Edge Davao 6 Issue 14

‘Localize peace talks’

VOL. 6 ISSUE 14 • THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2013

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DLPC goes to the malls

FLOCALIZE PEACE TALKS, 13

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BLACK DONUTS. A tire supplier watch-es over assorted brand new and sec-ond-hand tires along Quirino Street. With the onset of summer, more mo-torists are changing tires to keep their vehicles ready for the long drives this season. Lean Daval Jr.

MEMBERS of the government of the Philippines gov-

ernment panel (GPH) are enjoining peace-loving Fil-ipinos to contribute their ideas to help the panel’s peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDF) move forward.

Alexander Padilla, GPH panel chairperson, made the appeal in his opening statement during the one-day public conversation for peace building with the civil society groups and non-governmental organi-zations (NGO) at the Apo View Hotel yesterday.

Padilla later told Edge

IGNORING THE SIGN. Public utility ve-hicle (PUV) drivers and commuters pay no heed to a “No Loading and Unloading” sign along San Pedro Street yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

Speakers hit soldiers, rebels for abuses during GPH panel gab

Must involvement of IPs in peace process proposed

By Che Palicte

Basa-basasad panagsa!

VOL. 6 ISSUE 14 • THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2013THE BIG NEWS2 EDGEDAVAO

FDLPC , 13

FYOU’RE SEEN, 13

FPLASTIC POSTERS, 13

DAVAO City’s ma-jor streets are being watched

24 hours a day by 17 high power closed cir-cuit television cameras (CCTV). That’s about enough to have eyes just about everywhere where crimes, accidents and traffic violations could happen at any-time of the day.

As part of the Davao City’s P704-million traf-fic signalization proj-ect, the 17 high-tech closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras that were installed in the

major intersections of the city helped a lot in addressing traffic, traf-fic violations and city crimes.

Christian Ruiz, tech-nical staff of Public Safe-ty and Security Com-mand Center (PSSCC), told Edge Davao yes-terday that the instal-lation of these CCTVs have been very useful in consolidating efforts with government agen-cies like the Land Trans-portation Office and the Philippine National Po-lice.

With city’s 17 CCTV cams

You’re seen everywhereBy Che Palicte

AT P12.50 per piece, a biodegradable plastic poster costs

more than what can-didates are allowed to spend for every voter.

Davao City candidates are coping with the cost of complying with the Commission on Election’s (Comelec) provision on the use of biodegradable campaign materials in cities with plastic ban or-dinance like Davao. How-ever, the cost could be too much for a candidate and

could lead to his disquali-fication.

At one of the city’s biggest printing shop, plastic campaign mate-rials of some candidates were being rushed yes-terday following reports of the implementation of the plastic posters ban in Davao City, one of only ten local government units in the country with an ordi-nance banning the use of non-biodegradable mate-rials.

Cost of the standard

18 x 24 inch posters with color was placed at P12.50 per copy for ev-ery 1,000 copies. It goes down at P8.80 per copy for every 2,000 copies, and cheaper as the vol-ume increases.

For the 4.5 x 6 hand-bills, the cost for the mini-mum of 500 copies is esti-mated at P.13 per copy or a total of P65,000. It goes down at P.12 per copy for every 1,000,000 copies or a total of 120,000.

At the popular online

selling site Sulit.com, the cheapest advertised 100 percent biodegradable plastic poster is at P3.50 per copy.

Even at its cheapest rate of P3.50 per copy, the cost still exceeds the P3.00 limit set by Comelec for election expenses by a candidate for every single voter.

Comelec Resolution 9615, section 5 (a) pro-vides that the authorized expense of candidates is

Plastic posters do not come cheapBy EJ Dominic Fernandez

POwER consumers in Davao City and oth-er franchise areas in

nearby Davao del Norte are better off as com-pared to the residents in other cities and provinces of Mindanao who have to contend with regular and long brownouts triggered by the worsening power shortage in the Mindanao grid.

This developed af-ter the Davao Light and Power Company (DLPC) adopted contingency measures to address the impact of power shortage.

Power generating fa-cilities in Davao Region has an installed capacity of 240 Mw, which is only one-third of the power requirement of the en-tire region. The deficit is being supplied from the Mindanao Power Grid particularly from power generated in Northern Mindanao where most of the major hydro-pow-

er plants and coal-fired plants are located.

The declining gen-eration capacity of the National Power Corpora-tion’s hydroelectric plants in Bukidnon and Lanano de Norte prompted the National Grid Corpora-tion of the Philippines (NGCP) to increase the power curtailment level for the entire Mindanao to 60 Mw.

DLPC’s entire fran-chise area, covering Davao City, Panabo City and the municipalities of Carmen, Dujali and Sto. Tomas, has 295 Mw peak demand.

Ross C. Luga, assis-tant vice president for corporate communica-tions and branding, said Davao Light’s mitigat-ing measures to address the impact of the power shortage include augmen-tation of power sup-ply through the gener-

DLPC to spare customers from Mindanao power woesBy Greg G. Deligero

THE Professional Regulation Com-mission (PRC)-

Davao regional office announced the resched-uling of the 2013 Board Licensure Examination for Nurses from July 6 to 7 to June 2 and 3, 2013 with a new deadline for first-timer applicants on April 19.

Imelda Solon, profes-sional regulation officer of PRC in Davao Region 7 told Edge Davao yester-day that the December 15 to 17 Board Exam will be rescheduled to De-

cember 7 and 8, retaining its original deadline for filing of repeater’s ap-plication on October 11 and October 25 for the first-timers.

She added that the rescheduling was due to the unavailability of schools to be used as examination venues on dates earlier specified.

Solon said that the public can inquire to the PRC office located at the 2nd floor of Granland Business Center, R. Cas-tillo Street, Agdao, Davao City or call 234-0007.

Nursing board exams reset

WALK YOUR WARES. A vendor sells sunglasses to a commuter along Roxas Avenue, Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

STOP FOR A SNACK. With an innovative mobile bake shop, a bakery chain offers freshly-baked items on the street for a quick snack for office workers during breaktime. Lean Daval Jr.

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Trade Union Congress Party (TUCP Party-list) joins the Proclamation Rally and endorsement by the National Unity Party/Kusog Baryohanon at ARF Gym in Panabo City last Tuesday night, April 2, 2013. Seen here are TUCP Party-list nominees Anthony Sasin (leftmost), (r-l) Mike Niez and Cong. Raymond Mendoza with Cong. Anton Lagdameo, Congressional candidate for the 2nd District of Davao del Norte (2nd from left).

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SuSTAINABLE cave management and protection ranks

high on the agenda of the 13th Annual National Caving Congress to be hosted once again by the province on April 8-12, 2013.

About 300 caving enthusiasts around the country and other parts of the world will converge in New Corella, Davao del Norte for the week-long event, which aims to pro-mote responsible caving, in pursuit of R.A. 9072, otherwise known as the Caves and Cave Resources Conservation and Protec-tion Act.

Organized by the Phil-ippine Speleological Soci-ety (PSS), the activity will serve as a venue for major stakeholders to discuss, re-view and assess spelunk-ing concerns and issues to-wards strengthening cave conservation efforts.

Dorina Ararao, Presi-dent of Speleo Davao, Inc., the main host of the event, said one of the issues to be tackled is the increas-ing use of caves by many local government units as they try to intensify their eco-tourism promotions and marketing.

while this is in line with the thrust of the na-tional government to de-velop and market compet-itive tourism products and

destinations, Ararao said the experts are wary that the indiscriminate access of tourists to the caves will destroy the sensitive geological, archaeological, cultural, historical and bio-logical values of karst eco-systems.

“we understand that tourism is important for the LGus to generate more revenues. That’s why the congress aims to balance tourism and conservation,” she reiterated at the recent Kapihan sa Kapitolyo.

Ararao urged the LGus to come up with a credible cave assessment first be-fore opening the caves to the public. As categorized by the DENR, only the Class 3 caves can be opened for tourism activities, she add-ed.

Provincial Tourism Of-ficer Noel Daquioag hailed the opportunity for the province to host the annu-al event for the third time. The province has previous-ly hosted the national cav-ing congress in 2001 and in 2010.

