Edge Davao 6 Issue 50

P12-M smuggled rice, cars seized

2 ex-rebs receiveP50-T ‘seed money’

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‘We’ll be there to stop you’The Bureau of Customs

yesterday presented tons of smuggled

rice worth P12 million and three imported cars of undetermined value seized recently at the Port of Davao.

Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon led Customs officials in inspecting the smuggled contraband and dished off a stern warning to smugglers: “No matter how often they

try to smuggle rice into the country, our operatives will always be there to stop them.”

Biazon inspected 22 container vans of rice and one forty-container van with one (1) unit used Daewoo Rezzo, one (1) unit Kia Carens and one (1) unit hyundai Sonata of seized at the Port of Davao by Customs Intelligence Group operatives under Deputy Commissioner Danilo Lim for violation of Section 2503 of the Tariffs and Customs Code of the Philippines (TCCP).

A month of surveillance paid off with the arrest of two suspected big-time drug pushers Wednesday af-

ternoon on Tulip Drive by agents of the Philippine Drug enforcement Agency (PDeA) during a buy-bust operation in front of the Delongtes Restaurant.

The suspects were identified as: Krap Buisan, 20, of Brgy. Malagapas, Cotabato City and Yasser Nandang, 61, of Brgy. Tu-kananas, Cotabato City.

PDeA 11 information officer Noli Nephi Dimaandal told edge Davao the suspects had been involved in the illegal drug trade deals in the city.

The buy-bust operation was spear-headed by PDeA 11 regional director emerson Rosales together with the 305th Air Intelligence and Security Group led by

2 pushers arrestedBy Che Palicte

HOT RICE. Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon (left) and Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence Danilo Lim show Vietnamese Fragrant White rice seized by Customs operatives at Sasa Wharf in Davao City during yesterday’s presentation to media. Lean Daval Jr.

VOL. 6 ISSUE 50 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY, MAY 24-25, 20132 EDGEDAVAOTHE BIG NEWS

ANTI-SMOKING TICKET. Davao City Anti-Smoking Task Force chair Dr. Domilyn Villareiz explains the details of violation citation ticket which will be issued to offenders of City Ordinance 0367-12 otherwise known as the New Comprehensive Anti-Smoking Ordinance of Davao City set to be im-

plemented starting May 31, 2013 during yesterday’s I-Speak media forum at the Davao City Hall. At right is City Building Office (CBO) of Davao chief Engr. Jaime Adalin. Lean Daval Jr.

BY ANY MEANS POSSIBLE. These days, you don’t need a television to watch a telenovela. These two men’s busy world had to stop to make way

for their favorite noontime telenovela through a smartphone at a restau-rant in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

IN preparation for school year 2013-2014, the Department

of education (Deped) 11 advised both private and public schools to request for anti--dengue fogging by the City health Office before classes open on June 3.

The Department of health (DOh) warns the public not to be compla-cent about dengue as the disease is always present, even in summer, and had already killed seven stu-dents in the first quarter of the year.

Jenielito Atillo, spokesperson of Deped 11, told edge Davao that anti-dengue fogging should be an important initiative of schools, not only during the ‘Briga-da eskwela’ activity but during the entire prepa-

ration for the opening of classes.

“Since it is for free, it is best for schools to re-quest for fogging to pre-vent dengue,” Atillo said. “Dengue-carrying mos-quitoes are esent in our surroundings regardless of the weather, we must be vigilant and continual-ly conduct cleaning activ-ities not only in schools but also inside and out-side our homes,” he said

Atillo said the Briga-da eskwela had moved up to a different level of awareness and maturity among parents who par-ticipated. “We are happy with the turnout in the Brigada eskwela because we saw a lot of parents joining the activity. They really want a healthy en-vironment for their chil-dren,” he added. CMP

TWO former mem-bers of the San-datahang Yunit

Pampropaganda, Gue-rilla Front 34, South-ern Mindanao Regional Command of the New People’s Army (NPA) received P50,000 each yesterday at the pro-vincial governor’s of-fice in Tagum City.

A press statement sent to media by Capt. Nathaniel Morales, spokesman of the Phil-ippine Army’s 1003rd Brigade, said Gov.

Rodolfo del Rosario turned over the checks to former rebels Dante Miranda and Jessie Ca-sium as “seed money” to start their livelihood projects.

Morales said Casium and Miranda surren-dered to the 60th In-fantry Battalion (IB) in February 2011 aand August 2011, respec-tively, and were turned over to the Davao del Norte provincial gov-ernment to to avail of the Comprehensive

Local Integration Pro-gram (CLIP).

The CLIP is a nation-al program which aims to give a customized package and means of livelihood to commu-nist rebels who decide to surrender and start a new life.

he added that the P50,000 livelihood as-sistance is the product of profiling facilitat-ed by the provincial government, in co-ordination with the Armed Forces of the

Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) that was finally completed un-der the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPPs) CLIP program.

“Staff from the Davao del Norte pro-vincial government and members of the 60th IB assisted the former reb-els in the encashment of their checks at the because the two have no valid identification cards,” Morales said.

NeW City Commercial Corporation (NCCC) will put up 10 stores

and two more malls this year.

Darry Gallego, NCCC’s corporate legal council, told members of media yesterday in a press forum at the Royal Mandaya hotel that the company is tar-geting two more malls in Buhangin, Davao City and Panabo, Davao del Norte.

“We are still complying with the requirements be-fore we start building the malls in those areas,” he said, adding, “The mall in Buhangin will be erected on a rectangular area in front of a private market at Crossing Tigatto and Cabantian, with four floors on a 8,200 square meter lot.”

In June this year, anoth-er hB1 store will be erect-ed on a 438 square meter lot at Crossing Bayabas Toril.

In the third quarter of 2013, the NCCC will also put up six stores at the Oro-derm Plaza, CM Recto Ave-nue, namely, hB1, Choice store, a department store, hardwaremaxx, Bread-factory, and Munchies.

Gallego said the closed hB1 store at the foot of the Ateneo de Davao Universi-ty will be reopened ln the Jacinto side of the school in the third quarter of this year.

Also in the third quar-ter of this year, two NCCC Choice stores will be set up in Catalunan Grande and Nova Tierra, according to Gallego.

DepEd urges schools to request for fogging

2 NPA rebels givenP50-T ‘seed money’

By Che Palicte

NCCC to open 10 stores,2 more malls this yearBy EJ Dominic Fernandez

PhILexPORT 11 - Davao, a non-stock, non-profit busi-

ness support organiza-tion under the umbrella organization Philippine exporters Confedera-tion, Inc. mandated to strengthen the export industry in the country will launch its ground-breaking event entitled “Mindanao exporters Congress” (MeC) on Aug 1-3, 2013.

The congress will be held at the SMx Conven-tion Center, SM Lanang Premier, Lanang Davao City. With its theme “ex-port Value Chain Inte-gration and Innovation Technology”, the event highlights the symbiotic relationships of the dif-ferent industries with-

in the Mindanao export value chain and today’s modern technology contribution to the ex-port industry’s overall growth by bridging the supply and demand gap.

Activities include booth exhibition, show-casing local and foreign products, services, tech-nology innovations, ple-nary, break out and busi-ness matching sessions. Guests from various chambers of commerce, foreign consuls, LGU offi-cials of the various prov-inces in Davao Region, Philexport National and regional chapters, gov-ernment agency part-ners and delegates from the Association of South east Asia (ASeAN) are all expected to come. PR

Mindanao Exporters Congress 2013 set

VOL. 6 ISSUE 50 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY, MAY 24-25, 2013 3EDGEDAVAO NATION/WORLD

115TH ANNIVERSARY. President Benigno S. Aquino III, accompanied by Phil-ippine Navy Flag Officer in Command (FOIC) Vice Admiral Jose Luis Alano, troops the line during the 115th anniversary of the Philippine Navy (PN) at the Commodore Posadas Wharf in Naval Station Pascual Ledesma, Fort San

Felipe, Cavite City on Tuesday (May 21, 2013). At present, the Philippine Navy is a force of 26,000 personnel composed of sailors, marines and civil-ian employees. (Photo by Benhur Arcayan/Malacañang Photo Bureau/PNA)

The country is hop-ing that Pope Fran-cis will vsit the Phil-

ippines in 2016.Catholic Bishops’ Con-

ference of the Philippines (CBCP) president Arch-bishop Jose Palma said he is optimistic that the holy Father will visit the coun-try after they received a request from the Vatican to move the Internation-al eucharistic Congress (IeC) to an earlier date.

“Two weeks ago, we received a letter from Archbishop Piero Mari-ni asking us if we could move the event to the second preferred date because the Pope has an-other schedule in May,” he said in an article posted on the CBCP news web-site.

Originally, the event was scheduled on May 23 to 29, 2016, but has been reset to January 25 to 31, or four months earlier, to be held in Cebu City.

“We told them that January is fine because our suggestion was to make the Pope’s visit to the Philippines a priority,” he said.

Marini is the president of the Pontifical Commit-tee on the International eucharistic Congress.

On the other hand, the Cebu Archbishop asked Filipinos to contin-ue praying that the visit of the pontiff will push through.

“We know that the Pope continues to inspire us and his visit will have an enormous impact on our faith and our Chris-tian life,” said Palma.

held every four years, the 51st International eu-charistic Congress 2016 will reflect on the theme “Christ in You: Our hope of Glory,” which is expect-ed to draw thousands of participants including laity and Church leaders from other countries.

If the papal visit push-es through, Francis will be the third pope to visit the Philippines. Pope Paul VI was in the country in 1970 and Pope John Paul II in 1981 and 1995.

The Congress aims to promote awareness of the eucharist in the life and mission of the Church, to improve understanding and celebration of the lit-urgy, and to draw to the social dimension of the eucharist.

It was in 1937 when the Philippines last host-ed IeC during the time of Pope Pius xI. (PNA)


GUNMeN sus-pected to be Abu Sayyaf bandits

seized a social worker in Basilan Wednesday, a day after the abduc-tion of a fishing boat skipper, a police offi-cial disclosed Wednes-day.

Senior Supt. Mario Dapilloza, Basilan po-lice director, identified the abducted social worker as Jenelyn en-tera, who is in charge of the Department of Social Welfare and De-velopment’s (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang

Pilipino Program (4Ps) in the municipality of Ungkaya Pukan.

Dapilloza said en-tera was inspecting some of the 4Ps ben-eficiaries when four gunmen suspected to be Abu Sayyaf bandits seized her around 9 a.m. Wednesday in Ba-rangay Ulitan in Ung-kaya Pukan.

The suspects, armed with caliber .45 pistols, forced entera to board one of the two motorcycles without registration plates and sped towards the mu-

nicipality of Sumisip, Dapiloza said.

Policemen, in co-ordination with the Army’s 104th Infan-try Brigade, were de-ployed to track down the whereabouts of the abducted DSWD staff, he disclosed.

entera’s abduction came a day after a group of unidentified gunmen abducted Lu-cio Gonzales, the skip-per of F/B Albert of the Zamboanga City-based SMR fishing firm.

Gonzales was ab-ducted by 15 gunmen

around 8 a.m. Tuesday in the vicinity of Ma-taha in the municipal-ity of Lantawan, Dapil-loza said.

F/B Albert was on fishing venture when 15 gunmen aboard two small boats locally known as “jungkung” arrived and at gun-point took Gonzales, he said.

The gunmen fled towards the direction of Sulu province, leav-ing behind the rest of the fishing boat crew unharmed, Dapilloza added. (MindaNews)

DeFeNSe Sec-retary Voltaire Gazmin Thurs-

day called the pres-ence of a Chinese frigate, along with a group of fishing ves-sels off Ayungin Shoal, highly “unusual”.

The frigate, with two Chinese Maritime Surveillance ships, was spotted by a Phil-ippine aerial patrol 5 a.m. Wednesday.

