11 07 2013 PDF

Term Extension Rejected
Binay Warns Against Cha-Cha; Gonzales To Block Amendments To Political Provisions

By CHARISSA M. LUCI and ANNA LIZA V. ALAVAREN
VOL. 487 No. 11
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Vice President Jejomar C. Binay yesterday warned against any move to amend the Constitution, likening it to opening a Pandoras Box, while Mandaluyong City Rep. Neptali Boyet Gonzales II vowed to block any move to amend the political provisions of the Constitution. Binay and Gonzales issued sepa(Turn to page 7)
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS (Reuters) A bridge lies in ruins after massive floods swept Jiangyou, Sichuan province, China, on July 9, 2013. Several cars and passengers fell into the river when the bridge collapsed. No casualty has been reported so far, according to the Xinhua News Agency.
Corruption Still Exists Lacierda

By GENALYN D. KABILING
The battle against corruption is far from over. Corruption still exists in the bu-
reaucracy so the Aquino administration is exerting all efforts to get rid of such menace, Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda said yesterday. Reacting to a Transparency International (TI) survey showing Filipinos
perceive corruption in the Philippines has decreased little in the past two years, Lacierda said the government will pursue a consistent drive to combat corruption.
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No ID, Cebu Gov Barred Entry To Palace Of Justice

By MARS W. MOSQUEDA JR.
CEBU CITY All that Cebu Governor Hilario Davide III wanted was to visit a friend-judge at the Palace of Justice, a few meters from the Provincial Capitol where he holds office. But he got the surprise of his life when a security guard barred
him from entering the establishment yesterday. Reason: Gov. Davide had no ID and the security was just enforcing the No ID, No Entry policy at the Palace of Justice. But instead of getting a tongue-lashing from the provinces highest official, the guard even got
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Govt Owns Danding Shares In UCPB SC

By REY G. PANALIGAN
The Supreme Court (SC) has declared final its 2012 decision that declared as conclusively owned by the government the 7.2 percent of the outstanding shares of stocks of the United Coconut Planters Bank
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IRAN AMBASSADOR VISITS MANILA BULLETIN -- Iranian Ambassador Ali Asghar Mohammadi (center) poses with Atty. Hermogenes P. Pobre (second from left), President and Publisher, Manila Bulletin; and Dr. Cris J. Icban, Jr. (fourth from left), Editor-in-Chief, Manila Bulletin, during his visit to the main office of the Manila Bulletin in Intramuros, Manila, on July10, 2013. Joining them are Ramin Mehmanparast (left), Deputy Minister and Head of Public and Media Diplomacy in the Ministry Center of Foreign Affairs in Iran; and reporter Mohsen Shamsizadeh Ravandi (right). (Manny Llanes)
MMDA Mulls 4-Digit Number Coding To Ease Traffic

By ANNA LIZA VILLAS ALAVAREN
Massive NBI Layoff Looms

By LEONARD D. POSTRADO
Iran Sees Stronger Ties With PH

By LEO O. LAPARAN and MARK ANTHONY O. SARINO
There is a plan to change the existing two-digit number coding scheme to a four-digit system that will
bar vehicle owners from using their cars twice a week. Under his proposal, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolen(Turn to page 7)
Already undermanned, more than 100 National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) workers are set to lose their jobs after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) approved the bureaus rationalization plan,
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I see the light on the horizons. This was how Iranian Ambassador Ali Asghar Mohammadi described the diplomatic relations between his country, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the Philippines, during his visit yesterday at the Manila Bulletin Head Office in Intramuros, Manila. I see the potential capacities
which have not been tapped and I believe we are ready through the strong efforts of both countries to follow the mandate given by the two nations, Ambassador Mohammadi said, as he discussed with Manila Bulletin President and Publisher Atty. Hermogenes P . Pobre and MB Editor-in-Chief Dr. Cris J. Icban, Jr. Irans possible linkage projects with the Philippines. By potential capacities, Mohammadi meant major projects in
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asked the Aquino administration to exhaust all means to persuade Taiwan to lift its ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers. The Taiwan Economic and Cultural Ofce urged the Philippine government to immediately release the report on the Balintang Channel incident and promised to immediately lift sanctions once this and other conditions are met.
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2 CHR Slams Unabated Rights Abuses

By CHITO A. CHAVEZ
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Thursday, July 11, 2013
Senate Sees FOI Bills Revival

By HANNAH L. TORREGOZA
The Commission of Human Rights (CHR) denounced yesterday the spate of killings and other forms of human rights abuses which, it said, has remained unabated. CHR Commissioner Loretta Ann Rosales scored the recent killing of another Blan tribal leader and wounding of another in Barangay Kiblawan Davao del Sur recently. Eking Dayanton Freay, 28, was killed by alleged military men while Sony Planda, 18, survived the ambush. Both men were on way to Sitio Bong Mall on board a motorcycle when they were attacked and peppered with bullets for unknown reasons. Police reports said that five Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU) members allegedly shot the two Blaan natives using Garand rifles. Rosales immediately asked the military, police, local government units (LGUs) and other concerned agencies to put a stop on the senseless killings in Davao Del Sur of tribal group members. While it is true that the killings under the Aquino administration have been reduced, the local government and the police have to take the extra mile to put a definitive stop to extrajudicial killings, Rosales said. While the CAFGU is a legal formation by law, many abuses are attributed to the behavior of members of this group because of their ignorance and lack of training on human rights and rule of law, she said.
At least two senators have re-filed the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill and expressed hope this would finally be passed into law in the 16th Congress. Senators Teofisto TG Guingona III and Alan Peter Cayetano both highlighted the need for Congress to provide a mechanism where people can be given easy access to information on governments transactions and processes. As Justice Isagani Cruz said, the days of the secret laws and unpublished decrees are over. The FOI bill will enhance our democratic ideals which we fought so hard to gain, even as it further empowers our people, Guingona said. In the last Congress, Guingona noted that the FOI bill reached the bicameral conference committee level and its report was ratified by the Senate. The
House of Representatives, however, failed to do so for lack of quorum on the final session day of the 14th Congress. Suffice it to say, the bill is long overdue, Guingona said. If we want people to effectively participate in government, transparent and accessible information are vital. An FOI law is both a blessing and a challenge to good governance. If people have the right information, they must learn to use the same to contribute to nation-building, Guingona asserted. Cayetano, one of the senators who pushed for the bills passage during the 15th Congress, said enacting the measure into law is essential to creating a transparent and accountable government and also boost investor confidence. The FOI bill will help the government in abolishing graft and corruption, Cayetano said, noting that the government loses several billions due to lack of a mechanism for
transparency. The money lost should have been spent on programs which will help the people in their daily struggles, he stressed. Though the Aquino administrations efforts in lessening graft and corruption in the country is laudable, Cayetano said passing the FOI would help institutionalize the governments efforts in implementing the Presidents tuwid na daan or straight path. By passing the FOI bill, we can boost investors confidence. This will help in providing jobs for poor Filipinos, he said. Cayetano at the same time called on other senators, particularly neophytes, to support the passage of the FOI measure. As legislators, it is imperative that we ensure that the people are granted the capability to have access to information related to their government. The FOI bill will also lead to an efficient and effective government, he said.
LTFRB Relaxes Bus Accident Policy

By KRIS BAYOS
Bets Reminded Of Tax Obligations

By JUN RAMIREZ
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) issued yesterday a memorandum reminding candidates during the last May national and local elections of their tax obligations to the government. In issuing Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 48-2013, BIR Commissioner Kim S. Jacinto-Henares declared that candidates, whether they lost or won, should report in their income tax returns unutilized/ excess campaign funds. The BIR chief said the entire political contributions will be placed under income tax coverage if a can-
didate did not file with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) statement of expenditures as required under the Omnibus Election Code. As a general rule, Henares said campaign contributions are not subject to income or donors tax on the ground that they were given not for personal use or enrichment of the candidate but for the sole purpose of using them in his political campaign. The candidate is required to file a short period income tax return whose deadline was May 13, 2013, if he is not self-employed, or receiving purely compensation income. For self-employed candidates, she said, the excess contributions must be declared for the quarter
ending August 15, 2013. For those receiving purely compensation income, the unused contributions must be included in the candidates2013 income tax returns whose deadline was April 15, 2014. In the case of political parties, the taxable income shall be reported in the manner by which domestic corporations are required to file returns and pay taxes, she added. The income tax is in addition to the 5 percent creditable withholding tax that a candidate, or his political party is required to withhold on the purchase of goods and services including printing of ballots, posters and advertisement in broadcast and print media. Henares warned that a candidate who fails to include the excess contributions in his tax return is liable to be sent to jail up to 10 years as provided for under Section 255 of the Tax Code.
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has decided to loosen up on its policy on suspending public utility buses (PUBs) that figure in vehicular accidentsprovided they dont cause injury or deaths to passengers. Atty. Roberto Cabrera III said the LTFRB en banc recently decided that it will place on preventive suspension only the PUB unit involved in an accident, unlike before when it suspends all PUB units registered under the same franchise as the concerned unit. This is on the premise that they only cause damage to property and not injury or deaths to passengers. Otherwise, the old policy will apply and all PUB units under the same franchise where the involved unit was registered will be placed on preventive suspension, he said. Cabrera said the current composition of the LTFRB made the call to relax its policy so as not to make innocent parties suffer. By law, a vehicle that is not at fault in the accident is not compelled to shoulder the burden caused by the accident. So why should we make the innocent party suffer? Cabrera said. Under the existing policy, license plates of all public utility vehicles placed under preventive suspension are turned over to the LTFRB and the units are required to undergo road-worthiness tests while drivers will be made to undergo drug testing and attend road safety seminar. The policy shift will come as a relief to PUB operators who shoulder the cost of the tests that their units and drivers will have to undergo and incur the losses for the days that their fleet is grounded from operating. Citing a recent development, Cabrera said the LTFRB suspended the operation of a school service operator in Holy Family School in Quezon City after the driver reportedly molested one of its student-clients.
Las Pias Seeks DepEd Assistance

In full compliance with the K-to-12 program, Las Pias City Mayor Vergel Nene Aguilar appealed to the Department of Education (DepEd) for assistance to acquire a lot for the construction of more school buildings and classrooms, anticipating the extended school year and the influx of enrollees to the citys public schools. Aguilar made the appeal with the implementation of the new curriculum program that resulted in an estimated 15 percent increase in student population coming from private schools even as more new classrooms are made available starting this school year. He pointed out that the city could only provide so much for infrastructure, facilities and basic school supplies for public elementary and high schools. A sizeable increase in enrollees and the expected longer school year would be a problem considering the limited income of Las Pias, he said. Providing for public education is beyond making it available for free. It goes with a conducive learning place for our children and we want help in this area from the national government, Aguilar said. He said local government units with limited revenue like Las Pias need all the support from the national government in order for the basic programs, like education, to be effective and fully implemented. The mayor said the assistance would be through the purchase for acquisition of lot to construct additional school buildings, while the city government shall finance the manpower, materials and construction. Since Aguilar assumed office, Las Pias has not requested funding from DepEd for school buildings and educational needs of its public schools students, but is considering it this time in view of the recent developments.
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NBI Arrests 5 Koreans Found Operating Illegal Online Casino

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MODELS ABORTION
Police has filed cases against a freelance model, who underwent abortion in Quezon City, and her male friend, who got her out of a hospital by posing as a policeman. Investigator PO3 Jaime de Jesus identified the suspects as freelance model Janice Andaya, 24, a resident of Barangay Tatalon, Quezon City; and information technology (IT) analyst Mark Eumer Turingan, 30, of Project 4, Quezon City. De Jesus said cases were filed against the two last Monday before the city prosecutors office. The investigator said an abortion case under Article 258 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC) was filed against Andaya after doctors of the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay (UERM) Memorial Medical Center discovered she consented to have an abortion performed on her by a hilot. (Jeffrey G. Damicog)
Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) have arrested five South Koreans who were allegedly operating an illegal online casino inside the posh Ayala, Alabang Village in Muntinlupa, the bureau reported yesterday. Nabbed during Mondays raid were Naryun Kim, Yunhee Hwang, Seyoung Chung, Wonseok Yang, and Hoi Cherl Yang, all temporarily residing at Ayala Alabang, Muntinlupa City. NBI Director Nonnatus Caesar
Rojas said the five South Koreans were arrested by the bureaus agents who raided their house in Ayala, Alabang last Monday. Citing a report from the NBINational Capital Region (NBI-NCR), headed by Regional Director Elfren L. Meneses Jr., Rojas said the NBI earlier received a letter request from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) concerning the continuous operations of an international telephonefraud syndicate here in the Philippines and requested the NBI to investigate the matter. The NBI-NCR received a reliable
information last June 21 that several Taiwanese and Korean nationals were engaged in fraudulent telephone operations in a place in Ayala, Alabang. Rojas said the bureaus agents were able to track down the whereabouts of the computer technician, who installed the expanded Internet/ telephone connections via Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) at the suspects place. The technician was the person who gave the police the information about the suspects and their location, according to Rojas.
Accordingly, he was contacted by a Taiwanese national, Bao ShiaoYu, the alleged syndicate leader. He personally saw the fully functional computer workstations manned by Taiwanese and Korean nationals as call center agents. He was also able to eavesdrop on the fraudulent calls inside a house, Rojas said. With this information, Rojas said the NBI then conducted a surveillance operation on the suspects temporary home in Ayala Alabang, wherein the bureaus agents immediately noticed a series of intertwined telephone cables attached to the house.
D.O.H. ACTION
The Department of Health National Capital Region (DOH-NCR) yesterday sprayed insecticide and disinfected bus terminals along Rizal Avenue in Manila in a bid to eliminate dengue-carryingmosquitoes in public places. A similar activity was held in the same terminals a couple of weeks ago. The health agency sprayed insecticide and disinfected the terminals of the Philippine Rabbit Bus Co., Genesis Transport Inc., Bataan Transit, Five Star Bus Co., Saulog Transit, Candon Bus Liner, Santrans, and various mini-bus companies along Rizal Avenue. (Jenny F. Manongdo)
BABY TAKER
Mandaluyong police said yesterday the woman who allegedly kidnapped a three-month-old baby girl in Mandaluyong City last weekend after promising her parents she would turn the child into a commercial model was arrested in Camarines Sur on Tuesday afternoon. Chief Inspector Alfredo Arturo, chief, Criminal Investigation Division of Mandaluyong Police, told the Manila Bulletin in a telephone interview that charges for violation of Republic Act 7610, otherwise known as Protection against child abuse, exploitation and discrimination and for other purposes, and violation of Article 270 of the Revised Penal Code (kidnapping and failure to return a minor), will be filed anytime today against the suspect, Jovielyn Casipe Castor, before the Mandaluyong Prosecutors Office. (Madelynne Dominguez)
ESKOBA GANG
Two alleged members of the dreaded Eskoba Gang were apprehended by authorities shortly after victimizing a passenger in Caloocan City the other night. The two suspects were identified as Alberto Hipolito, 55 and Roberto Taglinao, 38, a jeepney driver. Initial investigation showed that the incident happened at around 11 p.m. in EDSA-Monumento in Caloocan. Authorities first apprehended Hipolito who even tried to elude law enforcers by crawling underneath parked vehicles. A police officer noticed that the suspect was seemingly hugging someone inside a passenger jeepney. (Rizal S. Obanil)
NEW MILLIONAIRE
Another lucky bettor has joined the unofficial Millionaires Club of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) as a Taguig City punter hit Tuesdays Lotto 6/42s R17-million jackpot. The PCSO said yesterday the winner matched all the 6/42 winning numbers: 29-39-11-15-07-21. PCSO General Manager Jose Ferdinand M. Rojas II said since the start of the lotto games, about 1,800 Filipinos, mostly from the masses, have become instant millionaires after hitting the jackpot prizes. (Edd K. Usman)
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FEAST OF SAINT BENEDICT TODAY
Bishop Antonio Tobias will preside over a high mass at 6 p.m. today at the St. Benedict Parish in Barangay Holy Spirit, Quezon City in celebration of the feast of the founder of the Benedictine Order. A solemn procession will precede the mass. An institutional mass will also be celebrated at the St. Scholasticas College in Manila, St. Scholastica being the twin sister of St. Benedict. Known as the patriarch of Western monks, St. Benedict was named as the patron and protector of Europe by Pope Paul VI in 1964. (Christina Hermoso)
Heal Taiwan Rift, Solons Urge President

By CHARISSA M. LUCI And MADEL SABATER NAMIT
Lawmakers asked the Aquino government yesterday to exhaust all means to persuade Taiwan to lift its ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). Meanwhile, the Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) is urging the Philippine government to immediately release the report on the Balintang Channel incident while promising to immediately lift sanctions once this and other conditions are met. Akbayan party-list Rep. Walden Bello asked President Benigno S. Aquino III to address the diplomatic
tiff with Taiwan following the May 9 shooting incident. We should demand lifting of the ban as soon as possible. We should make them realize that they need our workers more than we need them, he said after the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) disclosed that at least 16,000 OFWs have lost their jobs. At the same time, Northern Samar Rep. Emil Ong asked Taiwan to accept the results of the investigation conducted by National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on the shooting incident. The NBI report has yet to be released by the government. Whatever is the truth and by all means, we have to stood and defend our stand and the Taiwanese govern-
ment must accept that, he said. Albay Rep. Al Francis Bichara came out to support the call of Bayan Muna Reps. Neri Colmenares and Carlos Zarate for government to release the NBI report awaited by the Taiwanese government. They are waiting for the NBI report from Malacanang, he said. Pampanga Rep. Yeng Guiao, however, supports governments handling of the diplomatic row with Taiwan. I believe PNoy has done a good job in handling the Taiwan issue. We have to strike a balance between our economic interests and preserving our pride and integrity as a nation. There will always be a cost to standing up for our principles, he said.
Go Out And Play, Govt Workers Told

By GENALYN D. KABILING
STORM HUANING
Typhoon Huaning (international name: Soulik) entered the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) on Wednesday morning, prompting the state weather bureau to raise storm warning Signal No. 1 over the Batanes Group of Islands. Alvin Pura, weather forecaster of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), said the typhoon entered through the eastern boundary of the countrys territory at around 11 a.m. Wednesday. As of Wednesday morning, the eye of typhoon Huaning was placed at 1,150 kilometers (km) east of Itbayat, Batanes. (Ellalyn De Vera)
NEXT HOST
Will the Philippines be the next host of the World Youth Day (WYD)? Legaspi Bishop Joel Baylon, chairman of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines Episcopal Commission on Youth (CBCP-ECY), said there are talks that the country is being considered as possible host of the next WYD in 2016. This is just a speculation but I believe it may not really be that possible that we will be hosting the next WYD since there are also talks that may be Poland will be the next host, he said. The Philippines hosted the WYD in 1995. Pope Francis is expected to announce the next venue of WYD at the closing Mass of the 2013 WYD gathering in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil which will be held from July 23 to 28. (Leslie Ann G. Aquino)
35TH NAST ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING National Economic and Development Authority Director General Arsenio M. Balisacan (center) receives a token of appreciation from Dr. William G. Padolina (right), president of the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST)at the opening of the two-day 35th Annual Scientific Meeting held at the historic landmark Manila Hotel on July 10, 2013. Also in photo is National Scientist Mercedes B. Concepcion, NAST vice president. (Manny Llanes)
All work and no play makes Jack, or Juan, a dull boy. With this in mind, the government is encouraging its employees to take a respite from their busy lives and engage in sports and recreation every weekend. In Memorandum Circular No. 49, Malacaang has authorized all government agencies to extend support and participate in the Larot Saya sa Parke project. The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) earlier introduced the Larot Saya sa Parke, a park-based sports for fun and recreation program held every weekend in various parks in the country. The project promotes an active lifestyle by engaging Filipino families in sports and physical fitness activities. Among the activities promoted are arnis, aerobics, volleyball, football, frisbee, badminton, taekwondo in parks like Rizal Park in Manila and the Quezon City Memorial Circle. All government agencies and instrumentalities, including government owned or controlled corporations (GOCCs), state universities and colleges, and local government units are hereby enjoined to extend support and assist PSC in the implementation of the Larot Saya sa Parke project, the memorandum read. Further, the private sector is also encouraged to support the project, it added.
Scientists To Craft Road Map For Revitalizing Manufacturing Sector

By EDD K. USMAN
VACC Joins Fray Against MWSS Chief

ANDREA VENERACION, 85
National Artist for Music Andrea O. Veneracion, founder of the Philippine Madrigal Singers, passed away Tuesday night at 85. In December 2005, the National Artist suffered a massive stroke which led to her paralysis. For years, the National Artist was comatose. The Madrigal Singers performed benefit concerts proceeds of which were used to help the Veneracion family defray the National Artists medical expenses. Born in Manila on July 11, 1928, Veneracion was highly esteemed for her achievements as choirmaster and choral arranger. (Ma. Glaiza Lee)
Scientists, academicians, policymakers, and business leaders met yesterday for a two-day conference to discuss how to harness science and technology to revitalize the countrys declining manufacture sector. Participants at the 35th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) being held at the Manila Hotel aim to craft essentially high-impact policies that would reverse the decline of the manufacturing sector in the Philippines. The policies will incorporate the output of eight roundtable discussions organized by the National Academy of Science and Technology
(NAST) leading up to the 35th ASM. The ASM was organized by NAST headed by Academician William G. Padolina. NAST is one of the 20 attached agencies of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). Around 700 scientists, academicians, opinion- and policy-makers, and leaders from the government and private sectors are participating in the ASM. This years program aims to initiate discussions to inform our leaders in government and in the manufacturing sector about how the new developments in science and technology (S&T) can be harnessed to improve labor productivity and product quality, Padolina said. The NAST president said S&T
needs to be complemented by good governance and healthy politics to move the nation forward. We are also aware that a two-day meeting such as this will not suffice in addressing the many issues that confront the manufacturing sector, he said. However, there is renewed interest to strengthen the role of manufacturing in the Philippine economy as a means to improve inclusive development. He noted that the country has climbed the scale in the Global Innovation Index (GII) for 2013. Our country has been ranked the 90th most innovative economy, up from the 95th position in 2012, said Padolina.
EU Helping Peaceful Resolution Of PH-China Dispute Del Rosario

By MADEL SABATER NAMIT
ANGARA HONORED
The Japanese Embassy in Manila held a reception for the conferment of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun on former Senator Edgardo Angara Tuesday night at the Ambassadors residence in Makati City. Angara was conferred the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun by His Majesty, Japanese Emperor Akihito on April 29, 2013. Japanese Ambassador Toshinao Urabe said this was in recognition of the invaluable contribution of former Senator Angara in enhancing friendly relations and developing economic cooperation between the Philippines and Japan. (Madel Sabater-Namit)
Europes support for international arbitration to settle territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea/ South China Sea reflects its concern over escalating tension in its gateway to East Asia, according to Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario. The European Union is helping to generate international awareness of the South China Sea issue and the imperative for its peaceful resolution, said Del Rosario during the Experts Roundtable on Regional Approaches to Maritime Security in the West Philippine Sea/South China Sea in Brussels, Belgium.
Del Rosario was in Belgium and Luxembourg to meet with officials of the European Union (EU). I am very pleased to extend my personal appreciation to the European Parliament for passing a Resolution early this year supporting the position of the Philippines to peacefully settle the disputes in the South China Sea by means of international arbitration, he said. Del Rosario said the European Council (EC) showed its concern over the tension in the South China Sea in the publication of its Guidelines on Foreign and Security Policy in East Asia. The Guidelines noted that the escalation in tensions could have important implications for security and
stability in the region, including, more broadly, for the freedom of navigation and commerce. It urged claimant states to resolve disputes peacefully in accordance with international law and, more importantly, to clarify the basis for their claims. The DFA chief noted Europes success is a result of its adherence to a rules-based system. He said the Philippines is also using that approach in its territorial dispute with China. Del Rosario said that prior to the filing of an arbitration case before the international tribunal, the country had made efforts to peacefully engage China to settle the territorial disputes but were unsuccessful.
A group of ant-graft crusaders yesterday asked President Aquino to investigate allegations that Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) Administrator Gerardo Esquivel hired 42 consultants from 2011 to 2012 unlawfully. Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) chairman Dante Jimenez said the President should investigate the allegations of MWSS employees on the anomalous hiring of consultants and job-order workers over a two-year period. The President should look into this matter. While we understand the need for due process as to the cases filed before the Ombudsman, these allegations must also be looked into (by the Palace), Jimenez said in an interview. Jimenez said the VACC would help the MWSS Labor Association to pursue graft cases filed against Esquivel and the MWSS board of trustees. The MWSS employees have been urging the President to replace Esquivel and other officials amid allegation of graft and corruption. MWSS Labor Association leader Napoleon Quinones said Esquivels continued stay at the water agency has become untenable since his own employees have filed graft charges against him. We hope the President will keep his word when he promised genuine reforms in his administration, and that if his allies are doing things that are not in line with his reform agenda, the President should not hesitate to hold them accountable, Quinones said. We are calling on the President to remove administrator Esquivel and revamp the MWSS leadership because his own people have lost trust and confidence in him, he said.
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Mechanical Failure Eyed In Asiana Crash

SAN FRANCISCO (New York Times) The pilots of the Asiana jet that crashed here Saturday believed that they had set the auto-throttles, devices that can control the engines to maintain safe airspeed, but speed fell to unsafe levels anyway, the chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday. Investigators in the cockpit of the wreckage found the auto-throttle switches set to the armed position, meaning that the auto-throttle could have been engaged, depending on various other settings, she said. The disclosure is far from conclusive, but raises the clear possibility that there was a mechanical failure or that the crew misunderstood the automated system it was using. The chairwoman, Deborah A. P . Hersman, also said that interviews of the three pilots who were in the cockpit at the time of impact showed that the speed indicator on the flat-panel displays in the cockpit had drifted down into a crosshatched area, meaning that the instruments were saying that the plane was moving too slowly. At the dual controls, the pilot flying the plane was undergoing initial training as he upgraded from a smaller plane, and was supervised by a veteran pilot who was new as an instructor, Hersman said. The instructor told investigators that between 500 feet and 200 feet in altitude, the crew was also correcting from a lateral deviation, meaning that the plane was too far to the right or left (she did not specify which) and realized they were too low. At 200 feet, the instructor pilot told investigators in an interview, he noticed they were too slow. He recognized that the auto-throttles were not maintaining speed, and began preparing the airplane to go around for another try. But it was too late. Hersman made clear that the safety board was looking to see if there was a generic problem with the runway and the approach path. Her agency requested data from the Federal Aviation Administration, which operates the air traffic system, on other recent arrivals by Boeing 777s, and recent go-arounds, cases in which crews broke off the approach because of a problem. As the investigation continued, others including lawyers, passenger advocates and a pilots union began jockeying for position. The crash resulted in an unusual mix of deaths and injuries, said Robert A. Clifford, an aviation lawyer in Chicago, who pointed out that lawyers in his specialty are usually pursuing wrongful-death claims, not personal injury ones. Injured passengers will need legal help, he said. But Hans Ephraimson-Abt, who leads the Air Crash Victims Families Group, and who frequently lobbies for passenger rights and represents the families of people killed, said that under the governing international law, those injured were covered by a no-fault provision. Under the 1999 Montreal Protocol, he said, they are entitled to be reimbursed for all their property damages, and economic and noneconomic damages, including psychological counseling. All that was required, he said, was to show medical bills or calculate lost earnings. Ephraimson-Abts 23-year-old daughter was one of the 286 passengers on board Korean Air Lines Flight 007 when it was shot down by a Soviet fighter plane in 1983 after a crewmans navigation error.
WHEELCHAIR-BOUND
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) A professor at an Indiana college says he has found film footage showing President Franklin Delano Roosevelt being pushed in his wheelchair, depicting a secret that was hidden from the public until after his death. Ray Begovich, a journalism professor at Franklin College south of Indianapolis, said Tuesday he found the eight-second clip while doing unrelated research in the National Archives in College Park, Maryland. The National Archives and the FDR Presidential Museum and Library couldnt say for certain if other such footage exists, but both said it is at least rare.
Spy Plan Targets LatAm Report

