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THE Office of Civil De-fense (OCD) – XI has recorded 12 casual-

ties in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental due to landslides caused by con-tinuous heavy rain across the region over the week-end.

Based on their situ-ational report as of 2:00 p.m. yesterday, the OCD re-ported five casualties came from the towns of Com-postela Valley and seven in Davao Oriental.

The report stated the most number of casualties came from Barangay Ban-gol, Tarragona, Davao Ori-

ental which has five of the 12 casualties caused by a landslide in the area.

OCD also recorded 34 injuries; 11 from Compos-tela Valley and 23 from Davao Oriental which came only in the area of Bangol, Tarragona while seven were still missing.

Gov. Corazon N. Malanyaon yesterday asked the provincial board (Sang-guniang Panlalawigan) to declare Davao Oriental un-der a state of calamity.

Malanyaon made the move as a result of wide-spread damage wrought by

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ROLLBACK. A pump attendant refuels a motorcycle at a gasoline station along E. Quirino Avenue in Davao City yesterday. Oil companies implement-ed a price rollback for gasoline, kerosene and diesel products early yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

LEADING BY EXAMPLE. Davao City Police Office (DCPO) director Vicente D. Danao Jr. shows his urine sample before submitting it for urine drug screening conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 11 at Camp Domingo Leonor along San Pedro Street in Davao City yesterday. Danao ordered a surprise drug test for Davao City police personnel after receiving reports that four police operatives are into illegal drug activities. Lean Daval Jr.

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THE Davao City gov-ernment has issued an order amending

and reconstituting the air-port expansion project of the city.

Mayor Rodrigo R. Dute-rte issued the Executive Order (EO) No. 6 or “An Order Amending Execu-tive Order No. 19 Series Of 199f, By Reconstituting the Membership of the Davao City International Airport Management Council (DI-AMPC)” to strengthen the council in performing its

function in the actual con-struction of the expansion project.

The EO aims to formu-late policies, set direction and steer orderly imple-mentation of the ‘compre-hensive airport expansion development program.

The EO mandates the council to review, evalu-ate and approve any ma-jor change in the existing memorandum of agree-ment entered by the city government and Depart-ment of Transportation and

Communication (DOTC) on the project.

The council will assist the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) in addressing issues that affect the implementation of the project and provide forum with the project con-sultant who will regularly report on the problems encountered and its accom-plishments.

The EO said that the DIAMPC has effectively performed its function in facilitating land acquisition

required for expansion by providing venue for discus-sion and resolution of some issues and concerns ‘there-by enabling the timely com-mencement of construction activities.’

“The effectiveness of the DIAMPC” as mechanism for the efficient implementa-tion of the project should be maximized to include assistance to the project im-plementers during the ac-tual construction activities thereby ensuring the timely completion,” stated the EO.

SOME 100 police com-missioned officers of the Davao City Police

Office yesterday underwent a surprise drug test con-ducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Region 11 at Camp Do-mingo Leonor.

Davao City police direc-tor Sr. Supt. Vicente Danao Jr. coordinated with the PDEA to test urine samples of police officers after re-ceiving reports that four of them are into illegal drug activities.

Danao said that if he finds proof that any of his men is involved in drugs he would take appropriate action.

Supt. Antonio Rivera, head of the Investigation and Detection Management Branch of the Davao City Police Office, said that drug

testing would ensure police are physically fit.

Rivera said that any po-lice officer found positive for drugs will face adminis-trative charges.

In 2011, six personnel from the non- commis-sioned rank who turned out to be positive for drugs in a test conducted by the Phil-ippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) were trans-ferred to the Police Region-al Office 11 headquarters.

He said the police in-stitution has intensified its counter-intelligence oper-ation on its personnel to confirm suspicion of illegal drug use.

The police leadership also wants to determine if respondents are either mere users or traders and their source of illegal drugs.

THERE will be enough power supply from the Davao Light &

Power Co. (DLPC) fran-chise areas the whole year round in 2014, but power shortage is foreseen in the next two years because the construction of power gen-erators will not be enough to cope with the fast devel-oping economy.

DLPC executive vice president and chief operat-ing officer Arturo M. Milan said in a media briefing at the Kapehan sa Dabaw at

SM City Annex yesterday that fast residential, com-mercial and industrial de-velopment in the city can be observed. This will sig-nificantly affect the power demand.

In fact, Milan said, two steel manufacturing plants to be constructed in Pana-can and Bunawan this year have applied for a total of 42 megawatts (MW) load. Oth-ers are the on-going con-struction of Felcris Hotel and Resort which applied

CONTENTED. A young girl finds time to keep herself busy playing beside vegetables that her mother sold on Washington Street, Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

SURPRISE DRUG TEST. Davao City police officers fill up the medical information sheet before undergoing urine drug screening ordered by Davao City Police Office (DCPO) director Vicente D. Danao Jr. at Camp Domingo Leonor along San Pedro Street in Davao City. Lean Daval Jr.

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By CHENEEN R. CAPON

FPOWER, 10

Power shortageseen in 2015-16

Davao police officers undergo drug-testingBy EMILORD P. CASTROMAYOR

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Rody issues EO No. 6on airport expansionBy ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

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GAME OF WITS. A chess enthusiast is deep in concentration to make sure that he won’t make a mistake in a chess match at Osmeña Park along C.M. Recto Avenue in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. Institute of Popular Opinion (IPO) specialist for politics and economics Dr. Adrian M. Tamayo (left) and education and culture specialist Dr. Rey Cuizon share in this week’s edition of Kapehan sa Dabaw at the Annex of SM City Davao yesterday the result of their Ecological Solid Waste Management survey. Lean Daval Jr.

DAVAO CITY’S Eco-logical Waste Man-agement Ordinance

of 2009 is very popular among Dabawenyos resid-ing in the city’s three legis-lative districts.

This was the finding of a survey conducted by the Institute of Popular Opin-ion (IPO) of the University of Mindanao (UM) late last year.

Dr. Rey Cuizon, IPO specialist on health and environment, and Dr. Adri-an Tamayo, economic spe-cialist, presented the study results and analysis during the Kapehan sa Dabaw at the SM City Annex yester-day.

Dr. Cuizon said a to-

tal of 1,200 persons were chosen from the three legislative districts, with a 5-percent margin of error and 95-percent confidence interval. The study was done during the last week of August last year.

The ordinance is most popular in the second leg-islative district and it is where the implementation of waste segregation is strongest.

The “no segregation, no collection policy” was made into a campaign by the environment office on July 1 of 2011 which also led to the formation of waste management pro-grams at the barangay lev-el. Two years into imple-

mentation, the public was asked about the respon-dents’ perceptions, obser-vations and satisfaction on the implementation of the solid waste management program of the city.

It can be gleaned from the opinion poll that the ordinance is very popu-lar, with 94 percent of the Dabawenyos saying they are familiar with the law, and only 3.89 percent say-ing they do not know the provisions of the law.

An important element in the implementation of this ordinance is the coop-eration of the public rela-tive to waste management at the point of production, Dr. Adrian Tamayo, anoth-

er IPO specialist.The law requires

Dabawenyos to segregate wastes at the household level to reduce volume of wastes.

A good measure of this is on the number of gar-bage bags produced by the household in a week.

The study found that 34 in every 100 house-holds produce 1-3 bags in a week. Cities with effec-tive waste management program implement a 3-bag limit. Although it was observed that 33 in every 100 households produce garbage bags be-tween 4-6 bags which is already a large disposal

DAVAO City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte wants sidewalk ven-

dors evicted if they do not clean their respective areas.

Duterte made this pro-nouncement in his weekly program ‘Gikan sa Masa Para sa Masa’ on Sunday, saying he would give the order to Col. Yusop Jimlani, who heads the city’s demo-lition unit.

“Kung dili maka sunod – pahawaon. Kung taga diin ka man gikan, karga ka sa truck hasta imong goods, paulion ka,” Duterte said, adding that vendors are re-

sponsible for sanitation in their places.

According to the mayor, the order has no exception because it’s applicable to all areas occupied by am-bulant vendors, including the streets, but he asked the team not to confiscate goods.

Meanwhile, Duterte asked Dabawenyos to un-derstand the situation of the vendors because he doesn’t want to stop their livelihood.

“Everybody should be provided space para mabuhi,” Duterte said.

DAVAO City govern-ment employees have been warned to

stop doing illegal practices in their respective offices or be terminated.

Lawyer Jhopee A. Agus-tin, assistant city adminis-trator and co-chair of the administrative tribunal of the city government, said that the city government will really be serious in its anti-corruption campaign.

“Stop what you’re doing wrong,” Agustin stressed, adding that corrupt person-nel in each office would be terminated if proven guilty of committing crime.

She said, there are re-ports some employees are doing illegal activities in some offices.

“Merong future cases to be filed... Siguro yung sa iba

gathering of evidences pa lang,” said Agustin.

City administrator law-yer J. Melchor V. Quitain said that his monitoring of all employees in different departments still continues.

“I can’t tell you how many are involved. What I can tell you now is that the monitoring continues,” Qui-tain told reporters.

The administrative tri-bunal will announce its ver-dict Friday on the five city treasurer’s office employ-ees involved in the misap-propriation of P9 million in the city tax collection.

The five are facing se-rious cases of dishonesty, grave misconduct, falsifica-tion of public documents, serious neglect of duty, inef-ficiency and incompetence

POLICE filed charges before the city prosecution office

yesterday against three young adults for alleged-ly being involved in ped-dling loose firearms in Davao City.

