The filing of a com-plaint stemmed from Dayanghirang’s own lengthy privileged speech during regular session yes-terday detailing the report of the special action team headed by lawyer Marlisa A. Gallo.

The action team, formed by city adminis-trator J. Melchor V. Quit-ain, made a report on the alleged deficiencies on assessment data which caused P1.8 billion tax de-linquency.

Expressing alarm, Dayanghirang said the double entries found out

by the action team in the records of the City Treasur-er’s Office (CTO) “might be the source of corruption.”

He said that the issue “is a matter of public inter-est since it talks about the money of Dabawenyos.”

But city councilor Kar-lo S. Bello admonished Dayanghirang since the latter appeared to be “per-sonal” by singling out Riola and spared the officials in other agencies involved in generating real property taxes.

The most appropriate action, Bello said, is to refer

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GIVE WAY. Children play in front of demolished shanties under the Governor Generoso Bridge in Brgy. 2-A, Davao City yesterday. A total of 126 shanties were demolished by residents on thier own to give way to the reconstruction of the main distribution pipe of the Davao City Water District (DCWD). Lean Daval Jr.

SINGING COUNCILORS. These three councilors---Rene Elias Lopez (left), Al Ryan Alejandre (center) and Nilo Abellera Jr.----sing their hearts out to the tune of “Tayo’y Dabawenyo” during the start of the Davao City Council regular session at Sangguniang Panlungsod yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

After raising a litany of issues against Davao City Treasurer Rodrigo Riola which drew ad-monitions from his colleagues, City Councilor Danilo C. Dayanghirang yesterday decided to formally lodge a complaint before the city council committee on ethics and good gover-nance.

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SALVAGING. A resident living under the Gov. Generoso Bridge in Brgy. 2-A, Davao City salvages usuable lumbers after he demolished his own family shanty yesterday to give way to the reconstruction of the main distribution pipe of the Davao City Water District (DCWD). Lean Daval Jr.

TO help lessen the traffic congestion along the key thor-

oughfares in Davao City, Vice Mayor Paolo Z. Duter-te wants to open idle roads in various parts of the city to be utilized as alternate routes to the motorists.

Duterte told reporters in yesterday’s “Pulong-Pu-long ni Pulong” at Baran-gay Catalunan Grande that there are existing roads which have become idle and are now occupied by informal settlers.

“Tingala man ko nga-nong gipasagdan na diha? Tapos tubagon lang pud ka sa mga namuyo didto na dead road daw to,” said.

Duterte said that he will ask the city council committee on city govern-ment-owned real proper-ties to identify the specific locations of the idle roads and find ways to relocate the settlers.

“Ang problema pud ana pag muabot na ang istorya sa illegal settlers kaning mga progressibong grupo mo dayon og siy-agit-siyagit anang City Hall og Sangguniang Panlung-sod,” said Duterte.

The vice mayor asked the progressive groups to “know the issue first be-fore they bring it to the streets.”

Duterte cite as an ex-

ample the demolition in-cident in 2011 demolition in Sulayman Agdao where the local officials found out that some of the settlers in the area also owned hous-es in Central Park Subdivi-sion in Bangkal.

“Ang uban diha nag negosyo lang diha. Ang uban diha dili taga Davao,” Duterte stressed, empha-sizing the need to use the idle properties for the wel-fare of the public.

He said that there are some settlers occupy-ing idle government land properties who operate profit-earning boarding houses.

AN exhibit highlight-ing the Spanish leg-acy in Davao Region

will open on April 3 at the Davao Museum of History and Ethnography.

Guesting at the Art Talk Media Forum held yes-terday at the Park Inn by Radisson Davao, Angely Chi, the exhibit co-writer and researcher said that exhib-it will present artifacts and photos from the Spanish co-lonial rule in the region.

The exhibit is entitled Recuerdas: Celebrating Spanish Legacy in Davao and Is touted as the first-ev-er exhibit of Spanish heri-tage in Davao.

Spain Honorary Consul in Davao Francisco Lon lent his services translating sev-eral Spanish passages in the exhibit.

According to Chi, there will be 10 to 12 artifacts that will be exhibited among these include Santos (figurines of saints), Span-ish lantakas (cannons), an-tique fashion pieces, photo-graphs and paintings.

Most of the memorabil-ia came from the Museum itself, while some came from antique collectors and others came from Spanish families in the region.

The exhibit will also tackle the relationship of

the Spanish colonial gov-ernment with the Moro sultanates that governed Davao Region, life in the set-tlements and the last years of the empire in the region.

Spain belatedly colo-nized the region in the mid 19th-Century when it es-tablished Christian settle-ments in the area. Thus the area unlike places in Luzon and Visayas is devoid of Spanish forts, churches and colonial-era houses.

The museum exhibit, which will run indefinitely, is hoped to bring to aware-ness to the region’s obscure Spanish heritage. [PIA/RG Alama]

A HEALTH authority in Davao Region urged residents to be wary

of the illnesses brought about by extreme tempera-tures.

Speaking at the Kape-han sa Dabaw at SM City, Dr. Cleofe Tabada, head of the Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (RESU) of the Department of Health 11, said that regardless of the season, Davao Re-gion experiences extreme temperatures, a primary factor in the occurrence of illnesses like respiratory infection, gastro-intestinal problem and low immune

system.She said getting sick

nowadays is not remote even if its summer because it may be sunny during the day but rain would usually occur at night.

Tabada said children are totally protected from diseases because often they stay inside the house during summer.

She said even indoors, children are prone to dis-eases because of their ex-posure to people, including their friends.

“Extreme temperatures usually cause colds, head-ache as reaction of our

body. Under these circum-stances, respiratory infec-tion is common,” Tabada said.

She urged parents to have their children checked by a doctor if the fever lasts for two days already.

Tabada said parents must also look closely on the nutrition of their chil-dren given that they are free to roam around, where they are either over or un-derfed which causes gas-tro-intestinal problems.

She said extreme weather conditions also cause lowering of the im-mune system.

Tabada said due to the impact of the extreme tem-perature to the immune system, the population is prone to whatever prevail-ing illnesses in the area.

She said it is a must to take good care of the im-mune system by proper rest, nutrition, less expo-sure to extreme tempera-tures and proper hygiene.

“Sleep for six to eight hours or do cat nap during midday, proper nutrition, medical checkup and prop-er hygiene, these are ways to prevent any disease,” Ta-bada pointed out. [PIA 11/Joey Sem G. Dalumpines]

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CONCENTRATE. Two young girls are in sheer concentration while reading a local daily newspaper at Osmeña Park in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

NAVIGATION APP. Messica Joy J. Pesidas, a Bachelor of Science in Information Techology student of the University of Mindanao, presents during the Davao City Council regular session at Sangguniang Panlungsod yesterday her group’s newly developed application, the D-tour Navigation App. Lean Daval Jr.

MALACANANG said Tuesday there is no need to call on

the United Nations (UN) to intervene in the ongoing maritime territorial dis-pute with China over the West Philippine Sea.

Presidential Commu-nications Operations Of-fice Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said it is unlike-ly that UN Peacekeepers will be sent to the West Philippine Sea, even with the recent incident near the disputed Ayungin Shoal.

“Titingnan natin. Ti-nitimbang naman natin ang sitwasyon. Pero pan-sinin naman natin na sa larangang ‘yan nagkaka-roon lang ng ganyang sit-wasyon kapag ito ay isang

bagay na inilahad na mis-mo sa United Nations Gen-eral Assembly, saka lang nagte-take action ang UN. Sa ngayon naman ay hindi naman humahantong sa ganyang antas ‘yung con-flict na pinag-uusapan na-tin,” said Coloma.

He also dismissed re-ports that the Chinese For-eign Minister has accused the Philippines of bring-ing media people to the Ayungin Shoal to create some media hype.

“I don’t think we have hype or have given exces-sive coverage to this mat-ter. All we did was to pro-vide an opportunity for some members of (the) media to see firsthand the situation.… And they have

GOV. CORAZON N. MALANYAON of Davao Oriental yes-

terday denied allegations that she received funds from National Agribusiness Corporation (NABCOR) as reported by ABS-CBN TV Patrol Monday night.

“I don’t know anyone from NABCOR,” she said, adding that “as far as I can remember, the only time I heard about this office, was when the DA (Department

of Agriculture) informed my office that my district would get mechanical dry-ers, thru NABCOR, DA’s af-filiate, and that I had to give the names of the irrigators or farmers association as beneficiary/s and where to deliver.”

“I presumed, this was legitimate assistance of DA to agricultural prov-inces like ours,” Governor Malanyaon said.

“I had nothing to do

with the purchase and identification of items,” she said. The Davao Ori-ental governor who had served as congresswoman of Davao Oriental’s first district for several terms however, said “certainly I would welcome any item I could bring home to my farmers.”

She said “this had noth-ing to do with my PDAF (Priority Development As-sistance Fund),” explain-

ing that her PDAF at the time was “spent mostly for water systems, covered courts, barangay health stations, sitio electrifica-tions, barangay halls and day care centers.”

