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WEATHER UPDATESOUTHWEST Monsoon affecting Luzon and Visayas. Luzon and Visayas will have occasional rains becoming frequent over the Western section of Luzon which may trigger flashfloods and landslides. Mindanao will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms. Moderate to strong winds blowing from the Southwest will prevail over the entire archipelago with moderate to rough seas.

ENDS OF THE EARTH

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MISSING/PAGE 7

BUTUAN City––The Agu-san del Norte Teachers, Retirees, Employees and Community Cooperative (ANTRECCO) has finally dismissed coop cashier Brian M. Mar.

Mar’s dismissal came following the approval by Antrecco’s board of directors of the investigation com-mittee’s recommendation to dismiss him for breach of trust, conformably to Section 6.3 of the coopera-tive’s Code of Discipline and

MISS LAS PIÑAS WATER LILY 2012Pinangunahan nina Villar Foundation’s Managing Director Cynthia Villar at Las Piñas Representative Mark Villar ang paggawad ng korona sa bagong tanghal na Miss Las Piñas Water Lily para sa taong ito,na si Ms. Lyra Velchez ng Barangay Manuyo 1. kabilang din sa larawan mula kaliwa ay sina Rep. Villar, Tricia Monica Lubiano ng Brgy. Pamplona 1 na tinanghala bilang Miss Runcav Choice, Miss Las Piñas Water Lily 2011 Daphne Cortez; Velchez , Second Runner-up Lady Ann Erlano ng Brgy. BF International/CAA, First Runner-up Angelica Prieto ng Barangay Talon 2, Miss World University Kimberly Hankenson; at Ginang Villar. Ang naturang festival ay naglalayong ipakita sa publiko ang mga produkto at pakinabangan mulsa mga water lily na salot at nagbabaras a mga Ilog.

MULING idinaos ng Villar Foundation sa pangunguna ni Foundation Managing Director Cynthia Villar ang ika-pitong Waterlily Festival sa Lungsod ng Las Pinas na kung saan naging sentro din sa okasyon ang mga produktong nalikha mula sa waterlily katulad ng pag-gawa basket.

Ayon kay Villar ang Waterlily Festival ay kanilang taunang isinasagawa upang maipakita sa lahat ang mga maaring pakinabang mula sa mga waterlily na dati ay salot at nagiging sanhi ng pagbara ng Las Piñas River.

“Dahil sa naturang festival ay natulungan namin ang mga waterlily weavers na maipakita sa publiko at mailako ang kanilang mga likhang produkto mula sa waterlily katulad ng naggagandahang gown na sinuot ng mga kandidata sa festival at gayundin ang deko-rasyon sa mga Bangka sa naganap na fluvial parade at iba pang aktibidades sa maghapong okasyon,” ani Villar na nakilala sa pagsusulong ng kapakinabangan sa waterlily at green social enterprises.

Ang Waterlily Festival ay naglalayong maipakita ang water hyacinth-based livelihood enterprise.

Nilalayon din nito ang paghihikayat sa mga ma-mamayan na linisin ang Las Piñas River na kung saan tanggalin ang mga waterlily at patuyuin ang mga

Taunang Waterlily Festival idinaos sa Las Pinas

Coop fires cashierBy PAT SAMONTE, Region editor-Caraga

Article 282 (Par C), Labor Code of the Philippines.

Antrecco Chief Execu-tive Officer Francis Loque said Mar’s inability to liq-uidate some P2.6 million in coop funds after manage-ment’s failed attempts for him to submit a report with supporting documents had forced the cooperative to “act decisively” in fairness to its members.

According to Loque, the fund shortage was

Corporations look to plunder Earth’s polar resources

By REX WEYLER of Greenpeace.org

THE world’s multinational corporations face an unre-lenting problem. Resource extraction has met Earth’s limits. The great fortunes of history were made by plundering resources, but we have taken the best of everything.

With few virgin re-sources left, modern profit-making schemes turn to stock manipulations, debt swaps, and bets on derivative markets. Such manipula-tions, however, with no real wealth behind them, lead to inflation, collapse, and bailouts.

In the search for the remnants of nature’s real wealth, the captains of in-dustry scramble for Earth’s remaining stores of miner-als, forests, and biomass. This takes us to the ends of the Earth, to the poles, where receding ice opens land and seas for the final act of industrial pillage.

LimitsAccording to the World

RantingsRantingsResource Institute, some 6.2 billion hectares of forest once covered Earth’s land-mass. Human expansion has reduced this by about half, to 3.2 billion hectares.

Since we high-grade every resource, taking the biggest and best trees first, only about a quarter of the world’s frontier forests – measured in quality and quantity of standing timber – remains.

Meanwhile, we have dammed some 30,000 riv-ers, drained aquifers, dried lakes, polluted our water tables, and heated our at-mosphere.

As a result, each year, deserts grow by 6-million hectares, as forests shrink by 16-million hectares. In agricultural regions, we’ve mined over half the carbon from our soils, and we wash 26-billion tons of top soil

KIDAPAWAN City––Government auditors from the Commission on Audit (COA) started Friday their careful and comprehensive audit of the financial records left by the “missing” disbursing officer of the Kidapawan City government.

Mayor Rodolfo Gantuangco re-quested for the immediate and thor-ough check of the records after he received reports that Darwin Loyola, disbursing officer from the Office

of the City Accountant, had left the city since Thursday, bringing with him considerable cash from the city’s coffers.

Initially, auditors and staff from the City Treasurer’s Office discovered that more or less than a million pesos allotted for the honorarium of some 2,500 Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team members, more than 150 Special Education Fund teachers, and at least 2,000 Job Order employees for the

salary period June 16-30, this year, were missing.

Loyola, according to Gantuangco, had already withdrawn the money from the Land Bank of the Philip-pines since last week. Yet, many of the contractual employees have not yet received their pay.

What was disturbing, according to Gantuangco, was the fact that Loyola engaged in a lending business

Disbursing officer gone, payroll money missing

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ZAMBOANGA City––The City Council has called on the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to look into the rampant theft of stickers pasted on motor vehicles, particularly motorcycles, in this city.

