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KAPAYAPAANKASAMA ng babaengito ang ilang daangboluntir at pintor nasumama sa muralpainting ng pader ngCamp Crame sa Edsa

na bahagi ng LakbayPara sa Kapayapaansa Edsa.

ANDREW TADALAN

Presyo, seguridad, trapikCaloocan Police headquartersnoong isang linggo, tinalakay niEspina ang tatlong mahahala-gang bagay na dapat bantayansa pagbubukas ng paaralan: se-guridad, trapiko, at presyo ngmga suplay pampaaralan.

First is the security. We willprovide close-in security forschools and nearby areas, andset up police assistance desksfor every school, aniya.

Dinagdag pa niya: This is tosecure the students and theschool officials as well. Butspecifically, we also want toprevent crime in nearby areas.

Aniya, magpapatuloy angpinagsanib na pagbabantay ngpulisya at mga local govern-ment unit (LGU).

Sinabi rin ni Espina na tutu-long ang pulisya sa pagpapanatiling maayos na daloy ng trapiko sa

pakikipag-ugnayan sa Metropoli-tan Manila Development Authori-ty (MMDA) at mga LGU.

Tututukan din ng pulisya angmga ulat ng labis na presyo samga suplay pampaaralan. AniEspina, tutulong ang pulisya sapagbabantay kung sumusunodang mga mangangalakal sa mgapresyong tinakda ng Depart-ment of Trade and Industrypara sa mga bilihin.

Ni Nathaniel R. Melican

MULA sa daloy ng trapiko hanggang sa seguri-dad, kabilang ang mga magsasamantala samga mag-aaral, babantayan lahat ng pulisya

sa pagbubukas ng pasukan sa isang linggo.

Sinabi ni National CapitalRegion Police Office (NCRPO)chief Director Leonardo Espinana maliban sa pagbibigay ng se-guridad, makikipag-ugnayan din

ang mga tauhan niya sa ibangmga ahensya ng pamahalaanupang matiyak ang matiwasayna pagbubukas ng pasukan.

Makaraang dalawin ang

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Drilon pambato ng Palasyo

para sa pangulo ng Senado At dahil hawak nang pamahalaan angsubstantial majority,halos tiyak na angpag-angat ni Drilon saikatlong pinaka-mataas na puwesto sapamahalaan.

Inaasahan na mag-lalagay ng pro-for-ma na kandidato angpangkat ni Senate

President Juan PonceEnrile ng United Na-tionalist Alliance.Kailangan ito upangmalaman kung sinoang mamumuno saminorya sa susunodna Senado.

He (Drilon) is theonly aspirant fromthe majority coalition

who is being consid-ered for that position

... hes the most logi-cal candidate, aniBudget Secretary Flo-rencio Abad, seniorpolitical adviser niPangulong Aquino.

Ngunit idinagdagni Abad na ang pagti-tiyak na si Drilon naang susunod na Sen-ate President is anabsolute statementthat is not advisable.Masasabi lang ito ka-pag tapos na angbotohan, aniya.

Matapos manaloang siyam sa 12 kan-didato ng Team PNoysa Mayo 13 halalan,hindi bababa sa 16senador ang inaasahangsusuporta sa pambatong administrasyon parasa liderato.

Naiulat nanakausap na ni Drilon

ang Nacionalista Party

na may sarilingpangkat ng mgamambabatas at nag-kasundo sila na mag-karoon ng iisang kan-didato sa pagkapa-ngulo ng Senado.

Mahigit 13senador na ang uma-

yon na suportahanang iisang kandidato,ani Drilon.

Ni TJ Burgonio

MATAPOS ang ilang ulit na pagtanggi ay inamin kahaponng Malacaang na si Sen. Franklin Drilon ang pambato ngkoalisyon ng administrasyon upang maging Senate Presi-

dent sa ika-16 na Kongreso.

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THE newly-minted INQUIRERRead-Along Ambassadors. From left, Bb. Pilipinas-Universe 2007 Anna TheresaLicaros, actress Jasmine Curtis-Smith, broadcaster Karen Davila, PDI Chair Marixi Prieto standing in for PDIPresident and CEO Sandy Prieto-Romualdez, TV host Kim Atienza, Miss Earth Foundation executive directorCathy Untalan and singer/actress Nikki Gil. ARNOLD ALMACEN/INQUIRER

READ-ALONG AMBASSADORS

Reading superheroesTHEYRE not only ambassadorsbut superheroes. And their mis-sion is to make this a better

world.That was the message INQUIR-

ER chair Marixi Prieto deliveredwh en s he sp ok e to th e f ir s tbatch of Inquirer Read-Along

Ambassadors in ceremonies onSaturday at the INQUIRER mainoffice in Makati City.

