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COVER STORY

BINHI AWARD -- that’s the name of recognition given annually by the

Philippine Agricultural Jour-nalists, Inc. (PAJ). Named from the Pilipino word which means seed, it is given since 1978 in different categories.

The first time I won it -- as Countryside-Based Agri Journalist of the Year -- was in 1994. At that time, the pres-ident was Michael M. Alunan and the chairman of the Board of Judges was Press Secretary Jesus C. Sison.

The citation reads: “For overcoming the provincial lim-itation of the writer’s world of agriculture and producing a body of works that’s national in scope and substance in ex-tolling and pushing for agricul-tural development.”

In 1997, I won another award for Countryside Agri-cultural/Environmental Writ-er. The trophy was signed by Mary Ann Lj. Reyes, PAJ pres-ident, and Ramon Ma. Epino, the chairman of Binhi Awards Committee.

“For the journalist’s un-wavering espousal of agricul-tural and environmental caus-es in provincial publications that ring with ecological alarm,

popularize environmental de-fense and push for remedial measures and renewal,” the citation reads.

It took almost two decades before I receive another award. Last March 29, 2016, I got the Environment Story of the Year for my article entitled, “Topsoil: Going, going, gone?” which ap-peared in EDGE Davao. The awarding was held at Makati Diamond Residences with San Miguel Corporation (SMC) as the sponsoring agency for the second time.

“Once again, we are proud to stage the 2015 PAJ-SMC Bin-hi Awards as a fitting tribute to our colleagues covering the agriculture, environment and agribusiness beats,” said PAJ President and formerPhilip-pine Star business editor Ro-man Floresca.

“For the second straight year, we are privileged to have San Miguel Corporation as our major sponsor, and we sincere-ly thank SMC President and chief operating officer Ramon S. Ang for his continued gen-erous support,” said Floresca, adding that the Binhi Awards has been conducted since 1978 to recognize the efforts of print and broadcast jour-

nalists for their reportage on the major develop-ments and issues in the country’s agriculture, fish-eries, environ-ment, food and a g r i b u s i n e s s sectors.

In response, the SMC said: “We are grateful for your efforts to continuous-ly raise the bar in agriculture journalism and constantly shine a light on this sector. Through your reportage on their achievements, their struggles, and the opportuni-ties available to them—as well as the ones they create—you serve as a catalyst for growth and help ensure that govern-ment and all stakeholders stay focused on the big goal: to develop and strengthen our countryside, and enable and empower our farmers.”

Noel Reyes, PAJ vice pres-ident for internal affairs and Binhi Awards committee chair-man, said this year’s competi-tion has attracted more than 100 contestants nationwide, who vied for 14 categories.

The top three journalists in

three major categories — agri-cultural journalist, agri beat reporter and environment journalist — received cash prizes of P50,000, P30,000 and P20,000 and a trophy, re-spectively.

The minor categories re-ceived P20,000 and a trophy.

The Agri News Story of the Year went to Fermin Diaz for

his article, “Backyard grown pigs have heap E virus,” which was published in Livestock and Meat Business Magazine while Leo Ortega Laparan II, author of Manila Bulletin’s “Facets of PH farming: Is it really aging”, was adjudged winner of the Agri Feature of the Year.

Fellow Dabawenyo Ruben Gonzaga received the Agri Television Program of the Year for ABS-CBN Davao’s “Agri Tayo Dito.” Declared Agri Ra-dio Program of the Year was DZMM’s “Sa Kabukiran.” Louie Tabing, who hosted “Sa Ka-bukiran” won the Agri Broad-cast Journalist of the Year.

Kaunlaran Magazine, pub-lished by Pangkat Kaunlaran, was declared Agricultural Magazine of the Year. PhilRice Magasin, published by the Phil-

ippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) of the Department of Agriculture, was named Agricultural Newsletter of the Year.

Business Mirror was cho-sen as the Agricultural Section of a National Newspaper of the Year; section editor Jennifer Ng received the trophy. Mauricio Victa, also of Business Mirror,

w a s named Agri Photo Journalist of the Year.

DA-PhilRice’s “Gusto Namin, Milyonaryo Kayo!” won Agri Information and Me-dia Campaign of the Year.

There were three winners each of the following catego-ries: Agricultural Journalist, Agri Beat Reporter, and Envi-ronment Journalist.

The top three winners of Agricultural Journalist of the Year were Business Mir-ror’s Mary Grace Padin, Live-stock and Meat Business Mag-azine’s Fermin Diaz, and Agri-kultura, etc. Magazine’s Abe Belena.

Padin also won the Agri Beat Reporter of the Year. The second and third prizes went to Philippine Star’s Czer-

iza Valencia-Vigilia and Manila Times’ James Konstantin Gal-vez.

Galvez also won the sec-ond prize of the Environment Journalist of the Year. The top prize went to Ellalyn B. De Vera of Manila Bulletin and the third prize was taken by Jonathan L. Mayuga of Business Mirror.

The 2015 PAJ-SMC Binhi Awards board of judges was chaired by former ag-riculture secretary William Dar, who served for 15 years as director-general of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRI-SAT).

“Having been in the field of agriculture, both here and overseas, I contin-ue to appreciate the cover-age extended by the mem-bers of PAJ and other media persons involving the agri-culture, environment and agrarian sector beats,” Dr. Dar said.

The other judges were: Mary Jane Oconer Llanes,

SMC assistant vice president for media affairs; Leo A. Deoca-diz, publisher of The HongKong SUN, and first Binhi Awardee as ‘Agricultural Journalist of the Year’ in 1978; Angelo B. Palmones, assistant vice pres-ident for news and current affairs of DZRH radio network, and former AGHAM party-list representative during the 15th Congress; and Sylvia Euro-pa-Pinca, president of Europa Public Relations Inc.

For the 2015 search, PAJ adopted the theme: Excellence in agricultural journalism for a better Philippines. “The accent this time is one of the most neglected role of the media, that of being public educators,” said agricultural journalist Abe Belena.

Reapingwhatyou sow

Text and photos by Henrylito D. Tacio

The two winners from Davao: Edge Davao’s Henrylito D. Tacio and ABS-

CBN Davao’s Ruben Gonzaga

The 2015 winners, judges and PAJ officials

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NEWS

RECYCLING BUSINESS. A man whose business is buying and selling reusable and recyclable items loads piles of cardboard boxes he bought from an establishment along San Pedro Street, Davao City yesterday. Cardboard boxes are among the most common items being recycled. Lean Daval Jr.

RODY TO THE RESCUEDuterte to give aid to protesting farmers, calls for dialogueBy ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

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IF nobody is acting on it, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte will.Mayor Duterte is set to

give assistance to the farmers who mounted a barricade in the highway of Kidapawan City, North Cotabato which resulted in a bloody dispersal on Friday.

The mayor, standard bear-er of PDP-Laban in the May 9 presidential polls, made his decision after he learned on Friday night of the bloody dis-persal between the farmers and the police which resulted

to the death of at least three persons and the wounding of many others.

The protesting farmers demanded for rice subsidy from the government in the aftermath of the El Nino phe-nomenon that severely affect-ed the former.

Duterte said his propos-al in helping the farmers will require the passage of a City Council resolution allowing his office to give food assis-tance to an area affected by calamity.

Duterte, however, gave his

commitment to give food as humanitarian assistance to al-leviate suffering and save lives.

“We will assist them just to help them tide over the crisis,” Duterte said.

He said the city did this before when it extended as-sistance to areas affected by typhoon Yolanda and other calamities.

Duterte said the situation is a humanitarian problem that can be resolved through dialogue.

“It’s very sad,” he said in an interview on Friday night.

He said it is the only thing that he can do for now as a lo-cal chief executive.

“I don’t want to tinker with the ongoing dispute there. I am only the mayor of Davao City,” he said.

Duterte said he does not have the authority to inter-vene in the affairs of another local government unit.

“I will not go there to ask for anything because that is not my territory,” he added.

On Friday, violence erupt-ed when police used force to

DENR: Closure needed for rehab of Mt.ApoTHE Department of En-

vironment and Natural Resources (DENR) is

asking for public understand-ing on the decision of the Pro-tected Area and Management Board (PAMB) to impose an indefinite closure of Mt. Apo after a huge fire burned por-tions of the Philippines’ high-est peak.

DENR 11 regional director Joselin Marcus E. Fragada told reporters on Friday there is re-ally a need to close Mt. Apo for the rehabilitation of the dam-aged portions of the mountain.

“I hope you understand because we have an incident here. It’s very difficult to say

that we will close it three, four, five years,” he said.

Fragada said the members PAMB unanimously voted to close Mt. Apo because the board wants to put off the fire and have an investigation on the incident first.

He said the board also wants all the stakeholders in-cluding the DENR, local gov-ernment units and the com-munity within the area to be involved in the efforts to save Mt. Apo.

Fragada explained that the DENR has no hold on PAMB’s verdict because it’s a collegial decision composed of mem-bers from different sectors

involving the protection of Mt. Apo.

He said the DENR only chairs the board and the de-cision was made by all PAMB members.

He said Republic Act No. 7586 or the National Integrat-ed Protected Areas System Act of 1992 states “the board shall, by a majority vote, de-cide the allocations for budget, approve proposals for fund-ing, decide matters relating to planning, peripheral protec-tion and general administra-tion of the area in accordance with the general management strategy.”

Earlier, Department of

Tourism (DOT) 11 regional director Roberto Alabado III said the closure has a negative impact on the guides, porters and the community in the area.

He said the DOT is now asking a report from the local government units in the vicin-ity of Mt.Apo as to how many people will be affected by the fire.

Alabado said he estimated that 5,000 people climb Mt. Apo every year.

Fragada said he already explained to Alabado about the need of the closure of Mt. Apo because it is an eco-tourism destination and the concern

THE Department of Educa-tion (DepEd) has teamed up with non-profit child-

care Stairway Foundation in launching online safety mod-ules to guide and protect Fili-pino children from the dangers lurking in the cyber world.

The CyberSafe Project Manual contains individual lesson plans targeting Grades 5 to 6 and Junior High School students.

