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DAVAOVOL. 6 ISSUE 194 • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2013

By EMILORD P. [email protected]

DCL Final 6 cast is complete

No fireworks but world record eyed for ‘torotot’

INSIDE:

23City Council approves

night mart ordinance

16Barriga, Saludar enter semis

BROADCASTER SLAINVictim known to be hard-hitting critic of DANECO-CDA

A 44-year-old radio commentator and barangay official in

Tagum City was gunned down by motorcycle riding gunmen yesterday morning in front of Radyo Natin sta-tion at corner Sobrecarey St., and Roxas St.

The victim was iden-tified as Rogelio Butalid, blocktime announcer of Radyo Natin Tagum and kagawad of Baran-gay Mankilam, sustained several gunshot wounds on his body that result-ed to his death. Butalid was a block-time radio program for Davao del Norte Electric Coopera-tive Inc.- National Electri-fication Administration (DANECO-NEA). He is also known in the city as one hard- hitting radioman for

his program outside DAN-ECO subject.

P/Supt. Solomon De Castilla, station command-er of the Tagum police sta-tion, said that Butalid was killed at about 8: 55 a.m after his program dubbed as “Ang Kamatuoran” who was about to aboard his motorcycle when sudden-ly one of the perpetrators armed with .45 caliber pistol fired several times at Butalid. Police recov-ered six empty shells of the pistol from the crime.

Police are considering two motives of the killing. First, Butalid’s profession, as radio commentator and second, his political engagement in Barangay Mankilam.

P/ Chief Inspector Jed Clamor, spokesperson of

the Police Regional Office said that the Tagum City police have created a task force group to oversee and fast track the investigation of the case.

Butalid is the 3rd jour-nalist killed in Mindanao in the past weeks includ-ing Michael Milo, a talk show host for DXFM radio in Butuan City and Joas Dignos was killed in Valen-cia City on November 29.

There have been 23 journalist killed, among them 16 radio broad-casters and seven print journalists based on the report of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism from July 2010 to October 2013 under of President Benigno Simeon ‘Noynoy’ C. Aquino from July 2010 to October 2013.

BAD NEWS. Unidentified assailants gunned down radio broadcaster Robert Butalid in Tagum City yesterday whose picture went viral around the media community. Butalid is the latest media practitioner killed in the country for work-related motive. Lean Daval Jr.

DISLIKED. Davao City journalists flash thumbs down signs against Councilor Tomas Monteverde IV who accused media practitioners of portraying the government of Davao City as callous and evil in dealing with the demolition of sidewalk vendors during his privilege speech on Tuesday. Lean Daval Jr.

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A MEDIA group based in Davao del Norte has condemned the

killing of a radio block-tim-er in Tagum City yester-day morning saying it is “work-related.”

Gregorio Ibanez, pres-ident of Davao del Norte Press and Radio-TV club, told EDGE Davao in a tele-phone interview, they be-lieve the death of Rogelio Butalid is has something to do with his work as a “hired spokesperson” of Davao del Norte Electric Cooperative – National Electric Adminis-tration (DANECO-NEA).

He said that everytime

Butalid will be on the pro-gram he always received death threats.

Ibanez added that Bu-talid always pronounced the illegality of the receipts of the DANECO CDA. He cit-ed that the issue frequently discussed by Butalid is the order from the Court of Appeals in Cagayan de Oro declaring that the DANE-CO NEA is the authorized collecting agent and no the CDA.

Ibanez also suspected some politicians as the per-petrator behind the death of Butalid as he is also a kaga-

PHOTOJOURNALIST from various local newspapers in Davao

City debunked the com-ments made by councilor Tomas Monteverde in his privilege speech last Tues-day.

Photographers Rob-inson Ninal (Mindanao Daily Mirror),Lean Daval, Jr., (Edge Davao), Rene Lumawag and Bing Gon-zales (Mindanao Times)Seth delos Reyes and King Rodriguez (Sunstar Davao) put their thumbs down to show their dismay on alle-gation that the pictures tak-en by these people portray the government as evil and callous to the realities and needs of the poor.

“You cannot expect na sa panahon na muadto mi sa demolisyon na ang ka-tawhan didto na affected mangatawa. So unsa’y ipa-gawas namo na picture ay

among picture na nakuha diha sa area,” Sunstar Davao and Super Balita photogra-pher Seth delos Reyes said in an interview after the Club 888 2013 Christmas Party at the Marco Polo Davao yesterday,

“Pero ingon na dili buot namong ipakita ato sa pub-liko na ingon ini na oppres-sive ang atong gobyerno sa mga nahitabo. Ang amo is just to document unsang nahitabo,” he said.

Delos Reyes said that the photos published in newspapers just portray the reality happening during the implementation of the demolition and are just doing their duty.

“Unfair para sa mga [photographers and cam-eramen], na kanang naa sa government office na mag- ingon na dili balance ang presentation ng reporters

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FIT’S’ WORK, 10

EDGEDAVAO

THE BIG NEWS

NO fireworks, no problem.

Davao City will be eyeing no less than the Guiness Book of World Records for most number of “Torotot” (paper horn) blowers on New Year’s eve—Davao City’s alterna-tive to banned firecrackers.

Smart Telecommuni-cation Inc., in partnership with the City Government of Davao is planning to put Davao City in record books as it will hold the first Davao Torotot festival on December 31 for the New Year’s Eve Celebration where they plan to draw 10,000 Dabawenyos and blow their “torotot” instead

of lighting firecrackers.Arnold Delosa, regional

sales manager for Southern Mindanao- Smart, speak-ing in the weekly edition of Club 888 at the Marco Polo Davao, said that this is to give a new flavor on how Dabawenyos celebrate their New Year’s Eve, adding that it will be in adherence with the fire cracker ban imple-mented in the city.

“It will be the largest to-rotot contigent gathering in the country,” he said, adding that this will hopefully cre-ate a new world record by breaking the existing re-cord of Japan for most num-ber of party blowers.

He said that Davao City

mayor Rodrigo “Rody” Duterte is very supportive of the program.“As reiterat-ed, Mayor Duterte said that he support any program that is for the improvement of the city,” Delosa said.

Aside from the blow-ing of torotot, he said they would be holding a New Year’s countdown, same with the countdown in SM Mall of Asia. “We will have one clock which will be the basis of the countdown,” he said. The program which will start by 1PM of Decem-ber 31 to 1 AM of December 1.

Local talents, celebri-ties, promising bands, and Smart event winners will

be performing in the 12-hour event. There will be also food and drink carts and stalls, games and activi-ties for the attendees. There will be an inter-baranggay dance contest and the most creative torotot will be awarded during the event.

According to him, there will be no theme for this year, but will be open to new ideas for the Torotot Festival 2014.

Deloso, meanwhile, said that the baranggay with the largest torotot contingents will take home P50, 000 worth of cash prize. The second prize is P30, 000 and P20, 000 for the third.

POLICE are looking for a former sol-dier who allegedly

stabbed a neighbor in Purok 2, Barangay 76-A Wednesday evening.

The suspect is one Fred Cortez, 47, who evad-ed arrest by policemen from the Sta. Ana precinct. The victim, Federico Para-goso, 47, although bleed-ing from stab wounds in the body, was able to report to the police. Both are residents of Purok 2, Barangay 76-A.

P/Sr. Inspector Leon-ardo Tarongoy, deputy chief of the Sta. Ana po-lice station, said that po-lice took Paragoso to the hospital for treatment of three stab wounds. At-tending doctors at the Southern Philippines Medical Center declared Paragoso in critical con-dition.

Police said that the victim was walking tob his house when the sus-pect armed with a knife suddenly attacked him.

Cops hunt ex-soldier in stabbing incidentBy EMILORD P. CASTROMAYOR

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No fireworks but world record eyed for ‘torotot’

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By CHENEEN R. CAPON

Photojournalists hit dad for offensive statement

DAVAO MEDIA CONDEMNS COLLEAGUE’S DEATH

It’s ‘work-related’By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

[email protected]

GIVE WAY. A participant of “Pasko Fiesta”’s 12th Elderlympics 2013 falls asleep while waiting for the ballroom competition to start at SM City Davao recently. Lean Daval Jr.

LIGHT MOMENT. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte enjoys a good laugh watching the performance of singer-comedian Norman Mitchell during Tuesday night’s “Pahalipay sa persons with disability (PWD)” of the City Mayor’s Office at the Davao Convention Center. Lean Daval Jr.


COUNCILOR Diosdado Mahipus Sr. has filed a resolution seeking to

decentralize the bar exam-inations.

Mahipus, a lawyer by profession, presented his resolution during a priv-ilege speech delivered during the City Council’s regular session last Tues-day pushing for the holding of the bar examination in satellite examination cen-ters outside Metro Manila.

Mahipus said the res-olution will lessen the expenses of the bar candi-dates who will take the ex-aminations especially those from the provinces.

He cited that the pres-ent situation of bar candi-dates who had to shell out huge amount of money for food, fare and hotel expens-

es during the four Sundays of the bar exam.

Lawyer Israelito Torre-on, president of Integrat-ed Bar of the Philippines –Davao del Sur and Dean of Cor Jesu College of Digos City law school, also favored the said proposal.

“It is a long cherished dream of the law school deans based in Mindanao and Visayas,” Torreon told Edge Davao in a telephone interview.

He said that the decen-tralization will equalize the chances of all bar examin-ees from the provinces.

“Because ‘barristers’ based on the provinces will have very much disadvan-tage, ” he stressed adding that the adjustment of the place and environment will

BOYS Town Davao will launch today its own pizzeria business to

continue financial support of 51 poor, abandoned, and neglected boys at their compound in Maa

Fr. Allan Ross Banogon, SDB., executive director of Boys Town Davao said during the media forum at the Club 888, The Marco Polo Davao, that the pizze-ria is part of their income generating project to help children in their custody to study and continue to live a normal life.

Boys Town Davao is an organization that provides temporary quarters for

poor, neglected boys.Dubbed “Pizza with a

heart,” Fr. Banogon said that it will be serving au-thentic Italian pizzas and other cuisines. The income will go to the education of the boys who are currently in the elementary and high school level.

He said that customers who buy their pizzas would be able to help and extend assistance to the less for-tunate boys to realize their dreams.

The P700,000 invest-ment will be serving Ital-ian-style pizzas prepared in front of the customer. Ba-

3NEWS

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FDECENTRALIZE, 10

THE 17th council of Davao City passed the night and week-

end market ordinance last Tuesday afternoon.

Councilor Tomas Mon-teverde IV, the proponent, told reporters that the or-dinance will address the problem of where to place sidewalk vendors. It pro-vides an alternative ven-ue for sidewalk vending around the downtown area.

Monteverde said that Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte wants an accept-able way to organize and manage vendors.

The first step is to install a night market on Roxas Av-enue which would be eval-

uated after three months to determine if the idea is acceptable, in which case more would be installed.

“Han-ay na jud ni kaayo. Dili na sama kanang makita ninyo diha nga basin kinsa lang o unsa kadako ilang pagbuot, ” Monteverde explained, adding that vendors will wear uniforms and identi-fication cards.