Starting today, you are on amission to change the world. Inthe eyes of the child, we are su-

perheroes. Let us keep it thatwa y, sa id Pr ie to, wh o re pr e-sented INQUIRER president andCEO Sandy Prieto-Romualdez atthe INQUIRER Read-Alongs sixthanniversary celebration.

The six other reading ambas-sadors present were BinibiningPilipinas-Universe 2007 AnnaTheresa Licaros, Miss EarthFoundation Executive DirectorCathy Untalan, actress JasmineCurtis, broadcaster Karen Davila,

television host Kim Atienza andsinger Nikki Gil.

They all took the AmbassadorsOath, pledging to be role modelsfor the youth and to promote lovefor reading among children.

Responding to the challenge,

Licaros said: I did not hesitateto say yes because I really dolove to read and it was reallysurprising for me to find a pro-g r a m t h a t w o u l d c h a m p i o nreading.

I read somewhere that abook is like a present that youcan open over and over againand I ve always believed inthat, said Licaros, who firstread for INQUIRER Read-Along in2008. To be part of [the read-along ambassadors] now is a

great privilege and honor.Untalan spoke of how Miss

Earth and INQUIRER Read-Alonghad been working hand-in-handto promote love for reading andfor the environment.

Every week, we go to publicschools and different communi-ties, teaching them how to read.It is my dream and hope that this

year, we can have INQUIRER Read-Along in the school tours of MissPhilippines-Earth, she said.

The biggest joy is really tosee children reaching out for thebook after you finish reading thestory because they also want toread the book by themselves,Untalan said. The I n q u ir er

Read-Along Team

7 Marines patay sa SuluNaka-enkwentro mga bandidong grupong Abu Sayyaf

Cenabre, pinuno ng 2nd MarineBrigade at ng Joint Task ForceSulu, na nagkaroon ng chancemeeting-encounter ang mgasundalo sa 50 kalalakihan ban-dang 6:30 ng umaga.

Our troops were not able to

reposition and retaliate becausethe engagement was within thecivilian area which is adjacentto a mosque. The attackers tookadvantage of the civilians, thusmaking our troops difficult tofire back, ani Cenabre.

Kasama sa pitong namatay siLorin, 26, na nagtapos sa Philip-pine Military Academy noong2011. Siyam sa mga sundaloang nasugatan. Marlon Ramos,

Inquirer wires

Ni Julie S. Alipala, Inquirer Mindanao

ZAMBOANGA CITYWe still havent learned ourlessons, ani retired Col. Ariel Querubin, isang datingsuperintendent ng Philippine Marine Corps TrainingCenter, matapos mapatay ang pitong Marine ng mga

bandidong Abu Sayyaf sa Patikul, Sulu, nitong Sabado.They were on a test mission,

these were students, they may bethe best considering they were

with the Recon (reconnaissanceteam), they belonged to theMarines elite team, but the doc-trine of the Recon is basically

just to go out there to gather da-ta and they are not there to en-gage their enemies, ani Queru-bin sa panayam sa telepono.

May 20 sundalo sa dalawang

pangkat ng Force Reconnais-sance Battalion ang pinadala saTugas, isang magubat na bu-lubunduking lugar sa Patikul,para sa test mission nangmakasagupa ang mga bandido.

Misyon ng mga sundalo, sapamumuno ni 2nd Lt. AlfredoLorin VI, na hanapin ang mgadumukot kay Casilda Villarasa,asawa ni Sgt. Faustino Villarasa.

Sinabi ni Col. Jose Johriel

JHEN Garcia,19, BS ECEstudent saPolytechnicUniversity ofthePhilippines

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SHOWBUZZ MONDAY, MAY 27, 20136ROMEL M. LALATA, Editor

Fast and slowFast & Furious 6Directed by Justin LinHOORAY for takingitself less seriously(than the 5th) hu-mor-laced, high-oc-

tane over-the-top carstunts and a never-ending finale action

scene ending involv-ing a Russian Galaxy.

Toretto (Vin Diesel)and the rest of the Fu-

rious crew are back inorder to help Hobbstake down and cap-

ture the leader of agroup of mercenarydrivers, Shaw (LukeEvans). Complicatingthe situation is thesecond-in-command ofthat group who is veryfamiliar to Torettoaresurrected Letty(Michelle Rodriguez.)

