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By Jennifer P. rendon and Maricyn a. de los santos
REVELERS who will take part in the #Gol-denDinagyang Festival on Jan 27-28, 2018 can expect a safe and secure stay in Iloilo City.
This was the assurance of Chief Supt. Cesar Hawthorne Binag, Police Regional Of-fice (PRO)-6 director, before formally deploying more than 3,000 security forces for the festival.
“To all the tourists who will be coming here, you’re safe, join the Dinagyang festivities,” said Binag.
Binag led on Jan 25 the of-ficial send-off ceremony for the 3,768 security personnel who will secure every street and borders of the metro.
A total of 2,207 personnel
By louine HoPe conserva
ILOILO Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. said the statement of Presiden-tial Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. justified his previous claim that three mayors in Iloilo province were already deleted from the “narco” list of Pres. Rodrigo Duterte.
In a press briefing at Malacañang, Roque said Mayors
By M. a. de los santos
ILOILO CITY might have its own mass transport system, soon.
The city’s dream of having its own train is a step closer to reality after Chinese firm BYD Auto Industry Company Lim-ited found in its pre-feasibility study (PFS) that it is possible to construct a monorail transport system in the metro.
Ritchel Gavan, Local Eco-nomic Investments Promotions (LEIPO) head, said BYD PFS focused on the possible mono-rail or SkyRail routes within the city.
“There are three lines from the entrance and exit of the city – the first line is from Ungka to City Hall, the second line is from Jaro to City Center, and
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BACOLOD CITY – The city of San Carlos in Negros Occiden-tal has been on the radar of the police due to the unabated entry of illegal drugs in the area.
In fact, Negros Occiden-
tal police provincial director Senior Supt. Rodolfo Castil described San Carlos City as the entry point of illegal drugs in the province.
On Jan 23, 2018, San Car-los police operatives and the
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SEVERAL roads in Iloilo City are closed and traffic is rerouted today, Jan 26, 2018 for the Dinagyang drum and bugle competition at 7 a.m. and Fluvial and Foot Procession at 3 p.m.
Robert Foerster, Transportation Management and Traffic Regulation Division OIC, said the 12 elementary and 3 high schools that will compete in the Tambor, Trumpa, Martsa, Musika will parade from Arroyo Fountain/ Provincial Capitol going to JM Basa St. to Freedom Grandstand.
The participants are San Joaquin Central Elemen-tary School, Banate Central ES, Sambag ES, Jaro I ES, Arevalo ES, Feleciana Java Kelly ES, La Paz I ES, Iloilo Central Elementary School, Mandurriao ES, Rizal ES, A Montes I ES, and Dingle Central ES; and Ramon Avanceña National High School, Ajuy
NHS, and Dingle NHS.The Sto. Niño Fluvial Procession, on the other
hand, is set to start after disembarking at the back of Iloilo Custom House. The Foot Procession will pass through Muelle Loney, turn left to Montinola St., turn left to F. Caram Avenue, to J. M. Basa St. in Plaza Libertad, turn left to Zamora, turn left to Calazans and will culminate to San Jose de Placer Parish Church.
The roads are closed to traffic starting 6 a.m. today for the drum and bugle competition, and at 2 p.m. for the procession.
In relation to the two events, Foerster said the fol-lowing roads are closed to traffic:
-General Luna (from corner Bonifacio Drive to corner Muelle Loney), Delgado (from corner Jalando-ni to corner F. Caram), Ledesma (from corner Mabini to corner Iznart), J. De Leon (from corner Quezon to
corner Iznart), Aldeguer (from corner Iznart to corner Muelle Loney), Mapa (from corner Rizal to corner J. M. Basa), Guanco (from corner Muelle Loney to corner Rizal), Ortiz (from corner Rizal to corner J. M. Basa), Zamora (from corner Melleza to corner J. M. Basa), whole stretch of J. M. Basa, F. Caram and Calazans, Valeria (from corner J. De Leon to corner Gen Luna), Quezon (from corner J. De Leon to corner Gen. Luna), Mabini (from corner Ledesma to corner Gen Luna), Montinola (from corner Muelle Loney to corner F. Caram), Solis (from corner Muelle Loney to Valeria), Yulo (from corner Muelle Loney to F. Caram), Arroyo (from corner Muelle Loney to cor-ner J. M. Basa), Arsenal (from corner Muelle Loney to corner J. M. Basa), Peralta/Aduana (from corner Muelle Loney to corner J. M. Basa).
Zamora (from corner Melleza to J. M. Basa) and
By louine HoPe conserva
AN EMPLOYEE of the Iloilo Provincial Assessor’s Office is facing investigation for alleged malfeasance.
Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. cre-ated a fact-finding committee on Jan 22, 2018 to investigate claims that Rodel Parreño allegedly solicited and accepted money in exchange processing the transfer of a land title to complainant An-tonia Novilla.
In a complaint-affidavit, Novil-la alleged that Parreño and a cer-tain Rebecca Gumban approached her regarding a parcel of land she purchased sometime in 1972.
Parreno, being an employee of
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THE Iloilo City Health Of-fice advised revelers to keep themselves safe during the Dinagyang Festival celebra-tions starting today, Jan 26 to 28, 2018.
Dr. Bernard Caspe, city health officer, advised against bringing kids to the festival.
“Dinagyang is very con-gested. You might want to leave your kids at home, basi madula
sila,” he said. But if they will bring kids to
the downtown area to join the revelry, Caspe asked parents and guardians to ensure they have identification papers.
“Please put name tags that have information like the name of the parents, their address and contact numbers for the kids to be easily identified,” Caspe said.
For persons with health conditions such as hyperten-
sive, diabetic, asthmatic, or with chronic diseases, Caspe advised that they watch the festival at home.
As more are prone to exhaus-tion, dehydration, or fainting during the festival highlights, Caspe advised the public to take full meals before leav-ing home and to drink enough water.
“You bring food or wa-ter; make sure you take your
A ToTAl of 3,768 security personnel receive a blessing before they are deployed to man the streets of Iloilo City, Jan 25, 2018. The police officers and security volunteers also received inspirational messages from their superiors, urging them to perform their tasks well during the 50th Dinagyang Festival. (Ricky D. Alejo)
By Jennifer P. rendon
POLICE have yet to arrest a single person for violating the 7-day gun ban imposed during the 50th Dinagyang Festival.
This is a good development, said Senior Superintendent Henry Biñas, Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) director.
“It means the public is well-informed that they could not bring their guns, licensed or not, for the duration of the gun ban,” Biñas added.
The PNP imposed the gun ban on Jan 23 to Jan 29.
Biñas said the suspension of permits to carry firearms outside residence (PTCFOR) during the Dinagyang Festival is in consonance with the Enhanced Managing Police Operations in close coordination with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), other law enforcement agencies (LEAs), and the and local government unit (LGU).
Even without any arrest, Biñas said they
would not waver in conducting checkpoint op-erations in strategic areas all over Iloilo City.
“We will be on the look-out 24/7 to ensure that no illegal weapons and firearms would be brought by unauthorized persons,” he added.
Biñas warned that they would pursue a crimi-nal charge for violation of Republic Act 10591 (Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act) against offenders.
“We want the safety of everyone from visi-tors, revelers, tourists, and local residents,” Biñas said.
More than 2,000 uniformed personnel will be deployed before, during, and after the Dinagyang festivities.
The number includes organic personnel from ICPO, augmentation forces from the Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 and the PNP National Support Units (NSUs), and from the Philippine Army.
Thousands of force multipliers will take charge of crowd control measures.
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ONE OF the world’s fastest-growing online travel booking platforms, has found travelers in the Philippines are increasingly traveling solo.
agoda’s © booking data shows there was a 45% increase in one-person bookings since 2016.
The growth of solo travel in the Philippines can be equally attributed to domestic (45%) and international bookings (44%), which grew at a similar rate in 2017.
Angeles, in particular, was identified as a popular domestic destination for solo travel, growing by 55% in 2017 amongst Filipino solo
travelers.Japan was a top international destination
for Filipino solo travelers. Solo bookings to Japan accounted for 21% of all international solo bookings, and grew by 46% year-on-year in 2017.
agoda’s Global Director for Brand and Com-munications, Andrew Edwards, explains: “With food and accommodation options for every bud-get, hospitable locals, and diverse experiences on offer, Japan is the perfect solo travel destination. In recent years, we’ve seen the rising popularity of capsule hotels, catering for solo travelers who
want a budget-friendly way to explore the rich tradition and unique eccentricities of Japan.”
These markets were identified as the fastest growing international destinations for solo trav-elers -- Taiwan (177%), South Korea (90%) and Indonesia (65%).
On a domestic front, other top growth destinations included the island paradise of Palawan (46%) and the historical Batangas (41%).
