A public school teacher in peg-alongan, Mari-

log District is one of this year’s “Many Faces of the Teacher Award”—a national recognition given to teachers who have contributed to the de-velopment of commu-nities.

Randy Halasan was named by bato balani Foundation and the Diwa

learning Systems as recip-ient of the MFTT Award for his inspiring teaching expe-rience and community out-reach service as a teacher of pegalongan Elementary School which is situated in a remote Matigsalug com-munity which takes some seven hours to reach from downtown Davao city.

“Yes, Randy made it as one of the awardees,” Kelly Austria, the event’s publi-

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By NEILWIN JOSEPH L. BRAVO

By EMILORD P. CASTROMAYOR

AUTOMATED WEATHER STATION. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) Davao region chief Gerry Pedrico inspects the newly-installed au-tomated weather station of SM City Davao at the mall’s rooftop yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

Public school teacher featured in Edge Davao wins national awardMarilog teacher honored

LIVING LIGHT. Randy Halasan, a public school teacher in Pegalongan Elemen-tary School, who was featured in Edge Davao for his community works, was awarded as one of the winners of the “Many Faces of the Teacher Award.”

A SEcuRiTY guard was nabbed on Monday for al-

legedly stealing belong-ings inside a high-end subdivision and mo-lested a minor working as a house help before he escaped on October 5 early dawn.

police identified the suspect as Mark Reyes Sacay, 27, of barangay Mandug, who is facing two separate cases for robbery and rape.

“Security agencies are responsible for se-curing houses in subdi-

‘Sekyu’ robs house, rapes maid

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cOMMiSSiOn on Audit chairperson Maria Gracia pulido-Tan as

amicus curiae, friend of the court or resource person of the Supreme court, was grilled by a lady justice of the Sc during the oral argu-ments Tuesday.

This was when Associ-ate Justice Teresita J. leon-ardo-De castro told Tan it seems that she was not do-ing her job.

De castro asked Tan where was the cOA in the face of the misuse of the priority Development Assis-tance Fund which apparent-ly has been institutionalized.

Tan replied that she merely worked recently at the cOA and this was under the term of president benig-no S. Aquino iii.

likewise, De castro asked whether Tan was blaming the previous offi-cials of cOA in its inefficient job.

De castro said if only the cOA did its job from the very beginning, the abuse in the use of pDAF should have been prevented.

Tan clarified that she was not blaming the previ-ous officials of cOA, what she is just saying is that she cannot explain more on the questions of the justices.

in the middle of the interpellation of Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. carpio, Tan announced that they are not anymore conducting a special audit on the use of pDAF from the years 2010 up to 2012. [PNA]

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THE BIG NEWS

LECTURE. Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte imparts valuable lessons to the graduates of Task Force Davao intelligence collection seminar on Monday night at TF Davao headquarters at Sta. Ana Wharf. Lean Daval Jr.

PREVENTION. This student is seen playfully sticking his head in between the wooden barrier installed by the school administration at the second level of one of its buildings to prevent untoward incidents involving their students, in Garcia Heights, Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

SOME p800,000 worth of cash and personal belongings

were carted away by un-identified culprits in four separate incidents on Monday alone.

The thefts were re-ported by four police sta-tions---Talomo, buhangin, bunawan and calinan.

pO2 Ronald baguio, Talomo police station investigator, said that RAM’s lending corpora-tion in Km 7, peace Ave-nue, bangkal was robbed

by two unidentified cul-prits who took p246,000 cash collection around 7:00 p.m.

Suspects entered their office and pointed a .38 caliber pistol at the cou-ple in charge, cathy and Jimmy bitoon.

baguio said the sus-pects fled after taking the money.

pO3 Rubin corsino and pO1 Jocris Sarenas, both investigators of the buhangin station report-ed that robbers looted

p331,000 worth of aircon unit, flat-screen TV, shirts, grocery items and p7,000 in cash from the house owned by Kevin Tan, 29, a resident of Deca Homes, cabantian, buhangin around 4:30 p.m.

in calinan, SpO2 Or-lando Madrazo, investiga-tor of calinan police sta-tion said that a 29-year-old woman identified as Mary Joylyn bansag Garol, officer in-charge of the Dc invest Smart loading sta-tion reported that an un-

identified male broke into the office and declared a hold-up by pointing a broken softdrink bottle at her. The man carted away some p35,000 of cash and two pieces pocket wifi, tablet, and call cards.

in bunawan, SpO4 Romeo Maat said that a house owned by Rommel Santos in brgy. San isidro was robbed of p320,000 worth of appliances.

The four police sta-tions are still investigat-ing the incidents. [Epc]

THREE separate wa-ter service inter-ruptions in some

areas in the city have been scheduled by the Davao city Water District to give way to different service improvement projects.

For the first set, a nine-hour water service inter-ruption on October 11 from 5:00 AM until 2:00 pM will affect the entire areas of Royal pines; some portions of GSiS Heights Subdivision and its imme-diate environs particular-ly the streets of polaris, comet, pluto, Mercury, Mars, Virgo (from corner of pluto St. to corner of Ea-gle St.), Aquarius, Jupiter, planet, Galaxy, Milkyway, Surveyor, Apollo, Rang-er, Telstar, Oak, pisces, capricorn, Rine, Mapple,

Willow; Santos cuyugan Road, Shrine Hills Road, Matina Hills, Jack’s Ridge, Entire langub, San nico-las Home Owners Associ-ation, San Vicente Home Owners Association, Green Valley; and, west portion of las Terrazas, along philip-pine-Japan national High-way from corner langub Road to Green Valley.

This is due to Davao light and power com-pany’s scheduled pow-er interruption affecting DcWD’s facility along plu-to St. in GSiS Heights Subd. on Oct. 11 from 5:00 AM to 12:00 pM.

Second set is an eight-hour water cut from 9:00 AM until 5:00 pM of Octo-ber 11 and will affect some areas in catalunan Grande

THE 2013 General Appropriations Act is “riddled with un-

constitutionality,” Supreme court Senior Associate Jus-tice Antonio T. carpio on Tuesday said.

During the oral argu-ments at the Sc, carpio said legislators as well as the Dept. of budget and Man-agement simply put in writ-ing their long time practice in the disbursement of the priority Development As-sistance Fund which, even without a commission on Audit Report can be consid-ered unconstitutional.

He said a cabinet Secre-tary, a House committee as well as the legislator cannot realign funds.

“is the power to realign [funds] can be delegated to the cabinet? That power cannot be delegated. This power to realign is uncon-stitutional,” carpio said.

When the constitution says all appropriation shall

emanate from the House, it has to be acting as a body, it cannot be one legislator or a committee. A legislator or a House committee is not congress,” he said.

“You do not need a cOA report. The 2013 provision on pDAF [in the GAA] is rid-dled with unconstitutionali-ty,” carpio added.

Regarding the Malam-paya fund, carpio said, the government’s basis which is presidential Decree 910 which allows the president to use the Malampaya fund for other purposes was done during the time of president Ferdinand Mar-cos, when the Executive also has a legislative power.

but with the enactment of the 1987 constitution, carpio pointed out the pres-ident has been stripped with legislative power.

“So pD 910 is now fa-cially unconstitutional. You do not need a cOA report on that,” he said. (pnA)

2013 GAA, Malampaya fund unconstitutional -- Carpio

COA chair grilled at SC

Rash of robberies hit 4 barangays

Water interruption set on Oct. 11-12

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VOL. 6 ISSUE 148 • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2013 3THE BIG NEWS

AMENDMENT OF ORDINANCE. Councilor Tomas Monteverde IV says that there’s an urgent need to amend Davao City’s ordinances such as the poli-cy which prohibits people from washing their vehicles on the streets during

yesterday’s Pulong-pulong ni Pulong at Sangguniang Panlungsod. At his left is Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang. Lean Daval Jr.

COOP WEEK. An exhibitor of Cooperative Week trade fair offers free massage using so called miracle oil to bystanders at Sangguniang Panlungsod in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

THE national Gov-ernment posted a p21.9 billion fiscal

surplus in August 8% above the p20.3 billion target for August and more than eight times the surplus of p2.5 bil-lion achieved in August 2012.

The Department of Finance yesterday said this fiscal surplus brings the 2013 total deficit to p82.6 billion.

The bureau of inter-

nal Revenue (biR), bu-reau of customs (boc), and bureau of the Trea-sury (bTr) achieved dou-ble digit growth for the month of August 2013 compared to the previ-ous year.

Secretary of Finance cesar purisima said this was achieved despite nearly on-target spend-ing, signaling the gov-ernment’s success at sus-taining fiscal strength.

He said, “The target

surplus is highly encour-aging given that the gov-ernment came very close to hitting its spending target in August. As other economies in Asia are re-sorting to aggressive rev-enue measures, we have proven that good gover-nance has had a dramatic effect in restoring stability to the coffers of the gov-ernment.”

For the month of Au-gust, revenues totaled p155.1 billion against

expenditures of p133.2 billion. For the first eight months of 2013, aggregate revenues summed up to p1,139.2 billion, financing p1,221.8 billion in expen-ditures.

netting out interest payments, the govern-ment was able to achieve a primary surplus amount-ing to p40.1 billion in Au-gust, bringing the year-to-date primary surplus up to p146.3 billion.

THE commission on Elections (comelec) is postponing the ba-

rangay elections in Zambo-anga city.

“basta ang consensus namin kanina is we will postpone the election in the entire city of Zambo-anga. We will confirm this tomorrow during our reg-ular meeting. Marami pa kasi pag-uusapan na de-talye kung kelan special elections, magkakaroon ba hold over at marami pa,” said comelec chairman Six-to brillantes in an interview Tuesday.

He added that one of the reasons for postponing the elections is the recent crisis in the said province.

“The entire city is af-fected by the current sit-uation... nagkaroon pa ng baha...kung magkakaroon ng eleksyon yung naka de-ploy (na sundalo) ngayon sa Zamboanga city tatan-galan namin yun at babalik sila sa kanilang mga lugar so liliit ang military,” he said.

The poll body chief added that they will have no place to conduct the

polls since some of the schools are being used as evacuation centers.

However, brillantes did not give details on when they will hold the special polls for Zamboanga city.

“Although the (Omni-bus) Election code itself says within 30 days but not exceeding 90...Gusto namin maski na 30 days matapos na para walang hold over kasi hanggang possible ayaw namin ng may hold over,” he added.

On the other hand, the poll body chief assured that the October 28 polls in other areas will push through as scheduled de-spite the problem in Zam-boanga city.

“Dinebate namin kani-na is naapektuhan din ung baSulTa (basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi) kasi ang stag-ing area ang lahat ng aming equipment that will go to these areas will have to be Zamboanga city. Since may problema sa Zamboanga city nagkaroon ng proble-ma sa tatlong probinsiya pero tuloy ang election dun sa tatlo,” brillantes said. [PNA]

FNAT’L, 10

Comelec postpones polls in Zambo City

An Army captain was killed following a clash with “bangsam-

oro islamic Freedom Fight-ers”(biFF) and Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) brigands in unkaya, pukan town, basi-lan Tuesday morning.

lt. col. Randolph cabangbang, Army spokes-person, identified the fall-en officer as capt. Harold camazo, commander of the 11th Scout Ranger com-pany, Fourth Scout Ranger Regiment, Special Opera-tions command.

