GOV. DOUGLAS R. CAGAS has appealed to the po-lice and military to neu-

tralize the increasing number of partisan armed groups (PAGs) employed by politicians as he predicted the forthcoming 2013 election in his province to be more violent than in 2010.

Cagas expressed his lament

and appeal during the third quarterly meeting at the Grand Men Seng Hotel last Thursday of the Regional Peace and Order Council in Region 11 headed by Davao del Norte Gov. Rodolfo

del Rosario.Cagas, who once headed the

RPOC for two yearst, spoke out after the report of Regional Po-lice Director Jaime Morente on the peace and order situation in

Region 11.He said his political rivals

have adopted a more creative way of employing goons by de-ploying them in their bailiwick towns and barangays but who are on call anytime they are needed with their unlicensed arms.

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CARNAPPED. Highway Patrol Group (HPG) 11 enforcers inspect a suspected carnapped vehicle in a car shop along Matina Aplaya yesterday. The shop owner called up the HPG 11office after suspecting that nine vehicles in his shop are stolen. [LEAN DAVAL JR.]

JUST as Philippine National Police Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) 11 regional direc-

tor Sr. Supt. Gregorio Pimentel announced that more anti-carnap operations will be conducted after 22 more luxury vehicles were dis-covered Friday night in a big mo-tor vehicle yard in Matina Aplaya

here.Pimentel said Elmer Ang,

owner of the Golden Sapphire Car Shop, surrendered the vehicles following the HPG’s intensified operations against the Baktin Car-napping Group led by notorious and elusive Ryan Cain Yu who was unmasked last week.

He said the vehicles were sim-ply left at the shop by one Rudy Macarampat of Kidapawan City ostensibly for “repair” sometime in April this year.

Pimentel said most of the vehicles are Toyota-made while some are Nissan and Mitsubishi.

Investigation showed that

nine of them turned out be car-napped vehicles from Caloocan City and other parts of Luzon, the handiwork of the Baktin group.

Pimentel said they already received reports about the ex-istence of the shop but did not know its location until the shop

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CAPTURING both still-life and real images, around 30

children of overseas Fili-pino workers (OFWs) will showcase to the public their first ever art exhib-it which mirrors their portrayal of families de-tached due to the harsh realities of parents work-ing abroad.

Staging their art gal-lery forum with the theme ‘Unveiling Stories through Angles and Strokes,’ the children’s artworks are borne from the Commu-nicators Development

Training and Mentoring organized by the Mind-anao Migrants Center for Empowering Actions, Inc. (MMCEAI), a Davao City-based non-government organization that pro-motes the welfare of mi-grant workers as well as their families.

The exhibit which will run starting Monday at 1 PM shall be unveiled at the Davao Episcopal Mis-sion Center, Royal Pines, Matina, this city. The gen-eral public and the media are welcome to witness

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RIBBON CUTTING. Michael Gotianun, Filinvest vice president (left), Schools Division Superintendent Helen D. Paguican (to his left) and Pinky Aquino Abelleda, Aklat, Gabay, Aruga Tungo sa Pag-angat at Pag-asa (AGAPP) chair (right), cut the ceremonial robbon while Rep. Mylene Garcia Albano of the

2nd Congressional District of Davao City looks on during the Silid Pangarap turnover ceremony at the Daniel M. Perez Central Elementary School in Bu-nawan Thursday afternoon. Silid Pangarap is a joint project of Filinvest and AGAPP. [LEAN DAVAL JR.]

THERE are no names yet, but there will be representatives

from the indigenous peo-ples (IP) and women sector in the shortlist of nominees to the Tran-sition Commission that will be set up after Pres-ident Benigno S. Aquino issues an Executive Order for its creation. What is certain is there will be at least two women and two IP representatives in the 15-member TransCom.

The government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are each naming at least one woman and one Lumad representative to the TransCom which will draft the Bangsamoro Basic Law in prepara-tion for the new auton-omous political entity called Bangsamoro which will replace the Autono-mous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) by 2016.

The recently signed Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) provides that the TransCom shall be com-posed of “15 members, all of whom are Bangsam-oro,” seven of them select-ed by the GPH and eight, including the chair, by the MILF.

Quoting Secretary Teresita Quintos-Deles, Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, GPH panel member Senen Bacani told a forum here on October 11, that their seven members will “definitely” include representatives from the Lumad, women and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).

MILF peace panel chair Mohagher Iqbal told MindaNews in a text message Friday that their list of eight has not been finalized but “IP and women will be included.” [Carolyn O. Arguillas/Min-daNews]

Framework Agreement

Lumads, women membersin Transition Commission

BAYAN Muna Rep. Neri Javier Colmenares on Saturday dismissed

renewed efforts to disqual-ify Bayan Muna as a mere nuisance case, a desperate act by the administration and its allied groups to ha-rass progressive parties.

The progressive law-maker slammed the case filed by the so-called Peo-ple’s Advocacy for Collabo-ration and Empowerment (PEACE) which is a rehash of the earlier disqualifica-tion and criminal cases filed against Bayan Muna and its representatives every up-coming election year.

“We are confident that the Comelec will junk the

said petition, as it did in 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010,” Colmenares said. “These petitions do not even specify the illegal acts allegedly committed by the party. They are bereft of fact and evidence. This is mere black propaganda that will not stand in any court.”

“We’ve already been vindicated in court, by the Comelec and by our track record but here they are again crying wolf,” he add-ed.

In 2007, the Supreme Court junked a rebellion case against six represen-tatives of party-list groups, among them Bayan Muna Reps. Joel Virador, Satur

Ocampo and Teddy Casi-no. Amid the Arroyo admin-istration throwing its own weight behind the trumped up case, the SC dismissed it for lack of probable cause and due process and scored Justice Secretary Raul Gon-zales and the prosecutors for “obvious involvement of political considerations in actuations.

“We cannot emphasize too strongly that prosecu-tors should not allow, and should avoid giving the im-pression that their noble office is being used or pros-tituted, wittingly or unwit-tingly, for political ends,” the SC said at that time. In fact, PEACE is the same group

that filed the disqualifi-cation case in 2010, only to be dismissed by the COMELEC.

“Walang ebidensya, dahil walang katotohanan ang alegasyon na nadad-ivert ng Bayan Muna ang pondo ng gubyerno sa NPA o gumagawa ng anu-mang aksyong iligal ang partido para ito ay mad-iskwalipika,” he said.

“They’re just harass-ing us, wasting the time of COMELEC and the taxpay-ers money. For what? To discredit us? To discredit honest work and efforts to better the situation of marginalized sectors?” Colmenares ended.

Bayan Muna says disqualification case a nuisance and harassment Children of OFWs unveil

first art exhibit in Davao

THERMA South Inc., an Aboitiz Power Corp. subsidiary and oper-

ator of the 300-megawatt coal-fired power plant, has sold 105-megawatts of its power to two subsidiaries as the company is expected to complete its project by June 2015.

Signing supplies agree-ment with the company Thursday were sister com-panies Davao Light and Power Co. for 100 mega-watts and Cotabato Light and Power Co. for five megawatts.

Arturo M. Milan, Davao Light executive vice presi-dent and also the chief op-erations officer of Cotabato Light, explained that both companies would need ad-ditional power supply by 2015 as the National Power Corp. is expected to lower its power sold to utilities as

the contract between the company and the govern-ment-run generating com-pany is expected to end by 2015 and that the contract-ed power will be cut down by 25%.

Even before the ending of the contract and because of the continued problem of its hydroelectric plants, the government power gen-erator, which is supposed to sell 260 megawatts to Davao Light, could only sell just over 200 megawatts.

Mr. Milan said that be-cause the power require-ment of the areas of Davao Light is growing 6.5% since 2009, his company would need 104 megawatts by 2015, due to the reduction of power coming from the government generator and the projected increase in demand. and that this is what the Therma South

power will fill.By end of 2015, demand

for power of Davao Light is about 345 megawatts. At present Davao Light has a contracted capacity of 337 megawatts, with 260 mega-watts coming from govern-ment, with a peak demand of 290 megawatts.

Mr. Milan assured con-sumers that the increase in rate, as Therma South is selling its power for P5.59 per kilowatt hour subject to the approval of the Energy Regulatory Commission, is not much. Although the rate will be fluctuating, Mr. Milan pegged the rate at a range of P3.80 to P4 a kilo-watt hour.

“I want to qualify. This (rate range) will depend on the mix (of power output),” he said, pointing out that the company also sourc-es its power from another

sister company, Hedcor Inc., which is selling its 42.5 megawatts to the distrib-uting utility. Hedcor oper-ates both the hydroelectric Sibulan plants in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur and the five-megawatt Tamugan plant.

Roland U. Gaerlan, Aboitiz Power vice presi-dent for marketing, said his company has also started negotiating with other dis-tributors for the remainder of the 195-megawatt out-put of Therma South.

“Our priorities are (distribution) utilities like the cooperatives,” said Mr. Gaerlan who signed the contract in behalf of Ther-ma South.

Davao Light is also ex-pected to widen its fran-chise areas if the plan to place under its area the

Davao coal-fired plant sells105 mw to 2 Aboitiz firms THE FOUR provinces

and six cities of the Davao region were

asked to study and come up with their comments on the framework agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) for submission to the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPPAP).

This was the decision of the Davao Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) headed by Davao del Norte Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario during the RPOC’s quar-terly meeting at the Grand Menseng Hotel last Thurs-day.

The action was suggest-ed by Davao City Mayor Sara D. Carpio as a result of the discussion on a matter presented by BGen. Ariel B. Bernardo, commander of the 10th Infantry Divi-sion of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, who said that there are certain pro-visions of the FAB which affects portions of the re-gion, although outside the

Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). The council will propose to have a meeting with the OPAPP and the government peace panel not later than November 12.

