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EDGE Serving a seamless society
DAVAO
Davao businessman accused faking fertilizer also a victim
INSIDE:
23Ricafort Group belies claims
of rival Calalang in Pantukan
16TRMH Duterte Agilasgun for title
By EJ DOMINIC FERNANDEZ
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NGOs STILL FAVOR PDAF
FNGOs,10
THROUGH A HUGE HEART. A security personnel is through a heart-shaped signage at SM City Davao Annex yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
HUSH. A man using his mobile phone passes by a huge wall graphic of a music equipment brand. Lean Daval Jr.
DESPITE the recent pronouncement of President Benigno Aquino III abolish-ing the priority development assis-
tance fund (PDAF), a big network of non-gov-ernment organizations still prefer not to let go of the so-called pork barrel system.
Caucus of Development Non- Govern-ment Organizations (CODE-NGO) has craft-ed recommendations for improving priority development assistance fund (PDAF) guide-lines to ensure integrity and promote effec-tive use.
CODE-NGO chair Patricia Sarenas, speak-ing at the 14th anniversary celebration of Club 888 at The Marco Polo Davao yesterday, told members of the media that there are still a lot of NGOs that have proven themselves through the years as credible and legitimate, unlike the perception of most that all NGOs are a medium for corruption as portrayed in the controversial pork barrel scam of Janet Lim Napoles.
Code NGO consists of 12 civil society or-ganizations with over 1,600 members na-tionwide.
Sarenas said “our efforts now are dou-bled, as we have to show the other face of NGOs, since what most people see is only the Napoles (Janet Lim Napoles) type of NGOs.”
“Legitimate NGOs are making sure that some changes in the government bureau-
VOL. 6 ISSUE 124 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 20132 EDGEDAVAO
THE BIG NEWS
FSP,10
FDOT,10
RODY WITH FOREIGN STUDES. Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte talks to foreign students who are in Davao City as part of the exchange student program of the Ateneo de Davao University during their courtesy call at Quezon Park
where Mayor Duterte temporarily relocated his office due to electrical prob-lem which affected the entire City Hall building Monday afternoon. Lean Daval Jr.
The crew of a fishing vessel docked off the sea in Sta. Ana Wharf uses a small boat to fetch clean water which is being sold at the entrance of the wharf for P10 per gallon. Lean Daval Jr.
THE Department of Tourism Region 11 expects 1,320,000
tourists shall have visit-ed Davao City by the end of 2013, according to its head, Art Boncato.
At the observance of Club 888’s 14th anniver-sary yesterday at The Marco Polo Davao, Bon-cato said that the bulk of travelers converge on Davao City basically in the third and fourth quarters of the year, starting with the Kaday-awan Festival.
From January to June, some 600,000 visi-
tors visited the city, a 10 percent increase on the same period last year, Boncato said, hoping that the increase continues in the next half of the year to hit the targeted 1,320,000 visitors com-pared to 2012’s 1.2 mil-lion visitors.
“A modest 10 percent increase is not bad, given the circumstances we are in,” he said, adding that that the DOT is expecting more Chinese tourists to come to the Philippines, hopefully to include Davao City in their itin-
A businessman in Davao City accused of adulterating fer-
tilizer products as alleged yesterday denied involve-ment in the crime, as he is in in fact also a victim of such nefarious activity.
This clarification was made by the lawyer of Davao businessman Lyn-don U. Teves of Abuno Trading.
The lawyer of Teves – Ramon Edison C. Batacan said that
“Last August 30, 2013, news reports have circu-lated that a Davao busi-nessman in the name of my client, Mr. Lyndon U. Teves of Abuno Trading, is indicted for violation of Section 168 of Repub-
lic Act No. 8293 or Unfair Competition, allegedly in relation to adulterating Amigo Planters fertilizer products.
“It is in this light that we would like to clear out some details and make known that Mr. Teves, contrary to said charges, was never part of any op-erations on adulterating fertilizer products, much more that he acted with conspiracy with one Ed-gar Calledo. The truth is that Mr. Teves is likewise a victim of having received said adulterated prod-ucts. His name and repu-tation were undeserving-ly dragged into this mess based on baseless and false accusations, with no
concrete evidence to sus-tain conviction.
Batacan said that “the charges, now docketed as Criminal Case Nos. 75,816-13 to Crim. Case No. 75,823-13, all come as a shock to us especial-ly considering the new charges of conspiracy with Calledo – a matter not presented in the pre-liminary investigation. We are exhausting all legal means to clear Mr. Teves’s name so he and his family can continue with their dealings with fewer trauma and with-out these issues stalking them.
He said “it must be made clear at this point that Mr. Teves and/or
Abuno Trading did not in any way intend to de-ceive their customers, patrons and the public. Rest assured that the public can still anchor on their already established goodwill in trade and business.
“As the matter is now sub-judice,” Batacan said, “we trust that our judicial system could ultimately resolve the matter so Mr. Teves can finally clear his name.”
Batacan is a managing partner of the Batacan Montejo and Vicencio Law Firm holding office at the 7th Floor of Abreeza Corporate Center, JP Lau-rel Avenue, Davao City. Antonio M. Ajero
THE Regional Trial Court Branch 14is still working on the
release order for the wife of the Malaysian national tagged as operative of the terrorist group Jema’ah Islamiyah, from the custo-dy of the authorities after the counsel of the accused filed a motion for such an order last August 28.
Yesterday, the court conducted a hearing on the motion.
Judge George Omelio had as of this writing not issued the release order for the liberty of Anabelle Nieva Lee, a Muslim con-vert from Sorsogon. Au-thorities recovered from her possession a 60mm mortar shell which was rendered ineffective by the police.
Lee’s husband, Mohd Noor Fikrie Bin Abd Ka-har, was killed by the policemen led by Senior Superintendent Ronald dela Rosa on December
24, 2012 after he alleged-ly tried to detonate an improvised bomb among a crowd of people but was killed in a reported shootout with police.
Last July 31, Omelio issued a resolution ac-quitting Lee of the charge of illegal possession of firearms, ammunition or explosives for “in-sufficiency of evidence” which did not include an order for the release of the accused.
Lawyer Behn Joseph Tesiorna, counsel of the accused, wants the court to issue an order for the immediate release of Lee from the custody of the Naval Intelligence and Security Group Eastern Mindanao at Naval Sta-tion Feliz Apolinario in Panacan, this city.
“We have nothing to do with it, but will follow the court’s order,” dela Rosa said in a text mes-sage.
DAVAO City’s Sanggu-niang Panlungsod will look into the
alleged encroachment of Panabo City local govern-ment along the shoreline of Bucana, Lasang, Davao City.
Referred to the com-mittees on rules and priv-ileges and environment on first reading during the City Council’s regu-lar session last Tuesday, the alleged encroachment
was formally reported by Gilberto Abella, chair of theBarangay Fishery and Aquatic Resources Man-agement Council in baran-gay Lasang.
In a letter-complaint addressed to the City Coun-cil, Abella narrated that a group of people boarding a multi-cab with official seal of Panabo City passed through Lanang Proper on
By EJ DOMINIC FERNANDEZ
By GREGORIO G. DELIGERO
DOT targets 1.3M tourists in 2013
Davao businessman accused faking fertilizer also a victim
Terrorist’s wife acquitted,but waits for her releaseBy EMILORD P. CASTROMAYOR
SP to look into Panabo City’s ‘encroachment’ in Lasang
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FPEÑAS,10
FRICAFORT,10
FDOT 11,10
THE BIG NEWSEDGEDAVAO
Osmeña Park in Magallanes Street becomes a temporary shelter for transient families who came from different provinces around Mindanao to find a better life in Davao City just like this family of five who spend their morning lying down on a shaded portion of the park. Lean Daval Jr.
A fisherman slowly sails through the brownish water of the Davao River while looking for the right spot to fish, Quimpo Blvd. yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
THE Department of Tourism 11 will send 20 represen-
tatives toThe Marco Polo
Parkside in Beijing, Chi-na for the “Davao Cul-tural Festival” to be held there from September 9 to 27 as a way to at-tract more Sinos to visit Davao, an official said.
Director Art Bonca-to of DOT 11 said the second batch is spon-sored by The Marco Polo Davao composed of 16 members, including dancers and chefs while four executives from the Cebu Pacific airline.
“This is part of the China development
project,” he said. It is expected to gath-
er around 100 media people and travel trade agencies in the event. They will meet with travel agents, attend press meetings, conduct product presentations and the festival will also feature Filipino celeb-rity chef Gene Gonzalez and Gino Gonzalez of the Center for Asian Cu-linary Studies featuring authentic Davao cuisine.