He added that camazo was killed around 11:26

a.m. as he and his men en-gaged an undetermined number of biFF and ASG brigands while conducting clearing operations in iVO, barangay Tongbato, ung-kaya pukan, basilan.

Four soldiers were also wounded in the encounter.

pursuit operations are still ongoing against the lawless elements.

camazo is a graduate of philippine Military Acade-my class of 2005.

He was born in Dec. 31, 1981, married and a native of Magsaysay, Oriental Min-doro. [PNA]

Army captain killed

Nat’l budget surplus jumps 8% to P21B

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By EJ DOMINIC FERNANDEZ

An official of the Office of the presi-dential Adviser on

peace process (OpApp) took exception to a report that said the government was no longer keen on pursuing formal peace talks with the national Democratic Front (nDF).

The 38-page report, titled “living in the Shad-ows: Displaced lumads locked in a cycle of pover-ty,” was released on Friday at the Apo View Hotel by the internal Displacement Monitoring centre (iDMc). it described the situation of the lumads in Eastern Mindanao in the context of the armed conflict between the government and the new people’s Army (npA), armed wing of the commu-

nist party of the philippines. iDMc mainly based

the report on the research made by the balay Rehabil-itation center, a humanitar-ian organization based in Davao city.

Frederik Kok, senior country analyst of the Swiss-based iDMc-nRc read the summary of the report.

“indigenous people in the philippines are caught in the middle of the con-flict between the military and the new people’s Army and could hardly cope with their repeated dislocations and the accu-mulated effects of prop-erty loss or damage and income decline,” the re-port said. Roel n. catoto/Mindanews)

OPAPP denies governmentleaving peace talks with NDF

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HERE’S some good news for tourists planning to visit

the eco-tourism town of new corella, Davao del norte.

Governor Rodolfo del Rosario led the inaugura-tion of the p45.7-million poblacion-carcor-San

Jose road concreting proj-ect, which intends to facil-itate easier access to the tourist destinations in the municipality.

The project, imple-mented under the last mile access to tourism at-tractions thrust of presi-dent Aquino, was joint-

ly implemented by the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Depart-ment of public Works and Highways (DpWH).

The governor said that with the completion of the project, it would now be easier for tourists to get to the panas Water-

falls, which is the main tourist attraction of the town.

He beamed visitors will no longer drop their plans to visit the area because of bad road con-ditions leading to the site before.

According to him, the road project will help the province contribute to the government’s goal attain-ing 10 million foreign vis-itors and 56.1 million do-mestic tourists by 2016, when Aquino’s presiden-tial term ends1.

While it fuels tourism growth in the municipal-ity, del Rosario said the project will also bring broader livelihood and socio-economic develop-ment in the area.

“This project boosts our promotion that it is more fun in new corella and in Davao del norte,” the governor said.

provincial Tourism Officer noel Daquioag said the “last-mile con-nectivity” will also boost the affordable and at-tractive tourism package that the municipality has prepared for backpack-ers and eco-adventurers. [noel baguio]

4TAGUm CITY

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THE rich culture and tradition of Tagum city’s indigenous

peoples took the spotlight as the 11th year of the Kai-munan Festival formally opened last October 6, 2013 at the Tagum city pavilion.

Mayor Allan Rellon heralded the thrust of his administration towards safeguarding the richness of the tradition of the city’s indigenous people, thus highlighting them in the four-day Kaimunan festiv-ities.

Joining the local chief executive in the grand kick-off of the festival were Vice Mayor Geterito T. Gementi-za, councilor Macario ber-mudez ii and the indigenous peoples of the city.

This year’s celebration is made more meaningful with the installment of the various indigenous peoples mandatory representative to the different barangays in the city as well as to the halls of the 6th city council in the person of Datu Rudy T. On-los, the city’s tribal chieftain.

in his speech, Mayor Rellon reiterated his admin-istration’s commitment to-wards the preservation and protection of the ip’s diverse culture and tradition, where he particularly mentioned

the plan of putting up of a tribal village in the city.

One latest development is the creation of the city Historical and cultural Af-fairs commission through his Executive Order no. 38, s. 2013, which shall oversee the comprehensive culture and arts development plans, among others.

The Kaimunan Festival is a cultural event where dif-ferent tribal songs, dances, crafts, music and rituals are performed in thanksgiving to God and gathers all tribes to celebrate culture, tradi-tion and identity.

This year’s festivities features the “pinayag” ex-hibit featuring the different traditional houses of the ips, a tipanud art workshop, the Kaimunan Day of Talent (October 7), ip Kids Day (Oc-tober 8), Free ip civil Regis-tration and Medical Mission (October 9) and the Kaimu-nan Grand celebration on October 10.

During the opening program, a recognition rit-ual was also done—a rare occasion for the city’s ip community to perform it in public—which made Mayor Rellon an adoptive son of the indigenous peoples of Tagum. [louie lapat of ciO Tagum]

FESTIVAL.  Tagum City Mayor Allan Rellon leads in the formal opening of the 11th year of the Kaimunan Festival last October 6, 2013 at Tagum City Pavilion. Joining the local chief executive are (from left to right) Datu Rudy

T. Onlos, the indigenous peoples mandatory representative, Vice Mayor Geterito T. Gementiza and Baylan Datu Aguido Sucnaan, Sr.  [Photo by Louie Lapat of CIO Tagum]

Kaimunan Festival highlights rich culture, tradition of IP’s

DAVAO DEL NORTE GENERAL SANTOS CITY

THE renowned Ka-lilangan Festival of General Santos city

has been elevated to the Hall of Fame of the annu-al pearl Awards for best tourism practices after it was adjudged anew as the country’s best cul-ture and arts tourism event for this year.

Abdurrahman cana-can, chancellor of the Mindanao State universi-ty (MSu)-General Santos campus, said Tuesday the event received the presti-gious award for the third straight year during the 2013 pearl Awards held last week in legazpi city.

The pearl Awards, which mainly recognizes the country’s top tourism events and best practices, is a project of the Associ-ation of Tourism Officers of the philippines (ATOp) and the Department of Tourism (DOT).

The annual Kalilan-gan Festival, which is held every last week of February, is managed by MSu General Santos.

considered as the city’s banner festivity, the event was adjudged as the country’s best culture and arts tour-ism event in the 2011 and 2012 editions of the pearl Awards.

canacan said the event clinched this year’s top award after getting positive reviews from the ATOp and the DOT.

As part of the search, university officials earli-er presented the event to a team of evaluators that visited the city.

“They were im-pressed with the over-all presentation of the event, its objectives and goals,” canacan said.

Derived from the root word “kalilang,” which means celebra-tion or commemoration in the Maguindanaon dialect, Kalilangan Fes-tival mainly showcases the city’s history, art-istry, cultural heritage and tourism potentials. [Mindanews]

Kalilangan Festival getsHall of Fame award

INAUGURATION. Governor Rodolfo del Rosario leads the inauguration of the P45.7-million Poblacion-Carcor-San Jose road concreting project, which intends to facilitate easier access to the tourist destinations in the municipality.

New Corella opens ‘last mile’ road project

VOL. 6 ISSUE 148 • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2013 5EDGEDAVAO

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WHOLESALING AND RETAILING. A lady who appears to be in vegetable wholesaling and retailing business transports fresh vegetables from Bankerohan public market yesterday. Fresh produce wholesalers and retailers from the different Baran-

gays of Davao City regularly purchase the products they sell at the bagsakan area of Bankerohan public market where prices are reasonably low. Lean Daval Jr.

KEY players in the tuna industry call for the creation of the

philippine committee for the Advancement of Highly Migratory Fisheries, a lob-bying arm to promote the country’s interests in glob-al fisheries organizations such as the Western and central pacific Fisheries commission (WcpFc).

passed as one of the congress resolutions during the 15th national Tuna congress held in Gen-eral Santos city recently, the proposed committee will provide the philippines a stronger presence in the WcpFc as the country lob-bies for fishing access in view of the coming multi-year management program for bigeye, Yellowfin, and Skipjack tuna from 2014 to 2017.

WcpFc establishes mea-sures to ensure long-term conservation and sustain-able use of highly migratory fish stocks like tuna in the Western and central pa-cific Ocean. As it convenes

its 10th regular session in December this year, new or enhanced measures are expected to replace interim conservation measures cur-rently being implemented.

During the 9th Wcp-Fc regular session held in Manila in December last year, the national govern-ment sent a delegation led by Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) chair luwalhati Antonino and bu-reau of Fisheries and Aquat-ic Resources (bFAR) Direc-tor Asis perez to lobby for the approval of the Special Management Area (SMA), which sought fishing access to pacific High Seas pocket 1.

The commission ap-proved the SMA allowing 36 traditional ice-chilled boats from the philippines to fish in the high seas pocket 1 for one year, boosting the coun-try’s commercial fish pro-duction and revitalizing the tuna industry that has been sagging since the tuna ban was imposed in 2008.

“based on our experi-ence last year, we realized

that we must exert a strong and united presence in the WcpFc to ensure our tuna industry gets its rightful share from this global re-source and protect the gains of the industry,” said Sec. Antonino in her keynote speech at the congress.

The Tuna congress res-olution cites that while the country successfully lobbied for fishing access in the 9th WcpFc, there is yet no per-manent body to officially represent the philippines to the succeeding regular sessions of the commission and to other conventions of Regional Fisheries Man-agement Organizations (RFMO).

Hence, it stressed the compelling need to create a permanent body that will serve as the philippine rep-resentative to the WcpFc that will carry forth the in-terests of the tuna industry as the commission convenes in December this year to discuss the multi-year man-agement program for tuna stocks.

Tuna players seek creation of permanent lobbying arm

To represent PHL in global fisheries

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AMOnG the more contro-versial issues related to the pork scam is the

Disbursement Acceleration program (DAp). it is a fund that has been consolidated by the Department of budget and Management (DbM) from otherwise budgeted but un-spent funds across the various agencies of government. The fund has subsequently been redistributed to agencies of government with fast moving projects and programs. it has also been used to augment the

pork barrel funds of congress-men and senators. This is on the assumption that the addi-tion fund is to be used for more projects and programs benefit-ing local constituencies.