Sr. Supt. Joel Pernito, regional director of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Region 11, said that Ron-ald Galendes,28, Adell Gravador, 21, and Jay Anthony Lazaro, 31, all

members of the notorious gang dubbed “Trip Gang” will be facing violation of the Republic Act 10591 or known as illegal posses-sion of firearms.

Police, after receiving a report from an infor-mant, formed a team to conduct surveillance until got a chance to buy-bust the suspects on Duterte St. last Friday.

Pernito said the Trip Gang is responsible for

Charges filedvs ‘Trip Gang’By EMILORD P. CASTROMAYOR

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Corrupt city employees face outright dismissal

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO [email protected]

Rody to vendors: Clean or get out

Dabawenyos like ordinance on solid waste management

[email protected]

By CHENEEN R. CAPON

FCHARGES, 10

FDABAWENYOS, 10FCORRUPT, 10

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DAVAO del Norte Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario suspended classes

from nursery up to high school in January 13, 2014, as flashfloods paralyzed schools and affected an initial of 1,208 families or about 6,000 individuals in Davao del Norte.

The chair of the Provin-cial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) said Tagum City and the municipalities of Kapalong, Asuncion, New Corella, Dujali and Carmen were flooded when the Li-buganon River and Saug River swelled due to inter-mittent rains brought about by the low pressure area (LPA).

“Continuous rains for three to four days usually bring flooding to four or more municipalities in the province,” he said.

A landslide was also re-ported in El Salvador, New Corella and Asuncion town.

In anticipation of the floods, del Rosario activat-ed the Incident Command System of the province since Friday, directing the affected local DRRMCs to conduct preemptive evacu-

ation. He has also placed the

in-house RDR rescue team on standby at the PDRRM Operation Center (OpCen), while the office conducted round the clock weather and water level monitoring of major rivers, creating a strike team to assess flood-ed areas.

The responders subse-quently evacuated 86 fami-lies in five barangays, where 107 of which are children.

Del Rosario gladly not-ed that there was no casu-alty in the recent calamity that hit the province.

As of Monday morning, floodwaters rendered the Miranda Bridge not pass-able for all types of vehicles, forcing a one-lane access in the Maharlika Bridge for vehicles bound from Tagum City to Davao City and vice versa. Pagsabangan Bridge in Tagum City was also not passable for light vehicles.

Other roads that were not passable include: Ca-natan and Sagayen Roads in Asuncion and Poblacion to Mambing Road in New Corella town.

The Provincial Social and Welfare and Develop-

ment Office was also set to distribute some 2,000 food packs on Monday for the affected families

PSWD Officer Arlen Semblante said the food

packs will augment the relief goods already sent by the respective affected LGUs.

She bared Department of Social Welfare and De-

velopment Office (DSWD)-XI has also pledged to send more food packs to boost the relief supply of the province.

The PAGASA said the

weather system will con-tinue to bring cloudy skies with light to moderate rains in the Davao region until Tuesday. [Noel Bagu-io]

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EDGEDAVAO

SUBURBIA

ON THE RESCUE. Members of the RDR rescue team evacuate residents in Mesaoy, New Corella, Davao del Norte on January 11, 2014, as intermittent rains due to LPA caused flooding in many parts of the province. [PDRRM-OpCen]

RDR suspends classes anew due to floods

THE provincial gov-ernment of South Cotabato is pushing

for the integration by next school year of disaster risk reduction and man-agement (DRRM) lessons into the basic curricu-lum of public and private schools within the prov-ince.

Ramon Ponce de Leon, acting Provincial DRMM Office (PDRRMO) chief, said Monday they have scheduled a series of trainings starting next month to prepare school coordinators, principals and teachers in the main-streaming of the DRMM lessons.

He said the trainings will focus on the creation of classroom modules for the DRMM lessons and the adoption of effective teaching strategies for students and pupils.

“We’re looking at initially training a core of teacher-trainers who will be tapped later for the training of the other teachers,” Ponce de Leon said.

The official said they pushed for the integra-tion of the DRRM lessons in the curriculum of local schools to further expand public awareness on the matter.

He said the move will not only benefit students, pupils and their teach-ers but their parents as well as other community stakeholders.

“We can prevent ca-sualties during disasters if the people are prop-erly informed and ready to face them,” he pointed out.

Ponce de Leon said they are planning to start the trainings by the last week of February, de-pending on the availabil-ity of the teachers and other prospective train-ing participants.

“We have already set aside the budget for this and we’re only waiting for the feedback from DepEd (Department of Education) for the avail-ability of the partici-pants,” he said.

The training will like-ly begin after the sched-uled Cotabato Regional Athletic Association Meet in the second week of February that will be hosted anew by the pro-vincial government of South Cotabato.

Ponce de Leon said they will prioritize the training of teachers in identified disaster-prone areas within the prov-ince. [PNA]

LGU wants integration of DRRM lessons in school curriculum

TAGUM CITY SOUTH COTABATO

TWO stroke vic-tims each received brand-new wheel-

chairs from the local government last January 9, 2014, as part of the re-vitalized social services under Mayor Allan Rel-lon’s EAGLE WINGS Pro-

gram. The beneficiaries are

Judy Romeo of Purok Ti-paz, Barangay Magugpo East and Lilia Macasalo of Purok 7 lower Apokon, Barangay Apokon, re-spectively, who received their new wheel chairs

personally from Rellon.Since assuming office,

the local chief executive has been making rounds in the city distribut-ing free wheel chairs to needy patients as part of his social services agen-da.

The mayor also in-structed the City Health Office to undergo the patients under its Balik Sigla Program, which takes care of stroke vic-tims through therapy sessions. [Louie Lapat of CIO Tagum]

Stroke victims receive brand new wheel chairs

FOUNDATION WORKS. The on-going foundation works of Sarangani Energy Corporation (SEC) temporary jetty facility along the shore of barangay Kamanga, Maasim, Sarangani Monday, January 13. The facility will serve as unloading area for construction materials and equipments from South Korea for the on-going SEC power plant construction.


THERMA Marine Inc. (TMI) will start its P180 million refund

to their Mindanao custom-ers this month on the power adjustment rates delivered in 2011.

Jose Venancio P. Batiquin, president and chief operat-ing officer of TMI, said that the refund represents the difference in the Energy Reg-ulatory Commission (ERC) approved provisional power rate and the approved final rate.

“Since there was an im-mediate need for power by Mindanao in 2011, Therma Marine started delivering power to the electric coop-eratives and distribution utilities as soon as possible, pegging our rates on the pro-visional authority granted to us by the ERC. The provision-al authority was issued while ERC assessed our proposed rate structure,” Batiquin said.

He added that the com-mission decided that the fi-

nal rate must be lower than the earlier approved provi-sional rate and a refund will be implemented without any delay.

Batiquin encouraged consumers to contact their local distribution utility and electric cooperative to know how much refund will be giv-en to them and the process for the refund.

The refund will be imple-mented within six months as mandated by the commis-sion in its final order received in January 3. ERC likewise or-dered electric cooperatives and distribution utilities to apply the refund to their cus-tomers.

About 21 electric coop-eratives and distribution utilities in Mindanao will benefit from the refund which includes Davao Light and Power Co., Davao del Norte Electric Cooperative (Daneco), Davao del Sur Elec-tric Cooperative (Dasureco) and Davao Oriental Electric

Cooperative (Doreco) and the refund was already im-plemented in the December 2013-January 2014 billing

cycle.TMI has oil-fired power

barges in Maco, Compostela Valley and Nasipit, Agusan

del Norte owned by Aboitiz Power which has a combined power of 200 mega watts. It supplies peaking power to its

customers in the Mindanao grid, to complement supply coming from the National Power Corporation.

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THE ECONOMY

ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE. National Economic and Development Au-thority (Neda) Region 11 director Maria Lourdes D. Lim reports during Kapehan sa Dabaw at the Annex of SM City Davao yesterday the Davao

Region’s 2013 economic performance and the development outlook for 2014. Lean Daval Jr.

TMI to start refunding P180M to Minda clientsBy ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

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THE government shall enforce pro-tection of its labor

force by ensuring com-panies comply with the labor laws.

The Department of Labor and Employment will engage 574 Labor Laws Compliance Officer (LLCOs) with 372 new positions created which will help companies com-ply with the labor stan-dards set forth by the Law.

DOLE Secretary Ro-salinda Dimapilis-Baldoz said the program signals the shift from pure regu-lation to voluntary com-pliance with labor laws and regulations to protect and safeguard workers and promote their wel-fare.

In Davao Region, 30 compliance officers are expected to assess and as-sist more than 3,000 es-tablishments this year us-ing the new Labor Laws Compliance System.

“We deem this new system is a reform from the “regulatory and po-licing” work on labor law compliance. The meth-od of assessment now is more facilitative and de-velopmental in approach rather than inspection,” said DOLE in Davao Re-

gion Director Joffrey M. Suyao.

The new pro-gram will utilize the Joint Assessment approach where the employer and the workers’ represen-tative together with the LLCOs evaluate the es-tablishment’s compliance with the labor standards.

“This is DOLE’s free

technical assistance pro-gram for work establish-ment to assess their com-pliance of the labor law which will require coop-eration and participation from both workers and employers,” Suyao said.

The program is ex-pected to start on Janu-ary 14, 2014.

The new LLCS un-

derscores promotion of voluntary compliance. It will also ensure a fair, ex-peditious, non-litigious settlement of disputes, encourage use of settle-ment in all labor case and strengthen triparti-san approach, Suyao ex-plained.