Councilor Vincent Paul Elago said he has received complaints from several motorcycle owners that stickers attached or pasted on their motorcycle plates are missing.

The stickers pasted on a motorcycle registration

Probe on rampant ‘theft of LTO stickers’ asked

plates indicate registration of the vehicle for the current year. These stickers could also be used on registration plates of all other motor vehicles.

In his resolution ap-proved by the City Coun-cil, Elago called on LTO off icials to coordinate with traffic police to set up checkpoints in stra-tegic areas of the city to inspect the registration plates of motorcycles and other vehicles and see if the registration papers of these

vehicles are up-to-date as indicated by the stickers on their plates.

He said the stolen LTO stickers could be sold to motor vehicle owners to mislead authorities into believing that their vehicles are registered with that agency.

These vehicle owners may think that they can save in the registration of their vehicles that cost thousands of pesos so they prefer to buy stolen LTO stickers at lower cost. ELAGO

REP. Rufus Rodriguez, 2nd District Cagayan de Oro, was among 11 of the country’s legislatures recognized by the Publishers Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PAPI) for honesty and probity in public service.

The 10 other outstanding legislatures were Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Teddy Casino, Pangasinan Rep. Gina de Venecia, Ilocos Norte Rep. Rudy Farinas, Paranaque Rep. Roilo Golez, Batangas Rep. Hermilando Mandanas, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, Northern Samar Rep. Emil Ong, Agham party-list Rep. Angelo Palmones, Quezon Rep. Lorenzo “Erin” Tanada III, and Oriental Mindoro Rep. Rodolfo Valencia.

Rodriguez, for his part, is one among the Congress-men with the highest number of House bills and resolu-tions filed -- 809 in all -- which he either authored or co-authored.

Of the first six measures signed into law by President Benigno Aquino III, three were authored by Rodriguez -- R.A. 10149 or the Government- Owned and Controlled Corporation (GOCC) Governance Act, R.A. 10150 or Extending the Implementation of the Lifeline Rate Act, and R.A. 10151 or Allowing the Employment of Night Workers Act.

The Chamber also approved 25 other bills filed by Rodriguez on its third reading.

PAPI’s objective in giving award is to recognize the deserving representatives of the people who carved their niches in public service by effectively delivering what their constituents expect of them.

For its part, the media fulfill its duty to inform the public of the performances of elected lawmakers and help educate the electorate on the importance of voting for the right and deserving candidates, PAPI said. cd

Publishers award Rufus for honesty in public service

By CRIS DIAZ, Associate Editor

DAVAO City––The 26th celebration of Davao City’s Kadayawan Festival has got-ten additional boosting from the national government, with two proclamations aimed at enhancing this year’s festival.

The proclamations in-clude a city-wide gun ban and a special holiday for the city both aimed at enhanc-ing this year’s Kadayawan experience.

Philippine National Po-lice Chief Director Gen-eral Nicanor Bartolome has issued the gun ban, suspending all Permits to Carry Firearms Outside of Residence (PTCFORs) for a period of one month here

Gun ban declared for Davao Kadayawan

By RUDOLF IAN G. ALAMA

in the city, effective August 1 to August 31 in time for the festival.

Under the ban, only members of the PNP, the Armed Fores of the Philip-pines and other law-enforce-ment agencies performing official duties and in agency-prescribed uniforms will be allowed to carry weapons.

The gun ban was pro-posed by the City’s Peace and Order Council last month to ensure that the Kadayawan will be free from firearm-related incidents and the city will be made safe for the residents and tourists who will converge in the city. (PIA/RG Alama/asf)

THE Privatization and Man-agement Office will finally auction off the 74-hectare Food Terminal Inc. (FTI) parcel at the PMO main office on Aug. 8 to boost economic activity in the area, improve trans-portation linkages and hike employment opportunities.

PMO conducted a pre-bid conference at the FTI Main Office in Taguig City last Fri-day, where parameters of the

FTI auction up on Aug. 8sale such as the minimum target selling price and pre-qualification requirements were detailed.

All seven qualified bidders attended the conference.

Robinson’s Land Corp., Empire East Land, Ayala Land Inc., Rockwell Land Corp., Century Properties Group Inc., SM Land Inc., and Fil-invest Land Inc. will outbid each other for the property’s P10.2-billion floor price.

Bidders were also given bid packets detailing Asset Specific Bidding Rules to ensure a transparent and competitive bidding process. In its efforts to minimize delays to complete the transaction seamlessly, PMO will be conducting a workshop to help bidders pre-pare for the submission of bid envelopes to prevent technical violations.

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Notice is hereby given that the person whose picture appears above is no longer connected with ANTRECCO in pursuance to Committee on Investigation recommendation for Dismissal of Brian M. Mar from his employment as Cashier of ANTRECCO for breach of trust, conformably to Section 6.3 of ANTRECCO Code of Discipline and Article 282 (Par C), Labor Code of the Philippines and duly approved by the Board of Directors during in session assembled on June 23, 2012 at ANTRECCO Refreshers Nook. Any transaction entered into by Mr. Brian M. Mar shall no longer be honored by the cooperative.

Likewise, he is prohibited from entering any ANTRECCO premises without clearance from or permission from Management.

MANAGEMENT

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MDN: July 23, 2012

A Regional Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation was conducted here in Cagayan de Oro the other day (July 19) with the theme: Building Climate Adaptive and Disaster Resilient Communities. The workshop headed by Archbishop Antonio Ledesma and in partnership with Agencia Española de Cooperacion International para el Desarrollo and Senator Loren Legarda draw various stake holders from the government and NGOs. In photo shows ABAMIN (Abante Mindanao) Party-list Representative Maxie B. Rodriguez, Jr., Señor Norberto Gomez, Senator Loren Legarda and Cagayan de Oro Councilor President Elipe.

ZAMBOANGA City––Com-bined military and militia forces clashed with some 20 suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits in the hinterlands of Basilan province on Friday afternoon, a top military official said Saturday.

Col. Ramon Yog yog, Special Operations Task Force-Basilan (SOTF-B) commander, said the clash took place at around 1:55 p.m. near the boundary of Barangays Sapah Bulak and Upper Cabengbeng in the municipality of Sumisip.

