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SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2015 www.kuwaittimes.net 02 04 Body of Filipino envoy killed in Pakistan crash arrives home Page 04-05-06 Mga fans bulabog, ‘di magkamayaw, tilian sa Kuwait Aiza Seguerra, Nyoy Volante concert sa Kuwait dinumog MANILA: Members of the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation offer prayers in front of the funeral parlor where the coffins carrying victims of the May 13 factory fire are temporarily placed at Valenzuela City in suburban Manila on Friday. Seventy-two people died when the fire tore through the footwear factory in the Philippine capital, authorities said on May 14, as survivors blamed barred windows for the disaster and described sweatshop conditions. —AFP MANILA: Only one in four Filipinos is in favor of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) in the aftermath of the Jan. 25 Mamasapano incident, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said in its latest report. A special survey conducted by the SWS from March 20 to 23 found 23 percent of 1,200 respondents who expressed approval of the BBL, while 48 percent were against it. “A generally favorable attitude toward the peace agreement prevailed until after the Jan. 25 incident in Mamasapano, and in March 2015 attitudes toward the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law were on balance neg- ative throughout the country,” the SWS said. Continued on Page 3 Only 23 percent support BBL: SWS MANILA: Philippine troops overran a bomb factory of Abu Sayyaf militants after a firefight that killed three insurgents and a soldier in the country’s restive south, the military said Friday. Troops on Basilan Island, the birthplace of the Muslim militant Abu Sayyaf move- ment, clashed with 25 rebels who also included one Malaysian on Thursday, said Rear Adm. Reynaldo Yoma, a military task force commander. The four-hour running battle left one soldier dead and seven wounded, and on the side of the militants, three killed and three wounded. Soldiers, however, recovered the body of only one Abu Sayyaf fighter. Troops later entered a camp believed to be used as a bomb factory and a training facility and found various types of homemade boms, Yoma said. The Abu Sayyaf, a loose grouping of around 400 Muslim rebels, has turned to ransom kidnappings, extortion and other crimes to survive years of battle setbacks dealt by U.S. military-backed Philippine offensives. The Abu Sayyaf is one of several Muslim rebel groups operating in the predominantly Christian nation’s south. The biggest rebel movement has signed a peace agreement with the government in exchange for broad autonomy, but the Abu Sayyaf have never been part of any negotiations.—AP 4 killed as Philippine troops clash with Abu Sayyaf MANILA: The deaths of 72 people in a fire that gutted a footwear factory in the Philippine capi- tal has exposed abusive conditions for millions of poor and desperate workers across the nation. The tragedy, in a long row of gated factories in an industrial hub of Manila on Wednesday, was one of the country’s deadliest workplace acci- dents. But the exploitation of the workers at the fac- tory, where lax safety standards caused the fire, is anything but unusual across the Philippines, according to the government and unions. “The deaths should serve as a wake-up call for businessmen to stop these abuses... they should give their employees dignity,” Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz told AFP. Baldoz angrily hit out at the owners of the company that owned the factory, Kentex Manufacturing, branding them as “immoral” and accusing them of a raft of illegal labour practices. The workers, who produced cheap sandals and slippers for the domestic market, were paid well below the minimum wage of 481 pesos ($10.90) a day and were denied a host of legally mandated benefits, survivors of the blaze and victims’ relatives told AFP. They said workers were forced to toil 12-hour days, seven days a week without overtime, had legally-required social security and health insur- ance payments withheld, and were forced to con- stantly inhale foul-smelling chemicals. The government said the fire was caused by welding being carried out near flammable chemi- cals, highlighting what workers described as a casual approach to workplace safety in which there were no fire drills. Authorities have also blamed barred windows on the second floor which trapped many of the workers, leading to their deaths. The lawyer for Kentex, Renato Paraiso said that the steel bars on the windows were intended to prevent theft. “The second floor, where you had the steel mattings, that is [where] the final production is done, so this is where the completed products can easily be thrown from the window where someone can pick them up outside. It is a precau- tion,” he told ABS-CBN television. Alan Tanjusay, spokesman of the largest labour federation in the Philippines, told AFP the situation in the factory mirrored that in many others. “This is a very common situation. This is just one factory but it represents the... kind of facto- ries in this country,” he said. Tanjusay said compliance with safety stan- dards was “really bad” not just in factories, but also construction sites where workers often did not wear protective clothing. Continued on Page 2 Philippine fire death trap highlights sweatshop abuses
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MANILA: Members of the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation offer prayers in front of the funeral parlor where the coffins carryingvictims of the May 13 factory fire are temporarily placed at Valenzuela City in suburban Manila on Friday. Seventy-two people died when the firetore through the footwear factory in the Philippine capital, authorities said on May 14, as survivors blamed barred windows for the disaster anddescribed sweatshop conditions. —AFP
MANILA: Only one in four Filipinos is in favorof the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL)in the aftermath of the Jan. 25 Mamasapanoincident, the Social Weather Stations (SWS)said in its latest report.
