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COVER STORY

By HENRYLITO D. TACIO

DAVE (not his real name) used to be a consistent honor pu-

pil when he was still in kin-dergarten. Then, the family moved to a city when his father became a supervisor of the company where he is working.

It was the middle of school year and Dave, now 8, had to be transferred to a new school, a few distant away from where they are living. It was a totally differ-ent surrounding for Dave; new classmates, new teach-er, and new friends.

In the first few weeks, it was fine. Then, something weird happened. He felt sick in the morning. His grades started to drop. He had un-explained cuts or bruises. Then, one afternoon, after arriving from school, he told his mother: “I don’t want to go to school anymore.”

Sarah was completely baffled. When they were still in the province, Dave really liked going to school. But now, he didn’t want to school which is just nearby. She asked her son but he won’t say anything.

The mother instinct said there was really something wrong with her son. No, it wasn’t about his son but something must have been done to him in order for him to be reclusive. After doing some sleuth – asking Dave’s friends – she found out that her son was being bullied by one of his classmates, the son of the school principal.

Violence against chil-dren by their peers, in particular bullying, has received little attention in the Philippines, possibly due to the perception that bullying and fighting among children is part of school culture. “Away bata” is the common excuse for it – it’s “normal” or “a rite of pas-sage” for children.

“A school is a student’s second home, and assumed to be one of the safest places for children. Unfortunately, for some this is where they experience abuse,” says a statement from the Unit-ed Nation’s Children Fund (UNICEF). “Schools become the settings that expose children to violence, not just from their peers but also from teachers and school personnel.”

In 2012, the Department of Education (DepEd) issued its Child Protection Poli-cy. Since then, how many

cases of bullying have been reported? In an article on bullying in school, which ap-peared in Philippines Graph-ic, Kenneth Tirado was quot-ed as saying: “There are no exact figures because these are not usually reported. Usually, such instances are settled amicably within the school. Only when parents are not satisfied with the school administration’s ac-tion do they complain to the news media. When that happens, the DepEd learns what happened.”

Boys bully more than girls and the tormenting is more often physical. In the absence of studies done in the Philippines, we are quot-ing a research done by Deb-ra J. Pepler of the LaMarsh Centre for Research on Vi-olence and Conflict Resolu-tion at York University. She found out that 23% of boys surveyed said they had en-gaged in bullying, compared to only 8% of girls.

Among victims, howev-er, both genders were equal-ly affected. With girls, bully-ing often takes more subtle forms, such as whispering campaigns, spreading ru-mors and shunning acts designed to destroy friend-ships. This can be every bit as painful as physical ag-gression.

“Many parents are un-aware that it is happening because they never discuss it with their kids and be-cause bullying is often a kind of underground activity that many children won’t report,” wrote Dr. Richard B. Gold-bloom in an article which appeared in Reader’s Digest.

In the Philippines Graphic article, Regina Sevil-la-Sibal explained to author Fil V. Elefante when bullying happens. “Bullying occurs

when the target has no op-portunity or way to balance the equation,” said Sibal, an experienced school adminis-trator and educator.

Sibal cited an example: “There’s a group of kids teas-ing one child because they think he’s too smart for his own good. But when they’re in class, these kids ask for the smart one’s notes. How-ever, the smart child refused to deal with these kids. Is this bullying? No, because that child has a way to bal-ance the equation.”

As stated earlier, bully-ing occurs when the child has no means to balance the equation. “Bullying occurs when the child feels disem-powered,” Sibal pointed out.

Aside from those ex-perienced by Dave, other manifestations that a child is being bullied if he or she: is frightened of going to school and is difficult to wake in the morning; doesn’t want to ride the school bus; begs to be driven to school; becomes withdrawn, anxious, or lack-ing in confidence; cries him/herself to sleep at night or has nightmares; feels sick in the morning; and comes home with clothes torn or books damaged.

A child is also being bul-lied if he or she has posses-sions (like pens or pencils) that end up “missing”; asks for money or starts stealing money (to pay the bully); comes home starving (mon-ey/lunch has been stolen); stops eating; and is fright-ened to say what’s wrong.

A major red flag is when he or she attempts or threat-ens suicide or runs away from home. Bullying leads to several suicides every year. In the United Kingdom, one study found out that be-tween 15 and 25 children

commit suicide every year because they are being bul-lied.

In some instances, the effects of bullying can be serious and even fatal. The link between bullying and school violence has attract-ed increasing attention since the 1999 Columbine High School massacre in the Unit-ed States. That year, two shotgun-wielding students, both of whom had been identified as gifted and who had been bullied for years, killed 13 people, wounded 24, and then committed sui-cide.

A year later an analysis by officials at the U.S. Secret Service of 37 premeditat-ed school shootings found that bullying, which some of the shooters described “in terms that approached tor-ment,” played a major role in more than two-thirds of the attacks.

What turns some chil-dren into bullies? There are no research data done in the Philippines but research-ers, led by Kris Bosworth of the University of Arizona, collected information from 558 students in grades 6 to 8, then divided the students into three groups: 228 who rarely or never bullied any-one; 243 who reported a moderate level of bullying; and 87 who reported exces-sive amounts of bullying.

“Those who reported the most bullying behavior had received more forceful, phys-ical discipline from their parents, had viewed more TV violence and showed more misconduct at home,” Dr. Goldbloom wrote. “Thir-ty-two percent lived with a stepparent, and 36 per-cent lived in a single-parent household. Bullies generally had fewer adult role mod-

els, more exposure to gang activity and easier access to guns. This partly explains why bullies need help as much as victims: Many learn their behavior by example.”

But is bullying a common phenomenon in the Philip-pines? In 2008, a baseline survey involving 2,442 chil-dren from 58 public schools was conducted by the Plan Philippines.

“Results of the survey show that peers perpetrate most forms of violence ex-perienced by children,” commented Plan Philip-pines country director Mi-chael Diamond. “Ridicule and teasing by peers are the most common experienc-es. Across three age ranges surveyed, the incidence of ridicule and teasing was re-ported to have been experi-enced by 50 percent among children in Grades 1 to 3; 67 percent among children in Grades 4 to 6; and 65 per-cent among children in high school.”

The word “bully” was first used in the 1530s, which means “sweet-heart,” which was applied to either sex. It was coined from the Dutch boel (“lover, brother), probably dimin-utive of Middle High Ger-man buole (“brother”). The meaning deteriorated through the 17th century through “fine fellow,” “blus-terer,” to “harasser of the weak.” This may have been as a connecting sense be-tween “lover” and “ruffian” as in “protector of a prosti-tute,” which was one sense of “bully” (though not spe-cifically attested until 1706. The verb “to bully” is first attested in 1710.

The victim of bullying is sometimes referred to as a “target.” Bullying behavior may include name calling, verbal or written abuse, exclusion from activities, exclusion from social situa-tions, physical abuse, or co-ercion. Bullies may behave this way to be perceived as popular or tough or to get at-tention. They may bully out of jealousy or be acting out because they themselves are bullied.

In her weekly column, Cathy S. Babao-Guballa de-fines bullying as an “aggres-sive behavior that involves an imbalance of power and strength and which is repeated over a period of time. As opposed to conflict, which involves a misunder-

standing or antagonism be-tween two or more people, bullying only occurs where there is an imbalance of power, where one child has great difficulty defending himself or herself against another child or person.”

While bullying gets a lot of attention from parents and teachers in industrial-ized countries (like those being depicted in Hollywood movies), such is not the case in the Philippines. Dr. Honey Carandang, a noted Filipino psychologist and author, has often expressed her disap-pointment over the seeming lack of concern that school authorities have shown to-wards bullying incidents that take place right under their noses.

“It’s really sad how, instead of being helped, the bullied child is some-times even blamed for the bullying that has taken place,” Dr. Carandang de-plored, adding that there should be more programs put in place to further edu-cate teachers and adminis-trators about the dangers of bullying and to teach them to be more sensitive.

“There are three persons who need to be helped and empowered here – the bul-ly, the bullied, and the by-stander,” Dr. Carandang. She further said that everyone needs to be part of the solu-tion and that if a teacher or student is in a class or is a witness to a bullying inci-dent elsewhere on campus and does nothing, then that person is as much a part of the problem as the bully.