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) A United States spy program is widely targeting data in emails and telephone calls across Latin America, and is focusing on energy issues, not just information related to military, political or terror topics, a Brazilian newspaper reported Tuesday. The O Globo newspaper said it has access to some of the documents released by National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden. The American journalist who obtained the classified information from Snowden lives in Brazil and is helping write stories for the daily. O Globo published what it said are slides that Snowden released indicating the U.S. effort is gathering information on energy in Mexico and oil in Venezuela. There was no information released about what information was obtained, nor any companies that were targeted. The report also said that Colombia, the strongest U.S. military ally in South America, along with Mexico and Brazil, were the countries where the U.S. program intercepted the biggest chunks of information on emails and telephone calls during the last five years. Similar activities took place in Argentina and Ecuador, among others. Figures werent published on how many intercepts occurred. O Globo also reported that the documents its seen indicate the U.S. had data collection centers in 2002 for material intercepted from satellites in Bogota, Caracas, Mexico City and Panama City, along with Brasilia.
NOT YET
MOSCOW (AFP) The WikiLeaks anti-secrecy website said Tuesday that fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden had not yet formally accepted asylum in Venezuela as was claimed by a top Russian lawmaker in a Twitter posting that was later deleted. Pro-Kremlin lawmaker Alexei Pushkov sparked confusion when he tweeted Tuesday that Snowden had agreed to an offer from Caracas. He deleted the posting after about 30 minutes. Edward Snowden has not yet formally accepted asylum in Venezuela. The Russian lawmaker concerned has deleted the tweet, WikiLeaks said on its Twitter account.
MARS ROVER
LOS ANGELES (AP) The next rover to Mars should hunt for signs of ancient life and gather rocks that a future mission could bring back to Earth for the first time, a team of scientists appointed by the U.S. space agency said Tuesday. The scientists new report outlines ambitious goals for a mission to Mars that NASA wants to launch in 2020. The plan marked the first concrete step toward returning a piece of Mars to Earth, but NASA said its unclear how or when the cache would be retrieved. Were not signing up to a timetable or a commitment for a follow-on mission, said NASA sciences chief John Grunsfeld, adding that its up to future planners to decide the next steps.
Indonesian Ramadan
CRASH PROBE Yoon Young-Doo, president and chief executive officer of Asiana Airlines, arrives at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California, Tuesday. Yoon is in San Francisco to meet with United States investigators and survivors of the Saturday plane crash that killed two people and injured more than 180. (Reuters)
Egypt Transition Plan Met With Criticisms

CAIRO (New York Times) Egypts new military-led government enlisted internationally recognized figures to serve as its public face and promised swift elections on Tuesday, but introduced a transitional plan that was widely criticized as muddled, authoritarian and rushed. The so-called road map, in the form of a constitutional declaration by the military-appointed president, elicited immediate opposition from civilian leaders across the political spectrum, including the liberals and activists who sought the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi, the faction of ultraconservative Islamists who joined them and the many thousands protesting to demand his reinstatement. The declaration, however, made clear that the government drew its authority only from the military commander who executed the takeover, Gen. Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi. The interim president, Adli Mansour, a senior judge, cited the generals brief statement as the basis of his own authority, and in confirmation the generals words were printed as law in the official Gazette. It is now officially a coup, Nathan Brown, a political scientist specializing in Egyptian law at George Washington University, wrote in assessing the text. The military-led government widened its crackdown on Morsis Islamist supporters a day after security forces shot hundreds of them and killed more than 50 at a sit-in to demand his reinstatement. Security officials blamed the Islamists for instigating the lopsided clashes, and as part of its investigation of the episode ordered the arrests of 650 leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypts mainstream Islamist movement, and of Gamaa Islamiyya, a more conservative and once-violent group. The officials said they had also arrested more of the former presidents top advisers. Brotherhood officials said they had lost contact with about 250 members of their leadership, in addition to the dozens including Morsi known to be detained. At the same time, Egypt received a crucial financial lifeline from two oilrich Arab monarchies that have made no secret of their fears of both Arab Spring democracy movements and the Muslim Brotherhood. The United Arab Emirates said it would provide a grant of $1 billion and an interest-free loan of $2 billion, while Saudi Arabia was reportedly working on providing an additional $5 billion. The donations are needed urgently because the turmoil surrounding Morsis overthrow has pushed the teetering Egyptian economy closer to the brink of collapse.
RESTRICTED MARCH
LONDON (AFP) Protestant marchers in Northern Ireland will not be allowed to pass through the Catholic Ardoyne district of Belfast following serious rioting in recent years, The Parades Commission ruled Tuesday. The Protestant Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) said it was illogical that Orange Order marchers would not be able to return on a stretch of the Crumlin Road following the July 12 parade. North Belfast lawmaker Nigel Dodds said the marchers had been put in an impossible position.
HUGE BALLOT
SYDNEY (AFP) Australian electoral authorities are expecting so many candidates in the nations upcoming polls they have ordered magnifying glasses to ensure every name on the meter-long ballot paper can be read, officials said Wednesday. The Australian Electoral Commission said it would be providing magnifying glasses at polling places in the populous states of New South Wales and Victoria after a rush of party registrations prompted fears of a font downgrade to fit candidate names on. The reason that we are ordering these magnifying glasses is because we have seen an increase in party registrations, an AEC spokesman told AFP.
JAKARTA (AFP) Muslims across Indonesia began celebrating the holy month of Ramadan Wednesday, with hardliners vowing to raid sinful bars and police steamrolling a mountain of alcohol and porn amid rising intolerance. Islams holiest month is used by hardliners in Indonesia as an opportunity to attack nightclubs, bars and shops that openly sell alcohol, the consumption of which is against Islamic law. There were fears the situation could be worse this year after a recent upsurge in attacks on religious minorities and non-mainstream Muslims. Critics say hardliners such as the notorious Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) have been emboldened by the governments failure to crack down on them and prevent such attacks. In the days before Ramadan, there were already reports the FPI -- who led protests that forced pop star Lady Gaga to cancel a concert in Jakarta last year -- had started conducting such raids. We will take firm action against the circulation of alcohol, naked dancing and prostitution, Habib Idrus Algadri, head of an FPI group in Depok district outside Jakarta, was quoted as saying in a local newspaper.
Expert: Evidence Jibes With Zimmermans Story

SANFORD, Florida (AP) An expert on gunshot wounds hired by the defense testified Tuesday that a neighborhood watch volunteers account of how he fatally shot an unarmed black teen is consistent with the forensic evidence. Dr. Vincent Di Maio said that the trajectory of the bullet and gun powder on Trayvon Martins body support George Zimmermans version that Martin was on top of him when Zimmerman fired his gun into Martins chest. The guns muzzle was against Martins clothing and it was anywhere from two to four inches from Martins skin, he said. This is consistent with Mr. Zimmermans account that Mr. Martin was over him, leaning forward at the time he was shot, said Di Maio, the former chief medical examiner in San Antonio. The pathologist also said it was likely Martin was conscious for 10 to 15 seconds after the shooting as a reserve supply of oxygen ran out of his body, and during that time it was possible for him to have moved his arms. Zimmermans account that he had placed Martins arms out to his sides after the shooting contradicts a photo taken after the shooting that shows Martins arms under his body. Defense attorneys contend Martin moved his arms. Di Maio testified that lacerations to the back Zimmermans head were consistent with his head striking a concrete sidewalk. Later, when looking at photos of Zimmermans injuries taken the night of the shooting, Di Maio identified six separate impacts to Zimmermans face and head. He said a nose injury could have come from being punched. Di Maio also explained that if clothes taken into evidence are wet and packaged in plastic bags, and not paper bags, it can ruin the samples since ``bacteria multiplies and you get mold and it stinks to high heaven. Defense attorneys believe DNA evidence found on Martins hooded sweatshirt and undershirt was degraded since the clothing wasnt packaged properly. Earlier in the morning, Judge Debra Nelson considered prosecutors request to bar the defense from showing animation depicting the fight between Martin and Zimmerman. After hearing more than five hours of arguments, Nelson said she would issue a ruling on Wednesday. Prosecutors object to the animation, saying its an inaccurate depiction and will confuse jurors.
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Registration Of Human Stem Cell-Based Products Ordered
By JONATHAN M. HICAP
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered the registration of human stem cell and cell-based or cellular therapies in the country. Pursuant to Administrative Order 2013-0012 known as Rules and Regulations Governing the Accreditation of Health Facilities Engaging in Human Stem Cell and Stem-Cell Based or Cellular Therapies in the Philippines strengthening of the regulatory framework to ensure access to safe and quality health facilities engaging in human
stem cell and cell-based or cellular therapies in the Philippines has been promulgated, the FDA said. It said the circular does not cover cellular or cell-based therapeutic products intended to replace blood volume or alter the coagulative properties of blood. The order also does not cover human embryos for research, human embryonic stem cells, aborted human fetal stem cells and plant parts labeled as stem cell as the creation, importation, promotion and marketing of these products are banned in the country. Stem-cell based products of ani-
mal origin are also prohibited from being registered with the FDA. Under the guidelines, companies have to submit various documents, including the good manufacturing practice certificate of the stem-cell based manufacturer, information of the product and its manufacture and scientific evidence to support each claimed indication, copy of marketing authorization from the national regulatory authority of the exporting country, claimed shelf-life and stability studies, list of countries where the product is already approved and date of approval. (With a report from Jenny F. Manongdo)
commended. I commend the guard for doing his job, the soft-spoken governor told reporters. Like an ordinary citizen, Davide joined the line leading to the main entrance of the Palace of Justice before 8 a.m. yesterday. When it was his turn to enter, the security guard stopped Gov. Davide from entering as he was not wearing any identification card. The governor said he had an ID in his wallet but did not insist on showing it to the guard. Instead, he just left and went straight to the Capitol canteen to take his breakfast. The incident was witnessed by a reporter who was standing just outside the Palace of Justice. When the reporter told the guard
that the man he barred from entering was the new governor of Cebu, the guard reportedly scratched his head in disbelief and said he was just doing his job and did not recognize Gov. Davide. The guard, whose identity has not been disclosed by the security agency as of press time yesterday, was already off duty when reporters went to the Palace of Justice. Security at the Palace of Justice has been heightened following an incident where a Canadian managed to get in with a gun and then shot three persons, killing a lawyer and a physician and injuring an assistant Cebu City prosecutor. All employees entering the building are required to wear their IDs while visitors are not allowed to enter before 8 a.m.
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rate statements in the wake of fresh moves to amend the Constitution. Term extension is excluded from it because we just want to further accelerate the economic growth in the countryside, Quezon City Rep. Feliciano Sonny Belmonte Jr., author of the Charter change (Cha-cha) resolution, assured. Charter change would not stand in the way of priority legislation. That is what we are aiming for, Belmonte added. According to Binay, Speaker Belmontes move to legislate changes in the Constitution was laudable since he made it clear that it will just focus on economic provisions. I do not doubt the sincerity of the Speaker, but I hope there wont be attempts to amend other noneconomic provisions since that could be divisive, Binay said. Binay said he himself agrees with amending Article XII Section 10 of the 1987 Constitution, the economic provision that limits foreign ownership of local companies to 40 percent, in order to attract more foreign investors in the country. I dont think there is much dispute in the 60/40 economic provision, he said. Gonzales, who is expected to remain as the House Majority Leader, said he is ready to block any move to amend the political provisions of the Constitution. I myself will oppose any amendment that will pertain to any political provisions of the Constitution, including shift of form of government, lifting of term limits, etc., he said. Belmonte and Gonzales said the proposed constitutional amendments should be given a chance by their colleagues, referring to the warning made by Ifugao Rep. Teddy Brawner Baguilat Jr. that Cha-cha initiative would impinge on the Congress work to pass important legislative measures. If this Cha-cha pushes through, this would be like an impeachment [process]. All the important bills will be grounded. We will all be working on Cha-cha. The FOI, Anti-Discrimination Bill, and the mining bill, they will all be forgotten, Baguilat said. Citing the need to promote the welfare of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), Pampanga Rep. Yeng Guiao also expressed support to the House leaders proposal. Changing some of the economic provisions of the Constitution should be supported because the country needs to focus on creating opportunities locally to avoid or at least minimize various problems like in Taiwan and Saudi Arabia, he said. Eastern Samar Rep. Ben Evardone, a stalwart of LP, remains optimistic that Cha-cha would be supported by his colleagues this 15th Congress. Citizens Battle Against Corruption (Cibac) party-list Rep. Sherwin Tugna said he sees a spark of hope for Cha-cha with PNoys high tr ust rating and peoples trust in him coupled with strong clamor for the business group.
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Same-Sex Marriage Faces Rough Sailing in Congress

By CHARISSA M. LUCI
Corruption Still...
In the TI survey, The Philippine National Police was tagged the most corrupt institution in the Philippines by 69 percent of the respondents. Government officials and civil servants came second with 64 percent, followed by political parties (64 percent), the judiciary (56 percent) and legislature (52 percent). More than half of Filipinos think that political parties are corrupt (58%), followed closely by the judiciary (56%), legislature (52%), and the military (43%). On the other hand, only 14 percent of Filipinos surveyed found that the media were corrupt, followed closely by religious bodies at 15 percent. Nineteen percent of the surveyed Filipinos meanwhile reported having paid g bribes to police in the last 12 months. Lacierda, in his regular new conference at the Palace, said the government does not tolerate corruption and will hold accountable the officials involved in graft practices. We recognize that there are still some levels of corruption but the people have seen that there is a consistent fight against corruption under this government and so that has been recognized by those surveyed, Lacierda said. This is an ongoing process and it will continue to the very last day in our administration, he added. He cited that PNP chief Gen. Alan Purisima has implemented reforms to curb corruption in the police force and will even push for greater reforms. From a six percent in 2010, its now 38 percent, he added, referring to the number of respondents who perceive a decrease in corruption over the past two years. Despite President Aquinos efforts to stamp out corruption, the Berlinbased TI reported that 35 percent of Filipino respondents felt corruption has decreased a little while 31 percent argued corruption stayed the same over the past two years. The survey also showed 19 percent perceive corruption increased a lot under the Aquino administration. In the same survey, 30 percent said they found effective the governments current efforts against corruption, while 10 percent said it has been very effective and 31 percent said it is neither effective or ineffective. However, 19 percent said the governments efforts are ineffective, while 9 percent said it is very ineffective. (With a report from John Nieves)
There is no way for the same-sex marriage proposal to prosper in the 16th Congress. Quezon City Rep. Feliciano Sonny Belmonte Jr., who is expected to remain as Speaker, stressed this yesterday, saying there is no chance for the measure to get the nod of the incoming House leadership. Were not ready for it, I am against (it) myself, he said, citing the sanctity of marriage as provided for under the Family Code. Marikina City Rep. Miro Quimbo also thumbed down the controversial legislation that has been opposed to by the Catholic Church hierarchy.
It will be impossible to pass it this (16th) Congress or in next three Congresses. Filipinos are generally conservative and same-sex marriage in the Philippines is a big no, he said. Let us work for the preservation of the holiness and sacredness of marriage. The holy matrimony is an exclusive relationship of a man and a woman. Let us promote stability than spark debates, Quimbo said. Belmonte and Quimbo were quick to clarify that their opposition to the same-sex marriage proposal does not mean that they are antilesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT). At least two anti-discrimination bills have been filed this 16th Congress. They were authored by Ifugao
Rep. Teddy Brawner Baguilat Jr., the chairman of the House Committee on National Cultural Communities, during the 15th Congress and Dinagat Islands Rep. Kaka Bag-ao. Gabriela party-list Rep. Luz Ilagan, who authored the Filipinostyle divorce bill in the previous Congress, expressed her groups readiness to file the bill when the right time comes. She said they are now busy drafting a measure seeking to legalize divorce in the country. Among the bills that are expected to be pushed by Gabriela include a proposal amending the anti-rape law, an antiviolence against women measure, a bill increasing maternity leave benefits, as well as a bill seeking to repeal expanded value-added tax.
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HEAVY TRAFFIC File photo shows the heavy volume of traffic along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA), which is said to affect not only the business community, but ordinary commuters as well. (KJ Rosales)
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tino said two more numbers will be added to the existing two-number coding scheme, popularly called the Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP). For instance, vehicles whose plate numbers end in 1 and 2 cannot be brought out to the main streets on Mondays. Under the plan, instead of 1 and 2 for Monday, it would be 1,2,3,4, Tuesday 5,6,7,8, Wednesday 9,0,1,2, Thursday 3,4,5,6, and Friday, 7,8,9,0, said Tolentino, on the sidelines of the MMDA-hosted 11th Asian Crisis Management Conference (ACMC), a gathering of crisis managers and disaster experts from major cities in Asia that tackles the regions disaster preparedness. Tolentino raised the idea, patterned on the traffic scheme being implemented in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, to ease the traffic congestion resulting from a large volume of vehicles in the metropolis. Based on annual average daily traffic, about 2.2 million vehicles traverse major thoroughfares daily.
On EDSA alone, there are 326,504 vehicles ply EDSA every day with current 33.58 kilometer per hour speed limit. From 1.9 million in 2008, there are now 2.2 million cars registered in Manila. About 1, 200 per lane per hour, passed daily, Tolentino. Under the current system, vehicles with plate numbers ending in 1 and 2 are not allowed outside on Mondays, 3 and 4 on Tuesdays, 5 and 6 on Wednesdays, 7 and 8 on Thursdays and 9 and 0 on Fridays. With the present system, 20 percent of vehicles are being reduced in the metro, said Tolentino. If the four-digit UVVRP would be enforced, Tolentino said they except that the volume of vehicles traversing the metropolis will be reduced by 40 percent and increased the motorists speed limit. The MMDA chairman said he expects adverse reactions from the public but stressed that it needs the approval of all Metro Manila mayors who comprise the Metro Manila
Council (MMC), the policy-making body of the agency. The MMC meeting will be held on July 24. We have to consult with all stakeholders on the issue, including the 17-member MMC. We are also considering that the policy may be enforced Metro-wide or in EDSA only, he added. Meanwhile, Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista, who is also MMC Special Traffic Committee head, said he is amenable to MMDAs proposal but it needs a careful and thorough study before it could be implemented. For me, I want a three-digit system. We have to test it first for say two weeks so we can evaluate its effects, Bautista, who attended the conference, said. Tolentino said they will study whether public utility vehicles (PUVs) should be excluded from the coverage. Records show that there are more private vehicles that traverse daily compared to PUVs. An average of 264,067 private vehicles pass through EDSA every day, while only 15,214 city and provincial buses use the highway.
which entails the abolition of at least eight key divisions. In a letter furnished to the bureau last June 26, Budget Secretary Florencio Abad gave the NBI at least two months to implement the rationalization plan pursuant to the Executive Order No. 366 that then President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo issued. The implementation of the rationalization plan will result in the dissolution of the eight major divisions, including the Office of the Assistant Director, and the merger of several investigative and administrative units. As a result of the abolition and merger of various divisions, the DBM said that the NBI should scale down its number of employees from 1,979 to 1,831. The NBI will be given two months from the issuance of the ISP (indicative staffing pattern) to map out its existing positions. The remaining positions that could no longer be accommodated in said ISP would be abolished if vacant or marked coterminus with the incumbent (CTI) if filled; to be abolished once vacated by the present incumbent, read the
33-page letter of Abad to the NBI, a copy of which was obtained by the Manila Bulletin. Personnel in positions that could no longer be accommodated in the SP (staffing pattern) have the option to: (a) retire with incentives; (b) be placed to other agencies needing additional personnel, to be handled by the Civil Service Commission (CSC); or (c) their positions would be converted from regular to co-terminus with the incumbent (CTI) status, to be abolished once vacated, the letter added. A source, who requested not to be named for fear of reprisal, confirmed that the NBI plans to implement the layoff of at least 148 NBI employees in order to meet the required number of NBI personnel that the DBM set. The rationalization plan, however, caused demoralization in the NBI. Another insider said that only 85 of the 213 casuals, who were hired in the 2005, are still with the NBI. Despite these, the NBI source lamented that the DBM still wanted to decrease further the number of NBI employees.
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Iran Sees...
agriculture and infrastructure, which the diplomat saw as not that strong in the Philippines. Currently, Iran has a $125-million worth of investment in the Philippines petrochemical market, which has been going on for the past seven years. Its moving; its a very viable project We can provide a very good facility for [the Philippines] to see which areas we should study for capacities and put more investments on both sides, Iran Ministry Center of Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister Public and Media Diplomacy Head Rahim Mehmanparast said. He urged the Philippine government to expand the investment and that if the country is ready to discuss about new projects, we can have some
consultations with some experts from the government and private sector, we will have very soon a delegation from the Iran chamber of commerce, so that we can go for agricultural. Confident that the future belongs to Asia, Mehmanparast is unaffected by political pressures in the Philippines, as Iran further strengthens its ties with the country. We should recognize our situation, we should know that the integrity of Asian countries is important because of commonality, culture, and idea, he said. We must find the capacities, introduce it to the people, and encourage companies in the government and private sector. Mohammadi said that this is the time for the Philippines private sectors
to be engaged with Iranian companies, because Iran is the most viable country [when it comes to] energy products, Mohammadi said. Because once the development in Iran pushes through today, Im afraid it will be too late for the development of the Philippines. The ambassador said that the 50-year Iran-Philippines relationship is enough to consider where both countries are and the path they are leading to. Last February, Mohammadi said Iran is committed and determined to enhance our overall relationship with the Philippines and that he [relies] not only on our joint efforts, but to my fellow citizens being in the business community or students who are also representing their county here in the Philippines. As these two countries are determined to enhance their relationship, Iran and the Philippines signed a
(UCPB) in the name of Eduardo M. Cojuangco Jr. and should be used for the benefit of the countrys coconut farmers. In a resolution written by Justice Presbitero J. Velasco Jr., the SC dismissed the motion for reconsideration filed by Cojuangco to overturn the High Courts November 27, 2012 decision. The resolution stated that Cojuangcos motion was a mere reiteration of the arguments that have already been previously pleaded, submitted, and resolved by the Court in its (earlier decision). The arguments in the motion are too unsubstantial to warrant reconsideration or modification. We find no reason to modify or abandon the challenged Decision, it also stated. The SC stressed that no further pleadings shall be entertained, and let entry of judgment be made in due course. In its 2012 decision, also written by Justice Velasco, the SC said that the 7.2 percent Cojuangcos shares were part of the 72.2 percent of UCPBs (the predecessor of the First United Bank or FUB) outstanding shares which were bought out of the coconut levy collected
from farmers starting in 1973. The decision affirmed the 2003 ruling of the Sandiganbayan that declared forfeited in the favor of the government the 72.2 percent of the outstanding shares of UCPB, including those of Cojuangcos 7.2 percent. The 2012 decision was concurred in by Chief Justice Maria Lourdes P . S. Sereno and Justices Lucas P . Bersamin, Mariano C. del Castillo, Roberto A. Abad, Martin S. Villarama Jr., Jose Portugal Perez, Jose Catral Mendoza, and Marvic Mario Victor F. Leonen. Also last year, the SC affirmed a Sandiganbayan decision that reconveyed to the government the 24 percent block of shares or 753.8 million shares in San Miguel Corporation (SMC) acquired through coconut levy and registered in the names of the Coconut Industry Investment Fund (CIIF) and its holding companies. Also written by Justice Velasco with the concurrence of 10 other justices, the January 24, 2012 decision stated that the CIIF shares in SMC valued at about P100 billion would be used for the benefit of the countrys coconut industry and its farmers.
memorandum of agreement (MOA) ensuring better labor conditions for Filipino maritime workers after the Diplomatic Conference of Parties to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping in June 2010. According to this agreement, Iran shall recognize Philippine maritime certificates of competencies. Mean-
while, former Filipino Labor Secretary Marianito Roque said that the recognition is essential to the continued employment of Filipino seafarers in the international maritime industry. Joining Mohammadi and Mehmanparast were Iranian reporter Mohsen Shamsizadeh Ravandi. (With reports from Almira Bianca M. Landicho and Emyfer Mae V. Flores)
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ORLD Population Day is observed on July 11 every year in more than 200 countries, including the Philippines, to raise awareness on global population growth and issues and the importance of living healthy lives. On this day, business and community organizations as well as reproductive health advocates hold several activities, such as cultural and environment programs, community outreach, essay contests, and counseling on maternal health, human rights, and gender equality, and seminars on health and nutrition. On July 11, 1989, in its decision 89/46, the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme started the celebration of World Population Day, inspired by the Five Billion Day on July 11, 1987, when the worlds population reached five billion. The worlds population was estimated to have reached one billion in 1804, two billion in 1927, three billion in 1960, four billion in 1974, five billion in 1987, six billion in 1999, and seven billion in 2011. It is projected to be eight billion by 2025-2030. By 20452050, the worlds population may reach
nine billion. Science said that the massive population growth and increase in usage of resources threaten the ecosystem and may aggravate environmental woes such as rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, global warming, and pollution. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man, and child to a life of health and equal opportunity, is the worlds largest source of funding for population and reproductive health programs that help women, men, and young people. Its vision: A world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe, and every young persons potential is fulfilled. We congratulate United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and United Nations Population Fund Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, on the celebration of World Population Day, and for their unified, concerted action to resolve population concerns and issues in the Republic of the Philippines and many parts of the world. CONGRATULATIONS AND MABUHAY!
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ILLEGAL SETTLERS AND PROPERTY RIGHTS

By ATTY. ROMEO V. PEFIANCO
MONGOLIA CELEBRATES ITS NATIONAL DAY

ONGOLIA celebrates its National Day today. A landlocked country in East and Central Asia, Mongolia has Russia to the north and the Peoples Republic of China to the south, east, and west. The capital and largest city is Ulaanbaatar, which is home to about 45% of the population. Mongolia possesses a rich history. In the 13th century, Genghis Khan and his successors conquered all of China and other territories
On Swimming Against The Current
( Editors note: Act of force/ defiance by squatters against our police officers cannot be copied by our ASEAN neighbors, as noted by the author.) TS hard to believe that our policemen always find themselves at the sad end when they enforce court orders to clear public and private parcels of land of illegal occupants, informal settlers, or squatters. One group was assertive enough and caused the filing of a libel charge against QC Mayor Herbert Bautista for allegedly using the word professional to qualify the act of squatting. Street battle On TV we saw a daylight battle between PNP enforcers and troopers of illegal occupants who obstructed Agham Road with barricades of steel bars, rusty GI sheets, old furniture, old plywood full of holes, etc. For deadly weapons, they used big stones, bottles, waste matter, small steel bars, etc., any of which can cause serious injuries/death to our embattled police officers. To TV viewers it was like watching a movie frame of the French Revolution with rebels storming the Bastille on July 14, 1789. (This was followed by looting and the seizure of aristocratic property throughout France.) Like ownership Scenes of rebellion by squatters are like a religious ritual whenever demolition orders are shown to them. They attack law enforcers, calling them destroyers of homes. To most squatters, especially on government land, occupancy of property for 10, 20, or 30 years automatically ripens into ownership without a title. And they have a long list of property rights not found in the Civil Code or known to the judges who issue the eviction orders. An anomaly The squatting anomaly could have been prevented long ago if the local government and property owners had been fully conscious of property rights. But its the property owner the government or private persons that assert right of ownership first. The Manggahan floodway between Marikina and Laguna de Bay was built at a cost of tens of millions years ago and for a specific purpose to divert floodwaters to the lake. To passerbys it has long ceased to be a useful floodway, after it has been converted into a huge
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to the west, including present-day Poland and Hungary. From the 15th centur y until the early 20th century, MonPRESIDENT golia was ruled TSAKHIAGIIN ELBEGDORJ by a Buddhist theocracy and a secular Mongolian aristocracy under the Qing Dynasty of China.
After the Chinese Revolution in 1911, Mongolia declared its independence from China. In 1920, Urga, then the capital of Mongolia, was taken by Baron Roman Nikolaus von Ungern-Sternberg, a Russian antiBolshevik general who established a subordinate government. UngernSternberg was defeated by the Mongolian Peoples Revolutionary Party (MPRP) with the help of Russian communists. A socialist regime was
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NEED TO STAY THE COURSE (I)

By DR. JESUS P. ESTANISLAO
Reflections Today
THE MISSION OF THE TWELVE

MATTHEW 10:7-15
ESUS said to the Twelve, As you go, make this proclamation: The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give. Do not take gold or silver or copper for your belts; no sack for the journey, or a second tunic, or sandals, or walking stick. The laborer deserves his keep. What-
ever town or village you enter, look for a worthy person in it, and stay there until you leave. As you enter a house, wish it peace. If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; if not, let your peace return to you. Whoever
will not receive you or listen to your words go outside that house or town and shake the dust from your feet. Amen, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. REFLECTION Do not take gold or silver. Jesus sends out the Twelve on mission.
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WHAT WAS EDWARD SNOWDEN THINKING?