The establishments who are compliant after

conduct of assessment or successful institution of corrective measures will be issued Certif-icate of Compliance (COC), which is valid for two years unless a complaint is filed which would trigger the con-duct of a Compliance Visit. [SBManual/ICP/DOLE 11]

Stat 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/

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

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

6 THE ECONOMY

THE Philippines’ leading low-cost carrier, Cebu Pa-

cific Air (PSE:CEB) part-ners with the Philippine Department of Tourism (Tourism Promotions Board) in its Bangon Tours initiative, and holds a 75% off seat sale on all its destinations for sum-mer travel.

Up for grabs until Jan-uary 16, 2014, the 75% off seat sale is available on all of CEB’s 24 international and 33 domestic destina-tions. This includes desti-nations featured for Ban-gon Tours: Ilocos (Laoag), Manila, Palawan (Puerto Princesa), Bicol (Naga,

Legazpi and Virac), Cebu, Davao, Bohol (Tagbilar-an), Iloilo, Boracay (Cati-clan), Siargao, Camiguin and Cagayan de Oro.

Travel period for the 75% off seats is from March 1 to June 30, 2014.

“Cebu Pacific fully supports the govern-ment’s tourism initiatives, especially in the wake of natural calamities late last year. We encourage everyJuan to take advan-tage of CEB’s trademark lowest fares to explore Bangon Tours’ featured destinations, especially this summer,” said CEB VP for Marketing and Dis-tribution Candice Iyog.

Iyog added that Fili-

pino expats and foreign tourists can also book the 75% off seat sale fares to visit the Philippines. CEB even holds a special AED99 seat sale for those coming from Dubai to Manila, for the same seat sale and travel periods.

Aside from Dubai, CEB also offers flights to the Philippines from Nagoya, Narita, Phuket, Hong Kong, Singapore, Osaka, Bangkok, Kota Kinabalu, Busan, Seoul, Brunei, Ho Chi Minh, among others.

The Bangon Tours Project is an initiative of

the Department of Tour-ism and the Tourism Pro-motions Board. It is in line with the government’s recovery and rebuilding efforts for the victims and survivors of calamities, through the promotion of domestic tourism. It is an invitation to the Filipino market to travel within the Philippines, visit fun destinations and partici-pate in rebuilding efforts.

CEB is the first air-line partner for Bangon Tours. For more informa-tion about Bangon Tours, email [email protected].

For bookings and in-quiries, guests can go to

www.cebupacificair.com or call the reservation hotlines (02)7020-888 or (032)230-8888. The latest seat sales can also be found on CEB’s official Twitter (@cebupacific-air) and Facebook pages.

CEB’s 58-strong fleet

is comprised of 10 Airbus A319, 28 Airbus A320, 2 Airbus A330 and 8 ATR 72-500 aircraft. It is one of the most modern air-craft fleets in the world. Between 2014 and 2021, CEB will take delivery of 14 more brand-new Airbus A320, 30 Airbus A321neo and 4 Airbus A330 aircraft.

Labor department vows to ensure workers’ welfare

CEB holds 75% off Bangon Tours seat sale to boost domestic tourism

ASSURANCE. Davao Light and Power Co. (DLPC) executive vice presi-dent and chief operating officer Arturo Milan (left) gives his assurance during Kapehan sa Dabaw at the Annex of SM City Davao yesterday that there will be adequate supply for DLPC franchise areas but fore-

sees power shortage starting 2015 due to the of new businesses and industries in the city. Also in the photo is Aboitiz Power Corp. first vice president Manuel Orig. Lean Daval Jr.


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the year with a positive outlook and a bit of out-door fun to match!

Celebrating life is per-fect when enjoyed with family, friends and loved ones. With Ciudades town-ship development, you not only get what you want; you live, embrace and con-quer the many possibilities that they. Have to offer. Not to mention that behind the grandeur of Ciudades is Lapanday Properties Philippines, Inc. – premier landowner and developer that has established credi-bility over the years.

Situated in a vast 200- hectare stretch of luscious land along Tigatto Road, Buhangin in Davao City, Ciudades aims to build and fulfill its tagline, “new com-munities, endless possibil-ities” for all to experience.

Over and above but not limited to the people of Davao, this extensive and vibrant masterplan is en-visioned as the most com-prehensive and self-con-tained community that will make everyone’s life the

life that they have always wanted.

From the simple joys of luscious greens under your feet to the grandeur of amenities to satisfy your own personal growth, Ciu-dades ha it all. It does not stop there – it only gets better.

On January 25, 2014 Ciudades again itself as the premier outdoor place to be as it holds another spectacular day of superb sweating fun under the sun. More than an activity, it seeks to enhance one’s love of the great outdoors and the environment all together.

The Outdoor Clinic is scheduled to make every participant busy and in motion. From a much need-ed lessons, tips and guides on Survival Bootcamp, one will surely appreciate the minutest of wonders this vast universe has to offer.

More so, another round on their fabricated bike trail is something that par-ticipants will surely look forward to. Its Mountain Bike Skills Clinic is for am-ateurs and professional alike who wish to gauge

their biking skills. Nevertheless, one ac-

tivity that will surely bring sparks is the Outdoor Photography that will al-low everyone to discover and rediscover the great outdoors. Designed to ex-haust the beauty of the beyond, this is an activi-ty fit for everyone. From

amateurs, enthusiasts and professionals, the possi-bility is indeed limitless and such a great opportu-nity to hone that pulsating urge to point, zoom and click!

Surely, here at Ciu-dades, you will more than LIVE your life and WORK for a living – you will also

learn how to STUDY while you PLAY and SHOP with their never-ending expan-sion of luxury fit for every-one.

The soundness of life is what makes this the perfect venue for the gen-eration to witness. With everything strategically planned according to the

well-being of the future, it just goes to show that nothing in this world should be taken for grant-ed.

So, get those bags packed, camera’s charged and mind set ready as we enjoy great Davao adven-tures with Ciudades town-ship development.

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PROPERTYCiudades: Celebrating 2014 with ‘Fun under the Sun’By BAI Fauziah Fatima Sinsuat Ambolodto

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EDITORIAL

A REVIEW of the top 10 (top 13 in Edge Davao’s reckoning) news events in 2013, would make one note that many of the “to-

pnotchers” in Davao City are big-time crimes like kidnapping, smuggling, drug-trafficking, carnap-ping, traffic signalization and even bombing.

All the above programs stress the primacy of law and order in a growing city like ours. This is also the reason why Mayor Rodrigo R. Duter-te has always prioritized peace and order in the plethora of government programs and projects that he tackled in the past six administrations he had served as city mayor. Now on his seventh term, who knows what else the mayor has in mind to enhance order in our community.

Many times, the mayor’s detractors had criti-cized him for his alleged preoccupation with law and order. They have perhaps forgotten that the ordinances against smoking, firecrackers, uri-nating and spitting in public, the liquor ban, the

speed limits for motor vehicles on streets and highways, the requirement for businessmen to put up closed-circuit televison cameras in and around their establishments, the high-tech Cen-tral 911, the Public Safety Command Center and the like are in furtherance of law and order, safe-ty and security, in our burgeoning society. In pri-vate talks with community and business leaders like the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. and the Filipino-Chinese Chamber, the city’s chief executive has seriously consid-ered possible funders for a commuter train sys-tem, major drainage rehabilitation, two big-tick-et projects requiring mind-boggling amounts of money which are hoped to provide “insanely great solutions” to our lingering and growing problems in transport and drainage.

The mayor’s enthusiasm can only be matched by the people’s sense of cooperation and disci-pline in order for him to achieve his goals.


BY LEILANI S. JUNIO

SPECIAL FEATURE

AQUILES Z. ZONIOCorrespondent

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Played-out piece of observation

Coping with the cold over the weekend

COUNCILORS SHOULD AVOID MESSING AROUND – Legislators either in the national or local lev-

els are mandated by the Constitution to “maintain high standards of character and integrity.” Much will revolve around the lawmakers’ decisions, motivations, behavior and working attitude being done inside the legislative chamber. One glaring example is the first regular ses-sion for the incoming year of the 17th Davao City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP), which according to reports had al-ready produced unpleasant outcome.

What happened during the session last week according to our “little bird-ie twitters” actually was simply a stern warning of the presiding officer to all council members – neophytes, ‘return-ees’ or reelectionists. Vice Mayor Paolo “Pulong” Duterte reprimanded some councilors whom he noticed were late for the session that would supposed-ly start at 10:00 in the morning. As I’ve already said previously in this column space, it’s a culture of tardiness among council members aside from hanging out around somewhere while the ses-sion is in progress.

What is the precipitating factor of his mild outburst? The anger of the vice mayor probably stemmed in part from the fact that despite we’re entering a new year supposedly a time for change and renewal some councilors were again showing their true colors – infu-riating habit and disgraceful manner even during session day . City councilors should always bear in mind there are plenty of pressing concerns that awaited their immediate attention, yet it seems this early it is on self-aggrandizement and political-puffery where their ener-gies are destined to go.

Much is expected of them today and beyond - service-wise. Case in point: the wary and displeased electorate will like-ly give them a grim stare if they would try to explain that circumstances are beyond their control – monstrous traf-

fic and speed limitation that resulted to their coming in late for the session. Let’s think about that for a mo-ment. What it takes perhaps is proper time management because pub-lic service, after all, is relative and may be achieve through effective and efficient implementation. I guessed that after the elections some city councilors were still in “cloud nine” and overwhelmed by their acquired glorified seats. But that was already more than six months ago, fellas?

