admit that my spiritual life has played a big part in helping me go through it all. Lately, my spirituality is further strengthened by my Pranic Healing community. My “drug” right now to help me enjoy life’s roller coaster ride is the Pranic Healer’s mantra which is to strive to improve my-self to help me be a better manager of life. As Grand Master Choa Kok Sui say, “As you develop, the people around you also develop. As you progress, the world progresses with you to a certain degree.” (www.pranichealing.com.ph)
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believed the IPs in Haran had been “manipulated” by pro-gressive groups.
The statement said Bey-ani made the statements in “extemporaneous” comments during his exit briefing to gov-ernment agencies at the New World Hotel, Makati City on July 31, 2015 at the conclusion of his official visit to the Philip-pines from July 21 to 31.
Beyani’s media officer Graham Fox said he did not recognize the quotes attribut-ed to Mr. Beyani by the AFP, but Gubat brushed Fox’s state-ment aside and said Beyani himself should make the clar-ification.
“UN Rapporteur Beyani should be the one to disclaim it because he was the one who made that statement. He was the one making the statement, while it was not made into public it was in his extempora-neous speech in the report he made,” Gubat said.
Gubat got his wish yes-terday when Beyani himself issued a statement saying the military’s interpretation of his statement was “incorrect, un-acceptable, and a gross distor-tion of my views.”
“My reference to their (IPs) being ‘manipulated’ re-
lated to the attempt to forcibly move them out of the UCCP fa-cility without proper and ade-quate consultation with them. I therefore consider that the AFP statement by the Eastern Mindanao Command (East-mincom) in its news release of 7 August that the lumads (Indigenous People) in Davao City are victims of human traf-ficking is incorrect, unaccept-able, and represents a gross distortion of my views on this issue,” Beyani said.
Beyani also said that in his interview with the lumads in UCCP Haran, whom he visited on July 26, they said there was no truth to allegations that they were being held inside the UCCP-Haran compound against their will.
He said the IPs are not vic-tims of human trafficking and that they should not be in any circumstance be considered to fall in the category of being trafficked in person.
Beyani also urged the gov-ernment, in consultation with indigenous peoples them-selves, to give greater atten-tion to addressing the causes of displacement whether it be due to the militarization of their areas or due to develop-ment projects.
Aggabao, the NPC president confirmed that Poe discussed the concerns of NPC members whom he identified as “gover-nors.”
“There was no talk of pol-itics although Sen. Grace did discuss some problems with governors besetting their provinces,” said Aggabao.
“It was purely socials, a gathering for the party mem-bers to meet in person Sen. Grace and Chiz,” the NPC pres-ident added.
Valenzuela City Rep. Sher-win Gatchalian, a declared senatorial candidate and NPC stalwart, said the event Tues-day night was a good oppor-tunity to meet Poe and Escu-dero.
“Maganda naman po ang nangyari kagabi. Marami sa NPC ay hindi pa nakilala at na-kausap ng personal sina Sen. Grace and Sen. Chiz. It was a good time to get to know each other,” said Gatchalian.
The NPC is the second largest political party in the country with two senators, 47 members in the House of Rep-resentatives, 14 governors, and 22 city mayors.
The NPC stalwarts who attended the fellowship were Aggabao, Mendoza, Sen. Vi-cente “Tito” Sotto III, Quezon Rep. Mark Enverga, Isabela Rep. Napoleon Dy, Sorsogon Rep. Evelina Escudero, as well as former Rizal Rep. Jack Du-avit, Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian, Ako Bicol par-ty-list Rep. Rodel Batocabe, Alliance of Volunteer Edu-cators (AVE) party-list Rep. Amang Magsaysay, and Abang Lingkod party-list Rep. Ste-phen Paduano, among others.
On Tuesday morning also, Interior Sec. Mar Roxas met 14 NPC members to woo their support for next year’s polls in the Liberal Party Headquar-ters at the Balay Cubao Expo.(PNA)
(FDA) found E.coli bacteria in the candies’ raw materials.
