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ConqueringEnglish Channel

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Internet, service interruptionhit Davao, nearby provinces FOR THE FIRST

TIME IN HISTO-RY, a Filipino from

Mindanao will try to swim across the treach-erous English Channel in Great Britain.

“Less than two thou-sand swimmers from around the world have conquered it. But no Pinoy has ever done it yet,” Atty. Ingemar P. Macarine, tout-ed at Pinoy Aquaman, told EDGE Davao in an exclu-sive interview.

The lawyer-triathlete is scheduled to swim alone on August 9. As per official open water rules, the swim-mer who will attempt the challenge has to wear noth-ing more than ordinary swimming trunks, swim cap, and goggles.

“The number one chal-lenge that I will face is the cold water,” he pointed out. “I know I can swim 33 ki-lometers right now with a temperature of 29 degrees Celsius. But swimming that distance with a water temperature of 15 degrees Celsius is gonna be a great challenge.”

As of this writing, Macarine and his team are already at the seaside city of Folkestone, in the south-ern tip of the United King-dom. He is accompanied by Trent Gremsey, who does his training plan and stroke analysis. Filipino swim-ming coaches who assist him on a regular basis for the English Channel swim training are Vincent Indig and Gabby Renzales.

“When I swam 16.8 kilometers non-stop for 5 hours and 49 minutes from Bohol to Cebu last June 12, the water temperature then was 29 degrees Celsius,” Macarine said, adding that he is not used to swimming in the cold water. “That’s the reason why I purposely gained extra 10 kilograms of weight for insulation,” he said.

According to Macarine, the English Channel is “the Mount Everest of open wa-ter swimming.” Actually, it is the body of water that separates southern England from northern France, and joins the southern part of the North Sea to the rest of the Atlantic Ocean. It is about 560 kilometers long and varies in width from

240 kilometers at its widest to 32.3 kilometers in the Strait of Dover.

According to “Wikipe-dia,” the sport of Channel swimming traces its origins to the latter part of the 19th century when Captain Mat-thew Webb made the first observed and unassisted swim across the Strait of Dover, swimming from En-gland to France on August 24–25, 1875 in 21 hours and 45 minutes.

The fastest verified swim of the Channel was by Macarine’s trainer Grim-sey, an Australian, on Sep-tember 8, 2012 in 6 hours and 55 minutes, beating the previous record set in 2007 by Bulgarian swimmer Pe-tar Stoychev.

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INTERRUPTION of internet and data services of the

Philippine Long Distance Tele-phone (PLDT) and Smart hit major towns and cities in Davao and SOCCSKSARGEN areas on Friday afternoon when their underground optic fiber was damaged by an on-going road repair in the area.

At around 03:20 in the afternoon on Friday, July 15, the PLDT Smart sent

via SMS its first advi-sory and received by

EDGE Davao that stated: “PLDT

Smart Network Advisory 1:

Voice call and SMS services of PLDT and

Smart in the cities of Davao, Tagum, General Santos and Koro-nadal and surrounding areas have been degraded due to two breaks in our fiber optic transmission network in Mindanao re-gion. Data services have been interrupted.”

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Macarine may not be able to beat those records, but as the first Filipino to do so, he may be able to swim the English Chan-nel in approximately 13-15 hours, given weather condi-tions and currents.

A proud Bisaya (he was born in Placer, Surigao del Norte) and staunch envi-ronmentalist, Macarine has already stacked 22 open water swims in his résumé, here and abroad. He is the first man to swim from Ba-sul Island to Surigao City -- a distance of 4.2 kilometers in just two hours.

He swam the 12.8 kilo-meters distance from Hik-dop Island to Surigao City in 3 hours and 38 minutes, making him the first person to do so. He is also the first man to conquer the Babuy-an Channel by swimming from Palaui Island to Sta. Ana in Cagayan (7.2 kilo-meters in 2 hours).

In the United States, he became the first Filipi-no to swim from Alcatraz Island Penitentiary to San Francisco, California. He accomplished swimming the 2.7-kilometer distance in just one hour. He is also the first Filipino to swim the 1-kilometer Lucky Lake Swim in Lake Lane, Orlan-do, Florida.

His most recent record was when he conquered Cebu Strait by swimming non-stop the 16.8-kilome-ter distance from Cabilao Island of Loon, Bohol to Argao in Cebu last June 12.

“I intentionally did not broadcast this pioneering swim because I was doubt-ful at first of reaching Cebu as I was still recovering from a severe asthma attack the previous month,” he was quoted as saying. “The swim was to promote clean seas and beaches and to cel-ebrate the 118th Philippine Independence Day.”

Last year, Macarine was nominated for “Man of the Year” award by the World Open Sea Swimming Asso-ciation (WOWSA), a presti-gious swimming organiza-tion based in Huntington, California.

Although he failed to win, Macarine was already named by international conservation group World Wildlife Fund for Na-ture-Philippines as one of its Environmental Heroes a month earlier. He was cited for raising environmental awareness by “pioneering solo channel swimming in the Philippines to promote marine conservation.”

To keep himself fit, he said he sleeps a minimum of 10 hours a day -- espe-cially during training days. “I do this in order for my

body to recover immedi-ately,” he said. “And also a two-hour massage for three days a week. I also jog for one hour, three times a week.”

He doesn’t believe in di-eting. “I eat everything and until I’m full,” he disclosed. “But I love to eat fish and free-range chicken. For red meat, I limit myself to lean meat. I also eat vegetables and fruits, especially ba-nana and mango.”

Like most sports per-sonalities, he doesn’t smoke but he’s a social drinker. “During parties or some occasions (which is very rare), I drink one or two bottles of beer or a glass or two of wine,” he said. “No hard drinks for me.”

As a swimmer, he fol-lows the Marathon Swim-

ming Federation Rules. It means no floating aids of any kind, regu-lar swim suits only, and no physical contact with another human being or with the boats.

Macarine is married to Raquel, with whom he has two children: Lance and Colyn. “My open water swimming is just a passion and a way to promote by envi-ronmental advocacy,” he pointed out. “I just want my children to experi-ence the pristine waters that I enjoyed when I was growing up in Su-

rigao.”When asked if he

were a fish, what he would be, he replied: “I would like to be the great white shark. This partic-ular shark specie is one of the endangered ones as they are being hunted by man for shark fins, teeth and as a trophy for sport fishing.

“Just like our marine environment is being threatened by water pol-lution overfishing and global warming,” he fur-ther said, “I would like to swim also for shark pro-tection.”

WEEKS after Tour-ism Secretary Wanda Corazon

Teo announced her pro-posal to host the forthcom-ing Miss Universe pageant in the Philippines, Presi-dent Rodrigo Duterte has given her the go signal to carry it out.

”The President agreed that sponsoring the event would be a tourism mar-keting coup with Philip-pines’ Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach at the helm,” Teo said.

Teo said Wurtzbach is due to return to the coun-try and call on Duterte even as she assured that commercial sponsors have offered to put up part of the franchise money.

“Sponsoring Miss Uni-verse is our focus right

now, with the plan and sources of funding in tow. We are ready to seize the moment,” Teo said.

Teo earlier said that the hosting of Miss Uni-verse would have a great-er impact to the country’s tourism promotion efforts.

“Once Pia announces that Miss Universe is go-ing to happen here, people abroad will start looking at the map and see where the Philippines is. And, we’re saying, we’d love to have you in PI,” she added.

Teo earlier said that segments of the month-long beauty pageant will be in various tourist sites in Palawan, Boracay and Cebu, which topped the World’s Best Islands 2016 awards by the Travel & Lei-sure magazine. (PNA)

PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte expressed his grief on the death

of more than 80 people and the wounding of 200 others in Nice, France in what is considered as an act of terrorism.

The President in a vid-eo message said “we share the grief of France in the rampage of multiple mur-der of their citizens. We condemn the brutal and violent way that the people were run over by a truck, a terrorist act.”

PRRD has joined oth-

er nations of the world in mourning and expressing solidarity with the French people against terrorism.

On Friday, a gunman smashed a truck into a crowd of revellers cel-ebrating Bastille Day in the southern resort city of Nice, killing at least 84 people.

French President Fran-cois Hollande declared the incident as a “terrorist” at-tack. Several children were among the dead while scores are still in critical condition. (PNA)

Pres. Duterte oks proposal to host Miss U in PHL, says DOT

President Duterte condoles with France, condemns terror attack

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acarine

A proud Bisaya (he was born in Placer, Surigao

del Norte) and staunch

environmentalist, Macarine has

already stacked 22 open water

swims in his résumé, here and

abroad.