A special survey conducted by the SWSfrom March 20 to 23 found 23 percent of1,200 respondents who expressed approval ofthe BBL, while 48 percent were against it.
“A generally favorable attitude toward thepeace agreement prevailed until after the Jan.25 incident in Mamasapano, and in March2015 attitudes toward the proposedBangsamoro Basic Law were on balance neg-ative throughout the country,” the SWS said.
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Only 23 percent
support BBL: SWS
MANILA: Philippine troops overran a bomb factory ofAbu Sayyaf militants after a firefight that killed threeinsurgents and a soldier in the country’s restive south,the military said Friday. Troops on Basilan Island, thebirthplace of the Muslim militant Abu Sayyaf move-ment, clashed with 25 rebels who also included oneMalaysian on Thursday, said Rear Adm. ReynaldoYoma, a military task force commander.
The four-hour running battle left one soldier deadand seven wounded, and on the side of the militants,three killed and three wounded. Soldiers, however,recovered the body of only one Abu Sayyaf fighter.
Troops later entered a camp believed to be usedas a bomb factory and a training facility and foundvarious types of homemade boms, Yoma said.
The Abu Sayyaf, a loose grouping of around 400Muslim rebels, has turned to ransom kidnappings,extortion and other crimes to survive years of battlesetbacks dealt by U.S. military-backed Philippineoffensives.
The Abu Sayyaf is one of several Muslim rebelgroups operating in the predominantly Christiannation’s south. The biggest rebel movement hassigned a peace agreement with the government inexchange for broad autonomy, but the Abu Sayyafhave never been part of any negotiations.—AP
4 killed as Philippine
troops clash
with Abu Sayyaf
MANILA: The deaths of 72 people in a fire thatgutted a footwear factory in the Philippine capi-tal has exposed abusive conditions for millions ofpoor and desperate workers across the nation.
The tragedy, in a long row of gated factories inan industrial hub of Manila on Wednesday, wasone of the country’s deadliest workplace acci-dents.
But the exploitation of the workers at the fac-tory, where lax safety standards caused the fire, isanything but unusual across the Philippines,according to the government and unions.
“The deaths should serve as a wake-up call forbusinessmen to stop these abuses... they shouldgive their employees dignity,” Labor andEmployment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz told AFP.
Baldoz angrily hit out at the owners of thecompany that owned the factor y, KentexManufacturing, branding them as “immoral” andaccusing them of a raft of illegal labour practices.
The workers, who produced cheap sandalsand slippers for the domestic market, were paidwell below the minimum wage of 481 pesos($10.90) a day and were denied a host of legallymandated benefits, survivors of the blaze andvictims’ relatives told AFP.
They said workers were forced to toil 12-hourdays, seven days a week without overtime, hadlegally-required social security and health insur-ance payments withheld, and were forced to con-stantly inhale foul-smelling chemicals.