In an erarlier report, retired Col. Yusop Jimlani said that 513 stalls will be installed intially, 213 of them for dry goods and DVD vendors, 102 for food, and 194 for ukay-ukay. Each stall measures 1.5 meters by 2 meters rented

for P 15.00 – P 20.00 a day, excluding cost of lighting.

Another problem may arise wirh the passage of the ordinance, according to some councilors. Coun-cilor Bonifacio Militar said ity may add another prob-lem should motorists and pedestrians who consider the closing of city roads a disturbance.

“Solving the problems of sidewalk vending does not mean that you need to close the streets, Militar stressed, adding that using public property for private purposes is against the law. Legal opinion says that we cannot appropri-ate public property for

private purposes, to which I agree, ” he said, citing a certain case against the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Baguio City for closing streets for night markets.

“The Supreme court said that you cannot make it permanent, because you are giving inconvenience to the riding public in the absence of an alternative route,” Militar said.

He suggested the city find a public property for the night market, to which councilor Jimmy Dureza agreed, citing the fact that the night market would be from Monday to Sunday and suggesting a limit on the number of days.

ONE worker died on the spot while his workmate suffered

injuries after they came in contact with a high tension wire of the Davao Light Power Corporation (DLPC) Wednesday after-noon.

The victims were re-pairing the rooftop of a high tower building on the corner of Gladiola St., and Palm Drive, Buhangin at the time of the incident.

Police of the Buhangin police station said that Nestor Paracueles, 43, died on the spot while

workmate Jonel Lombo, 22, is in stable condition at the Southern Philip-pine Medical Center.

SPO3 Ceazar Aaron Robles, investigator, said that at around 2:00 p.m. Paracueles victim acci-dentally touched the live wire while repairing the rooftop of a four storey building owned by Justin Escueta, a resident of Ma-tina.

Robles said that in his opinion DLPC may not be held liable for the accident as per his initial findings.

Decentralize bar exam, dad says

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO [email protected]

City Council approvesnight mart ordinance

Worker electrocuted, companion injured

LIVE WIRE KILLS

Boys Town launches own pizzeria today

[email protected]

By CHENEEN R. CAPON

ALTERNATIVE TO FIRECRACKERS. Arnold P. Dellosa, regional sales manager for South Mindanao of Smart Phils., announces the upcoming Davao Torotot Festival set on New Year’s eve which aims to enter the Guinness world record during this week’s edition of Club 888 media forum at the Marco Polo Davao. Lean Daval Jr.

YULETIDE TREAT. The Marco Polo Davao general manager Anthony Tan, accompanied by some hotel staff, is welcomed by Edge Davao editor Antonio M. Ajero (left) at the newspaper’s office during the groups traditional Christmas caroling visit yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

VOL. 6 ISSUE 194 • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 20134COMPOSTELA VALLEY PROVINCE

SOUTH COTABATO

EDGEDAVAO

SUBURBIA

THE Composte-la Valley provin-cial government

in partnership with the Department of Health (DOH) granted Provin-cial Red Orchid Awards to those agencies in the province with perfect score in implementing a “100% Tobacco-Free Environment” in accor-dance to DOH imple-menting criteria and the “MPOWER” Framework of the World Health Or-ganization (WHO).

Held on December 10, 2013 at the Provin-cial Capitol, participants in the awarding rites in-clude the local officials, heads, and representa-tives of the different in-stitutions who received Certificates of Appreci-ation for their valuable contribution and support to the program.

It was graced by DOH- Center for Health

& Development (CHD) Regional Director Abdul-lah B. Dumama, MD, MPA, CESO III who gave the Keynote Address.

The awards are cat-egorized into White (3rd place), Pink (2nd place), and Red Orchid (top) Awards.

The White Orchid Awardees are the Nab-unturan Police Station, New Bataan Police Sta-tion, Laak Police Sta-tion, Barangay Olaycon, Monkayo, Monkayo Na-tional High School, and LGU- Laak.

There is only one awardee for the Pink Orchid level which is the Public Terminal of Monkayo.

And garnering the Red Orchid Awards are the Barangay Sta. Maria, Nabunturan, and LGU- Monkayo.

Governor Arturo T. Uy through Executive As-

sistant IV Isabelo L. Me-lendres is very grateful for the support of every-body in the program.

Senior Executive As-sistant Melendres then recalled that the strict implementation of Gov-ernor Uy of his No Smok-ing Policy within the Cap-itol premises has contrib-uted a lot in receiving the same Red Orchid Awards in the region in June of the current year.

The Governor is also thankful to the Sangguni-ang Panlalawigan for ap-proving Provincial Ordi-nance No. 19-2013 which is an “Ordinance prohibit-ing the use, sale, distribu-tion, and advertisement of cigarettes and other to-bacco products in certain places, imposing penal-ties for violation there-of and providing funds therefore, and for other purposes.” [GRACE ALM-EDILLA, IDS-COMVAL]

LGU grants Provincial Red Orchid Award 2013

GENERAL SANTOS CITY

THE Department of La-bor and Employment (DOLE) in Region 12

will construct starting next year a modern office complex in nearby Koronadal City as it moves to further improve its operations in the region.

Ofelia Domingo, DOLE Region 12 director, said their central office has already issued the go-signal for the development of their new regional complex within the designated regional govern-ment center in Barangay Car-penter Hill in Koronadal City.

She said the local govern-ment of Koronadal, which owns the regional govern-ment center, donated two lots with an area of 1,574

and 1,572 square meters for the site of their new regional offices.

Koronadal City Mayor Pe-ter Miguel personally handed over the deed of donation for the lots during a recent groundbreaking ceremony for the regional complex that was attended by top officials of DOLE.

DOLE-12 transferred from Cotabato City, the previ-ous regional center, to Koro-nadal City several years ago in compliance with the re-gional reconfiguration man-dated by Executive Order (EO) 304 issued on March 30, 2004 by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

The reorganized region,

which is now known as the Soccsksargen Region, covers the provinces of South Cota-bato, Sarangani, North Cota-bato, Sultan Kudarat and the cities of Cotabato, General Santos, Kidapawan, Koro-nadal and Tacurong.

But due to budgetary constraints, the agency was not able to build a permanent home and resorted to leasing available office spaces since moving to the area.

DOLE-12’s main offices are presently located in a leased compound near the South Cotabato provincial capitol while their attached agencies are scattered in dif-ferent office buildings in the area.

Domingo said they ex-pect the construction and development of the agency’s new regional complex to commence soon.

As planned, she said the new DOLE-12 regional com-plex will eventually house its main offices and some of its attached agencies.

These include the Philip-pine Overseas Employment Administration, National Conciliation and Mediation Board, National Labor Rela-tions Commission, Regional Tripartite Wages and Pro-ductivity Board, Employees Compensation Commission and National Reintegration Center for Overseas Filipino Workers, she added.[PNA]

DOLE-12 to build new regional complex

KORONADAL CITY

THE Koronadal City local government will conduct another

relief mission before Christ-mas Day for survivors of super typhoon “Yolanda” in the badly devastated town of Santa Fe in Leyte Prov-ince.

City Mayor Peter Miguel said Wednesday they are currently preparing addi-tional stocks of food packs, medicine and other relief items that will be delivered to the area by another team of city government person-nel and local volunteers.

He said the team, which he would be leaving anew, is targeting to reach Santa Fe town before its 64th foun-dation anniversary on De-cember 22.

The mayor said the local government is con-tinually accepting relief do-nations, either in kind or in cash, from the public for the typhoon victims.

Miguel urged those who want to donate to pri-oritize toys for children and items for “noche buena” and “media noche” as well as “to let the survivors feel the spirit of Christmas despite the tragedy.”

“We will go back there and bring two truckloads of toys and other relief goods so they can celebrate Christmas as well,” the mayor said in the city gov-ernment’s radio program “Kanami Koronadal.”

The mayor, who is a doctor, led a medical and relief mission in Tacloban City and Santa Fe town in Leyte, a week after the area was devastated by the su-per typhoon last November 8.

The 28-person team from the city was com-posed of doctors, nurses, social workers and other volunteers.

Miguel said the team set base for five days in Santa Fe to provide medical services and camp manage-ment assistance to typhoon survivors.

“When we arrived in the area, the local govern-ment unit was practically not functioning and we had to guide their work-ers and local residents what to do regarding their situation,” he re-called.

During the medical mission, the team served a total of 1,350 patients, 500 of whom “suffered from traumatic inju-ry such as lacerations, punctured wounds, cuts, abrasions and avulsed wounds,” a report re-leased by the City Infor-mation Office said.

Around 300 other res-idents suffered from upper respiratory tract infection, experienced acute gastro-enteritis and 250 others were treated for various dis-eases, it said. [MindaNews]

Koronadal plans another relief mission to LeyteTHE national gov-

ernment has ap-proved the release

of around P150 million for the improvement and concreting of a major road network connecting two agricultural production areas in South Cotabato province.

South Cotabato Gov. Daisy Avance-Fuentes said Wednesday the Of-fice of the President has informed her office that it has endorsed the fund-ing and implementation by next year of the Ban-ga-Norala road concreting

project.She said the project

was specifically endorsed to the Department of Pub-lic Works and Highways (DPWH) for the necessary processing.

“We’ve been lobbying for the implementation of this project for quite some time and we’re grateful that it’s now in the pipe-line,” she said.

The road network, which has a total distance of 10.84 kilometers, di-rectly connects the munic-ipality Banga with Norala town.

The areas or commu-nities traversed by the road host vast farmlands of palay, corn and other agricultural commodities.

Banga and Norala towns, which are part of the province’s upper val-ley area, are among the province’s top palay or rice producers.

Fuentes said the con-creting of the Banga-Nora-la road will primarily ben-efit local farmers and oth-er residents who have to contend these past years to its bumpy or rough con-dition.

Aside from the con-creting of the Banga-Nora-la road, the governor earlier said the national government had approved the release of some P150 million for the ongoing development of the Lake Sebu-Maitum road.

The road project, which had adopted by the Regional Develop-ment Council of Region 12 as among the region’s top priorities, connects the municipalities of Lake Sebu in South Cotabato and Maitum in Sarangani Province.[PNA]

Gov’t allots P150-M for road project

AMUSED. A tribal chieftain breaks into a laugh while listening to a fellow participant during the Lambaga Hu Mga Tribu (tribal assembly) in Malaybalay City, on Dec. 11. The gathering, which was attended by tribal leaders from Northern Mindanao and parts of Cotabato province, aimed to come up with measures that will strengthen customary governance in ancestral territories. [MindaNews photo by H. Marcos C. Mordeno]

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THE ECONOMY

THE City Government of Davao is eyeing to fully address job mismatch

by 2020, an official said yes-terday.

Despite the growing econ-omy of Davao City because of investments pouring in, job mismatch remains an issue in the employment climate.

Lilibeth Pantinople, Phil-ippine Employment Service Office (PESO) officer-in-charge said that the city can supply the demand of the employ-ment market, but only a few are qualified for job vacancies.

Pantinople said that among the institutions that have high qualification re-quirements are BPO compa-nies. BPO companies have lots of job vacancies but only a few are qualified for them.

“We have many nursing and hotel and restaurant man-agement (HRM) graduates, but the demand for them is small,” she added.