Ms Malanyaon said she didn’t even know anyone from NABCOR when she was a congresswoman.

“I have not made NAB-COR as a conduit for my PDAF as far as I can re-member,” she said. [AMA]

MALACANANG on Tuesday assured that concerned

government agencies are constantly monitoring oil price movements as the country expects these to increase within the week.

Among the agencies focused on the issue is the Land Transportation Franchising and Regula-tory Board (LTFRB), said Presidential Communi-cations Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Hermin-io Coloma Jr. in a Palace media briefing.

“Tinututukan po iyan ng ating LTFRB,” Coloma said, explaining that it has been years since prices of petroleum products be-came deregulated.

“Iyon pong pagbaba-go ng presyo ng mga pro-duktong petrolyo dekada na po ang lumipas simula noong naging deregulated itong sistemang ito,” he said.

To help public utility vehicle (PUV) owners who will be directly affected by the oil price hike, Coloma said the government will also address the situation by implementing pro-grams such as the Pantaw-id Pasada.

“So we would like to assure our people that government is constant-ly monitoring these price movements in terms of the matter changing the fares to be charged,” the PCOO

ELEVEN singers from Davao City are qual-ified to compete for

the World Championships of Performing Arts (WCO-PA) in Hollywood, Califor-nia this July.

In yesterday’s regular session, three of the 11 singers were presented to the city council by councilor Marissa P. Salvador-Abella.

Among the singers who were presented is the 21-year-old Krissel Joy Val-dez of Toril who ended first runner-up in 2011 ABS-CBN Star Power, Lloyd Ed-issone J. Montebon 12 was hailed as the grand winner of Talent Edge in Abreeza Mall and three-time cham-pion for Metro Davao Sing-

ing Association and Charlie Pagaran, 44, who is a Global Pinoy awardee for enter-tainment and a delegate in the 2009 Ship for South East Asian Youth Program.

Abella also asked his colleagues for financial sup-port of the three for their expenses such as registra-tion fee, hotel accommo-dations, air fare, visa assis-tance and application.

WCOPA is the only in-ternational competition which aspires to find the best performing artist in the world. The contest is often referred as the ‘Olympics of Performing Arts.’ Singer Jed Madela was the first Fil-ipino who won the WCOPA grand championship title.

No need for UN peacekeepers in West Philippine Sea-- Palace

Cora denies knowing anybody from Nabcor

Says DA just asked her to give names and addresses of irrigatorsand farmers associations to get mechanical dryers

Constant monitoring of oil price movements assured

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Power now restored in typhoon-hit areasALL twenty-five ba-

rangays that were left without power

after typhoon Pablo swept through Davao Oriental are now fully re-ener-gized, reported the Na-tional Electrification Ad-ministration (NEA) during the ceremonial power ‘switch-on’ held in Cateel town last March 31.

Edith Bueno, Adminis-trator of the NEA said that in only less than a month following the visit of Pres-ident Benigno S. Aquino III last February here in the province, power res-toration was already com-pleted.

That was in response to Governor Malanyaon’s appeal to the President requesting the immediate release of funds for the full restoration of power in all barangays of the three hard-hit municipalities.

Bueno said that while the ground work had started March 3 and was completed on March 29, the said restoration proj-ect has also tapped efforts

of 126 workers from elev-en different electric coop-eratives here in Mindanao, making it possible for the immediate power resto-ration in the remaining areas.

Meanwhile, in order to increase the power sup-ply in selected areas in the eastern coast,particu-larly to meet the require-ments of investors who are set to build processing plants for the emerging oil palm industry, the Davao Oriental Electric Coop-erative (DORECO)—the province’s energy service provider, committed the conversion of the sin-gle-phase lines into three-phase power lines.

Engr. Gregory Dukil, DORECO Manager said that the conversion would cover around 50 kilome-ters in all three hard-hit towns of Boston, Cateel, and Baganga, which is set to be completed by May 15, 2014.

“This would ensure economic activities in the areas,especially now that

the province is about to embark on the oil palm industry where investors requires sufficient sup-

ply of power, which can only be possible through a three-phase electrical system,” said Governor

Malanyaon.“After all, adequate

power supply is one ma-jor requirement of inves-

tors that would ensure economic recovery in these areas,” she said.[Karen Lou Deloso/PIO]

GENERAL SANTOS CITY DAVAO ORIENTAL

ROOFING MATERIAL. Joffrey Sabuso hauls cogon to be used in roofing their hut in Barangay Mingading, Aleosan, North Cotabato. [Mindanews Photo by Keith Bacongco]

FIVE major travel and tour operators based in the cities of Iloilo

and Bacolod have signified to help promote various tourist destinations in Re-gion 12 to the domestic and international tourism mar-kets.

Nelly Nita Dillera, Department of Tourism (DOT) Region 12 director, said Monday the group ini-tially booked a visit to the region this summer to es-tablish linkages with local resorts, hotels and other industry players.

She said they laid out such plan during the busi-ness matching sessions or-ganized by DOT-12 as part of its week-long tourism “selling mission” last week in Iloilo and Bacolod cities.

“They want to experi-

ence and see for themselves the top tourism destina-tions and other attractions that we have in the region so they can properly sell them to their clients,” she said.

Region 12 compris-es the provinces of South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, North Cotaba-to and the cities of General Santos, Koronadal, Tacu-rong, Kidapawan and Cota-bato.

Last year, the DOT-12 launched the “12th para-dise” as the region’s tour-ism brand as part of its enhanced promotion and marketing campaign for the area’s tourist attractions.

The campaign mainly focuses on the selling of the “paradise-like” and world-class natural and cultural

destinations in the region.Dillera said among the

tourism attractions that “intrigued” the Iloilo and Bacolod-based tour oper-ators are the famed Lake Sebu in South Cotabato; Gu-masa beach and paraglid-ing adventure in Sarangani Province; bird sanctuary in Tacurong City, Sultan Kuda-rat; and, the Asik-Asik Falls in Alamada town in North Cotabato.

She said the group is ini-tially planning to promote or market the area to stu-dent-travelers or tourists from their areas.

“They’re not neces-sarily tying up with our local tour operators but they want to set up direct connections with our lo-cal players like hotels, re-sorts, transport operators,

among others,” she said.Dillera said they ex-

pect local tour operators to eventually learn from the “selling strategy” of the Iloilo and Bacolod players.

She noted that out of around 100 registered travel and tour operators in the area, none have ex-isting inbound promotion campaigns.

“All of them are selling outbound tour packag-es like for Singapore and Hong Kong. Not one has been actually selling local tour packages,” she said.

The official said the entry of the Iloilo and Ba-colod tour operators into the area’s tourism mar-ket should challenge local players to innovate and expand their operations. [MindaNews]

Iloilo, Bacolod to help promote Region 12 tourist destinations AFTER intensive stud-

ies on what possible industries to engage

in and crops to grow in the typhoon devastated east coast towns, the provincial government of Davao Ori-ental together with indus-try experts conducted last March 31 a consultation and orientation on the oil palm industry develop-ment poised to be the next mainstay industry in the province.

Dr. Pablito P. Pamplona, an expert on oil palm pro-duction and the newly-ap-pointed head secretary of the Provincial Oil Palm Development Council told farmers how lucrative the oil palm industry is in comparison to other agri-based industries.

He explained that farm-ers could already start to get yield within two and a half years with harvests as frequent as every 15 days,

unlike coconut crop, which takes six years to grow and even has an erratic price in the world market, thus, making it an unstable crop.

In addition, said Dr. Pamplona, oil palm has a yield potential of over 60 tons of fresh fruit bunch per hectare. “And with the application of ‘high-yield-ing’ technologies, farmers could earn a much higher income than with most other crops,” he said while further suggesting inter-cropping strategies for the first few years to boost their income.

AGUMIL Philippines, who will invest on oil palm production in the province, says Davao Ori-ental would only have to comply initially with the minimum requirement of 4,000 hectares for oil palm so that they could set up a processing plant. [Karen Lou Deloso/PIO]

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THE Department of En-ergy (DOE) encourages the public to use fuels

and electricity judiciously especially in the summer months when demand will be higher. Some simple household energy-saving tips are posted at the DOE website and www.wattmat-ters.org.ph.

Equally important, the DOE encourages consumer to buy products that carry an energy label. Yellow en-ergy labels are mandatory on household air condition-ers (except inverter type), household refrigerators (size range: 5 to 8 cubic feet), compact fluorescent lamps (self-ballasted), linear fluo-rescent lamps, circular fluo-rescent lamps and ballasts.

To reduce electricity bills associated with cooling your homes, look for a high En-ergy Efficiency Ratio (EER) when buying a new air-con-ditioner. EER refers to the cooling efficiency of the unit.

For refrigerators and freezers, the yellow ener-gy guide bears the Ener-gy Efficiency Factor (EEF) of the unit. The higher the en-ergy efficiency rating, the lower the energy consump-tion.