No one among the gov-ernment forces was either killed or wounded while the

Gov’t troopers clashed anew with Abu in Basilan

Abu Sayyaf bandits were believed to have suffered casualties, Yogyog said.

He said the firefight last-ed for about 30 minutes and the bandits fled to different directions after they were outfought by the troops.

The soldiers recovered from the clash site an M-16 Armalite rifle and a Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG) launcher, Yogyog said.

The troops were con-ducting security patrol in the boundary of Barangays Sapah Bulak and Upper Cabengbeng when they chanced upon the bandits, he said.

MALACANANG made an assurance on Saturday that the Department of Health is prepared to handle Entero-virus 71 cases in the country after the health department reported one local case of the disease.

“Number one, DOH is itself prepared. Number two, we need the participation of the citizenry. If you feel that there are symptoms that would lead to Enterovirus 71, immediately bring it to the attention of the doctors,” Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda said.

“We cannot wait na kung malala na saka lang dadalhin sa hospital. We need the engagement of the citizenry. On the part of the DOH, they will be coming out or they have come out with information on the symptoms of Enterovirus 71,” he added.

At the same time, the Palace official also encour-aged the public to observe proper hygiene and main-tain cleanliness in their communities. The DOH is also spearheading a massive public information cam-paign about EV-71 to raise awareness, he said.

The DOH reported last week that a 19-month-old toddler from Davao has been infected with EV-71,

Palace allay fears in handling EV-71 virus

but has since recovered. EV-71 is the same virus that has killed more than 60 children in Cambodia.

The boy was the only confirmed case among eight suspected cases in the coun-try with the hand, foot and mouth disease or EV-71 strain, Health Secretary Enrique Ona said.

The strain detected in the boy was a mild form of EV-71 and could have been in the country long before its deadlier variant killed Cambodian children, noted the Health Secretary.

Enteroviruses consist of 68 stereotypes that usually cause self-limited infections in children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Enterovirus 71 was first detected in California in 1969. Since then, EV-71 has been isolated in many parts of the world. Severe outbreaks associated with a high fatality rate occurred in Bulgaria in 1975 with 44 deaths and Hungary in 1978 with 45 deaths, the CDC said.

Severe outbreaks oc-curred in Malaysia in 1997 with 30 deaths and in Taiwan with 78 deaths in 1998, 25 deaths in 2000, and 26 deaths in 2001.

Mambuaya Relocation Site Ground Breaking - Cagayan de Oro Archbishop Antonio Ledesma (left), together with Ma. Melinda Bernardino, national president of the International Confederation of the Society of St. Vincent De Paul (SSVP); Former Senator Agapito Aquino, chair emeritus of the Philippine Cooperative Center (PCC); Dr. Billy Tusale, chair of the Federation of Peoples’ Sustainable Development Cooperatives (FPSDC) and Representative Isidro Lico of Ating Coop Party List, leads the groundbreaking of the Mambuaya Coop-Ville Relocation Site, which is being projected to have 300 houses. (Rodolfo D. Mendoza, PIA 10/asf)

Editor: CRIS DIAZ, Email: [email protected] In Focus

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THINK a minute.A school teacher was

complaining about a little boy in her class who was not showing any interest in learning.

She said: “That boy David just will not do his school work. He’s not even motivated enough to try!”

But a famous education professor says there is no such thing as a person who is not motivated.

So what that teacher should have said is: “David just is not motivated to learn with me.”

Because that same boy, David, will jump out of bed early in the morning if he’s going fishing or to play with his friends.

Everyone can be mo-tivated. We just need to be motivated for the right things.

Just watch people leaving work on Friday, rushing off for a weekend of fun.

The right motivation

They don’t look unmo-tivated or lazy then! Maybe you had a schoolteacher who really made a certain subject interesting even exciting to you.

They made you want to learn more, and they explained things so you could really understand.

Then you ended up do-ing much better in that teacher’s class than you did in the other ones.

But then it’s not possible for our children’s teachers to know our own kids as well as we do. That’s why we their parents are their

most important teachers.It is mainly our respon-

sibility to motivate our chil-dren so they want to learn and do their best. And to do that, we must let our kids know that we believe in them.

We watch them closely so we can help them know what they’re naturally tal-ented and good at doing.

Then we need to en-courage them in that area so they can fully develop their own special abilities, whether it’s academics and school, sports, cooking, music, business, relating to

people, or something else. You and I can motivate

our children by always lov-ing and accepting them without conditions, no mat-ter what they do.

Even when we don’t ap-prove of everything they do, we must still accept them so they know they are al-ways loved. And when our kids do something well, we should encourage them by letting them know how very pleased we are with them.

Maybe you yourself never had someone who believed in you or motivated you to be your best in life.

But today, you can ask Jesus Christ to take charge of your life.

He will help you start seeing and using your own special abilities He’s given you. Jesus will also help you start encouraging and motivating others to be their best.

Just Think a Minute.

Think A Minute

Jhan Tiafau HurstJhan Tiafau Hurst

MONDAY, JULY 23, 20124 Editor: RUEL PELONE , Email; [email protected]

EMPOWERMENT of Local Gov-ernment Units to regulate the operation in rural areas of motor-cycles-for-hire, locally known as habalhabal, is mulled for an effective management of the lowly public utility and to protect both the operator and the riding public.

Regulation of habalhabal by the local governments will strike a balance between vehicle safety and the problem of transportation according to proponents.

While it may be true that this mode of transporta-tion is illegal and unsafe, there is also the need to recognize and respect the people’s initiative to solve their transportation problem and compensate the gov-ernment’s failure to provide them with decent roads where they could safely transport their farm products to market places.

Once regulated by the LGUs, habal-habal operations would be legalized and the problem of lack of transpor-tation in remote places could be addressed. If LGUs are empowered to regulate habalhabal, it could also provide solutions to two conflicting problems: protect both the operator and the riding public, and provide more transportation.

It is of common knowledge that in rural areas , particularly in remote places where the roads are not passable by four-wheeled vehicles, the habalhabal has become the accepted mode of transportation. It has become a very viable and an important alternative not only for carrying passengers from remote and hardly accessible places, but also in bringing farm products to the markets.