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PDEA CHIEF SID. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) director general Isidro Lapeña (right), together with PDEA 11 director Adzhar Albani, answers queries from the media regarding the meeting of President Rodrigo R.

Duterte and suspected drug lord from Cebu Peter Lim who submitted himself to the authorities for investigation on Friday night. Lean Daval Jr.

By FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA

23,774 drug users give up to authorities in Davao

[email protected] ALEXANDER D. LOPEZ

EDGEDAVAO

NEWS

THE Philippine National Police in Davao region (PNP PRO-11) on Satur-

day announced the increase in number of persons involved in the use of illegal drugs who voluntarily surrendered to authorities as the anti-drug campaigns in the area inten-sified following the orders of President Rodrigo Duterte for an all-out war against what he dubbed as “the menace of the

Philippine society.”The number of drug us-

ers who voluntarily yielded to police stations and other gov-ernment agencies in Davao region now at 26,329 the PNP said.

Of the total number, the PNP said 2,360 of these drug users are from Davao City; 3,195 from Davao del Sur; 657 from Davao Occidental; 9,522 from Davao del Norte; 6,667

from Compostela Valley; and 3,928 from Davao Oriental.

A total of 1,674 drug pushers also surrendered to authorities during the period, the PNP PRO-11 added in its report.

Of the total number, 37 of these drug pushers are from Davao City; 53 from Davao de Sur; 29 from Davao Occiden-tal; 417 from Davao del Norte; 312 from Compostela Valley;

and 826 from Davao Oriental.Ten named drug pushers

from Davao City, when pre-sented themselves to author-ities denied of their involve-ment into illegal drug trade, the report added.

A total of 2,709 house visi-tations were already conduct-ed by the PNP in the region in line with the intensified implementation of Project “TOKHANG”.

ONE of the alleged big drug lords, Cebu busi-nessman Peter Lim

surrendered to President Ro-drigo Duterte at the office of the Philippine Drug enforce-ment Agency in Davao region (PDEA-11) in Davao City, on Friday night.

Lim belied the allegation that he is the one Duterte was referring to when he named the top drug lords in the coun-try.

He said that there is thou-sands of Peter Lim in the coun-try.

“I could clear up every-thing because my family is really in deep problem now in Cebu,” Lim said.

Lim though admitted that he was previously investigat-ed by the congress in 2006 because of his alleged involve-

ment in illegal drug trade.The case was however dis-

missed.Lim also expressed his

willingness to help the Duter-te administration in the cam-paign against illegal drugs.

“In any way I will help, in all my ways I can,” he added.

Duterte advised Lim to subject himself to investiga-tion to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), the De-partment of Justice and the Solicitor General.

The president said that Lim must prove to the author-ities that he does not have any involvement into illegal drugs activities.

Duterte also told Lim to bring his lawyer when he fac-es the authorities and they will also present their evidences.

Alleged drug lordLim yields to Rody

ANAKPAWIS Party-list Rep. Ariel Casilao has filed a bill abolishing

the irrigation service fees and other similar fees being paid by Filipino farmers to the Na-tional Irrigation Administra-tion (NIA).

Casilao said House Bill 558, or the proposed “Free Ir-rigation Services Act of 2016,” will also provide the necessary and vital support services and assistance to farmers, includ-ing but not limited to inputs to production, production sup-port, post-harvest facilities and irrigation services.

“The government should promote a comprehensive ru-ral development through in-creased agricultural produc-tion and the adoption of nec-essary and sound measures to accelerate the achievement of self-sufficiency in food, equi-table access to opportunities and sustained productivity in rural areas,” Casilao said.

Casilao said the collec-

tion of irrigation service fees (ISFs) and such other similar or related fees from benefi-ciaries of irrigation systems funded and constructed by, or under the administration of the National Administration (NIA), including the collection of back accounts and the cor-responding penalties thereof, shall all be stopped upon the passage of this Act.

Likewise, Casilao said back accounts and corre-sponding penalties shall be immediately cancelled upon the passage of the proposed act.

For the purpose of ensur-ing the necessary construc-tion, repair and maintenance of irrigation systems adminis-tered by the NIA, Casilao said the required amounts shall be included in the annual Gener-al Appropriations Act (GAA).

Casilao said the State shall provide the necessary subsi-dies to farmers and irrigators associations and cooperatives

to ensure the effective and grassroots-based manage-ment of irrigation systems, the funding of which shall likewise be included in the annual GAA.

Under the bill, the NIA has the power to collect from the users of each irrigation system constructed by it such fees as may be necessary to finance the continuous operation of the system and reimburse within a certain period not less than twenty-five years the cost of construction thereof.

The NIA is allowed to charge and collect from the beneficiaries of the water from all irrigation systems constructed by or under its administration, such fees or administration charges as may be necessary to cover the cost of operation, maintenance and insurance.

Unpaid irrigation fees or administration charges shall be preferred liens, first, upon the land benefited, and then on the crops raised thereon,

which liens shall have prefer-ence over all other liens except for taxes on the land, and such preferred liens shall not be removed until all fees or ad-ministration charges are paid or the property is levied upon and sold by the NIA.

All amounts collected by the National Irrigation Ad-ministration as irrigation fees, administration charges, drain-age fees, equipment rentals, proceeds from the sale of un-serviceable equipment and materials, sale of all reparation goods allocated to the defunct Irrigation Service Unit and the National Irrigation Adminis-tration, and all other income shall be added to its operating capital.

The bill mandates the NIA to impose as an administra-tion and engineering overhead charge, 5 percent of the total cost of projects undertaken by it, which shall likewise form part of its operating capital. (PNA)

Casilao files bill to abolish irrigation fees

BESIDES South Cotabato, five more local govern-ment units (LGUs) in

SOCCSKSARGEN region land-ed in the lists of top 10 most competitive LGUs in the coun-try based on the results of the 2016 Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index released by the National Competitive Council (NCC).

Gov. Daisy Avance-Fuent-es, announced during opening ceremony of the 17th T’nalak Festival and 50th Foundation Anniversary of the province that South Cotabato will be awarded the 3rd Most Compet-itive Province in the country.

“We are thankful that we achieved this recognition de-

spite trials and challenges,” Gov. Fuentes said.

Based on the results of the 2016 Cities and Municipali-ties Competitive Index posted on the NCC website two more provinces in SOCCSKSARGEN Region are among the top 10 most competitive provinces.

North Cotabato landed in no. 5 spot and Sultan Kudarat in No. 6.

Meanwhile, Midsayap in North Cotabato; Polomolok in South Cotabato; and Isulan in Sultan Kudarat are Nos. 5, 8 and 10 respectively in the list of Most Competitive 1st and 2nd Class Municipalities.

Leading LGUs were rec-

6 Region 12 LGUs among most competitive in PHL

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By FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA

NEWS

ELECTED local execu-tives involved in ille-gal drug trade have

reached 300 and still rising, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) secretary Ismael “Mike” Sueno said.

“We hope to have a clearer picture before July 20,” Sueno said in a press conference at Hotel Elena in Davao City recently.

Sueno said that all the arrest and search warrants will be ready by the end of

the month.The DILG and the Moro

Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are currently ex-changing drug-related infor-mation since an agreement for joint effort and coopera-tion on anti-drugs operation was signed Tuesday night.

Sueno said some of the names of elected local exec-utives from Mindanao listed on DILG’s watch list were present in the notes given by the MILF during the meet-

PHILIPPINE Drug En-forcement Agency (PDEA) Director Isidro

Lapeña said that President Rodrigo Duterte gave them instructions for the construc-tion of additional rehabilita-tion centers in the country.

Lapeña told reporters in a press conference on Sat-urday that the country now lacks rehabilitation centers as the number of drug depen-dents who surrendered for the past weeks have doubled in number.

There are six regions in the country that do not have publicly owned rehabilita-tion centers, the PDEA direc-tor added.

“We have a shortage of rehabilitation centers and right now there are even re-gions that do not have reha-bilitation centers. There are six regions,” Lapeña pointed out.

He added that PDEA, faced by the shortage of such

facilities have encouraged drug dependents to undergo rehabilitation as outpatients.

The Department of Health (DOH) will lead the construction of more govern-ment-owned rehabilitation centers in the country, La-peña stressed.