The government said the fire was caused bywelding being carried out near flammable chemi-cals, highlighting what workers described as acasual approach to workplace safety in whichthere were no fire drills.
Authorities have also blamed barred windowson the second floor which trapped many of theworkers, leading to their deaths.
The lawyer for Kentex, Renato Paraiso said
that the steel bars on the windows were intendedto prevent theft.
“The second floor, where you had the steelmattings, that is [where] the final production isdone, so this is where the completed productscan easily be thrown from the window wheresomeone can pick them up outside. It is a precau-tion,” he told ABS-CBN television.
Alan Tanjusay, spokesman of the largestlabour federation in the Philippines, told AFP thesituation in the factory mirrored that in manyothers.
“This is a very common situation. This is justone factory but it represents the... kind of facto-ries in this country,” he said.
Tanjusay said compliance with safety stan-dards was “really bad” not just in factories, butalso construction sites where workers often didnot wear protective clothing.
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Philippine fire ...
Continued from Page 1The Philippines has very strong labour laws
and a vocal union movement, but the massivenumbers of impoverished people and endemiccorruption throughout society are two key factorsthat allow workers’ exploitation to flourish.
Roughly one quarter of the nation’s 100 mil-lion people live in poverty, which is defined assurviving on about one dollar a day, according togovernment data.
High school dropouts desperate to supportrelatives are particularly easy prey, according tolabour secretary Baldoz.
“They have no regular jobs. When someoneoffers them a job, they grab it,” she said. Baldozsaid President Benigno Aquino’s administration,which has been in power for five years, hadworked hard to improve labour conditions.
She cited the closing down of 10,000 of anestimated 15,000 illegal employment agencies.
Those agencies are an integral part of theexploitation chain because they hire workers ascasuals, allowing companies to turn a blind eye toexploitation such as withholding pensions andpaying below the minimum wage.
Baldoz also pointed to the establishment ofarbitration courts that resolved labour disputes inas little as 30 days. But Baldoz said that factoryowners and labour unions were responsible forensuring that these safety laws were observed.
‘Wolves guarding sheep’This voluntary compliance is one of the big
problems, according to the Labor Party, a smallpolitical group representing workers.
“Voluntary compliance and self-assessmentmeans that the government is asking the wolf toguard the sheep. No wonder the sheep getslaughtered,” party chairman Renato Magtubosaid.
Valenzuela, the industrial district in northernManila where this week’s fire occurred, promotesitself as one of the city’s “premier business and
MANILA: The body of the Philippine ambassador who wasamong those killed in a helicopter crash in Pakistan last weekarrived in his home country Wednesday, with honor guardsand his weeping family receiving his flag-draped casket atManila’s airport.
Ambassador to Pakistan Domingo Lucenario Jr.’s remainswere ferried home by a Pakistani military aircraft, accompa-nied by his wife and son and Pakistan’s minister of commerce,Khurram Dastgir Khan. Filipino honor guards carried the coffinout of the plane and onto the tarmac.
Lucenario’s two weeping daughters, other relatives,Philippine Justice Secretary Leila de Lima and colleagues were
at the airport. The family wept as they hugged each other.One of the daughters, Marian Lucenario, thanked everyone
who condoled and expressed support for her family. “We aredeeply saddened and we miss our father every single day,” shesaid. A viewing and prayer services are scheduled for Friday atthe Department of Foreign Affairs, where the 54-year-oldcareer diplomat spent 35 years in service.