“This means that cav-ing enthusiasts all over the country really appre-ciate the beautiful caves of Davao del Norte,” he beamed, as he assured the all-out support of Gover-nor Rodolfo del Rosario to the event.

He revealed the first two days of the congress is

intended for plenary ses-sions to be held in Tagum City, which will include a workshop for the creation

of a template for quality cave management plan.

The following three days are set aside for prac-

tical application and tech-nical trainings to be con-ducted in six caves of New Corella, particularly the

Tibion Cave, Roman Cave, Gayas Cave, Bongsit Cave, Paradise Cave and Rickton Cave. [Noel Baguio]

Davao del Norte

Balancing tourism and cave conservation


AFTER reports in this paper cit-ing instances of violation of the ban on non-biodegradable cam-

paign materials, several local candidates screeched to a halt and revisited their propaganda armory.

There were those who stood by their campaign materials being non-biode-gradable and some were caught by sur-prise.

Edge Davao pursued this particular provision of Comelec Resolution 9615 which stipulates that candidates are en-couraged to use only non-biodegradable materials for their campaign propagan-da. The clincher is that the provision singled out local government units that has existing legislations banning non-re-cyclable plastic materials. This is where Davao City became a case in point.

It seemed also that the agencies con-cerned were caught by this provision un-aware. The City Environment and Nat-ural Resources Office (Cenro) was not aware of the provision when asked by this paper. The Comelec too was not so certain when asked of the same proviso in the resolution.

Generally, there seems to be a lack of a

deep understanding and clear interpre-tation of the war rules for the May 2013 elections. In some cities like General San-tos City, a specific list of common post-er areas was provided by the Comelec. There is none at the moment in Davao City.

That is the reason why we cannot al-together blame some candidates whose support crew mounted election ma-terials in non-common poster areas. There will be continued confusion if the parameters are not clearly defined by Comelec.

This is definitely a different election. People are more vigilant and participa-tive. There is now a high level of interest from citizens to follow the conduct of this election from the get-go of the cam-paign period last Saturday. For what it’s worth, this is a good sign.

Hope is not dead for us to see the dawning of new age politics—where political dynasties and traditional poli-tics will be extinct like dinosaurs.

It will help too that people wake up to choose leaders who are not recycled from the past.

Only plastics should be recyclable.

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EDITORIAL

Plastic, not candidates, should be recyclable

AQUILES Z. ZONIOStaff Writer

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By Jack Shafer

ANAlySIS

(1st of two parts)

IF the family of nations has ever known a more recalcitrant son than North Korea, journalists have ne-

glected to include it in their pages. No treaty, armistice, agreement, compact, or covenant signed by North Korea can ever be considered a done deal. A North Korean signature marks only a prelude to renegotiation or default on the part of that nation. It’s the sort of country that would phone in an immense take-out order and then, as the delivery man pedaled the bags of food through the Panmunjom checkpoint, would call back to demand a volume discount, stipulate that the meals be placed on a running tab, and then cancel the order before reordering, this time insisting on going off-menu. upon receiving the check, North Korea would likely torch it.

North Korea doesn’t change its views very often. why should it, when it can hold two opposing points of view in its mind at the same time, campaign-ing simultaneously for war and peace, capitalism and communism, diplomacy and confrontation? Oscillating inside the moment has given a spiral quality to the country’s voyage since its estab-lishment in the late 1940s. Like riding a corkscrew through history, North Korea does everything it does over and over again. when an old Kim dies, the coun-try finds a new Kim to lead the state. It makes nuclear pacts and then breaks them. It freezes and then thaws its nuke program. It talks peaceful unification with South Korea while engaging in unprovoked military assaults on South Korea’s citizens, attempting and some-times carrying out assassination plots against its neighbor’s leaders, and on one occasion even detonating a bomb on a South Korean airliner.

On rare occasion, North Korea apol-ogizes for its transgression, but it’s usually the one who is demanding the apologies. when the u.S. and South Korea stage joint-military exercis-es, North Korea frequently claims that renewed American aggression has forced it to assume a war-footing (1983, 1988, 1993, 2003, et al.), some-thing it did again last week, promising the Armageddon of ”all-out war, a nu-clear war” in response to the current joint exercise, Foal Eagle 2013.

All this yo-yoing by North Korea has made the correspondents cover-ing it a tad dizzy. The beat reporters know that Pyongyang tries to make every day Groundhog Day, that the country’s meaningful oscillations nev-er stray outside the hash marks be-tween regime survival and southern conquest. They know that North Korea has dreamed of military overthrow of the South for decades. They under-stand perfectly that the world’s sole Communist hereditary dynasty (as one scholar describes it) will do anything for western concessions of food and fi-nancial assistance or deletion from the state-sponsors-of-terror list, as long as it can later reverse those qualifying deeds.

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‘Candidates should observe local ordinances that prohibit the use of plastic in placing ads.’

- Comelec 11 Regional Director Wilfred Jay Balisado, referring to the clarification in RA 9615 that plastic shall be banned in local government units where there is an existing ordinance banning the same.

YET as these cultural changes have become more pervasive, the ex-clusion of same-sex couples from

marriage has come to be seen as irratio-nal and bigoted. Same-sex couples are considered the same in all meaningful respects as opposite-sex couples, or at least infertile opposite-sex couples that can’t independently bear children. The goal of opponents of same-sex civil mar-riage is to restore the cultural centrality of the conjugal view of marriage.

But the debate over same-sex civil marriage has revealed that few Ameri-cans understand marriage in this way. Instead, most embrace what Anderson and his colleagues call the revision-ist view, in which marriage is seen as a union of two people who commit to each other, and in which the terms of sexual intimacy are up to the couple in ques-tion. under this framework, the state’s interest in regulating marriage is not so much about the bearing and rearing of children as it is about stabilizing roman-tic partnerships. Conservatives like my-self who call for a marriage truce largely accept this revisionist take.

Many opponents of same-sex civil marriage, particularly those rooted in a strong religious tradition, take the very long view. That is, they maintain that

while the revisionist view of marriage may have triumphed, it won’t last. So-ciety can eventually reset, and return to the idea that marriage is about forming durable biological families. Subscribing to that view implies that an opponent of same-sex civil marriage is willing to make the case against it even if it means being called a bigot. Suffice it to say, this is very much at odds with the view of conservatives calling for a marriage truce.

The other key controversy that will arise as the momentum for same-sex civil marriage continues to build is over religious freedom. Religious opponents of same-sex unions are increasingly concerned that religious institutions might find themselves running afoul of anti-discrimination laws, particu-larly those that provide social services for nonbelievers. Religious institutions that limit their services to members of a particular religious community are generally given a wide berth to offer

services as they see fit. But religious in-stitutions that serve the public without respect to religious affiliation, includ-ing large national organizations like Catholic Charities uSA, aren’t always given the same leeway. One practical issue might be that a church that rents out its facilities for weddings might not be allowed to refuse to serve same-sex couples unless it rents out its facilities only to congregants. Erick Erickson, the conservative activist and editor-in-chief of RedState.com*, recently argued that while Christians should continue to fight against same-sex civil marriage, they must devote more time and atten-tion to establishing legal protections for religious objectors.

what remains to be seen is how the emerging pro-same-sex-marriage ma-jority will interpret these efforts as a legitimate defense of religious freedom or as a shield for rank bigotry? My own view is that religious institutions should be given a wide berth, and that conser-vatives on both sides of the same-sex marriage divide should make an effort to build a broad and inclusive coalition on this issue. But given the speed with which the politics of same-sex unions has been transforming, there is no guarantee that such an effort will work.

POLL SuRVEY RESuLTS ARE NOT NECESSARILY wHAT THEY SEEM – Some political special-

ists dismissed the gist of other politi-cal quarters asserting it is certain the dominant party will resort to under-handed tactics during the May 2013 midterm elections. Other forecasters echoed similar sentiments. In the end, they say, voters will choose those who are best suited for senate posts and local elective positions. The election homestretch actually will be a battle of the most qualified as supposedly pop-ular candidates reach their plateau in survey ratings. The real issue would be qualification, not popularity.