The reason given for this unconventional and massive injection of liquidity is to pro-tect the local economy from the continuing global econom-ic crisis. The second quarter indicators seem to bear this out indeed. Exports are a nega-tive 6.5 percent from a positive 10.8 percent last year reflect-

ing the continuing weakness of the global market. but the huge liquidity injection from DAp has boosted current gov-ernment expenditures to 17.0 percent compared to just 7.2 percent last year thus result-ing to an overall gain. The local economy would have dipped from twelve months ago if not for DAp. but the gain would have been larger if our con-gressmen and senators didn’t pocket some if not most of their additional pork barrel funds from DAp.

mONTHLY AVERAGE EXCHANGE RATE (January 2012-April 2013)

Month 2013 2012 2011

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

September 41.75 43.02August 42.04 42.42

July 41.91 42.81June 42.78 43.37May 42.85 43.13April 42.70 43.24

March 42.86 43.52February 40.67 42.66 43.70January 40.73 43.62 44.17

Stat Watch7.1

1st Qtr 2013

7.8 1st Qtr 2013

USD 3,741 million

Feb 2013USD 4,708

million Feb 2013USD -967

million Feb 2013USD -640

millionDec 2012

P 4,964,560  million

Feb 2013

2.4 % Mar 2013P113,609

million Mar 2013

P 5,281 billion 

Mar 2013

P 41.14 Apr 2013

6,847.5 Mar 2013

132.8 Apr 2013

2.6 Apr 2013

3.1 Apr 2013

418,108 Feb 2013

20.9% Jan 2013

7.1% Jan 2013

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

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

3. Exports 1/

4. Imports 1/

5. Trade Balance

6. Balance of Payments 2/

7. Broad Money Liabilities

8. Interest Rates 4/

9. National Government Revenues

10. National government outstanding debt

11. Peso per US $ 5/

12. Stocks Composite Index 6/

13. Consumer Price Index 2006=100

14. Headline Inflation Rate 2006=100

15. Core Inflation Rate 2006=100

16. Visitor Arrivals

17. Underemployment Rate 7/

18. Unemployment Rate 7/

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TYPE OF EXPENDITURE 2nd Quarter Annual2011-12 2012-13 2010-11 2011-12

1. Household Final Consumption Expenditure 6.6 5.2 5.7 6.6

2. Government Final Consumption Expenditure 7.2 17.0 2.1 12.2

3. Capital Formation* 3.6 13.2 2.0 -3.2 A. Fixed Capital 8.7 9.7 -2.0 10.4 1. Construction 10.2 15.6 -8.4 15.1 2. Durable Equipment 8.4 5.7 2.7 8.0 3. Breeding Stock & Orchard

Dev’t 2.5 -1.1 -0.3 1.4

4. Intellectual Property Products 10.3 16.2 11.8 18.04. Exports 10.8 -6.5 -2.8 8.9 A. Exports of Goods 12.7 -8.7 -7.1 10.3 B. Exports of Services 2.7 4.0 16.9 3.65. Less : Imports 8.3 -3.0 -1.0 5.3 A. Imports of Goods 5.9 -4.0 0.6 3.0 B. Imports of Services 22.6 2.4 -7.9 15.9 GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT 6.3 7.5 3.6 6.8GROSS NATIONAL INCOME 6.5 6.8 2.8 6.5

* Capital formation includes fixed capital and changes in inventories Source: National Statistical Coordination Board

Growth Rates of Gross National Income and Gross Domestic Product by Expenditure Shares

2nd Quarter 2012 and 2013 and Annual 2011-2012 (at constant 2000 prices)

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ICT HUB

An SMS or text mes-saging application designed to help ba-

rangay officials and their communities during emer-gencies won the top prize at a recent hackathon orga-nized by the Smart Develop-er network (SmartDevnet), the developer community program of wireless ser-vices leader Smart com-munications, inc., (Smart) and mobile content startup Youphoric labs.

bilis Aksyon, developed by iT professionals Allan Danos and Erwin Quinto of Team 98, was judged the best among the 10 SMS apps created on the spot during the SMS.Api(fied) hackathon.

Each team worked on an app using the Youphor-ic SMS Api, a new and free platform that allows devel-opers and even non-techies to quickly and easily launch SMS-based apps. Youphor-ic labs developed the Api with the technical guidance of SmartDevnet.

Api, which stands for application programming interface, is a set of tools and protocols for creating software apps. Youphor-ic SMS Api simplifies app development by virtually removing most of the hard coding part of the process. users can skip the codes which take weeks or even months to program. The platform also allows devel-opers to readily launch SMS services to the more than

70 million subscribers of Smart, Talk ‘n Text, and Sun cellular.

“Youphoric SMS Api does the heavy lifting. it would have taken us one week to finish bilis Aksyon instead of just five hours if not for this Api,” Quinto said.

As a platform for in-cident-reporting, bilis Aksyon is designed as a quick-response tool for ba-rangay leaders and their community. Ordinary cit-izens can use this app to alert or request help from barangay officials during emergencies or calamities.

For topping the compe-tition, the duo of Quinto and Danos was awarded three units of O+ smartphones, three power banks, one Smart prepaid lTE pocket wifi, and startup mentor-ship plus a month-long stay at palet Express, a start-up incubator-accelerator that also provides working space.

Fortuna by Team Wild-fire placed second. The app for facilitating donations and charities through pre-paid load was developed by GR Encarnacion, Joel bor-deos, and Andrew James Ramirez. The sMSME (SMS in micro, small and medi-um enterprises) app by Team sMSME bagged the third spot. Aldrin bautista, Raven lagrimas, and nino Eclarin’s app helps small businesses upgrade their service and clients’ user ex-

perience.Smart developer evan-

gelist paul pajo said com-panies could become more efficient and profitable using the Youphoric SMS Api. “Through this plat-form, it will take just a few moments for anyone in the philippines to launch their own campaigns and cre-ate an immediate feedback mechanism. it also allows people who use the plat-form the ability to monetize the services they create.”

With Youphoric SMS Api, even non-program-mers can easily deploy

SMS-based apps for sub-scriptions, trivia contests, notifications, customer service, information on de-mand, polling, coupon sub-scriptions, coupon pulls, and promos. (Those who intend to launch SMS-based promos will still need to get permits from the Depart-ment of Trade and industry.)

non-technical users can simply fill up user-friend-ly web forms on this site: http://www.youphoriclabs.com/SMSApps/. Mean-while, developers can use the Api in their own code to create their own SMS apps.

They can access it at http://www.youphoriclabs.com/SMSApps/apigee

Ann Jacobe, Youphoric labs chief executive officer, said: “before, the long pro-cess discouraged a lot of de-velopers, brands, and agen-cies from launching their app. now, you can launch your SMS app in a matter of minutes. Youphoric labs is the first content provider to offer this service. We’ve taken the bite out of setting up and running an SMS ser-vice, making it accessible to everyone.”

“The Youphoric SMS

Api platform is part of a bigger initiative -- Smart’s partner Api program which encourages traditional mo-bile content providers to ex-pand into the Api space and provide their capabilities to third-party developers. Ex-pect more Api services and educational events resulting from this program,” said Jim Ayson, Smart senior manag-er for partner management and developer relations.

The SMS.Api(fied) hack-athon was organized in partnership with Meralco, Smart bro, O+, and palet Ex-press.

[L-R] SmartDevNet’s Marica Uchida, Microsoft’s Edison Go Tan, Open Ovate’s Christian Blanquera, Smart’s Jean Ong and Jann Tan Nery, hackathon winners Erwin Quinto and Allan Danos, Alora Guerrero of Yahoo!, Ann Jacobe of Youphoric Labs, SmartDevNet’s Paul Pajo, and David Collado of Palet Express

Emergency SMS app for barangays wins Smart, Youphoric hackathon

A philippine start-up community road map is needed to

push the philippine econo-my forward faster. This con-sensus began shaping up as some 300 pinoy and inter-national attendees partic-ipated in the two-day con-ference dubbed as Geeks on a beach or #GOAb in the world-famous tourism des-tination in the philippines, boracay island.

Held last Sept. 26-27, the conference themed “bringing together tech in-novators – from startups to global heroes” gathered an impressive lineup of 41 tech / startup experts as event speakers and the support of59 sponsors and partners.

in a roundtable discus-sion among stakeholders, deputy executive Director

Mon ibrahim of the Depart-ment of Science and Tech-nology (DOST) information and communication Tech-nology Office (icTO) wel-comed, among other rec-ommendations, the crafting of a philippine road map for startups.

Startups refer to fast-growing inter-net-based businesses set up by entrepreneurs, some-thing that began in the first startup community in Sili-con Valley decades ago and spread globally through the years.

During the press con-ference that opened the #GOAb conference, ibra-him revealed that govern-ment plans to generate 1.5 million direct employment for the philippine iT indus-try. Of this figure, he said, 40% is planned to be gen-

erated outside of Manila.Veteran startup en-

trepreneurs say that pri-vate sector initiative for growing the startup com-munity should continue. Tina Amper of TechTalks.ph and prime mover of the #GOAb conference, for instance, initially funded ef-forts for startup gatherings from her own pocket.

bowei Gai, a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur, likewise said that venture capital is also not necessary at the beginning in order to develop startup communi-ties. “Startups can self-fund and venture capital will just come.”

Gai, who just concluded a 29-country tour in nine months for his World Start-up Report, said the philip-pines has a lot of potential as an emerging startup des-

tination during his keynote talk during the second day of the conference.

plug and play co-found-er Jojo Flores said that three years ago MiT funded 26,000 companies which hired 3 million employees and earned $2 trillion a year.

“This is the 11th larg-est economy of the world. That’s just a university. if the philippines do this right, we can create start-ups . . . an industry of tech-no-preneurs on top of outsourcing. We still don’t have enough startups in the country yet.”

The young cebuano Albert padin who founded SpellDial said, startups are risky but if you’re afraid to take risks we’ll still be where we are exactly right now.

Boracay attracts 300 geeks; PH start-up roadmap mulled GlObAl spending on

information technol-ogy is expected to

reach $3.8 trillion in 2014, driven by growth in con-nected devices ranging from jewelry to refrigerators, re-searchers said Monday.

A report by the research firm Gartner said iT spend-ing is expected to increase 3.6 percent from 2013.

The vast expansion of digital devices affects just about every industry in what is described as the Dig-ital industrial Economy, ac-cording to Gartner research-er peter Sondergaard.

Sondergaard said this means every company is becoming a technology in an era of the “internet of Things.”

“Digitalization exposes every part of your business and its operations to these forces,” he said. “it is how

you reach customers and constituents, how you run your physical plant and how you generate revenue or de-liver services.

“Enterprises doing this today are setting themselves apart and will collectively lead the new Digital indus-trial Economy.”

Gartner said that in 2009, there were 2.5 bil-lion connected devices with unique ip addresses to the internet, most of them cell phones and computers.

in 2020, there will be up to 30 billion devices with unique ip addresses, most of which will be products.

Gartner predicts that the total economic value add for the internet of Things will be $1.9 trillion dollars in 2020, benefitting a wide range of industries, such as health-care, retail and transporta-tion.

New devices drive global IT spending

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EDITORIAL

ASiDE from removing a proven source of corruption, abolishing the hated pri-ority Development Assistance Fund

(pDAF), and its mongrel cousins like the Dis-bursement Acceleration program (DAp), will result in some unintended benefits.

This was the gist of the explanation that bayan Muna party-list Rep. carlos isagani Za-rate made when reporting on the progress of the campaign against the pork barrel system in the House of Representatives, an advocacy gaining momentum among Filipinos scandal-ized by the irresponsible handling of taxpay-ers money by our leaders.

if the pork barrel is removed, there will be no more “incentive” for money-oriented (cor-rupt, if you please) politicians to run for of-

fice. So will members of their families. Hope-fully, it will make political dynasties slowly disappear.

