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STATE OF THE ART. This embroidery machine can stitch the most complicated logo designs and art works in a jiffy as demonstrated during a trade exhibit at the SMX Convention Center of SM Lanang Premier. Lean Daval Jr.

FINGERPRINTING. Municipal Councilor Romulo S. Esmino Jr. of Braulio E. Dujali in Davao del Norte is being fingerprinted at the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Davao City after he was arrested by PDEA

operatives Wednesday night for allegedly selling methamphetamine hy-drochloride better known as shabu. Lean Daval Jr.

COUNCILOR BUSTEDHonorable pusher?

A municipal councilor of Dujali, Davao del Norte was arrested for allegedly selling P2,000 worth of illegal drugs to Philippine

Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents in a buy-bust operation on Wednesday.

Romulo Esmino Jr., 36, was arrested in Purok 6, Brgy. Poblacion, Braulio E Dujali, Davao del Norte after selling one sachet of suspected methamphet-amine hydrochloride commonly known as “shabu” worth P2,000.00 to PDEA operatives who posed as buyers.

Recovered from his possession were two sa-chets of shabu and two thousand pesos in marked money.

Agents from PDEA 11 led by Director Emerson

THE City Pros-ecution Office has found prob-

able cause to indict a 25-year-old business-man for allegedly rap-ing an 18-year old legal management student of the University of Min-danao and part-time model on Tuesday after-noon at the Jade by the Sea, Matina Aplaya, this city.

Prosecutor Stella Esparagoza- Camino charged Hervi Clyde

Jardinel, resident of 227 Guiho St., Hillside subdivision, Bajada, for violation of Repub-lic Act 8353 or the An-ti-Rape Law, Art. 226-A (1. a and b) based on the complaint of the victim whose name is withheld for her protection.

The offense carries a penalty of reclusion per-petua and I a non-bail-able offense.

The case has been raffled off to the Region-

Drag racer charged for raping modelBy EMILORD P. CASTROMAYOR

Davao Norte Councilor arrested in shabu buy-bust

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Task Force Davao operatives closely guard Davao City’s government and pri-vate buildings, and other vital installations to prevent untoward incidents as tension between government troops and the Moro National Liberation

Front (MNLF) in Zamboanga City continue to escalate, at Quezon Park yes-terday. Lean Daval Jr.

Residents of Lanang, Sasa and nearby places troop to the grand opening of Davao City’s newest supermarket yesterday in Km. 9, Sasa. Lean Daval Jr.

“A picture paints a thousand words.”

This was the state-ment of Davao City Councilor Diosdado Mahipus Thursday on the photograph show-ing President Benigno Aquino and Jeanne Na-poles, daughter of al-leged pork barrel fund scam mastermind Jan-et-Lim Napoles, togeth-er which is now trend-ing in online social net-working sites.

Mahipus added, “Wow, ang sweet nila tingnan!” He did not say what he meant by that.

Davao City congress-man Karlo Nograles, on

the other hand, said it is not uncommon for people from all walks of life to have their pic-ture taken with public officials like the Presi-dent.

He said, “everyone will want a photo-graph taken with the President and Presi-dent Aquino cant really screen out each and ev-ery person who wants a picture with him.”

Commission on Elections (Comelec) 11 director Wilfred Jay Balisado said, it (the picture) only shows that their worlds are intertwined and may-be they have common

OVER 500 ba-nana growers from various

banana plantations in Davao del Norte marched through the streets of Panabo City in the fourth 911 Save our Saging Movement Wednesday to oppose the ban on aerial spray-ing in their plantations.

The 911 Move-ment’s head, Panabo City councilor Renante Bangoy, told Edge Davao that employ-ment and banana ex-

port quality would be placed in peril should aerial spraying be banned.

The movement is dubbed 911 Save our Saging because it was founded on September 11 four years ago by Bangoy, and is celebrat-ed every 11th of Sep-tember.

The banana industry in Mindanao generates about 350,000 jobs, and majority of these jobs would be lost, should aerial spray-

ing be banned, just like what happened to Lapanday in Mandug, Buhangin, Davao City when aerial spraying there was banned, Ban-goy said.

Mamamayan Ayaw sa Aerial Spraying (Maas) is one of the major groups that are aggressively lobbying in Congress for the ban on aerial spraying by using non-government organizations and al-leged studies to prove the hazards of aerial

spraying. Bangoy, however

said, the group does not belong in the ba-nana industry, but has a “hidden” agenda.”

He said, growers are using fungicides in ae-rial spraying, products approved by the Food and Drug Administra-tion (FDA).

“Aerial spraying is necessary to maintain the high quality of our bananas so that we can comply with the

AS part of continu-ing efforts to re-form the Bureau

of Customs, Customs Commissioner Rozzano Rufino B. Biazon direct-ed all personnel of the Bureau, regardless of rank, position, desig-nation and current as-signment, are ordered to return to their moth-er units. Their current designations or assign-ments are likewise re-voked.

With the approval of Finance Secretary Cesar V. Purisima, Cus-toms Commissioner Rozzano Rufino B. Bi-azon signed Customs

Personnel Order (CPO) No. B-134-2013, man-dating all BOC employ-ees to return to their permanent plantilla positions and original units as indicated in their appointment pa-pers.

The order further ordered the personnel movement in tranches, to ensure proper turn-over of duties and re-sponsibilities.

The first batch of employees affected by the CPO, covering all Supervising Customs Operating Officers (SVCOO) and Customs

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Government Secre-tary Manuel Roxas

II on Thursday said that government security forces have been suc-cessful in containing members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) faction of Chairman Nur Misu-ari in five barangays in Zamboanga City where they are now surround-ed by the troops.

Roxas, during a broadcast interview over GMA News TV, maintained that the government continue to exercise restraint and non-aggressive stance to resolve the

Zamboanga City inci-dent peacefully.

”Ang posture ng pamahalaan nitong na-karaang apat na araw ay restraint at saka non-aggressive stance dahil ang talagang sin-iguro ng pamahalaan simula palang ay yung hindi pagkalat nito sa ibang bahagi ng Zam-boanga,” said Roxas, noting the city has 99 barangays.

According to Roxas, Zamboanga City is big-ger than Metro Manila and the conflict is only confined within five barangays, namely, Sta. Catalina, Sta. Barbara, Talon-Talon, Makiri and

Roxas: MNLF memberssurrounded by troops

BOC orders all personnel back to mother unit

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Workers constructing one of the buildings of Ateneo de Davao University in Roxas Avenue yesterday are seen toiling equipped with prescribed safety gears to avoid accidents. Lean Daval Jr.

ZAMBOANGA CITY--Mayor Ma. Isabelle Climaco-Salazar has

appealed for the safe re-lease of hostages as the standoff entered the fourth day Thursday in this south-ern port city.

The standoff started Monday when hundreds of “Misuari-faction” of Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) rebels infiltrated this city and took people hostages.

“To the hostage takers, please let go of the hostag-es especially the elderly, the sick, the children and peo-ple with disabilities,” Sala-zar called on the group of Ustadz Habier Malik.

Malik is one of the trusted and loyal field com-manders of MNLF found-

ing-leader Nur Misuari.The group of Malik is

holed up in the barangays of Sta. Barbara and Sta. Catalina, east of this city, and holding hostage more than 100 people including a priest.

Malik’s group makes the hostages as human shields preventing the government forces from further advanc-ing into their positions as sporadic fighting continues.

Salazar made the call citing �our priority is the safety and protection of every Zamboangueño cit-izens, and every person in this city.�

Meanwhile, the lady mayor assured the affected residents who are in the evacuation centers “that we have more than enough se-

curity and food in our shel-ters.”

So far, 13 evacuation centers have been set up and the biggest of which is the Joaquin Enriquez Me-morial Sports Complex that houses more or less 10,000 of the more than 12,000 displaced individuals.

MALACANANG BE-LIEVES MISUARI BEHIND ZAMBOANGA STANDOFF

Meantime, Malacañang believes Moro National Liberation Front found-ing chair Nur Misuari was behind the ongoing stand-off between government troops and his men in Zam-boanga City.

Communications Sec. Ricky Carandang told a media briefing that reports they have been receiving

indicate that Misuari’s group was behind the at-tack.

“There are many state-ments that have been at-tributed to him in the last few weeks, even months, that sometimes they feel convenient... it’s conve-nient to disown,” Caran-dang said.

Zamboanga City Mayor Isabelle Climaco said she had talked to Misuari and told her that it was not him who ordered the attack in the city.

“What we believe is that his faction, his group is behind it. So what he’s saying right now, if he’s re-ally saying that, is not con-sistent with what we know (had) happened,” he said. (PNA)

THE Senate placed principal whistle blower Benhur Luy

under the legislative wit-ness protection program right after he testified re-garding the P10 -billion pork barrel scam Thurs-day.

Blue Ribbon Commit-tee chair, Sen. Teofisto Gu-ingona, announced imme-diately after the hearing that Luy would be placed by the chamber under its protection program.

“Everything you say here can’t be used against you,” Guingona said.

Aside from being Janet Napoles’ assistant, Luy is also her second cousin.

However, this fact did not prevent him from re-vealing the steps Napoles took to transfer funds from fake NGOs to her own as well as solons’ pockets.

Luy did not mention how many lawmakers were involved in the pork barrel scam, nor did he drop any names.

This was owing to Justice Secretary Leila de Lima’s counsel to wait un-til charges are filed next Monday (Sept. 16) on

those accused. Meantime, lawyer Lu-

cila Gonzales Reyes, Sen-ator Juan Ponce Enrile’s chief of staff, has left the country days before pork barrel scam whistleblow-er Benhur Luy testified before the Senate Blue Ribbon committee inves-tigation.

Sources at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport said Reyes, also known as Attorney Gigi, left Manila for Macau, Chi-na on August 31, 2013 on board a Cebu Pacific Air flight 5J-362 which de-parted at 7:50 pm.