That’s one way of looking at it. An-other is that, the electorate had always high expectations of the SP leadership, particularly its members – old and new alike. Being reasonably confident, no-tably the installation of their preferred council candidates means much to the masses of our people. But what about the councilors’ pure intention to serve and do they have it in mind that public service is a public trust? The fact that they are being closely watched at all an-gles shows how seriously the people are anticipating members of the city council to efficiently deliver basic social services to their constituents.

Sure, the people’s attention will like-wise be trained directly at the young vice mayor. The dominant question is: “Does the vice mayor have a vision for the local legislative chamber, the city and its peo-ple?” Local political watchers and keen observers debated whether vice mayor “Pulong” could provide the drive and direction of the city lawmaking body by enacting laws that would stimulate the city’s socio-political and economic de-velopment. While political experts and legal luminaries may argue about if the

vice mayor can deliver what the city and its people need, they generally agree what it is: courageous leadership that is willing to continue the remarkable achievements left behind by his prede-cessor.

So is the current vice mayor fitted for the arduous job? Many analysts share the experts’ sanguine observation. “You become vice mayor or any local elec-tive posts because party leaders and the people elect you. The decision and direction are fixed consensus that often initiates radical change.” This early the dauntless vice mayor is already show-ing signs that he really means business therefore council members should avoid messing around and should dis-cipline themselves in their actions.

Much had already been said about the vice mayor’s people-oriented views and as head of the city’s Associ-ation of barangay Captains (ABC) prior to his election as vice mayor, he knows full well what are really the needs of the people notably those in the grass-roots level. He is likewise seen as a decisive leader willing to take neces-sary actions. Like his father-mayor, the city council may be in for real action during his reign. This may come off as a played-out piece of observation. The electorate should never get tired of looking intently into the official re-sponsibilities of the members of the 17th city council. They can’t be com-placent that all of the city councilors regardless of political inclination will actually do their tasks earnestly and honestly during their terms.

Mind you, of course, there are ex-ceptions. Some of them in the long run do rise to the occasion, and will be performing well. I presumed at this stage, readily available records either through the social media or minutes of the city council proceedings will tell people pretty clearly who are perform-ing, and who are not. Dear folks, keep on beat watching!

BRRRR, I never thought Davao (and elsewhere in Mindanao and Visayas) would be as cold as last

weekend. I was forced to dig up my old thick white sweater, neck scarf and wool blanket to wrap myself the last three days.

Oh, I didn’t bother to find out how cold it was, but I reckon it must have been around 15 degrees or even ap-proaching 12 degrees, which made me recall the kind of cold weather I found myself trembling and shaking under the grey cold skies of Paris and Frankfurt in 1992.

At least over there, I was wearing two thick sweaters, a thick black suit and a long, tan overcoat, my neck and ears wrap around with a long thick scarf and my hands covered with wool gloves. It wasn’t a freezing weather, just cold enough to leave some icicles on your eyebrows and rattle your teeth when you talk.

But over here, it was just a “low pres-sure area” according to our local weath-er men, with a wide swath of thick grey clouds, probably straying away from the

freezing winds of Antarti-ca and South Pole, condens-ing over here in Davao in the form of contin-uous rain over the weekend.

Most of us though, expected this cold weath-er to come around this month, even up to February and March as the Siberian winds started to creep into Asia Pacific.

The freezing cold Artic winds, as we know by now, left the northern states of the USA like Montana, Illinois, etc un-der five feet of snow, entire cities there were paralyzed. It was the worst winter America had during the last 50 years. Temperatures there fell some 20 to 50 degrees below zero.

With a tinge of anxiety, I was even dreading the temperature would even fall to as low as 10 degree, the kind of

cold being experienced by residents of Baguio in the Mountain Province. Or as low as the 5 degrees I experi-enced at the top of Mount Apo during one December climb in the early 80’s in the company of Davao mountain climbers.

Over here at Nova Tierra Village, the cold weather and the rains kept almost all residents inside their houses in the subdivision. I can’t even open the door because the cold wind was blowing the rain inside our sala. People can’t do their laundry because these were sun-less days and putting your clothes out to dry was nearly impossible because even the wind was too wet to dry any-thing you put on the clothesline.

I’m now convinced there’s real-ly something wrong with the glob-al climate. No matter what we do or say about saving the environment by planting more trees to save the plan-et---- man’s quest for profit and greed will go on and on and on

Nothing will change that…(Comment? Email me at> trading-

[email protected])

THE Civil Service Commission’s Career Service examination that measures an individual’s preparedness to enter gov-

ernment service is not the be-all and end-all of acquiring civil service eligibility.

While it is mandated under the law that to obtain permanent appointment in government, one should be conferred with a Career Service eligibility by passing the Career Service exam-ination to ensure that appointments in the civil service shall be made according to merit and fitness of an individual, there are other ways to obtain such an eligibility.

“The Civil Service Commission also grants eligibilities other than the Career Service Pro-fessional and Sub-Professional eligibilities,” said CSC Chairman Francisco Duque III.

This means that one can acquire a civil ser-vice eligibility even without actually taking the Career Service examination, given nationwide by the CSC at least twice every year.

According to Duque, for some time now, the CSC has been granting nine different eligibili-ties under special laws to qualified individuals. These are:

• Bar/Board Eligibility (Republic Act No. 1080).

• Barangay Health Worker Eligibility (R.A. 7883).

• Barangay Nutrition Scholar Eligibility (Presidential Decree No. 1569).

• Barangay Official Eligibility (R.A. 7160).• Electronic Data Processing Specialist Eligi-

bility (CSC Resolution 90-083).• Honor Graduate Eligibility (PD 907).• Scientific and Technological Specialist Eli-

gibility (PD 997).• Skills Eligibilities - Categories I and II (CSC

MC 11, s. 1996, as Amended).• Veteran Preference Rating (Executive Or-

der 132/790).The CSC said the Board/Bar Eligibility is

granted to passers of the yearly Bar examination conducted by the Supreme Court and of Licen-sure Board examinations administered by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).

The Barangay Health Worker Eligibility is granted to a Local Health Board-accredited ba-rangay health worker (BHW) who has complet-ed at least two years of college education leading to a college degree and has voluntarily rendered at least five years of continuous and active sat-isfactory service as an accredited BHW in the community.

On the other hand, the Barangay Nutrition Scholar Eligibility is granted to barangay-based volunteer workers who have rendered at least two years of continuous and satisfactory nutri-tion services and other related activities such as community health, backyard food production, environmental sanitation, culture, mental feed-ing, and family planning in the barangay.

The Barangay Official Eligibility is granted to the following barangay officials who have com-pleted their term of office:

-- Elective barangay officials like barangay captain, regular Sangguniang Barangay mem-bers and Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen.

-- Appointive barangay officials such as ba-rangay treasurers and barangay secretaries who are appointed by the duly elected punong baran-gay.

The Electronic Data Processing Specialist El-igibility is granted to passers of the proficiency test or training course conducted by the Nation-al Computer Center on the following computer programming courses: System Analysis and De-sign, Computer Programming, Java, MS Access and Visual Basic.

An Honor Graduate Eligibility is granted to honor graduates (summa cum laude, mag-na cum laude or cum laude) in a Bachelor’s or graduate degree from colleges and universities of good standing.

The Scientific and Technological Specialist Eligibility is granted to a Science and Technology Specialist who has at least a Bachelor’s degree in the identified fields of study and should have at least three years of continuous experience in research /or teaching in the field.

In addition, other requirements include a master’s or doctorate degree in any of the fields of study from a school recognized by the Com-mission on Higher Education (CHED) at the time of filing of application.

Skills Eligibility is granted to individuals who meet the requirements of positions, qualifi-cations for which are not measurable by written tests such as plant electrician, automotive me-chanic, laboratory technician, heavy equipment operator, curator, carpenter, draftsman, plumber and others.

Under Skills Eligibilities, the eligibility grant-ed is categorized into two categories:

* Category I – requires eligibility to be ob-tained by passing the appropriate Skills Test conducted by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).

* Category II - requires eligibility to be ob-tained by completing one year of very satisfac-tory actual work performance under temporary status of appointment. [PNA]

CSC eligibilities under special laws

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BUDDY. A man with a physical impairment waits for his fellow PWD (Person with Disabilities) before crossing the busy C.M. Recto Avenue in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

floods and winds spawned by low press area (LPA) in the province.

There were also un-confirmed reports of heavy flooding in Baran-gay Marayag, Lupon in Davao Oriental where logs brought down by floods de-stroyed several houses. One casualty was reported by OCD and sources said only the barangay hall remained standing.

Reports also have it that all towns in the east coast area of the provinces are all isolated as four possible routes are inaccessible due to damaged bridges.

Crops planted to a wide swath of land in the affected areas were also destroyed.

The Davao Oriental di-saster risk reduction man-agement center (DRRMC) has placed two military helicopters on standby to airlift relief goods to the di-saster sites.

Governor Malanyaon said a Philippine Navy boat is also used for ferrying re-lief goods.

The lady governor or-dered focal persons in the municipalities to purchase available goods in the local-ities to augment supply of

needed relief items.Accessibility to the

isolated towns in the east coast remains the only big problem, a situation that makes transport of relief goods by land difficult, said Governor Malanyaon.

However, she said there is enough supply of relief goods.