The increasing number of solo travelers re-flects the undeniable shift occurring in the travel industry. Google trends reports solid growth in
interest in solo travel over the past 10 years, with July 2017 seeing the most searches for ‘solo travel’ ever on Google.
“As the far-flung corners of the world are becoming easier to reach, travelers are more will-ing to experience destinations with the freedom that comes from traveling alone, allowing them to fully immerse themselves amongst a new culture. Solo travelers can completely absorb the culture of their chosen destination and make choices based on their own preferred experi-ences, creating a whole new sense of freedom,” said Edwards.
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THE National Nutrition Coun-cil (NNC) in Western Visayas said it has noted the “invisibil-ity” of nutrition in the develop-ment plans of almost all local government units (LGUs).
Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Nona B. Tad-y said this observation compelled the NNC to enable local officials and nutrition stakeholders in the communities to actively take a big role in implementing the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition for 2017-2022 (PPAN 2017-2022).
“LGUs should be mobilized and synthesized to act on the plan and be made conscious of their major role in PPAN imple-mentation,” Tad-y said.
“This includes a realization of the LGUs of their account-ability in accelerating improve-ment in the nutrition situation of PPAN-covered areas,” she added.
The NNC recently hosted the Regional Agencies-NGO-LGU Dialogue on Building Partnership on LGU Mobiliza-tion for PPAN 2017-2022.
In her welcome message during the event, Regional Nutrition Council Chair Dr. Marlyn Convocar, who is also the regional director of DOH-6, urged the participants to look at one direction and be committed
FRENCH world renowned chef Paul Bocuse, poses in front of a com-memorative plaque, during the inauguration of the Fondation Paul Bo-cuse, in Ecully, near Lyon, France, June 3, 2004. Paul Bocuse has died, January 20, 2018, aged 91. Picture taken June 3, 2004. (REUTERS/Robert Pratta/File Photo)
PARIS — Paul Bocuse, who died on Satur-day aged 91, combined a passion for food and women with a nose for self-publicity that brought him fame and fortune far beyond his native France.
Decades before the era of the foodie and celebrity TV chef, Bocuse enjoyed rock star status among the world’s culinary cognescenti and started restaurants from Tokyo to New York.
“Paul Bocuse was the incarnation of French cuisine,” French President Em-manuel Macron said in a statement.
L’Auberge du Pont de Collonges near Lyon, originally the restaurant of his fa-ther, was the nerve-centre of his culinary empire, comprising 21 restaurants with annual sales of more than 50 million euros
($61 million), according to French business magazine Challenges.
Already well-known for the menu of the maiden flight of the Concorde airliner in 1969, Bocuse’s flair for showmanship led him to ask President Valery Giscard D’Estaing to allow him to prepare his own banquet at the Elysee Palace when he won France’s highest honour, the Legion d’Honneur, in 1975.
In Tokyo (along with New York) one of the centres of his expansion, he was said to be the best-known Frenchman after hearth-rob actor Alain Delon in his heyday.
He was also a mentor to young chefs and a passionate promoter of his trade. In 1987 he launched the Bocuse d’Or, pitting 24 chefs from across the world against each
other in what continues to be the world’s most prestigious cooking competition.
International chef Daniel Boulud, one of those who worked under Bocuse, told the Wall Street Journal in 2011: “After over 40 years of cooking, I am as impressed by him today as I was when I first met him as a 14-year-old apprentice trailing after him in the markets of Lyon. I have been continually inspired by his mission to support French cuisine.”
Bocuse was widely credited as a founder of French “nouvelle cuisine” - a more delicate style of cooking that relied less on heavy sauces. But he himself shunned the label, maintaining that above all, meals should be “an uninhibited pleasure” and not encumbered by concerns about good health or weight loss.(Reuters)
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AFTER one year and a half of Dutertenomics, how have we fared in terms of five major determinants: Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Foreign Direct Investments
(FDIs), inflation, unemployment and the growth in two key sec-tors: manufacturing and agriculture.
The reason we chose these parameters is simple: GDP tells us how well our economy is expanding, FDIs tell us how attractive our economy is to foreign capi-tal vs. other economies, unemployment shows how inclusive our economy is, and a special category I believe we should pay attention to: agriculture and manufactur-ing growth, because growth in these areas create opportunity for those with fewer skills and lower income in society, and those living in the rural areas.
Growth in agriculture also ought to impact food prices, since producing more would allow food prices to remain stable
and keep inflation in check. Inflation, of course, tells us how much commodity prices have risen.
So far, our poverty rates remain the same as they were, as a
THEY may look and sound the same but, they actually are worlds apart from each other. One destroys the truth. The other protects and defends it, and even promotes it.
Lying can sound like the truth since it can cite facts and data, but the intention is to deceive others. Being discreet may be
quiet on some facts and data without denying them. The motive behind is not to deceive but to help others appreciate a relevant truth.
That’s simply because human as we are, we get to know and appreciate the truth in stages. We hardly can take the whole truth in one go. And so we have to know and handle the truth with dis-cretion.
To distinguish between lying and be-ing discreet would require us to have a
proper understanding of what truth is, where to find it and how to find it. It is also a matter of how and when to present it.
It also involves the question of motives. Truthfulness and discretion are not just a matter of producing facts and data, blab-bering them indiscriminately. They necessarily have to consider the intentions and the circumstances also.
Most importantly, truthfulness and discretion will always uphold charity even if in a given moment such effort would in-volve a lot of sacrifice. It’s charity that would dictate the terms of discretion in telling the truth.
The forcefulness of truthfulness and discretion is never one of pride and arrogance, of wanting to dominate and control others.
IN 2003, I was asked by a top gov-ernment official how he is related to another official. Of course, I said I
don’t know but I have heard that they were related although their family names differ. He said that when they met in Malacanang for a conference, Official No. 1 (I cannot use their names without their permission) told him that, from his parents, he learned they are related to the family of Official No. 2. The second official said that his mother also told him that they are related to the family of Official No. 1. They agreed it would be interesting to know how they are related.
The second official asked me whether the relationship can be traced - how are they related and at what point in time did this relationship begin. Since they lived on different islands, the task would be tremendous but, I said it can be done.
Tracing family roots is easy when we deal only with the immediate three gen-erations - child, parents, and grandparents - or even the fourth generation if a family member was over 80 years of age and has great-grandchildren. Most often none of the fourth generation members is alive and no record exists. Filipinos are not keen on keeping family records although we pride ourselves on being family oriented. Most often we rely on family or community oral history.
When I traced the relationship between
the two officials, there was no information even in the 4th and 5th generations. I even-tually found the family blood relationship in the 6th and 9th generation. There was inter-marriage in the 5th generation which is not uncommon in many Filipino fami-
lies. The extent of the family relations had become a book.
Tracing family roots is of-ten more difficult than writing history though both are tough challenges especially among us that are fond of destroying even official records after 10 years. We just don’t think that this or that information is of historical value, but future his-torians might find the data or the link to understand why certain
events took place or didn’t. Anyway, most think that they know and can rely on their memory, a rather presumptuous belief.
Tracing family roots and blood relation-ships reveal civil relationships as well. In the Philippines civil relationship often pose a problem because children are made to believe that a “tal fulano” is a relative when in truth that is not correct. In our extended family culture, a relative of a relative is often considered a family with the way we treat and address them.
Modern Filipino families even ex-panded this sort of kinship that includes the elders of classmates and friends. The address “Tito” or “Tita”, which are the Filipinized version of the Spanish “Tio” for “uncle”, has created some confusion
with young kids but they get the distinction when they grow up.
Fortunately, there are still Church re-cords that can lead us to the Spanish time to trace our genealogy. Unfortunately, some Church records are missing or destroyed or in a terrible state of decay. Reading them can be a problem because they are in Span-ish and the penmanship of the “escribano” or clerk who wrote them are difficult to decipher because they were written with flourish and embellishments. I think the “escribano” was showing off his talents considering that he could be one of the very rare citizens who could write. Whatever, that’s the way people write in those days.
For history, the parish has the “Cosas notables”. It is a narrative of important events in the parish that the priest was required to keep. But in many instances, there are no records left either because they were not prepared or they are missing or destroyed.
Meticulously kept are records of bap-tism (bautiso), weddings (matrimonio), and burial (entierro). These are sources of information about families. The most interesting and complete is the “bautiso” because of the entries.
This record gives the personal informa-tion about the child - name, gender, date and place of birth, name of parents, names of grandparents on the father’s side, and names of grandparents on the mother’s side. In one record we have information for three generations. Going backward, we reach the earlier generations.
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BACOLOD City – The captain of M/V Ocean Jet 7 which collided at the Bredco port is in hot water after investigators from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) found out that he failed to inform the passengers and crew of the situation of the ship.
Lieutenant Senior Grade Jimmy Oliver Vingno, PCG-Bacolod station commander, said Captain Sergio Alcibar could either face suspension, revocation of license, or fine to be imposed by the Maritime Industry Au-thority (MARINA) for failing to inform the passengers and crew of the vessel’s status.
