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03 07Fashion display at Grand Fiesta event

Page 07Pacquiao beats Algieri to retain WBO welterweight title

Philippines to secure Pontiff in

custom-built ‘popemobile’

KUWAIT: Naging matagumpay ang kauna-unahang ‘Filipino Grand Fiesta’ event sa Kuwait naginanap nitong Biyernes lamang bilang pagsalubong sa bumisitang Kalihim ng Paggawa,Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz at ng kanyang delegasyon. Ang Filipino Grand Fiesta event ayinorganisa ng Alliance of Filipino Organizations in Kuwait (ALLFIL-OK), mga grupo ng ibat-ibang Filipino community organizations na may-layuning pagkaisahin ang mga Pinoy saKuwait.-Kuha ni Albert Dimaculangan (See pages 2-6)

KUWAIT: Mapapakinggan na ngayong araw ang kauna-unahang broadcast ng ‘Pinoy Arabia’ sa Marina FM. Mganaggagandahang awiting Pilipino ang inyong matutung-hanyan kasama syempre ang mga halakhakan at pag-

bibigay balita at impormasyongkapaki-pakinabang sa mga Pinoysa Gitnang Silangan. Makakasamaninyo araw-araw mula alas-syeteng umaga hanggang alas-nuwebe(7-9am) sa Pinoy Arabia- ang iny-

ong Bagong Kabarkadang sina Ben Garcia, MaxxySantiago at Randy Mendoza.

Sasahimpapawid mula sa Studio 2 ng Marina FM ang‘Gandang Umaga Arabia’! Makabagong panahon atteknolohiya sa radyo ang kanilang dala, napakadali nangmakinig sa pamamagitan ng mobile apps atmakakasama ‘nyo sila saan man sa mundo! Hatid nila angsaya na walang humpay sa pamamagitan ng musikangsariling atin; bibida rin at mambubulahaw si Inday. Maarina po ninyong idownload ang free mobile apps nila parasa iphone! https://appsto.re/kw/8wRb4.i at ito naman saibang mobile telephones tulad ng samsung o iba pa:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details...ang kanilangInstagram ay: #˝PinoyArabia

Pinoy Arabia, simulana ngayong araw!

MANILA: Two people were killed and seven others missingin the Philippines after a tropical depression spawned hugewaves and flash floods, forcing hundreds to flee their homes,authorities said Thursday. Pre-emptive evacuation of peoplein areas prone to floods and landslides helped keep the casu-alties low, but others along the coast were hit hard by thestorm, locally code-named “Queenie”.

One woman was swept away by floodwaters on the cen-tral island of Cebu while a man was fatally injured when hisboat was battered by huge waves off the island of Bohol onWednesday, said regional disaster monitoring chief OliveLuces. “Even before Queenie hit, we were already experienc-ing bad weather,” she told AFP. Four people went missingwhile at sea while three others were carried away by hugewaves, Luces added. The storm, with maximum winds of 55kilometres (34 miles) per hour, hit the eastern coast of thesouthern island of Mindanao late Wednesday, then movedwestward, across the central islands before heading toPalawan island. It is expected to continue moving westtowards the South China Sea.—AFP

Two dead, seven missing as storm hits Philippines

MANILA: Typhoon damage and falling public spend-ing slowed the Philippines’ previously red-hot econo-my to its weakest pace in nearly three years withgrowth expanding 5.3 percent in the third quarter,officials said Thursday.

Fierce winds and destructive floods generated bytyphoons led to a 2.7 percent year-on-year contractionin farm output, Economic Planning Secretary ArsenioBalisacan said.

“Given this quarter’s performance.... even meetingthe low end of the target growth rate for the year couldpose a big challenge,” he told a news conference.

Economic output had expanded by a red-hot 7.0percent in the same quarter last year, before SuperTyphoon Haiyan, the strongest cyclone to ever hit landand the deadliest in the Philippines’ recorded history,caused huge problems.

Even then, gross domestic product (GDP) growthrose 6.0 percent in the first half of 2014, making the

Philippines one of Asia’s top performers.This also gave the government optimism that it

would achieve its full 2014 GDP growth target of 6.5-7.5 percent.

