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ARE THE GILAS STILL HEALTHY?

DCPO TO SUE MALL PROTESTERS

INSIDE EDGE

Counsel wants voluntary exit for Dr. Philips

In an interview with 105.9 Balita FM, lawyer Glo-celito Jayma said he filed the petition on Tuesday after-noon to let his client leave the country of his own will.

“In order to avoid misun-derstanding, he just wants to leave the country volun-tarily. We are now process-ing that,” Jayma said.

Jayma said he strong-ly believes the allegations that Philips is involved with a terrorist group is “just a misunderstanding” since the latter teaches tradition-al Muslim culture.

“He is just an educator, so it is just a misunder-standing… he even has a website in which his writ-ings can be seen,” he said.

Jayma said they are ex-

pecting the answer to their petition within the week.

He insisted that his cli-ent has no criminal record in the country. Bilal has been banned in several countries, including the US, US, Australia, Kenya, and Bangladesh.

Jayma said the voluntary exit they are requesting is still a form of deportation. “Actually a voluntary exit is a voluntary deportation on the part of the alien. It is still a deportation but a voluntary one. That will still be on record as far as the BI (Bureau of Immigration) is concerned,” Jayma said.

If their petition is grant-ed, Philips will be put into the watch list order of the BI. Jayma, however, said

that can still be changed.Jayma said Philips had

visited the Philippines sev-eral times and does not have any bad record here.

The Mercy Islamic Cen-ter strongly believes Philips is not a threat to national security.

Center manager Eisa Javier said the 68-year-old scholar was just invited to Davao City by an organiza-tion to conduct lectures for some parents on how to raise their children in an Is-lamic culture.

Javier also said the teachings of Philips have nothing to do with political issues or radicalism.

“Ang pagpunta rito ni Dr. Bilal walang kinalaman sa political issues o radi-calism. Inimbitahan siya dito ng isang organisasyon na mayroon ding Islamic school dito sa Davao to lec-ture kung paano mag palaki ng bata in Islamic way (Dr.

IS HE A TERRORIST? Dr. Bilal Philips,

suspected terror movement supporter,

is shown in his website photo during one of his

lectures.

SENATOR Miriam Defensor-San-tiago yesterday had netizens abuzz when she said she was

eyeing Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte as her running mate if she makes a run for the presidency in 2016.

“I would love to run with Rudy Duterte. He would make an excel-lent VP for enforcement. Maybe we can make him change his mind,” Santiago said in a tweet just before noon yesterday.

She quickly added, however, that she was also considering former De-fense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro and Senator Grace Poe.

“I am considering Rudy Duterte, Gilbert Teodoro, or maybe we can have two women running together - Miriam and Grace.It sounds like a restaurant,” she said.

Mayor Duterte, however, quickly rejected the idea. His executive as-sistant, Christopher Lawrence Go,

By FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA

The legal counsel of Canadian profes-sor Abu Ameen Bilal Philips, who was detained in Davao City on suspicion

of having ties with a terrorist movement, filed for a voluntary exit for his client.

Now it’s ‘Miriam-Rody’ for 2016

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SNAIL-PACED. Downtown-bound vehicles passing the Sasa and Bo. Pampanga areas form a long queue caused by the snail-paced road widening and drainage system project in Lanang, Davao City. Lean Daval Jr.

THE Davao City Po-lice Office (DCPO) will file a formal

complaint before the City Prosecutors Office against members of different progressive groups who staged a lightning strike inside SM Lanang Premier during President Aquino’s visit last Monday.

Speaking to report-ers yesterday at the AFP-PNP Press Corps press conference at The Royal Mandaya Hotel, DCPO offi-cer-in-charge Superinten-dent Marvin Pepino said the members of progres-sive will face charges of

alarm and scandal.“We are still investi-

gating the incident and charges to filed will be based on the report of Sasa Police Station com-mander RoyinaGarma,” Pepino said.

He said that the unit of Garma was in charge of the area.

Pepino said he already ordered the identification of the protesters involved in the protest, including the students who were seen shouting with other members of progressive groups to air their con-cerns to Mr. Aquino.

Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 director Chief Superintendent Wendy Rosario ordered the DCPO to file a case against the members of the progres-sive groups.

Pepino also said May-or Rodrigo Duterte was informed of the plan to file a case against the pro-testers, adding that the mayor agreed.

The lightning strike was staged just as Presi-dent Aquino was entering the SMX Convention Cen-ter to attend a meeting of the Philippine Busi-ness for Social Progress

(PBSP).Those who participat-

ed were allegedly from Bagong Alyansang Mak-abayan, Bayan Muna, Ga-briela-Davao, PASAKA, Kilusang Mayo Uno, Kilu-sang Magbubukid ng Pil-ipinas, Anakbayan, Anak-pawis, and Karapatan.

“We already identified the leaders of the pro-gressive groups but we still have to identify other people involved in the in-cident,” Pepino said.

Asked if filing the case against protesters is a form of repression of their freedom of expres-

sion, Pepino said it does not apply since the group staged the protest inside a private establishment without any permit from the mall management and chief of security.

“The aggrieved party here is the management of the mall and mall-goers who were surprised when these people start shout-ing,” he said.

Pepino said the case to be filed was a prerogative of DCPO and not yet of the mall management.

“We are still waiting for the result of the coordina-tion made by commander

Garma to the management of the mall,” Pepino said, adding he gave the police commander until after-noon of yesterday.

As of press time, the report has not been sub-mitted to Pepino.

A member of SM La-nang Premier manage-ment who asked not to be identified would not comment on the matter because it is still being in-vestigated by the DCPO.

The source said SM also cannot yet claim to be an aggrieved party pend-ing the result of the inves-tigation.

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By CHENEEN R. CAPON

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

THE Davao City Coun-cil yesterday passed on first reading a

proposed ordinance imple-menting and enforcing Re-public Act No. 9208 or the “Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003.”

The local legislation proposed by councilor Leah Librado-Yap aims to implement its rules and

regulation, to impose pre-scribe penalties for the unlawful under the ordi-nance, and the creation of a local committee and task force.

In her privilege speech yesterday, Librado-Yap said Trafficking in Persons (TIP) convictions since 2007 are to be seen in the light of how local initiatives

contribute to the speedy disposition of such cases.

She said in Decem-ber 2013, a Regional Trial Court judge in Davao City handed the first conviction for Attempted Qualified Trafficking in Persons.

“This points to more collaborative efforts on our part, being local stakehold-ers and considering the

fact that just more than a hundred trafficking cases are being heard in courts with many more still in the preliminary investigation phase,” she said.

Librado-Yap said a US-government sponsored research pegs the number of transnational trafficking

Yap proposes ordinance backing law vs trafficking THE Davao City Coun-

cil has approved on first reading a pro-

posed ordinance to pub-lish a non-revenue gener-ating ordinance only once instead of three consecu-tive days after 10 days of its approval.

Committee on finance, ways and means, and ap-propriation chair council-or Danilo Dayanghirang told reporters yesterday after the session that there is a need to enact the pro-posal since the Council is going to publish the Com-prehensive Zoning Ordi-nance.

He said the publication

of this ordinance would be expensive since it is a book-like ordinance for which a P4-million budget will not be enough if it is published for three days.

“We appropriated P4 million, sayang man gud ang kwarta,” he said.

He said the resolution will not only apply to the publication of the Zoning Ordinance but to other non-revenue generating ordinances as well.

Dayanghirang said the proposal will ensure a more economically ef-ficient production and circulation of ordinances. ABF

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THE Davao City Cham-ber of Commerce and Industry, Inc.

(DCCCII) will seek to invite President Benigno Aquino to attend the Davao Trade Expo (DATE) which will be held in November to talk more about the inclu-sive agribusiness program which was launched in Davao City last Monday by the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) with the President in atten-dance.

DCCCII president An-tonio dela Cruz told Edge Davao that the President had already spoken about inclusive growth during the 2013 Mindanao Busi-ness Conference (MinBi-zCon) which was held in Davao City.

“We will endeavor to invite him to enlighten us

more on this,” dela Cruz said.

He also said the DCCCII had always been mindful of including all stakeholders in its programs to push not just Davao City but Mind-anao and the whole coun-try to economic progress.

“We’ve always done that. Our mandate is to promote agriculture, tour-ism, and ICT (information communication technol-ogy) and we will not stop there,” he said.

Earlier during the Club 888 Forum at The Mar-co Polo, Davao, dela Cruz said the President had endorsed DATE slated on November 19 to 22 at the SMX Convention Center in SM Lanang Premier.

“I am confident that this expo, which features

DELAYED enough as it is, the draft Bangsamoro Ba-

sic Law (BBL) which was submitted to Congress by President Aquino yes-terday morning will not be prioritized in the next weeks even if it is certi-fied as urgent by the Pres-ident.

“Starting next week until September 26, Con-gress will be focusing on budget session,” Gabriela Party-list Rep. Luzvimin-da C. Ilagan told Edge Davao in a phone inter-view yesterday.

Ilagan said the bill that will create the Bangsam-oro and abolish the Au-tonomous Region in Mus-

lim Mindanao (ARMM) can be taken up by legisla-tors “probably by October this year.”

Asked if the law will be passed this year, Ilagan chose not to comment.

“They said they al-ready submitted the draft but I and the other con-gressmen don’t have the copy yet. I still have to see the content of the bill,” she said.

She said the commit-tee on rules will still have to schedule the hearing for the BBL. After deliber-ation in Congress, the bill will proceed to Senate, then to the bicameral.

“It will be a long pro-cess and it’s still too early

to comment,” Ilagan said.Presidential Adviser

on the Peace Process Ter-esita Quintos-Deles and Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) chair Mohagher Iqbal handed over a copy each to Sen-ate President Franklin Drilon and House Speak-er Feliciano Belmonte, Jr., in the presence of Presi-dent Aquino in ceremo-nies in Malacañang at 10 am.

In his 10-minute speech after the han-dover, President Aqui-no gave assurance that the draft BBL was craft-ed to be“makatwiran, makatarungan, at ka-tanggap-tanggap sa la-

hat, Moro man, Lumad, o Kristiyano” (fair, just, and acceptable to all, whether they are Moros, Lumads, or Christians).

The 119-page draft law has 18 articles and an additional three-page ap-pendix on a proposed or-dinance providing for the “parliamentary districts composing the provinces, cities, municipalities and geographic areas of the Bangsamoro.”

Aquino urged Con-gress to examine the draft bill, which he certified as “urgent” and asked that it be passed “sa lalong ma-daling panahon” (as soon as possible).”

Ilagan, however, said

Congress still has to de-liberate whether the pro-visions are constitutional or unconstitutional. “It was delayed in the execu-tive branch precisely be-cause they did not want anything to be declared unconstitutional,” she added.

Ilagan cited a con-gressional session when members of Indigenous People from Mindanao said they were not in-cluded in the drafting of the BBL.