Three steel-hulled fishing ships and around 10 dinghies were also seen.

Gazmin said the presence of the frig-ate, a ship similar to the BRP Gregorio Del Pilar (PF-15) but more heavily-armed, further highlights the Chinese intrusion in Philippine maritime territory.

Ayungin Shoal is roughly 105 to 110 nautical miles away from Rizal, Palawan and well within the country’s exclusive economic zone while the nearest Chinese landmass, which is

hainan, is around 500 nautical miles.

The DND chief said the country is a adopting a “jurist ap-proach” in resolving the matter.

Gazmin said this is being done through the Dept. of Foreign Affairs which earli-er filed a diplomatic protest at the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) against the Chinese incursion.

“At the moment, this the Philippines

will do and hopefully the UNCLOS will rule on this dispute soon,” he added.

But Gazmin clari-fied that despite this stance, the Philippine military is constantly monitoring the sit-uation off Ayungin Shoal since this is an integral part of the country’s territory.

“Monitoring will be done by aerial patrols and civil-ian ships passing through the area,” he added.(PNA)

DSWD staff, boat captain abducted in Basilan

DND: Presence of Chinese frigate off Ayungin Shoal ‘unusual’

WINNeRS in the party-list race have yet to be

announced eight days af-ter the May 13 elections, but a poll commissioner has bared 25 groups lead-ing the count so far.

The Commission on elections has already canvassed about 95 per-cent of the total votes cast during the midterm elections, Commissioner Grace Padaca said.

Groups need 2 per-cent of the total party-list votes cast to secure one seat in the house of Rep-resentatives. A maximum of three seats may be al-lotted to each group.

“Based on our initial computations with 95 percent of the total par-ty-list votes, 2 percent will not be lower than 200,000, “ Padaca said via Facebook.

Leading the race so far are the following groups: 1. BUhAY 1,255,734 2. A TeACheR 1,033,873 3. BAYAN MUNA 945,639 4. 1 CARe 931,303 5. AKBAYAN 820,351 6. AKO BICOL 761,115 7. ABONO 753,161 8. OFW FAMILY 735,854 9. GABRIeLA 706,194 10. SeNIOR CITIZeNS 671,916 11. COOP-NATCCO 640,180 12. AGAP 588,095

13. CIBAC 578,320 14. MAGDALO 561,613 15. AN WARAY 540,210 16. ABAMIN 465,192 17. ACT TeACheRS 449,710 18. BUTIL 437,084 19. ACT-CIS 371,309 20. AMIN 370,351 21. LPGMA 369,989 22. KALINGA 367,839 23. TUCP 365,299 24. YACAP 364,278 25. AGRI 363,204

Padaca, however, not-ed that a formula will be followed in determin-ing the number of seats that will be given to the groups.

Votes reaching 400,000 will not auto-matically entitle a group to two seats, or 600,000, three seats, Padaca ex-plained.

The Comelec en banc, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, ex-pects a partial proclama-tion of winning groups by Thursday or Wednesday.

The protracted par-ty-list count was again suspended Wednes-day with 68 certificates of canvassed still un-counted.

The poll body began counting party-list votes only on Monday, after suspending it a day after the polls amid questions raised over disqualified groups.

25 party-list leaders bared

VOL. 6 ISSUE 50 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY, MAY 24-25, 2013 3EDGEDAVAO NATION/WORLD

115TH ANNIVERSARY. President Benigno S. Aquino III, accompanied by Phil-ippine Navy Flag Officer in Command (FOIC) Vice Admiral Jose Luis Alano, troops the line during the 115th anniversary of the Philippine Navy (PN) at the Commodore Posadas Wharf in Naval Station Pascual Ledesma, Fort San

Felipe, Cavite City on Tuesday (May 21, 2013). At present, the Philippine Navy is a force of 26,000 personnel composed of sailors, marines and civil-ian employees. (Photo by Benhur Arcayan/Malacañang Photo Bureau/PNA)

The country is hop-ing that Pope Fran-cis will vsit the Phil-

ippines in 2016.Catholic Bishops’ Con-

ference of the Philippines (CBCP) president Arch-bishop Jose Palma said he is optimistic that the holy Father will visit the coun-try after they received a request from the Vatican to move the Internation-al eucharistic Congress (IeC) to an earlier date.

“Two weeks ago, we received a letter from Archbishop Piero Mari-ni asking us if we could move the event to the second preferred date because the Pope has an-other schedule in May,” he said in an article posted on the CBCP news web-site.

Originally, the event was scheduled on May 23 to 29, 2016, but has been reset to January 25 to 31, or four months earlier, to be held in Cebu City.

“We told them that January is fine because our suggestion was to make the Pope’s visit to the Philippines a priority,” he said.

Marini is the president of the Pontifical Commit-tee on the International eucharistic Congress.

On the other hand, the Cebu Archbishop asked Filipinos to contin-ue praying that the visit of the pontiff will push through.

“We know that the Pope continues to inspire us and his visit will have an enormous impact on our faith and our Chris-tian life,” said Palma.

held every four years, the 51st International eu-charistic Congress 2016 will reflect on the theme “Christ in You: Our hope of Glory,” which is expect-ed to draw thousands of participants including laity and Church leaders from other countries.

If the papal visit push-es through, Francis will be the third pope to visit the Philippines. Pope Paul VI was in the country in 1970 and Pope John Paul II in 1981 and 1995.

The Congress aims to promote awareness of the eucharist in the life and mission of the Church, to improve understanding and celebration of the lit-urgy, and to draw to the social dimension of the eucharist.

It was in 1937 when the Philippines last host-ed IeC during the time of Pope Pius xI. (PNA)


GUNMeN sus-pected to be Abu Sayyaf bandits

seized a social worker in Basilan Wednesday, a day after the abduc-tion of a fishing boat skipper, a police offi-cial disclosed Wednes-day.

Senior Supt. Mario Dapilloza, Basilan po-lice director, identified the abducted social worker as Jenelyn en-tera, who is in charge of the Department of Social Welfare and De-velopment’s (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang

Pilipino Program (4Ps) in the municipality of Ungkaya Pukan.

Dapilloza said en-tera was inspecting some of the 4Ps ben-eficiaries when four gunmen suspected to be Abu Sayyaf bandits seized her around 9 a.m. Wednesday in Ba-rangay Ulitan in Ung-kaya Pukan.

The suspects, armed with caliber .45 pistols, forced entera to board one of the two motorcycles without registration plates and sped towards the mu-

nicipality of Sumisip, Dapiloza said.

Policemen, in co-ordination with the Army’s 104th Infan-try Brigade, were de-ployed to track down the whereabouts of the abducted DSWD staff, he disclosed.

entera’s abduction came a day after a group of unidentified gunmen abducted Lu-cio Gonzales, the skip-per of F/B Albert of the Zamboanga City-based SMR fishing firm.

Gonzales was ab-ducted by 15 gunmen

around 8 a.m. Tuesday in the vicinity of Ma-taha in the municipal-ity of Lantawan, Dapil-loza said.

F/B Albert was on fishing venture when 15 gunmen aboard two small boats locally known as “jungkung” arrived and at gun-point took Gonzales, he said.

The gunmen fled towards the direction of Sulu province, leav-ing behind the rest of the fishing boat crew unharmed, Dapilloza added. (MindaNews)

DeFeNSe Sec-retary Voltaire Gazmin Thurs-

day called the pres-ence of a Chinese frigate, along with a group of fishing ves-sels off Ayungin Shoal, highly “unusual”.

The frigate, with two Chinese Maritime Surveillance ships, was spotted by a Phil-ippine aerial patrol 5 a.m. Wednesday.

Three steel-hulled fishing ships and around 10 dinghies were also seen.

Gazmin said the presence of the frig-ate, a ship similar to the BRP Gregorio Del Pilar (PF-15) but more heavily-armed, further highlights the Chinese intrusion in Philippine maritime territory.

Ayungin Shoal is roughly 105 to 110 nautical miles away from Rizal, Palawan and well within the country’s exclusive economic zone while the nearest Chinese landmass, which is

hainan, is around 500 nautical miles.

The DND chief said the country is a adopting a “jurist ap-proach” in resolving the matter.

Gazmin said this is being done through the Dept. of Foreign Affairs which earli-er filed a diplomatic protest at the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) against the Chinese incursion.

“At the moment, this the Philippines

will do and hopefully the UNCLOS will rule on this dispute soon,” he added.

But Gazmin clari-fied that despite this stance, the Philippine military is constantly monitoring the sit-uation off Ayungin Shoal since this is an integral part of the country’s territory.

“Monitoring will be done by aerial patrols and civil-ian ships passing through the area,” he added.(PNA)

DSWD staff, boat captain abducted in Basilan

DND: Presence of Chinese frigate off Ayungin Shoal ‘unusual’

WINNeRS in the party-list race have yet to be

announced eight days af-ter the May 13 elections, but a poll commissioner has bared 25 groups lead-ing the count so far.

The Commission on elections has already canvassed about 95 per-cent of the total votes cast during the midterm elections, Commissioner Grace Padaca said.

Groups need 2 per-cent of the total party-list votes cast to secure one seat in the house of Rep-resentatives. A maximum of three seats may be al-lotted to each group.

“Based on our initial computations with 95 percent of the total par-ty-list votes, 2 percent will not be lower than 200,000, “ Padaca said via Facebook.

Leading the race so far are the following groups: 1. BUhAY 1,255,734 2. A TeACheR 1,033,873 3. BAYAN MUNA 945,639 4. 1 CARe 931,303 5. AKBAYAN 820,351 6. AKO BICOL 761,115 7. ABONO 753,161 8. OFW FAMILY 735,854 9. GABRIeLA 706,194 10. SeNIOR CITIZeNS 671,916 11. COOP-NATCCO 640,180 12. AGAP 588,095

13. CIBAC 578,320 14. MAGDALO 561,613 15. AN WARAY 540,210 16. ABAMIN 465,192 17. ACT TeACheRS 449,710 18. BUTIL 437,084 19. ACT-CIS 371,309 20. AMIN 370,351 21. LPGMA 369,989 22. KALINGA 367,839 23. TUCP 365,299 24. YACAP 364,278 25. AGRI 363,204

Padaca, however, not-ed that a formula will be followed in determin-ing the number of seats that will be given to the groups.

Votes reaching 400,000 will not auto-matically entitle a group to two seats, or 600,000, three seats, Padaca ex-plained.

The Comelec en banc, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, ex-pects a partial proclama-tion of winning groups by Thursday or Wednesday.

The protracted par-ty-list count was again suspended Wednes-day with 68 certificates of canvassed still un-counted.

The poll body began counting party-list votes only on Monday, after suspending it a day after the polls amid questions raised over disqualified groups.

25 party-list leaders bared

VOL. 6 ISSUE 50 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY, MAY 24-25, 2013

The National Bureau of Investigation’s witness to the kill-

ing of Italian missionary Fausto “Pops” Tentorio, who was parish priest of Arakan, North Cotabato at the time of his death, did not witness the incident at all, but was forced to say so only out of fear.

Dominador Damlayon, who the NBI said earlier signed a sworn statement attesting he saw the kill-ing on Oct. 17, 2011, said during the three-day in-quiry made by the Com-mission on human Rights IN Davao City starting yesterday that he was afraid he could no longer go home if he didn’t sign the affidavit implicating Jimmy and Robert Ato, Jose Sultan Sampulna and Dima Maligudan Sampul-na as primary suspects.

he also revealed that he was given P500 after signing the sworn state-ment at the NBI office in Cagayan de Oro City Feb-ruary last year, aside from another P500 for his and a relative’s fare going back to Arakan.

Lawyer Gregorio An-dolana, one of the legal counsels of the Diocese of Kidapawan which has ju-risdiction over the church in Arakan, told MindaN-ews that Damlayon, a Manobo from Barangay Malibatuan in Arakan, was apparently “manipulated” in signing the affidavit. he added that somebody

already prepared the affi-davit for Damlayon.