But many veteran political cam-paigners noted that survey results are not necessarily what they seem. Other experts and predictors shared a simi-lar observation. Survey results, they claim, vary depending on sample size, method and questionnaires, all depen-dent on user’s requests and objectives. The fact that some poll surveys were funded by well-funded political groups provided ammunition for skeptics and critics, though, the survey firms would insist the results favoring their clients are “broad-based, secure and unbeat-able.” But above all, the results were misleading in most cases. Still and all, it’s politics as usual.

Meanwhile some renowned cam-paign strategists for a certain political group points out that the so-called sup-port for other popular aspirants may not actually be there. For their part,

they firm-ly believe a c a n d i d a t e cannot de-pend on just the surveys for their pro-jections. It is therefore valid to note that leading the poll sur-veys are no guarantee of achieving a successful candidacy. The doubting Thomases even argued against the apparent po-litical logic that candidates who are frontrunners in poll surveys are capa-ble of winning the race – vote-secured and unbeatable.

The leading political groups have disclosed their own survey results carried out, of course, by their hand-picked survey outfits, which show that their candidates are leading the pack. If the figures are accurate cit-ing one group as example, then its lead is insignificant given that the other contending party can count on considerable resources and its huge machinery and organization. Con-ventionally, control of government machinery adds 10 to 15% to a can-didate’s vote while a presidential en-dorsement could also mean another similar percentage. That is how sur-vey results manage to condition the minds of the exploited electorate.

For practical reasons many can-

didates don’t rely heavily on survey ratings to strengthen their rating po-sitions and winning chances. They likewise depend possibly in the en-dorsement of influential religious groups. Any day from now these groups will organize huge rallies in various vote-rich regions across the country to show its support for their “favored” national and local candi-dates. In all, the different religious movement constitutes a significant support base – that is, if their mem-bers vote as a bloc. However, the problem is that they won’t, accord-ing to some curious prognosticators. “They are not like cows that can be herded by the nose and besides there is no such thing as religious votes,” they further stressed.

whenever an election approach-es, the Filipino voters are put in the position of trying to choose the most qualified, not the most popular can-didates. It is therefore senseless to bicker over whether who are leading the poll surveys or who enjoy the sup-port of a certain religious group. The debate right now is not about the re-sults of poll surveys or religious sup-port; it is about character, moral val-ues and public virtues. The real and most important question is: who are honest and trustworthy among the senatorial hopefuls and local candi-dates? The voters know full well who are not! And that’s somewhat pretty fundamental to the crucial midterm elections scheduled for May2013.

VANTAGE POINTS

Waiting on the world to change

Mind-conditioning

By reihan SalamCOmmENTARy

(Conclusion)

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--former Davao City administrator Cesar Ledesma, in inviting Catholics to welcome the relic of St. Therese of the Child Jesus in

Davao City, April 2-5, 2013.

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‘THE miracle is an intercession from St. Therese, who is one of the favorite saints of Jesus.’

‘THE choice is whether they pay higher power rate or no power. Majority of those we consulted understood that it is necessary to increase charges to resolve power shortage.’

‘You can take a look at it (posters), we only have biodegradable posters and paper posters.’

--President Aquino in promising that Mindanao’s power shortage will be

resolved by 2015.

– Reelectionist Rep. Karlo Nograles

DAVAO Light and Pow-er Company (DLPC) is expanding its cus-

tomer service centers to two major malls in the city as part of the Aboitiz-owned company’s thrust to provide its growing clientele more convenient service.

DLPC will be opening two customer service out-lets in SM Lanang Premier in Lanang in the city’s North section and SM City Davao in Ecoland in the South. Cus-tomer service meantime in its main office along Poncia-no Reyes Street, Davao City will be primarily for admin-istrative operations only in order to decongest traffic in the area.

“The strategic move by Davao Light is aligned with its aim of providing more convenient options for cus-tomers to avail of its ser-vices. we are looking for ways to make our customer service more accessible,” said Arnold Arsolon, assis-tant vice president for cus-tomer services group.

Arsolon said during the regular Club 888 weekly fo-rum at the Marco Polo Davao yesterday that the new ser-vice centers will cater pay-ment and all customer ser-vices such as application for new connection, requests and inquiries and other me-tering concerns.

The full service center in

SM Lanang Premier will be opened on April 16, 2013 at the ground floor near the basement entrance 1 of the mall.

Arsolon said the opening of the service center in SM City Davao in Ecoland will soon follow. But he cannot still disclose the actual date including the schedule of the shutting down of oper-ation of its customer service operation in Ponciano Reyes St., saying these will be an-nounced later.

Arsolon said the among the main considerations made in transferring the customer service opera-tion outside its main office in Ponciano Reyes Street is the heavy traffic both in the number of vehicles passing the area and the number of customers making transac-tion with the company.

DLPC has around 301,000 customers, 82 per-cent of whom made pay-ments in the company’s of-fices and payment centers and only 18 percent availed

of other alternative means of payment like banks, Ce-buana Lhuillier and the In-ternet.

Of the total number of customers, an average of 248, 129 pays every month, 40.56 percent of whom or 100, 660 made payment in DLPC main office in Poncia-no. The office, thus, has to entertain 4, 194 customers per day.

Other payment outlets of DLPC are in Toril, Calinan, Bajada, Panabo City and oth-er franchise areas outside

THE PHILIPPINES is seeking to increase export receipts from coco coir shipments to $ 50 million by 2016, according to Trade Undersecretary Merly M. Cruz.-BUsinessmirror, april 2, 2013

THE Department of Agriculture has set aside P431 million to construct 28 rice processing centers starting this year to help farmers cu postharvest losses pegged at one-third of their harvest. –BUsinessmirror, april 2, 2013

TAIWAN will let Chinese lenders own as much as 20 percent of some banks, raising a limit on mainland ownership as cross-strait economic integration deepens, according to Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission.

A TEAM of farm technicians from the Department of Agriculture in Region 12 has rehabilitated 750 hectares of farms in Compostela Valley ravaged by Typhoon Pablo last December and declared these a ready for planting. BusinessMirror, April 2, 2013

50 28 20 750It figures

MONTHLY AVERAGE EXCHANGE RATE (January 2012-February 2013)

Month 2013 2012 2011

Average 42.23 43.31December 41.01 43.64November 41.12 43.27October 41.45 43.45

September 41.75 43.02August 42.04 42.42

July 41.91 42.81June 42.78 43.37May 42.85 43.13April 42.70 43.24

March 42.86 43.52February 40.67 42.66 43.70January 40.73 43.62 44.17

Stat Watch5.4

4th Qtr 2012

6.8 4th Qtr 2012

USD 3,969.51 million

Dec 2012USD 5,135.46

million Nov 2012

USD -1,585 million

Nov 2012USD -209

millionMar 2012

P 5,171,689 million

Dec 2012

3.6 % Jan 2013P155,308

million Nov 2012

P 5,381 billion

Nov 2012

P 40.67 Feb 2013

6,242.7 Jan 2013

132.4 Feb 2013

3.4 Feb 2013

3.8 Feb 2013

352,438 Nov 2012

20.9% Jan 2013

7.1% Jan 2013

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

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

3. Exports 1/

4. Imports 1/

5. Trade Balance

6. Balance of Payments 2/

7. Broad Money Liabilities

8. Interest Rates 4/

9. National Government Revenues

10. National government outstanding debt

11. Peso per US $ 5/

12. Stocks Composite Index 6/

13. Consumer Price Index 2006=100

14. Headline Inflation Rate 2006=100

15. Core Inflation Rate 2006=100

16. Visitor Arrivals

17. Underemployment Rate 7/

18. Unemployment Rate 7/

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FULL SERVICE CENTERS. Davao Light and Power Company’s Ross Luga, assistant vice president for Corporate Communications and Branding (right) and Arnold Arsolo, assistant vice president for Customer Services, announce the opening of the company’s new

accredited full service center at SM Lanang Premier on April 6, 2013 during Club 888 media forum at the Marco Polo Davao yes-terday. Lean Daval Jr.

DLPC brings customer service to mallsBy Greg G. Deligero

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For payment convenience, AirAsia’s payment partner ser-vice provides guest the option to pay for promo seats booked online in cash through any 7-Eleven and Bayad Center out-lets nationwide.