In 2011, the first delegation also went to the same place which resulted to the visit of incentive travelers to Davao City. These “in-
THE Jose Ricaport Group (JGR), one of the two rival factions
in the Nationwide Devel-opment Corporation (Na-decor) in Kingking, Pan-tukan (Compostela Valley) tenement, belied several alleged claims in the news story by its rival Con-rado T. Calalang Group. The news story is about the shooting in Pantukan wherein one person died and another was wounded in an alleged attack two Sundays ago.
Officials of the JRG led by lawyer Deo Contreras Jr., Nadecor mining consul-tant and legal, human re-source and administrator, and Cesar “Chile” Bauza, assistant vice president.
First off, the story claimed that “government
authorities assisted the Nadecor in consolidating control of its mining oper-ations in Pantukan, Com-postela Valley province over the weekend.”
The Ricafort group told Davao media practitioners that Nadecor has always had control of KK (Kingk-ing) mining tenement.
The storyclaimed that suspected armed person-nel from the Jose G. Rica-fort (JGR) Group, a “dissi-dent minority shareholder in Nadecor,” allegedly at-tacked Nadecor’s securi-ty guards around 10 p.m. Saturday
Bausa and Contreras said the JGR-group has never employed armed personnel nor guards but only village watchmen who are unarmed.
This after the news story alleged that armed personnel from the Rica-fort Group attacked Nade-cor.
They said that the ten-ement is under an MPSA (Mineral Production Shar-ing Agreement) which is currently held by Nadecor of which JGR is a majority shareholder.
The other clarifica-tions that Bausa and Con-treras made the following:
--fatal ityRamilPuli worked as a watchmen contractor of JGR group but was not armed as this is not legally allowed.
--watchmen are posted in and around the KK ten-ement to provide security but are not armed.
They said suspected armed personnel are from
the Calalang group have no legal right to be in the tenement.
-- there was no fire fight according to witness’ account and that Nadecor personnel in the tenement area to provide securi-ty do not carry firearms though the fatality ( Puli) and the wounded (Celis) personnel were Nadecor employees.
--suspected armed personnel are from the Calalang group have no right to be in the tene-ment, they said.
They said the fatali-ty was identified as Puli, while the wounded, a cer-tain Corporal Celis, was a former soldier was injured after he was hit in the leg. Reports said Puli and Celis
A regional trial court is going over the records of the case
filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) against an independent oil company in the country for alleged violations of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Phil-ippines if there is probable cause before the issuance of the warrant of arrest.
Phoenix Petroleum Philippines was charged on allegations of unlawful and fraudulent imports of gas oil, unleaded gasoline and petroleum products at the Port of Davao and Sub-Port of Bauan, Batangas from June to November in 2010, January to March 2011 and June 2010 to April 2011.
Records of the case are still pending at the Region-al Trial Court Branch 14 under Jud George Omelio.
One of the court’s staff said that the court has the discretion to go over the
case even if the DOJ indict-ed the company for the said violations.
Meanwhile, Dennis Ang Uy, president of the petroleum company, said “What is absolutely clear and unequivocal is the in-nocence of Phoenix Petro-leum, the Phoenix family and our president, of these false and unsubstantiated allegations”.
According to Phoe-nix, the allegations were unsubstantiated and are troubling to the company, considering that Phoe-nix is regularly honored as one of the Philippine’s biggest taxpayers as rec-ognized by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and Bureau of Customs (BOC). Phoenix was also cited as one of the top 7 importers during the 111th celebration of BOC last February 6 with P4.7 billion taxes paid to the national government. EPC
DIGOS City Mayor Jo-seph Peñas is posi-tive that the Araw
ng Digos which culmi-nates on September 8 will be successful due to the cooperation of the people.
Peñas on Monday told Edge Davao that their vi-sion of having fun activ-ities would be the major key for success in coordi-nation with all Digoseños.
The theme of the Araw ng Digos is “Paday-on sa Paglambo Subay sa Maayong pang Gobyerno..Abante Digos! (Continue to Prosper in line with Good Governance…For-
ward igos!).”Some of the highlights
of Araw ng Digos are; Miss Digos 2013-Pageant on September 2; Hiyas ng Digos, September 3; Co-ca-cola Night, Septembet 4; SK Night, September 5, Governor’s Night, Sep-tember 6; Pista Kadig-ga-ran and Digos City Cul-tural Night, September 7, Lechonan sa Kadalanan in the morning of Septem-ber 8 and in the evening are Culmination Program, San Miguel Beer Night, Hudyaka sa kadalanan, and two Fireworks Dis-
By EJ DOMINIC FERNANDEZ
DOT 11 to send incentivegroup to mainland ChinaBy EMILORD P. CASTROMAYOR
Ricafort Group belies claimsof rival Calalang in Pantukan
Attackers still in the area
RTC 14 going over records of Phoenix Petroleum Phils
Peñas highly upbeaton ‘Araw ng Digos’
VOL. 6 ISSUE 124 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 20134 EDGEDAVAO
THE ECONOMY
BY THE NUMBERSTourist arrivals in the first seven months of 2013 hit 2.8 million about 51% of the
5.5 million target for the year.
SOURCE: DOT
MONTHLY AVERAGE EXCHANGE RATE (January 2012-April 2013)
Month 2013 2012 2011
Average 42.23 43.31December 41.01 43.64November 41.12 43.27October 41.45 43.45
September 41.75 43.02August 42.04 42.42
July 41.91 42.81June 42.78 43.37May 42.85 43.13April 42.70 43.24
March 42.86 43.52February 40.67 42.66 43.70January 40.73 43.62 44.17
Stat Watch7.1
1st Qtr 2013
7.8 1st Qtr 2013
USD 3,741 million
Feb 2013USD 4,708
million Feb 2013USD -967
million Feb 2013USD -640
millionDec 2012
P 4,964,560 million
Feb 2013
2.4 % Mar 2013P113,609
million Mar 2013
P 5,281 billion
Mar 2013
P 41.14 Apr 2013
6,847.5 Mar 2013
132.8 Apr 2013
2.6 Apr 2013
3.1 Apr 2013
418,108 Feb 2013
20.9% Jan 2013
7.1% Jan 2013
1. Gross National IncomeGrowth Rate(At Constant 2000 Prices)
2. Gross Domestic ProductGrowth Rate(At Constant 2000 Prices)
3. Exports 1/
4. Imports 1/
5. Trade Balance
6. Balance of Payments 2/
7. Broad Money Liabilities
8. Interest Rates 4/
9. National Government Revenues
10. National government outstanding debt
11. Peso per US $ 5/
12. Stocks Composite Index 6/
13. Consumer Price Index 2006=100
14. Headline Inflation Rate 2006=100
15. Core Inflation Rate 2006=100
16. Visitor Arrivals
17. Underemployment Rate 7/
18. Unemployment Rate 7/
Cebu Pacific Daily 5J961 / 5J962 5:45 Manila-Davao-Manila 6:15Zest Air Daily Z2390 / Z2390 5:45 Manila-Davao-Manila 6:25Cebu Pacific Daily 5J593 / 5J348 6:00 Cebu-Davao-Iloilo 6:30Philippine Airlines Daily PR809 / PR810 6:10 Manila-Davao-Manila 7:00Philippine Airlines Daily PR819 / PR820 7:50 Manila-Davao-Manila 8:50Cebu Pacific Daily 5J394 / 5J393 7:50 Zamboanga-Davao-Zamboanga 8:10Cebu Pacific Daily 5J599 / 5J594 8:00 Cebu-Davao-Cebu 8:30Cebu Pacific Daily 5J347 / 5J596 9:10 Iloilo-Davao-Cebu 9:40Cebu Pacific Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri/Sun 5J963 / 5J964 9:40 Manila-Davao-Manila 10:10Philippine Airlines Daily PR811 / PR812 11:30 Manila-Davao-Manila 12:20Cebu Pacific Daily 5J595 / 5J966 12:00 Cebu-Davao-Manila 12:30Cebu Pacific Thu 5J965 / 5J968 12:55 Manila-Davao-Manila 13:25
Cebu Pacific Tue/Wed//Sat 5J965 / 5J968 13:35 Manila-Davao-Manila 14:05Silk Air Mon/Sat MI588 / MI588 13:35 Davao-Singapore 18:55 Silk Air Wed/Sun MI566 / MI566 15:20 Davao-Singapore 18:55Silk Air Thurs MI551 / MI551 12:05 Davao-Singapore 15:45Cebu Pacific Mon/Tue/Wed/Fri 5J507 / 5J598 15:00 Cebu-Davao-Cebu 15:30Philippine Airlines August 15:55 Mani2Mani 16:50Zest Air Daily Z2524 / Z2525 16:05 Cebu-Davao-Cebu 16:45
as of May 2013
THE ranking of BDO Unibank, Inc. (BDO) in the list of top 1000
banks in the world has im-proved by 145 notches in 2013, according to a report published by the UK-based premier banking and fi-nance magazine The Bank-
er. From 396th place in
2012, BDO now holds the 251st spot on the back of an enhanced overall per-formance, particularly in terms of tier 1 capital, as-sets and profit.
