Edge Davao 6 Issue198

DAVAO City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte supports the clam-

or of barangay captains of the city endorsing the candidacy of his daugh-ter-in-law as the associa-tion of barangay captains president (ABC) after his chosen candidate decided not to run.

“It’s the overwhelm-ing choice of the barangay captains, whether we like or not, we need to help who is there,” Duterte told

reporters in reference to January Duterte, baran-gay captain of Catalunan Grande, and wife of vice mayor Paolo Duterte.

Duterte said that he was supposed to endorse former councilor Arnulfo Cabling, who is now ba-rangay captain of IIang.

“I projected him (Ca-bling) after the barangay elections because I need-ed a lawyer who could help the city government

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By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO [email protected]

RODY BACKS JANUARYOverwhelming choice among barangay captains cited

FIRE DANCE. Poi artists from Tribong Ka-mindanaoan Fire Dancers performer a poi dance routine during Monday night’s light-ing ceremony of the provincial government of Davao del Norte’s Christmas display at the Davao del Norte Sports and Cultural Center in Tagum City. Lean Daval Jr.

FOR ADULTS ALSO. Christmas is definitely not only for children as this man can’t take his eyes away from a Santa Claus décor on display during Mindanao Expo Christmas bazaar at the activity center of Abreeza Mall along J.P. Laurel Avenue in Davao City. Lean Daval Jr.

FOR ABC PRESIDENT

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CITY administrator J. Melchor Quitain is expected to bare

the result of the investi-gation on employees of the city treasurer’s office (CTO) who were alleged-ly involved in anomalous transactions this year.

“We expect the deci-sion to come out before the end of the year,” Quit-ain told EDGE in an inter-view.

He added that the in-vestigation on the eight employees is on-going.

Earlier, Davao City

Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said he might recom-mend the dismissal of the eight employees if they are found guilty.

Based on initial inves-tigation by the city legal office (CLO), the eight employees allegedly committed grave miscon-duct and dishonesty in connection with P8-mil-lion in unremitted taxes.

On the other hand, Quitain asked the city en-gineer’s office to conduct an in-depth investigation

THE City Planning and Development Office of Davao City

intends to intensify their information dissemina-tion on risk disaster and climate change mitiga-tion in the barangay level.

CPDO offi-cer-in-charge Engr. Ma-rio Luis Jacinto said yes-terday that part of their 2014 plan is to assist various barangay in their development planning.

He said that the ba-rangays are identified as

vulnerable to intermit-tent flooding and rain- induced landslides.

Areas in the coastal zone and in major riv-er system in the city are on their priority list for this massive informa-tion campaign which will start next year.

Davao City has a 60 kilometer coastline stretching from Lasang to Binugao, Toril. It is comprised of 26 baran-gays with almost 400,000

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THE BIG NEWS

UPGRADE. Davao Light and Power Co. personnel transfer power lines from an old electrical post to a new one along Quimpo Blvd. in Davao City yesterday as part of the company’s rehabilitation and maintenance of electrical posts. Lean Daval Jr.

POLICE busted a big-time illegal drugs dealer with the ar-

rest of one Sulaiman Bau-lo, along with his hench-man, in a buy-bust opera-tion at 2:30 a.m. yesterday in Sitio Baybay, Barangay Leon Garcia that yielded P600,000 worth of shabu.

Supt. Caezar Cabuhat, station commander of the Sta. Ana police sta-

tion, said that Baulo, 30 , a resident of Isla Verde, Barangay 23-C and one Rowel Benitez, 28, paint-er and resident of Ba-rangay Leon Garcia, had been under surveillance for about a month before his arrest.

Police recovered five jumbo-size packs, and one small sachet, of sha-bu from the two suspects.

Baulo and Benitez will be facing a charge of violation of section 5 of Republic Act 9162 be-fore the city prosecution office.

Baulo attempted to escape through a narrow alley but his large build could not fit into the en-trance.

Cabuhat said they had not expected to bag a big

–time pusher like Baulo. The suspects were

engaged in selling illegal drugs in Agdao, Mini For-est, Carpenter and R. Cas-tillo areas.

Police took three at-tempts before they final-ly caught up with Baulo after receiving informa-tion from a confidential source last November about Baulo’s activities.

THE city prose-cution office has charged a man

with homicide after he stabbed to death a neighbor on November 4 in Jasa 2 Km. 12, Sasa.

Prosecutor Stella Camino identified the re-spondent as one Richard Boncales, who is charged with homicide based on the complaint filed by Jocelyn Omega, 19, live-in-partner of the victim, one Leonard Apordo, 22, of Jasa 2 Km. 12, Sasa

Camino recommend-ed P40,000 bail bond for the temporary release

of Boncales , who is de-tained at the Sasa police station.

Omega said that she and Apordo went to his aunt for dinner, which Apordo walked back to their house when suddenly Omega heard a commotion and saw Boncales chasing Apordo who already sustained several stab wounds.

They brought Apor-do to the Southern Phil-ippine Medical Center, however, the medical in-charge declared Apordo dead on arrival. [EPC]

By EMILORD P. [email protected]

[email protected]

By CHENEEN R. CAPON

P40-T bail for manfor neighbor’s slay

Cops nab big-timeillegal drugs dealer

CTO MESS PROBE

Quitain expectedto reveal resultsBy ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

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ON CLIMATE CHANGE

CPDO intensifyingInfo dissemination

NANDING BOYS. Business executives, professionals and entrepreneurs who are friends of Msgr. Fernando Capalla, archbishop emeritus of the Davao Arch-diocese (center), also called “Nanding Boys,” discuss their projects, latest of which is the sprucing up and lighting of the St. Francis of Assisi Parish Church at the corner of Ma-a Road and President C.P. Garcia Highway, over breakfast at Entree’ of Apo View Hotel last Monday, immediately after the first dawn mass (misa de gallo) Monday morning. From right, counter clockwise, Anthony “Taras” B. Sasin, Mrs. Corkee Barreto, Celestino “Al” Barreto, former Press secretary Jesus “Jess” G. Dureza, Fr. William “Bill” La Rouse, M.M., Archbishop Capalla, Joey Mempin, Arturo “Art” Milan, Leonilo “Nilo” G. Claudio and Antonio “Tony” M. Ajero. Lean Daval Jr.


ASIDE from the plan to make the appli-cation for and re-

newal of business permits in Davao City available online, an official of the Business Bureau is also eyeing to link concerned regulatory agencies in the system they are develop-ing.

Business Bureau offi-cer-in-charge Lawrence D. Bantiding said that they will outsource a firm for developing a system that will allow other agencies like the city treasurer’s of-fice, city engineer’s office,

and the business bureau office interconnected .

He said that the sys-tem will allow all con-cerned agencies to see the business application and renewal in just one click. He said that appli-cants won’t need to go to each agency and get their application signed or ap-proved.

This easier and faster process will enable them to print the permits faster compared to the manual process adopted by the bureau.

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RETIREES’ BONANZA. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte hands over Christmas gifts worth P10,000 and gift certificates to each of the 72 retirees during “Pahalipay sa mga Retirees” at the Royal Mandaya Hotel in Davao City on Monday. Lean Daval Jr.

RISKING THEIR LIVES. Despite constant warning from the authorities, motorcycle riders continue to violate the national helmet law like this mall-bound family of five who risk their lives traversing busy highways of Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

By EMILORD P. [email protected]

[email protected]

By CHENEEN R. CAPON

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO [email protected]

TWELVE more persons were charged yesterday

with violating City Or-dinance 004-13 Series of 2013, also known as liquor ban, before the city prosecution office (CPO).

Charged were Role Ong, 29, of Purok 3, Ba-rangay Sentro, Agdao; Lyle Rudolf Octabiano, 26, resident of Midasay-ap, North Cotabato; Aiza Alberto, 25, of Sto. Rosa-rio, Buhangin; Michelle

Enghog, 26, a neighbor of Alberto; Jonathan Sala, 35, of Penaplata, Samal; Lanife Loreto, 46, of Sto. Domingo, Sasa; Felizberto Lim,32; Marlon Mendoza, 39, of Garcia Heights; Andres Dahab, 29, of Padada, Davao del Sur; Joseph Barrido, 32, and Mathe-leo Echavia,26, liaison officer of Donya Asun-cion, Pampanga.

They were arrested by police for drinking beer in a resto bar in

Sasa which is prohibited after 1:00 a.m. However, Loreto managed to es-cape from the police.

The CPO has tallied seven cases of viola-tion of the liquor ban from October to the present.

Ordinance No. 004-13 Series of 2013, or An Ordinance Amending Or-dinance No. 1627, Series of 1994 regulates the operation of business establishments selling liquor, coconut wine and

other nature wine and other alcoholic beverag-es in the City of Davao.

First offense calls for an administrative fine of P3,000 while the second offense calls for a fine of P5,000 and imprison-ment of three months or both upon the discretion of the court. For the third offense, a fine of P5,000, or one year imprison-ment will be slapped against the offender and his or her business per-mit will be revoked.

DAVAO City’s up-dated zoning or-dinance and the

Comprehensive Land Use Plan 2013-2022 (CLUP) will be endorsed this week to the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) central office for final approval.

City Planning and Development Office offi-cer-in-charge Engr. Ma-rio Luis Jacinto said that HLURB is the agency that is mandated to approve zoning plans before they are implemented by any local government unit.