Meanwhile, City Tourism and Operations Office head Lisette Marques said her office expects around 120,000 tour-
ist arrivals for the festival. Marques said the P10.8
million spent on the media promotion of the event would help to attract more tourists to join the celebration.
shutdown, the Davao Light franchise will have to face again a very tight power sup-ply situation which may resort to implementing another set of rotating power interruptions.
The company will contin-ue to provide information or
updates to its customers on the power situation within its franchise through the follow-ing: website –www.davaolight.com; facebook page - Davao Light and Power Company official; and twitter account – davao_light.
ing another ally of the mayor that took place last May of this year. The mayor did not identi-fy the said ally, however.
“I was also surprised when Mayor Brillantes talked in a TV station as if insinuating and implying that the killing of Pendoy was politically moti-vated,” Uy said.
He also criticized Brillan-tes for leading an indignation rally which the governor said was an “unusual thing” for a chief executive to do. He said the normal procedure is to task the police to investigate the killing.
Uy said the institution of the special investigation body
will be realized after the Pro-vincial Peace and Order Coun-cil (PPOC) meeting next week.
When asked for the rea-sons to the present squabble between his camp and that of Mayor Brillantes, the governor said he could not recall any instance that the provincial leadership failed to support development endeavors in Monkayo.
Both Uy and Brillantes be-long to the ruling Liberal Party (LP) of President Benigno S. Aquino III.
Uy expressed optimism that the present row will be resolved through the help of LP leaders in the national level.
tion, and the South China Sea dispute.
Among the guest speakers were Malaysia’s ambassador to the United States, Datuk Dr Awang Adek Husin, represen-tatives of the Ministry of Inter-national Trade and Industry and the Malaysia External Trade Development Corpora-tion.
Also participating were the embassies of Myanmar and the Philippines, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Agency for Interna-tional Development, the Cen-ter of Naval Analysis, and the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council.
Meanwhile, MYUSCHAM is hosting an Islamic Finance
Conference on Oct 22, themed, “Islamic Capital Market: In-roads into the U.S.”, with the tagline, “An Alternative Engine for Growth” in Washington DC.
“The conference will be helmed by Malaysian and American Islamic capital mar-ket players and is spearhead-ed by Datuk Noripah Kamso, Chairman of the MYUSCHAM Islamic Finance Industry Council.
Michael said the confer-ence will be a perfect meet-ing place for Malaysians and Americans to leverage on op-portunities in attracting great-er collaboration and cooper-ation among capital market players. (PNA/Bernama)
riculture Office (CAO), the city has a total of 3,485 hectares with the biggest chunk locat-ed in Calinan District with a total of 998.49 hectares. Other areas are in the districts of Ba-guio, Marilog and Tugbok.
Of the total planted area, 70 percent or 2,409.44 hect-ares are productive, as shown in the CAO records. Other ar-eas planted with cacao are Bu-hangin, Talomo and Bunawan.
In 2013, production vol-ume of Davao City reached 1,129.73 metric tons (MT) or 0.84 MT per hectare. This is 29 percent of Davao Region’s total production of 3,844.30 MT last year.
In the proposed CCIP, it is noted that during the five year period 2009-2013, the pro-duction volume of Davao City
reached an average of 6.58 percent per year. The minimal increase in area planted was compensated with improve-ment in yield which increased on the average by 5.32 per-cent.
Identified potential ar-eas for cacao are around 14,164.73 hectares. However, there is still more areas that can be planted with cacao.
Rigor said other commod-ities that the city is propos-ing for funding are cardaba banana, abaca, cassava and rubber.
The proposed CCIP will be up for approval by the devel-opment council and the City Council of Davao before it will be submitted to DA 11 for final approval and endorsement. Cheneen R. Capon
Globe.De Larrazabal shared how
Globe embraced innovation and the need to transform in order to remain relevant in the market. “We have made leaps in our transformation journey which led to where Globe is now today. Our ini-
tiatives which translate to being quicker and more effi-cient in serving our custom-ers plus our strong culture of innovation have allowed us to achieve leadership in the mo-bile industry in the country.”