Babao-Guballa believes that an anti-bullying pro-gram in the Philippine set-ting “can only be effective if both the school and the parents’ association work together to discourage bul-lying, both in private and public schools.”

“School bullying is ev-eryone’s business,” wrote Dr. Goldbloom. “It is unrealistic to expect it can be totally eliminated: We can’t erad-icate the conditions that turn some children into bul-lies and others into targets. But if everyone, concerned teachers, school authorities, police, parents and children is truly committed to zero tolerance, then there is sol-id evidence that the amount and the severity of bully-ing can be reduced dramat-ically.” (All photos from the net)

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CHANGE OF COMMAND. Chief Superintendent Manuel Gaerlan, Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 acting director, turns over the Philippine National Police (PNP) flag to Senior Superintendent Michael John Dubria during the turnover

ceremony at Camp Domingo Leonor on Friday afternoon. Dubria replaced Senior Superintendent Vicente Danao Jr. as Davao City Police Office (DCPO0 director. Lean Daval Jr.

Incoming social welfare chief says lumads want to go home

[email protected] CHENEEN R. CAPON

EDGEDAVAO

NEWS

THE lumads who have taken refuge at the Unit-ed Church of Christ of

the Philippines (UCCP) Ha-ran Center in Davao City have agreed to finally go home.

The lumads, hundreds of them, are just waiting for a “pabaon” from the Davao City government before returning home to their places, most of whom coming from Talaingod, Davao del Norte.

“President Duterte is going to take steps to ensure they will go back to their own com-

munities and lands,” incoming social welfare and develop-ment Judy Taguiwalo told re-porters last Friday evening.

She said the evacuees are willing to go back to their com-munities after months under the roofs of makeshift houses inside the Haran compound.

As to the date of their de-parture, Taguiawalo can’t de-termine yet.

“They want to go back. They only need `pabaon’ be-fore going back to their com-munities because their liveli-

hood has stopped,” she said.The evacuees, who are

mostly farmers, left their homes last year due to the mil-itary presence in the hinter-lands of Bukidnon and some areas in Davao del Norte.

Taguiwalo had a dialogue with around 500 indigenous peoples (IPs) s in the evacua-tion center earlier this month immediately after she was named by Duterte as chief of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

Tribal leaders among the refugees have demanded the incoming administration thru Taguiwalo for the pull-out of soldiers in their areas. They are also calling for the disband-ment of the Alamara, who are IP militias armed by the gov-ernment.

National Democratic Front (NDF) peace panel member Fidel Agcaoili earlier said Pres-ident- elect Rodrigo R. Duterte will prioritize the return of the displaced lumads back to their respective barangays.

SEVERAL families from three areas in Davao City were evacuated preemp-

tively Saturday dawn after the water level increased due to heavy rain.

City Disaster Risk Reduc-tion and Mitigation Office chief Emmanuel Jaldon said the moderate short term flood-ing that occurred at 1:53 a.m. affected some residents from Purok. 8 Bacaca, Brgy. 19, San-gilangan Maa, a portion of San Rafael and El Rio.

“Affected communities conducted pre-emptive evacu-ation to their designated evac-uation centers,” Jaldon said yesterday.

He said the City Engineers Office provided two dump trucks for the transport of the

flood victims, while the City Social Services and Develop-ment Office were on board to provide immediate assistance to individuals.

As of 7:31 in the morning yesterday, Davao River water level had subsided to safe level, he reported.

“All individuals are back in their home,” he said.

Meanwhile, the CSSDO is eyeing to use the new evacua-tion center during the admin-istration of newly-elected May-or Sara Duterte-Carpio.

Maria Luisa Bermudo, CSSDO head, said the P20 mil-lion-facility will have a capacity of sheltering a total of 1,500 in-dividuals at Los Amigos in Tug-bok District, approximately

Residents evacuated as flooding hits some areas

A MAGNITUDE 5.2 earth-quake was traced on three-kilometer north-

west of Brgy. Magdug, Gover-nor Generoso, Davao Oriental, Saturday afternoon, the Phil-ippine Institute of Volcanolo-gy and Seismology (PhiVolcs) said.

PhiVolcs’ offi-cer-in-charge of Davao Seis-mic Statio, Jamila de Ocampo said that the origin of the quake is tectonic and has a depth focus of 051km.

An intensity 4 quake was felt in Mati City while intensi-

ty 3 in Davao City, Kidapawan and Alabel, Sarangani.

“We do not expect any damage of property with an intensity 5 (quake),” de Oca-mpo said.

Historically, Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental had been struck by a big earth-quake before.

In April 15, 1924, an 8.3 magnitude quake hit Sigaboy then known as Governor Gen-eroso.

Ina previous interview with PhiVolcs Region 11 di-

Magnitude 5.2 quake hits DavOr, SaranganiBy FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA

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COUNCIL members of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines (GSP) in

Davao City recently cited the outstanding contributions of Davao Oriental Governor Cora-zon Malanyaon particularly on her generosity in donating to the organization a four-hect-are property in the city which today the GSP call as “Camp Corazon”.

The members of the coun-cil, headed by its president Benilda J. Sunga visited the provincial capitol of Davao Oriental to personally thank Governor Malanyaon of her full support to the cause of the GSP.

Sunga said that the title of

the donated property was al-ready released to the GSP last March 8 of this year.

Aside from serving as a venue for various encamp-ments and trainings, Sunga said that Camp Corazon today serves as a venue for young girls to receive non-formal ed-ucation like character develop-ment, leadership and ideals of service.

“In behalf of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines Davao Coun-cil, we have joyfully travelled from Davao City to express our gratitude to a lady who gen-erously and magnanimously shared with the girls in the scouting movement her time,

effort and treasure which will become lasting legacy to-wards the well-being of our young girls, the girls who will be future citizens and model mothers in the next genera-tion imbued with values and life skills as embodied in the Girl Scouts Promise and Law,” Sunga pointed out in her mes-sage in a statement released by the provincial government of Davao Oriental to the media.

She added that the GSP is setting out plans and programs that will turn Camp Corazon an all encompassing venue to de-velop GSP members as leaders.

GSP Scouters that include the Twinklers, Star Scouts,

Junior and Senior Scouts will have their experiences in Camp Corazon memorable, she added.

“Through the years, Davao Council has maintained its rank at the top of Eastern Min-danao Region consisting of 13 councils and Camp Corazon is the main reason for our suc-cess,” she added.

Sunga also emphasized that the council plans to fur-ther develop the property which had seen memorable scouting events for the past years.

“There are so many de-velopment plans for the camp

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VOL. 9 ISSUE 86 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, JUNE 26 - 27, 20166Incoming PNP chief: Mayors in illegal drugs being watched

NEWS EDGEDAVAO

THE Philippine Nation-al Police (PNP) is now closely monitoring the

activities of 35 mayors in the country for their involvement in illegal drugs.

Incoming Philippine Na-tional Police (PNP) Chief Ron-ald “Bato” dela Rosa said some of these mayors who are drugs lords or drug protectors are from the nearby provinces of

Davao Region.“There are mayors in-

volved in drugs in the nearby provinces of Davao Region,” dela Rosa said in an interview with the media during the turnover of command at Davao City Police Office (DCPO) in Camp Domingo Leonor Friday.

Dela Rosa, however, re-fused to identify these politi-cians and the ares where they

belong, except to say they are just within outside of Davao City.

The incoming PNP chief that earlier warned mayors to better leave their post as the PNP will go after them and treat them like ordinary crim-inals.

Dela Rosa said mayors who are involved in illegal drugs cannot choose their po-

lice director.“Those mayors who can

feel that their new cop is a hard-headed one and won’t follow their orders, then that’s them,” dela Rosa said.

He said that as soon as he sits down as PNP chief, he will have a major revamp in the ground and will personally pick new 15 regional directors

By FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA GROUPS identified as allies of the National Democratic Front of the

Philippines in Southern Mind-anao Region (NDFP-SMR) are mulling over to stage a huge rally to commemorate the death anniversary of Leoncio Pitao, more popularly known as Parago between June 27 to 28, the army’s 10th Infantry (Agila) Division said.