Vingno said Alcibar had enough time to react by informing the passengers to brace for impact via the public audio (PA) sys-tem of the vessel when the ship’s throttles malfunctioned.
Vingno said Alcibar claimed that the PA system was inoperable during the time of
the accident.But the PCG official said he should have
informed the crew, who will then issue the warning to the passengers.
Aside from Alcibar, Vingno also sub-mitted a recommendation to MARINA officials calling for thorough inspections of all vessels owned by Ocean Fast Ferries Inc, the operator of Ocean Jet 7.
Ocean Jet vessels have been involved in several accidents before. In February 2017, M/V Ocean Jet 12 almost tipped over after an unsecured metal ladder slammed on the vessel’s glass window causing water to enter the ship near Calapan, Mindoro.
In response to the recent incident, Ving-no said the captains, officers, and crew of all Ocean Jet vessels will undergo emergency readiness evaluation to determine if they are capable of handling certain emergencies.
As for Ocean Jet 7, Vingno said inves-tigators determined that the ship’s throttles
did malfunction. Alcibar claimed that he tried to reverse
the ship some 15 meters from the jetty to slow it down, but he instead got an “un-commanded acceleration.”
Vingno said they are now determining if the vessel’s throttle systems broke down, or if the engines were responsible for the malfunction.
At least 40 people were hospitalized after Ocean Jet 7 slammed into the Bredco port jetty.
The impact damaged a dividing wall owned by another ferry company, along with the bow section of the vessel, while passengers were thrown off their seats.
The vessel is presently in PCG’s custo-dy, and will only be returned to Ocean Fast Ferries once they have secured seaworthi-ness certificates from MARINA.
Ocean Jet 7 was previously involved in the same exact accident at the Bredco port in September 2017 which injured 15 persons.
BACOLOD City – Three rare migratory birds, including a critically endangered species, were spotted in southern Ne-gros, the Provincial Environ-ment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) reported on Jan 25, 2018.
The bird sightings were made during the 2018 Asian Waterbird Count (AWC) of Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Conservation Area (NOCWCA) held on Jan 6 to 21.
The PENRO said in a report that the AWC team recorded for the first time the presence of a Eurasian Oystercatcher (Himantopus ostralegus) also known as Pied Oystercatch-er, a Black Noddy (Anous worcesteri worcesteri), and the
critically endangered Spoonbill Sandpiper (Calidris pygmea) in the NOCWCA site.
The lone Eurasian Oys-tercatcher was photographed by Andrew Ross Reintar of Philippines Biodiversity Con-servation Foundation Inc. for the first time in Negros Island on Jan 15. The bird was feed-ing along the estuary of Ilog wetlands.
“This is the first photograph of the Oystercatcher,” said Rosie Pablico, manager of NOCWCA Ramsar Site.
She said the pictures validat-ed the first record where three birds were seen at almost the same site by Lucia Salazar of Community Environment and Natural Resources-Kabankalan
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BACOLOD City – The Regional Trial Court Branch 48 will hold a clarificatory hearing today, Jan 26, 2018, on the case filed by former Bacolod City Mayor Monico Puentevella against the implementation of City Ordinance No. 827-2017, which is the updated market value of real property tax.
A notice of the hearing signed by the clerk of court, Nenita Vera Alquizar, was furnished to the office of the Negros Press Club here on Jan 25.
Puentevella filed the suit seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) and a writ of preliminary injunction against CO No. 827-2018 on the grounds that it is “unconstitutional” as it violated Section 28 (1), Article VI of the Constitution, which states “the rule of taxation shall be uniform and equitable.”
Puentevella explained that the ordinance also violated Section 198 of Republic Act (RA) 7160 (Local Government Code of 1991) which states that real property should be assessed on the basis of a uniform classification within each local government unit.
He argued that the ordinance is invalid as it adopts a method of assessment or appraisal of real property contrary to the imple-menting rules and regulations of RA 7160 and Local Assessment Regulations No. 1-92 issued by the Department of Finance.
The ordinance, which was passed on Oct 26, 2017, is also null and void as it did not adhere to the provisions of the Philippine Valuation Standards (PVS).
Puentevella filed the case on Jan 22.
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to the PPAN, to address malnu-trition as shown in persistent relatively high incidence of stunting, wasting, and obesity in the region.
Meanwhile, Marivic Sam-son of the NNC Policy and Planning Division also urged the local government units to scale up nutrition program implementation in their cities and municipalities.
“Scaling up means doing something in a big way to improve good governance in nutrition in
our localities,” Samson said.She further encouraged the
LGUs and nutrition stakehold-ers to share experiences, to dialogue and become aware of the urgency of doing coopera-tive work.
Scaling up, Samson added, is getting a deeper knowledge of translating nutrition policies and priorities into doable plans and actions.
Part of the dialogue was a workshop by province, where they identified projects for scal-ing up to boost implementation of the PPAN. (PIA-Iloilo)
the Assessor’s Office, assured her that he would cause the transfer of tax declaration of the lot in their name not later than the end of 2014.
Novilla further alleged that she paid Parreño a total of P200,000 as consideration for the transfer but the latter failed to comply within the agreed period.
The complainant said Par-reño failed to return the money despite the oral and written demands.
Judging from the complaint, the governor said there is “a primary cause of the improper conduct of Parreño as a public employee by soliciting/accept-ing a consideration in exchange for a favor in connection with the performance of his duty.”
Defensor also elevated the
investigation to the Provincial Legal Office.
The governor said he wants the investigation to be finished with
“As soon as possible. Simple man lang ni,” he said.
The employee may face dis-missal depending on the degree of his offense.
“Kun ma-prove, it might be dismissal without prejudice to any criminal acts that will be filed,” he said.
Provincial Legal Office head Dennis Ventilacion clarified that the transaction of Parreño was not related to the Asses-sor’s Office.
“Sideline ya lang ni ya. Land titles are not under the Asses-sor’s Office,” he said.
Ventilacion said the formal charges against the respondent will depend upon the result of the fact-finding investigation.
Muelle Loney (from corner Huervas to corner Quirino Bridge will be closed to traffic during the Fluvial Procession only.
The following streets are No Entry to public utility jeeps: Ledesma (corner Fuentes to cor-ner Mabini), Promenade (from Muelle Loney to Bonifacio Drive), and Gen. Luna (corner Jalandoni to Casa Plaza/Atrium).
All trucks coming from Fort San Pedro Drive/Muelle Loney, Lapuz, Huervana, and Molo/Benigno Aquino Avenue areas are not allowed to enter the City Proper Area during the said activity.
Traffic is also rerouted. All private vehicles are allowed to enter the City Proper area ex-cept on street where the parade is being held and on streets declared closed to all types of vehicles.
maintenance medicines. Bring umbrellas or hats to protect you from heat,” he said.
Meanwhile, Caspe reiterated his call to food kiosk owners to get health cards, otherwise risk
closure of their kiosks. Further, he asked them to follow food preparations protocol to ensure the food they serve is safe for human consumption.
For the consumers, he advised against buying pre-cooked food.
Alex Centena of Calinog and Mariano Malones of Maasin have been cleared by the po-lice before they took their oath with the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban).
“I believe before they were allowed to join the PDP-Laban their names were cleared… We will not knowingly allow any drug lord to join the administra-tion party,” Roque said.
Malones and Centena earlier said they want an official docu-ment as proof that they are off the hook despite Defensor’s assurance.
“Ina pamatuod nga ang ginsiling ko sa ila matuod, nga wala na sila sa listahan. Maathag naman na nga ginsil-ing ni Roque nga cleared na sila,” Defensor said.
The governor said that prior
to the oath-taking, he sought the consent of House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez who is also the secretary general of PDP-Laban if Centena and Malones could join the party.
A day after the oath-taking, a member of Alvarez’s staff informed the governor that the two mayors were already cleared from the narco-list.
Mayor Salagunting Betita of Carles is also out of the dreaded list.
“Ti gusto nila i-annouce sila. But gin-explain sa ila ni Police Regional Office director Cesar Binag nga the president does not do that. That he does not announce or issue a clearance in a form of a document,” De-fensor said.
Centena and Malones joined fellow officials from the third district in jumping to PDP-Laban on Jan 18, 2018 at the Pototan Astrodome.
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It is rather to uphold the dignity of the person as image and like-ness of God and a child of his. It is working for the common good and not just for one’s own interest.
To be sure, truthfulness that would know how to distin-guish between lying and being discreet would require nothing less than for us to have a vital, intimate relation with God who reveals himself to us fully in Christ, who in turn is made present to us now in the Holy Spirit.
recalculation of such will take time. Poverty we cannot yet determine in real time, but if the Social Weather Stations is to be believed, there are less poor Filipinos than there were two years ago, as self-rated poverty adds depth to what would otherwise be numbers we cannot fully grasp.
