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Mindanao actionplan submitted

This is a big help!Document lists 15 points

STAKEHOLDERS of Mindanao from di-verse organizations came up with a 15-point action plan to attain a “green-

er, better, and peaceful Mindanao” during the first ever Mindanao Development Forum (MDF) held at The Marco Polo Davao Friday.

The action plan was based on the out-put of five breakout sessions of the MDF whose members discussed such topics as (1) peace, justice and security; (2) good governance and anti-corruption drive; (3) human development and poverty reduction; (4) economic development; and (5) climate change adaptation/mitigation.

The action plan, written in the form of a resolution, will be discussed by the Phil-

By EJ Dominic Fernandez

FOR FLOOD VICTIMS. Vice Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte checks the food packs, clothing and other items donated by kind-hearted Dabawenyos for the residents of barangays 1-A, 2-A, 5-A and 8-A affected by Davao City’s recent flooding, at the covered \court in Bankerohan, Davao City Friday afternoon. Lean Daval Jr.

OURS must not only be a government of the people, by the people and for the people. More than that, ours

must be a government for the least, the last and the lost.”

This was spelled out by Vice Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte before officers and members of the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Indus-try, Inc., during its recent 45th annual installa-tion of officers and trustees at the Marco Polo Hotel recently.

Rody bares visionto Davao tradersBy Che Palicte

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MALACANANG said the economic gains posted by

the Aquino administra-tion were solely the result of the present govern-ment’s initiatives and not from the momentum set by the previous adminis-tration.

In a statement, former President Gloria Macapa-gal-Arroyo Friday com-mended President Be-nigno Aquino III over the 6.6-percent growth in the country’s gross domes-tic product in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Arroyo’s Friday state-ment is a complete turn-around from her previous comments two years ago saying President Aquino obscured the economic gains of the Arroyo pres-

idency to allegedly make up for his own shortcom-ings.

In a radio interview over government-run dzRB Radyo ng Bayan Saturday, Deputy Pres-idential spokesperson Abigail Valte said the re-cent development is “a classic case of the student already surpassing the teacher.”

Aquino was a former student in economics at Ateneo de Manila Univer-sity of President Arroyo.

But Valte said the for-mer President’s state-ment isn’t true particular-ly on her claim that Pres-ident Aquino’s adminis-tration just sustained the gains of the previous gov-ernment after the former

PNoy efforts key to PHL gains

INDEPENDENT BET. Puerto Princesa Mayor Edward Hagedorn (right) discusses various issues including poverty, which he believes is the primary cause of crimes and environmental problems, the Tubbataha Reef crisis and his opposition against

the term limit for the local officials in a press briefing at the Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao yesterday. With him is former North Cotabato Gov. Emmanuel Piñol who talked about of the Bangsamoro Framework Agreement. Lean Daval Jr.

MINDA REPORT. Elvie Ganchero presents a report about hu-man development and poverty reduction during the 1st Min-danao Development Forum initiated by the Mindanao Devel-opment Authority at the Marco Polo Davao Friday afternoon. Seated at the presidential table are (from left to right) Presi-

dential peace adviser Sec. Teresita Quintos Deles, MinDa head Sec. Luwalhati Antonino, Climate Change Commission vice chair Sec. Mary Ann Lucille Sering and National Anti-Poverty Commission Sec. Joel Rocamora. Lean Daval Jr.

THE Manny V. Pan-gilinan(MVP) group of companiescom-

mitted to put up 300 reset-tlement houses in Baganga, Davao Oriental for families who were Typhoon Pablo victims.

Davao Oriental gover-nor Corazon N. Malanya-on and representatives of MVP Foundation led the groundbreaking and unveiling ceremony last Thursday at Barangay Lambajon, Baganga.

The governor said it is the first housing proj-ect in Davao Oriental and thanked MVP Foundation for being the first to re-spond to the call to pro-vide shelter for the victim families, adding that the houses to be built will be typhoon-resistant and

have a floor area of 22.50 square meters, lot area of 120 square meters and an open space area of 97.50 square meters.

“In Baganga, I’m pro-jecting a minimum of 7,000 housing units that will be spread in 18 ba-rangays while in Cateel, we are hoping to build 6,000 housing units and 2,000 more in Boston,” Malanya-on said, adding that the total of 15,000 housing units is proportionate to the number of the affected families in the three towns.

She also said that the families reported to have totally damaged houses will be given priority upon identification with the help of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

“The families who will not have their house yet must not worry because this is just the beginning and there are a lot of do-nors who responded to our call for shelter assistance, so everybody will have a house,” the governor vowed.

Those who living along the shoreline will also ben-efit from the resettlement houses because they will no longer be allowed to build houses near the sea to avoid greater problems when a disaster comes.

“We hope we could finish the planning by Feb-ruary so they can start the construction.” Malanyaon added.

Ramon Isberto, head of the public affairs division of Philippine Long Dis-

tance Telephone Company (PLDT) and Smart Com-munications and represen-tative of MVP, said that they are focusing on helping Davao Oriental on housing and MVP is pushing them to start the project because the residents need shel-ters.

He added that they will be providing a whole team for the total construction of the 300 houses and make sure that the families will feel comfortable living in their new houses and somehow forget the trau-matic experience brought by typhoon Pablo.

“We will make the con-struction and coordinate with the local government units (LGUs) with regards to the beneficiaries” Isber-to said.

VICE Mayor Rodrigo Duterte last Fri-day gave financial

assistance worth P3.98 million to 557 families af-fected by the recent flood.

A total of 239 fami-lies who lost their hous-es received P10,000 each while P5, 000 went to each family of 318 fam-ilies with partially dam-aged houses.

The victims are res-idents of barangays 5-A (Bankerohan),

1-A, 2-A,5-A and 8-A, 74-A,76-A , 9-A, 10-A, 19-B, Waan, Tigatto, Mandug and Lasang.

The vice mayor said that the people of Davao, particularly those dwell-ing in Bankerohan, must always be prepared for bad weather because the area in Bankerohan is prone to flooding as it is at the mouth of the river.

“The most important things for you to pre-pare during bad weather

are flashlights, rope and plastic containers,” Dute-rte said, adding that cli-mate change is affecting the country.

Apart from financial assistance, the victims were also given food packs donated by Jims Coffee, blankets and used clothings from the Bureau of Customs and 1,500 pieces of plywood panels donated by Alca-ntara and Sons, Incorpo-rated.

THE seven remain-ing issues for com-pletion of the three

annexes to the Frame-work Agreement on the Bangsamoro are expected to be finished by March, according to the Philip-pine government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panel chair Miriam Coronel-Ferrer.

In a press conference at The Marco Polo Davao for the Mindanao Devel-opment Forum Friday, Ferrer said, “We are down to about seven issues on the three annexes, but otherwise, large chunks of the text have already achieved consensus.”

The three Annexes which they “hope” to fin-ish in March are power sharing, wealth sharing

and transitional arrange-ment annexes.

“Leaving only the an-nex of normalization, which will be further worked on at the level of the technical work-ing groups, because the peace working group (PWG) on normalization was convened much later than the PWGs on power sharing and wealth shar-ing, which means, we have almost completed the FAB, except for some portions where we need to find a middle ground,” she added.

According to Ferrer, some of the most import-ant issues concerning the power sharing annex are “the allocation of powers related to jurisdiction over mineral resources,

Great expectation After Pablo3 annexes of FABcompleted by MarchBy EJ Dominic Fernandez

MVP to build 300 houses for DavOriental familiesBy ChePalicte

VMR distributes money to flood victims of 10 barangaysBy Che Palicte

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THE elderly popula-tion in the province do not just fade away

since the provincial gov-ernment sees to it that they continue to be very much visible in the development undertakings even in their twilight years

In a bid to further pro-mote the welfare and sense of importance of the el-derly sector, the province organized the council of the elderly, known as the ACHIEVERS (Active,Car-ing, Happy, Inspired, Ener-getic, Volunteers for the El-derlies’ Welfare, Rights and PrivilegeS).

The group will serve as the adviser of the Office of the Governor on senior cit-izens affairs on a voluntary basis, as well as, the pro-motion of their well-being, rights and privileges,

Del Rosario stressed the importance of contin-uously tapping the wealth of experience, intelligence, and capabilities of the el-derly sector.

“Our elderly should not just fade away. They have to continue helping us out and guide us in our devel-opment undertakings,” he said.

The governor revealed the province has since ad-vanced the welfare of the older persons by imple-menting the government’s social welfare program and by providing them the avenue to remain active, such as through numerous seminars, socio-cultural activities, and livelihood projects.

“I have always recog-nized the valuable role that the elderly has con-tributed in building our country,” del Rosario said, as he enjoined the group to include in the structure of the ACHIEVERS the elderly associations of the various local government units, down to the barangay level.

New Corella Vice May-

or Petronilo Jocson, the du-ly-elected president of the ACHIEVERS, assured the organization will facilitate the sense of importance and belongingness of the older persons, which, he said, are feeling a grow-ing sense of isolation and abandonment as they ad-vance in age.

“Our mission is to give

our fellow senior citizens the opportunity to live lon-ger and happier with the battlecry: ‘empowering the senior citizens to be ALIVE’,” he said, adding the acronym stands for an ac-tive, lively, inspired and vi-brant elderly sector.

The organization of the ACHIEVERS was facilitated by former Asec. Leonilo

Lariosa, whom the Gover-nor Rodolfo del Rosario has appointed as the pro-vincial consultant on elder-ly affairs.

1st District Congressman Anthon del Rosario has also pledged to provide support to all efforts promoting the welfare of the elderly in the province. [Noel Baguio]

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WITH THE KARANCHOS. Senatorial candidate Cynthia Villar addresses the members and officials of Karanchos (Kabayan Riders Association for the New Cultural Harmony and Order) during the Opening Ceremony of the 17th KARANCHO National Assembly held recently at the Rizal Memorial Colleges, Davao City.

ACHIEVERS. Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario administers the oath of the officers of the council of the elderly of Davao del Norte, dubbed as ACHIEVERS (Active, Caring, Happy, Inspired, Energetic, Volunteers for the Elderlies’ Welfare, Rights and Privileges).