He said that the ap-proval process of CLUP does not end with the approval by the Davao

City 17th council because HLURB needs to discuss, tackle and amend it if needed.

“We hope to have the soonest schedule for pre-sentation to the board for review and approval and ratification kung may amendment,” Jacinto said in an interview yesterday during the second seme-stral meeting for 2013 of the Regional Land Use Committee at National Economic and Develop-ment Authority (NEDA)- Regional Development Council (RDC) 11 office.

He said that if there will be some amend-ments to the CLUP, the

DAVAO City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duter-te is still looking

for a replacement in the city council for councilor J. Melchor Quitain who is concurrently the city ad-ministrator.

“The replacement for councilor Quita-in will come from the Muslim community. So, I’m looking for the best candidate from them, whether a Tausug, Ma-ranao, Maguindanao or whoever, as long as we decide who’s a good re-placement,” Duterte told reporters at the Royal Mandaya Hotel, Monday night, adding that he is looking for a good Mus-

lim who can help in the development of the city.

Duterte said that the council should have equal representation from different sectors, hence there should be a representative from the Muslim sector.

He added that if there is no equal representa-tion, anarchy may arise.

Duterte said he would reveal the re-placement for Quitain either in February or March next year.

On September 3, Qui-tain resigned from the 17th city council to as-sume as city administra-tor after it was offered to him by the mayor.

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Rody to announceMQ’s replacement

New zoning law, plan endorsed to HLURB

12 more accused ofviolating liquor ban

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FBUSINESS, 10

Business Bureau optsfor interconnectivity


THE provincial gov-ernment of Davao del Sur recently accepted

the primary responsibility in continuing and sustain-ing the gains of the Army’s Peace and Development Outreach Program (PDOP) in the province.

This development came after the Davao del Sur Joint Peace and Security Coordi-nating Center (JPSCC), com-posed of the Army’s 10th Infantry Division and the Provincial Police, declared the province free from the influence of the insurgent New People’s Army.

Commanding general Lt. General Ricardo Rainier Cruz of the Eastern Mind-anao Command (Eastmin-com), said the implemen-tation of PDOP led by the 1002nd Infantry Brigade has been successful in driv-ing away the NPA elements from the province.

“It’s 100 percent wala na sila sa Davao del Sur,” Cruz assured during a press conference at the Joint Area Clearing Completion Cer-emony on Thursday last week at the provincial cap-itol.

Governor Claude P. Bau-tista vowed his all out sup-port to PDOP, saying that this would help alleviate the poor from poverty, es-pecially in rural areas.

“The journey to peace is long and most rewarding. It is not simple and quite

high. But with the full com-mitment and the Bayanihan effort of the Province to-gether with its people and all stakeholders, we can sustain the gains of PDOP,” Bautista said.

The governor said that though the main responsi-bility now lies with the pro-vincial government, they will still work hand in hand with the Army.

He said the military will not rest their case, but will in fact double their ef-forts in order to sustain the peace and order efforts.

“It’s the first time that the government has suc-cessfully tied up with the military to achieve last-ing peace and order in the province,” Bautista stated as he lauded the Army for “a job well done.”

“Rest assured this is not the end. But just the begin-ning of the journey,” he said.

Cruz said that the Joint Area Clearing Completion Ceremony only signified that the Army will further strengthen its efforts in en-suring that peace and secu-rity within the province is fostered and sustained.

“With the successful im-plementation of the AFP’s Internal Peace and Securi-ty Plan (IPSP) Bayanihan in Davao del Sur, the Army will continuously engage all stakeholders in opening up space for a convergent and collaborative effort in at-

taining our common goal of a just and lasting peace and sustainable development in this province,” he assured.

Meanwhile, the League of Municipal Mayors in Davao del Sur represented by its president Mayor John

Johnson of Don Marcelino town, also guaranteed its full support to the peace and order and development efforts.

The Army said that cur-rently on the sustainment and development phase,

the PDOP is being support-ed by the Provincial Gov-ernment in implementing 123 sustainable livelihood programs spread across conflict-affected areas.

During the ceremony, peace and development

partners of the Army such as the religious, academe, media and civil society sectors were recognized for their invaluable con-tribution to the success of PDOP. [PIA 11/Carina L. Cayon/1002nd IB]

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DAVAO ORIENTAL IGACOS

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SUBURBIA

COMPLETE EXPERIENCE. Parishioners get their bibingka and suman after attending the first of nine “simbang gabi” masses at the Our Lady Mediatrix of All Graces Cathedral in Kidapawan City on Monday, 16 Dec 2013. It’s a tradition that after hearing the mass, one has to have bibingka or other kakanin or else the “simbang gabi” experience is not complete. [MindaNews photo by Geonarri Solmerano]

LGU commits to sustain Army’s peace and development program

FOR the fifth consecutive year, the Province of Davao Oriental was con-

ferred with the Gawad Kalasag Award for being the region’s Best Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.

The prestigious accolade was handed over by the Office of Civil Defense Regional Direc-tor, Ret. BGen Loreto G. Rirao to no less than Davao Oriental’s chief executive Gov. Corazon N. Malanyaon on Thursday, Dec. 12, during the OCD’s 15th Gawad Kalasag Awarding Cer-emony at the Apo View Hotel in Davao City.

“This is a great honor for us to have our efforts of pre-paring for probable disaster and reducing potential risk acknowledged in the region,” said Malanyaon.

During her speech, she bared that behind the covet-ed award was the painstak-ing planning strategies and the sacrifices of people who responded to disasters, es-pecially during the typhoon Pablo, which challenged Davao

Oriental’s already established elite disaster response.

Malanyaon underscored the important role ‘prepared-ness’ has played for the fast and seamless disaster re-sponse. She recalled that days before typhoon Pablo, several teams from the province were deployed to conduct massive evacuation especially for those living in the hazard zones. While food packs were pre-pared ready for distribution, heavy machineries were also pre-positioned, anticipating slashing winds to topple elec-tric posts and trees which may block roadways.

The province also lever-aged on important structures that placed order and direction into its actions through mobi-lization of a Central Incident Command Post (CICP) at the provincial level, which served as the center for coordination, information and communica-tion for all emergency relief operations, while counter-part Incident Command Posts (ICP) in the three municipali-ties were also established and

mobilized to quickly reach far-flung barangays and sitios.

“Indeed, the Command Posts that were operational-ized were instrumental in en-suring that timely and relevant information were gathered, ur-gent concerns were addressed, emergency reliefs were dis-patched with exigency, securi-ty and order were maintained.”

Climate Change Adapta-tion

Meanwhile, as part of the disaster mitigation strategies, climate change adaptation is also becoming a crucial area of concern for the province, especially now that is already part of the ty-phoon belt.

“We cannot control na-ture, but we can regulate the activities of our people and direct utilization of our resources so as to mitigate, if not control the possible disastrous effects of natural forces. This is through our preparedness plans,” she said.

As a result, the province in collaboration with part-

ner agencies has agreed to integrate Disaster Risk Re-duction and Climate Change Adaptation (DRRCCA) in the Local Development Plan-ning, which elicited the updating of the Provincial Development and Physi-cal Framework Plan that involved land use modifi-cation, data updating, and re-zonification.

And as its firm commit-ment, the province is help-ing municipal LGUs to chart out their respective Munic-ipal Comprehensive Land Use Plan while mainstream-ing Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adap-tation measures in their re-spective development plans.

Other projects that the provincial government is embarking on to restore the province’s environ-mental resources are man-grove rehabilitation, coastal cleanup, solid-waste man-agement, dumpsite devel-opment and watershed re-habilitation. [By Karen Lou Deloso/PIO]

LGU bags 5th Regional Gawad Kalasag Award

RESIDENTS of Baran-gay Linusotan, Island Garden City of Samal,

Davao del Norte thanked the Task Force Davao, an Army contingent with the mission to secure the cities of Davao and IGAGOS from terrorists and criminal elements for sprucing up the mini-library in their Day Care Center.

Gene Muana, chair of Barangay Linusotan said the soldiers facilitate in bringing 500 assorted books that will benefit 35 pre-school pupils.

He thanked the TF Davao for brining the pro-gram to his barangay with the support of the Bagong Kulturang Pinoy-Califor-nia, a non-government organization based in the United States of America with the assistance of oth-er stakeholders in Davao

City and IGACOS.Lt. Colonel Roberto Ri-

vas, deputy commanding officer of the TF Davao said the activity is part of their continuing effort to reach out to the residents in the community.

“We have been do-ing this activity in order to reach out children and provide them books which may be useful to them in gaining knowledge as we prepare them to become good citizens in the future,” he said.

Barangay Linusotan is the second barangay that benefits from the project.

In the middle of 2013, the TF Davao also put up a mini-library at the Astig Center in Barangay Bu-cana, Davao City. [PIA 11/Joey Sem G. Dalumpines]

Task Force Davao opens mini-library


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DEPARTMENT of Tourism assistant secretary Arthuro

Boncato has announced that star rating will be used in assessing the standards of hotels Davao City.

He said that the new process is among the new provisions that will be adopted in the proposed amendment of the Davao City Tourism Code.

Aside from the new standard assessment, the amended tourism code will oblige big and small hotel owners to submit a report on a monthly basis on the number of guests and accommodation units.

Boncato said that third party auditors will be hired to conduct the assessment.

Small and big ho-tels need to answer 286 questions regarding their

services to their guests, facilities such as parking space, lounge, and swim-ming pool.