The greatest advantage of scrapping the pork barrel though is that the people’s money will now rightly go to projects and programs long identified to be truly needed by the peo-ple.

indeed, removal or thorough reformation of the pork barrel system will be advantageous to the nation. This can only be done if the clamor for its scrapping will intensify instead of decelerate.

Most important of all is that the new ide-al system chosen to replace the pork barrel system will be better not worse than the old hated one.

The dividends of abolition

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AQUILES Z. ZONIOCorrespondent

FOR most holiday-makers, bali, indo-nesia might be the sole destination on their minds when planning a trip

to indonesia, whether they look for a week-long laze on the beach with a bit of surfing thrown in or prefer bike riding and volcano climbing.

With varied landscape of mountains, idyllic beaches, verdant rice paddies and barren volcanic hillsides, the island of Gods features an exquisite backdrop to its rich and ever-present culture.

A small island in the indonesian archi-pelago, the mystical landscape is home to indonesia’s most Hindu minority, unlike any other islands in the largely Muslim country.

Most of the coastline of bali is fringed by different types of beaches suitable for doing nothing. Some of the beaches appeal espe-cially to surfers who seek out waves and tides along the coasts.

Tourists can also choose to take a boat tour off of the island’ s white sandy beaches or on the rapidly-flowing rivers. A major cultural center in indonesia, bali also boasts a thriving art community that includes weavers, dancers, painters and woodcarvers.

The island’s epicenter for local arts, dance, music and opera lies in the foothill town of ubud in central bali. Some pro-spective residents are allured to the villas in ubud for the town’s artsy vibe.

The isle’ s southern coast, associated most with shopping, beaches and partying, is the most popular and build-up region with no doubt. beaches in the section have everything one expects of a tropical beach -- the soft sand between their toes and the sound of the ocean breeze...

Despite the fading away of romance due to inevitable crowds nowadays, it is still a great experience to be at seafront especial-ly at sunset. Along this section of the south bali beaches stand many resorts which of-fer high class service.

However, with trapping of such an ideal tourist destinations also come the pitfalls. popular beaches are usually clogged with people and many bars fall victim to the boorish drunken behavior of barflies.

The island’s visibility has also drawn

unwanted attention of terrorists. The tour-ism industry, despite the blow in terrorist bombings in 2002 and 2005, has slowly re-covered from the trauma.

The number of foreign tourists that vis-ited bali last year totaled 2,9 million, a rise of 4.3 percent compared to the previous year, statistics showed. “Growth in 2013 could be even higher, considering that bali will be hosting some major events, like the Asia-pacific Economic cooperation (ApEc) Summit,”said Gde Suarsa, head of the cen-tral Statistics Agency (bpS) in bali.

“The summit will create a significantly positive impact on bali tourism and helps attract more visitors,” Ketut Sujata from the Association of Travel Agency (ASiTA) under the Ministry of Tourism and creative Econ-omy of indonesia told Xinhua on Saturday.

He added that a 12.7-km bali toll road named “bali Mandara”, which spans across benoa bay was officially inaugurated in nusa Dua, bali on Sept. 23. The highway constructed above the sea level is hoped to reduce traffic jams in ngurah Rai Airport and nusa Dua area.

Though heavily traveled, bali is deemed to be a wonderful destination with some-thing for everyone. [pnA/Xinhua]

ORDERlY WORKOuT MEcHA-niSM– Just recently, world lead-ers, leading government admin-

istrators, private business executives, renowned economists and financial analysts gathered in bali, a famous southern island resort in indonesia for the Asia-pacific Economic coopera-tion’s (ApEc) 21st Annual Meeting. One of the most sought-after personalities was president benigno Aquino iii. The presence of president pnoy during the ApEc economic summit is significant in terms of looking at areas of higher and feasible economic activities wherein the country can cooperate. big foreign investors accept that the philippines is part of the region and the world – eco-nomically and in other ways too.

Aside from the ApEc summit, the country is also well represented in the World Economic Forum (WEF) and oth-er similar well-established economic meetings and the government is work-ing closer too. There are developments such as the possibility that the philip-pines might establish special links with other progressive and well-developed countries and at the same time main-tain and continue the good economic relation with the rest of the Asian re-gion and the whole of Association of South East Asian nations (ASEAn) and East Asian Growth Area or EAGA. Fore-most of the government’s intent during the summit is to lure investors to estab-lish business in the philippines. Howev-er, the debate for all of us, particularly for the government, is how it can make sure the economic activities it would undertake after the ApEc conference are actually adding a bit of value to the country’s business environment.

The philippines has been enthusi-astically participating in trade and in-vestment campaign in other econom-ically-stable nations for a long time to showcase the country’s vast economic resources. After the ApEc meeting pres-

ident pnoy and his en-tourage will proceed to brunei Darus-salam for the two-day ASE-An summit. it never broke off diplomatic and economic relations even with other re-gional econ-omies that seemed to be antagonistic of the country’s economic and foreign policies. but when a government has a critical economic and political rela-tion with one of its neighbors, it needs some orderly workout mechanism. it certainly requires a method for orderly workouts because in any relationship, government leaders and their econom-ic advisers express diverse views and opinions and some are predictably neg-ative.

in a country like the philippines where economic standards can still stand much improvement, business summit such as the ApEc, ASEAn, EAGA and WEF economic forums pro-vide a guide to both fundamentals and economic relationship with other par-ticipating nations. in some ways the government should continue doing what it thinks is best for the country’s economic perspective and its position to persist to be what it properly under-stands about the underlying rationale for the different business conferences. Still, the government has to focus more attention to either the ApEc or other similar business conferences which it thinks have more concrete roles to play in developing trade opportunities in the region and building bridges across the pacific Rim and the rest of the world.

So far, the philippines was still con-sidered one of the region’s fast-growing

economies. Just about every private sector economists and financial experts were predicting annual Gross Domestic product (GDp) growth of 7%, the same or even higher robust performance the country has been pulling off a year after president pnoy assumed the presiden-cy. Even when other regional econo-mies devalued their currencies during the past few months, the conventional wisdom was that the philippines would not be much affected because of its strong economic fundamentals and am-ple foreign-currency reserves.

The consensus estimate for growth this year has risen from 7 to 8%. “What had greatly changed are perceptions,” noted some economic analysts and fi-nancial researchers. “both foreign and local investors now trust the country’s economic experience and the currency is performing well against the dollar and the stock market has maintained a remarkable level.” Even people in trade and commerce know for a fact that a strong currency and a rising stock mar-ket are mere indications of a better and good economic future for the country. A glaring indication was the recent upgrading of the country’s investment ratings from bbA to bAA by world-re-nowned credit ratings agency Moody’s investor Services.

Meanwhile others prefer to think that the small regulation and opera-tional hitches are typical of the emerg-ing markets and that offers enough comfort to investors. And for the coun-try’s market to fully emerge, govern-ment has to effectively address the country’s interlocking concerns – per-sistent poverty situation, joblessness, delivery of basic social services aside from the highly controversial priority Development Assistance Fund (pDAF) and Disbursement Acceleration pro-gram (DAp) scams, and other equally anomalous transactions in all govern-ment levels.

WiTHin this i n d u s t r y group, it’s an accepted fact that the biggest bulk of gold product ion coming from the region doesn’t come from the large gold miners but from the hundreds of illegal and legal small-scale miners who had been mining gold in the compostela Valley for more than 50 years.

Despite being the biggest gold producer for five decades, very little actually reach the vaults of central bank since most of the gold is smuggled out of the tunnels and sold to waiting traders in Tagum and elsewhere in the region---a fact also known to all the mining firms, but usually shrugged off and laughed during meetings by miners.

This isn’t something that miners should worry about because law enforcers can take care of that. That’s why since the project started five years ago, the industry group kept their focus only on what mining firms can do to make them look more responsible to the public--- otherwise they can’t continue mining gold, copper, silver and other minerals if Filipinos are against it all over the country.

in some ways, the recent Third Mindanao Mining Summit held in Davao city, also covered topics on responsible mining, but what they talked about were mostly things like how to share the mining wealth and clarifying mining laws and taxes.

Vicente lao, who heads the Mindanao business council as its chair, was probably more vocal about responsible mining than all the delegates attending that summit at SMX convention center in lanang. lao cited some of the community projects his mining outfit did in leyte that he felt, drew the villagers more closer to them.

“When they saw what we were doing to their community, they began to see the benefits of having us there---the schools we built, the hospitals we put up, the roads we opened up. i think this is what responsible mining is all about,” lao told the mining delegates.

(comments ? Email > trading-post_davao@yahoo.com).

(Conclusion)

By He JingSPECIAl FEATURE

Is mining really badfor the country ?

The significance of APEC

Bali, the isle of enchantment

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ASEAN INTEGRATION. Councilor Leo Avila reveals that his committee is currently working with other sectors to make sure that Davao City will be ready for the ASEAN

integration 2015 during this week’s edition of Pulong-pulong ni Pulong at Sangguni-ang Panlungsod. Lean Daval Jr.

THE philippine Atmo-spheric Geophysical and Astronomical

Services Administration Tuesday spotted a new low pressure area off catan-duanes which may intensi-fy into a tropical depression in the next 24 hours.

in an interview, pAGA-SA weather forecaster bud-dy Javier said as of 4 p.m. Tuesday, the lpA embed-ded along the intertropi-cal convergenze Zone was spotted 925 km East of Vi-rac, catanduanes (13.6°n, 133.8°E).

He said the lpA is still too far to affect the coun-

try but due to extended cloudiness of iTcZ it will bring rains in bicol Region, Visayas and Mindanao until Wednesday.

citing the agency’s nu-merical models, Javier said the weather disturbance has high chance of intensi-fying into a cyclone in the next 24 hours.

in case it becomes a tropical depression, he said it will be named Santi, the second cyclone to visit the country this month and the 19th for this year.the afternoon or evening due to localized thunderstorms. [pnA]

cist, told Edge Davao of the news.

Teacher Randy’s story gained interest after Edge Davao featured his story in its September 1-2, 2013 is-sue.

Halasan’s story also made the front page of the philippine Daily inquirer on Sunday (October 6) in a sto-ry entitled “Teacher Randy: community’s bridge where there is none.”

Halasan took time in his speech to thank Edge Davao for publishing his story. He admitted his family did not support of hid decision to be assigned in pegalongan. “My parents were getting angry. but when they read the newspaper story, my sisters cried. They did not understand before what i was doing. They did not re-alize this is what i’ve been doing,” Halasan told the philippine Daily inquirer.

Halasan became the fourth teacher from Davao to win the prestigious award. Anabel ponce ung-cad of Sta. cruz, Davao del Sur, and bryan Rex carreon and brimbhot Eyas of Dum-alogdog primary School in Davao city have previously won the award.

RANDY’S STORYThe 30-year old Hala-

san has embraced the Matigsalug community in his six years as a teacher in pegalongan.

To get to pegalongan, he travels two hours by bus, another hour by ‘ha-bal-habal’ motorcycle, plus around four hours of trekking, which includes crossing two treacherous rivers—Simod River and Davao River--that at times go as high as his chest.