By now this high-speed franchise feels

like a TV series. Thecharacters return todo almost the samethingdrive fast carsinsanely wellexcept

with variations on ac-tion scenes and situa-tions per character

just so the audienceknows what happensto their favorite driv-er. Like, this week in

Fast & Furious, Toret-

tos gang is offered areturn to the US inexchange with help-ing the law capturecriminal mastermindShaw. Meanwhile,Han (Sung Kang) pro-poses to Gisele (CalGadot).

This is Lins finalFurious movie, afterstarting the franchise

in 2001. So far, hehas successfully giveneach episode uniquefull-throttle action setpieces that practicallymade this franchiseits own cinematicsub-genre. In other

words, if you likecars, you like.

The Call

Di re cte d by Bra d An-dersen

Cheap thrills. HalleBerry stars as Jordan,911 emergency calloperator who takes a

very crucial call fromteenage Casey (Little

Miss Sunshine s Abi-gail Breslin) who has

just been abducted.The girls rescue de-pends on that cellphone call. You know,

like phone call moviesCellular or PhoneBooth.

The director has afew notable thrillersto his name (The Ma-chinist which starreda pre-Batman Chris-tian Bale and TheTranssiberian, ala

Murder o n the Orie ntExpress), so its under-standable that many

suspense setups inThe Call work, likespilling the paint onthe expressway,

putting a dead guy inthe trunk next toCasey, and the gasstation scene.

How can one takethis movie seriously?That 911 call mustvelasted 10 hours, with-out getting discon-nected. In fairness,the film effectivelyportrays the stressthat call operatorshandle on a daily ba-sis. Half of the time,the film feels like acautionary tale forteenage girls on howto survive an abduc-tion. The other half ofthe time is a longcharacter buildup tomake Jordan a hero-ine so she can rescueCasey herself. Like,

yeah.

Review by Vives Anunciacion

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Ex ni Ai Ai, babawi pa ba?

Matapos ang malakingpasabog ni Ai-Ai de las Alas saThe Buzz nitong isa pang Linggohinggil sa naging magulo nilanghiwalayan ng kanyang halosiisang buwan pa lang na asawa,

nagkukumahog ang mga moviereporter sa paghahanap kayJed, isang businessman.

Talagang parati ba niyangpinagbubuhatan ng kamay ang48-taong-gulang na actress? Lu-long ba siya sa sugal, tulad ngsinasabi ng iilan? Totoo bangnakatatanggap siya ngbuwanang allowance naP40,000 mula kay Ai-Ai? Gina-mit ba ni Jed ang nakukuha

niyang pera kay Ai-Ai upang bil-han ng mga mamahaling regaloang ibang tao? Masama,masama ang mga kuwento (Te-ka, naibalik na ba niya angdream car na ibinigay ni Ai-Aisa kanya para sa una nilangmonthsary?)

Marami nang mga ma-nunulat sa show biz ang nag-punta sa pinagtatrabahuhandaw ni Jed sa Alabang, ang ibanaman ay pumunta na mismo

sa naiulat na kasalukuyang tini-tirahan nito. Hindi rin iilan angnagsasabing nakausap na rawnila si Jed ngunit tumanggi rawitong magsalita tungkol sa mgapangyayaring nabanggit.

Nang ihayag ni Ai-Ai sabuong sambayanan sa pama-magitan ng isang panayam satelebisyon na nakipaghiwalayna siya kay Jed noong Mayo 2,matapos ang ilang ulit na

pananakit nang pisikal sakanya, madaling umalagwa angkanyang mga fans na tila baypinaghandaan ang pagbubu-nyag. Hindi sila nagsayang ngpanahon at pinaulanan agadang Instagram account ni Jedng kanilang pagkamuhi, kayanapilitan ang lalaki na isara angtanging ugnay niya sa socialnetworking noong Lunes.

At doon din sa Instagram,ilang oras bago kumalat ang

tsismis na naghi-walay na ngaang dalawanoong May 17,nakiusap pa si

Ai-Ai: Angpananahimik kosa [bagay] naito ako na mis-mo angmagsasabi pagready na ako

emotionally At matapos angdalawang araw, handang handana nga siya talaga. Bagamatumiiyak, nakapaglatag ng mgamaaayos, matitino at lohikal nasagot si Ai Ai sa mga katanun-gan.

Naghahanda na ba si Jedilunsad ang kanyang pagganti?Tandaan, sa show biz kailan-gan parating dalawa angmagsasalita para hapi angmadla.

Ng Inquirer Entertainment Staff

GINAWA ba talaga ni Jed Salang ang lahat ngdiumanong masasamang bagay na iyon athindi ba niya ipagtatanggol ang kanyang sari-

li? Antay lang tayo.

AI Ai (kanan) at asawang si Jed.