In Davao Oriental there are 23,206 families and 116,780 people who are affected in the eight munici-palities in the province.

In Tagum City, the city council approved a reso-lution declaring the city under a state of calamity yesterday.

The approval allows the release of calamity funds that will be used to cover aid, relief, and rehabilita-tion services to communi-ties affected by the disaster.

Continued pouring of rain over the weekend caused flooding in some barangays, which included Cuambogan, Canococotan, San Miguel, Pagsabangan, Apokon, and Mankilam.

Evacuees were imme-diately given relief packs by the local government worth P 10,800 pesos of canned goods, according to City In-

formation Officer Cromwell Bonghanoy.

The said relief opera-tions constituted 46 sacks of rice along with the re-maining 340 sets of relief packs prepared by the LGU during the relief operations conducted when Typhoon Zoraida made landfall in Davao Region.

The relief packs in-clude three kilos of rice, four canned goods and four packs of instant noodles.

On Saturday, May-or Rellon signed Mem-orandum Order No. 49 which activated the in-cident command post of the CDRRMO in Freedom Park. Upon activation, the team was on stand-by round-the-clock for emer-gency situations and evac-uation operations.

1,108 families while 5,832 people who were affected in four munici-palities in Davao del Norte and Tagum City.

In Compostela Val-ley, over 1,000 people in low-lying barangays of the province particular-ly those living near the Manat River; have been evacuated due to flood waters that rose after five

days of continuous rains.1,190 people were

immediately moved to evacuation centers in Mt. Diwata Elementary School in Monkayo, Palm Oil Area tent in Laak, the Magsaysay Elementa-ry School and Barangay Hall in Nabunturan, the New Visayas Elementary School in Montevista, and the Maparat Elementary School in Compostela.

There were landslides reported in Mt. Diwata, Monkayo; Barangays San Isidro and Bukal, Nabun-turan; and Barangay Binu-angan, Maco Comval, based on the report of Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council

There were 1,881 af-fected families and 9,405 people in the seven munic-ipalities of the province.

On the other hand, Davao City recorded 55 families while 275 people who were affected in two barangays in the city.

There were 132,290 people and 26,250 families affected in 16 municipal-ities and two cities in the region. (with reports from MindaNews and Tagum City Information Office)

for 8 MW; Ateneo de Davao University for 5 MW load; and the Ayala Land Projects in the city, Alveo and Avida, applied for a total of 5 MW.

Milan said the power supply available today is 369 MW. They expect that the peak demand for this year will reach 343 MW. He said that there is still a 26 MW excess power supply that can be utilized if the power demand exceeds their projection.

In addition, he said that the 66 MW capacity of the DLPC Bajada power plant can address incidents of power shortage. It serves as a reservoir for the whole

year.However, if develop-

ment becomes robust, Mi-lan said that there will be power shortage in 2015 to 2016. He added that the combined capacity of pow-er generators is not enough to meet the growing de-mand in the city. Annually, the power demand increas-es by 5.5 percent.

Earlier, a report said that big establishments in Davao City commit-ted to help in addressing power shortage by gen-erating their own elec-tricity. It is said that the power generated will be acquired by DLPC and

will be charged to the consumers.

In 2010, the Inter-ruptible Load Program started. Last year DLPC applied for new rates and were approved by the En-ergy Regulatory Board. SM City commits 12.5 MW for the said program.

On the other hand, he said that the water level of Angus Pulangi River and Maria Cristina Falls for their hydropower plants remain to be below the rule curve, especial-ly during summer which starts in February. Milan calls this the dry month.

For this reason, Milan

said that the only way to address this future pow-er crisis is to invest in non-renewable power plants like the coal-fired power plant which is not dependent on rainfall. In-vestors in Mindanao like Aboitiz, Filinvest and San Miguel Corporation are reportedly investing in power generation in the island.

On the other hand, DLPC franchise areas in-clude two cities and four municipalities, namely, Davao, Panabo, and Car-men, Sto. Tomas, Braulio, Dujali Kapalong in Davao del Norte.

in the performance of duty, and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of public service If they will be found

guilty of these charges they will be immediately ter-minated from the service. [ABF]

with an estimated amount of 17 kilos per week. The international standard on average waste production per person is set at 2 kilos per person. The average household size in Davao City is 4.3 persons, thus to be at effective waste pro-duction limit, an ordinary household should produce 8.6 to 10 kilos of wastes per week. More than half of the households seem to meet this criteria, an indi-cation of the effective im-plementation of the law.

Perhaps, this success is attributed to the participa-tion of the public in waste segregation at the house-hold level. It was noted that a majority of the house-hold conduct segregation (69 percent) while 31 per-cent just dispose of their waste in violation the rules on waste disposal as stipu-lated by the ordinance, the IPO specialists said.

The barangay councils seem to be making an ef-fective lead in implement-ing the law as 84 percent are indicating that their barangays provide garbage bins. Given that there are specific garbage collection areas, collection of garbage was observed on a regular basis, thus reducing likeli-hood of smelly, slimy areas and thus promoting clean-liness and orderliness in the barangay.

However, 16 percent of the Dabawenyos surveyed still claimed they have no garbage bins in their areas. They also bared that said barangays have no speci-fied point of collection ar-eas. The respondents were also asked about the fre-quency of garbage collec-tion at the barangays. More than a third (35 percent ) said their garbage is col-lected once a week, while 33 percent said that the collection of garbage was done twice a week.

Respondents who indi-cated that there was no col-lection of garbage (27 per-cent) done is an indication of poor implementation of the law.

The ordinance encour-ages people’s participation in the implementation of the waste reduction mea-sures and stresses the need for the barangay leaders to take the helm in assuring

that the program is felt at the grassroots level.

A service satisfaction measure may be a crude measure of success of the program but it would provide an idea how the law was implemented giv-en that it falls within the realm of public service. So, the respondents were asked how satisfied are they on the services of the city’s garbage collection unit. Notably, 8 in every 10 Dabawenyos gave a high approval rating on the ser-vices provided for the col-lection of garbage in their villages/barangays. How-ever, 2 in every 10 either are not satisfied or are pro-viding no comments on the conduct of the barangay functionaries relative to solid waste management.

Meanwhile, taking the satisfaction of the Dabawenyos on the imple-mentation of the law with relation to the leadership provided by the environ-mental offices, the baran-gay leadership, the partici-pation of the private orga-nizations and the involve-ment of the households, the solid waste manage-ment of the City seemed to be effective with 39.61 percent indicating positive evaluation of the imple-mentation of the law, while 38.82 percent said that the implementation is very ef-fective, Only 20 percent are claiming it is a failure or not giving their opinion.

A test of difference us-ing Analysis of Variance, revealed that District 2 re-ported to have highest level of satisfaction in the imple-mentation of the ordinance as compared to other legis-lative districts.

In conclusion, the Solid Waste Management as a program of the government still rely on the effective leadership of the barangay officers. The findings con-sistently point out that ba-rangays that took no-non-sense waste disposal pro-gram stir the households to do their part causing an ef-fective partnership among the various stakeholders of the barangay. Good leaders are good implementers; a clean barangay reflects leadership that administer the law according to its sub-stance and intention.

gang wars in the city like the incident last Decem-ber 2013 near Victoria Plaza.

He added that the group is also involved in other illegal activities such as robbery hold-ups

and shooting incidents in-volving minors.

Police recovered one .45 caliber pistol and a magazine for .45 caliber pistol along with P200 in marked money from the suspects.


THE Bank of the Phil-ippine Islands honors this year’s winners of

the Model OFW Family of the Year Award (MOFYA), an annual program orga-nized by Overseas Workers Welfare Administration. BPI, together with Globe Telecom, are major spon-sors of the program.

Now on its 9th year, the MOFYA recognizes overseas Filipino workers and their families who have success-fully managed the impact of overseas employment and maintained strong family ties that separate them for a prolonged period of time. In addition, these overseas Filipinos have used the gains of working abroad to benefit not only their pro-fessions and their children’s education, but also their communities.

This year’s awarding ceremony was held last De-cember 9 at the Philippine International Convention Center, CCP Complex on Roxas Boulevard in Pasay City.

The first of two nation-

al awardees is Chief Engr. Alberto Laaguen Balbal-an of Region I. Balbalan, winner in the sea-based OFW category, has sought to preserve Filipino tribal culture through the Ilocos Sur-based Budong Tribal Organization. He has also established a number of successful enterprises in-cluding a beach resort, drug stores, and a water refilling station.

The second winner, land-based OFW category, is Esmael M. Maulana from the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao. Mau-lana’s hard work overseas has allowed him to spend for the education of his sib-lings, who have since be-come professionals them-selves, among them seafar-ers and a lawyer.

In her welcome remarks during the awards ceremo-ny, OWWA Administrator Carmelita S. Dimzon under-scored the relevance of the MOFYA: putting forward families like those of Balbal-an and Maulana as “model families [who, among other

things,] have exemplified success in keeping the fam-ily together and sustaining the strong moral values of

the Filipino family.” Balbalan and Maulana,

chosen from 34 awardees from the various regions

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LEADING tele-communications company Globe

Telecom has donat-ed P1 million worth of prepaid load and 200 mobile phones to the United Nations Interna-tional Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for the pro-vision of quality health services to mothers and their newborn children particularly those in geographically-isolated and disadvantaged ar-eas.