The manual discusses on-line privacy and the various risks the students are exposed to, such as cyber bullying, “sex-ting” and child pornography. It aims to develop students’ ca-pacity to stay safe from online

child abuse and harm, at the same time, educate teachers and parents about online safe-ty.

Education Secretary Armin Luistro said it is imperative to educate students on the risks they face online since 90 per-cent of Filipino students use the Internet.

Luistro also urged parents and teachers alike to take an active role in child protection against cyber offenses.

For his part, Stairway Foundation executive director Lars Jorgensen concurred with the Education chief, saying that the parents take on a crucial

DepEd combats online child abuse, bullying

SECRETARY Mel Senen S. Sarmiento of the Depart-ment of the Interior and

Local Government (DILG) enjoined all local chief exec-utives (LCEs) in the country to promote the welfare of Persons With Disabilities (PWDs), especially persons with autism by spearheading activities for the 9th World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) on April 2, 2016 in their respective localities.

In his memorandum cir-cular to all provincial gover-nors, city and municipal may-ors, including punong baran-gays, Sarmiento enjoined the LCEs to look into the special needs of their constituents with autism, and remember their unique talents and skills,

and their great capacity to help the local communities grow.

“In celebrating World Au-tism Awareness Day, let’s con-tinue to foster awareness of autism in the Philippines, and promote inclusivity, especial-ly in employment,” Sarmiento said.

April is declared as World Autism Awareness Month and this year’s WAAD theme is “Call to Action, Employment for Persons with Autism.”

The DILG chief instructed the LCEs to also initiate ac-tivities that will increase the public’s awareness on autism such as hanging of stream-ers, putting up of exhibits of artworks made by people

LGUs to promote welfare of persons with autism

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SENATORS on Friday con-demned in the strongest terms the violent dispersal of

farmers, mostly lumads, who gath-ered along the Cotabato-Davao highway in Kidapawan City to pro-test and demand for immediate relief from the devastating effects of El Niño.

Initial reports indicate that one person was confirmed dead and eight were seriously injured in the dispersal. There were also reports that victims include chil-dren.

“I believe that every citizen has a right to freedom of assembly and the concerns of these poor farmers are valid. The least the government could do is listen to their concerns and do something about it,” Senator Francis ‘Chiz’ Es-cudero said in a press statement.

Senator Grace Poe said the violent dispersal “calls for authori-ties and concerned agencies to im-mediately investigate and resolve

this case, and bring to justice those responsible.”

”This should have been at-tended to by the concerned agen-cies at the outset that would have prevented the farmers from tak-ing to the streets,” Poe said.

Escudero and Poe are run-ning for president and vice pres-ident under the Partido Galing at Puso.

Senator Fedinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr., who is also running for vice president, said the use of bullets was “completely unneces-sary.”

“I deplore the use of bullets to answer legitimate demands of our farmers and their families in North Cotabato. They are hungry and they are just asking for food so they can feed their families. The violent dispersal was completely unnecessary,” he said adding that the police should have instead negotiated with the protesters. (PNA)

WHERE AM I? A registrant looks for his name from the latest and clustered list of voters outside the Commission on Elections (Comelec) 11 office in Magsaysay Park, Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

CABLE UPGRADING. A lineman commissioned by a telecommunications company sorts out and tags cable wires that belongs to the company as part of its continuing upgrading project in Davao City. Lean Daval Jr.

THE Davao Region In-cident Management Team (IMT) is consid-

ering cloud seeding as an alternative aside from buck-et operations to contain the conflagration in Mt. Apo.

Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) 11 regional director Liza Mazo told reporters on Friday that the IMT has asked the Department of Agricul-ture (DA) 11 on the possibil-ity of the fire uncontained in the next few days.

“DA has the funds and the aircraft so they are the one who will supervise,” he said.

Mazo said the DA 11 is ready to conduct the cloud seeing but the team is still looking for necessary cloud

formation and wind direction in favor of the fire razed area in Mt.Apo.

“Kung hindi kasi favorable ang hangin doon sa nasusu-nog na area masasayang lang ang cloud seeding (If the wind is not favorable to the fire razed area it will defeat the purpose of cloud seeding),” she said

She said the DA 11 has given its commitment to the Regional Disaster Risk Re-duction Management Coun-cil (RDRRMC) 11 meeting to stop the Mt. Apo forest fires.

For his part, Davao del Sur Provincial Risk Reduc-tion Management officer Harry Chester Camoro told EDGE Davao on Saturday the

IMT was using two aircraft from the Philippine Air Force (PAF) on their aerial opera-tion.

Camoro said that another Huey helicopter was sent to Barangay Kapatagan in Di-gos City, Davao de Sur for the pouring of crushed ice on the fire hit area of Mt. Apo.

“It’s working,” Cam-oro said when asked if the pouring of ice on the ground helped in containing the fire.

Earlier, Mazo said the IMT last Thursday decided to use crushed ice in their op-eration hoping that it could help control the fire.

She said the PAF-Tactical Operations Group (TOG) 11 started the experiment on

Friday morning with 400 ki-los thrown on the ground.

She said the first 400 ki-los of crushed ice came from the donations of Solano and Davao Ice Plants.

The donations came af-ter the IMT supposed to pro-cure the ice from the two ice plants but when the owners learned that it will be used for Mt. Apo, they agreed to donate the crushed ice.

Meanwhile, soldiers from the 10th Infantry Division al-ready arrived in Kapatagan early morning last Saturday for their deployment to as-sist the fire volunteers and firemen of the Bureau of Fire Protection in containing the fire in Mt. Apo.

Cloud seeding alternative eyed to stop Mt. Apo fireBy ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

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Senators condemn violent dispersalof protesting farmers in Kidapawan

THE Bukidnon prvodeci-sion to move the Kaam-ulan street dancing com-

petition to an earlier date was meant to accommodate Davao City Mayor and presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte, Bukidnon Gov. Jose Maria R. Zubiri Jr.

Duterte was scheduled to speak before the announce-ment of winners of the com-petition.

The street dancing contest, the climax of the month-long Kaamulan, was scheduled on April 2 but was reset to April 1 to suit Duterte’s itinerary. Re-ports said the mayor was set to visit Cagayan de Oro City on April 2.

Zubiri said that in a sur-vey among elected officials of Bukidnon, Duterte emerged as the top preference for the presidency.

He added Camarines Sur Rep. Ma. Leonor “Leni” Robre-do, the administration’s vice presidential bet, was their

choice for vice president.The governor endorsed

both Duterte and Robredo during the Provincial Women’s Summit on March 29.

Kaamulan is Bukidnon’s annual ethnic festival, which the provincial government has promoted as the gathering of the province’s seven tribes.

Earlier this week, Zubiri said the Office of the Presi-dent was yet to respond to his request to declare April 1 as a non-working holiday in the province.

He blamed politics as be-hind the reason why the re-quest was not approved.

In at least two recorded announcements, Zubiri ex-plained that the Office of the President endorsed their re-quest to the National Historical Commission, which forwarded it to a legal team.

On Tuesday, Zubiri told reporters there was no indica-tion it would be approved.

MT. Matutum, South Cotabato province’s highest peak, has been

closed indefinitely to trekkers following a series of grass and forest fires that already de-stroyed at least 10 hectares of the protected area.

Tupi Mayor Reynaldo Tamayo Jr. said Friday the Mt. Matutum Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) ordered the closure starting on Thursday to ensure its protection in the wake of the continuing long dry spell trig-gered by the El Nino Phenom-enon.

He said the board issued the decision following an as-sessment of the forest and grass fires that hit at least two critical sites in Mt. Matutum in the last two weeks.

“All trekking activities in Mt. Matutum are temporarily banned while the El Nino is raging,” he told reporters.

The mayor, who sits in the PAMB, said the move is aimed to prevent the occurrence of more grass and forest fires,

and at the same time ensure the safety of the climbers or trekkers.

He said the closure or-der will stand for the entire 14,000-hectare Mt. Matutum Protected Landscape, which straddles the towns of of Tupi, Polomolok and Tampakan in South Cotabato, “until we cor-rect the problem there.”

The PAMB is composed of officials and representatives from the three municipalities, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, pro-vincial government of South Cotabato and nongovernment groups.

Based on PAMB’s inves-tigation, the first major grass and forest fire in Mt. Matutum started last March 23 in Purok 7 of Barangay Kinilis in Polo-molok.

The fire, which raged for several days, affected around 10 hectares of mostly grassy portions of the protected area.

Another fire erupted last Sunday, March 27, in Purok

Kaamulan rescheduling meant to accommodate Duterte: Zubiri

Mt. Matutum closed to prevent more fires

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ECONOMY

Security Bank Corpora-tion (PSE: SECB) and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi

UFJ, Ltd. (BTMU) today com-pleted the strategic partner-ship deal signed last January 14, 2016. Security Bank today received capital investment of Php 36.9 billion from BTMU. In turn, SECB issued to BTMU 150,707,778 common shares and 200,000,000 preferred shares, representing BTMU’s 20% ownership of the voting stock in Security Bank. The strategic partnership was ear-lier approved by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on February 24, 2016.

BTMU is now the second largest shareholder of Securi-

ty Bank. Security Bank is now an equity affiliate of BTMU. The Dy Group remains as the biggest shareholder of Securi-ty Bank with majority voting control.

In a special SECB Board Meeting today, BTMU’s nomi-nees Mr. Takayoshi Futae and Mr. Takahiro Onishi were elect-ed to the Board of Directors of Security Bank. Mr. Futae is the Managing Executive Officer in charge of Japanese Corpo-rate Credit of BTMU based in Tokyo. Mr. Onishi was Deputy General Manager for Global Corporate Banking of BTMU in Japan.

“We welcome BTMU’s rep-resentatives to the Security

Bank Board. We are happy to share with our customers and stakeholders the good news that our partnership deal with BTMU has been completed today. With our bigger capital and the combined strengths of Security Bank and BTMU, we look forward to serving our customers better than before,” said Mr. Alberto S. Villarosa, Chairman of the Board of Secu-rity Bank.