By DR. BETH DAY ROMULO
P P A R E N T L Y, E d w a r d Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked documents about American sur veillance operations around the world which had monitored the telephone records and e-mails of thousands of Americans, thought he was doing a service to his country by exposing the secret US surveillance program. He readily acknowl-
edged what he had done and insisted that he was willing to pay the consequence for what some Americans called a traitorous act. But when Snowden was told that he could be held for months, while
litigation of the case was going on, without his computer, he freaked out. The computer is apparently part of him. You might as well take away his right arm. What does that say about society today? In this high-tech world that we live in, some individuals are becoming more emotionally attached to their computers or I-pads than
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Medium Rare
SCI-TECH CAN BE FUN

By JULLIE YAP DAZA
ENGUE mosquitoes are advised to stay away from DoSTs campaign to exterminate them by suicide. Whether they commit selfdestruction by the thousands or the millions, the warning is clear: Keep out of those dengue traps, aka Mosquito Ovicidal /Larvicidal Traps, or die. Science and Technology Secretary Mario Montejo showed journal-
ists how the innocuous device works. Each trap is simply a black plastic cup containing a tiny packet of pepper and a stick of lawanit board. When the cup is filled with water, the pepper and lawanit, mosquitoes are attracted to
the black-looking water, the scent of the spice, and the water-absorbing lawanit, and there they will die. Mercury drugstores carry the traps (R80 for a pack of four), but for some reason theyre not very visible. To think that 38,000 cases have been reported all over the country, with 172 deaths. (Reminder: Children should not wear black and dark
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CHA CHA CHAMCHA RAM CHA

By GEMMA CRUZ ARANETA
HAT is Cha Cha Chamcha Ram Cha? Judging from the first two words, it could be mistaken for a popular dance with an irresistible Latin beat one of my favorites, by the way. Cha Cha also evokes things more political, like changes, certain ineluctable changes in institutional charters, like a nations Constitution, perhaps. In every
political administration, in the long past and the vibrant present we have always f e lt t he t r e m ors of Charter Change, so cha cha cha! But the Chamcha Ram I am
thinking of at this very moment has nothing to do with the popular dance with the Latin beat but it does concern some kind of change, for the better, of course, most definitely for the good of man/womankind. Chamcha Ram Cha evokes, or will soon evoke, a drastic change in attitude that, hopefully, will teach us to be
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UR father God keeps calling us; so we need to keep answering him properly. We need to keep going on the road that leads us to our dream, and to keep taking concrete, specific steps by which to make real progress. This is easier said than done. The facts of life and work are such that we easily get distracted. We can lose focus. We can take our eyes off the road. It is thus necessary for us to ensure that we stay on the road. To take out that insurance, we need continuing formation. We need reminders about the journey we are taking and of our final destination. Thus, despite the many distractions that can weaken our determination to keep going, and cloud our mind about our final destination, we get a refresh about the dream we need to realize, and about the vision of what we can become, in consonance with our father Gods loving design for our life and work. We may also need an occasional helping hand that can guide us back on to the safe and sure road that leads us to our desired destination. We can take a few unfortunate steps that end up throwing us off the road. By our improper decisions and actions we can drive ourselves to the ditch. We can be obstinate in following the occasional wrong turn, and in moving ahead on the wrong road despite the many signs which proclaim that we have taken the wrong way: unfortunately, we can even give endless justifications for our heading the wrong way. When we find ourselves in this situation, we would need a friend who can point a way back towards the right road, and perhaps a closer and more caring friend who can actually take us, almost by the hand, back to the safe and sure road. And let us never doubt the patience, mercy, and power of our father God: he is always on the look-out for his prodigal children, and ever ready to bestow on us the robe to clothe us with, and the sandals our feet may need, even as he prepares a welcome-back banquet for us. Formation can and should help resolve the doubts that can arise in our mind, remove the ignorance that we can suffer from, and instruct us on the things we need to know in order to keep ourselves oriented towards the right direction. We may also be set back by disappointment, loss of heart and enthusiasm, discouragement, and general tiredness from pursuing
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FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN CHINA AND PAKISTAN

By NICK LONG
UATEMALA City, Guatemala (AP) Brothers Alberto and Gregorio Tut Cac last saw each other in 1982, when they fled to the mountains of northwestern Guatemala to save their lives as soldiers destroyed their village amid a bloody civil war. Alberto and Gregorio embraced for DIRECTOR the first time in 31 years Thursday, after MARIO POLANCO a non-governmental organization helped them find each other. With the Tut Cac brothers, the Mutual Support Group has
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ONDON, United Kingdom (Reuters) Belgian doctors have developed a low-cost version of test-tube baby technology for use in developing countries, where sophisticated Western systems are unaffordable for most couples. The researchers said on Monday DOCTOR their simplified process cost around 200 ELKE KLERKX euros ($260) per cycle of treatment and delivered results that were not much different from those seen with conventional in-vitro fertilization (IVF) program.
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EIJING, China (AFP) Pakistans Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday told his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang their countries relationship was sweeter than honey, during a visit to Beijing with economic ties at the top of the agenda. Pakistan and China are close diploPREMIER matic and military allies and Sharif, who LI KEQUIANG is on his first foreign trip since his May election, is looking to secure infrastructure projects to tackle a chronic energy crisis and economic malaise in his country.
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ALL CITIZENS AND OFFICIALS SHOULD ALWAYS REMEMBER THE NATIONAL INTEREST IS ABOVE ALL PERSONAL AND OTHER INTERESTS.
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Elbegdorj, Prime Minister Norovyn Altankhuyag, Deputy Prime Minister Dendev Terbishdagva, and Foreign Affairs Minister Luvsanvadan Bold, and their Consulate in the Philippines headed by Consul Antonio A. Rufino, on the occasion of its National Day. CONGRATULATIONS AND MABUHAY!
established on July 11, 1921. Agriculture and mining form the basis of Mongolias economy. Rich mineral and metal resources such as gold, tin, and tungsten, are abundant in the country. We congratulate the government and people of Mongolia led by Their Excellencies, President Tsakhiagiin
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they are to other human beings. Whatever happened to personto -person physical contact: the reassuring grip of a handshake, or the satisfying sensation of a warm bearhug? I live alone, not by choice, but by circumstance. I seem to have outlived most of my friends and family. And I have not become addicted to life with a computer for company because I unfortunately belong to the age of the typewriter. I read the
other day that they are going to stop making typewriters, since todays sales do not justify their production, a thought that chills me. I suppose I can go back to writing by hand but my handwriting, at this point in time, is next to illegible. Or I could ask a grandchild to teach me how to use the computer to get my e-mail and to write my articles. If I really focus on it, maybe the computer and I can become friends.
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PINEAPPLE TOWN A buyer haggles for freshly harvested pineapples being sold on the market sidewalk in San Mateo, Isabela, Tuesday. San Mateo is an agricultural town whose major products are pineapples, watermelons and mungbeans. (Ceasar M. Perante)
colors, because these are highly attractive to the deadly insect.) Secretary Montejo may not know it, but his job has to be the most interesting and challenging in government. He oversees Philippine Science High School and its counterparts in 15 regions, and when the scholars graduate and fulfill their commitment to enroll in sci-tech courses in college, it is assumed they will then enlarge the pool of scientists. Pag-Asa, often mistaken as the core of DoST, has not experienced an exodus of meteorologists and other logists, according
to the secretary. From the 1990s to 2012, weve lost only 20 of them, he said, and now, as a policy of the Aquino government, we continue to actively recruit (from schools) 37 so far, including some with masteral degrees. Its a fulfilling job, he said modestly. And why not? With the use of supercomputers, typhoons and floods will now be predictable six days in advance, instead of the usual six hours. What he cannot predict is if his boss will change his mind about keeping the Bataan nuclear plant mothballed.
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At the Great Hall of the People in the Chinese capital, Sharif said his welcome reminds me of the saying, our friendship is higher than the Himalayas and deeper than the deepest sea in the world, and sweeter than honey. Li told him: I greatly appreciate your great warmth and deep affection for the people of China. The Chinese premier was the first foreign leader to visit Pakistan after Sharif s victory at the polls. Beijing has been involved with the upgrade of the Karakoram Highway
as part of a proposed economic corridor between the two countries. Earlier this year China took control of Pakistans Gwadar port, giving it access to the Arabian Sea and Strait of Hormuz, a gateway for a third of the worlds traded oil. China-Pakistan trade last year reached $12 billion and is targeted to rise to $15 billion in the next two to three years. On Thursday Sharif held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, amid concerns in his country over weak growth, inflation and power
cuts of up to 20 hours a day. Xi, who referred to Sharif as an old friend and a good brother, said strengthening strategic cooperation with Islamabad was a priority for Chinas diplomacy, the state-run broadcaster China Central Television reported. Sharif said his country welcomed Chinese investment and would work to create a friendly environment for it. The threat of terrorism is also expected to figure during Sharif s discussions.
They are to travel light and focus on proclaiming the kingdom of heaven, doing miracles and driving out demons. Without cost you have received, he tells them, without cost you are to give. They are to be missionaries and not mercenaries. They must be committed, and not kumita (money earners), but Jesus assures them that they will be supported. To go on mission is to share the compassion and generous love of
Jesus. Missionaries share unselfishly and generously what they have received as grace. What a beautiful taskto be servants of the grace of the Lord for the sake of people. You and I are called to be missionaries of the kingdom. SOURCE: 366 Days with the Lord 2012, ST. PAULS Philippines, 7708 St. Paul Rd., SAV, Makati City (Phils.,); Tel.: 895-9701; Fax 895-7328; E-mail: books@stpauls.ph; Website: http://www. stpauls.ph.
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The price is just 10 to 15 percent of the current cost of Western-style IVF and suggests infertility care could one day become universally accessible, Elke Klerkx from the Genk Institute for Fertility Technology told a medical meeting. Around 5 million babies have been born around the world since the birth of the first test-tube baby in 1978 - but the treatment remains largely the preserve of developed countries because of its high cost. Infertility care is probably the most neglected healthcare problem of developing countries, affecting more than 2 million couples, according to the WHO (World Health Organisation), Klerkx said. In order to slash the price, Klerkx and her colleagues used an embryo culture method that removes the need for much of the expensive laborator y equipment found in European or North American IVF clinics. Results from a study showed similar success rates between the standard and low-cost system - and two-thirds of the top quality embryos from 35 cycles as assessed by an independent expert came from the simplified system. Our initial results are proof of principle that a simplified culture system designed for developing countries can offer affordable and successful opportunities for infertility treatment where IVF is the only solution, said Klerkx. This
is a major step towards universal fertility care. Fertility experts attending the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) annual meeting in London, where her results were presented, said the system could bring IVF to many corners of the world, including much of Africa, where there is a huge unmet need. But they cautioned that it had, as yet, only been shown to work in a developed world setting, using a laboratory in Belgium, and larger trials in one or more developing country were now needed to test the process fully. Infertility is a serious problem in some countries in Africa and other resource-poor settings, where infections are a common cause of tubal blockages in women, leading to often high rates of infertility and social isolation. Many cases of infertility in the developing world are due to infectious diseases like chlamydia, gonorrhea, or tuberculosis. Richard Kennedy, general secretary of the International Federation of Fertility Societies, said the Belgian teams work had great potential. Infertility is a disease which does not respect national boundaries. Until now it has been unaffordable for many in the developing world, he said. ESHRE estimates the prevalence of infertility that lasts for at least
more law-abiding. By that I envision a society where people will obey existing laws voluntarily, enthusiastically, punctiliously. and even happily. Must we drag each other to court so those laws can be enforced? Must we speak with forked tongues? I know I will not get an answer from Chamcha Ram Cha because Chamcha Rams actions have already spoken louder than muted words All right, all right, I can see that so many thought balloons are forming around your heads what is she talking (rather, writing) about? All right, those who want to know the answer, kindly proceed to
San Marcelino street and contemplate on what is happening in that strip between Adamson U and the TUP. Yes, there is road-reblocking and there is a contraption that looks like a deadly wreckers ball but I was assured that it is a back hoe, though I think, if need be, it could be converted into a wreckers ball. There used to be a fabulous structure there, fabulous because it looked like a concrete sports car to one of my architect friends. In fact, I never thought of it that way until he pointed it out to us. It did look like an incredible Italian sports car, perpetually at full speed , as if
propelled by the flames of mythical Furies, like Sibylla Cumana and her wild-haired gang of oracles. There is a law (RA 10066) that protects Furies like them, immortalized by Italian sculptors like Francesco Monti who embellished the sports car- like building by Arellano, yes, the very same Arellano who designed the majestic neo-classical Manila Post Office and the Art Deco Metropolitan Theatre. Cha Cha Chamcha Ram Cha, is a wailing song, a lamentation, a dirge, we are losing the Furies; the law does not apply to all, otherwise to chamburgers or none at all. (ggc1898@gmail.com)
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kangkong plantation. The plantation owners live in hundreds of shacks built below both banks, of the floodway. And on both banks concrete structures for commerce and homes are now standing defiantly. This is known to all local officials, especially the barangay chairman and kagawads. The government suffers In October, the barangays will elect their new officials. In the meantime they wont move an inch to help DILG relocate squatters/ voters. The basic cure of prevention was not applied intentionally to squatters when they started life on banks of rivers, creeks, esteros, waterways, etc. The government suffers all losses, defiance, hatred, and mini rebellion from millions of squatters in Metro Manila alone.
No accurate census Other cities outside Metro Manila from Cagayan province to Zamboanga City have the same squatter problem. Theres no accurate census of the squatter population nationwide. Census takers are probably scared of the unexpected danger to them if they stay long enough to count the squatters in a ghetto. Most educated guesses place the squatter population at two million to 2.5m of Metro Manilas 12m residents. Squatting on foreshores In the countryside, the biggest squatter colonies are found near the seashore called marine land of the government. It is prohibited to build any building on marine land, but the local government and barangay officials, especially, often
12 months to be around 9 percent worldwide for women aged 20-44. Klerkx and the Genk team are now working to build a low-cost IVF laboratory that could be used as a template for use in poorer countries. The cost of setting up a high-quality IVF lab is between 1.5 million and 3
million euros, but she expects the low-cost version to cost less than 300,000 euros. Construction of the center in Genk is expected to be completed by November this year and it will provide training for clinicians from developing countries.
ignore this prohibition. And today foreshores (marine land) in almost all towns and cities are teaming with squatter homes. At high tide during the stormy months we often see on TV shacks destroyed by big waves. From sunrise to sunset I visited the cities of Hanoi and Saigon (Ho Chi Minh) twice in the late 1990s. Despite their extreme hardship during the war, they started rebuilding their agricultural economy with hard work from sunrise to sunset with parents and kids in the ricefields or vegetable farms. No carts of junks I did not notice people pushing carts full of junk. There were no street corner dumps of rubbish/filth. There were no barongbarongs for squatters. Hanoi has wide sidewalks 3m to 4m where people move small benches to drink without pulutan after sunset. Passersby or tourists like me were greeted courteously. Foreign tourists in Metro Manila may not get the same courteous treatment as in Vietnam. (Comments are welcome at roming@pefianco.com).
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Church Wont Concede Defeat In RH DebatePriest

By LESLIE ANN G. AQUINO
The Catholic Church will not concede defeat even if it loses the battle to stop the implementation of the Reproductive Health Law in the Supreme Court, an official of the Catholic Bishops, Conference of the Philippines said yesterday. Definitely not, this is a long haul battle, said Fr. Melvin Castro, CBCPEpiscopal Commission on Family and Life executive director, after the first day of oral arguments on the RH law before SC justices.
We might lose in the legislative process, we might lose in the legal process but what is important is in the battle of the hearts and minds of the people, Castro said. But he said that the implementation of the RH law would make it hard for the church to perform its mission. With government creating a structure of sin, people would be precisely tempted to follow the anti-life culture, making the church mission harder to perform, Castro said. During the oral arguments, Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno and two
other magistrates hinted that the Supreme Court might dismiss the 15 petitions against Republic Act 10354, the RH Law, for being in the wrong venue. Still, the CBCP official remains hopeful that the Supreme Court would uphold the Constitution. This is the last branch of the government we trust would uphold the Constitution. Not even from the religious point of view but purely from provisions of the Constitution that are very clear that the State would protect the life from conception, said Castro.
Of course let us not discount the possibility that the Executive department would arm twist them, but our prayers and our hope is that they would uphold the Constitution, he said. Castro said although majority of the SC justices are not Aquino appointees the shadow of the impeachment of the former SC Justice (Renato Corona) is always there. I am not implying anything, but if you do not adhere to the policy of population control I do not know the consequences for the justices, he said.
LTFRB Wary Of Automatic Fare Adjustments

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Drilon Seeks Speedier Sandigan Trials

By HANNAH L. TORREGOZA
Senator Franklin Drilon has filed a bill amending the Sandiganbayan Law to ensure the speedy resolution of 2,600 cases pending at the anti-graft court. Senate Bill No. 470 seeks to introduce amendments in the proceedings of the Sandiganbayan, particularly Section 3 of the Sandiganbayan Law which requires the presence of at least three justices before cases could be heard. Drilons bill empowers individual justices of the Sandiganbayan by allowing them to hear and receive evidence in behalf of the division. He said under the present law, the Sandiganbayan is composed of five divisions, with three justices each. The existing provision became inapplicable to the present times since the government has expanded and cases filed before them have multiplied over the years, and that provision only contributes to the increasing number of unresolved cases, said Drilon. He said litigation of cases filed at the Sandiganbayan usually takes five to eight years before they are promulgated. This delay is intolerable if the war against corruption is to be won, he said. Drilon, who is being groomed as the next Senate President in the upcoming 16th Congress, said the Sandiganbayan has been overwhelmed by numerous files of unheard and unresolved cases. It is imperative that we address the increasing backlog of cases in that court created to effectively and swiftly deal with corruption cases involving government workers, he said.
KABIHASNAN BARRICADE -- Residents of Kabihasnan in Barangay San Dioniso, Paranaque City, set up a barricade to stop the scheduled demolition of their shanties. They are being asked to leave the area to make way for the extension of the service road along the Coastal Road leading to Las Pinas City. (Mark Balmores)
New Compilation Of Ramos Sermons Published

Moving Ahead: Daang Tama at/o Daang Tuwid? Volume VIII, a compilation of former President Fidel V. Ramoss Sermons culled from his columns in the Manila Bulletin, will be launched on July 12, 2013, Friday, at 4 p.m. at the Champagne Salon of the Manila Hotel. This latest book has been timed for launching, as with earlier volumes from this series, with the next State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Aquino III scheduled on July 22, 2013 at a Joint Session of Congress at the Batasang Pambansa. In his Manila Bulletin column published on July 29, 2012, Ramos said: Experience teaches us that no man or woman, be he or she a President or multi-billionaire, can single-handedly bring progress to a nation. The job of nation-building demands that every citizen, no matter what his/her status in life, must do his/her share He also emphasized: Daang tama (right path) should be based on daan tuwid but the latter is not enough. To achieve the right path, the straight must be enhanced by clear vision, people empowerment, inclusiveness, outreach, performance, and competitiveness. As the Philippine economy continues to improve we, as a people, must also endeavor to harness the energies, enthusiasm, and entrepreneurial spirit in each and every Filipino, wherever we may be in this world, as we pursue our quest for enduring peace and sustainable, inclusive development. Volume VIII highlights FVRs stand on the contemporary issues of poverty, people empowerment, socio-economic reforms, sustainable environment, and a quality Filipino population. The book, co-published with the Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation, is part of Ramos Peace and Development Foundation, Inc.s continuing education/knowledge program. This is in line with RPDEVs four main policy interests: enduring peace in the Asia-Pacific region, sustainable development, socio-economic diplomacy, and democratic governance. Government officials, sectoral representatives, educators, journalists, veterans and other concerned Filipinos are cordially invited to join in the launch of RPDEVs 31st book.
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) expressed reservation to a proposal for automatic adjustment of public transportation fares based on prevailing cost of fuel. LTFRB Executive Director Roberto Cabrera III said fare rates are not solely dependent on fuel prices because there are other parameters that should be considered such as cost of operation and maintenance and price of spare parts. As such, no fare hike or roll back can be implemented without proper consultation, Cabrera said. He said the conduct of public consultation on matters relating to fares is very important. The LTFRB has been constrained from resolving separate petitions to increase and decrease public utility vehicle (PUV) fare rates due to the petitioners fault, he said. The LTFRB could not set public hearings on petitions since the transport operators who sought an increase in minimum jeepney fares from P8 to P10 have neither filed a motion to revive their archived petition or filed a new one based on new parameters, he said. Cabrera said the National Council for Commuter Safety and Protection (NCCSP) also has not provided the Office of the Solicitor General with a copy of the consolidated petition to roll back fares in jeepney, bus and taxi as part of the procedures. He said the NCCSP eventually backed out of their petition after the continuous oil price hikes. We can only set it for hearing only after they file the petition or once they comply with the procedures, he said. Meanwhile, Elvira Medina of the NCCSP warned that automatic fare adjustments based on oil prices would widen the rift between commuters and transport operators. There are a lot of factors to consider and legal procedures to follow before increasing or decreasing fares. If fares automatically increase or decrease based on fuel prices, this may fuel tension between commuters and transport operators, she said. At the same time, George San Mateo of the Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (PISTON) described the proposal of Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla to automatically adjust fares depending on fuel prices as a diversionary tactic. This is a mere diversionary tactic. Government is trying to evade our persistent complaints against overpricing of petroleum products and lack of control over the oil industry, he said.
Indigenous Housing Going Well Binay

By ANNA LIZA VILLAS-ALAVAREN
The government has started construction of housing units for the resettlement of indigenous groups in various parts of the country, Vice President Jejomar C. Binay said yesterday. Binay said the National Housing Authority (NHA) is constructing 1,365 housing units for the Aetas in Pampanga, the Mangyans in Occidental Mindoro and Badjaos in Tawi-Tawi. This particular housing project is intended to help improve the living conditions and ensure the wellbeing of our indigenous brothers and sisters, Binay said. The vice president said 208 units have already been completed, with Occidental Mindoro having the
most number of units constructed so far at 100, followed by Tawi-Tawi with 92 and Pampanga, 16. The completed housing units are expected to be awarded to the target beneficiaries soon. Another 400 units are expected to be built for the indigenous people in the municipalities of Banguingui and Panglima Estimo and Barangays Tulay and Pitogo, all in Sulu. We are working double time to finalize the Memorandum of Agreement with these LGUs so we can start construction of the balance units this month, Binay said. The IP housing program, a pet project of the Vice President, is being implemented through the cooperation and coordination of the NHA and the local government units (LGUs).
MAXIMUM TOLERANCE Members of the Manila Police Anti-Riot unit in front of the US Embassy on Roxas Boulevard, Manila, tolerate the presence of a masked member of the militant group protesting the presence of US troops in the country and calling for the abolition of Visiting Forces Agreement. (Ali Vicoy)
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POWER SUPPLY
CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga Some parts of Nueva Ecija and Aurora are set to experience a nine-hour power interruption on Thursday and Friday, July 11 and 12, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said Wednesday. Affected areas are the towns of Bongabon, Gabldon, and Laur in Nueva Ecija and San Luis, Maria Aurora, Baler, and Dipaculao in Aurora. These areas are being serviced by the Bongabon Electric Substation and San Luis Substation. Customers of NEECO II Area 2, and AURELCO will have brownout from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for two straight days, NGCC Northern Luzon Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Officer Lilibeth Gaydowen said. (Mark Anthony Manuel)
P1.3 B Allocated For Clark Airport