“AirAsia believes in provid-ing convenient service to make traveling easier and more af-fordable for our guests. In the coming weeks, we are expand-ing our cash payment partner service to include Cebuana Lhuillier and other popular out-lets and banks so that more and more people will have access to our promo fares and bargain deals,” Herrera added.

The promotional seats are also available for booking via AirAsia’s mobile booking platforms through wAP en-abled phones at mobile.aira-sia.com and AirAsia apps on iPhone and Android devices. Philippines’ AirAsia call center also accepts booking of regular fares via +632 742.27.47 from Monday to Sunday at 0800hrs to 2100hrs.

“There are exciting summer vacation activities and plac-es close to home and around Asean cities waiting to be dis-covered. with our big sale promo and AirAsia’s awesome network of 186 routes with 85 destinations throughout 18 countries, you get a head start

on your barkada and family summer getaways,” Herrera said.

Never miss out on updates about our bargain deals by following AirAsia via Face-book(facebook/airasiaphil-ippines) and Twitter (twitter.com/airasiaph).

Philippines’ AirAsia is a low cost carrier operating from Clark Philippines. It is a joint venture amongst Antonio O. Cojuangco, Michael L. Romero, Marianne Hontiveros, and AirA-sia Investment Ltd. It started op-erations only in 2012 with two brand new Airbus A320s, oper-ating routes from Clark to Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei, Kalibo, and Davao.

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THE key officers of Young Men’s Chris-tian Association

(YMCA) of Davao attend-ed on March 20 the rec-ognition day at Cesareo Villa-Abrille Elementary School in Barangay Bu-cana to award its first scholarship to a chosen graduate.

During the awards ceremonies, Michael Marc R. Cabueñas, who graduated 1st honorable mention among 229 graduates, was honored

as the first YMCA Davao-Villa-Abrille scholar. YMCA Ist Vice President Jose Custodio, and Pres. Leoncio Villa-Abrille who is also chair of Don Ce-sareo Villa-Abrille Foun-dation presented an ex-cellence award medallion to the scholar.

As its first schol-ar on record, Cabuenas will study high school at Holy Cross of Davao Col-lege starting school year 2013-2014. As scholar, Cabueñas will enjoy 50%

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The scholar, the el-dest son of Melchor and Maribeth Cabueñas, was a consistent honor pupil since Grade I. Involved in school activities, he was a winner in all con-tests he had participated in. During the 58th clos-ing exercises he led the recitation of the pledge of loyalty to the school. [By Frances Marian V.A. Castaña]

YMCA SCHOLAR. Bemedalled Michael Marc R. Cabueñas (center) receives a medallion of excellence as the first YMCA Davao-Villa-Abrille scholar from YMCA 1st VP & PP Jose Cus-todio (right) and YMCA Pres. & Villa-Abrille Foundation Chair

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PROHIBITED Forms of Election Propa-ganda

Section 7 of Comelec Resolu-tion No. 9615:

(f) To post, display or exhibit any election campaign or propaganda material outside of au-thorized common poster areas, in public places, or in private properties without the consent of the owner thereof.

(g) Public places re-ferred to in the previous subsection (f) include any of the following:

1. Electronic an-nouncement boards, such as LED display boards located along highways and streets, LCD TV dis-plays posted on walls of public buildings, and other similar devices which are owned by local government units, gov-ernment-owned and con-trolled corporations, or any agency or instrumen-tality of the Government;

2. Motor vehicles used as patrol cars, ambulanc-es, and other similar pur-poses that are owned by local government units, government-owned and

con-t r o l l e d corpo-r a t i o n s , and other agencies and instrumen-talities of the Govern-ment, particularly those bearing red license plates;

3. waiting sheds, side-walks, street and lamp posts, electric posts and wires, traffic signages and other signboards erected on public property, pe-destrian overpasses and underpasses, flyovers and underpasses, bridges, main thoroughfares, cen-ter islands of roads and highways;

4. Schools, shrines, barangay halls, health centers, public structures and buildings or any edi-fice thereof;

5. Public utility ve-hicles such as buses, jeepneys, trains, taxi cabs, ferries, pedicabs and tri-cycles, whether motor-ized or not;

6. within the prem-ises of public transport terminals, such as bus terminals, airports, sea-ports, docks, piers, train stations, and the like.

ELECTION 101 (Part 3 of a series)

BAYAN Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares is surprised to

hear that Bayan Muna is among the top advertis-ers in radio airtime usage.

“The news that we are named as one of the top advertisers in radio is surprising because we don’t even have enough funds to launch a nation-wide campaign like other political parties and bo-gus party-lists. In reality, we rely heavily on our thousands of volunteers all over the nation to cam-paign for our party-list,” he said.

“Our members report that other party-lists which also have adver-tisements over the radio were not included in the list of those reported party-lists which have placed advertisements on radio,” Rep. Colmena-

res said. “I think the COMELEC

must have first ensured the correctness and completeness of their information before they release such statements because it may mislead the public that party-lists like us have plenty of funds to buy airtime. Of course we would like to maximize the airtime available if only we have the capability but our very limited resources prevents us from doing so,” Rep. Colmenares said.

“I hope that COMELEC can clarify this matter immediately because we would not like our supporters to have the wrong impression based on an incomplete report of COMELEC’s monitor-ing of airtime usage,” he ended.

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Davao that it is a way to create a venue to discuss the status of the peace talks, includ-ing the outcome of the informal meeting held between the GPH team and the NDFP team last February in Amster-dam.

He added that this is the second activity which started in Ba-colod City where mem-bers of the civil society groups and NGOs were informed on the latest updates on the peace process.

“It is really difficult dealing with the NDFP, “ he said, adding “we have talked several times but it focused on side issues that has no substance on the peace agreement.”

Padilla said that the negotiation has been going on for the past 25 years and yet they have accomplished nothing.

“But we would like to accomplish some-thing just like what the GPH and the MILF have reached,” he added.

During the “public conversation” attended by some 40 stakehold-ers, several leaders of indigenous communi-ties spoke out about the injustices and hu-man rights violations committed by both the soldiers and the rebels in the hinterlands.

Most IP speakers and their supporters among civil society organizations and re-ligious organizations asked the panel to con-vince all parties in the negotiation to include lumads in the process.

One of those who strongly proposed the

involvement of the IPs in the peace process was Fr. Albert “Pareng Bert” Alejo.

A lady peace work-er said her group had so far documented more than 200 killings of IPs by the New Peo-ple’s Army, but she said there is no way they could report the cases to the leadership of the rebel movement or the NDF.

One difficulty is the refusal of the aggrieved families to give their exact addresses for fear of reprisal, she said, adding that they could hardly be blamed be-cause many of those who dared give their exact location were killed.

A number of trib-al chieftains present spoke against the ten-dency of both military authorities and rebel leaders to consider dis-placement and killings among IPs simply as “collateral damage” in the protracted commu-nist rebellion.

Quoting Maj Gen. Ariel Bernardo, com-mander of the 10th In-fantry Division of the Philippine Army, one speaker said 70 per-cent of the NPA fighters in the hinterlands are tribesmen who have been convinced by the rebels after the gov-ernment had failed to provide basic services to their communities. Those who are working with the government and the rebel tribes-men are relatives.

Most of the victims in the current war be-tween soldiers and rebels are tribesmen,

so it is only fair that they must be involved in the peace process, the speakers said.

At least three speak-ers charged that the government, through its failure to provide basic services like edu-cation, health and jus-tice, is helping recruit members of the rebel movement.

One datu said that in certain instances, the kangaroo court of the insurgents is fast-er in acting on a com-plaint compared to the local police and the courts.

Many of the speak-ers endorsed the idea of local peace negotia-tions rather than talks done in faraway lands between negotiators who lack the knowl-edge about realities on the ground.

Padilla said that the NDFP was concen-trating their demand on the release of their prisoners and other conditions which the GPH felt were not real-ly needed in the peace process.

“I guess they are not prepared to go on the actual talking about what the peace agreement should cov-er”, Padilla said, adding that the government has always been open for peace negotiation.

“It is time to move on and pursue peace with the people,” he said.

The peace panel also plans to hold a dis-cussion with members of the media to listen to new ideas how to pro-ceed with the stalled peace talks.