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JamadMGA ilang araw matapos angMay 13 elections, lumabas saating sister publication naPHILIPPINE DAILYINQUIRER anglarawan ng isang lalakinghubot hubad, maliban sabriefs, na binabagtas ang ka-lyehon ng Digos, Davao DelSur, the same place wherethe PBA All-Star Weekend

was held early this month.Ang lalaki ay s i Abdul

Rackman Jamad, 48, isangradioman, at ang kanyang

version ng Oblation Run ngUP ay kanyang isinagawa asa gesture of my overwhelm-ing joy over the defeat of Do-do Cagas. I consider him my

worst enemy, sinabi ni Ja-mad, na inaming dati niyangbosing ang gobernador, natumakbo ngayon for Digosmayor pero natalo.

Hindi natin alam ang

punot dulo ng mainit na hi-dwaan ng dalawa, pero

umabot sa sukdulan angpagkasuklam ng radiomankay Cagas nang idemandasiya ng gobernador for falsifi-cation of public documentsamd other crimes.

Before the election, na-ngako si Jamad na magla-lakad-takbo siya nang hubothubad sa kalye pag nataloang mortal niyang kaaway. Attalaga namang gagawin nyaito Oblation style kung di

napaalalahanan na may ordi-

nansang nagbabawal sa pub-lic nudity. Kaya napilitangmag-briefs si Jamad.

Mabutit hindi natibo siJamad. Dalawang kilometroang tinakbo niya na walangsapin sa paa.

Panalong mayor ng Digosang incumbent na si JosephPenas, samantalang si Dou-glas Dodo Cagas naman atang kanyang anak na siMarc, who ran for governorof Davao Del Sur, ay pare-hong talunan.

Buti na lang at nanalo angkabiyak ni Dodo at ina niMarc na si Didi bilang kon-gresista ng isang district saDavao Del Sur.

Ang mga Cagas ang mag-organize at nag-promote nghuling PBA All-Star Weekendheld in Digos early this

month.

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Spurs binigo Grizzlies

MEMPHIS, TennesseeBinura ng San An-tonio Spurs ang 18-puntos na agwat ngMemphis Grizzlies bago itakas ang 104-

93 panalo sa overtime at lumapit sa NBA FinalsSabado.

Kinuha ng Spurs ang 3-0agwat sa Western Conferencefinals at pinahaba ang kani-lang win-streak sa limanglaro sa postseason.

Kontrolado ng Memphis

ang laro bago humirit angSpurs sa pangunguna ninaTim Duncan at Tony Parker.

Huling pumasok sa NBAFinals ang Spurs noong2007.

Umiskor ng pitong puntossi Duncan sa overtimesamantalang may limangpuntos si Parker. Tinapos niDuncan ang laro na may 24puntos samantalang may 26puntos si Parker.

Nanguna si Mike Conleysa Memphis na may 20 pun-tos samantalang may 16 pun-tos at 14 rebounds si MarcGasol. Inquirer wires

CHAMPIONSLEAGUEHAWAK ngtumatakbong siPeruvian striker BayernMunich Claudio Pizarroang tropeo mataposmapanalunan ngMunich ang UEFAChampions LeagueSabado sa Wembley

Stadium. Umiskor siArjen Robben sa ika-89minuto upang ungusanng Bayern Munich angBorussia Dortmund, 2-1. Ito ang ika-limangbeses na kinuha ngBayern Munich angkorona. AFP

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NIRESBAKAN ng Na-tional University ang

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Gagawin ang kam-peonato Linggo, alas-3 ng hapon mataposang sariling winner-

take-all para sa ikat-long puwesto sa pagi-tan ng Adamson atUniversity of SantoTomas.

We were tight inthe first game, but

were back in our nor-mal form, sinabi ni

NU coach Edjet Mab-bayad.

Natalo rin sastraight sets ang LadyBulldogs sa simula ngbest-of-three series.

Sa unang laro,nagtulungan sina AizaMaizo at Pam Lasti-mosa upang biguin ngUST ang Adamson,24-26, 25-17, 25-20,25-17. May 19 puntos

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INTENSELA Tenorio ofBarangay Ginebra(right) makes lifeharder for thedriving SkyrusBaguio of Alaska.

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REDEMPTION

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FinalsMVP ThossPROUD

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HARD FOULALASKAs The Beast gets a hard foul from Mark Caguioa ofBarangay Ginebra. MOA arena AUGUST DELA CRUZ

PROUD GIANTPBA Commissioners CupFinals MVP Joachim Thossproudly shows his plaque

while carrying sonAiden. AUGUST DELA CRUZ

Thoss dedicatesMVP to AidenBy Randolph B. Leongson

W

ITH three ringsin tow, what

makes this2013 PBA Commission-ers Cup championshipsweeter for 6-foot-7center JoachimSonny Thoss? Theanswer might sur-prise you.