Mr. Go Watanabe, Chief Ex-ecutive Officer for BTMU Asia & Oceania, said that the strate-gic alliance with Security Bank is very much aligned with the bank’s expansion plan in Asia. “We are very excited with the opportunity to work closely

with Security Bank. We have started exploring various ar-eas for collaboration including work-site business and PPP projects. By partnering with Security Bank, we can expect to expand our business plat-form and identify new busi-ness areas for BTMU in the Philippines.”

As a result of BTMU’s 20% equity investment, Security Bank’s shareholder capital increased to Php 90.2 billion pro-forma as of April 1, 2016 from Php 53.2 billion as of De-cember 31, 2015, while SECB’s book value per share increased by 36% to Php 119.53 pro-for-ma as of April 1, 2016 from

CELLPHONE REPAIR. A technician is seen through a glass window repairing a mobile phone along San Pedro Street in Davao City yesterday. Cell phone repair business continue to thrive in the city due to the huge

demand as gadget owners prefer to have their cell phones or tablets repaired than buy new ones which will get a big chunk of their budget. Lean Daval Jr.

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Security Bank, Bank of Tokyo complete strategic partnership deal

‘Oplan Kandado’ helpsBIR hit revenue targetTHE Bureau of Internal

Revenue (BIR) in Davao Region recorded a suc-

cessive increase in tax col-lection during the last three years.

This was reported by Dr. Susan Tusoy, officer-in-charge of the BIR Region 19 docu-mentation processing divi-sion, during the 3rd general membership meeting of the Davao City Chamber of Com-merce last Wednesday. Tusoy said “there was a continuous increase in tax collection since 2013.”

Data from the bureau showed that its collection rose by 16.79 percent, or P2 billion, in 2015. Actual collec-tion reached P14.3 billion last

year, higher compared to the P12.426-billion in 2014.

The bureau is targeting to collect P20.2-billion revenue this year, she told business leaders attending the chamber meeting.

“We are confident that we will be able to hit this year’s target with the leadership of our new regional director and through the implementation of the bureau’s various pro-grams,” Tusoy said

“We cannot set our own target collection, it the central office which decides on it,” she added.

This year’s collection tar-get can be attained through the implementation of programs like the Run After Tax Evaders (RATE), tax compliance verifi-cation drive, and Oplan Kan-dado which padlocks business establishments that failed to comply with the tax code.

“There will be more Oplan Kandado operations in the next few months,” she said.

Tusoy said each of the six revenue district offices in the region is already finalizing the assessment of businesses un-der surveillance.

Last year, the bureau led the closure of 45 business es-tablishments due to violation of BIR orders and the tax code.

The bureau padlocked six businesses in Davao City last month.

THE Davao del Norte Electric Cooperative (DANECO) is consider-

ing of energizing the Talikud Island, possibly using the de-cades-old submarine power cable between Davao City and the Island Garden City of Sa-mal. This is if the electric coop-erative decides to replace the old cable which was recently dragged and damaged by M/V Ecuador.

This was learned from IG-aCoS councilor Dan Gervacio, chairman of the city council committee on energy, who has been tasked by Vice May-or Al David Uy to monitor the commissioning of the modu-lar generating sets provided by Mindoro Grid Corporation to restore power in the island city.

“Once replaced, the old submarine cable will be used to connect the Talikud Island to the main Samal Island,” ac-cording to Gervacio, who said that right now, beach resorts and some residents in Talikud are still using individual gen-erating sets for their power supply.

To install the existing 1.3-kilometer submarine cable between Kaputian and Talikud Island, Daneco will need to add only a few meters of additional cable to make it work, he said.

However, he said, there is

still no timeline for the pro-posed project calculated to strengthen Talikud Island’s position as Samal’s top tourist destination.

Gervacio, who once served as Daneco member of the board, told Edge Davao the electric cooperative which has a franchise on the island is still looking into the status of the old submarine cable whose original cost when acquired in the mid-80’s reportedly at the cost of some P200 million. “This is already the third time that it has been damaged,” he recalled, saying that Daneco engineers are assessing the damage and come up with their recommendation, wheth-er to repair or totally replace the cable.

Repair will take approxi-mately six months, he said.

The cable was damaged last March 17, causing almost two weeks of non-sop blackout in the island.

The modular generating sets contracted by Daneco from the Mindoro Grid Cor-poration will generate a total of 7.5 megawatts, more than what IGaCoS currently con-sumes.

Gervacio said the island has a total demand of 6.7 MW during peak hours, which is from 6 pm to 10 pm. CHENEEN R. CAPON

Talikud Is. energizationnext in Daneco’s plan

DOTC, PPA asked to reveal2 Sasa port project studiesHOW did the project cost

estimate of modern-izing the Sasa Port in

Davao City ballooned from just P4 billion four years ago to a whopping P18.9 billion now?

This is one of the import-ant questions that the Region-al Development Council (RDC) 11 in Davao Region wants an-swered when it requested the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC ) and Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) to submit copies of the two studies on the controver-sial Sasa Port Modernization Project.

This was reported by Bonifacio T. Tan, president of the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (DCCCII), during the 3rd gen-eral membership meeting of the chamber at the Seda Hotel last Wednesday. The chamber is a non-voting member of the development council.

Tan said the council re-quested the PPA to send a copy of the study it conducted in

2010 on the rehabilitation of the port with slight expansion of 10 meters seaward that will only cost a little more than P4 billion.

Tan however said the PPA central office has not acted on the RDC request as of this week.

Members of the chamber, officials of the Davao city gov-ernment, a number of LGUs and other stakeholders in the region are alarmed by the huge cost of the project com-pared to the one recommend-ed by PPA in 2010.

Antonio T. Dela Cruz, im-mediate past president of the DCCCII, earlier joined other businessmen asking for an explanation on the “unusually high” project cost.

Instead of considering the much lower PPA project, the Department of Transpor-tation and Communication (DOTC) commissioned the Development Bank of the Phil-ippines and the World Bank’s International Finance Corp. to

conduct a separate feasibility study on the project.

PPA Davao port manager Leonilo E. Miole clarified in an earlier report that the budget ballooned because the project will now include additional development projects for the total modernization, not just rehabilitation, of the port.

In a separate event, DOTC Undersecretary Rene Limca-oco said the P18.99-billion project cost was just an “es-timate” of the conceptual de-sign. He said bidders are not required to spend the cost of the conceptual design as long as they will be able to meet the specifications of the port project.

He said the Public Private Partnership project will now involve the development of the existing Sasa Port into a modern, international-stan-dard container terminal that will improve trade access to Mindanao and the Philippines by providing a dedicated con-tainerized port in the region.

The Sasa Port has a total area of 18 hectares and has current capacity of 500,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). Once modernized, the DOTC targets to increase its current capacity to 1.2 million TEUs to “support the region’s growing agro-industrial sec-tor, spurring economic growth in Mindanao,” the DOTC said.

The PPP project which has a 30-year concession pe-riod has drew four bidders, namely, the Asian Terminals Inc.- DP World FZE Consor-tium, Bollore Africa Logistics, International Container Ter-minal Services, Inc., and San Miguel Holdings Corp.-APM Terminals Management (Sin-gapore) Pte Ltd. Consortium with Hyundai Development Company and Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd. as contractors.

The bidding process scheduled on March 28 was postponed for the third time and is expected to resume within this month.

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EDITORIALCelebrating Divine Mercy

“BLESSED are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.”With a unified message of calling people from vari-

ous faiths to be merciful in order to obtain mercy from God, the Catholic Church worldwide celebrate Divine Mercy on Sunday, April 3.

Devotion to the Divine Mercy is observed on the first Sunday following Easter Sunday.

Devotees of the Divine Mercy believe in the context that “mercy is a gift of God to mankind.”

The Divine Mercy Devotion was started by a young Polish nun by the name of Maria Faustina Kowalska in 1930 that rapidly spread throughout the world up to this day.

In a diary Sister Faustina wrote composed of 600 pages read: “The message of mercy is that God loves us — all of us — no mat-ter how great our sins. He wants us to recognize that His mercy is greater than our sins, so that we will call upon Him with trust, receive His mercy, and let it flow through us to others. Thus, all

will come to share His joy.” The devotion to the Divine Mercy reminds people to always

practice mercy by remembering three letters dubbed as ABC:A — Ask for His Mercy. God wants us to approach Him in prayer

constantly, repenting of our sins and asking Him to pour His mer-cy out upon us and upon the whole world.

B — Be merciful. God wants us to receive His mercy and let it flow through us to others. He wants us to extend love and forgive-ness to others just as He does to us.

C — Completely trust in Jesus. God wants us to know that the graces of His mercy are dependent upon our trust. The more we trust in Jesus, the more we will receive.

In this times of violence, calamities, political division, and new outbreak of disease like Zika virus, we are actually called to “radi-ate” God’s mercy to others. And just how can we exactly do that?

By our actions, our words, and our prayers—to live in our hearts that being merciful is a blessing.

LET’S speak wers-wers and laugh hahaha!Next to democracy, English language

is America’s greatest legacy to the Filipino people.

While introducing democracy (government of the people, by the people, for the people) the Americans taught us how to speak their tongue. And without any iota of mental reservation, we accepted and readily injected it into our system – social, cultural, educational, political.

And so today, a little over a century after its introduction, English has become our second national language. The Philippines now ranks as the second largest English speaking nation on earth, right next to the United States.

Broad Scope of English

English is the language of communication (oral and written) in our country. It is spoken everywhere – schools, government and private offices, churches, hospitals, radio and television stations, the halls of law-making bodies – Con-gress, city, municipal, barangay – hotels, malls, department stores, airports, bus terminals, train stations, ships, etc.

In written communication, more than 90% of national and local publications are printed in English.

Signages in roads, buildings, restaurant menus and traffic lights are all written in En-glish.

It is no exag-geration to say that Filipinos eat English for breakfast, lunch and dinner, not to mention snack. And before they fall asleep, their lips mumble a proper prayer in English.

The unlet-tered Filipino cries “aray” when he feels sudden pain, whie the educated says “ouch”.

Oral English

It is rather embarrassing to admit, but gen-erally, Filipinos try to imitate the way Americans speak English, from the rolling of the “r” to the sounding of the nasal twang. Most radio an-nouncers and disc jockeys in particular, try hard to sound like their American counterparts, only to end up sounding more like drunken Ameri-can sailors out on furlaugh (RnR).