By MARK ANTHONY N. MANUEL
Luzon News
Abra Mishap
CAMP JUAN VILLAMOR, Abra A muddy portion of the road caused by continuous downpour is seen as the alleged reason behind the vehicular accident in Barangay Duldulao, Malibcong, Abra, where two persons were died, and injuring 12 others last Monday here. Genelyn Gunnawa, 41, an employee of the local government unit (LGU) of Malibcong, and one of the 12 injured victims, said the driver of the white Isuzu dump truck with plate number WTD-957 a government vehicle owned by the Malibcong LGU, identified as Robert Sagban, 32, apparently avoided the muddy portion of the road, causing him to lost control of the vehicle that plunged into a 20-foot ravine. Sagban reportedly escaped after the incident. Chief Inspector Vic Orcino, the public information officer of the Abra police office, said the accident occurred around 5:30 p.m. Monday. He said the dump truck was carrying 32 passengers that attended the oath-taking of the newly elected officials of Malibcong town. (Freddie G. Lazaro)
CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga A development fund amounting to P1.3 billion has been allocated for the upgrading of the various facilities at the Clark International Airport (CIA) in a bid to decongest the airports in Manila, an officer of the state-run airport here said Wednesday. Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) president and chief executive officer Victor Jose Luciano said the budget allocation has been a recommendation of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), which aims to help solve the problem at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NIA) that is expected to soon reach
its saturation point. This is on top of the P1 billion approved loan from the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) to upgrade our facilities here, he said. Luciano, however, did not mention what facilities would be improved, citing that the project proposal is yet to be approved by President Aquino, but he said that the funding would be intended for the projects that would convert the CIA into one of the countrys premier airports. Meanwhile, former Clark Development Corporation (CDC) president and chief executive officer Felipe Antonio Remollo said that developing Clark is now ripe in an effort to decongest the Manila airport, as he urged government officials to assist in the development of the
Freeport. The 4,500-hectare Freeport is the answer for decongesting and decentralizing Metro Manila, Remollo said. He added that if development plans for Clark would push through, it would become one of the growth centers in the country outside of Metro Manila. We should help CIAC President and CEO Victor Jose Luciano for his efforts in pushing for the entries of more airlines and passengers at the (Clark) airport, he said. Earlier, former Pampanga Vice Governor and now First District Rep. Joseller Guiao suggested to make the Clark Development Corporation an authority to give it more teeth, independence, and power.
ILOCOS QUAKE
LAOAG CITY A magnitude 4.0 earthquake jolted some areas of Quirino province late Tuesday evening but did not damage properties, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Local Phivolcs researcher Porferio De Peralta said the quake occurred at 10:48 p.m. Tuesday with epicenter located at 20 kilometers southeast of Nagtipunan, Quirino province, with a depth of 21 kilometers. De Peralta said that Intensity 4 was felt in Maddela, Quirino province. Several minutes earlier, De Peralta said two mild quakes occurred in Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte. He said that a magnitude 3.5 quake occurred at 10:02 p.m. (Freddie Lazaro)
Clark Photography
CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga The P1,000 photography fee being collected from photographers inside the Clark Freeport has been scrapped by Clark Development Corporation (CDC), the state-run corporation said Wednesday. The photography fee covers prenuptial pictorials, nature photography, and landscape photo shooting. CDC president and CEO Arthur Tugade said the move is a recognition of the rights of photographers to take photos inside the Freeport. Tugade, however, said the P10,000 fee imposed by the CDC for television production shoots, and commercial tapings inside the Freeport will remain in force. He justified that a distinction must be made between photo shoots and video shoots as the latter may disrupt the normal operations inside the Freeport. The decision of Tugade came after the Pinoy Video Makers and the Wedding Portrait Photographers of the Philippines (PVMWPP) complained against the fees imposed by the CDC Tourism Promotions for photo shoots and pre-nuptial photography. The PVMWPP said that the fee discourages tourism in the Freeport. (Mark Anthony Manuel)
C.A.R. WEATHER
BAGUIO CITY (PNA) The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) here on Wednesday warned Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) residents of possible effects of typhoon Huaning, which at 11 a.m. was located at 1,220 kilometers (km) east of the Batanes Islands. Local PAGASA weatherman Wilson Locando said Huaning, which entered the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) noon yesterday, will enhance the southwest monsoon, which would dump rains within the northern Luzon area, including the Cordilleras on Thursday. Strong rains in this part of the country in recent period triggered landslides.
CORDILLERA DANCE Members of the City Hall Cultural Ethnic Dance Troupe perform the uggayam as thanksgiving for the blessings at the start of the celebration of the 26th Cordillera founding anniversary on July 9, 2013, I Baguio City. (Rizaldy Comanda)
Mount Tapulao Dense In Biodiversity

By JONAS REYES
SAFETY SEMINAR
SAN RAFAEL, Bulacan (PNA) The Civil Security Group of the Philippine National Police (CSG-PNP) has begun conducting the regional safety training seminars for manufacturers, dealers, distributors, and aerial display operators of fireworks to minimize accidents and ensure that the safety guidelines of the Firecracker Law is being strictly observed in factories and stores. CSG-PNP director Gil C. Meneses said the seminars also aim to familiarize stakeholders of the fireworks industry on the 2012 revised Implementing Rules and Regulations governing the administration and enforcement of Republic Act 7183 or the Firecracker law.
IBA, ZAMBALES The expedition team of the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman, along with the Diliman Science Research Foundation, discovered at least 304 species of plants, and 142 species of animals living in Mount Tapulao in Zambales. Considered as the tallest mountain in Central Luzon, Mount Tapulao has always been the home of the murrid rodents Rhycomys tapulao and Apomys brownorum. Both species can only be found in the mountain. According to Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Executive Director Maximo Dichoso, six of the other plant spe-
cies can only be found in Luzon. Of the 142 animal species studied in Mount Tapulao, 78 are endemic to the country. Similarly, 41 out of the 304 plant species studied in the area are also found endemic to the Philippines. The UP findings confirmed earlier studies that Mount Tapulao is a natural treasure trove for Central Luzon in terms of species richness and diversity, he said even as he called for greater public vigilance to protect the mountain and adjoining forests from threats of poaching and human encroachments. The study on the biodiversity of the mountain lasted nine months. The study included various species of trees, vines, lianas, herbs, palms, mammals, amphibians, birds, and reptiles.
According to Arthur Salazar, deputy DENR director for protected areas for wildlife and coastal zone management, the study also established a new distribution record for the insectivorous bat species Myotis rufopictus (Orange-fingered myotis), and Desmalopex leucopterus (Mottled winged flying fox). M. rufopictus was found in the mountain at about 1,820 meters above sea level (masl), and D. leucopterus was found at elevations of 230 masl and at 896 masl. The seven insectivorous bats were also recorded in the area, three of which are endemic to the Philippines: the yellow-faced horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus virgo), the large-eared horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus philippinensis), and the orange-fingered myotis (Myotis rufopictus).
Tricycle Capital
IMUS, Cavite Mayor Emmanuel L. Maliksi and the Sangguniang Panglungsod (City Council) were asked to look into the operation of the so-called colorum motorized tricycles that have proliferated in the city. The city was tagged by some residents as the Tricycle Capital due to the number of the three-wheeled vehicles that ply its major routes. It was gathered that there are more or less 11,000 tricycles operating in the citys 97 barangays (villages). With the number, there are at least 2,000 colorum tricycles that continued to operate freely in the area, it was learned. Colorum tricycles are those that operate on streets without the necessary franchise, and other documents required by the local government from owners or drivers. The source, who requested anonymity, said that many colorum tricycles are allegedly owned by some unscrupulous law officers and other untouchables. The big volume of vehicles, including tricycles, was one of the causes of traffic congestion in Nueno Avenue, a street leading to the City Hall, and several main and secondary streets in the city, particularly during rush hours. (Anthony Giron)
VIZCAYA MENTORS
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (PNA) The rehiring and reassignment of school teachers paid by the provincial government through the Special Education Fund (SEF) will depend on their need and urgency in their supposed areas of deployment. Governor Ruth Padilla said she has already made initial consultations with top officials of the Department of Education (DepEd) in the province on the status of the more than 400 SEF teachers who were deployed in various school assignments in the province. She said that based on the assessment of DepEd officials, there are schools that have more than the required SEF teachers while other schools are in need of additional teachers.
AGREEMENT SIGNING Photo shows Sta. Cruz (Laguna) Mayor Domingo Panganiban (2nd from left) and Global Goldgoal Inc. (GGI) Chief Executive Officer Frederick Ordoez (2nd from right) after the formal signing of the Memorandum of Understanding appointing the GGI as the exclusive consulting company in relation to the various infrastructure projects in Sta. Cruz. Also in photo are GGI Chief Operating Officer Sung Tae Cho (right), and Vice Mayor Louie De Leon (left). (Regie D. Mason)
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GARCIAS SUPPORT
CEBU CITY, Cebu (PNA) Former Cebu Governor and third district Rep. Gwendolyn Garcias brother, Mayor Nelson Garcia of the southern Cebu town, Dumanjug met with Hilario Davide III at Capitol last Tuesday to thank the new governor of Cebu for the assistance given by the provincial government to Dumanjug which was hit by a water spout last week. Garcia also expressed support for Davide. He is our governor. Lets forget politics and move on. I pledge my support for all his programs, especially those in Dumanjug town, he said. Davide beat Garcias brother, John Pablo in the contest for Cebu governor in the last elections.
Paramilitary Force Augments Army Brigade

By RESTITUTO A. CAYUBIT
COOL GREEN CARCAR A passenger provincial bus drives on a road under a cool canopy of century-old trees in Carcar City, in southern Cebu. (Cheryl Baldicantos)
EVACUATION CENTER
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte (PNA) Construction by the Department of Social Welfare and Development of a P10-million permanent regional evacuation facility will start in northern Brgy. Suhii here, within the year. It will consist of a 1,500 sq. foot one-storey building for 700 people and will be conveniently located next to the newly opened Suhi Health Center and Birthing Clinic. City Housing and Community Development Office (CHCDO) consultant Leonard Tedence Jopson said the center was requested by Mayor Alfred S. Romualdez from the DSWD central office, primarily for use by residents of the citys northern barangays which are always beset by floods.
P147-M Sugar Workers Bonus Set

NEGROS OCCIDENTAL (PIA) Nearly 120,000 sugar plantation workers in the Binalbagan-Isabela Sugar Company (BISCOM) mill district, this province, are set to receive a cash bonus from their three percent workers share, worth a total of P1467 million from their respective planters associations. This, after the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) released last June 28 the amount as part of the P152,250,461.43 is scheduled for release to planters associations within the BISCOM mill district this crop year. In all, a total of P146.92 million will be distributed to the sugar plantation workers within a three-month period which starts once the planters associations will have released the amount to their 16,374 plantermembers. The associations are the Binalbagan-Isabela Planters Assn. (BIPA), Planters Association of Southern Negros ( PASON), Inc., Independent Planters of BISCOM, Inc. (IPOBI) and the United Farmers Association of Negros South (UNIFARMS), Inc., which are qualified to claim the workers shares from BISCOM Mill district planters associations after submitting to the DOLE the required special payrolls as proof that the workers cash bonus share released to them in the previous crop years were distributed to the plantation workers. In 2012, Director Ponciano M. Ligutom of the DOLE in Western Visayas (DOLE-6) withheld the release of the three percent workers share for crop year 2010-2011 when he discovered that some planters associations were not able to submit the required payrolls. DOLE enforced the No Payroll, No Release policy in order to improve the system. The three percent workers share represents the increase in the milling participation or agreement between the planters and the mill under Republic Act No. 809 or the Sugar Act of 1952. Under the Act, proceeds shall be divided between planters and laborers in a plantation as follows 60 per cent of the increased participation goes to the laborers, and 40 per cent to the planters. In Region 6, that is, Western Visayas, only mill districts under BISCOM and the Southern Negros Development Corporation (SONEDCO) are covered by R.A. No. 809.
FIRETRUCKS NEEDED
BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occ. (PNA) - Three local government units in Negros Occidental have inactive fire stations because they still do not have fire trucks, the Bureau of Fire Protection here said. Provincial fire marshal, Supt. Fred Trajeras, said these towns are Pulupandan, Valladolid and Don Salvador Benedicto. He also said the BFP in Negros Occidental is undermanned with only 226 personnel to man 28 fire stations. I plan to rationalize operations by assigning four officers only instead of the ideal seven, to fire trucks in the existing stations, he said.
CATARMAN, Northern Samar A batch of 100 Civilian Auxiliary Force Geographical Unit-Active Auxiliaries (CAA) graduates were recently integrated into the Philippine Army (PA) detachment based in this province, military report said. The PAs 803rd Infantry Brigade commander, Col. Rolando Malinao told reporters in an interview at his office here that the new CAA graduates will beef up the operation of his brigade, which is tasked to undertake internal peace and security operations in this province. Malinao informed that the Army reinforcement have just graduated from a rigid 45-day military training program of the CAA Auxiliary Basic Military Training Class 15 and 162013 at the Training Base located at Camp Sumoroy, here. He added that the CAA batch will be deployed to the identified CAA patrol bases in the province. The PA official also said that the paramilitary force will assist government troopers in the continuing fight against insurgency and in safeguarding communities in the province against all forms of armed threats. Said Malinao, The CAA graduates will work hand in hand in conducting developmental projects and activities through the province. They will work hand-in-hand with soldiers in our civil-military operations and in performing community bayanihan project activities.
Staple Food Eastern Visayas Among Countrys Poorest Alternative Program Spendings Questioned As Poverty Worsens Pushed
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte (PNA) - A private sector official here has raised skepticism on local government spending for development programs, as the poverty situation in Region 8 worsens, with Eastern Visayas now ranked the third poorest among regions in the country. Tiburcio Morales, representing the cooperatives sector in the Regional Development Council (RDC), said local officials should be accountable for the worsening poverty situation amid disbursement of multi-billion peso funds from the national government to Region 8. Asked Morales during a recent full RDC-8 meeting, Why is poverty in the region worsening in spite of the fact that huge amounts for development projects have been poured into the Eastern Visayas every year? Why are we getting failing grades? Morales, who irrevocably resigned as RDC co-chairman last year, was apparently upset when he raised these questions following the presentation of dismal results in Eastern Visayas economic performance by National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) Regional Head Evangeline Paran. During the RDC meeting, Paran reported that poverty incidence among families in Eastern Visayas rose to 37.2 percent in the first half of 2012 from 36.2 percent in 2009. Parans report showed that the poverty situation further worsened in four of the regions six provinces in the past three years. From fifth place in 2009, the region was ranked third poorest in 2012. The NSCB report categorized Eastern Visayas as a new entrant in the poorest cluster next to the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM, 46.9 percent) and SOCCSKSARGEN (Region 12, comprised by the provinces of South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Saranggani, and General Santos, 37.5 percent.) Morales, who was regional director of the Department of Agrarian Reform in Eastern Visayas (DAR-8) from 2002 to 2006, said the report is very disappointing, more so because the Aquino administration is spending billions for poverty reduction. CEBU CITY, Cebu - The Department of Agriculture in Region 7 (DA-7) is pushing for an alternative program on staple foods which would promote the consumption of corn, sweet potatoes and cassava as substitutes for the traditional usual Filipino staple, rice. Grace Dagala, Department of Agriculture in Region 7 (DA-7) rice program staff said the promotion of alternative staple food is also in line with the goal of reducing the countrys rice importation. She said the agency has been active in introducing high value crops such as cassava (kamoteng kahoy) taro (gabi), yam (ube), and sweet potato (kamote) as good staple food substitutes since such crops also have carbohydrate content, just like rice and corn. Root crops are also rich in beta carotene, inulin, minerals and micronutrients. Other root crops which are also considered as alternative staple food are such indigenous crops as taro (palaw), bitter or intoxicating yam (kolot), yam (apale) and nipa tree (saksak). Dadala added that alternative staple foods will help ease the pressure on rice production, as the entire country is less than 30 percent rice sufficient. People from Negros Oriental and Cebu are traditionally corn eaters, while those from Siquijor and Bohol are the rice eaters in the region, she said. Meanwhile, the DA-7 official said that decrease in farmland areas as a result of land conversion has been among the challenges in rice and vegetable production even as adequate infrastructure is also a major concern. (Phoebe Jen Indino)
MARKET DAY
SIQUIJOR (PIA) -The Barangay Development Council (BDC) in Brgy. Tulapos in Enrique Villanueva, Siquijor will launch on July 12 the Farmers and Fishermens Friday Market Day and Halad sa katawhan dubbed Tabo sa Tulapos. The activity is in response to governments call through the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the local government units (LGUs) to create market day in a barangay to promote community participation, and economic activities. The event also gives opportunities for farmers and fisherfolks to showcase and sell their local products. The three-day event is also part of the celebration of the town fiesta in honor of the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.
Milestone Protective Areas Summit Set

By PHOEBE JEN INDINO
EMAC REACTIVATION
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte (PIA) The Police Regional Office (PRO) in Eastern Visayas will reactivate election monitoring and action centers (EMACs) in the region as part of preparations for the October 28, 2013 barangay and Sanggunian Kabataan (SK) elections. PRO-8 operations division chief Senior Supt. Manuel Cubillo said the EMACs will disseminate directives from higher headquarters and the Commission on Elections and monitor activities during elections. Based on the 2010 barangay and SK elections, 287 barangays or 6.77 percent of 4,390 barangays in Region 8 were in the election watch list. For the Oct. 28 barangay and SK elections, police in the region is still validating the list but there Cubillo said there are 121 insurgency-affected barangays being eyed by authorities.
PANGLAO ISLAND, Bohol The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region 7 (DENR-7), through its Protected Area, Wildlife, Coastal Zone and Management Services (PAWCZMS), opened yesterday a milestone first region-wide Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) Summit. To go on until this Friday at the Bohol Plaza Resort and Restaurant, the summit is themed Protected Area (PA) Management Innovations: Towards Sustainable Biodiversity Conservation in Harmony with the Needs of the Host Communities. Some 121 representatives from the private sector, non-government organizations, other government agencies and local government
units are participating in the activity, which aims to discuss the status and direction of PA management in the region. Other event objectives include the presentation of innovative protected area management interventions for the enhancement of biodiversity conservation practices, and the showcasing of the PAs ecotourism potentials that will benefit t different communities in the region. The Summit will also give focus on the status of the current Pas and their new directions and development given its changing and dynamic environment. Central Visayas is home to 24 protected areas and this activity will certainly highlight the significance of these protected areas not only in biodiversity conservation but also their worth to the economic and cultural values of the Visayan people,
said DENR 7 Regional Executive Director Dr. Isabelo R. Montejo. Our PAs must be preserved, conserved, and developed to benefit fully the Pas host communities and other stakeholders while we maximize the use of the necessary tools or technologies to improve efforts in preserving them. Montejo added. The summit is jointly organized by the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI), Foundation for the Philippine Environment (FPE), Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) and the Cebu Uniting for Sustainable Water (CUSW). Activities during the summit will include an enterprise development tour, lessons from technically-assisted special projects, success stories, applied practices and a series of workshops to address identified gaps especially in protected area management.
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P.N.P. LAUDED
GENERAL SANTOS CITY The Office of the Civil Defense in Region-12 (OCD-12) has cited the important role of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in disaster preparedness and risk management. OCD-12 director Jerome Berranco said their office is closely coordinating with the Police Regional Office 12 (PRO12) in the implementation of the disaster management plan in the area, in which the PRO-12 has been instrumental in ensuring public safety during calamities. Berranco recently met with PRO12 officials led by police regional director Chief Supt. Charles Calima to discuss the activities lined-up in observance of national disaster preparedness and consciousness month. (Joseph Jubelag)
NorCot Villages Get Livelihood Projects

By ALEXANDER D. LOPEZ
Recycling Plant
KIDAPAWAN CITY The Region-12 office of the Department of Agriculture (DA-12) is set to build a waste recycling fermentation plant here. The project would be constructed in Barangay Binoligan, the Office of the City Mayor disclosed. The plant is expected to produce liquid or foliar fertilizer, which when applied to foliage, could boost nutrient density in crops, and correct nutrient deficiencies. The foliar fertilizer, according to the DA-12, is economical, indigenous, and helps to clean the environment. DA-12 Director Amalia JayagDatukan presented the project to City Mayor Joseph Evangelista. On the other hand, a farm-tomarket road worth P 5 million is set to be constructed in Barangay Sikitan this year, the DA-12 said. (Malu Cadelina Manar)
TOURISM DEVT
BUTUAN CITY Noted as one of the economic drivers in Agusan del Norte, the new leadership of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) is set to pass an ordinance that will enhance the tourism industry in the province. In its inaugural session last week, the provinces legislative body recognized the urgent need to pass the tourism ordinance in an objective to promote the potential tourism spots that will ultimately provide livelihood opportunities to local residents, and additional income for the province. The new leadership recommended the approval of the Provincial Tourism Code for the tourism development in the province. (Mike Crismundo)
MIDSAYAP , North Cotabato The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) and the provincial government of North Cotabato (NorCot) turned over various livelihood projects to the four conflictaffected villages here. North Cotabato Governor Emmylou Talio-Mendoza and OPAPP Assistant Secretary Howard Capugawan handed down the projects to the village leaders of Kapinpilan, Sambulawan, Tumbras, and Central Labas, all in this municipality. The projects were part of the OPAPPs Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA) assistance that include four corn-sheller facilities, four warehouses, four solar driers, several units of corn-shellers, handtractors with trailers, and engines for mini-rice mill. The OPAPP has allotted around P6 million for each village for the setting
up of infrastructure and equipment for the rice and corn farmers in the identified areas. Talio-Mendoza said the provincial government is living to its commitment to serve its constituents through various programs and services guided by the principle of Serbisyong Totoo. The implementation of the various PAMANA projects is the result of the provincial leaderships effort to link the conflict-stricken villages to the national government, she added. Your provincial government, in its mandate to bring peace and development, mediates particularly in reconciliation Talio-Mendoza told the beneficiaries. Every conflict must be resolved w i t h j u s t i c e Ta l i o - M e n d o z a stressed, adding that rebellion is mainly brought by injustice. Capugawan also told the beneficiaries that the OPAPP focuses its programs to areas deeply affected
by armed conflicts. It is a directive for us to partner with the local government units, and engage with them in peace and development efforts, he said. As this developed, officials of the recipient villages expressed their gratitude to the provincial government, and OPAPP for the livelihood projects. The turnover activity also signified the handing to the village officials the responsibility of sustaining and maintaining the projects for the benefit of their constituents. The activity was also joined by Philippine Army 6th Division chief General Romeo Gapuz, and representatives from the North-East Kutawato State Revolutionary Committee (NEKSRC) of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). The NEKSRC, which is mainly based in the recipient areas, also provided security during the turnover activity, and will be a partner in sustaining the projects.
Cotabato Bombings
COTABATO CITY A restaurant manager died, while four others were wounded when two bombs exploded in two separate incidents here Tuesday night, just several hours before the start of Ramadan. Authorities identified the fatality as Reynaldo Pascua, manager of Caf Florencio. He died while being treated at the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center here due to multiple shrapnel wounds. The Cotabato City police office said Pascua was attending to their customers when a rifle-launched 40mm grenade projectile exploded, wounding the four others who were inside the establishment. Those wounded were identified as Cornelio Inocentes Jr., an Army enlisted personnel; James Bryan Fernando; Aileen Coquia; and Lynnete Guerra. Before the bombing incident at the caf, an explosion occurred at a vacant lot in Manara Street here. But no one was killed or hurt during the blast, authorities said. The twin blasts occurred a day after two powerful bombs exploded under the Magaslong Bridge in Datu Piang, Maguindanao. City police director Senior Superintendent Rolen Balquin said they have yet to find out if the twin blasts were connected to the recent attacks in Maguindanao and North Cotabato. (Malu Cadelina Manar)
COURT SHERIFF
GENERAL SANTOS CITY Authorities are eyeing land dispute as a possible motive in the killing last Tuesday of a court sheriff in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat. Probers are now zeroing their investigation on a land dispute angle in the killing of Regional Trial Court sheriff Edwin Cabug, who was gunned down by two unidentified armed men in front of his house at the Agan Homes in Barangay Sampao, Isulan, around 6 a.m. Tuesday. Senior Supt. Rex dela Rosa, Sultan Kudarat police director, said the suspects, who were riding on a motorcycle, shot Cabug, 61, several times in the body. (Joseph Jubelag)
FRESH BANANAS Newly harvested bananas are sorted at a local trading center in San Roque, San Isidro, Davao Oriental, before delivery to the market centers in Davao City. (Alexander D. Lopez)
BFAR Boosts Sulu Fishing Industry

By NONOY E. LACSON
A.R.M.M. AID
KIDAPAWAN CITY Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor Mujiv Hataman pledged the release of some P1 million for relief operations in areas in Maguindanao affected by recent armed conflict between government troops and members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF). In a statement, the Regional Human Rights Commission (RHRC) in the ARMM said Hataman made the commitment during the regional Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday. Accordingly, the fund release would be coursed through the regions Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Also, the DSWD-ARMM is set to provide financial assistance to the wounded civilians in the firefight, reports said. (Malu Cadelina Manar)
JOLO, Sulu The Program on Protection and Conservation of Marine Resources being implemented by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) gets a muchneeded boost after the BFAR office in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) distributed pump boat engines to support the local Bantay Dagat operations and provide fishing materials to the marginal fishermen in the province. Mariculture specialist Perfecto I. Orbita said BFARs program for the marine conservation and protection in Sulu is now working effectively with the help of the local government units
(LGUs) in the area. Please be informed that the BFAR Program on Protection and Conservation of Marine Resources in the province of Sulu is working well, Orbita said. He also disclosed that those who benefited under the boat engine distribution are the poor but deserving fishermen in at least 19 towns in Sulu. According to Orbita, about 2,000 marginal fishermen residing along the coastal areas of Pata, Siasi, Maimbung, and Pandami now harvesting fishing from several payaos established by the BFAR near their villages, and sold to the traders in General Santos City. He also disclosed that Sulu Vice Governor Abdusakur Tan has been
very supportive to the program of the BFAR in the identification of boundaries in the 19 towns in the province giving the local fishermen an opportunity to have a bountiful catch each day. He said the move also allows the provinces of Sulu, Basilan, and TawiTawi to preserve the marine resources, and the marine products in the archipelago from further destruction caused by large fishing vessels that are utilizing large fishing nets. For his part, Tan is urging the BFAR to conduct a study on the possibility of utilizing the existing island lagoons for the establishment of natural hatcheries and nurseries for the culture of finfish and invertebrates that are abundant in the area.
Media Conference
DAVAO CITY SHIFT Philippines, the social and digital medial learning organization in the country, will conduct a social media conference in this city on July 27 at the Finster Auditorium of the Ateneo de Davao University. In a statement sent to the Manila Bulletin here, Perry Paul Lamanilao, SHIFTs co-founder, said the delegates expected to attend the conference include industry professionals, media practitioners, social media enthusiasts and analysts, teachers and professors, as well as communication and business students. Anyone can attend this conference, Lamanilao stressed, adding that there is something for everyone particularly those interested in social media and digital media industry. The upcoming conference will also have a live streaming online through YouTube that will have live points at the University of the Immaculate Concepcion in Bonifacio Street, University of Mindanao in Bolton Street, University of Southeastern Philippines, Can Pedro College, Holy Cross of Davao College, and the John Paul II College of Davao. The Manila Bulletin is among the sponsors of the social media conference slated here. (Alexander D. Lopez)
VOLUNTEER WORK
NABUNTURAN, Compostela Valley Volunteers composed of teachers, parents, provincial and municipal employees, students, barangay (village) officials, and representatives from government line agencies continue their efforts to help build more school buildings here, especially in the villages that urgently need more educational facilities. The voluntarism project led by Compostela Valley (ComVal) Governor Arturo Uy is now focusing on the completion of nine more classrooms in the identified villages in the towns of Maco, New Bataan, Compostela, and Monkayo, where he emphasized the importance of the school facilities. (Alexander Lopez)
HARVEST TIME A villager checks the quality of corn at a plantation in Barangay Puntian, Quezon, Bukidnon, as the harvest season starts in the area. (Alexander D. Lopez)
Sports News
By HOWARD BECK The New York Times
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Record Luxury Tax Looms for Nets