The rivers that sepa-rate pegalongan’s school and the communities spell life and death. Randy says many lives have been lost crossing the rivers includ-ing his very own.

not even that stops Randy. He keeps pushing even if the journey to peg-alongan is life risking. in one of his treks to Marilog, he and some pupils almost lost their lives traversing the raging Davao River. it is a journey he has chosen to take with the community and his students, who also cross the chest-deep river everyday just to be educat-ed.

Halasan dreams of one day building a hanging bridge connecting the sides of the two treacherous riv-ers. “para sa mga bata sir,” he told this writer in an ear-lier interview.

Through sheer hard-work and determination, he kept his dreams of a college education by working part-time. He dreamt of becom-ing a doctor or a lawyer but poverty left him no choice but to pursue teaching.

He finished his bachelor of Elementary Education at the university of Southeast-ern philippines in 2003 and like most fresh graduates, was not able to immediate-ly get a teaching position.

He struggled through odd jobs to live from day to day while taking care of his mother, now 72. in 2006, he was assigned as a substi-tute teacher in Sixto babao Elementary School in Ti-bungco and later in T. Awad Echevarria in Mandug. it was in January 8, 2007 when he was assigned as a permanent teacher in peg-alongan.

“When i became a per-manent teacher and was assigned at pegalongan El-ementary School which is one of the farthest school in the Davao city, i said to my-self that i will not stay long of this school. i’m not happy here. imagine a life without signal and electricity,” Ran-dy recounted his early days in pegalongan.

but all that changed in no time. “As the days passed

by when i saw their needs and hunger for education and development i said to myself that i have to do something for the Matig-salug Tribe in Sitio pegalon-gan. i felt happy and the be-longingness as part of their family even i’m not a tribe.”

pegalongan is a small sitio nestled in the middle of the mountains. After a great typhoon, tribal folks saw light shine from the area, thus it got its name. That, too, is how Randy is like right now to the com-munity--a light that shines and guides the community.

As he began to immerse himself in the communi-ty, he enjoined the tribe to help him establish the pegalongan Farmers Asso-ciation with the end view of making them become food sufficient. When he got there, they were only farming corn, mongo and root crops.

Randy asked help from agencies in the city so that the farmers can be trained on planting vegetables and durable crops. He also so-licited seedlings to get the people start planting new crops.

in time, the community had nurseries and vegeta-ble gardens in their back-yards.

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visions, hence they must strictly screen their ap-plicants,”p/Supt. Ruben Ramos, commander of the buhangin police sta-tion said, adding that

“We already filed the cases against him,” Ramos said.

Ramos had formed a team to conduct a pursuit operation after the victim, who is working for Ja-nette leyson, 44, of cecelia Heights in cabantian, bu-hangin identified Sacay as the suspect.

police nabbed Sacay on Monday morning inside his

agency’s office in Talisay, Ecoland.

Sacay was assigned to secure the vicinity of the subdivision.

He managed to molest the victim after she was left alone in the house by the owner who was at work.

investigation by pO3 Ruben corsino revealed that on Saturday early dawn the victim heard some noise inside the house and that when she left her room she saw Sacay taking an ipod mini worth p3,000 and a cellphone worth p11,000.

LPA expected to intensify into tropical depression

specifically Alejandro na-tional Homeowners Asso-ciation, San Miguel Home-owners Association, Sitio San pedro, Sitio Felomina, Sitio ubat, Sto. niño ili-han, South pointe Homes. The Ec crew will tap the newly installed 6-inch diameter polyvinyl chlo-ride (pVc) pipeline to the existing 6-inch diameter pVc pipeline for the main-line extension at catalu-nan South pointe Homes for the accommodation of new service connections.

Third set will be on

October 12 from 12:00 AM to 3:00 AM and will af-fect some areas in lanang specifically Mamay Village, Saint Anthony Village, JlA Subdivision, Diamond Vil-lage, liceralde Village and Angliongto Road (from Market basket to Mamay Village). This water cut is needed to allow the Opera-tion and Maintenance crew of DcWD to conduct step testing activity for District Metered Area at Mamay Road, lanang to reduce non-revenue water.

in behalf of the man-

agement, DcWD acting general manager Edwin V. Regalado is asking for the understanding and cooperation of would-be affected customers. He likewise advises them to store enough water prior to the scheduled water in-terruption as water supply may be restored earlier if work goes smoothly or lat-er if unforeseen problems arise.

The general public may visit DcWD website (www.davao-water.gov.ph), official Facebook ac-

count (www.facebook.com/davaocitywaterd-istrict) or call the DcWD trunk line at 221-9400 and press “1” on their phone dial to listen to lat-est daily water updates or call directly its central information unit / com-plaints center through the 24-hour hotline 221-9412 or call/text 0927-7988966, 0925-5113293 and 0908-4410653 for other up-dates, complaints, queries and other matters pertain-ing to DcWD services. [Ja-mae R. Garcia]

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RevenuesnG revenue has gone

up 20% over the same month in the previous year with August rev-enues totaling p155.1 billion against last year’s p129.4 billion. For the 8-month period, nG col-lected p1,139.2 billion, up 12% from the same peri-od in the previous year. The large increase in rev-enue collection for August is a result of improved collection efforts from both biR and the bOc, with both agencies post-ing high growth numbers.

For August, biR was able to collect p118.1 billion, growing by 22% from the same month last year while bOc collected p26.1 billion, up by 15% year-on-year. This brings the total collections by biR and bOc to p811.9 billion and p198.9 bil-lion, respectively. The bureau of Treasury had an income of p3.4 billion, growing 15% compared to last year. Revenue from other offices amounted to p7.5 billion, 7% higher year-on-year.

Expendituresnational Government

expenditures amounted

to p133.2 billion for Au-gust, 4% below the p138.4 billion target. Year-on-year, expenditures were up p6.4 billion or 5% for the month of August. To-tal disbursements for Jan-uary to August amount-ed to p1,221.8 billion, p137.1 billion or 13% higher than expenditures in 2012.

Continuing Reform Agenda

purisima stressed that continuing reforms would support revenue resilience. Recently, pres-ident benigno S. Aquino announced the reform agenda for the philippine bureau of customs, a wide-ranging set of policy actions aimed at reinvent-ing the agency.

“Significantly, we have replaced all of the bOc’s Deputy commissioners and port collectors with new personnel recruited from the public and pri-vate sectors. This is to give the bOc, an agency historically criticized as a bastion of corruption, a clean slate to build good governance from the ground up,” purisima said.

“ultimately, we aim

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VOL. 6 ISSUE 148 • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2013

pRESiDEnT benig-no S. Aquino iii has signed into

law a bill amending the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006, in order to exempt a child fifteen (15) years of age or under at the time of the commission of the offense from criminal liability.

Deputy presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said during the regular press brief-

ing in Malacanang on Tuesday that the chief Executive signed on October 3 Republic Act no. 10630 other-wise known as “An Act Strengthening the Ju-venile Justice System in the philippines,” amending for the pur-pose Republic Act no. 9344, otherwise known as the “Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006 and appropri-ating funds therefor.”

This Act which is a consolidation of Senate bill no. 3324 and House bill no. 6052 was final-ly passed by the Senate and the House of Rep-resentatives on June 5, 2013.

The law aims to pro-tect the welfare of chil-dren in conflict with the law, majority of whom are guilty of pet-ty crimes such as pet-ty theft, vagrancy and sniffing glue.

under the law, a child 15 years old and under at the time of the commission of the crime, will be exempt-ed from criminal liabil-ity.

However, the said child shall be subjected to a community-based intervention program supervised by the lo-cal social welfare and development officer, unless the best interest of the child requires the referral of the child to a youth care facil-ity or bahay pag-asa managed by local gov-ernment units (lGus) or licensed and/or ac-credited non-govern-ment organizations monitored by the De-partment of Social Wel-fare and Development

(DSWD).The law provides

that a child above 15 years but below 18 years of age shall likewise be exempt from criminal li-ability and be subjected to an intervention pro-gram, unless he/she has acted with discernment, in which case, such child shall be subjected to the appropriate proceed-ings in accordance with this Act.

These minors can face civil liabilities in accordance with exist-ing laws.

A child who is above 12 years of age up to 15 years of age and who commits parricide, mur-der, infanticide, kidnap-ping and serious illegal detention where the victim is killed or raped, robbery, with homicide or rape, destructive ar-son, rape, or carnap-ping where the driver or occupant is killed or raped or offenses un-der Republic Act no. 9165 (comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002) punishable by more than 12 years of imprisonment, shall be deemed a neglected child under presiden-tial Decree no. 603, as amended. [pnA]

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10/2,9,16

WORLD’S LARGEST FLOWER. Rafflesia manillana, the world’s largest flower, was recently found by a team of biologists and biodiversity experts in the thick forests of the Sierra Madre mountains in Aurora province. Forest-er Max Millan, Jr. said the flower is in full bloom, with

a diameter of 17 centimeters. Critically endangered, the Rafflesia manillana is a genus of tropical parasitic plants that do not contain a chlorophyll, and there-fore, incapable of photosynthesis. [Photo courtesy of DENR-Central Luzon]

THE philippines has approved a law in-creasing penalties

for cruelty to animals, the presidential palace said Monday amid a so-cial media outcry over a video showing three girls crushing a puppy to death.

president benigno Aquino’s spokeswoman Abigail Valte confirmed he had signed the bill into law before departing for indonesia on Sunday for an Asian summit.

it raises the penalties to a maximum of three years in jail and/or a 250,000-peso ($580) fine. previously, the maximum penalty was two years in jail and/or a 5,000-peso fine.

Aquino signed the bill on October 3, just when philippine social media

exploded in fury over a fetish video of three girls who appear to be teenag-ers abusing and then step-ping on a wailing puppy, crushing it to death.

The video has been cir-culating on various web-sites in the past week, re-sulting in numerous angry remarks on the internet.

“These people should be forced to lie on the ground and run over by a steamroller,” said one comment on a message board.

However the Asian campaigner for people for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (pETA), Rochelle Regodon, said the video was actually two to four years old and the perpe-trators behind it were al-ready in jail.

pETA had played a crucial role in the investi-

gation of a Filipino couple who had been producing videos for sale, show-ing small animals being crushed to death, she said.

The couple had been in jail since August 2012 for the videos with some of the girls in the video even testifying against them, Regodon said.

pETA and other animal welfare groups said they were encouraged by the outrage since it showed Filipinos did not tolerate animal abuse.

The executive direc-tor of the philippine Ani-mal Welfare Society Anna cabrera said she was hap-py with the stronger pen-alties.

“it will discourage and give a warning to those who make a business out of animal cruelty,” she said. [AFp]

PHL boosts animal protection amid ‘crush video’ outrage

THE Supreme court on Tuesday did not issue a

temporary restraining order against the Dis-bursement Acceleration program which was cre-ated in 2011.

This was the deci-sion made by justices of the Sc during their en banc session on Tues-day.

However, the Sc set the case for oral argu-ments on Oct. 22, 2013 at 2 p.m.

The 26-page peti-tion against DAp was first filed by former Manila councilor Greco belgica asking the Sc to declare DAp as uncon-stitutional.