Senior citizens don’t fade awayIn Davao del Norte

Construction project

THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)

wants to resume in March the development works for the unfinished sections of the 75-kilo-meter Lake Sebu-Maitum road network connect-ing South Cotabato and Sarangani provinces following several months of delay due to problems with the bidding and awarding of the project’s

contract.South Cotaba-

to (2nd District) Rep. Daisy Avance-Fuen-tes said Friday the DPWH resched-uled anew the com-mencement of the P175 million South Cotabato section of the road project due to the disqualification of the winning bidder.

She said the agency cancelled the awarding

of the project, which was supposed to begin last December, to the winning construction firm due to pending problems with some government projects that it previously handled.

Fuentes did not name the erring company but said it had records of slippages in several proj-ects that that were ear-lier contracted by the DPWH central office.

New contractor to resume SouthCot-Sarangani road THE provincial gov-

ernment of Saran-gani is targeting to

achieve the fastest rate in the dispensation of jus-tice among Mindanao’s 26 provinces with the looming opening of two more Region-al Trial Court (RTC) branches in the area.

Sarangani Gov. Miguel Rene Dominguez said they expect the province’s new court branches to become fully operation-al within the first half of the year as set by the Supreme Court’s

(SC) Office of the Court Administrator.

He said the new RTC salas, which were desig-nated as branches 47 and 48, were part of the five new trial courts allot-ted to the province as provided under Republic Act 10123 that was en-acted in June 2010.

The provincial gov-ernment spent around P2.4 million for the construction of the new court building and the provision of the necessary amenities and furnishings for the two court salas through a

funding support from the national government.

The new courts were built just beside the old Hall of Justice building, which hous-es the province’s lone RTC Branch 38, located inside the provincial cap-itol compound in Alabel town.

The new RTC building was formally turned over by the local government to the SC last Wednesday in a simple ceremony graced by Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno and Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez.

Sarangani Province wants to become Minda’s fastest in dispensing justice

VOL.5 ISSUE 238 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 03-04, 2013 5EDGEDAVAO THE ECONOMY

SECOND HAND. Worn tires are being unloaded by a group of men from a forward truck to a second hand tire dealership establishment for retreading, a remanufacturing process designed to extend the tires useful service life, along E. Quirino Avenue yesterday before selling them to motorists who can’t afford brand new ones. Lean Daval Jr.

THE Philippines’ largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific

Air (PSE:CEB) will be the only airline in the country to use a state-of-the-art Airbus A320 door trainer for its cabin crew, starting March 2013.

The Airbus A320 Door Trainer will create a real-istic environment to en-hance CEB’s cabin crew training on normal and emergency door opera-tions and other emergen-cy procedures.

Its features include an A320 replica fuselage, a functional passenger door with an overwing exit, a functional panel with oxygen drop down masks, and an emergency lighting system.

“This investment will augment CEB’s train-ing modules for its cab-in crew. It underscores CEB’s continuing commit-ment to passenger safety, and ability to provide the best training opportuni-ties for its crew,” said CEB VP for Marketing and Dis-tribution Candice Iyog.

CEB recently held its “Be Juan of Us” Cabin Crew Recruitment Fair in

Manila. Five hundred cab-in crew applicants flocked to the one-day fair.

Another Cabin Crew Recruitment Fair is sched-uled on February 5, 2013 at the Grand Ballroom of the Summit Circle Hotel, Fuente Osmena Circle, Cebu City.

On February 8, 2013, CEB will also hold a Cab-in Crew Recruitment Fair in Ballroom A, Apo View Hotel, J. Camus St., Davao City.

Requirements for being a CEB cabin crew include a dynamic per-sonality, female, 18-25 years old, at least 5’3” in height, weight that is pro-portional to height, clear complexion and good eyesight, and a Philippine passport, among others.

All qualified and shortlisted applicants shall be notified for fur-ther processing. Interest-ed applicants may also email their credentials to [email protected]. The de-tailed job descriptions and qualifications can also be found on www.ce-bupacificair.com or CEB’s page on jobstreet.com.ph.

CEB orders state-of-the-art cabin crew training equipment for crew

THE Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB)

signed by the government and the Moro Islamic Lib-eration Front (MILF) has helped attract more in-vestments in Mindanao, especially within the Au-tonomous Region in Mus-lim Mindanao (ARMM), officials said Friday.

Gathering for the Mind-anao Development Forum here Friday, officials also appeared bullish over the prospects of the area es-pecially once the compre-hensive peace pact will be forged.

The FAB, which was signed on October 15, 2012, paved the way for the creation of the Bang-samoro that would replace the ARMM by 2016.

“We have a positive outlook,” Secretary Luwal-hati Antonino, chairperson of the Mindanao Develop-ment Authority, said in a press conference.

“That is why we are selling Mindanao to pro-spective investors,” she noted, adding that “all sec-tors in Mindanao are help-ing and working together to move the economy of the island forward.”

In November last year, Antonino said that Malay-sian investors committed to pour investments worth at least P25 billion to Mind-anao in the next few years.

There are many busi-ness prospects in Mindan-ao, she continued, citing that Indian businessmen have also expressed an interest to engage in coco coir production in the area.

Recently, Antonino also said that 15 businessmen belonging to the Putrajaya Chamber of Commerce vis-ited Mindanao for invest-ment prospects. [Lorie Ann A. Cascaro/MindaNews]

FAB helps attract more businesses in Mindanao

PARTYLIST Rep. Ted-dy Casiño yesterday criticized the much

ballyhooed 6.6% GDP growth as jobless growth dependent on overseas remittances, foreign debt and speculative invest-ments, all hallmarks of a weak economy.

He called on the Aquino government to overhaul its economic strategy by giv-ing premium to creating stable jobs in the country instead of continuing with

labor export and economic liberalization policies.

The government has no agricultural modernization and industrial develop-ment plan and has failed in implementing thoroughgo-ing agrarian reform

“I am challenging Aqui-no to depart from jobless growth and IMF-WB eco-nomic liberalization which has seriously damage our local agriculture and in-dustry. Growth is mean-ingless to ordinary people

without jobs and lower prices,” the progressive solon said.

Casiño also pointed out that the former Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s praise of his former eco-nomics student; now Pres. Benigno Aquino III shows that at least economic policy wise they are the same in implementing pri-vatization, liberalization and deregulation policies which are detrimental to the livelihood of Filipinos.

Job-creating strategy instead of jobless growth preferred

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DEVELOPMENT FORUM. Atty. Loren Lao presents the report of the good governance and anti-corruption cluster during the 1st Mindanao Development Forum initiated by the Mindanao Development Authority at the Marco Polo Davao Friday afternoon. Seen seated at the presidential table are (from left to right) Presidential peace advis-

er Sec. Teresita Quintos Deles, MinDa head Sec. Luwalhati Antonino, Climate Change Commission vice chair Sec. Mary Ann Lucille Sering and National Anti-Poverty Com-mission Sec. Joel Rocamora. Lean Daval Jr.

THE Italian govern-ment has allocated P2.5 billion in devel-

opment funds for agrar-ian reform communities (ARCs) in four Mindanao provinces.

The Italian Assistance to Agrarian Reform Com-munity Development Sup-port Program (IARCDSP) covers Sarangani and Sul-tan Kudarat in Region 12 or Southwestern Mindan-ao and Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur in the Au-tonomous Region in Mus-lim Mindanao (ARMM).

Agrarian Reform Sec-retary Virgilio de los Reyes said Friday after the sign-ing here of the memoran-dum of agreement for the IARCDSP that at least 35 ARCs will benefit from the project.

The project aims to increase or stabilize the income and improve the access to key services of 27,613 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARB), in-cluding fisher folk, indig-enous people and upland farmers, he said.

In Sultan Kudarat, the covered areas include the municipalities of Lambay-ong, Lutayan, Esperanza, Isulan, Tacurong, Kala-mansig, Lebak and Presi-dent Quirino.

In Sarangani, the proj-ect will include the mu-nicipalities of Alabel, Glan, Kiamba, Maitum, Malapa-tan and Malungon.

The cities of Cotabato and General Santos are

also part of the project area.

In Maguindanao, the project sites include the towns of Datu Montawal, Datu Piang, North Upi, SK Pendatun and Sultan Mas-tura.

In Lanao del Sur, it covers the towns of Wao, Bubong, Kapatagan, Balin-dong and Malabang.

The project compo-nents are agriculture and enterprise, community in-frastructure development, local capacity building support both for the local government units and the ARCs, and program man-agement.

Included in the infra-structure development will be farm-to-market roads and post harvest and irrigation facilities, de los Reyes said.

DAR-ARMM Secretary Aquino Sajili said that product development is the focus area for the agrarian and enterprise development components.

In the region’s con-vergence approach, after a product is developed, government agencies such as the departments of Trade and Industry and Tourism will help in the product promotion, he added.

Acting ARMM Gov. Mujiv Hataman said the project would deal with the entire communities, not only with the ARCs, and its components “will have big impact to the farmers in the areas.” [Lorie Ann A. Cascaro/MindaNews]

MINDANAO De-velopment Au-thority Chairper-

son Secretary Lualhati Antonino reported that Mindanao fared well over the last two years but it could perform better if the constraints to its de-velopment are properly addressed.

“Mindanao’s perfor-mance came as a result of improved peace con-dition, improved invest-ment climate and im-prove macro-economic performance,” Antonino said during the Mindanao Development Forum held in Davao City Friday.

She said there is a slight improvement in Mindanao’s poverty level but admitted that they are challenged by the prov-inces of Caraga, Region IX and the Autonomous Re-gion in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

Antonino said Mindan-ao investments approved by the Board of Invest-ments (BOI) increased by up to 663 percent from P11.98 billion in 2010 to P91.43 billion in 2011. She said 99 percent of the

equity of these businesses are locally driven.

These businesses, she said, can increase employ-ment in the island.

However, National Economic and Develop-ment Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio Balisa-can said Mindanao’s po-tential could be hastened if the constraints to its de-velopment are addressed.

Balisacan admitted that Metro Manila and the neighboring areas are growing faster than Mind-anao “but look around and you will see the potentials of the island.”

“When you address the constraints to growth like peace and order then Mindanao can grow much faster and fulfill its poten-tials,” he said.

He said among the strongest potentials of Mindanao is its agro-in-dustry which has been performing well in the past years.