For the Philippine coun-
try listing, BDO has cor-nered the number one spot, said The Banker.
The Banker’s Top 1000 World Banks ranking has been setting the industry benchmark since 1970, pro-viding comprehensive in-telligence about the health
and wealth of the banking sector. The report enables investors and clients world-wide to assess the strength and weakness of the banks, identify banking partners for the future, and track the big movers and new arriv-als in the sector.[PNA]
HP yesterday announced an expanded big data port-folio designed to enable
organizations to gain better in-sight into their data and deliver real-time outcomes.
According to research com-missioned on behalf of HP, 60 percent of companies surveyed in APJ will spend at least 10 percent of their IT innovation budget on big data this year. A third of the organizations sur-veyed also believe strongly that Big Data is the largest competi-tive differentiator for their or-ganizations. However, the study found thatnearly half of these organizations have failed with a big data initiative they had im-plemented.
To help organizations reap the rewards of big data, HP announced HAVEn, a big data analytics platform, which lever-ages HP’s analytics software, hardware and services to create the next generation of big da-ta-ready analytics applications and solutions.
“Big data enables organiza-tions to take advantage of the
totality of their information—both internal and external—in real time. It produces extremely fast decision making, resulting in unique and innovative ways to serve customers and society,” said Kamal Dutta,vice president, Software, Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific and Japan. . “HP has the breadth and depth of both the platform and the product port-folio to assist enterprises in un-leashing the power of big data.”
HP also is expanding its big data portfolio with new capabil-ities that help clients build and operate their big data solutions.
The first integrated big data analytics solution built on HAV-En is HP Operations Analytics, which delivers insight into all aspects of IT operations,so or-ganizations can ensure quality service levels. The solution al-lows organizations to efficiently consume, manage and analyze massive streams of IT opera-tional data from a variety of HP products, including HP ArcSight Logger and the HP Business Ser-vice Management portfolio, as well as third-party sources.
HP’s expanded portfolio accelerates adoption, monetization of information
Country’s BDO improves worldwide ranking
SIDEWALK BUSINESS. A young vendor mans a makeshift store of colorful trek shorts along C.M. Recto Avenue in Davao City yesterday. A proposed establishment of a night market for the street vendors is being finalized by the city government of Davao to lessen the traffic congestion and violation of the 1/3-2/3 sidewalk policy. Lean Daval Jr.
VOL. 6 ISSUE 124 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2013 5THE ECONOMY
THE Philippines’ rank-ing in the World Eco-nomic Forum (WEF)
Global Competitiveness Report 2013-2014 has im-proved by six notches from rank 65 out of 144 econo-mies worldwide in 2012 to 59th this year out of 148 economies.
This is disclosed by WEF through the Maka-ti Business Club (MBC) which called a press con-ference Wednesday morn-ing for the announcement of the latest Global Com-petitiveness Report.
The Global Competi-tiveness Report is an an-nual report measuring the competitiveness of an economy through 146 in-dicators grouped into 12 pillars. The report also determines the economic prosperity of a country.
Further, the Philippines has scored 4.3 in this year’s Global Competitiveness Index from 2012’s 4.2 and 2011’s 4.1.
The higher ranking in the Global Competitive-ness Report is contributed by the improvement of ten
out of 12 pillars identified in the report.
These include Institu-tion which ranked 94th in 2012 to rank 79 this year; Infrastructure from rank 98 to rank 96; Health and Primary Education also from rank 98 to rank 96; Higher Education and Training from rank 64 to rank 57; Goods Market Efficiency from rank 86 to 82; Labor Market Efficien-cy from rank 103 to rank 100; Financial Market De-velopment from rank 58 to rank 48; Technological Readiness from rank 79 to rank 77; Market Size from rank 35 to rank 33; and In-novation from rank 94 to rank 59.
However, the pillar of Macroeconomic Environ-ment went down to rank 40 from last year’s rank 36.
On the other hand, the pillar of Business Sophisti-cation remained at rank 49 over the year.
Despite the improve-ment in competitiveness of the Philippines in the world ranking, MBC President Ramon del Rosario said
the country has ranked be-low average among ASEAN members.
Singapore remained
as 2nd most competitive economy in the world; Malaysia at 24th from last year’s rank 25; Brunei
Darussalam at 26th from 2012’s rank 28; Thailand at 37th from previous year’s rank 38; and Indo-
nesia, which is the fastest growing economy, ranking at 38th from last year’s rank 50. [PNA]
MASSAGE GADGETS. A firm selling different massage gadgets offers free massage to passersby along San Pedro Street in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
PHL improves six notches in Global Competitiveness Report
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EDITORIALQuitain’s resignation
THE resignation of Councilor Melchor Quit-ain from the Davao City Council and his an-ticipated transfer to City Hall, particularly
his assumption to the office of the city admin-istrator, sometimes called the “little mayor” was the subject of serious talk among public officials and civilians interested in the affairs of govern-ment.
Some members of the city council, especially women, were even reported to have shed tears after Quitain read his resignation letter. No over-acting (OA) there, we believe. It’s just that women are easily moved to tears when it comes to part-ing of ways. Besides, Quitain’s resignation was a serious matter, considering that he was one of the brightest, if not the brightest, local lawmakers.
Neophyte Antoinette “Petite” Principe admitted that she stood to learn a lot from a senior coun-cilor, who is not only a seasoned lawyer like her, but one who is the teaching type.
It may be said the city council’s loss will be city hall’s gain. Not really. As city administrator, Quit-ain will be a major player in city affairs, consider-ing that he would be the top adviser of Mayor Ro-drigo R. Duterte. As city administrator and main spokesperson for the mayor, Quitain and his for-mer colleagues are expected to often engage each other in the future.
While they belong to separate branches now, nothing will prevent the neophyte councilors from seeking the advice of Quitain. No doubt, too, they would be the better for it.
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HOW many Filipinos earn this much? How many Filipinos can manage this much with
minimal transparency and account-ability—and come out clean? And how many impoverished Filipinos continue to be hungry because these amounts are placed in the hands of senators and congressmen?
Any way you look at these huge gratuitous allowances, they are an in-vitation to financial mischief. Is it wise for the leadership to think that these funds will be managed efficiently or honestly by these fellows??
If so, it speaks lowly of their sense of probity. Do they actually expect themselves or their colleagues to be forthright or honest about its han-dling? Billions are involved, maybe even trillions. There are myriad, inge-nious ways of subterfuge and dissem-
bling. And there is no lack for experts in concealing loot or the identity of looters. They are being reckless!
Consider the enormity of today’s scandal: 50% or one-half of the sen-ate may well have committed plunder, while 180 congressmen (more than 60% of the House of Representatives) may have betrayed the public trust! In all, 192 members of our lawmaking body are now tainted by dishonesty!
The question now arises: who elected these 12 senators and 180 congressmen? And how many of them won by using their allocations to buy political favors including vote-buy-
ing?Be a plunderer, coup plotter, trai-
tor?How do we now disabuse the
minds of the youth that a senator or congressman can be a plunderer or traitor? This may have been going on for years—meaning they’ve been get-ting away with it for so long! So the corruption is much more serious and deeper than anyone can say! This is a question of national pride and integ-rity
Let’s hope PNoy uses the Rule of Law as a rod to discipline such male-factors! [MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews. Manny Val-dehuesa writes from Cagayan de Oro and is the president and national con-venor of Gising Barangay Movement Inc. He can be reached at [email protected].]
THINGS CAN HORRIBLY GO WRONG – The Aquino leader-ship’s effort to get the economy
back into shape has to include a re-turn to the old values that made some neighboring economies world-re-nowned. Clearly, large amount of mon-ey and drastic policy shifts are needed to heal a sick economy but they won’t work without the right values guiding people. As we contemplate, the litany of ‘I-told-you-so’ prescription for the country’s economic malaise, spare a thought for good, old Filipino values.
Many respected economists and fi-nancial experts were simply trying to draw attention to the gloomy state of the country’s economy. They are pas-sionately concerned about the pre-vailing business climate, so concerned that they have urged the government and the public to return to timeworn principles. No, not the authoritarian kind, but the likes of thrift, learning, hard work, perseverance and humili-ty, which played as much a role in the surge as technology, export, capital outlay and productivity. In the fin-ger pointing between the leadership and the opposition over the alleged slumping economic growth and slip-ping competitiveness, the erosion of enriching values ranks high in the list of ultimate whys.