The Globe CFO concluded with a quote: “With the fast paced landscape of telecom and technology, one must be aware of what the future will look like. Now that we have a view of what it can become, we must be able to adjust and invest in the foundation of the company. We must deliver the best possible network, an innovative brand, and a cus-tomer centric organization that keep up with the chang-ing trends. We are trying to build Globe to last. “
Frost & Sullivan’s inau-gural Customer Experience Philippines 2015 summit focused on the needs of changing business models, new technology evolution, support for cloud services, the effects of regulation, and real-time customer insight analysis in order to provide superior customer experi-ence and drive better busi-ness outcomes. (PNA)
WEATHERWISE. Weather Philippines Foundation Inc. general manager Celso Caballero III (right) explains the technicalities of the automated weather station (AWS) to Barangay Tibuloy barangay captain Analiza G. Remperas (center) and Therma South Inc. first vice president for corporate services Charles A. Gamo. Cheneen R. Capon
AIMING to create a “weatherwiser” com-munity, the Weather
Philippines Foundation Inc. (WPF) officially turned over an automated weather station (AWS) to the community of Barangay Tibuloy in the dis-trict of Toril in Davao City on Wednesday.
This was the 752nd AWS turned over by WPF, a non-government organization under the Aboitiz Foundation, out its target of 1,000 by 2019.
“We are on track (in our target),” WPF general manag-er Celso C. Caballero III told reporters after the turnover. The foundation targets to install 50 units of AWS per year with an individual cost of US$12,000.
The project started in 2012 and at present, 442 of the total 752 are in Luzon, 186 are in the Visayas, and 124 are in Mindanao.
The AWS gives a real-time and localized weather status of the area. The data are up-dated every six hours.
WPF sustainability officer Kaye I. Rosario told parents and community leaders that the AWS also provides a five-
day forecast, allowing them to prepare for the rainy season.
Each AWS is equipped with wind vane, anemometer, barometer, rain gauge, and global solar radiation which can measure direction, speed, and velocity of the wind, air pressure, humidity, and rain-fall.
The data collected by the solar-powered AWS are trans-mitted to WPF’s international partner MeteoGroup of Ger-many. The group analyzes the data that will be later on post-ed on the website of Weath-erPhilippines and the mobile application available for An-droid and iOS.
The analyzed data can be used by local officials for disaster risk reduction initia-tives, while farmers can used them for agriculture purpos-es.
“Through these data, LGUs can be prepared even before disasters and we can avoid casualties and damage to property at the same time,” Rosario said.
Farmers and fisherfolk can also use the weather data in their daily activities, she added.
Aside from agriculture, weather forecast and data such as humidity and tem-perature can be also used for tourism purposes.
Installed at the barangay hall of Tibuloy, the AWS will also provide updated and localized weather data to its nearest beneficiary, the ele-
mentary school of Tibuloy.The Aboitiz Foundation,
WFP, and the local govern-ment unit of Tiboloy led by its barangay captain Analiza
G. Remperas signed the mem-orandum of agreement on Wednesday with the commu-nity assuring the safety and maintenance of the AWS.
Aboitiz Foundation builds ‘weatherwiser’ communities
SOLIDARITY DINNER. Members of The Royal Mandaya Hotel-CMO pose after dinner with team owner Glenn Escandor, daughter Rina and son Francis Gabriel. The Hoteliers debut last night against Montaña Pawnshop.
14EDGEDAVAOSports
CITY Mayors Office trounced Anflocor, 81 - 69, in Game 3 of
their basketball friendly se-ries on Wednesday night at the Davao City Recreation Center.
Christopher “Bong” Go came through with 31 points, including nine tri-ples, as the City Hall drib-blers cruised to their third straight victory.
Joel Aberilla chipped in 16 points as Michael Peloton and Warren Cloribel had 10 apiece for CMO now up 3 - 0 in the friendly series.
Gionadala paced with 18 points for Anflocor which got 12 from Vistal, 11 from Cacam and 10 from Mejora-da.