Reyes, who has no hold departure order, traveled alone with two check-in luggage. She had no return ticket when she left for abroad.

Benhur Luy alleged that chiefs of staff of sena-tors receive as much as 50 percent commission once funds from their Priority Development Assistance Funds are released by the Department of Budget and Management in favor of the bogus non-govern-ment organizations set up by Janet Lim Napoles. (PNA)

THREE Scout Rang-ers were wounded in an encounter

Thursday morning with suspected Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) fighters in Lamitan City, Basilan.

Senior Supt. Mario Dapilloza, Basilan Pro-vincial Police Office di-rector, said the encoun-ter took place around 8:50 a.m. in Barangay Campo Uno, Lamitan City.

He identified the

wounded Scout Rangers as Pfcs. Ruel Martinez, Wilvan Caro and Master Sgt. Ernesto Landagura.

All are now under-going treatment at the Lamitan City Emergency Hospital.

Pursuit operations are still ongoing.

All of the wounded soldiers are members of the 9th Scout Ranger Company who engaged an undetermined num-bers of suspected MNLF in the locality. (PNA)

CROSSING Baya-bas National High School, Toril is going

to the heights with the construction of its new-est three-storey concrete building on a whopping P19 million budget, the only public school in Davao City costing that much.

Some private schools here have cost more to build and are a common sight, but not a three-sto-rey concrete public school building with 15 classrooms and two rest rooms on each floor.

The new build-ing,whose construction

began last April is ex-pected to be finished in November next year, got is being funded by the Department of Education (DepEd) Central office through the aggressive follow up by Crossing Bayabas National High School principal, Evelyn Magno.

She told this reporter Friday that, availing a bud-get this big for the devel-opment of the school “can be made possible through constant requests and fol-low ups.”

“If the school head really has the desire to

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Zambo mayor calls for the release of the hostages

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SOME 100 typhoon-af-fected families in Sitio Cogon, San Rafael,

Cateel, Davao Oriental will finally own sturdier homes as 100 permanent housing units will soon be constructed by the provin-cial government in part-nership with the Depart-ment of Social Welfare and Development and Tan Yan Kee Foundation, Inc.

Davao Oriental Gov. Corazon N. Malanyaon, Tan Yan Kee Administra-tive Officer Phillip Sing and Director Priscilla N. Razon of DSWD led the groundbeaking ceremo-nies Friday.

Babylyn Edullantes, 43, a Pantawid Pamilya beneficiary and a moth-er of three happily said, “Magpasalamat gayod mi sa among bag-ong balay kay grabe pagkalisuda sa among kahimtang kaniad-to (We are very thankful with this new house as we were in a very difficult sit-uation before).” Edullantes was a recipient of Cash for Work and her three chil-dren also benefited from the Supplementary Feed-ing Program.

“Naka-uswag-uswag gamay, nakaginhawa. Pasalamt mi nga naay hinabang diria labi na ang pabalay karon (We are gradually doing better and thankful for the assistance especially with the hous-ing now),” said Jennifer

Losentes, 28. She has two children and her husband is a labourer.

Barangay Chair Liezel Delaluz shared they are recovering and are very grateful as housing is a ba-sic need of the people and they have been staying in temporary shelters since December last year.

Cateel Vice Mayor Isidro Castro said, “DSWD always remembers us and now our miseries are less-ened with this housing units which will be built here.”

Phillip Sing said his group is the philanthropic arm of Lucio Tan Group of Companies and focuses on calamity assistance, liveli-hood and environmental protection. He said the foundation extends as-sistance to communities heavily affected by disas-ters. “This gift will go a long way in making your lives better.”

Director Razon urged the community, “We should not dwell on the sadness and the trauma. We have to rise up.” She said DSWD has committed 3046 permanent shelters to be built in Cateel. She also lauded the prepara-tory activities conducted by the provincial govern-ment in the area pointing out that convergence of resources from the local government, private sec-tor and national govern-

ment is clearly manifested. The PLGU will manage

the construction, DSWD provides P 7 million for construction materials while Tan Yan Kee coun-terpart is P 4 million. The single-detached shelter unit will have a floor area of 23.586 square meters in a lot that measures 80 square meters.

In her message, Gov. Malanyaon cited as well that public-private part-nership is working. “These donors are God’s instruments and it’s God’s will that they help us. We have received so many graces and let us be thankful for all these.” She urged the recipients to engage in livelihood and gardening. “Let us help

ourselves and also pro-vide voluntary service to others.”

DSWD is set to build 836 Permanent Modified Shelter units in Boston and 3704 in Baganga. The MVP Group is also provid-ing permanent shelters. Other temporary shelter interventions in the three hardest-hit areas come from the International Or-

ganization for Migration -502, Catholic Relief Ser-vices -2999, Internation-al Committee of the Red Cross -2438, Philippine Red Cross -209, Interna-tional Federation of the Red Cross -115, Caritas/NASSA/CBCP -954, Plan International -100, and Green Mindanao -797. [DSWD/Carmela Cadi-gal-Duron]

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Permanent shelters soon to rise in Pablo-hit town

DSWD Director Priscilla N. Razon buries the time capsule for the housing project.

THE General Santos City local govern-ment is set to acti-

vate a special body that will lead the formulation and implementation of various strategies that will address the city’s power supply problems.

Vice Mayor Shirlyn Bañas-Nograles said such move was based on an or-dinance recently passed by the city council that sets the establishment of the city’s local power re-source planning and advi-sory board.

She said the board will mainly spearhead efforts to address problems relat-ed to the city’s continuing power supply shortage.

“It will ensure the availability of quality, re-liable, secure and afford-able” power resources for the area,” said the vice mayor, who authored the ordinance.

City Councilor Franklin Gacal Jr. acted as the prin-cipal sponsor of the or-dinance while councilors Ramon Milleza and Dom-inador Lagare III were co-sponsors.

Under the ordinance, the advisory board will be headed by City Mayor Ronnel Rivera while the vice mayor will act as its vice chairperson.

Its membership will include city council mem-

bers, city department heads and representa-tives of a duly recognized association or federation of electrical engineers in the city, the local chapter of the Philippine Insti-tute of Certified Public Accountants, the General Santos City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. and South Cotabato II Electric Cooperative (So-coteco II).

The vice mayor said the advisory board will be tasked to formulate the city’s local power resource management program.

It will be tasked to ex-amine, whenever appro-priate or necessary, the fi-nancial statements of any electric cooperative and private-owned distribu-tion utility that are doing business within the city, she said.

Nograles said the board will enjoin any elec-tric cooperative or distri-bution utility concerned towards the proper man-agement and placement of all power grid and dis-tribution systems located within the city, including all necessary components, to ensure that these facil-ities are neatly kept intact at all times and that these do not pose any obstruc-tion to traffic or threaten public order, health or safety. [PNA]

Special power body mulledCops, civilians rescue QC-based trader

Power outages in R 12 provinces to end soon

ALERT policemen and civilians in M a g u i n d a n a o

rescued on Wednesday a Quezon City-based recruiter for workers abroad, hours after she was seized in Datu Odin Sinsuat town, police in Kidapawan City report-ed.

Police Inspector Da-tutulon Penguiaman, police chief of Datu Odin Sinsuat PNP, said 52-year-old Milagros

Abu Hussein, was on board a passenger vehi-cle from Tacurong City heading towards Cota-bato City with her re-cruits when armed men flagged down the vehi-cle in Datu Odin Sinsuat (DOS), Maguindanao and seized her and sev-eral women recruits.

Penguiaman said Abu Hussein, who runs a recruitment agency in Quezon City, and sever-al women were brought

by the suspected kid-nappers to Barangay Dados, a remote village in Datu Odin town.

Penguiaman said the timely report from civilians in the village led the police to quick-ly rescue the business-woman and her com-panions.

He said the police-men backed by ele-ments of the 6th Infan-try Battalion chased the heavily armed suspects

who engaged the law enforcers in a shooting war.

Nobody was hurt in the shooting.

As the soldiers closed in, the kidnap-pers set free their cap-tives and fled deep into the forest of Datu Odin Sinsuat.Pen-guiaman lauded a local anti-crime radio club which helped the police in locating the victims. [PNA]

THE five to six hours of daily power outag-es presently gripping

parts of South Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat prov-inces are seen to end in two weeks with the scheduled operationalization of the 12-megawatt (MW) modu-lar generator sets leased by distribution utility South Cotabato 1 Electric Coop-erative (Socoteco I).

Santiago Tudio, Soco-teco I general manager,

said power producer Co-nal Holdings Corporation has committed to complete the installation of their contracted diesel-fed gen-erator sets and start its streaming by September 22.

He said Conal Hold-ings personnel have been installing the Cummins brand generator sets at the electric cooperative’s sub-station in Barangay Morales in Koronadal City.

Socoteco I and Conal Holdings signed a four-year contract last May for the operationalization of the modular generator sets to augment the area’s pow-er requirements.

The modular gener-ators being installed by Conal Holdings will have a total capacity of 15 MW, of which 12 MW will be streamed to the coopera-tive while the remaining 3 MW will serve as standby

or buffer supplies, he said.“The power that will be

supplied by the generator sets will be enough to cov-er for our shortage so we expect the rotating brown-outs to end by then,” Tudio said in a media forum.

Socoteco I started im-plementing daily rotating brownouts stretching five to six hours last Septem-ber 1 after its power deficit reached around 12 MW. [MindaNews]

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MULTI-TASKING. Window shopping while working is what this man is doing as he passes through show window at the Annex of SM City Davao yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

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THE Department of Agriculture (DA) pours in P1.879 bil-

lion for various agricultural infrastructures to address the challenges of farm pro-ductivity in Mindanao.

DA through its special program in southern Phil-ippines, the Mindanao Ru-ral Development Program (MRDP) has spent the whole amount on hard-in-vestments like the farm-to-market roads, irrigations, potable water systems, and pre and post harvest facil-ities.