However, he said typhoon damage and weakerperformances in other key sectors since then meantthe economy only grew 5.3 percent in the past quarterand 5.8 percent through the first nine months of theyear.

Interim deputy chief statistician Romeo Recide saidthe third-quarter growth was the lowest since the lastquarter of 2011 when it hit 3.8 percent.

Typhoon Rammasun left 111 people dead or miss-ing, caused a million people to flee their homes andleft millions of others without power for several daysacross the country’s economic heartland in mid-July.

Balisacan said bad weather typical during the sea-son also had a huge impact on farm output.

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Philippine economic growth slows in third quarter

KUWAIT: Filipino Secretary of the Department ofLabor and Employment Rosalkinda Baldoz, left,and Kuwaiti Minister of Social Affairs and Labor andMinister of Planning affairs Hind al-Sabeeh attendthe “third ministerial meeting consultative of Asiancountries sending and receiving labour”, in KuwaitCity, on Thursday. Gulf labour ministers agreed onminimum terms in the contracts of domestic staff toimprove the widely criticised working conditions ofover 2.4 million foreign maids, an official said. Themove comes as labour ministers of the six-nationGulf Cooperation Council (GCC), home to 23 millionforeigners, mostly unskilled workers, are to meetwith their Asian counterparts in Kuwait City thisweek to discuss the conditions of foreign labour inthe oil-rich region. —AFP

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Apart from agriculture, Balisacan said government consumption andpublic construction activities slowed as President Benigno Aquino’s gov-ernment adjusted to “new spending protocols”, some imposed to fightcorruption.

He also cited the “lingering negative impact” of Haiyan, as well asdelays in the layout of the government’s massive post-typhoon recon-struction programme across the devastated central Philippines.

Nevertheless, Balisacan said business sentiment remained optimistic.He said export growth was robust in the third quarter, supported by

the “strengthening of the global manufacturing industry” that boosted thecountry’s key exports of semiconductors, wiring harnesses for vehicles andgarments.—AFP

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Fashion display at Grand Fiesta event KUWAIT: Part of the First Filipino Grand Fiesta event last Friday was a display of gowns paraded by various Filipina models made by Gary Olino dela Cruz, a known Filipinofashion designer in Kuwait, Middle East.

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Ni Ben Garcia

KUWAIT: Umabot ng halos anim na oras o higit kalahating araw nanakipag-usap/ugnayan, nakisaya, naki-Fiesta si Philippine DepartmentLabor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary sa mga Pinoy sa Kuwait.Hindi maitago sa mukha ni Baldoz ang kasiyahan ng makaharap niyaang mga Pilipino sa Kuwait mula sa pagdating ng maaga sa venue(Fhakeer Al-Din Ballroom Dawliah Complex) at sa kanyang pagdalo saWorship Service ng Filipino Language Christian Congregations (FLCC)at ng Life Connections Church (Life Vision), hanggang sa boodle-fighto Almusal ng Bayan at sa community dialogue ‘Talakayan’ with Benand Maxxy. Kasama ng delegasyon ni Baldoz na dumating sa venuesina POEA administrator Hans Cacdac, OWWA AdministratorRebecca Calzado, DOLE Undersectary Ciriaco Lagunzad, DirectorsSaul De Vries at Nicon Fameronag at TESDA Deputy Director GeneralIrene Isaac.

Malugod na sinagot ni Baldoz sa Talakayan ang mga tanong atmga usaping may-kinalaman sa empleyo ng mga Overseas FilipinoWorkers (OFWs). Isa sa mga tinalakay ang marka (legacy) ng kanyangchairmanship sa Abu-Dhabi Dialogue. Ang Pilipinas ang Chairman ngdalawang taon at ipinasa ito sa Kuwait noong Huwebes. Ito rin angsiyang tunay na dahilan kung bakit sya naririto sa Kuwait.