Antonino said “we have to double our efforts to create enterprising business opportunities for the labor force.”[LOVELY A. CARILLO]

Minda’s growth potentials to increase-Sec. Antonino

Italy pours P2.5 billion for 4 Minda provinces


THE Senate has ap-proved on third and final reading a bill

seeking to grant incen-tives to the manufactur-ers or importers of alter-native fuel vehicles.

Recto, who also spon-sored the bill, said the en-actment of Senate Bill No. 2856 or the Alternative Fuel Vehicles Incentives Act into law, will usher an era of cheaper, cleaner cars that will reduce the country’s dependency on the use of fossil fuels.

“Every hour, our mo-tor vehicles consume mil-lions of liters of gasoline. Every hour, 2,200 metric tons of carbon dioxide is pumped into the air, a carbon footprint which requires the planting of 56,000 trees to absorb all that poison, every hour we spend P53,000 to treat pollution-related diseas-es and to compensate for productivity losses and every hour, four Filipinos

die from dirty air,” Recto said.

The challenge for the country, he said, is to im-prove the motor vehicles so it will spew less poison and bleed less foreign ex-change.

Under the proposed legislation, fiscal and non-fiscal incentives shall be granted to the impor-tation and manufacture of electric, hybrid and other vehicles using alternative sources of energy such as, but not limited to, solar, wind, hydrogen fuel cell, compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas, methane and liquefied petroleum gas.

He said the manu-facturers or assemblers of completely knocked down units of alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs), in-cluding the conversion of vehicles into electric, hy-brid and other AFVs, shall be exempted from pay-ment of excise taxes and

duties for nine years.He said manufactur-

ers and assemblers are exempt from the payment of the value added tax for the purchase and impor-tation of raw materials, spare parts, components and capital equipment used in the manufacture or assembly of AFVs for also nine years.

Importers of com-pletely build units of AFV shall be exempt from payment of excise taxes and duties for nine y e a r s w h i l e owners of AFVs are ex-e m p t from the payment of the Mo-tor Vehi-cle User’s Charge or the MVUC upon

registration of their vehi-cles, according to Recto.

He said non-fiscal in-centives granted under the proposed measure include priority in the reg-istration and issuances of plate numbers and priority in fran-chise applica-tions f o r

public utility vehicles.The bill was authored

by former Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri, Miriam Defensor - Santiago, Trillanes, Recto,

Lapid, Bongbong Marcos, Loren Legarda and Major-ity Leader Vicente Sotto III. It was co-sponsored by Legarda.

7EDGEDAVAO MOTORING

TOYOTA is once again the world’s No. 1 carmaker in

terms of sales after it re-portedly sold 9.75 mil-lion vehicles in 2012, ac-cording to TheDetroit-Bureau.com.

In second place is General Motors with 9.29 million vehicles, while Volkswagen comes in at a close third with 9.1 million vehicles.

Toyota first assumed the global sales crown in 2008, dislodging GM from the top spot which it occupied for 70 years. Although the Japanese carmaker weathered the sudden unintended ac-celeration issue that be-fell its vehicles in 2010, the earthquake and tsunami that struck its home country in 2011 affected its production, dropping Toyota to third place that year.

With Toyota’s plants back to normal by the end of 2011, its sales in its home market jumped by 35 percent, while overseas sales also grew by 23 percent in 2012.

Despite the surge in last year’s sales, Toyota apparently still missed its target with the blame being pointed at the rising tension between Japan and China over a chain of small, uninhab-ited islands that both nations claim.

By the way, the to-tal sales figures stated above are not on a sin-gle-brand basis. Toyota also includes sales of Lexus and Scion; GM in-cludes Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac, GMC, Opel, Holden, and several Chi-nese brands; Volkswa-gen includes Audi, Lam-borghini, Porsche, Seat, Skoda and Bugatti.

Toyota is top carmaker

Senate okays incentives for eco-friendly cars


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EDITORIAL

Trump’s trash tweet

DONALD Trump Jr., son of busi-ness mogul Donald Trump, has just made himself the Filipino

netizens’ most hated man on cyber-space.

Trump’s trash tweet on Twitter elic-ited a howl of protest from Pinoy ne-tizens to a magnitude he probably did not imagine. For the information of this bright boy from America, he just dealt with the world’s social media capital.

The Trump Jr. hate started when he expressed dismay over the cost of dis-mantling the $277-million USS Guard-ian that ran aground at a portion of World Heritage Site Tubbataha Reef last January 17.

Trump Jr. tweeted a link of a report on the US Navy’s pronouncement of removing the ship “in sections,” which environmentalists deemed as the best solution that would engender the least damage to the marine sanctuary.

Trump went berserk with a comment that rapped as stupid the idea of scrap-ping $277 million to save Tubbataha Reef. Trump Jr.’s contention is that it is crazy to save the reef at the expense of

their multi-million dollar Navy boat.He later backtracked, claiming he

was only talking about the 200x50 sec-tion of a reef that had been damaged. That portion, he said, is not worth $277 million “by any standard”. Instead of dousing cold water on the hot issue, he only managed to rub more salt into the wound.

Trump Jr.’s belittling of our national treasure only reflects his profit-driven mindset. Yes, the boat hit its bottom only on a section of the reef, but the damage is not only confined to that area. Com-mon sense teaches us that the damage to the reef affects marine life in the waters above and around it and even beyond. You need not be Wharton-schooled like Trump Jr. to understand this. Even a high school kid in the Philippines would un-derstand that.

The domino effect of the damage caused by the boat which had, in the first place, no business to sail over the Tubbataha Reef, will in time mean more damage to the marine ecosystem—a cost way beyond Trump Jr.’s calculations.

Think before you tweet, kid.

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WITH a brand-new smartphone – and a new brand – Black-Berry (neé Research in Mo-

tion) has embarked on a critical reboot aimed at restoring the fortunes of the company that sparked the mobile rev-olution.

RIM has been left for dead. For years it hasn’t been able to shake off the stink of irrelevance as the iPhone proved that apps were more important than a physical keyboard, and that mobile “push” e-mail wasn’t rocket science. It endured brand-damaging outages to its private network while competitors crowed that their reliance on a public network was far more stable.

Now the company is reinventing itself in a last-ditch effort to survive. In a press conference yesterday, it announced that it had changed its corporate name to “BlackBerry” to better identify with its iconic product. Meanwhile, it has dra-matically upgraded that product after a two-year effort that resulted in new phones designed from scratch and pow-ered by what would be a major mobile operating system: QNX.

BlackBerry’s new smartphones, the multi-touch Z10 and the Q10 – which retains that keyboardsome people still swear by — may be the company’s last best hope. I’ve had the Z10 for only a few hours, but if anything can rekindle our romance with RIM, this is it. These BB10 phones are a gambit – not a gamble. (I’ll be doing a full “Go Bag” review with the road warrior in mind in the coming weeks).

Most of the attention is being heaped on the Z10, as demand for smartphones with physical keyboards is the exception rather than the rule. If it manages to make a dent in a world now run by Apple and Samsung — which together had 51 percent of the world’s smartphone mar-ket share in the last quarter of 2012 — it will mark one of the great turnaround tales in the history of tech, comparable even to Apple’s Phoenix-like rise from the ashes in the late 1990s.

Not so long ago, Research in Motion ruled the world. I owned one of its first devices, a RIM 857, which did e-mail like nothing else, and just about nothing else. But that device was a vision of the future in the days before smartphones. The “CrackBerry” was a road warrior’s most potent weapon and most impres-sive coat of arms.

Soon enough, RIM added phone and Web browsing to its devices, and Black-Berrys became an enterprise play: The company could make one enterprise sale and have thousands of new activa-tions in business and government. The iPhone begat a new trend, “Bring Your Own Device,” threatening the BlackBer-ry’s hold on corporate accounts. The balance of power shifted. Under BYOD, workers now happily buy their own phones, and companies happily support them instead of creating a mobile IT di-vision. It’s a win-win — for everyone but RIM. In perhaps the most crushing BYOD rebuff to the BlackBerry, Yahoo! last September dropped its enterprise account and let its employees use pret-ty much whatever they wanted – except a BlackBerry.


A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CONFUSION IS PRESENT – If the Philippines turned into one of Asia’s fast-grow-

ing economies, it would only have been running true to form. After all, it has for months been submissive to the fact that its remarkable economic turnaround may well hold on for quite some time. In the last few weeks, a consensus has been growing that investors’ confidence was high and that the country could dodge the gut-wrenching contractions plaguing its neighboring regional economies. Some private economists and financial manag-ers noted that prudent government pol-icies and sound economic fundamentals are the reasons behind the country’s eco-nomic growth.

The most encouraging development is the unexpectedly appreciation of the currency. Under the Aquino administra-tion, the country has so far weathered the regional economic storm with a stable currency, rising stock market and posi-tive growth. Owing largely to a relatively strong peso and escalating stock market, the country was on firmer footing than the other economies in the Asian region. Not long ago, most Manila-based economists and financial experts already believed the country stood a good chance of engineer-ing an economic “soft-landing” through a package of banking reforms and tight monetary policies to stabilize the financial system.

If fully and consistently implemented, this package of economic measures would provide a strong basis for the country to stay away from difficulties and move to rapid rates of growth over the medium term. At present we have seen a lot of in-terest from big foreign companies in the country’s different businesses. Thanks to effective currency controls that protect the peso, rising stock market and vast domes-

tic resources to fuel the industry. This is the prima-ry reason both foreign and lo-cal investors are entice to estab-lish business in the country. But some quarters are pessimistic still. The boast must sound hol-low to them. However, government is doing its best trying workable solutions without the discipline any monetary insti-tution enforces. The end result – growth rate is slowly, but steadily climbing up the steep economic ladder.

Government economic development officials in their latest report take a posi-tive view and indicated that the country’s Gross Domestic Products (GDP) grow 6.6% in 2012 against 3.5% in 2011. But independent economists say the country needs at least 7% growth to avert danger-ous levels of unemployment and maintain the ability to institute economic reform - and avoid instability. Except for exports, which undergo temporary slowdown due to a weaker dollar, the industry sector con-tributed much to the country’s progress posting 7% growth followed by the ser-vice sector with 6.1% and the agriculture sector despite being devastated by nat-ural calamities. In such numbers can the real significance of the nation’s economic growth be measured, however, the latest economic development highlight divisions that might otherwise have been noticeable. A certain amount of confusion and doubt is always present.