MOA SIGNING BETWEEN PHOENIX PETROLEUM AND DCSCC. Signing the MOA are Jay Mujar and Raymond Zorilla for Phoenix, Willie Torres and Kenneth Sy for DCSCC. Phoenix will be the co-presentor of the 2015 Phoenix Accelerate Fully Synthetic Hot August Races. NJB
HIGHEST PAIDSharapova highest-paid female athlete for 11th straight year
UNDEFEATED Filipi-no fighter Jay-Ar “The Hitman” Inson and
his Indonesian opponent Victor Mausol both made their weights today for their 12-round title-fight tomorrow for the vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO) Oriental lightweight interim crown at the SM Davao Annex.
Inson tipped the scales at 135 lbs. while Mausol (9 wins, 5 KOs, 3 loses and 2 draws) submitted only 132. ¾ lbs. at the official held also at the SM Davao Annex.
“I can beat him (Inson). I came here prepared to fight,” said the former WBO Asia Pacific super featherweight champion through an inter-preter during an interview later at the Royal Mandaya Hotel.
Inson, however, is confi-dent that he can win his first main-event assignment.
“I’m very thankful for this big opportunity that the MP Promotions has given to me. I also thanked the sup-port and encouragement of Aston (Palicte) and Adones (Cabalquinto), who are al-ready champions,” said the 24-year old Inson.
Inson (8 wins, 5 KOs, 0 loss, 0 draw) vowed not to disappoint the 8-time world division champion Manny Pacquiao’s MP Promotions, who was represented yester-
day by Raides “Nonoy” Neri.“I’m not sure if I can
knockout him. But I will just try my best,” said Inson, who previously knocked out Elmer Legaria in the first round last April 5 in Panabo City.
Also present yesterday were WBO Asia-Pacific chair-man Leon Panuncillo, inter-national referee Atty. Danrex Tapdasan, co-promoter Joven Jimenez and Vanessa Neri of MP Promotions.
Palicte (18 wins, 16 KOs, 1 loss) and Cabalquinto (20 wins, 13 KOs) also both made their weights at 116 and 142, respectively while their ri-vals Fernando “Batang Bato” Ocon (13 wins, 5 KOs, 9 loss, 1 draw) and RJ “Sharp” Anoos (8 wins, 2 KO, 6 loses, 1 draw) tipped at 115 and 141.
“I have trained long enough for my fight with Palicte,” said Ocon.
Anoos, on the other hand, vowed to get even with Cabalquinto who won by a unanimous decision in their first encounter held
“I’m now more ready and prepared against him,” said Anoos.
Another exciting match-up to watch in the undercard is the tenner between for-mer WBO Oriental flyweight champion Richie Mepranum of Maasim, Sarangani Prov-ince and Jetly Purisima of Gen-eral Santos City.
RORY McIlroy faces a dif-ferent set of questions from the last time he
played, and he had answers for most of them.
His left ankle, with swelling the size of a tennis ball after he heard it snap while play-ing soccer with friends in early July, felt fine when he got off the plane and began preparing for the final major of the year. His game is good, and he sees no one reason why that w i l l
JORDAN SPIETH. Three major titles in a year?
Spieth eyes ‘Three-Sweep’ DUEL IN DAVAOInson, Indon make weightchange when the PGA Cham-
pionship starts on Thursday (Friday, Manila time). One
other question was a little more
tricky.W h o’ s t h e
b e s t play-er in t h e
world?McIl-
roy is No. 1 in the
world ranking. He also has watched Jordan Spieth pro-duce an inspiring year in golf by winning the Masters and US Open, and then coming within one shot of a playoff at the British Open. Spieth has four wins this year, one more than McIlroy, though two of them are majors.
“If you were to go by this year, you would have to say Jordan,” McIlroy said. “If you go over the last two years, I would say it’s probably a toss-up between Jordan and myself. That’s a hard one.
OK, we’ve got the rankings there, but it’s all a mat-
ter of opinion.”And what was
his opinion?“I’ll tell you
at the end of the week,” McIlroy
said with a smile.
T h e shine came off golf w h e n Spieth’s bid for t h e Grand S l a m
e n d -ed at St.
Andrews. It re-
turned when McIlroy began posting photos and videos last week that indicated he would be playing at Whistling Straits, his first tournament since the US Open.