“The agricultural pro-ductivity of Mindanao has always been hampered by the lack of relevant infra-structure and we made sure that we are address such pressing problem within the resources en-trusted to us,” MRDP Pro-gram Director Lealyn Ra-mos said.

MRDP is a five-year poverty alleviation ini-tiative aimed at increas-ing farmer’s productivity in Mindanao. It is jointly funded by the World Bank, the national government and the local government. Last year, WB has granted a two-year extension for the program to ensure the MRDP will deliver its ex-pected projects by Decem-

ber 2014. To date, the program

has completed 665 kilo-meters of farm to market roads amounting to P1.465 billion; its 273 81 bridges with a total length of 273 linear meters amounted P81.05 million; Communal Irrigation Systems serving 1,882 hectares amounting P83.97 million.

At least 43 towns across Mindanao that had diffi-culty on accessing clean water were given potable water system amounting P227.44 million; and the problem on post-harvest losses and grain harvest quality were addressed with pre and post harvest facilities amounting to P21. 79 million.

In addition, a total of P2.596 billion worth of in-frastructure projects are still on going and P19.88 million worth are on ad-vance stage of procure-ment.

“We have addressed the long standing prob-lems like the lack of road networks which made it difficult for farmers to bring out their produce and bring in farm inputs. Our irrigation system has ensured that rice farmers will increase their yield, and since rice is water-de-

pendent, farmers can now expand their production with the enough supply of water in the rice field,” Ra-mos said.

The infrastructure projects are also coupled with a number of agri-based livelihoods provided to peoples organizations.

“The partner of Ru-ral infrastructure is the Community Fund for Ag-ricultural Development (CFAD) component. It rolls out livelihood opportuni-ties to those PO (peoples organizations) who does not have enough capital to start investment,” Ramos explained.

CFAD has created a total of 3,780 livelihood subprojects amounting to P1.265 billion. According to the report of the com-ponent, the projects range from livelihood projects amounting to P250,000.00 up to big ticket projects amounting to P5 million. Of the Amount 2,731 subproj-ects have been completed costing P842.038 million.

“With the stringent regulations imposed on the beneficiaries selec-tion we are sure that le-gitimate farmers received the projects,” Ramos said. [Sherwin B. Manual/DAMRDP]

DA: P1.88 B utilized for agri infrastructure in Mindanao

AS part of its 50th Golden anniver-sary celebration,

UCPB, one of the coun-try’s leading provider of financial products and services, recently con-ducted an economic fo-rum at the Manila Polo Club geared toward pro-viding relevant business analysis and economic forecasts to its clients coming from various industries such as man-ufacturing, food, real estate, finance, distribu-tion and others.

“We want to provide our clients with relevant information and insights regarding the Philip-pine economy. These insights will help them make sound investment decisions, and in turn support our country’s economic growth and development. There are many opportunities for our clients and we want to help them take ad-vantage of them,” UCPB President and CEO Je-ronimo U. Kilayko said.

With renowned key-note speakers and two of the most sought-af-ter Filipino economists, Dr.Cielito F. Habito and

Dr. Felipe M. Medalla, the event brought together the country’s top lead-ers and decision-mak-ers including Finance Secretary Hon. Cesar V. Purisima. Both speakers were former National and Economic Develop-ment Authority (NEDA) Director Generals, Ph.D. holders in Economics from renowned univer-sities abroad, and are professors in Economics at the country’s top uni-versities.

Dr. Habito present-ed figures pertaining to the Philippine economic performance and how these relate to the real economy. A member of the Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Dr.Medalla spoke about the finan-cial economy.

UCPB Chairman Menardo Jimenez wel-comed the guests and delivered the opening remarks. Television personality Issa Litton hosted the economic forum and moderated the panel discussion to-gether with UCPB EVP and Corporate and Con-sumer Banking Group

Head Higinio O. Mac-adaeg Jr. Other panel-ists include UCPB EVP and Treasury Banking Group Head Eulogio V. Catabran and noted Feng Shui expert Dr. Andy Tan who shared

his insights on the fa-vored industries and areas for growth.

UCPB is a universal bank providing prod-ucts and services to corporations, private and government insti-

tutions, middle market companies, small/me-dium-sized enterprises and individuals in the Philippines. The bank has been in a progres-sive growth path for the past four years, and

it is targeting further growth this year pri-marily by creating more technology-driven prod-ucts and expanding con-sumer loan portfolio, re-mittance business, and branch network.

ECONOMIC FORUM. (Photo shows from left t right: UCPB EVP and Corporate and Consumer Banking Group Head Higinio O. Macadaeg Jr., Host Issa Litton, Dr. Andy Tan, UCPB EVP and Treasury Banking Group Head Eulogio V. Cata-

bran, Dr. Cielito Habito, and Dr. Felipe Medalla during the panel discussion at the UCPB Economic Forum 2013.)

UCPB holds economic forum

THE Philippines’ largest flag carrier, Cebu Pacific (PSE:CEB) celebrated the arrival of its

brand-new Airbus A330-300 aircraft from Toulouse, France, in a ceremo-ny held at the Ninoy Aquino Inter-national Airport today. This is CEB’s 2nd Airbus A330 aircraft delivery this year, in time for the launch of the airline’s long-haul operations in Oc-tober 2013.

The ceremony’s guest of honor was Vice President Jejomar Binay, who was joined by CEB Chairman of the Board Atty. Ricardo Romulo, and CEB CEO and President Lance Gokongwei.

“Today marks another milestone for Cebu Pacific, as we celebrate the introduction of the Airbus A330-300 into Cebu Pacific’s growing fleet. Since we started international opera-tions, our focus has always been to fly where Filipinos are. With our flights to Dubai, using this brand-new Air-bus A330 aircraft, we can bring Glob-al Filipinos home faster, not just to Manila but wherever they may be in the Philippines,” said Gokongwei.

CEB will operate direct daily flights between Manila and Dubai be-ginning October 7, 2013. CEB offers passengers fares that are up to 35% lower than other carriers.

The airline’s non-stop, direct Ma-nila-Dubai service will be the fastest way to reach Manila and make same day connections with CEB’s exten-sive Philippine route network.

“We estimate over half a million Filipinos are working and living in the United Arab Emirates, and this figure is bound to increase in the future. When Cebu Pacific launches its long-haul services next month, it will be the first time a Philippine carrier lands in Dubai in 15 years. I hope that this will only inspire Cebu Pacific to remain committed to serv-ing the Global Filipino community,” Vice President Jejomar Binay said.

Earlier this year, CEB announced its support to Global Runner Cesar Guarin, the first Filipino set to run the length of the globe. Guarin did its Middle Eastern leg last May and met Filipinos in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Jeddah among others.

On the maiden Dubai-Manila flight, CEB will also bring home “100 Lucky Juans,” as part of its initiative to bring home 100 Global Filipi-nos for free. The 100 Lucky Juans, whose length of stay in the Middle East without returning to the Phil-ippines, at least a year, will be wel-comed with a homecoming party upon their arrival from Dubai.

CEB’s 47-strong fleet is com-prised of 10 Airbus A319, 27 Airbus A320, 2 Airbus A330 and 8 ATR-72 500 aircraft. It is one of the most modern aircraft fleets in the world. Between 2013 and 2021, Cebu Pa-cific will take delivery of 15 more brand-new Airbus A320, 30 Airbus A321neo, and 4 Airbus A330 air-craft.

Cebu Pacific serves Middle East OFWs with arrival of brand-new Airbus A330

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FOOD giant Nestle Philip-pines is planning to de-velop the various upland

farming areas in General San-tos City and nearby Sarangani Province into production sites for high quality coffee varieties.

Jonathan Villaverde, Nes-tle’s area agronomist, said in a statement that they are pres-ently exploring several upland villages in the city and parts of Sarangani to identify possible development sites for the coffee plantations.

He said they are also work-ing on the development of a 50-hectare coffee demonstra-tion farm here to jumpstart the project.

Through the demonstration farm, he said the company will initially test and assess the suit-ability of the potential coffee plantation areas.

“The entire process, from planting up to harvesting, takes around 18 months, depending on the external factors that may deter or hasten the cultivation of coffee,” Villaverde said.

If the output of the demon-stration farm will meet or qual-

ify with the industry standards, he said the company will imme-diately proceed with the devel-opment of the plantation sites.

Nestle representatives re-cently presented their planned projects and plans to the pro-vincial government of Saran-gani in a visit to the office of Vice Governor Jinkee Pacquiao.

The company specifically introduced a proposal on coffee growing techniques and a com-munity livelihood scheme for potential coffee planters.

They also met with City Mayor Ronnel Rivera here to present the initial plans and other details of the project.

The meeting was joined by Nestle’s partner Corporate Holdings Management, Inc. (CHMI), which is financing the project.

Under the program, Vil-laverde said Nestle will train local planters or farmers re-garding the proper cultivation or growing of coffee.

He said they will also open a contract growing, marketing and financing scheme for local farmers through the CHMI.

Villaverde said among the sites they are targeting for de-velopment in this city are agri-cultural areas in Barangay San Jose and the neighboring vil-lages, where the soil substrate

was believed to be suitable for growing coffee.

“The area has vast available agricultural lands that could be developed into prime coffee plantations,” he added.[PNA]

THE ECONOMY

BY THE NUMBERSThe total foreign transaction flowing into the Philippines reached US$83.201 billion

as of end-August, $29 billion more than in July.