It was special be-cause I was able to en-

joy the championshipwith my son, said

Thoss, who had his one-year and nine-month-oldson Aiden in his arms

when he was awarded theFinals MVP trophy.

The Finals MVP is an icingon the cake. All of us areMVPs, he said, who was takenby the Alaska franchise as thefifth overall pick in the 2004PBA Draft fresh from JamesCook University in NorthQueensland, Australia.

The 31-year-old center knewthere was something specialwith the team after entering thesemifinals for the first time inthe post-Tim Cone era lastPhilippine Cup. And lo and be-hold, they won their first titleunder the guidance of coachLuigi Trillo.

That was a big surprise foreverybody. It was a goal that we

wanted, but were just happythat we won the championshipand it just made clear that wecan win with this team, saidthe Papua New Guinea-bornThoss. His Filipino roots comefrom his mother Jesusa, who is

with his father, Gunther, a re-tired German construction

worker, in their home in Talisay,Cebu.

Upon learning the departureof Cone in 2011, the man whomolded him to the player thathe is now, Thoss knew there isonly one way to cope with this.

You just have to acceptt h e s e t h i n g s . P l a y e r s a n dcoaches, they come and go.

You just have to be pa-

tient. Nothing comes easy andwe have to make adjustments.We all have to adjust togetherand that takes time.

And that time came thisconference. Bragging an 11-3record at the end of the elim-inations, good for the num-ber one seed, the Aces

cruised past through thecompetition but lost one

last time to the Cone-mentored San Mig Cof-fee, then methodicallyswept the BarangayGinebra San Miguel,

with The Boss averag-ing a double-double in the

tune of his 14 points and 10 re-bounds in the best-of-five series.

Thoss now sets his sights toearn a spot in the Gilas Pilipinasnational team, where he is amember of the professional pool

who will represent the countryin the 2013 Fiba Asia Champi-onship here in Manila from Au-

gust 1 to 11.Although he has been select-

ed four times in the MythicalSelection and has been an All-Star for 10 consecutive years,Thoss still acknowledges thatthere are still things he has tolearn.

When you play, you have tolearn every day. Every day is alearning experience. The day

you stop learning, you shouldntbe here anymore. You keep on

learning, you keep on betteringyourself. That is my goal.

The Beast

hates the hatersSNUBBED twice - first in theBest Player of the Conferencerace, and second in the Fi-nals MVP award - Calvin

Abuevas haters must be oncloud nine.

But who is it at the end ofthe night that carried his sonon one arm and held the

2013 PBA CommissionersCup trophy on the other? Itsno other than Calvin Abuevahimself.

Mag-hate lang sila ngmag-hate! Basta ako, gagaw-in ko lang ang best ko paramakatulong sa team, the po-larizing San Sebastian alum-nus said to the record-break-ing 23,436 fans in atten-dance on their series-clinch-ing Game 3 win at the Smart

Araneta Coliseum. Ngayonna champion pa kami, di na-man ako na-aapektuhan samga sinasabi nila, salita langnaman yun.

With the coliseum almostdivided in half in terms of the

Alaska and Ginebra faithfuls, itis where The Beast thrive the

best. He is the most basic ex-ample of the love him-or-hatehim player in Philippine bas-ketball today.

Unfortunately for hishaters, Abueva can now becalled a champion. And thatsa motivation the do-it-all for-

ward looks to pounce on forthe coming years.

Mas lumalakas pa ngaako sa kaka-hate nila.

Randolph B. Le ongson

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PBA ON THE UPSWING

Title-series drawsrecord attendance

Credit the leagues amazingcrowd-pulling charm todeath-defying action by

Alaskas Calvin Abueva, thesudden burst of speed by LATenorio or even the controver-sial whistles of the referees.

All in all, though, the fansshelled out their hard-earnedcash because they believed inthe pureness of the games. Itremains true to this day that

Asias first play-for-pay leaguemakes the sweltering massestemporarily forget their prob-lems.

PBA Commissioner ChitoSalud, whose low-key but firmapproach to the managementof the league, expressed hisgratitude to the public. The

soft-spoken Salud knows thatthe PBA owes it success to themix of sweaty fans in thebleachers and the lucky few inthe ringsides.

We have to continue tostrive harder to earn the pub-lics trust and belief that ourplayers and member-teamsare genuinely responding tothe call for excellence andaccountability, s aid Salud,

who is being backed by atime-tested support group.