But lawyer Angelito Magno, acting director for the NBI in Region 12, said during the inquiry that Damlayon admitted in his presence and other NBI investigators in their Cagayan de Oro office that he personally saw the Atos and the Sampulnas inside the compound when the shooting happened.

The NBI lawyer de-nied that Damlayon was forced or under threat when he signed the sworn statement. “he was a credible witness at that time. he told us that he saw the gunmen shoot Fr. Tentorio,” he told the pan-el headed by ChR Chair Loretta Ann Rosales.

Damlayon said during the inquiry that he even-tually retracted his tes-timony three months later, saying he was not in the compound when the shooting happened. “Wala ko didto pagkahi-tabo pero gitudluan lang ko didto sa NBI. Didto lang kami sa balay,” he said during the inquiry. (I wasn’t at the scene when it happened but they only told me what to say at the NBI. I was at the house when it happened.)

Damlayon’s pres-ence at the ChR inquiry was his first public ap-pearance. Tentorio was gunned down while about to board his vehicle inside the Our Mother of Per-

petual parish compound on October 17, 2011. he was supposed to drive to the bishop’s residence in Kidapawan City, 52 kilo-meters away, for the dio-cese’s monthly meeting.

Damlayon said at the ChR inquiry that some-time February last year, his relative Roberto Ma-bilao asked him that they will meet another rela-tive in Marilog District in Davao City.

From Marilog, they then left for Cagayan de Oro around 7 p.m. While

at the NBI office in Cagay-an de Oro, Damlayon said he was coached by a cer-tain Loloy what to answer when NBI agents would start asking questions. he said it was the first time he met Loloy, who claimed to be from Davao City. Damlayon had no idea as to Loloy’s identity.

When the ChR panel asked him if he under-stood the content of the affidavit he signed, Dam-layon replied: “Wala ko nakasabot kay english man.” (I understood noth-

ing because it was written in english.)

he added that he signed the he affidavit be-cause he was afraid that he could not go out of the room. “Nahadlok pud ko basi di ko kauli.” (I was also worried that I could not go home anymore.)

Damlayon recount-ed that the questioning started around 1 p.m. and finished five hours later. Before leaving Cagayan de Oro City, he added that Loloy gave him and Mabi-lao P500 each. “Pampalit

daw bugas ug uban pang kinahanglan sa among pamilya.” (We were told to use the money to buy rice and other needs of our families.)

They were given P500 more for their fare going back to Arakan, he said. The ChR inquiry aims to dig deeper into the mur-der of the Italian mis-sionary, Rosales said. She added that the inquiry hopes to gather more in-formation that could help resolve the case. [Keith Bacongco / MindaNews]

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INQUIRY. Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Chair Loretta Ann Rosales and Commissioner Manuel Mamauag listen to Fr. Peter Geremia Wednesday 22

May 2013 in Davao City at the start of the three-day public inquiry on the killing of Fr. Fausto “Pops” Tentorio. [Mindanews/Keith Bacongco]

NBI witness in priest’s killingforced to sign affidavit

PANABO National high School graduate Judel Jay A. Tabsing

brought home an honor as the 4th Grand Prize Winner in Plant Science Category during the International Science and engineering Fair (ISeF) held in Phoenix Convention Center, Arizo-na U.S.A. from May 12 to May 17.

Tabsing was the only one among the Filipino contingent to the ISeF 2013, who grabbed a prize during such event orga-nized by Intel Internation-al. Other winners were from New York (1st prize), hawaii (2nd prize) and Minnesota, (3rd prize).

Other Filipino students sent to ISeF 2013 were from Oriental Mindoro (two students), La Union (three students), and from Taguig (one student).

Tabsing gained the merits of qualifying for the Intel ISeF 2013 through

his research study entitled “Impatiens Balsamina (Ka-mantigue) Leaf extract as Potential Organic-based Fungicide against Fusar-ium Oxysporum (FSP) Cubense Tropical Race 4 Causing Fusarium Wilt of Banana.”

At Intel ISeF 203, he defended his research study before scientists and academe experts who ex-amined the veracity of his study, and who dug into the methods and procedures of his experiment

Tabsing revealed hav-ing conducted his study at TADeCO Plant Pathol-ogy Laboratory based in Panabo City, where he found out that Kamanti-gue’s anti-microbial prop-erties and chemicals such as flavonoids, steroids and phenolic compounds have the potential to eradicate fusarium wilt in bananas.

he was driven to con-duct a research study on

eradicating fusarium wilt at the time when such fun-gus infected some banana plantations in nearby mu-nicipality of Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte.

he had known in doing his background of his study that fusarium wilt especial-ly the fungal strain called “tropical race four”, is the most devastating disease as it attacks nearly all known banana variety includ-ing the Cavendish com-monly grown for exports, in Davao del Norte and near-by provinces.

“Right now I want to commercialize my product so I can finally help the ba-nana industry,” he said.

This morning, Tabsing went to pay a courtesy call Panabo City Mayor Jose Sil-vosa Sr. who promised him to sponsor his college edu-cation, and that the mayor assured him of support to his study on the commer-cialization of his organic

fungicide versus fusarium wilt.

Silvosa also asked the City Legal Office to process the patenting of Tabsing’s organic fungicide.

The only son of Julie T. Tabsing and edilita A. Tabsing, the Panaboan ISeF participant passed the rigors of science fair competitions at district schools and regional levels, and then landed top ten during the National Sci-ence and Technology Fair held in Las Pinas City on Nov. 28, 2012, organized by the Department of edu-cation (Deped).

In last year’s National Science and Technology Fair, he landed top 3 in Life Science Category, Clus-ter II (Science Schools), and grabbed the inter-national science special award called Ricoh Sus-tainable Development Award. [PIA 11I/ Jeanevive Duron-Abangan]

DavNor public HS grad shines in int’l science fair The Department of

Social Welfare and Development in

Region xI celebrates its 62ndFounding Anniver-sary on May 24 with the theme, DSWD @ 62: Sa-ma-Samang husay Tungo sa Tagumpay.

highlighting the event are Thanksgiving Mass and Awards Ceremonies. “In recognizing the all-out support of our de-velopment partners, we shall be honouring them in this activity. Without their continuing support , we would not have un-dertaken our tasks suc-cessfully, ” said DSWD OIC Regional Director Priscilla N. Razon.

The DSWD xI “Panata Ko Sa Bayan Awardees” are Atty. Atty. Alro S. Paglinawan; Dr. Calixto S. esparagosa; Dr. Phillip Lim, Children’s Joy Foun-dation, Inc.; Kalipunan ng Liping Pilipina, Kiblawan, Davao del Sur; Magsaysay Association of Person’s with Disabilities, Davao del Sur; Federation of Se-nior Citizens Association

Calinan District, Davao City; Sunstar Davao; GMA Network Davao; DxRP-Radyo

ng Bayan; Municipality of Compostela; Ma. Fe Aliño of DxRP-Radyo ng Bayan; and San Anto-nio Mountaineer SeA-K Association, Sta. Maria, Davao del Sur.

Director Razon said the DSWD will also give due appreciation to its partners and supporters in the Tropical Storm Pablo Disaster Relief Operations like the Gov-ernment of Malaysia, Re-public of Indonesia, Of-fice for the Coordination of humanitarian Affairs (OChA), United Nations high Commissioner for Refugees (UNhCR), Unit-ed Nations Children’s Fund (UNICeF), Inter-national Labour Orga-nization (ILO), Interna-tional Organization for Migration (IOM), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), International Fed-eration of the Red Cross (IFRC), 10th Infantry Divi-sion of Philippine Army, Department of Public Works and highways (DPWh), Regional Police Office xI and Davao City Police Office. DSWD/Car-mela Cadigal-Duron

DSWD honors partners on 62nd anniversary

NCCC Mall has broadened its p a r t n e r s h i p

with two major elec-tronic commerce pro-

viders in what could be a trail-blazing shift to pioneer electronic transactions in the re-gion.

The Davao-based mall company yes-terday formally an-nounced its partner-ship with electronic

Commerce Payments Inc. and GATe Distribu-tion enterprise Inc. al-though the triumvirate has already started op-

erations of the e-com-merce transactions for over a year.

NCCC Mall Direc-tor Jojo Canda, repre-senting chief executive officer Javey Lim, said they welcome the part-nership whose prime objective is to provide convenience to custom-ers and make shopping easier.

“The objective of this partnership is in line with our vision,” Canda said during yes-terday’s press briefing at the Royal Mandaya hotel.

Raymund Jude Agui-lar, president of eC Pay, said their firm’s com-mitment is to continue to provide services like payment transactions on sales and services with its merchant net-work of over 3,000 sites located in conve-nience stores, service stations, supermarkets,

department stores, pawnshops, and other retail outlets.

eC Pay accepts payments for utili-ties, airline bookings, mobile phone top up and loading, online shopping payments, bills payment services and electronic credits and e-wallet loading, among others.

The partnership covers the electron-ic services to be pro-vided by eC Pay in all NCCC Mall outlets, hB1 stores, NCCC Depart-ment Store, and Choice Supermarket.

Since its partnership in 2011, eC Pay has ser-viced 48 NCCC stores, Choice Supermarkets, health and Beauty in 1 (hB1), NCCC Depart-ment store and NCCC Supermarkets.

eC Pay is the larg-est network of e-pay-

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THE ECONOMY

E-PAYMENT PARTNERSHIP. Executives and officials of NCCC and ECPay led by Ramon Miguel S. Estrella, GATE Distribution Enterprise, Inc. president (leftmost, seated), Raymund Jude G. Aguilar, Electronic Commerce Pay-ments, Inc. president (2nd from left, seated), Jojo Canda, NCCC mall manager

who represented NCCC Supermarket, Choice and HB1 president Javey A. Lim (2nd from right, seated) and Jennifer F. Ang, NCCC Department Store presi-dent flash thumb up during the launching of the two companies partnership at the Royal Mandaya Hotel in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

NCCC Mall, EC Pay, GATE broaden reach of e-commerce partnershipBy Neil Bravo

FNCCC MALL, 10

VOL. 6 ISSUE 50 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY, MAY 24-25, 20136 THE ECONOMY

by the numbers

Source: NSCB

As of February this year, the country’s trade balance

reached

US$ 967 million or an increase of

70.84 percent

from the figures posted during the same period last

year.

EDGEDAVAO

BUSINeSS groups in Davao City have issued a

joint appeal to Bureau of Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim henares to extend the validity of the imple-mentation of Section 5 of the Revenue Regula-tion No. 18-2012 from June 30 to December 30 of this year.

early this year, the BIR released Revenue Regulation 18-2012 “Requiring the Accred-itation of Printers as a Prerequisite to their Printing Services of Of-ficial Receipts, Sales In-voices and Other Com-mercial Receipts and/or Invoices and regard-ing Processing of Au-thority to Print (ATP)

Official Receipts, Sales Invoices, and other Commercial Invoices using the On-Line ATP Systems and Provid-ing for the Additional Requirements in the Printing thereof” for implementation. Fol-lowing this, all unused or unissued receipts and invoices which were printed prior to January 18, 2013 shall be deemed valid only until June 30, 2013.

In the appeal filed by the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc, Davao Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, the Davao Filipino-Chi-nese Cultural Founda-tion, Mindanao Taiwan Chamber of Commerce

and Industry, Inc., the Filipino Chinese Youth, Inc Davao Chapter and the Philippine Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc, they are cognizant of the fact on the need to im-plement the law being an important aspect of improving produc-tivity as well as in the full computerization of BIR transactions.

“We believe that there is merit to this law and that the pur-pose is good, and we support the BIR and the national govern-ment on the said initia-tive. What we are ask-ing is a little extension on its validity, shared by Davao City Chamber President Daniel Lim.