But over the past years, however, more and more of the country’s filthy rich and owners of giant conglomer-ates, particularly the nouveau variety have sought to impress with wasteful displays of wealth: from nightly bot-tles of bubbly expensive wines and li-quors to exclusive VIP entertainment, fleet of luxury cars and closets bulging with every “in thing” importable and fashionable. What all that profligacy has done for inflation and the cur-rent state of the economy – financial experts and economists know only
too well. One glaring ex-ample is that from free-spending yuppies who made one of our neigh-boring econ-omies the largest buyer of luxurious and highly expensive top-of-the-line items some years back to a bankrupt corporation who piled up debt twenty times its eq-uity – not a few Filipino entrepreneurs have lost the traits underpinning the economic rise and the country is pay-ing for it.
Remember thrift, hard work, learn-ing, determination and humbleness? These and other ethics have slipped out a bit of fashion among Filipinos. For one thing, producing quality, du-rable, affordable goods and services used to be the main ticket to wealth, but a growing number of Filipino en-trepreneurs notably the younger set now dream of instant riches from property market and stock trading – the kind of attitude twirling specula-tive spirals and, unluckily many lost their corporate shirts. Many people in business have remarked that matching words with action means doing some-thing about the country’s staggering economic situation.
Unfortunately, there are govern-ment bureaucrats who are not so pro-active. They seemed to shrug off the prevailing economic problem. Queries to the present economic con-dition were met with the why ‘are-you-so-concerned’ response that the economy is “all right today,” but what about tomorrow and the day after to-morrow? At the same time these gov-
ernment functionaries swallowed the hype about the country’s “economic miracle” and probably assumed there would be endless miraculous times ahead. Such fantasies led some of the government’s high-profile economic planners and financial managers to talk about multi-million investments – foreign and domestic amid nation-wide shortages. If there is one lesson our current leaders should learn from the ongoing economic slowdown, it is the one that their predecessors knew painfully well: things can go horribly wrong.
Has government gone far in the struggle against economic down-trend? As we’ve stated, lots of money and radical economic policy shifts are urgently needed to heal our sickening economy, but they won’t work with-out the right values guiding people. Those principles, of course, have to be observed and strictly carried out to the letter. Moreover, there may be also some reasons that tend to dis-courage certain Filipino ways of doing business. Cronyism and corruption, in particular, rob business people of op-portunities for enterprise, add to busi-ness costs and create rapacious mo-nopolies. A well-planned and deter-mined government effort to strength-en the country’s economic structure will eventually help diminish the cur-rent woes and harmful values while enhancing helpful ones.
To the extent that it increases the public’s expectations of a robust and vibrant economy – and generates mea-sures to alleviate socio-economic con-dition, a well-meaning ethical forma-tion can work wondrously. Inevitably, no pain, no gain: recovery for both the economy and values will be a long, dif-ficult struggle. That too will help teach another wealth-creating principle lost in the economic labyrinth – patience.
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Obama’s flawed case for a Syria strike
Timeworn principles
Pork: Testament to recklessness
We should not bomb Syria with-out a vital national security interest and a precise foreign
policy objective.Right now, the Obama administra-
tion has not established either.Under the United States’ legal and
historical precedents, a president faces the highest burden for justifying mili-tary attacks that are essentially optional: actions not required for self-defense and which are not in response to an attack on the United States — or imminent threat of such attack. Intervening in the Syrian civil war fits that difficult category.
Even supporters of Syrian interven-tion do not claim it is required for U.S. security, since the Assad regime has not directly attacked the United States or its interests. In fact, the mission’s stated goal doesn’t attempt to qualify as tradi-tional self-defense. The aim is to “pre-vent or deter” Syria from killing its cit-izens with chemical weapons, according to the Obama administration’s original draft resolution.
The White House has every right to make the humanitarian case for inter-vention, a rationale pressed earnestly in Bosnia and dishonestly in Iraq. This altruistic argument, however, has rarely provided the sole policy or legal justifi-cation for a proactive attack on a sover-eign nation. That’s true both in Ameri-can history and under international law. Given that context, the administration’s piecemeal case for limited intervention is particularly hard to accept.
Administration officials are propos-ing a military operation that claims to fall short of war while sidestepping any notion of conventional victory over the Assad regime.
The potential attack is “not about regime change,” White House officials said last week. Thus the draft resolu-tion limits the use of force for containing the “use of chemical weapons or other weapons of mass destruction in the con-flict in Syria.”
Those promised boundaries make the operation sound like far less of a commitment than declaring war. And as a legal matter, those boundaries mean explicit congressional approval is proba-bly not required. But this approach risks boxing the entire effort in as a tactical campaign with no foreign policy strate-gy.
Attacking Assad’s infrastructure without aiming at his authority leaves the operation without a long-term goal. Even that assumes a “best case,” limited attack.
The larger risk is that promised boundaries will prove illusory. Yes, the administration can sell intervention as a surgical strike — “quick” and “limit-ed,” an antidote to the mission creep or the “third war” many Americans wish to avoid.
Does anyone familiar with military history, however, believe intervention can be so tightly scripted?
Surely if Syria responded to a foreign attack by retaliating against the United States or its interests — which is the right of any sovereign nation under at-tack — then U.S. objectives and opera-tions could shift dramatically.
Given all the talk in Washington, these questions are moving quickly past whis-pered hypotheticals.
On Monday, Syrian officials said they would respond to any U.S. bombing by attacking American ships in the Mediter-ranean Sea, in coordination with Hezbol-lah. (The Lebanese Shi’ite group, which has fought Israel since the early 1980s, backs Assad in the civil war.) That reac-tion would risk a wider conflict with the United States, and possibly Israel or Iran.
Obama can genuinely propose a lim-ited operation — but no president can guarantee one. And once Congress hands over authority to attack another country, it is hard to take back.
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NEWScracy can be put in place,” she said, adding that they have identified the chang-es needed.
She said, however, that there are so many “Na-poleses” and that there are a lot of congressmen and senators who have their own personal “Na-poleses,” which is why the system needs to be checked. “However, we have not decided whether we are for the abolition of the PDAF and the con-gress or not.
This is the reason they have come up with rec-ommendations on how to make the PDAF more transparent, used prop-erly, and for the congress and senate to be more re-sponsible.
Their recommenda-tions for improved guide-lines addressed to the Senate, Senate, House of Representatives and concerned government implementing agencies: That the PDAF should be linked to local devel-opment plans and initia-tives; publicize the proj-ects they support; ensure that they go to legitimate development projects and organizations.
For the utilization of the PDAF, the recommen-dation report “requires all PDAF projects of the congresspersons and sen-ators to come from the approved comprehensive development plan (CDP) and local development in-vestment plan (LDIP) or the local poverty reduc-tion action plan (LPRAP) of the concerned LGU or endorsed by the con-cerned local development council (LDC) or local poverty reduction action team (LPRAT) to ensure that the projects are co-ordinated with the other projects in the locality.”
On Transparency,
Monitoring and Evalu-ation of the PDAF, the House of Representatives (HoR) and the Senate should include in the HoR and Senate websites a link to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) website where PDAF releases are report-ed and e-copies of the annual reports on their PDAF projects as provid-ed in 1.2 and 1.3 below.
Next, the DBM and all implementing agen-cies, should give a copy of the program of work/project information and any updated version of this, including the total budget and breakdown per major component and work schedules, to the barangay captain and the NGO or People’s Orga-nizations (PO) members of the barangay develop-ment council of the area where the project is being implemented or to the appropriate government agency and NGO/PO.
All implementing agencies including the LGUs must also prepare transaction flow charts and quarterly reports on the status of project im-plementation and fund utilization
On Ensuring the Legit-imacy and Accountability of CSOs that will Receive PDAF Funding Support, Code-NGO gave 5 recom-mendations.
First is to immediate-ly require all government agencies releasing funds to a CSO to validate these records with the Security and exchange commis-sion (SEC), Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) or the Department of Labor and Employ-ment (DOLE). Then the personnel of the govern-ment agency who did the said validation should be required to clearly certify
under oath to the authen-ticity of the documents and the qualification of the CSO and be made accountable in case any such validated CSO be lat-er found to be bogus or fake.
Then transition to bet-ter alternative validation bodies such as the Philip-pine Council for NGO Cer-tification (PCNC) must be done. This independent third party validation would better ensure the integrity and reliability of the validation of the le-gitimacy of the applicant CSOs.
The PCNC is an inde-pendent and CSO-initi-ated and managed certi-fication institution duly recognized by the De-partment of Finance that certifies CSOs for good governance, financial management, and track record for creating impact to their beneficiaries.
Third, amend Com-mission on Audit (COA) Circular 2007-001 to re-move the provision that for NGOs and POs in ex-istence for less than 3 years, an accomplishment and financial report for the period it has been in operation shall be suffi-cient. Organizations in existence for less than 3 years should not be quali-fied to receive PDAF fund-ing support.
Fourth, oppose any move to centralize CSO vetting in any government agency since the broad diversity of CSOs means that no government agen-cy can effectively and ex-clusively cover all CSOs.