“Kung dili man pud sila mamili pwede ra man pud sila sa mall, tapos kanang atong nurses sa BPO, kana ang trend. Dili nato sila mabutang sa hos-pitals kasi daghan na kayo tang licensed nurses, but some of them can work abroad, especially those who have had three years work experi-

ence,” the official said.At present, the PESO con-

ducts career employment coaching to high school grad-uates to orient them on in-de-mand and hard to fill jobs.

Pantinople said that jobs in BPO remain at the top of the list of in-demand jobs in the city. These include customer service representative and technical service representa-tive. She said that they solicited 500 job vacancies per month,

but the city can only take in 100 qualified applicants.

Next are business-related office work like accounting, marketing and sales. Out of the 50 job vacancies monthly, the city can only provide 10 because most business-relat-ed course graduates prefer big private companies.

The demand for civil and electrical engineers remains, but out of 100 job vacancies monthly, only 10 are filled.

Job mismatch issue may be over soon

[email protected]

By CHENEEN R. CAPON

BY THE NUMBERSThe number of unemployed

Filipinos fell to 2.6 million

in October from

2.76 million a year ago.

SOURCE: LABOR FORCE SURVEY (LFS)


THE Philippine League of Labor-Manage-ment Cooperation

Practitioners, Inc. (PHIL-AMCOP) in coordination with the National Concilia-tion and Mediation Board (NCMB) and the Associa-tion of Labor-Management Cooperation Practitioners (ALMACOP XI) conducted its 9th National Convention on Labor-Management Co-operation last November 27-28, 2013 participated by 950 delegates from dif-ferent regions in the coun-

try. The event was held at

the Grand Men Seng Hotel, Davao City with the theme, “LMC Beyond Industrial Peace: Spurring Produc-tivity in Safe and Healthy Workplaces.”

The event aims to con-tinue the strong trust of companies, employers and workers for its pro-active stance in settling labor dis-putes in the country. Indus-trial Peace and constant discussion, consultation

6 THE ECONOMYStat Watch

MONTHLY AVERAGE EXCHANGE RATE (January 2011-September 2013)

Month 2013 2012 2011

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

September 43.83 41.75 43.02August 43.86 42.04 42.42

July 43.35 41.91 42.81June 42.91 42.78 43.37May 41.30 42.85 43.13April 41.14 42.70 43.24

March 40.71 42.86 43.52February 40.67 42.66 43.70January 40.73 43.62 44.17

7.1 1st Qtr 2013

7.8 1st Qtr 2013

USD 3,741 million

Feb 2013USD 4,708

million Feb 2013USD -967

million Feb 2013USD -640

millionDec 2012

P 4,964,560 million

Feb 2013

2.4 % Mar 2013P113,609

million Mar 2013

P 5,281 billion

Mar 2013

P 41.14 Apr 2013

6,847.5 Mar 2013

132.8 Apr 2013

2.6 Apr 2013

3.1 Apr 2013

418,108 Feb 2013

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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Cebu Pacific Tue/Wed//Sat 5J965 / 5J968 13:35 Manila-Davao-Manila 14:05Silk Air Mon/Sat MI588 / MI588 13:35 Davao-Singapore 18:55 Silk Air Wed/Sun MI566 / MI566 15:20 Davao-Singapore 18:55Silk Air Thurs MI551 / MI551 12:05 Davao-Singapore 15:45Cebu Pacific Mon/Tue/Wed/Fri 5J507 / 5J598 15:00 Cebu-Davao-Cebu 15:30Philippine Airlines August 15:55 Mani2Mani 16:50Zest Air Daily Z2524 / Z2525 16:05 Cebu-Davao-Cebu 16:45

as of May 2013

Indicator Latest

1. Gross National Income Growth Rate (At Constant 2000 Prices)

6.8 2nd Qtr 2013

2. Gross Domestic Product Growth Rate (At Constant 2000 Prices)

7.5 2nd Qtr 2013

3. Exports USD 5,045 million

Sep 2013

4. Imports USD 5,711 million

Sep 2013

5. Trade BalanceUSD -665

million Sep 2013

6. Balance of Payments USD 692

million Jun 2013

7. Broad Money LiabilitiesP 5,980,938 million

Aug 2013

8. Interest Rate 2.0 % Sep 2013

9. National Government Revenues

P 127,336 million

Sep 2013

10. National government outstanding debt

P 5,609 billion

Sep 2013

11. Peso per US $

P 43.83 Sep 2013

12. Stocks Composite Index

6,191.8 Sep 2013

13. Consumer Price Index 2006=100

135.2 Oct 2013

14. Headline Inflation Rate 2006=100

2.9 Oct 2013

15. Core Inflation Rate 2006=100

2.5 Oct 2013

16. Visitor Arrivals 382,022 Aug 2013

17. Underemploymen Rate

19.2% Jul 2013

18. Unemployment Rate 7.3% Jul 2013

HYDROPOWER. AboitizPower's arm in run-of-river hydropower generation, Hedcor, is now completing the installation of the electromechanical equipment for the 13.6 MW Tudaya Hydropower Project. The project which started its construction in August 2012 will add to the power supply in the region early next year as it will generate 77 GWh of energy annually.Hedcor will also build the same technology in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon.

THE head of Davao City’s Business Bu-reau has warned that

business owners who will fail to renew their busi-ness permits from January 2 to January 20 2014 will be paying 25 percent sur-charge for the violation of that code and the sched-uled permit renewal.

Atty. Lawrence Batind-ing, officer-in-charge of the Business Bureau, said that they set the permit renewal as early this month to avoid violations of ordinance setting the parameters for business permit renewal.

“Kung 10,000 ra ilang bayaran, madagdagan ng P2,500 kung dili sila maka-pagrenew ng business permits on the scheduled dates,” Batinding said in an interview at his office.

Batinding said that they will also be setting a one-stop-shop in NCCC Mall of Davao to make sure that all business owners will be catered in the 19-day renewal period.

Schedules will be on January 2 and 3 (8 a.m.-7:30 p.m.), January 4 and 5(8 a.m.- 5p.m.), January 6-10, 13-17 (8 a.m.- 9 p.m.),

January 11-12, 18-19 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.).

On the last day of re-newal schedule, he said the Business Bureau’s opera-tion will be extended up to 10 p.m.

Batinding urged own-ers of all establishments to renew their business per-mits on time to avoid the fines and penalties.

“I am suggesting them to start renewing their per-mits [business] on the first week para dili magdumog kay madugayan man gud sa printing ng needed doc-uments,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Busi-ness Bureau of Davao City recorded a total of 35,000 new, renewed and retired business permits from the period of January to No-vember this year.

He said that out of the 35,000 recoded, 5,000 were new applications and 2,000 were retired busi-ness rents. He said that al-most 30,000 renewed their business permits.

The businesses of new applicants were mostly small-medium enterprises (SMEs), varying from sa-ri-sari stores to hardware,

internet cafes, and restau-rants.

As of November, the Business Bureau has col-lected a total of P70 million or 20.68 percent higher than P58 million collec-tions made during the same period last year.

The collection was from business tax, issuance of occupational permit and special permits.

He said that the busi-ness tax contributed al-most half of the collection which is “not lower than half a billion.”

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By CHENEEN R. CAPON

PHILAMCOP convention conducted

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ENVIRONMENT

THE High School (HS) Unit of the Ateneo de Davao Universi-

ty (ADDU) was proclaimed the winner of the National Search for Sustainable and Eco-friendly Schools, High School Division, at an award-ing event on 20 November at SM City North EDSA in Que-zon City. A plaque and a cash prize of Php 50,000 were re-ceived by Fr. Michael I. Pine-da SJ, HS principal.

“Winning the 2013 Na-tional Search for Sustainable and Eco-friendly Schools is our contribution to the Church, the Society of Jesus, and the Ateneo de Davao Uni-versity’s mission of a more vigorous environmental pro-tection,” Pineda said.

“It is also a sign of hope. The national award shows that we can instruct and form future leaders who will help heal and save the wounded creation,” Pineda added.

The ADDU High School forms students to be men and women for others and for the environment through participation in treeplant-ing, mangrove reforestation, and coastal cleanups. In 2011, ADDU took its green initiatives to the next level by launching its greening

program called Ecoteneo, be-ginning with Ecological Solid Waste Management.

The high school students, in rotating assignments by classrooms, monitor the waste segregation bins to ensure that waste materials are placed in the proper bins and that liquids are removed from plastic bottles. With effective segregation and a shift away from plastics as food packaging, within a year residuals were reduced from 57 percent of its waste stream to 38 percent.

In 2012, junkfood and softdrinks were banned from the campus for both health and environmental reasons. Also in 2012, Ateneo HS stu-dents shared the school’s segregation practice and do-nated segregation bins to the neighboring S.I.R. Elementa-ry School.

In 2013, Ecoteneo in-troduced a “Room of Re-quirements,” where reusable materials such as school supplies can be donated for other members of the high school community to reuse. Every year, Ecoteneo orga-nizes an annual fun run in Matina called EnviRUNment. An Earth Hour reminder is played over the public

address system everyday, where lunchbreak is lights out for classrooms and of-fices. ADDU-HS faculty are currently undertaking ac-tion research supported by the University to assess the scope and effectiveness of the Ecoteneo program.

The HS faculty have been given a series of retreats in the beautiful mountains of Davao City as well as work-shops on campus to help them greater appreciate creation and to further inte-grate the environment into the classroom, particularly in the performance tasks or projects for different sub-jects. For example, projects in Math have including cal-culating planting densities of different forest and fruit trees and constructing and flying kites to apply their understanding of triangles while experiencing the wind.

Conservation ecologist and ADDU HS alumnus Dr. Nina Ingle, HS curriculum consultant for the environ-ment, says that students in Davao City have a wonder-ful 2,444 sq-km laboratory in Davao City (as well as neighboring Samal Island) to learn about the different ecosystems or landscapes upon which we depend, from the 300 sq-km urban area to Davao’s forests and rivers, and agricultural, coastal and marine landscapes.

ADDU-HS student sci-ence investigatory projects tend to focus on the envi-ronment, including waste segregation and disposal in a residential area, household water consumption and con-servation, temperature of roofs in an informal settler community, and energy con-servation. A special class on Environmental Science is available to students in the Grade 8 Honors section.

“I congratulate the High School on its efforts and suc-cess in growing a green cam-pus, where the students are taught to segregate waste, understand the workings of the environment, and rev-erence God’s creation,” said ADDU President Joel E. Tab-ora, SJ.

“Environmental protec-tion is integral to the mis-sion of the university, and has led us to the graduation of our first batch of Tropical Risk Management Masters in South Cotabato, the new BS Environmental Science course, and the planting of over 4,000 native trees at the University’s St. Ignatius Spirituality Center in Samal,

which is currently being de-veloped with eco-friendly structures,” Tabora added.

“We are also harnessing solar energy, which is re-newable energy. The solar panels being installed in the ADDU-HS Campus will be able to provide clean, natu-ral, and eco-friendly power,” Tabora said.

To measure the impact of the ADDU-HS Ecoteneo program on students’ en-vironmental learning, sci-ence teachers Mr. Carlo T. Magno II and Ms. Eleanor P. Corcino, both members of the Ecoteneo core team, are conducting an action research supported by the University Research Coun-cil.