“Many of the mem-bers of the business community ordered their receipts for a minimum of six months up to one year because volume orders save on costs. Most of this receipts and invoices are pro-grammed for use up to the end of the year, hence we fervently request the BIR Com-missioner to take heed on this call for con-sideration” President Daniel Lim said.

Local chambers of commerce and busi-ness organization in Cebu and in Manila have also expressed their sentiment on the soon to be implement-ed law.

Hungry “Brigada Eskwela” volunteers buy fish balls for their snack from a street hawker after a long day of school cleanup outside Kapitan Tomas Mon-teverde Sr. in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

Davao businessmen appeal for extension of validity of BIR regulations on receipts

The value of corn pro-duced in Region 12 last year reached a

staggering P15.6 billion, a regional Department of Agriculture (DA) official said.

Zaldy Boloron, DA-12 corn program coordina-tor, said in the 130-page “Regional Corn Roadmap CY (Calendar Year) 2012 to 2017” presentation that corn production vol-ume in the four-prov-ince, five-city region last year was 1.20 mil-lion metric tons (MT), up 2.63 percent from 2011’s 1.2 million MT.

“[The strong corn pro-duction performance] was due to the wide area suitable for corn pro-

duction, availability of high quality seeds and access to technology,” Boloron said.

Land planted to corn last year in Re-gion 12, also called the Soccsksargen region, was 429,319 hectares (ha), he noted.

Region 12 compris-es the provinces of South Cotabato, North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and Sa-rangani and the cit-ies of General Santos, Koronadal, Tacurong, Kidapawan and Cotabato.

For 2011, the val-ue of corn produced in Region, at P13 per kilo average price, would have amounted to P15.22 billion.

Region 12’s corn pro-

duction in 2012 makes it the third biggest corn producer in the coun-try, after Cagayan Val-ley’s 7.4 million MT and Northern Mindanao’s 1.23 million MT.

Four of Mindanao’s six regions—Northern Min-danao, Soccsksargen, the Autonomous Re-gion in Muslim Min-danao and Zamboan-ga Peninsula—were among the top 10 corn pro-ducing regions in the coun-try last year.

In Region 12, South Cotabato was the larg-est corn producer with 435,981 in 2012 fol-lowed by North Cotaba-to with 385,428, Sultan Kudarat with 234,393 and

Sarangani with 145,479.In 2011, they respec-

tively produced 428,718, 379,947, 226,940 and 134,949.

The average yield per hectare in the region was pegged at 2.8 MT last year.

South Cotabato has at least 144,200 ha for corn production; North Cotabato, 129,908; Sultan Kudarat, 84,328; and Sa-rangani, 70,883.

Corn from Region 12 is traded to Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu and Manila, Boloron said.

For this year, the DA regional office targets corn production to reach 1.24 million MT and 1.29 million in 2014. [Bong S. Sarmiento/MindaNews]

Region 12 corn production valued at P15.6B

IN a bid to boost the country’s competi-tiveness ranking in

the world and improve the business climate in the country, President Benigno S. Aquino III has signed an administrative order for the creation of an inter-agency task force that will implement re-forms making it easier to do business in the Philip-pines.

executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa Jr. said President Aquino signed Administrative Order No. 38 for the creation of Task Force on ease of Doing Business (eODB Task Force) in order to implement an action plan, which was drafted by the National Competitiveness Council (NCC), to enhance the business competitive-ness of the country.

“The eODB Task Force is seen to significantly help improve our ranking in the survey since it is tasked to ensure the full implemen-tation of the Gameplan for Competitiveness designed by the NCC and endorsed by the economic Develop-ment Cluster,” Ochoa said.

Currently the Philip-pines ranks 138th out of 185 countries in the world, and is 8th out of the 10-member Associa-tion of South east Asian Nations (ASeAN) in the Doing Business Survey (DBS) of the World Bank International Finance Corporation (IFC).

The Gameplan for Competitiveness is a strat-egy which sets reform tar-gets for concerned gov-ernment agencies based on 10 indicators that determine the country’s

world ranking in the DBS. It also identifies key areas for public and private sec-tor participation to boost the global business com-petitiveness ranking of the Philippines.

The business survey of the IFC measures and tracks business regula-tions across 10 indica-tors, namely: starting businesses, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, regis-tering property, getting credit, protecting inves-tors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, and resolving insolvency.

Under AO No. 38, the task force will be led by the Secretary of Trade and Industry (DTI). Its members include rep-resentatives of the NCC; the Departments of Fi-nance (DOF), the Interior and Local Government (DILG), and Justice (DOJ); Bureaus of Internal Rev-enue (BIR) and Customs (BoC); Land Registration Authority (LRA); Credit Information Corp. (CIC); Securities and exchange Commission (SeC); Social Security System (SSS); home Development Mu-tual Fund (hDMF); and the Philippine health In-surance Corp. (PhIC).

President Aquino calls for the participation and assistance of concerned local government units, as well private and pub-lic institutions, including government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs), in the implemen-tation and accomplish-ment of targets provided in the Gameplan for Com-petitiveness. [PIA]

Task force on ease of doing business in PHL formed

VOL. 6 ISSUE 50 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY, MAY 24-25, 2013 7SCIENCE/ENVIRONMENTEDGEDAVAO

IN the face of economic crises, increasing envi-ronmental degradation

and the menace of climate change, the global commu-nity needs to do more and better with a more-effi-cient use of the earth’s nat-ural resources.

In order to advise on the necessary actions that will usher in a more sus-tainable future, the United Nations environment Pro-gramme (UNeP), which serves as the Secretariat of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustain-able Consumption and Pro-duction (10YFP), launched last Wednesday The Global SCP Clearinghouse.

Policymakers and prac-titioners across the globe have developed initiatives and tools to contribute to Sustainable Consump-tion and Production (SCP) down the years, but the ex-isting information is frag-mented and bridges to con-nect people are missing.

The Clearinghouse uses social networking princi-ples to bring together the global SCP community and create a one-stop hub for SCP knowledge and cooperation. It provides a unique place to browse a diverse range of regional and thematic communi-ties, from sustainable pub-lic procurement and cities and buildings, to sustain-able production, lifestyles and education.

It seeks to inspire gov-ernments, the business sector, researchers, civil society and all SCP practi-tioners or other interested parties to share initiatives, news, ideas, best practices and tools to create a living worldwide database, cre-ate a network of experts,

and foster and strengthen partnerships through a cooperation marketplace, working groups and fo-rums.

“Sustainable consump-tion and production is not just about consuming less; it is also about doing more and better with less, about increasing resource effi-ciency and promoting sus-tainable lifestyles, and con-tributing to poverty allevi-ation,” said Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary-Gen-eral and UNeP executive Director.

“By bringing everyone together to create a pool of knowledge and a coop-erative marketplace, UNeP hopes to hasten the switch to more sustainable life-styles, and to assist in mak-ing these lifestyles avail-able to people in develop-ing countries,” he added.

The science showing that humanity’s current lifestyles are unsustain-able is overwhelming. The world’s population of sev-en billion people current-ly needs the resources of one-and-a-half planets to feed itself. If current con-sumption trends continue, by 2050 - when the popu-lation is expected to reach nine billion - resources equivalent to those provid-ed by three earths will be needed.

Adding to these pres-sures is rapidly accelerat-ing urbanization. Though cities occupy just three per cent of the earth’s land surface, they consume 75 per cent of natural re-sources, produce 50 per cent of global waste and account for 60-80 per cent of greenhouse gas emis-sions. Urbanization is only going to further skew the

disproportionate rates of consumption.

SCP can help the world’s poor by creat-ing new markets, green and decent jobs, (for ex-ample, organic food, fair trade, sustainable hous-ing, renewable energy, sustainable transport and tourism) as well as more efficient, and equitable, management of natural resources.

It also offers the possi-bility for developing coun-tries to “leapfrog” to more resource-efficient, envi-ronmentally sound and competitive technologies, bypassing inefficient and polluting phases of devel-opment.

When heads of State gathered in Rio de Janei-ro for the Rio+20 summit last year, they recognized the need for change and agreed to implement the 10YFP, a global framework for action that enhances international coopera-tion to develop, replicate and scale-up SCP and re-source-efficiency initia-tives at national and re-gional levels.

Within days of its pre-launch at the UNeP Gov-erning Council meeting in February, the Global SCP Clearinghouse recorded nearly 800 new members, from more than 500 orga-nizations based in about 100 different countries.

Initiatives already submitted to the Clearing-house include:

• A project to main-stream education for sus-tainable consumption in Chile, Indonesia and Tan-zania, conducted with the support of national min-istries of both education and environment; [UNeP]

The sustainable rice platform is just one initiative already shared on the global clearinghouse.

UNEP launches cooperation platform for sustainability

The Department of environment and Natural Re-

sources (DeNR) will provide P55 million to the Department of Na-tional Defense (DND) to finance the estab-lishment of coffee and bamboo plantations covering some 4,000 hectares of land inside two military camps.

This forms part of the agreement entered into by the DeNR and three other govern-ment agencies compris-ing the Aquino admin-istration’s enhanced National Convergence Initiative (NCI) – the Department of Agricul-ture (DA), the Depart-ment of Agrarian Re-form (DAR) and the De-partment of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) – with the DND for the implementation of the National Green-ing Program (NGP).

NCI is among the strategies of the pres-ent administration for poverty reduction by way of ensuring coun-tryside development through the promotion of a framework of sus-tainable agriculture and rural progress.

“This signing is an excellent affirmation of NGP’s centrality to the core mandates of every key national agency like the DND,” said DeNR Secretary Ramon J.P. Paje, one of the signa-tories to the agreement.

Other signatories in-clude Defense Secretary

Voltaire Gazmin, Agrar-ian Reform Secretary Virgilio de los Reyes, Agriculture Undersec-retary emerson Palad and Local Government Assistant Secretary Ro-lando Acosta.

The agreement, dubbed as “DA, DAR, DeNR and DILG Nation-al Convergence Initia-tive in Partnership with DND,” formalizes the inclusion of the nation-al defense department in the implementation of the Aquino govern-ment’s flagship refor-estation program.

NGP seeks to grow 1.5 billion trees in 1.5 million hectares nation-wide within a period of six years ending in 2016. It aims to address poverty reduction, food security, biodiversity conservation, and cli-mate change mitigation and adaptation.

Under NCI-DND ac-cord, the DeNR will provide a seed fund of P5 million intended to support the coffee plantation pilot project covering 200 hectares in Camp Kibaritan in Bukidnon province. The DeNR will also sup-port the remaining 800 hectares that will com-prise the 1,000-hectare coffee plantation.

The environment department will also release P50 million to the DND to fund the 3,000-hectare bamboo plantation project at Fort Magsaysay in Nue-va ecija.

Among its other responsibilities, the DeNR will provide necessary technical as-sistance to ensure the success of the project, conduct regular moni-toring and evaluation, and jointly identify with the DND suitable areas for development under the NGP, includ-ing vulnerable and haz-ard-prone areas within military reservations.

For its part, the DND will establish in selected military reser-vations nurseries and plantation sites for the production of quality food crops, seedlings and planting of native tree species.

For military res-ervations that can be developed into agri-cultural land, DA shall be the lead agency to boost farmers’ income and reduce poverty in the rural sector.

To protect the envi-ronment, DeNR has the jurisdiction and man-date on the conserva-tion, management, de-velopment and proper use of the country’s environment and natu-ral resources pursuant to executive Order No. 192 and to select cer-tain plant species that preserve the environ-ment.

The DAR shall be the lead agency in pro-viding central direc-tion and coordination to the national agrar-ian reform program. [DeNR]

DENR to provide P55 M to fund coffee, bamboo plantations in military camps

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EDITORIALAnother feather on the cap

AQUILES Z. ZONIOStaff Writer

EJ DOMINIC C. FERNANDEZ • CHERRY MAE D. PALICTEReporters

JOCELYN S. PANESDirector of Sales

AGUSTIN V. MIAGAN JRCirculation

DAVAO CITY is once again identified as one of the country’s outstanding BPO (business pro-cess outsourcing) destinations.