For fluorescent lamps, the energy label indicates

the light output in lumens, power consumption, lamp efficacy and average life. More lumens mean more light output. The higher the efficacy rating, the lower is the energy consump-tion. The safety tests, on the other hand, are being administered by the Bureau of Product Standards of the Department of Trade and Industry.

In addition, the DOE has recently established state-of-the-art laboratory facili-ties for performance testing of television sets, washing machines, refrigerators, and freezers through the assis-tance of the Asian Develop-ment Bank.

The DOE envisions that with the stakehold-ers’ cooperation, integrat-ing energy efficiency will significantly help in achiev-ing energy security, opti-mal energy pricing, and a sustainable energy plan for the country.

Further, the DOE warns the public on false claims of some companies that their products, when attached to electrical appliances or lighting products, can bring about a reduction in ener-gy consumption.

The DOE is not en-dorsing uncertified “ener-

gy saving” devices for use by consumers. The agency maintains that these devices should undergo testing us-ing the acceptable technol-ogy verification protocol to prove claims regarding the functional performance of such devices.

“We do acknowledge the inventors’ ingenuity in coming up with such ener-gy-saving devices but we hope their products are really energy-savers so we can help the people reduce their energy consumption and thus save money, partic-ularly at this time when the supply and cost of electricity have stirred public concern,” DOE Undersecretary Loreta G. Ayson said.

She further stated that “the government continues to monitor the energy per-formance of appliances and lighting products covered by the energy standards and labelling program through laboratory tests,” and add-ed that consumers should be extra cautious in pur-chasing energy saving de-vices and consult with the DOE-Consumer Welfare and Promotions Office through the following: text: 0917-581-2925/call: 840-2267/tweet: @doe_ph before mak-ing any purchase.

DOE encourages public on judicious use of electricity

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EDITORIAL

DABAWENYOS who have been observant surely realize that dengue is a very serious public health issue. And if they’ve been listening intently to the news, they’re

realize, too, that dengue is indeed deadly. The experts are telling us the mosquito vector-borne vi-

ral disease is seasonal, meaning statistics in morbidity and mortality is see-sawing, but the good news is that the num-ber of recorded cases in Region 11 is downward compared to the same three-month period last year. Still, the record shows that Davao City, is sadly and undesirably, the peren-nial topnotcher.

Yes, the number of cases from January to March in 2014 dropped by 63.49 percent, compared to 2,882 during the same period in 2013. Also, the number of deaths reduced by 75 percent, from 24 in the first quarter of 2013 to only six during the same period this year.

However, here’s bad news for residents of Davao City, erstwhile adjudged as the most liveable city in the country by the defunct Asiwaeek news magazine. Quoting Dr. Cleofe Tabada, head of the Department of Health 11 Regional Epi-

demiology Surveillance Unit (RESU), Edge Davao’s Cheneen R. Capon reported that during the first quarter of this year, Davao City topped the region in the number of cases and deaths in dengue.

Of the region’s total number of 1,052 dengue cases, Davao City recorded 688, a lot higher than the 152 cases in Davao Oriental, 94 in Compostela Valley, 78 in Davao del Norte and 40 in Davao del Sur. Also, five of the six dengue deaths during the period in review occurred in Davao City. The topnotch-ers in dengue cases in the city are Talomo North, Talomo South, Buhangin and Agdao in that order.

Complacency towards dengue as a fatal disease, coupled with the public’s willy-nilly readiness to accept the alleged efficacy of durian, tawa-tawa and other folkloric panaceas, instead of seeking medical assistance without delay, seems to compound the problem.

Indeed, there’s an urgent need for a vigorous campaign to educate the people that dengue really kills; and that it is a must to seek medical help immediately once the signs are shown on the patient.

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VANTAGE POINTS 7EDGEDAVAODifficult and daunting task

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GETTING BACK THE SOCIO-ECO-NOMIC AND POLITICAL CONDITION INTO BETTER SHAPE – Filipinos are

such a politically-struck people that they have the penchant to talk, discuss and de-bate about political issues including even the petty matters. Barely two years before the much-awaited presidential elections some presidential pretenders were already flexing their political muscles by declar-ing their ambition to contest the country’s highest political post. Our political system it seems has been engulfed by twirling am-bition rather than the true desire to serve the people.

Logically the people will make the choice on the basis of the track record of candidates. As they pondered the litany of I-told-you-so prescriptions from candi-dates during the election campaign period purportedly about the country’s socio-eco-nomic and political malaise, people should spare a thought for upright, old Filipino values. No, not the authoritarian kind be-loved of opposition-allergic strongmen and autocrats, but the likes of thrift, hard work, learning, perseverance, humble living and humility, which played as much role in the boom as exports, technology, capital and productivity.

Of course, the people expect highly that things are going to get better with the election of a new set of public officials – president, vice president, and senators down to the local levels. Well, I suppose that may prove to be a difficult and daunt-ing task. They will be judged on how well they manage to fulfill their litany of pledges and promises – free education, free medical and health care, job generation, shelter and food program, low prices of basic goods, in-frastructure development and so on and so

forth. But more than this, peo-ple want to see our future po-litical leaders continue to ad-here to noble, old ideals.

C l e a r l y , tough deci-sions and radi-cal policy shifts are needed to improve more the country’s unpredictable economy, but they won’t work without the collective efforts and right principles guid-ing our elective officials of different political inclinations. The effort to get the Philip-pine’s socio-economic and political condi-tion back into a better shape actually has to include a return to the ethics that made the country world-beating. The country badly needs political leaders who would strive hard for economic self-sufficiency and im-prove the citizens’ living standards through the efficient delivery of basic social ser-vices and, not just mere lip service.

Politics in a Philippine setting is not as intense without the usual mudslinging, backstabbing, personal insults and cases of betrayal. That is why in the finger-point-ing during the campaign jaunts between the opposing political parties over the apparent slumping economic growth, tot-tering financial system, slipping competi-tiveness, abject poverty and massive un-employment among others, the erosion of enriching the values must rank high sup-posedly in the list of ultimate whys.

Over the years, however, more and more of the nouveau rich, particularly political personalities have sought to im-

press with wasteful display of wealth, power and influence. What all that profli-gacy has done for inflation and the coun-try’s account deficit – noted economists and financial experts know only too well. After the 2016 polls our elective officials from top to bottom including the incum-bents should not undermine those who have installed them in the levers of power nor should covet wealth and power above all else.

They should always bear in mind the worth of principles. Take frugal living and the aversion to debt, credited for the country’s high savings rate not to mention the strong currency, bullish stock market, improved investment and credit ratings. Hard work and learning are other values, which have slipped out of fashion a bit among our present crop of public officials. Many of them presume that they are faced with a choice between pursuing econom-ic growth and intensifying the delivery of basic social services. In fact, it should be possible to do both.

What is of greater concern to the cautious public right now after making a choice during the 2016 presidential elec-tions is that the new elective officials, after being proclaimed and assume office after-wards will forget the virtuous, old Filipino traits, often with little or no regard at all to the marginalized sector in society? It is senseless to bicker at this point whether the present dispensation failed the people in their expectations or not. What’s more important is for the country’s next leaders to stand fully committed to maximize the potential of every Filipino to his whole-ness, fulfillment and dignity as human being and a vision that the country will be great again.

PHOTOGRAPHY is not supposed to be only for people who are skilled in us-ing the camera because there are so

few people in the world who can call them-selves “photographers” or “photojournal-ists” without batting an eye.

If you were the manufacturer of cam-eras like Nikon, Canon, Minolta, Olympus, Sony or even Kodak, you like to see more cameras sold to as many people as possible all over the world. When you’ve invested billions of dollars in this business, you’d like to see a lot of profits or “returns on invest-ment”. So more and more cameras must be sold.

But, alas, most of these cameras, most especially the big name brands are very ex-pensive, they’re priced beyond the reach of ordinary consumer. Only professional pho-tographers who make a living out of pho-tography will invest in expensive cameras because, for sure, they can make a lot of money in photography far beyond the cost of their investments in cameras.

Ordinary people like you and me, for so many decades, love taking pictures of our ordinary everyday lives with friends, families, associates, that a company like Kodak devoted its entire life making sim-ple easy-to-use, “instant cameras” for ordi-nary consumers like us. Kodak wants to see people everywhere take pictures of all the “Times of Your Lives”

Big name brands like Nikon, Canon, etc also followed with their own simple “in-stant cameras” for ordinary consumers like us, sold much cheaper than their standard SLR (single lens reflex) cameras for profes-sionals and amateur hobbyists who have a

lot of money to burn.

Re a l i z i n g how easy it is to make simple “instant” cam-eras that can be integrated into mobile cell phones, manu-facturers mak-ing cellphones like Nokia, Samsung, Sony, iPhone, etc jumped into the fray years ago, making sure all their cell phones have cameras, both for still pictures and making movies---turning everyone who owns a cellphone into instant photographers and video-movie makers !

When I was lugging my four Nikons with four sets of lenses as part of my work as full-time photojournalist in the 1980’s for Sipa Press (French news photo agency), it was such a big deal. At that time, there were no cell phones with cameras in them and Nikons were expensive to buy. And there were very few of us doing full-time jobs just shooting pictures for news and feature stories for foreign news agencies.