Let the proponents rest their case on the policy - that the State should recognize and respect the initiative of the people in the rural areas to solve their transporta-tion problems.

An amendment to the Local Government Code of 1991 sought by a lawmaker, state the following pro-visions: “Subject to the guidelines prescribed by the Department of Transportation and Communications, the Sangguniang Bayan shall regulate the operation of motorcycles-for-hire and tricycles and grant franchises for the operation thereof within the territorial jurisdiction of the municipality.”

The amendment further provides that the grantee of the franchise to operate habalhabal shall be authorized to operate on any road within the territorial jurisdiction of the LGU that issued its operator’s permit and must carry not more than four passengers or loads not exceeding 300 kgs. on each trip. For the protection and safety of the passengers, the habalhabal owner or operator shall, upon registration, procure the necessary insurance for the third party liability as provided in the bill.

The proposal is loud and clear. It is meant to address the transportation problem in our remote communities.

LGUs to regulate‘habal habal’ operations

Editorial


Kakampi mo ang batas

Atty. Batas MauricioAtty. Batas Mauricio

Cris DiazCris Diaz

STABLE economy, job generation, cheaper prices of basic commodi-ties, stable prices of oil products are things that would appease the rest-less Filipino citizenry. The peaceful resolution of the territorial conflict at the West Philippine Seas without compromising the country’s sover-eignty should also be at the govern-ment top agenda. These are among pressing problems that the Filipinos are facing today. Problems that should be resolved with urgency.

As elected President, Benigno Simeon Aquino, III, carries the collective burdens of the Filipino people. Aquino has a mandate to find sustainable solutions on problems confronting the Filipinos on a long-term basis. This is what his constituents expect of the President.

Nothing is appropriate for the President to extrapo-late on what his administration attained and intend to accomplish than during the scheduled 3rd State of the Nation Address (SONA) today. President Aquino

What people expect of Aquino’s SONA?should desist from telling the people of litanies that his administration accomplished halfway to his six-year term in the Palace.

The Filipinos are not interested on Aquino’s bullying of the Supreme Court where he successfully expelled the Chief Justice through his impeachment court. Actually, only Aquino’s drumbeaters were happy of what he has done. The ouster of the CJ does not mirror Aquino’s effective battle against corruption in his administration. In fact, questions about the Cash Assistance his administration is distributing to ‘indigent Filipino families’ has started to snowball as the President delivers his SONA today.

Neither the Filipinos are interested of the billion-peso roads and infrastructure projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) that has caused miseries among the Filipinos to date. Of course, with the unfinished road uplift and constructions throughout the country, especially in Mindanao, ordinary citizens whose lives rely in the transport of goods and services in these roads are down hearted.

We are not also interested on what the agrarian

LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin…” (1 John 1:7, the Holy Bible).

-ooo-IT IS NOW TIME TO

AMEND THE 1987 CON-STITUTION: Senate Presi-dent Juan Ponce Enrile and Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. of the House of Repre-sentatives should do every-thing within their power to convince President Aquino to agree to amend the 1987 Constitution--- and yes, this they must do, even if, senior citizens as they are, they may be required to have a drink or two, or smoke a cigarette or two, with the Chief Executive.

The truth is that many Filipinos are now convinced that the time has come to amend the Constitution, basically to remove many

Time to amend the 1987 Constitution

objectionable portions in its many provisions which managed to find their way into the Charter under the first Aquino presidency.

If we are to be brutally frank about it, this Consti-tution badly needs many amendments, and I am not talking here only about its political and economic provisions. More impor-tantly, its parts which are basically anti-Biblical, or those which directly ad-vocate going against God’s commands and decrees, should be removed, if we are to really change our lives and start claiming our full destiny as a nation led

by God.-ooo-

LICENSE TO FIGHT AND SUBDUE AUTHORI-TIES: What am I referring to here? In particular, I am concerned about Section 16, Art. XIII, which purports to give Filipinos and their organizations the right to meddle in governmental affairs and, implicitly, to im-pose their will even against duly-constituted authorities. Euphemistically, this right is termed “effective and reasonable participation at all levels of social, political and economic decision-making…”

In truth and in fact,

however, what this grant of “effective and reasonable participation” amounts to is a license to fight and rise up against the authorities, under the so-called “people power” concept that ushered in EDSA 1 and EDSA 2. For the benefit of everyone, let us reproduce Section 16, Art. XIII here.

It says: “The right of the people and their organiza-tions to effective and rea-sonable participation at all levels of social, political, and economic decision-making shall not be abridged. The State shall, by law, facilitate the establishment of ad-equate consultation mecha-nisms.”

-ooo-1987 CONSTITUTION

OPPOSED TO “REPRE-SENTATIVE GOVERN-MENT” AND TO THE BIBLE: Clearly, Section 16, Art. XIII is violently op-posed to the concept of

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DIPOLOG City––The re-cent Consumers Assembly here has elicited common sentiments among drugstore owners over the 20 percent discount on medicines to senior citizens.

President Evelyn Atillo of the Dipolog Pharmacists Association (DPA) said “the law covering this must be reviewed, as it has adversely affected, especially the small

Drugstore owners seek review of discounts for senior citizens

drugstores.” She said, the mark-up

price on drugs is only three percent, “so, if a senior citi-zen buys medicines worth P2,000, he/she would have a discount of P400, as pro-vided for by law. Now, the profit from the P2,000 worth of drugs is only P60. What will happen to our capital?”

This, she lamented, is the reason why even the drug-

stores operated by certain groups of senior citizens have closed shop.

Dipolog Consumers’ Watch Group President Michael Malacca said the gathering has provided objective responses from concerned establishments and agencies to the issues and concerns raised by the consumers. (JPA/FPG/PIA-Zamboanga del Norte/asf)

By DAVID M. SUYAO

AGUSAN del Sur - The New Tubigon bailey bridge, connecting Barangay New Tubigon, Sibagat and Ba-rangay San Juan, Bayugan City is in good condition.

This was reported by the Educational Discipline in Culture and Area-based Development Services, Inc. (EDCADS), a nongovern-ment organization (NGO) accredited by PAMANA and by the provincial govern-ment to monitor the status of all PAMANA projects implemented, here.