“The 10th Infantry Divi-sion has been receiving sever-al reports from concerned ci-vilians that for the past weeks the NPAs (New People’s Army) and its allied groups from the NDFP-SMR had been coerc-ing the people to join in a so-

called peace rally scheduled on June 27-28, 2016 in Davao City,” Captain Rhyan Batchar, chief information officer of the 10th ID said in a statement to the media on Friday.

Army forces from the 10th ID killed Pitao last June 28, 2015 at around 2:30 p.m. in a 20-minute encounter in Barangay Panalum, Paquibato District, Davao City.

Batchar pointed out that the NDFP and NPA allies are now insinuating the people to join them in the supposed peace rally which they claimed as part of the thanksgiving of the incoming president Rodri-

AS her term in office ends by June 30, Sarangani Vice Governor Jinkee

Pacquiao said its time off now for her in the government ser-vice citing “a more prudent concern on family interest” as the main reason of reaching such decision.

Vice Governor Jinkee, wife of boxing icon and sen-ator-elect Manny Pacquiao announced her decision after presiding over her final ses-sion of the Sangguniang Pan-lalawigan of Sarangani prov-ince last June 21, Tuesday.

In a statement to the me-

dia, the information office of Sarangani province said Vice Governor Jinkee wished her colleagues good luck as they face another term in their of-fice as members of the provin-cial board.

Sarangani Governor Steve Solon also joined the adjourn-ment sine die of the 8th Sang-guniang Panlalawigan of the province and cited Vice Gov-ernor Jinkee’s good deeds and accomplishments for the past three years.

The governor also thanked her for the services

NDFP, NPA allies to honor Parago’s death, says Army

[email protected] ALEXANDER D. LOPEZ

Family interest push Pacquiao to leave government service

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ON THE LOOKOUT. Two members of police special weapons and tactics team of the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) stand guard atop a building adjacent to Camp Domingo Leonor where incoming President Rodrigo R. Duterte is attending the change of command ceremony of the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) on Friday afternoon. Lean Daval Jr.

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ECONOMY

Stakeholders consulted on agri programs

Fruit market opens at Abreeza

FEDERALISM TALK. Centrist Democracy Political Institute (CDPI) president and Centrist Democratic Party of the Philippines (CDP) chairman Lito Monico C. Lorenzana gives the conference overview and federalism during the Pursuing Federalism conference at The Marco Polo Davao on Saturday.

The conference was organized by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (DCCCII) and Centrist Democracy Political Institute. Lean Daval Jr.

THE Department of Tourism (DOT) in Min-danao led the open-

ing of the P10-million Asian Fruit Market Saturday at the fountain area Abreeza Mall to position Davao’s agri-tour-ism.

Regional director Rober-to Alabado III told reporters that the Tourism Infrastruc-ture Enterprise Authority (TIEZA)-funded fruit market

will showcase the agri-tour-ism of Davao in a “more orga-nize way” for one year.

“Davao has been known for fruits- durian, pomelo- all of these,” Alabado said, adding tourists coming from Davao never failed to bring a box of pomelo or frozen duri-an back home.

Aside from fresh and pro-cessed fruits and vegetables, it will also house fruit-based

products and food amd bev-erage services

“Products from process-ing fruits like soaps and lo-tions will be also made avail-able in the market,” he added.

For his part, Tieza board member Roberto “Bob-by” Teo said the Asian Fruit Market will provide a venue which will house fruit ven-dors to provide tourists ac-cessibility to region’s top fruit

producers and processors.The floor area of the

fruit market will be 1,538.94 square meter (sqm.) which will have designated areas for fresh fruits, processed and value-added products, and a common dining and events area available the whole year round.

Alabado said the launch-ing of the market in Abreeza is just part of the first phase.

“We’re targeting to estab-lish permanently the market in another area,” he said. An area in Toril can be one of the shortlisted venues for the fruit market.

Alabado said the DOT is eyeing to surpass the 1-hect-are fruit market of Thailand. “If we have at least hectares for the fruit market, then it could be the biggest in Asia.”

He said the establishment

of the fruit market aims to position Davao as the home of the biggest fruit market in Aisa in 10 years by showcas-ing Mindanao’s abundance in high-value fruits, commercial crops, root crops, vegetables.

The 26 exhibitors in the market will have five units of bullets which has a floor area of 7.5 sqm., 10 units of Vinta, three units of small tent, and a one unit of big tent.

TO ENSURE active par-ticipation of agriculture and fishery department

front liners, the Department of Agriculture and Fishery in the Autonomous Region in Mus-lim Mindanao (DAF-ARMM) conducted consultations with major program implementa-tions.

Alexander Alonto, DAF-ARMM regional secretary, said in a statement that first to participate in the ARMM roadmap community consul-tations were front liners from Maguindanao’s first district, headed by team leader Lucia

Nul.Nul said about 60 partici-

pants composed of municipal agriculture officers, agricl-ture technologists, extension workers, farmers, farmer-co-operatives associations joined the day-long consultations on Friday.

Alonto said the con-sultation aims to consider stakeholders’ insights and recommendations on Gover-nance, Peace & Security and Socio-Economic (GPS-SE) and its underlying issues/agenda.

“It is important that policy makers of the department al-

ways consider the insights of those in the front line of any government program to make the project effective,” Nul told reporters.

She said that during the consultations, the participants were able to voice out and write their answers on specif-ic issues on a metacard during the workshop that included security issues and hazardous work place.

Maguindanao is one of the five provinces in the ARMM where recurring armed con-flicts prevent completion of any government programs

that would supposedly ben-efit the people these armed groups are claiming to protect.

Alonto said the outputs on the consultationa from Magu-indanao I & II, Lanao del Sur I & II and the island provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi will be consolidated and to be presented before ARMM Re-gional Governor Mujiv S. Hat-aman on June 28.

Improving the agricul-ture sector is among the top 8 agenda of Hataman, who was reelected to his second term as regional chief executive of-ficer. (PNA)

SAVEMORE, a grocery store chain of premier SM Malls involved in

wholesale dealings, is soon to open its branch here.

Savemore is projected to formally open on Septem-ber this year, with its ware-house-style outlet positioned inside City Mall, a sister com-pany of SM Malls that has started its operation here last year.

In a meeting held Friday between city officials and the business representatives, dis-cussions centered on the pos-sibility of integrating genuine Halal products in its list of gro-cery merchandise.

City administrator Dr. Danda Juanday has accentu-ated before the group about the local government’s vision of making this city the hub of Halal foodstuff in the region.

Qualified on making local business flourish, the visiting group agreed on the proposal provided fresh Halal products would be sold in their wet and dry market sections.

More so, the Savemore executives also accepted that fresh Halal products, from meat to native delicacies, would be locally sourced out.

Savemore currently has 146 branches operating na-tionwide. (PNA)

PHILIPPINE monetary of-ficials are confident that Philippines macroeco-

nomic fundamentals would continue to support the do-mestic economy on possible negative impact of UK’s exit from the European Union.

On June 23, votes for the UK to exit from the 28-country EU won, which some analysts said was unexpected given that the “Remain” camp was

gaining on the run-up to the referendum. Results showed a 51.9:48.1 split, in favour for an exit.

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipi-nas (BSP) Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. noted that “even as the direct Philippine exposure to UK is relatively small, we will watch the impact on us via contagion from moves in the USD (US dollar).”

He assured the public that

on the “medium term we will look at developments partic-ularly how the rest of EU will react to Brexit.”

”BSP is ready to provide li-quidity to our market as need-ed. But we don’t see any need to change stance of monetary policy at the moment,” he said.

Results of the referendum resulted to the plunge of Eu-ropean country’s stocks and currencies and the same was

noted in Asia, except for the Japanese yen.

Tetangco said the yen and the US dollar benefitted from this development as safe haven currencies.

He, however, pointed out that the “peso remained in the middle of the pack” even with the local currencies deprecia-tion.

”We can expect volatility in

BSP confident Phl fundamentals enough to counter Brexit impact

Savemore to open in Cotabato

SENATOR Cynthia A. Villar on Friday underscored the need to enhance the

country’s food sector compet-itiveness due to its huge po-tential to help spur economic growth.