Lucenario and several foreign dignitaries, including theambassador of Norway and the wives of the Malaysian andIndonesian ambassadors, were killed Friday when the helicop-ter transporting them to a ceremony at a ski resort in northernPakistan crashed and caught fire as it was landing.—AP
Body of Filipino envoy killed
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MANILA: An image of Filipino ambassador to Pakistan,Domingo D. Lucenario Jr, is pictured during a memorialceremony in Manila on Friday. Lucenario, along withNorway’s ambassador and the wives of the Malaysianand Indonesian envoys, were killed in a helicopter crashon May 8 in Pakistan’s north as they flew to inspect proj-ects on a three-day trip to Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan ter-ritory where they were set to meet with Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif. —AFP
MANILA: Philippine Air Force pallbearers carry the flag-draped casket of Philippine Ambassador to PakistanDomingo Lucenario Jr. upon arrival Wednesday, via a Pakistani Air Force C-130 military transport plane at theVillamor Air Force base at suburban Pasay city south of Manila, Philippines. —AP
MANILA: Philippine National Police stand beside the body bags of fire victims atKentex rubber slipper factory in Valenzuela city, a northern suburb of Manila,Philippines, Thursday.—AP
industrial centres’. But workers at surroundingfactories — which manufacture products such ascosmetics, plastics, paper plates and small appli-ances — recounted similar tales of exploitation asthose at the Kentex factory.
They emerged from garrison-like compounds,surrounded by towering fences topped withbarbed wire and with security guards patrolling
the perimeter, with stories of long hours for littlepay. A common theme was being paid well belowthe minimum wage.
“I don’t have enough for food and otherexpenses. Sometimes, I borrow money,” said oneworker aged 36 who moved to Manila from thepoor central island province of Masbate afterdropping out of high school in the 1990s.—AFP
MANILA: A fireman prepares to douse a still-smoldering Kentex rubber slipper facto-ry in Valenzuela city, a northern suburb of Manila, Philippines on Thursday, a dayafter a fire gutted the factory. —AP
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Continued from Page 1But respondents in the areas to be
covered by the Bangsamoro autonomousregion remain hopeful that the BBL willbe passed and it will bring peace anddevelopment in Mindanao, according tothe SWS. If enacted, the BBL will be thelegal basis for the creation of theBangsamoro autonomous region that willreplace the Autonomous Region inMuslim Mindanao (ARMM). The draft BBLis the product of peace talks between thegovernment and the Moro IslamicLiberation Front (MILF).
However, 44 members of thePhilippine National Police-SpecialAction Force (SAF) were killed by com-bined teams of the MILF, theBangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fightersand private armed groups inMamasapano.
The policemen were out to arrestMalaysian bomb maker Zulkifli bin Hir,alias Marwan, and his two cohorts. TheSAF members were able to kill Marwanbut encountered the MILF fighters asthey were leaving the area.
“Despite the storm of controversy thatfollowed the Jan. 25 Mamasapanoencounter, and the delays in congression-al deliberations on the draft BangsamoroBasic Law that ensued, residents of theCore Territory of the Bangsamoro are stillhopeful that Congress could pass the law,”the SWS said.
The except ion to this i s Sulu,
where 50 percent of the residents are“somewhat not hopeful ,” i t sa id.“Elsewhere in the BASULTA (Basilan,Sulu and Tawi-Tawi) archipelago, theoutlook is positive. Mainland areas ofthe Core Territory have a stronglypositive outlook,” the pollster noted.More respondents in the areas cov-ered by the proposed Bangsamoroentity are in favor of its passage com-pared to other areas.In Sulu, 31 per-cent approve, 14 percent disapprove;Basilan 59 percent versus 12 percent;Isabela City 38 percent against 20percent; Tawi-Tawi 52 percent against22 percent; Lanao del Sur 90 percentversus six percent; Maguindanao 83percent against 14 percent; CotabatoCity 76 percent against 18 percent;Lanao del Norte near ARMM 83 per-cent versus six percent; and Cotabatonear ARMM 93 percent against twopercent. In terms of the benefits of thepeace talks with the MILF to theFilipinos, the SWS said the nationalopinion was “somewhat negative” inMarch 2015. Forty-two percent saidthere would be “some” or “much” ben-efit, but 56 percent think there wouldbe “little” or no benefit.