SOURCE: BSP

MONTHLY AVERAGE EXCHANGE RATE (January 2012-April 2013)

Month 2013 2012 2011

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

September 41.75 43.02August 42.04 42.42

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

March 42.86 43.52February 40.67 42.66 43.70January 40.73 43.62 44.17

Stat Watch7.1

1st Qtr 2013

7.8 1st Qtr 2013

USD 3,741 million

Feb 2013USD 4,708

million Feb 2013USD -967

million Feb 2013USD -640

millionDec 2012

P 4,964,560 million

Feb 2013

2.4 % Mar 2013P113,609

million Mar 2013

P 5,281 billion

Mar 2013

P 41.14 Apr 2013

6,847.5 Mar 2013

132.8 Apr 2013

2.6 Apr 2013

3.1 Apr 2013

418,108 Feb 2013

20.9% Jan 2013

7.1% Jan 2013

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

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

3. Exports 1/

4. Imports 1/

5. Trade Balance

6. Balance of Payments 2/

7. Broad Money Liabilities

8. Interest Rates 4/

9. National Government Revenues

10. National government outstanding debt

11. Peso per US $ 5/

12. Stocks Composite Index 6/

13. Consumer Price Index 2006=100

14. Headline Inflation Rate 2006=100

15. Core Inflation Rate 2006=100

16. Visitor Arrivals

17. Underemployment Rate 7/

18. Unemployment Rate 7/

Cebu Pacific Daily 5J961 / 5J962 5:45 Manila-Davao-Manila 6:15Zest Air Daily Z2390 / Z2390 5:45 Manila-Davao-Manila 6:25Cebu Pacific Daily 5J593 / 5J348 6:00 Cebu-Davao-Iloilo 6:30Philippine Airlines Daily PR809 / PR810 6:10 Manila-Davao-Manila 7:00Philippine Airlines Daily PR819 / PR820 7:50 Manila-Davao-Manila 8:50Cebu Pacific Daily 5J394 / 5J393 7:50 Zamboanga-Davao-Zamboanga 8:10Cebu Pacific Daily 5J599 / 5J594 8:00 Cebu-Davao-Cebu 8:30Cebu Pacific Daily 5J347 / 5J596 9:10 Iloilo-Davao-Cebu 9:40Cebu Pacific Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri/Sun 5J963 / 5J964 9:40 Manila-Davao-Manila 10:10Philippine Airlines Daily PR811 / PR812 11:30 Manila-Davao-Manila 12:20Cebu Pacific Daily 5J595 / 5J966 12:00 Cebu-Davao-Manila 12:30Cebu Pacific Thu 5J965 / 5J968 12:55 Manila-Davao-Manila 13:25

Cebu Pacific Tue/Wed//Sat 5J965 / 5J968 13:35 Manila-Davao-Manila 14:05Silk Air Mon/Sat MI588 / MI588 13:35 Davao-Singapore 18:55 Silk Air Wed/Sun MI566 / MI566 15:20 Davao-Singapore 18:55Silk Air Thurs MI551 / MI551 12:05 Davao-Singapore 15:45Cebu Pacific Mon/Tue/Wed/Fri 5J507 / 5J598 15:00 Cebu-Davao-Cebu 15:30Philippine Airlines August 15:55 Mani2Mani 16:50Zest Air Daily Z2524 / Z2525 16:05 Cebu-Davao-Cebu 16:45

as of May 2013

7EDGEDAVAO

Nestle expands coffee production areas

RECOGNIZED the world over as a leader in audio technology, Electro-Voice

(EV) yesterday launched its new

line of portable 12” and 15” loud-speakers under the ZLX line. Per-fect for use as mains or monitors, ZLX represents a new standard

for musicians, DJs and perform-ers looking for more than just a portable loudspeaker.

“EV has been and contin-

ues to be a trusted partner for professional communication systems and audio technology. Our presence in the Philippine market has been made possible through our invaluable partner-ship with EVI Distribution Philip-pines, Inc.,” said Johannes Huth, Director for Product Marketing, Bosch Communication Systems. “We launched our ZLX line here not only because we wanted to expand our product portfolio. By making our latest innovations available and accessible to local consumers, we further our aim to better serve the Philippine market,” he added.

EV speakers and microphones are installed in the Suwon World Cup Stadium in Korea, the Parra-matta Stadium in Australia, the Philippine Senate, the Philippine Congress, as well as in several facilities and establishments na-tionwide.

EV delivers best-in-class per-formance, power and precision through its extensive portfolio of professional audio equipment, and ZLX is no exception. With its smart design and straightforward operation, ZLX combines decades of expertise in professional audio engineering with a bold new look and user-friendly features that give performers extraordinary control over their sound.

Electro-Voice launches new line of portable loudspeakers

Globe Business PayrollCloud increases HR efficiency. Globe Business Head of IT-Enabled Services Group (IG) Jesus Romero recently introduced the company’s Globe Business PayrollCloud in Central Visayas at a corporate caravan in the region. He discussed the company’s highly-innovative web-based cloud solution, which addresses current challenges in human resource processing and how it serves as an effective means for organizations to stream-line them. The event was highlighted with a hands-on session for HR administrators and payroll officers to demonstrate the conve-nience of the Globe Business PayrollCloud, compared to common manual processes or payroll processing software. With the actual

walk-through, the participants learned the multiple modules, benefits, and advantages of Globe Business PayrollCloud’s high-ly-configurable service and how their companies’ unique payroll setups and processes can be built into it. Romero said that Globe Business PayrollCloud forms part of the sizeable solutions portfo-lio of Globe IG, noting that as a cloud technology, it is becoming an integral part of the trends which companies should begin to embrace for increased working mobility, such as HR applications and reporting-on-the-go


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EDITORIALPhotographs and memories

IN this age of Instagram and “selfie”, photographs are a commonplace.

It used to be that photographs are only for those who go to studios, or where there’s a special occasion, or when there’s a photographer (also loosely called “spiku”, “kodaker” or “maniniyot”) in the park. Processed and printed, it takes a while to get a photograph.

Not these days. With digital cameras, DSLRs, and cellphone cameras, a photograph is just a touch away. Upload it to cy-berspace (Instagram and Facebook) and the world gets to see those photographs. Gone are the old-fashioned thick and heavy photo albums and picture frames. You can frame those photos anyway you like so long as you have a photo editor app on your android phone or tablet.

So when President Aquino was found to have a photo of Jeanne Napoles, socialite daughter of alleged pork barrel fund scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles, everyone raised their eyebrows.

What is the President doing with this lady whose lavish lifestyle was photographed and uploaded on social media, raising furor from an angry Pinoy mob that led to the awak-ening against corruption in government through the abuse of

lawmakers’ pork?“Are they friends?” That was the common question. Others

say: “So they knew each other all along.”Quickly, Malacanang made a reply. Expectedly, the Palace

denied any connection or acquaintance. The President him-self made the denial that he does not know Jeanne. It goes like the girl was rudely “disowned.” It was just a photograph and it happens everyday when people ask the President for a photograph.

Like a rock star, the President is someone everyone wants to have a photo taken with.

That’s true.But let’s admit it. The President is the most difficult person

to have a photo taken with. With all the presidential guards and the cordon sanitaire plus the protocol, it is not easy to get close to the President. So if Jeanne Napoles was able to squeeze in and squeak in with the President, it is either they knew her or the guards allowed her.

That picture paints a thousand words and interpretations.It’s not easy to tell. But thanks for photo storage on cyber-

space, it will now take a forgotten photograph for the Presi-dent and his men to refresh their memory.

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SOME HOSTILE UNDERCURRENTS – For the first time in several months, representatives of the Davao del Norte

Electric Cooperative (DANECO) factions – DANECO-NEA and DANECO-CDA were talking again. The meeting and signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) recently was a “cause for admiration,” de-clared Compostela Valley Governor Arturo T. Uy, chosen as chief mediator of the series of talks between the two parties.

The renewed negotiation was an achievement, according to the dauntless ComVal governor. Only months ago, the warring factions were lobbing, hurling in-vectives and bitter side comments at each other. And before that, both parties filed charges and countercharges, each claiming legal rights to manage and operate DANE-CO. The legal dispute, confusion and intense situation go on for quite some time until re-cently.

However, the two groups indicated late-ly they were willing to resume dialogues provided that the talks will focus not on legal questions. Through the interference of Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Carlos Joseph Petilla, the MOU produced one concrete decision. Per specific instruc-tions of the Energy secretary, the MOU was an agreement that a “confirmatory refer-endum” shall be conducted to the mem-bers-consumers of DANECO on January 11. 2014.

Under the deal, the NEA group shall be the collecting agency of DANECO which starts upon the signing of the MOU and pending the results of the referendum. The CDA group on the other hand will tempo-rarily give way to DANECO-NEA and the right to collect electric power bills for the purpose of immediate payment of the firm’s outstanding obligations to its supplier to

prevent discon-nection of pow-er supply.

“Relations between the two parties have been so poor for so long igniting con-fusion among consumers es-pecially when paying their power bills considering both groups were similarly collecting payments,” says Gov. Uy. Although the agreement is temporary in nature, the parties agreed that the existing employees will be utilize by the NEA group for its operations except those personnel to be retained by DANECO-CDA in the perfor-mance of its mandated functions, duties and responsibilities as duly registered electric cooperative under RA 9520.

Furthermore, prior to the conduct of a referendum, DANECO-NEA shall honor all contracts and obligations entered into by DANECO-CDA, and all communications, documents, signage’s and the likes shall only bear DANECO – minus CDA or NEA. Both parties are likewise warned to observe civility by not throwing black propaganda at each other to avoid creating another con-flict. With the MOU in effect, Gov. Uy is now reasonably confident that both parties ar-en’t about to abandon their respective basic positions.

The big factor in improving the rela-tion of the two parties that has given mem-bers-consumers guarantee was the inter-vention of Sec. Petilla and other local offi-cials of the provinces of Compostela Valley and Davao del Norte, particularly Gov. Uy who has painstakingly assumed the role as

chief arbitrator. Helping to hold cross-party negotiations, the resolute ComVal gover-nor’s main goal now is to stretch out the process, sit tight and watch how the tran-sition takes place and unfolds over the next few months.

Still, there were other aggressive under-currents. Keen and thoughtful observers or maybe plain critics of either the two parties cautions, progress they say will be slow as both sides find it hard to reach specific agreements. The harsh comments, as their wont – parties involved were extremely cau-tious about being drawn into discussions that touch on the issue of legality. More-over, they noted despite signing a pact, both groups remain far from any real meeting of the minds. Indeed, it is understood that members-consumers of DANECO would be happy enough if the current situation were to continue indefinitely.