The N.B.A.s new salary-cap figures were released Tuesday night, and they arrived with scary implications for the free-spending Nets who are guaranteed to shatter the leagues luxury-tax record next season. The league set the 2013-14 cap at $58.679 million, a modest increase from last seasons $58.04 million. The tax threshold will be $71.748 million. Teams exceeding that mark will pay a penalty that starts at $1.50 for each additional dollar spent and rapidly escalates from there. The Nets will be exceeding and escalating at a dizzying rate. Their payroll once they complete a trade for Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce will be about $98 million, triggering a tax bill of about $75 million. That would be the most any team has paid since the league instituted the luxury tax in 2002-3, according to figures provided by the cap expert Larry Coon. In fact, $75 million is more than double the total taxes paid by all 30 teams combined in the 2011-12 season. Then again, the comparison is slightly unfair. The Nets are, in a sense, the first major victims albeit voluntary victims of a highly punitive new system. Under the original tax structure, teams paid a simple dollar-for-dollar penalty once they exceeded the threshold. So in 2007, for instance, the Knicks paid $45.1 million in taxes for spending $45.1 million past the tax line. But next season the penalty will start at $1.50 per dollar spent beyond the threshold, and it will keep increasing. Once a team has gone $5 million over the line, it will be taxed at $1.75 per dollar. At $10 million over, the rate increases to $2.50. At $15 million over, it shoots up to $3.25. So the Nets, who under the old system would have paid a mere $26.25 million in taxes, will instead pay triple that sum next season. Every member of their starting lineup will be earning more than $10 million. The harsh tax structure was one of the N.B.A.s top priorities during the 2011 lockout, and one of the most contentious issues. The intent was to rein in the leagues top spenders, particularly those in the largest markets, and to create something approximating payroll parity across the league. At a minimum, the league hoped to shrink the gap between the biggest and smallest spenders. But there is apparently no price that Mikhail D. Prokhorov, the Nets billionaire owner, is not willing to spend in pursuit of a championship.
Indiana Pacers Miles Plumlee blocks the shot of Boston Celtics Kelly Olynyk during their NBA summer league game in Orlando, Florida last Tuesday. Indiana won, 95-88. (AP)
NCAA BASKETBALL Tournament
Bottom-Dwellers Seek Rebound

By CHRISTIAN JACINTO
Four teams seek to get back on track after losing their respective last assignments in the NCAA Season 89 today at The Arena in San Juan. Winless College of St. Benilde (0-2) hopes to crawl out of the cellar when it plays Jose Rizal University (1-2) at 4 p.m., while Arellano (1-2) and Mapua (1-2) try to untangle themselves from a three-way logjam with the Bombers in their 6 p.m. duel. The Blazers are still in search of their first victory after back-toback setbacks against the San Beda Lions, 71-70, in the opener and the Emilio Aguinaldo Generals, 73-72, last Thursday. CSB coach Gabby Velasco hopes they could reverse their fortunes after two close defeats.
CSJL SBC UPH LPU SSCR JRU MIT AU EAC CSB
Team Standings 3 0 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 3 0 2
Games Today (The Arena, San Juan) 4 p.m. CSB vs JRU 6 p.m. Arellano vs Mapua
We could have been 2-0 already, but we threw the game away with our turnovers, said Velaco. Kami ang nagpatalo sa sarili naming mga laro. But I think it is a learning process. I think were playing well despite the record. Like CSB, JRU also hopes to end its two-game slide. After a strong opening game win over Mapua, 83-72, the Bombers quickly lost steam and
bowed to the Perpetual Help Altas, 68-60, and Letran Knights, 69-66. Regardless of the last two results, Velasco knew JRU will be a tough nut to crack. Theyre tough. They have a lot of shooters, but if we can tighten up our rebounding and take care of the ball, hopefully we can finally get a win, he said. In the other pairing, Arellano and Mapua try to regain their composures after succumbing to San Beda, 67-54, and Lyceum, 74-59, respectively last Saturday. The Chiefs have been showing little resemblance from the fiery form that tagged them early as the teams to beat in the season. The Cardinals, for their part, are also struggling with their one-two punch of Joseph Eriobu and Kenneth Ighalo playing poorly in their loss against the Pirates.
NBA Salary Cap: $58.7-M

NEW YORK (AP) The NBA has set next seasons salary cap at $58.7 million, paving the way for contracts to be signed starting Wednesday. The tax level is $71.7 million, with harsher penalties starting this season for teams that exceed it. Teams formerly paid $1 for every $1 they were over, but the penalties now start at $1.50 per dollar for teams up to $4.9 million over, with increases from there. Contracts such as the one Dwight Howard agreed to with Houston couldnt be signed during the leagues moratorium period while the cap was calculated. The cap is a slight increase from this seasons $58 million. The mid-level exception for nontaxpayers is $5.15 million. Its $3.2 million for teams over the tax, and theres a mid-level worth $2.7 million for teams with room under the salary cap.
SPORTS NEWSBITS
BEST CLINICS
The multi-awarded and pioneering sports clinics of the BEST Center (Basketball Efficiency and Scientific Training Center) is accepting enrollees for its weekend sessions in three venues. The clinics, which started last July 6 and will end Aug. 24, are being held at the Ateneo covered courts, Xavier School and at the StarmallAlabang. The Ateneo covered courts are the main hub of the Best Center clinics with Introduction to Basketball offered in Levels 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 from 8:30-11:30 a.m on Saturdays. Afternoon sessions then shift to the Fr. Rafael Cortina Sports Center at Xavier School from 1-4 pm. Clinics in levels 1, 2, 3 and 4 are being offered.
Mioza Gains Share of Lead

TAEKWONDO
Veteran John Paul Lizardo leads the Philippines/SMART team that will see action in the 2013 World Taekwondo Championships on July 15-21 in Puebla, Mexico. Lizardo, a Southeast Asian Games and Asian Games medalist, will compete in the -54kg class. Comprising the mens team are Keno Anthony Mendoza (-58 kg), Paul Romero (-63 kg), Gershon Bautista (-68 kg), Samuel Thomas Harper Morrison (-74 kg), Christian Al Dela Cruz (-90 kg) and Kristopher Robert Uy (-87 kg). Completing the cast are female jins Korina Paladin (-46 kg), Nicole Abigail Cham (-49 kg), Pauline Louis de Lopez (-53 kg), Jade Zafra (-57 kg), Jane Rafaelle Narra (-67 kg) and Kirstie Elaine Alora (-73 kg).
PIT SAFETY
PARIS (AP) Formula Ones governing body has announced new rules to improve safety in the pits following an incident at the Germany Grand Prix in which a cameraman was injured by a runaway tire that came loose from a car. The FIA says only team personnel and marshals will be allowed in the pits during qualifying and races. Accredited media will be confined to the pit wall. It will also seek the World Motor Sports Council approval for team personnel to wear head protection.
FITNESS CAMPAIGN
Malacaang has issued a Memorandum Circular No. 49 ordering all government agencies to extend support to the Larot Saya sa Parke of the Philippine Sports Commission. The park-based sports for fun and recreation program is held every Saturday and Sunday in order to promote an active lifestyle by engaging families in sports and physical fitness activities. This program will encourage people of all ages to actively indulge in healthy lifestyle, said PSC chairman Richie Garcia. Clyde Mariano
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY Frankie Mioza kept the momentum and this is bad news for his rivals at the P1 million ICTSI Pueblo de Oro Championship at the Pueblo de Oro. Minoza continued his mastery of Mindanao golf courses as he fired a five-under-par 67 to grab a share of the lead with unheralded Joenard Rates in the first round. Four others are one stroke behind at 68 while four more are two shots off promising a beguiling and perhaps suspense-filled finish as the chasing pack tries to stop Minoza from nailing his second straight ICTSI crown and his third for the season. Shooting 68s were Tony Lascuna, Elmer Salvador, Mars Pucay and Rufino Bayron while at 69 were Angelo Que, Jay Bayron, Benjie Magada and Arnold Villacencio Also in the chase are Marvin Dumanda, James Ryan Lam, Carl Santos-Ocampo, Gerald Rosales and defending champion Charles Hong
who each carded a 71. Rates was the surprise star for the day with his bogey-free round. I didnt expect to shoot this low. I just played relaxed and made birdies, said Rates. Languishing at No. 50 in the Order of Merit ranking with low finishes and three missed cut stints in the first six legs of the ICTSI Philippine Golf Tour, Rates missed just one fairway and hit 16 greens, five of which he turned into birdies from 10 feet, while saving pars in two times that he went out of regulation. Salvador, winner of Tuesdays pro-am tournament, and Lascuna, the runaway champion at ICTSI Calatagan, came away with five birdies and one bogey each as they shared third place with Pucay and Rufino Bayron, who fired their own versions of 68s in late afternoon. Pucay, who last won at ICTSI Iloilo leg last year, highlighted his four-under card with an eagle on No. 17 and two birdies in the last four holes at the front.
MIOZA
Superal Trails in San Diego

Princess Superal lost her rhythm at the backside and fumbled with a two-over 74, dropping to joint third, two strokes behind joint leaders Natalia Forero of Colombia and Chinas Meiqi Gao in the second round of the sixth San Diego Junior Masters at the Sycuan Golf and Country Club in San Diego Tuesday. Superal tied for the lead with a birdie on No. 2 but fell behind again with a bogey on No. 6 before missing a couple of six-footers for pars and flubbing two birdie putts inside eight feet at the back. She ended up with a 39 and a 74 for a 144 in the premier girls 15-18 category. That was two strokes off Forero, who rebounded from an opening 74 with a four-under 68 for a 142 in a tie with Gao, who wavered with a 73 after a 69. Kitty Tam of Hong Kong also turned in a 74 to join the top ICTSIbacked bet at third heading to the final 18 holes of the event serving as tuneup for the worlds top juniors for next weeks Junior World. Abby Arevalo, who shared the first round lead in the girls 13-14 group with a 69 Monday, stumbled with a 78 and wound up joint eighth at 147, eight shots behind Alyaa Abdulghany of the US in the 36-hole tournament.
Junior Golf at Pueblo

Mindanaos best junior players return to action with the holding of the ICTSI-JGFP School Season series at the Pueblo de Oro Golf and Country Club course in Cagayan de Oro. Rainstar Roque and JJ Gamolo, two of the regions top guns, will lead a field of at least 50 players from Cagayan de Oro, Del Monte and nearby provinces in the tournament organized by the Junior Golf Foundation of the Philippines with the major support of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. The event will be held with the Pueblo de Oro in the best of shape as it hosts the countrys top professionals led by Frankie Mioza, whose foundation is supporting the jungolf movement in Mindanao, in the ICTSI Philippine Golf Tour this week. Events on tap are the age-group competitions also sponsored by Pancake House, Sizzlin Pepper, Yellow Cab, Golf Depot and McDonalds in Class A (15-17 years), Class B (13-14), Class C (11-12) and Class D (9-10), similar to the weekend-only school season event currently being staged in Metro Manila. The JGFP holds the stroke play individual event as a follow-up to the ICTSI-JGFP Mindanao InterSchool golf championships at the Del Monte Golf course in San Miguel, Bukidnon late last year as part of its grassroots campaign.
Veteran Nikko Huelgas flashes the No. 1 sign after crossing the finish in the Unilab-sponsored Tri United 2 held recently in San Juan, Batangas.
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Sports News
University standout who was selected in the last NBA Rookie Draft as the 54th pick overall (second round) by the Washington Wizards but was traded to Philadelphia, is not with the team in the Jones Cup. According to reports, because of his tight schedule as he is committed to play for the Sixers, Kazemi, 22, is doubtful to play in the Asian championship. As for the Koreans, aside from their regular players who participated in previous international competitions like 6-foot-7 Oh Se-Keun, the team has a new naturalized player in Lee Dong-Jun (born Daniel Sandrin in the US). The 6-foot-9 Lee, 33, who played college ball at University of Portland, is expected to play for South Korea in the FIBA-Asia, a qualifying tournament where the top three teams will earn slots in the World Championship in Spain next year. Taiwans team A, which is comprised of the national team that will see action in the FIBA-Asia championship, has a 3-1 record in the Jones Cup with naturalized player
Thursday, July 11, 2013 sports@mb.com.ph
FIBA Contenders Sparkle in Jones Cup

By WAYLON GALVEZ
As the Gilas Pilipinas starts its training camp in New Zealand, other national teams are also in the final stages of their preparation for the FIBA-Asia Championship on Aug. 1 to 11 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. Former two-time FIBA-Asia champion Iran and perennial contender South Korea are having impressive outings so far in the William Jones Cup in Taiwan with the
Koreans leading all teams with their clean 4-0 slate followed by the Iranians with 3-0. They are set to collide Wednesday night, after Korea posted a 61-52 win against Lebanon while Iran defeated Egypt 90-54 last Tuesday. Iran is powered by 7-foot-2 Hamed Haddadi of the Phoenix Suns while providing support for him are mainstays including 6-foot-6 Samad Nikkhah Bahrami, 6-foot-4 Hamed Afagh, 5-foot-11 Mehdi Kamrani and 6-foot-11 Asghar Kardoust. Arsalan Kazemi, the former Rice
Quincy Davis. Last Tuesday, the host downed Jordan convincingly, 91-61. Gilas Pilipinas is in Group A with Taiwan, Jordan and Saudi Arabia in the Asian championship. Meanwhile, defending FIBA-Asia champion China lost to Argentina, 61-44, in the Stankovic Cup continental tournament despite getting 22 points and nine rebounds from former NBA player Yi Jianlian in Kunshan, China. China is in Group C of the FIBAAsia with Iran, South Korea and Malaysia.
Whos Out? Is it Belga or Japeth?

Who will make the Gilas Pilipinas final 12 for the FIBA-Asia Championship? Is it really between a choice between Japeth Aguilar and Beau Belga? Or will it be another player who has been with the team since Day 1 when training started early this year in preparation for tournament here on Aug. 1 to 11? Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes will decide today the members of his team and submit it to the Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas (SBP), which is turn will forward it to the FIBA-Asia tomorrow. The national team arrived yesterday in New Zealand for a 10-day training camp where they will also have friendly games against six teams, including one against the Tall Blacks or the national team of New Zealand and an All-Star selection from the NBL New Zealand. Reyes brought with him the same 13 players he had during a training camp in Lithuania last month, including the 6-foot-9 Aguilar and the 6-foot-6 Belga, a late addition after Sonny Thoss was ruled out due to an injured back. Aside from Belga and Aguilar, other players in New Zealand are naturalized Marcus Douthit, Jimmy Alapag, Ranidel de Ocampo, Gabe Norwood, Jeffrei Chan, Gary David, LA Tenorio, Larry Fonacier, Jayson Castro, Marc Pingris and June Mar Fajardo. Thats going to be the toughest choice that coach Chot has to make, aside from the preparation going to August 1, said Alapag. The 13 guys whove been here have committed themselves from Day 1. Guys are really putting their heart and soul for this tournament. Its something that none of us really know. The chemistry that we built, its tough to see that one person whoever might be, Alapag added. Alapag is a veteran of two previous FIBA-Asia tournaments, having played for Reyes in Tokushima in 2007, and was one of the PBA reinforcements in 2011 with the original Smart Gilas Pilipinas of Serbian coach Rajko Toroman, who steered the team to a fourthplace finish in Wuhan. (Waylon Galvez)
San Mig Hale and Hearty

By WAYLON GALVEZ
San Mig Coffee mentor Tim Cone is not worried by the long absence of Marc Pingris as the Mixers prepare for the PBA Governors Cup with a lineup that is hale and hearty. The 6-foot-6 Pingris is on loan to the national team and is currently in New Zealand training with the Gilas Pilipinas. He is expected to be named to the final 12 of coach Chot Reyes that will participate in the FIBAAsia Championship here starting Aug. 1. We have guys who can fill in his spot while hes not here, said Cone, who will give Pingris a few days off after his stint with the national team. Hell probably miss a couple of games. But it wont be hard for him to catch up as he knows the system. One of the players who Cone will count on when Pingris recovers from his stint with Gilas Pilipinas is balik import Marqus Blakely, who is expected to arrive after his campaign in the NBA Summer League late this month. San Mig Coffee had its first of-
James Yap is hoping to lead San Mig to the final after recovering from a back injury.
ficial practice session last Monday at the Ronac gym in San Juan, and according to Cone after giving his players almost a month off they will be conducting twice-a-day training for the next couple of weeks. Its hard to assess the team on the first day, but the good thing is all players are healthy, said Cone. It was a good first practice, but its just basically getting back in shape.
Cone was impressed with former two-time Most Valuable Player (MVP) James Yap, who was hampered by a back injury last conference when the Mixers lost in the semifinal round, 3-1, against eventual Commissioners Cup champion Alaska Aces. Aside from Yap, also in good condition is Peter June Simon, who has been bothered by knee injuries during the last conference. The long break really gives our players time to rest, time to recover. Its nice to see James back, PJ, all the other players. Were excited to start training again for the third conference, said Cone. Then known as B-Meg Llamados, Cone and his team with Blakely lost in Game 7 to Rain or Shine during the Governors Cup as the Elasto Painters led by Best Import winner Jamelle Cornley bagged their first ever PBA championship. The Yeng Guiao-mentored Rain or Shine, however, will be reinforced by Arizona Reid also a former Best Import winner for the Painters two seasons ago.
Mexican Champ Knows How to Beat Melindo

By Nick Giongco
Mexican champion Juan Francisco Estrada says he knows his Filipino challenger Milan Melindo from head to foot, inside and out. Estrada defends the World Boxing Association and World Boxing Organization flyweight crown against Melindo on July 27 in Macau and believes he will get the job done despite Melindos rave reviews. He is a tough fighter and can go 12 rounds, Estrada told the Mexican sports paper Record. While Estrada describes Melindo as being fast and explosive, Melindo has many weaknesses. To negate Melindos strong points, Estrada will bank on superb conditioning, the same quality that enabled him to maul Brian Viloria and become the WBA and WBO 112lb champion last April at the Cota-
iArena, the same venue where he and Melindo will square off. Physical conditioning is paramount, said Estrada, who will be arriving in Macau on July 17, citing the need to get used to the local conditions in the former Portuguese colony. Estrada, 23, holds a 24-2 winloss record with 18 knockouts. Melindo, 25, fighting out of the ALA Boxing Club of Cebu, has a 29-0 card with 12 knockouts. Edito Villamor, one of Melindos battery of trainers, told the Bulletin that he is right on track in getting ready for the Estrada challenge. Raul Caiz Sr. of the US will be the third man on the ring, while the three judges are Takeshi Shimakawa of Japan, Zolt Enyedi of South Africa and Rafael Ramos of Puerto Rico. Gilberto Jesus Mendoza of Panama will be the fight supervisor.
John Leerams Chicano (center), the top Filipino finisher in the elite group, poses with runner-up Jonard Saim and third placer Nikko Huelgas during the awarding rite of the Century Tuna 5150 Triathlon held recently in Subic. The event showcased Century Tunas commitment in emphasizing the value of fitness and wellbeing, and promoting a healthy lifestyle among Filipinos. Also shown are Sunrise Events president Wilfred Uytengsu, Jr (leftmost) and Century Canning Corp. VP and general manager Greg Banzon (rightmost).
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P/$ RATE CLOSES AT P43.43/$1
The peso exchange rate closed higher at P43.43 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp. (PDEx) from P43.49 the previous day. The weighted average rate appreciated to P43.408 from P43.584. Total volume amounted to $933.2 million.
MARKET & INVESTMENT
CPAs PRODDED
The Department of Finance (DOF) has called on all certified public accountants (CPAs) to step up and work with the government to improve tax compliance, particularly the continuing decline of tax collections from self-employed professionals. You have a very noble profession. I used to practice the same profession and its time for us to work together to bring this profession to a higher level, Finance Secretary Cesar V. Purisima said during the Induction ceremonies of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Purisima highlighted that the government has been able to increase budgets of various departments with only improved tax effort without imposing new taxes. (CSL)
NEW P.I.D.S. PRESIDENT TAKES OATH Dr. Gilberto M. Llanto (right) officially takes his oath of office on July 4, 2013, as the new president of the state think tank Philippine Institute of Development Studies (PIDS) before Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and NEDA Director-General Arsenio Balisacan at the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Pasig City. Dr. Llanto also served as Deputy Director-General of the NEDA and Executive Director of the Agricultural Credit Policy Council.
BSP Extends By 3 Years 15% SBL For Oil Companies

By LEE C. CHIPONGIAN
EXPORT BOUNCE
Credit Suisse said yesterday a slight decline in Philippine exports in May (down 0.8% on year) is an improvement from April as other export products are starting to offset weakness in electronic shipments. In the months ahead, Michael Wan, an economist with Credit Suisse, expects electronic exports to rebound as the US semiconductor book to bill ratio has remained in expansionary mode since the start of 2013. He says if an export recovery is sustained in the June numbers, it will bode well for 2Q GDP, which Credit Suisse projects at 7.5% on-year after 7.8% growth in 1Q. (Dow Jones)
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has approved the extension for another three years the additional 15 percent single borrowers limit (SBL) of credit available for oil companies to fund its oil importation and ensure domestic petroleum supply remains adequate.
The updated Circular No. 803 which amended the SBL rule will take effect this month. According to the memo circular that was signed by BSP Governor Amando M. Tetangco Jr. on July 5, the additional 15 percent of the net worth of a bank or a quasibank which will be released for loans, credit accommodation and guarantees to finance oil importation will only be
granted to oil firms that are not affiliated to the lending bank. Furthermore, the higher SBL which will be granted until March 3, 2014 as a credit risk concentration arising from total exposures to all oil companies will be reported by the bank in its Internal Capital Adequacy Process or ICAAP which refers to the
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SM Prime Explores Regl Opportunities

By JAMES A. LOYOLA
The enlarged SM Prime Holdings Inc., which now includes SM Development Corporation (SMDC) and Highlands Prime Inc., will explore opportunities in the region as the recent merger of the SM groups property
units has transformed it into the biggest real estate firm southeast Asia. SM Primes shareholders have just approved a merger with SM Land Inc. which is taking steps to acquire all the shares of SMDC and HPI. The merger will result in the consolidation of all the property business of the SM group
under SM Prime. We thank our shareholders for supporting this merger. With the different property units of SM working as one, we can leverage the strengths of each of these units to undertake a wider range of projects, larger in scope
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LOCAL SHARES END 0.3% DOWN

Local shares closed lower yesterday as investors prepare for US Federal Reserve Chairman Bernankes speech later in the Asian day. The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) ended 18.84 points or 0.3% percent lower at 6308.18 after rising to 6341 earlier and dipping to an intraday low of 6244. Volume was moderate. A total of 644.7 million shares valued at P4.54 billion was traded. Losers swamped gainers, 107-44, with 42 issues unchanged. The theme of funds moving to developed markets from emerging markets continues. Investors are also taking precautions ahead of Bernankes speech. The last time he spoke about QE, the market retreated sharply, said Erwin Balita, a fund manage at BPI Asset Management. (Dow Jones)
KOSHER FOODS
A top official of the US-based PS Kosher Food Works has urged Filipino food exporters to explore the multibillion-dollar kosher food market to boost revenues and growth of their businesses. Joel Weinberger, president of international kosher inspector PS Kosher Food Works Inc., said global demand for kosher-certified products is growing 12 to 15 percent a year to around $42.5 billion to $43.6 billion. Citing a report by Mintel consumer research, Weinberger said sales of kosher foods in the United States, which comprise a third of the worldwide market, totalled $12.65 billion. Kosher consumers in the US already reached 11.5 million. Weinberger urged the Filpino exporters to increase their share of global kosher market. (EHL)
April Net FDI Inflows Recover

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) yesterday reported that foreign direct investments (FDI) increased 61.6 percent year-on-year in April to $202 million. The continued FDI inflows reflected the favorable investment climate on the back of the countrys sound macroeconomic fundamentals, the BSP said in a statement. FDI covers actual investment flows in the form of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and borrowings between affiliates. On a cumulative basis, the January to April total FDI amounted to $1.5 billion, 2.8 percent lower compared to what was registered the same period in 2012. For the month of April alone, gross capital placements amounted to $189 million, 626.9 percent higher from the same period in 2012. The BSP said
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Empire East Bares P25-B Expansion

Empire East Land Holdings Inc. is allotting P25 billion for capital expenditures in the next five years, even as it remains keen on pursuing a joint venture with the Okada group for the development of residential projects in the Pagcor Entertainment City. In an interview after the firms annual stockholders meeting, Empire East President Anthony Charlemagne Yu said the capex of about P5 billion a year will fund both land acquisition and project development. Yu said they intend to roll out more than the 2,000 units launched last year while they continue to acquire more land with a growing focus for areas near the north and south Luzon expressways. Land in these areas are not as expensive as they are in Metro Manila. As we acquire outside of Metro Manila, we will acquire bigger tracts of
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ASIAN MARKETS
HONG KONG (AFP) Asian markets were mixed on Wednesday, with Japanese shares hit by a pick-up in the yen, while Hong Kong and Shanghai saw healthy buying despite worse-than-expected trade data out of China. Traders were also awaiting a speech by US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke and the release of minutes from the banks latest meeting for an idea about the future of its stimulus programme. Tokyos Nikkei index was down 0.39 percent, or 56.30 points, at 14,416.60 and Seoul ended 0.34 percent lower, giving up 6.19 points to 1,824.16.
MOBILE ADS
WASHINGTON (AFP) Global spending on mobile Internet ads surged 82.8 percent to $8.9 billion in 2012, an industry survey showed Tuesday. The Internet Advertising Bureau said the figures highlight a strong positive growth story taking place across mobile advertising formats. Mobile is coming into its own as a powerhouse advertising medium, the IABs Anna Bager said.
NPCC To Assess Price Situation

By BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT
The National Price Coordinating Council (NPCC) will meet next week to assess the supply and demand situation of basic commodities as prices of rice, which remained very stable for quite some time, posted increases lately although most commodities
have remained stable. Zenaida C. Maglaya, Trade and Industry Undersecretary for consumer welfare services group, told reporters that NPCC will meet on July 18, next week, to assess the situation. We are now on the lean month season so we have to assess the supply and demand situation of basic and
prime commodities, Maglaya said. In particular, Maglaya noted of the spikes in prices of commercial rice in Metro Manila by P1 to P2 per kilo. Prices of rice have been very stable for quite some time but we are seeing spikes in Metro Manila, she said.
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Exports Post Slight Drop In May At $4.89 Billion

