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EYES ON THE POLLS By The Edge Davao StaffIN THE REGION•The Commission on Elections XI direc-

tor, lawyer Jay Balisado guaranteed promptness in running the May 13 na-tional and local polls in Davao Region.

•Defective PCOS machines were sent back to Manila

DAVAO CITY•Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod staged

its miting de avance at Roxas Avenue 5:30 pm Saturday.

•Election officer Aimee Ampoloqiuo, who walked out from a closed door rec-onciliation conference in DepEd office last Friday, said she does not want to answer questions from the media any-more.

•Angelo “Apo” Aportadera running as a councilor in 2nd district in Davao City

was the only local candidate who at-tended the grand rally of UNA ticket last Friday in Makati City upon the invi-tation of the Binay family.

DAVAO DEL SUR•DASURECO general manager Engr.

Godofredo Guya called on the public to be vigilant against power sabotage by immediately reporting to police authorities and barangay officials any suspicious move and actual act of im-pairing electric lines especially during the counting of ballots.

DAVAO DEL NORTE DANECO has assured sufficient power

supply for Davao del Norte on the day of election. It implemented short-peri-od power interruptions since April to store enough supply to meet the de-

mand of power on the Election Day.DAVAO ORIENTAL •Authorities in the province of Davao

Oriental have recently named 3 towns and identified 19 villages as areas to watch

•Senior Supt. Jose Carumba said his command is closely watching the situ-ation in the towns of Banaybanay, Ba-ganga and Cateel due to the intense political rivalry among the local candi-dates in the area.

COMPOSTELA VALLEY•Information officer of Compostela Val-

ley Province Emm Obinieta described the election situation of the province is peaceful and there has been no re-ported election violence as of press time.

Go outand vote wisely!

By EJ Dominic FernandezPhoto by Lean DavaL Jr.

Story on page 10

VOL. 6 ISSUE 41 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, MAY 12-13, 20132 EDGEDAVAOTHE BIG NEWS

POLicE rOuNd-uPdiscovery of dead personBenjamin Gutierz, 69, farmer of Purok Tuburan

Tambobong, Baguio District was found dead Fri-day at Tamugan river. A certain Rodrigo Gonzaga of legal age discovered the body. At 10:30 am on the same day, Alvin Salandao resident of the same address surrendered himself and admitted to the authorities that he was the one who killed the vic-tim using crew bar due to misunderstanding. The cadaver of the victim was brought to Angel Funeral Homes for autopsy and the suspect was detained in Baguio police station for proper disposition and investigation.

Burning jeepneyAbout 10:30 pm Friday a public utility jeepney

bearing plate number LWV-837 owned by Meriam Arsowa, 35, married and a resident of GSIS Matina Davao City which was parked unattended infront of their house was discovered that backseats was set on fire. Recovered from the scene were a plas-tic mineral water with gasoline, piece of clothe and match sticks believed to be left by unidentified person/s. Motive still not known and authorities are conducting investigation for the possible ap-prehension of the suspect/s.

Shooting in Almendras GymAt about 9:55 pm Friday, Richard Escote 19

and a resident of 39-D Davao City was shot dead by unidentified person in an alley beside Almen-dras Gymnasium. Investigation disclosed that the victim was walking in an alley with a female com-panion on the aforementioned place when uniden-tified male person approached and without any word shot the victim with an unidentified firearm. The victim sustained gunshot wounds on the head, left breast and left leg which causes his death. The suspect fled to unknown direction. Police authori-ties are conducting follow up investigation for the possible apprehension of the suspect.

MOTHEr’S dAY. A mother plays with her child inside a park in downtown Davao City. Today, May 12, the world celebrates Mother’s Day. Lean Daval Jr.

ConSTAnTLy hitting its revenue collection target for the past five

years, the Bureau of Cus-toms (BoC) regional office 11 is now training its sights on increasing the public’s trust in the agency.

In its collection report from April 1 to April 30 2013, BoC 11 had collected P498 million, exceeding its target of P492 million.

BoC port of Davao dis-trict collector, lawyer Ed-ward James “EJ” Dy Buco said the BoC Port of Davao office is committed to do its share “so that we will not become the stumbling block to the growth of the Philippine Government.”

Dy Buco is acting dis-trict collector since Lawyer

Martiniano Bangcoy is on leave for two months due to health reasons.

Dy Buco believes that BoC is the only remain-ing agency with a negative perception coming from the public, while the Bu-reau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Department of Public Works and High-ways (DPWH) have been redeemed from their nega-tive images thanks to Pres. Benigno Aquino’s “matu-wid na daan.”

Last March 22, BoC Port of Davao received a ci-tation from the City Coun-cil as the number one per-forming port of the Bureau of Customs.

This is in accordance to City Resolution no. 02426-

13 series of 2013 which is, “commending the Bureau of Customs, Port of Davao, for their extra-ordinary collection performance.”

It was stated in the reso-lution signed by City Coun-cilor Louie John Bonguyan that “for the year 2012, the Port of Davao has collected P5.9 billion which is ten percent over its assigned target revenue collection of P5.3 billion.”

The Port of Davao has surpassed its assigned collection target for the past five years despite its annual increase in collec-tion data, while BoC offic-es from Metro Manila and other ports in the country has failed to reach their targets, according to the

resolution.The resolution states,

“This performance reflects the vibrant economy and strong political leadership in the entire Davao Region.”

Dy Buco said, “don’t easily judge BoC and it should not be used for po-litical reasons.”

He said this consider-ing the barrage of smug-gling controversies that are being thrown at the agency.

“Smuggling decreas-es the revenue collection because it entails a lot of underground transactions, but the collection reports shows otherwise since we (BoC) keep on hitting our targets,” said Dy Buco.

THE new People’s Army (nPA) re-leased Senior Po-

lice officer 2 Allan Pan-soy and 71st Infantry Battalion’s Pfc. Jesus Tomas in two separate areas in Compostela Valley Province on Sat-urday afternoon.

Pansoy, who served as security escort of Compostela Valley gov-ernor Arturo Uy, was captured in an nPA checkpoint in Anitapan village, Mabini town af-ter communist guerril-las flagged down their convoy from a political sortie in Purok 6, Mala-mudao, Maco, Compos-tela Valley Province.

Governor Uy ev-enpleaded not to take Pansoy but he was not granted by the rebel group.

Last Friday, the national Democratic Front-Southern Min-danao (nDF-SM) or-dered his release “in response to the hu-manitarian appeal of

the prisoners’ families, representatives from local government units (LGU’s), and peace ad-vocates.”

Pansoy was turned over to the Internation-al Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), local gov-ernment officials and peace advocacy group Sowing the Seeds of Peace in Mindanao.

Meanwhile, Tomas who was abducted last April 24 in Elizalde vil-lage in Maco town was also turned over to Davao City Vice-Mayor Rodrigo Duterte.

The nDF said the arrest of Pansoy “re-flected the nPA’s con-sistent compliance to the people’s defense guidelines banning armed politicians and campaigners in revo-lutionary territories,” while the arrest of To-mas “demonstrated the nPA’s commitment in exacting revolutionary justice against a fascist Armed Forces of the

Philippines (AFP) unit responsible for killing and wounding of chil-dren under the pretext of “legitimate encoun-ter” with the nPA.

Lt. Col. Lyndon Paniza, spokesperson of the 10th Infantry Di-vision told Edge Davao in an interview that the nPA should have released the two PoWs earlier.

“Pansoy was only securing Governor Uy but what they did was putting the life of the governor into danger because they abducted the one who is secur-ing him while Tomas was just in the market while they abducted him, walang kalaban laban yung tao, ” he said.

Paniza thanked Vice-Mayor Duterte for the continued effort of resolving nPA abduc-tions and he hoped that the rebel group will stop the said activ-ity.

THE Department of Public Works and

H i g h w a y s ( D P W H ) Region 11will suspend all digging activities starting May 13-15 to ensure that no damage to communication and electric power systems during the elections.

Director Mariano R. Alquiza ordered the concerned DPWH officials last Wednesday for the temporary suspension on all digging activities.

DPWH information officer Dennis Flores told Edge Davao that the directive came

from Secretary Rogelio L. Singson to all DPWH field offices nationwide to temporarily stop all diggings, excavation works and other related activities that could possibly damage the underground fiber optic cables installed by Philippine

Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), Smart, Globe te l ecommu nica t ion companies and other vital appurtenances during and after election day on May 13, 2013.

“This applies to

NPA frees cop, soldierBy Che Palicte

increased public trust is BOc 11’s next targetBy EJ Dominic Fernandez

No digging on election day-DPWH

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TEAM Pnoy senatorial bet Edgardo “Sonny” Angara yesterday

urged the government to provide additional bud-get to the Department of Education (DepEd) so that more high school stu-dents in Grade 7 in private schools can avail them-selves of tuition subsidy..

For School year 2013-2014, DepEd officials said they have increased by 24 percent the number of slots for Grade 7 students who are entitled to tuition subsidy in private schools.

The DepEd said that 310,709 slots have been allotted for tuition subsi-dy for school year 2013-2014 under the Education Service Contracting (ESC) scheme. Last year, 250,896 students benefitted from the tuition subsidy.

The ESC is a scheme under the Government As-sistance to Students and Teachers in Private Edu-cation (GASTPE) wherein the government subsidizes the tuition of students who enroll in private schools because public secondary schools cannot accommo-date them anymore.

The program is jointly

implemented by DepEd and the Fund for Assis-tance to Private Education (FAPE).

The subsidy is P6,500 per student in participat-ing schools outside the na-tional Capital Region and P10,000 per student in pri-vate schools in the nCR.

Angara also said the government should look into “how it can provide more funds to this pro-gram so that more stu-dents will be able to finish high school.”

Since the implemen-tation of the K to 12 pro-gram, students from the elementary are required to finish Grade 7, four years in junior high school and two years in senior high school to provide sufficient time for mastery of concepts and skills, develop life-long learners, and prepare graduates for tertiary edu-cation, middle-level skills development, employment and entrepreneurship.

Each student in Senior High School can choose among three tracks: Ac-ademic; Technical-Voca-tional-Livelihood; and Sports and Arts. The Aca-demic track includes three

strands, namely, Business, Accountancy, Manage-ment (BAM); Humanities, Education, Social Sciences (HESS); and Science, Tech-nology, Engineering, Math-ematics (STEM).

Students undergo

immersion, which may include earn-while-you-learn opportunities, which provide exposure and ac-tual experience in their chosen track.

