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FORMER Davao del Sur Governor Douglas Cagas,

voluntarily surrendered himself to the author-ities Monday morning hours after the court issued his warrant of arrest over the murder case of Digos City base journalist, Nestor Bedo-lido on 2010.

Cagas was escorted by his lawyers and sup-porters at Davao del Sur police head quarter past 7 in the morning and was immediately turned over to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penol-ogy.

Aside from the for-mer governor, three others are charged in the murder case. The

accused are Matanao Mayor Vicente Fernan-dez, Ali Ordaneza and Bado Sanches.

Fernandez was ear-lier confined at Digos Doctors Hospital while the two others remain at large.

Cagas was the alleged mastermind of the kill-ing of Bedolido in June 2010, but the case was initially dismissed by the city prosecutor’s office

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CAGAS SURRENDERSDavao Sur former governor now detained for newsman’s slay

Former Davao del Sur Governor Douglas Cagas said

the murder charges filed against him is “all poli-tics” prompting him to voluntarily surrender on Monday.

The statement said that Cagas opted to sur-render the provincial police and not at the Di-gos City Police Office. No reason was stated but the former Davao del Sur governor later is-sued a statement to the press and stressed his innocence and the case filed against him was all politics.

DXAB 1296 Radyo Patrol reported that Ca-gas went to the office of

DSPPO director Senior Superintendent Michael John Dubria with his warrant of arrest is-sued by Digos City Re-gional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 19 Judge Car-melita Davin.

In a statement sent to Davao City reporters, Cagas arrived DSPPO around 7:30 a.m. with his wife Davao del Sur Congresswoman Mer-cedes Cagas along with some supporters.

After he surren-dered, the police im-mediately returned the warrant of arrest to Davin and committed Cagas to the Digos City District Jail.

FORMER DAVAO DEL SUR GOV. DOUGLAS CAGAS

FIRE. Volunteer firefighters try to put out a fire that gutted a house along San Jose Street in Doña Asuncion Subd., Sasa Sunday after-noon. Lean Daval Jr.

It’s all politics: Cagas

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THE BIG NEWS

AN estimated P31 million in revenues is expected to pour

in to Davao City as an offshoot of its hosting of the five-day 2nd Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines- East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EA-GA) and Indonesia, Malay-sia and Thailand- Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) Trade Fair and Business Lead-er’s Conference beginning today at the SMX Conven-tion Center.

The estimated rev-enues for the city will come from the combined daily tourism expenses of foreign participants and initial booked flights.

Undersecretary Janet Lopoz, executive director of Mindanao Develop-ment Authority (MinDA), said that the figure is just a conservative estimate as it expects to draw more than a thousand delegates including 600 business-men from BIMP- EAGA

and IMT-GT economies.“As to date, we have al-

ready 1,000 online regis-trants and we expect this to grow by the time the event starts,” Lopoz said.

She said that every foreign participant is expected to shell out a minimum of P4,000 daily inclusive of accommoda-tion, food and travel or a rough estimated of P17- million just for tourism expenses, while a rough estimate of P14 million is

expected to generate from booked flights.

“The P17 million and the P14 million is just computed from the first 500 foreign participants and this can be doubled by the start of the event,” Lopoz added.

The first BIMP-EAGA and IMT-GT Consumer Fair and Business Lead-ers’ Conference was host-ed by Melaka, Malaysia and generated a revenue

Davao City Police Of-fice (DCPO) direc-tor Senior Superin-

tendent Vicente D. Danao Jr. said that Davao City will be locked down as it hosts the 2nd Brunei, In-donesia, Malaysia, Philip-pines- East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) and Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand- Growth Trian-gle (IMT-GT) Trade Fair and Business Leaders’ Conference.

“The city will be locked down, meaning stricter check points and higher security force vis-ibility,” Danao said.

Speaking in yester-day’s Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM City Ecoland, Dan-ao said that at least 3,000 combined forces from DCPO, Police Regional Of-fice 11, Task Force Davao and 10th Infantry Division of the Eatern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom)

of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

“We will include forc-es from Navy and Air Force, meaning we will be securing both land air and sea during the week-long event,”Danao added.

Danao said that secu-rity will be heightened in all entry points including check points located in Bunawan, Toril and Cali-nan.

Personnel will be de-ployed in venues were events will be conducted. Among the areas of the sub-events are in Grand Regal Hotel, Seda Hotel. SMX Convention Center in SM Lanang Premier, Cin-ematheque, along Palma Gil St., Davao City.

Aside from security force, Danao also reit-erated that taxi drivers should abide to the new regulation of Land Trans-

THE Davao City Coun-cil is set to discuss today the request

of AboitizPower Renew-ables Inc., to conduct geo-thermal exploration in the areas of Mt. Apo.

Docketed as “Resolu-tion Favorably Endorsing Item 716 RE ‘Privilege Speech of Councilor Louie John J. Bonguyan Regard-ing the Letter-Request of Manuel M. Orig, First Vice President, Mindanao Af-fairs of AboitizPower Re-newables Inc., to Conduct Exploratory Activities in its Approved Area,” the proposal will be tackled

on second reading today.The Aboitiz firm asked

the City Council for a rec-ommendation for their Mt. Apo Geothermal Proj-ect.

During the joint com-mittee hearing of the committees on energy, environment and natural resources and cultural communities and Mus-lim affairs, AboitizPower decided to undertake the Geothermal Project after it realized the need to di-versify power plant serv-ing Mindanao grid and ensure the long term se-curity of Mindanao pow-

er supply. AboitizPower said there is a need to build more power plants to protect or mitigate cli-mate change. The island, according to AboitizPow-er, is in need of base load power.

The company will be tapping the geothermal resources in the provinc-es of Davao del Sur and North Cotabato; Davao City and Digos City and the municipalites of Mag-pet and Sta. Cruz.

The company will gen-erate electricity through geothermal resources in which they are going to

harvest the steam.The company is com-

mitted to use modern technology to ensure that the operation of geo-thermal plant will not harm the health of the people and will not cre-ate adverse effect to the environment. They also pledged to help the host communities by giving them benefits from their operation through pro-grams that will enhance their economic, social and cultural well-being.

The project is locat-ed inside Mt. Apo natural

WAITING. A sleepy student (center)of Little Pearls of Heaven Preschool yawns as she and other participants wait for their school’s United Nations celebration program to start yesterday at the Annex of SM City Davao . Lean Daval Jr.

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By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.abf@edgedavao.net

City stands to earn P31M in BIMP-EAGA revenues

Council takes up Aboitiz geothermal request today

City will be locked down: Supt. Danao

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NEWS

DON’T look now but Japan’s world fa-mous sashimi could

be made of Davao tuna.This development

came after Davao-based businessman and export-er Domingo O. Ang bared plans to export tuna sashimi to Japan next year following the high yield of tuna fish from the Davao Gulf.

Ang said that there’s a shortage in the supply of tuna not just in Japan, but globally.

“For instance, Amer-icans are consuming 100,000 kilos of tuna sashimi daily. There’s no problem in the demand,” he said, adding that ex-porters should take ad-vantage of the recent

report that bared Davao Gulf as path of the migra-tory path of tuna.

Ang said that more people are becoming health conscious.

The plan to export tuna from Davao Gulf arose from the study of BFAR 11.

Ang said that after the closed fishing season, the recent implementation of the two-month Davao Gulf closure resulted to the increase of Tuna spawns in the gulf.

The supposed three-month closure become two months only that lasted from July to August 31. The closure aims to increase the population of small pelagic fishes in the

OFFICIALS from local and national gov-ernment agencies

together with hospital representatives in Davao City will convene today for a consultative meeting to discuss the readiness of the city from the feared Ebola virus.

The meeting will be spearheaded by the City Planning and Develop-ment Office (CPDO). Ex-pected to join in today’s meeting are personnel of Department of Health (DOH)-11, City Health Of-fice (CHO) doctors, Davao City Overland Transport Terminal (DCOTT) per-sonnel, Maritime Police, Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP),

local police and armed forces.

According to a re-port by DXAB 1296 Radyo Patrol, CPDO offi-cer-in-charge Marcelino Escalada said that the meeting will open with a local situationer of the dreaded disease by DOH-11 regional director Doc-tor Abdullah Dumama Jr. The talk aims to com-prehensively discuss the vulnerability of the local community to Ebola.

Escalada said that af-ter the meeting, they will form six task force groups which will plan the sur-veillance, rapid assess-ment, monitoring and se-curity enforcement.

The Task Force groups

will have another meeting on October 23 to create their specific strategies on preventing the virus which will be presented next week.

Escalada said that the city government is real-ly serious in dealing this international pandemic in which the certain vi-rus has no cure as of this moment. He added that the city government is the one who make action on the said world pandemic situation.

As of October 14, a to-tal of 9,216 suspected cas-es have been documented resulting in the deaths of 4,555.

Earlier, Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte said that the

purpose of the meeting is know that health and medical facilities in the city is ready to cater pos-sible Ebola patients.

Councilor Mary Jo-selle Villafuerte said last week that health provid-ers should be alert for and evaluate suspected patients for Ebola virus infection who have both consistent symptoms and risk factors as follows: clinical criteria, which in-cludes fever greater than 38.6 degrees Celsius or 101.5 degree Fahrenheit, and additional symptoms such as severe headache, muscle pain, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, or unexplained hemor-rhage.

THERMA South Inc. (TSI), the coal-fired power plant

of AboitizPower, is now more than 90 percent complete.

In a report to the Department of Energy (DOE) in Mindanao, offi-cers of the 300-MW ther-mal power plant in the boundary of Davao City and Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur, has estimated that the commercial opera-tions of the power plant is on schedule for first half of 2015.

In a statement, TSI president Benjamin A. Cariaso Jr., said that all major components and equipment, as well as

the switchyard that will connect the power plants to the transmission as-sets of the National Grid Corporation of the Phil-ippines (NGCP) are now close to completion.

“We are looking for-ward to the completion of this project and together with our customers, we are looking forward to being able to make a sig-nificant contribution in alleviating the Mindan-ao power crisis,” Cariaso said in the statement.

“The fruits of the la-bor of thousands of our team mates will soon be realized and Mindanao will soon have a reliable

THE incident report of the operation that killed Rolando Locab-

erte reached the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Office Monday after-noon, after the Toril PNP submitted its report.

In a phone interview, the Chief of Police of the Toril Police Precinct Po-lice Chief Inspector (PCI) Hamlet Lerios said that the incident report has reached the NBI office be-fore 5PM yesterday.

“Naipadala na namin, before 5 nasa NBI na yun, medyo natagalan lang kasi humingi pa ako ng permi-so sa Former Chief ng Toril ( PCI Angel Sumagaysay) nag okay naman siya kaya pinadala ko na,” Lerios

said.The chief also said that

the Toril PNP will be much willing to cooperate with the NBI in solving the case of Locaberte.

Earlier, the NBI said that they are only waiting for the incident report of the Toril PNP in order to move on the investigation.

Last October 3, the case of Locaberte was turned over to NBI after the fam-ily of the victim seeks the helped of the Human Rights office.