Ateneo de Davao High School was awarded the Re-gion XI winner in the High School category on 11th No-vember at the Grand Regal Hotel. Regional winners for the other categories were Doña Asuncion Hizon Ele-mentary School and Davao Doctors College, both in Davao City.

The nationwide search was organized by the DENR’s Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), in cooperation with the Department of Education (DepEd), Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and supported by private sector partners Smart Com-munications Inc., Nestle Philippines Inc. and One Meralco Foundation Inc. Daniel R. Aguinaldo Nation-al High School, also in Ma-tina, Davao City, was a 3rd place national winner in both 2009 and 2011.

ADDU High School tops national search for eco-friendly schools in the country

PERSONS FOR OTHERS AND FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. High schoolers listen as Mr. Ragam Gamboa, Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) Assistant, explains where the segregated materials go.

STATES, intergovern-mental organizations and other partners

need to step up efforts to better integrate natural re-source management into post-conflict reintegration programmes, according to a new UN report.

The Role of Natural Re-sources in Disarmament, Demobilization and Re-integration - Addressing Risks and Seizing Oppor-tunities, launched in New

York today, stresses that natural resources - which, in many conflict-affected countries, can be used to fuel and finance armed groups - can also play a major role in bringing about sustainable peace.

The report further suggests that incorporat-ing natural resources into plans for reintegration and recovery can also help to mitigate potential con-flicts, such as disputes over

land or water.The report also em-

phasizes that natural re-sources, such as minerals, oil, gas and timber, need to be properly managed in order to achieve these goals.

It notes that, despite the opportunities that they present, plans for the fair management and distribu-tion of natural resources are usually excluded from peace negotiations and

disarmament, demobili-zation and reintegration (DDR) programmes, which have become an integral part of the UN’s post-con-flict peace consolidation over the last 20 years.

For example, in north-ern Uganda - where land is central to one’s economic security - lack of land ac-cess remains one of the main barriers to the rein-tegration of former com-batants. [UNEP]

UN report calls for strengthened efforts to bring natural resource management to peace-building

MOST ECO-FRIENDLY SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY. Fr. Mike Pineda SJ, ADDU-HS Principal (fifth from left) receives the Sustainable and Eco-friendly Schools award accompanied by Ms. Carmela Santos (seventh from right), Ecoteneo Director; Dr. Nina Ingle (sixth from left), high school curriculum consultant for environmental integration and mem-ber of the ADDU board of trustees; and High School faculty Ms. Joan Sayago (fifth from right), Ms. Excesima Pasilan (seventh from left), and Ms. Mary Ann Flor Quilantang (fourth from right). The award was presented by EMB Director Juan Miguel Cuna (first from left) and representatives from DepEd, CHED, SMART, Nestle Philippines, and One Meralco Foundation.


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THE AQUINO administration should not waver on its reform agenda despite coming under fire over its handling of the pork barrel scam and typhoon relief

efforts.This was the recent report of a national daily, quoting

Takehiko Nakao, president of the Asian Development Bank.By reforms, Nakao was referring to actions and programs

of the PNoy government that would ensure good gover-nance and critical infrastructures needed by the country to maintain its robust economy.

“The Philippines is now regarded by international inves-tors as a very important place to invest. The government should continue fighting corruption and also continue providing the needed infrastructure,” Nakao told Business World, one of the country’s most respected business news-papers.

No doubt, Nakao’s statement is a vote of confidence in the country’s ability to sustain its economic growth which had earlier impressed other respectable international in-stitutions, including those which issued favorable invest-ment grade to the country.

ADB, the Manila-based multilateral development bank,

literally put its money where its mouth is when it approved days ago an emergency loan package for the Philippines’ immediate reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts worth $500 million.

Apart from this, the ADB said in a statement that the Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund has already dis-bursed a $3-million grant to the Aquino government. In addition, another $20-million grant will be made avail-able middle of December by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction.

These are heartening developments in our country that would make Aquino’s critics and usual hecklers eat, not only their words, but their hearts out as well..

It may be too early to make conclusions at this junc-ture on President Aquino. However, it is safe to say that these are indicators that the efforts of the President and his men along the line of his “straight path” philosophy in governance are working.

These and the grateful appreciation of his constituents should inspire the PNoy administration to achieve a lot more in the area of good governance and graft-busting in the days to come.


AQUILES Z. ZONIOCorrespondent

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Foolhardy sidewalk vendors

Season of Death

(Conclusion)

BY PATRICIO P. DIAZCOMMENT

Footnote to Popularity

HIS popularity is being pitied against that of President Be-nigno Simeon C. Aquino III.

In fact, [Rigoberto] Tiglao, a colum-nist for the Manila Times, contends that Pacquiao is now more popular. To prove that, he challenged, con-duct a survey. In claiming that his tax case is political harassment, he is suggesting that he is seen by the President as a political threat. Vice President Jejomar Binay believes so. Many in the media are building that up especially after he was mobbed in Tacloban City by the typhoon vic-tims, including Mayor Alfredo Ro-mualdez, who felt abandoned by the President.

Popularity has catapulted many to power despite their lack of qual-ification. Pacquiao is now congress-man. He can be senator in 2016. And, president in 2022!

Writings on the Wall As used her “writings on the wall”,

does not refer to the “handwriting on the wall” of King Belshazzar of Baby-lon but to writings on the wall of the Senate – the names and hints of mov-ie actors and entertainers who were catapulted to the Senate primarily by their sheer popularity.

Rogelio de la Rosa broke the ground with his election to a six-year term, 1957-1963. He did creditably. He became ambassador to Cambodia and several East European countries. He was followed by Eddie Ilarde, a radio host, in 1972. After the Mar-tial Law to the present: Joseph Es-trada (1987-1992), Ramon Revilla Sr. (1992-2004), Tito Sotto (1992-2004; 2010-2016), Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr.(2004-2010; 2010-2016), Lito Lapid (2004-2010; 2010-2016), and Jinggoy Estrada (2004-2010; 2010-2016). In the 2004 election, three movie actors won!

Their performances could be rated at best, “So-So”; at worst, “For-gettable”. Riding on his popularity, Joseph Estrada won as vice presi-dent, 1992-1998. Elected president in 1998 with overwhelming major-ity, he proved to be a catastrophe – forced to step down by people power in January 2001 following an abort-ed impeachment.

If the movie actors and media personality Ilarde won seats in the Senate, Manny Pacquiao, his forgetta-ble run in the Lower House notwith-standing, is shoo-in for a Senate seat in 2016. Who knows? If his political buildup continues, he could be Pres-ident Manny Pacquiao in 2022. The writings on the wall are interesting.

Should that happen, there will be two Ladies in Malacañang – First Lady Jinkee and First Grand Lady Di-onisia. What could be more fabulous an ending than that to what Tiglao calls “rags-to-riches saga”!

(“Comment” is Mr. Patricio P. Diaz’ column for MindaViews, the opin-ion section of MindaNews. The Titus Brandsma Media Awards recently hon-ored Mr. Diaz with a “Lifetime Achieve-ment Award” for his “commitment to education and public information to Mindanawons as Journalist, Educator and Peace Advocate.” You can reach him [email protected].)

PEDESTRIANS’ PREDICAMENT OVER ABUSIVE USE OF SIDEWALKS – Six months after his comeback,

self-effacing City Mayor Rodrigo Dute-rte know full well he has much to do to clean up the city – declogging waterways filled with garbage and other silted wa-ter drains, clamping down on litterbugs, clearing squatter areas and most impor-tantly getting rid of lawless elements. Now that he’s back, Davao City can be a dangerous place for members of the un-derworld. And there is more: the matter on deteriorating sidewalk vending. For the past several years even during his previous stint, the crusading mayor has had to deal with the recalcitrant sidewalk vendors. City residents like his can-do-style, even more so now that he is deter-mined to make the city as a primary hub for both business and leisure.

Despite persistent reminder and stern warning from the city mayor, stub-born sidewalk merchants continued to conduct their illegal trade with impu-nity and even right under the noses of law enforcers who for obvious reasons are looking at the opposite direction. For decades, sidewalk vendors have clearly violated the existing one-third, two-third policy that regulates the utilization of the city’s sidewalks. Not only noncompliant vendors occupied almost the entire side-walks in busy thoroughfares specifically in the commercial districts, but likewise throw their litters and other refuse wher-ever they want and as they please.

You have to check on the vendors’ ac-tivities and you will see that many of them are building semi-permanent wooden structures while others choose to display their merchandise not only on the side-walks, but of all places, on the sides of the streets. And you’ve got to understand that they’re also an abusive lot. More se-rious still is the safety of the pedestrians

who have to walk through the flow of ve-hicular traffic instead of us-ing the side-walks to avoid inconvenience, which is aw-fully danger-ous and ex-actly the kind of scene con-cerned citizens could have ever imag-ined. This hasn’t escaped the attention of Mayor Duterte at a time when he was still the vice mayor, which immediately called for an urgent meeting attended by more than a thousand sidewalk vendors. This time he’s again trying to persuade the hard headed vendors to comply with the existing policy on sidewalk vending.

The dissatisfaction over the wanton abuse in the use of the city’s sidewalks emanate from a series of complaints raised by the deprived and aghast pedes-trians. The grievances had set off a chain reaction across the social spectrum that is putting city officials on the spot. But all throughout the sidewalk vending prob-lem, the mayor remains almost uncan-nily calm. His mind was made up, thus appointed some of his trusted people to look deeper into the prevailing problem and presided over a meeting with im-movable and ambulant sidewalks ven-dors to immediately iron out the mess they have created.

Actually, there were other reasons aside from implementing the one-third, two-third policy and to strictly carry out the directive to the letter. Namely, to look for a person who speaks his conscience and when he does, people say, “Boy, that was brave although a little bit risky.” The only thing Mayor Duterte was surprised

about is the sheer number of lives in-volved in the sidewalk vending business. These are people whose only source of livelihood is sidewalk vending to support their families. But just the same he is de-termined to stop the sidewalk vendors from trekking the dangerous path of ig-noring the rule of law.

Sidewalk vendors notably the abusive and stubborn kind have already ingra-tiated themselves with the infuriated public. This is certainly the case when it comes to explaining the move to reinvig-orate the process of government. During the series of meetings sidewalk vendors assured the mayor they would comply with the directive and promised to ob-serve the existing regulation. Meanwhile the mayor has been clear enough about his directive by giving his implement-ers the marching orders to fully enforce the law. Sidewalk merchants were given enough leeway to strictly follow and re-spect the agreement otherwise he would execute appropriate measures against erring vendors.

The new deal also means that the mayor’s trusted adjutants will have a relatively free hand to oversee the ac-tivities of all sidewalk vendors. Well, the Christmas season is here and as a matter of practice sidewalk vendors are tolerat-ed to conduct their business with im-punity for humanitarian consideration, however, as their wont, vendors took ad-vantage of the situation by simply ignor-ing the one-third, two-third policy even long after the Christmas season is over. The irate and aghast pedestrians and the commuting public expect that the move is not just cosmetic and hope the mayor and his platoon of demolition personnel are determined to cut through the wors-ening sidewalk vending problem and get on with the job they were supposed to do – for the good of the majority.