All that is gone now. I don’t own any cameras now. The only camera I have is the one on my cellphone and I hardly even use it in my job today as editor-publisher. All my friends in this city have cellphones with cameras in them and shooting like crazy to post on Facebook almost daily.

They even shoot the food they eat during breakfast, lunch and dinner and

post them on Facebook! They shoot what they do---most of the time shooting their ownselves or doing “selfies’! We’re be-ginning to think many of them are KSPs (kulang sa pansin”) as they keep shooting every single details of their lives and show them to the public.

If you can shoot your own self, if you can make your own ID photo, if you can cover news events and personal activities using only your cellphone camera--- or even a cheap instant camera whose pic-tures can be downloaded in the internet for posting on Facebook or emails, you don’t need the services of a “professional photographer” anymore!

Those who’ve made photography as their business by opening their own photo studios are all driven by love and passion for photography to the point of perfec-tion. They don’t love anything else except photography. And they don’t worry that almost everyone on the street have cell-phones with cameras and can shoot pic-tures anytime they want.

Returns on investment would come in only if you’re persistent and determined to succeed in this business as a professional photographer, despite the competition you’ll face from the same people you con-sider “prospects” for your photography business.

Although future prospects for photog-raphy as a full-time job or business don’t look so bright from our vantage point, it isn’t going dim either. If you’re in it, just hang in there.

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BOTH continental European euro-enthusiasts and British Conservatives received a boost

last week when the German and UK finance ministers called for a rewrite of the European Union’s treaties. The goal, outlined by Wolfgang Schaeu-ble and George Osborne, is to kill two birds with one stone: shore up the euro zone and keep Britain in the EU.

The entente is significant. Ger-man-UK relations have certainly warmed since December 2011, when London tried to block one of Berlin’s pet projects – a treaty that restricted borrowing by euro zone countries – unless it was given guarantees to protect the City of London.

But have the two countries really found a formula that simultaneously solves the EU’s two main problems? There are reasons to be sceptical.

Schaeuble and Osborne wrote in a joint article in the Financial Times that the euro zone needs a common fiscal and economic policy. Meanwhile, as it integrates further, those EU countries that don’t use the single currency such as Britain shouldn’t be put at a “systematic disadvantage.”

What this meant was that “fu-ture EU reform and treaty change must include reform of the gover-nance framework to put euro area integration on a sound legal basis, and guarantee fairness for those EU countries inside the single market but outside the single currency.”

Some observers see this dec-laration as the basis of grand bar-gain. After all, Germany is the EU’s most powerful country. What Berlin wants, Berlin gets.

But is this really so?Take Schaeuble’s desire for a

new euro zone governance frame-work. During the crisis years, three important new entities have been or are being created: the Europe-an Stability Mechanism, the bloc’s bailout fund; the single supervisory mechanism, under the aegis of the European Central Bank, for oversee-ing banks; and the single resolution mechanism, for shutting down bust lenders.

Meanwhile, the zone’s finance ministers meet regularly in the Eu-rogroup – which, in due course, will have its own full-time president. On top of that, Germany got its stricter rules to control countries’ borrow-ings.

The conventional wisdom is that monetary union requires fiscal union – and that what the euro zone has done so far doesn’t amount to fiscal union. But what else is need-ed?

Here views diverge. Germany wants more discipline, giving either a euro zone finance minister or an EU budget commissioner the pow-er to veto national budgets. Other countries, especially in the periph-ery, want some form of “debt mutu-alisation,” under which euro zone members would guarantee each others’ borrowings.

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CIPRIANA L. GONO,Petitioner Case No.2000-XI-01256

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NOTICE, is hereby giv-

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At least, TEN (10) days prior to the above date peti-tioner shall publish this No-tice once in a one (1) daily newspaper of general circula-tion in Mindanao

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

This petition will be acted upon by this Board on the ba-sis of its records and the doc-umentary evidence submit-ted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documen-tary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable BENJAMIN A. GO, CESO V, Re-gional Director, this 14th day of March 2014 at Davao City.

TERESITA DELA PEÑA-YÑIGUEZ

Chief Transportation Development Officer

the issue to the commit-tee on finance, ways and means and appropriations headed by Dayanghirang himself exhaust all the grievances expressed by the latter.

However, city councilor Victorio Advincula Jr. inter-vened and raised a motion to also refer the matter to the committee on ethics and good governance and the committee of rules, privileges, laws and ordi-nances.

Bello pointed out that before the matter can be referred to the committee on ethics and good gover-nance, the proponent must first file a complaint under oath.

Dayanghirang ex-pressed his affirmation and declares he will file a complaint against Riola.

“That is the problem Mr. President. That was why I suggested that this item refer first to the com-mittee of finance. So the good councilor (referring to Dayanghirang) will not go into a conclusion on the guilt of the persons involved. Because he has yet to conduct that proper committee hearing and he ha mentioned that those individual does not de-serve in those positions,” Bello stressed.

Bello said that “for the interest of justice and fair play” Dayanghirang should invite all the officials in concerned local govern-ment agencies.

City councilor Bonifa-cio Militar expressed dis-may over the way Dayang-hirang handled the issue.

“There was no positive action. Let’s stop we con-sumed one and a half hour,” said Militar.

Militar instead urged Dayanghirang to make a motion authorizing the City Legal Office to expro-priate the properties of de-linquent tax payers to solve the problem real property tax delinquencies.

“But, I am asking what will be the result of the committee hearing after the hearing has been done can you raise taxes, can raise taxes a lot? Just the same,” said Militar.

Based on the report, there are information de-ficiencies on tax declara-tions, with some records having multiple entries which resulted to multi-ple assessments instead of only one.

It states that there are properties which were already acquired by the city government that are included in the delinquent list and there are 16,000 record deficiencies that need to be verified.

The team recommends that the Real Property Task Force and City Assessor’s Office should coordinate with respect to city’s prop-erty.

They also want to has-ten the issuance of Notice of Delinquency to compel the owner to pay or to cor-rect the deficient data.

The report says that some of the account own-ers notified the CTO on the status of the delinquent property.

It also recommends for the review of the deficient records and inspection of the properties to deter-mine its actual use. “Then, inclusion of the corre-sponding property identifi-cation and the title number of the property listed in the delinquency list,” it said.

“Katong pobre gyud kaayo pangitaan t agyud to’g luna nga kabalhianan, tabangan nato,” he said.

Duterte identified some roads in the city such as the area which suppos-edly connects E. Quirino

Avenue to corner C.M Rec-to Street and R. Magsaysay Street and the area near the Masonic Center which

supposedly connects V. Mapa St. to Tionko Avenue going to F. Torres Street and J.P Laurel Avenue.

reported it as they have seen it,” said Coloma.

He downplayed specu-lations that China is being aggressive as there is an ongoing Visiting Forces

Agreement between the United States and the Phil-ippines.

“It is up for other countries to interpret the actions that we take, and

the actions that we take are dictated by our own national interest and not in response to what other countries want to see or want to happen,” he said.

Other than the Ayungin Shoal, Manila and Beijing are quarreling over the Scarborough Shoal and the Kalayaan Group of Is-lands. [PNA]

THE Senate Blue Rib-bon Committee on Tuesday urged the

Senate committee on ethics and privileges to investigate the accusations of plun-der against Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy Estra-da and Ramon Revilla Jr.

The recommendation was contained in a commit-tee report on Senate inqui-ry on the alleged misuse of priority development assis-tance fund (PDAF) released on Tuesday by Senate Blue Ribbon committee chair Teofisto “TG” Guingona III.

”This Committee, hav-ing jurisdiction over “all matters relating to the con-

duct, rights, privileges, safe-ty, dignity, integrity and rep-utation of the Senate and its members, is duty-bound therefore to conduct a hear-ing to discipline its mem-bers,” Guingona stated in a 122-page report.

”Allegations of plunder reflect deplorably on the dignity, integrity and repu-tation of the entire Senate as an institution,” he added.

The three senators never attended all the nine Senate hearings on the pork barrel scam that al-legedly siphoned billions of PDAF through bogus non-government organi-zations (NGOs) formed by

businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles.

The Senate Blue Rib-bon panel recommended to the Office of the Om-budsman the filing of crim-inal charges for plunder against three senators, their chiefs of staff and three other individuals in-cluding Napoles.

”The Committee’s find-ings would show that there have been reckless disre-gard of standard operat-ing procedures, a cavalier violation of laws, rules and regulations and other gov-ernment issuances, and a systemic, endemic and or-chestrated pillaging of the

national treasury in the use of PDAF,” the Senate committee report said.

Meanwhile, the Senate Blue Ribbon committee referred to the Integrat-ed Bar of the Philippines (IBP) and the Supreme Court (SC) for disbarment proceedings against mem-bers of the legal profession involved in the pork barrel scam led by Enrile.