“The resolution is for us to study the Framework Agreement so that we can recommend on how we can [help] push the final agree-ment. [While] we are not a part of the Bangsamoro area, we are a part of Mind-anao,” del Rosario told Min-daNews.

Del Rosario said the RPOC also wants a meeting with the OPAPP for the in-formation dissemination of the Framework Agreement to the members.

But before the meeting with the OPAPP, del Rosa-rio said they will come out with an RPOC consolidated legal opinion, which would be the jumping point for the discussion with the gov-ernment negotiating panel. [LoRiE ANN A. CAsCARo/MiNDANEws]

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THE world’s govern-ments have agreed to increase funding

in support of actions to halt the rate of loss of bio-diversity at the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Unit-ed Nations Convention on Biological Diversity last week.

Developed countries agreed to double funding to support efforts in de-veloping states towards meeting the internation-ally-agreed Biodiversity Targets, and the main goals of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020.

The Saragasso Sea, the Tonga archipelago and key corals sites off the coast of Brazil are among a range of marine areas to receive special attention by governments as part of renewed efforts agreed in Hyderabad to sustain-ably manage the world’s oceans. Many of the areas are beyond national ju-risdictions and, as such, receive little or no protec-tion at present.

Other key decisions taken at the 11th Confer-ence of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 11) include new measures to

factor biodiversity into environmental impact assessments linked to infrastructure and other development projects in marine and coastal areas.

Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, Executive Sec-retary of the Convention on Biological Diversity said: “These results, com-ing in a period of econom-ic crisis, demonstrate that the world is committed to implementing the CBD. We see that governments are moving forward in implementation and see-ing biodiversity as an op-portunity to be realized more than a problem to be solved.”

“We now need to move forward in the next two years, under the able leadership of India, the COP 11 president, to con-solidate this work and to advance further. I look forward to other pledges in support of the Hyder-abad call for Biodiversity Champions that will allow us to realize our goals” he said.

Smt. Jayanthi Natara-jan, minister of Environ-ment and Forests for In-dia, and president of the COP said: “The pres-ent economic crisis should not deter us,

but on the contrary en-courage us to invest more towards amelioration of the natural capital for en-suring uninterrupted eco-system services, on which all life on earth depends.”

“The UN biodiversi-ty conference in Hyder-abad has taken forward the renewed momentum, forged two years ago in Nagoya,” said United Nations Under-Secre-tary-General and UN En-vironment Programme Executive Director Achim Steiner.

“Countries have sent a clear signal and delivered additional commitments underlining the fact that biodiversity and eco-systems are a d e v e l o p m e n t p r i - or i ty

a n d

central to a transition to an inclusive Green Econo-my,” added Mr. Steiner.

“Mobilizing the nec-essary financial resourc-es from the public and private sector needed to ensure achievement of the 2020 targets remains a challenge - but here in India, many nations in-cluding developing econ-omies have signalled their determination and sense of urgency to seize the opportunities by providing much needed additional support,” said Mr. Steiner.

Agreements on Fund-ing

D e v e l o p e d

countries agreed at the conference to increase funding to support ef-forts in developing states towards meeting the Aic-hi Biodiversity Targets.

Using a baseline fig-ure of the average an-nual national spending on biodiversity between 2006 and 2010, devel-oped countries said they would double funding by 2015. The COP also set targets to increase the number of countries that have included biodiversi-ty in their national devel-opment plans, and pre-pared national financial plans for biodiversity, by

2015.A l l

Parties agreed to sub-stantially increase do-mestic expenditures for biodiversity protection over the same period.

These targets, and progress towards them, will be reviewed in 2014.

For the first time, de-veloping countries at COP 11, including India and several African states, pledged additional funds above and beyond their core funding towards the work of the CBD.

Marine BiodiversityThe 193 Parties to the

CBD agreed to classify a diverse list of marine ar-eas, some renowned for containing ‘hidden trea-sures’ of the plant and animal world, as ecolog-

ically or biologically significant.

At United Nations Biodiversity Conference

Countries agree to double resources for biodiversity protection by 2015

RHINO poaching statistics released today by South Af-

rican authorities show that a record 455 rhinos have been lost to poach-ing already in 2012. The number exceeds the 448 rhinos killed for their horns during the whole of 2011.

“The most recent fig-ure is disappointing as last year’s total has al-ready been exceeded by mid-October. World-fa-mous safari destination Kruger National Park continues to be the hard-est hit by poachers with 272 rhinos killed to-date,” said Dr Jo Shaw, WWF-South Africa’s Rhi-no Co-ordinator.

Rhino poaching rates have increased rapid-ly since 2007 as new markets for rhino horn have emerged in Asia, primarily in Viet Nam. Rhino horn has recently been touted as a hang-over cure and treatment for terminal illnesses, according to a report by WWF’s partner TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade moni-toring network.

“It is critical for the South African govern-ment to engage with con-sumer countries and to fight against internation-al syndicates involved in illegal rhino horn trade. WWF is concerned that the Memorandum of Un-derstanding with Viet

Record poaching drives rhinos to tipping point

Nam for collaborative action against illegal rhi-no horn trade remains unsigned. There is also an urgent need for law enforcement actions by neighbouring countries which are implicated as transit routes for illegal trade in rhino horn, spe-cifically Mozambique,” Shaw said.

The number of ar-rests for rhino crimes has increased this year in South Africa, with 207 poachers, middlemen and couriers taken into police custody. WWF commends the South Af-rican government and law enforcement author-ities for their continued efforts to help curb il-legal wildlife trade, but believes there is no room for complacency.

A major alleged rhino poaching syndicate, the so-called ‘Groenewald Gang’, is due to appear in a South African court Friday. The group, con-sisting of a safari tour operator, veterinarians, professional hunters and a helicopter pilot, is fac-ing charges related to the killing of 20 rhinos who were found without their horns.

GO V E R N M E N T S gathering for a meeting of the

United Nations Conven-tion against Transnation-al Organized Crime have recognized environmen-tal crime, such as illicit trafficking in wildlife, as a new form of transnational organized crime in need a greater response. The meeting passed by con-sensus a resolution en-couraging governments to further strengthen their domestic laws to prevent and combat these crimes.

“The recognition that illicit wildlife trafficking is a new form of transna-tional organized crime should be a wake-up call to governments world-wide,” said Wendy Elliott, WWF Global Species Pro-gramme Manager. “All forms of transnational organized crime have major impacts on stabil-ity, security and devel-opment. Urgent action is now desperately needed to strengthen efforts to combat illicit wildlife traf-ficking at all levels of the trade chain.”

During the meeting,

the United Nations Of-fice on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) highlighted the sophisticated techniques used by wildlife traffick-ers, and the links between environmental crime and other crimes associated with high levels of vio-lence and corruption.

UNODC encouraged countries to take action against trafficking in en-dangered species, and to consider making traffick-ing of endangered species a serious crime. Under the convention, serious crimes are defined as those that are assigned prison sentences of at least four years.

“Wildlife criminals are raking in huge profits from this illegal activity, at relatively low risk of arrest, prosecution or im-prisonment” said Stepha-nie Pendry, Enforcement Programme Leader for TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network. “They are escaping justice because wildlife crime has not been regarded as a serious crime. But these criminal networks are having huge impacts, threatening not only wild-

life, but also damaging communities, local econo-mies and rule of law.”

Several governments spoke out at the Vienna meeting about the sever-ity of wildlife crimes and their negative impacts on society. South Africa, which is the epicentre of the current rhino poach-ing crisis, noted progress with inter-ministerial co-operation between its gov-ernment branches.

“Rhino poaching has escalated dramatically in parts of South Africa, due to the ruthless assault on the rhino population by criminal groups. We are bringing together policy, defence, customs and con-servation officials to tack-le this serious organized crime,” said Pitso Mont-wedi, South Africa’s Chief Director of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs.

The United Nations Convention against Trans-national Organized Crime is the main international treaty dedicated to the fight against transnational organized crimes, such as the drug trade and human trafficking, and has been signed by 147 countries.

Illicit wildlife trafficking: A form of transnational organized crime

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MONTHLY AVERAGE EXCHANGE RATE (January 2009 - December 2011)