And the legal minds’ favored topic: the decision on who would eventually own the right to manage and operate DANECO – CDA or NEA? While members-consumers were still awaiting the results of the referen-dum, the brewing issue remained hanging on the balance and is a bugbear for the two provinces being served by DANECO. “Any development is seen as encouraging and people seem to care about it,” added Gov. Uy. In the meantime, local officials want to restrict topics to relatively low-level matters to avoid more confusion that would further aggravate the “unsettled” situation.

Gov. Uy emphasized that like gas prod-ucts, electricity fuels the economic engine of the provinces of ComVal and Davao del Norte. Without this essential element, eco-nomic activities of the affected areas had a probability to remain in unworthy isolation from the rest of the Davao region. Maybe for so long.

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AQUILES Z. ZONIOCorrespondent

Loss of Pork,loss of rights?

Dauntless mediator

Making frenemies with Putin

BY ELIZABETH COBBS HOFFMANCOMMENTARY

BY PATRICIO P. DIAZMIND DA NEWS

BETTER to swallow a little pride than a lot of grapeshot, Hamilton reck-oned. As a consequence, British in-

vestors underwrote America’s industrial-ization over the course of the 19th century. And then the United States stood at Brit-ain’s side through two terrible world wars in the next.

The Cold War between Washington and Moscow ended barely 20 years ago. Healing it means refusing to interpret mi-nor differences as major ones. Our biggest beef with the former Soviet Union was its oppressive control of Eastern Europe, its threat to expand into Western Europe, and its nuclear-powered aim to “bury” the United States.

All that is gone. Russia is now getting the big things right in its foreign poli-cy, and it’s on this that U.S. policymakers should focus. Russia’s goals and actions no longer require U.S. troops at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin. Putin’s cooperation on anything else is gravy.

In the words of Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters’ World War Two ditty, we need to “ac-centuate the positive, e-limin-ate the negative . . . and don’t mess with Mister In-between.”

We also shouldn’t be surprised that Russian leaders sometimes look for sim-ple ways to salve national pride, consider-ing the bruises with which they exited the Cold War. When Putin flaunts Russian in-dependence by sheltering someone on our Most Wanted List — which he has a per-fect right to do according to the customs of sovereignty — it makes no sense to let him get a rise out of us.

And on those occasions that he exer-cises constructive leadership — as he may have with his following up on Secretary of State John Kerry’s offhand remark about Syria’s chemical weapons — we ought to applaud as loudly as if the gesture came from Germany or Japan, other onetime en-emies. If Putin actually convinces Syria to stand down and place chemical weapons under international control, Americans should be the first to compliment Russia and the last to complain about anyone

stealing our thunder or glory.Skillfully managing flashpoints like

these is imperative. Yet in the long run there aren’t a lot of shortcuts to consis-tent amity. Trade is the surest road. This is demonstrated not only by America’s ex-perience with Britain, but also by France’s relationship with Germany and Japan’s with China.

Between 2009 and 2011, U.S. exports to Russia rose by 57 percent, ameliorating our negative balance of payments, while total U.S.-Russia trade increased more than 80 percent. Last year, Russia joined the World Trade Organization and signed an agreement with the U.S. to respect our intellectual property. We still buy far more than we sell, which means that Americans are excellent customers for Russians, who have a growing incentive to stay on our good side — providing that we don’t make it humiliating for them to do so.

This is the big story about U.S.-Russian relations, not Snowden, nor whether or not Putin cooperates with Obama, or any president, on each and every regional is-sue. That just ain’t gonna happen — and expecting it only makes foreign govern-ments want to twist our tail harder.

WHAT is the proposal to realign the PDAF? Evardone clarified that the kind of infrastructure

projects lawmakers could push would be severely limited. “We will limit the menu to projects less prone to corrup-tion, such as the concreting of roads and multipurpose buildings. We won’t allow the graveling of roads or dredging projects” – giving less discretion on the part of lawmakers and making it easy to monitor. No matter how limited, that is still the pork barrel in spirit and action.

It is the function of lawmakers to leg-islate development projects within their districts with national funding. But this must be done after consultations with the people and the local governments. The lawmakers and the local govern-ments have the same constituency. Such projects must have no partisan political color. The lawmakers’ role is legislation; that of the local governments and the people is monitoring the implementa-tion. That will eliminate corruption – the truly Matuwid na Daan.

The prerogative of lawmakers to sponsor “hard project” and “soft proj-ect” is the function of the executive branch ceded to the legislative with dis-cretionary powers and funding for give-and-take political co-existence. The pork barrel is a twin-gun, one gun pointed to the legislative, the other to the executive – Congress: Give us the pork barrel or we will not cooperate; the President: coop-erate or I will not release your pork bar-rel. Is the pork barrel system really for the poor as claimed?

The lip-service concern of the law-makers for the poor people should be better taken care of with the abolition of PDAF – the “hard project” aspect re-turned to the line agencies, mostly to the Department of Public Works and High-ways; the “soft project” aspect turned into programs to complement or sup-plement already existing programs and powers within the functions of the na-tional and local government executives.

To clarify further: The soft proj-ect aspect of PDAF has the long-term, emergency, and dole out scopes. The long-term, like educational and health benefits, can be legislated into ad hoc programs and attached to pertinent gov-ernment agencies. The emergency, like giving assistance to disaster victims can enhance the functions already exercised by the President and local government executives. The dole out, like money for funerals, fare of stranded travelers, etc., is the burden of the lawmakers; they must use their own personal funds if they want to play Santa Claus to boost their reelection.

To reiterate: Ceding development prerogatives

of the executive to the legislative for political give-and-take expediency is anomalous. Abolishing the PDAF and the pork barrel system does not remove the right to legislate of the lawmakers; neither does it diminish their right un-der the power of the purse doctrine to have the final say on the national budget proposed by the executive. Dispensing PDAF money is not contemplated in the power of the purse doctrine. The law-makers do not lose any right with the abolition of PDAF.

The right of the poor and the un-fortunate to assistance is already being taken care of under laws and programs within the functions of the national and local government executives. If flaws in these laws and programs depriving the poor of necessary assistance are the reason for the pork barrel system, the lawmakers should correct the flaws by legislation instead of usurping executive functions. If they do, the right of the poor to assistance will be enhanced, not lost.

Under no pretension or circumstance will any right be lost with the abolition of the PDAF and the pork barrel system.

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al Trial Court Branch 17.Based on the affidavit

of the complainant, on September 9, Jardinel, a drag racing driver, invit-ed her to see a movie. The two reportedly met at a recent drag racing event at the Speed City inside the sprawling Riverfront Corporate City in Maa Di-version Road.

After the movie, Jardi-nel and the complainant reportedly went to a KTV bar and at around 4:00 pm, they had a drinking session at the Jade by the Sea Restobar. At 6:15, the victim asked Jardinel to deliver her home be-cause she was drunk. Ac-cording to her, she could

not remember how she was able to get inside the room where the suspect molested her despite her protest.

She reportedly begged for Jardinel to stop but instead, she was told by the suspect that he will do it another time.

When she managed to leave the room, she asked for assistance from the staff of the ho-tel-restobar establish-ment but Jardinel is no-where to be found. The staff called for police as-sistance and she was en-dorsed at Talomo police station to file complaint against Jardinel .

PO1 Emie Flor Delig-

ero, police women’s desk officer of Talomo Police Station, told Edge Davao in an interview that the victim has been trauma-tized by the incident.

Talomo Police Station commander Julius Silag-an said they arrested the suspect on September 10 and detained him un-til yesterday’s filing of affidavit-complaint.

“It was not estab-lished that the com-plainant and the suspect are lovers,” Silagan said.

The Edge Davao tried to seek comment from the suspect yesterday but he was asleep and reportedly requested not to be disturbed.

R. Rosales, together with Braulio E. Dujali and officers from the municipal police sta-tion conducted the buy bust operation.

The suspect is temporarily detained at the Davao City Po-lice Office detention facility while the seized suspected il-legal drugs were sub-

mitted to the regional laboratory of PDEA 11 for examination.

The councilor will face charges for vio-lation of the Compre-hensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

The maximum penalty for the viola-tion by a public offi-cial includes absolute perpetual disqualifi-

cation from any pub-lic office found guilty.

In a press release, PDEA 11, warned government officials saying, “this serves as a warning to those government officials and government em-ployees engaged in illegal drug activities that no one is above the law.”

friends.Bureau of Customs

(BOC) 11 district col-lector Edward James Dy Buco said, everyone wants to have a picture with +the President. It does not prove that the he really knows her.

He said, “I have one (picture) myself, and the President doesn’t know me at all.”

According to Davao City sports coordina-tor William “Butch” Ramirez, “it’s part of a nation’s journey to seek honest governance and honest leaders.”

He said, “the incum-bent and the oppo-sition are politicians whose interests are personal or for a cer-tain group, it’s not in

the interest of the peo-ple.”

Congressman Bebot Bello said, “My calcula-tion is PNoy will listen to his boss (the peo-ple)!”

Davao City police chief Ronald dela Rosa, however, did not seem affected one way or the other, saying only, “wala lang”. EJF

Rio Hondo.Last Monday,

around 300 members of the MNLF faction of Misuari infiltrated the five Zamboanga City barangays and took around 200 civilians as hostages.

As of press time, government authori-ties estimated the civil-ians still being held by Misuari’s followers at 160 to 180 persons.

The incident has so

far resulted in the kill-ing of four individuals –a policeman, a Navy man and two civilians.

Roxas said that rebel snipers are also shooting at fire-fight-ers responding to a fire that erupted at the Zamboanga State Col-lege of Marine Science and Technology since Wednesday. The area remains on fire.