THE past month has been a season of death: Typhoon Yolanda cruel-ly pummeling the country leaving

thousands dead in its wake, a poor se-nior citizen beaten to death by a young adult, friends’ loved ones suddenly dying from treacherous illnesses, a loved one possibly dying from cancer. Faced with the harvesting scythe of Death, one is forced to take stock of one’s life and as-sess whether one is living and loving well enough. Living and loving well enough to graciously and peacefully accept death when the time comes, whether one’s own or a beloved’s.

Schoolchildren in the typhoon-strick-en area are combing the debris for a pos-sible Christmas tree that they can deco-rate. As I was watching their efforts on TV, I could not help but be amazed at such hankering to celebrate Christmas. Sur-rounded with so much death and destruc-tion, they still poked about, scrounging up whatever they could to make a decent Christmas tree. Those of us ensconced in comfortable homes and watching TV only cognitively appreciate what they are do-ing, secretly glad that we are not them.We do not really want to feel along with them. We still have work to do, gifts to buy, par-

ties to plan. Such seem-ingly dispa-rate realities-but all point to a wanting to just go on with life.

As we en-ter the month of merrymak-ing, death and destruction are reali-ties we want to do away with. There is no smell of rotting bodies in the air nor homes to rebuild for us here in Mindan-ao. But perhaps it is not such a bad thing to be reminded of death as we prepare for the Yuletide season. When my cousin who is undergoing treatment for breast cancer plaintively expressed, “I am afraid to die and I am afraid of a painful death,” I became afraid along with her. I lost my words and helplessly tried to be less inane in my efforts of consoling her. As I listened to her, I silently prayed for all her anguish to go away. She said that this has been her best year and she is grieving for her life. But she has put things in or-

der. She and her husband love each other well, have a beautiful thriving family, and have found spiritual renewal. Despite of and in spite of her expressed fears, she is living a richer life. As I go from one wake to another and pay my last respects to the deceased, I think of how life can be so fleeting and rendered meaningless when one just ends up inside a box for viewing. More so, if lives are just snatched away by forces of nature beyond our control. Philosopher Albert Camus declared that life is absurd and what happened the past month validated this infamous statement.

But we do not go softly into the night. We rage against the dying of the light. No matter how fleeting, difficult, or even ab-surd, life is still worth living meaningfully. Life is still worth that Christmas tree tak-en from the debris left by Typhoon Yolan-da. Life is still worth living happily even if death looms in the near horizon. Better still, life is worth living happily because death looms in the near horizon. Even as we feel the cool Christmas air and enjoy sumptuous fare, let us not also forget that the Reason for the season died for us. It is thus that we live and love more because death makes our lives more beautiful and meaningful.

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Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transporta-tion and CommunicationsLAND TRANSPORTATION

FRANCHISING AND REGULA-TORY BOARD

Regional Office No. XIDavao city

Petition for Renewal of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a PUJ DUAL Ordinary Regular Service

ERNESTO C. REGUAL, Petitioner Case No. 2002-XI-02303

x- - - - - - - - -- - - -----x

NOTICE OF HEARING

Petitioner is a grantee of a Certificate of Public Con-venience issued in this case authorizing the operation of a PUJ-DUAL Ordinary Regular Service on the route: INDAN-GAN ROUTE and for cargoes as dual service from said route to any point in Region XI with the use of ONE (1) unit, which certificate will expire on August 30, 2014. In the pe-tition filed on November 26, 2013, petitioner requests au-thority to extend the validity of said certificate to operate along the same route with the use of the same unit previous-ly authorized.

NOTICE, is hereby given

that this petition will be heard by this Board on JANUARY 20, 2014 at 09:10 a.m. at this of-fice at the above address.

At least, TEN (10) days prior to the above date peti-tioner shall publish this No-tice once in a one (1) daily newspaper of general circula-tion in Mindanao

Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must file their written opposition 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 ap-pear on said date and time.

This petition will be acted upon by this Board on the ba-sis of its records and the doc-umentary evidence submit-ted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documen-tary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable BENJAMIN A. GO, CESO V, Regional Director, this 26th day of November 2013 at Davao City.

TERESITA DELA PEÑA-YÑIGUEZChief Transport

Development Officer

and negotiation based on the labor justice, together with the good governance, is the underlying foundation for the achievement of our goal of decent and productive employment in pursuit of the higher national goal of gener-ating massive employment to substantially reduce pov-erty in the country.

The PHILAMCOP and NCMB have worked together to push labor-management relations to the higher level of cooperation and partner-

ship, higher productivity, voluntary compliance with labor laws and occupational health and safety standards for both employees and em-ployers.

This convention affords them a venue to showcase best practices in labor-man-agement cooperation that could inspire LMC practi-tioners, institutions and in-dividuals. The event was also a venue of opportunity for them to share their ideas and experiences on the current

and relevant issues faces by our labor forces in the coun-try.

New set of officers were elected to continue the road of services in implementing concrete forces to the labor management in the country. They are: P r e s i -dent, Dr. Gina Fe G. Israel from University of Mindanao; Vice-President for Manage-ment Sector, Amy D. Amar of Lopez Sugar Corporation; Vice-President for Labor Sector, Joemarie P. Angeles

of Mindanao Geothermal Production Field; Secretary, Mellanie C. Mercado of DOLE Phils. INC., STANFILCO Di-vision; Treasurer, Teofilo S. Colocado Jr. of Universal Robina Corporation –AIG; Auditor: Carol C. Tuvera of HEDCOR Incorporated; Pub-lic Relations Officer: Lani P. Botor of BIGMA; Trustees, Froilan C. Espere of Unilever Philippines Incorporated, Norman S. Gayloa of CONTI-NENTAL-TAPI, Art Estrera of Philippine Associated Smelt-

ing & Refining, Jude Ulpindo of HOLCIM Philippines and Sherlock Vicente A. Codilla of Philippine Associated Smelt-ing & Refining (Immediate Past President).

With these officers the labor forces through PHIL-AMCOP would extend their efforts and initiatives to en-hance workmanship through sustaining industrial peace in which promotes safety and quality increasing productiv-ity with decency and integri-ty. [LEODIL P. MICABALO]

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, cameraman tungod kay gusto nila mukuha pud mi didto sa mga nalipay?,” he added.

Rene Lumawag of Min-danao Times clarified that they will not be taking any legal action against the al-legations of Monteverde.

“That’s a cheap thing, we won’t waste our time for that good-for-nothing statement. We are not hap-py with it,” Lumawag said, adding that the they have been serving Davao City for a long time compared to the councilor.

Lumawag, a veteran photographer who has been in the photojournal-ism practice since 1979, said “I pity him kay he real-ly doesn’t know the integri-ty of the job we’re into. Has

he made a good accounting on what are the good deeds we have done for the city?”

“Ano gusto nyang pic-ture sa denedemolish, wacky?” he said, adding that despite of the dramat-ic scene portrayed in the picture, there is an under-lying story that should be considered.

“We produce pictures with stories behind it. If he did not get the story, then we are sorry for him.” [CRC]

“In behalf of the pho-tographers and camera-men, muadto mi sa usa ka scene, ibutang nato unsang mga actions ang naa dira, wala miy kalabutan unsa, kinsa na sya, taga gobyer-no o unsa, basta ang amo mukuha mi sa panghitabo dira.

The picture will tell un-sang nahitabo didto, dili mi pwede magbuhat-buhat ug mga istorya ug mupagawas mi ng lain na picture kay unsang reyalidad na maku-ha namo didto.

Unfair para sa mga, nasa government office na ingon na dili balance ang presentation ng re-porters , cameraman tun-god kay gusto nila muku-ha pud mi didto sa mga nalipay kay bisan ang mga nagademolish they are not happy of what they are doing. Pero napugos lang sila kay mao na il-ang trabaho, so naa sila sa serbisyo ug dili sila mutu-man sa ilang bumuhaton, tanggalon man pud sila, so pareho lang mi.

We are just doing our

work, wala miy ginapani-gan sa usa ug usa

Ang pagtrabaho namo dili man malice

Kami, gusto pud sab mi mutan-aw na ang ba-laod sa atong gobyerno will be implemented nga mayo ang pag implemen-tar, pero mao na ng pag iimplement usahay naa tay makitang masakitan that’s the reality ug tun-god pud nila iimplement coz that is the law but we are not portraying na ganun , evil na sila dahil wala silang puso at dam-damin para sa mga nade-molish

Legal action?because when he came

to serve the city compared to us. Just when is he. Well,

That’s a petty thing I

don’t want to waste my time on that

I pity him kay he really know the integrity of job we’re into. Nabilang nya ba, has he made a good ac-counting on what are the good deed we have done for the city?

Ano gusto nyang picture sa denedemolish? Wacky, the underlying statement of that picture is that guys, vendors follw the law that simple. So wont stop crying compelling pictures being picture. the pictures are not just for nothing just to see people crying being demol-ished. NO, there’s a story underlying, because they didn’t follow the law

‘’16 years- seth1979= tatay reneDungag sa probleme

wad of barangay Mankilam in Tagum City.

“I’m sure that there are politicans behind this kill-

ing,” Ibanez stressed.Sketchy report revealed

Butalid was gunned down on board his motorbike at

about 10:00 n the morning, December 11, 2013.

Sources from the police and some witnesses said

that the brutal murder of the mediaman occured minutes after his radio pro-gram with “Radyo Natin” in

this city. He reportedly took five gunshot wounds all over his body, two of which are said to be fatal.

Boys town...FFROM 3nogon said that the pies will be cooked in a brick lined-oven made by an Italian restaurant owner in Cebu and Bohol .“The smoke coming from the burning wood fuel will add flavor to the pizza,” he added.

The cost of each 14’’ pizza will be much cheap-er compared to pizzas available in the commer-cial market since the op-

erational cost is low. He said that they will be uti-lizing the boys they have in their shelter.

In addition, the ingre-dients they will be using will be from their own garden while other ingre-dients will be sourced out of Davao’s local markets.

The executive director also said that their chef is one of the boys they have in the shelter trained by

an Italian chef for three weeks in Cebu. “Aside from pizzas, he will be cooking pasta and Italian style roasted chicken,” he said.

He added that this is the continuation of the pizzeria pioneered by the former executive director Fr. Franco Uras, an Italian priest who established the pizzeria in 2000 and stopped its operation in

2004 when Uras was re-assigned to another place.

“We are banking on the name made by Fr. Uras kasi hanggang ngay-on marami paring pumu-punta dun para magta-nong kung nagseseve pa rin ba ang Boys Town ng pizza,” he said.

Banogon, meanwhile, said that the boys, aged 12-17, are studying at the Ma-a Central Elementary

School and Ma-a Nation-al High School. Those who graduate from high school will proceed to col-lege through sponsorship, or to vocational courses in Don Bosco Training Center in Mati, Davao Oriental.

In 43 years of opera-tion, he said that about 96 percent of their bene-ficiaries were already em-ployed.

affect the performance of the examinees.

Torreon added that the

Philippine Association of Law Schools (PALS) has previously submitted their

proposal to the Supreme Court but it was disap-proved because of the pos-

sibility of leakage.Torreon pointed out

that there are safeguards

that will prevent leakage and that is to use modern technology. [ABF]

A LEADING U.S.-based Jewish organization will pay tribute to

the Philippines in a special ceremony this week for opening its doors to over a thousand Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution during World War II.