Aside from Enrile, the panel also recommended the filing of disbarment case against Enrile’s for-mer chief of staff Atty. Jes-sica “Gigi” Reyes and Re-villa’s COS Richard Cambe. [PNA]

Senate ethics panel urged to probe ‘pork’ senators

chief said. “There is also a pro-

cess that needs to be fol-lowed and that is being enforced by the LTFRB. So daanin lang po natin sa ta-mang proseso at ginagawa naman po ng pamahalaan

ang nararapat,” he added. Meanwhile, following

reports of some drivers’ complaints that their gas-oline easily ran out quick-er than usual, Coloma said he will inform the is-sue to the Department of

Trade and Industry (DTI) as well as the Department of Energy (DOE) regard-ing the matter to assure they (drivers) were not being cheated by gas com-panies.

“Kailangan po sig-

urong siyasatin ‘yan kung mayroong batayan. Kara-patan naman po ng mga mamamayan katulad nin-yo na maghain ng ganyang hinaing at dapat ay tugu-nan kaagad ng kinauuku-lan,” he said. [PNA]

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THE Intergovern-mental Panel on Climate Change

(IPCC) issued a report on Monday that says the effects of climate change are already occurring on all continents and across the oceans. The world, in many cases, is ill-pre-pared for risks from a changing climate. The re-port also concludes that there are opportunities to respond to such risks, though the risks will be difficult to manage with high levels of warming.

The report, titled Cli-mate Change 2014: Im-pacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability, from Work-ing Group II of the IPCC, details the impacts of cli-mate change to date, the future risks from a chang-ing climate, and the op-portunities for effective action to reduce risks. A total of 309 coordinating lead authors, lead au-thors, and review editors, drawn from 70 countries, were selected to produce the report. They enlisted the help of 436 contribut-ing authors, and a total of 1,729 expert and govern-ment reviewers.

The report concludes that responding to cli-mate change involves making choices about risks in a changing world. The nature of the risks of climate change is increas-ingly clear, though climate change will also continue to produce surprises. The report identifies vulnera-ble people, industries, and ecosystems around the world. It finds that risk from a changing climate comes from vulnerabili-ty (lack of preparedness) and exposure (people or assets in harm’s way) overlapping with hazards (triggering climate events or trends). Each of these three components can be

a target for smart actions to decrease risk.

UN Under-Secre-tary-General and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner said: “The latest science cited by the IPCC assessment provides con-clusive scientific evidence that human activities are causing unprecedented changes in the Earth’s climate. It is time to take immediate and robust action to mitigate the im-pacts of climate change. The clock is ticking and time is not on our side. As recent studies show, greenhouse gas emissions at or above current rates would induce changes in the oceans, ice caps, gla-ciers, the biosphere and other components of the climate system. Some of these changes would very likely be unprecedented over decades to thou-sands of years. Limiting climate change would require substantial and sustained reductions in emissions of carbon diox-ide and other greenhouse gasses.”

“Climate change is a long term challenge but one that requires urgent action today, given the risks of a more that 2 de-grees C temperature rise. For those who want to fo-cus on the scientific ques-tion marks, that is their right to do so. But today, we need to focus on the fundamentals and on ac-tions. Otherwise the risks we run will get higher with every passing day,” he added.

“We live in an era of man -made climate change,” said Vicente Bar-ros, Co -Chair of Working Group II. “In many cas-es, we are not prepared for the climate -related risks that we already face. Investments in better preparation can pay div-

idends both for the prese nt and for the future.”

Adaptation to reduce the risks from a changing climate is now starting to occur, but with a stronger focus on reacting to past events than on preparing for a changing future, ac-cording to Chris Field, Co-Chair of Working Group II.

“Climate -change ad-aptation is not an exotic agenda that has never been tried. Governments, firms, and communities around the world are building experience with adaptation,” Field said. “This experience forms a starting point for bolder, more ambitious adapta-tions that will be import-ant as climate and society continue to change.”

Future risks from a changing climate depend strongly on the amount of future climate change. Increasing magnitudes of warming increase the likelihood of severe and pervasive impacts that may be surprising or irre-versible.

“With high levels of warming that result from continued growth in greenhouse gas emis-sions, risks will be chal-lenging to manage, and even serious, sustained investments in adapta-tion will face limits,” said Field.

Observed impacts of climate change have already affected agri-culture, human health, ecosystems on land and in the oceans, water sup-plies, and some people’s livelihoods. The striking feature of observed im-pacts is that they are oc-curring from the tropics to the poles, from small is-lands to large continents, and from the wealthiest countries to the poorest.

“The report concludes that people, societies, and

ecosystems are vulnera-ble around the world, but with different vulnera-bility in different places. Climate change often in-teract s with other stress-es to increase risk,” Field said.

Adaptation can play a key role in decreasing these risks, Barros noted. “Part of the reason ad-aptation is so important is that the world faces a host of risks from climate change already baked into the climate system, due to past emissions and existing infrastructure, “ said Barros.

Field added: “Under-standing that climate change is a challenge in managing risk opens a wide range of opportu-nities for integrating ad-aptation with economic and social development and with initiatives to limit future warming. We definitely face challenges, but understanding those challenges and tackling them creatively can make climate -change adapta-tion an important way to help build a mo re vibrant world in the near -term and beyond.”

Rajendra Pachauri, Chair of the IPCC, said: “The Working Group II report is another import-ant step forward in our understanding of how to reduce and manage the risks of climate change. Along with the reports from Working Group I and Working Group III, it provides a conceptual map of not only the essen-tial features of the climate challenge but the options for solutions.”

The Working Group I report was released in September 2013, and the Working Group III repo rt will be released in April 2014. The IPCC Fifth As-sessment Report cycle

concludes with the publi-cation of its Synthesis Re-port in October 2014.

“None of this would be possible without the ded-ication of the Co -Chairs of Working Group II and the hundred s of scientists and experts who volun-teered their time to pro-duce this report, as well as the more than 1,700

expert reviewers world-wide who contributed their invaluable over-sight,” Pachauri said. “The IPCC’s reports are some of the most ambitious scientific undertakings in human history, and I am humbled by and grateful for the contributions of everyone who make them possible.”

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ENVIRONMENT

and the opportunities for effective responses

Pervasive risks in a changing climate

UN Secretary-Gen-eral Ban Ki-moon on Monday wel-

comed the latest report from a UN climate panel on the impacts of global warming, urging the in-ternational community to “make every effort need-ed” to reach a global legal agreement in this regard by 2015.

A statement issued here by Ban’s spokesper-son said Ban “welcomes the findings of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report on the impacts of climate change.”

The report, which was released Monday in Yoko-hama, Japan, concluded that the world is largely ill-prepared for climate- related risks.

“The secretary-gener-al urges all countries to act swiftly and boldly at every level, to bring am-bitious announcements and actions to the Climate Summit on 23 September 2014 and to make every effort needed to reach a global legal climate agree-ment by 2015,” said the statement.

In the statement, the UN chief also noted that managing the risks of cli-

mate change will be in-creasingly difficult with higher levels of warming.

“To reduce these risks, substantial reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions must be made, along with smart strat-egies and actions to im-prove disaster prepared-ness and reduce expo-sure to events caused by climate change,” Ban said.

The IPCC, established by the United Nations En-vironment Programme and the World Meteoro-logical Organization in 1988, on Monday issued its latest report, saying the effects of climate change are already occur-ring on all continents and across the oceans.

The report, titled Cli-mate Change 2014: Im-pacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability, from Work-ing Group II of the IPCC, told in great details about the impacts of climate change to date, the future risks from a changing cli-mate, and the opportuni-ties for effective action to reduce risks.

According to the IPCC, the report involved the work of 309 authors and review editors selected from 70 countries. [PNA/Xinhua]

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The best ‘techie’ gifts for the class of 2014

WITH the month of March drawing to a close, many students around the country will close another chapter in their lives as they prepare to ‘move up’ to a higher level in school or graduate to what is called the ‘School of Life’ after finishing their college degree. And what better way to help them through the changes—and, in turn, reward years of hard work and dedication to fulfilling their academic goals—than to give them some of today’s hottest gadgets which they can use for both work and play. Here are just some of the trusty notebooks and tablets currently being of-fered by Smart Bro which parents and loved ones can give as a toast to the class of 2014:

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n o t h -ing can prepare them to face the so-called “real-world” than a true multitasker in the form of the Asus Transformer Book T100, a trusty hybrid workhorse for both work and play. As a 10-inch tablet, the Asus Transformer Book T100 comes built in with Microsoft Office Home & Student 2013 and Win-dows 8 OS, for quick doc-ument editing on the go. The full-sized keyboard dock also offers the con-venience of shifting from play to work mode in a matter of seconds.

Trusty thesis compan-ionMoving up to college

means lots of demanding school work, ending in the penultimate aca-demic research output that’s often dreaded by most: the thesis. But if you have a Samsung ATIV Book 2 with you that’s powered by 500GB of storage space, 2GB of RAM and the latest Microsoft Win-dows 8 operating sys-tem, doing research for your college thesis, writing down all the docu-m e n t work,

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that had just gone by. The Acer Iconia W4, with a Blue-tooth Keyboard Cover in-cluded, can definitely help you ace your next subjects with ease. And when it’s time to take a break and play, just slip out the tablet from the cover to enjoy a world of entertainment that awaits you.