The SWS nationwide survey was con-ducted using face-to-face interviews of1,200 adults nationwide. The survey inthe core territory, on the other hand,was conducted from Feb. 22 to March 1using face-to-face interviews of 1,500adults - 800 in Sulu and 700 in centralMindanao. —The Philippine Star
MANILA: Supporters of the Bangsamoro Basic Law march to the House of Representatives, where anad hoc panel was supposed to begin voting on the draft law yesterday. —Philstar.com
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Ni Ben Garcia
KUWAIT: Punong-puno ang venue noong Biyernes kung saanidinaos ang acoustic love concert ‘Awitawanan 2015 sa Kuwait’kasama ang mga artistang Pinoy na pinangunahan nina AizaSeguerra at Nyoy Volante. Ang konserto ay ginanap sa Al-ArabiSporting Club, Mansourya, Kuwait City. Dito, minsan nanamang nagkasama-sama, nagkaisa at bumida ang mgakababayang Pilipino upang mainit na salubungin ang mgaworld-class artists na nagmula pa sa Pilipinas. ‘Di magkamayawsa tuwa, hiyawan ang mga fans ng ipresenta ni Ricky Laxa,emcee ng concert ang ‘main act’ ng gabing iyon. Kasama ninaAiza at Nyoy sina Rayver Cruz, Aaron Villaflor, Doris at Sabel ngteleseryeng “Be Careful with My Heart”.
Dumagundong ang venue paglabas pa lang nina Doris atSabel kung saan naghatid ng tuwa’t saya sa pamamagitan ngkuwelang kulitan at mga nakakatuwang punchline on stage.Tinilian din at pinalakpakan ng husto ng mga manunuod nglumabas sa dressing room ang dalawang hunk boys na bidangbida ang katawan sa sayawan, Rayver Cruz at Aaron Villaflor, nahindi lang nagpakita ng kanilang husay sa sayaw kundi ipina-malas din ang angking talento sa pagawit.
Pero mas-lalong nabulabog ng husto ang mga manunuodng lumabas na on stage ang tila baga ‘main course’ ng konser-tong ito sina Aiza Seguerra at Nyoy Volante kung saan mulingnagpabalik sa mga romantic memories at ala-ala ng marami sakanilang mga fans ang handog nilang mga tugtugin. Dala nilaang mga awiting (ang ilan) sila mismo ang sumulat/nagpasikatgaya ng walang kamatayang Pagdating ng Panahon, PakisabiNa Lang, Anong Nangyari sa ating Dalawa, Hiram, Man in theMirror, Thinking Out Loud, among others.... Halos abutin na ngalas-dyes ng gabi ang konsertong nagsimula ng alas-sayes nggabi, dahil sa gustong sulitin ng mga artista ang pagod at pag-sugod ng kanilang mga fans sa venue, mapanuod lamang sila.
“Masayang masaya kami dahil sa mainit ninyong pagtang-gap sa amin sa Kuwait. Gusto pa naming bumalik dito sa mga
Aiza Seguerra, Nyoy Volante
concert sa Kuwait dinumog
KUWAIT: Nyoy Volante at Aiza Seguerra, kasama ang kanilang banda. —Kuha ni Albert Dimaculangan
Raver Cruz
Aaron Villaflor
Doris at Sabel
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susunod na panahon, kung mamarapatin ninyo. Salamat saWestern Union na na siyang daan upang marating namin angKuwait at makasama naming kayo ngayong gabi, kasama ngaking banda, sina Nyoy Volante, Raver, Aaron, Doris at Sabel,”wika ni Aiza na bakas na bakas ang kasiyahan sa mukhahabang todo ang pasalamat. Si Doris naman, hindi mapigil angsarili at sobrang saya. “Ito na raw po ang pinaka-successful con-cert ng mga Pinoy artists sa Kuwait kaya masayang-masaya pokami,” pagmamalaking anunsyo nito. Ang concert ay sequel ng“Awitawanan sa Kuwait 2011” which showcased Allan K., GiselleSanchez and Kris Lawrence at the Arraya Ballroom of theCourtyard Marriott Hotel noong October 2011.