Ayon kay Baldoz naging produktibo ang chairmanship ng Pilipinasdahil dito nagkaroon ng malawakang kasunduan ukol sa pagtutulun-gan ng mga GCC countries at mga labor sending countries ukol saframework labor cooperation hinggil umano sa pamamalakad sa mgacontractual labor. “Lahat ng member countries ay puwedeng mag-pro-pose ng mga proyekto para ma-maximize ang mga benefits ng con-tractual labor at maminimize ang mga problema na kinakaharap ngmga temporary workers,” wika niya. Sa ilalim umano ng pamumuno ngPilipinas nabuo na umano ang mga modalities ukol sa kung papaanongepektibong mapapatakbo ng maayos ang ADD. “Kaya mayroon nangsecretariat tayo sa ADD mayroon na ring highest consultative council atnag-mo-monitor sa mga progreso ng ADD,” pahayag ni Baldoz.

Pagbangon ng Pilipinas Pinuri din ni Baldoz ang pamahalaang Aquino sa matagumpay

na mga programa ng kanyang administrasyon upang maburaumano sa isipan ng international community ang ‘label’ o taguring‘sick man of Asia’ at maging tiger economy umano ang bansa. Ayonsa kalihim, sa mga susunod na taon umano ay tuwiran nang matu-tuldukan ang usapin sa accreditation ng mga schools sa Pilipinasdahil sa kakulangan ng taon at curriculum ng bansa. “Sa pagpasok niPangulong Aquino, sa pamumuno ni Armin Luistro ng Departmentof Education, dinagdagan na ang taon sa schools, yung tinatawagna K-12 upang makasabay sa international educational standardsang Pilipinas,” sambit ng kalihim. “Sa idinagdag na dalawang taon,naka-imbed na po doon ang vocational and technical trainingcourses upang pagsapit ng senior high school ay puede nang mag-

Filipino Grand Fiesta sa Kuwait tagumpay!Pagsalubong kay Sec Baldoz Engrande!

trabaho o magdisisyon kung tutuloy bang mag-aral ng apat pangtaon o magtrabaho muna.” Ayon kay Baldoz ito ang tamang paraanupang mabigyan ng tamang foundation of education ang mgaPilipino.

Ibinida niya rin ang patuloy na pagtitiwala ng mga ibang bansasa manggagawang Pilipino. “Kahit saan po ako pumuntang bansa,tumataas ang demand ng ating mga workers at bilib sila sakakayanan ng mga Pinoy. Nauubusan sila ng adjectives kung paanokayong pupurihin mula pagiging hard-working, most-valued, pre-ferred and loyal workers; lahat lahat ay sinasabi nila,” wika niya.

Labor office: center/shelter of careBase na rin aniya sa kautusan ni Pangulong Aquino, naglaan

din umano ang labor office, ng 162 positions abroad upangmatutukan ang proteksyon para sa mga manggagawangPilipino abroad. Dapat daw malaman ng mga kababayan natinsaan man sa mundo na ang shelter o labor office sa ibang mgabansa ay shelter of care para ng mga Pinoy. “Ang mensahe ko saaking mga labor officers (attaches) na dapat alam ninyo na sen-tro kayo ng pagkalinga at matayog na adhikain ng DOLE namaibigay natin ang tamang pagkalinga sa ating mga OFWs at

dapat maramdaman iyan ng ating mgakababayan,” wika nito.

“Nagdagdag din ako ng mga center coordina-tors na puro babae. Ang kautusan ko dapat gawanng paraan na makauwi sa mas-lalong madalingpanahon ang mga nasa wards ng sa ganun ay mat-ulungan sila doon sa Pilipinas at makapagsimulangmuli sa mas lalong madaling panahon,” dagdagnito. Ipinagutos din nya umano sa mga laborattaches na h’wag na nilang pagtrabahuin pa samga opisina nila ang mga nasa wards.