Some factions most visibly the working class tends to disagree with the govern-ment’s alleged “much-hyped” econom-

ic indicators. They responded by raising questions – most particularly the brewing unemployment issue. In spite of govern-ment‘s claim that the economy is stable, the labor sector asserted they’re clearly be-ginning to feel the pain in anticipated ways. More workers are losing jobs. The coun-try’s unemployment rate on their own ac-count rise from 3.5% to 6.3% or equivalent to 11 million jobless Filipinos under the present dispensation. The debates range from narrow to broad: “What impact will an alleged “over-bloated” economic figure have on the people’s socio-economic condi-tion? How will an increasing gap between the rich and poor be address while the lat-ter is confronted with joblessness, lack of shelter, food shortage, and lesser access to education and health services?” If nothing else, the unemployment problem has fo-cused the working sector’s mind on their socio-economic situation. They firmly be-lieve that the people’s benefits in terms of basic needs do not fully reflect the current economic progress and the impact of high-er earnings in the workplace.

Nevertheless, government economists and financial managers insist that the people should eventually benefit from an enduring economy. In fact, it was the per-ception among investors that the country was economically stable and the positive fundamentals quite compensate for the po-litical risk. Mindful that all the uncertainty arises with the possibility of an unforeseen economic slowdown, government this ear-ly should be determine and courageous to accelerate economic development that must be accompanied by wisdom. How this wisdom will balance the welfare and bene-fits of the people are likely to go a long way in determining whether the unprecedented economic growth is remembered as merely a glitch or a defining moment that would open the way to significant change.

( Conclusion )

( Conclusion )

BY IAN BREMMER OPINION

BY LEONARD MALTINANALYSIS

ICT HUBDavos power rankings: Who’s up, who’s down

and who’s out?

VANTAGE POINTS

Rapid rates of economic growth

The gems and stars left off the Oscars list

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CHRISTOPHER Nolan loyalists are still miffed that the filmmaker has been nominated for two of his

screenplays (Memento and Inception) but never recognized as Best Director — and that the finale in his Batman trilo-gy, The Dark Knight Rises, did not earn a Best Picture nod this year.

Omissions don’t come only in the boldface categories that attract the li-on’s share of attention. It’s understand-able that The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Life of Pi, Marvel’s The Aveng-ers,Prometheus and Snow White and the Huntsman are competing for Best Achievement in Visual Effects. But if you stop and think about it, was there a more convincing or persuasive use of “movie magic” this year than a teddy bear come to life sharing the screen with Mark Wahlberg in Seth MacFarlane’s Ted? To me, that’s the most amazing kind of trickery, because you’re forced to believe what your brain tells you can’t be true. Yet Ted didn’t even make the Academy’s short list before the final five contenders were chosen.

For my money, there is one 2012 release that has truly been robbed. It happens to be a box-office blockbuster, which offers its creators (and backers) some consolation, I’m sure. Still, The Avengersis the best comic book super-hero movie of this, or possibly, any year, in large part because of Joss Whedon’s sensationally smart, funny screenplay. There is none of the self-seriousness that mars The Dark Knight Rises or the hollowness of earlier Marvel efforts like Thor. It doesn’t run out of steam like Captain America or simply repeat itself like Iron Man 2.

Whedon pulls off the formidable feat of assembling an all-star cast of charac-ters and giving each a purpose. He takes a two-dimensional villain from Thor and makes him truly menacing. He breathes new life into the lumbering Hulk. He makes us care about all these characters and gives them a cause worth fighting

(and rooting) for. On top of that, he infus-es his screenplay with a welcome dose of humor, including some of the funniest moments ever found in an ostensibly se-rious superhero saga. (Here’s a sample exchange. Bruce Banner: I don’t think we should be focusing on Loki. That guy’s brain is a bag full of cats. You can smell crazy on him. Thor: Have a care how you speak! Loki is beyond reason, but he is of Asgard and he is my brother! Natasha Romanoff: He killed 80 people in two days. Thor: He’s adopted.)

Moviegoers around the world loved the result, and even critics sang its prais-es. But aside from a nomination for its excellent visual effects, the movie was shut out. Normally, this wouldn’t be shocking, as the Academy tends to shun popcorn movies except in the technical categories, butThe Avengers is no ordi-nary popcorn movie.

Then again, if the Oscars followed a predictable path — mine or anyone else’s — they wouldn’t be the Oscars. The final surprises will be unveiled on Feb. 24.

RUSSIA: Dmitry Medvedev gave the worst major speech of the conference. It was wooden,

full of platitudes, and left nobody im-pressed. In response to 78 percent of Davos attendees’ voting that gover-nance was the biggest challenge in Russia, Medvedev shrugged off nega-tive outlooks, saying, “It’s good that the scenarios are pessimistic. Because op-timistic ones can get the government carried away.” I’ve long felt that Russia, faltering economically and question-able politically, should be thrown out of the BRICs. Davos now agrees.

Brazil: Nightclub tragedies aside, Brazil has had a quiet year. But quiet isn’t what Brazil has been historically, as an A-grade emerging market on a strong development path. According-ly, Brazil has lost some momentum in the halls of Davos. Growth is slowing – economists are estimating its GDP will increase only 3.1 percent in 2013, fall-ing short of the high standards Davos holds it to.

Middle East: A panel on Syria was the conference’s bleakest. Nobody knows what to do. Violence is expand-ing in Egypt, Mali threatens to become a quagmire, and the Afghanistan-Paki-stan riddle still isn’t solved. No good stories here. This issue is beginning to feel like the climate change debate: Everyone at Davos agrees it’s a critical issue that’s only getting worse, and it appears intractable with no viable path forward.

OFF THE RADARChina: For the world’s second-larg-

est economy, China’s presence at the World Economic Forum was decid-edly light. In 2012, Davos was sched-uled during the Chinese New Year; the Chinese blamed their absence on the scheduling conflict. This year there was no such excuse, and no emissaries of a high level attended. That’s sur-prising, until you remember Davos is devoted to issues of transparency, de-mocracy, free markets and the rule of law. Not exactly Chinese hobbyhorses.

India: Last year, India had a mar-keting campaign at Davos called ”In-credible !ndia.” This year it might as well have been ”Invisible India.” The country isn’t doing well, with major corruption issues at home and a limit-ed corporate presence abroad. The In-dian delegation conducted some joint events with African attendees, and In-dia came away outshined.

Climate change: There were plen-ty of people talking about the loom-ing, growing disaster of our time. But what’s being done? Nothing at Davos, certainly.

Inequality: Davos this year was much more about elites finally catch-ing their breath and looking to put the financial crisis in the rearview mirror. When they finally survey what the last few years have wrought, they’ll find a middle class that’s still struggling to stay above water. Despite thought leaders trying to drive inequality to the top of the agenda, we just didn’t see enough of a wakeup call in which the urgency of the situation became clear to Davos attendees.


NOW, former Presi-dent Gloria Maca-pagal-Arroyo has

finally something good to say about her nemesis.

Arroyo, currentlly on hospital arrest for various charges, lauded the Aqui-no administration for the Philippine economy’s full-year growth, pegged at 6.6 percent in 2012.

Through her spokes-person Elena Bautis-ta-Horn, the detained former leader welcomed the latest 6.8 percent ex-pansion of the Philippine economy in the fourth quarter of last year.

“Going beyond the an-ti-corruption campaign, President Aquino is to be commended for the latest GDP growth rate. It is wel-come news,” Horn said in a statement.

“He is on track restor-ing the growth of 7.9 per-cent where it was before the first half of 2010,” she added.

However, Arroyo’s camp reminded President Benigno “Noynoy” Aqui-no III that while he’s do-ing good on the economy, he need to uphold the rule of law.

In the same statement, Horn criticized President Aquino for his supposed

actions that continuous-ly interfere with the due process and the indepen-dence of the judiciary.

“The campaign against corruption must uphold the rule of law. Even former President Arroyo fought corruption through available legal remedies including the passage of legislation,” Horn said.

“But she followed the rule of law, due process, and the independence of

the judiciary by respect-ing and implementing all court decisions, studi-ously avoiding any inter-ference or comment on judicial proceedings and rulings,” she noted.

But Speaker Feliciano “Sonny” Belmonte Jr. im-mediately backed Presi-dent Aquino’s resolve to fight graft and corruption in all levels of the Philip-pine bureaucracy.

Belmonte said Pres-ident Aquino’s goal of fighting graft and corrup-

tion has prompted 5th Global Conference of the Global Organization of Parliamentarians against Corruption (GOPAC) to hold their annual confer-ence at the PICC Recep-tion on Thursday.

GOPAC, which com-posed of about 700 mem-bers from more than 45 countries, is broadening its networks for collabo-ration and effective shar-ing of good practices to stop corruption,” Belmon-te said. [ Yahoo!]

EGYPTIAN riot po-lice deployed on Saturday near the

presidential palace after a night of clashes between security forces and pet-rol-bomb throwing pro-testers that killed one man and injured dozens.

The 23-year-old died of a gunshot wound as police used birdshot and tear gas on demonstra-tors who targeted the

palace in rallies against Islamist President Mo-hamed Morsi late on Fri-day, a senior medical offi-cial said.

Fifty-three people were also injured, said the official, while the in-terior ministry reported 15 of its men wounded by birdshot.

Police said they ar-rested 20 people, and were filmed on televi-

sion beating and drag-ging a naked man to an armoured vehicle, out-raging Morsi critics who compared the incident to practices under deposed leader Hosni Mubarak.

On Saturday morning, there was no sign of any protesters, and streets in the area reopened to traffic, though they were littered with stones and other debris.

The smell of tear gas still lingered near the palace, its outer wall scrawled with graffiti reading: “Topple the re-gime” and “Freedom.”

In the capital’s iconic Tahrir Square, the situa-tion was also calm after clashes in the latest day of protests that were also staged in other cities.

Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim or-dered a probe to “hold accountable” the police-men who beat the naked protester, his office said.

The presidency said security forces would deal with violent protests with “utmost decisive-ness” and that it would hold opposition groups found to have incited the clashes “politically ac-countable.”

A statement on Mor-si’s Facebook page said the protesters sparked the violence by trying to break into the palace.