Ruiz said these CCTVs have 35x zoom capabili-ties which provide clear visuals even in low-light conditions. This means these cameras are so powerful they don’t blink even on bad weather.

“we send regular snapshots and videos of the actual violations to the LTO and they will cre-ate an alarm out of these,” Ruiz said, adding that, the snapshots and videos will be the basis for the penal-ties during the renewal of registrations and it will served as a disciplinary action to the violators.

He also said that they can easily conduct im-

mediate interaction with the Davao City Police Of-fice (DCPO) for capturing street crimes.

“The fact remains that we are concern on the crime rate of the city, one primary aspect of CCTV operation is we do not just zoom in unless we see something is wrong,” Ruiz explained.

He also added that traffic in the city is still manageable and with the CCTV they were able to identify factors that caused traffic.

“Davao City is grow-ing, traffic is also reflec-tive of how it developed over the past years and

one effect of the devel-opment is the number of cars that causes the con-gestion,” he explained.

He added that CCTV is a means for situational awareness to know where the traffic is and to know what resources to bring them.

“It’s about having near real time information about what is happening on the ground, what you know and what to bring,” he said.

The CCTVs are being monitored by a compos-ite team of the Central 911, PSSCC and Traf-fic Management Center (TMC).

three pesos (P3.00) for every voter currently reg-istered in the constituen-cy where the candidate filed his certificate of can-didacy.

There are 967,944 registered voters in Davao City according to Comelec, 415,882 in the first district, 297,930 in the second district, and 254,132 in the third dis-trict.

using the said figures, a candidate in district 1

is allowed P1,247,646; P893,790 in district 2; and P762,396 in district 3.

For the Mayor and Vice Mayor seat, the allowable expenses is P2,903,832.

The said printing press declared that they only print “plastic posters that are biodegradable.”

The printing press executive admitted they have been apprised of the Comelec provision on the use of biodegradable

materials. “we only print biodegradable because this is the trending poster material these days and non-biodegradable ma-terials are prohibited by Comelec.”

Among the print shop’s clientele are re-electionist congressman Karlo Nograles, vice may-oralty candidate Paolo Duterte, and council aspi-rants Leo Avila, Melchor Quitain, Danny Dayanghi-rang and Edgar Ibuyan.

ation from the Aboitiz Power-Hedcor, Inc. Sib-ulan Hydro Power Plant with a capacity of 42.5 Mw.

“If necessary, Davao Light will dis-patch power from the sea-based thermal plants of Therma Marine, Inc. we have an existing power supply agreement with TMI for 30 Mw,” he said during the regular Club 888 weekly forum at the Marco Polo Davao yesterday.

Luga said that on a need basis, Davao Light runs its own standby Diesel Power Plant in Bajada which can provide

an average of 40 Mw on a continuing basis. The plant alone is capable of supplying nearly 20 per-cent of the company’s electricity requirement.

In terms of number, 96 percent of Davao Light’s customers are residential while 3 percent are com-mercial and 1 is indus-trial. But in terms of con-sumption, industrial com-panies corner 60 percent while the commercial comprise 30 percent and the remaining 10 percent are residential.

Luga said anoth-er strategy adopted by Davao Light to cush-ion the effects of the

power cut is the In-terruptible Load Pro-gram (ILP) where-in large industrial customers owning gener-ating sets are encouraged to utilize them instead of drawing power from the distribution line.

“In this way, whatever available power can be distributed to more cus-tomers, especially resi-dential and commercial,” he said.

Luga said the large industrial customers owning generating sets, particularly malls and banana companies, have a combined capacity of 20 Mw.

DAVAO City may experience a tar-paulin-free elec-

tion in the future. Former second dis-

trict councilor Dan-ny Dayanghirang said that, given the chance, he will push to pass an ordinance banning the use of tarpaulins in Davao City for the next elections.

He said he was in-spired by the ordinance in Rosario, Cavite ban-ning the use of plas-tic-based tarpaulins during election period that took effect Febru-ary this year.

Dayanghirang said, “I am open to passing an ordinance prohib-iting the use of tar-paulins during elec-tion period, because these tarpaulins may be thrown anywhere after the elections and may cause flood, and besides the people are looking for candidates who they can see per-sonally through per-sonalized and verbal campaign.”

Dayanghirang was in a local printing press yesterday for his cam-paign materials when chanced upon by Edge

Davao. D a y a n g h i r a n g

called upon candidates who are using plastic tarpaulins to follow the rules, because they will not only get in trouble with the Com-mission on Elections (Comelec), but they will also get a negative reputation from the public.

“Personally, I am dis-couraging it (non-bio-degradable posters), because if you (candi-dates) can not follow simple rules, then the people will not believe you,” he said.

Former dad wantstarpaulin bannedBy EJ Dominic Fernandez

DAVAO City Act-ing Mayor Rodrigo Duterte assured

Tuesday continued educa-tional assistance for sur-vivors and families of the victims of the Sasa wharf bombing here in 2003 that killed 17 persons and wounded 56 others.

Marking the 10th anni-

versary of the bombing at the blast site, he said the assistance from the city government will contin-ue in the next three years or “as long as I’m here.”

Duterte is running un-opposed for the mayoralty post in the May 13, 2013 elections. He previously served as mayor for 19

years.So far, the total amount

extended for the educa-tional assistance of the survivors and the de-pendents of the vic-tims amounted to almost P4 million, he said, citing data from the City Social Services and Development Office.

Rody assures continued assistance to kin, survivors of Sasa blast


LOS ANGELES (AP) -- when Shaquille O’Neal visited the

Forum during the sum-mer he joined the Los Angeles Lakers, gener-al manager Jerry west encouraged him to look up at the retired jerseys hanging above the court.

‘’He said, ‘You can be as great as these guys,’’’ O’Neal recalled.

west’s prediction is finally official. Shaq joined wilt Chamber-lain, Kareem Abdul-Jab-bar, George Mikan, west and the rest of the Lak-ers’ greats Tuesday night when the club retired his No. 34 jersey in a halftime ceremony.

‘’I just wish Dr. Buss was here to see this, to enjoy this joyous occa-sion,’’ O’Neal said of Lak-ers owner Jerry Buss, who died in February. ‘’I always hoped and prayed it would come. It was a dream come true.’’

Although O’Neal rarely finds himself speechless, he’s thrilled to receive the honor he first imagined back in 1996 when he chose the Lakers. O’Neal’s yellow jersey with white numerals was unveiled to a standing ovation, hang-ing next to Magic John-son’s No. 32.

‘’It gets me real emo-tional,’’ O’Neal said before the game. ‘’Growing up in Newark, New Jersey, and my father teaching me about the game, always mentioning wilt Cham-berlain and Kareem Ab-dul-Jabbar, and telling me when I was a young me-dium juvenile delinquent that, ‘If you do things right, son, maybe one day you can be as great as those guys.’’’

There’s no longer any doubt O’Neal ranks among the greatest cen-ters in basketball history. The NBA’s sixth-lead-ing career scorer played

eight of his 19 seasons with the Lakers, winning three championships and reaching four NBA finals during his basketball prime.

Although O’Neal be-gan his career in Orlando and played for four more teams after leaving Los Angeles, the 15-time All-

Star says he considers Los Angeles his NBA home.

‘’I did most of my dam-age here, won most of my championships here, had most of my fun here,’’ he said. ‘’Even though I got one in Miami, it was fun, but we had three great ones here, three in a row. If I’m good enough to get

into the Hall of Fame, I’ll definitely go in as a Laker.’’

Kobe Bryant was in the locker room during half-time of the Lakers’ game against Dallas, but he filmed a video tribute to kick off O’Neal’s ceremony, calling him ‘’the most gift-ed physical specimen I’ve ever seen play this game.

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BARAKO Bull consul-tant Rajko Toroman said the team is look-

ing for “more inside pres-ence” when it signed for-mer NBA center DJ Mbenga to reinforce the team.

“we expected that he can have some impact on our team,” Toroman said. “we expect that he can have some inside pres-ence.”