“Bigyan na lamang sila ng trainings habangnaghihintay ng pag-uwi upang sa pag-uwi nilamayroon silang magamit na skills. Sa pagdating ngmga wards sa Pilipinas bibigyan sila ng tool-kit,kung anong kakayanan nila iyon ang ibibigay natinsa kanilang tools para makapagsimulang muli,”wika niya. “Kaya tayo mayroon center for reintegra-tion sa Manila, may-budget tayo para sa ganyan.Ang TESDA ay gusto kong dalhin sa POLO, isasamanatin sila sa center para sila na ang mag-manageng TESDA training programs. Mayroon nang taotayo sa Dubai at may-naka-graduate na sa Dubai,kaya bibigyan din sila ng TESDA certificate.Kinikilala na ang TESDA training ng internationalcommunity kaya bibigyan natin sila ng certificate atpara magamit iyan ng mga kababayan natin sapagpapaunlad ng kanilang kabuhayan.”

Ibinida naman ni POEA admin Hans Cacdac angBalik Manggagawa online, isang makabagongkaparaanan sa pagkuha ng Balik Manggagawa orOverseas Employment Certificate (OEC). “AngBMonline ay mas-pinagaan at pinadaling pagbayadng inyong Balik Manggagawa. Ang payment nitoay through electronic portals na; isan-daang pisolamang ang bayad plus 19 pesos na kukuhanin ngelectronic portal. Puede kayong magbayad sa mgaremittance centers,” pahayag ni Cacdac. Ibinidaniya rin ang malawakang pagpapalaganap ng anti-illegal recruitment sa mga probinsya sa Pilipinas.“Higit kumulang 500 nang LGUs ang kapartnernatin para maprotektahan ang ating mgakababayan na nagpa-planong mag-abroad taposmabibiktima lamang pala ng illegal recruitment,”daghdag niya.

Samantala, ayon naman kay OWWA AdministratorRebecca Calzado, matutuloy na ngayong Pasko ang

‘Paskong Salubong’ para sa mga OFWs, na tradisyunalnang ginagawa ng OWWA. Umano, natigil ito noongnakaraang taon dahil sa paghagupit ng BagyongYolanda sa Pilipinas, subalit muli itong bubuhayinngayong Pasko. “Ito yung pagsalubong ng OWWA saairport, taon-taon tuwing Disyembre mayroon tayoulet na surpresa sa ilang masusuwerteng OFWs sa air-port pa lamang. Gusto po natin na pasayahin pa laloang Pasko ng mga Bayaning Pilipino,” wika niya.

Sa kabuoan naging matagumpay ang kauna-una-hang ‘Filipino Grand Fiesta’ event sa Kuwait sa ilalimng pamumuno ni Dr Chie Umandap at iba pa. AngFilipino Grand Fiesta event ay inurganisa ng Allianceof Filipino Organizations in Kuwait (ALLFIL-OK), mgagrupo ng ibat-ibang Filipino community organiza-tions na may-layuning pagkaisahin ang mga Pinoysa Kuwait. Kasama sa Grand Fiesta event ang come-dy show, singing contest at exhibitions. Ang GrandFiesta event ay sponsored ng Cebu Pacific, KGLInvestment, LBC at TikTok.

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Grand Fiestasinging contest

winners:Grand Champion

Mark Guarin1st Runner Up: Rose Caryl Suyu2nd Runner Up: Shaima Khuraibet

TOP 51.Krystal Espena - Stand up for love2.Mark Lopez - Hanggang3.Rose Caryl Suyu - All about me4.Mark Guarin - Ikaw5.Shaima Khuraibet - I believe I

can fly

Contestants1. Mary Grace Malicay -2. Camille Shiela Mae Silva 3. Rose Caryl Suyu 4. Krystal Espena5. Rye Quiroz Pujante 6. Mark Daniel Benitez 7. Roxanne Mae Yniego 8. Shaima Khuraibet9. Erwin Monge 10. Mark Lopez 11. Mark Guarin 12. Arthur Ganiron 13. Jeboy Dumpa

Judges 1. Attorney Jijil Jimenez-Former

Labor Attache to Kuwait2. Jerry Gratil3. Katrina Perea4. Ivy Laughton5. Rowena Tinio PangilinanTabulators: John Lozano,Michael