The family of the victim only came out to seek help months after its death after the 8 intelligence opera-tives of Toril PNP was re-lieved to their post due to

HARDHEADED. Tricycles freely traverse along R. Castillo Avenue in Davao City, a national road which is supposedly off limits for this kind of vehicle, yesterday. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte has ordered the Land Trans-

portation Office (LTO) 11 to strictly enforce the law by keeping the tricycles off the national highways. Lean Daval Jr.

DANAO WITH GIRL. Davao City Police office (DCPO) director Vicente Danao Jr. obliges with a young lady’s request to have his photographs taken with her yesterday. Danao was a guest of Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM City Davao where

he gave his assurance that the security measures for this week’s BIMP-EAGA (Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asean Growth Area)Trade Fair and Business Leaders’ Conference is already in place. Lean Daval Jr.

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By FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA

Davao tuna to be exported to Japan

Coal plant now over 90 percent complete

Ebola readiness tackledin multi-agency meeting

Locaberte case report submitted to NBI

VOL. 7 ISSUE 156 • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 20144COMPOSTELA, COMPOSTELA VALLEY

TAGUM CITY DAVAO DEL NORTE

COMPOSTELA VALLEY PROVINCE

EDGEDAVAO

SUBURBIA

THE KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP of the Department

of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) recently conducted a Fi-nancial Management Sys-tem Training for the new Barangay Sub-Project Management Committee (BSPMC) treasurers and bookkeepers from the 16 targeted barangays here.

Initiated by the KA-LAHI CIDSS-NCDDP Area Coordinating Team of Compostela town, the activity intends to ac-celerate volunteers’ de-velopment in managing financial transactions

and reports for KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP sub-proj-ect implementation.

Further, it aims to in-tensify the training and capacity-building of the community in inclusive local planning, budgeting and implementation.

“We did not source out facilitators from the regional staff of KALA-HI CIDSS-NCDDP. The resource persons in the said activity are old KA-LAHI volunteers who are skilled and knowl-edgeable with the task,” shares Jackie Ruta, Area Coordinator of KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP in Com-

postela.Maezy Jacinto, one of

the resource persons and a KALAHI-CIDSS volun-teer for nearly 3 years is immensely thankful for the opportunity given.

“Usahay, kung ka-balo ka na mas taas og posisyon sa imo ang magtudlo, maulaw ka mangutana sa imong wala nasabtan. Pero tun-god kay pareho ra og po-sisyon ang mga mutudlo ug kauban ra sa komuni-dad, mas dali manguta-na sa ilang kapunongan. (Sometimes when facili-tators hold higher posi-tions than we do, we feel

hesitant to ask questions. But if you are on the same level, it’s easy to ask and speak up).”

“Kaya namo ang pag-bag-o kay gitabangan mi sa gobyerno nga molam-bo ang among kaalam pinaagi sa mga aktibi-dades nga ilang gitudlo ug gitabang sa amoa (We can change for the better because the government helped us improve our knowledge through vari-ous capacity-building ac-tivities), Jacinto said.

Ruta pointed out they are now able to submit their transaction docu-ments on time and are

already capable of train-ing new volunteers in the barangays. “We have just taught basic pro-curement and budgeting procedures to a total of 60 BSPMC treasurers from the 16 barangays here.”

KALAHI CIDSS-NCD-DP (National Communi-ty-Driven Development Program), a scale up of KALAHI-CIDSS, is a pov-erty reduction program of the National Govern-ment implemented by DSWD.

In 2014, it targets to cover 16 municipalities in Region XI, namely;

Maco, Monkayo, Nabun-turan, Pantukan, New Bataan, Boston, Manay, Tarragona, Governor Generoso, San Isidro, Caraga, Cateel, Kapalong, New Corella, Malita, and Compostela.

To date, a total of 51 KC-NCDDP sub-projects have been completed in Compostela. Another six sub-projects will be con-structed for the 4th cycle of KALAHI CIDSS PAMA-NA, and six classroom building sub-projects through KALAHI CIDSS Australian AID. (DSWD/Julie Ace Brandon F. Ra-mos/ccd)

MEDIA practitioners and advocates, as well as, student

journalists and their teach-ers/advisers learn the ba-sics of video production and broadcast journalism during the 1st Davao del Norte AcadeMedia 2014.

The event is one of the five highlights of the month-long Provincial Press Freedom Month Cel-ebration this year.

OIC-Provincial Infor-mation Officer Sofonias Ga-

bonada, Jr. said the activity aims to increase the knowl-edge of the members of the media and introduce me-dia theories and practices to student writers, while acquainting them with the policies and programs of the provincial government.

The participants were taught the basics of video production and broadcast journalism in three simul-taneous workshops, par-ticularly on Documentary on Local Development, In-

fomercial on Tourism and News Segment on Climate Change.

They gathered again for the plenary in the af-ternoon to discuss the production of their video workshop output, which will be presented during the Press Congress on Oc-tober 28, 2014 at the RDR Gym in Mankilam, Tagum City.

The cast of lecturers and judges include, re-spectively, John Paul Se-

niel, Senior Desk Editor of GMA Network Davao, who is also the producer and host of the local documen-tary show Isyu Mindanao; Daryl Descallar, Davao-based Artist and Design-er, who is involved in ad campaign development for tri-media; and, Keisha Therese Halili, former re-porter of PTV4 Manila and TV5 Davao, who is now with the Provincial Infor-mation Office. (noel bagu-io/davnor pio)

TO strengthen the po-sition of home-grown cooperatives, the pro-

vincial government has con-tinued to provide assistance for continued education, Cooperative Division Chief Humber Cabunoc of the Provincial Agriculture Office (PAGRO) said.

Guesting at the Kapi-han sa Kapitolyo, Cabunoc (also the assistant PAGRO) revealed this cooperative de-velopment direction set by the provincial government as

it foresaw the impact of the economic integration next year upon the opening of the trade liberalization of the As-sociation of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) nations.

Through his office, the provincial government has gone aggressive on extend-ing technical and manage-ment trainings for local co-ops to stand the threats of economic integration espe-cially in the agriculture sec-tor, he said. (PIA 11/ Jeane-vive Duron-Abangan)

THE provincial gov-ernment of Davao Oriental will open

on October 28 the biggest irrigation dam in Mindan-ao located in the munici-pality of Cateel.

This was revealed yes-terday (October 19) by Gov. Corazon Malanyaon during the education tour on environment diversi-ty in Subangan Museum, Mati City conducted by the Philippine Informa-tion Agency XI.

Gov. Malanyaon said that the 2,200 hectares irrigation dam will assure

the province with 100% rice sufficiency by next year.

“This dam will com-plement our biggest rice producing municipalities – Banay-banay, Lupon and Cateel,” Malanyaon declared.

Gov. Malanyaon also disclosed that the project cost only around P 286 million, which was fund-ed by the World Bank under the Mindanao Ru-ral Development Project (MRDP).

The governor recalled that the project started

years before Pablo and when the super typhoon hit the province, it washed away the project.

“After that they start-ed to rebuild the dam; however, tropical depres-sion Agaton came and again swept away any de-velopment in the project,” she said.

“With only seven months remaining before the time frame given to us to accomplish the project, the provincial govern-ment employed around 700 people for three shifts to finish the project,” Gov.

Malanyaon added.She said that the prov-

ince even had a shortage in the cement, since the dam needed 5,000 sacks of cement a day and an-other 2,000 sacks for their housing projects.

“The project was a defining moment in the province because it was the story of determina-tion in our part and the nobility of the project as it will help the community who are trying to regain from Pablo’s destruction,” she said. (PIA 11, Michael Uy)

KALAHI-CIDSS Volunteer Remedios Blesildas clarifies a point during the training.Maezy Jacinto, KALAHI-CIDSS Barangay Sub-Project Management Committee (BSPMC) Treasurer for nearly

3 years, discusses managing finances and transactions, and report preparation during the training.

DSWD trains KALAHI-CIDSS volunteers on finance

DavOr to launch biggest irrigation dam in Mindanao on Oct 28 Davao Norte provides education for co-ops

1st DavNor AcadeMedia 2014heldCompostela Valley gar-

nered six Pearl Awards during the 15th Annual

Convention of the Association of the Tourism Officers of the Philippines (ATOP) held at L’ Fisher Pavillion, Bacolod City on October 2-6, 2014.

The awards received in a ceremony on October 4 were given by the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the As-sociation of Tourism Officers of the Philippines. DOT Sec-retary Ramon Jimenez was represented by Senior Officer of the Tourism Promotions

Board Mr. Dominggo Ramon C. Enerio –III.

These awards according to Provincial Tourism Officer Christine Dompor include be-ing the 1st Runner-up Winner on “Best Tourism Month Cele-bration- Provincial Level Cat-egory,” Montevista’s “Diwanag Festival” as the 1st Runner-Up Winner on “Best in Cultur-al Festival- Municipal Level Category,” “Most Outstanding Tourism Officer of the Philip-pines” 2nd Runner Winner in the person of Mr. Rodel Bau-tista of Maco.

ComVal wins 6 Pearl Awards

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THE Embassy of Ma-laysia Trade Office (MATRADE) Manila is

inviting local importers, dis-tributors, service providers, and end-users to a Business Matching with Malaysian companies in conjunction with the 2nd BIMP EAGA & IMT-GT Trade Fair on Octo-ber 24, 2014, Friday, at the SMX Convention Center, SM Lanang Premier, Davao City, from 10:00 in the morning to 5:00 in the afternoon.

The business sectors being represented by these companies from Malaysia include Construction and Building Materials, Infor-mation and Communica-tions Technology (ICT), Food and Beverages, Per-sonal Care Products, Con-sultancy and Professional Services, among others.

Said activity aims to introduce Malaysian companies to Philippine companies who would be interested to source for products from Malaysia and/or explore business opportunities through di-rect supply, distribution,

partnership or joint ven-ture agreements.

The format of this busi-ness matching activity will be as follows: 1) Philippine companies may choose to meet the Malaysian com-panies; 2) Upon confirma-tion, Philippine companies will be pre-scheduled on a first-come-first served basis to meet with their choice of Malaysian com-panies for a series of one-one-one meetings (limited for up to 15 minute-meet-ing for each company); 3) Venue for the business meetings will be in the respective booths of the participating Malaysian companies inside the Ma-laysian Pavilion during the 2nd BIMP EAGA & IMT-GT Trade Fair.

Interested parties may contact DTI DCFO at telephone number 082-2254847 or 082-2240511 local 208 or email us at dti.dcfo@gmail.com and r11.davaocity@dti.gov.ph, at-tention Arriel N. Nengasca, with cp no. 09398242013. DTI-DCFO/ANNengasca

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THE ECONOMY

LION DANCE. Davao Central High School students perform Lion dance, a traditional Chinese cultural dance which is believed to bring good luck and drives away bad spirits, during the opening of a call center office at SM City Davao yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

Business matching with Malaysian firms Oct. 24

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Labor and Employ-ment Secretary Rosa-linda Dimapilis-Bal-

doz yesterday lauded the DOLE Davao Region for the completion of its own Occu-pational Safety and Health Program and Safety Policy.