The opposition Na-tional Salvation Front, which supported Fri-day’s protests, distanced itself from the violence and urged demonstra-tors to exercise “utmost restraint.” [AFP]

10 EDGEDAVAONATION BRIEFS

Firm

China still refuses to face interna-tional arbitration

with the Philippines over hotly contest-ed territories in the West Philippine Sea. A post in a state-reg-ulated Chinese news portal China.org.cn said Beijing is instead pushing for dispute settlement with Manila through bilateral talks. “China disagrees with moves that go against the consensus (reached before),” the post quot-ed China Foreign Min-istry spokesman Hong Lei as saying. Hong was referring to the Decla-ration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea signed by members of the ASE-AN, including the Phil-ippines, in 2002.

Re-training

Following the spate of robberies in Metro Manila,

police now want se-curity guards to start carrying firearms when at duty in malls. This is one of many rec-ommendations includ-ed in a “Mall Security Manual” that the Philip-pine National Police has released on January 31. The police also suggest-ed re-training of private security guards who are assigned in malls.

Boom

The Philippines is poised to join the world’s 10 fast-

est-growing economies this year and next as Filipinos buying goods from dresses to condo-miniums cushion a fal-tering in exports that’s hurt the rest of the re-gion.

The economy ex-panded 6.8 percent last quarter from a year earlier, among the fastest in Asia and exceeding economist estimates. The Phil-ippines will probably grow 5.5 percent this year, and 5.4 percent in 2014, putting it among the fastest- expanding economies, according to Bloomberg surveys.

Bridge

The government is working to con-nect more people

all over the country to the Internet and “bridge the digital di-vide” with the use of “TV White Space” (TVWS), the Depart-ment of Science and Technology (DOST) an-nounced yesterday.

The DOST’s Infor-mation and Commu-nications Technology Office (ICTO) said it will deploy the new technology on TVWS - the unused television frequencies in the VHF (very high frequency) and UHF (ultra high frequency) bands and described as “a new wireless data commu-nications standard” - throughout the coun-try.

Donated

The wife of late John Lennon do-nated US$10,000

or more than P400,000 to the victims of ty-phoon Pablo that rav-aged Mindanao prov-inces last year.

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) revealed Yoko Ono’s donation, noting that the money has been re-mitted to the Philippine embassy in Tokyo, Ja-pan on January 28.

WORLD TODAYCovered

North Korea has covered the en-trance to a tun-

nel at its nuclear test site in an apparent effort to avoid satellite monitoring ahead of a widely expected det-onation, a report said Friday.

The Punggye-ri site, which has three tunnel entrances and multiple support buildings, has been closely monitored by US, South Korean and Japanese intel-ligence since North Korea ramped up its test threats just over a week ago.

Protest

The Australian g o v e r n m e n t Friday lodged

a protest with Tokyo after a ship from the Japanese whaling fleet entered its exclusive economic zone in the Southern Ocean near Macquarie Island.

Canberra is strong-ly opposed to whaling and launched legal action challenging the basis of Japan’s so-called “scientific” hunt in December 2010.

Lost king

Archaeologists will reveal next week wheth-

er a skeleton with a cleaved skull and a curved spine en-tombed under a mu-nicipal car park is that of Richard III, the last English king to die in battle, more than five centuries ago.

The grey, concrete car park with its red-brick walls and a pay-ment hut in Leicester, central England, con-trasts sharply with the grandeur of tra-ditional sepulchres for English kings and queens such as Wind-sor Castle and West-minster Abbey.

Shooter

The Turk who shot pope John Paul II in St Pe-

ter’s Square in 1981 claimed in a new book on Friday that the founder of the Irani-an revolution, the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, told him to do it.

The Vatican imme-diately denied several assertions in the book including the claim by Mehmet Ali Agca that he had spoken of the Iranian link at his meeting with John Paul II in his prison cell.

Iron out

The US and Russia meet in Germany Saturday in a new

bid to iron out their differences over the war in Syria, with the head of the opposition saying the world must not be a bystander to the tragedy.

On the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, US Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet Russian Foreign Min-ister Sergei Lavrov and Syrian opposition chief Moaz al-Khatib.

He is also due to see UN-Arab League en-voy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, the White House said, amid growing international fears of the 22-month conflict in Syria spill-ing over its borders and drawing in other regional states.

NATION/WORLD

Former Philippine leader Gloria Arroyo, pictured here in February 2012. [AFP]

Now, Arroyo has something good to say about Aquino

RIOT POLICE. Egyptian protesters throw stones towards the presidential palace in Cairo on February 1, 2013. Egyptian riot police deployed on Saturday near the presidential palace after

a night of clashes between security forces and petrol-bomb throwing protesters that killed one man and injured dozens. [AFP]

Police deployed after clashes in Egypt presidential palace

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ippine Development Fo-rum (PDF) to be held in Davao City on Monday. It will be graced by President Aquino who is expected to make policy announce-ments with far-ranging im-plications.

Mindanao Develop-ment Authority (MinDA) chair Luwalhati Antonino said the resolution was drafted in order “to en-hance policy dialogue and allow public discourse on Mindanao’s development priorities and imperatives to push for the progressive Mindanao development agenda.”

Out of the planned ac-tions, three are dedicated to the peace, justice and se-curity cluster, namely: “To harmonize conflicting pol-icies, with special attention to land laws, especially the implementation of The In-digenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) law; participa-tion by more stakeholders, especially the indigenous people, in the peace pro-cess, specifically on the formulation of the annexes to the Framework Agree-ment on the Bangsamoro (FAB); and that there shall be more effort to level up the information drive on programs projects and pol-icies.”

Three were also dedi-cated to the economy clus-

ter which is to “streamline licensing and registration, promote mini-hydro and power infrastructure, and create policy reforms for the power and infrastruc-ture sector; to adopt tech-nical solutions to climate change; and improvement in business regulations and property rights (small/me-dium enterprises mining agriculture and land).”

The environment clus-ter will focus more on cli-mate change mitigation and adaptation with action plans, including, “climate change and disaster proof-ing of land use, develop-ment plans and regulato-ry tools; promote strong multi-sectoral coordina-tion and community par-ticipation; and implement climate change adaptation and mitigation measures under natural resources management and infra-structure development.”

For the governance cluster, the action plans are, “to promote and estab-lish an effective, accessible and responsive justice sys-tem; to better capacitate the local government units on governance; and to pro-mote citizen participation in running the affairs of government.”

On human develop-ment and poverty reduc-tion cluster, the action

plans are, “to build the ca-pacity at the local level to plan and implement from the bottom (bottom-up planning and budgeting); to use accurate data as ba-sis for planning monitoring and recording; to strength-en multi-agency and de-velopment stakeholder coordination and collabo-ration.”

There were 274 lead-ers from different sectors who took part in the 1st MDF, with 22 coming from the academe, 23 from civil society, 25 from the busi-ness sector, nine from lo-cal government units, 43 from international funding agencies, while the chunk of participants came from the government with 124.

Earlier that day, in a press conference, An-tonino said, ”We will be presenting what we want here in Mindanao,” assur-ing the media that what is presented in the MDF will reach the Philippine De-velopment Forum (PDF) which will also be held at The Marco Polo Davao on Monday.

Director General of the Philippine National Eco-nomic and Development Authority, Arsenio Balisa-can, said, “The main reason we have to hold the PDF in Davao City is precisely to highlight Mindanao.”

The vice mayor’s speech was read by Coun-cilor J. Melrchor V. Quitain.

Duterte said that just like any developing city, Davao has many growing pains – traffic jams and gridlocks, floods, petty crimes, traffic law viola-tions, and illegal drugs.

“There are people out there who do not have homes of their own, living under terrible and difficult conditions, eking out a liv-ing on a day-to-day basis,” he said, adding that many suffering Dabawenyos need more health care ser-vices and facilities.

“There are people out there who long to study but lack the financial re-sources,” according to the vice mayor, saying that ed-ucation is the poor man’s salvation.

He said government and the private sector, es-pecially business establish-ments cannot pretend to be blind to the poor’s need or deaf to their pleas.

He said the more for-tunate members of society should not hesitate to help those who are suffering from calamities and pov-erty, regardless of race, creed, religion, social sta-tus or political persuasion, even those who are per-ceived to be enemy of the state.

“We believe that one act

of kindness to a foe during a time of need is worth more than a thousand guns and a hundred thousand bullets,” he said.

Daniel T. Lim, an archi-tect who runs his own ar-chitectural company, will be installed as president, while veteran business leader Se-bastian L. Angliongtowill take his oath as chairman.

The other officers to be inducted are Antonio T. dela Cruz, executive vice pres-ident; Dr. Ma. Lourdes G. Monteverde, vice president for trade and commerce; Willfred T. Teves, vice pres-ident for agribusiness; Domingo T. Duerme, vice president for industry; Ag-atha Ellen S. Valencia, vice president for professional and service ventures; Maria Julieta R. Torrres, corporate treasurer; Enrique M.O. Di-ola, corporate secretary; The trustee are Robert C. Quinto, BonifacioT. Tan, John Y. Gaisano, Dr. Rober-to P. Puentespina, Yvonne P. Cabada, and Antonio M. Ajero.

Six of this year’s officers are past presidents of the 45-year-old multi-awarded chamber. They are Angli-ongto, Tan,Gaisano,Quin-to,Duerme and Dra.Mon-teverde, immediate past president.

Angliongto once served as chairman of the Mindan-ao Economic and Develop-

ment Authority (Medco), forerunner of the Mindan-ao Development Author-ity (MinDa). Angliongto, whose family owns Pujada Island in Mati City, is into real estate. He will serve as the chamber’s chairman for the second straight year in 2013. Tan is the president and CEO of Farma Auto Supply. Gaisano, president of JHG Trading, Inc., is into retail merchandizing, while Duerme is the senior as-sistant vice president for Mindanao of the Philippine Airlines. Monteverde, the first medical practitioner and the third lady to head the chamber, is an obstetri-cian-gynelocologist. She is the president of the Mon-teverde Aqua Ventures Cor-poration.Quinto runs his own company, Jhaymarts Industries, Inc., dealing in waterworks equipment and materials.

The board is composed of two lawyers, two archi-tects, a physician, a veter-inarian, two engineers, a certified public accountant, a techno-prenuer and me-dia executive, among oth-ers.

Philippine Chamber of Commerce president Mi-guel B. Varela will keynote the affair with the theme “Building the Future: Bring-ing, Creating and Sustaining A High Quality Organiza-tion.”

leader left office in 2010.Arroyo said she wel-

comed the development in the country’s econo-my, noting the President is on track to restoring the growth of 7.9 percent where it was before the first half of 2010.