The second petition against DAp was filed Monday by former iloi-lo Rep. Augusto “buboy” Syjuco, Jr. questioning the legality of DAp.

Syjuco filed the 14-page petition for cer-tiorari against the re-spondents budget and Management Secretary Florencio “butch” Abad and Senate president Franklin M. Drilon.

The DAp was al-

legedly used to reward the senators who voted for the impeachment of former chief Justice Re-nato c. corona on May 26, 2012.

Syjuco alleged that more than p1-billion fund of DAp which was released by the Execu-tive Department to the senators was violative of Section 25, Article Vi of the 1987 philippine constitution which pro-hibits the passage of a law allowing the trans-fer of appropriations allotted to a particular government agency.

He argued in the case of DAp, the transfer of fund can be considered as a violation of the law because the fund trans-ferred to the legislative branch came from the Executive Department.

noted constitution-alist Fr. Joaquin bernas earlier stated the cre-ation of DAp is volative of the 1987 constitution because it only limits the power of the pres-ident to re-align sav-ings in the expenditures specified in the general appropriations. [pnA]

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Photography enthusiasts from all over Davao and the rest of Mindanao are invited to the Travel Foto Expo at SM Lanang Premier on Oct. 11-13.

A tremendous barrel of fun is hard to get over with. That is

why Travel Foto Expo 2013 invites everyone to join its second leg on October 11-13, 2013 at SM lanang premier in Davao city.

All the rage unfolds as chito Vecina, Travel Foto Explorer (TFE) president, neil Garcia, i-Mag photography Magazine publisher and invited guests officially open the ceremony at the mall Atrium.

The 3-day event is bundled with free seminars best-laid for amateurs and professionals alike, in hopes of learning the ropes of photography with depth. On the first day, October 11, nix Tatay is all out to teach the basics of photography and shooting with heart in every fire of shutter. later on that night, there will be a photo competition with the SM’s dancing fountains as the contest subject, which is sure to steal the heart of audiences away with its beauty and charm. On the second day, October 12, there is a cosplay Open Shoot. There will also be free lens and sensor cleaning conducted by canon. On the

third and last day, October 13, chito Vecina, a master of street photography, will reveal his shooting tips and share his inmost shooting experiences for all the aspiring street photographers out there. Jun Garcia, a celebrity wedding photographer, will unwrap his shooting secrets in capturing wedding celebrations and making a worth framing pictures.

Simultaneous with the free seminars are formal but light photography discussions at SMX convention center Davao with the country’s sought-after photographers, all for a cheap price. On October 11 at SMX Meeting Room, Jojie Alcantara for photojournalism and photoblogging, George Tapan for Travel photography, Rhonson ng for Outdoor and Adventure, Kyle Stanley for Sports photography will teach and sizzle the room with their shooting techniques in their respective fields of expertise. On October 12, with limited participants of 50, Mark Floro for Food and Advertising photography and ibarra Deri for nude

and Glamour photography, will demonstrate what it takes to excel in the world of photography. On October 13, Raymond cruz for landscape photography, parc cruz for portrait /Ambient lighting/ post-processing and Oly Ruiz for Travel Wedding Destination are all set to unravel their personal and creative shooting styles to impart to attendees.

To further provide participants with a more memorable experience, there will also be Travel and Adventure photography workshop outdoors. Thirty lucky participants are bound to witness the impressive beauty of lake Sebu known for its seven waterfalls and a heart-stopping zipline, from above its visually impressive vistas. So hurry, register and go bag packing before slots are slots are fully taken.

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ST pETERSbuRG (united States) (AFp) - Maria

Sharapova on Monday withdrew from the sea-son-ending WTA cham-pionships in istanbul be-cause of a right shoulder injury that has dogged her since before the uS Open, The Women’s Ten-nis Association (WTA) announced.

The 26-year-old Rus-sian -- presently number three in the world -- had had to with-d r a w f r o m the uS Open on the eve of the

tournament because of the injury and owing to a previous hip problem has played just one match since a second round exit at Wimbledon in June.

“i am very disap-p o i n t - e d that i will not be able to play in the W T A

championships this year,” said Sharapova, whose turbulent season has also been marked by her splitting with Jimmy connors after just three

weeks as her coach.“The fans in istan-

bul have welcomed us each year with

such intense passion and

warmth, i will sincerely miss

the energy and excitement they

brought to the year-end tournament.

“i want to thank is-tanbul for being a tre-mendous host and hope to play in Turkey some-time in the future.”

While the crowd-pull-ing Russian won’t be there the WTA also an-nounced that three fur-ther players had quali-fied for the tournament which takes place from October 22-27.

The trio are czech Republic’s petra Kvito-va, winner of two titles this season, italy’s Sara Errani, who has won one of her four finals this

campaign, and Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic, who ended a three year title drought when she won in bogota.

They join the already qualified Serena Wil-liams, Victoria Azaren-ka, Agnieszka Radwans-ka and chinese star li na.

The WTA champi-onships features the top eight singles players and the top four doubles pair-ings competing for a re-cord $6 million in prize money and is being host-ed in istanbul for a third

successive year.

The philippine na-tional men’s foot-ball team hopes

to put on a show before Filipino fans when it plunges back to action in the philippine Football peace cup at the panaad Stadium in bacolod city this week.

The tournament marks the return of the Azkals to the venue that served as home to some of their most memora-ble games. Most notably, The panaad Stadium was witness to chieffy calig-dong’s sensational goal

in a victory against Mon-golia in a qualifier for the 2012 AFc challenge cup.

“We’re happy to play in bacolod where we’ve always had success. i want to make a nice show for the spectators,” Azkals coach Hans Mi-chael Weiss said. “i re-member two years ago when i started against Mongolia in bacolod, it was a fantastic experi-ence.”

Weiss added that he is looking forward to playing before fans in

bacolod, one of the coun-try’s football hotbeds.

“The mayor of ba-colod promised for a full-packed stadium (ev-ery match),” Weiss said. “To play in front of a half crowd stadium and people, you know, don’t know if they wanna go to football or not, is some-how a little bit demoti-vating, so we hope we can make a nice show and go on the offensive and full power.”

Azkals manager Dan palami also hopes the squad can perform well

in the peace cup to jump-start their preparation for the 2014 challenge cup in Maldives.

“This is a step to-wards the ultimate goal of being the champion of the challenge cup,” pala-mi said. “Hopefully we get off to a good start.”

The Azkals will face chinese Taipei on Friday and pakistan on October 15 to defend their title in the peace cup, which they won last year for the philippines’ first football crown in almost a century.

THE Rain or Shine Elasto painters saw their season come

to an end on Monday after falling to the petron blaze boosters in the Governors’ cup semifinals.

but the team has a chance to reload in the coming pbA draft, own-ing the pick that origi-nally belongs to barako bull.

That will allow the Elasto painters to select third overall in

“Every year we make the necessary adjust-ments. The first adjust-ment is who we can get from the draft who can strenthen our team and can fill up our weakness-es,” Guiao told sports website interAKTV.

“We’re picking third in the draft and based sa information na naririnig namin andyan si (ian) Sanggalang, si (Greg) Slaughter, si (Raymond Almazan), if we should

be able to take anyone of those, we will be happy.”

All three players play the center position, a spot where Guiao ac-knowledges is a weak-ness for the team. inter-estingly, Almazan plays for Rain or Shine assis-tant caloy Garcia at le-tran.

“balita ko si (Ray) parks hindi muna sasa-li. pero kung andun si parks, we will also be happy. Kung aabutan

namin,” added Guiao.Rain or Shine will be

open to other transac-tions, but Guiao insist-ed that they will not be shopping players in their roster.

“i’m not really say-ing we’re going to trade. We’re not going to make offers of any trade, but if there are offers to us, which we can consider, we will. pero kung manggag-aling sa amin, hindi muna,” he said. (interAKTV)

Sharapova withdraws from final event

Azkals return to Bacolod for Peace Cup

ROS hopes to tab center in PBA DraftMAnilA, Oct. 8 (pnA)--

An early clash of the favor-ites highlights the start of the p1 million icTSi Splen-dido classic Wednesday with Tony lascuna and carl Santos-Ocampo drawing each other in a late tee-off at the backside of the Splendi-do Golf and country club in Tagaytay.

lascuna, the reigning Order of Merit champion who is coming off a joint eighth place finish in Tai-wan Masters last Sunday, and Santos-Ocampo, who beat lascuna by six to dominate the icTSi Tagay-tay Midlands challenge last August, will be joined by Randy Garalde in the 11:05 a.m. flight tipped to produce early fireworks this being a short 54-hole tournament.

“i think it will boil down to strategy, given the wind at Splendido, and putting since our length is pretty much the same,” said lascuna.

lascuna is out to pad his Order of Merit (OOM) lead after routing the field at icTSi Manila South-woods last month and at the same time boost his

confidence heading to his World cup stint with Que in Australia in nov.

Santos-Ocampo also seeks to complete a sweep of the Tagaytay stages of the icTSi pGT after mas-tering the wind-raked Midlands layout with two 65s in the final round.

“My ball-striking has been superb lately so i’m very confident with my game,” said Santos-Oca-mpo. “but Splendido re-quires one to hit it straight. if my short game will be able to match up with how good my long game has been, that would be a recipe for another good finish.”

Miguel Tabuena, no. 2 in the OOM ranking and out to atone for his missed-cut stint in Taiwan, hopes to come out with a strong start at the back in the 7:15 a.m. group that includes Rufino bayron and Jhonnel Ababa while Jay bayron, winner at John Hay, sets out at 7:10 a.m. on no. 1 with Edward Reyes and Dutch Guido Van der Valk, who topped the icT-Si Q-School last March at Splendido. [PNA]

Davao’s Lascuna pickedin ICTSI Splendido leg

OUT FOR THE YEAR. Maria Sharapova will not beseeing action in the final event of the year.

lean waistline. Pole danc-ing is fast becoming the new and fun fitness trend for women in Manila. The fitness program can mea-surably help you strip away the pounds, and improve your physical and mental health with regularity. In a single 30-minute class, you can burn as much as 250 calories.” “There are many good reasons why women should try and get on the pole,” she quips. “This

LadIes, it’s time to trim the fat and give your confidence a boost. But before you consider surgical or laser procedures, I suggest you try out Trimlab. Trimlab is not a place where the “magic” hap-pens. It is, rather, a new fitness studio which offers pole dancing lessons. The “doctors” you see there are not in typical white lab gowns. You see them in comfortable fitness attire, hanging on to poles and defying gravity. Beauty maven Mae ann Cortez shares this new business venture with her friend, Clarabelle Luz Roque. Both are excited to introduce Pole dance Classes to interested indi-viduals of all ages and sizes. “Pole dancing classes gives women the opportunity to let loose and have fun while toning their bodies and increasing their core strength,” explains Mae. “swinging your entire body around a pole can actually give you a pretty

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Trimlab owner Mae Ann Cortez.