Origin of American English

What is American English?Cornell University professor William Morris

has this to say:

“American English is descended from that variety of English brought over (by the English-men to the colonies (USA) in the 17th century). It developed on its own to some extent – obvi-ously, in the matter of names, places, flora, peo-ples, and fauna.

The regional dialects of English in America are: New England, General American and South-ern English.”

Origin of English LanguageHow did the English language come about?According to Calvin Witkins, professor of

linguistics in Harvard University, “English was born about 1500 years ago in Europe.

“It was spoken and developed by three relat-ed tribes – the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes – who dwelt on the Northern Shores of what is now Northern Germany ad Southern Denmark. It is generally a member of the Germanic branch of Indo-European. It has borrowed extensively from Latin and Greek.”

There are six major dialects of English – American, Canadian, Irish, Scottish, Australian and Indian English.

A word about the Anglo-Saxons and the Jutes. They are all members of a Germanic tribal group that invaded Britain in the 15th to 16th centuries.

Filipino English

Can we add Filipino English to the list of

the world’s major English dialects? I guess we cannot because, as spoken by many, it comes in three varieties:

One, as spoken by the uneducated/un-lettered whose English is of the “oido” type = learned from frequent hearing.

Ex: A group of children created a raucus that caught the ear of a street sweeper who pacified them shouting “stop noise, you! What school from you?”

Two, as spoken by the literal translator whose English seems direct to the point, but is grossly ungrammatical.

Ex: Anong tingin mo sa akin, gago? (vernac-ular)

Translation: “What do you look to me, cra-zy?”

Three, as spoken by the educated/lettered Filipino whose English is an exaggerated speci-men of verbosity (flowery, wordy).

Ex: A lawyer and an engineer were asked how much is one plus one.

The engineer promptly answered “two”. The lawyer paused for a few seconds and then per-orated:

“ In the course of human events, when there arises the necessity for me to add quantity one to quantity one, it is without fear of successional contradictions when I declare that the answer is incontestably, irreversibly, irrevocably, inevita-bly, and absolutely two.”

Filipino English, anyone?

ASEAN has achieved world-wide recog-nition for being one of the most dynam-ic and integrated regions. The growing

purchasing power of the 600 million consum-er market and the ongoing progress of the re-gional community offer an integrated market and production base for both business and consumers.

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is a key component of resource flows to ASEAN coun-tries. Over the last decade, FDI flows into ASE-AN members grew at an annual average rate of 19%.

Within the overall framework, each ASE-AN country has adopted its own strategy to at-tract FDI. As in the EU, efforts to create a ‘level playing field’ between the countries in the sin-gle market leaves national governments with freedom to provide their own tax and other incentives to investors.

Brunei moves to enhance local competi-tiveness, as it seeks to diversify its oil-depen-dent economy. But the AEC’s gains will only be realized if Brunei implements policy reforms that will make it businesses competitive.

As with all ten member states, Cambo-dia looks forward to both opportunities and challenges; following the official integration. Among the benefits, Cambodia sees the facilita-tion of trade, capital, investment, goods and ser-vices, capacity building opportunities, reform, welfare, connectivity as well as infrastructure

d e v e l o p -ment. The challenges will be to c o m p e n -sate for the loss of rev-enue from customs, to address the free flow of goods given its limited production chains, lacking technology to com-pete with its neighbors, lack of skilled labor, and the language issue.

As the largest economy in ASEAN, Indone-sia has a lot of stake in the full implementation. The biggest concern in welcoming the AEC remains in the services and SME sectors. A Herculean task lingers in Indonesia to solve its human capital issues, as evidence by the slow progress made in professional certification systems and the low ratio of certified profes-sionals to population. Meanwhile, many SMEs are still in the dark when it comes to benefits and threats of the AEC.

Although Laos has achieved major suc-cesses in its preparation for the AEC, the country is not 100% ready to implement all of its trade agreements, which aim to turn the ASEAN bloc into a single market and produc-

tion base where goods, investment capital and skilled labor can flow freely.

While Malaysia is better prepared for AEC integration than most of its neighbors, doubts remain as to the impact on domestic SMEs. The low productivity of SMEs must be attend-ed to ensure that they are not to be swept aside by incoming competitors.

Despite weaknesses in the local economy, Myanmar’s business sector is upbeat about the benefits AEC brings. Local businesses need to increase productivity and improve quality by seeking ways to gain much-needed capital, technology and human resources, conducting market surveys and research, cooperating with other businesses, and by forming joint ventures with foreign firms.

The food news for the Philippines is that at the top-tier corporate level, awareness ap-pears to be much higher compared to most of its neighbors. Most of the country’s top con-glomerates have long prepared for regional competition. The Philippine government ac-knowledges the need for the country to boost investment in infrastructure and to deepen financial markets. ASEAN integration is also seen requiring huge investments in human capital. Meanwhile, a lot still needs to be done to open up the domestic economy. One reason why the Philippines is getting a smaller share of foreign direct investments compared to its neighbors is that there are so many restric-

tions prescribed by the basic law of the land.Benefits of AEC are still far off for Sin-

gapore business; for many Singapore busi-nesses, unhindered trade across the ASEAN region still seems a distant reality. The AEC implementation deadline of 31 January 2015 is more commonly flagged as a milestone rath-er than a destination. For firms in the services sector, the relevance of the AEC is faint.

Thailand moves full steam towards re-gional integration; Thailand’s big players are prepared to reap the rewards of integration. Regulation-wise, Thailand is at the forefront in complying with the AEC Blueprint. Thailand lies at the center of the East-West Economic Corridor; the road and rail links are expected to boost trade among the ASEAN nations and other neighboring countries. To cash in on the connectivity, the Thai government approved the establishment of special economic zones in six border provinces, aiming to draw foreign investors that hope to benefit from the integra-tion.

While larger companies are optimistic about the opportunities of AEC integration, Vietnam’s SME still have much to do to take advantage. SMEs have paid little attention to the formation of the AEC, and they contrib-ute 97% to the domestic economy. Stiffer AEC competition could well narrow production scales, and even force many SMEs out of busi-ness.

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AEC – how do we compare to our neighbors?

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BRISK BUSINESS. Two workers of an appliance store along San Pedro Street in Davao City haul various kinds of appliances onto a truck to be delivered to a branch in Butuan City. Lean Daval Jr.

break the barricade set up by around 5,000 farmers along the highway in Kidapawan City.

The farmers, reeling from the severe impact of the long drought that has hit the prov-ince, demanded the release of 15,000 sacks of rice and other forms of aid.

Farmers from differ-ent areas of North Cotabato province massed at the Cota-bato-Davao Highway to dra-matize their plight because government failed to provide them the needed food assis-tance despite the provincial government’s declaration placing North Cotabato under a state of calamity.

Duterte told reporters in Bukidnon that helping the hungry farmers “is part of the city government of Davao’s so-cial commitment.”

“I was willing to go there, not for anything else, but to ask if I can help on the human-itarian side of the problem -- that is to give the farmers food assistance,” he said.

Duterte has also called for calm and sobriety in the midst of growing tension in Kidap-awan City.

“I am calling for sobriety. We need to keep calm,” he said.

He also urged the lead-ers of the farmers and North Cotabato Governor Emmylou Mendoza to dialogue, saying it is the best way to solve the problem.

“The leaders of the farm-ers and Governor Mendoza should talk about this,” he said.

In a statement, Duterte’s national campaign manager Leoncio Evasco Jr. blamed the Aquino administration for the carnage.

“All these barbaric attacks and needless sacrifices would not have happened if the gov-ernment and the people run-ning it had responded to the clamor for change when 30

years ago the Filipino people put an end to a dictatorship,” he said.

Evasco pointed out that President Benigno Aquino III cannot escape blame and re-sponsibility for the bloody as-sault against the hungry farm-ers who were demanding food after a prolonged dry spell.

“A hungry people demand-ing food does not deserve to be shot,”Evasco said.

“An unarmed, defenseless throng of people asking for food poses no danger. In fact they are in danger. Why, oh why should government re-sort to this state violence?” he added.

Meanwhile, supporters of Duterte are working together to raise 15,000 sacks of rice for drought-stricken farmers of North Cotabato.

Supporters have respond-ed after volunteer members of the Duterte Media Group started a donation drive for the farmers who are suffering from the effects of El Niño.

“They need our help now that the government is not responding and even playing deaf and blind to their sor-ry situation after shooting at them,” Duterte’s spokesperson said Peter Laviña.

The call for rice and food donations in social media drew swift and widespread response from people. Initial donors are the media volun-teers of the Duterte group like Laviña himself, Joaquin family, Carlos Munda, and Doris Isub-al-Mongaya of Cebu.

The Duterte Media Group has started accepting rice and other food stuff for the farm-ers. Rice and food stuff dona-tions can be dropped off at Room 10 Pelayo Bldg., Camus St. Ext., Davao City (fronting Midori Inn).

Rice donations can also be dropped off at the Davao City Hall.

of environment should be ad-dressed first before promoting tourism.

“When you say eco-tour-ism it should be eco-friendly, the concern of environment first,” he said.

PAMB, earlier, decided to limit trekking to Mt. Apo in this year’s Holy Week to prevent forest fires from breaking out.

The board believed that fires can break out accidental-ly because of the garbage that

can cause conflagration. He said fire could be triggered by indiscriminately threw ciga-rette butts or during cooking of campers.

For this year, only six entry points were opened to climb-ers.

Authorities set a limitation of 1,000 climbers for all trails due to the on-going El Nino Phenomenon and insufficient supply of water in Mt. Apo. ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

role in promoting online safety among children.

“According to our survey, 50 percent of the kids are giv-en any kind of advice on how to properly use this very unre-stricted space. And that’s scary, because it is full of dangers. That’s where the parents come in; when a child is threatened, they need to have a trusted adult to go to,” said Jorgensen.

That is why parents need to also know these things, so their children can go directly

to them knowing their parents can relate to them, he added.

The CyberSafe will be available for download on www.deped.gov.ph.