The PBA, stressed Salud,must uphold the interest ofthe fans at all times by deliv-ering high-caliber and credibleproduct that meets, if not ex-ceeds, our fans and stake-holders expectations.

Numbers will not lie.

During Game Three of theCommissioners Cup finalsbetween the Aces and Kings,a new all-time attendancerecord was achieved. No lessthan 23,436 roaring fanscame to the jampackedSmart-Araneta Coliseum tocheer for their favorite PBAteams.

This was the second timein 11 days that the all-timehigh for attendance was

shattered. The May 9 playdate attracted 23,108 fansduring the semi-finals of theconference which also in-cluded both Alaska andGinebra.

Salud isnt stopping. Heknows the fans must be pam-pered.

We are inspired to domore, said Salud.

Indeed, its more fun inthe PBA.

Alexx M. Esponga

By Dennis U. Eroa

MAKE no mistake about it. The PBA is onthe upswing as proven by record-breakingattendance during the Commissioners

Cup finals.

STANDING ROOM ONLYTHE PBA attracts record crowds during the PBA Commissioners Cup final series between Alaska andGinebra. AUGUST DELA CRUZ

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Now, I canfinally say thatIm achampion, hesaid. Its agreat feeling towin this (BestImport trophy)

SILENTRob Dozier grabs therebound. RODEL ROTONI

ALASKAS ROB DOZIER

Award made in heavenBy Randolph B. LeongsonH

OW fitting is it that the first recipient of thenewly renamed Bobby Parks Best Import awardfor the 2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup played

on the same college the late great has played for?A p roud product of the Uni-

versity of Memphis, Alaska'sRobert Dozier suited for theMemphis Tigers, the same teamParks played for in his colle-giate years from 1980 to 1984.

Alongside 2011 NBA MVPDerrick Rose, Dozier started forthe Tigers in the 2008 NCAAmen's basketball tourney, butfell short after bowing to theKansas Jayhawks in the Finals.

After being drafted 60th bythe Miami Heat at the 2009NBA Draft, the 6-foot-9 slotmanbounced around Europe, play-ing in Greece and Spain before

landing in the Philippines as thefourth-choice import for a

young Alaska Aces team.Fast forward to Game 3 of

the best-of-three Finals seriesbetween Alaska and Ginebra,and here is the 27-year-oldhoisting a trophy held by hisfellow Memphis alumni for arecord seven times. It was a no-brainer as the tireless Aces rein-forcement from Lithonia, Geor-gia ran away with the award,garnering 1,233 votes overGinebra's Vernon Macklin, who

was distant second with only926 votes.

Forty-eight more minutes ofplaying time over, and Dozier fi-nally claimed his part in the his-tory books. His 27 points, 20 re-bounds, and Finals-high six-block performance is more thanenough to power Alaska in thethree-game sweep, giving thefranchise its 14th title in theleague.

Now, I can finally say thatI'm a champion, he said. It's agreat feeling to win this (BestImport trophy).

Dozier might not haveknown or met Parks personallybefore the latter bid this worldgoodbye, but maybe somewherein the heavens, this is whatParks wanted to happen tohave somebody from his almamater claim the first BobbyParks Best Import hardware.

Aces all MVPs ThossBy Dennis U. Eroa

JOACHIM (Sonny) Thoss,whose towering presence insidethe paint, tormented BarangayGinebra in the PBA Commis-sioners Cup title series, said

winning the Finals MVP doesntmake him a cinch to make theGilas Pilipinas lineup.

Its a big honor playing forthe national team. I mean, howmany Filipinos are playing bas-

ketball. To make it the final 12 isa tremendous honor not only forme but to my family, said the 6-foot-7 Thoss in an exclusive in-terview with INQUIRER LIBRE.

Thoss, a four-time PBA myth-ical team member, said that he

is excited to join the Gilas prac-tices.Theres Marcus (Douthit),

Japeth (Aguilar), Greg (Slaugh-ter) and Junemar (Fajardo).Coach Chot Reyes has the final

say and will put the pieces to-gether, Thoss said. He said hesdelighted that the national teamseeing action in the Fiba-Asiafrom August 1-11 can boast ofbig men.

I pity Marcus before. He

was being battered inside, saidthe 31-year-old Thoss, who wasborn in Papua New Guinea. Hisfather Gunther is a retired Ger-man construction worker wholives with his mother Jesusa inTalisay, Cebu City.

Meanwhile, Thoss praisedthe substitutes for the Aces tri-umphant campaign in the Com-missioners Cup.

Paolo (Bugia), Nio (Gelig),Benedict (Fernandez), Nic (Be-lasco), Eddie (Laure) and Sam

(Eman) outworked us. Theyembarassed the first group dur-ing practices, said Thoss.