Angara earlier ex-pressed concern over the

growing number of stu-dents who failed to fin-ish high school for lack of money. The national Sta-tistical Coordination Board data showed poor families spent only 1.7 percent on education and 60 percent

on food. “This means that

nothing is left of their sala-ries for education so this is an indication that the gov-ernment should be aggres-sive in helping the lower 30 percent,” Angara said.

3EDGEDAVAO

ALL SET. Davao City Police Office chief Ronald dela Rosa promises that the security measures for the mid-term elections is all set during I-Speak media forum at the Davao City Hall on Thursday. Lean Daval Jr.

PrOMiSE. Team PNoy senatorial bet Edgardo “Sonny” Angara vows to bring quality education to students and teachers alike in a press briefing at the Francisco Bangoy International Airport in Buhangin, Davao City recently. Lean Daval Jr.

Edgardo ‘Sonny’ Angara calls for more education budget

In a press conference organized at her home yesterday, Senator

Miriam Defensor-Santi-ago gave a rousing en-dorsement of the reelec-tion bid of Senator Alan Cayetano.

The lady senator de-tailed how Cayetano’s extensive experience in government as one of the youngest public servants makes him a perfect can-didate to attend to every Filipino family’s most pressing concerns. “He knows how to run the country so that every-one’s needs are listened to and attended to,” she

said.Senator Defen-

sor-Santiago also said how his early exposure to the world of politics at the tender age of 13 by his father, former Senator Rene Cayeta-no’s side enabled him to achieve many stellar ac-complishments in public service. “He became the youngest Councilor in the entire country, the youngest Vice Mayor, the youngest Congressman, the youngest Senate Mi-nority Leader, the young-est candidate for Senate President and the young-est Chairman of the pow-

erful Blue Ribbon Com-mittee. He did all this so well that he was hailed given the prestigious The outstanding young Men (ToyM) award for Public Service,” she said.

“He is very highly qualified and I hope we will return him to the Senate,” she concluded.

For his part, Cayetano welcomed the endorse-ment saying that he was humbled to be given a vote of confidence by one of the country’s leading public servants. “I value her endorsement. But more than that I value her respect,” he said.

Miriam gives rousing endorsement of Cayetano

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TEAM Pnoy senatorial bet Edgardo “Sonny” Angara yesterday

urged the government to provide additional bud-get to the Department of Education (DepEd) so that more high school stu-dents in Grade 7 in private schools can avail them-selves of tuition subsidy..

For School year 2013-2014, DepEd officials said they have increased by 24 percent the number of slots for Grade 7 students who are entitled to tuition subsidy in private schools.

The DepEd said that 310,709 slots have been allotted for tuition subsi-dy for school year 2013-2014 under the Education Service Contracting (ESC) scheme. Last year, 250,896 students benefitted from the tuition subsidy.

The ESC is a scheme under the Government As-sistance to Students and Teachers in Private Edu-cation (GASTPE) wherein the government subsidizes the tuition of students who enroll in private schools because public secondary schools cannot accommo-date them anymore.

The program is jointly

implemented by DepEd and the Fund for Assis-tance to Private Education (FAPE).

The subsidy is P6,500 per student in participat-ing schools outside the na-tional Capital Region and P10,000 per student in pri-vate schools in the nCR.

Angara also said the government should look into “how it can provide more funds to this pro-gram so that more stu-dents will be able to finish high school.”

Since the implemen-tation of the K to 12 pro-gram, students from the elementary are required to finish Grade 7, four years in junior high school and two years in senior high school to provide sufficient time for mastery of concepts and skills, develop life-long learners, and prepare graduates for tertiary edu-cation, middle-level skills development, employment and entrepreneurship.

Each student in Senior High School can choose among three tracks: Ac-ademic; Technical-Voca-tional-Livelihood; and Sports and Arts. The Aca-demic track includes three

strands, namely, Business, Accountancy, Manage-ment (BAM); Humanities, Education, Social Sciences (HESS); and Science, Tech-nology, Engineering, Math-ematics (STEM).

Students undergo

immersion, which may include earn-while-you-learn opportunities, which provide exposure and ac-tual experience in their chosen track.

Angara earlier ex-pressed concern over the

growing number of stu-dents who failed to fin-ish high school for lack of money. The national Sta-tistical Coordination Board data showed poor families spent only 1.7 percent on education and 60 percent

on food. “This means that

nothing is left of their sala-ries for education so this is an indication that the gov-ernment should be aggres-sive in helping the lower 30 percent,” Angara said.

3EDGEDAVAO

ALL SET. Davao City Police Office chief Ronald dela Rosa promises that the security measures for the mid-term elections is all set during I-Speak media forum at the Davao City Hall on Thursday. Lean Daval Jr.

PrOMiSE. Team PNoy senatorial bet Edgardo “Sonny” Angara vows to bring quality education to students and teachers alike in a press briefing at the Francisco Bangoy International Airport in Buhangin, Davao City recently. Lean Daval Jr.

Edgardo ‘Sonny’ Angara calls for more education budget

In a press conference organized at her home yesterday, Senator

Miriam Defensor-Santi-ago gave a rousing en-dorsement of the reelec-tion bid of Senator Alan Cayetano.

The lady senator de-tailed how Cayetano’s extensive experience in government as one of the youngest public servants makes him a perfect can-didate to attend to every Filipino family’s most pressing concerns. “He knows how to run the country so that every-one’s needs are listened to and attended to,” she

said.Senator Defen-

sor-Santiago also said how his early exposure to the world of politics at the tender age of 13 by his father, former Senator Rene Cayeta-no’s side enabled him to achieve many stellar ac-complishments in public service. “He became the youngest Councilor in the entire country, the youngest Vice Mayor, the youngest Congressman, the youngest Senate Mi-nority Leader, the young-est candidate for Senate President and the young-est Chairman of the pow-

erful Blue Ribbon Com-mittee. He did all this so well that he was hailed given the prestigious The outstanding young Men (ToyM) award for Public Service,” she said.

“He is very highly qualified and I hope we will return him to the Senate,” she concluded.

For his part, Cayetano welcomed the endorse-ment saying that he was humbled to be given a vote of confidence by one of the country’s leading public servants. “I value her endorsement. But more than that I value her respect,” he said.

Miriam gives rousing endorsement of Cayetano

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ELECTION 101

FoR ten hours, public school teacher Ed-gardo Baruc held on

to his ballot boxes waiting for the tide and the light of day. The Bantay Dagat boat carrying him and other election inspectors, police officers and vigi-lant locals struck a shal-low reef off Doong, a cor-alline island seven nau-tical miles and an hour’s boat ride away from the larger Bantayan Island, in the northwestern part of mainland Cebu. It was already close to mid-night when the boat left Doong carrying transmit-tal forms and election re-turns.

A few years back, Ed-gardo suffered the same hardship. Strong violent waves battered his boat carrying election para-phernalia to the island. Between Doong and Mambacayaw islands, in the middle of an angry sea, the boat eventually capsized. Luckily, Edgar-

do managed to keep the ballot boxes afloat by struggling to open them with the keys, while try-ing to keep his head above water.

“Akong gi ablihan ang ballot box ug akong gidali dali pagkuha ang mga ba-lota kay basin motidlum ( I had to open the ballot box and salvage the bal-lot forms for fear that the ballot box might sink),” he says.

A Coast Guard team responded by pulling him and the others out of the water and bringing them safely to shore, this after the local police managed to call for rescue via a two-way handheld radio. Elections were held later in the day after the ballots were aired out to dry in the sun.

Thanks to digital wire-less technology now, pub-lic school teachers like Edgardo, who will serve in the coming elections in the most remote islands,

may suffer no more the burden of battling the most merciless weath-er and the mercy of tide. They may even cut their working time in half.

Smart Communica-tions, Inc. recently part-nered with Doong Ele-mentary School in install-ing an extender at two voting precinct clusters (with a total voting popu-lation of 1,384) in Doong Elementary School where Edgardo also teaches. The extender will boost and amplify the GSM sig-nal to areas where signal is needed. Data from the Precinct Count optical Scan (PCoS) machine can then be transmitted in the shortest and fastest way via the Internet.

“Dali na lang ug wala na gyu’y hago (It would be faster and conve-nient),” says Edgardo who has selflessly serv-ing Philippine local and national elections since 1992.

BOOSTiNG SiGNAL. A Smart engineer installs an extender at Doong Elementary School, Bantayan Island, Cebu to boost signal in time for the elections.

Keeping the ballots safe from the tides

FoR a neophyte pol-itician, incumbent C o n g re s s wo m a n

Mylene Garcia of the city’s 2nd Congressional District, sister of erstwhile Rep. Vincent Garcia and daugh-ter of the congressman be-fore them, Manuel Garcia, has definitely made her presence felt among her constituents.

She has not only learned the ropes but has actually climbed it, so to speak, with the unwaver-ing support of local gov-ernment and barangay officials.

Her patience and her resilience were recently put to the test when her political opponent, a busi-nesswoman who ran and lost in the last two elec-tions, resorted to black propaganda and dirty tac-tics during the campaign.

But despite everything said and done, Mylene kept her cool and com-posure and answered the issues hurled towards her in the most academic of manners. In the midst of disinformation and bad publicity sowed by the other camp, Mylene be-came an epitome of calm and poise.

“We were taught by our parents not to pick fights. I have always kept my cool despite what my present political foe would throw at me. In the end, the people are my witness and in the last three years they saw what my office has tangibly provided,” Garcia told her supporters during one of her sorties.

And her projects did indeed do the speaking for her.

The office of Con-gresswoman Mylene Garcia, as records would show, has funded projects worth P337, 000, 089 in Buhangin District; P124, 754, 420 in Agdao; P471, 931, 936 in Bunawan and; 311, 957, 538 in Paquiba-to. The total for the said projects would amount to more than P1.2 billion.

These projects would range from the construc-tion, concreting and repair of roads and the putting up of barangay and school buildings and repair of classrooms to providing health services through medical missions and de-livery of medical supplies.

The office of Congress-woman Mylene Garcia has also supported education

by way of empowering the skilled workers in the fields of welding, commer-cial cooking, bar tending, and housekeeping to se-lected scholars in partner-ship with Technical Edu-cation Skills and Develop-ment Authority 11.

Mylene also has more than 1,200 scholars for whom the congresswom-an allocates P6 million ev-ery semester. She said her scholarship program con-tributes at least P5,000 in tuition fee of every scholar.

And when Mylene had to publicize what her office brought to the 2nd Congressional Dis-trict in terms of projects and services, this made her foes panic. And more black propaganda materi-als were distributed in the communities.

“We were instruct-ed by President Aquino not to put our faces and names in projects we initi-ated as these are projects are for the people and the city,” Mylene said.