DepEd said that the manu-al will be continuously updated to address the ever chang-ing landscape of online child protection and to cover other grade levels. Its primary objec-tive is to prevent online child abuse and bullying through in-structional materials on online safety. (PNA)

with autism, holding Disabil-ity Awareness and Sensitivity Workshops for Employers, and illuminating office build-ings and landmarks with blue lights as part of the wide-scale “Light It Up Blue” event cam-paign on the evening of April 2.

According to United Na-tions (UN), autism is a lifelong developmental disability that manifests itself during the first three years of life and re-sults from a neurological dis-order that affects the function-ing of the brain. Autism mostly affects children in many coun-tries irrespective of gender, race, or socio-economic status

and characterized by impair-ment in social interaction, problems with verbal and non-verbal communication and restricted repetitive be-havior and activities.

Likewise, President Be-nigno Aquino III signed into law RA 10524 otherwise known as “An Act Expand-ing the Positions Reserved for Persons of Disability,” on July 23, 2012 which upholds the right of PWDs to access opportunities of suitable em-ployment, and requires at least 1 percent of all positions in all government agencies, offices, or corporations be re-served for PWDs. (PNA)

Php 88.17 as of December 31, 2015. This puts Security Bank among the five largest private domestic universal banks in the country by capital. The additional capital will be used to accelerate the execution of Security Bank’s growth strat-egies.

“We will be able to more effectively deliver our ser-vice-oriented BetterBank-ing brand to our customers through a larger branch net-work and a more comprehen-sive range of financial services. We hope to accelerate growth of our retail banking business as well as better coverage of the SME sector. With BTMU’s expertise in project finance, we expect to participate more actively in PPP and infrastruc-ture projects. Additionally, in partnership with BTMU, Secu-

rity Bank will be able to pen-etrate the Japanese business community,” said Mr. Alfonso L. Salcedo, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of Security Bank.

The Bank of Tokyo-Mit-subishi UFJ, Ltd. (BTMU), a member of Mitsubishi UFJ Fi-nancial Group, Inc. (MUFG), is Japan’s premier bank, which has a global network span-ning close to 50 countries and offers an extensive scope of commercial and investment banking products and services to businesses, governments and individuals worldwide. MUFG is one of the world’s leading financial groups with key strengths in commercial banking, trust banking, securi-ties, credit cards, consumer fi-nance, asset management and leasing.

Tusoy also said the inten-sified awareness campaign on the early filing of income tax will help the bureau hit its tar-get this year.

With April 15 as the dead-line, she said, online filers have been increasing since the kick-off last February.

“As of March 31, there

are already a lot of online fil-ers,”she added.

Tusoy said there was an incease in electronic filers on this year’s filing period than last year.

She reminded the public to file early to avoid system de-lays caused by last minute-fil-ers. CHENEEN R. CAPON

But he still told mayors and barangay officials to allow personnel to witness the fes-tivity despite the absence of a holiday declaration.

In a memo posted on the Facebook account of the Pro-vincial Public Affairs Infor-mation and Assistance office, Zubiri asked the mayors to

allow employees to attend “on official time” maintain a skele-tal force “so as not to hamper office operation”.

This is the first time in Kaamulan’s 39-year history that the street dancing contest would not held on a non-work-ing day, Zubiri said. (Walter I. Balane/MindaNews)

Bong Datal of Sitio Glandang, Barangay Kablon in Tupi, de-stroying about one-fourth hectare of a forest area.

The board noted that the fires appeared to be man-made and likely caused by the illegal activities of forest poachers and “kaingineros” or slash-and-burn farmers.

Agustin Valencia Jr., Munic-ipal Environment and Natural Resources Office (MENRO) head of Polomolok town, said grass and forest fires in Baran-gay Kinilis have been totally put out and the situation in the area is now under control.

“Based on our assessment, it appeared intentional as there are claimant residents near the site,” he said.

Through assistance from Bureau of Fire Protection and Municipal Disaster Risk Re-duction and Management Of-fice personnel and barangay volunteers, he said they dug up trenches to serve as barriers from the affected areas.

He said they also deployed at least 30 enforcers to the area to monitor and prevent the oc-currence of fire incidents.

In Tupi, MENRO’s forest protection in-charge Maulvi

Bajunaid said the fire that hit a portion of Barangay Kablon is also under control but they have not yet declared a total “fire out” as of Friday morning.

“There are still burning embers underground in some portions but we’re continually monitoring the situation there on a daily basis,” he said.

Citing their investigation, he said they earlier found a camp site of suspected forest poachers within the area.

He said they specifically discovered a cooking area with traces of burnt firewood, im-provised kerosene lamps and a pile of peeled rattan poles.

Considered as an active volcano, Mt, Matutum has an elevation of 2,286 meters above sea level is listed as the country’s 14th highest peak.

It hosts the headwaters of five major rivers in Region 12 that drain into the Sarangani Bay and the Liguasan Marsh.

Declared as a protected landscape on March 20, 1995 through Proclamation No. 552, Mt. Matutum is home to a number of rare and threatened wildlife species, among them the Philippine Eagle and the tarsiers. (MindaNews)

Relocation, DPWH Panacan, Philippine Naval Forces, Crystal Meadows, Tierra Verde Village, Doña Caridad Subd., De Guzman Village, EMI Ville Homes, Em-press Subd., Tierra Niño Village, PMPC Village, Landmark I, II and III, San Juan Village and Vista Verde I and II).

DCWD’s production wells under Dumoy WSS, Talomo Booster Station, GSIS Station, Calinan WSS and Tugbok WSS will be affected by Davao Light and Power Company’s pow-er interruptions on said dates needed to conduct Preventive Maintenance Servicing of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines’ 150 MVA Davao Substation. Although the power cuts area shorter in duration, DCWD needs additional time for pressure build up and line deliv-ery aside from the re-switching on of the affected facilities, thus the longer duration of water in-terruptions than the power out-

ages.DCWD general manager

Edwin V. Regalado asks for the understanding and cooperation of would-be affected customers. He also advises them to store enough water prior to the sched-uled water interruptions. Water supply may be restored earlier if work goes smoothly or later if unforeseen problems arise.

The general public may visit DCWD website (www.davao-wa-ter.gov.ph) and official Facebook page (www.facebook.com/davaowater) or call the Central Information Unit / Call Center through the 24-hour hotline 297-DCWD (3293) and press “1” on their phone dial to listen to latest daily water updates. They may also call / text 0927-7988966, 0925-5113293 and 0908-4410653 for other updates, complaints, queries and matters pertaining to DCWD services. (Katrina Belen M. Roble)

Source : PD, kbmr 04/02/16


ENVIRONMENT

“I’M here because I have no choice. I was forced to come here because

my city needed it.” I answered when asked why I got into the climate change advoca-cy. Without context, it would have been dramatic, like I wanted to be Batman. How-ever, as I went through all the efforts the environment groups have gone through and all the problems Davao has been facing, they under-stood.

The Climate Reality Proj-ect in the Philippines was at-tended by almost 800 people from all over the world, most were from the Philippines. There were participants from different industries like the media, entertainment, busi-ness, schools, non profit and the government. And with the goal of catalyzing a global solution to the climate crisis by making urgent action a necessity across every level of society, by the end of the 3 day training, we were expect-ed to be alarmed, educated and hopeful enough to share the issues of climate change among our own local com-munities.

Be AlarmedJust last year, several

countries suffered from heat waves. India suffered from a heat wave that killed at least 2500 people across several regions, in Pakistan, it killed 2000. Iran reached a heat in-dex of 74 degrees Celsius. To put it in context, it takes 100 degrees Celsius to boil water.

Droughts have worsened throughout the years as well. Provinces in China experi-enced their worst drought in over 60 years, and Syria has lost 60% of its fertile land into the desert.

The storms were also at their worst all over the world. The United Kingdom experienced its heaviest 24 hour rainfall on record with 34.1 cm (13.4 inches) of rain fell in 24 hours. Montpellier France received 25 cm (9.8″) of rain in 3 hours. Florida had

61 centimetres of rain in 26 hours.

These numbers may not mean anything, except, Davao is in the Philippines. From 1994 to 2013, the Philippines has suffered from 328 major weather-related events, and the number is continuously on the rise.

I’ve lived in Davao all my life, and like many I can still recall the shock when we experienced our first major flood back in 2011. The flood killed 25 people and affect-ed 5 baranggays, one of the worst hit was in Matina Pangi. It was caused by only 3 hours of heavy rain that could have been curtailed if not for the natural degradation of the areas along the Pangi river. In the previous years, there have been aggressive logging and mining, which caused the soil to erode towards the river. The magnitude of the problem has stressed our government officials enough for then Mayor Sarah Duter-te to punch a sheriff after the need to deal with the squat-ting issue after coming from the operations for the flood-ing victims.

The 2013 flooding af-fected 9,230 families. There were 654,900-worth of dam-age to livestock and poultry, and 100 farms were affect-ed in the villages of Tigatto and Waan which covered 242 hectares. 15 areas were declared under a state of ca-lamity and the government released PHP 53.5 million ca-lamity funds.

A mere Los Pressure Area of supposed tropical depres-sion “Onyok” has triggered floodings and landslides in several parts of the Davao region.

I can no longer imagine “Diri lang ko sa davao, walay traffic, walay baha.” Maybe we have the same amount of rainfall, but no longer have enough trees to absorb the water, or maybe the amount of rainfall has increased in the city. But the fact is, the Davao of today is no longer

the Davao we had years ago.

Be EducatedWe have all heard of the

green house effect. According to Wikipedia, “The green-house effect is the process by which radiation from a plan-et’s atmosphere warms the planet’s surface to a tempera-ture above what it would be without its atmosphere. If a planet’s atmosphere contains radiatively active gases (i.e., greenhouse gases) the atmo-sphere will radiate energy in all directions.”

The biggest sources of greenhouse gases include air transport, industrial process-es, industrial agriculture, crop burning, ferilization, land transportation, land fills, coal mining, coal plants, oil pro-duction, forest burning and thawing permafrost.