“But, we all have to re-member that 2010 was an election year, and histori-cally, if you look at all the data, simulan natin: Ka-pag election year, mataas talaga ang growth, mataas talaga ang GDP. Bakit? Be-cause of election spend-ing, and ask any econo-mist, they’ll tell you the same thing,” Valte said.

Based on historical

figures, Valte said election years really have high GDP growths.

For instance in the 1988 election, the GDP was 6.8 percent; in 2004, the GDP was 6.7 percent; and in 2007, it was at 6.6 percent.

“But if you take out all the election years noon, when you look at the GDP, if you exclude all the elec-tion years, ‘yung 6.6 per-cent natin for 2012 is the fastest growth the Philip-pine economy has seen in the past 30 years, sur-passing all the past pres-idents, beginning from the former President Cory Aquino,” she added.

Commenting on criti-cisms saying the govern-ment’s campaign against corruption must uphold the rule of law, due pro-cesses and the indepen-dence of the judiciary, Valte said the anti-cor-ruption fight of the ad-ministration is within the bounds of the rule of law.

“The anti-corruption fight of the President has always been within the bounds of the rule of law with respect to other in-stitutions, which is why it translates into good gov-ernance, and good gover-nance translates to good economics,” she said. [PNA]

allocation of power relat-ed to transportation and communication, and the notion of the regional water domain which con-stitute the Bangsamoro.”

The power sharing annex includes a list of three powers which are “the reserve powers of the national government, the exclusive powers of the Bangsamoro, and the conquering powers.”

Ferrer said, “We need to find allocations as to who has the jurisdiction over the elements, which means, the challenge is to really locate in which list they belong.”

On the wealth sharing annex, the main issues left pending are “further taxes for the Bangsam-oro, the system of auto-matic appropriation of subsidies, and closing the discussion on the share of revenues from mineral and energy resources of the Bangsamoro.”

Ferrer guaranteed that there will be no room for failure for the FAB by quoting her counterpart, MILF panel chairman Mohagher Iqbal, saying, “We are not entertaining any failures here.”

According to Ferrer, “We are both committed

to finishing our work, fin-ishing the agreement and moving on to full blast implementation.”

“In fact, we are al-ready implementing some of the elements that have already been articu-lated in the framework agreement,” she added, saying, “For example, set-ting up the issuance of the executive order that we will create the transi-tion commission.”

“We are moving to-wards seeing that tran-sition commission being put in place very, very soon,” she said.

SEN. Pia Cayetano has called for more par-ticipation of women

in good governance and in combating corruption.

Cayetano, one of the three lady senators of the Philippine Senate, made this challenge Friday as she addressed the partic-ipants of the ongoing 5th Global Conference of the Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC) at the Philippine Interna-tional Convention Center.

”A cost-effective and politically feasible way to clean up government is to promote gender equality and increase women in government,” Cayetano said.

Cayetano said gener-al consensus shows that greater participation of women in democratic governments improve public service.

”Increasing female participation as a means of fighting corruption

provides an economic in-centive to foster gender equality,” the lady law-maker said.

At present, Cayeta-no said world average of women in parliaments is 20.3 percent, still far be-hind from the 50 percent the goal set by the United Nation.

”Anecdotal evidence shows that quality of pub-lic service improves with more women in public of-fice,” she said.

Cayetano bats for more women participation in good governance

VICE President Je-jomar Binay Satur-day said the gov-

ernment has been able to assist more than 1,300 human trafficking and ille-gal recruitment victims in 2012.

This has been through the combined operations of the Inter-Agency Coun-cil Against Trafficking and the Presidential Taskforce Against Illegal Recruitment

(PTFAIR).“From Jan. 1 – Dec. 31,

2012, the IACAT-PTFAIR Operations Center re-ceived a total of 537 com-plaints consisting of 1,353 victims and complainants,” the Vice President, who heads both the IACAT and PTFAIR, said.

The anti-trafficking czar added that operatives of the Operations Center, under the supervision of

the National Bureau of In-vestigation’s Anti-Human Trafficking Division (NBI-AHTRAD), conducted 10 rescue and six entrapment operations last year, result-ing in the rescue of 262 victims and the arrest of 86 suspects.

Binay also lauded the combined operation cen-ter’s efforts in locating wit-nesses who were needed to testify in courts.

Gov.t assists 1,300 victims of trafficking in 2012 – Binay


REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURT11TH JUDICIAL REGION

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT-SHERIFFDAVAO CITY

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND, or Pag-ibig Fund, Mortgagee -versus- EJF-REM CASE NO. 13, 963-13

ANNA LORRAINE E. LIM 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 (HDMF) Pag-ibig against ANNA LORRAINE E. LIM with postal address at Lot 11 Blk. 12 Deca Homes Cabantian, Bu-hangin , Davao City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of October 19, 2012 amounts to Php 548,064.74, 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 a March 21, 2013 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- 446169“ A parcel of land (Lot 11, Blk. 12, xxx) situated in the Ba-

rangay of Cabantian, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao.xxx Con-taining an area of ONE HUNDRED THIRTY TWO (132) 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 April 11, 2013 without further notice.

Prospective buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for them-selves the titles herein described real property/ies and the encum-brances thereon, if any there be.

Davao City, Philippines, January 15, 2012

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF: (SGD.) JAY C. ESPERANZA Sheriff IVNoted by:

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

(edge 01/28, 2/4,11)

Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT

11th Judicial RegionBRANCH 12Davao City

IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR RECOGNITION OF THE FOREIGN DIVORCE BETWEEN KATSUHIRO OKAHARA AND GRESILDA MANUBAY ORTILLA

SP PROC. NO.: 12,359-12GRESILDA MANUBAY ORTILLA, Petitioner

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ORDER

This is a verified Petition for Recognition of the Foreign Di-vorce between Katsuhiro Okahara and Gresilda Manubay Or-tilla, praying that upon due notice and hearing, judgment be rendered judicially confirming and recognizing the Divorce obtained in Japan involving the Petitioner Gresilda Manubay Ortilla and Katsuhiro Okahara.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the hearing of this petition on March 7, 2013 at 8:30 a.m.

WHEREFORE, Petitioner is hereby directed to cause the pub-lication of this Order at her expense, in a newspaper of gen-eral circulation in the City and (3) provinces of Davao, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks.

Petitioner is further directed to furnish the Office of the Solic-itor General a copy of this petition.

Likewise, let a copy of this Order be furnished the Local Civil Registrar, Davao City.

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

SO ORDEREDDavao City, Philippines, January 3, 2013 (SGD) PELAGIO S. PAGUICAN JUDGE(EDGE 1/21/28,2/4)

LEGAL NOTICENotice is hereby given

that the estate of the late ISIDRO P. MARATA , with deed of donation has been EXTRA-JUDICIALLY SETTLED, executed by his heirs per Doc. No.06, Page No. 02, Book No. CCXLV, Series of 2013, of the NOTARY PUBLIC JOSE DIONISIO N. GUEVARRA JR.

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EFAMIL P. BATHAN, Mortgagor

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Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee Home Development Mu-tual Fund (HDMF) Pag-ibig against EFAMIL P. BATHAN with postal address at Lot 12 Blk.24 Rosalina Village 3 , Dumoy, Toril, Davao City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of Novem-ber 18, 2011 amounts to Php 220,165.00 Philippine Currency, in-clusive of interest, penalty charges, plus attorney’s fees equivalent to TEN ( 10%) of the total indebtedness plus other legal expens-es incident of foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public a February 21, 2013 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- 270402“ A parcel of land xxx (Lot 12, Blk. 24, xxx) situated in the

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


In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,it shall be held on March 21, 2013 without further notice.



FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF: (SGD.) ROBERTO C. ESGUERRA Sheriff IVNoted by:


(edge 01/28, 2/4,11)




GILBERT S. ROLLON married to Mylyn Rollon, Mortgagor

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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 (HDMF) Pag-ibig against GILBERT S. ROLLON mar-ried to Mylyn Rollon with postal address at Lot 8 Blk. 14 Deca Homes Cabantian, Buhangin , Davao City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of July 3, 2012 amounts to Php 413,545.73 Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest, penalty charges, plus at-torney’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 a March 21, 2013 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 Curren-cy, the following real property together with all the improvements thereon, to wit:

Transfer Certificate of Title No. T- 430581“ A parcel of land (Lot 8, Blk. 14, xxx) situated in the Baran-

gay of Cabantian, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao.xxx Contain-ing an area of EIGHTY ONE (81) SQUARE METERS, more or less”


In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,it shall be held on April 11, 2013 without further notice.



FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF: (SGD.) JAY C. ESPERANZA Sheriff IVNoted by:


(edge 01/28, 2/4,11)

Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation and

CommunicationsLAND TRANSPORTATION

FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD

Regional Office No. XIDavao City

Petition for RENEWAL of a Certificate of public Convenience with DROPPING andSUBSTITUTION OF UNIT to operate anAIRCONDITIONED TAXI Service

FERNANDO M. YCONG, Petitioner Case No.2003-XI-00159

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Petitioner is a grantee of a Certif-icate of Public Convenience issued in this case authorizing the operation of an AIRCONDITIONED TAXI service on the route: WITHIN DAVAO CITY to any point in Region XI with the use of ONE (1) unit, which Certificate will expire on December 31, 2013. In the petition filed on January 7, 2013, petitioner requests authority to extend the validity of said Certificate. In the same petition, petitioner likewise re-quests to DROP his authorized unit and to SUBSTITUTE the same with another unit bearing Chassis No. NCP929015895 to operate along the same route.

NOTICE, is hereby given that this

petition will be heard by this Board on FEBRUARY 18, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at this office at the above address.

At least, FIVE (5) days prior to the above date petitioner shall publish this Notice once in a one (1) daily newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao

Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must file their written opposi-tion supported by documentary evidence on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the petitioner, and may if they so, desire appear on said date and time.

This petition will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and the documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it nec-essary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable BENJAMIN A. GO, CESO V, Regional Director, this 7th day of January 2013 at Davao City.

TERESITA DELA PEÑA-YÑIGUEZChief Transport Development Officer



NATIONAL HOME MORTGAGEFINANCE CORPORATION (NHMFC) Mortgagee, -versus- EJF-REM CASE NO. 13,995-13

FLORENCE MAY R. ARTIAGA, married to Romeo L. Artiaga Mortgagor/s.