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PARK INN SUPPORTS EARTH HOUR. Park Inn by Radisson Davao and SM Lanang Premier count down to Earth Hour.

In photo are the Team Philippines boys team with their coach Roy Moore (standing, right) and Globe representatives led by Yoly Cri-santo, SVP for Corporate Communications (2nd from right), Jocel de Guzman, Director of External Affairs (2nd from left); and Miguel Bermundo of Corporate Social Responsibility (left).

“SHE’S just herself. Pero sa lahat [ng gusto ko sa kanya], feeling ko kasi I can take her anywhere.” This is what Enrique Gil particularly likes about former co-star Julia Mon-tes. Julia, a teen queen in the realm of showbiz, truly is the adventurous girl Enrique describes her to be. After portray-ing iconic roles on many of Philippine TV’s most celebrated teleseryes, Ju-lia is now bolder, better, and readier than ever to conquer more exciting new paths that lie ahead. In Chalk magazine’s latest issue, Julia goes into the details and reveals how she got to where she is now, where she wants to go next, and who exactly she has to thank for it all. Joining Julia in Chalk’s Big Summer issue are ten of the finest guys—in-cluding cover boys Randy See, Miko Raval, and Ra-phael Robes—who are

on a mission to making summer scorching hot. Let these guys lead the way to the hottest boot camp by the beach and discover where to spot

them, who they’d love to hang out with, and how they keep their bodies amazing. Meet the first half of summer’s hottest guys in Chalk’s annual

THIS Wednesday, GMA Network’s lifestyle pro-gram Powerhouse revis-its the People’s Mansion, the official residence of Star for All Seasons and Batangas Governor Vilma Santos-Recto. The interior of the Peo-ple’s Mansion changes with each administration. With Governor Vi’s term, the old fountain was turned into a venue for consultations on People’s Day. The actress-turned-public servant also has a private room, but there are rumors that it is haunted by a ghost. Aside from the man-

sion, the Batangas gov-ernor also invites Pow-erhouse in her mobile office, a bus she uses to do some field work and visit her constituents in the different municipali-ties of the province. The Star for All Seasons first appeared in the film “Trudis Liit” when she was nine years old. But she ad-mits that despite her suc-cess, there is one thing she regrets: “The biggest regret of my life is that I wasn’t able to finish my education, but I was able to graduate kahit high school.” In her interview with

Powerhouse host Kara David, she reveals that she and rival Nora Aunor were the first actors who received one million pe-sos as talent fee, but she admits that she wasn’t able to handle her financ-es well. “Lahat ng lote ko at bahay ko ay nakuha ng

MULTI-AWARDED news an-chor and radio host Mike C. Enriquez renewed his ties with GMA Network in a con-tract signing that was held on March 28. Present during the con-tract signing were GMA Network Chairman and CEO Felipe L. Gozon, President and COO Gilberto R. Dua-vit, Jr., EVP and CFO Felipe S. Yalong, and SVP for News and Public Affairs Marissa L. Flores. “Unang una nagpapas-alamat ako sa pagtitiwalang pinapakita ng mga tagapag-simuno ng GMA,” says En-riquez . “At itong pagpirma ko ay pagpapakita rin ng pagtitiwala ko sa kasalukuy-ang pamunuan ng GMA.”

“Tuloy-tuloy lang po ang pagbibigay namin ng bali-tang walang kinikilingan, walang pinoprotektahan, serbisyong totoo lamang,” he says of the expectations from his continuing career as a GMA News pillar. GMA’s top management expressed their confidence in Enriquez’ abilities not only as a news personality but also as the Consultant for the

Network’s radio operations. “Mike is one of the most decent news anchors na na-kilala ko,” expresses Gozon. “I’m grateful and gratified na meron pala kaming mutual admiration, na ang tingin niya sa amin ay pareho sa tingin namin sa value niya.” “Mike is one of the most highly-respected and dis-tinguished news and public affairs personalities,” shares

Duavit. “Over the years, si Mike ay di lamang bahagi ng ating samahan kung hindi ay isang tumatayong poste ng pagiging Kapuso. So na-kakatuwa at nakakataba ng puso ang kanyang pagpir-ma muli sa simpleng dahilan na ito ay nagsisilbing patu-nay ng kanyang patuloy na pagtitiwala sa himpilan, at sa aming pagbalik ng tiwalang iyon.” Mike Enriquez anchors GMA’s flagship news tele-cast, 24 Oras, and hosts the investigative public affairs program, Imbestigador. He can also be heard on Super Radyo DZBB’s programs – Saksi sa Dobol B, Super Balita sa Umaga Nationwide, and Imbestigador Sa DZBB.

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Julia Montes sizzles with the boys of summer in Chalk’s big summer issue

The home of the star for all seasons in Powerhouse

Mike Enriquez remains a Kapuso

Pic of the dayBoys of Summer Special. Also in the latest issue, get a complete dose of the hottest bikinis, acces-sories, and skin care prod-ucts for all those beach escapades. In a combined fashion and beauty edi-torial entitled “One Epic Summer,” get ideas on all these things and where to take them, featuring the hottest surfing desti-nation in the country—San Juan, La Union. Aside from that, Chalk also put together a list of the best go-to summer destina-tions. All these and more can be found in Chalk’s Big Summer issue, which even has a double cover. Two covers give twice the fun over the break—with the other side featuring sweethearts Sophie Al-bert, Danielle Lee, and Chanel Morales. Grab a copy of Chalk’s latest issue today, out in newsstands and magazine stores now.

bangko tapos may utang pa ako. Ultimo bahay na tinitirahan ko nakasangla sa bangko. Thank God I was able to recover. Iyan ang tinatawag na expen-sive education, bago ako natutong hawakan ang pera ko, bumagsak muna ako, literally back to zero financially.” Find out the secrets to Ate Vi’s success and how she was able to overcome the obstacles in her show-biz and political career as well as in her personal life. Don’t miss this exciting episode of Powerhouse this Wednesday, right af-ter Saksi, in GMA 7.

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they built a close relation-ship when Rissa came on board as brand ambassa-dor for one of the beauty brands Jacqe was handling. Bringing to the table her expert eye in beauty and her shared passion to make women look and feel beau-tiful, Rissa joined Jacque in her latest beauty ven-ture. “I knew how hard it was to find good makeup for morenas when I first started modeling ten years ago. I’ve been modeling for more than a decade and I have had every imaginable

makeup brand on my face. Many of them can instantly prettify you, but the big-gest beauty woe is going home with ruined skin. Truly good makeup should be your ally—not your enemy—in making you look and feel more beauti-ful,” shares Rissa. “Even as a beauty columnist, I’ve always been proud to be brown and dreamed to cre-ate the perfect makeup line that would wonderfully cel-ebrate Filipina skin.” “Jacqe and I weathered many challenges and like-wise celebrated many vic-tories,” recalls Rissa of their growing friendship. “Jacqe possesses one of the most brilliant minds I know, and I love that she’s a per-fectionist like me. Ours is a friendship that goes beyond the workplace,” she says. “Every time I’m with her, she always makes me feel like we’re sisters, so part-nering with Jacqe felt so logical and natural.” Recognizing the strength of their tried and tested tan-dem, Jacqe likewise speaks fondly of Rissa. “I may have devoted a decade of my life in understanding how to make women feel beauti-ful, but I have actually part-nered with Rissa who is an actual expert in beauty,” ex-plains Jacqe. “She’s the first one I approached to try the

Happy Skin line when we were formulating the prod-

ucts. I very much respect Rissa’s experience both as a model and a beauty colum-nist, and I knew she’d be able to understand if this was something that wom-en would love. I was very ecstatic that she loved the products, so much so that she signed on to become my partner and joined me in creating the prod-uct line of Happy Skin.”  So, what’s in store for this happy brand? Rissa says there are so many more things to be excited about. “In fact, we’re pre-paring to launch the next set of products soon. One of the most recent items we introduced is the lim-ited edition lipstick called Valentine Kiss which was the result of our collabo-ration with Kris Aquino.” Inspired by her favorite pink color,  Kris Aquino approached the  Happy Skin founders  and asked them to create a limited-edition lipstick called Valentine Kiss. Branded with her autograph, this marks her stamp of ap-

proval for this special lip-pie in her signature pop of pink. “Happy Skin believes that women should be able to live life to the full-est, worry-free! Our skin-loving products were designed to be fuss-free, easy-to-apply, and come

in shades specifically for-mulated to complement Filipina skintones. Jacqe and I are very hands-on and we test every single sample until we achieve a product that will make women—and their skin—happy,” explains Rissa. Happy Skin is currently available at Chimes Spe-cialty Store located along Gov. Sales St., Davao City. Follow @chimesstore on Instagram for exclusive deals and featured prod-ucts. Visit www.happysk-incosmetics.com for a com-plete list of stores around the country.