By EDU LOPEZ
Editor: LORETO D. CABAES Asst. Editor: BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT E-mail: business@mb.com.ph
The countrys export earnings in May 2013 posted a slight drop of 0.8 percent to $4.891 billion from $4.932 billion recorded in the same period last year. The National Statistics Office (NSO) attributed the drop to the negative growth of five major commodities such as machinery and transport equipment, ignition wiring sets, articles of apparel and clothing accessories, electronic products and metal components. The aggregate merchandise exports for the first five months of 2013 showed a decrease of 6.0 percent from $22.445 billion in 2012 to $21.093 billion in 2013. Accounting for 35.4 percent of the total exports revenue in May 2013, electronic products emerged
as the countrys top export with total receipts of $1.731 billion, down by 9.3 percent from $1.908 billion registered last year. Semiconductors posted earnings worth $1.39 billion, down by 1.9 percent from $1.41 billion registered in May 2012. Other manufactures recorded as the countrys second top export with revenue valued at $396.42 million, up by 36.5 percent compared to $290.32 million in same period a year ago. Ranked third in May 2013 was machinery and transport equipment with earnings amounting to $343.85 million, down by 40.4 percent from its year ago level of $577.09 million Export of other mineral products posted a 189 percent growth to $332.14 million from $114.72 million recorded in the same month last year. Woodcrafts and furniture with
export revenue of $306.92 million, up by 74.7 percent followed as the fifth top export earner in May 2013. Other tope exports were chemicals with export earnings of $229.26 million, up by 48.0 percent; metal components with export receipts of $138.07 million lower by 1.1 percent; petroleum products registering the highest year-on-year change of 521.3 percent to $129.66 million; articles of apparel and clothing with proceeds billed at $128.51 million down by 14.7 percent; and ignition wiring sets with total receipts of $109 million down by 5.4 percent compared to same period last year.
The Puzzle That Is Bancom

Recently, I attended the book launch of BANCOM MEMOIRS, a story of the rise and fall of BANCOM by Sixto K. Roxas III, SKR. From his perspective, BANCOMs story is not the banal story of a financial corporation that was modestly established, rose to great size and prominence and then faded in oblivion. It is an account of the ambitious attempt to build on the platform of a modern business corporation an institution committed to serving the needs of communities at every stage of development or underdevelopment. As it sought this wild vision, it brought together and motivated a corps of some of the most brilliant, creative and aggressive young men and women the country has seen, to shape an organization with an esprit that is still remembered as a Camelot and it almost succeeded. Bancoms Beginnings What is the animal or puzzle that is BANCOM? What is its tragic mystique? How did it rise so fast from its beginning in 1964 (not just known in the Philippines but outside as well) and yet fall dramatically in 1981, after 17 years of existence? What was right in BANCOM and what went wrong? What lessons can we learn from this? BANCOM started as a joint venture, an investment bank between BANkers Trust (an American bank) and COMmercial Bank and Trust Co. (CBTC, a local bank) with P7-million capital in 1964 with Sixto Roxas as President/CEO. Wash Sycip, well known to both parties, introduced them. CBTC was then ran by bankers Manuel Marquez and Augusto Barcelon who both established their banking careers in PNB. Mr. Wash is currently a director in PNB. Sixto K.Roxas (SKR) One cant talk or remember BANCOM without SKR. Francis Estrada, in his introduction at the book launch, said it is not easy to describe an individual as complex, brilliant and yes HUMAN as SKR. SKR has traveled far and wide in the journey of human experience, and has an incredibly high highs and yes a number of low lows. Ray Orosa said that SKR is the pioneering spirit behind the institution and if he had a problem, it was he was way ahead of his time. Art Aguilar who wrote The Tragic Mystique of BANCOM said SKRs personal genius and charisma was intertwined with BANCOM and Vic Macalingcad calls SKR the father of the money and capital market of the Philippines. Bancoms People SKRs original team were: Rolly Gapud who handled financial consultancy, Louie Villafuerte legal engineering, Ray Ilusorio money and capital markets desk. All three were 1973 TOYM awardees. Another TOYM awardee, former Secretary of Finance Ramon del Rosario, Jr. said Bancom was every young mans dream of a launching pad for a career in finance. It had the reputation of innovation and daring. It had unquestioned integrity. And it had as head one with a unique combination of genius and charisma. It was eminently successful, and even foreign governments sought its advice and assistance. BANCOM was the training ground for leadership in Philippine finance. In so short a history, it had the most number of TOYM awardees in a single business organization: SKR, former Finance Secretary Jose Pardo, Manny Pangilinan, Fernando Balatbat, and add to these, BANCOM alumni occupying key positions in financial and corporate world. In SKRs memoirs, he said that Bancom attracted a corps of intelligent, creative, aggressive and ambitious young men and women fresh out of college or graduate school, with little experience because it was in its way a learning organization, a center for post graduate education where one midget learn innovative finance doing real transactions with real money. In Bancom, these men and women believed there was nothing they could not do the slogan was: THE DIFFICULT WE DO RIGHT AWAY, THE IMPOSSIBLE TAKES A WHILE LONGER. We learn what we dont know or have not done before and nothing was really impossible. Evelyn Singson, Chairman of BANCOM Alumni Inc. (BALI) said: BANCOM was a company of contradictions. With so many things going on and so many people doing different things, it was almost impossible to know everything. We were so independent yet so inter-dependent. We knew so much, yet we knew so little. We were competitors yet collaborators. We were responsible yet irresponsible. It was an organization that kept challenging us to be better than ourselves. It was a workplace where everyone was driven and serious, yet it provided a workplace of fun, friendship and family. Thank you dear SKR for my first job right after Masters from UCLA. Investment research with Mandy Eduque as my first boss and later in investment service with Lito Manahan/Francis Moran. This was when Bancom was on its upward trajectory. I value the experience that has opened doors for me that when I joined Citibank later, having come from the premier investment bank, I was given the title of Financial Engineering Coordinator. Bancoms Beginning of the End So what went wrong? What lessons can we learn from BANCOM? If Citi is the University of Banking, Josue Camba, a BALI trustee, says he is from UE, the University of Experience. (SKR upon hearing this, sent him off to Harvard to round up his training). Josh and Cynthia Picazo were the able emcees for the book launch, a very well attended affair of BANCOM alumni and friends that SKR said, it is as if I can see my life passing me by. Manny Tordesillas, BALI President said as the saying goes, failure is the better teacher than success. He said: Common to the failure of these financial institutions were fundamental management issues such as poor asset quality, asset-liability mismatches, high gearing, and in most cases, excessive risk-taking. But the straw that usually breaks the camels back is oftentimes the hubris that comes along when we, as money managers or investment bankers, having created innovative financial products or having command of substantial financial resources or having the ability to raise billions of pesos or dollars for our customers, ourselves begin to believe that we are the new masters of the universe. It is this feeling of invincibility that we all need to check in ourselves from time to time. Otherwise, history simply will repeat itself. Hopefully, the BANCOM memoirs of SKR will shed light on what went wrong and learn from these lessons. SKR opened the book with Oh Lord , help me to speak out spontaneously and say what I sincerely want readers of these memoirs to derive from it. I am writing to leave as a legacy the lessons from my over four score years of life so far. Every life is meant to offer a unique contribution to the forming of the Mystical Body of Christ. Each person has qualities that make him unique and that uniqueness impose on each individual the responsibility to do everything
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HENARES
BIR Tells Candidates: Pay Taxes

By CHINO S. LEYCO
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is reminding all candidates who participated in the last midterm elections to pay appropriate taxes for the campaign contributions they received. In a revenue memorandum circular dated June 28, 2013, BIR Commissioner Kim S. Jacinto-Heneres stated that monetary, goods and services contributions are subject to taxes, thus any candidate winning or losing shall report to the tax agency. The BIR circular said that income payment made by political parties and candidates for all their purchase of goods and services shall be subject to a creditable withholding tax (CWT) of 5 percent. The obligation to withhold 5 percent is uniform in both payments of goods and services and, likewise, there is no distinction whether the source is through donation, contribution or from the personal fund of the payor, or elsewhere, the BIR said. CWT also covers payments for media services, printing jobs, talent or entertainment fees, rental of both real and personal property. Meanwhile, the BIR also stated that any utilized fund in campaign contributions will be subject to income tax. Jacinto-Heneres circular read that excess campaign funds must be included in the candidates taxable income stated in the income tax return (ITR) that he will file with the BIR. Any candidate who fails to file with the Commission on Elections the appropriate statement of expenditures... shall be automatically precluded from claiming such expenditure as deductions from his/her campaign contributions, the circular stated. As such, the entire amount of such campaign contributions shall be considered as directly subject to income tax, it added. Jacinto-Henares earlier said that election-related case will be filed by the BIR in the second half of the year, but she was still hoping for a high compliance rate from the candidates. She also added that candidates aligned with President Aquinos political party will not receive any favor from the BIR. In the presidential elections in 2010, President Aquino recorded a campaign fund surplus of P37 million, which Malacaang said was paid with correct income tax and later returned to the donors.
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Korean Rural Devt Movement Helps Replicate Cluster Farming In Batangas

By MELODY M. AGUIBA
The Philippines is replicating in Batangas the Saemaul Undong project of South Korea which will plant cacao under coconut farm clusters, requiring $5.4 million in investment over six years. The proposed project in Malvar, Batangas aims to increase income of the towns farmers and raise productivity of coconut through organic fertilizer application, soil fertility management, and control of coconut scale insects through environmentfriendly means. We aim to achieve higher yields for farmers, sustain living soil, keep the land sustainable and free from toxic chemicals and poisons, and contribute to carbon sequestration, according to Pablito Villegas founder and chief executive of the Villegas Organic and Hobo Farms (VOHO). A 15-man delegation from South Korea supporting Saemaul Undong
just visited early this week the VOHO Sustainable Agriculture and Entrepreneurship Learning Center in Malvar, Batangas. Saemaul Undong is a rural development movement in South Korea in the 1970s. The proposed investments include those for a cacao bean production, $906,720 in grant and $4.498 million in equity; integrative enterprises, $275,000 in grant and $510,000 in equity; seedling nursery, $69,200 in grant and $156,500 in equity; and technology demonstration, $10,876 in grant and $11,546 in equity. The cacao production facility will also have a drying and fermentation equipment to be financed at $250,000 in grant and $95,000 in equity; and certification, $24,000 in grant and $30,000 in equity. The targeted area for cacao bean production is 20 hectares on the first year; 100 hectares on the second year; 200 hectares, third year; 300 hectares, fourth year; 400 hectares, fifth year;
and 500 hectares, sixth year. The cacao-coconut project is being supported by the Kasama Ka Organic Koop (KKOK) which has 45 individual members. Malvar agriculture is dominated by smallholder coconut plantation characterized by mono-cropping or single cropping. (There is) limited sustainable agriculture knowledge and technology transfer, said Villegas, stressing the role that the KKOK farms will now undertake to solve these limitations. It is estimated that the cacaococonut program will generate additional income of $320 for a farm size of 0.25 hectares (2,500 square meters) on the third year, $406 on the fourth
year, and $574 on the fifth year. It will bring total net income of a farmer tilling 0.25 hectares to $524.36 on the third year, $610 on the fourth, and $778 on the fifth year. For a farmer tilling one hectare, additional income from the cacao planting will be $1,280 on the third year, $1,624 on the fourth, and $2,295 on the fifth year. With intercropping of cacao, coffee, fruit trees, and vegetables, a regenerative and sustainable soil management is expected. The program also includes integration of complementary farm enterprises such as poultry and livestock.
A future project of the KKOK is the Balete Saemaul Smmallholder Cacao Farms to be implemented in a municipality adjacent to Malvar. Another plan is for the Tanauan Saemaul Smallholder Cacao Project in another nearby town.
Petilla Taking Neutral Stance On Pandacan Oil Depot Transfer

By MYRNA M. VELASCO
CARLITOS G. CRUZ
WILSON P. TAN
SGV Announces Appointments To New Leadership Roles

Professional services firm, SGV & Co. announces the appointment of J. Carlitos G. Cruz as the firms Vice Chairman in addition to his role as Deputy Managing Partner. Assuming his position as the Head of Assurance Services is Wilson P . Tan, who previously led the firms Accounting Standards Group. They assumed their new roles on July 1. SGV Chairman and Managing Partner Atty. Vic Noel said in his announcement, We have created and sustained a dynamic culture led by the best people and founded on our core values. As the Firm evolves to take on fresh challenges and opportunities in the global market place, our people are also called upon to step up to new responsibilities. Cruz is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and was admitted to the partnership in 1995. He has handled the audits of both Philippine and multinational companies in energy and utilities, oil and gas, and manufacturing. He has also been involved in due diligence, restructuring and Initial Public Offering engagements. Cruz earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce from the University of Santo Tomas and was recognized as one of the College of Commerces top 75 alumni during its 75th year celebration. He also received the first UST-AMV College of Accountancy Professional Achievement Award in Public Accounting. He completed the Advanced Management Program of the Harvard Business School and also attended the University of Texas at Dallas for its Advanced International Program in Oil and Gas Management. Also a CPA, Tan was admitted to the partnership in 2000 and has been the lead partner in all International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) matters. He is a resource speaker on IFRS developments for regulators and business organizations. His audit experience covers industries such as banking, telecommunications, power generation and distribution, food manufacturing, and mining. Aside from assurance work, he performs IFRS on-call advisory, conversion and implementation as well as derivatives and structured transaction advisory services. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of the East with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and placed 12th in the October 1987 CPA board examinations. Mr. Tan completed his Master of Business Administration degree at the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland. He also attended the Pacific Rim Bankers Program at the University of Washington.
As he is still weighing some issues on safety as well as social concerns, Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla intimated that he is taking a neutral stance on the proposed transfer of the Pandacan oil depots for the meantime. He qualified though that if leading oil player Petron Corporation can make its way into staving off its operations from Pandacan, then the two other major oil companies (Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation and Chevron Philippines) might be able to do it also. Basically, Im energy neutral. What Im looking at is supply and prices, the energy chief has emphasized when asked by media on the proposed relocation of the depots which had been subsisting in Panda-
can way before the sprouting of communities in the area had transpired. The oil firms have noted previously that the transfer of the depots will result in higher cost at the pumps and may also pose safety implications if the roads will be swamped with lorries carrying oil products. Petron, however, basically veered away from the stay-at-Pandacan plan of its two counterparts, as it already started downscaling its operations in the area since the past two to three years. By 2015, the company is expected to attain geographically-diversed operations in Luzon; and its Pandacan depot can already be reduced to almost non-operational state by then. Petilla has emphasized that if the proposed transfer will have no impact and no environmental issues,
then perhaps theyll have to take it to themselves if they (oil companies) will get out of Pandacan or not. Yet he qualified that the final decision will all depend also on the host local government unit (LGU) of such facilities. He added that price is not the only factor he is looking at, but also the viability of the relocation site and the acceptance of the next prospective community. The relocation of the Pandacan depots was revived by newly-seated Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada given renewed calls on it after a recent oil spill from one petroleum storage facility in the area. Petilla noted though that until he has a keen sense of all the issues on the matter, he will not take any step yet on meeting the mayor of Manila.
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possible to realize the full glory of his potential. SKR closed the memoirs saying he feels inadequate. And he concluded his speech about the final lesson to all. It is about the vine and the branches where the Lord said ... I am the vine you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him bears much fruit, for without Me you can do nothing. This is the TRUTH and a good lesson to all of us. Advance happy birthday greetings to dear SKR who will be turning 86 on August 6. Thank you for every-
thing and may the Lord bless you even more abundantly! More power to you! The BANCOM book project was made possible by the generous support of Manny V. Pangilinan and edited by Danding Yotoko. For more on the BANCOM Memoirs, do contact BALIs dependable secretary, Nenette Lee at 0917-8126533. *** Ms.Tarriela is Chairman of PNB. She was formerly Undersecretary of Finance and the first Filipina Vice President of Citibank N.A.
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105.5 114 99 492 37.85 139.5 38.85 117 72 145 74.5 206.4 160 1.6 23.15 24 635 0.73 2.09 515 1,122.00 2.92 40.5 1.59 11 7.9 27.45 113.8 41.4 397 16.3 11.18 3 15 9.15 2.26 30 8.6 21 151 28.4 13.5 6.88 900 6.15 125 132.6 2.18 2.08 37.9 15.9 15.98 12.24 8.24 24.2 19.48 3.34 3.3 2.4 3.12 2.45 3.1 2.5 22.5 29.3 0.027 5 31 2.1 1.03 61 28.4 2.7 7.3 6.3 2.98 3.52 688 18.1 61.2 6.99 883.5 9.3 50 1.39 7.68 0.81 2.61 6.33 7.65 9.66 0.42 1,213.00 1.4 550 0.315 0.355 0.77 3.89 2.26 35.7 7.1 6.73 5.6 5.5 2.44 3 0.083 0.91 1.21 2.27 2.76 1.49 3.5 4.31 0.197 0.84 0.68 26.9 4.63 3.95 9.6 21.9 1.35 4.2 1 7.1 10.5 1.06 1,635.00 3,290.00 6.56 0.085 3.14 1.29 17.06 22 4.5 3.15 16.04 84.8 100.5 2.73 0.209 12.5 1,300.00 16.88 0.069 68 71.5 58.9 48 18.5 90.05 23.7 68.75 58 82 43 128 98.95 0.67 17.9 10.02 420 0.2 1.57 349.6 879 1.71 30.5 1.2 2.3 4.94 15.7 68 24.9 240 9.7 4.8 1.08 6.6 5 1.26 20 4.32 12.5 93 4.41 6.8 2.8 210 3.23 83 57.3 1.11 0.56 16.02 6.48 11.4 8 0.96 13.54 10.16 0.9 1.59 0.9 2.47 1.68 1.79 1.46 2.4 8.78 0.013 2.75 13 1.69 0.61 40 10.86 1.8 4.53 3 0.9 0.88 405 0.016 44.5 3.93 505.5 4.6 31.4 0.61 4.85 0.32 1.4 4 4.7 2.5 0.29 702 1.04 312 0.136 0.16 0.27 1.88 0.47 19.7 4.41 3.7 4.7 4.75 1.2 1.21 0.06 0.49 0.78 1.24 1.7 1.05 1.94 2.09 0.077 0.405 0.4 17.48 2.09 2.5 5.72 12.54 0.58 3.42 0.49 4 8.08 0.64 1,020.00 2,480.00 3.72 0.04 1.95 0.3 12.1 3.53 1.14 1.62 8.83 52.4 65.9 1.01 0.101 9.91 970 8.36 0.016
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July 9, 2013 closings