Month 2012 2011 2010

Average 43.31 45.11December 43.64 43.95November 43.27 43.49October 43.45 43.44

September 43.02 44.31August 42.42 45.18

July 42.81 46.32June 43.37 46.30May 42.85 43.13 45.60April 42.70 43.24 44.63

March 42.86 43.52 45.74February 42.66 43.70 46.31January 43.62 44.17 46.03

Stat Watch5.8%

1st Qtr 2012

6.4 %1st Qtr 2012

USD 4,931million

May 2012USD 4,770

millionApr 2012USD -135

millionApr 2012USD -209

millionMar 2012

P 4,580,674 million

Apr 2012

4.1 %May 2012P131,403

millionMay 2012

P 5,075 billion

Apr 2012

P 42.78Jun 2012

5,091.2May 2012

130.1 Jun 2012

2.8 Jun 2012

3.7 Jun 2012

349,779Apr 2012

18.8 %Jan 2012

7.2 %Jan 2012

1. Gross National IncomeGrowth Rate(At Constant 2000 Prices)

2. Gross Domestic ProductGrowth Rate(At Constant 2000 Prices)

3. Exports 1/

4. Imports 1/

5. Trade Balance

6. Balance of Payments 2/

7. Broad Money Liabilities

8. Interest Rates 4/

9. National Government Revenues

10. National government outstanding debt

11. Peso per US $ 5/

12. Stocks Composite Index 6/

13. Consumer Price Index 2006=100

14. Headline Inflation Rate 2006=100

15. Core Inflation Rate 2006=100

16. Visitor Arrivals

17. Underemployment Rate 7/

18. Unemployment Rate 7/

Cebu Pacific Daily 5J961 / 5J962 5:45 Manila-Davao-Manila 6:15Zest Air Daily Z2390 / Z2390 5:45 Manila-Davao-Manila 6:25Cebu Pacific Daily 5J593 / 5J348 6:00 Cebu-Davao-Iloilo 6:30Philippine Airlines Daily PR809 / PR810 6:10 Manila-Davao-Manila 7:00Philippine Airlines Daily PR819 / PR820 7:50 Manila-Davao-Manila 8:50Cebu Pacific Daily 5J394 / 5J393 7:50 Zamboanga-Davao-Zamboanga 8:10Cebu Pacific Daily 5J599 / 5J594 8:00 Cebu-Davao-Cebu 8:30Cebu Pacific Daily 5J347 / 5J596 9:10 Iloilo-Davao-Cebu 9:40Cebu Pacific Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri/Sun 5J963 / 5J964 9:40 Manila-Davao-Manila 10:10Philippine Airlines Daily PR811 / PR812 11:30 Manila-Davao-Manila 12:20Cebu Pacific Daily 5J595 / 5J966 12:00 Cebu-Davao-Manila 12:30Silk Air Mon/Wed/Sat MI588 / MI588 18:55 Davao-Cebu-Singapore 13:35Cebu Pacific Thu 5J965 / 5J968 12:55 Manila-Davao-Manila 13:25Cebu Pacific Tue/Wed//Sat 5J965 / 5J968 13:35 Manila-Davao-Manila 14:05

Silk Air Thu/Sun MI566 / MI566 18:55 Davao-Singapore 15:20Cebu Pacific Mon/Tue/Wed/Fri 5J507 / 5J598 15:00 Cebu-Davao-Cebu 15:30Philippine Airlines August 15:55 Mani2Mani 16:50Zest Air Daily Z2524 / Z2525 16:05 Cebu-Davao-Cebu 16:45Cebu Pacific Daily 5J967 / 5J600 16:35 Manila-Davao-Cebu 17:05Philippines Airlines Daily PR813 / PR814 16:55 Manila-Davao-Manila 17:45Cebu Pacific Mon/Tue/Thu/Sat 5J215 / 5J216 18:00 Cagayan de Oro-Davao-Cagayan de Oro 18:20Cebu Pacific Daily 5971 / 5J970 18:40 Manila-Davao-Manila 19:10Cebu Pacific Tue/Sat/Sun 5J973 / 5J974 20:00 Manila-Davao-Manila 20:30Cebu Pacific Daily 5J969 / 5J972 20:30 Manila-Davao-Manila 21:00Airphil Express Daily 2P987 / 2P988 20:30 Manila-Davao-Manila 21:00Philippine Airlines Daily except Sunday PR821 / PR822 21:20 Manila-Davao-Manila 21:50Philippine Airlines Sunday PR821 / PR822 22:20 Manila-Davao-Manila 22:50

as of august 2010

FILLING. An employee of Krispy Kreme demonstrates the process of donut filling at Abreeza Mall yesterday. The company

successfully opened two branches in the city recently. [LEAN DAVAL JR.]

MINDANAO banana growers currently suffering the impact

of the crisis facing the ba-nana industry find new hope through the Cacao-Banana Agri-Enterprise Development (CBAED) project.

The CBAED project aimed at cushioning the impact of the crisis facing the banana industry is initiated by the Federation of Cooperatives in Mindanao (FEDCO) with the help of ACDI/VOCA, an international organization currently implementing Co-coPal Farming System project in Mindanao funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

FEDCO chief executive officer, Rene Dalayon said, the CBAED project is target-ing to help 2,000 farmers in developing 10 hectares for cacao-banana plantations in the municipalities of Sto. To-mas and Asuncion in Davao del Norte.

FEDCO initially provided free intensive trainings on ca-cao-banana intercrop farm-ing technology to 75 Coco Pal Farmer Leaders (CFL).

The CFLs which have just finished their trainings are currently conducting simi-lar trainings to other CBAED farmer beneficiaries through the so-called Farmers Field

School, Dalayon said. The training covers the

following: Farm planning and farmers’ decision making; farming as a business, and technical training on cacao production using CacaoCheck System developed by ACDI/VOCA.

While the training to oth-er farmers continues, the CFLs have already applied the cacao-banana intercrop-ping system in the said tar-geted farms in Davao del Norte.

Todate, about seven hect-ares were already planted to cacao and banana, Dalayon said. He expects the entire project to be fully imple-mented in the targeted 10 hectares by February 2013 when the project ends.

ACDI/VOCA has granted P3.2 million budget to fund the CBAED project. This is in addition to the P1 million fund it granted last two years ago for FEDCO’s cacao nurs-ery project , Dalayon said.

ACDI/VOCA chief of party in the Philippines, Nicholas Richards said CoCoPal Farm-ing System is working with small holder farmers and agri-enterprise including government agencies and institutions in Mindanao to uplift the industry and lives of the lowly farmers.

FINALLY, a jewelry-making industry is now in place in the mineral-rich town of

T’boli, South Cotabato.Public and private partners

recently launched the project to add value to the small-scale mining operations existing in this town in the last three de-cades.

Gold, either produced le-gally or illegally, is usually sold to buyers in its raw form and brought outside the town, which is home to the T’boli tribe.

But hopefully not anymore now as a P378,000 jewel-ry-making equipment has been turned over to 20 beneficiaries

in Barangay Edwards “to make authentic T’boli gold earrings, necklaces, bracelets, rings and other fashionable items.”

The T’boli local govern-ment in fact wants to develop jewelries as the centerpiece of its “One Town, One Product” thrust.

Constancio Paye, Mines and Geosciences Bureau Region 12 director, said that since mining is a major activity in the town due to its abundant silver and gold deposits, there should be value-adding by converting them right away into fashion materials.

“As the first jewelry proj-ect in the region, this is a big

chance for the community to sustain their income through this jewelry-making project,” he stressed.

The venture hopefully will also become a tourism drawer for the municipality, Paye said.

The jewelry-making project is expected to benefit villag-ers from Desawo and Kematu, where the estimated 2.4 million tons of gold and silver lie.

Under the Social Develop-ment Management Fund of the foreign-backed Tribal Mining Corporation (TMC), villagers will be trained to become jew-elry makers.

Lawyer Eumir Tiamzon, TMC president and chief ex-

ecutive officer, challenged the beneficiaries to create authen-tic jewelries that embody the culture of the T’boli tribe.

“Let us spread the feel of Tboli [culture] in these jewel-ries,” Tiamzon said.

MGB Assistant Secretary El-mer Billedo believed that with the help of the other govern-ment agencies, local govern-ment unit and private partners, T’boli will land in the jewelry map of the Philippines.

Billedo, an earth science ex-pert, said the jewelry-making project “is a decent business that should be a source of pride for the townsfolk.” [AC/Min-daNews]

Cotabato’s T’boli town now producing jewelries

Farmers find hope in cacaoamid banana industry crisis

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IN anticipation of a power shortage by 2015, Davao Light and

Power Company (DLPC) signed a contract with Therma South Inc. (TSI) Thursday noon to secure supply of power for the city and surrounding ar-eas.

Under the power sup-ply agreement, DLPC will receive 100-megawatt additional power capaci-ty once the construction of the 300-MW clean coal power plant of TSI is com-pleted by June 2015.

DLPC Executive Vice President and Chief Op-erating Officer Arturo Mi-lan, First Vice President for Mindanao Manuel Orig, VP for Engineering Rodger Velasco and VP for Marketing and Sales Affairs and representing TSI signed the deal.

Milan said the con-tract is good for 25 years, an assurance to meet the power demand in the cit-ies of Davao and Panabo as well as neighboring municipalities of Carmen, Dujali and Sto, Tomas, all of Davao del Norte.

In Mindanao, only these areas served by the DLPC are not experienc-ing brownouts because of several sources of power supply, such as the Na-tional Power Corporation, Hedcor, Sibulan, Therma Marine Inc. and DLPC Ba-jada Plant.

To date, the power supply is 337-MW while the demand is only 290-MW, an excess of 47-MW.

But because in 2015 the NPC is reducing its power supply distribu-tion to DLPC by only 195-MW, it initiates to tap the TSI as one of their power distributors to meet the power demand.

“We are happy to have earned the confidence of

Davao Light and we will do our best to build and deliver our power plant as scheduled. The people of Davao have welcomed our investment and it is just right that they reap the benefits of the power that we will prodice, TSI chief operating officer Benjamin Cariaso Jr. said in a press statement.

Cariaso said that they have the advantage of having already started the construction and assured they will build a world-class power plant that the people of Mindanao will be proud of.

For his part, Milan said the combination of rapid economic growth in the Davao Light franchise area and the expected de-teriorating supply from the NPC require them to act responsibly and se-cure this power now and ensure the power needs for Dabawenyos in the fu-ture.

“The unprecendent-ed economic growth in Davao City needs electric power and we in Davao Light will do ourt best that this power is de-livered reliably and the progress of our city goes unhampered,” he said.

The power supply con-tract will be submitted for approval to the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) which will ensure that the rates are fair and are to the best interest of the consumers.

Therma South is uti-lizing the latest circulat-ing fluidized-bed technol-ogy to ensure power plant operations meet stringent government environment and safety standards.