Come backing Mayor Rody Duterte has been very vocal about Mylene’s accomplishments, saying that the re-electionist is a silent worker.

Mylene makes presence felt

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RE E L E C T I o n I S T Sen. Loren Legarda yesterday enjoined

every Filipino to ensure that Monday’s mid-term elections are clean, order-ly and peaceful as she also called for the adequate protection of deputized election officers and per-sonnel, including teachers.

“It is not only the Commission on Elections (Comelec) employees and uniformed personnel who have the duty to ensure a clean, orderly and peace-ful election but everybody, from candidates to their supporters to ordinary folk,” Legarda said.

She said it is very important that the integrity of Monday’s

elections is guaranteed to prevent trouble and violence and instability for the country.

“All of us have the obligation to protect the sanctity of the ballot and to make sure that the voting and counting are devoid of controversies or questions,” she said.

Legarda urged candi-dates, particularly those running for local office, to rein in their supporters and not add fire to any volatile situation in their areas.

Legarda said depu-tized Comelec personnel like teachers should be adequately protected and should even be paid in ad-vance.

“We are aware of the dangers that these dedicated teachers are facing as deputized election personnel, thus they should be sufficiently shielded from harm,” she pointed out.

It was learned that teachers and personnel who serve in the elections will receive P4,000, with P3,000 representing their honoraria, P500 for test-ing and sealing of ma-chines, and 500 for trans-portation allowance.

«Come elections day, our nation›s history will be turning another page,» she said. «As we always say to every voter: ‹Vote wisely› and just wish for the best,» she concluded.

Legarda proposes advance payment of deputized teachers

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THE ECONOMY

EDGEDAVAO

THE ECONOMY

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BOWLiNG cENTEr. SM Lanang Premier executives led by mall manager Engr. Mary Therese T. Lapena-Mana-lo (leftmost), group marketing manager Russel Alaba (rightmost) and Manuel Atacador, senior vice presi-dent of Family Entertainment Center Inc. (2nd from right), together with city government representatives

Jason Magnaye, Davao City Tourism, Investment and Promotions chief (2nd from left), and Pochollo Elegino, officer-in-charge of the Sports Development Division of the City Mayor’s Office, cut the ribbon to formally mark the opening of SM Bowling Center at SM Lanang Premier in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

BRISK performance of agro-based and for-est products, miner-

als, and petroleum steered merchandise exports to a positive outturn in March 2013 reversing the nega-tive trend of the last two months, according to the national Economic and Development Authority.

“year-on-year up-surge in export earnings from agro-based and for-est products, minerals, and petroleum offset the decline in receipts from manufactured exports,” Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio M. Bal-isacan.

Merchandise exports

grew by 0.1 percent to $4.33 billion in March 2013 from $4.32 billion a year ago.

For the first three months of 2013, merchan-dise exports were down by 6.2 percent to $12.1 bil-lion from $12.9 billion in the same period in 2012.

Receipts from agro-based products, which comprised almost a tenth of total exports, went up by 39.3 percent to $410.8 million in March 2013.

“The opening up of new markets combined with uptick in demand from our key markets re-sulted in robust perfor-mance of our agro-based

products, particularly for coconut oil, banan-as, copra meal/cake fish products, centrifugal and refined sugar, among oth-ers,” said Balisacan, who is also nEDA Director General.

Exports of mineral products also increased by 71.3 percent to $228.0 million in March 2013 on account of higher reve-nues from copper metal, chromium ore, iron ore agglomerates, and nickel.

Similarly, overseas sales of petroleum and forest products were up by 16.4 percent and 80.6 percent, respectively, in March 2013.

PHL exports recover in March

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THE advent of food supplements has driven many com-

panies to mar-ket prod-

ucts with

mangosteen extract but the name that rings a bell is one that does not even sound like one--MX3.

The “M” in MX3 stands for mangosteen with sci-entific name garnicia mangostana, an exotic fruit abundant in the Phil-

ippines which is rich in antioxidants.

“X” stands for xan-thones, which are phytonutrients that has powerful an-tioxidants to fight free radicals in the body. There are 24 different xan-thones found in mangosteen, and it is the main propo-nent that helps the

product improve the health and wellness

of the customers.The main benefits

of xanthones are represented by the

“3” in MX3 which are pro-tection, relief and vitality.

There is a delicate method in extracting the xanthones from the man-gosteen, and according to the executive consultant of DMI Medical Supply Company Inc. (producer and distributor of MX3), Melanie G. Arcillas, their company has perfected this method.

“A single mistake in the process of extracting xan-thone from mangosteen can destroy the phytonu-trients, losing its benefits,” according to Arcillas.

She said, their com-pany captured the full ca-pacity of xanthone which gives their product superi-or quality.

This impacted the lives of Filipinos, and slowly, people from dif-ferent parts of the world, who helped promote the

product through word of mouth with their testimo-nies.

The superior quality of their product is evident in the many awards that the company received, with their latest addition “The Most Trusted Herbal Di-etary Food Supplement” award from the Global Management Excellence Awards 2013 just last April 21.

This is exactly the big vision that the owner of DMI Medical Supply Com-pany Inc. had when she started here in Davao City back in 2006, which pro-pelled the company to the success that it is garnering at present.

That “big vision” is to serve more people by pro-viding a superior quality product to enhance their health and wellness; this is the real “X” factor of MX3.

6 EDGEDAVAOGAME CHANGER

PHILIPPInE Long Distance Telephone Company today an-

nounced its unaudited financial and operating results for the first three (3) months of 2013 with Consolidated Core net Income, before excep-tional items and includ-ing discontinued opera-tions, amounting to P9.6 billion or 4% higher than the P9.2 billion record-ed in the first quarter of 2012.

The increase was due mainly to stable service revenues and EBITDA as well as lower provision for income taxes.

Reported net Income, after reflecting excep-tional transactions for the period, was down 8% to P9.2 billion, from P10 billion in the same period in 2012. The decline was a result of the combined impact of higher core income, lower foreign exchange and derivative

gains and the retroac-tive effect of the adop-tion of revised Philippine Accounting Standard (“PAS”) 19. The revised PAS 19 requires the rec-ognition of termination benefits arising from our manpower reduc-tion programs (“MRP”) only when the Company can no longer withdraw the offer which is upon formal acceptance of the offer letter by the em-ployee. In contrast, the

previous version of PAS 19 allows for the recogni-tion of termination ben-efits when the Company is demonstrably com-mitted to provide termi-nation benefits, which only entails an approved detailed, formal plan and that plan has no realistic possibility of withdrawal. As a result of the revised PAS, PLDT reversed P1.3 billion of MRP expens-es accrued in the fourth quarter of 2012 and rec-

ognized P791 million of those expenses in the first quarter of 2013, based on actual offer let-ters accepted by employ-ees.

EBITDA margin for the period was at 51%, a level similar to the same period last year, but an improve-ment over the last three quarters of 2012. Simi-larly, consolidated EBIT-DA for the first quarter of 2013 was identical with the same period last year.

EBITDA excludes the ret-roactive effect of PAS 19 described above.

Consolidated service revenues for the first three months of 2013 was stable at P40.0 billion, reflecting the effect of steady wireless and fixed line revenues. Excluding interconnection costs, consolidated service rev-enues, as well as wireless and fixed line revenues, were higher by 1% year-on-year.

MX3’sX FactorBy EJ Dominic Fernandez

PLDT Q1 core net income up 4% at P9.6 BEDGEDAVAO

THE ECONOMY

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LESS than 24 hours after her

walkout from what was to be a reconciliato-ry meeting with the Department of Education region 11 offi-cials, embattled Comelec city election officer Aimee Feroli-no-Ampoloquio made a 360-de-gree change in her gameface.

From the angry Ai-mee in the past two days after her infa-mous statement to teachers serving as Board of Election In-spectors (BEIs) in the 2013 election, the first district election officer has suddenly become amiable and non-confrontational.

Gone is the feisty look of the bespec-tacled lady lawyer whose remarks that BEIs are forgetful and stupid caused furor over the teacher’s ranks eliciting a howl of protest from the Deped and a rally call-ing for her resignation from teachers party list group Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT).

on Saturday when visited by Edge Davao at her office,Ampolo-quio said she does not want to answer ques-tions coming from the media anymore because according to her, she was trauma-tized by what some mediamen did.

According to Am-poloquio, some mem-bers of the media are irresponsible. “They twist the angles and aired comments which were supposed

to be off the record.” “All I can say is,

my statement to the teachers was not sweeping, and the comments I said were supposed to be off the record,” she said.

A m p o l o q u i o lamented that she said a lot of better things about the matter, but the interviewing me-dia only released a portion where she said those comments to the teachers.

While feasting on ‘law-uy’ (fish and veg-etable soup) for lunch, a humbled Amploquio said, “I will just give you updates after the elections.”

It was a complete ‘makeover’ for Am-poloquio who walked out of a closed door meeting at the De-partment of Educa-tion (DepEd) region 11 office on Friday af-ternoon. EJF

COMPLETE MAKEOVER

From angry Aimee to Aimee the amiable

ATTY. AiMEE AMPOLOQuiO. The calm after the storm. Lean Daval Jr.

I have always been a ma-ma’s-boy; it

would be nice to celebrate

Mothers’ Day w i t h

my mama, Ana Fernan-dez.

There are a lot of val-ues that a mother can teach a son, and there is a certain comfort that a mother can provide for her child.

They say, no matter how old you are, as far as your mother is concerned, you will always be that little child she raised and protected.

I would like to celebrate Moth-

ers’ Day with my

m o t h e r so that

I can feel

what it is like being a child once again.

That is not going to happen. She died 12 years ago. The culprit: Breast cancer.

In a press conference I attended last January, an oncologist (a doctor who specializes in cancer) said, breast cancer is still considered as one of the leading cancer diseases among adult patients.

According to the 2010 Philippine Cancer Facts and Estimate, breast cancer tops the number of cancer deaths among women. out of 23,817 cancer deaths among women, 18 percent or 4,371 was caused by breast cancer.

In industrialized countries, the survival rate of breast cancer cas-

es is 80 to 98 per-cent, however, in the Philippines the

survival rate is only 40 percent, the lowest

rate in all of Asia.In Davao City, there

are no studies to consol-idate reports on cases to

determine demographics on breast cancer.

I don’t know what agencies in the city are waiting for before they start conducting studies to determine the demog-raphy of breast cancer. Perhaps, they are wait-ing for breast cancer to become a major problem affecting a huge percent of the women population before they act.