” Yung ating mga bumbero ay nandyan

rumesponde subalit naputukan sila kaya alanganin ang kanilang pagpasok para matig-il itong sunog na ito. Yung security forces ay nandyan at sinisikap na ma-clear ang area para makapasok ang mga bumbero. Talag-ang pinapangambah-an natin na kung hindi makapasok ang mga bumbero ay matutupok itong lugar na ito,” said Roxas. [PNA]

required standards for export,” he said.

Japan is the leading importer of banana from the region. Other importers are China, Korea, New Zealand, Australia, the United States of America and countries in the Middle East are becoming huge importers of banana from the region.

In the Panabo City council, Bangoy, being the chairman of the committee on agricul-ture, said they will not ban aerial spraying in the city since 70% of Panabo’s economy is from the banana indus-try.

Central Tadeco

Agrarian Reform Bene-ficiaries Multi Purpose Cooperative (CTARBE-MPCO) head Romeo Manuel said, “if aerial spraying is banned in favor of manual spray-ing there would only be a small area covered.”

One cycle of aerial spraying can cover up to 7,000 hectares, he said, adding that he has been exposed to aerial spraying for 13 years, and so far there have been no side effects.

“We use fungicide, not insecticide, insec-ticide is the one they should worry about, because it is hazard-ous,” he said, adding those who want to ban

aerial spraying are pushing for organic farming, which is more expensive and will not suffice.

He believes that those pushing for the ban are being paid by large internation-al companies selling organic farming prod-ucts.

According to re-cords from the Pilipino banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA), they have some 53,000 hectares of bananas grown by their 28 regular mem-bers and three special members, 36,508 hect-ares of which are in re-gion 11.

Operations Officers III (COO III), are relieved of their assignments effective September 13, 2013; the second batch covers all Chief Customs Operations Officers and Customs Operations Officers V (COO V) and revokes their designations by September 15, 2013; while all other officials and employees are re-lieved of their designa-tions by September 17, 2013. All officials and employees who are af-fected by the CPO have ten (10) days to report to their permanent units. By September 27, 2013, all employees of the BOC should be back

at their respective per-manent positions.

Commissioner Kim S. Jacinto-Henares, Chairperson of the DOF Revenue Cluster, explained that the pur-pose of the Customs Personnel Order is for the DOF and BOC to take stock of the exist-ing human resource of the Bureau of Cus-toms and assess how best to move forward with the much-needed reforms at the agency. The move was made at the suggestion of Comm. Biazon and with the endorsement of the Revenue Cluster of the Department of Finance.

“It is integral that

we have a clear picture of the plantilla at the Bureau of Customs to streamline operations, eliminate redundant functions and prevent crossing of jurisdic-tional boundaries,” said Comm. Henares.

The Department of Finance and the Reve-nue Agencies are com-mitted to carrying-out sustainable reforms at the Bureau of Customs to institutionalize in-tegrity in the agency and its personnel, re-build credibility, curb smuggling in all forms and plug the loopholes that create lost reve-nues for the govern-ment. [PNA]

address the needs of the school where she is as-signed, then she will have the courage to constantly persist and send requests to higher ups until the request is finally grant-ed,” she said, adding if it is stated in the Enhanced Based Information System (EBIS), then it can also be made possible.

Ms Magno said she made sure that a new building woulf be built to

replace the old building which has become hazard-ous to those using it.

Magno said the bew building will have up to date facilities making it more conducive to learn-ing for students.

She expressed grati-tude to the DepEd, espe-cially Dr. Helen Paguic-an, division supervisor for Davao City, for their im-mediate response to her request.

“Because of them, the students will now have a truly learning-condu-cive environment where their needs for excellent education can finally be answered,” said the prin-cipal.

Magno has served as the principal of the school since August 2012 after serving as principal of Catalunan Pequeño Na-tional High School for nine years.

THE United Nations on Thursday said it is ready to provide as-

sistance to the thousands of civilians who were dis-placed by the armed hostil-ities between Muslim reb-els and government forces in Zamboanga City.

At least 15,000 people were affected by the skir-mishes that started Mon-day when Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) forces, belonging to the fac-tion of the group’s found-ing chairman Nur Misuari, attacked Zamboanga City and took dozens of hostag-es over allegations that the Philippine government ter-minated an earlier peace pact.“The United Nations stands ready to support the Government of the Philippines in its efforts to provide humanitarian assistance and to alleviate the humanitarian needs of the civilian population af-fected by the armed clash-

es in the City of Zamboan-ga,” U.N. resident coordina-tor Luiza Carvalho said in a statement.

In one of the worst humanitarian crisis to hit Mindanao in recent years, thousands of residents have fled their homes and took shelter in evacuation centers in a gymnasium and schools amid the vio-lence. Food supply, accord-ing to reports, is running low.

The MNLF used to be the largest Muslim rebel group seeking a separate state in Mindanao until it dropped secessionist demand and settled for limited autonomy under a signed agreement in 1996.

However, many of its guerillas held on to their firearms and periodically staged rebellions in the past, complaining the gov-ernment has reneged on its promise to fully develop impoverished Muslim re-

gions.Its leader, Misuari, has

not surfaced since the at-tempted siege of Zamboan-ga four days ago, but is very vocal on his opposition to the crafting of a peace deal by the government with the currently dominant Muslim rebel group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

As fighting continues, Carvalho called on all par-ties involved “to respect and protect the rights of the civilian population, provide special attention to women and children and avoid unnecessary human suffering by reach-ing agreement to end the standoff.”

“The United Nations Country Team calls for an immediate end to the violence, deeply regrets the loss of innocent civil-ian lives, and calls for safe passage of civilians caught in the cross fire,” she said. [PNA]

UN to provide aid to Zambo civilians

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WHEN investing in real estate, there is a lot of research

and decision-making in-volved. If you’re shopping around for a condo as a rental property, consider four major items that can potentially make or break your investment, and pit these against the bench-mark for the most attrac-tive real estate investment in the region—North-point, the landmark condo development of Vista Resi-dences in Davao.

1 - Homeowners Association. There are a lot of benefits from

having a homeowners association. It takes away the worry over property maintenance from unit owners. They don’t have to worry about landscaping, roof repairs or exterior painting. They only have to expend their time, energy, and budget on the interior of their own condo unit.

Association fees cover the exterior of the prop-erty, which normally re-quires more extensive work and cost. It also covers upkeep of the club-house, fitness gym, drive-ways, parking, basement,

laundry area, and oth-er common areas in the property. The guarantee of consistent care and prop-er maintenance translates to a much higher resale value for the condo prop-erty.

Northpoint takes these services a notch higher by having a professional property management team take care of prop-erty maintenance for the homeowners association. Not only that, the proper-ty management team even takes care of the home-owners association itself, ensuring it is functioning

well and that the social en-vironment among home-owners is healthy and strong.

2 - Progressive Neigh-borhood. The look and reputation of the immediate environs of a rental property count. No investor will want to buy real estate in an area with a bad name or, worse, is known as a hot spot for criminal activity. The surrounding vicinity with a progressive look and signs of growth are indications that the neighbourhood is a good place to invest in real

estate.Located at the junc-

tion of Buhangin Road and JP Laurel Avenue in Bajada, Northpoint is at the center of the growth area of north Davao. As such, it is situated in the progressive part of the city where real estate is booming, with new ho-tels, malls, BPO parks, modern office buildings, and commercial centers on the rise.

The neighbourhood inside Northpoint itself is a diverse mix of pro-fessionals, successful businessmen, urbanites, expats, corporate execu-tives, as well as the well-heeled and the sophis-ticated set—certainly pleasant to have as neigh-bors and friends.

3 - Flood-proof. With flooding occurring in Davao City after a heavy downpour, it pays to lo-cate your real estate in-vestment on elevated land. Northpoint is nes-tled on undulating land that stretches toward Buhangin, an area high-er than most parts of the city. The condo property is also filled with pre-served olden Acacia trees, profuse shrubbery, and hundreds of imported Caribbean pine trees that can withstand the hardest of downpours and absorb and control surface run-offs.

4 – Value-added Ser-vices. A condo develop-ment that gives post-sale,

value-added services to unit owners is an ide-al property to invest in. While other developers may leave the homeown-ers to their devices after the condo purchase has been made, there are those that continue to maintain their presence by continually providing services to make life more enjoyable and convenient to unit owners.

Northpoint does ex-actly that with amenities such as the shuttle service for its residents around the condo property and to the gates. To ensure the community is clean and safe, it has instituted a waste management sys-tem that ensures segre-gation and proper waste disposal.

Northpoint condo in-vestors will find all these as bonus points for their rental condo, making it more attractive to pro-spective renters. But what they can appreciate most is the tenant selec-tion and rental collection that can be done for them, taking away the effort and stress of trying to find tak-ers for their condo units.

For more information on these services, call or visit Camella offices at Delgar Bldg., JP Lau-rel Avenue, Bajada, tele-phone 295-3973, or go to http://www.camella.com.ph/, like “Camella Official” on Facebook and follow “@CamellaOfficial” on Twitter.

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THE 37th National Milo Marathon is set to take center stage

once again on October 13, 2013, Sunday 4:30am beginning and ending at Roxas Avenue.

For years, the Nation-al MILO® Marathon has been the biggest running event in the country. This year, it will hold its big-gest advocacy campaign to date. Ten thousand more MILO® running shoes will be given to un-derprivileged children in 2013. That’s more than twice as much as MILO® gave away in 2012.

Same as last year, for every runner who joins the National MILO®Mara-thon, a portion of the reg-istration fee will be allot-ted to the advocacy. And the money raised will be used to produce running shoes that will be donated to different public schools selected by the Depart-ment of Education in the areas where the 36th Na-tional MILO®Marathon will be held.

All these efforts are in line with the commit-ment of MILO® to build a nation of champions. Be-cause MILO® believes that MILO® is not just giving away running shoes, but also providing these kids

with something they can wear to be champions not just in sports, not just in school, but also in life.