Said bailey bridge, which crosses the Andanan Riv-er, was inaugurated and turned-over February 22, this year. It is an 18 linear-meter long structure, made mostly of light materials that can only cater light vehicles, like motorcycles and carts.

NGOs report PAMANA projects’ statusNew Tubigon Barangay

Chair Librado Felicilda said the route from New Tu-bigon, via San Juan using the new bridge to Bayugan City reduces the travelling distance by 30 kilometers

compared to the original route that passes thru moun-tains and small rivers, with almost impassable roads before reaching Poblacion Sibagat. (RER/DMS/PIA 13-Agusan del Sur/asf)

COL Ronald N. Albano, PA MNSA, commander of the 402nd (STING-ERS) Brigade, 4ID, PA, pins the medal to one of the outstanding officers and personnel during the Brigade’s 39th Founding Day, July 16, in Bancasi, Butuan City. (photo by 1st Lt. Jose Patrick A. Martinez/asf)

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ITEM NO: OSEC-DOHB-ADOF1-12-2012 Minimum Qualification Standards (per CSC QS Manual) Education: Bachelor’s degree relevant to the job Experience: None required Training : None required Eligibility: Career Service (Prof.)second level eligibility Additional Qualifications Preferred: (End-User’s Preference) Education: Bachelor’s degree relevant to the job. Experience: None required Training: None required Eligibility : Career Service (Prof.)second level eligibility Note: All qualified next-in-rank shall be automatically considered candidates for promotion. However you have to submit your updated Personal Data Sheet to PAD-HHRDB. Failure to do so will automatically waive your right to be included as candidates. Others who are interested and qualified shall submit the following to the DOH-Treatment and Rehabilitation Center Cagayan de Oro, Maitum, Upper Puerto, Cagayan de Oro,viz: 1. Application letter addressed to the Director,Health Human Resource Dev. Bureau 2. Four (4) copies duly accomplished Personal Data Sheet /Resume (indicating education experience No. of hrs. of trainings/seminars,eligibility) 3. Authenticated copy of Diploma/Transcript of Records (for new entrance) 4. Copy of Certificate of Trainings attended 5. Copy of Board Rating/Civil Service eligibilty (Prof./Sub-Prof.) 6. Two (2) copies of performance rating for the last rating period. (For applicants applying for promotion) Deadline for Submission: July 27,2012 Prepared by: (original signed) ESPERANZA C. CARATING Chief,Personnel Administration Division

Noted by:

(original signed) KENNETH G. RONQUILLO,MD,MPHM,CESO III

Director IV,HHRDB

NOTICE OF VACANCY POSITION: 1 –ACCOUNTANT I




ITEM NO: OSEC-DOHB-A1-6-2012 Minimum Qualification Standards (per CSC QS Manual) Education: Bachelor’s degree in Commerce/Business Administration Major in Accounting Experience: None required Training : None required Eligibility: RA 1080 (CPA) Additional Qualifications Preferred: (End-User’s Preference) Education: Bachelor’s degree in Commerce/Business Administration Major ion Accounting Experience: None required Training: None required Eligibility : RA 1080 (CPA) Note: All qualified next-in-rank shall be automatically considered candidates for promotion. However you have to submit your updated Personal Data Sheet to PAD-HHRDB. Failure to do so will automatically waive your right to be included as candidates. Others who are interested and qualified shall submit the following to the DOH-Treatment and Rehabilitation Center Cagayan de Oro, Maitum, Upper Puerto, Cagayan de Oro,viz: 1. Application letter addressed to the Director,Health Human Resource Dev. Bureau 2. Four (4) copies duly accomplished Personal Data Sheet /Resume (indicating education experience No. of hrs. of trainings/seminars,eligibility) 3. Authenticated copy of Diploma/Transcript of Records (for new entrance) 4. Copy of Certificate of Trainings attended 5. Copy of Board Rating/Civil Service eligibilty (Prof./Sub-Prof.) 6. Two (2) copies of performance rating for the last rating period. (For applicants applying for promotion) Deadline for Submission: July 27,2012 Prepared by: (original signed) ESPERANZA C. CARATING Chief,Personnel Administration Division

Noted by:


Director IV,HHRDB

NOTICE OF VACANCY POSITION: 1 – ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IV (ADM. OFFICER 11)




ITEM NO: OSEC-DOHB-ADOF4-5-2012 Minimum Qualification Standards (per CSC QS Manual) Education: Bachelor’s degree relevant to the job Experience: One (1) yr of relevant experience Training : Four (4) hours of relevant training Eligibility: Career Service (Prof.)second level eligibility Additional Qualifications Preferred: (End-User’s Preference) Education: Bachelor’s degree relevant to the job. Experience: at least 2 yrs of relevant experience Training: at least 18 hrs. of relevant training. Eligibility : Career Service (Prof.)second level eligibility Note: All qualified next-in-rank shall be automatically considered candidates for promotion. However you have to submit your updated Personal Data Sheet to PAD-HHRDB. Failure to do so will automatically waive your right to be included as candidates. Others who are interested and qualified shall submit the following to the DOH-Treatment and Rehabilitation Center Cagayan de Oro, Maitum, Upper Puerto, Cagayan de Oro,viz: 1. Application letter addressed to the Director,Health Human Resource Dev. Bureau 2. Four (4) copies duly accomplished Personal Data Sheet /Resume (indicating education experience No. of hrs. of trainings/seminars,eligibility) 3. Authenticated copy of Diploma/Transcript of Records (for new entrance) 4. Copy of Certificate of Trainings attended 5. Copy of Board Rating/Civil Service eligibilty (Prof./Sub-Prof.) 6. Two (2) copies of performance rating for the last rating period. (For applicants applying for promotion) Deadline for Submission: July 27,2012 Prepared by: (original signed) ESPERANZA C. CARATING Chief,Personnel Administration Division

Noted by:


Director IV,HHRDB


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People...from page 4

reform has attained when more than 3,000 c l a i m ant f ar me rs b e -came b enef ic iar ies of the President’s more than 3,000-hectare sugar and

rice lands at Hacienda Luisita in Luzon.