Last, require the DBM and the Senate and House of Representatives to con-duct an annual review of the effectiveness of the PDAF guidelines and to include CSOs in this re-view process.
erary. In 2012, 4,098 Chi-
nese tourists came to Davao City in 2012 while 3,178 came in 2011, and 2,893 in 2010.
“We are confident that we shall get more tourists if we continue on marketing Davao and Samal as well as mak-ing direct flight connec-tions. We have what they like--our beaches, our culture, our strong ties
with them as we have the only Chinatown in the country aside from Manila and the largest city in the world. At pres-ent, the multi-lingual guides trainings we con-ducted already produced more Chinese-speaking guides,” Boncato said.
Chinese authorities expect the number of Chi-nese outbound tourists to grow to 100 million by 2020. The Chinese spend
some $45 billion to $50 billion on travel. This big market of tourists is what Davao tourism would like to target.
Despite the political concerns, the Depart-ment of Tourism wants Chinese tourists to come to the Philippines. Trad-ing and Tourism are defi-nitely over and above the present concerns, according to the national government.
the way to Tourist Beach in sitio Bucana and construct-ed a concrete pyramid monument thereat.
He said the monu-ment has three sides with one side marked with “J.P. Laurel, Panabo City” while another side is marked “Lasang, Davao City, P.B. 11-000016.” Abella said the P.B. means Political Boundary of Panabo City.
He also reported that on April 26, 2013, a group
of people aboard three large motorized bangas marked with “Panabo Mariculture Park” unload-ed hardwood lumber and construction materials on the beach area.
Abella, who is also a deputized environment and natural resources of-ficer of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), said he was told by a certain Oliver Oriol, the leader of
the group, that they were going to build an office building of the Panabo City CENRO and fisheries department.
With this, he asked Davao City legislators to bring the issue to the DENR as he believes that the area “encroached” by Panabo City belongs to the jurisdiction of Davao City.
“It is the place where I was born and continue to stay,” he said.
centive travelers” refer to Sino executives who had free travel expenses courtesy of their com-panies because of their good performance.
Two batches of in-centive travelers visit-ed Davao City, particu-larly Pearl Farm Beach Resort. They stayed at
least three nights in the city.
Despite the territori-al conflict between Chi-na and Philippines, the DOT is still hoping that they can attract more Chinese travelers to vis-it Davao.
“We are confident that we will get more
tourists if we contin-ue on marketing Davao and Samal as well as de-velop direct flight con-nections. We have what they like, our beaches, our culture, our strong ties with them as we have the biggest China town outside of Manila,” Boncato said.
are members of Jose Rica-fort group.
Puli died after he was hit in the back, Pantukan police chief Clifford John Naborsaid, adding that the victim may have been been accidentally shot by his own comrades when they attacked the Calalang camp.
--Up to this writing, they said no official PNP report has been released regarding the incident.
-- According to a wit-ness’ account (supported by an affidavit) there was no gunfight and that there was no attack made by personnel from JGR group. As earlier stated, Nadecor watchmen are unarmed, Bausa and Contreras said.
They charged that the suspected armed person-nel are from the Calalang group have no right to be in the tenement.
The duo also refuted claims that most of the attackers were no longer in the area except for the wounded and the dead.
“The armed attackers who are not employees of Nadecor are still in the area despite Pantukan Mayor Yugo’s order for them to vacate the tene-ment,” they said.
They said that due to the presence of the armed personnel, Nadecor field management were de-layed in retrieving the body of Puli, the fatality, “ which is inhuman and un-Filipino.”
The JRG spokesmen also belied the line in the story stating that “Nade-cor’s licensed security agency has received assur-ances from the authorities that the government will help them maintain peace-ful control of mining site.”
The two officials said that the premise of the statement is flawed be-cause Nadecor has no li-censed security agency, only watchmen.
At the same time, the duo said that their group (Ricafort group) “has al-ways been in control of the Nadecor KK copper and gold project being the majority shareholder,”ad-ding that “it is the minori-ty Calalang group that has made four unsuccessful attempts to illegally take over the tenement.”
On the claim that “the Court of Appeals (CA), in a decision dated Feb-ruary 18, recognized the Calalang Board and execu-tives as the rightful group to represent Nadecor,” the Ricafort group spokesper-sons said “The CA injunc-tion is under SC appeal and is not yet final and ex-ecutory.”
They also answered the line that “the challenge of dissident shareholders Jose Ricafort was thrown out by the CA, and the administrative complaint filed against the CA jus-tices who rendered the same decision, was dis-missed by the Supreme Court by a vote of 15-0 on February 19.”
Bauza and Contreras told Davao media persons that “this is a mix of two is-sues --(1) the CA decision on the Bato case which is pending at the SC and --(2) the administrative com-plaint against Justice Bato that was dismissed by the SC with the comment that an administrative com-plaint is not the basis for a pleading. The administra-tive case dismissed by the SC has nothing to do with the main case which is still
under appeal with the SC.They also refuted
the claims that “re-elect-ed president Conrado-Calalang, who leads the largest investor group and its independent share-holders, reported that for-eign partner St. Augustine has made a significant new investment in Nadecor.”
The JGR holds the“larg-est Nadecor shareholder of 62% of Nadecor shares, they said. “The statement that Calalang was re-elect-ed as Nadecor president at the recent August 2013 ASM did not elect him as a director or as president, “ adding that St. Augustine is not a foreign partner of Nadecor since the MOU and all agreements were rescinded on March 26, 2012
Also, they said that no less than the BangkoSen-tralngPilipinas(BSP) said has not registered any in-vestment of St. Augustine in Nadecor, according to a letter written by BSP Deputy Governor Diwa C. Gunigundo which, in part, says that “our records do not show any foreign in-vestment registered by the BSP involving the Nation-wide Development Corp., Saint Augustine Gold and Copper Ltd. And Saint Au-gustine Mining Ltd.”
One of the largest shareholders in St. Au-gustine is Queensberry Mining and Development Corp., (Queensberry), the resource investment arm of the family of former senator Manny Villar.
Following its in-vestment in May 2013, Queensberry now holds 18 percent of St. Augus-tine and has the option to increase its holding up to 32 percent.
plays.“This is a once-in-a-
year event, and it would be unfortunate if we do not push through with it,” Peñas said, adding that there have been threats to peace and security, but he is intensifying security measures.
“We are in full coor-dination with the police, military, barangay tan-ods, including the civil-ians, and even the Muslim community gave their full support in maintaining the peace and security of Digos, especially during the Araw ng Digos,” he said.
Meanwhile, the mayor has also been aggressive-ly developing tourism and inviting more investors to the city to boost the econ-omy and job opportuni-ties.
For the Tourism Pro-motion Development
Program of Digos, Peñas recently endorsed the de-velopment of the circum-ferential road from Cogon Kapatagan, Mainit, Balu-takay, and Bansalan to the Regional Development Council (RDC) 11.
“We will continue to ask for more funding be-cause if we develop this road, the tourism industry here will bloom,” he said.
To increase employ-ment opportunities in the city, he has been inviting more investors to come in to the city.
He cited Gaisano, and Nakayama as some of the major companies that in-vested in the city.
He said, they already passed a resolution for Malañang to declare the area near Nakayama as an export processing zone (EPZ), adding that invi-tations have been sent to prospective investors
to take advantage of the city’s relatively peace and order condition and geo-graphical location as ad-vantageous to the city’s development.
“From Davao City to General Santos, Kidap-awan, or Cotabato, or vice versa, you will have to pass through Digos, which makes the city of 200,000 people the center of com-merce and industry in the region,” he said.
Peñas cited some ma-jor business establish-ments in the city, includ-ing two Gaisano shopping malls, five radio stations, some 16 private and pub-lic hospitals, plenty of gas-oline stations, 20 banks, and several colleges and universities.
He said, “it can cater to the needs of the people, being the center of busi-ness transaction and edu-cation programs.”
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THERE is no stop-ping Governor Ro-dolfo del Rosario
in attaining his vision for Davao del Norte.
In local politics, where term limits usually affect the efficiency of chief exec-utives, del Rosario made it clear that he will continue
his brand of no-nonsense and untiring leadership until the last day of his governorship.
The last-termer gov-ernor said there will be no let up in his innovative governance as he vowed to faithfully carry out and implement relevant and
responsive policies and programs that will have genuine impact in the lives of the Dabaonons.
“While I am still here let us continue rolling up our sleeves and stay late at night until we finish what we need to do,” he said, during the recent celebra-
tion of his 79th birthday at the Clubhouse of the Davao del Norte Sports and Tourism Complex in Tagum City.
The Septuagenarian governor was greeted by his family, close friends and associates, local offi-cials and his official family
in the provincial govern-ment.
Looking every inch an institution in local governance, Del Rosario hinted he is not slowing down a bit although he is poised to celebrate his Ruby Jubilee 80th anniver-sary next year.