Although I lost my mother at a young age, I will be celebrating Moth-er’s Day with another mother, my girlfriend, who is pregnant with our son.

According to the De-partment of Health Re-gion 11, the maternal mortality rate in the re-gion as of 2011 was 109 deaths per 100,000 live births.

The maternal mor-tality rate in the Philip-pines increased to 221 for every 100,000 live births in 2011 from 162 per 100,000 live births in 2009, this means, 12 women die every day in

the Philippines while giv-ing birth.

In the 2008 national Demographic and Health Survey of the Center for Women’s Resources, most of the women who died during pregnancy were poor.

There are projects that help these women, but I hope there will be concrete projects that can help pregnant women. or, maybe, the proper agen-cies for pregnant women are waiting for the death rate to rise even more be-fore they act.

Why do they only fix the bridge after some-body has fallen from it?

I have heard election candidates talking about free health care, wom-en groups advocating for women’s health, and more. I wish that should they win, they would de-liver on what they prom-ised.

Let’s save our moth-ers, they deserve proper health care. This could be a Mothers’ Day gift that we can give them.

Remembering mother on Mothers DayBy EJ Dominic Fernandez

HEr dAY. A mother plays around with her child in a mall yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

VOL. 6 ISSUE 41 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, MAY 12-13, 2013VANTAGE POINTS EDGEDAVAO8

To thrill-seekers among Filipinos, especially Dabawenyos , the May 13 electoral exercise in Davao City, also called mid-term elections,

is ho-hum stuff. It pales in comparison to previ-ous elections in terms of violenceand name-call-ing. There’s not much rivalry among politicians as many of those who used to salivate for public office opted not to challenge the incumbents. The challengers have no presidential candidate to turn to for funds and other forms of logistical assis-tance, that’s why.

Ergo, generally, there’s almost a dearth of mon-ey in circulation. It does not help that the sitting President is a certified tightwad whose dictionary does not include the word profligacy, beyond his weakness for expensive cars.

Except for television networks which made a killing out of political ads, it is doubtful if the 2013 elections will make a ripple in the country’s econ-omy, the way the 2010 Presidential elections did.

Scene-stealersThis is not to say that the current exercise lacks

the usual excitement. The usual clowns were very much in evidence to provide the laughs if only to relieve a nation stressed over the Scarborough Shoal conflict and the Sabah brouhaha.

The old-fashioned gimmickry of certified tra-ditional politicians, like the one between Erap Estrada and Alfredo Lim in Manila, have provid-ed cheap entertainment which generated guffaws just the same.

The other scene stealer was the Supreme Court with its decisions slapping down edicts of the Commission on Elections that somehow succeed-

ed in picturing Comelec chairman Sixto Brillantes as less than what his surname describes him to be.

In the local scene, a last-minute fracas that al-most stole the thunder from Dabawenyos’ prepa-rations for Monday’s elections was the controver-sial comment of Davao City election officer Aimee F. Ampoloquio that teachers who are members of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) have poor memories and stupid (“kalimtanon ug bu-gok”). The comment stirred a tempest among the teachers and officials of the Department of Educa-tion who demanded for a public apology for her sweeping indictment.

A demonstration by the militant Alliance of Concerned Teachers or ACT demanding for her resignation was dismissed by the feisty, unrepen-tant election officer as a cheap publicity stunt. A day after, Ampoloquio walked out of a meeting with aggrieved DepEd officials refereed by her own boss and companero, Comelec 11 regional director Wilfred Jay Balisado.

This and other forms of distraction cannot downgrade the true significance of Monday’s po-litical exercise. The mid-term elections is a refer-endum for President Aquino. It is a gauge of how much the people, the voters, appreciate or disap-prove of the way he has steered the ship of state during the last three years. If voters approve of the way he managed the affairs of the state, then they should vote the majority, if not all, of the Pres-ident’s senatorial, local and party-list candidates to power. If not, they should reject the candidates of his choice.

The referendum is that simple.

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(1st of two parts)

An election advisory and voter’s

declaration

By Manny ValdehueSaWORM’S EYE VIEW

Allow me to take this opportunity to project an urgent message to fellow Mindanaons concerning

the forthcoming elections.With the elections only a few

days away, let us call on all Filipinos to be wary, vigilant, and protective of the integrity of the event. It is the least we can do for our democracy. We need to remind everyone that to repeat the foolishness of past elections is to darken our future, to damage our culture and civilization, and to incur the wrath of our society.

no longer should we tolerate practices that drive citizens to commit acts that make a mockery of our ideals as a nation. Election abuses, committing them with impunity, must now be a thing of the past. It is time to say: EnoUGH nA!! TAMA nA! no MoRE ABUSES, no MoRE VIoLATIonS!

Honest, open and free elections are the linchpin of democracy. Let us insist that these elections be kept sacrosanct; for these are the indispensable rubric of democracy and the sacred rite of citizen sovereignty.

Let us especially reach out to first-time voters: the youth. Let us make sure that their vote—their first act of sovereignty—is secured against corruption. Let no one corrupt or manipulate them as in the past. And let us help them understand the centrality of their vote. For on it hinges the legitimacy of our government and the honor of our nation.

To all others: please be reminded that a corrupt vote produces illegitimate winners and fake officials that betray the public trust. They will then form a government, local or national, with illegitimate authority. Such a government at any level of our political system will poison the democratic space. Even one illegitimate authority is not acceptable. Good governance cannot be founded on illegitimacy, fakery or corruption.

Let us not tolerate corrupt elections. Too long have illegitimate officials gotten away with illicit authority. They corrupt the electoral system, pollute the political environment, and bastardize governance. now, once and for all, let us elevate governance to a higher level and build it on a pedestal of honesty and integrity—a platform so strong it can withstand any challenge to a republic of honorable citizens.

To make our republic truly strong, let us start with a solemn declaration that: (1) We will uphold the sanctity of the ballot; (2) We shall resist any attempt to corrupt it; and (3) We will challenge anyone who manipulates or subverts it. The right of suffrage must no longer be violated. Let anyone who dares to commit a violation be treated as an enemy of democracy, a destroyer of civilized society, and a polluter of our culture. He or she must face our collective wrath and the full force of the law.

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IF you doubt that we live in a win-ner-take-all economy and that education is the trump card, con-

sider the vast amounts the affluent spend to teach their offspring. We see it anecdotally in the soaring fees for private schools, private lessons and private tutors, many of them targeted at the pre-school set. And recent ac-ademic research has confirmed what many of us overhear at the school gates or read on mommy blogs.

This power spending on the chil-dren of the economic elite is usually — and rightly — cited as further evi-dence of the dangers of rising income inequality. Whatever your views about income inequality among the parents, inherited privilege is inimi-cal to the promise of equal opportuni-ty, which is central to the social com-pact in Western democracies.

But it may be that the less lavishly educated children lower down the in-come distribution aren’t the only los-ers. Being groomed for the winner-take-all economy starting in nursery school turns out to exact a toll on the children at the top, too.

First, the data on parental spend-

ing on education. There is a lively de-bate among politicians and professors about whether the economy is be-coming more polarized and about the importance of education. Dismissing the value of a college education is one of the more popular clever-sounding contrarian ideas of the moment. And there are still a few die-hards who play down the social significance of rising income inequality.

When you translate these abstract arguments into the practical choices we make in our personal lives, how-ever, the intellectual disagreements melt away. We are all spending a lot more money to educate our kids, and the richest have stepped up their spending more than everyone else.

In “Investing in Children: Chang-es in Parental Spending on Children, 1972–2007,” a study published this year in the journal Demography, the researchers Sabino Kornrich

and Frank F. Furstenberg found that spending on children grew over the past four decades and that it became more unequal. “our findings also show that investment grew more un-equal over the study period: parents near the top of the income distribu-tion spent more in real dollars near the end of the 2000s than in the early 1970s, and the gap in spending be-tween rich and poor grew.”

Dr. Kornrich and Dr. Furstenberg warn that social mobility is in jeopar-dy. “In the race to the top, higher-in-come children are at an ever greater advantage because their parents can and do spend more on child care, preschool, and the growing costs of postsecondary education,” they write. “Thus, contemporary increases in inequality may lead to even great-er increases in inequality in the fu-ture as advantage and disadvantage are passed across the generations through investment.”

They are right to worry. But it turns out that the children being primed for that race to the top from preschool onward aren’t in such great shape, either.

A CRITICAL STAGE In oUR PoLIT-ICAL HISToRy – The moment of truth has finally come. All roads

lead to the polling places on Election Day. As expected, assertions of cheating remains high and leaders of opposition group United nationalist Alliance (UnA) would like the public to believe the ad-ministration Liberal Party (LP) is out to create fraud and even chaos. But more than any other group, it is the dominant party Team Pnoy of LP that is commit-ted to honest, orderly and peaceful elec-tions. LP stalwarts steadfastly maintain that they would never compromise their personal integrity or that of the Aquino administration just to win.

Perhaps they should. The processes in the midterm elections must be credi-ble to our people and the outside world. President Benigno Aquino III should not risk destroying all the constructive un-dertakings he has done just to cheat for his candidates. A clean and honest elec-tion will be his legacy to the Filipino peo-ple. Still, it is the politics of good gover-nance that makes the voters understand, realize and see with their eyes. The elec-torate will choose candidates best suit-ed for public office and the homestretch will be a battle of the most qualified and worthy because the issue is not popular-ity but qualifications.

In any case, we are hopeful peo-ple should vote according to their con-science and not through the mischievous prodding and dictates of any religious and fanatic organizations, powerful and influential groups or even moneyed po-litical meddlers. The people should make their choice in the basis of the track re-cord of candidates if they want is a future clean and reliable government. It is very critical at this time of our political his-tory that the electorate ought to choose

political lead-ers who can marshal sup-port from the masses and can engen-der trust and confidence so essential to our remain-ing one pro-gressive na-tion. It is the people’s aspi-ration that leadership after the midterm polls should be sincere, credible and rel-evant and the emphasis should focus on the less-fortunate in society.

Voters therefore should avoid re-peating the same mistake by electing candidates who are in no position to give good government, “trapos” (traditional politicians) and “repos” (recycled pols) in particular. The results of the midterm elections would determine many things. By voting wisely and according to clear conscience, we could change the concept of government. The electorate should think carefully that in one intense mo-ment before casting their votes, they always have to bear in mind that what we need are members of Congress and local government officials who can cre-ate bridges between rich and poor and a strong middle-class society. In such a sit-uation, people need to elect leaders who would introduce a radical shift in our so-cio-economic and political development.