The Davao Light has an estimated peak de-mand of 290-MW, serving more than 30,000 cus-tomers. [AsA]

CHILI POWDER. An entrepreneur wannabe checks out a booth that sells different kinds of chili powder during the last day of the Davao Trade Expo 2012 at SM Lanang Premier’s SMX Convention Center yesterday. [LEAN DAVAL JR.]

Davao Light, Therma South sign additional power supply contractBy Anthony S. Allada

PARTNERSHIP. Edge Davao editor Antonio M. Ajero, Maria Lourdes G. Monteverde, M.D., Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (DCCCII) president, left, and Lenny Castillo of the Davao Branding Program,

sign a memorandum of agreement for the Davao Branding Project Partnership during the networking night of the Davao Trade Expo 2012 at SM Lanang Premier’s SMX Convention Center Thursday night. [LEAN DAVAL JR.]

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EDITORIAL

Killer instinct vs grafters

Glan Tourism Master Plan in focus

OUSTED Chief Justice Renato Co-rona may soon join former Pres-ident Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

in jail, according President Aquino . The President’s confident boast hogged the headline of at least one daily yesterday. It was supposed to have been said to a gathering of Filipinos in Australia.

Hubris and all, the President’s re-marks ought to be received with elation by Filipinos who believe in his “daang matuwid” (straight path) battlecry of governance.

The No. 1 complaint of Filipinos about their government for more than half a century now is rampant graft and cor-ruption that seemed to be worsening each passing day. So, Mr. Aquino is more appreciated by his constituents due to his unrelenting campaign against cor-ruption.

This would require a killer instinct of

sorts. It was not enough that Mr. Corona had been ousted for an alleged misdeed. He should be prosecuted for it and jailed if proven guilty.

Such unflinching drive should apply to all alleged grafters, however, side by side with Mr. Aquino’s campaign against big-time criminals, smugglers, tax evaders and their collaborators in government.

It is not cruelty to felons as may be viewed by some Filipinos with a mis-placed sense of charity.It is justice even for the alleged crooks. Trial in the courts is also their hope to be exonerated and be given justice, if indeed, they are inno-cent.

Rather than be judged and suffer ig-nominy on the basis of trial by publicity and impeachment trial which everybody agrees to be more political than anything, the former SC chief justice deserves such due process, no less.

PRIOR to the crafting of the Glan

Tourism Master Plan, Gumasa, its famed beach, was branded as the “Boracay of the South”. That would not be the case anymore. Given the prob-lems besetting Boracay these days, such as unchecked and rampant infrastructure developments that threaten its surreal atmosphere and contin-ued environmental degradation, local officials and stakeholders do not envision those to happen to Glan. So, it was a fallacious brand. It was a wrong brand image that did not com-plement the actual brand experience. Now, GTMP calls for packaging the whole commu-nity as a top beach destination coupled with historico-cultural experience. It is an optimis-tic image because it is unique. Tourists do not only get their own fill of the sun, sea and the sand. They will also have the opportunity to experience culture in natural state and the rich history of the place.

Convention dictates that an effective des-tination brand should have at least three basic qualities. First, it must be original. To a for-eign tourist, for example, all Philippine island destinations are essentially the same. Beauti-ful, yes. Ideal beach destinations, yes. Almost all islands are perceived to be the same. It is a tight competition and only those that are aggressive enough or with well-developed support infrastructures are able to gain signif-icant shares of the market. For emerging des-tinations, such as Glan, there is more persua-sive reason to package themselves as original. Each place must strongly project an authentic image that offers a unique and compelling experience different from other similar desti-nations. Secondly, the image must be iconic. It must evoke a strong and highly memorable perception coupled with symbols that inspire would-be tourists to explore the place. Third-ly, as in the case of what Glan wants to be per-ceived, the brand must be competitive. Given the pertinent marketing tools, the perception must be created in a powerful manner, able to grab the attention of the market.

There is a particular spot along Brgy. Kapatan that reminds me so much of Santo-rini in Europe. It offers a breathtaking view of the entire blue Sarangani Bay and, on less cloudy afternoons, a rather mysterious-look-ing silhouette of the towering Mt. Matutum. Remember that tourism is essentially a commodification of experience. Destination managers are selling experience, a technically non-tangible thing, as a product traded in the market. A sunset-by-the-bay experience in Brgy. Kapatan is where one commodifies such experience. It also offers a perfect spot for the planned conversion of the area into a tourism estate zone that will accommodate roadside restaurants, cafes, pasalubong center, etc. Foreign tourists, particularly the Westerners, would love it, knowing their preference for well-preserved eco-tourist destinations.

Tourist period in Glan is highly seasonal. High tourist arrival rates are experienced only from March to May and in December. For the rest of the year, the resorts are practically empty. GTMP calls for the institutionalization of regular and area-wide activities during the lean season to create a new market niche and sustain the operations of private resorts. These will be coupled with a mandatory and uniform discount scheme to be offered by the resorts, making the Glan experience still at-tractive to consumers even on cold and rainy months. Development of an inlet, surround-ed by well-protected mangroves, is already in place. The area will provide a wide array of wholesome and less physical activities that other segments of the market will find enjoy-able. These are your families and the elderly who would rather do boating, hook and line fishing and kayaking than fight the waves at the adjacent beach. Call it product diversifi-cation.

Since Glan is the country’s leader in terms of coconut production in municipal level, it does not come as a surprise that its official food icon cum pasalubong item is made from the coconut meat. A distinctly tasting bukayo will soon be mass produced using a recipe that will be developed with the help of ex-perts from the Technology Resource Center of the Department of Science and Technolo-gy. To expand the socio-economic benefits of tourism, jobless individuals will be organized as a cooperative and will be tasked to produce most of Glan’s bukayo.

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PROLONGED STATE OF ANARCHY – One have to travel many towns across the Autonomous Region

in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to see whether life had improved for ordinary citizens. For now, the government’s much-vaunted initial rumblings of eco-nomic activities are clearly not gaining ground. Understandably enough, in a place where the peace and order situa-tion is volatile, economic progress like-wise is elusive. It has been sixteen years since the signing of the “Final Peace Agreement’ (FPA) between the Ramos administration and the Misuari-led Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), yet ARMM has fallen into a prolonged state of anarchy.

The signs of political stability, so-cio-economic progress and peace and security are often interrupted by the drumbeats of insurgents’ attacks. Once in a while, life in ARMM on the surface seems normal, but there is a general sense of unease. Residents routinely veer from optimism to apprehension. The precarious peace and order condi-tion makes it difficult for business spec-ulators and locators to gauge the extent of change, indeed, if there is one. If there is no real peace and security, economic stagnation logically is the end result.

Public spending and investment portfolios have not increased to fuel commerce that would eventually create jobs and give people in the autonomous region a feeling of prosperity they had never known. ARMM officials come and go, but they similarly struggled to keep up with the prevailing socio-economic crisis caused by an unpredictable envi-ronment. There were large numbers of unemployed young men and women in most areas due to lack of job opportu-nities. Unexpected unrest threatens to swamp all the efforts of government to restore back the normal economic ac-tivities and surprise attacks targeting military patrols and government estab-lishments had stoked fears that the very foundation of ARMM is shaking.

With the influential clans and polit-ical warlords gone, people expect busi-

ness activities would resuscitate and drive an eco-nomic boom with their newfound peaceful atmo-sphere. However, many years on, the reality remains vastly complicat-ed. In some ways, business is poten-tially huge, but even the normally upbeat entrepreneurs admit that the prediction of the local and national governments about brighter economic prospect was off the mark. But amid the unpredictable peace and order condition are hard-nosed business smarts, say those who are already there. The not-so-good situ-ation has not dented their optimism.

Of course, there is always a shadow of hostilities breaking out, but entrepre-neurs on the ground say that earning money has been a strong draw and for them, it seemed a small price for surviv-al. Local officials and the national lead-ership tout the theory that a thriving middle-class and intrepid investors will inevitably demand an end to hostilities and ensure a peaceful environment conducive for business. They’re scop-ing out opportunities anticipating that sometime the fickle peace and security situation is going to die down.

In fairness, though, the peace and order condition in ARMM is not as bad as what has been described in the in-ternational press. Yet you could see outward signs of business at work. All of which proves that ARMM is still a good place to make money – although the harder way. Entrepreneurs in the autonomous region have learned that they need to be flexible about what they are going to do and how to man-age their businesses during tight situ-ations that would keep them profitably sound. In the view of other people, it’s really an unpredictable place to live and to engage in business, but homegrown traders make their future here. It takes just lots of courage and willpower, and

a market strategy – essential tools of the trade.

Muslim Mindanao’s search for new identity will be a long and difficult jour-ney despite the signing of the Frame-work Agreement on the Bangsamoro entity between the GRP and Moro Is-lamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace negotiating panels. Already, the region’s ethnic and political divisions are begin-ning to assert themselves sometimes in threatening ways. The signing of the FBA two weeks ago gave the region a dramatic push toward a brighter future – politically, socially and economical-ly. Political and constitutional experts noted the haggling that revealed splits in the formation of a new autonomous political entity could still haunts the re-gion’s political, socio-economic and cul-tural practices despite insistence of the GRP-MILF panels that the FBA marks an impressive accomplishment for both parties and, particularly the Bangsam-oro people.

Can the expected transition pro-ceedings in the coming months or may-be even years to be precise, as the gov-ernment hands over the power to the leaders of a new autonomous region find ways for warring groups to co-exist peacefully? This will determine wheth-er a new autonomous political entity can become, at one extreme, a model for harmony and unity or, at the other, an unstable haven for prospective inves-tors. The most basic logic in business dictates that economic progress cannot move forward if this has been matched by a corresponding rise in anxiety.