He also told reporters that they are currently coor-dinating with the local gov-ernment units for the con-struction of rehab centers in their area of responsibilities.

Lapeña said that the gov-ernment will also implement projects that will provide support to those who are involved in illegal drugs and transform their lives into bet-ter citizen after they go out of the rehabilitation centers.

“We are coordinating with other government agen-cies for other programs that will enhance those people to be a better citizen when they go out of rehab,” he added. FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA

PHILIPPINE Drug Enforcement Agen-cy (PDEA) Director

Isidro Lapeña on Saturday named a PDEA agent who was dismissed because of his involvement in illegal drugs trade.

Speaking before report-ers in Davao City, Lapeña identified the agent as Al-varo Tablico from PDEA Re-gion 4-A.

The PDEA chief said that Tablico is currently un-der investigation and reas-signed to the PDEA national office.

“Right now he is in the national headquarters of PDEA in Quezon City. He is relieved from his office in Region 4-A and now as-signed in our admin holding

room,”Lapeña pointed out.Tablico’s involvement in

illegal drugs was mentioned last week by Lapeña during the burning of P1.7 billion worth of illegal drugs in Cavite.

Lapeña clarified that it was only Tablico who was relieved from his post.

The PDEA chief an-nounced that three drug personalities expressed their interest to surrender to authorities.

However, he refused to identify the three drug per-sonalities.

Earlier, the Odicta Drug Group turned themselves to authorities as the campaign against the use and trading illegal drugs intensified in the country.

RUBY WELCOMES ‘KASALAN’ GUESTS. Abreeza Mall marketing manager Ruby B. Ochoa recognizes the guests and participants in her welcome speech during the opening of Kasalang Filipino 2016, the 11th Philippine Wedding and Tourism Fair Roadshow, at the mall’s atrium on Friday evening. Lean Daval Jr.

Duterte wants more rehab centers in PH

Lapeña names agentin illegal drug trade

More than 300 LGU officialsinto drugs to be arrested

[email protected] CHENEEN R. CAPON

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Timeline of terrorIN the last 18 months, 234 people have died in French terror

attacks – more than in the previous 100 years.On Friday, France is devastated by yet another attack that left

84 people dead and 202 injured when a man driving a rented truck plowed through the Bastille Day celebrations in Nice.

The driver, identified as 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, was shot dead by police at the scene.

It was the fifth attack carried out by terrorists on French soil in less than two years.

The maniac– thought to be Isis-related – deliberately drove the truck into a crowd of people. Yes, a truck. A lorry to be exact, this time was the weapon of choice of this latest terror attack.

A truck as a weapon of choice? Not a gun? Not a bomb? Not even a car bomb? Or a suicide bomber? But a truck?

Who would have thought?Yes, who would have expected? Isn’t that an element of terror

attacks? The weapon of choice should not be one that’s obvious and the one carrying it out unsuspicious.

So when the truck whose carriage was a closed refrigerated one passes by through security on a busy promenade, one can only sus-pect it is carrying perishable food, and on a night of celebrations.

Again, who would have thought?Even the man driving was unconcealed. Yes, he hid a weapon in

the truck’s cabin, but with clear windows on a lighted street and his image very much visible.

Again, who would have thought?Even the man who had previous brushes with the law, never had

any links with terror groups. So even if he s a police character, he still is not a suspected terrorist. He was a loner who had just been left by his wife and three children.

Again, who would have thought?But then again, terrorism attacks just when you thought it won’t.

And there lies the difference.On a night of France’s celebration of their freedom (Bastille Day),

and after winning the Euro Cup 2016 title in a peaceful hosting just a week ago, the night of fireworks, crowded promenade, and street revelry were perfect elements of terror.

Four previous terror incidents in the past 18 months from the Charlie Hebdo attack to the Stade de France and Bataclan theatre and 234 people killed are still fresh in France’s memory.

At hindsight, we can just all look back and ask—again, why didn’t French auhorities think of that?

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“THERE were no oceans on Oasis, no large bodies of water, and presum-ably no fish. He wondered whether

this would cause comprehension problems when it came to certain crucial fish-related Bi-ble stories. There were so many of those: Jonah and the whale, the miracle of the loaves and the fishes, the Galilean disciples being fishermen, the whole ‘fishers of men’ analogy . . . the bit in Matthew 13 about the kingdom of heaven be-ing like a net cast into the sea, gathering fish of every kind . . . Even in the opening chapter of Genesis, the first animals God made were sea creatures.” ― Michel Faber in“The Book of Strange New Things”

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Currently, an average person consumes 20 kilograms of fish a year. With that record consumption, the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) warned that global fish stocks cannot keep up with the de-mand.

“Life below water, which the Sustainable Development Agenda commits us to conserve, is a major ally in our effort to meet a host of challenges, from food security to climate change,” FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva was quoted as saying by Inter Press Service.

In its annual report on the “State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture,” FAO said that global supply of fish for human consumption has outpaced human-population growth in

the past five decades, and is double the level of the 1960s.

According to the news re-port, some 57 million people were engaged in the primary fish production sectors, a third of them in aqua-culture. “Devel-oping countries were the source of $80 billion of fishery ex-ports, providing higher net-trade revenues than meat, tobacco, rice and sugar combined,” the FAO pointed out.

In just the past 50 years, said a study which was published in “Nature” in 2003, in-dustrial fleets have fished out at least 90% of all large ocean predators: tuna, marlin, sword-fish, sharks, cod, halibut, skates and flounder.

“We’re so good at killing things,” said lead researcher Ransom Myers of Dalhousie Uni-versity in Canada, “that we don’t even know how much we’ve lost.”

The Philippines has one of the highest population growth rates in the world. Esti-mates show that if the present rapid popula-tion growth and declining trend in fish pro-duction continue, only a few kilograms of fish will be available per Filipino per year in the

coming years, as opposed to 28.5 kilograms per year in 2003.

“Without any change in fish consumption and no active human population management program,” the World Bank report warned, “domestic demand for fish will reach 3.2 bil-lion kilograms by 2020, given the projected population growth rate of the country.”

Even if the government can check the cur-rent population growth, there’s one problem that cannot be solved by the country alone: global warming.

“We still have enough fish now but with global warming we may have problems in the next five to ten years unless we do something about it,” warns Dr. Rafael D. Guerrero III, for-mer executive director of the Laguna-based Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Re-search and Development (PCAMRD).

The destruction of the ecosystems that support fishery has confounded the prob-lem. Take the case of coral reefs. “(They) are the food basket for the fish,” said Senator Lo-ren Legarda in a statement. “A square kilome-ter of healthy coral reef may yield to about 30 tons of seafood every year. But sea level rise, floods that damage fish farms, and increased acidification of the oceans by 2050 could re-duce farmed fish yield by 90%.”

The destruction of coral reefs, whether due to coral bleaching or destructive fish-ing practices, would translate to lower fish catch and lower protein for the people. “It is estimated that 80% of the animal protein re-

quirement of Filipinos come from our seas,” Legarda reminded.

Mangroves are not spared from destruc-tion. “All over the country, whatever coastal province you visit, you see the same plight - desolate stretches of shoreline completely stripped of mangrove cover and now total-ly exposed to the pounding of the ocean’s waves,” a marine environmentalist deplored.

Experts are very worried at this pros-pect as mangroves are home to 68 species of fish (including “bangus,” “kitan,” “tilapia,” eel, and mullet, to name a few), 54 species of crustaceans (shrimps, prawns, and crabs), and 56 species of gastropods.

“Fish use the spaces under the mass of prop roots of mangrove trees as ‘delivery rooms,’ and the offspring of many marine spe-cies spend their growing period in the man-grove swamps before moving on to the open said,” explained Dr. Guerrero.

Something must be done soon -- if we still want to have fish in our table in the coming years. “The oceans are the planet’s last great living wilderness, man’s only remaining fron-tier on Earth, and perhaps his last chance to prove himself a rational species,” John L. Cul-liney pointed out.

In “Rise Up and Salute the Sun,” author Suzy Kassem wrote: “Teach all men to fish, but first teach all men to be fair. Take less, give more. Give more of yourself, take less from the world. Nobody owes you anything, you owe the world everything.”

IN the war chronicles involving Davao City, many interment survivors did not fail to mention the Happy Life Blues, a popular pre-

war cabaret at Matina area owned by Polyok, a Chinese businessman. The nightspot was a popular nightspot where men were given the chance to sit down and dance with balleri-nas. But its existence also became a source of household troubles as wives viewed the es-tablishment as an excuse for spouses to come home late.