The stock market, of course, tells us how well the stock mar-ket is performing, which says that member-companies of the stock exchange perform well, showing that the financial mar-
kets think they are profitable, which in turn reflects a healthy and robust growth in the econ-omy able to provide them with such an opportunity.
Has 2017 been a better year for these things? Yes.
Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) Growth
True enough, we have had a bumper harvest of foreign direct investments that has surpassed previous year’s achievements. Net FDI inflow for the first 10 months of 2017 grew 20.5% to
Christ himself has told us where to find the truth. “I am the way, the truth and the life,” he said. (Jn 14,6) And even more explicitly, he said to Pilate: “Everyone on the side of the truth listens to me.” (Jn 18,37)
The obvious basis for this is that God, of course, being the creator of all things in the world, would know everything. He is the very foundation of reality, the very measure and standard of truth. Nothing is true, in the proper sense of the word, true, where God is ig-nored, if not mocked. It is God
where truth and charity become identical.
Truthfulness that would know how to distinguish be-tween lying and being discreet just cannot be a matter of our own estimation of things, no matter how well supported we feel our assertions are.
We always need to refer things to God and try our best to see and understand things and later to talk about them the way God sees, understands, and would talk about them.
This can only happen if one has a personal relation with God through Christ in the
Holy Spirit. This will involve constant prayer, thorough study of the doctrine of our faith, and developing the whole range of virtues all throughout our life, especially the virtue of humility.
This will involve the super-natural means like having con-stant recourse to the sacraments and an active cooperation in the continuing redemptive work of Christ through personal apos-tolate. That way, we truly get in touch with the people in the most objective way!
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$7.86 billion, from $6.52 billion in the same period in 2016. Even as the final 2017 figures have yet to be tallied, it’s a safe bet that we may well surpass 2016 figures. 2017’s figure moves us to fourth place, surpassing Indonesia and Vietnam.
Singapore remained the region’s most attractive in-vestment destination last year with total FDI inflow of $53.91 billion, followed by Vietnam and Malaysia at $12.6 billion and $11.33 bil-lion, respectively. (Philippine Star: http://www.philstar.com/business/2017/11/14/1758582/
philippines-moves-4th-place-asean-fdi).
Here is some food for thought: It should be noted that labor and power rates in these two countries behind us are lower than ours, while those above us pay higher salaries than we do, though our power costs are cheaper. Despite chal-lenges, only Mindanao’s low power and labor rates stand a chance to compete with theirs.
Having fared better than before, we hope that this trend continues.
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City in January 2008.The Black Noddy, a black
bird with a relatively long, slender bill and a small patch of white on its forehead, was observed for the first time in Negros Island last Jan 13 flying along the waterline of Barangay Tibsoc-San Juan in San Enrique town.
The Spoonbill Sandpiper was sighted for the first time in the Philippines also in Ba-rangay Tibsoc-San Juan last Jan 6.
In Pulupandan town, the presence of three male Eurasian Wigeons (Mareca Penelope) was recorded on Jan 19. The bird was first reported in Ilog wetlands in 2013 during the An-nual Asian Waterbird Census,
but this was the first time three birds were photographed.
According to PENRO-Ne-gros Occidental, the recent sightings bring the total number of species of water birds in the NOCWCA site to 79 species.
These also include three endangered Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis), Great Knot (Limosa limosa) and Nordmann’s or Spotted Green-
shank (Tringa guttifer), and two vulnerable Philippine Duck (Anas luzonica) and Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes).
“The presence of these rare migrants further highlights the importance of the Negros wetlands as feeding grounds of migratory birds,” said Lisa Paguntalan of Philippines Bio-diversity Conservation Founda-tion Inc.(NLG/PNA)
are from PRO-6: Iloilo City Po-lice Office (ICPO) - 595, PRO6 augmentation - 1,543, and National Security Unit (HPG, Maritime, and AVSEU) - 66.
Force multipliers totaled 1,013 comprised of ROTC cadets - 300, criminology stu-dents - 355, Civic Volunteers - 92, and others - 266.
Other agencies that provided support were the AFP - 200, Bureau of Fire Protection - 146, Local Government Units - 289, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology - 8, for a total of 566.
Binag called on the police and those in charge of secu-rity to be proactive and profes-sional.
“Bawal mapagod, bawal magkasakit; this is the best time to show to the whole world, how professional, how best we are in performing our duties and responsibilities.”
To criminal elements, he warned: “Sa mga kriminal, I’ll tell you, sisiguraduhin namin na mahuhuli kayo or bago pa man kayo maka-commit ng binabalak n’yo nandiyan ang kapulisan para pigilan kayo.”
Binag said the police will use the security procedure of international standard, the same procedure used by the PNP in the hosting of APEC, ASEAN, major festivals such
as Ati-Atihan and MassKara, Pope Francis’ arrival, among others.
But Binag appealed to the public for cooperation, stress-ing that their security measures would be in vain if the public will not cooperate.
“Ang request po namin sa mamayan ng Iloilo at sa lahat ng a-attend dito, please coop-erate, remain vigilant, report to your authorities or to your police ang suspicious na tao o bagay, sabihan n’yo po kami agad at nakahanda kami para masiguro natin na magiging matagumpay ang pagdaraos ng Dinagyang Festival,” he said.
ICPO director Senior Supt. Henry Biñas said the police tar-gets zero major incident during Dinagyang celebration.
“We will reduce if we cannot totally prevent the occurrence of common crimes, and we should convey the message to anyone that Iloilo City is a very peaceful place,” said Biñas.
“I am confident that we can make Dinagyang 2018 a very peaceful and enjoyable celebra-tion,” he added.
Also present during the send-off were City Adminis-trator Hernando Galvez, who represented Mayor Jose Es-pinosa III; and Benito Jimena who represented Ramon Cua Locsin, the president of Iloilo Dinagyang Founda-tion, Inc.
SaFETYThe Iloilo City Health Office
assured that they are ready to respond to emergencies.
Dr. Roland Jay Fortuna of the CHO said 25 ambulances will be deployed in strategic areas in the city, particularly along the parade route and the five staging areas – Iloilo Freedom Grandstand, Iloilo Provincial Capitol, Quezon-Ledesma, Ledesma-Valeria, and Maria Clara.
The ambulances are manned by volunteers from ICER, West Visayas Medical Center, West Visayas State University Medical Center, Bureau of Fire Protection Emergency Medical Service, Philippine Red Cross, The Medical City, Medicus, Iloilo Doctor’s Hospital, Iloilo Provincial Health Office, Oton Search and Rescue, FedFire, ICAG, St. Paul’s Hospital, QualiMed, PRO-6 Medical Health Services, among others. Three ambulances from the towns of San Enrique, Maasin and Sta. Barbara through the Office of Civil Defense will be on standby at Taft North, Mandurriao.
Fortuna said 18 ground teams will be deployed in major streets, which will be manned by the Philippine Red Cross.
Aside from ambulances, there will be patrol cars, SWAT vans, motorcycles, bikes, rescue vehicles, fire trucks, troop carri-
ers, and mobile jails deployed.Vic to r Jus t ine Lacz i ,
CDRRMO officer-in-charge, assured that the city is ready for emergency situations like stampedes.
Laczi said the laid out are evacuation plans, search and rescue plans, and first aid plans in anticipation of common cases of fainting among par-ticipants.
Meanwhile, the public is advised that bags, bladed weap-ons, bottles, barbecue sticks, buckle knife, and even back-packs are not allowed in parade areas.
The gun ban is also in effect since Jan. 23-29.
JuST IN CaSEWhile President Rodrigo
Duterte might not attend the festival, PRO-6 has made se-curity preparations on the as-sumption that he might sud-denly arrive.
“Our aim is for zero major incident and that’s what we are working,” he added.
Brigadier Pio Diñoso, 301st Infantry Battalion commander, said they brought in half of their assets in order to secure revelers, tourists, and residents alike.
But Diñoso assured that they have soldiers watching after rebel forces.
“We also have covert per-sonnel who are roaming the metropolis,” he added.
the third line is from Mohon to City Proper,” Gavan said.
The monorail, according to the PFS, can cut travel time from Ungka to City Hall to 15 minutes.
After the PFS, the firm will proceed to the feasibility study which will deal with the pro-jected fare, project financing, among others.
BYD and the city govern-ment had initial talks on the project last June 12, 2017. On Aug. 30, 2017, the city and the firm signed a memorandum of understanding for the conduct of the PFS.
The firm presented the result of the PFS on Jan 15, 2018.
Amid the issue of transport system modernization, the en-try of another transport system is not a threat to the existing transport systems in the city like the public utility vehicles (PUV).
“Wala gid may ma-displace because monorail is just anoth-er option for the riding public,” Gavan said.
If the private investment will push through, the city can expect more revenues and more jobs for the public, particularly in the construction phase.