The ex-Los Angeles Laker is expected to suit up for Barako Bull on Sunday against the Petron Blaze

Boosters.Mbenga will take the

place of Evan Brock, who has provided solid num-bers for Barako Bull. The import change comes at a crucial time for the team, which is in ninth place in the standings. The bottom two teams after the elimi-nation round will be shut out of the playoffs.

“we were satisified with how Evan is playing, but we feel we need some more inside presence,” added Toroman. (AKTV)

MACAu — If only Freddie Roach has his way, he’d

like to see the fifth fight between Manny Pac-quiao and Juan Manuel Marquez to take place right in the lion’s den of Mexico City.

“That’ll be my dream,” said Roach during a hud-dle with a group of Fili-pino writers at the Vene-tian Hotel on wednesday afternoon.

Plans are afoot for Pacquiao to return to the ring in September and Roach says the biggest fight out there for the Filipino would be anoth-er faceoff with Marquez probably on Sept. 14.

Marquez seems to be reluctant to have an-

other run at Pacquiao specially after he scored a sizzling sixth-round knockout last December.

But Top Rank big boss Bob Arum stressed that it will be his priority to pit Pacquiao and Mar-quez again possibly here in the former Portuguese colony.

Roach said Pacquiao was taking charge of the fight when the roof caved in with a second to go in the sixth round of their epic brawl.

Arum said he will know pretty soon what’s down the road for Pac-quiao, who is in the thick of things campaigning in General Santos City and Sarangani in the Philip-pines.

Roach wants Pacquiao fight in Mexico

Lakers retire Shaq’s no.34Former Laker joins Barako Bull

RETIRED JERSEY. Former Los Angeles star center Shaquille O’Neal (right) is shown during the jersey retirement cer-emonies in his honor yesterday. (below) During his years with the Lakers, Shaq was a dominant force in the middle.

BASKETBALL LOVERS ALL. The trio of basketball-playing Escandor family from son Francis Gabriel Escandor (left), to father Glen (middle) and uncle Gerome (right). The three are currently playing in the Escandor Group of Companies basketball tournament at the Genesis 88 Gym. (Contributed photo)

Something fishy in Durianburg I used to have a pho-bia when it came to fish no thanks to getting a fish

bone getting stuck in my throat. It took some time but I eventually came

Lent may be over but fish and seafood dish-es are still some of the best sellers in any of Davao’s restaurants.

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scribe The White House’s version of Fish and Chips has Japanese seaweed coat-ed fillets coming from a whole garoupa paired with crispy home-made potato chips. The fried fish tastes clean and crispy with a briny and savoury taste thanks to the seaweed. The fried fish bones that are also served are also fried to a crisp, much to the delight of individuals who observe head to tail dining. Cellar de BoCa and Cellar de Oboza’s Shrimp Ceviche I love fresh raw fish, be it tuna, mackerel, or salmon. The way the flavour of the fish harken back to the sea and the briny blue makes for delicious eating, and delicious eating is what Cellar’s Shrimp Ceviche gives. The briny sweetness of the shrimp paired with the tart marinate plus a fresh wedge of lemon brightens up the palate and readies the diner for more good eats to come. Of course even on its own or paired with a glass of white wine, Cellar’s Shrimp Ceviche is a must try in every visit.Swiss Deli’s Seafood Chowder in a Bread Bowl not all seafood chow-ders are created equal, and

Swiss Deli’s Seafood Chow-der is one of the best if not the best in Durianburg. The soup is thick and hearty, and is liberally portioned with lots of tuna, shrimp, and squid, all served in a delicious bread bowl that not only serves as a serving vessel but also pairs well with the chowder. Dash a little freshly ground pepper and you have a whole meal in a bowl. Mesa Filipino Mod-erne’s Fish Tinapa Lumpia Giving the traditional lumpia a modern twist, Mesa Filipino Moderne’s Fish tinapa Lumpia is a delicious crisp bite that is both salty and smoky thanks to the addition of smoked milkfish flakes that are incorporated into the vegetable stuffing. Add a dollop of sweet and spicy sauce and you have a good start for a great meal. Teriyaki Boy’s Crispy Tuna Salad Sushi may be good but teriyaki Boy’s Crispy tuna Salad goes a step further up the taste ladder by adding a crispy component to what would have been an ordi-nary tuna salad. For those who are bored with tuna, teriyaki Boy also has a ver-sion using rich and fatty salmon fish too.

Lotus Court’s Crystal Shrimp The taste of shrimp is delicate, briny and sweet but at the same time and this taste is often masked by overtly flavoured sauces, spices and msg employed by, sadly, many local es-tablishments in the metro. This is the main reason why I love Lotus Court’s Crystal Shrimp. Using plump and fresh shrimps, Lotus Court’s Crystal Shrimp brings the natural taste and crisp texture of the much-loved crustacean to the mouth all without the use of msg that gives one a “food coma” feeling after eating. Bistro Selera’s Pan-Seared Tuna with Durian Sauce Giving the tuna steak a unique Davao twist, Bis-tro Selera’s Pan-Seared tuna with Durian Sauce is tender and cooked to per-fection. The durian sauce (served by the side just in case you or fellow diners are not fond of the spiky fruit) adds a layer of sa-voury, sweet richness to the right and fatty tuna loin. Follow me on Twitter and Instagram @kenneth-kingong for more foodie finds and travel tips in and around Durianburg.

to love fish again many thanks to the delicious and varied fish dishes that are served all over Durianburg and this is just a short list of some of my favourites. The White House Fish and Chips everybody’s favourite fish and chips taken to a higher level of sophistica-tion, this is how I would de-

The White House’s Fish and Chips

Swiss Deli’s Seafood Chowder

Mesa’s Tinapa Lumpia

Teriyaki Boy’s Crispy Tuna Salad

Bistro Selera’s Pan-Seared Tuna with Durian Sauce Cellar’s Shrimp Ceviche

Lotus Court’s Crystal Shrimp


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nO matter how many times and how grave the con-sequence the Com-mission on elections may impose, there will always be elec-tion candidates who will violate election laws on campaign paraphernalia. Or their supporters, as most would claim. It’s a kind of pollution that we have to endure ev-ery three years, worse dur-ing presidential elections, and even more terrible when mayoralty posts are hotly contested upon. But I’m not going to talk about that kind of election pollu-tion; I leave it to the WWF and other environmental groups to raise hell over it. I’ll talk about the pollution that is really offensive to the eyes. Just last Saturday, even before Jesus Christ could resurrect, campaign post-ers from newsprints to tar-paulins were shoved into our faces. Blah-blah run-ning for congress or blah-blah just wanting to greet you a Merry Christmas, oh wait, wasn’t Christmas more than three months ago? And there’s blah-blah showing off his pearly whites in the most prac-ticed smile a human being could ever have. I don’t know how they do it but with all the money that they spend on their campaign materials, how come its rare to see someone who has a decent photo that would not of-fend the visual senses of a Dabawenyo who passes through the city streets? If only it were possible to walk or drive around with eyes closed, I would have already done so. Here are some tips I would like to give our election candidates, sorry its late if you have already your campaign materials but, by all means, cut this out and save it in case you run again next elections, which I’m sure, you would: Save the foundation, spare the lipgloss. Is get-ting a good makeup artist so difficult and expensive these days that I see a lot of posters of male candi-dates who have so much foundation and lipgloss? Dude, how do you expect me to vote for you when your foundation is five times lighter than your actual skin tone? And your lips would put any lip balm-using metrosexual a

run for his money. The no makeup look is always and OnLY the thing for male, unless you want to send out a different message. Test shot, please. The filing of certificates of candidacy was in Octo-ber and that is more than enough time to have your photoshoot done. It is very offensive to us voters that the campaign photos you are using are haphaz-ardly done. If you can’t sell yourselves to us properly, how can we expect you to represent us properly in congress or in the Sanggu-nian Panglungsod, or for whatever position you are gunning for? A test shot wouldn’t take an entire day and it won’t cost you an arm and a leg. Ask for permission. If you decide to use a photo that was taken during a photoshoot for a magazine or newspaper, have the courtesy to ask for permis-sion that you will be using it. A simple email will do. For the record, all images taken during a photoshoot are property of the respec-tive publication and not yours. If this early you are already “taking” things that are not yours, what more when you are in power? Don’t fake it. even in your campaign materials, the real thing is the most effective one. If you can’t convey your platform in a poster, at least convey how genuine your desire to serve is. Your perfect-than-perfect smile is not going to make voters vote for you, at least the intelli-gent ones. If you don’t have a genuine smiling photo, then use candid photos of

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you with your constitu-ents, which would be a lot easier to look at than your dog-like grin with your pearly whites. Shut up. If you want to play your campaign jingles, don’t use it as an alarm clock to wake up the entire neighborhood. We’d really appreciate it if you can just stop playing your campaign jingle that is of-fensive to the taste of the Dabawenyos. If you think that it will make people vote for you, think again. It might actually cost you

your vote. to both the incumbent and those who aspire, if you cannot follow this list, have the decency to at least follow the guidelines of the Commission on elections. And no, don’t even try go-ing into the gray area argu-ment, I, nor any Dabawen-yo, is not going to buy that. You wish to be elected into office then follow the rules. Always remember you are public servants, prove to us that you have the moral ascendancy to be elected as our leaders.