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AP P R O X I M A T E LY 1,000 customers of the Davao City Water

District received customized umbrellas, foldable fans, eco bags, notebooks, bookmarks and calendars during the company’s Customer Appre-ciation Day and World Water Day celebration last March 21 at its Bajada, Matina and Toril offices and Victoria Plaza collection center. The customers were also asked to read various trivia on DCWD’s operations in its 40 years of existence.

The activity is DCWD’s simple way of thanking its customers for the support and cooperation they have been giving DCWD. It can be recalled that same activity was held last November 4, 2013 to commemorate the 40th founding anniversary of the water utility on Novem-ber 3, 1973 through Presi-dential Decree 198.

DCWD conducted the second Customer Apprecia-tion Day along with the cel-ebration of World Water Day to highlight the global cele-bration’s call for water con-

servation. This year’s theme is “Water and Energy” which advocates for the conser-vation of both resources as they are closely interlinked.

Held simultaneous-ly was the sticker brigade wherein stickers on water conservation and environ-

mental protection were placed on the back portions of 200 public jeepneys pass-ing along Mc Arthur High-way and J.P. Laurel Avenue. This activity is annually conducted on World Water Day and the jeepneys were chosen because these can

easily and widely carry the messages to the general public.

Along with these two activities was the recent-ly concluded first World Water Day photo contest among government agen-cies and the exhibit of the

entries at the SM City An-nex in Ecoland. The contest was held March 18 while the exhibit ran from March 19 to 23. The photo titled “Regulating Wastewater to Bring Energy to Life” of Sherwin A. Miguel from the City Economic Enterprise

bagged the first place spot while “Crossover” of Gerar-do D. Madrazo from the City Assessor’s Office came in second and Nature’s Beauty of Tomas Jose S. Iñigo from the Sports Development Di-vision was in third. [Jovana T. Duhaylungsod]

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DCWD gives back to customers on World Water Day celebration

DCWD GIVES BACK TO CUSTOMERS THRU DCWD’S CUSTOMERS APPRECIATION DAY. Customers at DCWD’s Toril office receive free items during its celebration of World Water Day.

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THE Meralco Bolts and the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Kings are

banking on a couple of NBA veterans to turn their fate in the ongoing 2014 PBA Commissioner’s Cup. The two teams will meet tomor-row to test out their new recruits.

With team in turmoil after losing to the Air21 Express in their last game for a 2-4 win-loss record, Ginebra hired the services for 6-foot-9 Josh Powell in an effort to turn their con-ference around.

Powell went unselected in the 2003 NBA Draft but he was able to make it into the league in 2005 with the Dallas Mavericks. He had stints with the Pacers, War-riors, Hawks, Spurs, and Knicks but his is best re-membered for being a part of the Los Angeles Lakers squad that won back-to-back NBA titles in 2009 and 2010.

Meralco on the oth-er hand were right in the middle of the pack but they wanted an import that could take them deeper into the playoffs. Because they are a team packed with shooters, the Bolts

had a tough time getting rebounds when their im-port took threes. Now they found an inside operator to free up Gary David for his triples and Jared Dillinger for his drives to the basket.

The Bolts hired the ser-vices of 6-foot-9 Darnell Jackson. They were allowed to get an import two inches taller than him because of their bottom-two standing in the 2014 Philippine Cup but they went for skill over size.

Jackson was the 52nd overall pick by the Cleve-land Cavaliers in the 2008 NBA Draft. He also had

stints with the Bucks and the Kings but he spent most of his years in the D-League.

The two NBA vets both last played in the Chinese Basketball Association where Howell normed 16.6 points and 9.9 rebounds while Jackson averaged 19.6 points and 11.2 re-bounds.

Sadly for Leon Rodg-ers, the last memory he will leave with Barangay Ginebra was a botched game-tying attempt in the dying seconds of their game against Air21.

In six games with the Kings, Rodgers averaged

30.33 points, 10.17 re-bounds, 2.67 assists, and 0.50 steals. His scoring av-erage is indeed impressive but he shot below 40% from the two point range and below 25% from three, which was particularly bad as he had three games where he took ten or more attempts from deep.

Brian Butch on the oth-er had put in the numbers for the Bolts and led them to a respectable .500 re-cord. He did play poorly in their last game against the Rain or Shine Elasto Paint-ers but he had an illness during that game.

14 SPORTS EDGEDAVAOManny Pacquiao lands a right on Timothy Bradley during their first bout.

FORMER pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao is highly

motivated to defeat Amer-ican boxer Timothy Brad-ley Jr., not just to regain his WBO welterweight belt also to prove that he is still an elite fighter.

Pacquiao, who will face Bradley in a rematch on April 12, acknowledged that he is facing several questions ahead of the welterweight showdown.

“There a lot of people who doubt I can fight the same way I fought when I

knocked out Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Erik Morales and Marco Anto-nio Barrera,” the Filipino icon told RingTV.

“I want to prove to them that I am the best,” he stressed.

Against Bradley, Pac-

quiao is trying to avenge a controversial June 2012 loss that saw the Amer-ican defeat him via split decision, to the surprise of majority of the boxing world.

“I am inspired. I am the challenger,” Pacquiao

said of the upcoming re-match. “I know I will need to outbox and outspeed Bradley, and that is what I will do.”

“This is the first time I have challenged for a world title that I lost. Do I want it back? You bet I

do,” he stressed. “I want it back from Tim Bradley.”

Pacquiao is current-ly training at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood. He spent the first phase of his training camp in his hometown of General Santos City.

Pacquiao: ‘I’m still the best’

Darnell Jackson (left) and Josh Powell will try to alter the fate of their currently struggling teams in the PBA (Getty Images)

Meralco, Ginebra bank on NBA vets to alter their fates

Former Philippine Bas-ketball Association (PBA) player Bryan Ga-

hol, who suited up for four PBA teams in a seven-year career, died late Monday night in a multiple-vehicle accident along the South Luzon Expressway near Al-abang. He was 36.

According to reports, Gahol was onboard a Nis-san Urvan bound for Que-zon City with four other companions when their ve-hicle was struck by a jeep, causing it to overturn. The jeep’s driver was quoted as saying he lost control of his vehicle after they were hit by a truck.

A female passenger onboard the Nissan Urvan also perished, while three others escaped with minor injuries.

Gahol was a a high school star at the Liceo de Los Banos and a member of Philippine under-18 youth team that placed sixth in the FIBA-Asia Under-18 Championship held in Ma-nila in 1995. Among his teammates on the youth team were future PBA pros Paolo Mendoza, Ogie Gu-

matay, Gerard Francisco, Danny Ildefonso, and Mark Telan.

After his stint with the youth team, Gahol joined Mendoza and Gumatay at the University of the Philip-pines. He suited up for the Fighting Maroons for three seasons, helping lead the team to back-to-back Final Four appearances in 1996 and 1997.

The six-foot-four Gahol was picked fourth overall in the 1999 PBA draft by the Mobiline Phone Pals (now known as the Talk ‘N Text Tropang Texters). He went on to suit up for Alaska, San Miguel Beer and Red Bull in a career that ended in 2006. He was part of the Red Bull team that won the 2005-06 Fiesta Conference title.

Gahol went back to his hometown of Los Banos, Laguna after his playing days were over and eventu-ally entered politics. He was elected municipal councilor in 2010 but narrowly lost in a re-election bid in 2013.

Several members of the PBA family have expressed sadness with Gahol’s pass-ing.

Ex-PBA player Gahol dies in car accident

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The excuses came ready made

for the Los Angeles Clip-pers on Monday night. Blake Griffin and Jamal Crawford were out with injuries. They were play-ing their fourth game of a five-game road trip.

Chris Paul would have none of that.

‘’I said, ‘Fellas, let’s be who we are. We got who we got, let’s keep the train moving,’’’ Paul told them. ‘’We said, ‘No excuses.’’’

And no mercy on a Minnesota Timberwolves team that just wants this massively disappointing season to end.

Darren Collison had 28 points and seven as-sists, and the Clippers didn’t miss a beat with Griffin out with a back in-jury in a 114-104 victory.

Paul had 22 points, nine assists and seven re-bounds, and Matt Barnes scored 19 points for the Clippers (53-22). Griffin, the team’s leading scor-er, warmed up before the game but wasn’t quite ready after being injured on Saturday night against Houston.

Jared Dudley started in his place and scored 16 points, while DeAn-dre Jordan grabbed a ca-reer-high 24 rebounds to help the Clippers pull within two games of Okla-homa City for the second

seed in the West.‘’Everyone keeps

track,’’ Dudley said. ‘’We know we have another game against (the Thun-der) at home and we’re just trying to win every game. We want that 2 seed and we know the 1 seed could be tough be-cause San Antonio hasn’t lost in a month or so.’’

Kevin Love had 20 points, 13 rebounds

and four assists for the Wolves.

Crawford was out with a calf injury, but a lacklus-ter effort by the Wolves’ starters on the second night of a back-to-back made up for his absence.