Illagan said all Mind-anao legislators are sup-porters of efforts that will create lasting peace in the region-island.

However, her support

may vary once she has a copy of the bill at hand, she said.

Meanwhile, Captain Alberto Caber, spokes-person of the Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom), said the submission of the BBL yesterday was good news for all.

“The EastMinCom supports the national government’s initiative not only in establishing a Bangsamoro region but in every peace and development programs. We are hopeful that these talks will finally be im-plemented. Our soldiers long for peace,” Caber said in a text message.

FIXIN’ IT UP. A lineman fixes cables of Davao Light and Power Company, Inc. as part of the power distributor’s rehabilitation and maintenance project along Ponciano Reyes Street in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

IT’S A DATE. Davao Trade Expo (DATE) 2014 chair and vice president for agri-business Luciano Frederick “Dicky” Puyod III (right) and Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (DCCCII) president Antonio Dela Cruz talk

about the upcoming DATE to be staged back to back with an international banana synposium. DATE 2014 is slated on November 19 to 22 at SM Lanang Premier’s SMX Convention Center. Lean Daval Jr.

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DCCCII to invite PNoy to DATEto talk about inclusive growth

BBL won’t be prioritized - Ilagan

Davao City Police Office (DCPO) of-f i c e r - i n - c h a r g e

Superintendent Marvin Pepino yesterday said no police officer under him is involved in crimes like “hulidap” (holdup in the guise of arrest) and that the personnel are moni-tored closely to keep them on the line.

“We are closely mon-itoring the whereabouts of our personnel na gaya nung ginagawa nating program like the conduct of random drug test sa PNP personnel and back-ground check time to time,” Pepino said in a press conference at The Royal Mandaya Hotel yes-terday.

Pepino said officers who tested positive for drugs were issued dis-missal orders by the Po-lice Regional Office (PRO) 11 and personalities in-volved in illegal activities were already marked ab-sent without official leave

(AWOL).He said in the past two

years, a total of seven of-ficers were dismissed be-cause they tested positive in random drug tests.

“It is just last year they were dismissed because it is also last year that the decision came out,” Pepi-no said, without disclos-ing the names of the dis-missed police officers.

He said PRO 11 region-al director Chief Superin-tendent Wendy Rosario in-structed different station commanders in the city to conduct police informa-tion and education to all police personnel.

Pepino said Rosario also tasked them to con-duct moral recovery pro-gram for the value forma-tion and moral conduct of more than 1,000 police personnel deployed in 12 different police stations in Davao City.

“The director is very strict and he keeps on

DCPO keeping cops on the line

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INVESTMENTS in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindan-

ao (ARMM) has reached P3.3 billion as of the third quarter of this year, dou-bling the agency’s reg-istered investments of P1.463 billion in 2013.

In its latest report, the Regional Board of In-vestments (RBOI) said job generation has also reached 2,994 compared to 1,743 over the same period last year.

Since July this year, the RBOI said three firms, namely the Darussalam Mining Corporation (DMC), Al Mujahidun Agro-Resources and De-velopment, Inc. (AMAR-DI) and Bangsamoro Oil and Fuels Corporation (BOFC) posted a com-bined P848-million worth of investment projects and generated 1,210 jobs in the ARMM.

The DMC based in Tumbagaan, Languyan, Tawi-tawi is engaged in a P192.87-million mining and quarrying operation of nickel ore for export to

China. The company gen-erated 310 local jobs.

The BOFC with invest-ments totaling P85.85 million is expected to pro-duce 33 jobs engaged in importation, distribution and sales of petroleum products.

The company also plans to construct an oil depot in Polloc Port, Pa-rang, Maguindanao.

In addition, the AM-ARDI, a neophyte in the region’s banana indus-try has initially planted 550-hectares of Caven-dish banana out of its targeted 1,500-hectare plantation in Barangay Salman, Ampatuan, Ma-guindanao.

The banana conglom-erate has infused P570 million in the project and is expected to generate 867 jobs.

The firm is seen to produce 2 million boxes every year at 13.5 kg/box to be exported to United Arab Emirates, Middle East and Europe.

“We have achieved our investment target for this

year and we hope that we will continue to attract more businessmen to in-vest given our strong agri-based economy. Other than our rich agricultural resources, the impending submission of the draft

Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) to Congress is an-ticipated to effect positive signals to the business community that the peace process is on track,” RBOI chair Ishak V. Mastura said.

Seven multinational business firms are cur-rently operating in the ARMM.

ARMM Governor Mu-jiv Hataman said the re-gional government would continue to uphold open

governance and trans-parency in the region to provide a conducive business atmosphere by proposing fiscal incen-tives and technical assis-tance as granted by RBOI. (PNA)

ARMM investments reachrecord high of P3.3 billion

NO LONGER FOR VEHICLES? An entire road in Barangay Taytay, El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental becomes a solar drier for rice and corn grains. MindaN-ews photo by Erwin Mascarinas

PRESIDENT Be-nigno Aquino on Tuesday said his

administration’s re-form efforts are attract-ing more investments and are supporting the country’s robust eco-nomic growth.

“Our message to in-vestors is clear: The Philippines is once again open for business. We have leveled the playing field, and are giving the investors the assurances that matter -- that as they deal with the commercial risk that naturally comes with enterprise, our govern-ment will do its utmost to minimize regulatory risk,” he said in a speech delivered at the ASEAN Business Awards Philip-pines 2014.

To create a more conducive investment climate, President Aqui-no cited the establish-ment of the Philippine Business Registry that provides a faster pro-

cess for business regis-tration and minimizes the opportunities for corruption.

The President said the Department of Pub-lic Works and Highways (DPWH) also optimized the bidding process and reduced the required bidding documents.

“Simply by plugging the leaks in their sys-tem, their agency has saved nearly P28 billion, on the way to building, upgrading, and improv-ing our infrastructure, like the 12,184 kilome-ters of national roads – which, if they were put together, is equivalent to four roads connect-ing Laoag to Zamboanga City,” he said.

President Aquino said his administration’s reforms also support-ed the economy which grew by 7.2 percent last year, making the Phil-ippines one of the best performing economies in Asia.

He said credit rat-ing agencies from all over the world also an-nounced a total of 20 positive credit ratings actions for the Philip-pines in the past four years, with the most sig-nificant upgrades com-ing from Moody’s, Fitch and Standard & Poor’s last year.

Likewise, the Chief Executive said the Phil-ippines has consistently climbed global compet-itiveness ranking, the latest was the country’s leap to 52nd place on the World Economic Forum’s 2014 Global Competitiveness Report from a ranking of 85th in 2010.

“All this was a result of our belief in our peo-ple, and in our efforts to put them in the global spotlight. The resur-gence of the Philippines is a result of striving for success in the face of challenge,” President Aquino said. (PNA)

Aquino says reformsattracting investments

A leader of a private think tank on policy, law reform, advo-

cacy and governance will share expert knowledge on private-public partner-ship (PPP) with members and guests of Davao City of Chamber of Commerce and Industries Inc. (DCC-CII) during its ninth month-ly General Membership Meeting (GMM) on Septme-ber 26, at 8:30 a.m. at the Davao Convention Center in F. Torres Street, Davao City.

This was announced by DCCCII President An-

tonio T. dela Cruz during yesterday’s Club 888 me-dia forum at Marco Polo Davao’s Eagle’s Bar. Dela Cruz attended the media forum with DCCCII Vice President for Agribusiness and this year’s Chairman of Davao Trade Expo Luciano Frederick ‘Dicky’ Puyod III to discus with reporters preparation for the Davao Trade Exposition on No-vember.

The keynote speaker is lawyer Alberto Agra, cur-rently head of emerging fields of law and political of

the Ateneo De Manila Uni-versity’s law School. Agra is a PPP specialist certified by both the Institute for Public-Private Partnership (IP3) in Virginia, USA and the Water, Engineering De-velopment Centre (WEDC) of LoughboroughUnivesity in United Kingdom. He is the president of Forensic Law and Policy Strategies Inc., also known as Foren-sic Solutions, a private pol-icy think tank offering ser-vices in the fields of policy, law reform, advocacy and governance.

PPP expert to keynoteDCCCII Sept. 26 meeting

ME R C H A N D I S E exports grew by 12.4 percent in

July 2014, with higher revenues from manu-factures and agro-based products, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).

The Philippine Sta-tistics Authority (PSA) yesterday reported that the value of merchandise exports grew to US$5.5 billion during the period from US$4.9 billion in July 2013. The Philippines posted the second highest exports growth among

the major economies in East and Southeast Asia in July 2014, next only to China.

For the first seven months of 2014, exports sales grew by 8.5 percent to US$35.1 billion, higher than US$32.4 billion in the same period last year.

Phl exports sustain strong double-digit growth in July

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THE Department of Agriculture (DA) urged producers

and exporters of canned tuna here to increase their shipments to the Middle East and the North Afri-can (MENA) region in the wake of the rising demand in its markets.

Gil Herico, agriculture attaché of the Philippine embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), said the MENA region appears to be the best option for local canned tuna export-ers in terms of market ex-pansion as the demand for the product in the area has been steadily increasing in the past several years.

He said the surge in the demand for canned tuna could be attributed to the continuing growth of the region’s agriculture-based food supply imports, es-pecially among members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

The GCC – a regional intergovernmental polit-ical and economic union consisting of all Arab states of the Persian Gulf – comprise Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and the UAE.

In the MENA region, he said the food retail sector,

which is currently valued at US$5 billion, has been also growing at a faster pace.

He said it could be seen with the opening of an av-erage 80 hypermarkets every year within the re-gion.

“MENA’s estimated retail sales in the pack-aged food market, which is dominated by pro-cessed seafood products, could reach around US$2 billion by the end of the year,” Herico said at the recent 16th National Tuna Congress here.

He said the top prod-ucts in the packaged food market are canned pro-cessed tuna and other re-lated food brands, dried processed fruit, noodles, chilled processed food like fresh tuna and other meats and confectionery.

In terms of population, Herico said the MENA re-gion’s 380 million people offer tremendous promise to the food retail market, especially for canned tuna.

He said the region’s per capita consumption for seafood products is currently at around 50 ki-lograms a year.

In Dubai alone, he said 66 percent of its 4.5 mil-

lion population consume fish or seafood products at least once a week.

Herico said MENA’s canned tuna market is

currently dominated by products from Thailand, which ships around 100 40-footer container vans every month.

“If we can just get 10 percent of that, it would be huge for our canned tuna industry,” he said.

He said canned tuna

exporters could initially tap the growing Filipi-no population within the MENA region as the main market.