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Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by National Home Mortgage Finance Cor-poration against FLORENCE MAY R. ARTIAGA married to Romeo L. Artiaga with postal address at Lot 10 Block 5 Jade Valley Homes, Tigatto Buhangin, Davao City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of December 15, 2012 amounted to Php 592,267.72, Phil-ippine Currency, plus other legal expenses incident to foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of Regional Trial Court, Davao City; the undersigned will sell at public auction on March 8,2013 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 to-gether with all the improvements thereon, to wit:

Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-216433“ A parcel of land xxx situated in the Barrio of Tigatto, City of

Davao, Island of Mindanao xxx. Containing an area of ONE HUN-DRED TWENTY (120) SQUARE METERS, more or less xxx.”


That in the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on April 12, 2013 without further notice.

Prospective buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for them-selves the titles herein described real property/ies and the encum-brances thereon , if any there be.


FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF: (SGD.) REYNALDO O. GIRADO Sheriff IVNoted by:


(edge 2/4,,11,18)

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AFTER just three months from the opening of their first two stores in Durianburg, Krispy Kreme opened its third store at the ground level of SM Lanang Premier last January 31, bringing their world-class doughnuts and coffee to the northern part of the metro. The event was made extra meaningful and special as they shared the Krispy Kreme


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experience and a gift giving ceremony with the children from the Orphanage of St. Jerome. “Krispy Kreme is a brand that’s all about the gift of sharing,” says Mark Gam-boa, Marketing Director of Krispy Kreme Philippines.

“And along with our expan-sion to satisfy the palates of more Filipinos, the open-ing of this new branch will bring with it our many ef-forts to continue the legacy of the brand’s ‘Share the Gift of Joy’ campaign in the country.”

Calling everyone to work hand-in-hand towards change, Krispy Kreme sets aside P20 for every sale of the brand’s specially designed Tin Can for its partner charities—12 orga-nizations that care for the

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PAUL Alexander Morales, Artistic Director of Ballet Philippines, dancer, chore-ographer, theater director, and independent filmmak-er has studied in London, worked with top European choreographers, and re-ceived both national and in-ternational acclaim for his many talents.

Yet, he and his family remain close to their Davaoeno roots, con-sidering the beautiful and bountiful city their hometown. “My great-grandfather Anastacio Campo migrated to Davao before World War II and was Provincial Commander of the City of Davao when the war broke out,” he says. “There is a book about our family called Davao War Diary written by

my mother Maria Virginia Morales and published by the Ateneo press.” Paul, who was born in Quezon City, lived and studied in Davao from grade three to high school, growing up around acclaimed art-ists like choreographer Agnes Loc-sin, musician Joey Ayala, writer Aida Rivera Ford, and painter Vic Secuya. “I fell in love with dance and the-ater in Davao,” he recalls. “Working with my fellow students in school (cinematographer Yam Laranas, DOT Regional Head Art Boncato, and ABS-CBN’s Art Bonjoc were batch mates) and working with the local theater company influenced me a lot.” Paul went on to graduate from the University of the Philippines where he majored in theater direct-ing, and pursued dance with Bal-let Philippines as a scholar. With the support of former BP Director Denisa Reyes, the CCP, and the British Council, he became a schol-ar at the Laban Theater in London, where he received a diploma in Advanced Dance Theater Perfor-mance. He founded Dulaang Talyer upon his return to the Philippines in 1994, where he was Artistic Di-rector until 2002. From 2003, Paul served as Artistic Director of Air-dance, the Aliw Awards’ Best Mod-ern/Contemporary Dance Com-pany in 2007 and 2008. As an independent filmmaker, his feature film Concerto, is based on wartime stories from his fam-ily. Concerto celebrates how a fam-ily’s love of music and friendship can survive a war, and how beauty and compassion can grow even in the harshest condition. It won the Best Screenplay Adaptation in the 6th Golden Screen Awards and the Bamboo Camera Award from Kid-lat Tahimik. As Artistic Director of Ballet Philippines since 2009, Paul re-cently choreographed Tales of the Manuvu and the contemporary ballet Crisostomo Ibarra, which re-ceived the Outstanding Dance Pro-duction Award at the 2010 Gawad Buhay Awards. Here, he takes us around his Davao and his SM.

A2 INdulge! VOL.5 ISSUE 238 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 03-04, 2013EDGEDAVAOUP AND ABOUT

Jennifer Lawrence talks dress malfunction at SAG Awards:

‘My Pants Fell Down!’

Christina Ricci engaged to James Heerdegen

NCIS renewed for season 11 as Mark Harmon inks new deal

JENNIFER LAWRENCE didn’t rip her dress Sunday night at the SAG Awards, but the Silver Linings Playbook star did inadver-tently flash a bit more skin than she’d planned on. The Oscar-nominated actress dropped by Piers Morgan Tonight Thursday and watched her ward-robe malfunction (which just happened to be the way her Christian Dior gown shifted) for the first time. “Oh, god. Oh,” she laughs, watching as the dress’ tier drops and re-veals the frock’s sheer lin-ing. “My pants fell off.” “Somebody trips me on the way, I remember that,” she recalls. “And yeah—there it starts to fall off. And then I’m keeping it together, keeping it to-

gether, then my pants fall off again!” Clearly, Jennifer doesn’t take herself too seriously. And amazingly, she’s still humble about her good looks. When Piers asks if she finds herself “sexy,” she

adamantly tells him, “No!” “What do you think when you look in the mir-ror?” Piers asks. Jennifer stammers for a few seconds and then adorably says, “I try and figure out what to do with what I got.”

THE occasion may have been makeup, but it was Christina Ricci’s accesso-ries that were doing the talking. A few months after she was first spotted with a sparkly new diamond ring on her finger, the Bel Ami star’s rep confirms to E! News that she’s en-gaged to dolly grip boy-friend James Heerdegen. “A couple months back,” Ricci first told Us Weekly during a Make Up For Ever demo at the

Grove in L.A. today, as to when Heerdegen, who worked on Ricci’s short-

lived ABC series Pan Am, popped the question. This will be the first trip down the aisle for Ricci, 32. She was briefly en-gaged a few years ago to Sullivan & Son star Owen Benjamin. “I worked so much last year that I just really want-ed to have some time off to just kind of live,” she told Us. “You kind of need to take time to be a real person.” Congrats to Christina and James!

NCIS is coming back! The hit drama has been renewed for an 11th sea-son by CBS after leading man and executive pro-ducer Mark Harmon ex-tended his contract, the network announced on Friday. Currently in its tenth season, NCIS ranks as television’s highest-rated series, averaging 21.5 mil-lion viewers an episode. “In a world gone niche, NCIS keeps getting bigger, and Mark Harmon contin-ues to define the role of leading man on the #1 show on television,” CBS honcho Leslie Moonves said in statement. “NCIS is the type of franchise every company wants in today’s global content ecosystem—high-quality

storytelling that gener-ates passionate viewers and drives revenue on ev-ery conceivable platform.” Want more good news, NCIS fans? Tony (Michael Weatherly) and Ziva (Cote

de Pablo) made it to the third round of our Top TV Couple Tournament and are currently up against Grey’s Anatomy’s Callie and Arizona. You can vote for them here.

PaulMoralesand hisDavao

“Davao is a small place with a big spirit. I think the special artists and arts of a city defines it.” Paul Morales celebrates Davao’s artistic spirit at the Paradise Island Park and Beach Resort in the Island Garden City of Samal. As you cruise along the famous Davao Gulf, Paradise Island Park offers a panoramic view of Davao City against the backdrop of Mount Apo and the best side of Samal Island ahead. With its white sand and azure blue waters, you will be lulled by the sound of the soft waves and at the same time feel the sea breeze in your face.

“As a kid, my family and I would go to church in Shrine Hills. I even had a portrait there taken by the big old tree. I would certainly bring my guests there.” Paul at Shrine Hills in Matina, Davao City, a widely popular destination for meditation, prayer, or simple relaxation amid tall trees, exotic flora, and well-manicured grass atop a hilly part of the city. Known as the Shrine of the Holy Infant Jesus of Prague, it has a magnificent view of Metro Davao and the Gulf. It also has a chapel, a seminary, and a meditation center for Catholics in Davao.

“As a dancer, it is important for me to eat right and healthy. That’s why I like shopping at SM Supermarket’s fresh section.” Paul at the Fresh Section of SM Supermarket in Lanang which offers the fresh catch of the day, as well as meat, poultry, produce, and fruit produ

“As a filmmaker, I like watching movies at SM Cinema. Am glad it now has an IMAX in Davao.” Paul in front of the first IMAX theater in Mindanao at SM Lanang Premier

UP AND ABOUT

“I like shopping at SM because of its convenience and dependability. It’s great to know that there are now two SM malls in Davao.” There’s so much more at SM Lanang Premier in Davao which has redefined shopping and lifestyle standards in the city with its world class interiors, global tenant mix, the first IMAX theater in Mindanao, a spectacular grand fountain, and the SMX Convention Center.

my mother Maria Virginia Morales and published by the Ateneo press.” Paul, who was born in Quezon City, lived and studied in Davao from grade three to high school, growing up around acclaimed art-ists like choreographer Agnes Loc-sin, musician Joey Ayala, writer Aida Rivera Ford, and painter Vic Secuya. “I fell in love with dance and the-ater in Davao,” he recalls. “Working with my fellow students in school (cinematographer Yam Laranas, DOT Regional Head Art Boncato, and ABS-CBN’s Art Bonjoc were batch mates) and working with the local theater company influenced me a lot.” Paul went on to graduate from the University of the Philippines where he majored in theater direct-ing, and pursued dance with Bal-let Philippines as a scholar. With the support of former BP Director Denisa Reyes, the CCP, and the British Council, he became a schol-ar at the Laban Theater in London, where he received a diploma in Advanced Dance Theater Perfor-mance. He founded Dulaang Talyer upon his return to the Philippines in 1994, where he was Artistic Di-rector until 2002. From 2003, Paul served as Artistic Director of Air-dance, the Aliw Awards’ Best Mod-ern/Contemporary Dance Com-pany in 2007 and 2008. As an independent filmmaker, his feature film Concerto, is based on wartime stories from his fam-ily. Concerto celebrates how a fam-ily’s love of music and friendship can survive a war, and how beauty and compassion can grow even in the harshest condition. It won the Best Screenplay Adaptation in the 6th Golden Screen Awards and the Bamboo Camera Award from Kid-lat Tahimik. As Artistic Director of Ballet Philippines since 2009, Paul re-cently choreographed Tales of the Manuvu and the contemporary ballet Crisostomo Ibarra, which re-ceived the Outstanding Dance Pro-duction Award at the 2010 Gawad Buhay Awards. Here, he takes us around his Davao and his SM.