“An injury-and accident –free workplace has always been a quest and respon-sibility of the DOLE. This quest and responsibility applies to both workers in the private sector, as well as to the DOLE’s own person-nel. We believe that com-pliance with occupational safety and health standards should always start in our own backyard,” said Baldoz.

Regional Director Jof-frey Suyao reported to the Secretary that the regional offices’ Green our DOLE

Program Committee had conceptualized the Occu-pational Safety and Health program and Safety Policy in February this year.

“The first draft was completed in August and we launched the program on 15 September,” he said in his report.

The program, encapsu-lated in a manual, was for-mulated in a bid to instill a culture of safety and health in the regional office.

Suyao, as chair of the regional office GODP com-mittee, is assisted by Asst. Regional Director Veberan-do Cebrano, vice chairman. The committee has for its members safety officers who each acts in his respec-tive field, from mediator to safety first aiders, among

the few.“The DOLE, through its

agencies and regions, rec-ognizes and bears the re-sponsibility for employees’ safety and health. There is a constant need for joint effort between the Depart-ment and its people for a more effective delivery of service to its clients,” Bal-doz said.

The regional office’s Health and Safety manu-al consists of Safety and Health Promotion and Education. It sets-out the responsibilities of person-nel in the office in assuring that safety is implement-ed at all times. It also re-quires the development of a safety bulletin to inform personnel of different health-related concerns in

the workplace. It also as-signs persons responsible of maintaining the bulletin.

The Manual also dis-cusses procedures and requirements in cases of accidents in the work-place, and the appropri-ate investigation on the matter; health programs for the employees; ade-quate housekeeping for each offices; emergency contingencies; emergency flow chart of procedures in cases of fire, earthquake, bomb threat or incidence, typhoon or storm, flood or inundation, and robbery threat; analysis of job haz-ards; and the appropriate penalties for offenses or violations of the Manual’s provisions. (DOLE-CO/mjlc)

THE National Econom-ic and Development Authority (NEDA)

Board approved 12 new infrastructure projects in a meeting chaired by Presi-dent Benigno S. Aquino III.

These projects include the Flood Risk Manage-ment Project for Cagay-an De Oro River; Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue/Makati Av-enue-Paseo de Roxas Ve-hicles Underpass Project; Metro Manila Interchange Construction Project, Phase VI; Restoration of Damaged Bridges in Bo-hol; Operations, Mainte-nance and Development Project of the Iloilo, Ba-colod, Davao, and Puerto Princesa airports; Regional Prison Facilities through Public-Private Partnership Project; Davao Sasa Port Modernization Project; Fisheries, Coastal Resourc-es and Livelihood Project; and Project Convergence on Value Chain Enhance-ment for Growth and Em-powerment

“These approved proj-ects will significantly con-tribute to the infrastruc-ture investment needed to sustain growth and make it inclusive. The projects will allow Filipinos to have more access to social and economic opportunities. The transportation and

port projects will improve the mobility of people and the efficiency of the flow of goods and services.

Also, some of these projects will instill or en-hance resiliency of many areas against climate-relat-ed risks and disasters,” ac-cording to Economic Plan-ning Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan.

Meanwhile, the project to construct and maintain regional prison facilities proposed by the Depart-ment of Justice will accom-modate 26,000 inmates, as part of the government’s goal to decongest and up-grade prison facilities.

Also approved by the NEDA Board was the loan validity, downscaling of scope and reallocation of project costs, in effect re-ducing the total cost of the ongoing Laguindingan Air-port Development Project. The 18-month loan exten-sion for its Air Navigation System and Support Facil-ities was moved to Janu-ary 10, 2016 from July 10, 2014. The cost realloca-tion effectively decreased the total cost to PhP7.70 billion from PhP7.85 bil-lion. The approval, how-ever, was conditioned on a change in specifications to be confirmed by the DPWH. (NEDA)

SAVAR CITY, BAN-GLADESH — Greater support and oppor-

tunities for small farm-ers in the Philippines and Asia are needed to enable agriculture workers to take part in the growth process, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)

Economic Planning Secretary Arsenio M. Bal-isacan made this state-ment in a video message for the 8th International Conference of the Asian Society of Agricultural Economists (ASAE) at the BRAC Center for Develop-ment, Savar, Bangladesh on October 15, 2014.

Balisacan said that despite their size, the im-portance of small farms cannot be overlooked, as countries in Asia are among those with an overwhelming panorama

of small farms. The latest statistics from the World Census of Agriculture re-ported that 90 percent of about 428 million agricul-tural landholdings in Asia are small farms, which are less than two hectares in area.

“In Asia, which is home to around 4.4 bil-lion people, including two-thirds of the world’s undernourished, majority of people living in poverty rely on these small farms for food. Thus, potential-ly, further development of the agriculture sec-tor, specifically the small farms that constitute it, could redound to rural welfare improvement and poverty alleviation,” said Balisacan, who is also NEDA Director-General and ASAE President.

He also noted that al-though the role of agricul-tural performance in re-

ducing rural poverty may be less clear today that it was during the Green Rev-olution period, there are remaining areas for poli-cy interventions that can strengthen smallholders’ agricultural performance for them to continue their role as backbone of rural economies and key vehi-cle for more rapid poverty reduction.

“Smallholders are not a homogeneous group. Some of them have the potentials to improve production performance and be transformed into commercially-oriented and profitable farming systems. These small-holder farmers need a policy environment that would support and nur-ture this transformation and help them overcome the challenges they face,”

Balisacan said that small farms are the ma-

jor sources of raw mate-rials for agribusiness and manufacturing industries and that agricultural commodities geared for exports are good sources of foreign exchange earn-ings to finance capital accumulation needed for industrialization. “As the economy goes through an industrialization pro-cess, agricultural work-ers, especially during off-planting and harvest-ing seasons, are often em-ployed in other sectors as contractual or part-time workers. And as agri-culture modernizes and links with the industry and services sectors to increase value adding in agricultural production, more remunerative jobs are created. The range of products and services becomes wider, and mar-kets expand,” Balisacan explained.

THE Social Security System expects to collect an additional

P14.4 million in contribu-tions annually after accred-iting nine new coopera-tives as partners in collect-ing member-contributions and in providing other so-cial security services.

SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Emilio S. De Quiros Jr said, “Collec-tively these nine coopera-tives have a total of 90,377 members, and they have committed to enroll 7,050 new members to the SSS annually.”

De Quiros said that the SSS continues to find ways to make social security ser-vices more accessible to its members. The accredita-tion of these new coopera-tives will provide members in their respective areas of jurisdiction a more conve-nient way of transacting with the SSS.

Recently accredited are Sta Cruz Savings and Development Cooperative (SACDECO) and Sacred Heart Savings Cooperative (SHSC) in Ilocos Sur, Pin-tuyan National Vocation-al School Multi-Purpose Cooperative (PNVSMPC) in Southern Leyte, Pinoy Lingap Damayan Credit Cooperative (PDLCC) in Catanduanes, Tubungan Employees Development Cooperative (TEDCO) in Iloilo, Alicia Neighborhood Multi-Purpose Cooperative (ALNEMPCO) in Zambo-

anga-Sibugay, Gata Daku Multi-Purpose Cooperative (GDMPC) in Misamis Ori-ental, Guadalupe Commu-nity Multi-Purpose Coop-erative (GCPMC) in Cebu, and Alalay sa Kaunlaran Inc Multi-Purpose Cooper-ative (ASKI MPC) in Nueva Ecija.

Among the nine new-ly-accredited cooperatives, Southern Leyte’s PNVSMPC and PDLCC in Catanduanes will act as SSS’ collecting agents for member contri-butions, loan payments as well as payments for mis-cellaneous transactions such as collection of fees for replacement of UMID cards. Aside from collec-tion, SACDECO, SHSC, TED-CO, ALNEMPCO, GDMPC, GCPMC, and ASKI MPC have also pledged to assist the SSS in receiving and screening applications for registration, salary loans and funeral claims.

The SSS, through ac-count officers of con-cerned branches will tightly monitor the per-formance of its accredited cooperatives to make sure that the contributions of its members are properly remitted to the SSS. SSS provides training to per-sonnel of the accredited cooperative to familiarize them with the SSS proce-dures necessary in collec-tion as well as receiving and screening of appli-cations for registration, loans and funeral claim.

MEDIA BRIEFING. Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) executive di-rector Usec. Janet M. Lopoz, together with Mindanao Business Council (MBC) chair Vicente T. Lao (left) and Domingo Ang (right), briefs members of local media on the upcoming 2nd BIMP-EAGA and IMT-GT Trade Fair and Business

Leaders’ Conference which is set to start on October 22 at SM Lanang Pre-mier’s SMX Convention Center. The three were guests of yesterday’s Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM City Davao. Lean Daval Jr.

DOLE Sec. Baldoz lauds Davao’s safety program

NEDA approves12 new projects

More support, opportunities for small farmers pushed

SSS to collect P14M from coops

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THE trip was supposed to be done the other week. But due to bad

weather, it was postponed. And so last Saturday, it was a go!

“Please be at the Task Force Davao before 9 in the morning tomorrow,” said Peng Aliño, the acting station manager of Radyo ng Bayan, who initiated the trip, in her text message. “We will leave for Samal Island hopping at exactly 9 am.”

We didn’t. We had to wait for others who were coming with us. But it was good that while waiting for them, we were treated with some foods. Although I had eaten my breakfast already, I still ate some banana and yes, a hot cup of coffee.

Marlon Palma Gil, news anchor of GMA Davao, com-mented that the weather seemed to be cloudy. But I told him, the weather was good since that was what the text message I re-ceived from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Agency.

We left Sta. Ana wharf passed 10 in the morning already. Captain Mario Tena, the civil-military of-ficer of Task Force Davao (TFD), welcomed everyone and gave some orientation on what we would tran-spire during the island hop-ping.

I was not sure if every-one were listening but I was sure that the 14 media per-sonalities from Davao -- yes, that’s one dozen plus two! -- were having fun. After all, it was time to unwind them-selves from the hassles of meetings and conferences and the chore of writing as-signments.

About 20 minutes af-ter we started our trip, we were caught by surprised when several hijackers an-nounced that we were their hostages. Some of the me-dia members thought it was for real.

From the said demon-stration (hi-jacking incident on a sea vessel), I learned on what the TFD would do

during a hostage taking and their response to rescue the captives.

Although not as intense as the first, the second sce-nario was also fascinating: a vessel in distress. From a distance, we saw the vessel was on fire. As we go near-er, it was obvious that there were two persons were drowning.

Members of the TFD who saw the incident res-cued the two drowning people: one was still con-scious while the other was unconscious. A TFD mem-ber tried to resuscitate the unconscious.

The final scenario was island extraction of a hos-tage and beach landing. This one took place near the beach of the Kaputian. It was supposed to be at night when the incident happened. The media ob-served what TFD would do to rescue the hostage and saved him.