Believers in the FBA might as well say that the new peace accord enshrines the rights Bangsamoro people never dreamed of before: equality, freedom of speech and political identity. However, many legal luminaries and political an-alysts are coy about FBA’s future, “Isn’t it premature to talk about the realiza-tion of the FBA,” they ask. With the final formation of the FBA before President Benigno Aquino III’s term expires in 2016, it’s not too soon to ponder Bang-samoro people’s leaders.

Gold yard, graveyard

Thank you flood, Gensan is now a

metropolis

General Santos City

Small price for survival

( 1st of two parts )

VANTAGE POINTSEDGEDAVAO 9

IMAGES not only of flooded streets but en-

tire villages used to be unthinkable for those who have been living in Gen-eral Santos before it became a city.

Wednesday ’s torrential rains, which lasted for at least six hours, inundated at least six villages in the city long after the last drops of the rain were gone.

In 1969, when my parents ‘resettled’ in this place, the only concrete streets were Pioneer Avenue and a portion of then Albert Morrow Blvd (now P. Acha-ron).

But then life was simple. When it rains, no matter how heavy the down-pour, within hours (if not minutes) the water is gone – seeped deep below the surface. Yes, there were some water-logs which leave behind chocolaty albeit murky water but they were like potholes in your living room you could easily dry with your floor mat.

Not anymore.If you are lucky, you can still lie in

your bed with an inch or two of water on the floor and wait till it subsides maybe in 30 minutes or so.

But for the first time in their lives Wednesday evening, some 70 families in Purok Balite in Lagao left their homes for the comfort of the dry concrete floors of the village hall as rising waters threat-ened to drown their children.

It is easy to blame climate change and global warming for this recurring problem that is becoming a metropoli-tan scourge. Of course it is not entirely correct and, even more so, true to entire-ly blame changing weather pattern.

Urban blight coupled with unforgiv-able lack of foresight played the major role in the rising problem of flooding in the city.

The natural waterways in the city are now gone if not claimed by urban settle-ment.

There used to be a small waterway that crossed near the ‘intersection’ (that is what the junction near dxCP was known to old time residents) passing through what is now Gaisano and Soco-teco II office. That waterway stretches all the way to side of Coca-Cola Bottling Plant (where AASI village now stands) before spilling into the bay passing through a small creek beside the old Cal-tex Bulk Depot.

In Lagao, rainwater from Conel pass-es through what is now Yanzon Village going to Balite and Pag-asa before drain-ing into the catch basin that is now Gen-sanville.

But some crazy guy built a wall somewhere there. Poor fellows in Yan-zon village, they became lake denizens whenever it rains hard. Mind you, mo-torists passing by near the Lagao public market need some floaters too lest they leave their vehicles stuck in high waters.

You wonder why NLSA Road is so crooked a road? No, it is not because a Bicolano geodetic engineer skipped every hot chili plant while surveying a proposed road. The NLSA followed the contour of a stream that drains into the Amao swamp area in Bula. Do you still see the stream there?

MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaN-ews/26 October) – A week after the tragedy in Barangay Kimlaw-

is in Kiblawan, Davao del Sur that left a pregnant mother and her two sons dead, no government office or official has is-sued a pronouncement on the incident. Not the local government. Not the Com-mission on Human Rights (CHR).

I wonder why the CHR, which is now headed by a former activist, has been mum on what human rights groups and even Marbel Bishop Dinualdo Gutierrez believe was a massacre. Such attitude is in stark contrast to now Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, the former chair of CHR who was known for her independence in confronting human rights abuses during the previous administration.

All that has been reported so far is that the Armed Forces of the Philippines has formed a Board of Inquiry that will determine if the soldiers involved had vi-olated the military’s rules of engagement.

Bishop Gutierrez however has de-clared he is more inclined to believe in the information given by his social action workers that it was a massacre.

From the legal viewpoint, it is unfair to rush into conclusions. But perception

is reality and will remain as such unless convincing evidence presents itself. The problem is, how would the military explain the deaths of three civilians (four if we include the fetus in Juvy Capion’s womb) and the zero casualties on its side and on the group of Juvy’s hus-band, Daguil Capion? The military also has to explain why the scene of incident had been “sanitized”, that is, evidence had been tampered with, as claimed by an an-ti-mining group.

The place where the victims lived is part of the mining tenement of Sagittar-ius Mines Inc. Daguil Capion and a num-ber of fellow B’laans are opposing the presence of Sagittarius in their ancestral domain, and have resorted to arms to de-fend it. This is the reason why anti-min-ing groups believe the incident was a deliberate move to silence the Lumads’ resistance, although another group of Lumads is supporting the mining project.

That’s it. The root of the violence that has engulfed the area is the entry of SMI whose tenement also covers Tampakan in South Cotabato and Columbio in Sultan Kudarat. As in other mining communi-ties, SMI’s presence has caused conflicts among the local people. Daguil Capion’s armed resistance and the deaths of his wife and two children illustrate the social evils of a mining venture that amasses mega-profits but leaves just a pittance to host communities that will inherit envi-ronmental destruction as well as social divisions that may take generations to heal.

Of course, SMI couldn’t care less if the rivers turn murky and the people remain divided long after the last ounce of gold and copper has been dug out from the same earth where Juvy and her two sons were buried. In the end, profit is the only thing that matters.

So, did the soldiers break their own rules of engagement? Maybe this ques-tion matters, but how about the govern-ment’s rules of engagement with mining companies? This is a legitimate question too. (MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews. H. Marcos C. Mordeno can be reached at hmcmordeno@gmail.com)

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TWO Chinese nation-als without work-ing permits have

been arrested following a raid by a multi-agen-cy task force on a dozen barges illegally mining for gold in the Iponan River in Cagayan de Oro City.

Lt. Col. George Ban-zon, commanding officer of the Army 58th Infantry Battalion, said they found an unlicensed 9mm pis-tol with two magazines of ammunitions hidden in a steel closet upon inspect-ing one of the barges in Sitio Dumalokdok, Baran-gay Tumpagon on Thurs-day afternoon.

The raiding team failed to arrest anyone from these barges as the foreign workers scam-

pered before they arrived.Banzon said they were

surprised with the dis-covery “since it is public knowledge that the barge owners do not allow local residents to go near the machines and instead rely on foreign workers to do the work.”

The task force that raided the illegal mining operations also includes the police and the De-partment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

“This is a clear evi-dence that the foreigners who are engaged in illegal mining in Iponan River are well-armed and prob-ably threatening the local residents,” said Orlan Ra-vanera of the Sulog-One

Sendong is Enough (Su-log), an environmental people’s organization.

The two Chinese na-tionals were identified as Zhong Hengyuan, 43, and He Jiancheng, 42, both residents of the Peo-ple’s Republic of China. They were arrested while working on a barge in Si-tio Araw-Araw, Barangay Pagalungan, which is also traversed by the Iponan River.

When arrested, both of them failed to present working permits, only their passports that were confiscated by authori-ties.

Zhong’s passport had a tourist visa issued by the Philippine consulate

next year as they will have reached the five-year de-pendency on the program by then.

In the signing of the memorandum of agree-ment between the Depart-ment of Social Welfare and Development and two Davao del Sur munic-ipalities in their inclusion in the Set 6 of the pro-gram, Wadel S. Cabrera III said the soon-to-graduate beneficiaries have started their intensive interven-tion to prepare them to exit the program.

“They have to be pro-vided with intervention so that they will be ready when they exit the pro-gram,” said Mr. Cabrera, pointing out that each beneficiary is provided with P10,000 for sustain-able livelihood projects

that they would identify.He said the beneficia-

ries are grouped so that they can pool their fund and come up with better livelihood initiatives.

Mr. Cabrera added that there is also an as-sessment undergoing to evaluate whether those who will graduate are ready to exit the program. Preparing them in the transition period after the five-year period in stay-ing in the program is the intervention to provide them livelihood activities for additional sources of income.

Next year, the program will also have additional 700,000 beneficiaries in-cluding those identified through its Set6. As a result of the increase in beneficiaries, the budget

of the program is also ex-pected to be raised to P44 billion, or an additional P5 billion on top of this year’s budget, Mr. Cabre-ra.

Included in the latest set of beneficiaries are the Padada and Hagonoy in Davao del Sur whose mayors signed the agree-ment.

Based on the data from the regional office of the Department of So-cial Welfare and Devel-opment, the program has 168,624 beneficiaries in six cities and 41 munic-ipalities in the region. “The inclusion of Hago-noy and Padada results in the 100% coverage of the program in all the areas of the region,” a briefing ma-terial said.

EVACUEES from three flood-hit villages in Gener-

al Santos City have re-turned to their homes as the floods spawned by typhoon “Ofel” in the last two days have finally subsided, officials said on Friday.

Ephraim Beliran, City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) action officer, said in a report that the floodwaters that sub-merged communities in Barangays Lagao, Baluan and Bula on Wednesday have already receded, clearing the return of around 150 families that were earlier displaced.

He said all roads in Barangays Baluan and Lagao, especially Apitong and Talisay Streets, that were swamped by “knee-high floodwaters” have been so far cleared.

Beliran said a total of 140 families or 390 per-sons in Barangay Lagao evacuated on Wednesday night due to the floods.

In Barangay Baluan, he said some 456 families or 2,018 persons were affected by the calamity, which forced the evacua-tion of nine families with at least 30 dependents.

Baluan officials said the floods damaged an estimated 60 hectares of

farmlands planted with palay and other crops.

The CDRRMC earlier ordered the evacuation of residents from portions of Barangay Lagao and nearby areas after three- to four feet-high floodwa-ters swept the area start-ing Wednesday afternoon.