OlfindoChairman for All Judges: SPMK -

John Lozano

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Cacdac chairs dialogue with local, foreign recruitment agenciesKUWAIT: On the sideline of DOLE Sec Rosalinda Baldoz visits, her delegation also attended a meeting/dialogue with the Philippine Society of Marketing Specialist in Kuwait,Filipino Association of Secretaries in Kuwait, along with Foreign Recruitment Agencies at the Marina Hotel. The dialogue with recruitment agencies was chaired by PhilippineOverseas Employment Administration Hans Cacdac. It was held to shed lights on many issues regarding recruitment and employment of Filipinos abroad.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2014 7MANILA: The Philippines will cus-tom-build a “popemobile” for PopeFrancis to travel in during his visit tothe fervently Catholic nation inJanuary, organisers said Thursday.

“He is our visitor and we can’t letanything bad happen to him,” thegovernment’s chief protocol officerMarciano Paynor said, adding how-ever that there were “no specificthreats”.

Pope Francis, who has shunnedthe pomp of his predecessors, saidearlier this year he prefers to useopen-top cars rather than theVatican’s bulletproof “popemobile”used by previous pontiffs, which hecalled a “sardine can”.

“It is true something could hap-pen to me but let’s be realistic, at myage I do not have much to lose,” hesaid in June, adding that the “pope-mobile” made it hard to connect withthe faithful.

Paynor declined to give the speci-fications of the vehicle to be used inthe Philippines for security reasons,but said the pope might opt for anopen car for some appearances.

A total of six million people areexpected to turn up when the Pontiffhears mass in the city of Tacloban,ravaged by last year’s Super TyphoonHaiyan, on January 17 and in Manila’smain outdoor park the following day,he said.

“The Pope requested that it bekept simple. He wants nothing flam-boyant,” said Father Antonio Pascualfrom the organising committee.

The “popemobile” was beingdesigned in coordination withVatican security, said presidentialcommunications undersecretary JessYu, another member of the organis-ing committee.

“Definitely, the Pope will be visi-ble to the public (from the vehicle),”Yu said.

In August, comments by thepreparatory committee sparkedspeculation that the pope could betransported in a jeepney — a com-mon form of cheap public transport,often decorated with colourful reli-gious artwork, evolved from thejeep.

However officials would not con-

firm the speculation Thursday.The last pope to visit the

Philippines, John Paul II, rode a white“popemobile” in 1995, where hewaved to crowds from a glass, bullet-proof cage at the back of the vehicle.Authorities later uncovered analleged plot by Al-Qaeda to assassi-nate John Paul while he was inManila.

The bulletproof “popemobile” wasfirst introduced after the attemptedassassination of John Paul in 1981.

Two flower-bearing orphans willwelcome Francis when he arrives atManila airport from Colombo at duskon January 15, organisers said.

Pope Francis will then spend theentire day on January 17 hearingmass and comforting victims ofHaiyan in Tacloban and Palo town.

Haiyan, the strongest storm to hitland, left over 7,300 people dead ormissing in November last year after ittriggered tsunami-like storm surgesthat wiped out entire towns.

One year after the disaster, survivorsare mired in deeper poverty as theystruggle to rebuild their lives.—AFP

Philippines to secure Pontiff in custom-built ‘popemobile’

MANILA: Philippine Roman catholic priest Father Anton Pascual,left, speaks while the government’s chief protocol officer MarcianoPaynor (R) listens during the press conference for the upcomingPope Francis’ visit in Manila on Thursday. The Philippines will cus-tom-build a “popemobile” for Pope Francis to travel in during hisvisit to the fervently Catholic nation in January, organisers saidNovember 27. —AFP

MACAU: Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao comprehensivelydismantled American Chris Algieri to retain his World BoxingOrganization welterweight title at the Cotai Arena in Macau onSunday. Pacquiao dropped Algieri to the canvas six times dur-ing the 12-round contest in the southern Chinese city to winan overwhelming unanimous decision, 119-103, 119-103, 120-102 on the judges’ cards.

Algieri, the unbeaten WBO light welterweight champion,was outclassed from the start, with the eight-division world

champion Pacquiao knocking the Long Islander down twice inthe second round, though on one occasion it looked like a slip.