We thought TFD are only working in land areas. But after observing the three scenarios, we learned that they are -- particularly the shoreline team -- equipped with the knowledge and skills on what to do should bad elements try to invade Davao City and its neighbor-ing areas.

The demonstration was an eye-opener, espe-cially now that the Second Brunei-Indonesia-Malay-sia-Philippines (BIMP) East ASEAN Growth Area (EAGA) Trade Fair and Business Leaders’ Conference will be held in Davao City this week.

The TFD is on the lead in ensuring the security and safety of the 200,000 visi-tors expected to be attend-ing the 5-day event.

“The TFD together with the Philippine National Po-lice and with support from the local government of Davao continues its efforts in maintaining peace and se-curity of the city,” said Tena in a text message.

According to St. Supt. Vicente Danao, Davao City police director, more than 2,000 members of security forces are to be deployed for

the said event.The TFD said that aside

from the regular day to day heightened security op-erations that their troops are doing, it had also been training reservists from the 1105th CDC weeks ago and will deploy them as part of force multipliers.

The Eastern Mindanao Command also attached 2 patrol gunships from the Philippine Navy to augment the coastline operations.

In addition, the Philip-pine Army’s 10th Infantry Division has also attached one unit of composite com-pany to strengthen the fixed and mobile check-points. This is in addition to armored vehicles which would thwart attempts of harassing security forces’ position. Plus, it has special-ly trained forces for urban and rescue operations who are ready to be deployed in case of any eventuality.

“Our troops are highly trained and ready to re-spond to any threat before it reaches the city,” said Capt. Tena in his text mes-sage.

Our island hopping trip ended at Isla Reta in Talicud Island. Yes, the beach is re-ally great. And to think of, there are some talks that it will be developed into the next Boracay Island.

HOW TO SURVIVE HOSTAGE-TAKINGText and Photos by HENRYLITO D. TACIO

When 14 Davao

mediamen are hi-jacked, held hostage

at sea--who’re you gonna

call? TF Davao to the rescue.

At least, in a drill.

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Who is the problem?EDITORIAL

IT looks like Maribojoc Mayor Leoncio Evasco Jr. is in the news again, this time scoring Local Government Secre-tary Mar Roxas for scolding mayors in Bohol for being

unprepared to implement rehabilitation projects despite the availability of funds. Bohol was hit by a major earthquake on October 15, 2013, and it took almost a year before funds could be released by the national government to reconstruct the damage that had been wrought. Roxas, in a meeting last week of the provincial disaster risk reduction and manage-ment council, scolded the mayors of the towns of Clarin and Sagbayan for failing to submit their programs of works and estimates that details how they planned to carry out rehabil-itation plans. Roxas expressed surprise upon learning that not a single municipal hall had been repaired or rebuilt out of 31 that were either destroyed or damaged during the earth-quake. He then famously said: “The money is not the prob-lem. The problem is who.”

True to form, Evasco, who had taken on the mighty Red Cross in the aftermath of the earthquake (and was wrongly pictured by the national media as trying to hog the limelight when he insisted that the local government take the lead in distributing relief goods), took the cudgels for the two may-

ors and said Roxas could go scold himself for the debacle. He pointed out that the guidelines for mayors in planning their rehab work were released only on August 1, almost two months after Roxas and Budget Secretary Florencio Abad turned over P2.4 billion in funds for the Bohol Earthquake Assistance (BEA) program to the provincial government. It was, in other words, a problem of red tape and high-level government ineptness, not of the local government units. Af-ter all, what mayor would want his or her domain to remain in ruins?

Evasco, who had worked for several years in Davao City as Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s aide, knows how big government can be a serious pain in the neck when it comes to delivering even the most basic of services. The earthquake happened a year ago, and yet the administration is only now releasing funds for rehabilitation and reconstruction. It may be argued that things had been sidelined by the even more destructive Typhoon Yolanda, but this makes sense only if one were to presume that government is being run on an ad hoc basis and not as the well-oiled machine that it should be. Given this, Roxas should realize that his own statement, “The problem is who,” actually points to himself.

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THE WORM’S EYEVIEW

Henrylito D. Taciohenrytacio@gmail.com

THINK ON THESE!

Why chairman or punong barangay and not “kapitan”

Finding the last action leaderVANTAGE POINTS 9EDGEDAVAO

DURING the second half of the nineteenth century, two strong politicians vied for leadership of Great Britain’s govern-

ment: William Gladstone and Benjamin Dis-raeli. The two men were intense rivals.

In a career lasting over sixty years, Glad-stone served as Prime Minister four separate times, the only person who did such distinc-tion. He also served as Chancellor of the Ex-chequer four times.

Gladstone is famous for his oratory, his religiosity, his liberalism, his rivalry with the Conservative Leader Benjamin Disraeli, and for his poor relations with Queen Victoria, who once complained, “He always addresses me as if I were a public meeting.”

Britain’s oldest Prime Minister, he was known affectionately by his supporters as “G.O.M.” which stands for Grand Old Man. But to his rival Disraeli, G.O.M. means “God’s Old Mistake.”

Disraeli twice served as Britain’s Prime Minister. A writer and aristocrat, he played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach. Disraeli is remembered for his influential voice in world affairs and his one-nation conservatism or “Tory democra-cy.” He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the glory and power of the British Empire.

The conservative politician had through-out his career written novels, beginning in 1826. He published his last completed nov-el, entitled “Endymion,”shortly before he died at the age of 76.

“Though both men accomplished much for Britain, what really separated them as leaders was their approach to people,” wrote John C. Maxwell in one of his best-selling books on leadership.

Maxwell cited the difference through a story told by a young woman who dined with

the two rival politicians on c o n s e c u t i v e nights. “When asked her im-pression of them, she said, ‘When I left the dining room af-ter sitting next to Mr. Glad-stone, I thought he was the clev-erest man in England,” wrote Maxwell. “But after sitting next to Mr. Disraeli, I thought I was the cleverest woman in England.”

In his introduction of the book, Maxwell wrote: “Everything rises and falls on lead-ership. And leadership truly develops from the inside out. If you can become the lead-er you ought to be on the inside, you will be able to become the leader you want to be on the outside. People will want to follow you. And when that happens, you’ll be able to tack-le anything in this world.”

To be a leader is a great responsibility. That was the reason why Moses questioned God when He told him “to bring my people out of Egypt.” He asked God: “Who am I, that I should to go Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt.”

A person doesn’t become a leader right there and then. “Leadership,” defines Peter Drucker, an Austrian-born American manage-ment consultant, “is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s perfor-mance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.”

A good leader possesses some charac-teristics which should go beyond what an ordinary person has. “The challenge of lead-

ership,” said American author and motiva-tional speaker Jim Rohn, “is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be hum-ble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.”

The reason why I am writing this is not because election time is fast approaching. It is still in 2016 yet but I think Filipinos need to think about a leader who should help us in bringing the country out of misery.

Last week, I was cleaning my drawer when I came across some yellowed clippings of articles which I have collected through the years. One of those was a column by Bob Ga-ron, one of my favorite columnists.

The reason why I saved the article was be-cause it discussed about the alphabet of action for a leader. Yes, it’s from A to Z and tells what a leader should do. Allow me to share them to you:

Affirm that you can do it. Believe that somehow, sometimes, somewhere, through someone’s help, you can achieve your heart’s highest goal. Commityourself to a dream. Dare to try. Dare to love. Dare to make a commitment. Dare to take a risk. Ed-ucate yourself. Don’t be tempted to, as many are, avoid the hard years of serious study.

Find the talent, possibilities, the time, the money, and the way. Give. It’s the secret of successful living. Hope is holding on, praying expectantly. It’s never giving up. Imagine. Possibility thinking is in actuality the exer-cise of dynamic, creative, sanctified imagi-nation. Junk the junk food of your mind -- to keep hope alive.

Knock out depression, knock out discour-agement, and knock out all kinds of forecast of gloom and doom. Laugh. You must keep a sense of humor and be able to laugh at your-self. Make it happen. You can make it happen when you manage because possibility think-

ing is really another label for dynamic mental management.

Negotiate. If you want to get A to Z in the Alphabet Action of Possibility Thinkers, you have to be able to negotiate. Overlook and overcome. If you’ve made it to O, you’ll have been successful enough to know that you can’t succeed without a team. Persevere, don’t give up. Tough times never last, but tough people do.

Quit complaining, because life isn’t as nice as you want it. Reorganize. If you hav-en’t succeeded, then you have to say, “I need to reorganize.” Share. God can do tremen-dous thing through the person who doesn’t care who get the credit and is willing to share the credit, share the power and share the glo-ry.

Trade off. You’ll have to decide what you will give up in order to keep what you’ve got. Unlock some human values you never experienced before: faith, hope, and love. Vi-sualize the dream before you. Work; there’s no substitute for work. Success is spelled w-o-r-k.

X-ray. If you’re pursuing a job, if you’re on your way toward a goal, if you’ve got a dream, and you’ve gotten this far, it’s high time you stopped once more and x-rayed your deepest motives. Yield yourself to God. Jesus said, “For what it will profit a man, if he gains the whole world and losses his own soul.” Zip it up. Jesus said, “I am the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.” If you live by this creed, x-ray your mo-tives, and yield it all to God, then you come to the end and you can zip it up.

“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself,” commented Jack Welch, the chairman and chief executive of-ficer of General Electric between 1981 and 2001. “When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- This point is so widely misunderstood and misused that it needs to be clar-

ified time and again until our society becomes truly democratic and egali-tarian—and our system of government compliant with the law.

The term “chairman” or “punong barangay” is prescribed by law for im-portant reasons; not for whimsical or trivial reasons. Thus, we, especially our officials, cannot just take liberties with it or belittle its importance, if only for the sake of accuracy.

First of all, punong barangay is the proper title for the headman of a Filipi-no community—especially for an official whose primary role is to preside over citizens of equal standing. Its English equivalent is chairman—meaning, one who manages or chairs a group or a gathering.

To chair or to preside is basically the task of a facilitator—someone who manages social interaction or public exchanges that are involved in bringing about cooperation, collaboration, or col-lective action.

Secondly, a chairman presides over people with more or less equal status and are entitled to dignity and respect as befit sovereign citizens of a democratic community. He does so as primus inter pares, or first among equals—not higher or lower in rank. However, as an elect-ed official, he is a public servant, a role subordinate to his constituents who, as

PNoy puts it, are his Boss. *****On the other hand, kapitan is a mili-

tary term, referring to a leader or com-mander of soldiers and troops—oper-atives subordinate to him in rank and who are duty-bound to heed his com-mand, obey his orders, or execute his instructions.

A kapitan is answerable to his su-periors—accountable to the chain of command all the way to the command-er-in-chief—but not to his troops and subordinates. His word is law to them; he doesn’t even have to entertain their questions or ascertain their wishes, much less obey them or kowtow to their desires.