Dr. John Russel Frank, grandson of the founder of Davao Light & Power Co. who was born at the old Brokenshire Hospital, wrote in On the Road Home: An American Story (2010) that the cabaret was “a carefree Filipino night-spot known for good jazz but also for partying and fighting. The knife-wheeling brawls there earned the cabaret the nickname ‘Bucket of Blood.’ [It] was located two and a half miles from town center on the Davao South road near Matina Reservoir.” It gained notoriety, though, when war broke out because it became a Japanese internment camp that hosted pris-oners of war gathered from various regions of Mindanao, including civilians and missionaries from the Visayas.

The first signs the nightspot would be transformed into a prison camp was in August 1942, eight months after Davao fell into the hands of the invaders. According to Dr. Frank, “the internees [who were brought to the cab-aret from their confinement] were ordered to drive fence posts deep into the ground and string three strands of barbed wire around the area. The prisoners completed the fencing by noon the second day. That afternoon, the pris-

oners cut grass and weeds between the fence and the jungle. Then at five o’clock, the internees returned by bus to their compound in Davao. The fol-lowing day the internees re-turned to build a gate and adjoining guardhouse.”

It was not until Sept. 22, 1942 that the in-ternees were moved to their second confine-ment. They had to leave Davao Club, and some of them who were at the Rodaeche residence were also moved out. For a property that was less than a hectare, the individuals confined there would be overflowing. Until the next Feb-ruary, its occupants would balloon to 279—men, women, and children.

Manila-born Cecily Marshall (nee Mat-tocks), daughter of an American missionary couple assigned in Zamboanga in the 1920’s, vividly remembered that on Feb. 25, 1943, af-ter 13 months of hiding in the mountains, her family gave up to the Japanese. Along with her father who was a pastor of the Holy Trinity Church, her mother, a younger sister, a brother, and 32 others, they were herded and shipped to Davao on a filthy vessel. Upon arrival in the city, the Mattocks family was interned at the Matina nightclub.

In Counting the Days: POWs, Internees, and

Stragglers of World War II in the Pacific (2012), Craig B. Smith documents this transfer of in-ternees: “[The prisoners were] moved to a per-manent camp in Davao, in what had formerly been a club called the Happy Life Blues Caba-ret.”

Another account can be found in Civilian Prisoners of the Japanese in the Philippine Is-lands: Years of Hardship, Hunger and Hope: January 1942-February 1945 (2002), which described the ordeal of internees: “The cabaret was called the Happy Life Blues and the Gul-bransons (an American family) were allotted a six-foot square space in the middle of the dance floor. They strung up mosquito netting and made their home for another year.”

Joseph C. Huber, Jr., who gathered tales of woes about the Happy Life Blues experiences of prisoners in Such a Life (2014), quoted an in-ternee: “We were allotted so many square feet of floor space for each one. The Japs brought in about 60 more people, missionaries from East-ern Zamboanga. Things were very primitive as we had to go to the bathroom by squatting behind two pieces of tin, until the men could make a wooden commode [‘a piece of furniture containing a concealed chamber pot’]. To take a bath, the Japs would turn on one spigot for one hour or so at least 6 of us would have to crowd together and wash.”

Fr. Lawrence W. Bunzel, a member of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), also wrote emotionally about his plight while at the cab-aret in his memoirs, The Odyssey of a Priest (1982). Church Jones, an American internee, also wrote in a blog: “We were incarcerated in the ‘Happy Life Blues’ facility, which had actual-

ly been a brothel before the war.”In Captured: The Japanese Internment of

American Civilians in the Philippines, 1941-1945, (2000), Frances B. Cogan drew from the diary of Frank Carey, an American captured and first interned at the library of the ‘Foreign-er’s Club’ (Davao Club) on Dec. 31, 1941, before he was moved to a private residence at Matina, ‘just opposite a brothel!’

The brothel was the Happy Life Blues. Co-gan, citing Carey, wrote “the camp itself was filthy and had to be cleaned up; internees had to dig toilets and also prepare a place for cook-ing. This location was also rich with vermin of one sort or another, not just with the usual bedbugs inside but with rats and snakes in the open around the building.”

Worse, the prisoners were unkempt and without medical care. Terry Wadsworth Warne, in her personal account, Terry: The In-spiring Story of a Little Girl’s Survival as a POW During WWII (2012), wrote: “In the Happy Life Blues Prison Camp, people would come by our shanty to borrow the magnifying glass. They would hold it under the rays of the sun to dry up the pus and ooze of their ulcers and help them heal. It [magnifying glass] proved to be a great blessing not only to ourselves but also to many of our fellow prisoners.”

If only to highlight the significant role this cabaret played during the global conflict, local historical societies, big or small, should be en-couraged to place a marker on the spot to re-mind Davao residents of the atrocities of war. If a structure now stands on its place, a marker should be a fitting closure to a grim chapter of Davao’s history.

Where have all our fish gone?

A cabaret named ‘Happy Life Blues’

Antonio V. Figueroa

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BIG 8 HOTEL IN ‘KASALAN’. The marketing team of Big 8 Hotel poses for a photograph at their booth during the opening of Kasalang Filipino 2016, the 11th Philippine Wedding and Tourism Fair Roadshow, at the mall’s atrium on Friday evening. Lean Daval Jr.

TRADE undersecretary Senen C. Perlada said foreign coconut buyers

are set to fly down to Davao City for the business matching during the Cocolink 2016, an international coconut confer-ence, slated on July 27-29 at the SMX Lanang Convention Center.

“There will be live buyers from US, Korea, Japan, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and oth-er European countries,” Per-lada told reporters in a recent press conference this week.

The three-day conference will gather various stakehold-ers in the local and interna-tional coconut industry that include the coconut growers, manufacturers, processors, ex-perts and traders.

Perlada said “it is time for the Philippines to expand its footprint in the global mar-ket” by innovating its coco-nut-based products according to the demand of the market.

“We must be able to lead this particular sector because we have the quality, produc-tivity and manpower,” he said, adding the country is one of the topmost coconut produc-ers and exporters in the world.

The undersecretary said some of the country’s coco-nut-based products like oil and copra have stagnant growth in terms of export, but products like coconut water, virgin coco-nut oil (VCO) and activated car-bon have increasing demand in the global market.

Perlada noted that the Philippines exported a total of US$ 1.2-billion worth of co-conut oil products, including crude oil and VCO in 2014, with 8.2 percent compound annual growth rate.

“This only means that we have an increasing share in the increasing demand in the glob-al market,” he added.

For activated carbon, the country had a pie share of US$95 million in 2015, or a compound annual growth rate of 15 percent, which was high-er than the 12.4 percent world compound annual growth rate.

“Demand for activated carbon is increasing. You can see different products with this compound like toothpaste, soap and shampoos,” he said. “If only our farmers will be able to adopt better techniques in processing charcoals, then they will be able to value-add it.”

Also, the Philippines was able to export in 2014 a total of US$6.7-million worth of liq-uid coco milk, US$80-million worth of coco water, US$ 2.3 million bukayo (sweetened grated coconut meat), US$ 10.2 million-worth of coco milk powder, and US$153 mil-lion worth of desiccated coco-nut.

For non-food, the country was able to export US79-mil-lion worth of products abroad.

Perlada said farmers are essential part of the devel-opment of the industry by becoming suppliers of raw materials to processors and manufacturers.

Moreover, he said, farmers can venture into processing of their own coconut products like VCO and coco water.

“Farmers should not commoditize but improve the branding of their coconut products, so that price will re-main high in the international market,” he added.

Perlada added that the in-ternational market is demand-ing for more single-origin, branded agri-based products.

He believed that the coco-nut industry, once its potential is maximized, will promote “inclusive growth and inclusive business.” CHENEEN R. CAPON

AMID the growing inter-est from both local and foreign tourists, the De-

partment of Tourism in Davao Region (DOT-11) is eyeing to offer a “Duterte Tour” package next month just in time for this year’s Kadayawan Festival.

“We will be having the dry-run by the end of the month,” DOT 11 Regional Di-rector Roberto P. Albado III told reporters in a recent in-terview at The Pinnacle Suites and Hotel.

Alabado said he’s been in talks with different stakehold-ers from the private sector for weeks and the plan to have

the tour, which will showcase President Rodrigo Duterte’s life, is being put in place.