Ang “Awitawanan” sama-sama sa saya sa Kuwait 2015 wasbrought to you by Western Union and Alpha SolutionsAdvertising, kasama ang OSN, TFC at sponsored by Holiday Inn,Salmiya, LBC, Ice Watch, Jumbo Travels, Cebu Pacific, AuroraAdvertising & Event Promotion, Megaworld, SMDC, Q8Realtor,Burger & Karak Co., Bubble Mix, Natures Taste, ManyamanRestaurant Echo Extreme Magic Sing, Dunkin Donut and CocaCola, FICO, Malabar Jewellery, Kabayan Grocery, Ali CafÈ; MediaSponsors: Kuwait Times, Arab Times, OFWorld Magazine, PinoyArabiaFM, TFM magazine. “Maraming maraming salamat po satiwala at pagsama sa amin sa concert, maraming salamat samga nakasama ko sa pagpupuyat, mga Filipino organizationsna tumulong sa akin at sa Western Union, TFC at OSN,” wika niVangie Gernale, na siyang punong abala sa Kuwait upang mag-ing posible ang koserto sa Kuwait.
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By Nathan Aniel
KUWAIT: The First Season team champion,the All Star Strikers showed its winning formand supremacy in its opening day and contin-ued in the second week of the PhilippineBowling Association in Kuwait (PBAK) 2ndSeason Team Tournament 2015 held at CozmoCenter in Kheifan. There are fourteen teamswho joined the latest tenpin competitionwhere the Consul General Atty. Raul Dado wasthe guest speaker on its opening day.
Emerged winners on the first round wereCozmo (3058) against Thunder Dragons(2618); Bowlersmate (3195) over Asian AirSafari (2737); Original Pin Killers (3038) versusLEAF (2527); Magnum (2654) against TsambaStrikers (2311); UAE Exchange (2842) overSwooping Eagles (2369); Nusantara (2668)versus Mangaf Strikers (2554) and All StarStrikers (3319) against Travel Club (2784).
For the second week of the tournament,second placer Bowlersmate was containedand dropped to fourth place by top rank AllStar Strikers, 2862- 2646. The 5-man team ofthe amiable All Strikers were Abdul aziz AlAslawi (597), Hanadi Mezail (580), MohannadEbrahim (569), and the husband and wife tan-dem Anthony King (568) and Nasha King (451)while for the losing team, the Bowlersmatewere Yousef Khalil (533), Aji Varghese (525),
Mahammad Ismat (465) supported by Ali AdelAta Khalil, Jess Tolentino, Fe Ferrer and JosieLorino.
GCC-AFBT team Travel Club and thedespotic Original Pin Killers clash was a gameto remember when the Travel Club murderedthe Original Pin Killers 3159- 2628. It was aremarkable event when both team acebowlers produced more than 700 pinfalls. Forthe winning team, piloted by Tony Zuluetawho scored 247/226/265 (738) and FerdieSaliba with his 169/225/234 (628) supportedby Kiko Andaya (580), Kevin Andaya and DanMontano subdued their nemesis but kingpinGreg Melancon was not antagonized and withhis usual form delivered 232/269/230 (731).Greg was assisted by the newcomers Tyrone
Leacock (530) and Ahmad Fadel Karam (429)with Ishaaq Al Waahid and Jenny Ganot. Withthe win-lose results, Travel Club surged fromsixth to third position while OPK slide fromfourth to sixth place.