The city is included in the list of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) as among the “Top 10 Next Wave Cities (NWC) in the information technology and business-process management (IT-BPM) sector.” The rest of the cited cities are Bagu-io, Dumaguete, Iloilo, Lipa, Metro Bulacan, Metro Cavite, Metro Laguna, Metro Naga and Metro Rizal.

The 10 were picked by the DOST’s Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO) and the IT and Business Process Association of the Phil-ippines (IBPAP) for their potential on talent, infra-structure, cost and business environment, and risk management.

Science Secretary Mario G. Montejo lauded the IT-BPO sector for its contribution to the economy of the country.

This latest accolade is another feather on the city’s cap. It may be noted the city currently hosts some

20 contact centers. These do not include the oth-er IT-based sectors, such as medical transcription, software development, animation and other fields which are also showing vibrant growth and expan-sion.

While this trend is encouraging, if not awe-inspir-ing, IT industry leaders and government authorities should not allow themselves to be lulled into com-placency.

There are a number of challenges being faced by the IT industry that must not be ignored. An exam-ple is the health and well-being of the young men and women who are working in contact centers.

While it is definitely high-paying and stable, the job of a call center agent is exacting and requires one to work during abnormal and lonely hours of the night. This is one reason there is a fast turnover of agents in call centers. This and other challenges faced by BPO workers must be addressed by author-ities, including the tendency to fall victim to such addictive vices as drugs, liquor--even illicit sex.


A MATTeR OF NeCeSSITY IN The ATTAINMeNT OF NATIONAL GOALS – There are some pretty

crucial issues confronting the Aquino administration and the most noticeable in the long list is the idea of restoring the interest on Charter Change or Cha-cha. News stories about reviving Cha-cha continue to brew nowadays. Despite war on words, a number of political par-ties have resumed advocacy on charter change. even during the previous ad-ministrations the different opposition groups similarly view Cha-cha as a mat-ter of necessity in the attainment of na-tional goals.

I could still vividly remember that the precipitating factor behind a Church-led public outburst during the term of President Fidel Ramos was the move to amend the Constitution, which over-bearing church leaders alleged would effectively allow the sitting pres-ident to serve a second term. Currently, the president and even the vice presi-dent are limited only to a single term of six years. The controversial Cha-cha is-sue has been on the boil for quite some time with both supporters and oppo-nents loudly making their cases heard in the streets. Though Ramos has consis-tently stated that the amendments are extremely necessary to remove defects in the constitution and that he person-ally does not want a second term, his severe critics and detractors thought otherwise.

Ramos was under constant pres-sure and the amendment process failed to materialize during his tenure. hate,

distrust and a n i m o s i t y could not dis-pel a common objective that i r o n i c a l l y puts the ad-ministration of President Gloria Maca-pagal- Arroyo and the oppo-sition on the same side of the fence – the desire to change the constitution. Party leaders then proposed the revision of the fun-damental laws of the land, not only to eliminate defects, but to make it more responsive to the changing needs of the country’s fast-growing population. Moreover, the leaders of different po-litical inclinations agreed on amending the constitution so that the government will no longer be changed at the will or whim of the military and mob rule. They say the move is well within the rights of the leaders and the people to do so. But then again the proposal to amend the Charter during Arroyo’s term suffered a similar fate.

Notwithstanding the number of hurdles, party leaders previously be-lieve that the amendments have a good chance of passage. however, Cha-cha Resolution No. 40, which seeks to turn Congress into a constituent assembly or ConAss – a necessary prerequisite for constitutional amendments, enabling legislators to consider nine proposed changes to the Constitution became

the center of controversy. Critics and detractors insist that none of the pro-posals specifically deals with lifting the term limits or allowing the president to run for re-election. Furthermore, more anti-Chacha groups pointed out that one consequence of the propos-al would be a de facto term extension for the sitting president because once a constituent assembly comes into be-ing, there would be no stopping it from introducing further amendments and doing away with term limits altogether.

Cha-cha advocates as always have a built-in formidable opponent – church leaders and their blinded allies. But despite the adamant opposition, vari-ous sectors in society remained opti-mistic the amendment process ensures that the proposed changes are not a foregone conclusion. This is precisely the reason news stories are spread-ing around that there’s now a move to “resurrect” the Cha-cha agenda. Calls to revise or amend the constitution at this stage seem gaining ground even within the ranks of the business sec-tor. Nonetheless, this early, the Palace occupant is somewhat reluctant with change in the type of government and seems not open to the idea of holding charter revision during his tenure. his action and body language revealed his true sentiment on Cha-cha. Lastly, we firmly believe a collective decision is the most important basis for constitu-tional amendments. In our subsequent column articles, we could probably enumerate the nine proposed changes to the fundamental laws of the land.

VANTAGE POINTSEDGEDAVAO 9

Are we really the Boss or are they pulling our leg?

AQUILES Z. ZONIOStaff Writer

Reviving interest on Charter Change

(2nd of three parts)

By Manny ValdehueSaWORM’S EYEVIEW

--UNA campaign manager Toby Tiangco

On election conspiracy theories

“Mind your own business. You don’t have a right to tell UNA (United Nationalist Alliance) what do to.”

“I would therefore suggest that UNA should now issue a formal statement conceding the election to Team PNoy because they have not questioned the result of 9-3 so we can move forward, work on a common agenda for the benefit of our people.”--Sen. Franklin Drilon We believe that your doing

so will fulfill the unfin-ished agenda of eDSA I

which your mother, our beloved President Cory, could only dream of, namely:

energize national develop-ment from the grassroots up. The masses, poor as they are, cannot induce real development by them-selves. Solidarity within the com-munity is essential. All sectors in the 42,000+ barangays that are the wellsprings of productivity and progress need to be involved. All must learn to reach out across economic classes, occupations and professions and collaborate in the tasks of community devel-opment. especially critical is the involvement of the resource-rich and better-educated in every community. It is bad that, think-ing their barangay too small, its funds too little, they ignore its governing processes, rarely par-ticipating in its programs.

They deprive the community, in its striving for development, of their ideas, resources, technol-ogy, and work ethic. Challenged by the task of redeploying funds from Pork for their community, their interest will perk up and move them to join hands with the rest to assure better management and greater productivity. Their involvement will give impetus to the flowering of developmental initiative at the grassroots.

`Make communities more pro-ductive. As the corporate func-tions of local governments, espe-cially the barangays, gain appre-ciation and attention from the community’s professionals and institutions, more productive en-terprises will arise. Then the land, labor, and capital of LGUs will be better utilized. Production-mar-keting activities will be more ef-ficient. The local economy will ex-pand. The Gross Barangay Prod-uct will then assume importance as it gains credence as a gauge of local development and a booster of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product.

engage more Filipinos in na-tion-building. With progressive residents (the passive factor at grassroots level today) mobilized and involved—democracy will become inclusive and vibrant, providing a framework for con-sensus building, collaboration, solidarity—a strong, community based political will. It will be re-flected in politically-stable, rel-atively crime-free communities: the result of a citizenry fired by an assertive brand of sovereign-ty that demands/contributes to a better quality of life, high stan-dards of performance, improved health and sanitation, orderly neighborhoods, political stability, and so on.

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ment channels in the country. Among its merchant partners are 7-11 stores which com-prise 60 percent of its service sites. It manag-es an average of P21.6 million transactions with an annual worth of P6 billion.

Aguilar said eCPay is an accredited facility that receives payments for 4 telecommunica-tion companies and over 50 water utility companies, on-line shopping merchants, credit cards, airline tickets, loans and do-mestic fund transfer and remittance.

exPANSION SeR-VICeS

There’s more to ex-pect from the partner-ship. “We hope to bring in remittance services and ticketing (buses and shipping),” Aguilar said citing eC Pay pres-ently covers bookings with flag carrier Phil-

ippine Airlines (PAL).For its part, GATe

Distribution serves as the provider of vari-ous prepaid products and cellular phones, gaming and internet services. It has by far established itself as the leading provider in Metro Manila and key cities nationwide through traditional and non-traditional channels.

“As part of this partnership, it also makes available pre-paid products from GATe Distribution en-terprise, Inc. for land-line and mobile phone loading, prepaid inter-net, airtime gaming cards, electronic cred-its for cable TV sub-scriptions, and mobile e-wallet loading ser-vices,” says Ariel Ada-mos, eCPay Corporate Sales head.

DAILY DeSTINA-TION

With over 35 years of retail shopping ex-perience, NCCC, is a commuter’s daily des-tination for groceries (Choice and NCCC Su-permarket), medicines and convenience items (hB1), and household items (NCCC Depart-ment Store).

It aims to bring con-venient bill payment services to shoppers who frequent other domestic locations within the country.

eCPay terminals at NCCC stores are lo-cated at the customer service counters at all Choice, hB1 and NCCC Supermarkets, including hB1’s new-est store in Kapalong, Davao del Norte. SFor NCCC Department Store shoppers, the facility is available in Main Magsaysay, Mall, Davao, Tagum, Puerto Princesa, Centerpoint and Calinan.

“IMPACT Con-cert”, a free, life changing

event will be held on Friday, May the 24 at 6:30 pm at Matina Town Square.

The concert fea-tures a live band, dra-matic productions, multimedia presen-tations, games, and prizes. Organizers said the concert’s audience will experi-ence a night they will never forget.

Impact Concert is an impacting pre-sentation presented by the students of Global Impact’s 2013 Catalyst Leadership Academy and it rep-resents the culmina-tion of all they have learned and experi-enced over the last five weeks.

Along with run-ning Catalyst Leader-ship Academy, Glob-al Impact, a Davao-based foundation, also does a variety of other services for the community. Glob-al Impact works with schools and families in Davao to prevent human trafficking, runs weekly feeding outreach programs

and safe homes, gives education sponsor-ships, and partici-pates in cleft-lip sur-gical missions and a variety of other pro-grams. The mission of Global Impact is to equip people to grow, develop and flour-ish in all aspects of life and to empower

potential in others. To find out more about Global Impact Phils Foundation vis-it https://www.face-book.com/myglobal, www.myglobal.org or call 082-244-0252. The office is located at 40 Garnet St, Gem Village Maa, Davao City.

‘Impact Concert’ at MTS Friday

According to Biazon the rice shipment were stuffed in 20- footer container vans consigned to three (3) different Davao traders.

Mactech Industrial Machines and Supply’s 10 container vans of illegally imported rice from Singapore which arrived at the Port of Davao on March 22, 2013 and worth PhP 5 million were misdeclared as stone slabs, while Berthand enterprises’ 10 container vans of Singapore rice worth P5 million arrived at the Port of Davao on March 23, 2013 and misdeclared as Cellulose fiber. Another two container vans of rice from Vietnam were also consigned to All Systems Logistics.

The three vehicles which came from Korea were consigned to a forwarding company named Philippine Genesis Freight Unlimited Inc.

“The consignees of these 20 container vans illegally imported rice deliberately misdeclared their shipment to avoid the required rice import permit from the National Food Authority.” Biazon said.

“If we have to seize smuggled rice each day, we will do it, if only to show how serious is the BOC’s campaign against smuggling.” Biazon added, even as he recalled the recent apprehension of over 1,000 container vans of illegally imported rice at the Port of Cebu.

Biazon reiterated his warning to smugglers to watch out. “Aabutan namin kayo” (We will catch up with you) Biazon said while assuring the nation that the BOC will aggressively pursue charges against the perpetrators of illegal activities in the BOC.

On the other hand, Lim explained that the Davao smuggled rice seizure was just

part of several other smuggled rice seizures by IG operatives all over the country, even as he thanked the people who are helping the BOC on its anti-smuggling campaign.