As commander, a kapitan can be said to be the master of his troops and sub-ordinates. But a chairman, the presider of his constituents’ meetings and imple-menter of their resolutions and policies, is their public servant. He is answerable to his constituents—who are his peers or fellow citizens. In other words, he is their hired hand, steward, or trustee.

Clearly, a barangay is not a military camp, its citizens are not soldiers or troops who need to be commanded by any military official, let alone a mere

captain. Thus “kapitan” is not an appro-priate title for the head of a community of peers; presiding is the essential role of such an official—not commanding or ordering people around. A kapitan is out of place there.

*****Before, it was appropriate to use

military titles like Capitan del Barrio or Teniente del Barrio because our commu-nities were under military authorities or the Guardia Civil. But that was long ago, during the Spanish regime when author-ities could even order Filipinos to pay tribute or work for free building roads, bridges, or other infrastructure.

Today we are a democracy, a repub-lic that derives its power and authority from us, the people. For our basic com-munity to be commanded by a kapitan would be ridiculous.

Besides, the state policy of autono-my for local jurisdictions has ordained that we exercise self-governance under a unique form of government, one which gives us the power to initiate ordinances as well as discipline our officials.

This unique form of government is the parliamentary system—in which the three branches of government are blended and headed by one and the same official: the Punong Barangay. This system sets local governance apart from the presidential system which applies to the higher levels, municipal to national. The term “Chairman” corresponds to prime minister, title of the head of a par-

liamentary government.*****Note that the head of a presidential

form of government is “president/com-mander-in-chief.” Had the barangay’s form of government not been made par-liamentary, it would be all right to call its headman “little president/little com-mander-in-chief” or kapitan under the presidential chain of command.

But as a parliamentary government, the barangay headman’s title corre-sponds to that of prime minister—who like him does so as first among equals. Like a prime minister, he also is subject to Recall or removal by his peers on a question of confidence. His peers are his constituents, the barangay’s inhabitants.

But practically everyone keeps using kapitan and rarely the correct title of chairman or punong barangay, confus-ing the people. The media also do and so the people are conditioned to use it, effectively propagating the impropriety.

This terminological confusion favors the trapos. Elected as chairmen, they call themselves captain and behave ac-cordingly—strutting about like General George Patton dominating people pa-tronizingly.

Needless to say, this loose practice should be rectified. It justifies the de fac-to take-over of our barangays by self-ap-pointed captains; which explains why so many of them carry on with the corrupt habits of the Guardia Civil or the Marcos Dictatorship!

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due to lack of probable cause but reversed by Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Leila Delima after the family petitioned for a review at the DOJ.

In his statement, Ca-gas maintained his in-nocence in the killing of the journalist.

“I am innocent. I have not committed a crime. I have not asked anybody to kill for me that’s why I submitted myself since I have faith in God and trust in our judiciary system,” he said.

“I know politics is behind all of these. This

case had already been dismissed by our state prosecutors only to be reversed, later on,” Ca-gas added.

Earlier, the prime witness of the killing of Bedolido was shot dead by unknown perpetra-tors at Shrine hills Ma-tina, Davao City.

The case filed against Cagas is for the murder of Nestor Bedolido, a re-porter for the weekly tabloid Kastigador, who was gunned down in July 2010.

Last August of this year, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has or-dered the filing of murder charges against Cagas and Matanao Mayor Vicente Fernandez for the alleged responsible on the mur-der of Bedolido.

Based on the report of interaksyon.com De Lima’s order reversed last year’s findings of the Prosecutor General and earlier decisions by the investigating prosecutor clearing Cagas, Fernandez and two other suspects -- Ali Ordaneza and Bado Sanchez -- and indicting only the three alleged gunman, among them brothers Voltaire and Henry Mirafuentes.

In the resolution, De

Lima, aside from order-ing the filing of murder charges against Cagas, Fernandez, Ordaneza and Sanchez, also caused the withdrawal of the same charges against the Mira-fuentes brothers and Timosan.

The Justice secretary said the prosecutors erred when they declared Vol-taire Mirafuentes’ extra-judicial conference insuf-ficient to indict Cagas and the other respondents because of the “res inter alios acta” rule, which holds that an extrajudicial confession is binding only on the person who makes the confession and is con-sidered hearsay against the co-accused.

De Lima said Vol-taire’s confession and the subsequent statement of his brother Henry “cor-roborate each other in material points to estab-lish conspiracy among respondents Cagas, Fer-

nandez, Ordaneza and Sanchez in the murder of Bedolido and that there appears to be no collu-sion when their state-ments were executed.”

Voltaire surrendered in October 2010 and con-fessed to being one of the three gunmen who car-ried out the hit on Bedoli-do. He claimed Cagas and Fernandez ordered the killing over Bedolido’s ‘exposés’ on the former governor.

Both officials de-nied the accusations and blamed political oppo-nents, with Cagas saying Bedolido was not even a journalist.

In May this year, au-thorities arrested Hen-ry Mirafuentes in Davao City.

However, late last month, an eyewitness to the murder, Ritchie Nacao Manapol, was gunned down, also in Davao City.

of a total of US $60 million from business matching and trade fair.

Organizers are target-ing to generate revenues of US $64-million for the 2nd BIMP-EAGA and IMT-GT Trade Fair and Business Leaders’ Con-ference.

Meantime, Lopoz said that participants have started to trickle in as early as Sunday, while a big group composed of 160 participants from Indonesia is expected to arrive in the city today using a chartered flight.

She said that a big bulk of participants is using the domestic flight. Foreign delegates, ac-cording to organizers, have to fly-in from either Ninoy Aquino Interna-tional Airport in Manila or Mactan International Airport in Cebu.

Participants from different countries will

participate in a total of 16 sub-events that will all happen in the five day event that will commence on October 22 to 26.

Mindanao Business Council chair Vicente T. Lao, co-lead organizer of the weeklong event said that that this week’s gath-ering of business leaders is designed to promote trade and investment as well as socioeconomic collaborations between the two sub-regions in the light of the much an-ticipated 2015 Asean In-tegration.

Aside from the busi-ness leaders’ meeting that will be participated by a total of 700 con-firmed participants , about 300 exhibitors have registered to par-ticipate the Trade Fair starting October 24 to October 26 at SMX Con-vention Center.

“This event will high-

light a lot of products in the two sub-regions that will be competitive in the global scale,”Lao said, adding that it’s a very venue were small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can present and showcase products.

The international trade fair and business conference will also fea-ture nine side events that include the Asean Street Food Fiesta, Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Leaders Forum, Integrated Water Resource Management for Peace and Develop-ment, East Asean Film Screening, International, Exporters and Import-ers Forum, National ICT Confederation of the Philippines (NICP) Sum-mit, 2nd BIMP-EAGA & IMT-GT Friendship Golf Tournament, Women Leaders Café, and Biz-start@Davao 2014. CRC

Park and the company will be proactive in its ef-forts to protect the park.

“It will be guided and will respect at all time the culture, belief and tra-ditions of the host com-munities and indigenous people(IP),” the draft res-olution stated.

Aboitiz has assured the committee that the IPs will not be displaced from their home and their resource of livelihood.

The project is com-posed of three phases of work; first is the explo-ration which will be done on the first two years. The exploration aims to deter-mine the existence of ad-equate quality of geother-mal resources in the areas to be explored. The next phase is the construction of the plants where they found the geothermal re-source which will be done two years after the first phase. The final phase will be the operation of the power plant.

The firm promised

that the water that will come out of the steam will be returned back to the earth where it came from. The water or steam that would be harvested comes from the rainwater that has accumulated un-der earth.

AboitizPower was granted authority by Department of Energy (DOE) to explore geo-thermal resources in two contract areas; the Mt. Talomo Mounty Cocon Track Area. It is locat-ed in the Municipality of Magpet and the province of Davao del Sur. It has a 8,586 hectares. The other area is the Mt. Sibulan in Kapatagan. It is located in the cities of Davao, Di-gos, Municipality of Sta.Cruz and the Davao del Sur Province. It consist of 8,910 hectares which part of this is located inside the Mt. Apo Natural Park.

The host communi-ties can benefit from the project under Republic Act 9136 or the National

Electric Power and Indus-try Reform Act.

Among the benefits are the shares from the local business tax, income tax, and real property tax; employment generation from the plant; 40 per-cent share of the 1.5 per-cent gross revenue that Aboitiz will pay for Na-tional Wealth Tax. Share of the budget will be allo-cated every year for proj-ects meant to enhance the social, economic and cultural status of the host communities.

Various stakeholders during the hearing did not express objection on the said project. The Council of Barangay Sib-ulan in Sta. Cruz issued a resolution of no objection to the project.

The DOE-11 is also supportive on the project considering that its man-date is to provide sustain-able power and in order to lessen Southern Mind-anao’s reliance on North-ern Mindanao for power.

portation Office (LTO) and Land Transportation Franchising Regulato-ry Board (LTFRB) which mandates all taxi drivers in Davao City to have a uniform and have their ID posted in front of the passenger’s seat for easy reference.

When asked whether there is a terror threat in the city as business lead-ers are set to convene here, Danao said that there’s none.

Janet Lopoz, execu-tive director of Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) said that every-thing is set for the week-long event that is expect-ed to draw more than a thousand business lead-ers from Malaysia, Thai-

land, Indonesia, Brunei and the Philippines.

As of October 17, Lo-pos said that among con-firmed VIPs and speak-ers are former president Fidel V. Ramos, Dr. Lim Hong Hin, deputy sec-retary general of Asean for the ASEAN Economic Community, Tulus Hutag-alung, assistant to deputy minister for transporta-tion, coordinating minis-try fpr Economic Affairs of Indonesia, Tan Sri Dato Sri’ Dr. Ng Yen Yen, chair-man of Tourism Malay-sia, and Narzalina Z. Lim, president of Asia Pacific Projetcs Inc. (APPI) and former secretary of the Philippine Department of Tourism.

Among the topic that

will be discussed in the business leaders’ confer-ence on October 23 are: Leveraging Sub-regional Cooperation (BIMP-EA-GA and IMT-GT) inRealiz-ing the Opportunities of Asean Integration; Ase-an Economic Communi-ty: transforming Asean Economies; Connectivi-ty: Expanding Economic Growth Beyond Boarders; Unleashing the Full Po-tentials of Agribusiness in the Sub-regions; The Future of Tourism in the Subregions: BIMP-EAGA and IMT-GT.

The business leaders conference is expected to be participated of 650 business leaders from two sub-region in the East Asean. CRC

Jose Villanueva, fish-eries licensing and law enforcement division of-ficer in charge of BFAR 11, said earlier that tuna production increased be-cause small pelagic fish were the main diet of sev-en tuna species that grow in the23,000-hectares gulf.

“The most exciting about this is the presence of the big eye tuna, which costs the most in the mar-ket,” Villanueva said in an earlier report.

Villanueva added BFAR’s initial studies showed that the tuna species increased in both volume and size because of the ban, which includ-ed the prohibition of ring nets and bag nets that would catch even the fish

larvae.The agency was able

to determine this through an increase in the find-ings of larvae of several species of fish, measured in CPU or catch per unit efforts.