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AS if we needed an-other reason to love Kate Hudson. The adorable mother of two stuns on the May cover of Elle U.K. and shares her thoughts on marrying British beau Matthew Bellamy, her dedication to family life and struggling to lose the baby weight after giving birth to her first son. Looking absolutely breathtaking in couture designs by Balenciaga, Dior, Miu Miu and Nina ricci, Kate tells the mag how her main focus has always been her family and she strives to teach her two children, ryder, 9, and 18-month-old Bing-ham to appreciate what they have: “I’m a lot less a rock chick and a lot more about being a good mother, a good partner,” the 33-year-old star ad-mits. “I’m part of a fam-ily. That’s how we were brought up, how I bring my kids up. They are very blessed to live how they do but they are aware of that.” The caring mother also shares her plans to wed her partner and son Bing-ham’s father, although she insists the couple of three years has no imme-diate plans: “We will get married,” the blond beauty said of her Muse frontman hottie. “I do think it’s im-portant but we have no plans. He [ryder] wants a party. For me it’s not the legal part that is impor-tant, it’s what it means to

the family.” But the pair’s bliss-ful family life had a bit of a rocky beginning, as Kate became pregnant with Bingham only two months after meeting Bellamy. “[I]t was all very old-fashioned and proper and we went on lovely dates [after meeting Matt Bellamy at Coachella mu-sic festival],” she jokes. “And two months later I was pregnant... Well, yes [I was shocked], but I also thought: ‘This is going to be interesting.’” Luckily, it was a good kind of interesting for the couple, and Kate shares how their love blossomed throughout her pregnancy: “I knew it would take a strong man to deal with it,” she says

of her partner. “you know that with a relationship things can go either way when you have a child. When you get pregnant everything changes; you, your body. Everything becomes a big decision.” And Kate’s certainly no stranger to losing the baby weight, admitting she had trouble shedding the pounds after giving birth to her first child. “I am now [after ryder’s birth] a human calorie app,” she confesses. “ I’ve learnt about nutrition and how it works, and I eat incredibly well now…I don’t believe in diets, I think the whole concept should be banned.” A fabulous figure, ca-reer and family? Sounds like a charmed life in-deed.

Kate Hudson covers Elle UK, talks beau Matthew Bellamy

ADAM Levine has had no trouble get-ting comfortable with The Voice’s new coaches Usher and Shakira since they joined the NBC real-ity hit’s fourth sea-son. And it seems Shakira has already replaced Christina Aguilera, who is sit-ting out the fourth season, as the Ma-roon 5 lead singer’s bantering bud. But did he go too far when he told the “Hips Don’t Lie” singer to shut her mouth? After Latin singer Kar-ina Iglesias’ audition on Monday’s show, Shakira immediately said in Span-ish that she regretted not pushing her button as

Adam was trying to woo Karina to pick him as her coach. “What’s wrong with me?” Shakira said. “Why didn’t I press my button?” That prompted Adam to use the Spanish term “cállate,” which means “shut up.” But then he iim-mediately got up to hug Shakira, who said Adam’s

retort was “pretty cool.” After the episode, Levine took to his Twitter to defend himself, post-ing, “In my defense, @sha-kira did tell me that cállate means I love you.” Shakira then replied, “Haha! Nice try Adam!” The Voice airs Monday and Tuesday at 8 p.m. on NBC.

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A4FOOD

More than the usual chicken

CHICken has been my staple-st food piece every single day. Ask my friends and they’ll tell you that I am not kid-ding. It’s not that I always years for one but it is what I always end up ordering. I am a muslim and my choices are limited. But I am not com-plaining. Masarap naman tlaga eh – or maybe I’m just used to the taste. That is why, I want to get all that there is out of a chicken piece. Be it hot, maalat or sweet, I have tasted them all. However, I admit, I want to keep it simple and juicy at the same time. More so, I want it without the bones – depende sa luto ,that is.

Ultimate Garlic Chicken For a juicy chicken, boil the pieces before frying. On the other hand, keep grilled garlic in an airtight container filled with olive oil. You can use such for pasta or impromptu party dishes. Combine mashed garlic with melted butter and viola – a homemade garlic butter.

Ingredients: 1 kilo Chicken pieces1 garlic headAll purpose Flour Garlic powderCornstarch 2 cups Light Beerkosher Salt Black Pepper 3 pieces egg whitesOil for deep frying

Method: In a large pan, boil the chicken pieces until tender. You can opt to keep the skin on or not – the discre-tion is yours. Once done, drain and set aside. Get foil and wrap whole

garlic head. Chop the top-most or about half an inch off the top. Drizzle with oil olive and close foil. In a griller, place foiled garlic in between charcoals. Cook until fragrant. Garlic cloves will turn mushy and a bit oily. Once done, take foil off the heat and skin garlic cloves. You will know that the garlic is done when they are easy to peel. In a bowl, mash grilled garlic. Add black pepper and combine well. Get chicken pieces and rub profusely. This way, you get the garlic flavor embedded in the chicken –with every bite. Season to taste. Let sit for 30 minutes or over-night to let the garlic flavor seep in thoroughly. Prepare F-e-B or FLOUR – eGG&BeeR and COnStARCH . In a bowl, combine flour and cornstarch. In a separate bowl, com-bine beer and egg whites. Whisk together. In another bowl, place

cornstarch and garlic pow-der. Dip chicken chunks first in flour and cornstarch then unto the egg and beer and lastly onto the corn-starch and garlic powder mixture. Repeat until done. Deep fry pieces until golden brown. Dry in pa-per towels before serving. Serve with sauce or none. enjoy!

Boneless Chicken Strips with Homemade Gravy and Mushroom tired of eating chicken off their bones? Well, try my easy to make boneless chicken and you will never look back – on the bones that is.

Ingredients: 3 pieces chicken breast, boned and skinned2 cups All purpose Flourkosher SaltFreshly Ground Black Pepper Button Mushroom,

chopped Oil for frying For the gravy:2 tablespoon all purpose flour2 tablespoon unsalted But-ter, room temperature1 piece chicken bouillon cube¼ cup evaporated milk

Method: take bones off chicken pieces. Drench in seasoned all purpose flour – pat off excess. Repeat until done. Set aside In a pan, fry chicken pieces until golden brown. Slice into strips and set aside. In another pan, brown flour and butter. Continue stirring. Add black pep-per and salt. Stir. now, add evaporated milk. Continue stirring. take off heat. In another pan, sauté onion until translucent. Add mushroom pieces and continue cooking. Season with rosemary, salt and pepper. In a bowl, arrange chicken pieces and mush-room. Drizzle with gravy and serve over with rice or as it is. Could be placed in between bread slices. Do you want to be a part of Davao’s Thursday habit? Send me your recipes, ques-tions, suggestions and com-ments and be featured. If you are interested, then email me at [email protected] or visit www.chefroyale.com for more recipes. Happy Cooking!

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CARMELO Anthony tied his career high with 50 points, the

most he’s scored in a New York Knicks uniform, as his Atlantic Division-lead-ing squad posted a 102-90 road win over the Miami Heat at the AmericanAir-lines Arena on Tuesday.

with the Eastern Con-ference-topping Heat play-ing their second consecu-tive game without All-Stars LeBron James (strained right hamstring) and Dwyane wade (sprained right ankle) and starting point guard Mario Chalm-ers (also nursing an ankle sprain), the Knicks forward came out aggressive early, intent on taking control of the action.