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Tuna exporters urged to increaseshipments to ME, North Africa

AGRI PRESENTATION. Doron Hemo, head of Israel’s Economic and Trade Mission in the Philippines, gives a presentation during the Focused Discus-sion on Agri and Agri Technology at The Marco Polo, Davao last Tuesday. He

discussed how his country became a major exporter of fresh produce and a world-leader in agricultural technologies despite its geography which is not naturally conducive to agriculture. Lean Daval Jr.

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Hijo Resources Company will take part in the

upcoming Southern Min-danao Growth Corri-dor (SMGC) Investment Forum hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philip-pines, Inc.-Davao (AM-CHAM-Davao), European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Inc. (ECCP), and the Japanese Chamber of Commerce in Mindanao, Inc. (JCCM).

Based in Tagum City, HRC is on the roll as it expands local services on property development, agribusiness, port and logistics, and leisure and tourism to other poten-tial regions in Mindanao.

HRC has had its share of great success in the de-velopment of the Hijo In-dustrial Estate and Plan-tation Villas in its pur-suit of being the leading property developer.

Hijo is one of the pi-

oneer companies that grow, process, and export Cavendish bananas, man-gosteen, and other fruits grown in the southern locality.

Recently, HRC ex-panded its banana plan-tations to satisfy global demands, while still pro-viding fresh products to retail markets.

Hijo International Ports Services (HIPS), in partnership with the International Contain-er Terminal Services (ICTS), is nearing the completion of a reno-vated Davao shipment port that will also aid in the growing demand for shipping services.

The port is 54 hect-ares and is strategically located to easily connect Mindanao to potential Asian markets. Envi-sioned to be the coun-try’s second largest port, it will be completed in 2015.

HRC converted an estate that was original-ly meant to be another banana plantation to a tourist destination. With its luxurious native in-spired accommodations, exciting nature tours, and different land and water sports activities, HRC contributes much to Mindanao’s tourism.

SMGC, in its drive to encourage investments in the southern regions of the Philippines, will bring together compa-nies in the First Invest-ment Forum onSeptem-ber 19, 2014 at the Mar-co Polo, Davao.

For more informa-tion, please contact (082) 226-2144 and (+63929) 318343. Office is located at 2/F, Don Ce-sareo Villa-Abrillo Build-ing, Jacinto Street, Davao City, Philippines. Tariff: P1,500 for members and P1,800 for non-mem-bers.

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AGRITRENDS

BAMBOO, the world’s tallest grass and member of the fam-

ily that also includes rice and corn, can help boost the country’s economy and also sustain the in-come of those who plant it.

According to Council-or Leonardo Avila III, who used to be with Davao City Agriculture Office, the bamboo industry in the Philippines has the poten-tial to grow “but it needs proper research and gov-ernment support for it to prosper.”

“The bamboo indus-try can be another good source of livelihood to our local farmers in the next few years,” the former city agriculture officer said, adding they are planning to include bamboo in the city’s Agro-Industry Pro-gram.

“The grass of hope” is how some economic ex-perts are calling bamboo. Although bamboo has been part of their art and culture, it was only recent-ly that Chinese leaders took the plant seriously and is now building a mas-sive bamboo industry.

Avila said bamboo is really a good industry in China, which he visited re-cently. “Bamboo is regard-ed as one of the major in-dustries in China,” he said. “It comprises at least 15 percent of the total gross domestic product (GDP) there.”

In China, bamboo is one of the four noblest plants. The others are or-chid, the plum tree, and of course the chrysanthe-mum. Bamboo plantations are so vast that they cover mountainous terrain. “It shows the development of bamboo in China is very

crucial,” Avila said.“Bamboo is not a weed,

it’s a flowering plant. Bamboo is a magnificent plant,” commented Steve Lacy. Thomas Edison sup-posedly used a carbonized bamboo filament in his experiments in develop-ing the light bulb. Alexan-der Graham Bell also used bamboo for his first pho-nograph needle. “You can eat, wear, and build with bamboo,” said Michael Block.

All parts of the bam-boo are utilized to pro-duce sub-products such as foods, charcoal, bamboo fiber, and even bamboo beer. Thailand is one of its main buyers of bamboo charcoal while Japan pur-chases huge volumes of bamboo shoots.

Avila urged farmers and businessmen with farms to plant bamboo in their farm lots. There’s no need to worry about its market. Domestic market for bamboo alone will be enough to keep the indus-try going. In Davao Re-gion, for instance, bamboo poles are very useful in many banana plantations. “That alone will keep the industry alive,” Avila said.

Roy C. Alimoane, the director of the Mindanao Baptist Rural Life Center (MBRLC) Foundation, Inc. in Kinuskusan, Bansalan, Davao del Sur, agreed. “We have an abundance of bamboo but we don’t know what to do with it,” he said. “It is so common that we ignore its poten-tials. Other countries have already seen not only the beauty but the potentials of bamboo.”

Renowned furniture designer Kenneth Co-bonpue from Cebu has

seen that, too. In fact, he designed “Phoenix,” the world’s first and only car made from bamboo and rattan, which was show-cased in a furniture fair in Milan recently.

The car, which looked like a bird about to take flight, was created in just 10 days with the use of bamboo, rattan, steel, and nylon. According to In-habitat, an environmental web blog, “Phoenix” is de-signed to last the average length of time a person keeps a car – about five to 20 years.

There are so many potentials from bam-boo. Furniture makers and wood craftsmen who shift from wood to bamboo are expected to share in the huge export bonanza from a grow-ing demand for bamboo furniture and bamboo handicrafts in the global market.

“We’re not talking here of raw bamboo for export, but finished prod-ucts made from bamboo. From roots to tip, you can make soap, medicines, cosmetics, furniture, bricks, clothing, paper, floor tiles, wall panels, drinks, vegetables – even surf boards from bam-boo,” said an official from the Department of Trade and Industry.

There are a million uses of bamboo. Accord-ing to an article which appeared in Reader’s Digest, bamboo “is del-icate enough to be used in phonograph needles, yet strong enough to be used in bridge construc-tion.” As such, bamboo can replace or indirectly decrease consumption of three critically scarce re-

sources: wood, metal, and oil.

Already, bamboo is being used as scaffolding and concrete reinforce-ment in the construction of buildings. In Bangla-desh, where 73 percent of the population lives in bamboo houses, bamboo provides pillars, walls, window frames, rafters, room separators, ceilings, and roofs. Throughout rural Asia it is used for building bridges, from the sophisticated technolo-gy of suspension bridges to the simpler pontoon bridges.

In the Philippines, bamboo is also indispens-able in the fishing and ba-nana industry. Fishermen use bamboo as material for making rafts, fishing rods, outriggers for ban-cas, and for fishpens. In salt-water areas, bamboo is used as stakes in the culture of mussels and oysters.

Bamboo is also used in the manufacture of musical instruments like horns, clarinets, saxo-phones, flutes, piccolos, xylophones, and drums. In Java, Indonesia, 20 different musical instru-ments have been fash-ioned of bamboo. The world-famous bamboo organ at the Roman Cath-olic Church of Las Piñas is a historic example of the importance of bamboo.

There are also sophis-ticated uses of bamboos – charcoal for electric bat-teries, liquid diesel fuel obtained by distillation, and enzymes and media for shoot extracts used for culturing disease-causing bacteria. The white pow-der produced on the out-er space of young culms

for the isolation of a crys-talline compound its me-dicinally useful.

The young shoots are a good source of vitamins and minerals. Nutrition-ists claim that bamboo shoot is low in carbohy-drates and crude fat, and it has plenty of crude fi-ber, making it an ideal vegetable for people who want to reduce. Eighteen amino acids are report-edly present in bamboo shoot. Just a health warn-ing: shoots of some spe-cies contain toxins that need to be leached or boiled out before they can be eaten safely.

In terms of exports, the bamboo’s potential remains in the areas of furniture and handicrafts, whose global market grows at an annual aver-age of US$8 billion. The exports of bamboo fur-niture in the Philippines rose from US$625,000 to US$1.2 million in the mid-80s until the mid-90s. Both bamboo furniture and handicrafts racked up US$438 million from 1991 to 2000. Total ex-ports of bamboo furniture in 2000 were recorded at only US$3.2 million.

Bamboo is a superb reforestation species due to its varied utility and importance in controlling soil erosion and stabi-lizing riverbanks. There are three main reasons why bamboo is a superb crop for cogonal areas: both bamboo and cogon belong to the same plant family and so are compat-ible; bamboo grows faster and taller than cogon, and can quickly shade out the later; and bamboo is not killed when the cogonal area is burned accidental-

ly or deliberately.The bamboo business

is labor intensive, more so during the first two years of operation. Studies have shown that labor alone eats around 90 percent of the total production cost. But the beauty of bamboo growing lies in passing the first two critical grow-ing years.

“If the bamboos sur-vive, you are assured of money for the next 30 to 50 years,” says a bamboo grower. Another good thing: the price of bam-boo does not suffer from severe fluctuations unlike pork and chicken. In fact, they are priced depending on the diameter, volume and distance traveled.

In the Philippines, bamboo grows anywhere. Often, it will grow on marginal farm areas not much good for anything else. “It is a pity that we have neglected this im-portant crop for so long,” Alimoane said.

All over the globe, there are 91 genera and about 1,000 species of bamboo, generally known as kawayan in the Philippines. Until now, no one knows how vast the areas planted to bamboo are. Major producing provinces are Abra in the North, Pampanga in Central Luzon, and Iloilo, Davao, and Bukidnon in the South.

Bamboo is wide-ly distributed all over the country. The major genera are Arundinaria, Bambusa, Dendrocala-mus, Gigantochloa, Gua-dua, Schizostachyum, Thysostachys, Lalebra, Phyllostachys, Coph-alostachyum, and Di-nochloa.

Bamboo: The green grass of hopeText and Photos By HENRYLITO D. TACIO

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The biggest loserEDITORIAL

PRESIDENTIAL elections 2016 is still a good two years away but this very early, we can already feel the anticipation rising notch by notch.

What makes the 2016 presidential elections ex-citing is that there are so many interesting twists. For one, there is a legitimate Mindanao contender in Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte if he so decides to give Malacañang a shot. Then there�s VP Jejomar Binay, Secretary Mar Roxas, Senator Alan Peter Cay-etano and Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago. An outsider could be Senator Grace Poe.

What do we have in here? It’s good mix of politi-cians. Each bringing to the table their brand of poli-tics. This early, the contenders and their backers are already starting to make some moves. The biggest loser in the early punch-trading could be VP Binay as he struggles in the midst of the administration’s machinery to pin the Binays down in the Makati City Hall mess. Binay himself could be facing impeach-ment raps.

And now, for some more twist—an unsolicited ad-vice for VP Binay from a fellow presidential hopeful: Senator Miriam Santiago. Sen. Miriam said the cur-rent runaway winner in presidential polls should at-tend the Senate hearings on the alleged overpriced Makati “parking building.”

The feisty Santiago said if VP Binay does not attend the Senate hearing, he will lose a golden opportunity to clear himself.