The more the Filipinos are not interested about reports on bumper harvest in the agriculture sec-tor when prices of staple products (rice and corn) remain high and continue to rise.

What the Filipino peo-

ple want with the remain-ing three years of Aquino’s presidency?

The Filipinos want a v ibrant economy with stable jobs for more than 30 million people.

The Filipinos want to see manufacturing fac-tories sprouting in the countryside in the field of metal and ore developed to its fullest.

We want these factories

develop the country’s au-tomobile industry. With a stable metal and ore manufacturing industries, the country could build a formidable defense force able to secure the country’s territories and sovereignty.

We could build subma-rines, high caliber weap-ons, frigates, and even fighter jets to secure the country’s skies. Funds?

The country could se-

cure loans for these and regain capital by selling some to other smaller countries in the Asia Pa-cific region.

Most important thing is to make sure that Fili-pinos’ stomachs are full.

The country must have a highly developed agri-culture industry.

With a stable agricul-ture, industry prices of staple goods should be reduced to the 1970 level and stays there.

Exploration and de-velopment of gas and oil should be pursued to sta-bilize the energy sector and lower energy cost.

A l te r n at ive e n e rg y sources such as solar, wind, and hydro should be individually encour-aged with the government-offering subsidy to inter-ested individuals, groups, or association.

There are more that this country wants and needs. Aquino should work on that direction. React: [email protected]

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representative govern-ment, where although the people are recog-nized as possessing sovereignty so that all government authority emanates from them, the exercise of that sover-eignty consists solely in, or is limited to, electing their representatives, from the president down to the lowest barangay councilor, who, in turn, actually wield the power to govern.

In a representative government---which is what we have today---respect and obedience is required to be given, manifested, and observed by the sovereign people in favor of their elected officials, for the sake of a peaceful and orderly so-ciety, where not any one group or individual can be permitted to assert what they please, when and where they please, even in the guise of “par-ticipation in all levels of decision-making”.

Section 16, Art. XIII actually encourages anar-chy and mob rule, and blatant disregard of of-ficials, and the authority given to them by law.

This provision more importantly contravenes Romans 13:1-2 of the Holy Bible, where it is said that all persons should subject them-selves to the authorities, for there is no authority which was not estab-lished by God, so that anyone fighting the au-thorities shall be cursed and destroyed.-ooo-

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into the sea each year along with our toxins, creating ocean dead zones.

We have reduced most large commercial fish species by 60-90% and we’ve reduced the marine mammals by 80-90%, and some to extinction.

To fuel this devastation, we’ve drained some 60 trillion gallons of oil from the Earth, the best half of the world’s hydrocarbon store, representing 500-million-years of captured solar energy.

We dumped the carbon waste into our atmosphere, heating the planet and turning the oceans acidic.

According to Dr. William Rees’ global footprint analysis, human enterprise annually overshoots Earth’s renewable productive capacity by half.

Nevertheless, a billion people remain undernourished, and 10 million starve each year. By de-pleting Earth’s natural wealth, we foreclose genuinely sustainable options for the world’s poorest people, forcing them into sweat-shops and slums.

Any sane person would step back, take stock, and consider how to reduce wasteful consumption, share among the human family, and restore Nature’s bounty. Not the world’s corporate empires. Resource corporations view the receding ice caps as an opportu-nity for one last orgy of plunder.

Swarming the ArcticThe fundamental resource of

industrialism is energy, and the fundamental industrial energy is oil. According to Marin Katusa, Chief Energy Investment Strategist at Casey Research, “a century of oil production has depleted most of the world’s easy oil deposits,” which has pushed those companies to seek ultradeep ocean wells, bitumen from Canadian tar sands, and the remnant oil reserves in the Arctic.

This summer, Shell Oil intends to drill five exploratory wells in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas on Alaska’s continental shelf. Al-though the sea bottom in this region is relatively shallow – 50-meters, compared to a thousand meters or more for deepwater wells – drilling rigs in the Arctic must negotiate moving ice floes, Arctic storms, freezing weather, and 10 weeks of darkness.

Shell admits that they would likely abandon a well capping or spill cleanup during poor Arctic weather. Oil moving under ice floes is out of reach, and the US Geological Survey (USGS) warns that “there is no comprehensive method for cleanup of spilled oil in sea ice.”

Furthermore, US Coast Guard Admiral Robert Papp admits that Alaska infrastructure to respond to an oil well blowout, does not exist. Canadian regulators conclude that to drill a blowout relief well in the arctic would take three years.

According to the USGS, the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas contains 14-19 billion barrels of recoverable oil. The energy-intensive drilling would require an equivalent energy of 1-2 billion barrels of oil, so the net return might be about 15 billion barrels. At current consumption rates, that equals a 6-month world oil supply. The entire Arctic seabed, at best, may contain 3 years of world oil consumption.

For this, the oil giants ap-pear willing to risk the world’s last pristine marine ecosystems. Arctic waters provide vital habitat for krill, unique fish, commercial cod and pollock, the rare bowhead whale, dolphins, walruses, seals, penguins and other birds. An oil spill would ravage Arctic marine wildlife and devastate local fishing.

War profiteers jump inOnce the oil companies locate,

drill, and start producing oil, the next phase requires an extensive network of pipelines. Spills have become routine in oil pipelines from Nigeria to Canada. Furthermore, like Iraq or Afghanistan, any region with oil and pipelines becomes a battleground for political control.

Russian oil company Gazprom has signed a deal with Exxon Mobil Corp to prospect for oil in Russia’s Arctic Kara Sea. The US, China, Russia, Canada, and other nations have already begun military posturing in the Arctic to protect their resource interests.

US cab les re leased by Wikileaks promote a “military presence” in Greenland to protect “American commercial invest-ments” and justify a US military presence due to “the potential of increased military threats in the Arctic.”

The alleged threats include Russian submarines planting flags under the North Pole, Rus-sia’s foreign minister proposing a “redistribution of power” and “armed intervention” in the Arctic, and Norway justifying Fighter air-craft purchases to offset Russia’s Arctic intentions.