There are never-ending beautiful statements but rather deceptive and complicated platforms of government from the candidates during the cam-paign jaunts. However, in the end it all boils down to how efficiently and effec-tively they allocate resources as public

servants in the event they were able to make it to the levers of power. Rightfully choosing and electing sincere and cou-rageous officials with powerful work-ing ethics, unity and teamwork-minded could bring about a balance of power to make sure that there is effective inter-vention on behalf of the underclass. Fur-thermore, we must elect officials who envision a proud, motivated and produc-tive people living in an atmosphere of peace and in rhythm of the environment.

Likewise we need public officials who are not there to dictate and inter-vene, but rather are there to establish systems that promote transparency and openness. Among in their highest prior-ities should be to strengthen our demo-cratic institutions, our judiciary, police and military, the legislature – Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or the controversial “pork barrel” fund must go. Lest we forget, we need officials who have the political will to eradicate if not totally stamp out corruption in all government levels and the private sector as well. There are ways and the import-ant thing is getting our national pride and motivation behind us. It’s only the application of common sense in small details of government procedures.

More than that, they should set an ex-ample that we really have to change our ways by going back to the old school val-ues and virtues because they are correct. There is no way we can become a strong, respected nation if we do not include the moral and spiritual regeneration along with socio-economic and political progress. Unless we choose and elect de-serving and righteous candidates, I do not see great changes in the near future. The future of our country rests in your hands, dear people, so think carefully and vote wisely!

VANTAGE POINTSEDGEDAVAO 9

Judgment day

Poor little rich kids

(1st of two parts)

By ChryStia Freeland ANAlYSIS

Making the right choice

BU T f i r s t

things first.H o W

brilliant is C o m m i s -sion on E l e c t i o n s ( C o m e l e c ) c h a i r m a n Sixto Bril-lantes Jr.?

I ask this question out of plain curiousity following the latest re-buff that the white-haired gentle-man has suffered from no less than the Supreme Court. The high tri-bunal recently issued a status quo ante order against the “money ban” resolution of the Commission head-ed by its chairman, Sixto Brillantes Jr., that would have prevented the withdrawal, as well as the carrying, of large amounts of cash before and during Election Day (Monday, May 13).

The “brilliant” idea behind the Comelec resolution was to prevent certain moneyed candidates from engaging in their usual practice of buying votes designed to enhance their chances of winning in the polls, a practice that has been “insti-tutionalized” in Philippine politics for being effective despite being un-ethical. In Philippine elections eth-ics is thrown out the window and nice guys can finish last in the derby if they don’t watch out.

Apropos this latest of several earlier rebukes emanating from the Supreme Court, which had prompt-ed Brillantes to hint of resigning from the Commission, will the snow-haired chairman finally make good his not-so-veiled threat to step down? That would be ill-timed, con-sidering that the elections are being held Monday and the Comelec is going to have its hands full seeing to myriad problems that are sure to crop up on that day and the follow-ing days. Mr. Brillantes can always say that this no time to shirk from his duty to serve in the Commission despite the painful rebuffs from the Supreme Court.

The Comelec chairman’s latest “brilliant” advice to voters is for them to accept the money offered for their votes, but noT to vote for the giver so that the latter will lose and learn a valuable lesson, which is to henceforth nEVER, EVER AGAIn BUy VoTES, thereby solving the pe-rennial problem called “vote-buy-ing”. I have news for Mr. Brillantes. The good, old trait of “utang na loob” is very much alive in the Filipino psyche. It may be wrong to sell one’s vote, but chances are he would abide by the arrangement involved and avoid the boomerang called “gaba” a.k.a. karma.

Mr. Brillantes Jr. can resign later. It’s called delicadeza.

Moment of truth Tomorrow, Monday, May 13, 2013

will be the “moment of truth” every politics-crazy Pinoy has been wait-ing for since the the election cam-paign began. The truth will come in the form of sweet victory for the win-ners, bitter defeat for the losers, and for both winners and losers---how to cope with the still unpaid bills that will be coming in one after another.

Election, anyone?

VOL. 6 ISSUE 41 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, MAY 12-13, 201310 EDGEDAVAO

FFrOM 2

Fueled by a storm

No digging...

SPECIAl REPORT

LIKE its mythical namesake, Phoenix Petroleum Philip-

pines Inc. has risen from the storm of controver-sy that hit the country’s leading independent oil company.

After crying foul over the smuggling raps filed by the Department of Justice, the Davao-based oil firm emerged as the top tax payer in the re-gion based on records from the Bureau of Cus-toms (BoC) region 11 which translates as the biggest chunk in the bu-reau’s monthly collec-tion.

BoC 11 acting district collector, Edward James A. Dy Buco released the list of top tax payers for the month of April with Phoenix contributing 30 percent of its monthly

collection. “Phoenix is very ag-

gressive, and it is our pride that the compa-ny is homegrown here in Davao City,” said Dy Buco.

“We (Phoenix) actu-ally have been top for three consecutive years,” Phoenix corporate af-fairs manager Beethoven n. Sur said.

According to Sur, Phoenix’s huge contribu-tion to customs revenues is spurred by the in-creasing supply require-ment indicating constant growth in demand.

There are some 300 Phoenix stations and 10 depots all over the coun-try, and the company is targeting to add more and have more than 400 depots this year.

“We see to it that we increase our targets ev-ery year, and hit it, this made us buy a new Ship

that can carry up to 20 million liters,” said Sur.

Sur said the oil firm’s volume of import re-quirements increases every year. That means a proportionate increase in tax payments to the government.

Rounding up the top ten in the list are Insu-lar oil Corp., Dole Phil-ippines Inc., Tridhama Marketing Corp., Holcim Philippines Inc., Steel Asia Manufacturing Corp., San Vicente Ter-minal and Brokerage, Petron Corp., Pryce Gas-es Inc. and Davao City Hardware Inc.

According to its cor-porate website, Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc. is the leading in-dependent and fast-est-growing oil compa-ny in the Philippines. Since its first station in 2005 in the southern region of Davao, the

Company has expanded nationwide to build a wide network of retail stations and commercial and industrial clients.

It is engaged in the business of retail and commercial sales and the trading of refined petroleum products and lubricants, operation of oil depots, storage and transport services and integrated logistic ser-vices. Its products and services are distribut-ed and marketed under the PHoEnIX Fuels Life trademark.

Phoenix Petroleum is a publicly-listed com-pany on the Philippine Stock Exchange since July 2007, the only oil company to do so since the oil Deregulation Law was passed in 1998.

It is ranked 53rd in the country’s Top 10,000 Corporations as of 2011.

Phoenix sends strong message, tops BOC 11 monthly collectionBy EJ Dominic Fernandez

all national roads and arterial road in region 11 where all the fiber optic cables of telephone and communications company were laid,” Flores said.

The DPWH 11, according to Flores,

is giving full support to the election. “This order is intended to ensure that no damage shall be done on such vital facilities as communication and electric power that may disrupt the conduct of the

election,” he said.Flores added that

Alquiza will personally see to it that the order is strictly followed especially by all contractors undertaking projects of the DPWH the region. CMP

11EDGEDAVAO THE BIGGER PICTURE

ALMoST half of the country’s food re-quirements are pro-

duced by Mindanao.Mindanao currently

accounts for 40 percent of the Philippines’ food re-quirements and contrib-utes more than 30 percent to the national food trade.

To further expand busi-ness and trading opportu-nities for Mindanao’s local businessmen and farmers, more than 70 Mindan-ao-based food producers, processors, and export-ers will be featured in this year’s International Food Exhibit (IFEX).

IFEX Philippines is the only government-spon-sored food exhibition that has gathered significant business results for Philip-pine food exporters, trad-ers, and producers for the past seven years.

The country’s largest food exhibit will gather over 700 food exporters and global buyers from key regions and cities in Asia. Participating powerhouse markets include China, India, Japan, Korea, Singa-pore, Malaysia, Sabah, Bru-nei, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Turkey.

“It is a perfect venue to showcase Mindanao’s fin-est food products,” said Ro-meo Montenegro, director for investment and public affairs office of the Mindan-ao Development Authority (MinDA).

“The island-region must achieve parallel pro-motion of its agribusiness and processed food indus-tries,” he added.

MinDA is the island-re-gion’s coordinating body for IFEX, and works along-side with the departments of Trade and Industry (DTI), Agriculture (DA) and the Center for Inter-national Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM).

According to Monte-negro, the participation of Mindanao’s exhibitors to IFEX will help cement the region’s bid in becoming the country’s premier food basket and agri-business hub, and is a key venue for attracting more invest-ment in the island-region.

MinDA chairperson Luwalhati Antonino said that this year’s IFEX, which promises to offer greater variety and bigger inter-national presence will give Mindanao exhibitors “the opportunity for a high-im-pact involvement in terms of showcasing the region’s finest food products in or-der to achieve global recog-nition.”

She added that in addi-tion to the sales that will be generated by the Mindanao participants, the larger and long-term goal of Mindan-ao’s participation to IFEX is to achieve international recognition from its Asian counterparts and to close business deals with them.

“This year’s theme,

‘Asia’s Ethnic Food and In-gredients Show’ is likewise a fresh opportunity for the Mindanao products to be positioned beyond mere agricultural produce and raw ingredients, since most of the Mindanao partici-pating delegates are also specializing on processed food,” added Antonino.

Slated from May 16 to 19 at the SMX Convention Center in Manila, the IFEX will feature an Agri-Aqua show that will showcase the marine and agricul-tural produce from all Philippine regions, and the 2nd natural Food and Healthy Products festival that highlights the healthy and organic food products and supplements grown in the country.

This year’s IFEX will feature four major product showcases: Power Fruits Asia for main fruit exports such as mangoes, banan-as, pineapples and papa-yas, durian, tamarinds, soursops, guavas, dragon fruits, citrus and jackfruits

and Seafood Asia for fresh marine produce including milkfish, tilapia, pangasius, shrimps, prawns, tuna, grouper, abalone, mud crabs, sardines and sea-weed.

Currently, there is a US$ 4-billion global market for tropical Asian fruits and US$100 billion demand for aquaculture and fresh-ly-caught marine products.

The IFEX will also fea-ture Halal Food Asia for quality halal food products for US$632 billion halal market and Green Asia for healthy, natural and or-ganic food such as natural teas and herbs, coconut by-products, muscovado, sugar, civet coffee, morin-ga products, essential oils and fruit-based wines and vinegars.