The floodwaters re-portedly came from the irrigation canals in Purok Nursery in Lagao and Ba-rangay Conel that swelled due to the almost nonstop heavy rains in the area.

Aside from Barangays Lagao and Baluan, the floods also affected por-tions of Barangays Bula, Katangawan, Mabuhay, Conel, Tinagacan and Buayan.

Eduardo Vargas, Bula barangay chair, said five puroks in his area were hit by severe flooding due to the impounding of the floodwaters coming from Barangay Lagao.

He said the floodwa-ters failed to flow towards the Sarangani Bay, which is the area’s natural out-let, due to the clogged canals and the lack of wa-terways.

Vargas said the city government and the Na-tional Irrigation Admin-istration had planned to construct a drainage channel towards the bay

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RESPITE FROM WAR.    Moro women harvest rice in  the conflict-affected village of Liong in Datu Piang, Maguindanao on October 24. It has been a year since they last evacuated to the poblacion  to avoid getting caught in the crossfire.  The signing of the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro

has given them hope their planting season won’t be disrupted by war again and that they can look forward to more bountiful harvests.  [MiNDANEws/Ruby ThuRsDAy MoRE]

GenSan floods subside; evacuees return home

ABOUT 187,000 of the 3.1 million beneficiaries of

the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program are ex-pected to graduate from it

187,000 beneficiaries to enddependence on 4Ps in 2013

2 Chinese nationals arrested

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but the project did not proceed due to the lack of consent from owners of private lands that it would traverse.

“(But) the negotia-tions with the concerned private land owners are ongoing and we’re hoping to settle this matter soon so we can proceed with the drainage project,” he said.

Meantime, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Region 12 said a four year-old girl identified as Sheila Mae Bericuatro Re-saba was killed after their

house in Sitio Kagang, Ba-rangay Tapon in Glan, Sa-rangani was hit by a fallen timber at the height of the heavy rains on Wednes-day morning.

Jerome Baranco, OCD-12 assistant director, said the victim was inside their house when the inci-dent happened at around 9:30 a.m.

He said responding local rescuers rushed the victim to the Glan District Hospital but she was de-clared dead upon arrival.

Aside from the inci-dent, Baranco said heavy

flooding was also moni-tored last Wednesday in Barangays Tango, Taluya, Ilaya, Calabanit, Tapon and Poblacion in Glan, Sa-rangani.

“Canals on the afore-mentioned barangays overflowed due to heavy rains. The knee high flood waters affected the roads and houses in the baran-gays,” he said.

But he noted that the floods in the area immedi-ately subsided after about an hour. [ALLEN V. EsTAbiLLo/MiNDANEws]

In his response, Hago-noy Mayor Franco M. Cal-ida said the entry of the program in the second class municipality will help the local government in alleviating the lives of the poor. “We are thank-ful to the department for including us as this is another way to fight pov-erty,” said Mr. Calida, a re-

tired police official.Under the program,

each child of a family re-ceives P300 if the child is below 14 with the money intended for the educa-tion of the child. A family can enrol maximum of three children.

Each family also re-ceives P500 for the health and nutrition under the

program.For the family to stay

in the program, each child must register an 85% school attendance, all the children must undergo healthcare intervention and the entire family must undergo family de-velopment session every month.

in Guangzhou, China, while Jiancheng’s passport also had a tourist visa issued by the Philippine consulate in Xiamen, also in China.

The two Chinese na-tionals cannot speak or understand Filipino or En-glish.

However, local journal-ist and Gold Star Daily col-

umnist Ben Contreras was able to talk with Zhong in Mandarin, China’s official language.

Translating for Zhong, Contreras told local report-ers that the Chinese nation-als arrived in Cagayan de Oro two months ago after they were recruited in Chi-na.

“Zhong did not even know he was violating Phil-ippine laws,” Contreras said.

He said Zhong told him there were four Chinese nationals working in the barge and that they were working for a Filipino-Chi-nese who resides in the city. [FRoiLAN GALLARDo/MiNDAN-Ews]

“Many of the baran-gay officials under their influence are holding high-powered firearms who can be called on any-time for operations,” Ca-gas said.

He said many of the mayors and barangay leaders are maintaining PAGs or are themselves members.

Cagas added that the successful police raid ear-lier on the residence of a town mayor which yield-ed several high-powered firearms not even found in the AFP armory is proof of the gravity of the situa-tion in his province. Cagas was referring to a recent raid and confiscation of firearms in the house of Jose Abad Santos Mayor James Y. Joyce.

The governor said the police worked on the case very hard and a search warrant had to be applied for in a Manila court be-cause it would be useless if information about the warrant would leak if ap-plied for locally.

He said that next to the rise of index crimes in Davao del Sur, a “source of his shame, embarrass-ment and helplessness” as the provincial governor has nothing to do with the maintenance of law and order, is the problem of loose firearms and the presence of guns-for-hire in many towns.

He said that apart from the commission of unsolved murders and rampant theft of motor-cycles occurring daily in Digos City and other parts of the province, the most dangerous are the PAGs who are capable of com-mitting violence in the coming elections.

“Believe me, when I tell you that almost all barangay captains in five municipalities, namely Sta. Maria, Malita, Don Marcelino, Jose Abad San-tos have unlicensed fire-arms,” Cagas said, adding that even Digos barangay captains not friendly to him are well-armed.

Due to the presence of PAGs, he expects a bloodi-er election next year than the two immediately pre-vious.

He said that while his camp won the earlier elections, many of their supporters got killed.

He appealed to Po-lice Regional Director Morente to focus on the problem with his Region-al Special Operations Task Group (RSOTG).

“Mr. Chairman, indeed, we are not only a hotspot in this coming coming election. We are at the boiling point, and this boiling point began two months ago. It will boil on until the melting pot breaks,” Cagas warned the RPOC members.

He urged the authori-ties concerned to confis-cate the hundreds of loose firearms, even if “We must kill these guns for hire because there’s no oth-er way to contest these guys,: he said, claiming “they have killed so many people already…a tooth for a tooth…an eye for an eye,” the governor said.

“I am appealing to the police and Armed forc-es, If you want to have a fair and safe elections in Davao del Sur, focus all the resources there, oth-erwise it will be a damn bloody election,” Cagas said.

In response, Morente said the police will heed the mayor’s call, adding that he is holding week-ly command conferences wherein the non-per-forming chiefs of police are asked to explain their failures.

He agreed with Cagas that in applying for search warrants, it should be done outside of the region considering that local po-lice officers are usually indebted in some form to local politicians.

Brig. Gen. Ariel B. Ber-nardo, commanding gen-eral of the 10th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army, assured Cagas that the military will always be ready to respond to calls for assistance from local leaders.

owner himself surfaced and turned the vehicles over to them for fear of being impli-cated in any criminal act.

“He may just be a victim but he is still liable for ac-cepting them into his shop,” he said.

Ang said his shop has been operating for some-time and accepts motor vehicles involved in vehic-ular accidents, towung the wrecks to their shop and helping in the vehicles’ in-surance processing and

claims.As of Saturday, HPG op-

eratives were still towing the vehicles one after the other from the shop to HPG headquarters in Ecoland, Davao City. [ASA]

the event.Inorisa Sialana-Elento,

MMCEAI executive direc-tor, said the exhibit cul-minates the training held sometime in September of school-based OFW chil-dren.

“Our program “Build-ing Capacities and Cre-ating Opportunities for ANAK OFWs” employs undertakings that pro-vide avenues for children of migrants to ventilate their voices and aspira-tions by enhancing their skills through their vari-

ous crafts in arts,” Siala-na-Elento said.

In partnership with other institutions, MMCEAI taps the role of children of OFWs in shaping local policies and initiatives that aim to strengthen families of OFWs in the city as well as in other parts in Min-danao.

Most of the artworks are the products of chil-dren enrolled in different schools in the city which MMCEAI has institution-al partnership programs,

said Sialana-Elento.A total of twenty-nine

(29) school-based ANAK OFWs from Davao City participated and success-fully completed the train-ing through the following art disciplines: visual arts, photography, radio broadcasting and writing.

MMCEAI is a rights-based non-government organization assisting distressed migrants, their families and communities in the key center cities in the Davao region.

Island Garden City of Sa-mal after the Davao del Norte Electric Cooperative agreed to have the city, the main tourist destination in the Davao Region, placed under the former.

Samal’s power re-quirement is about five megawatts and of late, the city has experienced outages after the subma-rine cable used to service it maximized capacity that

resulted in conking out.When Aboitiz Power

conceptualized the project about two years ago, Erra-mon I. Aboitiz, company chair and chief executive officer, said the company was only projecting an in-crease in demand of pow-er considering that Min-danao is growing at 8% annually.

At that time, Mr. Aboitiz said that based on

the projection of his com-pany, Mindanao would need an additional of 400 megawatts by the time the project, which initially was just 200 megawatts in capacity, is completed.

Throwing its hat also into the arena of produc-ing power is Conal Hold-ings Corp. of the Alcantara group which is setting up a 200-megawatt similar plant in Sarangani.

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURT

11TH JUDICIAL REGIONOFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT-SHERIFF

DAVAO CITY

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND, (HDMF) or Pag-ibig Fund, Mortgagee -versus- EJF-REM CASE NO. 13, 569-12

FERDINAND P. TARIAGA married to Mitchel P. Tariaga Mortgagor/s.