The Philippines will re-ceive the Or L’Olam or Light Unto the World Award from the American Jewish Joint Distribution Commit-tee (JDC) on the occasion of its centennial anniversary on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila).

Philippine Ambassador Jose Cuisia will receive the award, which was created especially for JDC’s 100th anniversary to honor those whose heroic actions saved the lives of Jews in danger. The JDC is the world’s lead-ing Jewish humanitarian assistance organization.

JDC Chief Executive Officer Alan Gill said the award is in recognition of the role the Philippines played in saving the lives of Jews by providing them a safe haven while many oth-er countries were turning

them away.Gill said the Philip-

pines, which was then led by Commonwealth Pres-ident Manuel L. Quezon, accepted 1,305 Jewish ref-ugees in an operation that was carried out with the JDC, the Jewish Community in Manila led by the Frieder family and US High Com-missioner Paul McNutt.

More than 70 years lat-er, JDC has returned to the Philippines as part of its global disaster relief work, aiding Filipinos in areas most devastated by Ty-

phoon Haiyan.“On this occasion of our

100th anniversary, it is our honor to bestow upon the Philippines our Or L’Olam Award for the country’s ex-traordinary life-saving ac-tions,” Gill said. “The Phil-ippines’ heroic decision to admit Jews at a time when the doors of many nations were closed has never been forgotten by us.”

“Our gratitude for this brave act and the kindness extended to Jews in their darkest hour underpins our relief and rebuilding

efforts in the Philippines today,” Gill added. “We work every day to return that same measure of hope and life-affirming care to the Filipino people at their time of need.

Cuisia expressed his appreciation to the JDC and the Jewish Community not only for the award but for the generous assistance that has been extended to typhoon victims in the Philippines.

“On behalf of the Gov-ernment of the Republic of the Philippines, I would

like to thank the JDC for recognizing a gesture that was extended more than seven decades ago,” Cuisia said. “On behalf of the Fili-pino people, I would like to thank the Jewish Commu-nity for always being there for us.”

He said the Philippines greatly appreciates the as-sistance extended to the Filipino people by the JDC and the Jewish Community around the world, partic-ularly those affected re-cently by Typhoon Haiyan. [PNA]

PHL to be honored for aiding Jewish refugees during WW II


ICT HUB

KASPERSKY Lab, a leading developer of secure content

and threat management solutions, said that some of the revelations of the past year raised questions about the way the Inter-net is used nowadays and the type of risks faced by users.

In 2013, advanced threat actors have con-tinued large-scale oper-ations and cyber-mer-cenaries, specialist APT groups “for hire” which focus on hit-and-run op-erations have emerged.

Hacktivists were constantly in the news, together with the term “leak”, which is sure to put fear into the heart of any serious sys-admin out there.

In the meantime, cy-bercriminals were busy devising new methods to steal money or Bitcoins.

Privacy loss: Lavabit, Silent Circle, NSA and the loss of trust

No ITSec overview of 2013 would be complete without mentioning Ed-ward Snowden and the wider privacy implica-tions of his revelations One of the first visible ef-fects was the shutdown of encrypted e-mail services such as Lavabit and Silent Circle. The reason was their inability to provide such services under pres-sure from law enforce-ment and other govern-mental agencies.

Another story which has implications over pri-vacy is the NSA sabotage of the elliptic curve cryp-tographic algorithms re-leased through NIST.

New “old” cyber-es-pionage campaigns: up to 1800 victim organiza-tions in 2013.

• The majority of the cyber-espionage cam-paigns that Kaspersky Lab’s analysts have seen were designed to steal data from governmental agencies and research in-stitutions – Red October, NetTraveler, Icefog and MiniDuke all behave this way.

• The most wide-spread campaign of the year was NetTraveler es-pionage which affected

victims from 40 countries all over the world.

• For the first time ever, cybercriminals har-vested information from mobile devices connected to the victims’ networks – clear recognition of importance of mobile to hackers.

• Red October, MiniDuke, NetTraveler and Icefog all started by ‘hacking the human’. They employed spear-phishing to get an initial foothold in the organizations they targeted

“We predicted 2012

to be revealing and 2013 to be eye opening. That forecast proved correct – 2013 showed that every-body is in the same boat. In truth, any organization or person can become a victim. Not all attacks involve high profile tar-gets, or those involved in ‘critical infrastructure’ projects,“ said Costin Raiu, Kaspersky Lab’s Di-rector of the Global Re-search and Analysis team (GReAT).

“Those who hold data could be of value to cy-bercriminals, or they can be used as a ‘step-ping-stones’ to reach oth-er targets. This point was amply illustrated by Ice-fog attacks this year,“ he added.

Raiu also said that, “They were part of an emerging trend that ap-peared in 2013 – attacks by small groups of cy-ber-mercenaries who conduct small hit-and-run attacks. Going forward, we predict that more of these groups will appear as an underground black market for ‘APT’ services begins to emerge.

Stealing money, either by directly accessing bank accounts or by stealing confidential data, is not the only motive behind

security breaches. They can also be

launched to undermine the reputation of the company being targeted, or as a form of political or social protest. Ongo-ing hacktivist activities have continued this year as well.

‘Anonymous’ group has claimed responsibil-ity for attacks on the US Department of Justice, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the web sites of various gov-ernments.

Those claiming to be part of the ‘Syrian Elec-tronic Army’ claimed re-sponsibility for hacking the Twitter account of As-sociated Press and send-ing a false tweet reporting explosions at the White House – which wiped $136 billion off the DOW.

For those with the relevant skills, it became easier to launch an attack on a web site than it is to coordinate the real-world protests.

Bitcoins rul-ing the world The Bitcoin system was implemented back in 2009. In the beginning, this crypto currency was used by hobbyists and mathematicians.

Soon, they were

joined by others, mostly ordinary people, but also cybercriminals and ter-rorists. They provide an almost anonymous and secure means of paying for goods.

In the wake of sur-veillance stories of 2013, there is perhaps little surprise that people are looking for alternative forms of payment. And it is gaining popularity like in November 2013, the mark surpassed the $400 for one Bitcoin.

The methods used by cybercriminals to make money from their victims are not always subtle.

Apart from Bitcoins, which could potentially be stolen, ‘ransomware’ programs became a popu-lar means of making easy money, cybercriminals block access to a comput-er’s file system, or encrypt data files stored on the computer.

Then they warn users that they must pay in order to recover their data. This was the case with the Cryp-tolocker Trojan.

The cybercriminals give their victims only three days to pay up, ac-cepting different forms of payment, including Bitcoin.

The full report is avail-able on securelist.com

Key security incidents that helped shape threat landscape in 2013

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PRIMARILY concep-tualized as beautifi-cation and a deter-

rent to crimes, the street lighting project here has evolved into something more than what it can be useful even in sim-ple ways for ordinary Davaoeños.

Way back almost 18 years ago or November 28, 1995, the late Luis Alfonso “Al” Aboitiz, pres-ident of Davao Light and Power Company, and Rodrigo “Rody” Duter-te, mayor of Davao City, signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to signal the launch-ing of the Davao City Street Lighting Project. The project’s primary concern was to provide all major public thorough-fares, streets, roads with adequate and cost-effec-tive street (sodium) lights as a major component of the city government’s peace and order and beautification programs.

It was designed with the end view of arresting, if not completely putting a stop, to the rising tide of criminality in the streets. It is an accepted theory

that crimes and crimi-nals thrive best under the culture of darkness. Immediately, the seed of the idea to use such a potent instrument in the more active fight to get rid of, or at least minimize the incidence of criminal-ity was planted into the mind of Mayor Duterte. True enough, records of the Davao City Police Office showed that the city’s crime incidence has remarkably dropped to a certain level, contribut-ing so much to improve the peace and order sit-uation that boosted the investor’s confidence to do business here. And through the years, lighted streets have also been working wonders even for ordinary people. During night time, ven-dors along the streets of San Pedro, Magallanes, Bolton, Bonifacio, Poncia-no Reyes and Uyanguren are taking advantage of street lights to sell their wares like street foods, “ukay-ukay” (used cloth-ing), utencils, among oth-ers.

Motorists can feel safe driving at night

with well-lighted streets. Meanwhile, taxi drivers working for 24 hours usu-ally take some time to rest and sleep inside their ve-hicle under lighted streets in downtown areas, pur-posely to avoid being vic-tims of robbers.

This was affirmed by

Midvalley taxi driver Den-nis Mangan, who rented a house in San Antonio, Buhangin district, togeth-er with his wife and two children.

“I feel safe when I park my car under sodium lights. I can sleep well,” Dennis said in an inter-

view in vernacular. Due to the presence of

street lights, farmers can now go early on in their sprawling rice fields and be home as late as 6 p.m.

Street lights also do good for teenagers, espe-cially those who are into dancing. Bringing only

a mobile phone or MP3 and a speaker, they can already practice their dance steps beside light-ed streets.

To sum it up, the street lighting project in one way or the other has contributed a lot to the booming city of Davao.

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PHL routs Cambodia by 50

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BUREAU of Fire Protection turned back Police Re-

gional Office XI, 83 – 78, to halt the Policemen’s eight game winning streak as Davao City Po-lice Office escaped with a, 79 – 75, victory over City Mayor’s Office yes-terday (Tuesday) in the Mayor Rody Duterte and Vice Mayor Pulong Duterte – 11th AFP-PNP Basketball Tournament at the Davao City Recre-ation Center Almendras Gym.

Donald Concepcion and Robert Namuag made crucial baskets down the stretch as the Firemen upheave to the top spot in a tie with PRO at 8-1.

Concepcion scored game-high 18 points as Namuag poured in 12, including a three point play under a minute left, for the BFP which bounced back straight-away from absorbing its first loss the other day that ended their seven game winning run.

PRO was leading most of the game but the Policemen tangled up in the clutch, stumbling to execute and defend. John Jay Cuizon paced the PRO

with 17. Jerry Tugade had 14.

High-flying John Lu-mogda added 15 baskets for the Firemen who are in a good position to be the No. 1 seed entering the next round.

BFP’s status to fin-ish top-seed at the end of preliminaries was boosted up with the loss of CMO at the hands of DCPO.

The City Hall-drib-blers committed three unforced turnovers to absorb their second set-back that came after snapping the BFP’s seven game winning stretch.

Downed by 2, 75 – 77, CMO busted its final three to horrifically end the game. The loss dras-tically dropped CMO at third place with 7-2 card, probably closing the doors to finish in the top two. DCPO was at fourth spot with 6-2 slate.

Robinson Palomares scattered 23 points, in-cluding the DCPO’s final six points. Mark Inno-centes and Estong Uga-nap chipped in 16 and 11 respectively.

Roy Bangkas top scored for CMO with 21. Christopher “Bong” Go had 12. (RJB)

THE Philippine na-tional men’s basket-ball team cruised

to their second straight victory in the 27th South-east Asian Games after blowing out Cambodia, 107-57, on Tuesday at the Zeya-thiri Stadium in Naypyidaw, Myanmar.

Mac Belo and Ronald Pascual led six Filipino players in double-figures in what was an easy as-signment for the Philip-pines.