The decorated leader said he intends to real-ize his legacy of making Davao del Norte a premier and outstanding province, before he takes his final bow in public service in 2016.
“I will work hard as if this is my first term of of-fice and I will do it up to the last day of my governor-ship,” the governor said.
His retirement from office will coincide with the observance of the 50th founding anniversary of the province.
The unblemished po-litical career of Governor Dolfo, as he is fondly called, started in 1978 as assem-blyman of the Batasang Pambansa, where he con-currently served as minis-ter of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, and of Natu-ral Resources until 1986.
He continued to serve the legislature when de-mocracy was restored, being elected as Congress-
man of the 3rd District of Davao del Norte for three consecutive terms in 1987, 1992 and 1995.
He was elected as gov-ernor in 1998, and reelect-ed in 2001, during which he was elected by his peers to be the president of the League of Provinces of the Philippines and, subse-quently, the Union of Local Authorities of the Philip-pines: a rare acknowledg-ment of his being a primus inter pares.
With the sound poli-cies adopted by del Rosa-rio, Davao del Norte leap-frogged from the 52nd spot in the 2000 Human Development Index, to 32nd in 2003 HDI, outpac-ing the other 20 Provinces already in the top 30.
This was brought about by the dynamism of his development agendas that were attuned to the chang-ing needs of the times.
In 1998, the gover-nor put premium on the Minimum Basic Needs ap-proach to development to uplift the living condition of the Dabaonons. While in 2007, he elevated the locus of intervention through his RDR WHEELS, which is community hard-infra oriented platform. [Noel Baguio/DavNor PIO]
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BEAMING. Davao del Norte Gov. Rodolfo Rodolfo del Rosario beams as he reminisces his colorful 36 years in public services, during the celebration of his 79th birthday at the DNSTC Clubhouse. [Noel Baguio/DavNor PIO]
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Del Rosario vows to buckle down all the way
RURAL Bank of Digos, Inc. was again ad-judged by the Land
Bank of the Philippines as “Most Outstanding Rural Bank in Region XI for 2012”. This is the 8th Regional Award received by RBDI.
RB Digos Asst. Vice President – Administration Group Head Giovanni D. Ga-briento personally received the awards at the Land Bank Plaza in Manila last August 28, 2013. He also
received plaques and cash prizes for the said award. Land Bank is on its 15th year of recognizing Outstanding Countryside Financial Insti-tutions (CFI).
The award was present-ed by Chairman on Com-mittee on Banks and Finan-cial Intermediaries Nelson P. Collantes; LBP President and CEO Gilda E. Pico; LBP EVP Agricultural and De-velopment Lending Sector Cecilia C. Borromeo.
The event was also at-tended by LBP First VP Mindanao Branches Group Joselito P. Gutierrez, LBP VP Mindanao Lending Group Head Celeste A. Burgos, LBP AVP Davao Lending Center Head Charlotte I. Conde and Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines President Vittorio Z. Almario.
RBDI bested the other rural banks in the region and in the country in the three criteria set by LBP
– (1) Organizational Man-agement, Business Oper-ations & Financial Man-agement, (2) Pass on Rate to Small Farmers * Fisher-men, and )3) Partnership with LBP.
RB Digos was organized in December 1955 and was the first bank to operate in Digos and the southern part of the then empire province of Davao. That is why it earned the acronym “The Pioneer Bank.”
REGION’S BEST. RB Digos AVP Giovanni D. Gabriento (center) with (from left) LBP EVP Cecilia C. Borromeo, LBP President & CEO Gilda E. Pico, Hon. Nelson P. Collantes, LBP VP Celeste A. Burgos and LBP AVP Charlotte I. Conde
Rural Bank of Digos adjudged again as best RB in Region 11
THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources
(DENR) in Region 12 is set to launch an in-depth investigation into the al-leged encroachments by a tribal group and a mining company on areas covered by its community forestry projects in the mountains of North Cotabato and Sul-tan Kudarat provinces.
Datu Tungko Saikol, DENR-Region 12 execu-tive director, said Wednes-day he directed the agen-cy’s forestry personnel to look into the reported intrusions and come up with recommendations that will help resolve the problem.
He designated DENR-12’s regional technical director for forestry Muri-paga Umpar to spearhead the investigation.
Saikol ordered the probe after stakeholders of people’s organizations (POs) that were accredit-ed by DENR-12 to imple-ment their reforestation projects in the mountains of Arakan in North Cota-bato and Bagumbayan in Sultan Kudarat reported the encroachments by “in-terest groups” into their
project areas.He said a member of
the Kabalantian Farmers Association, Inc. (KAFAI) based in Arakan com-plained that a tribal group from Bukidnon province reportedly encroached into their Integrated Social Forestry (ISF) project area.
KAFAI, which was ear-lier granted with an ISF area covering 5,402 hect-ares in Barangay Kabalan-tian in Arakan, is a rural worker’s association that is also registered with the Department of Labor and Employment. The group is composed of around 200 rural workers.
He said its members, who are composed of Ilongo settlers and Mano-bo-Kulamanon tribal res-idents, are claiming prior rights over the area by vir-tue of a Certificate of Stew-ardship Contract issued by the DENR in 1997.
Saikol said the intru-sion into KAFAI’s project area was reportedly led by members of the Matig-salog tribe under the FE-MATRIC or Federation of Matigsalog Tribe CADT Holders based in Kitaotao town in Bukidnon. [Allen V. Estabillo/MindaNews]
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SECURE in their feel-ings now that they have been cleared
for participation in the Dec. 11-22 27th edition
of the Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar, the talented under- 17 Phil-ippine Malditas can now concentrate in barging to
the semifinals of the the ASEAN Football Federa-tion Women’s Champion-ships on Sept. 10 in Yan-gon, Myanmar.
The Malditas are bracketed in Group B of the AFF tourney togeth-er with Japan’s under-23 squad, Indonesia, Laos,
and host Myanmar, while Group A is composed of Australia, Vietnam, Ma-laysia and Jordan.
But the Malditas’ dream has been clouded with the last minute entry of Japan’s under-23 team which is a real threat to the Filipinas since at least four of the Japanese ladies have already played in the 2012 World Cup women’s competition.
However, coach Doug-las Nierras, who was joined by assistant coach Trey Scharlin and Fil-Ams Camille Wilson, Ol-ivia Schmitt and Amanda Empleo at the PSA Forum is hopeful that his wards will reach the semis and the finals despite the strength of Japan and host Myanmar.
Nierras said his cur-rent crop of players is stronger than last year.
The Malditas lost to Myanmar, 2-4, in last year’s AFF competition but “We are fielding a much stronger squad that has been training side-by-side with my Stallions squad, the reigning UFL Cup and League champi-on,” said Nierras.
Nierras said he ex-pects the Malditas to beat Indonesia and Laos as both were beatable “so
the game against Myan-mar will be crucial. If we beat them then we will advance to the semifinal round.”
He has been coach-ing the national women’s squad since the 2005 Philippine Southeast Asian Games where the country was the overall regional champion for the first time.
“Japan has an un-der-23 squad while I practically have an un-der-17 squad,” said Nier-ras who included a lot of young players as part of his long-range plans for next year’s AFC under-17 football tournament.
The Malditas are cur-rently ranked No. 4 in SEA behind Thailand, Viet-nam, and Myanmar, re-spectively, and is No. 75 in the FIFA world rankings, which largely due to their strong play in the AFC Women Cup qualifiers last May in Bangladesh where they had two wins and one loss.
They blanked Middle East powerhouse Iran 6-0 to win the nod of the Phil-ippine Olympic Commit-tee and Philippine Sports Commission to earn their place in the Philippine delegation in Myanmar.(PNA)
PHOENIX (AP) -- The Phoenix Suns and Michael Bea-
sley have reached an agreement to terminate the contract of the trou-bled forward.
The move on Tuesday will cost the franchise $7 million, a $2 million sav-ings from what Beasley would have been due had he simply been waived. It also represents a signifi-cant reduction in what the hit on the team’s sal-ary cap would have been.
Beasley was arrested a month ago in suburban Scottsdale on charges of felony marijuana pos-session and possession of drug paraphernalia. It was the latest in a se-ries of incidents involv-ing the drug that have plagued his NBA career after he was selected as the No. 2 overall draft pick out of Kansas State in 2008.
‘’The Suns were de-voted to Michael Beas-ley’s success in Phoenix,’’ Suns President for Bas-ketball Operations Lon Babby said in a state-ment released by the team. ‘’However, it is es-sential that we demand the highest standards of personal and profession-al conduct as we develop a championship culture.
‘’Today’s action re-flects our commitment to those standards.’’
The Suns took a chance on Beasley de-spite his history of off-the-court problems.