Event highlights also include Mindanao Hall, a showcase of the best and unique food products from Mindanao; 2nd natural Food and Health Products Festival, a collaboration of local organic food farmers

and culinary experts in cultivating and sustaining a healthy and holistic ap-preciation for organic food and its nutritious benefits; Agri-Aqua Show, a show-case of the freshest marine and agricultural produce from all the regions in the country; and Grocers’ Ex-change, an exclusive net-working venue for Asia’s leading grocers and prod-uct suppliers.

A new feature is the Culinary Craft Spots, which will highlight the coun-try’s culture rooted in food through live demonstra-tions of traditional meth-ods utilized in preparation of known Filipino delica-cies.

Food industry semi-nars will also be offered during the event, focusing on important and criti-cal issues that impact on agribusiness, investments, food retail innovations, im-port regulations, sourcing patterns and import pro-cedures, quality assurance and safety and Halal and

Kosher certifications in both local and internation-al products.

Meanwhile, top foreign grocers all over the world are also set to attend IFEX through its Very Important Buyer (VIB) Program to source for Asian food prod-ucts and raw materials at the country’s premier food fair.

Some of the notable grocers are USA’s Sysco, the Asian Food Traders Associ-ation, 2A Marketing LLC, Golden Country, Walong Marketing, Rhee Bros. Inc., and Sun opta; Canada’s TFI Foods; Europe’s Walmart, Maning Impex, Manila Trading, and Milagrosa Foods and Grains; Aus-tralia’s Metcash/Metfood, Woolworths Limited, Cas-tleglenn Enterprises, and SBC Foods Pty. Ltd.; hong Kong’s B&S Company, olive Tree, and Woolworth’s Chi-na; United Arab Emirates’ EMKE/Lulu Group; King-dom of Saudi Arabia’s Dan-ube; Kuwait’s Kuwait Food Americana; Korea’s Cheil Jedang, Doosan, E-Mart, our Home, and Shinsegae Food Corporation; Myan-mar’s Shwe Gandamar International Ltd.; Singa-pore’s 24-Hour Mustafa Center, orient Pearls Goods and Services, and Takashi-maya; Malaysia’s Sogo Inc.; Thailand’s CP All/Seven Eleven Group and Richie Rich; and China’s Sofu (LU Min).

The VIP Program, which began in 2006, is dedicated to top Asian and global food retailers that have high influence in the food dis-tribution business. It aims to attract major food com-pany decision-makers to conduct business with the world’s top food suppliers through pre-arranged busi-ness meetings with pre-screened foreign and local exhibitors in the event.

Mindanaosupplies almosthalf of PHL foodBy Greg G. Deligero

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VOL. 6 ISSUE 41 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, MAY 12-13, 2013 13EDGEDAVAO ClASSIFIEDS ADSREPUBLIC oF THE PHILIPPInES

REGIonAL TRIAL CoURT11TH JUDICIAL REGIon

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT-SHERIFFDAVAo CITy

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUNDOR PAG-IBIG FUND, Mortgagee -versus- EJF-REM CASE NO. 14,133-13

JONATHAN F. QUIBOL, Mortgagor/s.

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NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee Home Develop-ment Mutual Fund or Pag-ibig Fund against the mortgagor/s JONATHAN F. QUIBOL, single with postal address at LoT 10 , BLK. 14, Deca Homes ,Cabantian Buhangin , Davao City to satis-fy the mortgage indebtedness which as of november 16, 2012 amounted to THREE HUnDRED SIXTy FoUR THoUSAnD TWo HUnDRED EIGHTy THREE PESoS & 24/100 ( P 364,283.24) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest, penalty charges, plus attorney’s fees equivalent to TEn ( 10%) of the total indebtedness plus other legal expenses incident of foreclosure and sale; the un-dersigned Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on May 24, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland,Davao City to the highest bidder for Cash or MAnAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property together with all the improvements thereon, to wit:

Transfer Certificate of Title No. T- 425157“ A parcel of land (Lot 10, Blk. 14, Pcs-11-002129) being a

prtion of Lot B (LRC) Psd-130686 & Lot 1916, Davao Cadastre) situated in Barangay of Cabantian, City of Davao, Island of Min-danao.xxx Containing an area of EIGHTY ONE (81) SQUARE METERS, more or less”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,it shall be held on June 21, 2013 without further notice.

Prospective buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the titles herein described real property/ies and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Davao City, Philippines, April 10, 2013

FoR THE EX-oFFICIo SHERIFF: (SGD.) ALBERT C. ABEJARON Sheriff IVnoted by:

(SGD) ATTY. EDIPOLO P. SARABIA, JR.Clerk of Court VI & Ex-officio Provincial Sheriff

(edge 4/29,5/6,13)

REPUBLIC oF THE PHILIPPInESREGIonAL TRIAL CoURT11TH JUDICIAL REGIon

oFFICE oF THE CLERK oF CoURT-SHERIFFDAVAo CITy

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUNDOR PAG-IBIG FUND, Mortgagee -versus- EJF-REM CASE no. 14,186-13

JAMES VELARDE ROM married to TESSIE CADUNGOG ROM, Mortgagor/s.

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Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee Home Develop-ment Mutual Fund or Pag-ibig Fund against the mortgagor/s JAMES VELARDE RoM married to TESSIE CADUnGoG RoM, of legal age, with residence and postal address at LoT 1 , BLK. 3 , Rosalina Village 3 Dumoy Toril , Davao City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of Jan 3, 2013 amounts to ( P 239,438.05) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest, penalty charges, as of January 3, 2013 plus attorney’s fees equivalent to TEn ( 10%) of the total indebtedness plus other legal expenses incident of foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on June 21 , 2013 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland,Davao City to the highest bidder for Cash or MAnAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property together with all the improvements thereon, to wit:

Transfer Certificate of Title no. T- 2700287“ A parcel of land of the consolidation-subdivision project

(Lot 1, Blk. 3, of the cons-subd. Pcs-112402-001850 xxx) situ-ated in the City of Davao, Island of Mindanao.xxx Containing an area of onE HUnDRED TWEnTy THREE (123) SQUARE ME-TERS, more or less”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,it shall be held on JuLy 19, 2013 without further notice.

Prospective buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the titles herein described real property/ies and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Davao City, Philippines, May 8, 2013

FoR THE EX-oFFICIo SHERIFF: (SGD.) JULITO J. ANGGOT Sheriff IVnoted by:

(SGD) ATTY. EDIPOLO P. SARABIA, JR.Clerk of Court VI & Ex-officio Provincial Sheriff

(edge 5/13,20,27)

Republic of the PhilippinesREGIonAL TRIAL CoURT11TH JUDICIAL REGION

BRANCH 12DAVAo CITy

In THE PETITIon FoR ADoPTIon oF MInoR Jon IVAn ALAnUnAy Adoptee SP. PRoC. no. 12-409-13

JonATHAn L. LAGonERoIVy CAGUIAT LAGonERo Petitioners

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AMENDED ORDER

Petioners filed a verified petition praying that they be allowed to adopt as their own child, Jon IVAn ALAnUn-Ay, a minor, who was born in Davao City on September 13, 2010 and whose natural mother Maria Lourdes P. Alanun-ay has given her consent to the adoption; and that his name be changed to Jon IVAn CAGUIAT LAGonERo.

In his Manifestation, Mr. Joel Paulino C. Caturan, Social Worker of this Court gave an assurance that a favorable recommendation will be filed with this Court for the adop-tion of the child subject of this case.

WHEREFoRE, let the petition be set for hearing on May 15,2013 at which date and time, all persons concerned may appear to show cause, if any, why the prayer in the petition shall not be granted.

Let this order be published, at the expense of the peti-tioners, in Edge Davao, a newspaper of general circulation in the City and three (3) provinces of Davao, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks.

notify all parties concerned and the Solicitor General through this order.

So oRDERED.

Davao City, Philippines, April 16, 2013

(SGD) PELAGIO S. PAGUICAN Judge

(edge 4,29,5/6,13)

VOL. 6 ISSUE 41 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, MAY 12-13, 201314 EDGEDAVAOSPORTS

CITInG that sports is the great equalizer, reelectionist Rep.

Karlo nograles of Davao’s first district said he will be pushing for the devel-opment of women sports in Davao.

“I believe that our fe-male athletes deserve also the same programs male athletes are enjoy-ing and it is only fitting that we also open inroads for the development of women sports,” nograles said.

nograles was on hand when the women’s volley-ball team of the Universi-ty of Sto.Tomas played an exhibition match at the newly-built University of Southeastern Philippines (USEP) Gym in Davao City.

The youthful legislator said he believes there are female athletes especial-ly in the secondary level

who are excelling in vari-ous sports disciplines. He said sports could be their ticket to a college educa-tion.

nograles has cham-pioned the cause for ed-ucation, taking the lead in providing scholarship grants to marginalized but deserving students. Under his scholarship program, hundreds of scholars have earned certificates and diplomas in various academic pro-grams and technical vo-cational education train-ings.

“It’s not impossible to extend our scholarships to athletes, in the same manner that we may also discover potential ath-letes coming from the technical-vocational ed-ucation institutions,” he said. “I believe we have a very wide talent base.”

A former member of the Philippine kay-ak team will share

his knowledge in the Ba-sic Kayak Clinic of the 3rd Columbia-Samal Summer Kayakfest slated on May 18, Saturday at 8 a.m. at the Sunset Beach Park Resort in Babak, Samal Island.

Arnel “The Boat-man” Gabutero, general manager of the All out-door Shop, distributor of Habagat outdoor prod-ucts in Davao City, is one of the resource persons in the kayak clinic.

Gabutero, who will also be bringing his ocean and touring kayaks, will join Bugsay Dabaw pres-ident and race director Danilo “Jun” Bacus in the clinic.

“I’m very much willing to share and teach the ba-sic kayaking techniques to help promote the sport that I also truly love,” said Gabutero, a member of the Bugsay Dabaw team that won medals in Cebu City a few years ago.

Gabutero went to Ma-nila to join the Philippine kayak national training pool. He later went back home to Davao City to put up his own outdoor com-pany together with his wife Lilibeth, who is now also an avid kayaker.

After the kayak clinic, the participants will com-pete in the novice Men’s Singles, novice Women’s Singles and open Men’s Tandem.

“It will be a 150-meter sprint run in the elimina-tion and semi-finals while the championship is a

300-meter sprint,” said Bacus.

Cash prizes, medals and trophies are up for grabs.

This year’s event held in celebration of the ocean Month and Bio-di-versity awareness is mainly presented by the Columbia Sports Compa-ny.

It is co-presented by the Dabaw Tourism operators Association (Dabtoa), Department of Tourism XI and Sunset Beach Park Resort.