“We are happy and thankful for the support we are getting from private individuals in our campaign against smuggling. The BOC is happy that our anti-smuggling efforts are being recognized by the people through the support we are getting from them.” Lim said, adding that, “No one will be spared by our anti-smuggling campaign.”

Lim’s IG group has been credited for the apprehension of several other smuggled rice seizures like the 1,000 container by our anti at the Port of Cebu before the mid-term election this year and the 94, 000 bags of rice that were seized at the Port Legazpi in March, also this year.

Major Jefferson Tecson of the Philippine Air Force.

Dimaandal said that the suspects were arrest-ed while in possession of two big packs of suspected methamphetamine hydro-chloride (shabu) weighing more or less fifty grams each/ worth P190, 000.

“The P190,000 is their selling price, but if

the drugs are sold in the streets, they would fetch as much as P1 million,” he added.

The two suspects are being held at the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) detention facility while the illegal drugs were submit-ted to the PDeA regional office for examination.

The two are facing a

case for violation of Sec-tion 26 in relation to Sec-tion 5 and Section 11 Arti-cle II of Republic Act 9165 otherwise known as “The Comprehensive Danger-ous Drugs Act of 2002, Di-maandal said.

FIRST district con-gressman Karlo A. Nograles is

calling on newly elect-ed officials of the city to work hard for a bet-ter Davao City.

In a text message sent to edge Davao, Nograles said that he had seen the support of Dabawenyos in many ways as shown in the last May 13 elections.

“Like the other winners, I draw my strength from the peo-ple and I will be more passionate in the ser-vice that they expect from me,” he said.

he added that he

would extend the hand of friendship and coop-eration to all persons and sectors in the com-munity.

“I believe that the people elected us to perform service for the community and that must begin right now, with us united in our common cause to serve,” he explained.

Nograles said that there is still much to be done and a lot of challenges ahead for them to face, but they could be resolved if the newly elected officials would work together.

“With clarity of

purpose, an indomita-ble spirit and dedicat-ed hard work, I know without a doubt we can overcome what comes our way,” he said.

Meanwhile, 2nd district newly elected councilor Leo Avila said Dabawenyos can expect a more focused service by his office.

“My years of expe-rience will help define how my office will un-dertake relevant pro-grams for the people,” he explained, adding that a strategic plan is a good way to start for newly elected officials.

Nograles callsfor hard workBy Che Palicte

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A handful of marines living on a World War II-era ship that

is grounded on a remote, tiny reef is the Philippines’ last line of defense against China’s efforts to control most of the South China Sea.

The soldiers are sta-tioned on Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Is-lands aboard a former US tank-landing vessel that was deliberately aban-doned there to serve as a base, according to their former commander, Juan-cho Sabban.

“Their lives are very hard... but they are ma-rines. They are used to that kind of thing,” said the retired general, former head of military forces in

the western Philippines that has jurisdiction over the area.

“There is no ground, they live on a grounded ship. They depend only on supplies that are delivered to them on logistics runs.”

The shoal and the lives of the troops guarding it were thrust into the glob-al spotlight this week af-ter the Philippines said a Chinese warship was “il-legally and provocatively” circling the area.

It was the latest in a series of aggressive steps by China in recent years to assert its claim over the South China Sea that have rattled the Philippines, with others including the Chinese occupation of another Filipino-claimed

shoal.China says it has sov-

ereign rights over nearly all of the South China Sea, even waters far away from its main landmass and approaching the coasts of Southeast Asian countries.

The Philippines, Viet-nam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also claim parts of the sea, and the area has for decades been regarded as a potential trigger for major military conflict in the region.

Dozens of Vietnamese soldiers died in losing bat-tles in 1974 and 1988 with Chinese forces for control of islands in the sea, which are believed to sit atop re-serves of oil and gas worth billions of dollars.

The Spratlys archipela-

go, which has hundreds of islands, reefs and atolls, is one of the most hotly con-tested areas of the sea.

All claimants, except Brunei, station troops on various sized islands and atolls in the Spratlys to back their claims.

The Philippines occu-pies nine of the Spratlys, including Thitu island, the second-largest in the area.

Second Thomas Shoal is a tiny group of islets and reefs about 200 kilo-metres (120 miles) north-west of the Philippine is-land of Palawan, the near-est major landmass.

Resupply ships take between 36 and 40 hours to reach it depending on the weather.

eugenio Bito-on-on, mayor of the region that oversees the Philip-pine-held Spratlys, de-scribed the shoal as an eight-ki lometre-long, oblong-shaped coral reef that barely rises above the water.

“It sinks at high tide,” Bito-onon told AFP.

The BRP Sierra Madre, a 100-metre (328-foot) amphibious vessel built for the United States in 1944 and acquired by the Filipino navy in 1976, was deliberately grounded in the late 1990s to shelter the garrison, according to Bito-onon.

he said each of the Philippine-held islands were manned by “at most” a dozen marines or navy personnel.

Neither Sabban nor defence department spokesman Peter Galvez would confirm to AFP the troops’ exact numbers, nor their weaponry.

however Galvez said the grounded vessel pro-duced its own electricity generated from its fu-el-powered engine, giving the shoal garrison access to indoor entertainment, including movies and vid-eo games.

“It’s still a functioning ship. It’s just considered a ship in distress,” Galvez told AFP.

Satellite phones also keep them in contact with their families during tours of duty, which last between three and six months, according to Sab-ban.

The nearest manned rock is Mischief Reef, about 40 kilometres away, but the neighbours are not considered friendly.

Mischief Reef is claimed by the Philip-

pines as part of its terri-tory because, like Second Thomas Shoal, it is within the country’s internation-ally recognised exclusive economic zone.

But in 1995 Chinese forces moved onto the then-unoccupied reef, building fortifications that China initially de-scribed as harmless fish-ermen’s shelters. Chinese forces have been sta-tioned there ever since.

After the Philippines announced on Tuesday it had lodged a formal pro-test about the Chinese warship and the fishing vessels, China respond-ed by insisting again it owned the area and that all other parties were there illegally.

“China has indisput-able sovereignty over the Nansha islands and their adjacent waters,” for-eign ministry spokesman hong Lei said in Beijing, referring to the Spratlys by its Chinese name.

“Patrols by Chinese of-ficial ships in the waters are justified,” hong added.

Ian Storey, a senior fellow at the Singa-pore-based Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, said the presence of the warship showed China was prepared to use its growing military power to protect its far-roaming fishing vessels.

“It’s a fairly strong signal that, increasingly, China is going to provide naval as well as civilian assets to protect its fish-ing fleets,” he told AFP.

“Of course, there’s al-ways a danger in this kind of situation where either through miscommunica-tion or mis-perception an accidental clash takes place.” [AFP]

While others let go of burdens in an attempt to fly,

it was by taking on more challenges that a young Filipino cadet soared from the shadow he had been under.

Once content with watching planes from the airport near his Dipolog City home, Theodore Karl Quijano is set to fly planes himself as he graduates next week from the U.S. Air Force Academy.

“It wasn’t part of the plan,” Quijano said of his application at the U.S. mil-itary school where he will be only the 16th Filipino to graduate since 1956.

“An opportunity pre-sented itself. So I grabbed it,” he added in an online interview with Yahoo! Southeast Asia.

Quijano, the eldest of seven siblings, had earli-er spent three years as a chemical engineering stu-dent at the University of the Philippines in Quezon City.

he left the state uni-

versity and eventually enrolled at the Philippine Military Academy, where he had the assurance of free tuition and a stipend. he was in his second year when he learned about exams for the U.S. Service Academies.

“Initially, I hesitated to go to the Air Force Acad-emy. But I was told that I would be an ambassador for the Philipinnes, and would represent the coun-try, “ Quijano said.

Quijano will graduate as part of the Superinten-dent’s List, which signifies academic, military and athletic distinctions.

he was also Wing Chief of Standardization and evaluation, the highest po-sition ever held by a cadet coming from the Philip-pines. earlier, he had been selected by the Academy’s Commandant as first of 1,300 fourthclass cadets for military excellence.

The first Dipolognon Westpointer will also get a Parachutist Badge, Glid-er Pilot Wings, Powered

Flight Wings and Space Wings (for completing a program where he was trained to operate U.S. space satellites).

It wasn’t easy hur-dling the program, Quija-no admitted, noting that distance from his family seemed to have made the rigorous military training more difficult.

“Being out of your comfort zone is always un-comfortable and, at times, painful. But I knew I was doing it for them,” Quijano said.

There was also pres-sure to perform, being the only Filipino in his class. “I had to keep in mind that I represent a nation,” Quija-no said.

“I needed to prove that we are the greatest people on earth. We are. We just need to learn to do our part and do it right,” Quija-no added.

Asked about his plans after graduation, Quijano, who will serve as second lieutenant in the Philip-pine Air Force, said he is

leaving it all up to his se-niors.

“It’s not about what I plan. It’s about what they want to do with me in the

Armed Forces,” said Quija-no, who said he owes a lot to the Philippine govern-ment.

he also believes other

young Filipinos can suc-ceed like him, as he mod-estly said he was only “at the right place at the right time.” [Yahoo!]

NATION/WORLD

The island of Kalayaan, which means “Freedom” in Filipino, that was created in 1978 mainly to assert the Philippines’ claim to the disputed territory in the Spratlys, a chain of islets in the South China Sea.

Grounded ship is PHL’s last line of defense

WITH HONORS. Theodore Karl Quijano, who was born and raised in Dipolog City, will graduate with high distinction from the U.S. Air Force Academy. [Photo from Quijano’s Facebook page]

Pinoy to graduate with honors from U.S. Air Force Academy


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CeBU CITY – The ad-versaries for the 20th edition of the

‘Pinoy Pride’ series had their final round of sabre rattling today during the final press conference held at the Waterfront Cebu City hotel.

Jason “el Niño” Pagara (30-2, 19KO’s) of the ALA Gym, who will defend his WBO International light welterweight title against Mexico’s Aaron “La hoya” herrera (25-1, 17 KO’s) said that the Mexican chal-lenger’s style is easy to solve.

“Simpol ra kaayo ni siya pildihon.” Pagara said when asked to comment about herrera’s fight vid-eos. “I will not promise anything but you will see a knockout.”

herrera for his part said that he is 200 per-cent prepared. “I will beat Pagara because this is the first time that he will face a good fighter.”

Trainer edmund Vil-lamor said that Pagara is in better shape even com-pared to his condiitoning during the Rosbel Mon-toya rematch. This will be the second time that Pa-gara will headline a Pinoy Pride card. They will trade punches this Saturday in-side the Pacific Ballroom of the Waterfront Cebu City hotel and Casino.

Jimrex “executioner” Jaca (37-6-3, 21 KO’s) will go for the vacant WBO Ori-ental lt.welterweight title and a world ranking when he fights with Mexico’s Jose emilio Perea (29-2, 20KO’s).

Jaca, who is known for his gallant loss against Juan Manuel Marquez, said that he is in better shape now and is only a pound over 140.

WBO VP for Asia Pacif-ic Leon Panoncillo empha-sized the importance of the International and re-gional belts and said that many world champions of the World Boxing Organi-zation were once holders of the International title.

Jaca, who is trained by

Franklin Albia, looks for-ward to the opportunity to face Marquez again. \

Undefeated Genesis “Azukal” Servania (19-0, 7 KO’s) will face Isaac Ju-nior of Indonesia (20-3-2, 8 KO’s)in a ten round non-title contest. Serva-nia is in a must situation because he is already penned for a fight in Ma-cau this July.

A special feature in this card will be the pro debut of Jessel Magsayo of the ALA Gym, who will face Melton Sandal of Zamboanga del Norte in a four rounder. Mag-sayo is a former amateur standout and caught the attention of Philboxing editor Dong Secuya, who together with this writer, watched him spar against Servania.

Magsayo, who hails from Tagbilaran City, was already spotted by this writer three years ago when he represented the BTC Boxing Club and was chosen as the Best Boxer of the Tournament during the amateur finals of the Mayor Jonas Cortes Cup in Mandaue City.