She even used a biblical passage to back up her message, “Even in the Bible [it says that] the inno-cent are as bold as a lion but the guilty flee.”

Now take that from Sen. Miriam, she believes that the Vice President has nothing to fear about attend-ing the Senate hearing since the Constitution and the Senate rules protect the rights of those appearing at the hearings.

The ball now is in the hands of VP Binay. Crunch time. Either he takes the shot, or he be the biggest loser.

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MAYBE Manny Pacquiao didn’t get to consider the down side of his China deal thoroughly, but it’s not

too late for him to back away from the em-brace of the Communist Chinese govern-ment.

When he announced his deal with Chi-na (last week in San Francisco) he may not have realized what he was getting into aside from just training Chinese boxers.

What he did was to let the Chinese Communists dragoon him into what could be a tangled web of who-knows what mo-tives, intrigues, or objectives are behind the deal.

Keep in mind that Chinese politics, governance, and foreign relations evolved from thousands of years of court intrigues, conspiracies, and internecine rivalries.

*****The Chinese authorities know how

popular Pacman is. They know what his endorsement, or mere presence, can do to soften Filipino resistance to any project they contemplate in any part of the Philip-pine archipelago.

If Manny thinks he can foil any unde-sirable Chinese scheme, he’d better think again. Masters in the game of internation-al intrigue and one-upmanship, the Chi-nese can manipulate anyone like a deck of cards.

Such is China’s economic clout today that they’re already challenging America and the world in most areas of competi-tion.

Many diplomatic, economic, and politi-cal issues face China in the Philippines and in other members of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) today. What role Manny Pacquiao may play in the Chinese game plan at this time or later, no one can tell, maybe not even Manny him-self.

*****In his arrival interview at San Fran-

cisco Airport, Manny sounded confident and cocky. Asked whether he was wor-ried about spreading himself too thinly by undertaking too many projects—being already congressman, family man, play-ing coach, entertainer, endorser, plus his active boxing schedule—he replied that it was all a matter of “time management.” Wow!

Someone should tell him he’ll be bet-ter off helping train Filipinos, especially his brother Bobby who has yet to make a name for himself.

Whatever motivated him to enter into the China deal, it should be clarified to him now that kowtowing to a hostile China is an unworthy enterprise for a congress-man and a reserve officer of the Philippine Army.

China’s hostile acts in the West Philip-pine Sea recklessly placed that country in a position of conflict with our government. If Manny wants to help normalize the situ-ation, he should tell China to stop its tres-pass of our maritime jurisdiction and stop their fisher-folks from illegally harvesting our marine resources. Then he should tell them to withdraw forces they’ve deployed in Philippine waters and dismantle the infrastructure they’ve erected in strategic islands.

*****If the Communist Chinese use Pacman

to soften Filipino anger and resistance to what they’re doing, the trick may backfire. Filipinos may lose their respect for him, declare him a traitor, and treat him accord-

ingly.Because of China’s incursion into the

West Philippine Sea, a delicate diplomatic situation obtains between the two coun-tries now, tension rising, with potential for armed conflict. This makes Manny’s en-gagement with the Chinese Communists totally inappropriate.

He can’t hire himself out to the Com-munist Chinese for whatever purpose. One, he’s a Congressman—sworn to up-hold the territorial integrity of the Phil-ippine Republic. Two, he’s a reserve offi-cer of the Philippine Army (a lieutentant colonel)—sworn to fight and defend the nation’s security. Three, he’s a Filipino cit-izen—sworn to fight in peace or war for the nation.

In other words, Manny Pacquiao is an official of the Philippine Government. As such, it’s his duty to resist incursions or stop trespassers, not help them steal our natural resources or grab our islands and inland waters

*****If he proceeds with this deal, he should

resign his commission and rank in the Ar-my’s reserve corps, or be stripped of it. He should also apologize to the people of Saranggani for betraying their trust and abusing their mandate—then resign forth-with as their representative in Congress, or be stripped of his seat and replaced with a trustworthy representative who will not leave the congressional seat for Saranggani vacant again.

It’s very important for Manny to under-stand the gravity of being a hireling of this bullying Chinese Dragon. He must under-stand how China insults our sovereignty by building structures within our territorial waters. And so it is important for him to know how the Maoist New People’s Army daily assaults our communities in the coun-

tryside—to affirm its commitment to the Chinese Communists and prove its loyalty to the Chinese Communist Government.

If Manny doesn’t understand why he should not play ball with Communists—in China or in our provinces—he has no busi-ness being a congressman of our Republic.

It’s time someone brief him on the case our government has filed with the United Nations against China. Or let him ask House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte to brief him so he will understand how China is a serious threat to our sovereignty with its greed for more territory by grabbing parts of our pat-rimony—and also China’s arrogance in de-fying international law—which states that what’s within 200 miles of our shores (our Exclusive Economic Zone) is ours.

Then may our Pambansang Kamao awake to his patriotic duty to stand firm and show to the world that where China is concerned, Filipinos act as one nation and speak with one voice.

Then if this issue is brought to the agenda of our Congress and of the United Nations, we would know how Manny Pac-quiao will vote.

Already wealthy many times over, famed beyond anybody’s dreams, univer-sally admired, Manny Pacquiao can afford to be a Statesman and true leader instead of be a treasonous ingrate in the pay of Chinese Communists!

[Manny is former UNESCO regional director for Asia-Pacific; secretary-gener-al, Southeast Asia Publishers Association; director, Development Academy of Philip-pines; member, Philippine Mission to the UN; vice chair, Local Government Academy; member, Cory Government’s Peace Panel; awardee, PPI-UNICEF outstanding colum-nist. He is president/national convenor, Gis-ing Barangay Movement Inc. valdehuesa@gmail.com]

THERE are bridges and there are bridg-es. Lately, two bridges made news in Davao City.

The first one was the bridge requested by public school teacher Randy Halasan of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. This happened when the two met for the first time at the lobby of The Marco Polo Hotel in the early days of August.

It was the first time the two person-alities met. At the time of their encounter, Halasan was yet to receive the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award – touted to be the Nobel Prize of Asia – for Emergent Leader-ship.

The two shook hands. This was what Duterte told reporters: “He is a Dabawenyo and the only Filipino to win the Magsaysay Award this year and he has brought honor not only for the country but to the city.”

Halasan quipped on Mayor Duterte: “Idol gyud nako siya mao nang gusto gyud nako siya ma-meet in person.”

During the meeting, Halasan request-ed for a bridge. “Mauwaw ta mubalibad,” Duterte was quoted by the media as say-ing. “He won the award because of his sac-rifice and care for the human beings diri sa kalibutan. It’s really love. It’s sacrifice. It demands so much of your time and it could only mean one thing, love for your fellow men.”

For the uninformed, Halasan teaches at the Pegalongan Elementary School in barangay Malamba of Marilog District. “It is really a remote sitio and very difficult to reach,” he said.

From his place in Mintal, Halasan has to travel two hours by bus, another

hour by ha-bal-habalmo-torcycle, plus around four hours of trek-king. “Not only that, I have to cross two dan-gerous rivers,” he said, refer-ring to Simod and Davao Riv-ers, which at times go as high as his chest.

The rivers that separate Pegalongan Elementary School and the Matigsalug spell life and death. Although Simod River is not too deep, its current is very strong. Davao River is another story: the water is chest-deep and when there is a flood the depth of the water goes over beyond the height of a person. To cross the river, peo-ple have to make rafts made of bamboo.

If there is a flood, Halasan has to walk about 45 minutes just to go to the place where there are already houses. “So many lives have been lost crossing the rivers,” Randy said. In fact, he and some of his co-teachers almost lost their lives at one time while crossing the river. But they are not alone. Students, too, have to cross the river everyday just to be educated.

When Halasan was conferred the Ra-mon Magsaysay Award on August 31, he personally met President Benigno Aquino III, who knew of his problem. The two talk-ed for a while. This was what Halasan said after the encounter: “Sabi niya, sumulat

daw ako para sa bridge.”The other bridge is the one that will

connect the Island Garden City of Samal to Davao City. It has been a long, long plan made some years ago and we hope it will finally materialize. By constructing the much-awaited bridge, more tourists will come to Talikud Island, according to Gov-ernor Rodolfo P. del Rosario of Davao del Norte.

“The most viable solution which we already laid down before our national planners is the construction of the bridge connecting Samal Island to Davao City,” del Rosario said in a speech delivered at the Marco Polo’s Ambassador’s Club Conven-tion. “We expect that trip to Talikud then would be a walk in the park.”

These days, vehicles going to Samal from Davao City have to go use various barge services at Sasa port. “However, the barges can no longer handle the rising ve-hicle volume,” del Rosario was quoted by MindaNews as saying.

Now, let’s talk about two more bridg-es, those that were featured in Hollywood movies. The first one is “A Bridge Too Far,” a 1977 epic war film based on the 1974 book of the same name by Cornelius Ryan, adapted by William Goldman. This Rich-ard Attenborough film tells the story of the failure of Operation Market Garden during World War II.

There were some reports that the title for the film comes from an uncon-firmed comment attributed to British Lieutenant-General Frederick Browning, deputy commander of the First Allied Air-borne Army, who told Field Marshal Ber-

nard Montgomery, the operation’s archi-tect, before the operation: “I think we may be going to a bridge too far.”

“The Bridge on the River Kwai” is an-other World War II film. Released in 1957, this Oscar-winning film directed by David Lean was based on the eponymous French novel (1952) by Pierre Boulle. Although the film was a work of fiction, it borrows the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942–43 for its historical setting. It is widely considered to be one of the great-est films of all time.

Then, there’s another bridge that comes to mind: “Bridge over Troubled Waters.” Not too many know that this song was ranked number 48 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Another trivia: The chorus lyrics were partly in-spired by Claude Jeter’s line “I’ll be your bridge over deep water if you trust in me,” which Jeter sang with his group, the Swan Silvertones, in the 1958 song “Mary Don’t You Weep.”

The song is indeed very popular – even in karaoke bars. Unknown to many, the song brought troubles to the duo who sang it. In fact, it led to the breakup of the duo after the album was completed. It is said that Paul Simon repeatedly expressed regret over his insistence that Art Garfun-kel sing his song as a solo, as it focused at-tention on Garfunkel and relegated Simon to a secondary position.

For his part, Art initially did not want to sing lead vocal, feeling it was not right for him. “He felt I should have done it,” Si-mon told “Rolling Stone” in 1972.

Now you know. So think on that!

Henrylito D. Tacio

THINK ON THESE!

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THE Aboitiz Group, through its social development arm

Aboitiz Foundation, is continuously assisting in post-rehabilitation efforts in Bohol as it constructs classrooms in schools badly damaged by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck the province nearly a year ago.