“In my capacity as a legis-lator, I want to add to those im-petuses that will create further growth and development in food and agriculture through various legislation,” said Villar in a press statement.

She stressed that these legislation will make Filipino food entrepreneurs and com-panies globally competitive.

“We really have a lot of good things going in the Phil-ippine agriculture sector that of course greatly affect the growth of the food industry as well. The momentum is here,” said Villar.

Being the chairperson of the Senate Agriculture and Food committee, Villar said she went on official trips last year and attended various food events in Rome, Venice, and Germany.

She said the food events included the World Food Day celebration in Milan, the Ple-nary Session of the Committee on Food Security of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, and the Anuga Food Fair in Cologne, Germany, among oth-ers.

She said it was the coun-try’s 18th participation at Anu-ga. She related that last year’s Philippine pavilion featured total of 35 food-exporting com-panies, represented by over 96

delegates from the food sector.“And our participation

was expected to generate US$ 52.80 million or Php2.376 bil-lion in export sales, which was further expected to provide an estimated 45,520 new job op-portunities for our fellow Fili-pinos,” said Villar.

The senator was the guest speaker during the 10th Ma-nila Foods and Beverages Expo (MAFBEX), which has been providing companies involved with food and beverage with an ideal platform to promote their product, held at World Trade Center Metro Manila.

She commended MAFBEX for providing a big help to food-related companies and entrepreneurs.

“I have also been attending various trade fairs and expos here and abroad. And I know that many of the participants are ‘food entrepreneurs’ which are under the category agri-en-trepreneurs,” said Villar.

Furthermore, Villar said he is aware that half of the micro, small, and medium enterpris-es or MSMEs in the country are involved in the food and bever-age sector.

She said MSMEs comprise more than 98 percent of the businesses in the country and provide more than 65 percent of jobs.

“So, expos such as MAF-BEX, play a very important role in the growth of trade and business in the country. On top of that, provides invaluable service and support to entre-preneurs and MSMEs,” added Villar. (PNA)

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EDITORIALA second chance

THE search for the country’s next sports officials is over and the emergence of former Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman and erstwhile head of

the Davao City Sports Development Office William “Butch” Ramirez is not surprising.

From the time of the campaign, it has already been antic-ipated that Ramirez will be the man around President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s circle with a longer track record in sports administration.

The announcement was forthcoming as soon as Duterte sealed the presidency but was only held in abeyance pend-ing the announcement of the first line of officials in the Cab-inet.

A few days after Duterte became the presumptive Pres-ident-elect, his spokesperson announced Ramirez was not interested. This week, Ramirez said he has accepted Duter-

te’s offer to return to the government sports agency.Ramirez will be joined in the PSC board by an interesting

mix of commissioners—basketball legend Ramon Fernan-dez, sportswriter Charles Maxey, Pencak Silat head Cecil Ki-ram, and PSC department head Arnold Agustin.

Other than Fernandez, the new commissioners are rela-tively unknowns handpicked by Ramirez himself.

As for his second chance at the PSC, Ramirez vowed to continue his unfinished business of creating the Philippine Sports Institute patterned after that of the Northern Terri-tory in Darwin, Australia, and the establishment of regional training centers in the key regions of the country where tal-ents abound.

With Ramirez back at the helm, it is expected that sports development will have a fresh shot in the arm and the balance of development with the provinces will be realized soon.

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THREE years ago, a pastor from another city accepted a call to a church in Davao. A week after he arrived, he decided to roam around

the city. He rode a jeepney and gave the driver a crispy twenty-peso bill. There were so many pas-sengers and it took the driver two minutes before he was able to give the pastor his change.

The pastor counted the change and he dis-covered that the driver had accidentally given him a peso more than what he was to receive. As he considered what to do, he thought to him-self, “You’d better give the peso back. It would be wrong to keep it.”

Then he thought, “Oh, forget it, it’s only a peso. Who would worry about this little amount? Anyway, the driver gets too much fare; he will never miss it. Accept it as a ‘gift from God’ and keep quiet.”

Then he was almost at his destination, he went near to the driver and handed the peso. “Here, you gave me too much change,” he said.

The driver, with a smile, replied, “Aren’t you the new pastor near our area? I have been think-ing a lot lately about going somewhere to wor-ship. I just wanted to see what you would do if I gave you too much change. I’ll see you at church on Sunday.”

“Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom,” says American president Thomas Jef-ferson. Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie agrees. In an interview, she was quoted as saying, “I’m just honest, I like that I don’t have to worry about what I say. I really don’t have the time or energy to pretend and I don’t want to live that way.”

Dr. Madison Sarratt, who taught mathe-matics at Vanderbilt University for many years, before giving a test, would admonish his class something like this: “Today, I am giving two ex-aminations – one in trigonometry and the other in honesty. I hope you will pass them both. If you must fail one, fail trigonometry. There are many

people in the world who can’t pass trigonom-etry, but there is no one who can’t pass the exam-ination of hon-esty.”

This brings us to the story shared by Anne Heagney about Oscar-winning actor Burt Lan-caster.

As a poor boy growing up in New York City, Lancaster had the usual boy-ish cravings for cream puffs, chocolates, and ice cream. A quarter looked big to him.

One day, he stood on a corner in front of a bank; he looked down and saw a $20 bill lying in the gutter. It was the largest amount of money he had ever set eyes on and his heart fairly jumped for joy at his great discovery.

He leaned down, picked up the bill and put it in his pocket. He was thinking of the joy it would give his mother when he ran home with his prize. As he stood there dreaming of the de-licious things he could now buy, an elderly lady approached him. He noticed how worried and upset she looked.

“You didn’t see a $20 bill, did you sonny?” she asked. And she explained how she had cashed a check for that amount at the bank to buy some articles that were badly needed for her family. She was in tears when she said, “I don’t know what I’ll do if I don’t find it. I must have dropped it near here somewhere…”

Lancaster’s fingers closed on the bill; a pic-ture flashed through his mind of the good things

all that money could buy. He must have been strongly tempted to keep what he’d found even though he knew it would be wrong. Still, he could have said, “Sorry, lady, I didn’t see your money.”

Instead, he pulled out the bill, “You did lose it here, Ma’am. I found it.” And he handed over the twenty-dollar bill.

The look of joy on her tired, anxious face sent a warm glow to his heart. She thanked him and went away with a light step. The actor recalled it as the happiest memory of his life.

American billionaire Warren Buffett said it well: “Honesty is a very expensive gift. Don’t ex-pect it from cheap people.” James E. Faust has this to say: “Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.”

“There is no well-defined boundary between honesty and dishonesty,” American author O. Henry pointed out. “The frontiers of one blend with the outside limits of the other, and he who attempts to tread this dangerous ground may be sometimes in one domain and sometimes in the other.”

It reminds me of the story of two women rid-ing a bus. One of them realized she hadn’t paid her fare yet. “I’ll go right up and pay it,” she said. “Why bother?” her companion told her. “You got away with it, so what?”

“I’ve found that honesty always pays,” the other said virtuously, and went up to pay the driver. After that, she went back to her place and told her companion. “See, I told you. Honesty re-ally pays. I handed the driver 20 pesos and he gave me 40 pesos change.”

These days, people look honesty at different manner. For instance, ethics is very important to successful businessmen. One executive explains it this way; “For example, an old customer paid his account today with five hundred peso bill. As he was leaving, I discovered that he had mistak-

enly given me two five hundred peso bills stuck together. Immediately, a question of ethics arose: should I tell my partner?”

But honesty still abounds here and abroad. A taxi driver who returns the money that was left in his the vehicle he was driving. A laundry woman who delivered the diamond ring left in the pocket of the pants she was washing to the owner herself. A high school student who failed his final examination because he didn’t want to cheat, unlike his classmates.

“It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them,” Mark Twain said. In the mid-1980’s researchers at Cleveland State University made a startling discovery. They conducted an experiment by creating two fictitious job candidates David and John.

The candidates had identical resumes and letters of reference. The only difference was that John’s letter included the sentence “Sometimes, John can be difficult to get along with.” They showed the resumes to a number of personnel directors.

Which candidate did the personnel directors overwhelmingly prefer? Difficult to get along with, John. The researchers concluded the criti-cism of John made praise of John more believable. Admitting John’s wart actually helped sell John. Admitting flaws gives a person more credibility.