He said that for the entire gulf, 80 percent of the harvest areas were for commercial fishing, with the rest belonging to municipal waters.

On the other hand,Ong, owner of the Marina Tuna restaurants, said that he will be in-vesting on small boats were caught tuna can be processed and be pre-pared for packaging.

“We are still coordi-nating with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) 11 for

the agreement,” Ang told reporters on the side-lines of the Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM City Annex.

He, however, said that he is not planning to put a cannery here in the city. Processed tuna will be packaged in the boat and will be transported to Ja-pan via airplanes.

“We need to make our tuna value-added so that it will be sold to the mar-ket at a higher price,” he said.

The current local price of tuna ranges from P200 to P300 per kilo, while it can be sold as much as P1,000 per kilo in Japan market.

“By increasing the quality of our tuna, more fishermen will benefit,” Ang said. CRC

baseload power plant to supply its fast-growing need for power.”

Twenty-two distribu-tion utilities and electric cooperatives in Mind-anao have signed power supply contracts with Therma South. As of Sep-tember 2014, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved 13 of

these contracts.Customers with ap-

proved contracts can immediately get power from Therma South once the power plant is com-pleted.

Once operational, Therma South will deliv-er much needed power to the major cities of Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Cotaba-

to, Butuan, Gen. Santos, Tagum and Kidapawan among others.

Also receiving much needed power are the Agusan and Surigao provinces, Davao region, North and South Cota-bato, Sarangani, Misamis provinces, Zamboanga provinces and parts of Bukidnon. ABF

their alleged involvement of the killing of Manuel Corral VII.

The former Chief of Toril PNP PCI Angel Sum-agaysay previously said that Locaberte was killed in a legitimate operation conducted by his person-nel last April 10 of this year.

The victim was also identified by Sumagaysay as the no. 7 most wanted criminal in the city.

But the statement of the Officers was contested by the eye witness as per

the statement of Nation-al Bureau of Investigation (NBI).

The NBI said that the testimony of the eye wit-nesses says that there was no issuance of warrant of arrest in the crime scene; instead they identified Police Officer 2 (PO2) Ric John Borja and PO3 Rico Adlawan to be the only of-ficers present in the killing of Locaberte.

“The witnesses claimed that the two officers called the attention of Locaberte,

PO3 Adlawan prevented the witness to react by holding him while PO2 Borja shot the victim in the different parts of his body,” the NBI said.

The witnesses also said that the other Police Offi-cers came after the shoot-ing incident.

The agency also ex-humed the body of Locab-erte and found out that the victim has gunshot wounds in the right side portion of his head, abdomen and left arm.

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THE 3rd Mindanao Freedom Ride hits the road on Novem-

ber 5-8 with a total dis-tance of 1,196 kilometers beginning and ending in Davao City.

Norminring Motor-bikes is once again orga-nizing the annual ride for Mindanao bike enthusi-asts, mostly owners of Ducati and KTM bikes. Entry Fee for the Freedom Ride is P2,500 which in-cludes donation to cho-sen recipient pulic school, lunch on the road for 4

days (4 meals), dinner and fellowship night at the Fin-isher’s Party in Davao City on November 8, raffle tick-et for free ultralight flight with the Mindanao Saga Flying Club, souvenir shirt and FR2014 Passport/Raffle Ticket for Novem-ber 8.

FR2014 is open to ad-vanced riders only. The ride follows rain or shine rule, checkpoint sys-tem along the route and passports with complete checkpoint validation stamps will be qualified

for raffle on November 8, scooter to be raffled will be announced before jum-poff on November 5.

Fuel, hotel accommo-dations and other meals are for the account of each participant. FR 2014 waiv-er form has to be com-pleted by each participant upon registration. Entry fee is due on November 5.

Participants are sub-ject to abide by the rules of the organizers of FR2014.

Day 1 covers 403 ki-lometers from Davao City to Bislig in Surigao del Sur

via Mati City and Cateel in Davao Oriental. Day 2 covers 222 kilometers and is from Bislig to Tandag with side trip to Tinuy-an Falls and Enchanted Riv-er. Riders are advised to ride with rash guards and board shorts under their ride gear. Day 3 covers 286 kilometers and starts from Tandag and ends at Butuan City via Surigao City. Day 5 covers 285 ki-lometers and the final leg will begin in Butuan City and end in Davao City via Tagum City.

DUCATI Asia intro-duces the stunning new Monster S2R,

dressed in distinctive white with a sophisticat-ed red racing stripe and sporty red wheels. Es-tablishing itself as the ul-timate air-cooled naked, the beautiful machine further underlines the Monster’s essential mix of sporty minimization and iconic style by presenting a connoisseur’s choice that will surely stand out from the rest of the crowd.

Sporting aesthet-ic touches such as dark

finished handlebars and front fork bodies, the Monster 796 S2R com-bines user-friendliness with sports character, delivering 87hp (64kW) from a dry weight of just 167kg (368lb). Proudly displaying the S2R decal on top of the fuel tank, the new model is equipped with the Desmodue 796 engine at the heart of the machine, a single-sid-ed swingarm, excellent ergonomics and ABS as standard equipment. This impressive combination perfectly balances life-

style performance with everyday functionality to enhance the original Monster spirit.

MONSTER SPECSuspension up front is

handled by user-friendly 43mm Showa forks, while the sporty Ducati sin-gle-sided rear swingarm is controlled by a single rear Sachs unit, with ad-justable spring preload and return damping for passenger load optimisa-tion.

In pure Monster style, the entire chassis set-up

is unified into a sturdy, great handling package with a red-finished Trellis frame. Lightweight and with incredible torsional stiffness, the large diam-eter tube construction flows into the cast alu-minium rear sub-frame which matches the matte black rear swing arm and footrest hangers.

Twin 320mm semi-floating discs are gripped by radially mounted 4-piston Brem-bo callipers to provide powerful and progressive front-end braking with

rider-friendly ‘feeling’, while the rear is equipped with a 245mm disc and 2-piston calliper, also by Brembo. ABS as standard further underlines the model’s focus on ease of use and everyday securi-ty.

The 17” wheels are in the five ‘Y-shape’ spoked style and produced in lightweight aluminium to keep the unsprung weight low and handling, brak-ing and acceleration per-formances high. Finished in red, the wheels roll on 180/55 rear and 120/70

front Pirelli Diablo Rosso tyres.

DESMODUE ENGINEThe crankshaft is de-

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A traveller’s oasisManila visits can sometimes be stressful especially when it is a business meeting or just a stop over on your way to an onward destination when flight times do not really match. Hence the need to stay overnight. Luckily for travellers arriving at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3, the Manila Marriott Hotel at Resorts World Manila is just right across the terminal.

Getting to the hotel is a cinch as a free shuttle to Resorts World Manila is available every thirty minutes, whisking weary travellers (such as me) to the Marriott. The 343-room Manila Marriott is an oasis of un-ending luxuries that are tailor fit for travellers and business executives. The fact that is it right across the airport and just a mere 20-minutes away from the Makati business district makes the hotel an ideal location to hold power business meetings or to unwind before the next flight. Upon entering the property, one is immedi-ately welcomed at the ho-tel’s great room which is

bedecked in accent lights, a view of the hotel’s lobby lounge with its stunning bar framed by the Villam-or Golf Course behind it. The large rooms of the Manila Marriott are a class of its own with modern and elegant fix-tures, wide 40-inch high definition LCD TVs, blaz-ingly fast internet access,

a free-standing bath tub, Thann toiletries, luxuri-ous pillows and an ultra comfortable bed which is sure to be a welcome sight the moment any traveller enters the room. Living up to the hotel as a traveller’s oasis, the Quan Spa which located at the hotel’s second floor, offers an immediate re-spite for those who had to endure hours in a plane. Options for dining at the Marriott is courtesy of the Marriott Cafe which serves a luxury interna-tional buffet as well at CRU, the hotel’s trade-mark steakhouse. Indi-viduals with a sweet tooth will want to check out Java+, the Manila Mar-riott’s deli where one can buy gellatto, chocolates and other sweet and sa-voury treats. One can never get bored at the Manila Mar-riott thanks to its prox-imity to Resorts World Manila’s casino as well as to the Newport Theatre, Universe night club and Newport Mall. So wether its waiting in transit for your flight the next day or just in for a business stay, the Manila Marriott Hotel is one lux-urious option one truly can’t resist taking. Follow me @kenneth-kingong on Instagram or on Twitter for more travel stories, foodie finds, and happenings in, around, and beyond Durianburg.

A spring in Chinese, the Quan Spa is a welcome sight for weary travellers.The pool with a view of the Makati s.kyline.

Fresh seafood at the Marriot Cafe.

The Marriot Cafe.

Outside the Manila Marriott Hotel.

The Lobby Lounge bar and its striking light details.

Well-appointed room at Manila Mariott.

GLOBE TELECOM is resolved to pursue customer centricity in a fast-paced evolution of digital technologies through its talent management practices. “The industry now is more challenging and is changing at a much faster rate. We need to go and try new things to continuously respond to our customer needs. This means we need leaders who can think differently, drive innovative solutions and more importantly, deliver results the Globe Way,” Globe President & CEO Ernest Cu said. Echoing Cu, Globe Vice President for Leadership and Talent Management Tina Palmario-Sioson stressed that new business challenges require new capabilities, and thus the need for better leaders. “A strong talent strategy is an-chored on the business strategy and therefore it is critical that we have a firm grasp of the current as well as the future talent requirements of the business. We need to under-stand where the business is heading and identify the critical capabilities needed across the organization.” Sioson made this emphasis in a recent human resource forum organized by the Lopez group of companies. To this end, Globe launched iLeadGlobe - an integrated leadership and management development initiative that aims to engage and develop Globe’s key talents into future business leaders, said Sioson. Specifically, the company is providing continuous learning and development for every job level and employees are given vast opportunities for ca-reer enhancements through a more robust talent rotation. In addition, the company provides numerous employee engagement touch-points. Its three main engagement pillars of Fun at Work, The Globe Way Values and Holistic Wellness provide the avenue to improve personal growth and well-being of very employee. Some of the company’s sports, volunteerism and holiday programs are not only limited to the employees but also friends and relatives to build a sense of family and a culture of happiness at the workplace. “We strongly believe that our talent management prac-tices further drive our Circle of Happiness - that happy and engaged employees deliver wonderful customer experi-ence and strong business growth. This is why the company continues to partner with employees in building a work-place that is dynamic, entrepreneurial, collaborative and in-novative,” Sioson said. Components of the company’s talent management ini-tiatives include Executive Development, Emerging Execu-tive Program and the much sought after, Young Leaders Bootcamp, an integrated leadership initiative that aims to engage and develop the company’s budding talents and hidden gems into future business leaders. In addition, the telecommunications provider has part-nered with the leading business schools and opened programs for the employees interested to develop their business competence. The company is also assessing and honing its employees by providing them with more job based development opportunities in order to future-proof their careers. To enable this, the company launched Careers@Globe which addresses the needs for professional growth of the rest of employees in the organization. The principle is an-chored toward a joint responsibility between employee and superior with the employee taking a more proactive stance in taking charge of his career. Employees are given access to tools to help them assess their skills, capabilities, strengths and development areas. These are used for better career discussion of the employee with his superior, Sioson added.