Meanwhile, Chinese diplomat Cui Hongjian insists that the Arctic is a “public area,” and Canada has announced intentions to patrol the Arctic with drones.

Another US cable cited oil and ice-free shipping as “benefits accruing from global warming.” Since 1980, we’ve witnessed a 75% reduction in Arctic sea ice. The polar ice helps balance atmo-spheric temperature by reflecting solar energy. The dark water left by receding ice absorbs energy, causing Earth to heat faster. Meanwhile, ancient methane – 20-times more potent than CO2 as a greenhouse gas – escapes from melting permafrost, a feedback that increases global warming.

Furthermore, the oil that doesn’t spill into the sea or land spills into the atmosphere. It makes no sense to risk Earth’s last pristine marine ecosystem, and runaway heating, to extend a decaying and destructive industry for a few years. But Shell Oil does not appear interested in preserving ecosystems or future generations. The oil in the Beaufort and Chukchi fields is worth $1-2 trillion dollars of revenue to the oil company. Their motivation is money, not a vision for sustainable human habitation on Earth.

Knowing that their actions will degrade Earth’s ecological stabil-ity, Shell has filed a pre-emptive lawsuit against environmental groups in an attempt to prejudice courts to favor Shell’s plans before anyone can challenge them.

Resistance and visionIndigenous nations, scientists,

celebrities, Greenpeace, and other environmental groups have proposed a global sanctuary in the Arctic to protect species habitat and local, indigenous fishing, while banning unsustainable industrial fishing and oil drilling.

A similar sanctuary was estab-lished in Antarctica 20 years ago, protecting the southern continent from mining and drilling. The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) now oversees scientists from 27 countries, per-forming valuable inter-disciplinary research in the Antarctic. The treaty prohibits military activity, and holds all Antarctic territorial claims in abeyance.

As giant corporations travel to the ends of the Earth for the final plunder of resources, the time has come for humanity to accept

Earth’s biological and physical limits, preserve the vestiges of wild nature, arrest global warm-ing, and prepare for a genuinely sustainable and equitable human society. That requires saving the Arctic from plunder.

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discovered in September, 2011 during an internal and external audit of the cooperative.

Loque said aside from dismissal from service, Mar may face estafa, qualified theft and libel cases.

He said Mar had alleg-edly embarked on “a black propaganda campaign” against Antrecco with the claim that the cooperative was mismanaged.

“Mar should have faced his problem with Antrec-co squarely instead of be-smirching the name of An-trecco. It appears that Mar is employing squid tactics to muddle the issue and cover his failure to submit his liquidation report,” said Loque.

“From a starting capital of only P14,500 contributed by 29 incorporators, An-trecco could not have grown into one of the country’s ‘financially robust’ coopera-tives with a membership of more than 10,000 in Caraga Region and P160 million worth of assets had it been mismanaged,” he said.

Missing...from page 1

where investments came from most employees of the city hall.

Based on records, the investments for the lending business, which is handled by Loyola since 2002, amounted to P15 million.

Loyola could not be reached for comment. His house at Sandawa Homes Phase 2 here is locked, reports said.

On Friday, Gantuangco ordered the opening of Loyola’s vault in the presence of the COA auditors, City Treasurer, City Administrator, and the chairman of Barangay Po-blacion.

There was no cash inside the vault and only documents, records, and payroll were found, according to Gantu-angco.

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ito para mapakinaban-gan na maging isang basket, trays, tsinelas at iba pang mga ornamental items.

Binigyang-linaw ni Vil-lar na ang festival ay hindi upang ipagmalaki ang Las Pinas bilang isang Lungsod kundi ang kuhanin ang atensyon ng publiko na

pangalagaan ang ating Inang kalikasan at programang pangkabuhayan.

“Lubos naming ipinag-mamalaki ang aming pro-gramang livelihood na isang barangay-based na kung saan ang mga produktong nalilikha ay mula sa mga basura. At ang naturang programa ay nakapagbigay ng hanapbuhay sa limang daang pamilya,” dagdag ni Villar.

Isa din sa sentro ng festi-val ay ang makakuha ng Miss Las Piñas Waterlily para sa taong ito na kung saan idi-naos ang pre-pageant noong Martes (Hulyo 17) at ang nanalo ang siyang sinuutan ng korona ngayon. Bawat isa sa kabuuang 20 barangay sa Las Pinas ay mayroong tig-iisang kinatawan at ang kanilang mga suot na gown ay gawa ng kilalang designer na si Noli Hans gayundin sa pakikipagtulungan ng mga residente sa bawat barangay.

Ayon naman kay Las Piñas Representative Mark Villar sa naganap na pre-pagent event na ang Miss Las Piñas Waterlily pageant ay nagpapatunay lamang na ang mga Las Piñeras ay tunay na magaganda.

“Ang itinanghal na Miss

World 2012 na si Queeni-erich Rehman ay tiga- Las Piñas at bukod dito ay kilala din kami na mga mama-mayang responsable sa pangangalaga ng kalikasan patunay ang mga magaga-nda at kapaki-pakinabang na mga produkto mula sa mga waterlily na isang ba-sura at salot sa ilog,” ani ni Rep. Villar.

At ang tinanghal na Miss Las Piñas Waterlily ay au-tomatikong ambassadress-es ng Lungsod at siya ang dadalo sa mga ibat-ibang okasyon at festival sa buong bansa na kung saan imbitado ang Lungsod, gayundin sa mga environmental at livelihood programs katulad ng sa United Nations (UN) na siya ding nagbigay ng parangal sa river rehabilita-tion or Sagip Ilog program ng Villar Foundation dahil sa pagsusumikap ni Ginang Villar.

Ilan din sa mga naging aktibidades sa festival ay ang fluvial parade, street dancing, musical perfor-mances mula Manunugtog Kawayan at iba pang mga local bands, waterlily weav-ing demonstrations at ang display exhibit ng ibat-ibang likha mula sa waterlily.

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old, so this is his ultimate dream.” Romero said he would join the Philippine delegation Monday to personally support Rosario’s campaign.

Rosario, accompanied by his coach Gay Corral, plunges into action on Monday next week with the top six qualifiers from the field of 37 advancing to the finals the following day.