Now, I know a lot of people when they are on the brink of dying, they will be honest to admit and tell the truth, and nothing but the truth. For as Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, puts it: “With death comes honesty.”

Should you wait for that day to come before you become honest? “Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become hab-its. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.”

IT is uncommon knowledge that a German, who enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in the Philippine Constabulary (PC), once gov-

erned Davao, serving the bureaucracy with dedi-cation, expertise and excellence.

German legacy in Davao region dates back to over 100 years, and this included mission-ary activities, financial grants, commodities and foods that bear indisputable German trademarks.

In the field of technical assistance granted through financial cooperation signed by the Ger-man and Filipino governments, these were spent for port development and building of medical institutions, to name just a few. In recent times, German legacy has extended to Education with the opening of an institute offering German Lan-guage at a local state-funded university.

In trade, Germany was one of the export markets of Davao logs during the logging boom in the 1950’s. These raw materials were returned to the country as finished products.

In recent years, abaca, then one of the re-gion’s global products, has found its niche in some of German-made automobiles and uphol-steries.

Gilsheuser, the governorBorn on Sept. 20, 1881, in Hessen, Germa-

ny, Captain Henry (Heinrich) Gilsheuser (spelled popularly, though erroneously, as Gilhouser in books and newspaper accounts) was educated in the public schools of Germany and New York City. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1898 and served in the Spanish-American War. On March 9, 1903, he was appointed third lieutenant in the PC, ris-ing to the rank of lieutenant colonel.

He was district secretary of Cotabato (Nov. 12, 1906 - April 20, 1908) and ater reappoint-

ed to the same post (Jan.16, 1909 – Dec. 31, 1910). He was also governor of the Province of Lanao twice (1910-1912; 1 9 1 5 - 1 9 1 7 ) where he left a legacy of civil and industrial development before retiring. In 1910, Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of the military and governor of the Department for Mindanao and Sulu, appointed him governor of Davao (Jan. 1, 1910–Jan. 31, 1912).

Gilsheuser’s qualities were recognized by Governor-General Francis Burton Harrison, the American colonial administrator in the country (October 1913 - February 1921), who appointed him chief lieutenant “in the work of civilization and organized government.” The recognition was largely inspired by the achievements he accom-plished as a civil service official.

Civilian lifeAfter retiring from the civilian government,

Gilsheuser became a branch manager of the Stan-dard Vacuum Oil Company until 1937. When war broke out, Commonwealth President Manuel L. Quezon appointed him Fuel and Transportation administrator in the Civilian Emergency Admin-istration. As a prisoner of war, he was interned at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) and after

liberation, was put in charge of the Emergency Control Commission by second Commonwealth President Sergio Osmeña.

Under Manuel A. Roxas, the first post-war elected president under the Third Republic, he was appointed to the US-Philippines War Dam-age Commission. For his contribution to the Phil-ippine government, in March 1960, by order of the national defense secretary, he was awarded the Philippine Legion of Honor, with the rank of officer.

In private life, he was married to Philema Tackaberry in 1914. The union bore a daughter but the child died in a car accident in 1935 in Los Angeles, California, USA; she was only 20 years old. A Freemason since 1912, ‘Uncle Harry,’ as he was fondly known, died at the Lourdes Hospital in Manila on Feb. 27, 1964 at the ripe age of 83, as the Grand Secretary General, Supreme Coun-cil, A.A.S.R. of Freemasonry.

Technical aidThrough the decades, German assistance to

the Filipinos, including relief and disaster assis-tance, has been in the millions of deutschmarks (DM), the German currency.

Historically, a year before Davao was con-quered by Basque judge Don Jose Oyanguren y Cruz, the first German consular office was estab-lished in Manila in 1849. For instance, the Ger-man Evangelical Church, in the sixties, donated a multi-million building and equipment to the Bro-kenshire Memorial Hospital, a Protestant hos-pital in Davao City. Part of that assistance came from the German Federal Government.

In 1969, the port of Davao got a share from the DM12.5-million grant the German govern-ment extended under a financial cooperation

for the rehabilitation of ports. Another funding amounting to DM2 million was earmarked for the preparation of the Master Plan Study of the Port of Davao (Sasa wharf), which was prepared from June 1979 to December 1980.

CongregationsAs a Catholic country, the Philippines has

much in common with Germany, a predomi-nantly Protestant country, when it comes to the spread of Christianity. Two of the three religious congregations founded by St. Arnold Jannsen have opened branches in Davao City.

Janssen, born on Nov. 5, 1837 in Goch, Ger-many, was ordained priest on Aug. 15, 1861. He founded three religious congregations, namely: the Societas Verbi Divini (SVD, 1875) the Mis-sionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit (SSps, 1889), and the Sister Servants of the Holy Spirit of Perpetual Adoration (SSpSAP, Sept. 8, 1896).

The SVD priests took over the management of the Saint Francis Xavier Regional Major Sem-inary at Catalunan Grande, Davao City, in the 1980’s from the Foreign Mission Society of Que-bec (PME Fathers), while the SSpSAp, also known as the Pink Sisters, holds court at the Holy Spirit Adoration Convent, along Seminary Road, Cata-lunan Grande, Davao City.

In the field of Education, the German lan-guage has been introduced at the state-funded University of Southeastern Philippines at Obrero, Davao City. One of the institute’s most visible pro-fessors is expatriate journalist-professor Klaus Doring, a court translator and interpreter certi-fied by the German, Swiss and Austrian embas-sies in Manila, and a businessman who has made Davao his home since 1999. Soon, a German con-sulate will be opened in the city.

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too numerous to mention here but someday, we will welcome all of you to visit the area. All these would not have come to be, without the foresight of a lady who has transformed Davao Oriental into a show-case of her performance in the areas of health, agriculture, eco-tourism, environment, ed-ucation, arts and culture, and an indomitable spirit of flexi-bility and resiliency in the af-termath of the fury of typhoon Pablo. We cannot cite another public servant whose accom-plishment are par excellence,” Sunga said.

Governor Malanyaon served an active member of the Girl Scouts. During the visit she thanked the council mem-bers for their appreciation.

“I am happy to be able to contribute and becoming a part of a noble cause. I hope that the donated property which is now developed into a beautiful campsite will not only help in nurturing and de-veloping young girls to become responsible and productive citizens of the society but will also allow them to create beau-tiful friendships and memo-ries,” Malanyaon said.

one hour away from the city’s downtown area.

“The construction of the project was already eighty to ninety percent completed,” Bermudo said, adding it will be available for individuals affect-

ed by calamities such as floods, earthquakes, and fire.

The facility was inaugurat-ed August last year and was at-tended by incoming President Rodrigo R. Duterte. CHENEEN R. CAPON

rector Desiderio Cabanlit, a new active fault was discov-ered when their office its 10-year fault map.

It has a distance of 320 Km that stretches out from Surigao City to Mati City in Davao Oriental.

Based on their study, they found out that in 1893, Com-postela Valley province was hit by a 7.2 magnitude quake followed by the quake in Siga-boy in 1924.

“If an earthquake with intensity 7.2 happens again in Compostela Valley Prov-ince, Davao will immediately felt a 7.0-7.1 magnitude and ground shaking could reach the Davao city in less than a minute,” Cabanlit said.

Prior to the 5.2 magni-tude quake in Governor Gen-eroso on Saturday afternoon, a 4.4 magnitude was felt in Maihatag, Surigao Del Sur at 10:02 AM on the same day.

who have the courage to object the mandates of any govern-ment officials who are involved in illegal activities.

Dela Rosa said that the existing 15 regional directors have failed to do their jobs be-cause the drug situation in our country is still the same.

Earlier this month, Pres-

ident-elect Rodrigo Duterte revealed that there are politi-cians as well as three generals who are into illegal drug activ-ities.

Duterte even warned the generals to resign from their posts while he is not yet the president or he will humiliate them publicly.

go Duterte who will take his oath of office come June 30.

He said that the NPAs and its allied groups now have resorted to intimidation and deceptive tactics in hiding the real purpose of the said rally which is the commemoration of the death anniversary of Pitao.