The total points that will be earned by the

hotel will determine its star rating.

He said that there will be foreign assessors who will make the rating of each hotel ranging from

one-star to five-star.“The way we assess is

now very physical, wala yung component on how we give guests the com-fort they deserve,” he

said.Currently, the city

uses the deluxe, first class, and standard rat-ing in assessing the ho-tels operating in the city.

PERSONAL inflows from Filipinos overseas posted

its record-high monthly level last October after it reached US$ 2.28 billion.

Data released by the Bangko Sentral ng Pil-ipinas (BSP) Monday showed that the inflows in the 10th month this year is way higher than the US$ 2.14 billion in the previous month and year-ago’s US$ 2.1 billion.

The latest figure is the seventh consecutive month that remittances reached the US$ 2 billion mark and the highest monthly growth rate of 8.8 percent, said BSP Gov-ernor Amando Tetangco Jr.

Inflows of remittanc-es has been surpassing the central bank’s five percent full-year target this year except in March when it grew by 3.7 per-cent.

Year-on-year, re-mittances grew by 6.8 percent after it reached US$ 20.45 billion from year-ago’s US$ 19.14 billion.

Tetangco attributed the strong growth of re-mittances to robust de-mand for overseas Fili-pino workers (OFWs).

Preliminary data from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) showed that processed job orders in the first 10 months this year reached 675,966 and 39.7 percent of which are for deployment in services, production, professional, technical, and related workers sectors.

These are for re-quirements of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Tai-wan, Hong Kong and Qatar. [PNA]

6 THE ECONOMYStat Watch

MONTHLY AVERAGE EXCHANGE RATE (January 2011-September 2013)

Month 2013 2012 2011

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

September 43.83 41.75 43.02August 43.86 42.04 42.42

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

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

7.1 1st Qtr 2013

7.8 1st Qtr 2013

USD 3,741 million

Feb 2013USD 4,708

million Feb 2013USD -967

million Feb 2013USD -640

millionDec 2012

P 4,964,560 million

Feb 2013

2.4 % Mar 2013P113,609

million Mar 2013

P 5,281 billion

Mar 2013

P 41.14 Apr 2013

6,847.5 Mar 2013

132.8 Apr 2013

2.6 Apr 2013

3.1 Apr 2013

418,108 Feb 2013

20.9% Jan 2013

7.1% Jan 2013

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

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

3. Exports 1/

4. Imports 1/

5. Trade Balance

6. Balance of Payments 2/

7. Broad Money Liabilities

8. Interest Rates 4/

9. National Government Revenues

10. National government outstanding debt

11. Peso per US $ 5/

12. Stocks Composite Index 6/

13. Consumer Price Index 2006=100

14. Headline Inflation Rate 2006=100

15. Core Inflation Rate 2006=100

16. Visitor Arrivals

17. Underemployment Rate 7/

18. Unemployment Rate 7/

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

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

as of May 2013

Indicator Latest

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

6.8 2nd Qtr 2013

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

7.5 2nd Qtr 2013

3. Exports USD 5,045 million

Sep 2013

4. Imports USD 5,711 million

Sep 2013

5. Trade BalanceUSD -665

million Sep 2013

6. Balance of Payments USD 692

million Jun 2013

7. Broad Money LiabilitiesP 5,980,938 million

Aug 2013

8. Interest Rate 2.0 % Sep 2013

9. National Government Revenues

P 127,336 million

Sep 2013

10. National government outstanding debt

P 5,609 billion

Sep 2013

11. Peso per US $

P 43.83 Sep 2013

12. Stocks Composite Index

6,191.8 Sep 2013

13. Consumer Price Index 2006=100

135.2 Oct 2013

14. Headline Inflation Rate 2006=100

2.9 Oct 2013

15. Core Inflation Rate 2006=100

2.5 Oct 2013

16. Visitor Arrivals 382,022 Aug 2013

17. Underemploymen Rate

19.2% Jul 2013

18. Unemployment Rate 7.3% Jul 2013

Remittances post record-high level in October ‘13 at US$ 2.3B

Davao City to adopt star rating in hotel standards

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By CHENEEN R. CAPON

FOR OFWS. A lady chats to a loved one through the internet at an establishment in SM City Davao which specializes in services designed to cater the needs of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families. Lean Daval Jr.

LAZADA, Southeast Asia’s largest online shopping mall, rais-

es a large funding round from a group of investors including Tesco PLC, Ac-cess Industries, Invest-ment AB Kinnevik and Verlinvest, which adds approximately US$250 of cash to Lazada’s balance sheet.

This marks the first investment by multichan-nel retailer Tesco into a pure online player in the region and is the starting point of close cooperation between the parties. Syn-ergies of this partnership will span across custom-er analytics, private label development and supply chain management.

According to Maximil-ian Bittner, CEO of Lazada Group, “We are delighted to welcome Tesco and Ac-cess to join our investor group through this fund-ing round. Kinnevik and Verlinvest also join the in-vestment—which know our business and oper-

ations extremely well—demonstrates that we are making great progress in building a large and sustainable company in Southeast Asia. We are excited to continue this journey together with our investors.”

“Lazada’s manage-ment team has put the company on a path to become the premier on-line shopping destination in Southeast Asia. We are pleased to be part of this dynamic success story,” said Jörg Mohaupt of Ac-cess Industries, in a state-ment.

Mia Brunell Livfors, CEO of Kinnevik, said, “Strategic cooperation be-tween long-term financial investors and industry partners can add signifi-cant growth momentum and enhanced profit-ability to e-commerce businesses. We welcome Tesco’s investment in Lazada and look forward to working with them in supporting Maximilian

and his team.” Meanwhile, Robin

Terrell, Group Multichan-nel Director of Tesco, said, “This investment in South East Asia’s larg-est e-commerce retailer continues our strategy of developing leading multichannel businesses in core growth markets. Lazada is an exciting, pioneering business, which has developed a market-leading offer in each of its five markets in just 18 months. As South East Asia’s 600 million consumers begin to use smartphone technology to access retailers online, Lazada has established a strong position from which to grow."

Lazada is a pioneer in Southeast Asian e-com-merce with around 1,500 employees across five Southeast Asian countries. Since launch Lazada has become the leading online general merchandiser across the region.

Lazada getting $250 M from investors


HUMANITY is cur-rently using the re-sources of one and

half planets. This puts tre-mendous pressure on our planet and its biodiversity. By 2050, the global popu-lation is expected to reach nine billion, stretching our natural resources to the brink.

With such limited re-sources, we need to change the way we consume prod-ucts. This Christmas, make gift-giving more meaning-ful by giving back to planet Earth! Remember to follow these holiday eco-tips from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Philippines) to make your Christmas ex-tra green and bright!

1. Use LED Christmas lights.

Energy-efficient LED (light-emitting diode) Christmas lights are 26% more efficient than regular tungsten bulbs. They last longer too!

2. Buy local products. It takes much more re-

sources for imported goods to reach our doorsteps. Patronizing local products reduces carbon emissions while boosting the local economy.

3. Bring an eco-bag when gift shopping.

An estimated 500 bil-lion to one trillion plastic bags are consumed global-ly every year. This means over a million plastic bags are used each second. Using eco-bags reduces plastic pollution.

4. Make your own

Christmas cards.About a million Christ-

mas cards (and 200,000 trees) are wasted each December. Why not craft your own from recycled paper or fresh cardboard? A little doodling with some colored pens can bring out your inner artist.

5. Use soy candles.Yucky petroleum-based

Christmas candles con-stantly pollute the environ-ment when lit. Use soy or vegetable-based candles in-stead. They are biodegrad-able and smoke-free.

6. Use recycled décor.With a little tinkering

and a touch of creativity, your old bottles, furniture, clothes and gizmos can be converted into cool Christ-mas decorations. This is not just cheaper – you’ll also ensure that each piece is unique.

7. Give green gifts. Why not give away

eco-friendly gifts rath-er than your usual give-aways? You’ll be remem-bered as both generous and Earth-loving!

8. Go one degree up. When the party’s get-

ting too cold, you can in-crease your air condition-er’s thermostat by one de-gree Celsius. This will leave you feeling comfortable while cutting down the en-ergy bill by as much as 10%. Now that’s a cool tip.

9. Use recycled paper to wrap gifts.

Printed paper wrappers constitute one of the largest Christmas wastes. Use old

magazines, newspapers or brown paper to wrap gifts. You can also use last year’s ribbons and strings.

10. Buy only what you can finish.

Hosting a Christmas

party? Politely ask your guests to minimize left-overs and get only what they can consume. Every year, 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted. Minimize waste and your waistline at

the same time! You can spread the holi-

day cheer and help support WWF-Philippines’ pro-grams on biodiversity con-servation, environmental sustainability and climate

change solutions through The Panda Gift Center! Visit Facebook.com/WWF.Phil-ippines to check out unique WWF gifts like statement shirts, hoodies, canvas bags and laptop cases.

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ENVIRONMENTHave a green, bright Christmas with WWF’s eco-friendly tips!

WORRIED over what happened to Tacloban, Davao

City wants to be ready to evacuate residents in coast-al barangays in case of ty-phoon surges and similar calamities.

Francisco Villaroman, head of the Public Safety and Security Command Center (PSSCC), said they are now looking for six evacuation sites in areas higher than 250 feet that can accommodate as much as 400,000 people from 16 coastal barangays.