The construction of classrooms is being done in parallel with the ongo-ing schools rehabilitation initiatives in North Cebu – one of the hardest hit areas of super typhoon Yolanda. The Foundation said target completion of classrooms in these disas-ter-stricken areas is by De-cember this year.

In Bohol, recipients of nine new classrooms include Canmaya Centro Elementary School and Ubujan Elementary School in Sagbayan, and Tubigon West Central Elementary School in Tubigon. These are expected to benefit more than 2,000 students.

Aboitiz believes that focusing on the construc-tion of educational facili-ties can help speed up the province’s recovery. The availability of classrooms is instrumental in encour-aging students to go back to school.

“The classrooms will be designed to ensure safety and be conducive to learning. We hope that the students who will use

these classrooms will be inspired to do well not only in academics but also in helping people help themselves,” Aboitiz Foun-dation Chief Operating Of-ficer Sonny Carpio said.

As part of the Bohol initiative, the Founda-tion also took on the con-struction of new ‘Silid Pangarap’ classrooms in partnership with the Ak-lat, Gabay, Aruga Tungo sa Pag-angat at Pag-asa (AGAPP) and some minor repairs in Manalongon Elementary School in Sag-bayan and Guadalupe Ele-mentary School in Carmen through the assistance of CitySavings Bank.

Aboitiz was among the early responders to

organize disaster relief operations in the affected areas in Bohol last year. The Group was able to reach out to about 18,000 families.

Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. is the corporate foun-dation of the Aboitiz Group. Established in 1988, it addresses the so-cial and economic devel-opment needs of margin-alized members of society. It implements corporate social responsibility in-terventions especially in areas where Aboitiz com-panies are located. The foundation focuses on three program compo-nents, namely education, enterprise development, and environment.

Aboitiz builds classrooms in earthquake-hit BoholBilal’s coming here had nothing to with political issues or radicalism. He was invited here by an organization that also has an Islamic school here in Davao to lecture on how to raise children the Is-lamic way),” he said.

Javier said most of the issues in the coun-tries where Philips was banned are religious in nature and not because he is a security threat.

Javier encouraged the people to be open Philips’ teachings to create posi-tive thinking about tradi-tional Muslim culture.

Philips was invited by the Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 last Sunday for questioning while he was lecturing in a mosque in Maa, Davao City.

PRO 11 director Chief Superintendent Wendy Rosario said Philips was detained because of a commitment order issued by the BI.

He said the authori-ties are also looking for his possible linkages with terrorist groups outside the country.

On Monday, the BI is-sued a deportation order to Philips for alleged vi-olation of the Common-wealth Act. No. 613 or the Philippine Immigration act of 1940.

Prior to the deporta-tion order, the BI already issued a black listed order against Philips, but the latter was not arrested because he arrived before of the issuance of the or-der.

said Duterte “has no plan of going national.”

“He is even planning to retire from public of-fice soon,” Go added.

Many netizens, how-ever, said they support the tandem. Reactions ranged from a simple, “Yes” to “This is a team I can definitely support.”

Some, however, do not relish the idea – and for different reasons. Edge Davao asked some prominent people for their reactions and here are a few of them:

“That would turn the Philippine politics into a deadly farce. Deadly because of Duterte and farce because of Miriam.”

– Akbayan Party-list Rep. Walden Bello

“Approved Duter-te for President. This is the time. Mindanao na naman, pagbigyan na lang si Miriam if matapos na term niya (Duterte). Mas effective siya (Miri-am) as legislator.” – Vice Mayor Arthur Carlos Vol-taire R. Rimando of Maco, Compostela Valley Prov-ince

“It depends kay may-or (Duterte). Anybody puwedeng i-tandem kay mayor basta Duterte for President.” – Davao City of Chamber of Commerce and Industries Inc. (DCC-CII) president Antonio T. dela Cruz

victims at around 800,000 people a year, excluding the millions that are trafficked within their own countries.

Of the total number of transnational victims, about 640,000 or 80 per-cent are women and girls and half or 400,000 are minors.

She said based on the 2012 data of Department and Social Welfare and De-velopment (DSWD), there were 1,376 individual-vic-tims of various kinds of trafficking nationwide. For the first semester of 2013, the DSWD has recorded 645 cases. The victims were provided with ade-quate recovery and reinte-gration services under the

DSWD’s Recovery and Re-integration Programs for Trafficked Persons.

“Talikala, Inc. also re-ported 45 cases of TIP in the city during the first and second quarters of this year,” she said.

Librado-Yap said ac-cording to DSWD, “pover-ty is one of the main root causes of trafficking; in times of crisis, sickness and hunger, families in dire financial needs become easy prey to illegal re-cruiters who will promise them lucrative jobs in the country’s major cities or abroad.”

“True, we recognize ex-emplary efforts especially by non-government orga-

nization partners to pre-vent trafficking of migrant workers and to protect those who are exploited abroad but for us to step up in preventing internal sex and labor trafficking, as well as comprehensive response to all forms of slavery and sex trafficking including sweatshop labor, debt bondage and especial-ly domestic servitude and exploitative child labor, all concerned offices, agencies and partners have to work doubly hard to secure con-victions for the traffickers and justice for the victims,” she said.

She said Inter-Agency Campaign Against Traffick-ing initiatives now include

a draft ordinance to locally implement RA 9208 and the creation of a local com-mittee and task force.

Among other functions, it will formulate compre-hensive and integrated programs to suppress traf-ficking in persons or TIP, establish sex and age-dis-aggregated data based on TIP cases, as well as inten-sive monitoring and docu-mentation of cases, convic-tions and ensure effective prosecution of TIP cases.

“Several years after the enactment of the An-ti-Trafficking Law or Re-public Act 9208, the coun-try has only scored a hand-ful convictions, noting also an alarming trend among

fiscals/judges to down-grade trafficking cases into illegal recruitment for lack of solid evidence (which can either mean victims not willing to testi-fy or their parents already defaulting to desistance),” Librado-Yap said.

She said that because trafficking largely remains a “legally challenged” is-sue in our country, the city must continue to enhance the capacity of law enforc-ers and service providers in effectively gathering evidentiary documents to-wards serious build-up of cases against syndicates, especially those behind fraudulent documentation and passport fraud.

She said the govern-ment can enhance the attitudes and practices of investigators and case providers in sensitively re-specting the rights of traf-ficked persons, especially their continuing need for protection, confidentiality, post-traumatic counsel-ing, non-discrimination inside centers, skills train-ing and in preparation for court appearances.

The concerned Local Government Units must then be pushed in sustain-ing concrete livelihood and education assistance especially for victims who are willing to file cases within their own commu-nities, she added.

close to a hundred exhib-itors from different com-panies, will help sustain Davao’s growth and de-velopment in the coming years,” the President said in an advanced message to the DATE organizers.

“This will prove crucial

as we prepare for the ASE-AN Economic Community by 2015, with Mindanao serving as the country’s gateway to BIMP-EAGA (Brunei Darussalam, Indo-nesia, Malaysia, Philippines East Asean Growth Area) and the rest of Southeast

Asia,” he added.Dela Cruz said the

message was received this week by DCCCII chair John Gaisano and himself.

This year’s DATE car-ries the theme “Davao: From Local Agriculture to Global Agribusiness” and

will be staged back to back with the International Ba-nana Symposium 2014.

DATE 2014 chair Lucia-no Frederick Puyod III said the banana symposium will bring to Davao City a dozen of the world’s senior scientists and horticulture

experts who will tackle the prospects and challenges of the multi-billion dollar banana industry.

Puyod said top gov-ernment officials of the Department of Agricul-ture (DA), Department of Science and Techonology

(DOST), and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) are expected to attend the gathering, as well as the heads of their concerned bureaus.

Local and regional gov-ernment officials will also grace the event.

telling us to be stricter in the conduct of disciplinary measures in our police force,” he added.

To gain back the confi-dence of the public, Pepi-no said they are enforcing

appropriate sanctions on erring cops.

“Nakikita naman ng publiko na hindi lang DCPO ang seryoso sa mga ganitong pangyayari na kinasasangkutan ng ating

kapulisan, pati rin region-al office para mafeel nila na seryoso tayo sa pag-papatupad ng batas,” he added.

Last month, eight armed policemen and one

dismissed police inspec-tor were caught in a photo posted by a netizen boxing in a motorist along EDSA. The nine were allegedly involved in a robbery-hold up, known as “hulidap,”

of P2 million from an en-gineer from Davao. The money was intended for the bidding of a piece of heavy equipment.

Last Tuesday, suspect PO2 Jonathan Rodriguez

of La Loma Police Station was arrested while anoth-er one was arrested last week. Both underwent inquest proceeding in the city prosecution office. CRC

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GLOBE Telecom showcases the lat-est LTE technolo-

gies that will enable the telecommunications pro-vider to stay ahead of its customers’ data require-ment amid increasing use of bandwidth-intensive applications during its celebration of Innovation Month in line with its ad-vocacy to promote and de-velop innovative products and services.

During the Globe Inno-vation Forum (GIF), Globe demonstrated its on-going Proof-of-Concept Trials on LTE- CA (Carrier Aggre-gation) and LTE eMBMS (enhanced Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Service) or LTE Broadcast.

The LTE CA technolo-gy dramatically increases efficient utilization of fre-quencies, enabling mobile operators to use non-con-tiguous blocks of spec-trum in multiple frequen-cy bands to achieve higher bandwidths to meet grow-

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“The LTE CA technology would translate to improved data rates and broadband capacity for Globe wireless broadband network and result to

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“This helps address the demand for da-ta-heavy multimedia ap-plications which are be-

coming more and more popular. This means that our customers will expe-rience faster data connec-tivity in areas where this will be implemented as LTE CA becomes commer-cially available in the near future,” he added.

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HOLCIM Philippines, Inc. president and CEO Eduardo Sa-

hagun received the pres-tigious Communication Excellence in Organiza-tions Award which recog-

nizes top management for effective use of communi-cation to achieve business goals.

The award was giv-en by the International Association of Business

Communicators (IABC) Philippines, which named 12 other leaders from the public and private sec-tors, during a ceremony held on September 3 at the Hotel Intercontinental

Manila in Makati City.Sahagun was recog-

nized for his efforts to strengthen the culture of open communication in the company by person-ally leading initiatives to

engage the company’s various stakeholders.

Among the communi-cation programs cham-pioned by Sahagun are quarterly business brief-ings for the company’s employees all over the country and customer appreciation activities to strengthen relationships. Communication is also an integral part of the Hol-cim

CEO’s support for the company’s drive for zero harm in its operations and sustainable construc-tion as a framework to improve the lives of the people in its communi-ties.

Under Sahagun’s lead-ership, the company has not only posted record financial performance but was also recognized as among the top employ-ers in the country and for commitment to sustain-able practices.

Sahagun, a 35-year veteran of the cement industry, thanked IABC Philippines for the honor and said it was a tribute to the company’s com-mitment to transparency and good governance in engaging its stakeholders.