Also set to see action are Ralph Lulu vs Junnie Salogaol (8 rounds), Ro-land Servania vs Andrew Palas (4 rounds), elmo Traya vs Jonie Villacrusis (4 rounds), Richard Bar-rios vs Lauro Balweg (4 rounds) and Kazuma ejiri of Japan vs Jonas Sultan (4 rounds).

ALA Promotions VP Dennis Cañete thanked the media together with WBO VP Leon Panoncil-lo and ABS-CBN for their support.The Pinoy Pride series has shot to double digit ratings nationwide. The last Pinoy Pride event in Davao City, which saw Rey Bautista losing to Jose Ramirez of Mexico, regis-tered 30.4 percent in rural Mindanao and a 17 per-cent national rating.

The official weigh-in for Pinoy Pride xx: Laban kung Laban will be on noontime Friday May 24 at SM Cebu events Centre.

Pagara goes for knockout

PINOY PRIDE XX. Jason Pagara and Aaron Herrera pose with WBO Vice-President Leon Panoncillo Jr and Cobra girls during Thursday’s presscon at the Water-front Hotel in Cebu City.

Jimrex Jaca and Jose Emilio Perea.


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My friend and fellow rap battle enthusiast, CJ Andea, asked me if I was sure. I nodded my head and gave him my 24 Karat smile.

He was not a happy camper as he knew how I am with people -- a crowd full of people, at that. Nonetheless, we made our way and walked the catwalk of MTS that fateful eve-ning of May 19.

By Bai Fauziah Fatima Sinsuat Ambolodto

An artistic rendezvous at Taboan

It was the TM RAPub-lika Battle Season 2 at the Taboan. Artists from all walks of life rallied their way to the venue and pa-tiently waited for the event to start. Hiphop enthusi-asts and some of Davao’s prime battle mc’s (Snob, Psykadelik, to name a few) were present to witness the unveiling of undiscovered talents that night. With them was Paw, who kept me in-sync within the hi-phop realm all throughout the night. Jam-packed would have to be an understatement. The place was spilling with onlookers and you can feel the brewing of talents in every corner. 37 contend-ers spilled their heart and soul in front of premier hiphop man, Mike Swift, and Death Threat Rapper, DCoy, who were the judg-es of the event. With “bakit ka astig?” as the premier question, each of them wowed the crowd and, of course, the judges to make it into the next round. From 37, it was trimmed to ten then to five and finally to one who will represent Davao in the Manila face-off. At the end, it was Mackoy, with

his fluid like technique and smooth flow of thoughts that paved the way for his win. Good Luck Mackoy and Davao represent! No, the event did not end there. It was just the beginning. The concert began with hiphop artist and premier magician, Jeff Tam, and Dcoy singing on stage. Wow. Everybody was on their feet, singing along with them. By the time, Abra, Loo-nie and Dello disembarked from the van, the crowd was already on their feet and chanting. yes, three of the most sought after battle Mc’s and hiphop artists in the country are

all in one roof. In the city. Certainly, you cannot ask for more. Rebuttal King him-self, Dello, came out first. Singing “Darating” with his band, you could just hear the symphony from the crowd. It was smooth and just right to make the crowd up and about. In between, he gamely tossed his merchandise that got the crowd rowdier than ever. After his set, I thought I was already deaf. The crowd went wild as Mr. Tao Lang, Loonie, took the stage. With his chill-ax mode, he was such a sight to see up on the stage --right where he truly be-longs. He urged a fan to take the mic and sing with him. Oh how I wish I do not stutter --I would have left my post and sang with him. Seriously! By the time the first note of ‘Tao Lang’ came blasting from the speakers, I was already jumping from my seat. With Loonie was Reg

Rubio, Greyhoundz front man whom I was able to share some thoughts with before their performance, gave a showstopper per-formance. I must say, it

was one helluva of a per-formance – kung wala ka pang mali, wala ka pang nagagawa! So, yeah, my deafness escalated into an infinite note as the Makatang Hibang, Abra, came out and started talking to the crowd. I was lost, literally, as I cannot see him from where I was standing. All I can hear was the crowd, going ballistic as he per-formed his latest single “Il-usyon” for the attendees. Though I was not able to grasp his every note, I was happy to have hummed and bopped my head along with the beat. Like the rest, I was waiting for him to sing “Gayuma”. Oh boy, was it a sight to see – and hear. The whole of Taboan sang with him and you could see him smiling all the way from where I was – which was not far from the stage. Indeed, an undeniably unwritten anthem in the hearts of those who know how to appreciate a good song! After him, Mike Swift,

Dello and Loonie took the stage and gave a stellar freestyle performance to the delight of the crowd. A superb end to an awesome night, I must say. Oh, my mor-night did not end there. Let’s just say, I was fortunate enough to get close and personal with Abra. yes, Abra!

Quick Interview with ABRAL: Congratulations on your new song (Ilusyon). I saw it on youTube.A: Thank you. Salamat at napanood mo na.

L: your song “Gayuma” got million views com-pared to your latest one. A: ‘Di ko pa napopromote ang ‘Ilusyon’.

L: Was “Gayuma” your first single as a solo artist?A: Meron akong isa pa.. ‘yung Abrakadara..ginawa ko lang ‘yun para masubu-kan kung pano gumawa ng solo track. Then after nun.. papalitan ko nga dapa yun pero surprise na lang..Nung na-gets ko na pano maging

Paw, CJ, Abra and me.

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GMA Network cites outstanding 2013 graduates with excellence award

Meet the Justice League at SM Lanang Premier

LENOVO Mobile brings the excite-ment of the court to tech fans with a cool new augmented re-ality game featuring its endorser, NBA superstar Kobe Bry-ant. With game standees deployed across Lenovo retail outlets nationwide, customers will have the opportunity to test their mettle in this exciting shooting game where they must score five baskets to get a photo with Bryant himself and the chance to win a new Lenovo K900. It only takes three easy steps to start shooting some hoops and possibly win a K900. Get ready to play by first downloading the free Zapper app, then catching any of Kobe Bry-ant’s Augmented Reality standees at Lenovo out-lets. Go to your app, tap Zapcode, and scan the code on the basketball to bring the ball to life and begin the game. Score five baskets by simply follow-ing the instructions on screen. When the game is done, players get to pose for a quick snapshot with Kobe Bryant and share their photos through Twitter or Instagram using the hashtags #Walangiwanan, #NeverFallBehind, #Leno-

voMobilePhilippines, or through Facebook by tag-ging www.facebook.com/LenovoMobilePhilip-pines. Tag the images un-der these three categories: Elegant, Powerful, and Everything Flow, and get the chance to be part of the monthly raffle where a Lenovo K900 will be given away to the lucky winner. The slimmest among Lenovo’s latest lineup of smartphones at only

6.99mm and weighing a scant 162 grams, the K900 boasts of a front-and-rear camera and the world’s first 5.5-inch full-HD 400+ PPI screen. The K900 also packs an Intel Atom Z2580 2GHz dual-core processor which assures uninterrupted per-formance of its all-around functions – just like Kobe Bryant who is unstoppable and always moving and hustling on court.

Walang Iwanan! Turn up the hardcourt heat with Lenovo’s augmented real-ity game that combines power, performance, and entertainment. Kobe Bryant Aug-mented Reality standees are now at Lenovo outlets in Manila, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo and other urban lo-cations across the Greater Manila Area, Luzon, and the Visayas and Mindanao regions.

“WE are driven by our Passion for Excellence,” so goes one of the corporate values of GMA Network. It is in this spirit that the Ka-puso Network recognizes the achievements of graduates from select universities who have demonstrated exemplary lead-ership, technical skill, and aca-demic performance through its CSR program called the GMA Network Excellence Award. Formerly known as the GMA President’s Medal, the GMA Network Excellence Award is a symbol of excellence that em-bodies the Network’s values and ideals – integrity, leadership, public service, and responsibil-ity – and is given to outstanding graduates of broadcast-related courses including electronics communications engineering. According to GMA Network’s Assistant Vice President for Cor-porate Affairs Ma. Teresa L. Pa-cis, “The Network hopes to serve as a motivational influence to all graduates to always strive for ex-cellence and challenge them to

do outstanding work when they practice their craft.” From its inception until 2012, the GMA Network Excellence Award has cited a total of 31 students from partner univer-sities namely University of the Philippines (Diliman, Cebu, and Mindanao), Don Bosco Techni-cal College (Mandaluyong), and Angeles University Foundation (Pampanga). GMA Network Ex-cellence Awardees each receive the GMA Excellence Award plaque and P10,000 cash prize. This year, seven students, all with Latin honors, are added to this roster: Igai Jada P. Andres (Journalism), Trizia S. Terada (Broadcast Communications),

and Jestine Mari Sanchez (Com-munication Research) from UP-Diliman, Cheska Micaela B. Kabiling (Mass Communica-tion) from AUF, Jessica Camille G. Mamaril (Electronics Com-munications Engineering) from Don Bosco, King Anthony V. Perez (Mass Communication) from UP-Cebu, and Alethea Louise D. Gamalong (Commu-nication Arts) from UP-Mind-anao. The GMA Network Excel-lence Award has been conferred to deserving graduates in Manila since 2001. In school year 2009-2010, the Award was introduced in the Visayas Region through UP-Cebu. In 2011, a merit award

was then given to a graduate of the Lyceum Northwestern Uni-versity in Dagupan. Last year, a special edition of the Award was also given to a student of Adamson University, in com-memoration of its 80th Founda-tion Day. This 2013, the Award was launched in the Mindanao region through UP-Mindanao. The Award has also been ex-tended to the finalists of the Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines (TOSP) – NCR since 2012. This year’s recipient of the GMA Network Excellence Award Special Edition is Giani-na Joy Nathania L. Napo a Mass Communication graduate of the Far Eastern University.

Spearheaded by the RFM Foundation, TOSP is a forma-tion program that seeks gradu-ating college students who have excelled academically, mani-fested exemplary leadership, and dedicated themselves in the service of their communities throughout their college life, all founded on strong moral values of integrity, patriotism, and self-less service. The awardees of the GMA Network Excellence Award un-derwent a panel interview with select GMA Network personali-ties and officers and are chosen based on scholastic achieve-ment, relevance of related works, and leadership skills. Some awardees and final-ists are now working in GMA Network, in various capacities. Among them are GMA News reporters Dano Tingcungco, Jam Sesante, Micaela Papa, GMA News Online reporter Kimberly Jane Tan, Saksi seg-ment producer Sophia Balod, and GMA Cebu sales producer Rachel Sindo.

New Lenovo reality game with Kobe puts the ball in your court

CALLiNg all kids and toon fans! As one final treat this summer, SM Cartoon Fest presents the world’s legendary comic book superhe-roes, the Justice League, live at SM Lanang Premier on May 25, Saturday. A Meet and greet with the DC Comics’ Justice League team – Batman, green Arrow and Aquaman – will be held at the mall’s Atrium at 1pm, 3pm and 5pm. Kids and Justice League fans of all ages can get a chance to interact with these iconic characters with a minimum spend of PHp300 worth of Justice League merchandise from the SM Store. During the activity, children can enjoy free drawing activi-ties and shoppers can avail of exclusive promos and special discounts on all Justice League/DC Comics products. See your much admired toon characters come alive at the SM Cartoon Fest in SM Lanang Premier! For inquiries, call 285-0943 local 135-138. The SM Cartoon Fest is the biggest cartoon festival being held nationwide in SM Supermalls, including SM City Davao and SM City general Santos till May 31. it is supported by Bates/Nickelodeon, Richprime, Pacific Licensing, Honeyba-rn, Solar, Click Licensing and Astroplus/Magnavision.