Iloilo City will be the first Southeast Asian city to host a
BYD project if the monorail pushes through.
Chinese media http://www.china.org.cn reported that SkyRail is a BYD innovation with a 100 percent indepen-dently developed unmanned driving system.
BYD has been developing the elevated straddle monorail for five years with a 1,000-strong R&D crew and a five-billion-yuan budget. The ve-hicle now comes complete with the most technically advanced automated driving system, meaning it is fully autonomous and capable of performing safety-critical driving func-tions.
It embodies several “smart” functions including the ability to switch to a backup battery in the event of a power outage, auto-problem diagnosis, an au-tomated tracking of passenger flows and a facial recognition system. It is also capable of op-erating under extreme weather conditions ranging from -40 to 80 degree Celsius.
Reports said 20 cities have approached BYD for possible SkyRail installments.
To date, the firm signed deals with domestic cities of Yinchuan, Shantou, Shenzhen, Guang’an and Jining, Iloilo in the Philippines, Alexandria of Egypt, and Morocco.
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency recovered P8.6 million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation.
But a separate PDEA report indicated that the half-kilo of shabu seized from Christian Unabia was valued at P3.04 million only.
Last Jan 7, police also seized P150,000 worth of illegal drugs and arrested 14 persons at Ba-rangay 6, San Carlos City.
In August 2017, the San
Carlos police also arrested two local residents who yielded P2.46 million worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation.
“Yun nga talaga ang priority namin sa monitoring,” Castil told the Daily Guardian.
Castil said illegal drugs are smuggled into Negros Occiden-tal via San Carlos City port where roll on-roll off ships and other sea vessels from Cebu dock.
“It may not be a ‘bagsakan’ (unloading area) for illegal drugs but it is an entry point,” Castil said.
He also stressed that all port areas in the province are being strictly monitored for the entry of contrabands.
He also noted that person-alities behind the illegal drug operation have been recruiting or employing newbies to avoid detection by police after they have gathered information on the “old players”.
Castil said he will soon confer with the Coast Guard to come up with measures on how to monitor and check incom-ing goods passing through San
Carlos City port.The port also needs K-9 units
to help detect contrabands.The PNP will also propose
a reward system for informants who can lead authorities to drug traders and their protectors.
Castil clarified that he is not accusing the police of being in cahoots with drug syndicates but he will not hesitate to take drastic action against scalawags in their ranks.
“It is also part of the cleans-ing process of the police ranks here,” he stressed.
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A HIGH school student of Iloilo Science and Technology University (ISAT-U) out-smarted competitors to top the Dinagyang 14-U Active Kiddies Chess Tournament at Plaza Libertad, Iloilo City on Jan 24, 2018.
Jan Krisna Salvilla ruled the chess tournament dubbed “Palitik sa Plaza” after defeating 31 players across Iloilo province. Salvilla brought home the P1,200 cash prize.
Central Philippine University (CPU) Anton Benedict Bebit settled for second
place and took home P1,000 while Iloilo National High School (INHS) Edgar Albert Jerez finished third to pocket P800.
Peter John Lagat of Iloilo Central El-ementary School (ICES) and Joe Nhale Cabrera of Jaro II Elementary School (JES) completed the top five cast and received P500 and P300 cash prizes, re-spectively.
Also in the top 10 are Salvilla’s teammates Mark Gian Molinda and Joy Toledo Jr., Angelo Lasam of Jaro Elementary School (JES), Fercel Solis (ICES), and Canz Francis Valaquiao of
SPED Integrated School for Exceptional Children. They each received P200 cash prize.
Organized by the city government through the City Sports Develop-ment Off ice , the tournament was facilitated by National Master Cesar Mariano.
Mayor Jose Espinosa III said the event attracted 40 players.
“The week-long tournament was a great chance to enhance their skills. We hope that they will still pursue their craft and expect more local chess competitions this year,” he added.
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THE CITY of Talisay, Negros Occidental will host a portion of the annual Jr. NBA clinic on Feb 3-7, 2018.
According to the camp’s coordinator Tata Belangel, the event is open to boys and girls and will be held at the Talisay City gym while the remainder of the event will be held at the Trinity Christian School (TCS) from Feb 5 to 7.
A kids’ clinic will also be held at the Natalio G. Velez gym in Silay City on Feb 6 to 7.
Aside from Talisay City, Bacolod will also host the clinic on Feb 10-11. Young cagers from Negros Occidental and neighbor-ing provinces are expected to converge in regional selection camp to have the chance to qualify for the National Training Camp in Manila in May.
In 2017, Joshua Benedict Baldonado of St. John’s Institute (SJI) was one of 14 Jr. NBC participants from the regional selection camp in Cebu to be selected for the National Training Camp.
NBA Philippines Managing Director Carlo Singson shared that the annual selection camp has established itself as a platform to improve the youth basketball experience and promote an active and healthy lifestyle among the Filipino youth.
A total of 37 boys and 37 girls will be selected for this year’s national training camp. Of the total number, eight boys and eight girls were chosen from the group will take part in an overseas NBA experience trip.
Aside from Bacolod City, other regional training camps are scheduled in Butuan, Baguio, and Metro Manila.
HoUSToN RoCKETS guard James Harden (13) shoots against Dallas Mavericks guard Jose Juan Barea (5) in the fourth quarter at American Airlines Center. (Matthew Emmons/USA TODAY Sports/Reuters)
JAMES Harden keyed a sizzling start and, after a sluggish second quarter, the Houston Rockets caught fire again in the third in roll-ing to a 104-97 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday (Jan 25, 2018 in PHL) at American Airlines Center.
Harden finished with 25 points and 13 assists. He tallied nine points on three 3-pointers in the first quarter as Houston started 8-for-8 from the floor, including 6-for-6 from behind the arc. The Rockets shot 59.1 percent in the opening period, drilling 10 of 14 3s while taking a 38-28 lead.
Trevor Ariza added 23 points, hitting 5 of 14 3-pointers. Eric Gor-don (17 points, 4 of 7 treys), Clint Capela (16 points, 13 rebounds) and Chris Paul (12 points, seven boards, four assists) all reached double figures for the Rockets, who have won seven of eight games and improved to 6-2 against their Southwest Division foes.
Houston finished 21-of-51 from behind the arc.Guard Yogi Ferrell scored 19 points off the bench for the
Mavericks, who shot just 42.7 percent.
SPuRS oVERWhELM GRIZZLIESPau Gasol had 14 points, 15 rebounds and nine assists as one of
eight San Antonio players in double-figure scoring, as the Spurs swamped the Memphis Grizzlies 108-85 on Wednesday at the FedExForum in downtown Memphis, Tenn.
An 11-2 run by San Antonio in the middle of the fourth quarter turned an 85-76 advantage into a 99-78 lead with 4:15 to play, and the Spurs cruised home from there.
Patty Mills led San Antonio with 15 points off the bench while Danny Green and Bryn Forbes hit for 14 each, Tony Parker scored 12, Dejounte Murray and Davis Bertans added 11 points each and Joffrey Lauvergne tallied 10 for the Spurs.
Marc Gasol paced Memphis with 18 points while Deyonta Davis added 12 and Dillon Brooks scored 10 for the Grizzlies.
CELTICS DuMP CLIPPERSKyrie Irving amassed 20 points, eight rebounds and seven
assists to help the Boston Celtics snap their four-game skid and avoid back-to-back losses in Los Angeles with a 113-102 win over
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THOUSANDS of coffee and cacao plant-ers in Iloilo can avail themselves of the plant-now-pay-later plan offered by the provincial government.
Crops Division chief Winnie Grabato of the Provincial Agriculture’s Office ex-plained that the plan, which is payable for three years, has two options for farmer-partners.
The first option offers discounted rates of payment for planting materials should they pay in cash. The discount varies de-pending on the survival rate of cacao or coffee.
If 91-99% of the planting materials sur-vive, the seedlings are free of charge. But
if the survival rate falls below 91 percent, the following discounts apply:
-70% discount for 81-90% survival rate-60% discount for 71-80% survival rate-50% discount for 61-70% survival rate-Full payment (P50 per seedling) for
51-60% survival rateThe second option offers the same dis-
counted rate of payments only that it will be in a form of quality rootstocks and sci-ons for cacao and quality bud sticks for coffee.
Around 62,000 cacao seedlings worth P4.4-million have been delivered to Iloilo from Talisay, Batangas as part of cacao and coffee development project of the
provincial government.Cacao Coordinator Leonardo T. Geral-
dino said they will soon organize techni-cal trainings and other capability building activities to farmer partners willing to pro-vide agricultural inputs (e.g. labor, fertiliz-er, pest and disease management control).
Farmer partners must be owner, ten-ant or lessee of the farm where cacao or coffee seedlings will be planted and will be certified as bonafide beneficiary of the project.