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“Davao is a small place with a big spirit. I think the special artists and arts of a city defines it.” Paul Morales celebrates Davao’s artistic spirit at the Paradise Island Park and Beach Resort in the Island Garden City of Samal. As you cruise along the famous Davao Gulf, Paradise Island Park offers a panoramic view of Davao City against the backdrop of Mount Apo and the best side of Samal Island ahead. With its white sand and azure blue waters, you will be lulled by the sound of the soft waves and at the same time feel the sea breeze in your face.

“If I would bring guests around Davao, I would bring them to Jack’s Ridge, one of my favorite places in the city.”Paul at Jack’s Ridge, a premier dining resort in Davao City, which is filled with reminders of its historic past. It once formed part of the headquarters of the retreating Japanese forces at the end of World War II. Caves dug by the Japanese pockmark the area, and there is also talk of hidden treasure. Whatever the truth about the treasure, Jack’s Ridge maintains its natural beauty and the feature that made it important for Japanese forces – a commanding view of Davao City and the Gulf.

“The restos in Davao are a must stop for tourists, who will never get enough of our seafood dishes.” Paul enjoying a feast of the freshest seafood at Marina Tuna, Home of the Best Tuna and Seafoods at the Skygarden of SM Lanang Premier. Among these are crabs, shrimp, and scallops.

Paul, who was born in Quezon City, lived and studied in Davao from grade three to high school, growing up around acclaimed artists like choreographer Agnes Locsin, musician Joey Ayala, writer Aida Rivera Ford, and painter Vic Secuya.

“There is so much talent and potential in Davao as a vital creative hub. We should encourage and develop this. In this age of information and creativity, we should create laws and programs to ensure cultural development. This will connect tourism and economic and social development. The only limits of these potentials are our imaginations.” Paul with dancers at the Royeca School of Ballet in Davao. With Girlie S. Royeca World Premier Danseur Nicolas Pacana and choreographer Gregory Aaron as artistic directors, the students are given world- class training using the National Ballet Syllabus and the Atlanta Ballet Syllabus for the intermediate-advanced level.

way possible,” notes Gam-boa. “And so, we at Krispy Kreme are excited to see this third store swell with eager patrons by the end of the month and have more people share fond memo-ries with us.” For me, these fond mem-ories are often brought about while biting down on a Krispy Kreme’s signature Original Glazed doughnut paired with light-hearted conversations and laughter. Oh the joy a Krispy Kreme doughnut brings. Follow me on Twitter and Instagram @kenneth-kingong for more happen-ings in, around, and be-yond Davao City. Have a great week ahead!

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OVER 100 local coaches got the feel of NBA-type coach-

ing during the first day of the 2013 Jr. NBA in Davao City which got going on Saturday.

Coaches from the var-sity ranks in all levels in Davao City and nearby cit-ies were among the par-ticipants in the clinic for coaches handled by Jr. NBA Head Coach and camp di-rector Sefu Bernard.

“We are happy to be back in Davao City and we hope to bring you the new concepts in coaching and playing basketball,” said Carlo Singson, NBA Asia Country Manager for the Philippines. Singson has been at the helm of the Jr. NBA for six years in the country.

The 2013 Jr. NBA Pro-gram is presented by Alas-

ka Milk and brought to Davao City by Phoenix Pe-troleum Philippines as lo-cal host and event partner.

“We are excited to part-ner with the NBA. We may have not realized our dream of being in the PBA but to-day, we are identified with a global brand the NBA,” said Atty. Raymond Zorilla, Vice President or Operations of Phoenix Petroleum.

Also gracing yesterday’s opening program were former PBA star and now Alaska representative Jojo Lastimosa, Phoenix Petro-leum brand manager Celina Matias.

The last time the Jr. NBA was held in Davao was in 2010 with a record of 250 coaches taking part.

The clinic for players aged 10 to 14 years old will be on Sunday at the ADDU Matina Gym.

LEADING indepen-dent oil company Phoenix Petroleum

has officially announced its line-up of events for February until the Araw ng Dabaw in March this year.

The Davao-based oil firm is bringing to Davao City this weekend the Jr. NBA Touring Clinics for coaches and players at the Ateneo de Davao University Gymnasium in Matina. The Jr. NBA clin-ic is in partnership with NBA Asia which seeks to enter into a multi-year agreement with Phoenix

in bringing the Jr. NBA to Davao City.

Phoenix Petroleum VP for Operations Atty. Raymond Zorilla and NBA Asia Country Manager Carlo Singson are said to be discussing a longer agreement for the Jr. NBA program.

“We hope to be a partner with Phoenix for more years,” said Singson during the Media Launch at the SM Lanang Premier on Friday.

Phoenix is also bring-ing back the 2nd Phoenix Marathon as its premier footrace event for the

Araw ng Dabaw on March 10 on a unique course that starts at SM City in Ecoland and ends at SM Premier in Lanang.

The Marathon will feature the centrepiece 42.195-kilometer event plus the half-marathon (21-K), 10-K, 5-K and 3-K divisions.

Likewise, Phoenix will be staging the 5th Phoenix Open golf tournament on March 9 at the Rancho Palos Verdes. The 18-hole event is a Team (5-to-play-4-to-count), Pair (2) and Individual event for men aged 21 years old

and above based on hand-icap classification and la-dies.

On March 16 and 17, the Phoenix Araw ng Dabaw Cyclomax Moto-cross race will be staged at the Moto-X Davao Race-track at the Davao Croco-dile Park.

On top of the sports events, Phoenix will be holding its nationwide “Gas Na, Good as Cash Pa” Raffle Draw on March 15.

“We will be bringing the Grand Draw in Davao and that will be a major event,” said Celina Matias, Phoenix Brand Manager.

LOCAL support has made possible the hosting of the 2013

Jr. NBA in Davao City which got going on Saturday.

Ateneo de Davao Uni-versity has extended sup-port to the two-day camp as Official Venue of the Jr. NBA. The ADDU Athletics in Matina lent its basket-ball gymnasium as venue for the coaches and players clinics thru its President Fr.

Joel Tabora, SJ.Also pitching in for the

success of the program is The Royal Mandaya Ho-tel through Glen. Manager Glen Escandor as the Offi-cial Hotel Partner of Jr. NBA Davao leg.

Phoenix Petroleum Philippines is the event partner and host of the Jr. NBA in Davao. The Jr. NBA program is presented by Alaska Milk.

DAVAO City Golf Club has always sprung surprises

in the history of the Phil-ippine Airlines Interclub. When the 66th edition of the tournament tees off in Cebu City beginning on February 21, expect the Davao divot-diggers to spring another sur-prise.

DGCC’s men’s squad will be banking on veter-ans Willie De Leon, Lud-wig Ledesma, Benhur Villarosa, Marlon Ara-nas, Jun Narciso, Ganii Gascal, Nilo Dalut, Brad Quemada, Jimmy Dureza, Boy Braganza and Roy Quemada.

Cebu Country Club and Mactan Island Golf Club will host the regular Interclub set February 26 to March 2. More than half of the 78 squads in the regular Interclub are from overseas.

In the Senior’s In-terclub, DCGC will be fielding a team led by Antonio Tan, Nick Olarte, Charlie Aldevera, Boy Ramos, Marianing Fer-nandez, Frank Buno, Roger Costes, Vic Noble and Sammy Afdal.

Canlubang will de-fend the seniors’ title it narrowly won last year in Davao in this year’s edition set Feb-ruary 21-24 at the Alta Vista Golf and Country Club and Club Filipino de Cebu Golf Club. A re-cord 100 teams, includ-ing 53 from abroad, are entered in the Seniors event.

For this year’s event, the hosts unravel four golf courses for the event, hence the theme “4 at the Fore.”

Presented by PAL, the event is sponsored by Mareco Broadcasting Network (Crossover), Solar Entertainment, Plantation Bay and Me-dia Five. It is also backed by major sponsors Ma-nila Broadcasting Corp., Philippine Broadcasting Network, Stargate Me-dia and Radio Mindanao Network.

Corporate sponsors include Shangri La Hotel Mactan, Boeing Interna-tional Corp., Radisson Blu Hotel and Philippine Daily Inquirer. Minor sponsor is Ginebra San Miguel.

JR. NBA. Sefu Bernard, Jr., NBA head coach and camp director OF Jr. NBA, lectures about coaching techniques to the participating basketball coaches from Davao City during the Jr. NBA Touring Clinic Davao Leg at the Ateneo de Davao University high school campus in Matina, Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

COACHES CLINIC. Participants of the Jr. NBA coaching clinic pose for photo before the start of the different activities at the Ateneo de Davao University high school campus in Matina, Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

JR. NBA

Davao coaches get NBA feelBy Neil Bravo

PAL INTERCLUB PREVIEW

Davao Golf Club’s surprise pack(Last of 3 parts)By Neil Bravo

Phoenix launches Araw eventsBy Neil Bravo

Ateneo, RMH backs Jr. NBA Davao leg

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Pau Gasol knew he could play like

this. Kobe Bryant and Ricky Rubio did, too. The only person in Laker land who seemed to doubt what the gifted post player could do was the man in charge.

Now maybe coach Mike D’Antoni will become a be-liever as well.

Gasol had 22 points and 12 rebounds in his return to the starting lineup and Bry-ant nearly had a triple-dou-ble in leading the Los An-geles Lakers to a 111-100

victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night.

‘’It was a good feeling out there,’’ Gasol said. ‘’Like the good old days.’’

Bryant had 17 points, 12 rebounds and eight as-sists and Steve Nash added 17 points and seven assists for the Lakers, who played without Dwight Howard due to a sore right shoulder. They have won four of their last five games and beat the Wolves for the 20th straight time, the longest active streak in the NBA.

Gasol sparks Lakers win

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