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NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee Home Development Mutual Fund against Ferdinand P. Tariaga married to Mitchel P. Tariaga with postal address at Lot 017 Blk. 035 Dumoy, Toril, Rosalina Village 3, Davao City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of July 20, 2011 amounted to ( Php 393,436.84) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest, penalty charges, plus attorney’s fees equivalent to TEN ( 10%) of the total indebtedness plus other legal expenses incident of foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on No-vember 15, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecol-and,Davao City to the highest bidder for Cash or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property together with all the improvements thereon, to wit:

Transfer Certificate of Title No. T- 270758 “A parcel of land xxx (Lot 17, Blk.35 of the consolidation- subdivision plan Pcs-112402-001850,xxx), situated in the City of Davao, Island of Mindanao.xxx Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY EIGHT (128) SQUARE METERS, more or less”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,it shall be held on Decem-ber 13, 2012 without further notice.

Prospective buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the titles herein described real property/ies and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Davao City, Philippines, October 3, 2012

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF: (SGD.) JULITO J. ANGGOT Sheriff IVNoted by:

(SGD) ATTY. EDIPOLO P. SARABIA, JR.Clerk of Court VI & Ex-Officio Provincial Sheriff

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Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT

11th Judicial RegionBranch 8, Davao City

IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF MINORS ABDUL-ADEL ELMANDA ECORAS AND NABELA ELMANDA ECORAS WITH APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF NAME, SP PROC.NO. 12,246-2012

SPOUSES PHILIPPE LUTHI AND BEBETH ELMANDA-LUTHI, Petitioners.x-----------------------------------------------------------------------------x

ORDER

This is a verified petition fot the adoption of Abdul-Adel Elmanda Ecoras and Anabela Elmanda Ecoras, filed by petitioners-spouses Philippe Luthi and Bebeth Elmanda-Luthi, thru counsel, praying that after due notice, publication and hearing, the said minors be declared for all intents and purposes, the petitioners’ children.

Finding the verified petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set hearing of this petition to December 6, 2012 at 8:30 in the morning.

Social Worker Ms Loreli C. Basillote is hereby directed to submit separate child case study and home case study reports to address, particularly,the following: i. the availability of the minors for adoption;and ii. The qualifications of petitioners, pursuant to Republic Act 8552, otherwise known as the “Domestic Adoption Act of 1998”, within thirty (30) days from receipt of this Order.

Petitioners are hereby directed to cause the publication of this Order at their expense, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation, which has been selected after raffle, in the City and the (4) provinces of Davao.

Likewise, petitioners are further directed to furnish the Office of the Solicitor General a copy of their petition.

Any person interested or who seeks to oppose the instant petition may appear to state why said petition should not be granted.

SO ORDEREDDavao City, Philippines, October 3, 2012

(SGD) SALVADOR M. IBARRETA, JR. Presiding Judge10/22, 29, 11/5

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURT11TH JUDICIAL REGION

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT-SHERIFFDAVAO CITY

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND, (HDMF) or Pag-ibig Fund, Mortgagee -versus- EJF-REM CASE NO. 13, 554-12

JOEL G. MENDOZA married to Ma Theresa S. Mendoza Mortgagor/s.

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Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee Home Development Mutual Fund against Joel G. Mendoz married to Ma. Theresa S. Mendoza with postal address at B14 L30 Wellspring Village Catalu-nan Pequeño 8000 Davao City to satisfy the mortgage indebted-ness which as of December 3,2010 amounted to ( Php 303,774.67) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest, penalty charges, plus attorney’s fees equivalent to TEN ( 10%) of the total indebtedness plus other legal expenses incident of foreclosure and sale; the un-dersigned Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on November 15, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland,Davao City to the highest bidder for Cash or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property together with all the improvements thereon, to wit:

Transfer Certificate of Title No. T- 298841“ A parcel of land xxx (Lot 30, Blk.14 ), situated in the Baran-

gay of Catalunan Grande, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao.xxx Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED (100) SQUARE METERS, more or less”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,it shall be held on December 13, 2012 without further notice.

Prospective buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the titles herein described real property/ies and the en-cumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Davao City, Philippines, October 3, 2012

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF: (SGD.) JOSEPH T. CASTRO,JR. Sheriff IVNoted by:

(SGD) ATTY. EDIPOLO P. SARABIA, JR. Clerk of Court VI & Ex-Officio Provincial Sheriff

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MANNY Pacquiao left for the US Saturday night

to hook up with Freddie Roach as the dynamic duo sets the stage for the most crucial part of the buildup for the fourth fight with Juan Manuel Marquez.

By the time Pacquiao shows up for training at the Wild Card on Vine Street in Hollywood on Monday afternoon, there would only be 40 days remaining before his much-awaited slugfest with the Mexican count-er-puncher set at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

But Pacquiao insists he is not taking Marquez and his training for granted as he has been working out like a madman in General Santos City the past three weeks.

“Hindi naman tayo nagpapabaya,” assured the 33-year-old Pacquiao, who will enter the scheduled 12-round welterweight match a 4-1 favorite to re-pulse the challenge of his

Pacquiao leaves for US training

archrival.Pacquiao has actually

begun the sparring phase of his preparation. His sparmate, welter prospect Anthony Marcial, could not endure the punish-ment that he took from the pound-for-pound king.

Pacquiao is expected to flash his old, fiery form the moment his training shifts

to the Wild Card in an ef-fort to prove to Roach and his fans and followers that he is indeed right on track.

Roach, who has been calling the shots in Pac-quiao’s corner since mid-2001, has also lined up a bevy of sparmates as Pac-quiao’s training goes up a notch.

Both teacher and stu-

dent have agreed that there is no other way to beat Marquez but score a knockout since their previ-ous meetings have all end-ed in controversial fashion.

Pacquiao holds a 2-0-1 win-loss-draw card with Marquez, who is also in the thick of his training in Mexico City under Nacho Beristain.

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Come october 31, shoppers from all ages are invited to put on their cutest, spookiest or wacki-est costume for the Halloween cos-tume contest and celebrate wickedly wacky Halloween at Sm City General Santos. Joining the costume contest is easy. Registra-tion is ongoing until oc-tober 31, 2012. Individual registrants only need to present P 1,000.00 single or accumulated receipts of same day purchase from any mall establish-ments from oct. 15-31. Registration forms shall be available at the mall marketing department. Criteria include visual impact of 30%, creativity 30%, Adherence to the theme is 20% and Stage Presence is at 20%. Prizes at stake are P5,000.00 for the first prize, P2,500.00

for the second prize and P1,500.00 for the third prize. Have the chance to take a photo of yourself or with loved ones as Halloween centerpiece is available at the Atrium of

Sm City General Santos. Get the latest Halloween fashion style from the Halloween Fashion Strip at the 3rd floor bridge-way. The mall wide Pre-Holiday Sale is also up on october 30-November 4,

2012 and save as much as 70%. All these and more fun and excitement for valued shoppers during mall hours. mall hours on october 31 will be from 10am to 9pm. November 1 (Thurs-

day) will be from 12NN to 9pm and November 2 will be from 10am-9pm. Wickedly wacky cos-tume contest will be on oct. 31, 4pm at the event Center and the mall trick or treat will follow at 5pm

at all participating mall shops. For inquiries, call the marketing depart-ment at (083) 878-0667 or like us on www.facebook.com/smcitygeneralsan-tos and follow us on twit-ter @smgeneralsantos.

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Wickedly-wacky Halloween at SM City General Santos

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RoBSTeN is reunit-ed back home! After carrying on sepa-rate promotional tours for Breaking Dawn Part 2 abroad, Robert Pattin-son and Kristen Stewart stepped out together in Los Angeles Thursday night, their first joint sight-ing since touching down Stateside. The duo were spotted leaving Prince’s show at the Sayers Club in Holly-wood. Both attempted to shield themselves from photogs, ducking their heads as they rode off in a car as K.Stew covered her face. R.Pattz, meanwhile, tried to stay incognito un-der his cap. Sources tell e! News exclusively that the cou-ple were one of the first

guests to arrive, at around 10:30 p.m., and among the last to leave, at about 2:30 a.m. The twosome, ac-companied by a group of friends, sat in a corner booth, and a source says, “They were affectionate toward one another and appeared very comfort-able and content.” Wearing a black base-ball cap, Pattinson danced on the couch and wrapped his arms around his lady-love, who wore a white tank top and jeans. They both stood during the entire two-hour show, whose other celeb guests included Chris evans and minka Kelly (who arrived together and had their own PDA fest, kissing and holding hands through-out), Joseph Gordon-Lev-

itt, Jenny mcCarthy, Sophia Bush, and Jeremy Piven. Pattinson and Stewart “stayed to the very end,” our source says, adding that they “were seen ten-derly touching the other” throughout the night. The twosome were on separate promo blitzes this past week as they stumped for Breaking Dawn Part 2 abroad. Pattinson jetted to Australia, where he can-didly opened up about his “pretty ridiculous” sex scenes with his ladylove in the movie, while Stewart hyped the film in Tokyo. No doubt Twi-hards are waiting with bated breath to see if the duo will finally hawk the film together when the Twilight promo tour gets in full swing next month.

omG. That is one ex-pensive bitch! Usher paid a whop-ping $12,000 for a female goldendoodle puppy Thursday at the Pencils of Promise Gala in New York City. The R&B star report-edly outbid Jessica Szohr for the adorable pooch. “All in the name of feline fun!,” Usher tweeted. (Per-haps he meant to say ca-nine?) “It took me 2 years but I outbid everyone this year to bring Poppy home to Ush” “Poppy (????) Raymond

is what I’m think of namin’ her...,” he added. “however there are two gregarious 3 and 4 year olds that will have the last say...and the responsibility that comes wit her.” Normally, we’d go off on a tangent about why it’s important to adopt a pet and not shop for one, but this money went to a good cause. Funds raised at the Gala benefited Pencils of Promise, a char-ity that builds schools in Laos, Nicaragua, Guate-mala and Ghana.