LONDON
1.0% FTSE 6,513.08 (63.01)
****BANKS****
77 79 76.5 77 362,440 27,774,816 90 92 89.5 92 1,687,850 154,339,791 84.9 84.9 83.75 84.5 2,811,750 236,666,325.50 70 70 68.5 70 192,900 13,387,059.50 28 28 27.15 27.45 379,800 10,441,880 108 108 107 107.6 1,255,280 134,903,761 25 25 25 25 120,500 3,012,500 81.2 81.2 79.1 80 274,640 21,923,485 - - - - 0 0 132 132 131.5 132 600 79,195 54 54 52.2 52.8 109,800 5,802,252 156 156 145.8 147 917,880 135,137,387 137 137 136.6 136.9 29,960 4,101,712 **** OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTION **** **** OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTION **** BANKARD 0.55 0.07 1.1 1.01 1.01 1.01 1.01 3,000 3,030 COL FINANCIAL 1.00 0.66 18.88 18.5 18.84 18.5 18.5 59,900 1,108,184 FILIPINO FUND 1.00 1.11 16.98 16.98 16.98 16.02 16.02 2,300 38,574 MANULIFE 630 635 900 0.00 38.007 622 635 635 568,590 MEDCO HLDG 1.00 -0.02 0.305 0.305 0.305 0.3 0.3 1,580,000 475,850 NTL REINSURANCE 1.00 0.01 1.65 1.69 1.69 1.66 1.66 240,000 401,400 PHIL STOCK EXCH 1.00 10.23 388 388 388 385 385 5,330 2,056,766 SUN LIFE 0.00 110.64 1,110.00 1,120 1,120 1,115 1,118 305 340,425 VANTAGE 1.00 0.26 2.43 2.42 2.42 2.42 2.42 62,000 150,040 **** ELECTRICITY, ENERGY, POWER & WATER **** **** ELECTRICITY, ENERGY, POWER & WATER **** ABOITIZ POWER 1.00 3.32 32.9 33.1 33.8 32.4 33.8 1,562,900 52,048,225 ALSONS CONS 1.00 0.08 1.29 1.3 1.37 1.3 1.3 336,000 451,990 CALAPAN VENTURE 1.00 0.21 6.51 6.85 6.85 6.36 6.75 16,100 106,621 ENERGY DEVT 1.00 0.46 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.76 5.9 9,363,800 54,932,566 FIRST GEN 1.00 2.07 16.8 16.8 17 16.52 16.74 445,100 7,430,868 FIRST PHIL HLDG 10.00 16.74 79.8 79.8 80 78.45 78.65 408,450 32,203,781 MANILA WATER 1.00 2.21 31.3 31.2 31.7 30.6 31.1 2,088,000 64,996,660 MERALCO 10.00 15.1 320 320 321 313 316 180,830 57,146,628 PETRON 1.00 0.13 13.6 13.78 13.92 13.36 13.7 3,987,800 54,291,730 PHOENIX 1.00 0.63 5.87 5.87 5.87 5.75 5.8 18,100 104,445 TRANS ASIA 1.00 0.16 2.35 2.35 2.37 2.29 26,216,380 2.29 11,337,000 VIVANT 1.00 1.43 9 9 9.8 9 9.8 1,400 13,400 **** FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO **** **** FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO **** AGRINURTURE 1.00 -0.22 5.46 5.94 5.94 5.79 5.79 2,100 12,185 ALLIANCE SELECT 1.00 0.6 1.3 1.33 1.33 1.3 1.3 729,000 950,510 DEL MONTE 0.01 0 26 26 26.3 26 26 1,364,900 35,513,505 DNL INDUS 1.00 0.82 6.7 6.74 6.76 6.5 6.5 1,846,500 12,258,457 GINEBRA 1.00 -3.1 14.6 14 14.9 14 14.9 4,500 66,480 JOLLIBEE 1.00 3.58 143 143 143.9 138.5 140 1,234,920 172,714,433 LT GROUP 1.00 0.85 22.05 22.9 22.9 22.05 22.1 2,610,800 57,700,235 PANCAKE 1.00 0.63 11.5 12 12 11.5 11.5 1,600 19,150 PEPSI COLA 0.15 0.23 5.4 5.4 5.44 5.28 5.3 1,317,300 6,984,038 PUREFOODS 10.00 18.15 217 220 220 215 215 38,110 8,244,918 RFM CORP 1.00 0.22 5.05 5.05 5.2 4.95 5 489,200 2,446,756 SAN MIGUEL CORP 5.00 9.05 86 86.1 86.9 86 86.9 121,450 10,482,900 UNIV ROBINA 1.00 3.69 118 112.5 118.3 112.5 118 1,100,620 129,579,464 VICTORIAS 1.00 0.28 1.81 1.76 1.81 1.75 1.75 91,000 159,610 VITARICH 37,500 1.00 -0.29 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 50,000 **** CONSTRUCTION, INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE & ALLIED SERVICES **** **** CONSTRUCTION, & ALLIED SERVICES **** ASIABEST GROUP 1.00 0.01 18.5 18.5 18.5 18.5 18.5 100 1,850 EEI CORP 1.00 0.94 12.86 13 13 12.8 12.86 623,200 8,010,350 HOLCIM 1.00 0.56 13.5 13.5 13.5 13.5 13.5 24,000 324,000 LAFARGE REP 1.00 0.48 10.9 10.98 11 10.88 10.88 960,700 10,457,278 MARIWASA 0.02 0.05 1.08 1.08 1.08 1.02 1.05 12,253,000 12,846,870 MEGAWIDE 1.00 0.91 19.8 19.7 19.7 19.38 19.38 174,700 3,401,538 PHINMA 10.00 -0.14 12 12 12 12 12 58,300 699,600 SEACEM 0.35 0.45 1.04 1 1.01 0.98 1 1,324,000 1,317,860 TKC STEEL 1.00 -0.69 2.14 2 2.1 1.96 2.1 21,000 41,630 VULCAN INDL 1.00 0.1 1.41 1.42 1.42 1.4 1.4 205,000 288,200 **** CHEMICALS **** **** CHEMICALS **** CHEMREZ 1.00 0.2 2.94 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 110,000 319,000 EUROMED 1.00 0.16 1.73 - - - - 0 0 LMG CHEMICALS 1.00 -0.01 2.6 2.71 2.71 2.59 2.59 2,000 5,300 MABUHAY VINYL 1.00 0.08 2 2 2 2 2 15,000 30,000 MELCO CROWN 1.00 -0.08 9.23 9.45 9.45 9.21 9.24 411,300 3,804,364 **** ELECTRICAL & EQUIPMENT **** **** ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS & EQUIPMENTCOMPONENTS **** CIRTEK HLDG 1.00 0.68 15.6 15.6 16.2 172,840 15.6 16 10,900 GREENERGY 0.01 -0.0003 0.015 0.014 0.015 0.014 0.015 28,200,000 395,000 INTEGRATED MICR 1.00 0.08 2.76 2.78 2.78 2.78 2.78 1,000 2,780 **** OTHER INDUSTRIALS **** **** OTHER INDUSTRIALS **** ALPHALAND 1.00 1.02 20 20 20 20 20 1,000 20,000 SPLASH CORP 1.00 0.15 1.94 1.94 2 1.94 2 281,000 557,740 **** HOLDING FIRMS **** **** HOLDING FIRMS **** ABACUS CONS 1.00 0.27 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.65 502,000 326,300 ABOITIZ EQUITY 1.00 4.33 50 49.5 49.65 48.2 49.4 753,450 37,103,513.50 ALLIANCE GLOBAL 1.00 1.38 24.3 24.4 24.5 23.75 24 8,556,800 205,258,095 ANGLO PHIL HLDG 1.00 0.33 1.87 1.87 1.87 1.87 1.87 193,000 360,910 ANSCOR 1.00 1.07 7 7.01 7.1 7.01 7.1 300 2,112 ASIA AMLGMATED 1.00 -0.003 3.3 3.21 3.21 3.21 3.21 25,000 80,250 ATN HLDG A 1.00 -0.02 1.28 1.34 1.34 1.25 1.25 14,000 17,860 ATN HLDG B 1.00 -0.02 1.37 1.36 1.36 1.36 1.36 6,000 8,160 AYALA CORP 50.00 17.15 570 570 570 559 567 158,690 89,794,085 COSCO CAPITAL 1.00 0.00008 9.82 10 10.22 9.92 9.92 9,854,700 99,001,010 DMCI HLDG 1.00 3.69 50.9 51.45 51.5 50.6 50.9 595,270 30,279,495.50 FILINVEST DEV 1.00 0.44 4.9 4.95 4.95 4.9 4.9 306,000 1,500,140 GT CAPITAL 10.00 44.27 762.5 765 765 753 753 92,560 70,113,055 HOUSE OF INV 1.50 0.99 7.5 7.2 7.22 7.16 7.2 125,800 905,800 JG SUMMIT 1.00 1.99 40.3 40.2 41.3 39.9 41.3 713,400 28,616,290 LODESTAR 0.10 -0.03 0.72 0.74 0.74 0.69 0.69 33,000 22,880 LOPEZ HLDG 1.00 0.99 5.06 5.08 5.11 5.03 5.05 1,646,900 8,322,964 MABUHAY HLDG 1.00 0.09 0.59 0.62 0.63 0.58 0.58 981,000 596,810 MARCVENTURES 1.00 0.08 1.67 1.68 1.68 1.61 1.66 765,000 1,243,010 METRO PAC INV 1.00 0.26 4.95 4.96 5 4.66 4.78 67,037,000 318,575,930 MINERALES IND 1.00 -0.01 5.9 6 6 5.85 5.85 27,400 161,140 MJC INVESTMENTS 1.00 -0.04 3.55 3.56 3.56 3.35 3.35 156,000 547,130 SINOPHIL 1.00 -0.2 0.305 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 1,000,000 300,000 SM INVESTMENTS 10.00 39.85 838 838 860 838 860 336,570 285,345,100 SOUTH CHINA 1.00 0.13 1.06 1.06 1.06 1.06 1.06 30,000 31,800 SYNERGY GRID 1.00 -0.14 312 312 312 312 312 20 6,240 UNIOIL HLDG 1.00 -0.004 0.162 0.162 0.162 0.162 0.162 10,000 1,620 WELLEX INDUS 1.00 -0.13 0.245 0.192 0.238 0.16 0.238 810,000 136,780 ZEUS HLDG 1.00 -0.0003 0.435 0.43 0.43 0.41 0.41 1,580,000 653,950 **** PROPERTY **** **** PROPERTY **** A BROWN 1.00 0.06 1.99 1.91 1.98 1.88 1.98 131,000 248,300 ARANETA PROP 1.00 0.02 1.25 1.31 1.31 1.3 1.3 17,000 22,110 AYALA LAND 1.00 0.68 28.9 29 29.25 28 28.35 7,926,500 224,631,075 BELLE CORP 1.00 0.054 5.1 5.1 5.15 5.02 5.03 4,377,800 22,274,377 CEBU HLDG 1.00 0.23 5.95 5.62 5.9 5.62 5.9 42,000 240,263 CEBU PROP A 1.00 0.14 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 6,000 31,200 CEBU PROP B 1.00 0.14 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 6,000 31,200 CENTURY PROP 0.53 0.211 1.39 1.41 1.42 1.32 1.34 12,882,000 17,482,330 CITY AND LAND 1.00 0.32 1.82 1.86 1.99 1.86 1.86 197,000 370,250 CROWN EQUITIES 0.10 0.001 0.079 0.078 0.078 0.075 0.075 6,500,000 495,440 CYBER BAY 1.00 -0.03 0.68 0.68 0.68 0.66 0.66 3,369,000 2,241,370 EMPIRE EAST 1.00 0.02 0.96 0.94 0.94 0.93 0.93 1,856,000 1,727,180 FILINVEST LAND 1.00 0.14 1.7 1.7 1.71 1.66 1.67 9,168,000 15,401,100 GLOBAL ESTATE 1.00 0.04 1.78 1.78 1.78 1.73 1.73 5,718,000 10,031,750 IRC PROP 1.00 0.11 1.35 1.39 1.41 1.34 1.35 9,036,000 12,344,080 KEPPEL PROP 1.00 0.07 2.82 2.99 3 2.99 3 5,000 14,990 MEGAWORLD 1.00 0.28 3.27 3.28 3.28 3.08 3.14 56,178,000 176,404,730 MRC ALLIED 0.20 -0.06 0.105 0.104 0.104 0.1 0.1 780,000 79,070 PHIL ESTATES 1.00 0.01 0.415 0.44 0.44 0.415 0.415 420,000 174,550 PHIL REALTY 1.00 0.001 0.49 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 150,000 75,000 ROBINSONS LAND 1.00 1.04 20.9 20.9 21.2 20.85 21 3,189,300 66,922,855 ROCKWELL 1.00 0.18 2.1 2.1 2.13 2.1 2.1 703,000 1,479,110 SHANG PROP 1.00 0.35 3.4 3.27 3.27 3 3.1 121,000 373,830 SM DEVT 1.00 0.53 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.47 7.6 100,800 755,773 SM PRIME HLDG 1.00 0.61 16.5 16.54 16.6 16.26 16.3 9,995,600 163,192,118 STA LUCIA LAND 1.00 0.03 0.65 0.69 0.7 0.65 0.65 224,000 149,670 STARMALLS 1.00 1.72 3.87 3.85 3.87 3.85 3.87 35,000 134,940 SUNTRUST HOME 1.00 0.002 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.59 0.59 220,000 131,800 VISTA LAND 1.00 0.52 5.1 5.08 5.1 4.89 4.98 6,037,500 30,091,087 **** MEDIA **** **** MEDIA **** GMA NETWORK 1.00 0.33 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.42 8.45 7,700 65,085 MANILA BULLETIN 1.00 0.05 0.75 0.74 0.74 0.74 0.74 26,000 19,240 **** TELECOMMUNICATIONS **** **** TELCOMMUNICATION **** GLOBE TELECOM 50.00 51.54 1,550.00 1,540 1,540 1,500 1,511 59,420 89,747,685 PLDT 5.00 163.86 2,828.00 2,832 2,832 2,796 2,802 120,910 338,690,650 **** INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY **** **** INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY **** DFNN INC 1.00 -1 3.75 3.74 3.74 3.72 3.72 3,000 11,190 ISLAND INFO 0.01 0 0.046 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 1,000,000 45,000 ISM COMM 1.00 0.14 2.08 2.02 2.02 1.95 2.02 65,000 129,000 MG HLDG 1.00 -0.88 0.475 0.47 0.47 0.47 0.47 60,000 28,200 PHILWEB 1.00 0.74 14.98 14.98 14.98 14.66 14.96 794,000 11,858,354 TOUCH SOLUTIONS 1.00 0.05 12.4 12.32 12.5 12.32 12.48 8,800 109,110 YEHEY CORP 1.00 0.05 1.3 1.19 1.19 1.19 1.19 12,000 14,280 **** TRANSPORTATION SERVICES **** **** TRANSPORTATION SERVICES **** 2GO GROUP 1.00 -0.16 1.69 1.69 1.69 1.69 1.69 3,000 5,070 ASIAN TERMINALS 1.00 0.84 12.1 12.1 12.1 12 12 181,500 2,178,150 CEBU AIR 1.00 5.89 67.85 68 68 67 67.5 135,350 9,120,671.50 INTL CONTAINER 1.00 2.49 88.7 89.9 89.9 85 87.75 369,670 32,320,539 *** HOTEL & LEISURE **** **** HOTEL & LEISURE **** ACESITE HOTEL 1.00 0.1 1.2 1.19 1.25 1.19 1.22 13,000 15,680 BOULEVARD HLDG 0.10 -0.001 0.118 0.12 0.12 0.116 0.117 16,150,000 1,903,170 **** EDUCATION **** **** EDUCATION **** CENTRO ESCOLAR 11.76 11.98 3,300 39,072 1.00 0.8 11.76 11.76 11.98 FAR EASTERN U 100.00 51.93 1,195.00 1,200 1,220 1,200 1,220 45 54,400 **** CASINOS & GAMING **** **** CASINOS & GAMING **** BLOOMBERRY 1.00 -0.07 9.6 9.68 9.68 9.44 9.45 760,000 7,189,285 IP EGAME 0.01 -0.006 0.019 0.018 0.019 0.018 0.019 13,600,000 244,900
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9.9 4.08 16 18 0.365 10.1 130 43.6 0.95 29 3.47 3 0.0068 5.35 23.35 29.7 25.1 25 1.35 1.68 36.55 0.72 1.37 1.46 0.072 0.073 30.6 10.6 0.76 5.59 23.5 305.8 0.021 0.315 0.026 0.027 7.24 0.056 46.25 560 115 1,080.00 80.5 84 49.9 10.5 3.22 6.75 1.91 13.78 8.8 0.295 3.1 55 25.05 0.6 10 2 0.76 0.0032 1.9 13.4 10 7.7 8.3 0.75 0.85 5.5 0.4 0.395 0.425 0.028 0.03 14.78 2.55 0.4 1.16 8.8 214.4 0.011 0.24 0.016 0.018 5.8 0.033 8.5 505 104.1 1,005.00 74.5 74.5 22.65 7.94 1.12
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LEISURE AND RES MANILA JOCKEY PACIFIC ONLINE PHIL RACING PRMIERE HORIZON
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1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.25
2010 EPS
0.29 0.02 1.42 0.46 0
PREV CLOSE
7.5 2.16 14.78 8.9 0.31
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VOLUME
VALUE
PE RATIO
25.68 108.00 10.59 19.40 -2950.00 10.94 77.78 31.98 750.00 147.94 0.99 256.67 -73.08 81.00 8.80 -152.99 2.08 2.16 -100.00 -47.00 -46.58 4750.00 120.00 125.00 -750.00 -800.00 15.09 106.67 -3.59 5.32 240.43 13.78 -40.00 2.60 9.00 10.00 16.13 19.00 -22.37 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
7.5 7.5 7.32 7.32 6,000 43,938 2.16 2.16 2.16 2.16 213,000 460,080 15 15 15 15 3,000 45,000 9 9 9 9 2,000 18,000 0.3 0.3 0.295 0.295 180,000 53,250 **** RETAIL **** **** RETAIL **** CALATA CORP 1.00 0.32 3.5 3.5 3.68 3.48 3.5 71,000 248,460 PHIL SEVEN CORP 1.00 1.17 91 97.5 97.5 91 91 3,100 282,750 PUREGOLD 1.00 1.11 35.15 35.5 36.2 35.3 35.5 6,687,300 238,757,375 **** OTHER SERVICES **** **** OTHER SERVICES **** APC GROUP 1.00 0.001 0.76 0.74 0.76 0.74 0.75 930,000 697,160 GLOBALPORT 1.00 0.07 14.46 10.08 10.08 10.06 10.06 5,500 55,346 PAXYS 1.00 2.06 2.05 2.04 2.04 2.03 2.03 156,000 317,060 STI HLDG 0.50 0.003 0.76 0.76 0.77 0.76 0.77 480,000 365,890 **** MINING **** **** MINING **** ABRA MINING 0.01 -0.00005 0.0037 0.0038 0.0038 0.0035 0.0038 37,000,000 134,600 APEX MINING A 1.00 0.04 3.27 3.26 3.26 3.24 3.24 13,000 42,280 ATLAS MINING 10.00 1.7 15.28 15 15 14.96 14.96 109,700 1,642,416 ATOK 1.00 -0.13 20.5 20.45 20.5 20.45 20.5 1,000 20,475 BENGUET A 3.00 3.89 7.7 8 8.1 8 8.1 4,300 34,590 BENGUET B 3.00 3.89 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 1,500 12,600 CENTURY PEAK 1.00 -0.008 0.81 0.8 0.8 0.79 0.8 140,000 111,800 COAL ASIA HLDG 1.00 -0.02 0.92 0.92 0.94 0.91 0.94 796,000 726,630 DIZON MINES 1.00 -0.12 5.7 5.6 5.65 5.5 5.59 385,300 2,152,485 GEOGRACE 1.00 0.0001 0.47 0.48 0.48 0.465 0.475 330,000 154,950 LEPANTO A 0.10 0.004 0.5 0.51 0.52 0.475 0.48 41,015,000 19,967,645 LEPANTO B 0.10 0.004 0.53 0.53 0.54 0.495 0.5 16,168,000 8,213,990 MANILA MINING A 0.01 -0.00004 0.029 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 65,400,000 1,962,000 MANILA MINING B 0.01 0.00002 0.032 0.032 0.032 0.032 0.032 1,400,000 44,800 NICKEL ASIA 0.50 1.1 16.8 16.7 16.72 16.52 16.6 167,100 2,774,398 NIHAO 1.00 0.03 3.28 3.25 3.48 3.16 3.2 312,000 1,003,240 OMICO CORP 1.00 -0.13 0.48 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.46 30,000 13,800 ORNTL PENINSULA 1.00 0.31 1.7 1.71 1.72 1.64 1.66 2,481,000 4,146,330 PHILEX 1.00 0.05 11.46 11.38 11.4 11.06 11.06 967,400 10,821,742 SEMIRARA MINING 1.00 17.85 248 248 251.8 245 246 141,390 34,745,150 UNITED PARAGON 0.012 0.012 0.01 -0.0003 0.013 0.012 0.012 27,900,000 334,800 **** OIL **** **** OIL **** BASIC PETROLEUM 0.25 0.1 0.255 0.255 0.26 0.255 0.26 160,000 41,300 ORIENTAL A 0.01 0.002 0.019 0.018 0.019 0.018 0.018 49,600,000 892,900 ORIENTAL B 0.01 0.002 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 2,000,000 40,000 PETROENERGY 1.00 0.38 6.34 6.34 6.34 6.13 6.13 6,100 37,603 PHILODRILL 0.01 0.002 0.038 0.038 0.039 0.038 0.038 19,800,000 752,600 PX PETROLEUM 1.00 -0.52 11.8 11.9 11.9 11.5 11.52 122,400 1,419,216 PREFERRED **** PREFERRED **** AC PREF A 100.00 0 512 515 515 515 515 20 10,300 PCOR PREF 1.00 0 111 111 112 110.5 110.5 63,010 6,972,380 PF PREF 10.00 0 1,042.00 1,042 1,045 1,041 1,041 6,070 6,326,500 SMC PREF 2A 5.00 0 77.05 77.05 77.5 77 77.15 930,410 71,710,784.50 SMC PREF 2C 5.00 0 80.5 80.5 81 80.5 80.5 139,600 11,289,650 ABS HLDG PDR 0.00 0 41 40.5 40.5 40 40 400,600 16,046,615 GMA HLDG PDR 0.00 0 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.6 755,000 6,493,000 WARRANTS, PHIL.**** DEPOSIT RECEIPT, ETC. PHIL. DEPOSIT WARRANTS, RECEIPTS, ETC. **** MEG WARRANT 0.00 0 2.33 2.08 2.1 2.01 2.1 149,000 304,390
B-5 IMF Cuts 2013 Global Economic Growth Forecast

By VERONICA SMITH
SECTORIAL SUMMARY Open

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WASHINGTON(AFP) The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday cut its global economic growth forecast, citing new downside risks in key emergingmarket economies and a deeper recession in the eurozone. The IMF projected the world's economy would grow 3.1 percent in 2013, down from its April estimate of 3.3 percent. China and other emerging economic powers now face new risks, it warned, ''including the possibility of a longer growth slowdown.'' The global lender said that growth had been affected by increased financial market volatility and rising interest rates in advanced economies since its last World Economic Outlook report was published in April. ''Emerging-market economies have generally been hit hardest,'' the Fund said in its update of the WEO report. The expected US Federal Reserve's unwinding of its massive monetary policy stimulus could trigger sustained capital outflows from emerging-markets, the IMF warned. ''Monetary easing can be the first line of defense against downside risks'' in emergingmarket and developing economies, where inflation was generally expected to moderate, it said. But fiscal policy options may be limited. ''Real policy rates are low already, and capital outflows and price effects from exchange rate depreciation may also constrain further easing,'' the Fund said. Growth in the emergingmarket and developing economies was expected to slow to 5.0 percent in 2013, instead of the 5.3 percent expansion seen a few months ago. The main impact was being seen on the top emerging market economies, the ''BRICS''
Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. ''After years of strong growth, the BRICS, to call them that way, are beginning to run into speed bumps,'' said IMF chief economist Olivier Blanchard. China, the world's secondbiggest economy and a main engine of global growth, would expand by 7.8 percent, threetenths of a point slower than thought. The forecast for Russia was slashed by 0.9 points to 2.5 percent, and South Africa was cut 0.8 point to 2.0 percent. Lower prices were also curbing growth in commodity exporters. Crude oil prices were expected to fall 4.7 percent, while non-oil commodity prices were projected to decline 1.8 percent. Some of Sub-Saharan Africa's largest economies, such as Nigeria and South Africa, face weaker growth in part due to weaker external demand, while in the Middle East and North Africa, growth remains weak ''because of difficult political and economic transitions,'' the IMF said. Meanwhile, combined growth in the advanced economies was estimated at 1.2 percent, down a tenth point from the prior estimate. The recession in the eurozone was deeper than expected, the IMF said, citing a toxic combination of low demand, depressed confidence, weak balance sheets and the impact of tight fiscal and financial conditions. The IMF predicted a 0.6 percent contraction in the 17-nation eurozone, down two-tenths of a point from the April estimate. US growth was weakening under pressure from government spending cuts that offset improving demand in the private sector, notably from a recovery in the housing market. Growth in the world's largest economy was trimmed by two-tenths of a point to 1.7 percent.
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Agriculture News
OFW Saved For His Farm

Section Editor: ZAC B. SARIAN
AGRI PLAIN TALK

ZAC B. SARIAN
eople who know how to save become economically well-off much faster than those who dont save at all. Much more so, if they know how to invest what they save. One former Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) who knew how to save is 72-year-old Rolando Acain who now grows hybrid rice on 18 hectares in Aliaga, Nueva Ecija. He bought those 18 hectares, a few hectares at a time, with the dollars he earned while working overseas. Rolando is a chemical engineer who worked for more than 10 years for foreign companies that were engaged in road construction. For six years, he was in Indonesia as materials engineer for an Italian construction company. He saved all his $1,800 monthly salary and spent only his housing and living allowances while abroad with his wife. For two years he was next stationed in Uganda and then another year in Tanzania, doing the same job but with a higher salary. Just the same, he saved his monthly income for a farming project he had always dreamed of. His last stop was a five-year stint with an American construction company in India. He also saved his dollar earnings so he could buy more farm land. At last in 2003, he felt it was time to give up working abroad so he can pursue his dream of rice farming in Aliaga, the hometown of his wife, the
former Jovita Go. He quipped that he was born in the little known town of Abutaya, Palawan where there was very little rice production. And so he married someone from the countrys rice granary so he can have all the rice he cared to have. Today, Rolando is a very happy gentleman farmer who plants nothing but the hybrid rice from SL Agritech during the dry season. The hybrid rice varieties developed by the company headed by Henry Lim Bon Liong are not only high-yielding, they also have superior eating quality. They are considered fancy rice so they command a higher price than the ordinary varieties. In 2007 Rolando started planting SL-8H, the first commercial hybrid rice developed by SL Agritech. Since then, he has always planted SL-8H or the other hybrids from the same company. On the average, he gets 180 cavans or about 9 tons of grains from one hectare. One technique he does is to store his harvest in his bodega, waiting for the price to go up when most of the harvest of other farmers have been sold. For this purpose, he has a bodega that can accommodate 3,000 sacks. When the supply of palay is plentiful, the price could be P17 per kilo. At the time of our visit, however, he was selling his palay at P18.50 per kilo. So it pays to wait for the right time to dispose of his harvest. As a gentleman farmer, Rolando
FORMER OFW AT RICE HARVEST FESTIVAL Rolando Acain (second from left) is a former Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) who had the wisdom to save his dollar earnings so he can buy his dream rice farm. A chemical engineer, he worked for more than 10 years as materials engineer for foreign construction companies which were engaged in road construction in Indonesia, Uganda, Tanzania and India. He is shown here during a rice harvest festival with, from left: Dr. Frisco Malabanan, SL Agritech chairman and CEO Henry Lim Bon Liong, Dr. Santiago Obien and Ricardo Buenaventura of the Nagkakaisang Magsasaka Agricultural Primary Multi-Purpose Cooperative of Tabacao, Talavera, Nueva Ecija.
STORED FOR BETTER PRICE Rolando Acain, the former OFW who is now into hybrid rice production, poses with sacks of palay in his warehouse. He stocks his harvest for a few months, waiting for the right price. His bodega has a capacity of 3,000 cavans. He plants hybrid rice on 18 hectares where he averages 180 cavans of palay per hectare. At present, he gets a price of P18.50 per kilo of palay.
does not have to do the dirty work in the field. He has workers called Baki to do the hands-on operations. He has three hand tractors to plow the land. He only supervises the farming, seeing to it that the recommended protocol in growing hybrid rice is followed to the letter. He also does his own research on proper water management, use of sticker in applying pesticide, proper land preparation (the field should be level before planting), and the like. Rolando has allocated his 18 hectares to different workers or Baki. Some take care of one or two hectares but there are others who are given bigger areas to manage. Just like Nestor Roxas who takes care of 5.5 hectares. Nestor sees to it that the plants under him are fertilized or irrigated at the right time. He sprays pesticide if necessary, and controls the weeds. He also does other chores to ensure a good harvest. In return, he gets a share of the harvest. If they harvest 180 cavans of 50 kilos each, he gets 18 cavans, plus one cavan if it is more than 180 cavans. Last dry season cropping, Nestor got a share of 98 cavans. During the past wet seasons, Rolando has been planting inbred rice instead of hybrid because no available hybrid rice is suitable for the rainy months. Inbreds, although they yield less, are also profitable to raise. In fact Nestor got a share of 89 cavans from the inbred rice they planted in the last wet season. Nevertheless, SL Agritech is continuing to develop a hybrid that will perform equally well during the rainy
months. In fact, Rolando is trying this season one variety from SL Agritech that is supposed to be suitable for the rainy season. He is trying it in a small area though, just to observe its performance. Overall, growing hybrid rice is profitable. Rolando said that he spends P50,000 to P52,000 to grow
hybrid rice on one hectare. The costs include the seeds (P4,800), land preparation, pulling of seedlings, transplanting, fertilizers, pesticide, irrigation water, harvesting, threshing, drying and hauling. After deducting the palay given as share of the Baki, the net per hectare could still be easily more than P100,000.
PROTECTANT FROM TOO MUCH SUN Purshade is a new product that was launched recently by Sinochem Philippines during a field day in UP Los Baos, Laguna. When sprayed on the leaves, it forms a protective film that screens the damaging ultraviolet and infrared radiation from the sun that can damage crops while allowing photosynthetic light to pass through. Purshade has so far been approved for use on corn, pineapple and banana. Purshade is also a plant nutrient, providing crops with the needed calcium that results in better crop quality.
FARM MECHANIZATION A new thrust of the Department of Agriculture is the promotion of farm mechanization. It has been distributing farm machines and equipment to cooperatives and farmers associations as a major component of the program. Just like this Kubota rice harvester which was given to the Nagkakaisang Magsasaka Agricultural Primary Multi-Purpose Cooperative based in Tabacao, Talavera, Nueva Ecija and headed by Ricardo Buenaventura. Posing with the brand new harvester is Joh Dungca of SL Agritech who visited the facilities of the cooperative recently.
SUPER ALOKON? Photo shows the exceptionally long flowers of Alokon (Broussonetia luzonica) which is an indigenous tree vegetable. The male flowers are as long as 14 inches, which is much longer than the usual length of the ordinary Alokon. The flowers are a favorite ingredient of the Ilocano pinakbet which can be cooked with minimal water together with vegetables like tomato, eggplant, patola, patani, ampalaya fruit and shoots, native radish fruits or rabanos, stringbeans, kadios and bagnet or broiled dalag. The Alokon imparts a distinct flavor to the pinakbet.
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Yu said there is still no property bubble and second quarter sales have been very robust. Were very happy and were surprised that it continues to be very good. The government is doing something right. Consumer confidence is very high, he noted. Empire East earlier signed a memorandum of understanding with the Okada group regarding expression of interest for jointly developing the property around the hotel-casino complex the Okada group will be
building. We are still interested in the residential component but we do not know what will happen to the (gaming) license and whether or not they will want to continue to develop the property, Yu said. He stressed that Empire Easts interest in the project is only on the residential component and pointed out that they have not talked about teaming up for the casino part of the project. (JAL)
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Data from the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics showed that prevailing retail price of regular milled rice has increased by P2 to P32 per kilo from P30 last week. Most commodities, however, have remained stable while filled milk has gone down to P45 for a 180 gram pack (Bear Brand) from P 46.50 because of competition. Nestl Philippines, producer of Bear Brand,
has extended this lower prices to September this year instead of up to June only. Refined sugar prices have also remained stable at a range of P42 to P45 per kilo. Some vegetables, however, have adjusted prices upward like eggplant is now selling at P50 per kilo from P40 last week while native pechay is at P50 from P40 last week. But there have been P10 price reduction in prices of carrots from P60 to P50 per kilo now, tomato from P80 to P70 and habitchuelas from P50 to P40 per kilo. Maglaya, who earlier conducted an investigation on the prices of ce-
ment, also revealed that the increase in cement was justified after all. It was justified because we did not adjust downward the suggested retail price of cement, so the increase in cement prices just approximate the SRP of P215 in 2011, she said. Maglaya further said that the Board of Investments has yet to reply to her memorandum for the agency to check on the price of Eagle Cement, the newest cement player, which project was granted income tax holiday based on their commitment to sell cement at a lot lower prices than the members of the Cement Manufacturers Association of the Philippines.
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sectors. The net equity capital of $131 million during the period is also 907.7 percent more compared to last year and an increase was registered despite the $58 million withdrawal of investments. Reinvestment earnings, in the meantime, fell by 39 percent to $64 million since according to the central bank, foreign investors opted to retain their earnings locally on
expectations of sustained strong corporate performance. (LCC) The BSP also reported that nonresidents net placements in debt instruments issued by local affiliates (or intercompany borrowings between foreign direct investors and their subsidiaries/affiliates in the Philippines) in the form of loans and debt securities amounted to $7 million in April. (LCC)
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Indian Gunned Down In Q.C.