“Parago was a known notorious NPA criminal who has several standing warrant of arrests for various crimes ranging from murder, multiple frustrated murder and rob-bery. He further gained notori-ety as an NPA Leader in South-ern Mindanao since late 80’s,” the army statement added.

Batchar also issued a warning to residents in the region on the real motive and intention of the NDFP and the NPA in the area.

“They wanted to gener-ate a number of people and draw a big crowd to highlight the deeds of alias Parago, the cause for armed revolution and failures of the govern-

ment,” Batchar said, adding that approaches used by the group include offers of mon-etary payments in cash or in goods, field trips or meeting key government officials to ad-dress their needs.

“We fully realize that some civilians are not fully aware that they are just being de-ceived. Our purpose is to pro-tect the people from manip-ulation and exploitation. The NDFP-SMR will obviously do deceptive tactics to vent out several political objectives at the expensed of hapless civil-ians.”

Batchar also stressed that the 10th ID fully respect the people’s right towards peace-ful assembly as part of the freedom of expression and that they are also protecting the people from any exploita-tion.

“As part of our mandate, the 10th ID will remain as the people’s servant and will re-main committed in preserving the democratic way of life.”

she rendered to the constit-uents of Sarangani province. Board Member Elmer de Per-alta will serve as the next vice governor of the province.

But her colleagues in poli-tics are buoyant for her chanc-es of a political comeback, the statement added, saying that even Governor Solon ex-pressed belief that the outgo-ing vice governor will be back to serve her constituents in Sarangani province.

“This might be your last session as the vice governor but I truly believe in my heart that in the future, you’ll be re-turning in some other capaci-ty,” the governor said.

In her message, Vice Gov-ernor Jinkee said relinquish-ing her seat as presiding offi-cer of the Sangguniang Pan-lalawigan does not connote of totally renouncing public engagements.

She pointed out that her husband, senator-elect Man-ny Pacquiao will soon serve the country and that she could still take part Manny’s programs and services to the people.

The vice governor also enumerated the remarkable legislations of the Sanggunian under her leadership and as-sured that the benefits of such accomplishments have all re-dounded to the advantage of the people of Sarangani.

The 428 resolutions and 71 ordinances which the SP legislated within three years have backed up various pro-grams of the provincial gov-ernment, she stressed.

Among the legislations in-clude hospital enhancement, water systems, employee’s benefits, acquisition of new heavy equipment, family care, office advancement and assis-tance to various government and non-government organi-zations.

Vice Governor Jinkee also underscored the ordinances on the selection of the manda-tory indigenous people’s rep-resentative to the Sanggunian.

Legislations also helped establish breastfeeding sta-tions in government work-

places and the systems on effective maternal newborn child health and nutrition im-plementation in the province.

The World Bank’s Water and Sanitation Program had endorsed Vice Governor Jin-kee as their ambassadress for sanitation as she successful-ly launched her advocacy to eliminate open defecation in Sarangani.

In fact, the statement add-ed, the provinces of Negros Oriental and Sultan Kudarat have already studied the vice governor’s initiative dubbed as “Jinkeenation” that will be replicated in their respective provinces.

She also emphasized in her message that her role as presiding officer had given her the unique opportunity to un-derstand better what it is that makes the democratic form of government works.

She also thanked her col-leagues in the Sanggunian for the privilege, cooperation and support. ALEXANDER D. LOPEZ

domestic markets in the near term,” he added.

BSP Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo said UK’s exit from the EU is “an unfa-miliar terrain for UK” since UK and EU “share many years of important trading and invest-ment linkages.”

“Hence, such an annul-ment could bring about un-wanted consequences on both the real sector and the finan-cial markets on both sides of the English Channel,” he said, noting that this is also what is causing the volatilities both in the bourses and currencies.

Guingundo explained that “dynamics of capital flows from emerging markets is also likely to be affected and hence, we would be feeling the fall out as we did today when the Asian regional currencies dropped precipitously and eq-uities market profusely bled.”

He said the BSP is “closely monitoring the foreign cur-rency market” and assured the public that “we remain prepared to act in order to en-sure orderly transactions and smooth wild volatility.”

He also stressed that “the flexible exchange rate regime

(in the Philippines) would be able to absorb the necessary adjustments should they be necessary.”

“After all, the market should be assured of the strength of the Philippine mac-roeconomy and the banking system as well as the comfort-able level of both our foreign exchange reserves and the for-eign exchange deposits in the banks,” he added.

Central bank data show that as of end-May 2016, the country’s gross international reserves (GIR) amounts to USD 83.5 billion, enough to cover 10.4 months’ worth of imports of goods and payments of ser-vices and income. (PNA)

DAVAO City is positioned to be the “broadcasting hub” of Mindanao with state-

of-the-art broadcasting facilities, incoming Presidential Commu-nications and Operations Secre-tary Martin Andanar said.

Andanar said in an inter-view at the opening of “Rody Duterte Through the Years” pho-to exhibit the at the Abreeza Mall that he will propose to incoming

President Rodrigo R. To put up high-technology television and radio stations in the city.

He said he doesn’t know how much it would cost, but Filipinos should expect a ma-jor overhaul in the state-run People’s Television and Radyo ng Bayan for it to deliver better services.

“We haven’t gotten into the investments or the monetary

level, how much it will cost us to build a state-of-the-art broad-cast facility in Davao. But it is definitely one of our dreams and our visions to set up a broadcast facility that will make Davao the broadcast hub of Mindanao,” he said.

He said he is also planning to merge Philippine News Agen-cy and the Philippine Informa-tional Agency to rationalize their

functions.“There are so many over-

lapping activities between PNA and PIA. So, one of the best ways to make the government more efficient is to rationalize it and break down. Break down the barriers and find out where we can work efficiently and togeth-er find a common denominator,” he said. (Antonio L. Colina IV/MindaNews)

Davao City eyed as ‘broadcasting hub’

Mango unveiled their bigger, better retail space - all 817 square meters of it - with offerings for wom-en, men and the much-awaited line for kids. It was an ushering in of greater things to come for this Spanish retail giant in our beloved city and the team behind Mango Phil-ippines decided to push their stride further by in-viting one of the brand’s ambassadors to help its fans in Davao fully ex-plore what the brand can offer. Seeing Tricia talk about Mango brought back fond memories of when I was younger and just newly exploring the brand my-self. Being one of the most popular high street brands

the world over since it opened its doors in Barce-lona in 1984, I was drawn to how it can dress the modern city girl for ca-sual days, dressier nights and look chic for work in between. When I had presentations at school and later on for work that called for affordable yet sharp corporate attire, Mango was my brand. Their collections have be-come more well-rounded since their early days in the country back in 1999 and a younger sensibility with an assuredness style-wise seems to prevail with both models of the moment and style icons starring in

most of their campaigns. With over thirty stores nationwide, the brand is not only well-known but is considered to be in the high street frontier. Mango’s staying power in the country is not un-like how Tricia has man-aged to maintain her blog and online persona as one of the most followed. Both

have stayed true to their core identities, striking a strong chord of admira-tion from many. The inti-mate meet and greet that day saw Tricia sharing her style tips and answering questions from guests. A short presentation she had personally prepared fol-lowed, with many high-lights from Mango’s cur-rent collections shown to full advantage. Staying self-effacing and candid all throughout the affair, she covered points such as balance, key closet must-haves for both men and women, layering and thinking through the color of your ensembles.

IT WAS AN EARLY CALL WITH EV-ERYONE GREETING EACH OTHER GOOD MORNING. It was good indeed as Abreeza Mall’s Fashion Forum gathered the local media and bloggers last June 11 to have a look inside the Mango megastore located at the ground floor of the mall and to meet online blogging superstar Tricia Gosingtian who pens, designs and stars in her blog Tri-cia Will Go Places.

STYLE

EDGEDAVAOINdulge!

I was drawn to how it can dress

the modern city girl for casual days,

dressier nights and look chic for work

in between.

Tricia delivers a presentation on her personal styling tips.