I was asked to relate what I learned from the Climate re-ality to Davao, and it wasn’t difficult at all. We embrace 9 out of 12 biggest sources of greenhouse gases, with a 300MW coal power plant just

recently opening January of this year.

I have not gone into every single effect of climate change, but at one time or another, we can now see that the concern isn’t just the melting of ice and sea level rise. It includes political instability, floods and mudlides, wildfires, drought, storm damage, ocean acidifi-cation, infrastructure loss, cli-mate refugees, species extinc-tion, famine, water scarcity, ecosystem loss and increase in infectious diseases.

If we look at a global scale, since 1980 to 2015, the earth’s surface temperature has increased by 1.5 degrees Farenheight. The “extreme” temperature events used to cover 0.1% of the Earth. Now they cover 14.5%. The Ocean Heat Content Change has ris-en drastically as well, not only affecting water surfaces of up to 700 meters deep, but now also increasing temperatures of our oceans 2,000 m and deeper. And we are contribut-ing to this global change.

Be HopefulDespite the strug-

gle we’ve had through the years, every Na-tional Academy of Science of every major country in the world confirms Anthropogenic Global Warming. This means that even if private individu-als, corporations or even our government officials deny or refuse to act on climate change, we have science to back it up. And even with-out any of these statistics, just step outside your homes Davaoenos.

So what are we currently doing about this?

On a global scale, invest-ment on renewable energy has increased from $150 Bil-lion in 2009 to $250 Billion in 2014. The Vatican city has installed 2,000 photovol-taic (solar) panels because of Pope Benedict’s appeals for greater efforts to protect the environment. Even third world countries like Bangla-desh is now installing solar PV systems at the rate of two per minute, 24 hours a day.

In Davao, Ateneo de Davao has become a model University for installing pan-els that generate and supply at least 13.44 kilowatt solar energy (with 48 panels at 280watts each). They have also donated, through The Center for Renewable Energy and Appropriate Technolo-gies (CREATE), twelve (12) solar panels and two (2) 12-V deep cycle batteries to Sitio Bansil, Barangay Malabog, Paquibato District, Davao City last October 19, 2015.

What else can we do?During the Climate Real-

ity Project, I heard from The Climate Change Commis-sioner Emmanuel M. de Guz-man that they have excellent programs to combat climate change, especially highlight-ing their projects in Davao, which, unfortunately, I have not heard of so far. Further-more, we continuously suf-fer from destructive mining,

deforestation, expanding ur-banization, coal plant projects and more.

Davao is a progressing city, and is vulnerable to the false concept that in order to truly progress, we need to sacrifice our environment. However, there is hope.

Davao’s strength lies not only on the privilege of be-ing close to the sea and the mountain. It has a charm that entices every visitor not only to come back, but to love Davao and share their experi-ence with everyone. Ask any Davaoeno, and they would willingly pledge their dedi-cation to our city. When we think about Davao, we do not think of boundaries, ethnicity, culture or dialect, we think of our obligation as citizens of this city.

A great example is achiev-ing success in the call for the mayor to veto of the removal of the 10% green spaces for real estate development. We clamoured when we heard of the plans to cut the trees in Dacudao Avenue. If we, as a city, call for our local gov-ernment to push for proj-ects to help stop environ-mental damages, we are the city that can do this. If more Davaoenos are willing to offer their money, talents, time, or skills to promote renewable energy and environmental laws and implementation, we can attempt to become an eco-city and be ranked among Curitiba in Brazil, Auroville in India or Freiburg in Germany.

If it’s difficult to under-stand on a global level that climate change affects our lifestyle, livelihood and lives, then let us remember that citizen is not a title, but an action, and we have an obli-gation to this city to keep it green.

(Dakila is a group of art-ists advocating human rights. - Editor)

The Ocean Heat Content Change has risen drastically as well, not only affecting water surfaces of up to 700 meters deep, but now also increasing temperatures of our oceans 2,000 m and deeper. And we are contributing

to this global change.

By JESSICA MARIE V. MADRAZOManaging Director, Dakila Davao

Madrazo

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EASTER IS TRADITIONALLY A JOY-OUS OCCASION WE CELEBRATE WITH FAMILY – now, who says our pets can’t count as family too? On March 27th, the Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao opened its doors to all pet lovers young and old along with their four-legged friends for a fun and furry Easter Sunday event, the first of its kind in a hotel in Davao City.

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Dubbed “Fambam Easter Fun with your Furry Friends”, this year’s affair was held in the Gar-den Pavilion, an outdoor

convention facility conve-niently located in front of the beach-shore and next to the gardens – the per-fect setting for the human

Ms. Leticia Averion with one of three toy poodles, Za-Za.

The Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao Sales & Marketing team together with Black Mask Training Camp trainer Kerwin Haw, admins and members of the Davao Dog Lovers Community and pet enthusiasts

Ms. Cheryl Valle of the Davao Dog Lovers Community (top-center) with pet fashion show winners and participants. Two kids looking happy with their baskets.

From left to right: Carmela Delgra and Easter’s Furry Friend 2016 Queenie, Goody Levy with two of her entries Kitkat and Kisses, and Early Bird awardee Ren Gotera and runner-up Twinky.

tions. The event started past 2:30 in the afternoon as the guests came pour-ing in. A couple of games titled “Name the Breed” and “Bring Me a Pet Ac-cessory” jumpstarted the lineup of activities. A training demo came up next executed by Mr. Ker-win Haw of Black Mask Training Camp and his own troop of five well-trained canines who were all able to perform well on an obstacle course and with training commands in French. Earlier during regis-tration, each participat-ing child was given snack coupons and an Easter basket. Come high tea

and canine guests. The stage was decorated with an artificial grass wall and hanging floral gar-lands, white fences and custom-made Easter eggs

décor by Floral Pink De-signs. Tables and seats for both adults and children were set up, a Merienda Cena buffet at the center and barbecue-grilling

stations at both sides of the function area. As for our canine friends, a dog tent was put up towards the garden equipped with poop bins and water sta-

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Mercy and Mom Leonora’s birthday cakes

The venue of the twin birthday celebration

Mercy gives a heartfelt message

A DAUGHTER, no matter how old she gets, will always and forever be her mother’s princess.

Mercedita Lim is no different as her mother, Leonora, hosted a lavish party for her 48th birthday held at the family-owned D’ Leonor Inland Resort Convention Hall on March 10.

The event actually was a twin celebration as mom Leonora also celebrated her 70th summer.

The variety show-themed double birthday celebration was attended by relatives, friends and VIPs such as Robert Lim, Alexander Lim, Governor Claude Bautista, Lulu Rome-ro, Alan Real and Councilor Joanne Bonguy-an. Celebrity endorsers Sam Milby and Jessie Mendiola flew in to join the party.

It was truly a birthday bash like no other as big surprises kept on unfolding as the night went on. Guests were entertained with production numbers by The Lar-vae, finalist of Pilipinas Got Talent 2, Jazz Up dancers and RDL Dance Crew.

But the highlight of the celebration was when singer-actor Sam Milby and the alluring Jessie Mendiola got into their acts and regaled everyone in the crowd with their performances.

Mercedita and mom Leonora were teary eyed as they listened to Presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte, RDL Pharmaceuticals endorsers Piolo Pascual, Coco Martin, Enchong Dee, Kim Chiu, Xian Lim, Kathryn Bernardo, Aaron Villaflor and many more who sent their wishes through a video presentation.

The night was capped with a heartfelt speech by Mercedita who thanked all the guests and her queen, Leonora.

A twin celebrationlike no other

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Gabby Concepcion, flattered when referred to as ‘yummy’

AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE, veteran actress Princess Punzalan is finally back with ABS-CBN as she joins top-rating drama “The Story of Us” in a role that she describes as “sort of a contravida.” Princess will play Clodette, the mother of CJ (Bryan Santos) and a successful businesswoman known for her scheming ways and astute sense of running her beauty empire, The Lowery Group. Popular for playing the iconic antagonist Selina in the 1997 teleserye “Mula sa Puso,” Princess said she agreed to sign up for “The Story of Us” because she likes her character – a steadfast woman who stops at nothing to

get what she wants. “Although I would say that Clodette is not black like Selina. It just so happened that Clodette is overprotective as a mother and

her goals do not coincide with her son’s,” shared Princess. “I am flattered that there is an anticipation for my return and I hope that I will be able to satisfy the audience with my performance. I am always excited to work and perform on camera. Acting is my first love,” she shared. What role will Clodette play in the love story of Tin and Macoy (Kim Chiu and Xian Lim)? Watch out for Princess Punzalan as Clodette Lowery in “The Story of Us,” starring Kim Chiu and Xian Lim. It airs weeknights after “Dolce Amore” on ABS-CBN Primetime Bida. For exclusive updates, log onto Twitter.com/StarCreativesTV and Instagram.com/StarCreativesTV.

Princess Punzalan returns to ABS-CBN

KAPUSO ACTOR ALJUR ABRENICA gives a one-of-a-kind performance in Wagas this Saturday (April 2) as he portrays April Boy Regino—who for the very first time, will share his colorful love story with wife Madel, played by Jackie Rice. The “Idol ng Bayan” rose to fame for his songs and unique singing style. One of his hits, “’Di Ko Kayang Tanggapin”, is bound to give an LSS or “last song syndrome” to anyone listening.

Lately though, April Boy is facing a lot of problems. He is slowly losing his eyesight. He was also previously diagnosed with prostate cancer and suffered a heart attack. Currently, he is dealing with diabetes. Amid all these struggles, there is one person who continues to be April Boy’s number one fan, holding his hand all along: his first love and wife, Madel. Catch Aljur Abrenica’s moving portrayal of April Boy Regino in Wagas this Saturday (April 2), 7 p.m. on GMA News TV.