For the Davao leg, 14,000 runners are ex-pected to participate in the country’s biggest, longest and most pres-tigious running event which will feature the following categories: 3K Kiddies Run, 5K Fun Run, 10K run and the center-piece 21K Half-Marathon. Complementing these are other side events like the Cheerdance competition, Inter-School running competition and the big-gest delegation.

Registration fees are as follows: P75.00 for the 3K kiddie runand the 5K fun run for stu-dents, P100.00 for the 5K Adult,P500.00 for the 10K and P600.0021K Half Marathon. Interested par-ties are advised to bring an empty Milo 300-gram-pack upon registration. Registration is on a “first come, first served” basis.

Registration is ongo-ing at the Adidas Gaisa-noMall, 1:30 – 6:30pm daily except Sundays. For inquiries, please call Vantage Sports Promo-tions at tel. no. 296-1300 or mobile no. 0921-5949303.

THE future of Philip-pine boxing is here.

ALA Promotions and ABS-CBN is proud to present the long-awaited boxing telecast of IDOL Boxing Series. ABS-CBN’s sister network Studio 23 will carry its nationwide TV airing on Saturday, Sep-tember 14, 11:30 am -1:30 pm. The 2-hour long tele-cast — dubbed “IDOL 1: Philippines Vs Indonesia— is a co-production between Asia’s premier boxing pro-motional outfit ALA Pro-motions and Studio 23.

“This show will serve as a vehicle for young fighters to make a name for themselves and for the boxing fans to watch and pick their IDOLS”, said ALA Promotions President and CEO Michael Aldegu-er during the IDOL press launch last August 8, 2013.

With six programs al-ready lined-up, IDOL Box-ing Series will not just sus-tain high-caliber fight cards but also give exposure to the less known yet highly talented boxers from all over the Philippines.

WHO will become the 2013 National MotoROC Cham-

pion?The regional qualifica-

tions are done, the teams are ready and the stage is set for the Grand Finals of the 2013 Shell Advance Na-tional Motorcycle Race of Champions.

After regional races in Luzon, Visayas and Min-danao, the winners will battle it out in Manila to reveal this year’s National MotoROC champion. The overall champion will be going to the 2013 Moto GP in Sepang, Malaysia and get a once in a lifetime op-portunity to see first-hand

how it is to be on the very top of the motorcycle rac-ing world and mingle with their idols.

“So come to the Aseana City near the Mall of Asia on September 21, 2013 and be part of a historical event in the country’s racing scene where we will see legends born, talents discovered and dreams fulfilled,” said organizer Leslie Torio.

The 2013 National Mo-torcycle Race of Champions is backed up by Shell Ad-vance in partnership with Malaysian Tourism, AirAsia, Maico Buncio Foundation, Red Rock Travel, Spyder, Von Dutch, Kawasaki Mo-tors Philippines and Foton.

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RECORD FIELD. Last year’s run had around 12,000 runners.

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EDGEDAVAOEVENTS

PATTI Austin, the iconic American R&B, pop and jazz singer-

-came, saw and conquered the hearts of Dabawenyos. Add one more to that—she changed the perception of Dabawenyos towards music legends.

Okay, here’s a quirky bit from Davao’s concert crowd—the great singers of the past decades who came to Davao did not quite leave an impact. Some of them not even a shadow of their old self. And not even all too en-dearing.

So when the Patti Austin concert was promoted, it

did not make an immediate splash.

Thanks to a duet with Lea Salonga on The Voice last Sunday, Davao’s con-cert crowd all of a sudden scampered for tickets. And not minding the Zamboanga City imbroglio, Patti Austin came for her show at the SMX Convention Center.

The organizers—Ova-tion Productions—must have predicted a not so size-able crowd so they prepared for 1,500 seats. When the crowd started to make their way into the SMX, Ovation’s Vincent Tupas had to call his crew to add seats.

The highly-apprecia-tive crowd was not disap-pointed when Patti Austin took to the floor and belted her hits from the past--Say You Love Me, In My Life, If I Believed, How do You Keep the Music Playing, and Baby, Come to Me—among a bunch of songs that had the crowd stomping their feet and signing along.

Patti was a good sport. Her powerful voice and variety defy her 63 sum-mers—more than five de-cades of which were spent in the music industry where she made her debut at the Apollo Theater at age four

and had a contract with RCA Records when she was five.

Patti gave in to the crowd who asked for an encore. Her energy that night was simply on the op-timum, accommodating a select bunch of fans includ-ing this writer for a post-concert meet and greet at her holding room.

For two hours (never mind the 15-minute delay), Patti changed the mindset of Dabawenyos on singing legends. Definitely, Patti is no has-been.

At 63, she can still hold our breaths.

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MTV EXIT to hold film screenings and Davao Roadshow concert

ARE YOU CAMERA READY? Get your kids to show off their own style in this year’s Toonfest Dream Photoshoot at The SM Stores nationwide. Visit SM Kids’ Fashion Facebook fan page to know more about the details.

ON September 14, 2013, the metro’s premier shopping hub, SM Lanang Premier, launches yet another world-class ex-hibition to Davao City – the Chan Lim Family of Artists and Students’ Exhibit of Chinese and Western Paintings – set to be the largest ever showcase of its kind. SM Lanang Premier will house a total of 264 Chinese art-works done in lanterns and fans by 34 artists from Septem-ber 14 to 29. The grandest show in terms of the number of artworks and participating artists, the exhibit will include two giant fans, at 4 feet high and 8 feet wide, which will fea-ture interaction painting by the artists. The event is co-presented by Park Inn by Radisson, Dy-namic Youth and Davao Fil-Chi Cultural Foundation. Davaoeños and tourists are invited to witness and appreciate this 16-day unique art exhibition. They will be provided the oppor tunity to experience what it is like to walk through a beautiful, serene Chinese garden as the Atrium becomes a setting for a Chinese bridge, pagoda and other visual attractions. Aside from the exhibit, a free Chinese Painting Workshop for 350 participants will be held on September 14. Come and witness this one-of-a-kind Chinese art show at SM Lanang Premier! Check out SM Lanang Premier on Face-book and follow @SMLanangPremier on Twitter for news and event updates.

GLOBE TELECOM set up a Libreng Tawag station in Zambo-anga City on September 10 in response to the clashes that swept four barangays in the city on September 9. The Libreng Tawag station is located at the Joaquin F. Enriquez Memorial Sports Complex, an evacuation center in Barangay San Jose Cawa-Cawa currently housing 5,000 people or 800 families. Globe Telecom will be setting up four more Libreng Tawag stations over the next week in various evacuation centers and mobile hospitals, starting tomor-row at the Western Mindanao State University gym, where patients of Zamboanga General Hospital are temporarily evacuated. Through these stations, evacuees can text and make lo-cal calls to all networks, as well as international calls, all for free. OIC for Globe Corporate Social Responsibility Fernando Esguerra says, “We are closely monitoring the situation in Zamboanga to determine other areas that need immediate assistance.”

SM Lanang Premier unveils the biggest exhibit of chinese

paintings in Davao City

Globe puts up Libreng Tawag Station in Zamboanga

MTV EXIT in part-nership with DA-KILA, Film Devel-opment Council of the Philippines and SMART Prepaid invite you to a free film screening on September 19, com-posed of two screen-ing sessions at 5:30 pm and 7:30 pm at the Cinematheque Davao featuring three MTV EXIT films: Intersection, Enslaved and the Philippine premiere of Butterfly a Korean drama. This event is supported by the Australian Govern-ment’s Agency for Interna-tional Development (Au-sAID), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The 5:30 pm screen-ing shall feature two short films.

Intersection (25 minutes) In early 2009, MTV EXIT completed its first animated film. Intersec-tion is a stark, stylish, and high quality Anime (Japa-nese-style animation) that provides a hard-hitting look at human trafficking and sexual exploitation in Asia. It is a riveting story told from the perspec-tives of five individuals who all play a part in the trafficking chain: the vic-

tim, the trafficker, the ma-masan (brothel owner), the brothel client and an undercover cop. The half-hour film features the voices of film star Anne Curtis Smith, Dingdong Dantes, Ely Buendia and many other local artists for other Asian language versions. Intersection was produced by Korean ani-mation studio, JM Anima-tion the award-winning studio behind the highly-acclaimed, visually haunt-ing Wonderful Days (Sky Blue). The soundtrack features music by UK

rock band, Radiohead and Thievery Corpora-tion. Other than Tagalog, Intersection is available in the following languages: Mandarin Chinese, Eng-lish (two versions), Japa-nese, Korean, Khmer, Lao,

Tetum, Thai, Bahasa and Vietnamese. The film was selected to receive Best International Human Rights Short at the 2009 Artivist Film Festival.

Enslaved (25 minutes) The Filipino version of Enslaved is hosted by Dingdong Dantes. The documentary gives the audiences a real and rare glimpse into human traf-ficking and exploitation in the Philippines, telling sto-ries of human trafficking survivors and highlight-ing what everyone can do

to help end this horrific crime. The documenta-ry premiered on GMA NEWS TV Channel 11 in November 2011. The 7:30 pm screening shall feature Butterfly (80 minutes). Produced in South Ko-rea by MTV EXIT, But-terfly is an original 3-part drama series of interweav-ing stories that highlight different aspects of human trafficking, with the com-mon aim of raising aware-ness to the issue of mod-ern day slavery. For this project MTV EXIT has partnered with well-known and revered Korean Drama Director Mr. Jun Ki Sung, work-ing alongside Executive Producer Mr Hyun-Good Shin as well as popular

Korean actors. Over the past 10 years this duo have produced some of Korea’s most popular TV dramas, which have been seen across the world. The three interconnect-ed stories (Rose, Hwaja, and Butterfly) deal with three different aspects of human trafficking: in Rose Jang Mi is forced into sex work after being lured from her village with the promise of making her name as an actress; in Hwaja the protagonist is sold into slavery under the pretence of a well paid do-mestic job; and Jin Young in Butterfly is abducted outside his family home by a child trafficking ring. After the film screen-ing, MTV EXIT will hold the MTV EXIT ROAD-SHOW Davao City leg, a free public concert on Sat-urday September 21st, at the Matina Town Square featuring Franco and lo-cal artists; Lost Tribe, Maan Chua, Anne Men-doza, Umbro, South Breed & Lucas. Doors open at 5:30pm. To know more about the MTV ROADSHOW Davao you may follow them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MTVEXITPhilippines.