Mango makes waves in Davao

The things that Tricia shared were as thought through as her outfit posts and there was a subdued quality to how she car-ried herself that made her seem more effortless. A look around Mango’s me-gastore revealed much of the same. To wear their clothes is to be at ease and confident, like you have unlocked the secret to expressing yourself with-out overdoing it. Having a store that carries most the brand’s lineup right at our doorstep is pretty

much icing on the cake and there will be legions of shoppers who will be willing to partake. Visit Mango at the Ground Floor of Abreeza Mall. For inquiries and updates on Abreeza Mall news and events, please visit the Main Concierge at the ground floor or call (082) 321-9332. Stay up-dated by liking www.face-book.com/AbreezaMall and following @abreeza-tweets on Twitter and @iloveabreezamall on Ins-tagram.

Tricia answers questions from the media and the audience.

Tricia with the Abreeza Mall marketing team.


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WITH EVER MORE EVENTS HAPPENING IN AND AROUND DURIANBURG ONE MAY FIND IT DIFFICULT TO FIND PROPER SMART SPACES TO HOLD MEMORABLE EVENTS. Recognising this, Park Inn by Radisson Davao went one step bigger by launching a new and bigger function room last June 16 which was led by Area Director for Sales and Marketing Ann Olalo and attended by the hotel’s business partners, guests, and media friends.

“We noticed that Davao City has been on an up-tick when it comes to tourists as well as conven-tions,” said Ann, “Davao has a good balance of out-door adventure as well as tourism attractions and with this influx of tourism activities we see the need to provide more flexible spaces for these meetings.” Although Park Inn has four smaller func-tion rooms which can be joined to form two big-ger event venues, it is only now that all four function rooms can be combined to form the Lanzones Func-tion Room, the hotel’s largest smart event space that is perfect for meet-ings, weddings, birthdays, and other joyous celebra-tion. This was highlighted by live dioramas featur-ing event designs by Party Deco. The dioramas por-trayed breathtaking table arrangements for debuts,

weddings, meetings and birthday parties. Stunning cakes by Sweet Advocate were also highlighted on the table set-up. The event was also the venue for Park Inn by Radisson Davao to intro-duce their newly appoint-ed Hotel Manager Eme-lyn Rosales who officially launched the Meaningful

Moments at Park Inn by Radisson Davao. “You have seen earlier the live dioramas of all the pos-sible moments and events that you all can organize here in the hotel.” said Emelyn. “We hope that with these visuals, you are able to imagine what your events would be if you

have them here. We would like to extend our grati-tude and thanks to all our client partners, friends from the media and all who take part in making our business a success.” she added. The event was conclud-ed with cocktails, live en-tertainment, a raffle draw and merrymaking.


THERE IS NO STOPPING THE MAGICAL SPELL OF ENCANTADIA as the cast of the much anticipated Kapuso primetime series is off to Davao this Sunday (June 26) to meet their fans.

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StarStudio welcomes July with a hot back-to-back cover featuring two extraordinary men: the 16th President of the Philippines, Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte, and the controversial Joel Cruz. Read about the private life of Digong, his family, and leadership style, and get a glimpse of what his presidency would look like in this important feature—with photos from master lensman Edwin Tuyay. Said to be ‘crazy’ with his impossibly ostentatious choices in life, megabucks ‘celebrity scents’ businessman Joel Cruz shows us completely the opposite—he shares how to create a life that is successful and happy with his four beautiful kids. Starstudio also shares with you an exclusive tour of his

four mansions in Manila, Tagaytay, Baguio, and the United States, his yacht, and his many big and fancy pursuits. In line with the recent election, StarStudio also features the captivating cuties who instantly

won the hearts of many. Among those who stole the hearts of the people are Sebastian “Baste” Duterte, Brian Poe Llamanzares, Paolo Roxas, and Luis Hontiveros. Also read the fun and

cool exclusive feature on vice president Leni Robredo’s daughters: Aika, Tricia, and Jillian as they share their family life and thoughts about the possible changes they’ll face in the next six years. All these and more in StarStudio Magazine’s July 2016 issue, available from ABS-CBN Publishing. ABS-CBN Publishing, Inc. (API) is the magazine media and book publishing arm of ABS-CBN Corporation. It is the publisher of leading l o c a l l y - d e v e l o p e d magazine titles such as Metro, Metro Society, Metro Home & Entertaining, Food, Starstudio, Working Mom, Chalk, and Vault. Since 2011, API’s brands have had the distinction of garnering six Asian Publishing Awards, the most of any Philippine publisher.

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fever. Last June 11, the official trailer of the Encantadia requel was launched at the TOYCON 2016 + POP LIFE FanXperience. The actors who are part of the series were introduced on stage wearing their Encantadia outfit. It was the first time the Sang’gres were also seen wearing their royal costumes. Last May 21,

thousands of Kapuso fans also welcomed the Encantadia cast in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija during the Kapuso Mall Show. The Binatbatan Festival in Vigan City, Ilocus Sur, meanwhile, was made more colorful with Encantadia’s participation last May 7. “We know that like the rest of the country, our Kapusong Davaoeños

are eager to meet the faces behind the new Encantadia. This is why we really made it a point to bring the cast closer to them,” said GMA Senior Assistant Vice President and Head of Regional Business Development Division Oliver Amoroso. “As much as the fans are excited for the return of this groundbreaking series, we are also happy to share with them the

All set to mesmerize their Davaoeño supporters are the new Sang’gres Kylie Padilla, Gabbi Garcia, Sanya Lopez, and Glaiza de Castro together with their co-stars Rocco Nacino and Ruru Madrid.

They will have a Kapuso Mall Show at the Gaisano Mall in Tagum at 4 p.m. Encantadia director Mark Reyes will join the cast for a press interview earlier that day. The country continues to catch the Encantadia

new things that they have to look forward to in this requel. And there is no better way to do this than have the lead stars go to Davao to meet their fans,” he added. To know more about the Network’s regional events, follow GMA on Facebook at w w w.facebook .com/gmanetwork and GMA Regional TV at w w w.facebook .com/GMARegionalTV and on Twitter and Instagram via @GMARegionalTV.


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AN AFTERNOON OF ICED TEA AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT filled the air at the Marco Polo Davao’s Presidential Suite for the launch of the Signature Earl Grape Iced Tea. General Manager Dottie Wurgler-Cronin welcomed the women leaders of Davao for the first GM’s High Tea and Talk session. Among the guests were food writer and tourism consultant Baby Montemayor, businesswom-an and Hijos de Davao past-president Jackie Dizon, chef and restaurateur Carmina del Rosario, resort-owner Gene Bangayan, business wom-an and fashionista Marga Nograles, hotelier and busi-ness-owner Marissa Tionko and business woman and JCI Davao Senate president Jocy Ledesma. The afternoon talk gave an opportunity for the women to discuss social is-sues and projects especially for tourism. “It’s a refreshing yet pro-ductive afternoon to be with fellow ladies of Davao where we met and shared our proj-ects and concerns not just

in the business but with the tourism sector as a whole over a delicious glass of iced tea”, shares GM Dottie Wur-gler-Cronin. Restaurants, Bars and Events Manager Chel Galang-Yabut later shared the story behind the signature iced tea that was presented to

Marco Polo Davao unveils signature iced tea with women movers of Davao

the ladies. She explains “this innovation emerged as the winner from all Marco Polo properties as the most unique and refreshing iced tea con-coction.” The refreshing beverage is now available in all res-taurants and bars of Marco Polo Davao. For Php275+,

guests can enjoy the cold earl grey tea poured over seedless green grapes and two types of iced cubes made from el-derflower syrup and earl grey tea. It is also served with a freshly baked lokum or Turk-ish delight to help accentuate the various flavors of the bev-erage.

Marco Polo Davao General Manager Dottie Wurgler-Cronin, Gene Bangayan, Baby Montemayor, Jocy Ledesma, Marissa Tionko, Jackie Dizon and Marga Nograles.

GM Dottie Wurgler-Cronin, Jocy Ledesma, Baby Montemayor, Carmina del Rosario, (sitting) Gene Bangayan and Marga Nograles.

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Rockets tab Chinese giantCHINESE seven-footer

Zhou Qi took one step closer to his NBA dream

after getting selected by the Houston Rockets in the sec-ond round of the 2016 NBA Draft on Thursday (Friday in Manila).

The draft marked the first time that two players from Chi-na got selected, as Wang Zhelin was also drafted by the Mem-phis Grizzlies.