‘’They’ve got to bust it,’’ Wolves coach Rick Adelman said. ‘’They owe themselves that. Owe their teammates that; owe the organization, the fans.’’

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Edge Davao hiring 3 reporters

EDGE DAVAO is a need of three staff-writers/reporters for its expansion program.

The reporters will be assigned to the business, science/environment and political beats.

Applicant must be a graduate of a four- year college course. Experience is not needed although preferable.

Interested parties may send their ap-plication letter to Mr. Antonio M. Ajero, Edge Davao editor, thru email address ajero_antonio@yahoo.com. For inqui-ries, please call Mr. Ajero thru mobile phone 09052422686 or landline 221-3601.

Miami Heat forward LeBron James (right) looks for an open teammate past Toronto Raptors center Jonas Valanciunas (left) and forward John Salmons. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

MIAMI (AP) -- For the first time all season, the Miami

Heat are alone atop the Eastern Conference.

And that’s quite a turn-around from how things seemed less than a week ago.

LeBron James fought through a sore back to score 32 points, Chris Bosh added 18 and the Heat used another strong de-fensive effort to beat the Toronto Raptors 93-83 on Monday night. The win pushed the two-time de-fending NBA champions percentage points ahead of the struggling Indiana Pac-ers in the race for the No. 1 seed in the East.

‘’It doesn’t feel like any-thing,’’ James said. ‘’The standings are what they are. We want to play the best we can and the fact that we are in first place, I think that’s pretty cool but we’ve got so much work to do. We’ve got too much work to do. We’ve got guys that need to get healthy. We

haven’t even talked about it. We probably won’t talk about it. We’ve got to play the season out.’’

Chris Andersen scored 13 points on 5-for-5 shoot-ing and Mario Chalmers added 12 for Miami (51-22), which was again with-out Dwyane Wade (ham-string), Greg Oden (back) and Ray Allen (flu).

Indiana (52-23) lost at home earlier Monday night to San Antonio, 103-77.

‘’The No. 1 seed is the last thing on our minds right now,’’ Pacers coach Frank Vogel said after his team’s loss.

The Heat - who were three games out in the East after losing at Indi-ana on Wednesday - are basically saying the same thing.

Sure, it’s a neat perk - Heat coach Erik Spoels-tra called it an ‘’ancillary’’ effect of hard work - and Bosh acknowledged the outcomes Monday merit-ed a very subtle fist-pump from him.

Heat move atop East

Clippers tame Wolves, 114-104

San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan gets a basket on a dunk over In-diana Pacers center Roy Hibbert in the second half of an NBA basketball game in Indianapolis on Monday. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- San Antonio is steam-rolling its way into the

playoffs. Indiana can’t even figure out what’s wrong.

And a game that might have been billed as an NBA Finals preview just a week or two ago demonstrated just how wide the dispar-

ity is now.

Tony Parker scored 22 points, Boris Diaw added 14 and the Spurs broke the franchise record with their 18th consecutive victory, 103-77 over the Pacers on Monday night.

‘’Great streak right now, this was a good win for us tonight,’’ Tim Dun-

can said. ‘’To continue the streak, all that is good.

We’ll worry about a couple of things, staying healthy, finishing the season strong and hopefully going into the playoffs with the con-fidence we’re playing with now.’’

It seems nothing can derail the Spurs (58-16) right now.

On a night Duncan went 3 of 10 from the field and Manu Ginobili man-aged only six points and two assists in 16 minutes, San Antonio’s Big Three added one more line to its already impressive resume by breaking the franchise record on the 18th anniversary of the only previous 17-game winning streak in Spurs’ history.

This was not just an-other win.

About 75 minutes before tip-off, the Spurs blunt-speaking coach, Gregg Popovich, told re-porters that sometimes when a team wins a lot, it just needs to get ‘’slapped.’’

Popovich’s players followed a different tack - taking control early, fend-ing off every challenge along the way and wrap-ping it up late.

The result: San An-tonio handed the Pacers their worst home loss of the season and dropped them percentage points behind Miami for the Eastern Conference’s top seed.

Spurs beat Pacers for 18th straight win

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DASIA’s playing president Glenn Escandor sum-

moned his old form but fell just a tad short of car-rying the Security Masters past Montaña Pawnshop who win 83-81 in the 2014 RPIPC DOLE 11 Uni-ty Cup basketball tourna-ment at the Montana Gym over the weekend.

Escandor, a former collegiate standout and scion of the Escandor Group of Companies, fired three triples in the crucial stages of the match to car-ry DASIA to the driver’s seat after trailing by 10 points after the first half.

DASIA was up 81-75 but Montaña charged back with the game clock winding down to tie the game at 81-all. DASIA sued for time to map out the last play which they executed to the let-ter when Escandor got a clean pass and an opening from beyond the arc. The play went as planned ex-

cept for the shot as Escan-dor’s final heave bounced off the front cylinder.

“It was a good line, good attempt, just a little short. We are happy to lose this way as we have done what we need to. Next time we meet, it will be a whole lot different,” said DASIA coach Jek Me-lendres.“We lived and die with that shot, no regrets.”

Escandor, for his part, merely shook his head. To be in the same situation of taking the game-winning shot reminded him of his college basketball days. “It’s been sometime, we lost the game but not the war. We will bounce back after this,” said Escandor whose ballclub The Royal Mandaya Hotel is a fierce rival of Montaña’s com-mercial ballclub.

The tournament is organized by the Depart-ment of Labor and Em-ployment regional office with Atty. Jason Balais as chairman. [NJB]

DASIA exec’s heroics fallshort as Montaña prevails

VOL. 7 ISSUE 13 • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014

DIEMY Monede-ro and Lito Bario came through

with explosive rounds to emerge the big winners in the recent Rancho Palos Verdes Monthly Medal ove

Monedero carded a gross one over par 73 to win the overall gross title in the March edition of the monthly tournament for members and guests of the Rancho Palos Verdes Golf and Country Club in Cabantian.

Monedero actually won via countback over Class A gross winner KureshSamanodi who also carded identical one over 73. Bari submitted a net 62 to take the overall net title.

Ronald Galicia won the Class A net plum with a net even par 72 via count-back over Cris Tan (72) who settled for runner-up honors. Marc Lopez also finished runner-up in the Cass A gross division.

In Class B, Jong Tan won the gross title with a 79 while Alex Rivera took the class net title with a 68. Bert Alano won Class C gross with an 88 via countback over GadiSoril-la while Sam Strong was the net champion with a 67 over runner up Simeon Marfori (68).

In Class D, Martin Sara shot a 94 for the gross ttle while Ken Jorgensen had a 68 for the net title.

Other winners are

Bong Basilla for the Guests Division 1 gross title, Doy-Relampagos for the net title, Ariel Areola for the Guests Division 2 gross ti-tle and Emilo Pedro for the net title, Maricel Kim for the Ladies gross title, Cris-tine Powel fpr the Ladies net title, Ting Castillo for the Seniors Division gross crown, Joe Marfori for the net crown, Tamio Sakurai for the Super Seniors divi-sion gross title and Fumio Ohashi for the net title.

Mondero, Bario top RPV Monthly Medalnjb@edgedavao.net

By NEILWIN JOSEPH L. BRAVO

OLYMPIAN Michael Christian Marti-nez and 17-year-

old Samantha Cabiles are set to compete in the Triglav Trophy Inter-national Figure Skating Competition in Jesenice, Slovenia from April 2-6.

The Philippine Skat-ing Union is sending Martinez to the senior men’s category, and Ca-biles to the junior ladies’ category.

The Triglav Trophy will mark Martinez’s re-turn to competition af-ter more than a month, following the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, where he placed 19th overall.

Martinez is still dealing with various in-juries, but has received a medical clearance to compete. He flew to Slo-venia with his mother and trainer on Monday.

Since 1992, the Tri-glav Trophy has gath-ered over 100 of the best young figure skat-ers from all over the world. The competition will be hosted in the Jesenice Ice Hall Pod-mežakla. Olympic med-alists Shizuka Arakawa, Stephanie Lambiel, yuna Kim, and Evan Lysacek have competed in the

event.Martinez rose to

fame in the Philippines after his stint in the So-chi games. He took up figure skating when he was eight, began train-ing in the United States in 2010, and since then, his lifelong dream has been to win an Olympic gold medal.

Martinez has so far garnered over 190 medals and trophies from various interna-tional and local compe-titions.

Cabiles, who was born in Hawaii and is now based in Michigan, started skating since she was 11.

Of Filipino descent, Cabiles also competes in the Philippine nation-als and recently ranked second in the 2013 Phil-ippine National Figure Skating championships held at the SM Mall of Asia ever year.

Cabiles also placed 10th in the Junior cate-gory of the recent Drag-on Trophy competition in Ljubjana, Slovenia last February.

Cabiles, who trains in Toronto, has earned the moniker “The Skat-ing Gazelle” for her high and powerful jumps.

2 Pinoy figure skaters to compete in Slovenia

GLENN ESCANDOR