“We believe that open communication is essen-tial to our business suc-

cess. This allows us to set clear expectations to work together to achieve common goals. As im-portant as it is to commu-nicate, we have to make sure we are also connect-ing. While communica-tion is a function of the mind – connection is es-sential to reach a person’s heart and drive him to better perform,” he said.

Sahagun rose from the ranks to become Presi-dent and CEO of Holcim Philippines in 2013. Prior to this, he led the compa-ny’s Commercial and Fi-nance departments.

Sahagun, a Certified Public Accountant, holds a Management Science degree from the Arthur D. Little Management Edu-cation Institute in Boston, Massachusetts, now Hult International Business School, and a Master’s De-gree in Business Admin-istration from the Ateneo Graduate School of Busi-ness.

IABC Philippines is the country chapter of the San Francisco, Cali-fornia-based IABC, one of the largest business com-munication organizations in the world with some 14,000 member-profes-sionals in over 70 coun-tries.

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OVER the years, chocolates have changed in form and taste --- from creamy and sweet little nuggets to carefully calibrated mix of different beans and artisanal creations from both imported and locally grown cacao.

Chocolate unwrappedConfections by a Dabawenya mom

Food and beverage is still a booming industry and along with it is the growing community of epicurious palates. Gour-met chocolates raised the bar in the chocolate indus-try, giving the well loved candy a sophistication that got everyone hooked at first bite. While gourmet choco-lates may seem synony-mous to expensive and imported, Dabawenyos need not run off to the imported goods aisle any-more to get their chocolate fix. Homegrown brand Kai Artisan Chocolates offers decadent choco-lates of different types and flavors, boasting of rich

ingredients and quality standards. Independent choco-latier Kai Caguiat, also a mother, spills the beans on her world of choco-lates. This Dabawenya and proud mom of two is fast becoming a household name in the local scene

because of her own va-riety of gourmet Belgian chocolates, confectionary masterpieces slathered in layers over the most de-lightful fillings. A former mall marketing manager and key accounts special-ist for branded consumer goods, Kai found her true calling in growing a busi-ness of her own that’s in-spired by her love of fam-ily and chocolates. “I come from a fam-ily who loves chocolates and desserts,” shares Kai. “My grandmother used to indulge us with sweets like Popsicles and colas. My mom is also a baker. As a child, I’d scoop out and lick the batter while watching her work. I in-herited the skill and start-ed baking while I was in college. Pretty soon, my taste buds and obsession for anything with choco-late triggered by curios-ity in learning how to make them on my own. I used to crave for gourmet chocolates, which were unavailable in Davao at the time. I learned how to make them by reading books and various print materials. I even searched online for video tutori-als and easy to do recipes. I’d also do my research whenever and wherever we traveled. I was so eager to know more and tried on new tastes and tips from bonafide chocolate mak-ers. Hands on experience and experimentation were also my best teachers. I went through series of tri-als and errors and used kilos and kilos of Belgian and French chocolates until I got my techniques right.” Her first product, Pia Mallows, became a hit right away. With the ad-vent of new technology and available resources, Kai was able to develop

her own line of pralines and truffles under a brand of her namesake --- Kai Artisan Chocolates. “Surprisingly, there are a lot of people who love our liquor infused choco-lates. Those are among our best sellers next to the Ca-cao Nibs Truffles. I used to have this notion that Fili-pinos, in general, prefer milk over dark chocolate. So, it really came as a sur-prise for me that our num-ber one bestseller is the Cacao Nibs. We also have Durian Filled Chocolate on the menu, plus Ha-zelnut Truffle and Salted Caramel and Ube flavored pralines. Some flavors are customized according to what the client prefers, particularly for bulk or-ders for big events.” At home, Kai makes ex-tra effort to balance family life with business. “I am a breastfeeding mom, which is why I find working from home so convenient. Then again, family has always been my core and I even gave up an opportunity to work in Manila just so I can stay with my fam-ily in Davao. I took on the responsibility of helping

out with the administra-tive side of my husband’s print business. Now that I have my own chocolate brand, family remains top priority. My day starts and ends with family time. I have a 6 hour window in between which I spend on anything work related.” Aside from skill and technique, Kai says her new career helped build her character and kept her aligned with her goals in life. “This chocolate busi-ness taught me patience and humility. Chocolates entail a lot of manual la-bor and creativity. You really just have to love the

process and enjoy every minute of it. There are no shortcuts. Same principles go in raising a family --- you just have to take it by the day.” Follow Pia Mallows Chocolate Company on Facebook and @kaiarti-sanchocolates on Insta-gram. You may send in your orders through Viber at 09178860167. Discounts are offered to those who will place orders for Christ-mas goodies by October. Delivery is scheduled every Wednesday. Buyers may also pick up their orders at Kai’s shop and office along Cabuguio, Davao City.

Kai Caguiat.

Belgian chocolate dipped strawberries.

Sampler box of various truffles and chocolate bites.

Tequila Rose Truffles.

SM CITY DAVAO along with its partner Cacao Industry De-velopment Association of Mindanao Inc. (CIDAMI) are set to mount the region’s first Chocolate Festival on September 12 to 14 at the Annex Event Center. The festival will gather ca-cao farmers, processors and other related enterprises in a 3-day show-case. The proj-ect aims to invigorate the local cacao in-dustry. Food-ies, especially chocolate en-thusiasts, will be treated to a gastronomic feast of choco-late goodness at the Chocolate drinks and dessert making competition on Friday and Saturday. Kids will also be given a chance to learn about chocolates from the source tree to the products they enjoy. On Saturday and Sunday, cacao farmers and processors will be given a chance to learn new technologies and tech-niques in a lecture series featuring experts in cacao farming, food processing and other related fields. Discover world-class chocolates from Chocolate Bean, Kalona Farms, Theo & Philo, Maragos, Cacao de Davao, Chocolatte de Davao, Tsokolate de San Isidro and Coco Dolce. Catch the region’s first Chocolate Festival at SM City Davao on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Interested parties may call 297.6998 for inquiries. Follow SM City Davao on Facebook for event and promo updates.

THE country’s impending shift to digital TV is seen to ben-efit consumers and government agencies alike, as clearer reception and access to more channels can lead to better broadcast service delivery. Steve Macion, president of Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media (BEAM), recently underscored the need to improve on the poor reception of free-to-air television in households throughout the country. “BEAM has been preparing and investing in our Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) network infrastructure precisely for these reasons,” said Macion. He added that DTT will deliver crystal clear pictures and high quality audio even at less than ideal signal strengths. Consumers will also have access to new free and pay TV channels, as well as services such as Electronic Program Guide (EPG) and other interactive features. On the government side, Macion said that agencies will be able to make use of an Integrated Emergency Warning Broadcast System (IEWBS) through digital TV. “This is a method of delivering emergency warning information on the TV screen, something that is sorely needed in a disaster-prone country like the Philippines.” The national government can also take advantage of DTT networks to implement social programs, be it in health or education, more cost-effectively. Through DTT, addi-tional frequencies can also be made available for delivery of essential government services. “In addition, DTT will allow broadcasters to launch new and targeted niche channels, to better utilize and monetize their content libraries,” added Macion. The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issued in November last year Memorandum Circular No. 05-11-2013, adopting Japan’s Integrated Services Digital Broadcast-Terrestrial (ISDB-T) standard for the Philippines’ migration to digital TV. NTC chief Gamaliel Cordoba an-nounced recently that the implementing rules and regu-lations (IRR) for digital TV may be issued within the third quarter of this year to pave the way for the service rollout of TV networks. BEAM is a Philippine broadcast company that operates Free-to-Air Channel 31. While BEAM was initially focused on UHF broadcasting, it is currently expanding its Digital Terrestrial Television platform for use in multimedia conver-gence.

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THE knights of At-eneo de Davao Uni-versity (Addu) high school batch ‘84 flew high and mighty last August 15 in a two-day celebration of fun, camaraderie and free spirit. A good number of batch ‘84 members flew in to reminisce their midlife journey as they tri-umphed over the toughest obstacles, surpassed the highest expectations and simply pushed their limits to soar the highest. The 30th Pearl Knight Jam Homecoming kicked off with a Holy Mass at the Addu grade school chapel officiated by no less than a member of the batch, Fr. Mario Masangcay. A hearty lunch fol-lowed at the Yellow Fin

Seafood Restaurant be-fore the group hied off to the Missionaries of Char-ity (Home of the Sick and Malnourished Children) in Molave Street, Juna Subdivision. Benevolent sponsors Unilab, Rose Pharmacy, Kalbe Nutri-bars and Philips Avent

Feeding Bottlesdonated more than P50,000 worth of milk products, multi-vitamins, medicines and goods to the orphanage. Other sponsors Tanduay, Detpack International, Procter & Gamble (Ariel) Philippines and a person-al donation from a spon-sor who wishes to remain anonymous also helped to make the event a resound-ing success. The first day capped off with a dinner fellow-ship at Tio Cococ’s Resto and Barin Legaspi Suites. The fun and laughter never seemed to end as the group eagerly greeted

each familiar face, prov-ing that distance and time are not hindrances to true friendship. The next day saw the group exploring the won-ders of the Island Garden City of Samal (Igacos) in an island-hopping esca-pade with their respective families. Comic relief was always present as they toured Talikud Island, Angel’s Cove, Babu Santa Beach, Coral Garden, Isla Chris-tina, Pacific Little Secret and Wishing Island. The experience was made all the more unique with a mid-sea Holy Mass which culminated the two-day celebration. The Mass was celebrated by Fr. Louie David, S.J., one of the beloved teachers of the batch. As the day came to an end, anticipation was high of the future 40th year homecoming celebra-tion. After all, One of life’s most beautiful discovery is friends grow separately without growing apart.And everyone hails: “One Big Fight”.

30th Pearl Knight Jammers celebrate midlife journey

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WHILE most showbiz personalities give in to the lure of the limelight quite too early, Kapuso hunk Mikael Daez chose a different path. Bred and educated at the Ateneo de Manila Uni-versity from grade school to college, Mikael proves that he knows his priorities well and did things the other way around.

With a degree in BS Man-agement, Mikael originally intended to become a bank-er but his looks and phy-sique opened other doors of opportunities for him. He started in ramp modeling, doing commercials, and fi-nally acting for both televi-sion and film. Mikael has played vari-ous roles in his short career, making him one of the most eligible stars of GMA. Some of his shows include Spooky Nights Presents: Bampirella, Amaya, and My Beloved. He also starred in the movies Temptation Island and GMA Films’ Sosy Problems. His biggest break was the afternoon drama se-ries Sana Ay Ikaw na Nga that gave him his first lead project opposite Kapuso actress Andrea Torres. Now, Mikael reunites with Andrea as GMA afternoon prime’s most desired love team star in the upcoming series Ang Lihim ni Annasandra. Read on as Mikael talks about his latest project, his take on the television in-dustry, and how as an actor,

he strives to give the audi-ence the best of what they deserve—a good time.