The donation will be used for the Real-time Community Health and Information Tracking System or rChits which was initially launched in 10 off-grid areas to aid in information manage-ment and treatment re-sponse efficiency. Globe is the official telecom and ICT partner of the rChits program led by UNESCO, Australian Aid, and UP Manila National Telehealth Center.

rChits is an ICT inno-vation made up of three components: Chits, an electronic medical record system for ma-ternal care; mReports, a software installed in

mobile devices which serves as a portable medical reporting sys-tem; and LGU Dash-board, a graphical web interface that allows local chief executives to make evidence-based decisions on health care delivery.

“Lack of access to health and medical ser-vices is one of the iden-tified causes for the in-crease of maternal and child mortality rate es-pecially in remote areas, often due to insufficient number of health work-ers and lack of transpor-tation. Thus, as a leader in ICT and having a mo-bile network that best serves the areas where rChits is being imple-mented, we want to uti-lize our strength to help address this issue,” said Fernando Esguerra, OIC, Globe Corporate Social Responsibility.

Under the Philip-pines millennium de-velopment goal, the country is tasked to re-duce its MMR by three quarters by 2015. Lat-est data revealed 221 deaths per 100,000 live births.

Globe donates ICT tools to UNICEF

(From left) DOLE Usec. Danilo Cruz, Globe Consultant Jem Ruiz, BPI President Cesar P. Consing, OWWA Administrator Carmelita Dimzon, DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz and winners.

BPI honors overseas Filipinos anew with Model OFW Family Awards

DON Antonio O. Floirendo, Sr. Foun-dation generously

welcomed the year 2014 as it successfully fulfilled its annual gift-giving activity for the T’bolis of Brgy. Klubi and Brgy. Lamdalag, Lake Sebu last January 3-4.

“With much enthusi-asm of our company to give back to the community, we are doing this every year to make them feel that their loyalty and hard work are deeply appreciated; and that we are proudly pro-moting the traditional art of weaving by the T’bolis,” said Maricris Floirendo-Brias, AOFloirendo Foundation President, who graced the event with her friends Bea

Zobel Jr. and Fernando Manso.

In partnership with the Tadeco Livelihood and Training Center (TLTC), this annual gift-giving activity has served over 1,300 T’bo-lis this year. The gift bags for the recipient families con-tained food items, toiletries, and used clothes, while the children received bananas, ice cream, bread, and toys.

“Naga-pasalamat kami sa padayon nga pagsupor-ta sa amo sa [AOFloirendo] Foundation ug sa TLTC. Malipayon sab kami nga kanunay nga nagalambo ang among panag-inigsu-unay alang sa kalampusan sa matag-usa,”said Flung Tuan, 46.

Making the affair truly remarkable, T’bolis shared more of their culture by performing some of their tribal dances and tradi-tional songs. Likewise, the

activity was made more sig-nificant, this time, as three of the T’boli weavers were hailed as Ms. T’nalak, Ms. TADECO, and Ms. Klowil MPC during their first ever fashion competition.

“We can all be success-ful if we know how to look back, give back, and share to make other people hap-py; and that’s what makes the foundation keep going in serving and in reaching out,” remarked Brias.

T’boli weavers from barangays Klubi and Lam-dalag supply dream-in-spired and spirit infused T’nalak weavings for TLTC’s product lines which they send to inter-national markets such as Australia, Denmark, En-gland, Germany, Greece, Hongkong, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom and USA. Over 1,300 T’bolis were served during the gift-giving activity at Barangays Lamdalag and Klubi, Lake Sebu.

AOF Foundation opens 2014 with gift giving

The recipients happily receive gift packs containing food items, toiletries, and used clothes.

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YOUTH AND EXPERIENCEMELBOURNE (Reu-

ters) - Ninth-seed Angelique Kerber

shook off a second-set blip to advance to the second round of the Australian Open on Monday with a 6-3 0-6 6-2 win over local wildcard Jarmila Gajdoso-va.

After an error-strewn first set, the 26-year-old Gajdosova looked out of the match in the second when she rolled her left ankle on Rod Laver Arena and needed a medical tim-eout in the opening game.

The injury somehow sparked a comeback from Gajdosova, who exploit-ed Kerber’s weak service game, and local fans began to believe she might ad-vance to the second round at Melbourne Park for the first time in nine attempts.

But Kerber, who lost in the Sydney International final to qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova on Friday, quick-ly forgot her second set troubles and raced through the decider in 31 minutes to set up a clash with Alla Kudryavtseva, who defeat-ed France’s Caroline Garcia 6-2 7-6(9).

Meantime, youth and

potential trumped age and experience at the Austra-lian Open on Monday as 16-year-old Swiss Belinda Bencic took down 43-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.

The 27-year age gap was the largest in a grand slam since a 47-year-old Martina Navratilova was beaten by 19-year-old Gisela Dulko at Wimbledon in 2004.

“It means a lot to win because I didn’t play really at my best, but I was able to fight through,” said Bencic, who is coached by Martina Hingis’s mother, Melanie Molitor.

Hingis, who was watch-ing in the stands on a court packed with Japanese fans, looked concerned when a nervy Bencic trailed 3-0 and 4-2.

But Bencic showed great resolve to recover to take the set and then after Date-Krumm hit back to level with some typically smart tennis, the teenager regained her composure to clinch victory in her first grand slam match.

Date Krumm reached the semi-finals in Mel-bourne in 1994, three years

before Bencic was born, but the Swiss said she tried not to think about the age gap.

“It was special,” Bencic said. “I was not thinking about (Date Krumm’s age). I had real trouble to play her because she plays a very different game and (hits a) very flat ball.”

Bencic is tipped as a fu-ture star of women’s tennis and Date-Krumm said she had the talent to go far.

“Of course she needs more experience but she has a lot of potential,” she said. “ If she has more pow-er, if she plays more smart, she’s for sure top 20 and top 10 may be possible.”

Date-Krumm is now likely to fall outside the top 100 but said she would continue to play as long as she enjoys it, though she laughed off suggestions she could make it to 50.

“I will keep fighting, I don’t know how long,” she said. “Maybe five years more, maybe five months, I don’t know.

“Someday it’s coming to a finish but still I have a chance to play more tour-naments. Maybe it will be tomorrow, maybe tonight, maybe five years later.”

Kerber stops young Aussie, Date-Krumm bows to teener

MELBOURNE (Re-uters) - A prom-ising start to the

season for Venus Williams was undone in two-and-a-half hours on Monday as the 33-year-old crashed out of the Australian Open’s opening round with a crushing defeat to her sister Serena’s 2012 nemesis Ekaterina Ma-karova.

Making her 61st grand slam appearance and 14th at Melbourne Park, the American had arrived Down Under with an en-couraging run to the final of the Auckland Classic, raising hopes of a fresh start after recent seasons blighted by injury and ill-ness.

On a sunbathed Mar-garet Court Arena, the former world number one displayed the power and aggression of her halcyon days to roar through the opening set, but it was the uncertain, shaky Venus of

recent vintage that ulti-mately collapsed to a 2-6 6-4 6-4 loss, having taken a 3-0 lead in the third.

Williams, who suffers from Sjogren’s Syndrome which causes fatigue and joint pain, was hampered by back problems last year but declined to blame health issues for the loss. She could hardly have done so.

Throwing herself around the court with the enthusiasm of a teenager, her struggles were largely self-inflicted as she gave up a decisive break in the second set with three suc-cessive double-faults and suffered another serving meltdown with victory begging in the third.

“I think obviously I think my error count was a little high,” Williams told reporters.

“I was hitting the ball well this week, and, you know, obviously it was dis-appointing to not win the

first round.“I have to give her a

lot of credit. She was re-ally determined, and, you know, just kept playing hard. I think any time you’re seeded you just re-ally want to win the first round.”

Makarova, who stunned an injured Sere-na Williams in the fourth round of the 2012 Austra-lian Open, made a second successive quarter-final appearance at Melbourne Park last year, but largely had her opponent to thank on Monday for her prog-ress to a second round match with American Iri-na Falconi.

“I think it will be tough. She’s 33 now,” said 25-year-old Makarova of Williams’s hopes of be-coming a force again at grand slams.

“Sometimes when you are pushing her on her serve, she is making some double faults.

Venus crashes out

An all-star benefit match featuring Spanish football

stars led by Real Madrid star Sergio Ramos raised 550,000 euros (33 million pesos) for the relief efforts of super typhoon “Yolanda” in the Philippines.

Inspired by the NBA All-Star game, the in-augural Champions for Life match organized by

UNICEF pitted teams with players representing the East and West regions of Spain last December 30 at the Santiago Bern-abeu in Madrid. The East squad prevailed over the Ramos-led West team, 8-6, in a match composed of three 30-minute peri-ods.

“To be able help those that needs it through

football, which has a large global reach, is very nice,” Ramos told Real Madrid’s official website.

Over 42,000 fans filled up the stadium to watch the match, which was also headlined by Real Madrid members Alvaro Morata and Jesus Fernandez.

“It is a pleasure to be here for a worthy cause,” Morata said.

Spanish benefit match raises 550T euros for ‘Yolanda’ relief

DOWN BUT NOT OUT. Jarmila Gajdosova (top photo) is dwon on the court but recovered to finish her match, losing to 9th seed Angelique Kerber (below).