Possible evacuation hubs the PSSCC has iden-tified so far include areas in the boundary between Panabo and Davao City, as

well as locations in high ar-eas such as Mandug, Tigat-to, and Toril.

He said the contingen-cy plans his office drafted would also require the Traf-fic Management Center to identify 25 possible streets and roads that would be used to transport evacuees.

But Villaroman said that the announcement of the specific details would have to come from Mayor Rodri-go R. Duterte’s office when it proposes the project to the City Council.

The plan also includes the setting up of a com-mand center at the Shrine Hills in Matina.

Villaroman said that evacuating the residents

would take three days at most, using buses com-missioned by the city gov-ernment as well as trucks of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

The plan, he said, entails his office coordinating with agencies such as Central 911, the Philippine National Police, AFP, and the Depart-ment of Social Welfare and Development.

The proposed project – which factors in the build-ing of permanent struc-tures that have food stor-age, toilet facilities, mess halls, as well as facilities for mothers and children – would cost the city at least P500 million, Villaroman said. [MindaNews]

Davao prepares plan to be ready for storm surges

THE low pressure area (LPA) hover-ing near Mindanao

has small chance to in-tensify into tropical cy-clone, the state weather bureau said on Monday.

PAGASA weather forecaster Samuel Du-ran said the LPA was still over south of Mindan-ao or below the island’s landmass, outside the Philippine area of re-sponsibility (PAR).

Duran said that they do not expect the LPA to intensify into a cyclone and enter the Philippine territory anymore since it will likely dissipate within 12 to 24 hours.

He added that PA-

GASA still expects at least one more storm to affect the country before the year ends.

He said the weather disturbance‘s trough or extendedclouds will affect parts of Mindan-ao, as well as the east-ern sections of South-ern Luzon and Visayas until Tuesday after-noon, inducing cloudy skies with passing light to heavy rains.

Northern Luzon, on the other hand, Duran noted will continue to experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with occasional light rains because of the northeast monsoon or “hanging amihan.”

He said the rest of the country including Metro Manila will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with possible afternoon or evening rains due to localized thunderstorms.

PAGASA also issued gale warning as strong to gale force winds as-sociated with the surge of Northeast Monsoon is expected to affect the eastern seaboards Luzon and Visayas.

“Fishing boats and other small seacrafts are advised not to ven-ture out into the sea while larger sea ves-sels are alerted against big waves,” it said. [PNA]

LPA near Mindanao has slim chance to become cyclone


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EDITORIAL

THE 17TH Davao City Council denied this week the application of two thriving com-panies for special use permits (SUP) to es-

tablish memorial parks in barangays Tacunan and Ulas.

The council, led by Bernard Al-ag, chairman of the committee on housing and subdivision devel-opment (medium scale projects), anchored their denial on the provision of the city’s newly-ap-proved Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) which frowns upon the putting up of cemeteries and memorial parks in areas identified as water resource. Indeed, it can be said that our lawmak-ers rejected the applications in their desire to pro-tect the interest of Dabawenyos, and promote the general welfare of the people, a covenant with the people that they impliedly swore to when they were installed into office as elected officials.

The rejection can be considered the best Christ-

mas present that the council has given, not only to the more than 1.5 million people currently popu-lating the city, but also to the still unborn genera-tions. This is not to include the millions of domes-tic and foreign tourists who would be deprived of our potable water if the quality of this valuable resource is compromised through irresponsible legislation.

We congratulate our city lawmakers for show-ing such desirable resolve.

It behooves upon Forest Lake, Manila Memorial and similar business investors, too, to refrain from desiring to locate in areas that are clearly delineat-ed as verboten in our national statutes and local ordinances.

As Rep. Rodolfo Farinas said in the sensational trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Coro-na, no “palusot” please!

Cheers, to that!


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AQUILES Z. ZONIOCorrespondent

BY LAWRENCE SUMMERS

COMMENTARY

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Journalists are ‘watchdogs’ of the government

Crime prevention initiatives

ADDRESS UNDERLYING CAUSES OF LAW-BREAKING – Say what the crit-ics will but crime is always a serious

problem especially in a fast developing me-tropolis like Davao City. But it doesn’t mean that authorities would just fold their arms in repudiation. Simple logic dictates that the local government and police force need evidence-based crime policies that are tough on law-breaking, need the execution of stiffer penalties and severe sentences, all at the same time strong on crime preven-tion.

The city officialdom should stop adopt-ing alarmist rhetoric with regards to crim-inality, but instead direct the police estab-lishment to improve public safety on the streets of our communities. It is true that the fight against crime is of utmost impor-tance and we have to remember that crime rates in the city have been going at acceler-ating pace. The officials’ power point pre-sentations showing the drop in crime sta-tistics are “mostly meaningless” while the real situation is on the contrary.

Moreover, if authorities want to be tough on crime they must also be strict on guns, gang riots, make gang recruitment il-legal, creates a new stand-alone offense for rape-murder, robbery-holdup, home inva-sion, carjacking and other heinous crimes. We would all like to feel safer at home, at the workplace and in the streets therefore government should increase support for crime prevention initiatives. In a general perspective, government should commit to further reduce crime through better pro-grams in youth activity and early childhood education, and address the underlying causes of crime such as poverty, inequality and racism.

“CAT-AND-MOUSE” BUSINESS STRAT-EGY – Again, we have to discuss the prob-lem on sidewalk vending. Experts say it is usually associated with the obligatory man-ner to survive. The primary reason why sidewalk and ambulant vendors proliferate

in the bustling metropolis and other urban centers is un-employment. The big cities are drowned in density. Job opportunity is scarce there-fore many of our country-men turn to other income-generating ventures in or-der to survive. Most often you will hear them say, “mabuti na lang ang magtinda sa bangketa kahit bawal ayon sa batas kaysa magnakaw.”

First, let us look closely at the econom-ic situation. There might be radical shift in our economic development, but it is not enough to improve the lot of our people. You see, there is a very deep infirmity in a society where illegal sidewalk peddling is more desirable than going home to the province to start a new, progressive life. For the past couple of years, the enduring problem having become global in scope be-comes even bigger and in fact more serious in developing countries such as the Philip-pines.

Again, the root cause of the problem triggered by sidewalk vendors and street hawkers is unemployment that ultimately resulted to extreme poverty. Economists estimate that more than one in three of the nation’s population is living below the pov-erty level. As a result, many of the unem-ployed resort to sidewalk vending, which is the fastest way to earn instant money.

Well, we have seen the phenomenal rise of sidewalk vendors and street ped-dlers all over the country and Davao City has its own share of the problem. Even top-level officials admit that it is not that easy to regulate the sidewalk vending trade, and even more difficult to adopt

measures to clear the sidewalks of ven-dors and ambulant peddlers. Right now, the most basic question is not whether tol-erating sidewalk vendors to conduct their trade with impunity is legal or not. But is it wise to do so, it might be asked?

Sidewalk vendors are mostly concen-trated in the urban centers and bustling metropolis and for many years sustained their struggles and sacrifices – often risked life and limb to protect their only means of livelihood. Vendors are wary that their business undertaking is totally illegal, but they also reserve the right to survive – eat three square meals a day, earn money for the children’s clothing and education, medication, so on and so forth.

On the other hand, government adopts a maximum flexibility in dealing with the problems posed by sidewalk vendors and ambulant street peddlers. This includes giving directives to various law enforcement agencies to exert max-imum tolerance is treating illegal ven-dors during clearing-up operations for “humanitarian considerations.” However, the government’s lenient move prodded many vendors to become more abusive and arrogant even to the extent of defying lawful orders. These street smarts have somehow weathered the so-called “cat-and-mouse” business strategy.

It is high time for the city government to articulate a clear policy on sidewalk vending and street peddling. Davao City is facing a fast-growing population, and the streets and sidewalks are swarming with vendors and hawkers in a highly uneven and cut-throat business competi-tion. Government therefore should adopt a flexible business mechanism patterned in other countries where streets are ven-dors-free instead of providing violators with “unlimited” considerations. The way we look at it, the city leadership is head-ing towards that direction. We’ll keep on beat watching!

IT’S ABOUT time that all officials, wheth-er local or national, get it into their heads that they can’t control the media

for their own free publicity to make them all “look good”.

Controlling and using the press which includes television, radio and print, to make local and national officials “look good” is against the Constitution covered under the Freedom of Speech.

That was the reason why press pho-tographers here took pictures of sidewalk vendors screaming and crying after their rolling carts loaded with merchandise or street foods were hauled off by the city’s demolition squad.

The real story here were the crying ven-dors whose street foods were confiscated and hauled by the demolition squad. This wasn’t the story of the squad “doing their jobs” because everyone knows that’s ex-actly what they were told to do---and they were just following orders.

Probably the good city councilor Tomas Monteverde was unfairly misunderstood in his privileged speech the other week. But accusing the press photographers for the bad image they caused the city government is unfair and uncalled for.

He may not be aware of it, but Mon-

teverde missed the point of that press coverage. Journalists fol-lowed the dem-olition squad set to strictly enforce the “one third, two third “ policy of the city mayor because it was a news worthy event--- not because they were recording a worthy activity of city hall. These are two different things.

City Hall wanted to make sure pedestri-ans also have the right to walk along a clear sidewalk, unhampered by street vendors and hawkers selling all kinds of things that clog the streets and sidewalks of San Pedro street and Magsaysay street in Sta Ana. For sure, it’s a good policy for Davao.