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RobSten reunite in L.A. after separate promo tours abroad

Usher outbids Jessica Szohr for $12,000 goldendoodle puppy

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It’s a question that offers a variety of an-swers. But nonetheless, its importance can-not be underscored enough.

How do you wash your hands?By Carlo P. Mallo

Hand washing is some-thing we have always been told to do even before we could recite the alphabet coherently. Looking back, I can just imagine the look of panic on my yaya’s face whenever I’d put my hand in my mouth without washing or how she’d cringe when I’d grab a cookie right after playing, well, without washing my hands. But how does one wash his hands? The DOH and interna-tional non-governmental organizations approved manner of washing hands would take as long as the “Happy Birthday” song and would involve washing the hands, the fingers, brush-ing the nails, in between the fingers, and the back of the hands with clean water and anti-microbial soap. Hand washing, or proper hand washing, usu-ally spells the difference between a healthy kid and

one who is not; it applies to adults as well. Every day, there are a billion bacteria, viruses, and germs that bat-ter our system. And what better way to enter our body than through our own filthy, dirty hands? How many times have you unconsciously rubbed your eyes, popped a potato chip, or licked your fingers clean while eating melted chocolate without having washed it for the past cou-ple of hours? Hello, germs, illnesses, bacteria, and oth-er things that will put you on sick leave or your kids absent from school. Last October 15, as part of its continued commit-ment in promoting proper hygiene and health educa-tion among Filipino fami-lies, safeguard led the cel-ebration of Global Hand Washing Day in the Phil-ippines by making it even bigger and better. October 15 marked the

annual Global Hand Wash-ing Day (GHD), which aims to promote the im-portance of hand washing with soap to avoid diseases. More than 3.5 million chil-dren under 5 years old die every year from diarrhea and pneumonia-related diseases worldwide. In the Philippines, diarrhea and pneumonia are also among the top causes of death among children under 5 years old. The simple act of hand washing with soap at 5 critical times – before eat-ing, before handling food,

Global Handwashing Day helps to educate the public about the importance of handwashing with soap, especially at 5 critical times: before eating, before handling food, after using the toilet, after handling your pets and after playtime.

City Mayor Sara Duterte leads the handwashing ceremony School children of Magallanes Elementary School learn that the easy and cost effective act of handwashing with soap can prevent diseases

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after using the toilet, after handling pets and after playtime – is proven to be an effective and affordable way to prevent potentially deadly diseases among chil-dren. On the 5th birthday of Global Hand Washing Day, safeguard promoted hand washing with soap to the grade school students of Magallanes Elementary school in Davao when it participated at their recent Global Hand Washing Day celebration to promote this lifesaving act. “This year, Procter & Gamble safeguard aims to

help more children reach their 5th birthday. We con-tinue to advocate the im-portance of hand washing with soap, especially after an often forgotten critical time for hand washing – after playtime,” shared Mr. Chad sotelo, Country Mar-keting Manager for safe-guard. safeguard recognizes the importance of encourag-ing children to practice the simple yet lifesaving act of hand washing with soap not just within the confines of schools and homes, but as well as while outdoors after playtime.

Procter & Gamble (P&G) Philippines through Safeguard has been a proud partner of the Global Handwashing Day since 2008.

Cromwell Bacareza of Fit for School, Jon Michael Villasenor of UNICEF, Atty. Jojo Villano and Mayor Sara Duterte were the featured speakers of the 5th Glob Global Handwashing Day at the Magallanes Elementary School

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THE Singapore Li-ons want revenge against the vast-

ly improved Philippine Azkals when they meet again in a friendly game on November 15.

The Azkals shut out Singapore, 2-0, in their exhibition match at the latter’s Jurong West Stadi-um last September.

Just like the Azkals, the Singaporean Lions will also compete in the upcoming 2012 Suzuki Cup in November.

Lions coach Eugene Loo was quoted by Asean Football that the Singa-porean players want to prove their worth against the Philippines.

Apart from their friendly game against the Azkals, the Lions will also play against Pakistan before the Cup begins on November 27.

Their final 22-man lineup will be based on the results of these two exhibition games.

“All players are enthu-

siastic to win their place in the team but they will have time to do so espe-cially with the two match-es that we have lined up,” said Loo.

The Lions are clus-tered with Malaysia, Indo-nesia and Laos in Group B.

The Azkals, on the oth-er hand, will play against Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar in Group A.

The friendly match be-tween the Azkals and the Lions will take place in Cebu City.

Jubilee Therese Acosta (2) of the Ateneo de Davao University spikes the ball against Demi Bulawin (3) and Trisha Janica Ang of the University of the Immaculate

Conception during the Mindanao Leg of Shakey’s Girls’ Volleyball League at the University of the Immaculate Conception Gym Saturday afternoon. [LEAN DAVAL JR.]

Singapore wants revenge vs Azkals

ALTHOUGH a Nonito Donaire-Jorge Arce fight is still up in

the air, Mexican champi-on Orlando Salido shared his thoughts about the anticipated clash.

“Donaire is a favorite in that fight for his speed and manner of fighting,” Salido, the World Box-ing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion, told boxing website No-tifight.

But Salido pointed out that the all-or-noth-ing fighting style of his

fellow Mexican Arce makes it a risky bout for Donaire.

“The Menace (Arce’s nickname) was a world champion in that divi-sion and is a dangerous fighter,” said Salido.

Donaire, the current WBO and World Boxing Council (WBC) Diamond super bantamweight king, is in the middle of negotiations for an Arce fight on December 5.

However, the Filipino Flash said Arce is asking too much money for the

bout.“He wants more

than what he deserves,” Donaire said in an inter-view with PTV Sports, as quoted by Examiner.

Salido, meanwhile, said he is open to fight-ing Donaire if the lat-ter decides to climb the featherweight ranks.

“I am in the prime of my career, both mentally and physically. I’m in the best condition of my ca-reer, and I want to fight the best in the world,” he said.

‘Donaire a favorite, but Arce is dangerous’

ISTANBUL -- Maria S h a r a p o v a swept past

Sam Stosur 6-0, 6-3 at the WTA Cham-p i o n s h i p s on Friday to retain a small chance of fin-i s h i n g t h e

year as the No. 1-ranked player.

But if Victoria Aza-renka beats Li Na in the final match of the day, Azarenka will be assured of stay-

ing No. 1.A g -

nieszka R a d -

wanska became the third player to advance to the semifinals when she edged Sara Errani of Italy 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-4 in a match that lasted 3 1/2 hours. The fourth-ranked Radwanska will play Serena Williams on Saturday.

Sharapova had al-ready qualified for the semifinals of the elite, eight-woman event and has won all three of her round-robin matches.

The Russian rolled through the first set, al-

lowing Stosur only five points. Stosur was an

alternate who re-placed defending

champion Petra Kvitova, who withdrew be-

cause of ill-ness.

‘’I certainly didn’t want to play as long a match as I did in the previous round. I want-ed to do a better job of a few things and I think I did,’’ said second-ranked Sharapova.

Stosur put up more of a fight in the second set, but Sharapova ended it with a smash. Sharapo-va won the French Open this year and briefly held the No. 1 ranking.

Errani finished the tournament with a 1-2 record. The sev-enth-seeded Italian won a game in the middle set that went nearly 15 minutes. But she later dropped serve to fall be-hind 6-5.

Radwanska served out the set and opened up a 3-0 lead in the final set to secure a place in the semifinals.

Williams was unde-feated in three matches

in her Red Group and didn’t play on Friday.

Maria Sharapova of Russia reacts as she returns a shot to Samantha Stosur of Australia during their tennis match on the fourth day of the WTA championship in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday.

Sharapova thumps Stosur at WTA Championships BILLIArDS Hall of

Famer Efren “Bata” reyes and Den-

nis “robocop” Orcollo continue to sizzle in the 37th Annual US Open 9-Ball Championship on Friday at the Holiday Inn Virginia Beach - Norfolk Convention Center in Virginia, USA.

The 58-year-old reyes, top player of Puyat Sports, toppled Darren Appleton of Great Britain (11-10) and Wang Can of China (11-7), respectively, to remain in the winner’s bracket.

Orcollo, Bugsy Pro-motions’ top gun, had successive victories over Mike Davis of the US (11-5), and Niels Feijen of the Netherlands (11-8).

Thus, reyes and Orcollo will meet each other in the sixth round of winner’s brackets on Friday (Saturday in Ma-nila Time).

“Magandang bak-bakan ang pagtatapat nina Efren (reyes) at Dennis (Orcollo). Isa’t-isa ang labanan kung sino ang buwenas ay y’un

ang mananalo kasi 9-ball ang event,” said Orcollo’s long-time manager Cefe-rino “Perry” Mariano.

“Panalangin lamang natin na Pilipino ang mag-uwi ng US Open 9-ball crown,” said bil-liards patron Aristeo “Putch” Puyat.

Three other Filipino players also stamped their class in the $170,000-tournament.

Alex “The Lion” Pagu-layan, Jose “Amang” Pari-ca and ronato “Volcano” Alcano registered wins against their respective foes.

Pagulayan disman-tled Daryl Peach of Great Britain (11-10) and Chang Jung-lin of Chi-nese-Taipei (11-60 to set a faceoff against Johnny “The Scorpion” Archer of the US.

The 63-year-old Par-ica, the leader of the Pi-noy invasion to the US pool circuit in the mid 80’s, edged raj Hundal of India (11-10) and Earl “The Pearl” Strickland of the US (11-5). He will square off with Ameri-ca’s Jayson Shaw.

Reyes, Orcollo sizzle in US Open

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