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I never was a fan of theme parks whenever I travel alone, in fact, I have not even visited Hong Kong Disneyland or Ocean Park in all of my Hong Kong visit. I guess the appeal of theme parks on a solo

traveller is much less but if ever I get to travel with family with kids then I would consider visiting a theme park or two. One stop on the recent media trip to Phuket together

with Cebu Pacific and the Tourism Authority of Thai-land was Phuket FantaSea. Inspired by Thailand’s exotic heritage, Phuket FantaSea is a showcase of the charm and beauty of Thailand, the theme park also enriches ancient Thai traditions with the wonder of cutting-edge technology

My Phuket Fantaseaand special effects result-ing in a stunning 140-acre cultural theme park that has become the ultimate in night-time entertain-ment on the resort island of Phuket. The theme park features aspects of Thai culture as well as introduces visi-tors to icons and images that are uniquely Thai. The main park entrance fea-tures a lagoon stocked full of colourful koi and Kin-naree (mystical half-bird half-angel beings) statues. From the entrance, we breezed through the theme park’s Carnival Village on our way to dinner at the 4,000 seat Golden Kinna-ree Buffet Restaurant that is located on a lotus lake. The restaurant is nothing short of a spectacle featur-ing 400 meters of hand-painted wall murals of Thai Classical Art as well as a fabulous carpet that was specifically designed for the restaurant and depicts the magical Anohdhard pool where Kinnarees like to bathe in. After dinner we made our way to the highlight of our visit which is the Fan-tasy of a Kingdom cultural illusion extravaganza at the Palace of the Elephants Theatre.

Elephant rides near the Palace of the Elephants Theatre. Photo by Rose Razon

The Carnival Village

Colourful Koi.

One can shop for souvenirs from the many stores at the Carnival Village.

The finale of the Fantasy of a Kingdom show.

FMY PHUKET, A4

USHER in the Year of the Horse with our New Year’s Eve dinner on January 30, 2014 at the The Marco Polo Davao’s Lotus Court. De-light in a feast of savory Chinese dishes such as suc-culent Roast Peking Duck, Roast Pig, Garoupa, flavor-ful Turkey, Crabs and other premium Seafood items. All these for Php 1,300 net per person and Php 650 net per child. Sway to the beat of Chi-nese cultural performances and witness the dragon and lion dance. For reservations and inquiries, please call The Marco Polo Davao at (082) 2210888 loc. 7232 or 7233.

World of Tanks models handing out free game stubs.

WELCOME the Year of the Green Wood Horse and gallop to your urban lifestyle hotel. Celebrate Chinese New Year at Seda Abreeza. Avail of Seda’s Chinese New Year Special Room Sale from Janu-ary 26 to February 2 for only Php 4,088 nett per night and enjoy overnight deluxe room accommodations, buffet breakfast for 2 persons, unlimited WiFi and compli-mentary use of the gym and the pool. Guests who check in also receive free prosperity gifts as well as special Seda “ang pao”. Book be-fore January 15 and get a special discounted rate of only Php 3,888 nett for the same offer. Experience genuine Chinese cuisine at Misto on January 31 and sample a sumptuous Chinese New Year dinner buffet for only Php 788 nett per person. Dine with 4 persons and the 5th person eats for free! Specially prepared Chinese New Year Set Meals are also available at Php 488 nett per person from January 26 to February 2. Be blessed with luck as you watch the Dragon and Lion Dance on the evening of January 31 and enjoy the cultural spectacle with your family and friends. Seda Abreeza is conveniently located at J.P. Laurel Avenue, Davao City. It is right beside Abreeza Ayala Mall and is in close proximity to nearby corporate and commercial establishments. For inquiries and reservations please call 322-8888 or 244-3000. Visit Seda’s website at www.sedahotels.com or email at [email protected]. Seda Abreeza is a joint venture between AyalaLand Hotels & Resorts Corporation and Anflo Management & Investment Corporation.

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Kung Hei Fat Choi at the Marco Polo Davao Lotus Court

UP AND ABOUT EVENT

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THE first ever-Re-gional Cyber Colle-giate League kicked off at the SM City Gensan atrium last January 9, the 4 day event which is com-posed of different art and gaming compe-titions, like Coun-terstrike source, Tekken, Defense of the Ancients 2 (DoTA 2), and Yugi-oh tournaments, art contests on multi-media, photography and drawing catego-ries. The events were flocked by gaming enthusiasts from various collages all over Gensan, par-ticipating in show-casing their gaming skills and creative talents, all compet-ing for the top spot to bring prestige to their collages. Plus, RCCL featured free to play World of Tanks and console games, which drew in crowds of gamers, where they played for hours, had fun with fellow gamers and even be awed by the presence of beautiful models handing out free game stubs. RCCL also had a dis-play of high-end remote controlled planes, helicop-ters, trucks and cars from Aero Cam Media, which has drawn not only little kids but the grownups as well, with their impres-sive control handling in drifting the cars up and around their little ramps, made onlookers feel like a kid again, even I, all of a sudden wanted to get my claws on those controls and try some tricks as well. The main event, which took place on the final day of RCCL - Jan 12,

was flocked by mall goers, anime and gaming fans alike. “What is cosplay for you?” Ms. Johanna Quilinderino, RCCL’s host asked the all geared up contestants after their character presentation, on the first cosplay competi-tion of 2014 in Gensan. The crowds cheers echoed across the mall as their favorites took the stage, as the contestants bring characters from anime

and games to the reality. Participants were judged on their craftsmanship,

characterization, stage performance and audi-ence impact. Undeniably cosplay is a hobby that needs dedication; it’s an art form that brings to-gether visual art and per-formance art. I’ve always wanted to take part in co-splaying, who doest want to dress up as their favou-rite characters? Its just that I never had the luxury of time. It was clear the impact of video games already had on the attendees, it inspires the creative mind,

A gathering of gamers in Gensan

improves hand and eye coordination, developed faster, more accurate at-tention allocation and just like any other game, brings people with the same passion closer to-gether, which RCCL had successfully given to ev-eryone who took part and celebrated video gaming at its finest. Follow me on Twitter or Instagram, @kyriekoutre for more adventures in and around my wonderland that is Gensan, Tuna Capi-tal of the Philippines.

Yugi-oh duels Free to play WoT.

The COSPLAY competition.

The atrium of SM Gensan was filled with gamers.

Bosch, a leading global supplier of technology and servic-es, today announced that it has appointed Andrew Powell to head Bosch in the Philippines as the company’s new manag-ing director based in Manila.

British-born Powell sees immense potential for Bosch’s continued business expansion in the Philippines, particularly in maintaining its market leadership position in the compa-ny’s automotive and power tools businesses.

Powell elaborated, “The Philippines continues to be fueled by an upbeat economic climate. The construction industry, for example, is earmarked to contribute almost 50 per cent to the country’s growth in 2014, as the government moves to roll out new infrastructure and address housing shortage. Bosch, with its strong presence in the power tools industry in the Philip-pines, is poised to support that growth.”

He added, “Bosch will also continue to play a meaningful role in local community development efforts, such as sup-porting the re-building of the areas hardest-hit by Typhoon Haiyan. Our partnerships with NGOs have allowed us to put our power tools to good use in the rehabilitation of commu-nity centers and other similar facilities.”

In addition, Powell sees the automotive industry in the Philippines riding high, buoyed by an emerging middle class. “With new international players entering the rapidly-expand-ing automotive market in the Philippines, Bosch, as a leading global automotive technology supplier, is ever-ready to play a key role in contributing to a thriving automotive sector in the country.”

Bosch appoints Andrew Powell as managing director for PHL

ANGEL Locsin and Maja Sal-vador are both thrilled with how their slapping scene in “The Legal Wife” trailer be-came a hot topic among TV viewers and netizens. How-ever, Angel confessed that it was difficult for her to do it. “Slapping Maja, whom I consider like my little sister, was not as easy as it looked like on screen. Actually, I re-ally avoid having scenes like that because I don’t want to hurt my co-actors,” said An-gel, who will play the role of Monica in the story, the wife of Adrian (to be played by Jericho Rosales). Just like the viewers who felt the ‘power slap’ of Angel, Maja strongly feels that the brave, real-life plot of “The Legal Wife” will get prime-time viewers hooked every night. “My character and An-gel, Jericho, JC’s (de Vera)

all have their life battles. And I think every viewer can connect to any of them. Because in real-life, we all experience love, pain and fighting back,” said Maja, who will give life to the char-acter of Nicole. “The Legal Wife” gathers some of the country’s best

drama actors including Joem Bascon, Ahron Villena, Rio Locsin, Mark Gil, and Christopher de Leon. It is under the direction of Rory Quintos and Dado Lumibao. Don’t miss the beginning of “The Legal Wife” this Janu-ary on ABS-CBN’s Primetime Bida.

WILL Kim Chiu, Xian Lim, Sam Milby, and Miss International 2013 Bea Rose Santiago dare to play all the challenges in “Minute to Win It’s” 60-second circle to bring home the top-rating game show’s elusive P1 million jackpot prize? Beginning Monday (Jan 13), “Minute to Win It” will air for one full week special episodes to mark its first an-niversary featuring the said celebrity players and some of its notable regular players. Will Xian give way to Kim in their Head to Head Chal-lenge? Will Bea Rose rule the 60-second circle just as she conquered the world with her beauty? Will Sam give in to pressure or triumph against it? “Minute to Win It” will also bring back some of its ex-traordinary regular players on Friday (Jan 17) to play a

special set of games and also show the inspiring stories of how their lives have changed since playing and winning huge cash prizes in the game show. Since it started airing on ABS-CBN last year, “Minute to Win It” has stood to become one of the most successful

versions of the popular inter-national franchise for its con-sistent top ratings and for cre-ating a wave of excitement among viewers due to its deceptively easy challenges using everyday items found at home, at school, and at the office. It has also become a hit among adults and kids alike as it launched different edi-tions such as the Junior Chal-lenge, Head to Head Chal-lenge, and Family Challenge, each with their own thrilling set of rules. Watch the anniversary week of “Minute to Win It,” hosted by Luis Manzano, from Monday to Friday (Jan 13-17), 11AM on ABS-CBN. For updates, visit www.face-book.com/minute2winitPH and follow @Minute2WinItPH on Twitter.