Drafted number five by theAces in 2004, Thoss said he hadthe bigger numbers during thefinals but all his teammates

were so hungry to win the titlethat they are all MVPs. He aver-aged 14 points and 10 reboundsduring the series.

The Finals MVP is an icingon the cake. All of us are

MVPs, said Thoss.

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RIVALRYExpect LA

Tenorio, heartand soul of theGin Kings, tobounce back.

Alaskasparkplug JVCasio (left) onthe attack.

AUGUST DELA CRUZ

Tenorios the one!

MAY-JUNE 2013

By Alexx Esponga

THERE could only be one. The buzzer sounded inthe 4th quarter of the PBA Finals. It was over,the Alaska Aces proved they were the better

men against the Barangay Ginebra Kings as they sealedthis conference as champions.

It was like a bitter pill for theKings, especially for LA Tenorioto swallow. The sweep washeartbreaking.

When the Kings were on their

way to the dug out while theAces celebrated in the middle ofthe court, bagging all the atten-tion, one faithful Ginebra fan,

with a ball and pen in hand, ap-proached the star point guard.

Idol, pwede po bang pa-pir-ma? said the teary-eyed, star-struck kid.

Though filled with pain,Tenorio without any hesitations,

grabbed the ball and signed it.He responded with a smile andalso entertained as many fans ashe could.

With or without a champi-

onship in hand, for the fans, cri-tiques and even in Philippinebasketball itself, there could on-ly be one LA Tenorio indeed.

Tenorio, who was named the2012-2013 Commissioners CupBest Player of the Conference,says that he owes everything tohis teammates, coaches andfans.

He [Tenorio], who averaged

13.9 points, 5.1 rebounds, 5.1assists and 1.9 steals earnedmost of the votes from the me-dia with 475 with 75 and 150from the players and PBA offi-cials, respectively.

Though the Gin Kings werentable to grab the victory, Tenoriois still thankful that they fin-ished in second place after com-ing from a 0-4 record whenMark Caguioa was injured.

Kahit hindi kami nag-cham-

pion, malaking achievement narin para sa akin ang nag-secondplace kami, said the 58 Teno-rio.

No matter what life bringshim, he will always look at thepositive side and just play hisheart out in every game, contin-uing to raise the banner of thered and white as high as hecould.

Casios sweetestBy Alexx Esponga

DREAM comes true.At some point, every basket-

ball player had their owndreams of playing in thebiggest professional league inthe country, the PBA.

And Alaska ace playmaker

JV Casio wasnt an exemptionto that.

Noong bata ako, lagikong naiisip na maglaro saPBA, Casio said. Kapagnanonood ako ng PBA dati,sinabi ko sa sarili ko nabalang araw, maglalaro dinako at magiging champion.

True enough, Casio is a manof his own words. He enteredthe jampacked Big Dome as thestarting guard of the Aces and

exited as champion.It feels so great, Casiosaid.

Sobrang overwhelming kasiito ang first championship kosa PBA.

Casio, who also ranked thirdin the statistics and votes forthe Best Player of the Confer-ence crusade, mentioned thathe was at ease whenever play-ing for Alaska. Though ner-

vous, he believed that theycould conquer.

Kinabahan ako before nunglaro, admitted the former DL-SU Archer. Yung pagsara ngconference, its just one of thehardest games to play lalo na,championshipgame. Everything

is crucial.He [Casio]

personallythought thattheir best advan-tage was playingas a team since Alas-kas first game in theconference.

Alaska [players, manage-ment, coaches],

was just doing itright, said the

510 Casio.The players ac-cepted andplayed their roles allthe way to the bench.

The months of exhaustingtraining and years of waiting

were worth it. And Casio guar-antees the people around himand himself that the story

wont end here. We need towin more games and... champi-

onships, declared Casio.Casio is savoring the mo-

ment of being a champion butthe Ace knows he has moredreams to fulfill and that

would be possible with thehelp of the team, family andfans.

My family will always be

my number one inspiration,said Casio. And of course, Iowe everything to the fans.Maraming salamat sa suportaniyong lahat.

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DOWNAND UPAFTER not-so impressiverecords in the amateurleague, Coach Trillo now

belongs to the elite listof PBA champions.AUGUST DELA CRUZ

COACH TRILLO BARES ALASKAS RECIPE FOR SUCCESS

Gatas Republic rulesBy Randolph B. LeongsonS

ITTING at a restaurant for a meeting just rightbefore the draft started, Alaska coach LuigiTrillo had the shock of his life.