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ACTRESS Judy Ann San-tos-Agoncillo puts an end to speculations that she is transferring to an-other network as she re-newed her contract with ABS-CBN this Wednesday (September 11) after-noon. “Regarding talks about possible offers from the other networks, we were willing to listen. But since I am a Kapamilya, I can’t deny the fact that ABS-CBN will always be my first option,” Juday said after signing a two-year contract. She also confirmed that she will be hosting the newest Kapamilya game show, “Bet On Your Baby.” “It’s a reality game show for toddlers with

ages two to three and a half years old. I am very excited that from drama, ABS-CBN gave me the chance to host a game show,” she said. Present during the signing were (L-R) ABS-

CBN TV production head Laurenti Dyogi, broad-cast head Cory Vidanes, president and CEO Charo Santos-Concio, and talent manager Alfie Lorenzo. “Bet On Your Baby” will air soon in ABS-CBN.

THIS WEEK in Taste Bud-dies, Solenn Heussaff, Isabelle Daza plus Kylie Padilla, have some ideas for a sideline aka “raket” to earn extra income. Plus Solenn and Belle will vie for the coveted title of the season- the Ul-timate Raketera Award! They have to endure a se-ries of challenges: Trip sa Jeep, Flower Power and Kiosk Ko Po at the Market Market mall in Taguig. In the Flower Power challenge, the girls put their creativity to the test and mix and match those lovely blooms for a mes-merizing floral arrange-ment which they then have to try and sell.They get to know the easy techniques in making luscious fast-food best sellers from Chicken Deli,

Inengs, and Isdang Pulo and taste the simple joys of comfort food.They try to fill up a jeepney as a barker for some extra pesos in the Trip sa Jeep Challenge and then go hunting for elusive re-gional delicacies like

Suman and Uraro in the Kiosk Ko Po Challenge! In the end, there can only be one Ultimate Raketera! Can you guess who that might be? Find out in Taste Buddies this Saturday, 5:40pm on GMA News TV.

Juday: ABS-CBN will always be my first choice

COCO MARTIN NAMED ‘MOST INFLUENTIAL ENDORSER.’ Drama King and “Juan dela Cruz” lead star Coco Martin was recently hailed as one of the ‘Most Influential Endorsers of Year’ in the 3rd EdukCircle TV Awards. Also awarded with the same recognition are Coco’s fellow ABS-CBN stars namely, Kris Aquino, Boy Abunda, Carmina Villaroel, and Anne Curtis. Meanwhile, Coco’s character in “Juan dela Cruz” is set to face a new battle now that Peru-ha (Diana Zubiri) is doing everything to conquer the worlds of other mythical creatures. How will Juan (Coco) be able to stop Peru-ha’s evil plans now that even his very own father Samuel (Albert Martinez) is treating him as an enemy? Don’t miss the exciting adventures of Philippine television’s favorite superhero “Juan dela Cruz” weeknights after “TV Patrol” on ABS-CBN’s Primetime Bida. For more updates follow @JUANDELACRUZ_TV on Twitter or “like” its official Facebook fanpage http://www.facebook.com/JuanDelaCruz.TV.

(L-R) TV production head Laurenti Dyogi, broadcast head Cory Vidanes, Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo, president and CEO Charo Santos-Concio, and talent manager Alfie Lorenzo.

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THIS SEPTEMBER, TV5 launches eight exciting pro-grams for their new weekend primetime block as they set to conquer weekend television program-ming once again. Starting on Saturday, September 14 at 6 o’ clock in the evening, a new s h ow b i z talk show, Showbiz P o l i c e , h o s t e d by Cristy F e r m i n , Direk Joey R e y e s , Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez and Raymond Gutierrez will arrest the lat-est showbiz controversies and provide in-depth analysis to the most talked about personalities in and out of the entertainment industry. At 7:00 pm, Ogie Alcasid and Gelli de Belen, the original gagsters from Tropang Trum-po return to the original home of gag shows. Joined by Edgar Allan Guzman, Empoy, Valeen Montenegro, Alwyn Uytingco, Jasmine Curtis-Smith, Eula Caballero, Ritz Azul and the top scholars from Artista Academy, Tropa Mo Ko UNLI is your newest and wackiest Saturday night barka-da. At 8:00 pm, sing your heart out as you go against larger than life challenges in the the popular US game show, Killer Karaoke and at 9:00 pm, end your Saturday

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THIS is how it looks like on the floor on Saturday: Fille

Cainglet setting up Jaja Santiago and Jen Reyes digging on the floor for saves. On the other end, Aby Marano and the rest of the La Salle Lady Spik-ers pounce on with classic La Salle intensity.

You would not want to miss that moment—women power at its fierc-est best.

That much-anticipat-ed showdown happens to-morrow (Saturday, Sept. 14) when the country’s finest women volleyball players strut their wares in Davao City against de-

fending UAAP champion De La Salle University in an exhibition match for charity at the University of Southeastern Philip-pines (USEP) Gym.

The match is aimed at raising funds for the Ba-lay sa Adunay Pangandoy Youth Rehabilitation Cen-ter in Panacan.

“It’s going to be a full house. All seats are taken. That’s how popular the game of volleyball has be-come,” said Tan in yester-day’s DSA Sports Forum at Dexter’s Pizza Stadium.

The Manila All-Stars will be bannered by crowd darling Fille Can-glet of Ateneo de Manila,

Jaja Santiago of National University, Davao’s very own Mayet Zapanta of Adamson University, Jen Reyes of National Univer-sity, Ruby de Leon of Na-tional University, Sue Ro-ces of Ateneo, Stephanie Mercado and Chat Cruz of De La Salle University.

Tan said they are awaiting the confirma-tion of FEU star Rachel Ann Daquis until yester-day afternoon. “Rachel has just arrived from Germany but we are awaiting confirmation if she can come,” Tan said.

Aside from Marano, the Lady Archers will have Mica Reyes, Vic-

toria Galang, Desiree Cheng and Maria Mikae-la Esperanza. The DLSU Lady Spikers will be in full complement with a 22-man contingent com-ing over for the charity event.

The two teams will be arriving today and will have a motorcade in the afternoon before proceeding to SM City Davao for a meet and greet. After which, the DLSU squad will conduct a clinic for selected high school players.

DLSU and the All Stars will also play the Davao City Selection and Jose Maria College. (NJB)

TEN teams from all over Mindanao will be contesting the

lone spot to the Shakey’s Girls V League Season 11 when the Mindanao qual-ifiers is held on October (not September as orig-inally scheduled) at the Philippine Women’s Col-lege Gym.

Abert Bernan, SGVL Mindanao Leg coordina-tor, yesterday announced during the weekly Davao

Sportswriters Association (DSA) Forum at Dexter’s Pizza Stadium the holding of the event to be handled by Balibolista de Dabaw headed by president Eric Lim. The event is sanc-tioned by the Philippine Volleyball Federation (PVF).

“We are excited to once again host this event which is the breeding ground for future volleyball stars of the land,” said Bernan.

WOMEN POWERDe La Salle belles take on Manila All-Stars at USEP

Shakey’s Girls V League elims reset

GREEN GANG. De La Salle University’s Abby

Maraño, Mika Reyes, Ara Galang and Kim Fajardo.

Below, Dabawenya Mayette Zapanta of

Adamson University will be suiting up for the

Manila All Stars.

DSA FORUM. Kenneth Tan and Abet Bernan promote the DLSU-Manila All Stars Volleyball with Jun Paholio of Davao Sports Consumer Coop during the Davao Sportswriters Association (DSA) Forum yesterday at Dexter’s Pizza Stadium. Lean Daval Jr.

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ATENEO de Davao Univer-sity dominated

the football events in the 2013 Davao Association of Cath-olic Schools (DACS) Sportsfest by ruling both the Elementary and High School di-visions at the Tionko grounds.

The Ateneo Blue Knights first routed St. Paul College, 8-0 before blanking Holy Cross College of Cali-nan, 4-0 to win the el-ementary division.

Ateneo crushed the Philippine Women’s College, 8-1 in the fi-nals of the high school division.

Ateneo earlier won against Assumption College of Davao (11-0), Holy Cross College of Calinan (9-0) and PWC (6-0) in the elim-ination round.

Ateneo then de-molished University of Immaculate Con-ception, 10-0 in the semi-finals.

THE Philippine nation-al Under-19 football team yielded its sec-

ond straight match after falling to Singapore, 3-1, in the ASEAN Football Federa-tion U-19 Championship on Wednesday at the Gelora

Delta Sidoarjo Olympic Sta-dium in Indonesia.

The Teen Azkals stared at a 2-nil halftime deficit af-ter Mahathir Azeman and skipper Jeffery Adam Light-foot of Singapore scored at the 29th and 44th minutes.

The Singaporeans con-tinued their dominance when Muhammad Hazim Faiz Hassan made a goal at the 74th minute. The Teen Azkals avoided a goalless result after Nikko Benedic-to scored in injury time.

Teen Azkals bow to SingaporeAteneo sweeps DACS bootfest

BROTHERS ACT. Jasper Rex Lim (left), the youngest among the three brothers playing football for the champion Ateneo de Davao University in action during a game against St. Paul College in the boys elementary division of the Davao Association of Catholic Schools (DACS) Sportsfest. His elder brothers Jonathan Ryan (right) and Joshua Royce both played for the ADDU high school team, which also emerged champion.

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