He told reporters of the “very good metamorphosis” of President Duterte that have drawn interest to many tour-ists, both foreign and local.

The direction and poli-cies of Duterte and his Cabi-net is also enticing tourists to fly to Davao City to see how the president, who was once a mayor started his political career before becoming the country’s chief executive.

Duterte served as Davao City’s mayor for 22 years. He also became a city prosecutor,

congressman and vice mayor for his daughter and reelected Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio.

Alabado said the tour package will cost between P300 to P400 per person. “We’re still finalizing some of the details.”

He added that tour oper-ators might include President Duterte’s favorate food place Sana’s Carenderia in the itin-erary, aside from the Davao City Hall, Museo Dabawenyo, Duterte’s House, People’s Park , among others,

Alabado said the numbers of tourists have been record-ing an “above average” hotel

occupancy rate in Davao City since the election campaign of President Duterte.

The increase in visitors was also attributed to the victory of President Duterte during the May 9 election that attracted visitors that include supporters and well-wishers who would like to have a per-sonal encounter with the 71-year old president.

The DOT-11 still main-tained a target tourists’ growth rate of 10 percent, despite the region has been attaining an average of 12 to 13 percent annual growth rate in the last five years.

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Davao’s confab to gather foreign, local coco industry stakeholders

THE Villar family’s retail arm All Value Holdings Corp. will invest Php1.2

billion more to bring total AllHome appliance and fur-nishings stores to 20 by the middle of next year, optimistic about growth prospects of the home-improvement business.

All Value chairman Manuel B. Villar expects sales can dou-ble this year, as the business

tracks the growth of the hous-ing sector.

“The home-improve-ment is part and partial of the whole housing sector. After the housing sector booms, the home-improvement segment follows,” he told reporters on the sidelines of the opening of its 13th AllHome store in Anti-polo City on Friday.

Villar bared the seven

more stores will be located mostly in Mega Manila as well as one situated in Iloilo.

Investment for putting up about two-storey store costs about Php200 million, he said.

Villar added the target 20 stores by middle of 2017 will provide 220,000 square me-ters in gross floor area of retail space.

Apart from constructing

new AllHome stores, he said the company has also expand-ed its existing stores located in Taguig; San Jose del Monte, Bulacan; and Cebu.

Villar said they are also expanding its store located in Daang Hari in Cavite from 13,000 square meters to 18,000 square meters to make it AllHome’s flagship site. (PNA)

LABOR and Employment Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III will convene all

the DOLE regional directors, including selected heads of bureaus, attached agencies, and services next week to con-tinue discussing issues and strategies needed to address labor contractualization in the country.

In his memorandum, Bello ordered all the DOLE regional directors, including the direc-tors of the Bureaus of Working Conditions, Local Employ-ment, Labor Relations, Work-ers with Special Concerns; the Legal Service, National Labor Relations Commission, National Conciliation and Mediation Board, and Nation-al Wages and Productivity Commission, for a workshop on July 18-19 to review poli-cies and legal framework and assess the contracting and sub-contracting practices in industries.

“This is our continuing effort to address the issue of contractualization pursuant to President Duterte’s directive

to afford full protection to con-tractual workers and ensure that their rights are upheld,” Bello said.

The DOLE chief also reit-erated that the use of short-term employment contracts, whether these are through direct hiring by employers or through contracting out, which is contrary to the provisions of Articles 106 to 109 of the Labor Code, as amended, or are in circumvention of Article 249, are not allowed.

To this effect, Bello also directed the regional directors to strictly implement the labor law compliance system.

Bello also instructed the Bureau of Working Conditions to prepare a profile of contrac-tors and subcontractors based on the results or findings of labor laws compliance officers. “This will enable us to come up with a reliable and credible background of contracting and subcontracting in the country,” he added.

Bello likewise enjoined the regional directors to submit

DEPARTMENT of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lo-

pez urges local government units (LGUs) to push for pol-icies that will make micro and small businesses competitive.

In an interview, Lopez said LGUs should make their

policies in the “same tune” with the direction of Presi-dent Rodrigo Duterte to uplift the lives of micro and small enterprises.

“President Duterte wants to boost MSMEs (micro, small, and medium enter-prises). LGUs should be in the

same tune. Pushing compet-itiveness is important if you really want to help the micro and small sector. It is really important that we really help everyone to prosper,” the DTI chief said.

“And through an entre-preneurial-mindset LGU that

will encourage competitive-ness, competitive policy and business environment in the local government level, that will be a big help to uplift real-ly the lives of micro and small businesses,” he added.

Lopez also challenges

DOLE directors, agency headsto discuss contractualization

Villar group to invest P1.2 B for 7 AllHome branches

DTI to LGU: Push policies for micro, small biz competitiveness

A UNITED Nations (UN) Tribunal ruling favor-ing the Philippines

on the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) dispute has led some Chinese netizens to call for boycott of mangoes from the Philippines.

Among the Philippines exports to China, the world’s second largest economy, are electronics and mineral prod-ucts.

In 2015, China was the Philippines’ second largest trading partner with a share of 13.6 percent of total trade, amounting to USD 17.646 bil-lion.

Some analysts said the figures faced adjustments as a result of the resolution of The Hague, Netherlands-based Permanent Court of Arbitra-tion, which on July 12, 2016 ruled in favor of the Philip-

pines.In a press release, the

Tribunal said it “found that Mischief Reef, Second Thom-as Shoal and Reed Bank are submerged at high tide, form part of the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of the Philippines, and are not overlapped by any possible entitlement of China.”

It also cited that China interfered with Philippine pe-

troleum exploration in Reed Bank, purported to prohibit fishing by Philippine vessels within the Philippines’ exclu-sive economic zone, protected and failed to prevent Chinese fishermen from fishing within the Philippines’ exclusive eco-nomic zone at Mischief Reef and Second Thomas Shoal and constructed installations and artificial islands at Mis-

ING Bank economist hopes for positive outcome of UN Tribunal’s decision

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But as luck may have it, the Indigent Children Educational Assistance (ICEA) Inc. lead by the very able and dynamic Ms. Chit Suarez together with the ICEA Perform-ing Arts Inc. decided to do a repeat performance last July 2 at the bigger CAP Grand Audito-rium. “We decided to re-stage the musical as there were still people who were requesting for a repeat performance,” said Tita Chit at an in-terview before the show, “This means we will be able to raise more funds to help send more in-digent children of the women inmates of the Bureau of Jail Manage-ment and Penology to school.” The cast of the Gala night performance was lead by Benjamin Pon Bautista playing Jean Valjean whose spirited vocals conveyed the clearly the story of Vic-tor Hugo’s novel to the

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DUE TO SOME UNFORESEEN CIR-CUMSTANCE, I WAS NOT ABLE TO CATCH THE FIRST STAGING OF ICEA PERFORMING ARTS LAST MAY. I would be one of the first to tell everyone that I was properly sad that I was missing a great show.

Mrs. Ternardier sings with the ladies.

Fantine sells her jewelery to survive in the streets of Paris.

Benjamin Pon Bautista as Jean Valjean.

ICEA Performing Arts restages

Les Miserables


THE UNIVERSITY OF MINDANAO topped SM City Davao’s cheerdance com-petition last July 10. The group awed the audience of almost a thousand with their seamless and exhilarating routine.

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Dance U is part of SM Davao’s University Fair which gathered 14 aca-demic institutions and specialized schools from around the country. Tail-ing on second place was the University of South-eastern Philippines while Mabini National High School took home the third place. UAAP Season 78 Cheerdance Competi-tion Champions NU Pep Squad graced the occa-sion and conducted a cheerdance workshop. To cap the event, the country’s top pep squad

performed an adrenaline-charged number, demon-strating why the group has bagged the UAAP championships for the past 3 years. The University Fair this year was participated in by the University of the Philippines in Mindanao, De La Salle- College of Saint Benilde, University of Asia and the Pacific, SOFA Fashion Institute, Ateneo de Davao Univer-sity, Silliman University, Mapua Institute, Davao Doctors’ College, Univer-sity of Mindanao, Center for Asian Culinary Arts,

IChef, IslaCare-MOST Institute and Joji Ilagan Bian Career Center. U-Fair, which was opened last July 7, also provided venues for the Department of Educa-tion XI and the Technical Education and Skills De-velopment Authority XI

to discuss the K-12 Path and Skills Development options, respectively. Catch more exciting events at SM City Davao. Like SM City Davao on Facebook and follow them on Twitter of Insta-gram for event and pro-mo updates.