The 7’2″ Zhou, a vital cog of the Chinese national squad that beat Gilas Pilipinas in the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship final, was picked 43rd. He was among the 26 international players who heard their names called in the annual draft.

He was chosen by no less than the Rockets, a team that has a huge following in China. The NBA club still enjoys pop-ularity there ever since they drafted Chinese basketball legend Yao Ming with the top overall pick in 2002.

Zhou’s name had been included in mock drafts, al-though some had expected him to be chosen in the first round.

Some NBA scouts have expressed doubt about the readiness of the 20-year-old Zhou whose lanky frame could see him struggle in elite NBA action.

Zhou was recognized as the best center of the FIBA Asia tilt last year where China edged out the Philippines for a spot in the 2016 Rio Olympics. He also played alongside Gilas Pilipinas naturalized player Andray Blatche at the Chinese league’s Xinjiang Flying Tigers.

Like Zhou, the 7’0″ Wang has also been part of China’s past campaigns in the interna-tional scene.

Their partnership formed China’s young “Great Wall” which proved to be an import-ant factor in last year’s FIBA Asia.

AGAINST THE GILAS. China’s Zhou Qi (right) jockeys for position against Pilipinas Gilas forward Ranidel de Ocampo.

GILAS Pilipinas gets a feel of tournament compe-tition for the first and

only time before the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Ma-nila when it plays in a four-na-tion pocket tournament in Ita-ly starting Saturday.

The Filipinos play the host team in their initial outing in the meet that also features fel-low Olympic hopeful Canada and outright qualifier China,

which clash in the day’s other featured match.

First-day winners and los-ers then face off in the cross-over phase on Sunday.

Andray Blatche and Co. can expect to have their hands full against the host team, two-time Olympic silver medalists which will parade a lineup that has three NBA players in Dani-lo Galinari, Andrea Bargnani, Marco Belinelli.

Both Manila and Italy in-cidentally, are hosts to two of three simultaneous qualifiers - the other one in Serbia - to be played from July 5-10 to deter-mine the final three qualifiers for the 2016 Rio De Janeiro Olympics.

The pocket tournament caps the national team’s three-week training camp in Europe that saw the Fili-pinos spend nine days

in the mountains of Kapernisi, Greece, before travelling to Is-tanbul to play a tune-up with Turkey, which they lost, 103-68.

On Sunday, Gilas coach Tab Baldwin will announce the final 12-man lineup for the qualifier after which, the team returns to Manila the following

day.

ALBERT Pagara finally settled in San Francisco two

weeks before taking on the toughest test of his promising career.

But before leaving the famed Wild Card gym in Los Angeles that has been his home for almost two months, Pagara re-ceived some encouraging words from the gym’s fa-mous owner.

Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach vocally de-clared the unbeaten Paga-ra one of the best Filipino fighters in the world right now, morale-boosting words for the 22-year-old warrior leading to his super-bantamweight fight against Cesar Juarez of Mexico on July 9 at the San Mateo Event Center in San Francisco.

“I think he may be a future champion,” said

Roach, trainer of the re-tired legendary boxer Manny Pacquiao, who managed to observe Pa-gara in training daily at the gym.

Pagara is unbeaten in 26 fights, with 18 via KOs. He is currently ranked no. 2 by the World Boxing Organization (WBO) and holds the WBO Intercontinental jr. bantam-weight belt.

B u t Juarez could yet prove to be the biggest challenge so far for the Filipino.

The Mexican (17-5, 13 KOs) is just two years older than Pagara and was the one who gave reigning WBO super-ban-tamweight champion No-nito Donaire Jr. a tough fight last December be-

fore losing via unanimous decision.

Pagara’s broth-er, Jason, will co-headline the fight card of P inoy Pride 3 7 :

F i s t s of the Fu t u re as he bat-tles Mexi- can Abraham Alva-rez in a 10-round light-welterweight match.

Roach thinks Pagara willbe next Pinoy world champ

Gilas see action in 4-team tourney TONY Lascuña nailed his third victory on the ICT-SI Philippine Golf Tour,

completing a pressure-free, season-best 11-shot romp over Zanieboy Gialon and Or-lan Sumcad yesterday with an eagle-spiked 67 and moving two wins away from matching his five-title feat in a banner 2014 campaign.

Lascuña turned the final round into a victory walk af-ter virtually sealing the win as early as Friday when he went unassailably ahead by eight over Sumcad, Michael Bibat, Jay Bayron and Marvin Dumandan at the Forest Hills Golf and Country Club here.

Sumcad fell farther back with an early bogey in the final round but the long-hit-ting shotmaker fought back with six birdies in a nine-hole stretch from No. 3, cutting Las-cuña’s lead to five with seven holes left in a flight ahead of

the final group.But he dou-

ble-bogeyed the difficult No. 12 and Lascuña, who gunned down three b i r d i e s against two bogeys after 12 holes, went six-up again be-fore cap-ping his r o m p w i t h a n eagle and a b i r d -

ie in the last

three holes to bank another P360,000.

The former three-time PGT Order of Merit winner to-taled a 72-hole 16-under 268 effort, wresting early control with 65 and 64 and practically wrapping up the champion-ship in the third round despite a one-over 72 card.

“It’s nice to win again. I’ve been working hard to further improve my game,” said the 46-year-old Lascuña, whose training includes three 18-hole game each week, a two-hour gym workout and road work, keeping him fit on the rolling Forest Hills layout de-spite coming off an Asian Tour campaign in Thailand where he wound up joint 11th last week.

Lascuña’s 11-shot victory also proved to be the biggest winning margin after eight legs of the circuit organized by Pilipinas Golf Tournaments, Inc., besting Mondilla’s eight-stroke triumph over Jhon-nel Ababa at Calatagan last month.

It also moved the ace Davaoeño shotmaker, who ruled the Luisita leg by four over Korean Park Jun Hyeok last April and nipped Japanese Ryoma Miki by one at Eagle Ridge early this month, with-in two victories from equaling his five-title feat two years ago that netted him a third straight OOM title.

Three flights ahead, Gia-lon rammed in four birdies and posed a bogey-free 67 to tie Sumcad, who carded a second 70, at 279 in the event backed by Custom Clubmak-ers, adidas, KZG, Summit Min-eral Water, Srixon, Pacsports, TaylorMade, Sharp and Cham-pion. Each received P195,000.

Bayron ended up with a second 71 for fourth at 280 worth P115,000 while Bi-bat sputtered with a 72 and dropped to joint fifth with Rene Menor, who hobbled with a 72, and 2010 champion Mars Pucay, who shot a 70, at 281.

Lascuña posts record 11-shot F Hills victory

BATTLE-READY. Albert Pagara will spend the final two weeks of training camp for Pinoy Pride 37in San Francisco.


NEW CHALLENGEEdge Davao’s Maxey named to PSCEDGE DAVAO’S Charles

Maxey and two others will complete the cast

of commissioners in the Phil-ippine Sports Commission (PSC) board under the Duter-te administration.

Maxey, editorial consul-tant of this paper, will be joined by Celia Kiram of Pen-cak Silat, and Arnold Agustin, a former PSC employee.

The three will join bas-ketball legend Mon Fernan-dez as commissioners in the Duterte-era PSC board, which will be led by William ‘Butch’ Ramirez in his second stint as head of the government’s sports agency.

Kiram is the president of the Philippine Pencak Si-lat Association and is the wife of the late Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram. She is also a high-ranking official of the Philippine Olympic Commit-tee (POC).

Maxey was a former sports editor of Sunstar Davao and currently an edito-rial consultant handling busi-ness of the Edge Davao news-paper. He was in the staff of Ramirez in the Davao Sports Council and was part of Dute-rte’s media team during the May elections.

Agustin is a longtime PSC employee who became the acting chief of its Assistance and Coordination Division. He was reportedly endorsed by the Iglesia Ni Cristo, which backed Duterte’s candidacy during the last polls.

The three are expected to join Ramirez and Fernan-dez on Tuesday in a meeting with outgoing PSC chairman Richie Garcia to begin the transition process.

Ramirez will serve the PSC for the second time af-ter being the chairman from 2005 to 2009.

CHARLES MAXEY. From sports

journalism to PSC.

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