Get sexy at Trimlab

type of exercise can help avoid the dreaded athlete’s plateau. It will shape your legs, tone your stomach, and will work out all those flabby areas that are hard to target at the gym. There are people who do it because they want to feel sexy again, find their inner goddess, or build their self-esteem.” “Pole exercises definitely beat boredom. You’re not limited to just one, two, or three routines. You’re con-stantly pushed out of your comfort zone. This type of exercise requires physical strength and cardiovascu-lar endurance. The moves are challenging because you have a triad of goals you’re trying to accom-plish: getting your body to cooperate to do the trick, not falling, and look-ing sexy at the same time. There even are those who are driven to perform acro-

batic tricks.” Pole exercises combine weight training for build-ing muscles and toning them. The program is a combination of strength training, endurance, and flexibility. students will learn to support their en-tire body weight with one arm as they build upper body strengthen while us-ing their stomach muscles. The quadriceps are used to grip the pole and the tri-ceps are used to support you when hanging in mid-air on the pole. Moves like splits and backbends are incorporat-ed into some pole moves. This significantly improves the body’s flexibility and work out your range of motion, balance and coor-dination. Mae adds, “Pole dancing is so fun and I suggest you learn it together with your friends. The whole studio has a good set of poles to accommodate a small group. This fitness program is open to women and men, regardless of shape, size, background, or age.” Trimlab is located at 2nd floor, Cortez Building (in between aeon Tow-ers showroom and shell station), J.P. Laurel ave., davao City.

GlObE COMMuNity, the pioneer-ing online community of Globe telecom, has reached another breakthrough as its membership now exceeds 10,000-mark after only six months following its debut in cyberspace. Such milestone makes Globe Com-munity the fastest growing online tele-communications community in the country and one of the fastest in Asia, said Chris lipman, Head of Globe Cus-tomer Experience. Members of Globe Community reached the 10,000-mark on Septem-ber 17, coinciding with the telecommu-nication company’s 9/17 celebrations to mark the launching of the Globe tower, its new corporate headquarters in bonifacio Global City. “this is a fitting end to Globe tele-com’s 9/17 celebrations. Since we launched Globe Community in March this year, membership has been rapidly

growing, with 25% active users com-pared with only 10% industry bench-mark,” noted lipman. A first in the Philippines, Globe Com-munity (community.globe.com.ph), is an online customer support channel where customers are empowered to help other customers. it allows Globe subscribers or poten-tial customers to interact, discuss, and resolve Globe -related concerns and topics on the digital space. According to lipman, more and more subscribers are turning to Globe Community for answers to product, promo or customer service questions enabling members to find solutions and answers to commonly -asked ques-tions quicker and easier. the forum further provides an av-enue for interaction among Globe and non -Globe subscribers alike for knowledge sharing and community -building purposes.

“the value of having more members is that subscribers gain more insights on Globe-related concerns and inqui-ries and there are more people to share opinions with, more people to get to know and build relationships with,” lip-man said. As Globe Community is not exclusive to Globe subscribers, non-Globe sub-scribers who are interested in helping others with generic concerns such as mobile phone configurations, tablet set up, among others, may also join. Apart from the forum, the site also has a blog where active users are in-vited to write articles and review new gadgets/products, join online poll, and interest groups. Read more about the Community at http://lithosphere.lithium.com/t5/community-parties/Globe-Communi-ty-Celebrates-Wonderful-Milestones/cns-p/103791/ and visit community at community.globe.com.ph.

tHE Philippines’ leading low-cost carrier, Cebu Pacific (PSE:CEb) sent off its first long-haul flight at 4:40pm today. the daily non-stop 9-hour Manila-Dubai service serves as a milestone for the airline that has made its mark in short-haul regional and domestic operations. CEb President and CEO lance Gokongwei said during the flight launch ceremony, “When you, dear guests, land in Dubai later tonight, it will be aboard the first Philippine car-rier to land in Dubai in 15 years. We proudly carry the Philip-pine flag in this historic moment.” “When we say we fly to where Filipinos are, we mean it. this was our mindset when we launched our first interna-tional flight to Hong Kong in 2001. this remains our mindset as we launch our 22nd international destination now,” he added. Data from the Philippine Overseas Employment Adminis-tration (POEA) shows that uAE ranks second to Saudi Arabia in terms of number of land-based new hires and rehires. in 2012, there were 259,546 land-based workers deployed to uAE. Department of transportation and Communications un-dersecretary and Chairman of the Philippine Air Negotiat-ing Panel Hon. Jose Perpetuo lotilla and key officials from the Embassy of the united Arab Emirates, Civil Aeronautics board, Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines and Manila international Airport Authority sent off the maiden flight passengers from Manila. in Dubai, the send-off ceremony was graced by Her Excel-lency Grace Princesa, Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni-potentiary of the Republic of the Philippines in the united Arab Emirates. the maiden return flight departed Dubai at 11:10pm (Dubai time) and will arrive 11:40am the following day. the flight also carried 100 Global Filipinos Cebu Pacific is flying home for free, as part of its “100 lucky Juans” contest. the 100 lucky Juans, whose length of stay in the Middle East without returning to the Philippines is at least a year, will be welcomed with a homecoming party upon their arrival in Manila. CEb’s Manila-Dubai-Manila service utilizes CEb’s brand-new Airbus A330 aircraft, recently delivered from toulouse, France. With lowest year-round fares starting at PHP4,999 (AED 349), CEb offers passengers fares that are up to 35% lower than other carriers. it also offers the fastest and easiest same-day connections with CEb’s extensive Philippine route net-work. Earlier this year, CEb announced its support to Global Run-ner Cesar Guarin, the first Filipino set to run the length of the globe. Guarin did its Middle Eastern leg last May and met Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Jeddah among others. CEb’s 47-strong fleet is comprised of 10 Airbus A319, 27 Airbus A320, 2 Airbus A330 and 8 AtR-72 500 aircraft. it is one of the most modern aircraft fleets in the world. between 2013 and 2021, Cebu Pacific will take delivery of 15 more brand-new Airbus A320, 30 Airbus A321neo, and 4 Airbus A330 aircraft. it flies to 34 Philippine and 22 international destinations, on over 90 routes from 6 Philippine hubs. this includes flights to boracay, Cebu, Palawan, beijing, Osaka, Seoul, bali, Singapore, Hong Kong and bangkok. For bookings and information, visit www.cebupacificair.com or call (02)7020-888 or (032)230-8888. the latest seat sales can also be found on the Cebu Pacific Air official Face-book Fan Page and @CebuPacificAir on twitter.

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WIN VIP TRAVEL PACKAGES TO RESORTS WORLD SENTOSA SINGAPORE WITH THE SM STORE AND MASTERCARD. You have more reasons to shop at The SM Store using your Philippine-issued MasterCard. For every Php3,000 single-receipt purchase at the SM Store you get the chance to win one of the 120 VIP Travel Packages to Resorts World Sentosa Singapore! See posters of visit www.facebook.com/TheSMStore for more details.

The City Government of Tagum launched on sunday, October 6, 2013, the Kantahan sa Tagum, a competition that will give opportunities to all aspiring singing talents in the city in line with the Tagum City Music Man-agement Program. different voices will ring

loud every sunday start-ing at 6 pm live at the Freedom Park, Tagum City. Contestants will compete with each other in weekly battle rounds in two categories, lead-ing to the grand finals on November 24, 2013 in cel-ebration for Parochial Fi-esta of Christ the King.

 The staging of the Kantah-an sa Tagum is a revival of the defunct Takna sa Ka-lipay decades ago, which saw the rise of Tagumeño singing talents.  The competition is open to all amateur Filipino singers categorized into two age brackets: 5-15 years old for the young

ones; and 16-onwards for the adult category.For interested singing art-ist you may visit at Charm Radio 103.9, 2nd floor el-iot building, Visayan Vil-lage, Tagum City.  The program is also broad-casted live over Charm Radio 103.9. [Gleiza del-gado of CIO Tagum]

SINGING CONTEST. Tagum City revives its search for the best amateur singers through the Kantahan sa Tagum which was launched last October 6, 2013 at the Freedom Park. The staging of the Kantahan sa Tagum is a revival of the defunct Takna sa Kalipay decades ago, which saw the rise of Tagumeño singing talents. The competition is open to all amateur Filipino singers categorized into two age brackets: 5-15 years old for the young ones; and 16-onwards for the adult category. [Photo by Leo Timogan of CIO Tagum]

Tagum City launches ‘Kantahan sa Tagum’

ANDRES bONiFACiO is often pictured as a poverty-stricken, barely literate hothead who could do with a bit more refinement in and out of the battlefield. there is much that Filipi-nos need to learn – and un-learn – about the Supremo of the Katipunan. Anak ng bayan, the prim-er for GMA News and Public Affairs’ historical docudrama series Katipunan, sheds light on the real bonifacio: the revolutionary, the gentle-man, the careful planner, the systematic leader. He also had a colorful love life. As part of the primer, a bonifacio lookalike visits various parts of Manila. Will

people be able to identify him? Will “selfies” with “bon-ifacio” be cool enough to merit posting? the primer also features behind the scenes footage of actors Sid lucero, Glaiza de Castro and their cast-

mates, as they take on the challenging roles of Andres bonifacio and Gregoria de Jesus in Katipunan. Anak ng bayan: the Kati-punan Primer airs on Satur-day, October 12 at 10:15 PM on GMA Channel 7.

tHE bRiGHtESt StARS of AbS-CbN set aside their hectic schedules and joined more than 88,190 runners in the “One Run, One Philip-pines: isang bayan para sa Kalikasan,” a simultaneous eco-run in five cities held in Quezon City, bacolod, Cebu, Davao, and los Angeles (uS) last October 6. Anne Curtis, Kim Chiu, and Xian lim ran in the Quezon City leg, “10.06.13 Run for the Pasig River,” along with Quezon City Mayor Herbert bautista, broadcast journal-ists Noli de Castro, and Ko-rina Sanchez. Kim and Xian also hosted and entertained participants in the post-race program that featured live perfor-mances of 6 Cyclemind, itchyworms, Rivermaya, and the Voice of the Philippines’ Mitoy yonting, Klarisse de Guzman and Myk Perez at the Quezon Memorial Circle. Joem bascon at Paul Jake Castillo led the bacolod leg; Jayson Abalos dashed in the Cebu leg, while Maja Salva-dor and Aaron Villaflor ran in the Davao leg. Meanwhile, hunk actor Jake Cuenca represented the los Angeles leg with hundreds of participants held in burbank, California. burbank Mayor Emily luddy also showed her support in the advocacy by joining at

the event. AbS-CbN Foundation’s Kapit bisig Para sa ilog Pasig’s “10.06.13 Run for the Pasig River” again campaigned for Pasig River rehabilitation and cleaner esteros with 79,000 registered participants. the bacolod leg, which will benefit the mangrove and livelihood projects in Punta taytay, Sum-ag River rehabilitation, and ecotour-

ism projects in bacolod City Water District Campuestuhan Watershed, was attended by 2,960 participants. the Cebu leg, meanwhile, had 3,500 runners, who supported the coastal conservation in Daan Paz, while 3,000 people in Davao ran for the ecotour-ism projects in Marilog tour-ist Center. los Angeles leg, on the other hand, will ben-efit the projects of bantay Ka-likasan’s Green initiative. the “One Run, One Philip-pines: isang bayan para sa Ka-likasan” aims to raise aware-ness and protect various environmental advocacies. the five-city run was part of AbS-CbN’s two-day event “Kwento ng Kasiyahan: the Grand Kapamilya Weekend” to celebrate the 60th anniver-sary of Philippine television.