Although this is what Monteverde wanted the media to cover, they didn’t ---- because they knew it would be free PR pub-licity for City Hall. Instead they saw how the violent impact this “good street policy” had on the poor, helpless vendors who had no one to run to, because it looked like the city

government was oppressing them with this policy.

Monteverde should know by now, the true ROLE of the press in a democratic gov-ernment. The role of journalists in a free democracy is to be the WATCHDOG of the other branches of government--- the Exec-utive, the Legislative and the Judiciary.

The press isn’t there to record and pub-lish all the “good works” they do---- but to make sure, not one of any of these branch-es of government abuse their power.

I’m sure Monteverde knows by now that the “source of power” of all these branches of government comes from the PEOPLE themselves--- the one who voted for them to occupy the positions they hold in the government.

That’s why, don’t be surprised when print and broadcast reporters and press photographers--- all report the impact of any law or policy on the people them-selves, whether they’re beaten up, their food carts seized and confiscated, their faces swollen in tears, their bodies blood-ied to a pulp from beating----even if they broke the law.

That’s the real story in the News.(Comments? Email me > tradingpost_

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SOME time ago speaking at the IMF, I joined others who have invoked the old idea of secu-

lar stagnation and raised the possi-bility that the American and global economies could not rely on nor-mal market mechanisms to assure full employment and strong growth without sustained unconventional policy support. My concern rest-ed on a number of considerations. First, even though financial repair had largely taken place four years ago, recovery since that time has only kept up with population growth and normal productivity growth in the United States, and has been worse elsewhere in the industrial world. Second, manifestly unsus-tainable bubbles and loosening of credit standards during the middle of the last decade, along with very easy money, were sufficient to drive only moderate economic growth. Third, short-term interest rates are severely constrained by zero lower bound and there is very little scope for further reductions in either term premia or credit spreads, and so real interest rates may not be able to fall far enough to spur enough invest-ment to lead to full employment. Fourth, in such a situation falling wages and prices or inflation at slower-than-expected rates is like-ly to worsen economic performance by encouraging consumers and in-vestors to delay spending, and to re-distribute income and wealth from higher spending debtors to lower spending creditors.

The implication of these consid-erations is that the presumption that runs through most policy discussion — that normal economic and policy conditions will return at some point — cannot be maintained. The point is demonstrated by the Japanese experience, where gross domestic product today is less than two-thirds of what most observers predicted a generation ago, even as interest rates have been at zero for many years. It bears emphasis that Japanese GDP disappointed less in the five years after the bubbles burst at the end of the 1980s than the United States has since 2008. GDP today in the United States is more than 10 percent below what was predicted before the finan-cial crisis.

If secular stagnation concerns are relevant to our current economic situation, there are obviously pro-found policy implications that I will address in a subsequent column. Be-fore turning to policy, though, there are two central issues regarding the secular stagnation thesis that have to be addressed.

Is not a growth acceleration in the works in the U.S. and beyond? There are certainly grounds for optimism, including the recent flow of statis-tics, strong stock markets, and the end at last of sharp fiscal contraction.

Fears of secular stagnation were widespread at the end of World War Two and proved utterly false, and today secular stagnation should be viewed as a contingency to be in-sured against, not a fate to which we are consigned.

On secular stagnation

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INCOGNITO. A vendor is almost unrecognizable as she lays down surrounded by the “ukay-ukay” that she is selling at Agdao Public Market in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

since the next ABC pres-ident will automatical-ly become a councilor,” Duterte said at the Royal Mandaya Hotel, Monday night.

During their meeting on Monday, Cabling de-cided not to pursue his candidacy for ABC presi-dent as he would be com-peting with the vice may-or’s wife.

“Murag dili nako kaya na dunay gamayng ten-sion or conflict among the three of you (the Duter-tes) na akong gina-ila na akong mga boss,” Cabling said.

Cabling added that he called up former mayor Sara Duterte about his endorsement and she told him to run since “this is a democracy.”

He also sent a text message to vice mayor Duterte regarding the en-dorsement of the mayor and was told to run since the mayor had already en-dorsed him, although he (Paolo) would still sup-port the candidacy of his wife, January.

Cabling appealed to his colleagues to support the vice mayor’s wife can-didacy.

Duterte recommend-ed to the barangay cap-tains to vote Cabling as ABC vice president so that there would be a lawyer in the board.

About 180 barangay captains in the city will convene today for the as-sembly and after which the election of new ABC board follows.

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Jacinto, meanwhile, said that resident areas near Davao River, Padas River, Bunawan River system, Lasang River and Sasa creek are subject to flooding.

Residents residing 10 meters (m) below sea level are subject to mas-sive relocation and evac-uation plan if there is a disaster, especially tsu-nami or storm surge.

Currently, he said that they were able to identify alternative routes and ar-eas where the evacuation sites can be constructed.

He also said that they will intensify risk disas-ter mapping. He said that the mapping will include existing infrastructure that can be affected if a disaster happens.

Eric C. Colmenares, science research assis-tant in the Department

of Science and Technol-ogy (DOST) 11 said yes-terday during the sec-ond semestral meeting of the Regional Land Use Committee at National Economic and Develop-ment Agency - Regional Development Council 11 that the result of the LI-DAR (Light Detection and Ranging) survey in Davao City will be released by December 23, 2013. This will be the basis for the risk disaster mapping in Davao City.

Colmanares said that the first phase of the study started in January 2012 and will end this December. It covered the area of Davao del Norte, Davao Oriental, Davao City and Tagum City.

On the other hand, Ja-cinto said that CPDO will have 31 million for the implementation of their priority plan for 2014.

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after the Christmas sea-son.

“I already instructed the city engineer to con-duct a deeper investiga-tion,” Quitain said, add-ing that there might be an accomplice inside the office.

On Dec. 12, Harold Bu-lawin, a former contrac-tual employee of the city engineer’s office (CEO) was nabbed for allegedly

issuing fake official re-ceipts to a taxpayer.

Bulawin was caught with the cooperation of CEO personnel and Tiresmart, a company dealing in tires.

Based on the report of Rodrigo Riola, CTO head, the suspect used his old identification card and told the client he would help her in paying for permits.

city council will need to adopt the changes made by the board.

Jacinto said that by next year they will be intensifying the informa-tion dissemination cam-paign on CLUP upon the approval of the board.

Earlier, before the 16th council ended their term, Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte signed the con-troversial zoning ordi-nance, which aims to pre-vent spot zoning in the city.

The amended zon-ing ordinance provides a no-reclassification policy within five years for all areas identified under general zone (agricul-ture, conservation, water resource, and non-till-age) and three years for sub-urban zone (residen-tial, industrial, and com-mercial).

In addition, Clup puts an end to the reclassifica-tion of agricultural zone to industrial and com-mercial use. [CRC]

He said that this will be added to their plan to make the process of per-mit renewal and applica-tion computerized. How-ever, they’re still on the process of developing the

system. It will depend on the programmers when the plan will be applied on their system. He said that they will have a data testing before the year ends.

On the other hand, he said that online permit application and renewal is still not possible in the city’s business bureau be-cause some steps of the application and renewal

needs an over the counter process.

Currently, only the list of requirements for busi-ness permit renewal and application are available in their online portal.

A JOBLESS man was killed during a gang riot on Aqui-

no St., Agdao Public Mar-ket on Monday at about 4:45 p.m.

Police identified the victim as Elger Monte-negro, 26, resident of Japan St., Eighth Ave-nue, Barangay Tomas

Monteverde, who suc-cumbed to several gun-shot wounds in the body and head.

Supt. Caezar Cabuhat, commander of the Sta. Ana police station, said that Montenegro had been involved in previ-ous gang riots and may have been killed for re-

venge. Police already have

an artist’s sketch of the suspect based on the de-scription by a witness identified as Kris Bravo, 49, a cook.

Bravo said that he was a few meters from the crime scene when he saw the killer he de-

scribed as of medium build, male, fair com-plexion and lots of pim-ples. He said suspect was armed with a pistol while walking towards the victim whom he shot then quickly fled on foot.

Cabuhat said that they are confident that they can get the killer.

Jobless man killed in riotBy EMILORD P. CASTROMAYOR

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REGIONAL state pros-ecutor Atty. Antonio Arellano lauded the

strengthened partnership and involvement of the pri-vate and public sectors in Davao Region concerning the drive against human trafficking, which he said is needed to eventually erad-icate the so-called mod-ern-day slavery.

Arellano, also chair of the Regional Inter-Agency

Council Against Trafficking (RIACAT-XI), said the cru-sade against human traffick-ing or trafficking in persons (TIP) is a concern of all as it also covers a campaign against violations of human rights.

“That’s why we have to strengthen partnership from the private and public sectors. Indeed, we were able to do that in Region XI,” he stated.

Arellano led a thousand advocates mostly from the RIACAT-XI Network in a Walk for a Cause and Inter-faith Prayer Rally activities at Rizal Park in the city on December 12 in observance of the International Day Against Trafficking.

The show of crowd, he said, was a result of the heightened anti-TIP cam-paign which has been oper-ationalized through the RIA-

CAT-XI Network composed of different national gov-ernment agencies, the four provincial local government units, the Davao City IACAT and five non-government organizations.