In June 2011, Beasley was ticketed for mar-ijuana possession and speeding in a Minneap-olis suburb. He has ac-knowledged that while he was with the Miami Heat, he twice violated the NBA’s drug policy and entered a treatment facility in 2009.
But at the news con-ference announcing his signing of a three-year, $18 million contract with Phoenix, Beasley vowed that his marijua-na days were over.
‘’I realize 10 minutes of feeling good is not re-ally worth putting my life and my career and my legacy in jeopardy,’’ he said then, ‘’so I’m confi-dent to say that that part of my career, that part of my life, is over and won’t be coming back.’’
But early on Aug. 6, his Mercedes was pulled over for a traffic stop and a Scottsdale officer said he smelled mari-juana. Police said they found three marijuana cigarettes in the car Bea-sley was driving.
MALDITAS. The Philippine women’s football team, more popularly known as the Malditas, will eye for the AFC semifinals this time.
PHL Malditas eye AFC semis berth
Suns unload Beasley
Not a stranger to the food scene, I have been most intrigued by the pow-erful pull this particular establishment have on peo-ple. No, not just people but people who are as keen as me when it comes to food. Yes, they serve the juici-est grilled native chicken! Now, how is that even pos-sible? From the moment you allow yourself to be dragged by your gastro-
nomically inclined senses, you will be treated to an
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THE busy streets of Davao makes the ambi-ance all the more enticing. People from all walks of life line the streets after a tiring day at school and office. Nonetheless, despite the stress, everyone seems alleviated as soon as they step inside one of Davao’s premier food spot, Toryano’s!
Toryano’s Chicken Haus: Food, passion and love
array of par excellence pi-noy dishes that are not only tummy friendly but more so, budget friendly. Their menu speaks forth of how much they value the well being of their cli-ents. From celebrities like Martin Nievera to students dependent on parents’ al-lowance, they know how to strike a balance and deliver at the same time. For most of us, Toryano’s Chicken Haus appears like any other. It did to me. However, as I savour their dsihes, I was made to be-lieve that I did miss part of my Davao life when I often snobbed their delicacies.
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DAVAO has literally transformed itself as just a mere producer of food into a haven of gastronomic and culinary delights. This is due to the fact that food tastes better when it is consumed where it is grown and this is the mind-set of Eden Na-ture Park’s restaurant. The resort is already known for it’s fresh garden salads which use resort grown salad greens as well as herbs and spices in the past with the fresh infu-sion of culinary ideas, the resort now also features various locally grown and sourced ingredients in their buffet spreads. An example of their eat local campaign is their Tuna Tartar which features fresh locally caught tuna served with their in-house grown cucumber. The freshness of the tuna and the sweet crunchiness of the cucumber pairs well and leaves me excited of the other dishes on the table. Of course when at Eden, their salad takes the centre stage of the buffet spread, with the greens literally picked fresh from the pot and into the salad bowl. Pair with their famous Asian sesame dressing and you can actually almost
swear off meat. I say almost because I cannot for the life of me swear off Eden’s grilled pork belly which is cooked hot and fresh by the cooks for everyone to see and smell. I lament the fact that I cannot share the de-licious smokey, salty smell of Eden’s pork belly since no one has yet invented ink that can smell exactly like the slices of pork belly I smelled and tasted, but trust me, it was the pork they kept me from becom-ing a total vegetarian. And what is a complete
meal without dessert right? At Eden, desserts take a playful turn with the use also of local favours and in-gredients. From the creamy taro and sweet potato pas-tillas de leche to the sweet potato maja, everything was well balanced, creamy without being too sweet, making one crave for an extra bite here and there. For halo-halo lovers, there is also a halo-halo buffet with ingredients taken from the pages of one of Davao’s best halo-halos, Aling Fupings (which is also owned by the Ayala family). The best des-sert bite though would be Eden Nature Park’s buttery, crumbly Macadamia Nut Cookies. Now you may be wondering what is lo-cal about the cookie? Well,
the resort actually grows its own macadamia nuts, making the cookies made with the nuts extra special and extra worth the calo-ries. Follow me on Twitter or on Instagram for more foodie finds, travel tips and happenings in, around and beyond Durianburg.
Desserts at the buffet.
Macadamia nut cookies with nuts that are grown in-house.
BULGOGI BROTHERS INTRODUCES AFFORDABLE SET MEALS. Have a taste of Korean Pork Belly, Seafood Soybeen Stew, Bulgogi Bibimbap, Beef Bulgogi, Claypot style Bulgogi, Spicy Boneless Chicken, Boneless Pork Rib BBQ, and Pork Bulgogi all day long from Monday to Sunday for only Php 295 per set. Each set comes with classic Korean side dishes as well as free refillable cold Korean tea. Bulgogi Brothers is located at the second floor Fountain Court of SM Lanang Premier.
Grilled swordfish.
Eden’s famous garden salad greens. Heart of palm and shirmp salad.
Tuna tartar.
Cooking up pork bellies.
Treats from the gardens of Eden
GLOBE TELECOM recently started using Google business so-lutions and tools that empower employees of the Philippine telecommunications company to serve its customers better. The collaboration will provide Globe with flexibility to de-liver more for its customers by enhancing mobility of close to 6,000 Globe employees, supportive of a 24-7 service. Join-ing Globe President and CEO Ernest Cu (second from right) at the launching of the collaboration are from left, Herald Uy, Chief Technology Evangelist of Singularity, Ricky Kapur, Head of Google Enterprise Asia and Henry Aguda, Globe Chief of Information Officer and Head of Information Systems.
ABREEZA MALL, the premier shopping, dining, and enter-tainment destination in Davao, presents an impressive new offering that will give customers more reasons to keep com-ing back. Launched on June 8, 2013, valet parking is now available at Abreeza—the first mall in Mindanao to introduce such a ser-vice. For only Php 50, Abreeza’s experienced and efficient va-let attendants will ensure that your vehicle is driven quickly and safely to the parking area; once you re-turn to pick it up, they will deliver it back to you just as quickly and safely. This new service comes in especially handy for patrons who are pressed for time, and on those days when parking is sure to be a challenge. “Dur-ing Abreeza’s peak days, which are on weekends, our parking spaces easily get filled up,” says Joseph Ryan Pastrana, who is project head of the valet parking program. “It’s convenient for customers to avail of valet parking, which is guaranteed to give them fast—and secure—service.” Abreeza has allotted a space exclusively for valet vehicles near the exit of the basement parking area to make certain that vehicles are transported to and from the parking area in the shortest time possible. This new offering further strengthens Abreeza’s commit-ment to putting the customer first. “The valet parking project came about because Abreeza truly wants to give excellent customer service,” Pastrana reveals. “As part of our initiatives in giving customers the best service that we can give, we’ve extended more convenience and security even to the park-ing experience.” Avail of Abreeza’s valet parking service at the Italianni’s en-trance from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. For inquiries, please con-tact the Abreeza hotline at (082) 321-9332. For more informa-tion on Abreeza, please visit the official Ayala Malls website at www.ayalamalls.com.ph or Abreeza’s official Facebook page at www.facebook.com/AbreezaMall.
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Abreeza’s first-ever mall valet parking service in Mindanao
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BEGINNING Septem-ber 6, History’s hit reality series “Pawn Stars” and “Kings of Restoration” move to primetime - ev-ery Friday at 8PM - on GMA News TV. On “Pawn Stars”, Rick Har-rison gets a chance to buy one of the quietest air crafts ever made - a vintage Sch-weizer glider. Will he soar into a good deal and restore this glider to its high flying status? Then Corey meets a man selling a jersey au-tographed by famed New York Yankees icon Lou Geh-rig. Will the owner get the 7,000 dollars he wants for it? And the Old Man is speechless when a guy comes into the shop with an extremely rare casino chip – a 1950s Las Vegas
Club five-dollar chip – one of only eight known pieces available. Will the Old Man bet the house for this histor-ic Vegas relic or fold when the stakes get too high? On “Kings of Restoration”, Rick Dale and the guys aim to please when an 1800s cannon rolls into the shop. Rick admits it’s his first time to restore one so he asks for an expert’s help. Will the team get this historic piece
to fire again? And later, a client brings in a 1960s slot machine from the old Silver Slipper Casino. Can the shop hit the jackpot on this 10-cent con-traption? Dubbed in Filipino, “Pawn Stars” and “Kings of Resto-ration” air back-to-back on its new timeslot – every Fri-day at 8PM – starting Sep-tember 6 on GMA News TV Channel 11.