Aljur Abrenica as April Boy Regino in Wagas this Saturday

MANY SAY THAT GABBY C O N C E P C I O N DOES NOT LOOK HIS AGE, and since he was called ‘Boss Yummy’ in the primetime series Because of You, viewers have also adapted the term. “Well kasi kasama ‘yun sa show. Marami kasing nagsasabi nun because kasama sa script. Siguro natawag nila akong ganun kasi ‘yun ang tinatawag sa akin ni Carla, or ni Andrea, at lahat ng tao sa opisina. So nahawa na lahat dahil madalas nababanggit ang name na ‘yun, kaya kapag pinapanood mo, madadamay ka na rin,” he tells GMANetwork.com and some

entertainment bloggers during a set visit yesterday, March 28. He humbly adds, “But it feels good kapag tinatawag nila ako ng ganun, although wala naman akong

[anything] extra special para tawagin na ganun. Role ko lang ‘yun.” The matinee idol admits to feeling flattered when people still find him attractive after all these years.

He also shared his philosophy in life since he returned to showbiz in 2008. “Hindi ko alam, pero beauty is in the eye of the beholder eh. Kanya-kanya naman ‘yun eh. Flattering siyempre, at my age, after I turned 32 last year (laughs). Masarap ‘yung feeling pero ganun talaga, sometimes you’re down, sometimes you’re up. But ako, ang naging motto ko sa buhay ever since I got back in 2008, sabi ko sa sarili ko that anything that happens to me right now is just a blessing. I have nothing to complain about and everything to be thankful for. Lahat ng nangyari sa akin from 2008 onwards is a bonus.”

CINEMA ONE, THE COUNTRY’S LEADING CABLE CHANNEL, invites you to the most anticipated “beach wedding” event of the year on April 2 at White House and Sur, Boracay. Hosted by John Lapus and Enchong Dee, the “Openair Cinema One: Reel Love in Boracay” outdoor screening event features Cinema One Originals 2015 Audience Choice Award, “Baka Siguro Yata” and one of the highest-grossing Filipino films of all time, “A Second Chance.” Gracing the event are Shaina Magdayao and Matteo Guidicelli of the Cinema One hit series “Single/Single” and Bangs Garcia and Dino Pastrano of “Baka Siguro Yata.” Barbie Almalbis performs songs of love by the shore. Experience Reel Love, only on your favorite cable channel, Cinema One. For seat reservations, call 0922-825-8550 or check out https://www.facebook.com/Cinema1channel for more information.

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time, children ages 2 to 6 and 7 to 12 participated in the Egg-citing Hunt at the cordoned garden area where a thousand eggs, twin bones, and one real Ostrich egg were hidden. Boxes of Krispy Kreme doughnuts, other sweet treats, and complimen-tary pool passes were all given to those who col-lected the most number of eggs, those who found five bigger eggs, those who spotted the twin bones, and the one par-ticipant who got Grand Easter Egg that’s one in a thousand. Ten year-old Minoru Moraki received a room gift certificate as his prize. While eggs and bun-nies get the usual atten-tion on Easter Sunday, the highlight of the after-noon was the pet fashion show featuring thirteen beautiful dogs of differ-ent breeds. “Easter’s Furry Friend 2016” began with an intermission exhibit-ing an entourage of ador-able canines in Pet Nan-nies’ beautifully designed bridal collection. Hand in leash, all thirteen entries and their proud “parents” chased the runway togeth-er. Co-judging the show alongside trainer Kerwin Haw were Cheryl Valle of

Davao Dog Lovers Com-munity, Sanchia de Asis of Pet Nannies and Sandie Tiu of Pet Pals Dog and Cat Shop. A medal, certif-icate, casual pet wear and a good number of pet care products were all given to five winners. The Easter’s Cutest award went to Leti-cia Averion and Bubbles, a toy poodle in a bright pink dress matched with ac-cessories. Easter’s Best in Costume went to Lourdes Barlis and Pretty Meggy, a pug in a colorful getup wreathed with Easter eggs. Easter’s Choice were Doogy Levy and Kitkat,

a miniature schnauzer all dolled up in a green tutu dress. Easter’s Best Team-up were Charisse Uy and Bugsy, a Chow Chow with nothing else on but his undeniable charm. And finally the Easter’s Furry Friend 2016 title was won by Carmela Delgra and Queenie, a terrier mix in a pink gown with gold embellishments. Special awards were also given such as the Early Bird Award to Ren Gotera and Japanese Spitz Twinky; and the Best Kid Owner Award to Emely Go’s son who was inseparable from

his pet Poodle Yoshi. This event was orga-nized in partnership with the Davao Dog Lovers Community (DDLC). Event sponsors were as follows: APM, Krispy Kreme PH, Pet Pals Dog and Cat Shop, Pet Nan-nies, Dunsk Kuhner Cor-poration and Black Mask Training Camp. In support to the pet industry of Davao, Wa-terfront Insular Hotel has officially announced that their hotel grounds are now a pet-friendly zone, the first among other ho-tel-resorts.

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A girl dressed as Minnie Mouse with two basketfuls of Easter eggs.

A box of Krispy Kreme doughnuts was given to each of six kids who got the most number of eggs.

Several kids participating in the Easter Egg Hunt.

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We are now hiring for the ff. job vacancies:

1. CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICER (C.S.O.)Scope of Work:• Handling of customer services (e.g. inquiries, complaints, scheduling

of services)• Preparation of quotation for clients• STARTING SALARY: P12, 000 (BASED ON PRIOR EXPERIENCE)

2. TECHNICAL ENGINEER (T.E.)Scope of Work:• Installation/Programming/Configuration for the ff. products*CCTV, PABX, PABGM, INTERCOM, BIOMETRICS, ACCESS CONTROL,

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DAVAO City Water District advises that many city parts will experience low

water pressure to no water on different schedules.

First set is on April 5 and 6 every 4:00 AM until 5:00 AM. Af-fected are these areas served by Calinan Water Supply System (WSS): portions of Riverside (Babad Compound, Upper River-side and Purok 3), Calinan (San Roque Village, Francisca Village, Lanzona Village, Bagobo Village, Durian Village, Estrella Village, Pioneer Subd. Homeowners Assn., Hilario Subd. Homeown-ers Assn. I and II, Datu Abing, Villafuerte, Calinan Proper, Bu-

hawi Village, Fortune Village and Palarca Compound), Purok 8 in Upper Calinan, Puroks 2, 4, 5 and 6 in Dacudao and Purok 2-3A in Malagos; areas served by Tug-bok WSS: Tugbok, Mintal, Bago Oshiro, Bago Gallera, Sto. Niño, Tacunan, Catalunan Pequeño, Catalunan Grande, Matina Pangi and portion of CP Garcia Nation-al Highway (from the junction of Catalunan Grande Road to Tina-go Drive in Matina Pangi); and some portion of GSIS Heights Subd.: streets of Polaris, Com-et, Pluto, Mercury, Mars, Virgo (from corner of Pluto St. to cor-ner of Eagle St.), Aquarius, Ju-piter, Planet, Galaxy, Milkyway,

Low water pressure to no waterin many city parts April 5, 6 & 7

Surveyor, Apollo, Ranger, Telstar, Oak, Pisces, Capricorn, Rine, Mapple and Willow, a portion of Phil.-Japan National High-way (from corner Langub Road towards Green Valley) and the entire Royal Pines Subd., Santos Cuyugan Road, Shrine Hills Road, Matina Hills, Jack’s Ridge, Lan-gub including San Nicolas Home-owners Assn. and San Vicente Homeowners Assn., Green Valley in Ma-a and the west portion of Las Terrazas.

Low water pressure to no water will also be experienced on April 5, 6 and 7 every 4:00 AM to 6:00 AM in areas served by Du-moy WSS. Specific affected areas are entire Talomo, Ulas, Bangkal, Matina, Matina Aplaya, Matina Crossing, Ecoland, Ma-a, Langub, Bucana, Downtown, Poblacion, Bo. Obrero, Cabaguio, Agdao, Madapo, Marfori, San Rafael, Circumferential Road, Bacaca, J.P. Laurel Avenue and immediate environs, Bajada, Lanang and Bo. Pampanga, Angliongto / Mamay Road, Sasa until Km. 12; left side portion of Diversion Road (from junction of Bangkal to corner Catalunan Grande Road), some areas in Bago Aplaya (Gulfview Executive Homes, Versari Vil-lage, Castro Village and Sto. Niño Village); Buhangin (from J.P Laurel Avenue to DDF Mandug, from Crossing Milan to Villa Park Subd. and from Ma-a Bridge to DPWH Panacan including Du-moy WSS connections in Ciudad de Esperanza, Camp Catitipan, AFP Mutual Homes and Davao International Airport) and Pana-can (ICSAMA, SAPAHA, Panacan

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT SOLE HEIR

WITH DEED OF SALENotice is hereby given that the

estate of the late ANNILYN N. ADLAON ESPINOSA has been the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT SOLE HEIR WITH DEED OF SALE executed among her heirs per Doc. No.284; Page No.57; Book No. 115; Series of 2016, of the NOTARY PUBLIC FATIMA IRENE T. ADIN

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BRADLEY IS WARY. “I’m expecting a tough fight and I’m expecting a smart fight. I am not expecting any weaknesses from Manny Pacquiao,” says Timothy Bradley. AP

EVEN though Manny Pac-quiao hasn’t scored a knockout for the last six

years, Tim Bradley is not about to get complacent in his third meeting with the ‘Pacman.’

The 32-year-old American said he still expects Pacquiao to come out stronger and mo-tivated once he climbs the ring of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on April 9 (April 10, Manila time).

“I’m not depending on Manny Pacquiao to be weak. I think he is going to be stron-ger than ever,” said Bradley in a transcript of an interview sent to media outlets from his training camp in Palm Springs, California.

“I’m expecting a tough fight and I’m expecting a smart fight. I am not expecting any weak-nesses from Manny Pacquiao.”

Bradley held his final day of sparring pn Thursday (Fri-day, Manila time) and will close camp on Friday (Saturday, Ma-nila time) when he holds a me-dia public workout.

Pacquiao hasn’t knocked an opponent out since scoring a 12-round stoppage over Mi-guel Cotto in 2009 to win the World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champi-

onship.Even in his win against

Bradley in their 2014 rematch, the Filipino boxing great had to settle for a unanimous deci-sion.

Bradley himself is per-plexed, aware of how powerful a fighter Pacquiao is.