Cacao is highly suitable in Passi City, Calinog, Dingle and Dueñas, while coffee is highly suitable in Lambunao, Calinog and Janiuay.
THE COUNTRY’S chief eco-nomic planner on Wednesday indicated that he was in favor of easing the 100-percent Fili-pino ownership requirement for media entities.
Secretary Ernesto Pernia, the director-general of the National Economic and Development Authority, said relaxing the stringent restriction on foreign ownership was not a bad idea in a globalized environment.
“It’s not a bad idea because we are in a globalized econo-my now and some views com-ing from outside may be rel-evant and useful,” Pernia told GMA News Online.
Pernia said it was his “personal view” given his background as an academic who welcomed criticism and
LAUNCH (from left) Iloilo PMSMED Council Chairman Valerie Maravilla, Sta. Barbara Mayor Den-nis Superficial, DTI Iloilo Provincial Director Diosdado P. Cadena Jr., and Iloilo Province’s LEIPO Head Velma Jane C. Lao share a light moment during the launching of the Negosyo Center Sta. Barbara on December 28, 2017.
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI-6) regional office is eyeing to establish at least 19 Negsoyo Centers 2018.
The centers will be distributed in the follow-ing provinces – Aklan and Capiz with one (1) centers each, Antique with seven (7), Guimaras with two (2), Iloilo with five (5), and Negros Occidental will have three (3) more centers.
The NCs provide services to micro, small and medium enterprise (MSMEs), such as business mentoring services, information on
market and access to funding. The centers are expected to bring in business opportunities to communities and countryside development.
It likewise has a special lane for Overseas Filipino Workers to provide them or their fami-lies the options of learning entrepreneurship and pursue business undertakings. At pres-ent, there are already 68 NCs established in Region-6.
The launching of the NCs is in line with
Plant-now-pay-later plan for cacao, coffee farmers
DTI-6 eyes more Negosyo Centers
NEDA chief okay with relaxed rules on foreign ownership in media industry
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AT LEAST three firms have expressed interest to form separate consortia to become the country’s third telecom-munications player, Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) officer-in-charge Eliseo Rio said Wednesday.
“Tatlo ang nag-show ng interest these are PT&T (Philippine Tele-graph & Telephone), Now Corp., and Converge ICT,” Rio told reporters on the sidelines of the preliminary con-ference and consultation for select-ing a third telco in Quezon City.
The DICT official said that each of the three companies will be the leader of its own consortium to be formed with both local and foreign partners.
Rio, however, said the three play-ers’ expression of interest to each form a consortium was not yet offi-cial as the DICT had to wait for final bidding documents.
“So far, wala pa talaga siguro that will be part of the system na gusto nila ito isikreto e doon na lang mala-laman sa pagbagsak nila ng bids,” he said.
During the consultations, Rio said the winning bidder must have the “highest committed investment for the next five years.”
He said these commitments should be secured with a “perfor-mance bond.”
Rio said the terms of the perfor-mance bond had yet to be drafted by the DICT, taking in the suggestions from interested bidders.
“But putting a bond is to ensure that whoever wins is really serious to be the third telco player kasi they will be punished if they will fail to deliver,” the DICT official said.
Interested particpants also must posses a valid congressional telecom-munications franchise, not a subisid-iary or affiliate of either Globe Tele-com Inc. or PLDT Inc.
“For them to be able to compete they must at least roll-out roughly $3 to $4 even up to $5 billion,” Rio said.
The DICT will come up with the final terms of reference for the selec-tion of a third telco player on Febru-ary 19.
The country’s telecom industry is considered a duopoly dominated by rivals PLDT Inc. and Globe Telecom Inc., prompting the Duterte adminis-tration to call for a third telco player to improve services and lower costs on the part of consumers. (GMA News)
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Even if foreign ownership is allowed in the media, Pernia said editorial control should be the “sole responsibility” of Filipinos.
“Whatever the foreign media would try to include in our me-dia releases should tightly be regulated by the Filipino editorial board,” Pernia said.
“We just need tight regulation through Filipino-controlled editorial policy, including on whatever news items may be con-tributed by the foreign counterparts,” he added.
Article 16, Section 11 of the 1987 Constitution provides that the ownership and management of media companies should be 100 percent Filipino.
Online media organization Rappler recently had its certificate of incorporation revoked by the Securities and Exchange Com-mission over an alleged violation of the constitutional restriction.
Rappler management denied that the US-based Omidyar Net-work, to which the company issued Philippine Depositary Re-ceipts, had control over the company. (ABS-CBN News)
Republic Act No. 10644 or the Go Negosyo Act which aims to help MSMEs, promote ease of doing business, facili-tate access to grants and other forms of financial assistance to MSMEs and provide access to other facilities or equipment.
The law also indicates sup-port for MSMEs through na-tional government agencies, easier business registration, provision of management guidance, improved working conditions, and facilitation of market access and linkage ser-vices for entrepreneurs.
3 firms keen on forming pacts to become 3rd telco player —DICT
COMPANIES bidding to become the third tele-communications player in the Philippines will need to bid for the radio frequencies returned to the government by PLDT, the Department of In-formation and Communications Technology said Wednesday.
“We are coming up with a process on how this will be part of the frequencies that will be awarded to the winner (of the third telco bidding),” DICT officer-in-charge Eliseo Rio told ANC’s Future Perfect tech Shorts.
The DICT and the National Telecommunica-tions Commission are still finalizing the details on the awarding of the frequencies, Rio said.
But if the selected third telco’s bid for the radio frequencies is lower than the other offers, the third player may be asked to match the highest bid.
The Philippine Competition Commission earli-er expressed concern that a third telco player may not have enough frequencies to effectively chal-lenge Globe and PLDT.
In 2016, Globe and PLDT acquired the tele-com business of San Miguel under the condition that they would return enough frequencies to the government for the establishment of a third player. (ABS-CBN News)
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Grants program. In this aspect, the DOT gives a grant of P 100,000 to local filmmakers in exchange of creating a cin-ematic masterpiece that will highlight and/or feature cer-tain tourist spots in Region 6.
Movies like Star Wars and TV series like the Game of Thrones attracted the atten-tion of a global-wide fanbase and did miracles to the tourism industries of Iceland, Croatia, and Spain.
This is also the desired ef-fect of CineKasimanwa’s Film Grants program – to raise awareness and attention to Western Visayas Tourism, and improve cinematic appeal as well. And indeed, this project has produced movies that depict the beauty and the cinematic at-tractiveness of Western Visayas’ tourist spots. Movies that are equally magnificent in cinematic storytelling value, and the visual positive radiance of the tourist spots of Western Visayas.
With the guidance of the filmmakers’ overall mentor and festival founder Elvert Ba-ñares, who acts as producer of the films, and with Atty. Helen Catalbas as Executive Producer, this year’s batch of DOT-spon-sored CineKasimanwa Ilonggo films are real gems that should
and all.The series is an original
concept of Aloy Adlawan and is under the helm of director Rechie del Carmen with the creative team composed of creative director Roy Iglesias, creative head Richard Cruz, headwriter RJ Nuevas, cre-ative consultant Denoy Navar-ro Punio, writers Des Garbes Severino and Jmee Katanyag and brainstormers Jason John Lim, Kutz Enriquez, El Orti-zluis and Dantes Usman.
Sherlock Jr. is created by the GMA Entertainment Con-tent Group under the supervi-sion of Senior Vice President for ECG Lilybeth G. Rason-able, Vice President for Drama Redgie A. Magno, Assistant Vice President for Drama Cheryl Ching-Sy, Senior Pro-gram Manager Helen Rose S. Sese and Executive Producer Darling Pulido Torres.
Catch Sherlock Jr.’s grand premiere this January 29 after 24 Oras on GMA Telebabad.
Kapuso viewers abroad can also catch Sherlock Jr. via GMA’s flagship international channel, GMA Pinoy TV. To check the program schedule for each territory, visit their official website at www.gma-pinoytv.com.
never be underestimated.The batch included four
short films and four full-length films, all varied in style, ap-peal, and genre.
The short films include “Saliwat” by Jay Palmares, which is a romantic millennial love story shot in Antique and features the beautiful Caluya Island, among many other lo-cations in Antique.
“Luha sang Bulalakaw” by Kenneth De la Cruz is a love story/drama about a couple that must soon part ways because one needs to work away from home. It was shot in Guimaras and features several beautiful locations, including a subtle fea-ture on the Manggahan festival.
“Ugsad” by Kenneth Bor-lan is a poetic piece of art film shot in Guimaras; it is a film that mixes poetry and dance beautifully captured in the canvass of cinematic form.
“Emyreus: Mga Ganhaan sang Pagtilaw” is a surreal jour-ney into a conversation between Man and God. It is shot in vari-ous locations in Iloilo Province like Isla Gigantes in Carles.