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FAMILIES WILL ONCE AGAIN GET AN UPGRADE in their TV entertainment as SKYcable beefs up its roster of pay-per-view offerings every month with fresh-off-the-cinema releases, hit and critically-acclaimed movies, and special live events that subscribers can enjoy in the comforts of their homes.

Starting this July, families can enjoy the widest selection of pay-per-view options on high definition like blockbuster movies from Star Cinema and Viva Films on SKY Pay-Per-View Box Office, restored titles on SKY Pay-Per-View Classics, award-winning independent films on SKY Pay-Per-View Critics’ Choice, live or recorded coverages of concerts and special events on SKY Pay-Per-View VIP Access, and live coverage of must-see sports events on SKY Pay-Per-View Sports.

“The demand for a wide selection of entertaining content among Filipinos is rising.

Entertainment now isn’t just about hit TV shows. Filipinos are looking for engaging world-class content that they can conveniently access at home and SKY Pay-Per-View aims to address this need,” Alan Supnet marketing head of Sky Cable Corporation said.

He added that SKY realized the need to develop a richer content library for pay-per-view when they observed how most Filipinos struggle to find avenues to watch movies, restored classics, indie films, and live coverages of events.

“When Filipinos miss the chance to catch a film during its theatrical release, they have to wait for months to watch it on TV, DVD, or during a limited screening. When they are in the provinces, they don’t have the opportunity to be part of highly anticipated events that are usually held in Manila. SKY Pay-Per-View now becomes their portal to get front-row access to all these enriching TV viewing experiences,” Supnet

added. Beginning this

month, SKY Pay-Per-View opens doors to a world of banner premium offerings. For SKY Pay-Per-View Critics’ Choice, the eight-hour Lav Diaz opus “Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis” will be having a seven-day continuous viewing until July 24, while the blockbuster hit “Just The 3 of Us” starring John Lloyd Cruz and Jennylyn Mercado which hit theaters in May, will be the star offering for SKY Pay-Per-View Box Office until July 31.

SKY Pay-Per-View Sports also became the platform for the live coverage of “Pinoy Pride 37 Fists of Fury” last Sunday that featured the epic showdown between Prince Albert Pagara and Cesar Juarez.

Apart from the promise of convenience, Sky Cable also takes into consideration viewing flexibility among Filipinos as it offers all its Pay-Per-View content on SKY On Demand, its video-on-demand platform. Through SKY

On Demand, Filipinos can watch any of the Pay-Per-View offerings they subscribed to on any device anytime, anywhere. They also have the power to pause and rewind the content they are streaming. Access to SKY On Demand is available when subscribers are using a SKYbroadband or SKYmobi (mobile internet) connection.

SKY aims to bring a wide array of premium content closer to Filipino families that they can conveniently watch using multiple devices. Sky Cable Corporation is a unit of ABS-CBN, the country’s leading media and entertainment organization.

To activate subscription to “Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis” on SKY Pay-Per-View Critics’ Choice and “Just The 3 of Us” on SKY Pay-Per-View Box Office, subscribers can call their local SKY office or text SUBSCRIBE<space>9-digit account number to 23662. For more information, visit mysky.com.ph.

New movie releases, live events, restored classics

Sky reveals more premium pay-per-view options every month for the family

ANOTHER SOURCE OF FILIPINO PRIDE IS COMING HOME.

“Ignacio de Loyola,” the first-ever Filipino produced movie screened at the Vatican, will finally be seen by Filipinos as it premieres on July 23 at The Theater at Solaire Resort and Casino, Paranaque City in a fund-raising dinner organized by the alumni of Ateneo de Manila University for the benefit of the Jesuit Infirmary and Jesuit Scholastics in the Philippines.

The special screening of the Jesuit Communications (JesCom)-produced full length independent film on the life of the Society of Jesus’ founder St. Ignatius of Loyola will start at 4pm, and will have a live performance of the musical scoring, composed by the “Maestro” Ryan Cayabyab, featuring the ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra and the Ateneo Chamber Singers, under the masterful direction of Gerard Salonga.

“Ignacio de Loyola The Movie” takes a modern approach on the story of the very first Jesuit who is known as the “Saint of

Second Chances.” It narrates the story of a sinner who realizes that the greatest battles are fought within -- the choice between violence and mercy, anger and forgiveness, hope and despair, darkness and light. Ignacio was a worldly soldier who gave up his dreams of knighthood after being crippled in battle. Eventually, he found the Jesuit order during his recovery.

Based on a post from the movie’s official Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/ignaciomovie, the movie received great reviews during its sneak preview last June 14 by the Vatican with Fr. Antonio Spadaro, S.J., director of La Civilta Cattolica — an Italian magazine

founded by a group of Jesuits, who said, “I like this film so much because it gives you the meaning, the core of the life of Ignatius of Loyola. The Ignatius here is represented as a person of great spiritual dynamic and struggle. At the same time, it represents the interior life in action. So this movie gave me a lot and it is very well done.”

“Ignacio de Loyola The Movie” is an ambitious project, produced by Filipino filmmakers in collaboration with a European cast and crew. The scope of the film meant shooting the biopic almost entirely in Spain, Ignacio’s home, for about two months. It also stars a Spanish-speaking cast led

by Andreas Muñoz, who portrayed the revered “sinner soldier-turned-Soldier of Christ.”

Witness the making of the film in an ABS-CBN DocuCentral documentary airing on ANC, the ABS-CBN News Channel’s Documentary hour, that showcases behind the scene footage of the film, interviews with the actors as well as the Filipino crew including Cayabyab, who will all share their experiences and the challenges they encountered while making the film. The documentary airs this Saturday, July 16, at 10pm and on July 22 at 8pm on ANC’s Documentary Hour.

For tickets and inquiries to the July 23 special screening at Solaire Resort and Casino, call the Jesuit Communications office at (632) 4265971 to 72 and look for Cathy Cardoz or Cynthia Estrella. For more information, visit the ANC website, news.abs-cbn.com/anc or follow its social media account on Facebook and Twitter (@ANCALERTS) and the movie’s official Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ignaciomovie/).

‘Ignacio de Loyola’ movie premieres in Ph on July 23

KAPUSO actor Mark Herras finally becomes Conan My Beautician this Sunday (July 17).

From one disaster to another, Conan has to endure another problem as his mother Perla (Lotlot de Leon) got hit by a hearse and went comatose. Left with no choice, Conan will pretend to be gay to land a job in a beauty salon.

But donning on woman’s clothes will not be enough for Conan to grab the position, especially since his would-be co-workers at Salon Paz seem to suspect the truth about him. Mimi (Betong Sumaya), Greg (Jerald Napoles), Debbie (Boobsie) and Pia (Tetay) will test Conan to determine if he is gay as he claims to be.

Meanwhile, Chika La Chaka (Cacai Bautista) is still bent on finding where Conan is. The latter, on the other hand, is about to finally meet the girl who will win his heart: Ava (Megan Young). But it looks like Conan has competition: the equally-dashing Prince (Rodjun Cruz).

Catch the hilarious and colorful world of Conan My Beautician every Sunday, 5 p.m. on GMA 7 (30).

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audience. Equal mention should be given to Alex Pepe as Inspector Javert who gave the character of the French lawman his own personal quirk and ac-cent. Kristina Lee Patricio easily tackled the the iconic songs of Fantine. I find it really hard to sing a song right especially when ev-erybody else in the audi-ence knows the lyrics of the song too. The rest of the cast include John Carlo Badayos as Marius, Mary Clare Mosqueda as Cosette, and Liezl Sepe as Eponine. Special mention should be given to Marion Velillia and Pia Lourdes Montano who played as the thieving and scheming Thenardier

couple whose unique char-acters, mannerism, lines, and songs are challenging even for seasoned thespians to pull-off. I always feel good when I see performers love and do their craft on stage. And even though the CAP Au-ditorium may not be the best venue, with perform-ers handicaped of a lack of wireless theatre micro-phones, each act and scene flowed seamlessly thanks to the direction of Criztop Lacao. Congratulations to the producer of the show Chit Suarez, ICEA Inc., and ICEA Performing Arts Inc. on a job well done. Thank you for giving me one night more to enjoy Les Misera-bles.

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Mary Clare Mosqueda as Cosette and John Carlo Badayos as Marius.