Pacquiao was landing punches at will as the quick Algieritried to run, slip and hide from the onslaught.

But the congressman form Sarangani province really turnedit on from the sixth, smashing Algieri to the canvas with a dev-astating straight left.

The American only just beat the count and dropped to hisknee a moments later as blows rained in from all angles.

He somehow survived and was knocked down twice morein the ninth and 10th, with one left sending him sprawlingacross the ring.

“I’m satisfied,” said Pacquiao. “I did my best. I was trying for aknockout but he was fast and keeps moving.”

“He’s perfected his style,” said Algieri. “He’s perfected the artof fighting like Manny Pacquiao.

“He hurt me once when he buzzed me with a left hook. Butthat was the only time.” —AFP

Boxing

Greetings

Pacquiao beats Algieri to retain WBO welterweight title

KUWAIT: The Zumba Lovers Kuwait Volleyball Team Led by Beverly Tonogbanua poses here for asouvenir photo. The team also wishes to greet Happy Birthday to their teammate (photo inset)Sunshine Dayrit last Nov. 28 , 2014. Hope your special day, brings you all that your heart desires!

Maserati-driving ‘roadbully’ defends himself

on national TV MANILA: A Maserati-driving businessman accused ofmauling a traffic officer in the Philippine capital went onnational television Friday to defend himself after he wastransformed into an internet villain.

The businessman, Joseph Russel Ingco, told nationalevening newscasts on Friday that he felt forced to explainhis side of the incident out of safety fears.

Ingco was caught on video holding a traffic officer byhis shirt and dragging him along the road out of the win-dow of his blue Maserati Ghibli. The aide had flagged himdown for a violation.

The video, shot by a fellow traffic officer, went viral,drawing the ire of the country’s vocal Facebook andTwitter mobs, and prompting city authorities to put up a100,000-peso ($2,000) reward for information on the busi-nessman’s whereabouts. Social media users vilified Ingco,calling him a “road bully”, “liar” and “mauler”.

“This shows that social media can be a tool for justice,”Francis Tolentino, head of a government body that man-ages traffic in Manila, told AFP on Saturday.

“I am afraid for my safety. I am willing to face the con-sequences,” Ingco told GMA television, stuttering at somepoints during the interview. —AFP

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PBAK Masters’ champions: Sonia Mathews, Naning Hernan and Kevin AndayaBy Zhander Grande

KUWAIT: The final round of the remaining divisions of PBAK Masters’ champi-onship edition continued at the Cozmo Keifan Bowling Center and to the sur-prised of bowling enthusiasts new faces occurred as new breed of champi-ons. The ever smiling and beauteous Sonia Mathews seized the Ladies Class Aand Indonesian lady bowling stalwart captured the Class B while teenageheartthrob Kevin Andaya as newly crowned champion for Mens Class C.

The 14 qualified bowlers who topped the Class C group were: UlyssesMenezes, Moises Amahan, Omar Saqran, Ahmad Fahmi, Renato Pante,Anastasius Menezes, Hermie Saliba, Siddarth Nair, Kevin Andaya, BimaNitikusumo, Endang Wendy, Benyamin Hasan, Khaled Al Tattan andMohammad Al Oathman.