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SAVOR a bicolandia feast at Café Marco from October 9 to 23, 2013 with food highlights such as laing Embotido, Paella bicolana, bicol Express, longanisang Guinobatan and the de-lectable Sili Pili ice Cream by Chef Doy Sto. Domingo of Chef Doy’s Gourmet Restaurant, one of Naga City’s top dining des-tinations. Add zest to your dining experience as he shares his own take on the bicolano cuisine. Come and experience the heat as we celebrate the culi-nary delights of the bicol Region! For reservations and inquiries, please call (82) 221-0888 lo-cal 7222.

tO PROViDE locals, tourists and excursionists a blend of SOCCSKSARGEN products and authentic pasalubong crafts and foods, Department of trade and industry Region 12 has finally brought these products at SM City General Santos. Products, to include food, fashion accessories, Gift, decors, and health and wellness products and services, which are being sold at producer’s price are located at the Second level of the Mall (besides Max’ Restaurant). Hurry! Visit Dti Region 12’s Pasalubong Center at SM City General Santos.

bulGOGi bROtHERS launches their Korean barbecue Spe-cial on October 10, 2013. One can have their fill of bulgogi brothers’ trademark bulgogi for as low as Php495 for the Pork belly bbQ set and Php 595 for the Salmon Fillet and top blade Steak bbQ set. the more adventurous might like to try the surf and turf combination sets for only Php795. Diners can choose from Salmon Fillet and l.A. Style beef, Salmon Fillet and boneless Short Ribs, or Salmon Filet and top blade Steak. And true to every meal at bulgogi brothers, unlimited side dishes and Korean tea are served with every set you order. bulgogi brothers is located at the second level of the Foun-tain Court at SM lanang Premier.

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ST. lOuiS (Ap) -- carlos boozer scored 16 points and Kirk

Hinrich and Taj Gibson added 15 each to lead the chicago bulls to a 106-87 preseason victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night.

Derrick Rose added 13 points on 3-of-8 shooting in 23 minutes for chicago (2-0). He made his lone 3-point attempt and added four rebounds, three assists and three steals.

Jerryd bayless scored 15 points for Memphis (0-1) while Ed Davis had 13.

Rose, a three-time All-Star, was pleased with his all-around performance. He said he felt better in the second half.

‘’i wasn’t winded, i surprised myself,’’ he said. ‘’i guess i’m in (great) condition.’’

Rose scored 13 points in an 82-76 win at indiana on Saturday, his first game in over 17 months. Rose tore his left Acl on April

28, 2012.chicago coach Tom

Thibodeau was happy with Rose’s progress from his first outing.

‘’He’s feeling great and you’re seeing those explosions to the basket,’’ he said. ‘’You could tell he had a good rhythm going.’’

Rose delighted a crowd of 13,497 with a coast-to-coast drive in the first quarter that culminated with a driving, spinning layup. He hit a 3-pointer early in the third quarter in the middle of a 26-13 run that put the bulls in front to stay.

‘’The first half, i was kind of jittery,’’ Rose said. ‘’Second half, i felt more relaxed. i’m just trying to get my timing back.’’

chicago scored 37 points in the third quarter to erase a 45-44 halftime deficit.

Rose spent most of the game guarding Memphis’ Mike conley, who finished with eight points on 2-of-8 shooting.

SHAnGHAi (Ap) -- Rafael nadal says his belief that too many

tournaments are played on hard courts hasn’t changed with his success on the surface this year - he’s simply given up trying to change the sys-tem.

The Spaniard, who retook the no. 1 rank-ing from novak Djokovic this week, has compiled a 27-1 record on hard courts this year, includ-ing capturing his second u.S. Open crown and three Masters titles.

His dominance on the surface has been the most surprising part of his comeback from a seven-month layoff due to a left knee inju-ry, which many believed would limit his action on hard courts.

nadal said Tuesday before the Shanghai

Masters tournament he still believes too many tournaments are played on the surface, but he’s done trying to influence ATp policymakers.

‘’i am really out of politics, and i don’t want to be involved in politics of the tennis anymore. i know even if you have strong ideas and even if you believe the chang-es are possible, i know there is always a wall there that is impossible to go over,’’ he said.

The 13-time Grand Slam winner has long advocated a shorter tournament schedule and more tournaments on clay courts to less-en the wear on players’ bodies and prevent ca-reer-threatening inju-ries like the kind with his knees he’s struggled with in recent years.

‘’i say because it’s

something that i think is going to be fair for the next generations if they are able to play (on) an easier surface for the body, to try to have a lon-ger career, to try to be more healthy when they finish (their) careers,’’ he said. ‘’Something that probably i will not (be lucky enough to have).’’

nadal said that de-spite his remarkable comeback this year, which included winning a record eighth French Open title, he’s still deal-ing with pain in his left knee on a regular basis.

‘’Since i came back, the feeling on the knee is not 100 percent per-fect. but the feeling on the knee is very good for me because even if i have pain a lot of days, the pain is not limiting my movements,’’ he said.

nadal is now deter-

mined to keep up his momentum through the end of the season and the ATp World Tour Fi-nals in london - a time of year the Spaniard has traditionally struggled with fatigue and injuries.

After receiving a first-round bye, nadal plays his opening match at the Shanghai Masters against either Alexandr Dolgopolov of ukraine or American qualifier Michael Russell.

He’s never won the Shanghai Masters. in fact in the last seven years, nadal has only won one tournament following the u.S. Open - in Tokyo in 2010.

‘’i know in the past this part of the season was hard for me, but i am confident that i can keep playing well. i am do-ing the right things to be ready.’’

OAKlAnD, calif. – Free-agent center Jason collins, who

announced in May that he is gay, has received inter-est from a handful of nbA teams, but has yet to sign with anyone three weeks before the start of the 2013-14 season.

collins, 34, became the first active athlete in one of the four major American professional team sports to announce he’s gay. The Sacramento Kings are among four teams to have shown interest in signing collins, but ultimately opt-ed to add a younger center – Hamady ndiaye – to com-pete for their final roster spot, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

“There would probably have been slight awkward-ness in the beginning,” Kings forward chuck Hayes said. “but after a while, he’s a man, he’s a human being, he’s a ball player. You’d just treat him like any other teammate.”

Warriors president and chief operating officer Rick Welts, who is also open-ly gay, told Yahoo Sports that he spoke to collins last week over the phone. Welts said collins is in good spirits despite not being signed.

“i didn’t know what to expect and i don’t think Jason knew what to ex-pect,” Welts said. “i am rooting for him and i think a lot of people are rooting for him to find a job. but where that is going to be, how that is going to come about and whether it will, is an open question. There are a lot of basketball play-

ers looking for jobs right now. He just happens to be 7-feet tall and a good char-acter guy.

“All i can do is encour-age him. i just spoke to him this week and he just finished a two-mile trail run and an hour-and-a-half lifting in the gym. in his mind he’ll be ready when the call comes. but the call has to come.”

Welts and Warriors general manager bob My-ers said they would have seriously considered sign-ing collins if their roster didn’t have so many cen-ters. The Warriors are currently carrying centers Andrew bogut, Marreese Speights, Jermaine O’ne-al, Festus Ezeli and rookie Dewayne Dedmon. The new York Daily news pre-viously reported the new York Knicks also had in-terest in collins.

Myers, who was col-lins’ agent before joining the Warriors’ front office, is hopeful collins will get an opportunity to play this season.

“There are a lot of good players who are on the cusp of being in or out of the nbA,” Myers said. “i think he will get a chance.”

collins played 32 games for the boston celtics last season and six games with the Washington Wizards. An nbA source said col-lins is “stronger than ever” while waiting for a team to call. One nbA general man-ager said that if any team signs collins, it will likely be in January after it has had more time to evaluate its roster.

Rose fires 13 in second comeback game

Still no offer for Collins

Nadal says he’s done with tennis politicsBACK ON TRACK. Derrick Rose drives through the Indiana defense in his first game after a long layoff.

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At the close of elimination round on Sunday at the Rizal Memorial colleges (RMc) Gym, the survivors are Jose Maria college (JMc) Kings and Holy cross crusaders for bracket A, DMMA college of Southern philippines Mariners and university of Mindanao Wildcats for bracket b, and Agro-industrial Foundation college Sailors and Ateneo de Davao university blue Knights for bracket c.

The Kings, Mariners and Sailors finished with immaculate 4-0 cards after the eliminations while the crusaders, Wildcats and blue Knights finished with identical 3-1s for second spot.

The Kings routed Davao del norte State college (DnSc) Sharks, 61-40, at the Rizal Memorial colleges (RMc) Gym Sunday to lead the march to the

semis in the tournament presented by phoenix petroleum philippines inc.

The Final Six will be played in a single round-robin format.

The Mariners clobbered AMA computer college Titans, 68-59, while the Wildcats were too much for the university of the immaculate conception (uic) Eagles, 67-41, in bracket b games.

The Sailors meantime eliminated the RMc bulldogs, 58-50, while the blue Knights turned the tables around John paul ii college of Davao Saints with a 41-41 win in bracket c.

The quarterfinals begin on Oct. 18 at the HcDc Gym and will resume on Oct. 19 and 20 at the RMc Gym.

The tournament is officially sanctioned

by the Samahang basketball ng pilipinas (Sbp).

Bracket A

Bracket B

Bracket C

MARciO lassiter played hero for the petron blaze

boosters on Monday night, scoring 27 points on seven three-pointers and grabbing 12 rebounds in the series clincher over the Rain or Shine Elasto painters.

The league’s oldest franchise will be back in the pbA finals for the first time in two years after several tournaments full of drama.

“This whole conference is so different for us as a team. it’s about believing in each other and playing as a team,” lassiter told sports website interAKTV in an exclusive interview. “There’s a couple of changes, but at the end of the day, we all knew that if we want to get somewhere, we have to play as a team.”

For the former SMART-Gilas pilipinas stalwart, the whole team’s shift in attitude

was evident.“it all started on defense.

That’s been our motto since game one of the elimination round and we continued playing defense. That’s where we had our streak. We won a lot of games from our defense. We just wanted to work and learn our new system. We continue to build on it,” he said.

lassiter will be playing in his second finals series

after helping the powerade Tigers to a runner-up finish in the 2012 philippine cup. but while he had an explosive game, he said it was just one of those nights.

“it just happened. i had to step up. i was hot the whole night and i felt like if i just need to be aggressive good things can happen,” said lassiter. “They were sagging a bit. i just ran through screens and believe in my shot.”

DCL Final 6 cast is completeTHE battle for supremacy

is now down to just six schools for the first ever

phoenix Davao champions league.

‘A different Petron in Finals’HACKED. Chris Tiu of Rain or Shine gets hacked by Chico Lanete of Petron during the PBA Governors Cup semis won by Petron.