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The second advisory sent at around 03:22 in the after-noon of the same date stated further: “Initial reports say one fiber cut was caused by ongoing road repair work of the DPWH. Our repair crews have been dispatched and are rushing to restore services within the day. We apologize sincerely for the inconve-nience caused by this inci-dent.”

It was learned later that the DPWH repairs referred to by PLDT Smart were the on-going rehabilitation of the road network in Bukidnon

province and in Agusan del Sur areas.

The interruption cut the internet services of PLDT Smart that affected the online connection of internets in Davao City and the other ma-jor areas in regions 11 and 12.

At around 06:07 in the evening of July 15, PLDT Smart sent another advisory that said: “Good evening. PLDT Smart network now restored in Davao region and SOCCSK-SARGEN. Thank you for your understanding.”

The interruption lasted for almost five hours.

ing. However, these names are still subject to validation.

Once validated, Sueno said a due process will be fol-lowed.

The DILG chief clarified that these local officials were elected in areas that have MILF presence in Mindanao.

These local chief execu-tives, whose names were not disclosed, were present in all provinces of Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), he added.

“We cannot pinpoint these personalities for now. Let’s just wait and see,” he said.

President Rodrigo R. Duterte earlier revealed 30 to 35 mayors from different ar-eas in the country are involved in illegal drug trades.

The president did not mention their names unlike the previous pronouncement when he named five police generals, including three who are in active service, that have links to illegal drug trade in the country.

Duterte is keen on reduc-ing and eliminating the use and trade of illegal drugs in the country within his six-year term.

Meanwhile, PDEA 11 Di-rector Adzhar Albani clarified that Lim is not yet off the hook despite his willingness to sub-mit himself to the authorities.

He said that the president mandated them to continue monitoring Lim and to gath-er information about his link to the illegal drug trade in the

country.On the other hand, PDEA

Deputy Director General Isidro Lapeña revealed that Lim was in the rogue gallery of their agency.

He said that Lim will be subjected to investigation by authorities to verify all their evidences against him.

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ognized during the 4th Annu-al Regional Competitiveness Summit at the Philippine Con-vention Center in Pasay City last Thursday, July 14.

The Cities and Municipal-ities Competitive Index is an annual ranking of LGUs de-

veloped by the National Com-petitiveness Council through the Regional Competitiveness Committees (RCC) with the support of United States Agen-cy for International Develop-ment (USAID) and Globe Tele-com.

problems and constraints en-countered in the enforcement of labor laws and social legis-lation and their recommenda-tions to address the causes of the problems. They are also required to submit the profile of contracting and subcon-tracting arrangements in their respective jurisdictions.

“I have also tasked the Bu-reau of Labor Relations and the Legal Service to prepare an inventory of all laws, rules and regulations, issuances and jurisprudence, including pend-ing bills on contracting and subcontracting, and come up with recommended solutions or causes of action to remedy violation identified,” Bello said.

Bello assigned Undersec-retary for Social Protection Ciriaco A. Lagunzad III to over-see DOLE’s task of addressing contractualization issues and all related activities to be un-dertaken in the future to meet the policy goal of the Duterte administration.

“We have to ensure that all

contracting and subcontract-ing arrangements and practic-es nationwide are in compli-ance with Articles 106 to 109 and 294 of the Labor Code, as amended, and existing rules and regulations and those that may be adopted and issued in the future,” Bello said.

Bello also said he had is-sued Administrative Order No. 405 series of 2016 creat-ing a technical working group, chaired by Undersecretary La-gunzad, and co-chaired by Un-dersecretary Joel B. Maglung-sod, to develop and monitor the action plan on addressing contractualization.

The members of the TWG on Contractualization are the Bureau of Working Condition, Bureau of Labor Relations, Bureau of Local Employment, National Labor Relations Commission, National Wages and Productivity Commission, DOLE National Capital Region, Legal Service, Planning Ser-vice, and Labor Communica-tions Office. (PNA)

LGUs to process business registration in 24 hours with processing period of five to 10 days, aligned with the di-rection of Duterte adminis-tration to make transactions with government offices eas-ier for Filipinos.

According to Lopez, DTI intends to approve first the applications for business reg-istration before checking for their complete compliance. (PNA)

chief Reef without the autho-rization of the Philippines.

”The Tribunal therefore concluded that China had vi-olated the Philippines’ sover-eign rights with respect to its exclusive economic zone and continental shelf,” it said.

Mischief Reef is also called Panganiban Reef in the Philip-pines, Second Thomas Shoal is known as Ayungin Shoal and Reed Bank as Recto Bank.

The maritime dispute

between the Philippines and China is among the numerous overlapping territorial claims in the region.

In a research note, ING Bank chief economist in Asia Tim Condon said “an official boycott that reduced exports to zero would be a significant negative growth shock” for the Philippines.

He explained that exports account for 48 percent of Phil-ippines domestic output, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP) “so simple arithmetic puts the size of the shock at six percentage points.”

He pointed out that al-though this would also result to lower imports from China “closure of the China market would be bad.”

”Netizens take their cue from the government, how-ever, and the baseline is that cooler heads will prevail and trade relations will go on as before,” he added. (PNA)

DIGGING BLUES. Motorists and the riding public endure the dust and the traffic caused by the never ending excavation projects being implemented by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Davao City Water District (DCWD) in Davao City’s main thoroughfares including the busy E. Quirino Avenue. Lean Daval Jr.

THE government has built a new school building, cable footbridge, water

system and community market in a remote coastal village of Ka-lamansig, Sultan Kudarat.

“These are the pressing needs of the locals,” Gemma N. Rivera, assistant regional direc-tor of Department of Social Wel-fare and Development (DSWD Region 12), said. She said it was completed through the collabo-rative efforts of the local govern-ment unit, DSWD and commu-nity-beneficiaries.

“These projects are consid-ered to be the top priority of

Kalamansig villagers after they were given the opportunity to choose which barangay and their respective projects will avail the funds through Kala-hi-CIDSS,” Rivera said.

Rivera said Kalahi-CIDSS (Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahi-rapan- A Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services) is one of the flagship poverty-reduction programs of the agency that provides sup-port to the poorest among the poor towns through grassroots empowerment activities and by financing proposed projects of communities.

Rivera added that DSWD through the KALAHI-CIDSS has spent P8.1 million for the proj-ect that benefited eight baran-gays of Kalamansig, a coastal town in Sultan Kudarat.

The beneficiary-commu-nities were Datu Ito Andong, Wasay, Hinalaan, Limulan, Paril, Sabanal, Poblacion and Sangay.

Rivera said that another 14 villages in Kalamansig are now trained in preparation for the second cycle of sub-project implementation. Most of these projects are located in the re-mote and mountainous villages of the town. (PNA)

Sultan Kudarat’s coastal communitygets anti-poverty projects from gov’t

THE province of Misamis Oriental has introduced a hazard map that identifies

calamity and disaster prone ar-eas in the province.

Governor Yevgeny Vincente Emano said that the hazard map would serve as a guide for pro-vincial residents during stormy weather and earthquakes.

The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC) has a list of vulner-able areas in Misamis Oriental

during heavy rains and earth-quakes.

For storm and heavy rains and earthquakes, the hazard map points to flood prone and landslide areas in the province.

Emano said that the hazard map would also serve as a guide to prospective investors who want to invest in the province.

“The investors would be provided an objective assess-ment about risks and a rec-ommendation of safer areas in

the province,” Emano said.The DENR Geo-hazard map iden-tifies only flood prone areas, flooded areas, and landslide prone areas during typhoon and heavy rains.

The Misamis Oriental haz-ard map includes areas with cases of soil and ground move-ments resulting to sink holes and the fault line maps of the Philippine Institute of Volcanol-ogy and Seismology (Phivolcs). (PNA)

Misamis Oriental introduces hazard map guide

Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation

and CommunicationLAND TRANSPORTATION

FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARDRegional Office No. XI

Davao City

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

Case No. 2002-XI-00250

CHEREL V. BUSTAMANTE, Petitioner

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NOTICE OF HEARING

Petitioner is a grantee of a Certificate of Public Convenience issued in this case authorizing the operation of a FILCAB Ordinary Regular Service on the route: CIRCULATION ROUTE 2 with the use of ONE (1) unit, which Certificate will expire on October 12, 2016. In the petition filed on June 30, 2016 petitioner request authority to extend the validity of said certificate to operate along the same route with the use of the same unit previously authorized.