A New LuSCiouSNeSS just for summer for BonChon’s Ko-Yo, (Korean Yogurt) with the new Mango Sans Rival Ko-Yo. Savor a wonderfully summery cup of alternating layers of cool, creamy Ko-Yo and homemade graham pie crust, topped with juicy mango preserves and toasted cashews in the limited edition BonChon Mango Sans Rival Ko-Yo. or enjoy the classic Banoffee Pie and Blueberry Torte Ko-Yos, or have an icy, bubbly moment with the Ko-Yo Soda Floats in orange or Rootbeer, also available in Cola and Lemon Lime.

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Fast & Furious 6 premiere up in smoke: “I’m Getting High,” Jokes Michelle Rodriguez

Janet Jackson hits billionaire status!

Abercrombie & Fitch ads remade as “Attractive & Fat” after Ceo

reportedly slams plus-size shoppers

The Fast & Furious 6 pre-miere last night at Uni-versal City Walk in L.A. was smokin’. Literally. The scent of, um, funny cigarettes could be smelled throughout the red carpet area as clouds of smoke bil-lowed above the fans who came out for a free pre-screening concert featur-ing Wiz Khalifa, 2 Chainz, Ludacris and Tyrese gibson. “i smell pot,” FF6 star Mi-chelle Rodriguez told us. “Don’t you smell pot?” We certainly did. “You guys are smoking!” Rodriguez said to the fans. “is Snoop in there some-where? Where’s Snoop? i

smell weed.” She laughed, “i’m getting high. it’s going in my mouth.” Meanwhile, Rodriguez ad-mitted to being a fast driver in real life. “But i drive a Prius and the cops don’t care,” she added, Fast & Furious bra-vado intact. Her costar Luke Evans isn’t as lucky—he has one speed-ing ticket on his record. “i got it while i was doing this movie!” the British hottie said. “i blame Fast & Furious completely for it.” But his moving violation was anything but fast and furious—Evans got busted for doing 38 in a 30. He said, “i try to abide by the rules most of the time.”

ABERCROMBiE & Fitch became famous for their cheeky ad campaigns (cheeky as in butt cheeks, what sells jeans better than not including them in the ad!) but became infamous after CEO Mike Jeffries re-portedly claimed he only “wants thin and beautiful people” wearing A&F. Jeffries has since released a statement claiming that his company is “completely opposed to any discrimina-tion...based on body type” but that it does “target its marketing at a particular segment of customers.” in the midst of the contro-versy, blogger Jes, aka The Militant Baker, has penned an open letter to Jeffries and posted an accompanying photo shoot reimagining the ads as “Attractive & Fat.” Jes prefaces her letter by admitting Jeffries’ “opin-ion isn’t shocking; millions share the same sentiment” but goes on to say that it, “reinforce[s] the unorigi-nal concept that fat women are social failures, valueless and undesirable.”

And Jes wasn’t going to take that lying down: “You have also created an incred-ible opportunity for social change.” For the shoot, she donned A&F apparel and posed with a model more traditional to the Fitch brand, noting, “The juxtaposition of uncommon-ly paired bodies is visually jarring...This is largely attrib-uted to companies like yours that perpetuate the thought that fat women are not beautiful. This is inaccurate.” “i was inspired by the op-portunity to show that i am secure in my skin and to flaunt this by using the con-troversial platform that you

created,” she continued. “i challenge the separation of attractive and fat, and i as-sert that they are compat-ible regardless of what you believe.” Jes, who writes that she did not set out to prove that Jeffries is “an ostentatious dick,” has a challenge for him, “You are more than welcome to prove me wrong by pos-ing shirtless with a hot fat chick.” Which he might actu-ally do. Just as long as the fat chick isn’t wearing two A&F polos with both collars popped (naturally) and jeans that were already ripped when she bought them.

WOW, now that’s some serious money in the bank! Janet Jackson has official-ly joined the billion-dollar club, according to Variety. The mag credits her in-credibly successful career over many decades for the singer’s lofty financial status. She reportedly earned $458 million thanks to con-cert tours, $304 million in acting gigs like The Nutty Professor and For Colored girls, $260 million in album sales (“Rhythm Nation, any-one?) and more than $81

million from sponsorships. But Jackson isn’t the only billionaire in her family. Her hubby Wis-sam Al Mana already reached that elite tax bracket after making his fortune in invest-ments in the Middle East. The “Escapade” singer joins the billionaire en-tertainer ranks of Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg and author J.K. Rowling.

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solo artists, nilabas ko ang Gayuma.

L: What can you say about your success?A: Masaya. Nakakapagod pero masaya. Yun yung pinakamasarap na pa-god…Parang yung work ko, yun rin ang passion ko. Kaya ‘di ko nararamda-man ang pagod. . Parang nahihirapan sumuko yung katawan ko dahil masaya.. masaya ginagawa ko.

L: you had a battle last May 17(FlipTop Zoning) then you came over here, how do you manage your days? Like, do you even rest?A: Yes, katatapos lang ng zoning. Saya ‘non… Downtime naman namin as MC’s, sulat. Talagang hindi nagpapahinga yung utak.

L: you are still with LDP (Lyrically Deranged Poet; Rjay, Abra and ALex), right?A: Yeah, oo naman. Intact parin ang LDP. Meron ka-ming ginagawang project as a group and as solo art-

ists. Si Rjaynaglabas ng mix tape nya (11-11-11) and then may solo album din sya. Ako ganon rin. Patapos na ang solo album ko. In the next few months, ilalabas ko na. Atsaka ang LDP Album, malapit na. Abangan nyo.

L: What can you say about people branding you as “mainstream”? A: Well…di naman siguro.. Mahirap i-stereotype kami na ‘mainstream’… ‘Di na-man naming ginawa ‘to para magpasikat. DI na-man kami nag-rrap para kumuha ng atensyon o magbenta ng mga kung anu-ano. Kasi nag-rrap kami dahil yun yung sin-

igaw ng puso namin, yun yung passion namin. Nag-kataon lang na nagustohan sya ng mga tao at parang biglang nag-shift yung pref-erence ng generation. Bigla .. Ang daming hiphop fans at nakikinig ng hiphop. Natutuwa sila sa battle scene, na nag-compliment naman sa music. So, ayun, naging (quote and quote) ‘mainstream’ which is di naman tlaga importante kung mainstream sya o hindi kasi we keep it un-derground pero nakakaku-ha kami ng mainstream attention which is a good formula kasi still legit pero mabenta. Hindi porke’t mabenta, sell out na.

L: Exactly, some people do not get that. A: Yeah, some people don’t. It takes time to understand.

L: So, what is next for Abra?A: Hmm… yung album ko at ila-launch ko sa first major concert this year… Manila.. invited naman lahat.. Baka August.. Isa sa pinakamalupit na event this year.

L: Thank you, Abra. A: Thank you, Thank you.

Indeed, talent is every-where. you just need to believe that you are in-nately talented to be one. Hence, To be is To do. Do what you must and Be who you want to be. Let the distractions take you into the realm of your suc-cess. Haters? No, jealous maybe. Learn to embrace the negativity and discover the beauty of a life with distractions. Be your own critique and let your mis-takes take you higher than the empire state. Over and above, appreciate and love what you have.

Davao is situated right next to the SM Lanang Premier Mall and SMX Convention Center, just 15 minutes away from the internation-al airport. The 204-room hotel has a recreation hub on the second floor, which houses leisure facilities such as the swimming pool, fitness center and pool bar. RBG (Restaurant, Bar, and Grill) is the hotel’s hip all-day dining outlet,

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Newly opened Park Inn by Radisson: Another first for DavaoDAVAO CITy, the forerunner in busi-ness, tourism and investment in the southern Philip-pines, marks another milestone with the opening the first Park Inn hotel in Asia Pacific. Park Inn by Radisson is Carlson Rezidor’s inter-nationally successful mid-scale limited service con-cept. It is a segment-leading brand with a 26 year track record of delivering quality guest experience, focusing on the modern essentials of today’s savvy travelers. With over 140 hotels across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Canada, and North America, Park Inn by Radisson is now gear-ing towards expansion in Asia. Its development in

the region begins in Davao City, adjudged as one of the cleanest, safest, and most livable cities in the Philip-pines. The vibrant cosmo-politan city resonates the hotel brand’s fun, friendly and hassle-free service philosophy, aptly titled as Adding Color to Life. Park Inn by Radisson

serving Mediterranean cuisines, grilled meats and fish, and local favorites. All areas showcase vibrant and innovative design ele-ments, making Park Inn the most colorful addition to Davao City’s hospitality industry. For more information or booking inquiries, please visit: www.parkinn.com/hotel-davao or call +63 82 272 7600.

rendezvous from A1

Abra and me after the interview.

VOL. 6 ISSUE 50 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY, MAY 24-25, 2013 15EDGEDAVAO SPORTS

MIAMI (AP) -- LeB-ron James caught the inbounds

pass, changed direction and immediately attacked the rim.

There was no one in his way.

There was no stopping him, either.

James made a layup as time expired in overtime, capping a 30-point, 10-re-bound, 10-assist effort as the Miami heat found a way to outlast the Indiana Pacers 103-102 in a wild-ly back-and-forth Game 1 of the eastern Conference finals Wednesday night. There were 18 ties and 17 lead changes, the last two of those coming in the fi-nal 2.2 seconds.

‘’Two teams fought hard,’’ James said. ‘’We were able to make one more play.’’

If this is how this se-ries is going to go, then get ready for a classic be-tween teams that abso-lutely wanted to face the other with a trip to the NBA Finals on the line.

Paul George saved the Pacers at the end of reg-ulation with a 32-foot-er with 0.7 seconds left, and then made three free throws with 2.2 ticks left in overtime to give Indiana a one-point lead. George pumped his fist gently af-

ter the third free throw, then extended his index finger skyward as the teams retreated to their benches to get ready for the final play.

he just left James too much time, and the Pacers left their best shot-block-ing option on the bench. Roy hibbert wasn’t on the floor for the final play, and without a 7-foot-2 barrier to contest him, James made the winner look easy.

‘’Two great teams just throwing punch for punch,’’ Indiana coach Frank Vogel said. ‘’Our spirit is very high, very confident. We know we can play with this basket-ball team.’’

Vogel said he left hib-bert off the floor for the final play out of concern of what defending cham-pion Miami would do with Chris Bosh in that scenario. Afterward, he acknowledged he might have different thinking next time.

‘’I would say we would probably have him in next time,’’ Vogel said.

Game 2 is Friday night in Miami.

Officials reviewed James’ play at the end, though it was clear he beat the clock, and the Pacers walked slowly toward

their locker room, lament-ing one that got away - by no fault of George’s.

‘’Gut-wrenching,’’ hib-bert said.

George was fouled by Dwyane Wade on the play where the Pacers had to think they had stolen the series opener. Referee Jason Phillips said Wade hit George, and the Pacers’ star made all three free throws for the 16th lead change of the night.

The final lead change came moments later.

‘’Welcome to the east-ern Conference finals,’’ heat coach erik Spoelstra said. ‘’Back and forth the whole way.’’

Wade scored 19 points, Bosh had 17 and Chris An-dersen had 16 on 7-for-7 shooting for Miami.

George scored 27 for the Pacers, who got 26 from David West and 19 from hibbert. The Pacers have won only two series in NBA franchise history after dropping a Game 1.

‘’It just felt like every-thing was in our favor,’’ George said.

The final few seconds of regulation were stun-ning, with Ray Allen - the sixth-best free-throw shooter in NBA history - missing one that proved big, and George making a miracle happen.

THAT’S WHAT MVP’s DO

Lebron saves Heat in Game 1

HANGTIME MOVE. VMO spitfire Bong Go punctures the lane for a layup in this bit of action between VMO and BLBE in the ongoing Phoenix Petro-leum 36 Above Tournament at the DCRC. VMO trounced BLBE 107-80 as Go scorched the hoops with 50 points including 13 triples. Lean Daval Jr.

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