KAPAMILYA ACTRESS Kim Chiu is on cloud nine after receiving the Best TV Drama Actress award in the recently held 3rd EdukCircle Awards for her portrayal in the top-rating primetime family drama series “Ina Kapatid Anak.” According to Kim, she is overjoyed with all the bless-ings that she has been re-ceiving this year including the success of her first mov-ie team-up with Xian Lim “Bakit Hindi Ka Crush ng Crush Mo?” which earned
more than P100 million. “I am very thankful to EdukCircle Awards for rec-ognizing me as a drama actress. And of course, to ABS-CBN, Dreamscape, and the whole staff of ‘Ina Kapa-tid Anak’ for always bring-ing out the best in me,” said Kim who is set to topbill the newest “Wansapanataym” month-long special. In the pilot episode of “Wansapanataym Presents My Fairy Kasambahay” this Saturday (September 7), Kim will portray the role of Elyza, a young lady who is punished by the Fairy Mayordoma (John ‘Sweet’ Lapus) to become a maid because of her disrespect-ful attitude towards their house helpers. How will
Elyza’s life change when she is given a taste of her own medicine? Also in “Wansapanataym Presents My Fairy Kasam-bahay” are Joseph Marco, Shamaine Buencamino, Miguel Vergara, Arnold Reyes, Simon Ibarra, and Angel Aquino. It is writ-ten by Cris Lim and Arlene Tamayo, and directed by Jerry Sineneng. Don’t miss the begin-ning of Kim’s magical fairy tale this Saturday in the newest month-long special of the storybook of Pinoy kids, “Wansapanataym,” after “Kapamilya: Deal or No Deal” on ABS-CBN. For updates, log on to www.abs-cbn.com or follow @ab-scbndotcom on Twitter.
Pawn Stars and Kings of Restoration move to
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Kim Chiu hailed as best TV drama actress
“Wansapanataym Presents My Fairy Kasambahay” airs pilot episode this Saturday
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What made me smile most was their NATIVE CHICKEN. As abovemen-tioned, it was juicier than expected. Dwelling on its greatness will rob you of your sanity thus I advice you to try it for yourself. The BANGUS SISIG made me think twice of my food preferences. The sim-plicity of the dish made it out of the ordinary, to say the least. I was convinced though that what I was having was more than a bangus! Another delicious dish was their KINILAW that was freshly, soothing all together. Not a kinilaw fan, I was munching on them like a kid inside a candy store. It was too good to be true -- with a hint of spicy
on the side, patrons and newbies will be treated to an explosive experience! Another is their CRISPY BANGUS that was so
crispy you would mistake it for something else. I say that because the fish fla-vour was well preserved despite the deep frying. I loved how I was able to taste it mildly and not deal with a fishy after taste that we often have of fish. The PANCIT and CHOP SUEY were also winners! Yes, you can verily acquaint the dishes with something typical of pinoys but these were neither. It exemplified that even traditional staples could be given additional notch and have an out-standing result in the end. Have it while hot and you’ll never have to ask for rice! Of the many dishes tasted, I was delectably in-trigued on their simple yet intoxicating CHICKEN TINOLA. I wonder how they kept the native chick-en super soft and juicy at the same time? People who are watching what they eat will surely love this soup. Capping the night off, we were treated with a unique dessert of BUKO SALAD served on cleaned and trimmed coconut
shell. Nonetheless, be not stopped by the presenta-tion as the salad was the perfect ending to a gastro-nomical heart attack that took me by surprise! I simply adored how the cheese intertwined the mang sahog of the salad.No, it did not taste for-eigh; it tasted holistically in sync with the dessert. This has got to be the most delicious salad I have ever tasted -- except for my Mom’s , that is. So, if good food and fun night is what you are after, then visit TORYANO’S CHICKEN HAUS infront of the Apo View Hotel and be transported into a different realm with their dishes! Want to be a part of Davao’s Thursday habit? What are you waiting for? Email me at [email protected] or [email protected] and to-gether we will experience a gastronomical indul-gence like no other. Visit chefroyale.com for reci-pes and features you have missed!
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NEW YORK (AP) -- From an ace on the first point to
a stinging return on the last, Serena Williams was close to perfect in the U.S. Open quarterfinals.
The score said it all Tuesday night: 6-0, 6-0.
Yes, Williams is look-ing better and better with each match at the year’s last Grand Slam tourna-ment. With two more wins - no matter the exact
scores - she’ll earn a fifth title at Flushing Meadows and 17th major champi-onship overall.
The No. 1-ranked and No. 1-seeded Williams shut out 18th-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain, the first ‘’double bagel’’ in a quarterfinal at Flushing Meadows since 1989, when 18-time ma-jor title winner Martina Navratilova did it to Man-uela Maleeva.
Williams won 53 of 71 points and dominated pretty much every statis-tical category. The first set took all of 19 minutes. The second was slower, lasting 33 minutes, but no less lopsided.
‘’When you play against Serena,’’ Suarez Navarro said, ‘’you know these things can happen.’’
In Friday’s semifinals, Williams will play 2011 French Open champion Li
Na of China.Asked in an on-court
interview if her game is peaking, Williams re-plied: ‘’No. Not yet. I hope not. I’m just trying to do the best that I can.’’
Well, that just hap-pens to be rather good. Through five matches, Williams has dropped a total of 13 games so far. For comparison’s sake, know this: Suarez Na-varro lost more games than that in her previous match alone, 15, while eliminating No. 8 Angeli-que Kerber.
That victory, and her seeding, should have demonstrated that Su-arez Navarro is quite ca-pable of playing well, too. But not on this evening. Not against Williams, who is 65-4 with eight titles in 2013. Going back to the start of Wimbledon last year, the 31-year-old American is 96-5 with 13 trophies, including from three of the past five Grand Slam tournaments plus the London Olym-pics.
GOLF RANKINGSGolf World rankings on Monday, Sept 2 (U.S. un-
less stated, last week’s positions in brackets):
1. (1) Tiger Woods 14.38 average points2. (2) Adam Scott (Australia) 9.443. (3) Phil Mickelson 8.624. (4) Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) 8.185. (5) Justin Rose (England) 7.886. (6) Matt Kuchar 6.587. (7) Brandt Snedeker 6.328. (8) Jason Dufner 5.999. (9) Graeme McDowell (Northern Ireland) 5.8210. (10) Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 5.7711. (11) Luke Donald (England) 5.0912. (12) Keegan Bradley 5.0613. (13) Lee Westwood (England) 4.9314. (14) Steve Stricker 4.9215. (15) Jim Furyk 4.70
TOO GOOD. Serena Williams coasted to a double bagel win in the quar-terfinals and will be meeting Li Na (inset) next. Lower photo, Ana Ivanovic lost a rain-delayed match to Victoria Azarenka.
PRESIDENT’S CUP ASPIRANT. Before the 2013 PGA Tour season kicked off, Jordan Spieth was a relative nobody in the professional golf ranks, a kid that fit the mold of the confident amateur-turned-pro with lots of promise but no set plan for his immediate future. Playing great golf lately, Spieth could land a spot in the President’s Cup.
SUPER SERENADouble bagel win shoves Williams to semis
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WHAT they failed to achieve at home, they try to achieve on the road.
Two-time Davao champion The Royal Mandaya Hotel-Duterte Agi-las try to annex a third straight championship this time in Gen. Santos City when they clash with Cebu’s Omega Pain Killer Pro for the 2013 Tuna Festival Pacman Cup.
Gametime is set late last night after the battle for third between MP Pacman Warriors and Team Villar-Zamboanga City.
The TRMH Duterte Agilas, owned by hotelier Glen Escandor and managed by CMO executive assistant Bong Go, earned the trip to the finals in the Gen. Santos City
tournament which serves as the sporting highlight of the annual Tuna Festival when it hacked out a close 87-85 win over the Pain Killer Specialists of Cebu’s Inter-national Pharmaceuticals Inc.
The TRMH Duterte Agilas toppe d the four-team single round robin eliminations with a clean 3-0 slate.
The Cebu squad booked the other finals berth after MP Pac-man Warriors lost out on its fi-nals bid with a heartbreaking loss to Team Villar 70-71. The three teams finished the elims with identical 1-2 cards but the Cebua-nos got the best quotient with a plus 25 compared to Pacman’s 0 and Team Villar’s minus 25.
The TRMH Duterte Agilas, then
carrying the TRMH-CMO name, was prevented from winning a triple crown after organizers can-celled the controversy-rocked Ka-dayawan Basketball Tournament last month in Davao City.
Team owner Escandor, who assembled this team at the last minute, was set to catch up with his team in the finals but his tight schedule in Manila could leave him no choice but to cancel his flight to Gen. Santos City.
“I wanted to watch the finals and cheer for the boys but my schedule is too tight, I will just pray for them and hopefully we will win the title,” said Escandor in a text message to Edge Davao. NJB
ONE VERSUS THREE. Mario West of Meralco of Meralco challenges the defense of Cyrus Baguio, Calvin Abueva and JV Casio of Alaska during the PBA Governor’s Cup last Tuesday night.
FOR THE TITLETRMH Duterte Agilas gun for title