Belo had 17 points while Pascual had 16 to pace the Philippines while Garvo Lanete (12), Kiefer Ravena (12), Jericho Cruz (10) and Bobby Ray Parks (10) all chipped in for the

cause.After struggling to

start their game against Singapore, the Filipinos had it much easier in this one, jumping out to a 25-16 first quarter lead after a 14-5 run to close the pe-riod.

In the second, Kevin Ferrer sparked another big run for the Philippines when he hit back-to-back three-pointers that kick-started a 14-1 run.

They entered the half-time break with a 44-25 lead. Pascual scored 13 of his 16 in the first half and eight in the first period alone.

But the onslaught was far from over, The Filipi-

nos scored the first 11 points in the third quarter to make it a 55-25 edge. After Cambodia their deficit down to 26, 57-31, the Philippines fired off another 8-0 blast.

At the end of three periods, the Philippines led 76-39 after a 32-point offensive output in the quarter.

There was no letup in the fourth either as they outscored their foes 31-16 en route to the lopsid-ed win.

Parks had a solid all-around performance, grabbing 11 rebounds and dishing out five as-sists to go with his dou-ble-digit scoring.

Marcus Douthit played just 20 minutes and fin-ished with six points and six rebounds.

The Filipinos take a break tomorrow and will return to action on Thurs-day against host Myan-mar.

The scores:Philippines (107) –

Belo 17, R. Pascual 16, Lanete 12, Ravena 12, Cruz 10, Parks 10, Ganu-elas 7, Sumang 7, Douthit 6, Ferrer 6, J. Pascual 4.

Cambodia (57) – Dar 27, Ratana 14, Boroth 6, Kim 4, Phatara 4, Sok 2, Ouch 0, Pheng 0, Sok 0, Sovann 0, Therro 0, Tait 0.

Quarterscores: 25-16, 44-25, 76-39, 107-57.

PIA Cayetano ex-pressed support for Filipino ath-

letes competing in the Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar, even as she lambasted sports offi-cials for its handling of the buildup to the com-petition.

“I wish all our ath-letes competing in the 27th SEA Games the best of luck. I know that they will do their best and vie for the gold to bring honor to our country and people,” she said.

“What we lack in funding, modern train-ing facilities and, sad to say, competent and for-ward-thinking sports officials, our athletes make up for with their

courage, skills and com-mitment to fight for our flag.”

She had strong words, however, for of-ficials of the Philippine Sports Commission and the Philippine Olym-pic Committee, alleging that politics tainted the selection process of the country’s delegation to the biennial meet.

“In contrast, I cannot hide my disgust with the leadership of the Philip-pine Sports Commission and the Philippine Olym-pic Committee for their gross mishandling of our athletes and sports pro-gram. This includes the selection process for the national lineup, which was hobbled with ques-

tions and controversy,” she added.

“I mourn the wasted talents of some of our outstanding athletes who will not be suiting up for the SEA Games due to the short-sighted-ness of the PSC and POC.

“Athletes who were excluded from the na-tional team, like the Philippine Dragon Boat Team who are world champions, and young swimmer Denjylie Cordero, who recent-ly broke a decade-old national record, were victims of politicking by sports officials whose actions are condoned instead of being sanc-tioned by the PSC and POC.”

MAKING HIS MOVE. Bong Go drives against a BFP defender in this bit of action between CMO and BFP. Both teams are tied for the lead in the ongoing AFP-PNP Basketball Tournament. Boy Lim

BIEBER FEVER. Canadian pop star Justin Bieber plays basketball with kids in Tacloban.

Pia blasts PSC, POC

BFP hands PRO’s first loss

LINO Pairat of Bu-hangain A turned back defending

champion Jun Sonsona of Talomo A to win the chess title in the 2013 Davao Elderlympics held at the Rizal Memorial Colleges Gym on Tues-day.

Pairat carded 5.0 points to sweep the tournament sponsored by the city government.

Merardo Heruela of Sasa scored 4.0 points and beat Toril’s Calixto Torreon in a tiebreak to place second.

Torreon settled for third followed by Bagu-io’s Rudy Demerey (3.5) in fourth place.

The event was managed by National Chess Feder-ation of the Philippines (NCFP) regional director IA James Infiesto. [PNA]

Pairat wins Elderlympics chessfest

To kick start our eating binge (and growing bel-lies), SM Lanang Premier recently held a holiday edi-tion of their Davao Gour-met Collective which was first conceived last Kaday-awan. The second iteration was bigger than the last one, featuring twelve dif-ferent food locators with various food styles and cuisines, all curated by foodie and caterer, Carmi-na del Rosario. I was per-sonally excited to taste new flavours as well as go back to visit some more familiar dishes being offered by the stalls. Some of the familiar dishes include Cellar de Boca’s teak and chorizo empanadas as well as their steak rice with featured rich and flavourful bits of beef on healthy brown rice. I also welcomed back Cra-zy Cook’s steamed buns

FAT December is upon us all. This is the month where our diets either cringe in fear or just keel over and die, because it is on this month where parties are held left, right and centre and gym days are virtually thrown to the dogs.

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The eating season is here

(baos) filled with either tasty Angus beef, pungent pork and kimchi, or shii-take mushrooms and Kao Soi (curry duck). Memorable new lo-cators in the collective included La Bodeguitta which featured their pa-ella, callos, as well as dif-ferent Spanish sausages (which I truly loved to nibble on) and Park Inn by Radisson’s RBG, Restau-rant Bar and Grill which featured a rustic pancit canton topped with crispy bagnet and their black bi-son noodles topped with crispy squid. Also present are already successful food concepts such as Pastanni’s and their piada rolls and cal-zone, Bleu Chilli with their top-notch chilli chicken wings, and Malagos with their famous dark choco-late. For dessert there were pies from Jonathan’s Pies as well as the exotic croc-odile durian ice cream from Dizon’s Sweet Spot. Osvaldo’s may not be new to the collective but they came up with a new york cheesecake topped with a cabernet glaze which gave the cheesecake a more unique and decadent taste. Too bad the Davao Gourmet Collective lasted just for three days. But I guess it is alright, because at least my diet and waist-line can rest a bit until the

next holiday meal. Follow me on Instagram or on Twitter @kenneth-kingong for more travel and foodie finds and happen-ings in, around and beyond Durianburg.

IF your Christmas list is starting to look like a telephone book, then it is time to consid-er making your own. With today’s many available and cheap resources, we can do

anything we want.

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The Teng family featured in Working Mom this December

UP AND ABOUT FOOD

IN THE month to celebrate togetherness, Working Mom has put together an issue to inspire families to get set for the holidays, with the UAAP’s hot-test sibling rivals Jeric and Jeron Teng alongside their mom Susan gracing the magazine’s cover this December. A special feature on how the Teng family keeps ev-erything together so well can be found as this month’s main story, where the whole family talks about how it’s like to be rooting for opposing teams while still re-maining strong as a unit. Aside from that, Working Mom goes into how to make things more practical for the holidays, with makeovers to making every mom’s life even better—from getting that dream wardrobe, changing the way the family snacks, and to getting the house in order. Working Mom also brings inspiring dessert tables and foolproof tips to always look great in family por-traits—plus, the magazine brings ways to pamper skin post-party with more beauty tricks to hide the holiday stress, elegant uniforms for yaya, and Christ-mas shows that the whole family is sure to love. This month’s issue also features celebrity “aha!” mo-ments that are sure to inspire each family member to become stronger and happier. Grab Working Mom’s December-January 2014 is-sue at favorite newsstands today.

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GCASH, the flagship mobile commerce service operated by G-Xchange, Inc. (GXI), a wholly-owned mobile commerce subsidiary of Globe Telecom, Inc. recently forged a partnership with TORCHe Global Marketing, Inc. (TGMI), a marketing consultancy that helps companies reach out to consumers through mobile commerce, to allow TGMI affiliate companies such as the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) and the Franchise Corporation of the Philippines (FRANCORP) to use GCASH services such as PowerPay+ Card, Buy load services, GCASH cash-in/cash-out outlets, and a soon-to-be-released payment solution that will enable business owners to accept credit card payments using an easy, safe, and hassle-free platform for mobile money transfers. Sealing the partnership are the executives from G-Xchange, Inc. and TORCHe Global Marketing, Inc. (L-R): Michelle Lim, TGMI Vice-President; Paolo Dela Cruz, GXI Merchant Acquiring Manager; Paolo Baltao, GXI President; Atty. Miguel Varela, TGMI Chairman; Ma. Alegria Sibal-Limjoco, FranCorp Philippines CEO and Hector Roque, TGMI President.

On top of our list, is FOOD (of course). Made with love, effort and the satisfaction of making somebody else happy and full is but the simplest and most appetizingly deli-cious way to say “Merry Christmas. You made my list”. Here are my TOP 10 perfect FOOD Gifts for Christmas. Let your imaginations flow!

Fruit basket No, not the typical fruit basket we get dur-ing the holidays. This re-quires more effort than just choosing the fruits and the ribbon that goes with it. Take the time to carve, shape and cut the fruits. Do a colorful fruit arrangement or a kebab platter. Add pieces of cheese, mallows and ol-ives for that perfect blend.

Kakanin Yes, a basket or plateful of our delicious glutinous kakanin is a great gift to consider. Have it mixed and see how the colors excite the senses. Arrange the palitaw, kutsinta, bib-ingka, sapin-sapin and have a sticky merry holi-days!

Yema and pastillas The sweetest tandem will never go out of date. Make your own recipe and add some nuts, fruit preserves or even spirits, make your duo unique. Place in boxes or jars dec-orated with yuletide spirit and you are ready to go!

Cookies Store bought or from scratch, this will forever bring a sweet happy smile on anybody’s face. The possibility is endless. Use some creative packag-ing (cover up an empty Pringles can or newspa-per cone) to level up your cookies.

Cakes and Cupcakes This is the best time to let your creative juices to work. Use colors to en-hance your masterpiece,

candied pieces to dis-play your mood or even knack for unique flavors. Remember, it is the effort that counts most and not the number pieces.

Fruit Cake Whether store bough or freshly made, the fruit-cake is a must during this time of the year. Try mak-ing your own fruitcake tarts or no bake fruitcake cups -- less on the spirits, big on the flavors.

Chocolates Who wouldn’t want to receive a box of choco-lates anytime of the year? Be creative and have them mixed in one pretty pack or box. Explore with dif-ferent flavors and designs. Nowadays, chocolates have evolved and could be in any shape, color or size.

Wines and Spirits Doesn’t mean you have to be a drinker to appreci-ate a bottle. Go over the net and research. Be it red, white, sparkling, vodka, tequila or champagne, it’s

the thought that counts. So, go ahead and tie a glit-tery ribbon with that!

Cheese Not many know this but a cheese platter on any given day, can elevate the excitement. With wine, fruits and good cheese, everybody is sure to have a fun Yule-time! Be cre-ative. Mix and match soft and hard cheeses in a box and you are all set.