NOTICE, is hereby given that this petition will be heard by this Board on AUGUST 1, 2016 at 09:10 a.m. at this office at the above address.

At least, TEN (10) days prior to the above date petitioner shall publish this Notice once in a one (1) daily newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao

Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must file their written opposition supported by documentary evidence on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the petitioner, and may if they so, desire appear on said date and time.

This petition will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and the documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable BENJAMIN A. GO, CESO V, Regional Director, this 1st day of July 2016 at Davao City.

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VOL. 9 ISSUE 101 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, JULY 17 - 18, 2016 15EDGEDAVAO SPORTS

TEAM DC hacked out an 84-80 win over IBP in Game 5 on Friday night

behind another hot-shooting night of its ace gunner Chris-topher “Bong” Go at the Davao City Recreation Center.

Go, the sweet-shooting

special assistant to President Rodrigo Duterte, fired 41 points as DC bounced back from a heartbreaking loss in the last outing.

With the win, DC now lead the series 3-1. The opening game of the series ended in a

85-85 draw.Warren Cloribel and John

Flores scored 16 and 10 points respectively for DC.

IBP battled hard up to the final buzzer.

The lawyers engaged DC in a see-saw encounter with its

brand of balance offense.Chok Cadiogan, Gil Ciu-

dadano and Ongkiko com-bined for 58 points for the IBP.

The lawyers squad clinched its first win the series with a nail-bitting 108-107 de-cision in Game 4.

Go sizzles as DC bounces back

RAFAEL Nadal is on the final entry list for the Rio Olympics.

The 14-time major cham-pion hasn’t played since pull-ing out of the French Open because of an injured left wrist and needed the International Tennis Federation’s Olympic Committee to approve his ap-peal because he hasn’t played Davis Cup.

Nadal won the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Games.

While there were no sur-prises on the list released by the ITF, two top-10 play-ers — one on the men’s side, one on the women’s — later announced they were with-drawing from the Olympics, and both mentioned concerns about the Zika virus.

Wimbledon runner-up Milos Raonic of Canada, No. 7 in the men’s rankings, said in a statement that “I am making this decision for a variety of health concerns including the uncertainty around the Zika virus.”

Romania’s Simona Halep, the world’s fifth-ranked wom-an, posted on Facebook: “After several talks with doctors and my family, I concluded that the risks are too high for my career and for my health, especially as a woman. Family is much too important for me and I can’t risk not being able to have one of my own after my ca-reer in tennis is over.”

Still, unlike golf, most of the world’s top tennis players plan to go to Rio next month.

The only other unex-pected announcement Fri-

day came from sixth-ranked Victoria Azarenka, who posted on Twitter just as the Olympic roster was about to be released that she is pregnant and will miss the rest of the season. The two-time Grand Slam champi-on’s name was on the ITF’s list.

A handful of top-30 men had pulled out of the Rio Games; they mostly cited ten-nis reasons and not Zika. But the Big Four of Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Roger Federer are all on the list — for both singles and dou-bles.

Murray is the reigning gold medalist, while Djokovic and Federer are each seeking a first Olympic singles title. Federer won silver in 2012 and Djokov-ic bronze in 2008.

Britain’s Murray is set to play doubles with his older brother, Jamie, who won this year’s Australian Open title with Brazil’s Bruno Soares. Federer will again team up with fifth-ranked Stan Waw-rinka for Switzerland — they won gold together in 2008. Nadal is on the list with Marc Lopez, who won this year’s French Open champi-o n s h i p

with fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez, one of the top-30 men skipping Rio. Djokovic is on the roster for Serbia with Nenad Zimonjic. The top singles play-ers could later choose to pull out of doubles.

Overall, 13 of the top 15 men in the singles rankings are on the roster, with No. 9 Dom-inic Thiem the only other one missing.

Eighteen of the top 20 women are slated to go to Brazil, led by reigning gold medalist Serena Williams, who will also seek a fourth Olympic doubles title with sister Venus. Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova will miss the Rio Games because of her doping sus-pension.

There will be 64 players in the singles draws and 32 in doubles. Singles entries were based off the top 56 players in the June 6 rankings, with other ways to qual- ify for the final e i g h t spots.

WHAT was every-one anticipated for turned out the oppo-

site. Murphy’s Law? Perhaps, pure and simple golf’s myster-ies.

Alessandra Christine Nagayo fought hard to put up one last good fight but suc-cumbed instead to pressure and her usual long game woes. Her final round netted a fat 8 over par 80, her worst round in three days to finish in a tie for 23rd in the 2016 IMG cade-my Junior World Golf Champi-onships on Friday in San Diego, California.

The 12-year old daughter of former Davao City councilor Rachel and nurse-business-

man Danny, dropped a pair of bogeys and double bogeys on the frontnine as against a lone birdie for a 41 coming out. She limped home with back-to-back bogeys on the 10th and 11th beginning her final way back to the clubhouse. She gained some momentum in the 13th to 15th after go-ing birdie-par-birdie in that stretch. Another par in her fa-vorite par 3 16th coulld have set her up for a rebounding finish but cautiousness cost her a double bogey 7 on the 15th and a bogey 5 on the clos-ing hole.

Annyka Cayabyab over-took Nagayo as the best-placed Filipina in the girls 11-12 divi-

sion with a four-under 76 on fi-nal day for a 12 under par total 228 good for a tie for 16th.

Tusabasa Kajitani of Japan finished with a 54-hole total 8 under par 208 to win the title..

Another Dabaweyo jun-golfer Zeus Sara finished in a tie for 36th in the boys 9-10 division after scoring a final round 3 over par 75 and a 19 over par total 235.

The IMG Academy Junior World Golf Championships is the largest international event in the world and is unique for its international representa-tion and cultural diversity. The tournament has 1200 partic-ipants representing 54 coun-tries and 42 states.

ELLA FALLS SHORTPressure and fairway woes hound Nagayo in final round, slips to 23rd

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DAVAO’S FINEST. Ella Nagayo prepares to hit her driveduring the third round of the IMG Academy World Junior Golf Campionship. Her teammate from Davao Zeus Sara is also shown here in file photo.

Nadal playing in Rio

DESPITE some minor injuries that have ham-pered their ability to

have a full scrimmage in the past few weeks, Batang Gilas coach Michael Oliver remains upbeat about his team’s chances in the coming FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship slated for July 22 to August 1 in Tehran, Iran.

“Confident ako sa paraang alam ko, na pupunta tayo doon na handa ang team na-tin,” Oliver said.

“Makikipag-compete tayo sa mas malalakas at mas matatangkad nating kalaban.”

The 12-man squad was just named recently by Batang Gilas team manager Andrew Teh and the team will be

headed by youth standout Jolo Mendoza, who was named as team captain.

A former UAAP Juniors Most Valu-able Player, Mendoza will be supported by his Ateneo team-mate Gian Mamuyac, Batang Gilas return-ee Harvey Pagsanjan and Jonas Tibayan, who suited up for the

Gilas cadet team in the SEABA Stankovic Cup.

They will also be

joined by Joshua Sinclair, Fran Yung and Kenmark Carino.

Sinclair is a 6-foot-5 standout from the junior 3×3 team that competed in the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Manila leg and battled with the likes of Terrence Romeo and KG Canaleta as well as a senior squad from New Zealand.

Yu is a recruit from Thai-land Trail School but took time off to represent the Phil-ippines in this major tourna-ment.

Carino, who stands 6-foot-8, is expected to provide the inside presence sorely lacking from the squad.

But a couple of players, like Carino, Pagsanjan and John Bahio, are still recovering from injuries, making it diffi-cult for them to field enough players for a full scrimmage.

“As of now, nakaka-two days pa lang kami ng nakum-pleto sa ensayo (since resum-ing practices). Hinahabol rin namin na makasabay sa sys-tem si JV Gallego. Wala pa ka-ming scrimmage kasi karami-han ng players nagpapagaling pa sa injuries,” Oliver said.

“Minor injuries lang naman yung sa kanina. In the coming days makukumpleto na din kami.”

Batang Gilas upbeat on FIBA U18 stint

PLAYING AFTERALL. A handful of top-30 men had pulled out of the

Rio Games, mostly citing tennis reasons and not Zika. But

Nadal and the other three on the Big Four — Novak

Djokovic, Andy Murray and Roger Federer —

are all on the list. AP

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