Q: Can you tell us about Ang Lihim ni Annasandra?A: Basically Annasandra (Andrea) is a human who transforms into a baboy ramo at night. So, when the sun goes down she turns into one; when the sun goes up she turns back into a hu-man.

Q: What is your role here?A: My role is William Benitez, the one who falls in love with Annasandra.

Q: You and Andrea are tagged as GMA afternoon prime’s most desired love team. Can you describe what is it like working with her?A: I know that [the audience] likes a nice Mikael-Andrea pairing. I hope that we are able to level up and show them something more and new. Working with Andrea is great. We are so comfort-able and familiar with each other, at the same time we

GMA News TV makes it to the finals of the prestigious Japan Prize with two of its programs – the original series Titser and the documentary program Reel Time. Titser and Reel Time are the only finalists from the Philippines. The Japan Prize was estab-lished in 1965 by the NHK as an International Educational Pro-gram Contest with the aim of improving the quality of edu-cational programs around the world. This year, Japan Prize received 320 entries from 62

different countries. Titser is one of 7 finalists cho-sen under the Creative Frontier Category and is a candidate for a special award, the Maeda Prize (for excellent work deal-ing with issues in a producer’s

country or region) while Reel Time’s “Nibulaysir” documen-tary is also a candidate for the Maeda Prize. Titser is a dramatic series about a high school valedicto-rian from a poor barrio school (played by GMA actress Lovi Poe) who dreams of becoming a teacher but whose only op-tion after graduation is to work as a housemaid. The series also discusses Philippine educa-tional issues: lack of books and chairs and classrooms, corrup-tion in the procurement pro-

cess of schools and how major-ity of the population has only reached a high school level - or less - of education. Reel Time’s Nibulaysir epi-sode documents the fascinat-ing story of 25-year old Maribel, who decides to enroll in Grade 1 upon being called ignorant by her 7-year old daughter. She ends up as a classmate of her own daughter. Through Mari-bel’s experiences, the program presents a vivid picture of how basic literacy can change a per-son’s life.

Mikael Daez

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Doing it differently

are always looking for ways to push each other and try to just help each other out and just get better as an in-dividual and as a team.

Q: Having played both a protagonist and an an-tagonist, which do you think best works for you?A: Being a kontrabida is ac-tually pretty fun. I think it’s nice to balance both: be-

ing a bida and sometimes a kontrabida. Whatever they give me, I play it the best way I can.

Q: You act for Entertain-ment TV and do hosting in the newscast Saksi for Midnight Express. Can you give us an idea with regard to their difference?A: From their names come the biggest difference. En-

tertainment is set up to pro-duce entertaining content. We keep in mind that we perform to give our audi-ence a good time. In news, there is an obligation that is behind our every action which is to credibly convey news, facts and informa-tion to our viewers. Over time, I’ve learned to adjust my work depending on the project to better fit each one.

Q: Apart from acting, what other activities do you en-gage in?A: I do video games, coffee drinking, basketball, going to the gym, writing, shoot-ing, producing. Just what-ever I feel like doing.

Q: How do you do away

with stress?A: Traveling helps me de-stress. I’ve always been ac-tive to keep my body fit: I hit the gym and play basketball.

Q: Do you have an advo-cacy that’s close to your heart?A: Anything that’s close to education and the environ-ment is close to my heart and I can talk about them in length because that’s what I believe in.

Q: If you weren’t acting, what would you be doing today?A: I guess I’ll be in the bank-ing industry. Honestly, I’m so far into this career already that I don’t know what I would have been doing anymore.

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SEPTEMBER 3 2014 marked the beginning of the Mutya ng Min-danao 2014, as beauties representing various cities and provinces from all over Mindanao arrived at their official residence here in this years host city, General Santos City.

Mutya ng Mindanao to hold coronation night on Sept 12 The Mutya ng Mind-anao aims to promote cul-ture, tourism and peace in Mindanao by this pag-eant, as lovely ladies will carry the banner of their locality’s culture depicted on the showcase of clothes. The pageant consisted of a series of events that will culminate on the cor-onation night at Pandan Grand Ballroom at Green-leaf Hotel on Sept 12. The Mindanao beauties went on a Sarangani and Pac-man tour on Sept. 4&5,

joined in on the Parade of Tuna Mardi Gras also on Sept. 5, and a Swimsuit and Press Presentation at the pool side at Greenleaf Hotel last Sept 8. “The Mutya of Mindan-ao must be someone who can speak for Mindanao and can represent the is-land in national or inter-national events, she must be a balance of beauty and substance” said Meg Balucanag head of Kreativ | Events and Production Management which or-

ganised the event. The candidates are, Chariss Manuel of Bislig City, Kate Fernandez of Compostela Valley, Gol-dilaine Flores of Davao del Norte, Grapes Pacara of Davao Occidental, Dahlia Solis of Digos City, Fe-cel Mae Salandanan of Kidapawan City, Arielle Jazmine Roque of Koro-nadal City, Yvonne Napao of Lamitan City, Basilan, Jenny Grace Tenizo of Nort Cotabato, Arianne Shane Buenviaje of Mati

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FRESH from the airport, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel

point guard LA Teno-rio went straight to the Smart-Araneta Coliseum to join the Kings in their exhibition match against the LG Sakers of South Korea.

The point guard wore Ginebra’s new jersey but didn’t compete in the game. Instead he joined the halftime three-point shoot-out where the Kings outscored the Sa-kers.

After the game, all conversations with Ten-orio led back to his stint with Gilas and the up-coming 2014 Incheon Asian Games.

“Nagulat rin ako sa decision nila na hindi nga daw pwedeng sumama si Andray Blatche,” Tenorio said. “Pero iba kasi yung rules ng FIBA at ng Asian Games pero I think pina-

glalaban pa rin nila.”It will be Tenorio’s

first time to represent the country in the Asiad and although he is excit-ed to wear the Gilas jer-sey again, he knows that the competition will be more difficult.

“Kung mahirap na yung FIBA Asia, I think mas mahirap ito,” Teno-rio said. “Wala ka namang ibang pinaglalaban dito kung hindi yung medal e. Wala namang bearing sa FIBA rankings or spot sa Olympics kahit manalo ka. Pride lang talaga for the country kapag naku-ha mo yung gold medal.”

As of the moment, the lineup for Gilas is still up in the air. It is still not known if Marcus Douthit would be allowed to re-place Blatche if the SBP’s appeal is thumbed down. Tenorio, however, said that Gilas is still good enough to win a medal

even without a natural-ized player in their line-up.

“Mas malakas talaga tayo pag may Blatche or Douthit pero kaya pa rin naman nating manalo ka-hit wala tayong natural-ized player,” Tenorio said.

Even though he’s still not sure whom he’ll team up with Tenorio knows that they will have a tar-get on their backs.

“ P i n a g h a h a n d a a n nila iyan, specially Ko-rea kasi host sila. Iran rin full force yan, kung ano yung nilaro nila sa World Cup, same lineup na iyan,” he said.

“Yung Korea iba e. Lima lang ata yung pinadala nila sa World Cup,” Tenorio added, baring that Korea sent a weaker team to the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup so they could pre-pare better for the Asian Games.

THE Olympic Coun-cil of Asia headed by Sheikh Fahad

Al-Sabah of Kuwait has demonstrated terrible inconsistency in denying naturalized player Andray Blatche the right to suit up for the Philippine nation-al men’s basketball team in the forthcoming Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.

The Sheikh cited spe-cific provisions in the rules of OCA, governing the eligibility of naturalized athletes which requires three years of residency which is a rule ignored by the International Olympic Committee as well as the international governing body for basketball, FIBA.

Both the IOC and FIBA have categorically stated that the three-year resi-dency rules applies only

to players who have repre-sented another country in the past which Blatche has not done.

In its decision not to allow Blatche to play de-spite a formal letter from FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann who is also a member of the IOC, clearly stating that OCA had no basis to deny him a chance to represent the Philippines, OCA has shown inconsistency to say the least.

Sheikh Fahad Al-Sa-bah conveniently forgets that OCA allowed Nigeria’s Femi Seun Ogunode, who moved to Qatar in Octo-ber 2009, to compete in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China where he won gold medals in the 200 and 400 meters.

In fact, another athlete also from Nigeria, sprinter

Samuel Francis who trans-ferred to Qatar in 2007, began representing his new country in July that same year and won in sev-eral international athletics events including winning a gold medal in the Asian championships in Kobe, Japan.

Ethiopia’s Biusuma Shugi Gelassa transferred to Bahrain at the end of 2009 and represented Bahrain in the 2010 Asian Games in China and won a gold medal in the 10,000 meters.

Bahrain also recruited Tareq Mubarak Taher from Kenya in 2005 and after a lengthy investigation by the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) was found guilty in 2007 of cheating on his age so he could compete in the Youth Championships.

SOUTH Korean bas-ketball legend Shin Dong Pa said that

the Philippine national men’s basketball team will be among the favor-ites to win the gold medal in the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Korea even if naturalized NBA player Andray Blatche is unable to compete.

Shin, the dead-ly sharpshooter who starred for Korea in the 1960s, said that the Gi-las Pilipinas national team is among five teams

that can win it all – and he doesn’t think that the non-participation of Blatche will take them off that list.

“He was watching the (FIBA Basketball World Cup) games with-out sleep. He watched all the games. Korea lost all of their games so he was quite disappointed,” said the Korean legend’s translator during the “Asian Basketball Show-down” match between the Changwon LG Sakers of the Korean Basketball

League and the PBA’s Ba-rangay Ginebra San Mi-guel Kings on Tuesday at the SMART-Araneta Coli-seum.

“But then he also watched the Philippine game that they won (against) Senegal. He doesn’t understand why everybody was celebrat-ing in the ceremony be-cause he thinks the Filipi-nos had the skills to beat that team. He thinks the Filipino team’s individual skill, one-on-one, is very good.”

LOS ANGELES (Reu-ters) - Undefeated welterweight Floyd

Mayweather Jr. says he ex-pects Argentina’s Marcos Maidana to be “once again extremely dirty and wild” in their heavily anticipated re-match in Las Vegas on Saturday.

Mayweather improved his perfect profession-al record to 46-0 with a majority decision victory when they first clashed in the ring on May 4, a fight in which the American felt

the Argentine did “a little bit of everything.”

While Maidana has urged his opponent “to stop crying and just fight” in their re-match, May-weather plans to go about his business as usual when he defends his World Box-ing Association belt and his World Boxing Council title.

“I just have to go out there and just be me and be first,” five-division world champion Mayweather, 37, told reporters while pre-paring for the scheduled

12-round bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

“I can’t really say how the fight is going to play out, but I’m pretty sure he’s going to be once again ex-tremely dirty and wild. My job is to keep everything under control the best way that I can.”