“We have grown stron-ger in the fight against traf-ficking in persons,” Arellano emphasized in his message during the Interfaith Prayer Rally. [PIA 11/Carina L. Cay-on]

Campaign vs human trafficking gets strong multi-sector support


TO increase awareness among mall-goers on how to be respon-

sible rice consumers, an event dubbed as “Cele-bRICE: RICEponsable AKO Fair!” was spearheaded by the Department of Agricul-ture (DA) held at Trinoma Activity Center, Quezon City recently.

Hosted by DA’s Philip-pine Rice Research Insti-tute (PhilRice), the event is aligned with the celebration of 2013 as the National Year of Rice (NYR) which was participated by different DA regional office employees in the country through setting up an exhibit booth to show-case different rice product produced in different re-gions.

Agriculture Under-secretary Emerson Palad, who led the ribbon cutting before the fair opens, said that the event is part of the government’s educational campaign in encouraging everyone to value more the country’s staple food as well as the farmers.

He emphasized that a study shows that every Fil-ipino wastes about 2 table-spoons of cooked rice daily and in 2010, this was equiv-alent to P6.2B which could have fed about 2.6 million Filipinos and advocacy is needed so that everybody should be responsible in consuming rice.

Aside from various ex-hibits showcasing the differ-ent variety of rice like brown rice, black rice, red rice and adlai, there were also fun filled games, cook fest which demonstrated variety of rec-ipes of brown or pinawa rice, storytelling and concerts from the popular bands in the country and rising TV personalities who addressed about rice sufficiency, rice wastage and better health through rice, which is the pri-mary message of the event.

The winners for booth exhibit was announced after the program with Cordillera region as the champion, fol-lowed by Davao region, and Bicol region. [Aggie Media Service]

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RICE paddies in the province of Davao del Norte will soon

be teeming with climate change-ready rice varieties

that can survive prolonged flooding.

Governor Rodolfo del Rosario directed Provincial Agriculturist Dr. Anastacia

Notarte to develop and look for flood-tolerant rice vari-eties to be planted in farms that experience periodic in-undation.

“I have instructed Dr. Notarte to find a rice vari-ety that could withstand one week or so of flooding,” he revealed, to the delight of farmers attending the recent first Provincial Rice Congress at the Bulwagan ng Lalawigan.

The governor said the provincial government is bent on equipping the ag-riculture sector combat the worsening weather condi-tion brought about by the climate change crisis.

Some 10,000 hectares of farm lands in the province have experienced occasional flooding this year, with the rice sector taking the brunt of the disasters.

Last year, Super Ty-phoon Pablo destroyed over P3.8 billions worth of crops and infrastructure.

Del Rosario said that planting flood-tolerant va-rieties will ensure a steady supply of the staple and help the province attain food suf-ficiency, even during the on-slaught of typhoons. [by Noel Baguio]

RICE FARMERS HONORED

DavNor to popularizeflood-tolerant rice

WINNER. Southern Mindanao Regional Agriculture and Fisheries Information Division (RAFID) staff with their educational booth with black rice, red rice, brown rice, and adlai winning 2nd place during the Fun fair exhibit held at Trinoma Activity Center, Quezon City recently.

DA Davao wins 2nd in national NYR Exhibit

TWENTY six more farmers in M’lang, North

Cotabato have benefit-ed from the provincial government’s animal dispersal program and added to the growing number of beneficia-ries of the program, of-ficials said.

The 26 farmer-ben-eficiaries each received carabao (heifers) thru the office of the prov incial veterinarian in a simple turnover held at the grounds of M’lang District Hospital.

Dr. Rufino Suro-pia, OIC-provincial veterinarian led the turnover along with Samuel Aquino of the Provincial Coopera-tive Development Of-fice of Cotabato and some representatives from the Department of Agriculture.

Sandy Peña, chair-

person of Poblacion A, and Daniel Berja, chairperson of Pobla-cion B, respectively, represented their vil-lages along with the 26 farmer-beneficia-ries.

The Animal Disper-sal Program together, one of Gov. Emmylou Mendoza’s priority programs, assists res-idents in improving their living conditions.

Farm animals were already distrib-uted to hundreds of farmers these recent years in the munici-palities of Midsayap, Pigcawayan, Libungan and other towns.

Under the memo-randum of agreement (MOA), the farmer-re-cipients promised to sustain the cattle and give back the first off-spring to the provin-cial veterinary office

so that it will also be used for future disper-sals.

Gov. Mendoza has repeatedly encour-aged farmers to take care of the animals as it will help them a lot in farming.

“The objective is to help farmer-bene-ficiaries acquire farm animals without cash outlay and to make them responsible enough to sustain the cattle,” she said.

Both Dr. Suropia and Aquino were con-fident that the farmers would be responsible enough of taking care of the farm animals as it is their counterpart in the animal multipli-cation program.

The farmers de-scribed their animals as “early Christmas gift” from the govern-ment. [PNA]

LGU distributes 26 carabaos to farmers

ASSURED. DavNor Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario assures his administration is working for the resilience of the agriculture sector, especially the rice farmers, during the recent 1st Provin-cial Rice Congress at the Bulwagan ng Lalagiwan. noel baguio/davnor pio

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THE Bank of the Philippine Islands, through the BPI Foundation, is set to re-

build and rehabilitate schools and houses in areas struck by super typhoon Yolanda last month, using proceeds raised in a matched fund-raising cam-paign by the bank and its em-ployees.

Under the fund-matching

campaign, dubbed “10+10,” the Bank promised to match the donations made by its em-ployees peso-for-peso if they reached P10 million. In a little over two weeks, BPI employees raised P11,491,284.60, result-ing in a combined donation of P22,982,569.20 from the Bank and its employees.

Of this amount, P10 mil-

lion will be allotted for building 2-storey, 4-classroom school buildings in the devastated areas. These school buildings follow the architectural plan already being used by the foun-dation in similar rebuilding efforts in Cagayan de Oro. This

Misamis Oriental city was hit by massive floods triggered by typhoon Sendong back in De-cember 2011, leaving residents displaced and structures wiped out.

The houses, on the oth-er hand, will be built first for

teachers whose houses were destroyed by the typhoon. Each house is estimated to cost P200,000.

In the past, the Foundation had partnered with the De-partment of Education for the building of school houses, and

Habitat for Humanity to build homes for the needy.

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THE Social Security Sys-tem (SSS) has announced that as of November 30,

2013, the P7-billion Education-al Assistance (Educ-Assist) loan window has been fully allocated to about 59,600 student-benefi-ciaries of more than 55,000 SSS members who availed them-selves of Educ-Assist loans.

“By design, the Educ-As-sist loan program has a finite funding capacity, and we have already committed the funds for existing student-beneficiaries to ensure that their schooling is fully financed until they gradu-ate. Applications for subsequent loan releases from previous-ly-approved loan-borrowers will

continue to be processed until the maximum allowed releases allocated to the student-benefi-ciaries are exhausted,” the SSS explained.

Launched in 2012, the Educ-Assist program has P7-bil-lion in funding that is comprised of P3.5 billion from the nation-al government and P3.5 billion

from the SSS. The loan program is envisioned to serve eventual-ly as a revolving fund that may benefit more borrowers once the loan amounts are recovered and collected. But that would take a couple more years as majority of the loan-beneficiaries have yet to finish schooling before the re-payment period starts.

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Detroit beat Indiana at its own game Monday

night.The Pistons were

tougher inside, tougher on defense and tougher at fending off challenges.

On a night the Eastern Conference’s best team looked like anything but, Josh Smith scored 30 points and Greg Monroe had 13 points and 12 rebounds to help Detroit send Indiana to a 101-96 loss - the Pacers’ first at home this season.

‘’It’s impressive the way we came in and competed with the way the Pacers have been playing,’’ Pistons coach Maurice Cheeks said. ‘’We have a good basketball team.’’

Detroit (12-14) proved it with a nearly perfect game.

The Pistons dominated on the glass with a 55-40 overall advantage and a 20-9 edge on offensive re-bounds. They matched the Pacers’ shooting percent-age of 43.2 percent, had one more 3-pointer and nearly an identical shooting per-

centage on 3s (35.3 to 35.0), outscored Indiana 44-38 in the paint and 22-14 on sec-ond-chance points.

For a Pacers team that prides itself on defense and rebounding, it wasn’t even close to their best.

Detroit also finished with nearly as many blocks (seven) as turnovers (eight) and made five of six free throws during the final minute to hold off Indiana’s last charge.

The most surprising element was that Indi-ana never tied the score in the second half and never took the lead on its home floor, where it had gone 11-0 before Monday night. The loss leaves the Pacers (20-4) with the second-best record in the league, percentage points behind Portland (21-4).

The Pistons knew that to end their six-game los-ing streak in this series and their nine-game los-ing streak at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, they needed to execute the game plan flawlessly. They did.

‘’We’re forming an

identity ourselves,’’ said Smith, who went 13 of 29 from the field after meet-ing with Cheeks about get-ting more opportunities. ‘’That has to be being a physical team, try to domi-nate the paint.’’

Indiana’s uncharacter-istic certainly helped the cause.

Paul George was 4 of 14 from the field, finish-ing with 17 points, nine rebounds and four turn-overs. Roy Hibbert had six points and four rebounds. Even the energetic Lance Stephenson couldn’t get his flustered teammates righted. Stephenson scored a career best 23 points and Luis Scola add-ed a season high 18 points.

What went wrong for the usually unflappable Pacers?