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Kim, Xian, Sam, and Bea Rose play in Minute to Win

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Inspired by the coluor-ful heritage of Thailand, Fantasy of a Kingdom is an audio-visual extravaganza that for the first time any-where, incorporates Thai culture with magical illu-sions, 4-dimensional in-theater effects, aerial ballet, acrobatics, indoor pyro-technics, special effects, el-ephant performances and stunts, into one unforgetta-bale theatrical masterpiece that is guaranteed to thrill and delight visitors from all around the world. From the first moment on, we are taken on a jour-ney through Thai history, Thailand’s regions, and discovering along the way the exotic songs and dance that make the kingdom so dazzlingly attractive. Thai Mythology also comes to life through the acrobatic antics of Hanuman and his monkey warriors, and the exquisite movements of the beautiful Kinnarees. The host, the Prince of Kamala, brings illusions to life with great battles that seemingly blow up the stage or acrobats who fly

through the air in an out-standing aerial ballet, and throughout it all, the magi-cal elephants haunt the stage, appearing and disappearing at will in a masterpiece of il-lusion that is sure to make the kids and the kids at heart smile. The Philippines’ leading low-cost carrier, Cebu Pacific (CEB) flies direct from Ma-nila to Phuket every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, for as low as P999. It operates the most extensive network in the Philippines for convenient and easy flight connections in Ma-nila. For flight schedules and bookings, visit www.cebupa-cificair.com or call (02)7020-888 or (032)230-8888. The latest seat sales can also be found on Cebu Pacific Air’s of-ficial Facebook Fan Page or @cebupacificair on Twitter. When planning itineraries to Phuket, visit the Tourism Authority of Thailand website at http://www.tourismthai-land.org/. Follow me on Instagram or on Twitter @kennethkingong for more travel and foodie finds as well as happenings in, around and beyond Durianburg.

Inside the 4,000-seat Golden Kinnaree Buffet Restaurtant. Photo by Rose Razon

The walls of the restaurant feature 400 meters of paintings.

Together with members of the press. Photo by Rose Razon

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Luol Deng is open to discussing a contract

extension with the Cleve-land Cavaliers, but he also understands why the Cavs might want to put off those talks to first focus on try-ing to sign another All-Star small forward.

LeBron James.“He’s a great player, why

wouldn’t you look at him?” Deng told Yahoo Sports. “If he wants to come back home, that’s great for him and great for this organi-zation. He’s a great player. Why not?

“I’m all right with that. I’m here to do what I can do and be Luol Deng. I don’t really worry about it. I don’t have the mindset that I can control what everyone else thinks. I just do what I can do and try to be the best at what I do.”

The Cavaliers acquired Deng in a trade from the Chicago Bulls on Jan. 7 for center Andrew Bynum, who was waived, and three

draft picks. The Bulls’ sur-prising move came after the two-time All-Star turned down a three-year, $30 mil-lion contract extension. In Deng, the Cavs landed an elite veteran small forward that they have coveted since James departed for the Mi-ami Heat in the summer of 2010.

If Deng, 28, isn’t signed to a contract extension by June 30, he will become an unrestricted free agent next offseason for the first time in his career. He already likes what he sees in Cleve-land and said several times – unsolicited – the Cavs have impressed him with how they treat their play-ers, calling the franchise an “amazing organization.”

The Cavaliers are inter-ested in keeping Deng long-term, but also know there is plenty of time to evaluate him and begin extension talks, a league source said.

“I’m very open to sit down to talk,” Deng said. “At the same time, I’m OK with

waiting until the summer.”It seemed far fetched

four years ago that Cleve-land would even consider trying to pursue James after he announced he was going to the Heat. Some Cavs fans burned his jersey and threw stones at his billboard in downtown Cleveland. Cav-aliers owner Dan Gilbert sent out a letter to fans promising that his franchise would win a championship before James.

Since then, James has won two championships, and much of Cleveland’s hate has dissipated. Gilbert has said he regrets the let-ter. It is not a given that James will opt out of his contract this summer to be-come a free agent. It’s also not a given the Akron, Ohio, native would even consider the Cavaliers if he becomes a free agent. It would re-quire some contract ma-neuvering, but there’s a small possibility Cleveland could try to sign both James and Deng.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Kevin Du-rant did the expect-

ed.And for a change,

Oklahoma City’s defense came along for the ride.

Durant scored 33 points, Serge Ibaka had 17 points and 17 re-bounds and the Thunder snapped a two-game skid by defeating the Milwau-kee Bucks 101-85 Satur-

day night.Oklahoma City was

coming off two poor de-fensive efforts. On Tues-day, the Thunder let the Jazz shoot 59 percent from the field on their way to a 112-101 win. Two nights later, Den-ver led 89-66 after three quarters before holding on for a 101-88 win over the Thunder.

This time, the Thun-

der held the Bucks to 40 percent shooting and sent them to their fifth consec-utive loss.

‘’All we wanted to fo-cus on was defense,’’ Du-rant said. ‘’We told the guys before the game, ‘Don’t worry about mak-ing shots or missing shots, just worry about locking in on defense,’ and I think they did a great job of that.’’

MICHAEL Weiss is out out of work.

After nearly three years on the job as

Azkals coach, the German has not had his contract renewed, according to the website Pinoyfootball.com.

The website reportedly re-ceived the news from Az-kals manager Dan Palami and released the info on

Saturday. There appears to be no official word from the Philippine Football Federa-tion, but that seems to be little more than a formality. The Weiss era is over.

Some observers might feel this is long overdue. I would agree. And some-thing very early on told me that Weiss might not be the man for the job.

In March 2011, the Az-kals trooped to frigid Ulaan Bataar, Mongolia, for the second leg of their 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualifi-er against the Mongolians, carrying with them a 2-0 lead from the first game in Bacolod.

Neil Etheridge was unavailable for that game after keeping a clean sheet in Panaad. Ed Sa-

capaño would wear the gloves instead. Surpris-ingly, backing up Saca-paño was Toffer Camcam.

Then just sixteen or seventeen years old, Camcam was, and pre-sumably still is, a prom-ising goalkeeping pros-pect. But was it right to have him on the bench in a competitive match, on the road, in the snow against a hostile crowd? Had Sacapaño been hurt Camcam would have trotted on to the pitch in a very tough situation for a first cap. And people would have wondered why someone more experienced, say Ref Cuaresma, Tats Mercado, Michael Louie Casas, or even Kim Versales, had

not made the trip instead.Fortunately Sacapaño

did not get hurt, and an early James Younghus-band goal made it 3-0 on aggregate, effectively sealing the series. Even though the home side won the game 2-1 the Az-kals progressed thanks to a 3-2 aggregate scoreline.

The Camcam selec-tion was rather odd, po-tentially disastrous even, and that seemed to indi-cate that perhaps there was something missing with the German mentor.

Hans Michael Weiss certainly leaves the Az-kals with an impressive record, leading the team to the semifinals of both the Suzuki Cup and the AFC Challenge Cup.

Weiss’ contract with Azkals not renewed

Deng today, Lebron tomorrow

Durant scores 33 to lead Thunder past Bucks 101-85

GOODBYE. After nearly three years as coach of the Philippine Azkals, Michael Weiss is packing his bagc for good.

HEAVY TRAFFIC. Greg Slaughter of Ginebra (light) battles Rico Maeirhofer, Denok Iranda and JC Intal of Barako (dark) during the Ginebra-Barako Bull match in the PBA Philippine Cup last Sunday. Ginebra won this match. Right, Dorian Pena of Barako (dark) stands in the way of rookie James Forrester of Ginebra (light).

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EXPECT a lot of fire-power among teams figuring in the Final

Four of the 3rd The Royal Mandaya Hotel Cup basket-ball tournament beginning Saturday afternoon at the Davao City Recreation Cen-ter.

The Mini division will have Philippine Women’s College, with its huge front-line, as the top favorite. However, eyes will be on the encounter between campus rivals Ateneo de Davao Uni-versity and Holy Child. The two teams have figured in

several clashes in different leagues and this one would no exception.

Precious International School is the fourth team in the quartet and should also give everyone a scare.

Jek Melendres, TRMH basketball operations man-ager, said the four semifinal qualifiers in both the Mini and Cadet divisions will go into a lottery to determine the pairings of the single round robin Final Four stage.

“Everyone goes into a lottery and that will make the semis more exciting,”

said Melendres. Tournament director

Rico Biliran of the SBP 11 will preside over the lottery.

In the Cadet division, the Ateneo Blue Knights will also be crossing fire with the Holy Child Reds in a bid to snatch the title away from defending champion Ford Academy. Of course, not to be outdone is Assumption College of Davao.

The teams will go through a single round robin affair with the top two teams battling it out for the title on January 25-26. [NJB]

Intense rivalry in TRMH Cup semis


YOUTH AND EXPERIENCE. 16-year old Belinda Bencic (right) and veteran Li Na (left) were among those who breezed through the first round of the 2014 Aus-tralian Open in Melbourne. Stories on page 14.

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