Maidana made a fast start to their May 4 bout, launching a blizzard of punches and trapping his opponent against the ropes at every turn in the first few rounds.

ADDING champion-ship experience in the wake of landing

superstar LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers announced Tuesday they have signed for-ward Shawn Marion, who helped Dallas win the 2011 NBA crown.

The Cavaliers were revitalized when James, who led the Miami Heat to two NBA titles and two

more runner--up show-ings over the past four seasons, returned to his home-region club in July.

That prompted the Cavaliers to swing a trade deal for star big man Kev-in Love, giving James a “Big Three” along with guard Kyrie Irving in much the way he had a star trio in Miami with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.

But the Cavaliers have also added a strong sup-porting cast, including sharpshooter Mike Mill-er, James Jones and now Marion.

“I can see the hunger and mentality of every-one in the organization and l look forward to be-ing a part of it,” Marion said. “The goal is to win a championship and that’s what I want.”

The Philippines' LA Tenorio during the 2014 FIBA World basketball championships group B match.

LA: We can win without Blatche

Inconsistency clouds OCA decision on Blatche

Korean legend picks Gilas in Asiad

Floyd prepares for ‘dirty’ encounter with Maidana

Cavs add ‘champion’ Marion

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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — James Hard-en and Stephen Cur-

ry went into halftime with no points and no panic.

“We just stick to the program. We know it’s tough for any team to run with us for 40 minutes be-cause of how deep we are and how hard we work on the floor,” Curry said.

“I think we understand we didn’t make many shots in the first half but our defense was pretty solid and if we kept the pressure on them, things would open up.”

They did. Quickly.Klay Thompson scored

20 points and Harden had 12 of his 14 in the third quarter, helping the U.S. turn a close game into a 119-76 rout of Slovenia on Tuesday in the quarterfi-nals of the World Cup.

Kenneth Faried add-ed 14 points and 10 re-bounds for the Americans, who will play Lithuania on Thursday in Barcelo-na for a spot in Sunday’s gold-medal game in Ma-drid. Lithuania beat Tur-key 73-61 earlier Tues-day.

The U.S. led 49-42 at halftime despite shoot-ing just 36 percent, with Harden and Curry, two of the NBA’s top seven scor-ers, combining to miss all 12 shots.

“I said, ‘I don’t think that’ll happen in the sec-ond half’ and it didn’t,” U.S. coach Mike Krzyze-wski said.

Derrick Rose finished with 12 points after com-ing into the game shoot-

ing 8 for 37 in the World Cup. Anthony Davis had 13 points and 11 re-bounds.

Goran Dragic of the Phoenix Suns led Slovenia with 13 points.

“We prepare but it’s easy to prepare on the paper,” Slovenia coach Zdovic Jure said. “Defi-nitely they were so ath-letic, they were more ag-gressive second half and actually they punish ev-ery mistake.”

The Americans led by only five points early in the third quarter before tearing off a 27-10 run. That made it 76-54 with about two minutes left in the period, and the game turned altogether lopsid-ed after the Americans scored the first 10 points of the fourth quarter to lead 96-64.

“I thought we played really hard the whole game and we just couldn’t finish in the first half some of those plays,” Krzyze-wski said, “and then they stayed with it and then the floodgates opened in the second half.”

So the scoreboard ended up looking much like the Americans’ 101-71 exhibition rout the week the tournament opened, when they had huge advantages in points in the paint and at the free-throw line.

But it didn’t look that way for a while for a U.S. team that had been most-ly unchallenged in the tournament while beating opponents by 31.5 points a game.

BARCELONA Spain (Reuters) - Lithua-nia beat Turkey 73-

61 on Tuesday to set up a mouth-watering basket-ball World Cup semi-final against the United States.

The US squad ran riot in another quarterfinals match in a 119-76 win over Slovenia to be on the same semis box with Lithuania.

Hosts Spain take on Eu-ropean champions France and Brazil clash with dark horses Serbia in the other two quarter-finals in Ma-drid on Wednesday.

The Slovenians held their own valiantly in the opening half against the Americans and were only 49-42 down at the interval as forward Domen Lorbek produced a superb perfor-mance.

The champions at times looked pedestrian in the first half as their captain James Harden missed his first seven shots, with fel-low guard Klay Thompson and athletic centre Anthony Davis pulling the strings to keep them in the driving seat.

But the second period produced one-way traffic as the U.S. hit top gear with six players finishing in double scoring digits. Thompson had a game-high 20 points while Harden and Kenneth Faried added 14 each.

Having arrived in Spain with a squad missing top NBA talent who turned down invitations to play, long-serving U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski was pleased with the effort.

“We played hard but we

just couldn’t finish in the first half and then the flood-gates opened after that,” he told a news conference.

“We are beatable there is no doubt about that and that is why I am pleased how we handled it. Nor-mally you get frustrated but we kept our compo-sure and were mature.

“The team is not a powerhouse and we know from previous experience that it is not easy with a young team.”

Slovenia coach Jure Zdovc said: “We tried and for the first 23 minutes or so we were close but the power that they have was too much for us.

“They are a good team but they are not unbeat-able and I think that the semi-final will be very dif-

ferent.”Former European

champions Lithuania, who finished third in the 2010 World Cup, needed a strong final quarter to see off Turkey who made a brighter start and took a 14-6 lead.

Lethal long-range shooting hauled the Lithu-anians back into the game as they nailed 10 of 19 three-pointers to turn a 40-36 deficit early in the second half into an unas-sailable 12-point lead in the closing stages.

Shooting guard Renal-das Seibutis led Lithuania with 19 points, Martynas Pocius added 13 and tow-ering centre Jonas Valan-ciunas amassed 12 to go with 13 commanding re-bounds.

WBO light flyweight champion Donnie “Ahas” Nietes will

make a voluntary defense of his title at the Water-front Hotel and Casino in Cebu on November 15.

ALA Promotions presi-dent Michael Aldeguer has communicated with Zan-fer Promotions of Mexico requesting for the names of possible opponents since the Nietes title de-fense is not a mandatory and ALA has the option to

choose. Aldeguer told the Ma-

nila Standard/Viva Sports that he “hopefully expects a list of possible rated op-ponents this week.”

Aldeguer also men-tioned plans for Nietes to move up to flyweight to challenge Juan Fran-cisco Estrada who won the WBO/WBA flyweight titles via a split decision over Brian Viloria and then successfully defend-ed it against two other

Filipino contenders Milan Melindo and Richie Me-pranum before scoring a lopsided 11th round TKO over former world light flyweight champion and one time No. 8 on the Ring Magazine pound for pound rankings, Giovani Segura.

Also seeing action on the “Pinoy Pride XXVIII” November card in coop-eration with the giant broadcast networks ABS-CBN will be Milan Melin-

do, AJ “Bazooka” Banal and the exciting Prince Albert Pagara, the unde-feated IBF super bantam-weight Intercontinental champion.

Aldeguer said that he plans to bring in American strength and conditioning coach Nick Curson who did a terrific job with Niet-es prior to his demolition of Mexico’s Moises Fuent-es via a 9th round TKO last May 10 in a rematch at the Mall of Asia Arena.

SANDIWCH. James Harden of the USA drives through the Slovenian defense.

MOUTH-WATERINGLithuania earns semis ticket vs US

Nietes to defend title Nov. 15

USA routs Slovenia, reaches semis

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The Philippines' center Andray Blatche helps out teammate Ranidel de Ocampo during the 2014 FIBA World basketball championships group B match.

“WE ’ R E n o t healthy

at all. We’re a banged up team.”

That’s the condi-tion of the Philippine national men’s bas-ketball team after

some bone-wea-rying matches in their recent-l y - c o n c l u d e d stint in the 2014 FIBA B a s k e t b a l l World Cup in Spain, ac-cording to their head coach, Chot Reyes.

Several of their members fin-ished the tournament playing at less than

full health – from naturalized NBA

player An-d r a y

Blatche to frontliners Marc Pingris and Ra-nidel De Ocampo to guards Jayson Castro and Paul Lee.

Reyes said that at this point, all the team is focused on is get-ting some much-need-ed recovery time from its many aches and pains.

“We’re tired and we miss our families. Now is not the time to ask about our pre-paredness for the Asian Games main-ly because after that grueling trip, we’re in no frame of mind at all,” Reyes told Inter-Aksyon.com shortly after arriving in the country on Tuesday afternoon.

Gilas Pilipinas, which participated in the World Cup for the first time since

1978, made a strong showing in the tour-nament, nearly pull-ing off upsets against European squad Croa-tia and Argentina, the third-best team in the FIBA World Rankings.

They will be look-ing to keep the mo-mentum going in the Asian Games, where they will bid to be-come the first Filipino team to win the gold medal in 50 years.

But that’s the furthest thing from Reyes’ mind right now as the team looks to rest up before gear-ing up for their next challenge.

“In five games or one week, it will be different, but if you’re asking me now, our main objective is to rest and recover,” the coach said.

BANGED UP

AAK Davao will be leaving tomorrow to compete in the

2014 Singapore Gojukai Kartedo Annual Champi-onships at Bishan Com-munity Club in Singapore on September 13.

The team is com-posed of 2014 So Kim Cheng Athlete Of The Year awardee Gabriel Quinones (Brokenshire College) boys cadets kata and kumite, John Paul Ponce (Precious Inter-national School) 8-10

boys kata and kumite, Julian Ambrose Ramirez (Precious International School) 11-13 boys kata and kumite, Darlene Ross Maramara (DCNHS) 11-13 girls kata and kumite, Mitsuki Hide Kawano (Holy Child) 11-13 boys kata and kumite and Air-ina Kawano (SPED Rizal) 8-10 girls kata and ku-mite.

The team is going to accompanied by Rich-ard Anthony Lim, former member of the Philippine

national karate team as the head of delega-tion and Rommel Tan as coach.

“This tournament is part of our tune up game before competing in the 2014 Vietnam Open this coming October,” Tan said.

AAK Davao won 5 golds, 2 silvers and 2 bronze medals in the 15th Malaysian Milo Ka-ratedo Open Champion-ships last June 6-8, 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malay-

sia.“AAK Davao would

like to thank the Philip-pine Sports Commision, Atty. Guillermo Iroy Jr., Amabelle Moore, Lailani Itturalde, Calvin Man-gubat, Izrafel Nakan, Jay and Joanne Ramirez, Ed-gar and Maethel Ponce, Doods and Rachelle Mar-amara, Robert and Jovita Quinones, Lyn Kawano, Beefit Gym and Andrew and Anne Worsley for supporting the team,” Tan said.

AAK Davao bets in Singapore joust

Gilas a banged up team after World Cup

TOP BET. Gabriel Quiñones of Bro-kenshire College.