Tim (Cone) told it rightthere that he was leaving (Alas-ka), and my jaw dropped (in

surprise).Distraught over the departureof Cone, architect of all previous13 Alaska championships high-lighted by a rare Grand Slam in1996, the 37-year-old Trillo knewthat he has to pick up himself inorder for him and the team tomove forward.

You dont want to see agood thing end like that. A part-nership was broken. It happens.

And you move forward afterthat.

After the management gave

the reins to Joel Banal in thefirst two conferences of thepost-Tim Cone era, owner FredUytengsu decided to hand theteam to Trillo. To the critics,he isnt really one of the mostadmired bench tacticians inthe league, given the dismal 0-28 record he had in the Adam-son Falcons sideline that hashaunted him throughout hiscoaching career.

But rather than feel down,the father of four used that asa motivation to keep on im-proving on the profession hechose.

People who know basket-ball probably realize what afabulous job we have done in

Adamson. I took it at 23 (yearsold). We were already ineighth place and we went upthe ladder. They didnt see thatI was a 23-year-old going upagainst 40 to 50-year-olds,he said.

I knew much less atthat time, but I knew wewere on the right track. Iwas happy to plant the

seeds for the next guywho came in. The foun-dation was there and itis just the motivation notto give up. You dontwant to give up on any-thing.

And he didnt give upon his dreams, too. The

Behavioral Science Man-agement graduate bouncedaround leagues, taken as as-

sistant coach in the PBL undercoach Tonichi Yturri, then latera head coaching spot for theCebuana Lhuillier franchise.

All in all, Trillo had 14 yearsof experience watching fromthe sidelines under his belt.

But his biggest break cameon that day Uytengsu gave himthe keys to the Alaska Aces.

When I came into Alaska, youknow youre the butt of jokes,and you have to understand thatin this profession, theres alwaysgonna be that. You can win one,two, or three, but the criticism

will always be the same.Struggling in his first con-

ference by finishing with a 2-7card, Uytengsu never gave upon the young Trillo, inking himon a two-year contract as ahead coach at the end of the

season-ending Governors Cup.We struggled a bit, but Ineeded to put the foundation.I wasnt going away with that,

we were running the triangle.Im a defensive minded coach.I saw we were getting better atthat and we wanted to imple-ment that, he said. I wantedthem to feel that they sawtheir head coach working thehardest, getting them preparedevery practice.

If youre not going to besuccessful, all the more youllhear things, Trillo added. Ob-

viously, people had the chanceto raise their eyebrows becausethis is the PBA. Theyll alwayslook at you and dwell on the0-28. They didnt see we gotbetter every year.

But a shaky start proved tobe the catalyst for their immi-nent success. These guys arespecial because of their under-

standing of how we built theteams foundation. I think,

weve got guys who blendedwell with each other and gavebalance all over the lineup, as

well as the good support staffwho complimented me.

Banking from a semifinalfinish in the Philippine Cup,the Aces steamrolled in theeliminations of the Commis-sioners Cup, cruised past

Air21 Express in the quarterfi-

nals, and fended off their for-mer coach Tim Cone and theSan Mig Coffee Mixers in fourgames of the semis. Then, theycompleted their ascension backto the top of the mountain asthey swept the Barangay Gine-bra San Miguel in threeblowout games, culminating ina 104-80 conquest at theSmart Araneta Coliseum giving

Alaska its 14th title in theleague.

It was fabulous, Trillo ex-claimed. The road it took toget here and the span of timemakes it so much sweeter. Youlook at coach Tim and he tookthree years to get his firstchampionship, and we did it inthree conferences. All of thiscoming together has made itreally a truly amazing experi-ence for us.

What made it more specialis the coming retirement of his

father, Alaskas team managerfor 24 years, Sir Joaqui Trillo,at the end of the season. Imglad that I gave him a champi-onship before he left. Peoplesay lots of things about father-son relationship that its veryhard to work and grow and besuccessful, and somehow, wedid.

Through all of this, Luigistill highlights the core valuesof the Alaska organization,

and that is putting premiumon their families.It was a great experience for

us that when we won, most ofthem brought their kids down.

You rarely see that. Its always theteam. But this time, all of those

who had kids brought their kidsin the picture, he said. Your bestmoments are with your family,you enjoy as a family, and it real-ly brings that closeness together.Thats what Fred is. He is family-oriented and I think the valuesthat he has brought and he haslearned he really passed it onto us. And Im proud of that.

If you told me that we wouldbe like this, how sweet it is tohave that record and prove thosedoubters wrong, to learn and togrow. It is nice that we built afoundation and we got to themountain on top on such a shortperiod of time. We expect to bethere at the top now.

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WINNERCOACH Trillo.

RICHARD REYES

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