Brownies This is an all time fa-vorite treat. Be it chewy, gooey or cakey, a brownie is but the best compliment to any given meal. Wrap them up in colorful pa-per or all bundled up in a newspaper, everybody will fall head over heels

with one. So, as early as now, find your perfect food gifts. With the metro bursting with indefinite food estab-lishments, you can verily find one suitable for your recipient. Happy hunting! After all that we have been through, we always find ways to make things better. We may have fallen down but we allow that fall to motivate us to stand and face the music once again. #handsintheair-PHILIPPINES #Pilipina-sUPRISING Be a part of Davao’s Thursday habit! Email me at [email protected] or visit www.chefroyale.com for more recipes. Follow @chefroyaleofficial and me @herroyalheiress on insta-gram! Cheers!

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A crazy five-star birthday bash

TO celebrate his thirtieth natal day, A n t h o n y

Modequillo threw a themed dance party at Octane. It had been a while since there was a party worth attending and even less parties where every-one stood up dancing and participating. Taking-up the challenge to inject some fun, Anthony tasked his friends to party in full military regalia and as early as six in the evening,

By Kenneth King Ong people were at the venue and to get the ball rolling complete with costumes ranging from the lowly privates to spies and spe-cial agents. Everyone was game to attend and par-ticipate in the games and activities all-evening long, all of course for the birth-day boy dressed of course as the general and com-mander-in-chief. As the evening became crazier and the troops were dragged out tipsy but smiling, one can be sure that general Anthony was one happy thirty year old. A happy birthday to you sir! Mission complete!

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Pepe’s Secret Christmas brings joy to Abreeza and Davao

IT was a most-warm-ing scene—a room-ful kids jittery with excitement, turning wide-eyed as the an-imated characters of an enchanted Christ-mas story appeared on stage. And, it wasn’t just the young that got fascinated. This performance is an enchanting and magical ballet that speaks to children and all those who long for a time of in-nocence, after all. Pepe’s Secret Christmas, presented by Abreeza and the Ayala Malls, and produced by Steps Dance Project, would be the most charming Yuletide offer-ing Davao has received by far— ballet that can teach children about respect for nature and animals, while giving them a peek into a world of traditional Filipino values, and our love for beauty and harmony. Pepe’s Secret Christmas is educational, entertain-ing and most importantly, deeply rooted in Filipino Yuletide traditions. Set in a Filipino Never-Never Land where animals speak and dance, the new bal-let features original chore-ography set to music that all audiences can connect with. Impressive how they injected the popular re-gional tunes into the rep-ertoire, like Usahay and the festival music of Davao’s Ka-dayawan, giving the show a more localized vibe. Written by Floy Quintos, the story stars Pepe, a child who falls asleep at mass on the last day of the Misa de Gallo. In his dream, he is transported to an enchant-ed setting where the crea-ture of farm (the Kalabaw,

Doña Beatriz M. Zobel with the Alitaptaps (fireflies).

The cast bringing joy to the children with Down Syndrome.

Agnes Locsin, Sofia Zobel with Pepe, the Alitaptap & Kalabaw.

Ang Tikling (The Crane).

Ang mga Matsing (the Monkeys)

Tandang, Kambing, Aso and Pusa) and forest (the Matsing, Tikling, Dahong Palay and Alitaptap) come together to pay homage to the child Jesus, the Niño. Pepe’s Secret Christmas is a joint project by the Ayala Malls and Steps Dance Project, the dance manage-ment group of Steps Dance Studio (founded in 1994 by Sofia Zobel-Elizalde) that handles the dance-perfor-mance requirements of dif-

ferent premier events in the country. Under the direction of James Laforteza, choreog-raphy by Jun Saagundo, Jeffrey Espejo and James Laforteza, and produc-tion and costume design by Gino Gonzales, Pepe’s Secret Christmas featured the performances of the talented dance scholars from the Steps Scholarship Foundation, a non-profit or-ganization founded in 2007

that aims to give assistance to young and gifted Filipino dancers who want to pur-sue serious dance training in ballet, modern dance, or jazz dance in hopes of mak-ing dance a future profes-sion. Pepe’s Secret Christmas is the third production staged by the Ayala Malls and Steps Dance Project in Abreeza. Expect more masterful and impassioned performances to come soon.

The cast of the show with Doña Beatriz M. Zobel, Sofia Zobel Elizalde, Cristina Zobel de Ayala, and Beatriz Susana Zobel de Ayala.


INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Roy Hibbert threw all the inside body jabs Tuesday

night. Paul George finished it off with the knockout blow.

Together, the Pacers’ devastating one-two scor-ing punch did it again to the champs.

Hibbert finished with 24 points, George made two big 3-pointers during a 15-point second half scoring spree and Indiana rallied from a seven-point halftime deficit to take Round 1 against Mi-ami 90-84.

‘’It was fun, a real intense game,’’ George said. ‘’Both teams were playing at a high level. You could see an urgen-cy to win this game tonight.’’

While Indiana extended its franchise-record home start to a perfect 10-0 and took a three-game advantage over Miami in the early chase for home-court advantage, this was no ordinary regular season game.

During pregame media availability, Indiana’s Lance Stephenson said this game felt like a championship matchup. Two of Miami’s big three, Chris Bosh and Dwya-ne Wade, tried to downplay that sort of talk by explain-ing this was not a win or go home night.

The hometown fans didn’t care what the Heat thought. They were already in postseason form, booing loudly at the officials, chant-ing ‘’He’s a flopper’’ on some contestable foul calls and

eventually serenading Miami players with those familiar chants of ‘’Beat the Heat.’’

But the Pacers (19-3)

also understood this was only be the start of a sea-son-long quest that could pit the two best teams in

the East in the conference finals for a second straight year.

First, there’s the re-

match in Miami on Dec. 18. They won’t meet again until March 26 in Indy, then head back to Miami on April 11 before what most expect to be a third straight

meeting in the playoffs. If those games have as much intrigue and pizazz as Tuesday night’s show-down, they may be the most compelling all season.

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KOBE still winlessLOS ANGELES

(AP) -- Kobe Bryant is swiftly regaining his con-fidence and timing. His con-ditioning improves daily, and he’s already leading the Los Angeles Lakers in scoring again.

Yet thanks to Goran Dragic and the exciting Phoe-nix Suns, Kobe still doesn’t have a victory.

Dragic scored 12 of his 31 points in the fourth quar-ter and the Suns beat the Lakers 114-108 Tuesday night, dropping Bryant to 0-2 in his comeback.

Bryant scored 20 points while playing 29 mostly sharp minutes in his sec-ond game back from near-ly eight months out with a torn Achilles tendon. He led a fourth-quarter rally by the Lakers, but they only got within four points with 3 minutes left before Phoenix held on.

Bryant gave his perfor-mance a ‘’B’’ grade, but re-alizes he’s got more work to do - both on his game and his chemistry with the rest of the

Lakers. Bryant had just three turnovers against Phoenix after committing eight in his season debut two days ago against Toronto, but contrib-uted just two rebounds and three assists while the Suns comfortably held on.

‘’It’s a process,’’ Bryant said. ‘’You just continue to figure out what you can and can’t do. Every game, you try to step up and do a little bit more and just go from there.’’

The Suns handled the Lakers with teamwork, shredding Los Angeles’ lousy defense during a 35-point fourth quarter to earn their first three-game winning streak of the season.

Marcus Morris scored 22 points and Eric Bled-soe had 18 points and nine assists for the sur-prising Suns, who never trailed after the opening minutes. Phoenix held off the Lakers with superb fourth-quarter play from both Morris brothers, who scored nine points apiece down the stretch. Markieff Morris finished with 15 points.

BOY Payca rolled 1,292 pinfalls to pocket the November Monthly

Finals of the Durian Tenpin Bowlers Association Inc. (DUTBA) over the weekend at the B3 in NCCC Mall.

Payca bested Rene Da-layon who finished second with 1,200 pinfalls while Jojo Viray took second runner-up honors with

1,194. Nestor Burgos came through with 1,161 pinfalls to finish third runner-up.

All scores were based on total of six games.

The November Month-ly Finals is one of regular events staged by the DUT-BA, an association of pro-fessionals engaged in ten-pin bowling.

LINO Pairat of Bu-hangain A turned back defending

champion Jun Sonsona of Talomo A to win the chess title in the 2013 Davao Elderlympics held at the Rizal Memorial Colleges Gym on Tues-day.

Pairat carded 5.0 points to sweep the tournament sponsored by the city gov-ernment. Merardo Heruela

of Sasa scored 4.0 points and beat Toril’s Calixto Torreon in a tiebreak to place second.

Torreon settled for third followed by Baguio’s Rudy Demerey (3.5) in fourth place.

The event was man-aged by National Chess Federation of the Philip-pines (NCFP) regional di-rector IA James Infiesto. [PNA]

Pairat wins Elderlympics chessfest

Payca tops DUTBA Monthly Finals

Kobe still winless after Suns beat Lakers 114-108AP Sports Writer

By GREG BEACHAM

BREWING RIVALRY

Pacers rally past Heat 90-84

KOBE BRYANT. Another loss despite 20 points.

RIVALRY. Paul George of Indiana goes one on one against Lebron James of Miami.

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TWO Dabawenyo boxers towed the fancied Philippine

boxing team to the semi-finals of the 27th 27th Southeast Asian Games in Naypyidaw, Myanmar.

2012 London Olym-pics veteran Mark An-thony Barriga and 2010 Asian Games gold med-alist Rey Saludar, along with 2013 China Open silver medalist Junel Cantancio booked vic-tories to ensure that the entire Philippine boxing c o n t i n -g e n t m a d e t h e m e d a l

rounds.B a r -

r i g a , a product o f the Baran-

gay Una boxing program in Panabo City, struggled against Vietnamese foe Huynh Ngoc Viet but came away with a split decision win while Can-tancio had an easier time against Laotian oppo-nent Keochi Xayyasone, earning the nod on all three judges’ scorecards.

The 20-year-old Bar-riga, who owned a con-vincing victory over his Vietnamese rival from the World Champion-ships in Almaty, Kazakh-stan two months ago, had to squeak by this time around after receiv-ing a tougher challenge.

Barriga has also been struggling with jet lag since arriving from his

training in Assissi, It-aly as part of the Italia Thunder team in the AIBA World Series of Boxing.

“He also knew my game, and anticipated my left straight,” Bar-riga said in Filipino. “I felt some tightness in my thighs and couldn’t move well. Luckily I was able to sneak in some of my hooks.”

Cantancio, the old-est of the PLDT-ABAP boxers in the 2013 SEA Games at age 27, won 30-24, 30-24 and 29-28 in a unanimous deci-

sion.All 10

P h i l i p p i n e representa-

tives have made it into at least the semifinals with Nesthy Petecio al-ready in the finals after a win over Thailand’s Tas-samalee Thongjan last Monday.

Aside from Barriga and Cantancio, Filipinos Rey Saludar, Mario Fer-nandez, Dennis Galvan, Wilfredo Lopez, Josie Ga-buco, Maricris Igam and Irish Magno are also in the semis of their respec-tive events.

“We offer this to our countrymen who suf-fered in the recent trag-edies,” said ABAP presi-dent Ricky Vargas.

“We hope we can win golds to make our gift more special.”

MARK BARRIGA. Assured of a medal in the 27th Southeast Asian Games. (File photo)

REY SALUDAR. Another international medal for the Barangay Una stalwart. (File photo)

SOUTHEAST ASIAN GAMES

Barriga, Saludar enter semis

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