One of the best match up of the day wasbetween amazing Cozmo and propitiousAsian Air Safari, 2937-2885 when the formerdumfound the later in their 3-game series.One of the setback of the Air Safari was thenewly formed lineup and absence of gameplan and team up of the bowlers. NoeMahayag scored 223/223/176 (622), FaridGabriel (596), Neveen Wasel (560), Fahad Abul(540) and Nasser Seraj (520) steered Cozmoto victory while Asian Air Safari’s top scorerswere newly recruit Alex Cervantes (566) Gani
dela Cruz (528) and Lito Michael (510) sup-ported by Hermier Saliba, Norlan Balasan andSonia Mathews. Despite the lose Air Safarimaintain the seventh position while Cozmojumped to second place from third position.
Nusantara erstwhile eight placer, lost itsgripped and now find itself out of the elitegroup when outscored by UAE Exchange2871-2723. The remittance king continued itswinning streak and now leave the Indonesianteam discomforted. The victorious team ledby Mike Gonzales who delivered 176/220/212(608) were Freddie Santos (560), Jackie Young(504), Rani Skeik, Myra Manalo and MariotteVito while Nusantaras bowlers were AhmadFahmi, Endang Wendy, Abel, Iman and LarasNitikusumo. Other results: LEAF outgunnedMagnum (2878-2467), Thunder Dragons strikehard the new recruit Mangaf Strikers (2840-2492) and finally the Swooping Eagles won 2games of its 3-game series against feebleTsamba Strikers (2670-2620).
Second round RESULTS: 1. All StarsStrikers (6181); 2. Cozmo (5995); 3. Travel Club(5943); 4. Bowlersmate (5841); 5. UAEExchange (5713); 6. Original Pin Killers (5666);7. Asian Air Safari (5622); 8. Thunder Dragons(5456); 9. LEAF (5455); 10. Nusantara (5391);11. Magnum (5121); 12. Mangaf Strikers(5045); 13. Swooping Eagles (5039) and 14.Tsamba Strikers (4931).
All Star Strikers, Cozmo and Travel Club leading teams
Individual High GameIndividual High Average
Mens-A Abdul Aziz Al Aslawi 279 Aseel Al Roumi 241.66Mens-B Yousef Khalil 239 Yousef Khalil 218.00Mens-C Ishaaq Al Waahid 218 Ishaaq Al Waahid 207.33Ladies A Hanadi Mezail 209 Hanadi Mezail 189.00Ladies B Laras Nitikusumo 191 Fe Ferrer 160.00Team High Game (Scratch) - All Star Strikers (1101)Team High Series (Scratch + Handicap) - All Star Strikers (3144)
Team Weekly SeriesWeek 1 - All Star Strikers - 3144Week 2 - Travel Club - 3009
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KUWAIT: With the successful undertaking of the 56thBadminton Tournament 2nd PAGIBIG Fund Cup, the FilipinoBadminton Committee is all set for KALAYAAN Tournamentdubbed as HPI Championship Cup on May 22 until June 12,2015. The event will be held at their regular venue KuwaitDisabled Club in Hawally. FBC founder Dr. CHIE Umandap isinviting the entire badminton enthusiast to register for itsupcoming 57th Badminton Tournament, simply visit FBC attheir home court at Kuwait Disabled Sports Club or call
97197268. Meanwhile, HPI Country Representative Jobz Torrezintroduced HPi as Hyper Program International Direct Sales andTrading Corporation, a newly registered marketing company inthe Philippines. It started on April 8, 2014 and located at 301Cabrera Bldg, 103 Timog Avenue, Brgy. Sacred Heart, QuezonCity, Philippines. It’s company name has originated from itsMISSION to create business to build people and change lives.To provide infinite growth and possibilities, through a uniqueand top of the line products, that brings prosperity to the lives
of its members and their families. HPi is conceptualized by agroup of vibrant, proficient and keen people who desires toprovide the highest quality products to its consumers, as wellas services through a distinctive marketing approach that forti-fies the achievements of the company together with peoplewho wish to become a distributor. It is our commitment toguide our members to the path of success and to provide themwith the most. generous compensation plan. For those inter-ested to join HPI kindly contact 96611529 or 97443558.
Kalayaan, HPi championship begins Friday