The one-day event is co-organized by the forePlay Promotions and Aqua Mate Sports and supported also by the Bugsay Dabaw, Moun-taineering Federation of the Phils. (MFPI) and Mountaineering Feder-ation of Southern Min-danao (MFSM) with the Sports Communicators organization of the Phils. (SCooP) Davao as the beneficiary.

It is backed up by the FlyMate Travel Plus, Aboitiz Power, nature’s Spring, Kurmat, Kiantian Pros, Davao Express Wa-ter Taxi, Genaro’s Bar & Grill, Coca-Cola Bottlers, Powerade, Dexter’s Pizza @ Stadium, Living Power International Corpora-tion, Amesco Drug, Rexo-na, Secdea Resort, Mulat-to, R-GoS outdoor, Gusa outdoor, Habagat, Higher Ground, Cobra Energy Drink, John Gold Group of Company, Jetwave, The Boatman, Hayahay, Sonni Mendoza, San Mi-guel Beer and Vice Mayor Rody Duterte.

Karlo to push for women sports dev’t

Kayak clinic in Samal tilt

WiTH THE TiGrESSES. Rep. Karlo Nograles shares a light moment with the visiting UST Lady Tigresses at the USEP Gym. Nograles said he will push for sports development that will include women athletes.

INdulge! VOL. 6 ISSUE 41 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, MAY 12-13, 2013

EDGEDAVAOSTYLE

The young have a way of getting influenced as well as influ-encing today’s fashion. That is why INdulge, through the eyes of lensman and Lieu Magazine’s Aidx Paredes brings you snapshots of the latest styles from real people coming off from the streets of Davao.

By Kenneth Irving OngPhotos by Aidx Paredes

FSTYLE OFF THE STREETS, A4

Critics are divided over Baz Luhrmann flick

A2 INdulge! VOL. 6 ISSUE 41 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, MAY 12-13, 2013EDGEDAVAOUP AND ABOUT

GLOBE TELEcOm garnered three nominations at the Asia communications Awards in two categories name-ly the Best Brand campaign and Best customer Service Initiative. This is the first time that Globe is en-tering the Asian com-munications Awards competition, which gives recognition to achieve-ments of Asian telecommunications companies and the in-dividuals responsible for the innovations, achievements and new services that build the industry. The leading telecommunications firm got two nomina-tions in the Best Brand campaign category, a recognition given to the organization that has been most effective in cre-ating a compelling brand for its products or services in one or more branches of the media. “Globe Gets me” campaign, a three-themed advertisement intended to convey the Globe brand essence of doing things ‘Your Way’-- showing how Globe gives diversity to every sub-scriber with its customized plans and services-- was nominat-ed in the Best Brand campaign category. Separately, Tatoo Broadband’s “marked For Greatness” campaign, was also nominated in the same category. The campaign encapsulates Tattoo’s improved services as it ad-dresses the youth passion for freedom and individuality. The winner in this category should have achieved significant im-provement in brand awareness and positive impact on mar-ket share, valuation or bottom line. “We are proud of being nominated and chosen among the best in Asia. Our branding campaigns represent our strength as a marketing and communications company that truly con-nects to our customers. This affirms our core value of making great things possible for our customers,” said Yoly crisanto, head of Globe Telecom corporate communications. Globe Telecom’s customer Service Innovation on Social media has also been nominated in the Best customer Ser-vice Initiative category, which will be given to the entry with a well-designed and successfully implemented customer care strategy. The winner in this category should have pro-duced tangible and quantifiable results measured in terms of financial results or quantifiable improvements in customer experience.

NOW on its 10th year, Sm city Davao once again rolls the carpet for the annual Grand Sagala Gown Design competition on may 19. Fifteen talented Davao-based designers are expected to showcase their interpretations of the traditional terno with this year’s theme—orchid Vanda. Like the previous Grand Sagala Pa-rades, Sm city Davao also opens the search for theLlittle Sagala of 2013. The compe-tition is open to all young girls ages 5-9. To join, parents/guardians must sub-mit a duly filled out entry form with 1 5R close up and 1 5R full body shot of the con-testant, birth certifi-cate and a purchase receipt worth P2,000. Forms are available at the mall Admin Office at the 3rd Floor, Annex Bldg. Only 20 Finalists will be selected among the applicants. All finalists must wear appropriate Little Sagala gowns during the Grand Sagala Parade on may 19. Little Sagalas get the chance to win P2,000 to P10,000. Interested parties may call Sm Davao marketing Depart-ment at 297.6998 for inquiries. Like Sm city Davao on Face-book or follow @smcitydavao on Twitter for event and pro-mo updates.

Globe Telecom bags three nominations at Asia Communications Awards

SM Davao search for Little Sagala, on!

Is The Great Gatsby overblown or did it blow them away? such is the mixed critical reception Baz Luhrmann’s latest cinematic extrava-ganza, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, has received so far, in the director’s bid to adapt F. scott Fitzgerald’s soaring 1925 novel about jazz-age love, flapper cul-ture and capitalism along the Gold Coast. here’s a sampling of some of the more notable early reviews:  •  “The  cast  is  first-rate, the ambiance and story provide a measure of in-toxication and, most im-portantly, the core the-matic concerns pertaining to the American dream, self-reinvention and love lost, regained and lost again are tenaciously ad-dressed,” raves The hol-lywood Reporter’s Todd McCarthy.  “At  the  very least, Luhrmann must be given credit for deliver-ing a real interpretation of the famous 1925 novel, something not seriously attempted by the previous two big screen adaptations (there was a now-lost 1926 silent version).”  •  “That  slim  but  the-matically tricky little vol-ume remains a captivating riddle, which may be why no  filmmaker  has  created the  ‘definitive’  version. Luhrmann, the fourth to try, hasn’t, either—there’s a lot to dislike here as well—but his is easily the most entertaining Gatsby yet,” opines Newsday’s Rafer Guzman.  •  “Luhrmann does find the beating heart at the center of this overstuffed

enterprise,” writes Mar-shall Fine at hollywood & Fine.  “It  rests  firmly  in the person of Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jay Gatsby, who single-handedly breathes life into a film that is nearly sunk by the glum Carey Mulligan and the light-weight Tobey Maguire.”

  •  “The  cardinal  sin  of this new Gatsby is that it’s dull, and say what you will about Luhrmann’s pre-vious movies, that’s not an adjective that usually comes up,” complains The Wrap’s Alonso Duralde. “This film marks  the  offi-cial moment in which Baz

Luhrmann’s signature style has become self-parody. so we beat on, boats against the current, jumping the shark.”  •  “Luhrmann  has  be-come less interested in performances than in art-ful poses,” panned Variety’s Scott  Foundas.  “More  of-ten, Gatsby feels like a well-rehearsed classic in which the actors say their lines ably, but with no discern-ible feeling behind them.”  • “The Great Gatsby is a guilty pleasure, a swirling, audacious piece of cin-ema—in 3-D!—that could prove a crowd-pleaser for young audiences,” coun-ters Ann Thompson of Thompson on hollywood.  •  “Gatsby  is  one  glitzy misfire,”  sums  up  Eric Kohn of Indiewire. Whether or not that’s true, we’ll leave it for the audience to decide when  The  Great  Gatsby hits theaters this Friday. The movie is also set to kick off the Cannes Film Festival on May 15. E! On-line.

The Great Gatsby reviews trickle in

The Great Gatsby is a guilty pleasure, a swirling, audacious piece of cinema—in 3-D!—that could prove a crowd-pleaser for young audiences

SEAcREST in. Everyone else out. mariah carey, Nicki minaj, Keith Urban and (as previ-ously reported) Randy Jack-son are “definitely gone” from American Idol, sources close to the show confirm to E! News. Reps for Fox and Freman-

tle declined to comment. The panel-scrapping shakeup, which was first re-ported by The Wrap, follows on the heels of record low ratings, which have left Fox execs scrambling for a bold, show-saving maneuver. Fox will present its new fall lineup to advertisers on

monday in New York, and we are told the network is expected to announce the departure of all four judges. “After 12 years of judging on American Idol I have de-cided it is time to leave after this season,” Randy Jackson told E! News exclusively on Thursday. E! Online

ADAm LEVINE’S smug mug may be enough to send rabid fans into a tiz-zy. But according to the Voice coach himself, he didn’t always give good face. The 34-year-old rocker recently signed on as a spokesman for Proactiv+, and in this exclusive clip, Levine recalls how he was once riddled with insecurity over his acne-prone days. “When I was in high school and had acne, I spent a lot of time sulking in my room and being upset,” he says. “I was depressed, I was

not happy,” he adds. Through his Proactiv+ spokesman gig, Levine says he wants “people to under-stand that even though we

are celebrities or are suc-cessful or whatever, that we’re no different than ev-erybody else. Everybody’s insecure to a certain extent.”

ALONG with Aljur Abren-ica, Kris Bernal, Alden Richards and more, An-drea Torres is now part of GmA’s Talent Develop-ment and management Department (TDmD) as she signed an exclusive contract yesterday, may 2 at the GmA Network center. Present during the signing were Dave Fabros, Senior manager of Talent Development and Recruitment, TDmD; Rams David, AVP for Pro-ductions, Arcangel media Inc., Andrea, GmA Net-work chairman and chief Executive Officer Felipe L. Gozon and Simoun Ferrer AVP, Talent Imaging and marketing, TDmD. After her remarkable

portrayal as cecilia in the remake of “Sana Ay Ikaw Na Nga”, Andrea has been lined-up as one of GmA’s hottest leading ladies. And now that she’s part of GmA Artist center, a more stable career path is in store for her. In fact, Andrea is now

preparing for a new show. After SAINN, Andrea was seen in GmA News TV’s “Wagas” where she is paired with Alden Richards. She was also seen in “magpak-ailanman” where she played as a transgender along with Ryza cenon.