The full-length films in-clude “Manggagarab” by Kyle Fermindoza, an action-horror-suspense about a man who was destined to battle evil creatures that prey on human
flesh. Dubbed as “Western Visayas’ answer to Panday”, this action-suspense that fea-tures impressive stunts from the parkour artists of Iloilo was shot in Capiz.
“Iloy” by Gary Tabanera is a serious drama that features various characters that revolve around a string of tragedies. This film was shot in Capiz.
“Higante: Misteryo sang Kuweba” by Ramjun Vallasote and Dane Arsulo is a fantasy-adventure that features CGI effects, specifically that of its creatures and the highlighted Higante characters. The fantasy-adventure was shot in Aklan.
“Dalitan” by Reymundo Salao is an action-espionage flick that centers on a team of government agents trying to stop a clandestine organization from developing and spread-ing a lethal virus.
“Dalitan” was shot in vari-ous locations in Antique.
CineKasimanwa continues this year. And even though its main highlight, which is on the first week of December, is still a bit far, there will be various activities that are part of CineKasimanwa that will be happening in the coming months.
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THE Philippines has formally de-clined to accept €6.1 million or around P380 million in aid from the European Union (EU), EU Ambassador to the Philippines Franz Jessen confirmed on Wednesday.
“It was formalized after they re-turned the financial agreements of the TRTA that should be signed by end of the year,” Jessen told GMA News On-line in a phone interview.
The TRTA or Trade-Related Techni-cal Assistance the Philippine govern-ment discontinued is the fourth in a series, which the “EU has been sup-porting for a decade,” Jessen noted.
During a forum in Manila, the EU en-voy said the TRTA that the Philippines rejected at the end of 2017 amounted to €6.1 million.
“The TRTA is an EU-funded project for the DTI (Department of Trade and Industry) to help finance its programs for capacity development, help them organize trade conferences,” Jessen said.
He said the Philippines is also about to reject around €40 million in aid for renewable energy projects, particularly for constructing solar power plants in Mindanao.
“The next that could be rejected are renewable energy-related aid amount-ing to around €40 million ... This is for building solar power in Mindanao,” Jessen said.
In October last year, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said the Department of Foreign Affairs will formally convey to the EU the govern-
ment’s decision to decline aid from the political and economic union of mem-ber states.
President Rodrigo Duterte has re-peatedly lambasted the EU for attach-ing conditions to its assistance, such as imposing human rights regulations in exchange for money.
During the forum in Manila, Janssen said the Philippine government rejected the assistance due to words like “rule of law,” “democracy,” and “human rights” in the TRTA documents.
Nevertheless, Jessen said the EU re-spects the decision.
“We respect their decision. It’s im-portant that we don’t have any misun-derstanding, but it’s, at the end of the day, for them to decide,” he said. (GMA News)
NEW YORK – Aspect Ven-tures, a venture capital fund set up by women, said it has won the backing of Melinda Gates, the wife of Microsoft founder and billionaire philanthropist, Bill Gates.
Aspect Ventures -- set up in 2014 by venture capitalists Theresia Gouw and Jennifer Fonstad -- said late Tuesday that Gates was one of “several high-profile supporters” back-ing a new $181-million fund in-vesting in early-stage startups.
It did not specify exactly how much Gates had invested.
But the company said in a statement that its new fund was looking “to build on in-vestments such as ForeScout, a security company that went public in October, as well as early bets on companies such as networking startup Cato Networks, design marketplace Crew, security intelligence
shop Exabeam and careers site The Muse.”
The venture capital sector is still largely dominated by men.
According to consultancy Pitchbook, only 11 percent of partners of venture capital firms in the US are women.
And only 2.2 percent of cash into startups in the US last year went to companies created solely by women, Pitchbook said.
Aspect Ventures, which now has five men on its invest-ment team, said that among its startups, “40 percent include a female cofounder, above the industry average, while half include an immigrant or first-generation citizen and about 30 percent a cofounder from a racial minority.”
“We’ve seen that teams that are more diverse in tech have out-performed,” co-founder Gouw said. (Agence France Presse)
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Everyone wants a piece of your time today, and you feel frazzled. Take a deep breath and deal with one person at a time.
Today you are probably full of vim, vigor and vitality to get the job DONE! You can be a real go-getter, dynamic and effective.
Someone close to you is dealing with issues of addiction. Encourage a 12-step approach.
Go through that old stuff that’s been piling up. You’ll not only eliminate some trash, but discover some buried treasures.
A day of easygoing, affectionate interactions with others. Just don’t slip into laziness or gossip. Keep things light and comfortable.
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Generosity brings satisfaction. Money is enjoyed with loved ones (children, lovers, etc.). Indulgence is the theme.
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Mystery and friendship play out in GMA Network’s primetime series
Sherlock Jr.
RURU and Gabbi
THEY SAY that dogs are a man’s best friend. But many times, these warm and love-
able pets are so much more than that.
Beginning January 29, GMA Net-work takes its viewers on a fun inves-tigative journey with its newest prime-time offering featuring a star-studded and interesting cast, Sherlock Jr.
Headlining this series are two of the network’s brightest young stars and one of today’s hottest love teams Ruru Madrid and Gabbi Garcia, along with an endearing dog named Serena. There will also be a special guest participation of beautiful and talented Kapuso actress Janine Guti-errez.
Ruru breathes life to Sherlock “Jack” Jackson, Jr., a clever investi-gative reporter who never backs out from solving mysteries. Aside from being a good son and brother, he also loves his girlfriend very much.
Gabbi plays the role of Lily Pe-laez, a jolly and bubbly veterinary clinic assistant. She loves joining anything that could make her famous including various contests and beau-ty pageants.
Janine is Irene Manansala, Jack’s girlfriend and a lifestyle reporter. Despite being an orphan, she felt the love and belongingness that she longs for from Jack.
The show also introduces the golden retriever named Serena, the wonder dog who will touch every-one’s lives and will teach them les-sons on love, life, family and friend-ship.
In the story, everything is going well for Jack and Irene who are hap-pily in love with each other. But when curiosity and eagerness to expose the truth engulfs Irene, she finds herself in trouble along with her newfound friend, Lily.
Jack, together with Irene’s be-loved pet dog, Serena, is determined to investigate what happened to the two ladies. Lily can’t remember any-thing from that night but she helps in the investigation, only to find herself falling in love with Jack. Altogether, they embark on a probing adventure and discover truths that are beyond what they are searching for.
Joining them is Philippine Com-edy Queen Aiai Delas Alas as Perla Calubaquib, Jack’s hopeless romantic mother. She is a secretary at their ba-rangay and constantly seeks the help of Jack in solving problems and crimes.
Completing the cast is a roster of multi-talented artists: Tonton Gutier-rez as Sen. Lawrence Carazo, a high-profile politician and Dindo’s fa-ther; Andre Paras as Pido Lumabao, Jack’s best friend and a policeman; Roi Vinzon as Rado Nunez, Perla’s proud and cheating second husband; Sharmaine Arnaiz as Lorraine Pe-laez, Lily’s mother who is an OFW; Rochelle Barrameda as Carolina Al-mendral-Carazo, Lawrence’s power-hungry and manipulative wife; Matt Evans as Dindo Carazo, Lawrence’s arrogant son who is being groomed to also be a politician; Kate Valdez as Jenny Nunez, Perla and Rado’s sweet daughter who is also a nursing student; Alyana Asistio as Diosdada “Diosa” Mamaril, Lily’s friend who also loves joining pageants and falls for Pido; and Sofia Pablo as Caray, Perla and Rado’s youngest daughter who also loves solving crimes.
Sherlock Jr. is all set not only to pique viewers’ interests with its thought-provoking storyline filled with action, mystery and drama, but also to show how love and family are some of life’s greatest joys. More im-portantly, that true friendship knows no boundaries—humans, animals,
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CINEKASIMANwA Year 5 in ReviewBy RicaRdo aBelong encanto
THE CineKasimanwa Film Festival Year 5 re-cently wrapped up its full festival run which started in December and continued last week.
And with its Dinagyang run dubbed as “CineKasimanwa Dag-yang Internasyonal”, it featured a reload of last December’s se-lections, along with film submissions from other countries such as Russia, US, UK, Spain, Iran, Switzerland, etc. The festival also actually welcomed guest filmmakers from other countries who graced us with their presence during the run, such as Thai filmmaker Anusorn Soisa-Ngim and Canadian experimental filmmaker Keke Boyman.
2017 has been an awesome year for Iloilo and Western Visayas in the field of Arts and Culture, and cinema is one of the major factors that play a significant role. Because of the fact that Ilonggo Cinema has reached an impressive peak, that will only push us to farther, greater heights in the future.