George said the offen-sive rebounds got Indiana out of sync.

Others wondered if the Pacers may have been looking past Detroit, which has won just two of their last six games, and ahead to Wednesday night’s rematch

with Miami. Indiana beat the two-time defending NBA champs on their home court 90-84 last week and have made no secret that they’re out to get the East-ern Conference’s No. 1 seed.

Indiana coach Frank Vogel quickly discounted that notion, calling Detroit a good team.

‘’I don’t think we were looking ahead at all,’’ Vo-gel said. ‘’We’ve got to lick our wounds and see what we need to do better.’’

Whatever the ex-planation, these Pacers didn’t even resemble the team that set one fran-chise record with its per-fect 9-0 start and another by opening the season 11-0 at home. Oklahoma City is the last unbeaten team at home this sea-son.

Detroit took charge quickly, using a 10-3 first quarter to take a 23-14 lead - a lead it never re-linquished.

Even in the second half, when the Pacers typically dominate, the Pistons refused.

THANKS to rower Nestor Cordova’s stunning victory in

the men’s single sculls, Team Philippines on Monday averted anoth-er gold-medal shutout in the 27th Southeast Asian Games in the newly-estab-lished capital city of Nay Pyi Taw in Myanmar.

The 36-year-old Phil-ippine Navy sergeant provided the brightest performance among the Filipino athletes on the 14th day of the competi-tions as the Philippines continue its chase for a better finish in the medal race.

Digging deep, Cordo-va turned up the heat in the last 200 meters to duplicate his equally re-

markable showing in the same event two years ago in Indonesia with a sub-mitted time of seven min-utes and 49.38 seconds at the Nga Lite Dam.

Coming in closely at second was home-town bet Ayung Ko Min, who led for majority of the 2-km race but sput-tered in the stretch to finish with a time of 7:49.68 while Indonesian Memo Memo bagged the bronze with a clocking of 8:03.61.

Sinag Pilipinas, which wielded the big broom in men’s basketball as early as last Sunday, formally claimed the gold medal for the country’s 12th overall plus 17 silver and 23 bronze medals.

NOW that he finally won his first gold medal in the South-

east Asian Games, Archand Christian Bagsit set his fo-cus on his biggest dream, which is to play in the Olym-pic Games.

“My dream is really to play in the Olympic Games and this gold medal will inspire me to work and achieve it,” Bagsit said in radio interview on Monday, a day after ruling the men’s 400-meter run finals of the 27th SEAG in Myanmar.

It was the first SEA Games gold for the 22-year-old Bagsit, improving on his silver medal finish in his first SEA Games two years ago in Indonesia.

Bagsit said his coach

Lerma Balauitan played key role in improving his lackluster performance in the time trial of the event where another Filipino runner, Edgardo Alejan, finished second.

“Coach Lerma chal-lenged me to give my best performance in the finals, so I did my best to win,” Bagsit, a native of Batangas province, said.

Bagsit won the gold medal in 47.22 seconds while Alejan bagged the silver with a time of 47.45 seconds.

Bagsit, a former bas-ketball player, is a member of the team which tries to get the gold medal in the 4X400 relay event on Mon-day.

ATLANTA – Al Hor-ford led six Hawks in double figures

with 19 points and pulled down 11 rebounds as the Atlanta Hawks dealt the struggling Los Angeles Lakers another NBA de-feat.

Kyle Korver scored all 11 of his points in the third quarter when the Hawks took control en route to a 114-100 vic-tory.

Korver’s big third quarter included three three-pointers as he

stretched his NBA record three-point streak to 94 games.

Jeff Teague recorded a double-double in the victory with 17 points and 10 assists. Paul Mill-sap chipped in 18 points, nine rebounds and four steals for the Hawks.

“I thought they came out much more aggres-sive, much more physi-cal,” Mike D’Antoni said of a Hawks team that trailed his Lakers 54-47 at half-time but out-scored the visitors 35-19 in the third

period.“Every loose ball,

every rebound, every long rebound every run-ning-back, we just wilt-ed. Obviously we can’t do that,” D’Antoni said. “We didn’t gut it out tonight… We did not compete the second half the way they did.”

The Lakers fell to 1-4 since Kobe Bryant re-turned from a torn Achil-les tendon.

Nick Young scored 23 points off the bench and Jordan Hill scored 21

points.Pau Gasol contrib-

uted 16 points and 10 rebounds, but Bryant scored only eight points, making four of his 14 at-tempts from the field.

Asked if Bryant seemed fatigued in the second half, D’Antoni said that was to be expected as he continues to regain full fitness.

“I think that’s going to happen,” D’Antoni said. “That’s where we have to do a better job of keeping the burden off him.”

Pacers lose for the first time at home

Hawks deal Lakers fourth loss in five games

PHL still down at 7th

Pinoy medalist eyes Olympics

THREADING THE NEEDLE. Detroit Pistons guard Will Bynum makes a pass between Indiana Pacers’ Ian Mahinmi, Rasual Butler and Luis Scola.SANDWICHED. Indiana Pacers forward Paul George shoots between Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond and forward Greg Monroe.

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THE Philippines’ leading low-cost carrier, Cebu Pacific Air (PSE: CEB) partners with tourism and retail stakeholders in Davao as the official airline partner of the Big Davao Fun Sale, a Davao city-wide shopping sale to be held from March 14 to April 16, 2014. Travelers going to Davao during the month-long event will enjoy up to 80% shopping discounts, freebies and prizes in all major malls in Davao City: Robinsons Cybergate Davao, Abreeza-Ayala Mall, Gaisano Grand Mall, Gaisano Mall of Davao, NCCC Mall, SM City Davao and SM Lanang Premier. The Big Davao Fun Sale is spearheaded by the malls of Davao City, in cooperation with the Department of Tourism XI, the Davao City Government and the Philippine Retailers Association. Those making plans to visit Davao during the Big Davao Fun Sale can book CEB’s special Davao hub seat sale fromDe-cember 16 to 18, 2013 or until seats last. This is for travel from January 1 to April 30, 2014. P399 seats from Cebu, Cagayan de Oro or Zamboanga to Davao are up for grabs, as well as P699 seats from Manila, Ba-colod, Dipolog, Iloilo or Puerto Princesa to Davao. CEB will launch its direct Bacolod- Davao flights on January 25, 2014. “We join the DOT Region 11 and the City of Davao in in-viting those looking for the best shopping deals, culinary finds, and the most exciting eco-adventure attractions, to visit Davao during the Big Davao Fun Sale,” said CEB VP for Market-ing and Distribution Candice Iyog. From March 14 to 16, 2014, the Big Davao Fun Sale will kick off with mall-wide sales. For the rest of the month-long sale, there will be shopping deals per week, with March 16-23, 2014 being dedicated to health and beauty outlets, March 24-30, 2014 for electronics and gadgets shops, March 31-April 6, 2014 for home appli-ances and travel, and April 7-16, 2014 for active lifestyle and fashion. There will also be a food festival to be handled by the Res-taurants Association of Davao Inc. They aim to engage at least 100 restaurants and food outlets throughout the duration of the sale. For bookings and inquiries, guests can go to www.cebu-pacificair.com, or call the reservation hotlines (02)7020-888 or (032)230-8888. The latest seat sales can also be found on CEB’s official Twitter (@cebupacificair) and Facebook pages. CEB’s 47-strong fleet is comprised of 10 Airbus A319, 27 Air-bus A320, 2 Airbus A330 and 8 ATR-72 500 aircraft. It is one of the most modern aircraft fleets in the world. Between 2013 and 2021, Cebu Pacific will take delivery of 15 more brand-new Airbus A320, 30 Airbus A321neo, and 4 Airbus A330 air-craft.

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A holiday gift guide from Marks & Spencer

STILL caught in the holiday rush and can’t decide what to give to friends and family? Fret no more as Marks & Spencer gives you a world of possibilities that would make gift giv-ing decidedly more festive. Here we followed Kay and Tom Gempesaw and their kids, joyfully scan-ning through each section, in search for sophisticat-ed scents, smart looking wearables, accessories, and decadent delights.

1 A wide range of cook-ies and chocolates kids

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A quality assessment review conducted on GlobeTelecom’s internal audit team has yielded the highest rating, attesting to efforts by the telecommunications company to further im-prove its corporate governance.The rating given to the company confirms internal audit activ-ities are conducted in conformity with the Institute of Internal Auditors’ International Standards, said Chief Audit Executive Carmina Herbosa.“Globe Telecom is strongly committed in pursuing integrity, accountability and transparency in all aspects of the business and the external quality assessment is aimed at ensuring the company’s internal audit processes and procedures are in ac-cordance with industry best practices,” Herbosa said.The external quality assessment conducted by external as-sessor, Navarro Amper& Co. , a member of Deloitte Southeast Asia Ltd.,is in step with efforts to improve the organization’s operations by ensuring the company’s approach to evaluate and improve risk management, control and corporate gover-nance is effective, she said. The external quality assessment involved a review of the in-ternal audit work includingreviews on company’s business, fi-nancial, network and IT infrastructureas well as internal audit’s participation to various transformation projects of Globe as an advisory body. This was particularly relevant in the recent implementation of the company’s network and IT moderniza-tion initiative, she said.Globe Telecom’s internal audit team first obtained its highest rating given by the Institute of Internal Auditors-Philippines in April 2007.