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GMA Network’s flagship internation-al channel, GMA Pinoy TV, in part-nership with New Perspective Media and The Filipino Times, is primed to give Kapuso fans in Dubai the royal treatment on the next leg of their Ka-pusong Pinoy con-cert series featuring the the soon-to-wed couple Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera. This November 7, the Kapuso Primetime King and Queen embark on a royal trip to Dubai for the grand concert titled, “Ka-pusong Pinoy sa Dubai,” set in the Global Village, the city’s largest multicul-tural theme park. The Global Village, now on its 19th season, is one of the city’s biggest tourist destinations which attracts tens of thousands of visitors each year. Com-posed of numerous mini country pavilions and entertainment and retail hubs, the immense park provides a vast multicul-tural experience with over 65 participating countries. Despite the hectic preparations for their upcoming wedding this December, Marian and Dingdong have set aside some time from their busy schedules as they gear up to give their kababayans abroad an exciting, fun-filled entertainment ex-travaganza. Marian, who is cur-rently doing the second season of her self-titled dance program on GMA, is excited for their upcom-ing international event. “Pangalawang beses ko nang mag-show sa Dubai at excited ako dahil this time, makakasama ko na si Dong sa pagpapasaya ng mga kababayan na-tin doon,” exclaims the blooming bride-to-be. “Ito na siguro ang last time na pupunta ako sa Dubai bi-lang Marian Rivera dahil sa susunod na pagbisita ko, Mrs. Dantes na ako,” she eagerly adds. Dingdong, meanwhile, is grateful for another opportunity to entertain Kapuso fans abroad, fol-lowing a successful inter-

national show in Illinois earlier this year for his re-cently concluded ground-breaking primetime se-ries, Ang Dalawang Mrs. Real. “I am thankful that GMA Pinoy TV gives us this chance to give back to our fans, especially those who live overseas because it is our way of giving thanks for their continued support as well as an op-portunity to bring them closer to home,” explains the Kapuso leading man. “At siyempre, this trip is also more meaningful and exciting dahil kasama ko si Marian,” he happily adds. The royally meant-to-be couple will also be joined

by Asia’s Pop Sweetheart Julie Anne San Jose who is one of GMA Pinoy TV’s most anticipated artists in their international shows abroad. Fresh from her re-cent performance in “Ka-pusong Pinoy sa L.A.” last September, the Sunday All-Stars mainstay is set to grace the international stage once more with her powerful musical and dance numbers. Kapuso fans abroad will also dis-cover that there is more to life in a special segment by Julie Anne for GMA Life TV, the Network’s second international channel. “Masaya ako dahil lagi akong nasasama sa GMA Pinoy TV shows abroad.

I just got back from Ka-pusong Pinoy sa L.A. and now we’re doing another concert in Dubai,” ex-claims the multi-talented artist. “The fans are so supportive and it always pushes us to give them a bigger and better show each time.” The pre-show starts at 4:30 p.m. at the Philippine Pavilion, Global Village while Kapusong Pinoy sa Dubai starts at 6:00 p.m. at main stage of the Global Village, Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Road, Dubai. Join in the fun and ex-citement in Kapusong Pi-noy sa Dubai and share your photos, tweets and status messages with the hashtag #KapusongPi-noyDubai. Kapusong Pinoy sa Dubai is sponsored by Camella, Pag-Ibig Fund, RCBC Telemoney, EO Ex-ecutive Optical, Ritemed, Everest Aircondition, Cebuana Lhuillier, Jol-libee Padala, The Gener-ics Pharmacy, BPI and Shakey’s. Learn more about GMA’s international events through the website, www.gmanetwork.com/international, Facebook page, www.facebook.com/GMAPinoyTV and follow GMA Pinoy TV on Twit-ter and Instagram via @gmapinoytv.

A WATERFRONT INSULAR DAVAO WELCOME. Vice President Jejomar Binay is welcomed at the Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao by its General Manager, Rouel P. Guanzon, and Front Office Manager, Katherine C. Dizon. VP Binay was invited as a guest speaker at the Philippine Society for Public Administration International Conference last Oct. 10.

GMA Pinoy TV gives fans the royal treatment in Kapusong Pinoy sa Dubai

“THE VOICE KIDS” grand winner Lyca Gairanod finally got one of her dreams come true when she and her family moved into their new home in General Trias, Cavite, one of the priz-es she got for winning the vocal competition. “I am so happy because we’ve been dreaming of having a house like this for a long time. We won’t have to worry whenever there’s a typhoon. Before we would always evacu-ate,” Lyca said after the blessing of the two-storey house from Camella. As Lyca’s career soars and propels her to super

stardom, the program that shot her to fame will continue to search for the next singing superstar in the Season 2 of “The Voice of the Philippines.” Philippine television’s best vocal competition will return on October 26 featuring coaches Apl de Ap, Sarah Geronimo, Bamboo, and Lea Salonga who will look for the best Filipino singing voices from around the world. For updates on the program, visit thevoice.abs-cbn.com, like www.facebook.com/thevoice-abscbn, or follow @the-voiceabscbn on Twitter and @abscbnthevoice on Instagram.

KOREAN superstar Lee Min Ho will portray a warrior from the past with magical powers in the new telenovela “Faith” to be shown ex-clusively only on ABS-CBNmobile beginning October 20. “Faith” is the story of Choi Young, a royal body-guard of a king in the past, and Yoo Eun-soo, a female doctor in modern times. When the queen was seri-ously injured, Choi Young was sent by the king to go through the magical por-tal to get “heaven’s doc-tor,” which happens to be a doctor from the future

named Eun-soo. A love story that tran-scends time and space ensues in the process. Fantasy and history will meet. But can love over-come seemingly insur-mountable odds? Will Choi Young and Eun-soo be happy in the end? “Faith” also presents a unique challenge to Lee Min Ho and other char-acters in the telenovela. Aside from doing action scenes, they had to wear heavy costumes while acting and moving. Fans of the Korean star are eagerly waiting to see how the story unfolds as

they enjoy the colorful and action-filled drama, especially now since any-one can watch it anytime and anywhere using a smartphone equipped with an ABS-CBNmobile SIM. They will surely revel in “Faith,” which has never been shown before in the country, and which will be a joy to watch because it is dubbed in Filipino. The Korean star’s fans expect to fall in love again. For more information about “Faith” and how you can watch it on ABS-CBNmobile, please visit www.abscbnmobile.com.

GMA Network’s groundbreaking pro-gram My Husband’s Lover (MHL) is the only drama series from the Philippines nominated in the telenovela cat-egory of the 42nd Inter-national Emmy Awards. MHL will be competing alongside entries from Portugal, Brazil, and Canada. Topbilled by Dennis Trillo, Tom Rodriguez and Carla Abellana, MHL de-fied all conventions on traditional drama soaps

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‘My Husband’s Lover’ nominated in 42nd International Emmy Awards

‘The Voice Kids’ grand winner Lyca moves into new home

Lee Min Ho stars in historical fantasy drama ‘Faith’

and definitely captured Filipino audiences locally and abroad. The series drew viewers to understand that love is not defined by sexual pref-erence - no matter how different it is from the love we all know - it could still be equally pure, selfless and true. This recognition solidi-fies GMA’s commitment in creating programs, which are innovative and at par with international stan-dards. From the original con-

cept of Suzette Doctolero with the help of creative director Jun Lana, MHL was under the direction of Dominic Zapata. My Husband’s Lover, created by the GMA Dra-ma Group, was supervised by the Senior Vice Presi-dent for Entertainment TV Lilybeth G. Rasonable; Vice President for Drama Redg-ie Acuña Magno, Assistant Vice President for Drama Cheryl Ching-Sy, Program Manager Helen Rose S. Sese with Executive Pro-ducer Carolyn Galve.

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THE Gensan Weekend Bazaar opened in grand style along Pioneer Ave. last Oct. 17 2014. Kagawad Dom Lagare explained the objective of the Gensan Weekend Bazaar while Gensan Tourism Council vice presi-dent Philip Pabelic welcomed the crowd on the opening program.

Breathing new lifeto Pioneer Avenue

With the intent to brighten up the Pioneer avenue, and turn it into a night hangout for Generals and tourists alike the Gen-san Weekend Bazaar was a one-stop shopping and foodie mecca that features stalls selling street food, drinks, clothes and acces-sories. There was also a fashion show featuring local mod-els and designers plus per-formances by various local bands to entertain bazaar-goers. The highlight of the evening was a spectacu-lar fireworks display that brightened the skies just right before Davao band, David V.S Goliath, rocked

the house which made Gen-erals bang their heads along with their songs. Once the crowd was warmed up, Slapshock took the stage, and turned the heat up even more, resulting to the cre-

ation of an instant mosh pit in front of the stage. The Gensan Weekend Bazaar was brought to-gether by the GSC Tuna Foundation Inc., Dickies, Pahayahay Resto Bar, and PLDT. Follow me on Twitter or Instagram, @kyriekoutre for more adventures in and around my wonderland that is Gensan, Tuna Capital of the Philippines.

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VOL. 7 ISSUE 156 • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2014

Siot Tanquingcen’s stint as Barako Bull head coach ended so

abruptly that he was not even able to say goodbye to his players.

“It’s sad na hindi pa ako nakakapag-paalam sa kanila,” the coach said during a phone conversa-tion. “Maybe I’ll drop by in one of their practices to say goodbye but of course I’ll ask for the permission of management first.

Tanquingcen found out that his services were no longer needed by the team two days prior to the start of the 40th Sea-son of the PBA. Three days earlier, during the

PBA Chairman’s Ball held at Resorts World Manila, he was still upbeat about the upcoming season. He was hopeful that Bara-ko was going to perform well and his mandate was clear as management told him that the priority is to bring the team back to their old form when they were still known as Red Bull.

“The management wants us to go back to the days of Junthy Valenzue-la and Lordy Tugade and we’re doing that by get-ting a bit younger,” he said Tuesday night. By Friday night, he was no longer employed.

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TIGHT DEFENSE. Francis Gabriel Escandor of Ateneo is hounded on defense by a Jose Maria College player in this bit of action during the

Gaisano Grand Cup at the Gaisano Grand SkyGym on Friday night. JMC won the high school division match. Lean Daval Jr.

SATURDAY night at the StubHub Center in Carson, California,

‘The Filipino Flash’ Nonito Donaire made his return to the ring to defend his WBA Super world featherweight title against the unbeaten Jamaican power puncher, Nicholas ‘Axe Man’ Walters. Coming off of two stoppage wins, Donaire looked to re-gain his status as one of the top fighters in the sport. Despite Donaire’s past ac-complishments, he walked in as the underdog to the fast rising Walters.