“I don’t know what it is. He hasn’t knocked anyone out in a long time,” said the Amer-ican, holder of a 33-1-1-1 re-cord with 13 KOs. “It could be the weight class – he has been fighting at 147 pounds – it could be that, but I’m not de-pending on any decline in Man-ny Pacquiao.”

Bradley said it doesn’t af-fect him even if Pacquiao has been touting the fight as his farewell bout, and therefore would be inspired to come out in a blaze of glory.

“You know I don’t know, and to be honest with you, I really don’t care,” he said. “If it is, so be it, and if it isn’t, then more power to him, whatever he wants to do.

“I don’t think about this being his last fight. I just know there is a fight on April 9. It’s a fight on April 9 that I want to win and I’m sure Teddy (Atlas) wants to win.” (Spin.ph)

Bradley not taking chances desite Pacquiao’s KO drought

LIGHT Flyweight Rogen Ladon, still ecstatic over his big win yesterday to

earn a slot in the Rio de Ja-neiro Olympics later this year, fell short of his mission to pre-serve his lofty number one po-sition here as he narrowly lost his finals bout with Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan Fri-day afternoon.

The scores were 29-28, 28-29 and 29-28, giving his old nemesis a split decision in the second match of the pen-ultimate day of competitions which awards 30 slots for the 2016 Summer Olympiad.

Ladon gamely exchanged punches with Dusmatov who also decisioned him in a sim-ilarly close finals bout at the Asian Confederation Boxing Championships in Bangkok last September.

The diminutive Uzbek seemed to have had the better of the exchanges.

Likewise unable to gain a win and the last Olympic ticket in the bantamweight class was Bukidnon’s Mario Fernandez who was shut out by a wily Kazakh, Kairat Yeraliyev, with the three judges scoring it uni-formly at 30-27.

This evening, Eumir Felix Marcial tries to salvage a third qualification spot for the Phil-ippines as he faces Mongolia’s Tuvshinbat Byamba.

The young Zamboangue-no will be fighting with swol-len knuckles on his dominant left hand, but assured he can win.

ABAP executive director Ed Picson said “Ladon and Fernandez both wanted to win badly but perhaps the fa-tigue factor and the emotional ups and downs here may have caught up with them. The good

thing is, we still have time to work out the kinks in our ar-mor. We’ll get on it right away.”

DABAWENYO HOPESaturday, Dabawenyo

hope Charly Suarez, coming off a sensational 3rd round TKO win over China’s Shan Jun, takes on Otgondalai Dor-jnyambuu for the gold medal in the 60 kg. lightweight cat-egory. Both fighters have al-ready secured tickets to Rio. Head-to-head, they’re 1-1.

ANOTHER LOSSEarlier, the Philippines’ Eu-

mir Felix Marcial failed to over-come the ill effects of swollen knuckles on his left hand as he fell short in his bid to secure an Olympic berth to Rio de Ja-neiro in the box-off in the AIBA Asian-Oceanian qualifying event here.

Marcial lost to Uzbeki-stan’s Tuvshinbat Byamba, 29-28, dropping the first two rounds before going all out to salvage the last round.

“Eumir gave it all he had,” said ABAP executive direc-tor Ed Picson. “He started with some power shots to the head in the first round and we thought he won that initial canto.”

The Zamboanga native rocked the Uzbek with a wick-ed left hook in the second but couldn’t follow through be-cause of his handicap. He went for broke in the third round but by that time Byamba had an insurmountable lead.

“Ginawa ko na lahat pero may mga galaw ako na di ko magawa ngayon,” said Marcial. “Pero kung mabibigyan pa ako ng pagkakataon, sisiguraduhin ko talaga na maganda ang kundisyon ko.”

PHILIPPINE Olympic Committee president Jose ‘Peping’ Cojuangco

is turning to the private sec-tor to make his long-awaited dream of building a state-of-the-art training facility for na-tional athletes a reality.

Cojuangco bared in the POC’s radio program on Sports Radio on Thursday that the Olympic body is in ex-ploratory talks with SM about a possible tie-up for the con-

struction of a long-overdue training center for national athletes.

Cojuangco hopes to fol-low a model similar to Japan which built a training center with the support of Ajinomo-to.

“Tignan natin kung pu-wede nating maparisan ‘yun,” said Cojuangco.

Since he took over the presidency of the POC in 2004, Cojuangco has been batting

for a training center to be used by Filipino national athletes to replace the ageing Rizal Me-morial Sports Complex.

A proposed training cen-ter was to be built inside Clark field in Pampanga, with local sports officials already doing an ocular inspection last year. But apparently, talks have stalled, according to Cojuang-co.

Cojuangco is hopeful ne-gotiations with the SM group

won’t suffer the same fate, adding that he is impressed with how SM has turned around the sports program of National University following its purchase of the school.

“Nagkausap kami ni Henry Sy Jr. at ‘yung isa sa mga kasa-ma nila sa NU. I admire what they are doing. Naging con-tender sila sa UAAP, and they are recruiting athletes from the Batang Pinoy and PNG,” said Cojuangco. (Spin.ph)

WHEN the Golden State Warriors start-ed the season with

24 straight wins, analysts and ex-players usually remarked that they would only be able to challenge the 1995-96 Chi-cago Bulls’ record of 72 wins if they really, truly wanted it. The argument had little to do with talent — it rested on the basic point that an 82-game sea-son features various ups and downs and tests a team’s re-solve on random nights when victories do not come easily. Everyone knew the Warriors had talented players and a system that allowed them to thrive. The question was if they had the focus to win games that would only matter to the histo-ry books.

Anyone who still doubt-ed that capacity should have a change of heart following Wednesday’s game against the Utah Jazz at Energy Solutions Arena. The Warriors arrived in Salt Lake City at 3 a.m. fol-lowing Tuesday’s hard-fought victory over the Washington Wizards at Oracle Arena and played like a tired team, miss-ing open shots and looking a step slow all night against the highly motivated Utah Jazz,

themselves trying to firm up their hold on the franchise’s first playoff berth in four years. Yet Golden State stayed close despite their struggles, tied the game late in the fourth quar-ter, and controlled overtime to grab a well-earned103-96 win. The Warriors’ 68-7 record is two games ahead of the pace set by the ‘95-’96 Bulls through 75 games.

It would have been very easy and totally understand-able for the Warriors to lose this game. The Jazz controlled tempo to create a grind-it-out style to their liking, limiting the Warriors to just 37 combined points in the second and third quarters. Golden State missed many open looks (particularly Harrison Barnes, who finished 1-of-8 on threes), but that may have been because Utah kept most players out of their pre-ferred rhythms. The interior combo of Rudy Gobert and Der-rick Favors caused problems for a team without much height at its disposable, and Andrew Bogut played only 17 minutes due to foul trouble (though the last one forced Favors out of the game with a knee injury).

Nevertheless, the Warriors stayed close throughout their

offensive issues with quality defense and their fair share of breaks, including very poor free-throw shooting for Utah. It also helped that Curry shot 5-of-10 from beyond the arc for 31 points when the rest of the team went just 7-of-25 from deep:

Still, it looked like a reason-ably understandable loss most of the way. A team doesn’t win 66-plus games in consecutive seasons without crunch-time confidence, and the Warriors arguably won for that rea-son more than any other on Wednesday. Down 79-71 when Steve Kerr brought Curry back earlier than his usual rotation at the 7:18 mark of the fourth, the Warriors closed strong and held the ball with a chance to tie after Shelvin Mack split free throws to make it 89-86 with just inside of 24 seconds on the clock.

Klay Thompson missed on his first try, but the second was true:

The Jazz gave the ball to Gordon Hayward on the final possession of regulation, but he had to give the ball up to Mack, who was blocked by Draymond Green. Hayward took a desper-ation attempt off the carom, but

he was unsuccessful to send it to overtime.

Golden State quickly looked more prepared to seize the extra five minutes. Hayward scored the first bucket within 30 seconds, but appeared to gain energy and built up a 99-93 advantage on a short Curry shot at the 1:30 mark. That set the stage for the dagger, an em-phatic dunk for Green off a pick and roll:

Utah made some baskets late but needed too much to engineer a comeback. The loss drops the Jazz into a virtual three-way tie with the Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks for the No. 7 seed at 37-38, al-though Utah currently holds the tiebreaker ahead of Dallas to fall into the eighth playoff berth.

The Warriors will be happy to have only one more back-to-back this season, because they have typically looked a little exhausted on the second night of late. For that matter, it’s argu-able that this was the toughest contest left on the schedule with four games coming up at home and the final two games against the San Antonio Spurs likely in-volving mass rest for the No. 2 seed’s key players.

Win no. 68: Best and worst so farPinoy boxers fall short, Ladon misses gold

POC eyes training facility with SM group

VOL. 9 ISSUE 22 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, APRIL 3 - 4, 2016

BEERMEN FOR DUTERTE-CAYETANO. Marcio Lassiter and some SMB teammates appear in a video endorsing the candidacies of Davao mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano.

BEERMEN GOES FOR DUTERTE16 EDGEDAVAOSports

Video showing Beermen ‘fist bump’ goes viralMEMBERS of

the San Mi-guel Beer-

men have appeared in a video supporting presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte and his running mate, Alan Peter Cayetano.

In a 26-second vid-eo posted on Facebook by the Duterte Cayeta-no page on Thursday evening, the players identified as “Ballers for Duterte Cayetano” voiced their support for the Davao mayor and the senator who are seeking the na-tion’s highest office in the May 2016 national elections.

“Kampihan na! Salamat sa suporta!” the caption on the vid-eo read along with the hashtags #SMBeer-menforDuterteCayeta-

no, #DuterteCayetano and #BallersforDuter-teCayetano.

The video appears to have been shot during a team practice inside a gym.

Appearing in the video are Alex Caba-gnot, Bitoy Omolon, Alex Doruelo, Gabby Espinas, JayR Reyes, Ryan Arana and Marcio Lassiter.

The players, dressed in black polo shirts with the Duter-te Cayetano logo said, “Para sa tunay na pagbabago, Duterte Cayetano po tayo!” fol-lowed by a fist bump to the camera.

The video has gar-nered more than 5,000 “Likes” and shared more than 3,000 times as of presstime. (Spin.ph)

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