They face off Thursday afternoon, in the same group with British Open champion Zach Johnson. It will be the third time in the last eight majors that McIlroy and Spi-eth have played together the opening two rounds.
It has never received at-tention like this.
“I think that’s just what you guys want to see,” Spi-eth said. “I think he and I just want to go out there and try and win the tournament. We have to beat each other in order to do that, along with ... 155 other guys. It’s great. We’re all very happy to see him back. I’m excited to just share a couple days with Rory, and Zach as well.
“Hopefully, we can all get into contention, and it will certainly be exciting.”
McIlroy, the defending champion, said he never tar-geted the PGA Championship as his return. His test came in Portugal last week when he played — and walked — 72 holes. There was no pain, no swelling. And he knew he was ready.
“If I hadn’t passed that test, I wouldn’t have
been here,” he said.
MARIA Shara-pova is No. 1 for the 11th
straight year on the Forbes list of high-est-paid female athletes.
The Russian star, No. 2 in the Women’s Tennis Association rankings, has raked in US$29.2 million as ten-
nis players took the top three spots and seven places in the top 10.
Serena Williams of the US, the world No. 1, is in second with earn-ings of$24.6 million, followed by former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, who has earned $14.6.
Nascar’s Danica Patrick is in fourth with earnings of $13.9 mil-lion followed by tennis grand slam winners Ana Ivanovic of Serbia ($8.3 million) and Pe-tra Kvitova of the Czech Republic ($7.7 million) and French Open final-ist Simona Halep ($6.8
million).UFC champion and
actress Ronda Rousey was in eighth at $6.5 million followed by twice golf major win-ner Stacy Lewis at $6.4 million and former WTA No. 2 Agnieszka Rad-wanska of Poland at $6 million.
The list is made at midyear, not at year’s end, and the numbers are calculated from total earn-ings including prize money and endorsements between June 2014 and June 2015.
Maria Sharapova, No. 2 in the Women’s Tennis Association rankings, has raked in US$29.2 million as tennis players took the top three spots and seven places in the top 10.
BRIAN Viloria will be gunning for a world title on October 17 (October
18, Manila time) when he fac-es flyweight champion Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez at the Madison Square Garden in New York.
ESPN.com’s Dan Rafael re-ported the fight was formally announced on Tuesday by K2 Promotions and Teiken Pro-motions.
Viloria (36-4, 22 knock-outs) said the fight against Gonzales, who will stake his World Boxing Council (WBC) and The Ring Magazine titles, will be his ‘biggest challenge.’
“I’ve fought and won on the world’s biggest stages
against the best of the best. I’ve prepared my whole life to win at every level of competi-tion from world amateur titles to the Olympic Games to pro-fessional world titles.
“And this fight against Ro-man Gonzalez is likely to be my biggest challenge yet. But it’s Roman’s biggest challenge too. This is the realization of my dreams and I will make the most of it on fight night,” said Viloria.
“I applaud Roman for ac-cepting this fight. Together we will give boxing fans some-thing special - something they can talk about for a very long time,” said the boxer known as ‘The Hawaiian Punch.’
The Viloria-Gonzales fight will co-feature the middle-weight unification title bout between Gennady Golovkin and David Lemieux to be shown on HBO pay-per-view.
Viloria will be going for his fifth consecutive win. His last fight was a first-round knockout victory over Omar Soto last July.
“I know Brian Viloria is a great (former) champion and it will be a hard fight, but I am ready for the challenge. I have faith that God will give me the strength to keep training and be able to give all my fans my best fight ever,” said Gonzales, undefeated in 43 fights with 37 knockouts.
Gonzales was coming off a knockout victory over Edgar Sosa last May at The Forum in Inglewood, California.
“His performance at the Forum in May was extraor-dinary and made for a ter-rific pairing. With Roman defending his title against former world champion Bri-an Viloria, one of the best flyweights in the world, fans in the arena and those watching on HBO pay-per-view will see an outstanding battle as the lead-in to Golovkin versus Lemieux,” K2 Promotions man-aging director Tom Loeffler added.