From the opening bell, Nicholas Walters moved forward, pressing the action. Both fighters were working their jabs. Donaire was circling away from Walters and look-ing to land his left hook to the body. An even feel out round but Walters was the more active of the two.

In the second round, Donaire showed signs of the sharpness that he possessed when he ruled the flyweight and bantam-weight divisions, counter-ing with sharp shots and showing off his speed. In the closing stages of the round, Nonito Donaire caught Walters with some heavy shots that stunned the Jamaican fighter. The closing bell saved ‘Axe Man’ from receiving any more punishment.

‘The Filipino Flash’ walked into round three confidently, having shown that he had the power to stun the younger Wal-ters. Donaire continued to land clean effective right crosses and hooks, but in an instant the fight took a turn. During an exchange in close quarters, Nicholas Walters landed a crushing right uppercut which sent

Donaire to his knees. Noni-to made the count and was very careful not to get hit by another power shot for the remaining seconds of the round.

Both fighters had shown they had the pow-er to change the fight with one punch, and both were weary of that. In round four, both men were slight-ly tentative and didn’t open up as much as in the pre-vious two rounds. It was a close round to score, as neither man landed any-thing of significance.

After seeming to take the fourth round off, both Donaire and Walters got back to work in the fifth. There was a lot of inside fighting, both landing and receiving but the size edge of Nicholas Walters ap-peared to be wearing on Nonito.

The action contin-

ued into the sixth round. Donaire’s face was showing damage from the earlier exchanges. The end came suddenly as Walters timed Donaire and landed a dev-astating right hand shot to the side of his head. Donaire fell face forward on the can-vas and looked in rough shape. He managed to get up before the ten-count, but the referee deemed he was in no condition to contin-ue and waived the fight off. Nicholas Walters KO 6.

With the win, Nicho-las Walters moves to 25-0 with 21 KO’s.

Following the bout HBO’s Max Kellerman in-terviewed Donaire and got his views on what hap-pened.

Donaire said: “I’m get-ting older but I’m not gon-na take anything from Wal-ters. I was at my best, I’ve never trained this hard.”

TWO of boxing’s biggest names – middleweight

Gennady “GGG” Golovkin and featherweight No-nito Donaire – climbed into the ring on Saturday to defend their WBA ti-tles against challengers they were expected to dominate. Only one of the two met that expec-tation. The other went down to a shocking de-feat.

Golovkin was the one who came through. His opponent, perennial contender Marco Anto-nio Rubio, had no chance from the moment he stepped on the scale at the weigh-in. The rea-son for that was that Rubio, who is a veteran and should have shown more professionalism, could not make the 160-pound weight lim-

it. Therefore, even if he did somehow manage to pull off an upset victory, he would not have taken Golovkin’s title.

As it turned out, Rubio’s evening ended in the second round. Actually, it would not have mattered if Rubio had tipped the scales as a heavyweight. GGG would have demolished him anyway.

Rubio is a cut above the journeyman lev-el, but also a cut below world class, and many, many cuts below the lev-el of a Golovkin. The only reason he even received a shot at GGG is that promoters have been unable to put together more attractive matches for Golovkin against the likes of fellow belt-hold-ers Peter Quillin and Mi-guel Cotto.

What’s next for the Flash? Golovkin up, Donaire down

Barako Bull sacks coach

WHERE TO, NONITO? Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire (left) gets tagged by Nicholas Walters of Ja-maica. Donaire lost via a 6th round stoppage.

ABRUPT STINT. Siot Tanquingcen’s stint as coach of Barako Bull ended be-fore the 40th season opened.

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World boxing cham-pion Manny Pac-quiao launched

his pro basketball career in the Philippines on Sunday in a scoreless debut spent mostly as a cheerleader.

The ring legend, the oldest and shortest player on the floor, had two turn-overs and a foul as starting shooting guard for the Kia team, failing to get off a shot in his first Philippine Basketball Association game.

“It doesn’t matter. What is important is the team won,” said the 35-year-old basketball rookie, who has won world boxing titles in eight different weight divi-sions.

The 1.69-metre (5 foot 7inch) Pacquiao, the team’s player-coach, named him-self a starter against a team called Blackwater, to the delight of a roaring crowd

at the 50,000-seater Phil-ippine Arena.

“Give the ball to Man-ny!” irate fans shouted from the stands as his team swiftly fell behind.

Pacquiao substituted himself after about sev-en minutes with his team trailing by nine points. He spent the rest of the game on the bench as his team rallied.

Chants of “Manny, Man-ny!” reverberated across the stands as Kia won, 80-66.

Pacquiao said he was preoccupied with his de-fence of his World Boxing Organisation welterweight title against undefeated American Chris Algieri in Macau in November.

Already in the thick of training, Pacquiao said he would not play basketball again until after the Macau bout.

Rookie Manny: Flop as player, flight as coach

Ginebra wins big over TextersWITH 52,612 fans

in attendance at the Philip-

pine Arena, the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Kings started their PBA Philip-pine Cup campaign with a dominant 101-81 vic-tory over the Talk ‘N Text Tropang Texters Sunday night.

Without Gilas stal-warts Ranidel De Oca-mpo and Jimmy Alapag, the Texters found it hard to compete against the Kings who were already in mid-season form even if they had limited time to practice with LA Tenorio and Japeth Aguilar.

Aguilar was named the Best Player of the Game as he notched a monstrous stat line with 18 points, 18 rebounds, and five blocks. In last year’s opening conference, Aguilar was a strong candidate for the

Best Player of the Con-ference Award. With his strong first performance, the athletic forward is ex-pected to follow the same path.

Greg Slaughter add-ed 16 points and 12 re-bounds while Marc Bara-cael chipped in 16 points off the bench. Ginebra also got good games from The Fast and The Furious as JJ Helterbrand and Mark Caguioa added a com-bined 22 points.

Tenorio failed to score a field goal in the game and finished with only four points but he did ev-erything else for the Kings with 10 assists, seven re-bounds, and three steals in the game.

More accustomed to the style of head coach Jefffrey Cariaso, Ginebra was fluid on offense and tenacious of defense. On

the flipside, Talk ‘N Text barely had two weeks to practice as a team with new head coach Jong Uichico. The unfamiliarity showed as the multi-titled coach struggled to find the perfect unit to match-up against Ginebra.

Kelly Williams led TNT with 20 points off the bench while Jayson Castro scored 19. Rookie Kevin Alas was their third leading scorer with 10, scoring all of these in the final period.

New recruit and pe-rennial BPC contender Jay Washington failed to score a single point in almost 15 minutes of action for the Texters.

After falling behind by a single point in the first quarter, Ginebra took con-trol of the game in the sec-ond thanks to eight points from Baracael in the peri-od.

KINGS REIGN

PBA MUSES FOR THE PBA 40TH SEASON OPENING CEREMONY. (Left-right) Globalport Batang Pier – Rachel Anne Daquis and Cha Cruz, San Miguel Beermen – Erica Adachi and Alaina Bergsma, KIA Sorento – Jinkee Pacquiao, Baran-gay Ginebra San Miguel – Ellen Adarna, and Barako Bull Energy – Nathalie Den Dekker. Nuki Sabio

MOBBED. Kia Sorento playing coach Manny Pacquiao is mobbed during the PBA Opening Ceremony at the Philip-pine Arena. Nuki Sabio

NO MAN’S LAND. Greg Slaughter (20) is tightly guarded by Kelly Williams and Harvey Carey of Talk N’ Text. Left, rookie Rodney Brondial (91) moves in to assist. Nuki Sabio

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MR. COURAGELegless Dabawenyo swimmer wins bronze in Asian Para Games

Ernie Gawilan of Davao City gave the Philip-pines its first medal

on Sunday in the ongoing 2014 Asian Para Games in Incheon, South Korea.

Gawilan, a resident of Sasa and born without complete legs and hands, won a bronze medal in men’s 200-meter individ-ual medley in swimming. Gawilan clocked 2:50.98 to salvage third place behind Song Maodang of China who won the gold in 2:29 and S. Gayakwad of India who took the silver in 2:38.

“Thank you lord sa mga grasiya nga imong gihatag nako ug sa mga kauban nako,at sa mga taong nag suporta sa amin thank you,” Gawilan posted on his Facebook page shortly after winning the bronze medal.

“We are truly proud of Erwin. Davao City is blessed to have athletes like Erwin who have risen beyond their physical chal-lenges,” said James Infiesto, president of the Philippine Sports Association for Dif-ferent Abled- Davao City (PHILSPADA-Davao) chap-ter, in a personal message to Edge Davao.

In earning the right to represent the country and qualify in the tough Asian Para Games, Gawilan won three gold medals in the ASEAN Para Games in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar in Janu-ary and in New Zealand in July.

The Incheon 2014 Asian Para Games kicked off on Saturday with a co-lourful and vibrant Open-ing Ceremony launched by the Republic of Kore-an Prime Minister Chung Hung Won at Munhak Sta-dium.

In a colorful laser light shows and presentation which carries the theme “Impossible Drive Us”, the

ceremony witnessed by some thousands of spec-tators in the stadium, marked the start of an ex-citing “Para journey” for some 2,500 athletes from 41 Asian nations.

Following the opening proclamation by the Prime Minister, Incheon skies were filled with colourful and fireworks as the Para Games flame was light-ed up by Korean Para and sporting heroes, marking the start the 7-days action which will see athletes vy-ing for honours and excel-lence in 23 sports.

The ceremony was also attended by Internation-al Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven. Other dignitaries include Ministers, top offi-cials and dignitaries from participating countries.

Close to 2500 athletes and more than 1000 of-ficials from 41 National Paralympic Councils are taking part in 23 sports throughout the seven days of competition. From this list of 23, the Incheon 2014 Asian Para Games features four new sports – lawn bowls, sailing, wheelchair rugby and wheelchair dance sport – compared to the Guangzhou 2010 edi-tion.

The 23 sports to be con-tested are archery, athlet-ics, boccia, cycling, football 5-a-side, football 7-a-side, goalball, judo, powerlifting, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, sit-ting volleyball, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair fencing, wheelchair rugby and wheelchair tennis al-ready have a strong follow-ing worldwide and are ex-pected to draw the crowds. Four non-Paralympic sports of badminton, lawn bowls, tenpin bowling and wheelchair dance sport are steadily gaining popularity

among sports enthusiasts.All in, a total 6,196 par-

ticipants which include athletes, officials, media representatives and top officials from 41 countries are taking part in the Games. Korea last host-ed the Games (then FESPIC Games) in Bu-san in 2002.

Host Korea formed the biggest contingent with 328 athletes fol-lowed by Japan (301), China (229), Thailand (201) and Iran (202).

Athletics drew the biggest number of participation of 562 athletes followed by swimming (245 athletes).

LEGLESS WONDER. There is no stopping legless swimmer Erwin Gawilan (top shown in sequence of shots) from being a national athlete as he won a bronze (lower photo) for the Philippines on Sunday night in the Asian Para Games in Incheon, South Korea. Photo courtesy of James Infiesto

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By NEILWIN JOSEPH L. BRAVO