The CineKasimanwa Film Festival has since made a gigantic splash in regional cinema and national cinema. What began as a simple film festival that seeks to highlight true-blue Ilonggo films has now grown to become a major Filipino film festival that sets standards and formats that other film festivals imitate, thanks to its major sponsor and supporter – the Department of Tourism Region 6 led by the ever dynamic and active Atty. Hel-en Catalbas, whose strong support has given the Western Visayas filmmaking community a massive sense of self-confidence and well-earned pride.
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YOUTH Task Forces of every barangay in Sta. Barbara, Iloilo were taught to uphold their democratic right to choose future leaders through the Be Botante: Leadership Talk and Voter’s Education campaign led by the National Alliance of Youth Leaders (NAYL) last Jan 20, 2018.
A total of 80 participants attended the day-long activity which encouraged them to participate in the elections and to be knowledgeable of the electoral system and nature of Philippine politics.
The event also sought the pledge of the students to be vigilant of their nation’s leaders, from the moment they step into their post down until their term ends.
“As of 2016, almost half of the 54.36 million registered voters in the country are comprised of the youth ages 17 to 34 years old,” Gienno Nebris, NAYL Re-gional Ambassador for the Visayas, said
ILONGGO cuisine is perhaps one of the biggest draws of this southern part of the Panay Island. Whether you’re thinking of
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This January, the City of Iloilo celebrated its 50th Dinag-yang Festival which is a commemoration of the Ilonggos’ long history of devotion for the Sto. Niño. It is also a time for showcasing their devotion to classic and comforting Ilonggo dishes: La Paz Batchoy, the famous Ilonggo noodle soup; Laswa, the fiber-rich vegetable stew; the authentic KBL or Kadyos, Baboy at Langka; and the Chinese-inspired Pancit Molo. When in Iloilo during the Dinagyang Festival, one usually forgets about diet as everything is perfectly “na-mit gid” or really delicious!
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Jolly Heart Mate Canola Oil also treated its consumers during the Dinagyang Festival to free Body Mass Index (BMI) and heart health monitoring administered by regis-tered dietitian-nutritionists. The consultation also includes proper meal planning so moms and home cooks will surely gain knowledge about the importance of smart food choices without sacrificing taste and health. Additionally, shoppers also got a chance to play a roulette spin for a chance to take home special prizes or VIP backstage pass to meet Chef-Ambassador Donita Rose herself!
With Jolly Heart Mate Canola Oil, one can surely start strong and never have to abandon their New Year’s resolu-tions. From menu ideas to life-changing nutrition tips, Chef Donita Rose’s heart-healthy recipes will surely excite every-one’s taste buds with a diet that won’t leave anyone feeling deprived. For more information on Chef Donita’s Festival Tour with Jolly Heart Mate Canola Oil, visit their Facebook page on www.facebook.com/JollyHeartMateCanolaOil.
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in an interview with The Daily Guardian.“Thus, with this big number of voters
coming from the youth sector, they can really influence and make a difference in selecting our leaders,” he added.
Be Botante started with a Knowing Thy-self forum and eventually discussed specific topics such as Youth in Nation Building, Role of Youth in the Democratic Process, and Youth Impact and Transformational Leader-ship Towards Fair and Clean Elections.
“The youth vote is very crucial and significant and that’s the reason why they must be critical of our public officials and must participate in the electoral and po-litical process,” Nebris said.
Be Botante is part of the Tatak Botante voter registration and education campaign advocacy of NAYL which tackles issues on electoral culture in the Philippines as a way to implement true reforms within the electoral system. (Photos from NAYL Visayas Twitter account)
YOUTH VOTERS Youth Task Force of Sta. Barbara Iloilo with the speakers of the Be Botante: Leadership Talk and Voter’s Education event led by the National Alliance of Youth Leaders (NAYL) last Jan 20, 2017.
IMPACT Ruzzel Morales (right) of NAYL with Prof. Ruben Gamala (left) of the National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (NAM-FREL) Iloilo who was one of the speakers who discussed Youth Impact and Transfor-mational Leadership Towards Fair and Clean Elections.
DEMOCRACY One of the speakers, Charles Arthel Rey from Impact Philippines, talks of the Role of the Youth in Democratic Process.
NATION Commissioner Rhea Peñaflor (right) who talked about Youth in Nation Building during the Be Botante event.
KNOW THYSELF The first speaker of the event, Teresa Hortillo (left), who talked about Knowing Thyself, with NAYL organizers Ruz-zel Morales (center) and Amiel Rapista.
DEPARTMENT of Science and Technol-ogy (DOST) Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña commended a group of organic farmers in Zarraga, Iloilo for providing scientific knowledge and cutting-edge technological innovations to the public
De la Peña cited the Zarraga Integrated Diversified Organic Farmers Association (ZIDOFA) during his visit to its project site.
ZIDOFA promotes the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) to help farmers achieve greater yield.
“Congratulations, you might be the first agricultural product to be endorsed in OneStore. This is something well accom-plished,” said De la Peña.
DOST’s OneSTore is an e-commerce web application platform that operates
DOST exec hails organic farmers, assures technical support
nationwide and caters primarily to Philippine consumers which aims to further assist the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) widen the scope of their target market.
Originated in Madagascar in the 1980’s, the SRI can reduce plant population, water requirements, increase land productivity, and pro-mote less reliance on artificial fertil-izers, pesticides, herbicides, and oth-er agrochemicals, all while buffering against the effects of climate change and reducing greenhouse gases.
ZIDOFA also presented a ma-chine they are developing for weeding purposes. The research and development team of ZIDO-FA plans to incorporate artificial intelligence to cover certain pa-
rameters in farming.De la Peña suggested that ZID-
OFA should register the technolo-gies they invent to protect and also develop technologies not limited to rice production.
He added that the association may also work with the academe to gain support and further con-nections that would help the as-sociation in terms of funding and research and development.
ZIDOFA Chairman Joby Aran-dela also shared his gratitude in the support that they get from DOST.
“We are very thankful that DOST is supporting Non-Govern-ment Organizations (NGOs) like us. We hope to help the commu-nity here in Iloilo and the farm-ers to become productive and
competitive because I believe that people from Western Visayas can compete not only here in the Phil-ippines, but in the whole Asia as well.” Arandela said.
“Rest assured that DOST will be looking forward to support-ing your future endeavors.” De la Peňa added.
ZIDOFA is an NGO dedicated to creating a closed-loop organic food value chain which covers the whole spectrum of activities in the chain. It helps small-farmers who are interested in converting some of their lands to organic farm ar-eas undergo series of trainings and seminars. ZIDOFA’s assistance continues until post-harvest dry-ing and milling, packaging and marketing. (DOST-6/JR Gabiota)
DOST Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña visits ZIDOFA in Zarraga, Iloilo. He advised research-ers to register the technologies they come up with for protection. He also encouraged ZIDOFA to de-velop technologies not limited for rice production and work with the academe to gain more support. (DOST-6/GM Legislador)ZIDOFA Chairman Joby Arandela. (DOST-6/G.M. Legislador)
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DAGUBDOB FEST PARTICIPATION Jail Officer 1 Jasmin Batadlan, community rela-tions service officer of Metro Bacolod District Jail (MBDJ) in Brgy. Taculing, Bacolod City, narrates to Aksyon Radyo field reporter Alvin Grava the jail facility’s participation in the dance group contest in line with the 5th Dagubdob festival of the city. MBDJ’s 28 eight selected inmates shall perform inside the jail compound. (J. Britanico/BJMPVICRS)
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MOREEN Joy Austria, 42, of Talisay City, Negros Occidental is a well-known visual artist whose public art – the 12-meter metal sculpture dubbed “Pagta-guyod” – will be built early this year in partnership with Metrobank Art and De-
sign Excellence (MADE) and Federal Land, at the rotunda of Edsa Extension, Macapagal Avenue, and Roxas Boulevard in Metro Manila.
Welding Arts, Realizing Dreams
Her sculpture exhibition, De-Ling, has also started traveling in the Visayas.
Austria grew up with the love for the arts as she was exposed to music by her parents who both played musical instruments.
When she was about to enter college, she wanted to take up music, but because of her parents’ desire, she settled for a busi-ness course.
She studied Bachelor of Science in Man-agement at the University of the Philippines in the Visayas. Afterward, she earned her master’s degree in Business Management.
She was in the corporate pharmaceutical setting for 12 years but she grew unhappy, so when she found out that she could ex-press herself and feel a different kind of fulfillment through art, she resigned and
became a full-time artist.She was challenged by her choice for
she lacked the skills and had no art degree, so she spent her time with artists, experi-menting, reading, and traveling where she learned the theories and concepts in arts.
When she wanted to be a metal sculptor, she enrolled in a welding course in Techni-cal Education and Skills Development Au-thority (TESDA). With perseverance, she became what she longed to become.
Meeting her art mentors in the different stages of her life also greatly helped her achieve her dreams which made her more optimistic, patient, and grateful.
Austria believed that her dreams would come true so they did and in God’s perfect time.
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