“My goal was to come out here and attack it,” An-thony told TNT sideline re-porter David Aldridge after the game. “we wanted to win this game regardless of who suited up — Mi-ami still is a tough team, a championship team. we wanted to win this game for our own confidence,

our own momentum, and we came out here and did that.”

Despite game defen-sive efforts from Miami forwards udonis Haslem and Shane Battier, Anthony seemed unstoppable from the opening tip en route to 17 first-quarter points on 7 for 8 shooting, including a 3 for 4 mark from 3-point range. After sitting for the first 3:26 of the second quarter following his ini-

tial full-12-minute burst, Anthony’s second-quar-ter output was a bit more muted. while he got the free-throw line five times, making all five tries, he attempted only four field goals in the frame as Miami stormed to an eight-point halftime lead behind sur-prisingly potent contribu-tions from usual reserves Mike Miller and Norris Cole (a combined 30 points on 12 for 14 shooting).

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- while the Los An-geles Lakers retired

Shaquille O’Neal’s jersey at halftime, Kobe Bry-ant stayed in the locker room.

Kobe meant no offense to Shaq, his longtime team-mate and former rival. He’s just busy doing everything and playing nearly every

minute to keep the Lakers in the playoff race.

Bryant had 23 points, 11 rebounds and 11 as-sists in his 19th career triple-double, and the Lak-ers beat the Dallas Maver-icks 101-81 Tuesday night in a key game for the two teams struggling to get into the western Conference postseason picture.

with former coach Phil Jackson in attendance for O’Neal’s honors, Bryant put on a virtuoso performance while playing more than 47 minutes. Bryant has rested for just 79 seconds in the past two games, but he’s keeping the Lakers afloat during the latest round of injuries and setbacks in their roller-coaster season.

THIS year’s Sports Foundation of St. Andrews (SFOSA)

Open Golf Tournament is set on April 6 and 7 at the Davao City Golf Club in coordination with the F & A.M. Masonic District IIA/B: AAONMS-Agila Shriners Davao Chapter. “Proceeds of this two-day event will be for the crippled and burnt chil-dren,” said SFOSA pres-ident F.V. “Boy” Ramos at the SCOOP of The Royal Mandaya today. SFOSA has sponsored and maintained a room for the indigent patients partic-ularly kids who are crip-pled or suffered burns at the Southern Philippines Medical Center in Bajada.

“we also have other com-munity projects for the indigenous people,” said tournament chairman Frank Buno, who was also present at the week-ly public service sports program sponsored by The Royal Mandaya Ho-tel, Genesis 888, Stadium Dexter’s Pizza, Mulatto Outdoor and Beefit Gym. Buno announced that a brand new Suzuki Alto car plus three motorcy-cles, two Led TVs and one laptop are up for grabs for the hole-in-one. Over P250,000 in golf and raffle prizes will be given away. The 18-hole modified stable ford individual tour-nament has an entry fee of P1,750 for the first game

and P1,400 for the second game. The mulligan is P200 with one per nine holes. Fabulous merchandises and trophies will be given to Class A, B, C and D gross and net champion, first and second runners-up, Ladies Division gross and net champion, net first and second runners-up, Senior’s division – 55 to 65 gross and net champi-on, gross and net first and second runners-up; 66 and above gross and net cham-pions, gross and net first and second runners-up. For inquiry or registra-tion, contact Edith or Jun at tel. no. 299-0711, Frank (09177042580) or Boy (09176236395). (PNA/LDR)

TEAM Titans Davao will celebrate its first year anniversary with the

“Run with the Titans” footrace on April 28 in an out-and-back course at the Victoria Plaza parking area in Bajada. “This is our first year anniver-sary celebration,” said assis-tant race coordinator Richard Cagape of Team Titans Davao during the SCOOP of The Royal Mandaya Hotel today.

Also present at the weekly public service sports program sponsored by The Royal Man-daya Hotel, Genesis 888, Stadi-um Dexter’s Pizza, Mulatto Out-door and Beefit Gym were fel-low Team Titans Davao runners Shiela Torres, Yen Flores, Marlyn Sales and Glenny Alag, who re-cently placed first runner-up in the women’s open category of the TDR 80K ultramarathon recently.

MIXED topics are on hand when the weekly Davao

Sportswriters Association (DSA) Forum resumes at Dexter’s Pizza Stadium along McArthrur Highway in Matina at 10 a.m. today

Milo Sports Clinics Davao organizer Kenneth Sai of Vantage Sports Promotions and Manila-bound Davao City chess players are guests in this week’s edition hosted by Dexter’s Pizza Stadium owners Jimmy and Bai Lim. Sai is set to discuss the

various sports clinics slated this month

woodpushers Neptali Batucan III, Austin Jacob Literatus, Ella Grace Moulic and Bhing Joel Gimony will talk about their participation in the grand finals of the National Age-Group Chess Championships on April 6 to 14 in Manila.

Organizers of the Ateneo Alumni Basketball Tournament are also expected to guest in the forum of the 18-year old sportswriting organization.

Melo rains Miami with 50

Kobe lifts Lakers past Mavs

SFOSA Open Golf set April 6-7

DSA Forum resumes at Dexter’s Stadium

Run with the Titans on April 28

TRIPLE DOUBLE. Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant poses after hitting a shot and drawing a foul during the first half of the Lakers’ NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Tuesday (Wednesday), April 2, 2013, in Los Angeles.

TOO HOT TO HANDLE. New York star forward Carmelo Anthony rained the Heat with 50 points in a 102-90 road win. Stats chart (left) show Anthony’s shooting percentage.

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THE newly selected Jr. NBA kids – repre-sented by Mahloney

Tarranza of Davao and Lo-renz Viajar of Bukidnon – embarked on their first official Jr. NBA activity wednesday : a Tree Grow-ing Activity at the Mala-gos watershed Area in Malagos, Calinan, Davao City to preserve the City’s source of clean, potable water.

The two National Training Camp final-ists joined NBA officials, Phoneix Petroleum of-ficials and employees, Davao City water District employees, Philippine Co-act Guard Auxiliary mem-bers, Rescue and Disaster Relief Operations person-nel and barangay officials and residents in planting 500 trees in the area – the exact number of par-ticipants that joined the Davao Regional Selection Camp that established a new record in Jr. NBA RSC participation. The activity is part of NBA Cares, the league’s global communi-

ty outreach initiative.Davao City is said to

rank third in the world for the cleanest water supply.

Ten kids – 4 from Davao, 2 from Bacolod, 2 from Bukidnon, 1 from Cagayan de Oro and 1 from General Santos City – were chosen from the Davao camp to represent the Mindanao region. The two-day regional selection camp of the Jr. NBA Philippines 2013 presented by Alaska was held at the university of South Eastern Philip-pines Gym on April 1 and 2.

The ten kids are : Paolo Coquilla, Mahlo-ney Tarranza, Cornelio Reta and John Cañete from Davao, Jan Gabriel Sobrevega and Jose An-tiporda from Bacolod City, John Lloyd Bernales and Lorenz Viajar from Bukidnon, Anthony Sis-toza from General Santos and Earl Vincent Areola from Cagayan de Oro (not wynch Hart Montemayor, as earlier reported).

NBA CARES. Jr. NBA coach Sefu Bernard (extreme right) is joined by Phoenix Petroleum corporate affairs manager Ben Sur (left) and assistant vice president for external affairs Atty. Raymond Zorilla (second from left) during the NBA Cares program at the Malagos Watershed yesterday. (Right photo) Finalists of the Jr. NBA basketball camp lead the tree-planting activity. (Contributed photos)

NBA cares at Malagos Watershed

FOR THE CRIPPLED & BURNT CHILDREN. Agila Shriners Davao president F.V. “Boy” Ramos (left) and tournament director Franklin Buno display a poster of the 2013 SFOSA Open Golf tournament set

on April 6-7 at the Davao City Golf Club during the weekly SCOOP at The Royal Mandaya Hotel last April 2. (Contributed photo by JIMMY JAVIER)

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