In the initial two games, Anastasius who scored 177 and 166 (343) leadthe pack of 10 followed by Omar with his 318, Khaled (299), Al Othman (299),Ahmad (297), Hermie (290), Ulysses (287), Kevin (281), Moises (281) andSiddarth (258). After the third and fourth games when slow starter Kevin pro-duced the highest scores of 157 and 191 with total score of 629 he snatchedthe top rank from Anastasius (604). They were closely followed by Ahmad(601), Hermie (587), Mohammad (583), Ulysses (580), Omar (579) and Moises(538). In Game 5, third placer Ahmed scored his highest score of 213 andgrabbed the leadership from Kevin who remain hushed although deviatedwith 16 pins (814-798). Down under, the stalkers’ scores were very trivial andstill anybody’s game for the final game. The intensity amplifies for every throwof the protagonists but the reserved Kevin who scored above average fromGame 3 remained consistent and paid off when he topped Ahmad’s score(170-142). Another surprised was Moises who was No. 7 in Game 5 seized thethird position. At an early age in bowling, Kevin showed that he is the heirapparent of his parents (Kiko and Mina Andaya) who were both champions inthe world of bowling. The top 4 in Men’s Class C were Kevin (968), Ahmad (956), Moises (915) and Anastasius ( 908). In the Ladies division, in Class A thetop qualifiers were Blanca Mercado, Marjorie Mercado, Michelle Avila, MinaAndaya, Sonia Mathews, Aris de Guzman and Jacky Guitang. In Class B the 16competent bowlers were Laras Nitikusumo, Naning Hernan, Neng CervantesAbel Nitikusumo, Maricel Montero, Fe Ferrer, Marriote Vito, Jeanette Angeles,Fatima Sequera, Nadine Diaz, Maria Perla Virly, Samantha Fernandes, Liza Joyoand Eden Evangelista.

In Ladies Class B clashes, after starting a two high games 171 and 173(344) in Games 1 and 2,Maricel steered the top 10 with Jeanette (326),Mariotte (324), Maria Perly (316), Naning (310), Laras (292), Abel (290), Fatima(284), Neng (278) and Nadine (265) tail ending. In Games 3 and 4 Naningscored 190 and 137 while Fatima produced 187/166 and shared the first posi-tion with identical scores of 637. They were followed by Maricel (631), Laras(614), Maria Perly (601) and Jeanette (592) comprising the top 6. In the penul-timate game it was a solo lead for Naning when she scored the highest gamescore of 170 and then followed by Fatima (781), Maricel (769),Laras (766),Maria Perly (752) and Jeanette (738). In the final game, Naning secured thesupremacy when she scored another above average 175 even Fatima (181)and Laras (184) over scored her and just landed in the second and third posi-tion while Maricel was ejected in the elite group of 4 when Maria Perlyoutscored her (170-126). Final scores were Naning (982), Fatima (962), Laras(950) and Maria Perly (922).

In Games 1 and 2 of the Ladies Class A, steadfast bowlers prevails the likeof Sonia and Michelle beating their average scores of 172 and 174 by 174/199and 186/176 respectively swiping the second and third position. Aris whoscored 170 and 214 snatched the top position with her 384 points whileBlanca rested as fourth rank. After Game 4 Sonia evened the total score ofAris’ 703 when she outscored the later 171-147 while Michelle and Blancatightly gripped the third and fourth position. In Game 5, Sonia playing coolbut with strong determination finally stamped the overall leadership whenshe scored 190 with total pinfalls of 893, now followed by Michelle 862, Aris852 and Blanca798. In the final game Michelle scored her highest game of197 but not enough to subdue Sonia’s position who have 11 points advan-tage and she remained poor second after the last throw. Final scores of theClass A Ladies: Sonia Mathews (1070), Michelle (1059), Aris (1030), Blanca(965), Marjorie (958), Jacky (944) and Mina (920).

Right after the final countdown, the awarding of trophies, cash prizes andmedals took over. Aside from the champions and three runners up of the dif-ferent groups other winners are as follows:

Individual High GameMens A Mohannad Ebrahim All Star StrikersMens B Rudy de Lima UAE ExchangeMens C Kevin Andaya Z’CLAS StrikersLadies A Marjorie Mercado All Star StrikersLadies B Laras Nitikusumo Z’CLAS Strikers

Individual High AverageMens A Mohannad Ebrahim All Star StrikersMens B Rudy de Lima UAE ExchangeMens C Ulysses Menezes Android RollersLadies A Michelle Avila UAExchangeLadies B Laras Nitikusumo Z’CLAS Strikers

1st Runner Up - MC - Fahmi Hussein

2nd Runner Up - LA - Aris de Guzman 2nd Runner Up - MC - Moises Amahan

Champion - LA - Sonia Mathews Champion - LB - Naning Handayani

Champion - MC- Kevin Andaya