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Inadlaw’ng Kasayuran ug Kalingawan sa Masa

THE International Olympic Committee (IOC) will not punish anyone ahead of the London Games over allegations that some na-tional Olympic officials were breaking strict rules on selling tickets for the Games, the IOC Executive Board decided on Saturday.

The IOC Ethics Commis-sion has been investigating claims that national Olympic committees (NOCs) and authorized ticket resellers (ATRs) had been caught selling thousands of top tickets to the Games on the black market for up to 10 times their face value.

The British broadsheet said it had found “wide-spread corruption” reaching across 54 countries and had passed its evidence to the IOC.

The IOC pledged to take the “strongest sanctions” possible if members were found to have broken the rules”.

However, after discuss-ing the matter on Saturday, it was decided that there was not enough time to decide on each individual case ahead of the start of the Games next Friday.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge, right, talks to IOC Executive Board member Craig Reedie as he ar-rives at Heathrow International Airport for the London 2012 Olympic Games in London July 20, 2012. Photo supplied

Probe on illegal sale of Olympic tickets ‘on ice’

“The Ethics Commission has received initial evidence from the newspaper and noted that each individual case merits a detailed analy-sis involving the hearing of all parties,” said the Execu-tive Board (EB).

“Particularly with regard to the existence of deliberate intent to breach the various rules that govern the sale of tickets for the Olympic Games.

“As a result the EB ap-proved the recommendation from the Ethics Commission that it continue its investi-gation as it is currently not in a position to recommend provisional measures ahead of the London 2012 Games.”

IOC president Jacques Rogge speaking later ex-plained why it was taking a long time to come to a decision over whether they were unlawfully sold or not.

“Our ethics commission met with a representative of The Sunday Times and asked for the evidence that was provided by the Sunday Times after two weeks wait-ing,” said Rogge.

“This is a huge file with more than 20 people in-volved and also a lot of

organizations, you know, commercial tickets resellers.

“The rights of the de-fense require everyone to have the chance to explain (their) case, so there will be interviews with all these people and we expect the results of that probably by the end of September, be-ginning of October, because it’s a huge work to have everyone and to question and answers.”

Rogge added that follow-ing the Games there would be an inquiry and that 2014 Winter Games hosts Sochi had been advised not to go ahead and sell any tickets until the investigation had been concluded.

Many British fans have been left disappointed after being unable to secure the Olympics seats they wanted,

in the several rounds of official ticket sales.

The Sunday Times report said the London Games organizers’ deci-sion to release 1.2 million tickets -- more than ever before -- to foreign NOCs had allowed agents and officials to flood the black market with seats for highly sought-after events.

IOC rules say that NOCs must keep their supply of tickets within their coun-try. They can distribute the tickets themselves or nominate ATRs, who must be approved.

It is against the rules for any seller to inflate the price of a ticket by more than 20 percent of its face value, or trade tickets with unauthorized dealers, the report said.

SINGAPORE police arrested 74 people believed to be involved in illegal soccer betting activities, as part of a two-month Interpol joint operation, local media re-ported Saturday.

The estimated value of the illegal bets collected by the syndicates was believed to total over 5.6 million U.S. dollars, local TV Channel NewsAsia reported.

Besides cash of more than 62,000 US dollars (78,000 Singapore dollars), police also seized computers, laptops, modems, routers, mobile phones, thumb drives and other items believed to be used for illegal betting activities.

Investigations against the 74 suspects are ongoing. About 300 people were arrested and over 780,000 U.S.

dollars was seized in the Interpol operation to combat illegal soccer gambling in Asia linked to organized crime gangs, Channel NewsAsia said.

Singapore police joined forces with those from China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam.

They made over 200 raids on illegal gambling dens which were estimated to have handled around 85 million U.S. dollars worth of bets.

The operation, codenamed Operation SOGA 4 (Soccer Gambling), covered the final matches of major national football leagues across Europe, the UEFA championships and EURO 2012.

Operation SOGA was first conducted by Interpol in 2007. Wire report

74 people rounded up in illegal soccer betting

FILIPINO skeet shooter Brian Rosario is ready to face challenges at the Lon-don Olympics, which starts on Friday.

Aside from his strong determination to do well in the London Olympics, the support of his family and the Philippine National Shoot-ing Association (PNSA) is one factor that keeps his passion burning.

Though Rosario’s entry to the greatest sporting spectacle was through the backdoor – earning a wild-card –shooting president Mikee Romero, is confident that’s the country’s only shooting bet is up to the

Pinoy shooter ready to face challenges at London Olympics

challenge.“He’s doing well in prac-

tice, he’s shooting 24 over 25 now, but I hope he reaches his peak next week,” said Romero. “He’s very a de-termined shooter and he wants to prove something.”

While he did not promise to bring home the elusive gold medal, he committed to his family to do his utmost best to make them proud.

“Walang naman siyang pinangako sa amin basta gagawin niya daw ang la-hat para gumanda lalo ang performance niya,” said Paul Rosario, Brian’s father. “He’s been shooting since 12 years

REIGNING MVP Jerie Pingoy shot 22 points leading the FEU Baby Tamaraws to take down the UST Tiger Cubs, 82-66, in the UAAP Season 75 juniors basket-ball tournament Sunday at the Mall of Asia Arena.

The Baby Tams joined the National U Bullpups on top at 2-0.

Antonio Asistio had 22 markers to lift the Ateneo Blue Eaglets in a 92-75 victory over the UP Integrated School Junior Maroons for a 1-1 card.

The scores:First Game (Jrs)FEU (82) – Pingoy 22, Domingo 15, Aguilon 12,

Lee Yu 8, Delfinado 7, Escoto 7, Domingo Je. 4, Has-san 2, Lumba 2, Palacio 2, Belgica 1, Domingo J. 0.

UST (66) – Martin 19, Ungria 11, Baetiong 10, Bahia 9, Laman 9, Soriano 4, Mayor 3, Abuyen 1, Borje 0, Corre 0, Lavarias 0.

Quarters: 21-16; 41-34; 65-47; 82-66

Pingoy lifts Baby Tams to 2-0 card

MINDANAO DAILY NEWS JULY 23,2012

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