Andrea Torres signs up with GMA Artist Center

American Idol sources confirm all four judges are gone

Adam Levine talks feeling ‘insecure’ over acne-prone skin in Proactiv+ video

INdulge! A3VOL. 6 ISSUE 41 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, MAY 12-13, 2013 EDGEDAVAOENTERTAINmENT

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IRON MAN 3 3D (GP)

THE BRIDE AND THE LOVER (R-13)

TRANCE (R-16)

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SCARY MOVIE V (R-16)

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THE BIG WEDDING (R-13)

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Ashley Tisdale , Simon Rex

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Robert Downey, Jr. , Gwyneth Paltrow

Robert De Niro , Diane Keaton

Robert Downey, Jr. , Gwyneth Paltrow

A4 INdulge! VOL. 6 ISSUE 41 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, MAY 12-13, 2013EDGEDAVAOSTYLE

Nike Athletic Club summer fashion show at the SM City Davao AnnexNIKe Athletic Club, had  its  first  Fashion show dubbed as the high Octane last May 4. The show was graced by the Mutya ng Dabaw 2013 Winner Guia hidal-

go and this year’s runner-ups together with the top male models of Davao wearing the hottest sum-mer choices of Nike Ath-letic Club. The event was held at the activity center of The Annex sM City Davao. Inspired by super-natural performance and cutting edge designs of Nike, the fashion show featured the Nike Ath-letic Club spring/summer collection for Men’s and Women’s Lifestyle, Golf, Tennis, Running, Foot-ball, Cross training, and Basketball. The VIP customers and guests enjoyed treats from Nike Athletic Club after the show. Nike Athletic Club Fla-ship store is located at the Ground Floor The Annex sM City Davao. For more product up-dates and latest offers, LIKe us on Facebook, facebook.com/NikeAth-leticClubFlagshipstores-MAnnexDavao or call us at 285-7788.

Mutya ng Dabaw 2013 sporting the latest Nike Summer Collection.

On Mutya ng Dabaw Runner-up Steph are chambray collar polo, Nike club leggings and the women’s Nike Victoria HM leather.

Nolan is wearing the Nike Barcelona Pre-Match 2 Herren Soccer Shirt, Nike soccer short, and the latest CTR 360

Jixon is wearing the KD is Kid klutch tee paired with shorts and the much anticipated KD V Elite.

Mutya ng Dabaw Runner-up Nicole is wearing the ultraviolet sphere polo, power knit skirt, and the zoom courtlite 3

As seen on the fashion circuits, malls and beaches of Davao, Davao’s Gen-Y choose to go with denim tops this season, leggings as well as brogues made a clear comeback. Of course relaxed resort wear with bright prints and gradi-ent washes in fluorescent

and pastel hues are also in, many thanks to the city’s 33 degree Centigrade cli-mate. here are some of Davao’s young streetside fashioni-stas for the month of May. Dress up and be spotted for the next itteration of style off the streets soon.

FFROM A1Style off the streets...

VOL. 6 ISSUE 41 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, MAY 12-13, 2013

Bully15EDGEDAVAO SPORTS

CHICAGo -- So much for South Beach style. The Miami Heat

showed again they can get down and dirty.

LeBron James came on strong down the stretch to finish with 25 points, Chris Bosh added 20 points and 19 rebounds, and the Heat followed up the most lop-sided playoff win in fran-chise history with a 104-94 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Friday night to take a 2-1 lead in the East-ern Conference semifinals.

Shaking off a shove to the court that earned nazr Mohammed an ejection and James an accusation of flopping from Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau, the four-time MVP came through down the stretch, scoring 12 in the fourth quarter.

norris Cole matched his postseason career high with his second straight 18-point per-formance, and the Heat pulled out a tight win after blasting the Bulls 115-78 on Wednes-day.

This time, Chicago refused to go quietly. never mind that the Bulls were coming off the worst playoff loss in franchise his-tory. Put aside the fact that the ailing Luol Deng and in-jured Kirk Hinrich (calf) remained sidelined, not to mention Der-rick Rose, or that Moham-med got ejected in the second quarter for shov-ing James to the floor.

In the end, it was the Heat grinding out the vic-tory.

“you can’t win a cham-pionship being pretty and shiny,” Bosh said. “you’re going to have to get dirty. you’re going to have to play physical. you’re going to have to dive on the floor. you’re going to have to do things that are extremely tough.

“I think people forget just two years ago we were a half-court, grind-it-out kind of team that was try-ing to beat you down. Just because we’ve moved to more of a free-flowing of-fense, we’re more spread a little bit, that doesn’t mean that we are just a run-and-gun team.”

The Heat prevailed on a night when James was off target most of the way, hitting just 6 of 17 shots and even getting blocked

on a layup by nate Robin-son in the third quarter.

But he and Cole hit two big 3-pointers. Bosh perked up after two quiet games, finish-ing one re-bound shy of the club p l a y o f f record, a n d M i -

ami’s bench o u t -

scored C h i c a -go’s 36-

8.“ F o r

(Bosh) to have 19

rebounds and for norris to come off the bench and defend the way he did a g a i n s t nate and also con-tribute of-

fensively -- a big-time drive in the fourth and a big-time 3 as well,” James said. “Those two guys were the rea-son we won the game.”

Carlos Boozer led Chicago with 21 points. Robinson and Jimmy Butler each scored 17. Joakim noah add-ed 15 points and 11 rebounds, and Marco Belinelli had 16 points, but the Bulls couldn’t pull this one out.

They were within 85-83 when Cole scored on a finger roll with about four minutes left and Miami started to take control from

t h e r e . James an-swered a 3-pointer by B e l i -

n e l l i with one

of his own, and after

Boozer hit a jumper for

Chicago, Cole buried anoth-

er 3 for the Heat to make it 96-88

with 1:48 remain-ing.

Finally, the Heat could breathe a lit-tle easier. nothing about this one was

easy, though.

HEAT HOLd OFF BuLLS

Lebron James was accused of flopping but in the end, he was the bully with 25 points.

oRo East Mining and JyC Hardware scored breezy wins

to lead the opening day march in the Phoenix Pe-troleum 36 and Above Basketball Tournament at the Davao City Recreation Center on Friday.

The veteran-laden Miners opened its cam-paign on a high note blasting DCPo 78-69 be-hind the triumvirate of Sumampong, Antepues-to and Farochillen who combined for 49 points. DCPo was paced by Jaca and Maligro with 20 and 12 points, respectively.

In the nightcap, JyC Hardware turned back BLBE 99-85 to match strides with the Miners.

Casela and Gonzaga com-bined for 48 markers for the Hardwaremen.

The tournament, sponsored by Phoenix Petroleum, resumes on May 21.

BoXSCoRES:oRo EAST 78—Su-

mamong 25, Antepues-to 12, Farochellen 12, Delvo 8, Dizon 8, Josol 6, Santander 5, Dabon 2, Macabinguil 0, ybarra 0, Montalban 0, Barriga 0, Cagampang 0, Allera 0, Mauhay 0

DCPo 69—Jaca 20, Maligro 12, Serapin 11, Pedida 8, Leonardo 7, Cabudti 4, Jumawan 4, Torres 3, Lao 0, Padua 0, Bustaleno 0, Go R 0, Go Re 0, Josol 0, Lopecillo 0

FooTBALL took the country by storm when the Philip-

pine Azkals surprised the world with their out-standing performance in the 2010 ASEAn Football Federation (AFF) Suzu-ki Cup. The fiery form of the Filipino footballers spearheaded by the likes of Chieffy Caligdong, neil Etheridge, and Phil younghusband earned the Philippines’ rite of passage to the Southeast Asian football scene.

With the internation-al victory of the Azkals as inspiration, Suzuki Philippines, the only in-tegrated automobile and motorcycle company in the country, has worked together with the Philip-pine Football Federation (PFF) to serve as a cata-

lyst in making Philippine football truly world-class by launching the PFF Su-zuki U23 national Cup.

Since it started in 2011, the PFF Suzuki Cup remains to be the premiere showcase for discovering and devel-oping home-grown foot-ball talents. It builds on the momentum started by the Azkals’ break-through and seeks to be the springboard for more Filipino football success stories.

Committed to de-veloping both football and the Filipino youth by holding tournaments across the country, Su-zuki has already touched the lives of many young players from Luzon, Vi-sayas, and Mindanao with this program.

OVEr THE TOP. Tony Mitchell of Talk N’ Text slams over Rudy Hatfield of Gine-bra San Miguel. Nuki Sabio

PHOENiX 36 HOOPSOro East, JYC win opener

Suzuki drives PH football forward

YES!

16 EDGEDAVAOSportsVOL. 6 ISSUE 41 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, MAY 12-13, 2013

MADRID (AP) -- Serena Wil-liams and Ma-

ria Sharapova reached the quarterfinals at the Madrid open on Thurs-day, with the two top-ranked players winning in straight sets.

Williams needed a little more than an hour to defeat Maria Kirilen-ko 6-3, 6-1, after Shara-pova got past Sabine Lisicki of Germany 6-2, 7-5.

Top-ranked Williams dominated Kirilenko, who dropped the first set with one of several unforced errors. The de-fending champion also used a strong serve and return game, working the 12th-ranked Rus-sian back and forth on the baseline of the red clay court with her pre-cise forehand drives.

‘’I just felt really relaxed, like I was taking m y

time,’’ Williams said. ‘’I had been missing my serve when I was hitting it harder, so I took some pace off and didn’t hit as hard as I usually do.

‘’It was easy because when you take off pace you don’t hit as hard and don’t exhaust as much energy. And hitting a serve or a winner are both fun.’’

Williams will face Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain, who reached the quarter-finals after yaroslava Shvedova withdrew with a right arm injury.

The 15-time Grand Slam winner called Medina Garrigues a ‘’grinder’’ and predict-ed a ‘’tough match’’ in front of the Spanish

crowd.Williams beat Shara-

pova in the quarterfi-nals last year en route to the title. This year they are on opposite sides of the bracket, meaning they could only meet in the final.

Sharapova used her big serve to take the first set with relative ease, but Lisicki put up resistance in the sec-ond.

Both players traded early breaks in the sec-ond set before Sharapo-va converted a fourth break point when Lisic-ki returned her well-placed slice into the net.

Sharapova didn’t waste the opportuni-

ty to serve out the match, hitting an

ace and forc-ing Lisicki into three errors

in the final game to

f i n -

ish the match.‘’She is the kind of

opponent that plays ex-tremely well against the top players,’’ said Shara-pova, who lost to Lisicki last year at Wimbledon.

Sharapova will face either Daniela Han-tuchova or Kaia Kanepi next.

The Madrid open is a key warm-up tour-nament for the French open, where Sharapova will try to defend her title.

‘’(Last year) was an incredible memory for me and one that I will have the rest of my life,’’ she said. ‘’I’m still very hungry to win it. When I have that type of at-titude I work harder to that goal. I find a lot of motivation at going back and trying to de-fend my title.’’

Also Thursday, Rog-er Federer and Rafael nadal will play third-round matches.

Rafael Nadal fought back to beat David Ferrer 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-0 in Fri-day’s quarterfinals of the Madrid Open, keeping alive his bid to reach a seventh straight final since returning from injury.

MAriA, SErENA rEAcH QuArTErS

LETTiNG iT ALL OuT. World no. 2

Maria Sharapova lets out a scream after an-

other win in Madrid. Serena Williams (top) reaches out for a backhand return.