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POPSTAR Sarah Geronimo once again proved that she is a solid Kapamilya after signing a two-year contract with ABS-CBN last Decem-ber 16. “I will never leave this network. I am very grateful that ABS-CBN has trusted and supported me since the beginning of my career,” Sarah stated. The singer-actress confirmed that she will again be part of the upcoming “The Voice of the Philippines” season two as one of the coaches. She is also looking for-ward for a comeback in acting on television via the longest-running drama an-

thology “Maalaala Mo Kaya.” Present during the signing were (L-R) ABS-CBN TV pro-duction head Laurenti Dyo-gi, president and CEO Charo

Santos-Concio, broadcast head Cory Vidanes, Sarah Geronimo, and Viva Enter-tainment head Vic del Ro-sario.

ENORMOUS fish that grow bigger than humans in Cagayan, a five-foot napo-leon wrasse in Palau, majes-tic wild Tamaraws and a sail-fin lizard walking on water! These are just some of the amazing encounters that our wild vets – Doc Ferds Recio and Doc Nielsen Donato - documented this year on BORN TO BE WILD. But did you know that behind these encounters are amusing, funny, and challenging stories behind the scenes? The vets fill you in on their wild tales in a two-part Yearend Special beginning this Wednesday on BORN TO BE WILD! “Vets Gone Wild” airs December 18 and 25 after Saksi.

GMA News TV will be airing a tribute to the late Nelson Mandela - former South Afri-can President who stood as a beacon of hope to a country fractured by apartheid or ra-cial segregation. Nelson Mandela was a shining example of what one man can do to change the world. Born into an op-pressive regime, he fought to overcome prejudice and hate to unify a nation. He was imprisoned for decades because of his beliefs. Man-dela’s dedication resulted in his inauguration as the first black President of South Af-rica, his award of the Nobel Peace Prize and ultimately, his role in overthrowing the apartheid regime. The documentary “One Man” not only traces the per-

sonal story and struggle of South Africa’s most famous leader, but also charts the history of racism in the coun-

try. Dubbed in Filipino, it airs on December 20, Friday at 8PM, only on GMA News TV Channel 11.

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options to culinary staples and celebratory favorites, yet she manages to reinvent reci-pes for that touch of original-ity and creativity to please her company. After she puts her family’s individual needs together, she her sets her foot in the long queue, buying gifts for everyone in her list. “The holiday season has a way of fashioning things a bit more remarkable and de-manding extra attention to detail,” says Kay Gempesaw, a mother and entrepreneur. Baby Cakes and Fun Cuts keep Kay busy during the day, more so now that orders for Christmas confections have started to pile up by day. Par-ents also line up their children for a holiday makeover in Kay’s kiddie salon. Not that Kay is the designated hair-stylist you see in action with handy-dandy scissors and comb, but she has to oversee the parlor’s operations in be-tween baking. “We all want to look our best this season as celebrations are indeed in full swing. From office parties to reunion dinners and the much-awaited Noche Buena, this really is the season to be feasting and to socialize.” Catering to business needs alone is time consuming, but Kay always makes time for family. Despite keeping up with the busy schedule at work, she passionately puts her heart into planning an enchanting Christmas for her husband, Tom, and kids, Chloe and Tomas. “To this day, I still find ex-citement in cooking for them and wrapping and sneaking in gifts under the tree at night when everyone is asleep. I pay heed to the little things that make my children and hus-band happy. I try to veer away from the Christmas list and surprise them with something that they least expect getting. The smiles on their faces are just precious. Mothers know

best, don’t you think?” “The holiday season is a marathon, not a sprint, and I just want to enjoy it rather than worry about getting through it. Christmas re-minds us that we are all here for a purpose and for some-one else besides ourselves. For me, my purpose in life is my family.” To Kay, Christmas with the family will never be out of fashion.

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PERLAS Pilipinas easily dispatched of Myan-mar in the last game

of competitions in women’s basketball to duplicate their silver medal finish in the 2011 SEA Games. They cap-tured the silver medal with an 80-31 drubbing of home team at the Zehar Thiri In-door Stadium in Nay Pyi Taw, Monday afternoon.

Camille Sambile led Perlas with 22 points while Cassie Tioseco added 13.

Thailand once again ruled the women’s division. The defending champions were simple too much to handle for the rest of the field as they cruised to a 4-0 sweep of the field, winning all their games with dou-ble-digit leads. Their only close game was an 11-point win against Indonesia, a battle they no longer had to win as they were already guaranteed of a gold medal.

Perlas started off their campaign with a 65-59 win over Malaysia which gave them some momentum heading into their match against powerhouse Thai-land.

This momentum was nowhere close to being enough as the Filipinas were shell-shocked by Thailand who scored a dominant 75-36 victory. Perlas then bounced back

with a 54-43 win over In-donesia that all but assured the second-place finish for the Philippines as Myanmar had the weakest team in the field.

In the last edition of the SEA Games in Indone-sia, Thailand also won the gold with the Philippines winner the silver medal. It was a painful loss for the

RP women’s team as they were seconds away from winning it all. A turnover for the Philippines and an answered prayer for Thai-land took away a two-gold

haul in basketball for the Filipino ballers.

The Philippines basket-ball teams settle for a one-gold, one silver finish in the 27th SEA Games.

Philippines (80) - Sam-bile 22, Tioseco 13, Al-mazan 10, Resultay 8, Glo-riani 5, Grajales 5, Tiu 4, Galicia 4, Jacob 3, Mercado 2, Borja 2, Arayi 2.

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A FORMER sparring partner of Manny Pacquiao is currently

the favorite to win the Floyd Mayweather sweepstakes. Amir Khan the former Brit-ish Olympian has emerged as the top choice for May-weather’s opponent on May 3rd.

Khan is under the Gold-en Boy Promotions banner, a group that work closely with Mayweather’s own promotion. Pacquiao on the other hand is with the rival Top Rank Promotions which will make negotiations with Khan far easier.

In an interview with Fight Hype’s Ben Thomp-son, Mayweather shared his thoughts about his upcom-ing opponent.

“Amir Khan, he has

speed. After his loss to the kid from Philadelphia, to (Danny) Garcia, he’s had a couple of impressive victo-ries,” said the undefeated American.

Khan lost to Danny Gar-cia in 2012 and has since scored a stoppage victory Carlos Molina and a close decision win over Julio Diaz. While Mayweather called these wins as impressive, he brushed off Pacquiao’s win against Brandon Rios as the opposite because the Filipi-no slugger “went 12 rounds with a lightweight.” May-weather looks like he’s not going to defend this WBC welterweight title against Pacquiao who was recently named as the mandatory challenger.

One of Mayweather’s

reasons for considering Khan the healthy number of boxing fans in the United Kingdom. “The thing that I like about Amir Khan is he is very interesting. He has a pretty cool fan base, so that fight would make a lot of sense,” Mayweather ex-plained.

“When you have that UK fan base, it’s remarkable. If the fight between Amir Khan and me is to happen, I want all my fans from the UK to come over.”

“We don’t know where the fight may happen at, but of course it could happen in the UK if the fight does happen. It could happen in Vegas, we just don’t know. It could happen in New York City, we really don’t know,” Mayweather continued.

AFTER the World Box-ing Council named Manny Pacquiao as

the mandatory challenger to Floyd Mayweather’s welter-weight title, the mega-fight that the boxing world has hoped for seemed closer than ever.

Mayweather has held the green 147-belt for a long time some people thought it might be important enough to the American fighter to

sway him for a showdown with Pacquiao.

Mayweather killed this idea in an interview with Fight Hype. “Everybody’s talking about the title he’s (Pacquiao’s) the mandato-ry. He can have the belt! A belt don’t make me. A belt doesn’t define Floyd May-weather,” said the fighter.

The undefeated fighter then questioned the se-lection of Pacquiao by the

WBC. “Here’s the Manny Pac-

quiao story. Manny Pac-quiao was at welterweight. He lost to Timothy Bradley, no matter how you cut it, how you slice it, he lost to Timothy Bradley. He got knocked out by Marquez. He came back and went the distance with a lightweight,” said Mayweather. “And now all of a sudden, he’s the mandatory for my title.”

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FILIPINO basketball fans could bring home memories of the Gilas

Pilipinas national team’s his-toric silver medal run in the FIBA Asia Championship in time for the holiday season.

Sports5 and the MVP Sports Foundation will launch a special coffee table book entitled “11 Days in Au-gust: Gilas Pilipinas and the Quest for Basketball Glory” that chronicles the team’s

emotional campaign in the Asian championship in front of home fans this year.

The Philippines, hosting the event for the first time in 40 years, bucked the odds to crash the finals against Asian powerhouse Iran en route to a second place finish. The result gave the Philippines a return ticket to the world stage, with Gilas Pilipinas qualifying for next year’s FIBA World Cup in Spain.

The 280-page limited edition book recounts the team’s buildup toward the FIBA Asia Championship and its campaign that riveted the whole nation as the Filipinos banked on their biggest asset — PUSO! — to defy the odds.

The book will be on sale at the SMART-Araneta Coli-seum starting at 5 p.m., with members of Gilas Pilipinas led by coach Chot Reyes on hand to sign copies.

SILVER MEDAL FINISH. Joan Grajales of the Philippines battles with Wulan Ayuningrum of Indonesia during the Women’s Basketball Competition. Perlas Piliinas won the silver. (Getty Images/Stanley Chou)

Gilas launches coffeetable book

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