An Indian national was gunned down at a gas station in Quezon City past noon Tuesday while refueling his motorcycle. Investigator PO3 Jaime de Jesus identified the victim as businessman Jagrup Singh, 48, a resident of Palmera Homes, Novaliches, Quezon City. Singh died following a shooting incident that took place at past noon Tuesday at the Petron gasoline station located along Payatas Road near Village Homes in Barangay Payats, Quezon City. The victim was rushed to the Far Eastern University (FEU) Hospital where he was declared dead at around 1:44 p.m. De Jesus noted that the victim sustained a fatal gunshot wound in the left side of his chest. Witnesses told police that two unidentified men, riding astride a motorcycle with an unknown plate number, were involved in Singhs shooting. Meanwhile, investigators assured that the probe on Singhs murder is going on and that they are determined in finding the motive behind the Indian nationals shooting. De Jesus already ruled out that robbery as a motive since the suspects did not take anything from the victim. Witnesses told police that the victim went to the gas station to refuel his motorcycle. As he was refueling his motorcycle, the suspects suddenly appeared on board a motorcycle and approached the victim. Witnesses recounted that the suspects and the victim were arguing before shots rang out, and Singh fell to the ground. No one knew exactly what the argument that ensued between Singh and the suspects was all about. (Jeffrey Damicog)
Motorbike Riders Kill Coconut Vendor

A coconut vendor was gunned down by motorcycle-riding suspects in Quezon City Tuesday afternoon while he was peddling his goods. Investigator PO2 Gilmer Marinas identified the victim as Jojo Gomez, 32, a resident of Sitio Tagumpay, Bagong Nayon, Antipolo City. The victim died on the spot after he was shot. The incident took place at around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday along Liberty St. near the corner of 7th Avenue in Barangay Socorro. Marinas noted that the victim sustained eight gunshot wounds in different parts of his body. Police also found in the crime scene six fired cartridges and .45 caliber bullet slugs. Marinas learned from tricycle driver Fortunato L abarda that there were two unidentified male suspects involved in the death of the victim. Labarda told police that at least one of the suspects was armed with a handgun and that the two men were both riding on board one motorcycle. He said he failed to get the motorcycles plate number. The witness said that afternoon he was at his parked tricycle when he saw the victim pushing his cart containing coconuts. Labarda said that he then saw the suspects aboard a motorcycle drive by and stop alongside the victim. One of the suspects then started shooting Gomez before they fled away from the area. Marinas gave assurances that the investigation on Gomezs shooting will continue to determine the motive behind the shooting and find out about the identity of the perpetrators of the coconut vendors murder. (Jeffrey Damicog)
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such an arduous and seemingly endless journey: formation should then help give us a second wind; it can also give fresh inspiration to our heart so we keep going despite the many roadblocks we find along the way. Formation gives us a compass that keeps us pointed to the true North. Furthermore, it provides us
with clear guidance and a strong encouragement to remain true to our dream, and to keep pursuing our vision. Above all, formation equips us with the tools and gives us the wherewithal to place all our trust in God, even as we never let our guard down and keep moving on the road that leads us to the full realization of our dream.
We have been assured by no less than our father God that we are never alone. Formation is the opportunity God seizes to make good on his promise. Thus, all we need to do is to keep our heart and mind open to the work of formation that can uplift and strengthen our spirit, so it stays on course towards our definitive home, our dreamed-of home.
helped reunite 108 people separated during the war. In 2001, people looking for their loved ones began approaching us, said Mario Polanco, director of the group. We have 1,500 cases now and of those we have helped 108 reunite. Alberto was 11-years- old and Gregorio was 19, when in June, 1982, the army entered their village in the town of Ixcan. The army came in and burned our village and we didnt have a place to go to so we hid in the mountain, said Gregorio Tut Cac, 50. I spent a year in the mountain. Gregorio Tut Cac said they were 10 siblings and he has only been reunited with one. The (soldiers) came in shooting, I took off running, I was 11 years old, Alberto Tut Cac said. During their emotional reunion, Gregorio told Alberto he kept having
dreams about his siblings and mother and that pushed him to approach the Mutual Support Group and ask them for help. The two brothers ended up in southern Mexico, where they lived for 13 years, but never saw each other. Both returned to Guatemala in 1995, but one went to live in the south and the other in north. Roberta de Beltranena of Red Cross International Committee, which financially supports the reunions, said one of their goals is to help families find out what happened to their relatives. Our intention is to help people who suffered during the armed conflict to restart their lives and move on, Beltranena said. About 200,000 people were killed in Guatemalas 36-year civil war, 93 percent of them by state forces and paramilitary groups.
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Environment News
For 1st Time, US-China Talks Tackle Climate

WA SHINGTON (dpa) The world's two largest generators of carbon emissions are to add climate change as a major discussion point for the first time when a routine round of US-China talks opens on Wednesday. ''We want to demonstrate that the world's two largest economies can cooperate in this century to help tackle these environmental challenges,'' a senior administration official told reporters. The joint session on climate change is scheduled first thing on Wednesday, with US Secretary of State John Kerry, US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, China's Vice Premier Wang Yang and State Councilor Yang Jiechi leading the discussion. The economic rivals have been at loggerheads over reducing emissions for years. China produces 23.5 per cent of world emissions blamed for global warming, while the US produces 18.3 per cent, according to UN estimates. Per capita, China has until recently been one of the lower-ranking emitters of greenhouse gases, although recent studies have indicated that it is catching up with the US, and is currently on a level with developed countries such as Italy. But due to its status as an industrializing economy, China was exempt from emission controls under the expiring Kyoto Protocol, and the US has argued that it cannot commit to reductions until rising China does the same. In June, US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in California, where they agreed to phase down production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons, which contribute to the greenhouse effect and are used in refrigerators, air conditioners and industrial equipment. The Strategic and Economic Dialogue on Wednesday and Thursday will mark the fifth round of such meetings, and will include economic, trade, energy and other issues. ''Our approach to China for (this session) is a key part of the president's strategy for rebalancing to the Asia Pacific region,'' a senior administration official told reporters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
SEVERE RAINSTORMS Policemen hold the arms of residents as they walk on a flooded street after heavy rainfall hit Chengdu, Sichuan province, Tuesday. At least one person died and 15 others were missing in southwest Chinas Sichuan province as of Tuesday evening after severe rainstorms battered the region, including some quake-stricken areas, Xinhua News Agency reported. (Reuters)
Toronto Mops Up After Record-Breaking Storm

TORONTO (AP) Toronto-area residents mopped up Tuesday after a record-breaking storm and driving wind caused flash floods which set cars afloat, stranded rail commuters and caused widespread power outages in Canada's largest city. It is really, probably the most intense, wettest moment in Toronto's history,'' Environment Canada senior climatologist David Philips said. Phillips said two separate storm cells moved over the city at the same time, and then stalled over Toronto for hours. It's almost like Toronto was a target with a bull's eye,'' he said. Pearson International Airport reported 12.6 centimeters (4.96 inches) of rain throughout Monday, breaking the previous single-day rainfall record for the city set back on Oct. 15, 1954, when Hurricane Hazel dumped 121 millimeters (4.76 inches) of rain. The downpour left several roads and underpasses under water, forcing some people to abandon their vehicles. Subway, bus and streetcar services were either halted or slowed to a crawl, creating chaos during the evening rush hour. Many finally arrived home hours late to deal with flooded basements and leaking windows in residences which had lost power. In one of the more serious incidents, 1,400 people were stranded on a northbound commuter train as murky water seeped into the cars. It took police and firefighters about seven hours to ferry everyone to dry ground aboard small inflatable boats. Toronto authorities warned it would take some time for everything to return to normal, but praised city crews for their work. Toronto has persevered - we have weathered the storm,'' Mayor Rob Ford said at city hall. At some points it was really scary out there. I saw a few people panicking.'' About 70,000 customers were without electricity Tuesday night, 25,000 due to rolling blackouts. About 300,000 customers had been left in the dark at the height of the outage Monday due to significant flooding'' at two transmission stations. One of the transmission stations remained under about six to nine meters (20 to 29.5 feet) of water, said Toronto Hydro CEO Anthony Haines. He said the utility hoped to restore power by Wednesday morning. Toronto's flash flooding comes two weeks after extensive flooding in Calgary turned parts of the western Canadian city into a lake and forced up to 100,000 Albertans from their homes. Three bodies were recovered during the floods.
Crete Preserves Old Architecture

RETHYMNON, Crete (dpa) The cathedral's steeple bell is loudly chiming out the hour as Kostas Giapitsoglou is turning the corner. Rethymnon's head archaeologist is proud of his home. You can sense it. ''Almost 90 per cent of our historical buildings are still preserved today,'' he reports. For years now the expert has been battling to prevent valuable old buildings in this city of 30,000 on the island of Crete from simply being torn down. ''It is a tough job trying to create awareness for architectural heritage here.'' Kostas is walking through the narrow streets of the old city centre, its labyrinth-like network somehow reminiscent of Venice. Perhaps no coincidence, since for centuries the Venetians had used Crete as a strategically important base for their trading empire. The imposing doorways of the old palaces are evidence of this, as are the large stone arches on the ground floor of many buildings. The old town center has managed to preserve a certain idyllic calm despite tourism. In the pastry shop ''Mona Lisa'' Nikos Skrtsilakis is in the kitchen. At the moment the young man is making ice cream the traditional way. On Crete, this means using sheep milk. ''This tastes much better,'' he says. ''Our ice cream however is also more expensive and has more calories.'' Pretty soon the trade of Giorgos Chatziparaschos will be something for a museum. He's the last flaky pastry maker in Rethymnon. He is not disturbed when visitors watch him at work in his bakery. Since 1942 he has been making everything by hand. Flaky pastry is considered to be a culinary relic from the Turkish Ottoman period.
Firefighters Battle Wildfires Near Vegas

LAS VEGAS (AP) Fire crews burned forest undergrowth Tuesday near homes in the mountains northwest of Las Vegas to protect them from one of two large Nevada wildfires while local casino owners offered rooms to evacuees. The wildfire burning northwest of Las Vegas was within a quartermile (400 meters) of homes and has charred an area nearly the size of Manhattan, authorities said. Billowing smoke was visible Tuesday from downtown and fine ash fell nearby. In northern Nevada, more than 1,060 firefighters worked to stem the spread of a bigger but more remote wildfire that grew Monday to 40 square miles (104 square kilometers) in the Pine Nut Mountains southwest of Reno. Lyon County sheriff's deputies went door-to-door to ask people to evacuate Pipeline Canyon. No homes have been lost in either fire, but fire officials said containment may not come on either fire until next week. Fires were also burning across the West in California, where 100 mountain cabins were destroyed and 120 homes remained threatened in San Diego County, and in Alaska, Idaho and Arizona. In Arizona, a memorial service was held Tuesday in Prescott for 19 members of a Hotshot crew killed June 30 while fighting a wildfire near Yarnell north of Phoenix. Speakers included the lone surviving crew member and Vice President Joe Biden. In southern Nevada, no homes have been damaged and none of 800 firefighters has been injured battling the 31-square-mile (80-squarekilometer) Carpenter 1 fire on Mount Charleston, U.S. Forest Service spokesman Jay Nichols said. Officials said the fire was about 15 percent contained. Smoke billowing from the lightning-sparked blaze was visible for an eighth day from Las Vegas, where brown haze stretched northeast of this city of 2 million residents and fine white ash fell in communities north and west of downtown. The Clark County Department of Air Quality issued a health advisory that officials said would remain in effect through Sunday. In northern Nevada, the 25,700acre (10,400-hectare) Bison Fire straddled the Douglas and Lyon county lines near Gardnerville and Carson City. It doubled in size Monday, but stabilized Tuesday after charring an area about two-thirds the size of Washington, D.C. Containment was reported at 25 percent. One of 720 firefighters suffered a knee injury as crews battled gusty winds, low humidity and temperatures in the 90s Fahrenheit (30s Celsius), fire spokeswoman Lisa Ross said. Douglas County commissioners declared a state of emergency to enable the county to seek more state and federal assistance. Several local casino companies teamed with the American Red Cross of Southern Nevada to provide hotel rooms to evacuees, and the Nevada Restaurant Association worked with the Red Cross to provide meals for firefighters working to protect about 400 mountain homes. Cannery Casino Resorts executive Xavier Walsh said his company was willing to provide up to 40 rooms for the 10 days that fire managers say families may be displaced.
RECYCLING DAY Lifestyle destination, Resorts World Manila (RWM) holds a recycling day, as part of its Live and Love Green, program to produce recyclables from cartons, used papers, aluminum cans and plastics, to be donated to Buddhist organization Tzu Chi Foundation Philippines for conversion into clothing, thermal blankets and items for disaster relief operations. The program follows a three-pronged measure, control and improve cycle to sustain RWMs environmental advocacy through data collection, carbon footprint reduction, and project development and implementation.
Remembering Century-Old Death Valleys Record Scorcher

SAN FRANCISCO/DEATH VALLEY (dpa) Is it cause to celebrate that temperatures once reached 56.7 degrees celsius in one of the hottest places on Earth? The tourists flocking to Death Valley on Wednesday, the 100th anniversary of the record scorcher, seem to think so. And Las Vegas-based meteorologist Dan Berca will be on hand to help out. Death Valley was a furnace on July 10, 1913, when temperatures soared to 56.7 degrees. Compared to that, the 48.9 degrees expected on Wednesday, according to California weather forecasts, constitute a cold snap. Even so, it will be quite warm. ''It's like walking into a very hot and very dry oven,'' is the way Las Vegas-based meteorologist Dan Berca describes the sensation he knows all too well. Berca, who works for the National Weather Service, is one of many who will be out dishing out advice, water and general information to tourists come to mark the event by watching the mercury climb to its maximum on that day. The Death Valley Visitors Centre in Furnace Creek is on hand to offer fully air-conditioned relief. In 1913 there was as yet no national park to draw the almost one million tourists who visit annually. The weather station was sited then on the Greenland Ranch, a small farm run for the benefit of borax miners in the area. The mercury rose steadily at the time to record highs above 51.7 degrees over a period of 10 days, reaching a peak on July 10, when dry winds heated the air to ''super hot,'' as Death Valley National Park ranger Alan Van Valkenburg says. Now 54, he has been working at the park for more than 20 years. Death Valley has been the official record holder only since September 2012, when the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Geneva threw out an even higher reading recorded at Aziziya in Libya. A temperature of 58 degrees was recorded there in 1922 by an inexperienced observer using obsolete equipment, leading the WMO to set the record straight in favour of Death Valley. The record is linked to a tragedy. On that day a man and his driver were on the road in the vicinity when their car broke down. The owner died in the extreme heat, the driver was rescued in time. Fifteen people have died from the effects of the heat in the park since 1976, including an 11-year-old boy who died five days after the car he was travelling broke down in 2009. His mother only barely survived. In July 1996 a family from Germany disappeared in the desert. Their hired car was found months later with the tyres flat, and only years later were their bones found some distance away. A short walk here can spell death, Van Valkenburg warns. Recently on June 30, when the mercury hit 53.9 degrees, a hiker almost died in the dunes. The temperature was a record for the month of June.
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KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) Shares in AirAsia X rose 1.60 percent on their market debut in Malaysia Wednesday as the firms chief executive promised a spending spree on new planes to boost frequency and target more routes. The carrier was trading at 1.27 Malaysian ringgit after morning Kuala Lumpur trade, up from an initial valuation of 1.25 ringgit and far outstripping the wider market, which was up just 0.17 percent.
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LONDON (Reuters) Parcel delivery company UK Mail Group Plc. reported a 6 percent increase in firstquarter revenue, as increasingly money-minded Britons opted to shop online. However, the company said it expected the economic environment to remain challenging in the UK in the current year and pricing to remain competitive. UK Mail said underlying revenue rose 3 percent for the April 1 to June 30 period.
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Singapore Airlines Upgrades Cabins Amid Stiff Rivalry

SINGAPORE (AFP) Singapore Airlines (SIA) on Tuesday unveiled new seats and other in-flight amenities in all classes as part of a sweeping upgrade of its cabins in an attempt to stay competitive. Passengers on selected flights between Singapore and London will be the first to experience the improved seats and entertainment system, wider TV screens and other improvements, it said in a statement. SIA said it will spend nearly $150 million on improved cabin amenities on an initial eight Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The airline is battling strong competition from Asian and Middle Eastern carriers, and on the economy side from budget airlines, which have grown in number in Asia. Like other airlines its net profit has been hurt by the sluggish global economy, which has hit both passenger and cargo demand, as well as high oil prices. The investment program will be extended as the new products are introduced on Airbus A350 aircraft scheduled for delivery in the years ahead, the airline said. The airline said it worked with top global design firms to give passengers more comfort and luxury, including longer and more luxurious beds in first class and additional personal space in economy. SIA on May 30 announced it will buy 30 Airbus and 30 Boeing aircraft in an order worth more than $17 billion.
AUSTRALIA PRODUCT UPDATE SPOTLIGHTS PALS 3 NEW DESTINATIONS Philippine Airlines highlighted its three new destinations Down Under Darwin, Brisbane and Perth at the recent Australia Product Update, a major, Australia-focused seminar for local travel professionals that the flag carrier hosts biennially. It drew over 200 representatives from travel agencies and corporate accounts to the PAL Learning Center in Manila. PAL flew in executives from four major product suppliers to deliver presentations. They are (from right): Melanie Ranoa, executive director of Australian Cruise Group; Garry Burns, marketing director of Sovereign Hill Museums Association, Ballarat; Edward Kwek, regional sales director of Melbourne Convention Bureau; and Ray McIlwain, managing director of International Coaches & Tours. They are joined by PAL assistant vice president for passenger sales Antonio Herrera; Gina Gaw and George Bassil, sales director and managing director, respectively, of ATH.
Seoul To Toughen Rules On Pilots Shifting To New Jets

By MIYOUNG KIM and HYUNJOO JIN
Load Limits On Cargo Trucks Seen To Worsen Metro Traffic Jams

Extreme cargo load controls imposed on trucks will worsen motor vehicle traffic jams in Metro Manila and outlying areas in the weeks ahead, a member of Congress warned Tuesday. We expect a 25 percent increase in the number of cargo trucks on the road in Metro Manila as well as Central and Northern Luzon, on account of the new load restrictions, said LPG-MA Rep. Arnel Ty, House transportation committee member. Tys remarks came not long after the National Economic Development Authority estimated that the country incurs some P2.4 billion in daily productivity losses from traffic-related holdups. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) prescribed new truck load limits that took effect June 1. The maximum allowable gross vehicle weight of the largest 22-wheeler truck-trailer has been reduced by 25 percent, from the 55,000-60,000 kilos to just 45,000 kilos, under the new load rules. Aggravated traffic congestion is just one of the many negative effects of the new load limits, which have also unnecessarily jacked up the trucking cost of food supplies, construction materials and fuel products, said Ty, House trade and industry committee member. Ty explained that owing to the 25 percent reduction in the allowable cargo load, freight firms now have to make five trips, instead of just four, to deliver the same shipment. In effect, freight firms have to put 25 percent more trucks on the road, or increase trips by the same rate, Ty said. Agriculture Assistant Secretary Dante Delima shared Ty s concerns. Delima said the new load limits will increase the cost of freight, handling and storage, and exacerbate traffic conditions. There may not even be enough truck-trailers and containers to move all the cargo because of the additional trips required to move them all, Delima said. Delima said Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala is set to meet freight industry players on July 15 to discuss the new load cutbacks. The DPWH said the lowered truck load thresholds are meant to prolong the reliability of Luzons road network.
SEOUL (Reuters) South Korea is considering tightening regulations for pilots seeking certification to convert to flying new aircraft after the fatal crash of an Asiana Boeing 777 plane in San Francisco, a government source said on Tuesday. Asiana Airlines Inc.s chief executive also said on Tuesday the carrier plans to beef up simulated non-precision airport approach training as the role of its pilots on the crash comes under increasing scrutiny. The Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 was flying 25 percent slower than normal for a descent in the run-up to Saturdays crash, according to US National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Deborah Hersman. Lee Kang-kuk, the pilot at the controls of Asianas 214 flight to San Francisco, was training on Boeing 777s, and was making his first attempt to land the jet at San Francisco airport. His supervisor was making his first flight as a trainer. This accident made us rethink our regulations policy, the government official dealing with aviation regulations told Reuters. We are already reviewing various measures and gathering information to tighten regulations (on issuing type certification to pilots converting to a new aircraft), the source said. The person declined to be named as the
plan has yet to be finalized. The crash killed two teenage Chinese passengers and injured more than 180 other people. Seoul has tightened aviation regulations since a plane belonging to flagship carrier Korean Air crashed in Guam in 1997, killing 228 people and later prompting a downgrade of South Koreas aviation rating by the US Federal Aviation Administration to category 2. The rating was restored to Category 1 in December 2001, enabling Korean carriers to open new routes, which they were not allowed to do under the lower category. The government source said South Korea will also widen inspection to include more long-haul flights and routes to overseas airports such as San Francisco. From this year, weve started a new program that includes our inspector join(ing) the cockpit to monitor pilots operation to long-haul destinations and 13 airports with tricky landing environment such as San Francisco, the source said. San Francisco airport is surrounded by water, which can make distances harder to judge. Asiana chief executive Yoon Young-doo has refused to blame pilot error for the crash and said on Tuesday: The two pilots on the plane have enough qualifications, having flown to San Francisco 33 times and 29 times respectively.
Baltic Exchange Not Selling Baltex

The Baltic Exchange, the London-based shipping bourse, said its not holding active talks to sell Baltex, a screen-based system for trading freight derivatives. The Baltic has business relationships with a number of exchanges and clearing houses and therefore is often in dialogue with them, Jeremy Penn, the exchanges chief executive officer, said in an e-mailed statement. Such dialogue of course includes matters related to Baltex. This does not mean that there are active negotiations under way. Reuters reported earlier that the exchange received expressions of interest in Baltex from parties including the London Metal Exchange and CME Group Inc. The LME is owned by Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd., and Chicago-based CME Group owns the worlds largest derivatives market. Baltex, which handles derivatives tied to the cost of transporting cargoes including coal, iron ore and grains, lost 682,093 pounds ($1 million) in the year through March, compared with 704,166 pounds in the previous period, according to the exchanges annual report. The bourse doesnt disclose the amount of contracts traded using the system, external spokesman Ben Stack said by phone. (Bloomberg)
Pilots Tried To Correct Course Before San Francisco Airport Crash NTSB
SAN FRANCISCO (dpa) The pilots of the ill-fated Asiana Airlines flight 214 were trying to correct their course shortly before landing and assumed the planess auto-throttle would keep the planes airspeed up, lead investigator Deborah Hersman said Tuesday. All the pilots of the Korean-based airline were cooperating with the investigation, said Hersman, who heads the US National Transport Safety Board which is coordinating the probe. She said that the pilots realized when they were 500 feet (152 meters) from the ground that they were coming in off center. They were making corrections, Hersman said. They were making corrections because they knew they were low and they were making lateral corrections to line up on the center line. Hersman confirmed that the pilot who was landing the plane on Saturday had never landed a Boeing 777 before and had only 35 hours of flying time on the wide-bodied jet. The flight, which had originated in Seoul, had 307 people on board, and all but two escaped the crash scene with their lives. Nine adults and three children remain in the hospital, said Rachael Kagan, a spokeswoman for San Francisco General Hospital. Four adults and one child remain in critical condition. The pilot instructor, who was an experienced 777 pilot had just received his instructors certification, and this was the first time the two pilots had flown together, Hersman said. She said that in the interview, the instructor had told investigators that he thought that the planes autothrottle device was keeping it at the required speed. In fact the plane was going at only 106 knots when it hit the ground, instead of a minimum speed of 137 knots. The planes low approach speed has been cited as a major cause of the crash in which the plane landed short of the runway, hitting a sea wall that sheered off its undercarriage and caused the planes tail to come off. Both the training pilot and instructor had landed at San Francisco numerous times in the past, with the trainee pilot, Lee Kang-kook flying a 747 to San Francisco 29 times and the instructor landing at the airport 33 times. Two teenage girls on a summer trip from China to America died in the accident.
NTSB PROBE ON ASIANA PLANE CRASH (Reuters) National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairwoman Deborah Hersman speaks during a news conference in south San Francisco, California, July 8, 2013. The Asiana airlines plane that crashed on Saturday at San Francisco airport was traveling at 103 knots seconds before it hit the seawall in the front of the runway, far below the target speed of 137 knots, according to a flight data recorder recovered by the NTSB.
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CEC Builds Mindanaos First Eco-Friendly Building

Constellation Energy Corporation (CEC) is spreading its business interests from renewable power to green architecture by building Mindanaos first eco-friendly building in Cagayan de Oro City. CECs partnership with ItalPinas Euroasian Design and Eco-Development Corporation (ITPI) has earned both firms local and international awards for their pioneering work in the city. Constellation Energys venture into green architecture is but a natural consequence of our companys full thrust in exploring multi-technology RE projects, said CEC Chairman Jose Leviste, whose firm has RE service contracts with the Department of Energy (DOE) for several geothermal, wind and hydroelectric projects all over the country. Italian architect Romolo V. Nati, ITPI Chairman and CEO, said the firms first project, the Primavera Residences a P450-million mixed-use 10-story twin-tower condominium has eco-friendly design features, such as an inner courtyard and a cross-ventilation layout among the units to increase natural airflow and illumination. The 160-unit Primavera Residences Tower A, which was completed last year, boasts of shaded faades to reduce direct sun illumination on the windows to bring down internal temperature of each unit. The building is equipped with photovoltaic solar panels on the rooftop for renewable energy production. With ItalPinas, we put our money where our mouth is by going to great lengths to put up eco-friendly and sustainable building, said Nati, who also sits as vice chair of Constellations Energy. Atty. Jose D. Leviste III, president of ItalPinas, said Primaveras passive design elements had resulted in the reduction of 20 energy consumption in air-conditioning expense for their building residents. Due to its revolutionary naturefriendly designs, Nati and Filipino architects at ItalPinas have received a number of green architecture awards, including one of the Best Condo Developments in the Philippines at the 2011 Southeast Asia Property Awards (SEAPA) held in Singapore in November 2011; and the Special Energy Award in the 2011 Design Against the Elements (DAtE) global architectural design competition. Recently, its latest green condominium project received recognition from the Climate Technology Initiative Private Financing Advisory Network (CTI PFAN), whose funding partners include the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Set up in 2009, ItalPinas EuroAsian Design and Eco-development Corporation has partnerships with ICCP (Investment & Capital Corporation of the Philippines) Group of Companies, the leading independent investment
bank in the country and the owner of a land development estate in Northern Mindanao; Habitat for Humanity Philippines; Pueblo de Oro Development
Corporation; and FODC (First Oriental Development Corporation), a triple AAA contractor specializing in green building construction.
Sta. Lucia Unveils Orchard Towers

Sta. Lucia Land (SLI) launched its latest development: Orchard Towers, a one-hectare prime property at the corner of Amang Rodriguez Ave. and Benito Soliven Ave. in Manggahan, Pasig City. Located in the heart of Pasig City, Orchard Towers is a cluster of three residential towers, a condotel, and a commercial building. Combining nature with the best of city living, the development is enclosed in greenery, with luxurious amenities, proximity to major locators, and its own commercial center. Led by SLI president and CEO Exequiel Robles, and SLLIs exclusive marketing arm Fil Estate chairman Noel Cario, the launching event was held at the Sta. Lucia East Grand Mall. Orchard Towers joins SLIs residential condominium portfolio, housing a variety of studio (24 sqm to 28 sqm), one-bedroom (32 sqm to 52 sqm) and two-bedroom (36 sqm to 56 sqm) units to suit the needs of individuals or starting families. It is only a few minutes away from schools and universities, the LRT-2 stations and major thoroughfares, business hubs, as well as shopping and leisure destinations like the Sta. Lucia East Grand Mall, Eastwood, SM Supercenter Pasig, and SM City Marikina. The property is WiFi-ready, and is outfitted with a clubhouse with function rooms, pools, and a fitness center, as well as a commercial building with a range of retail and dining options. It is also equipped with 24-hour security and CCTV cameras.
CROSS ventilation layout increases air circulation.
LED by SLI president and CEO Exequiel Robles (7th from left), SLI unveils Orchard Towers, from left: David de la Cruz, EVP and CFO of SLI; Boots Aquino, President of Fil Estate Realty Corp.; Nestor Yap, president of Fil Estate Realty Sales Associates, Inc.; Conception Paz, president of Fil Estate Sales Inc.; Orestes Santos, director of SLI; Vicente Santos, chairman of SLI; and Noel Toti Cario, Chairman of the Board of Fil Estate Realty Corp.
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Ascott Set To Manage Somerset Alabang Manila

CapitaLands wholly-owned serviced residence business unit, The Ascott Limited (Ascott), has increased its presence in the Philippines by securing a contract to manage a serviced residence in Alabang, a major business district in Metro Manila, Philippines. The 150-unit Somerset Alabang Manila is slated to open in 2017. It will reinforce Ascotts position as the largest international serviced residence owner-operator in the Philippines with more than 1,400 apartment units across eight properties. We see immense potential for Ascott in the Philippines as the country continues to enjoy strong economic growth and to attract foreign direct investment. In 2012, foreign direct investment into the Philippines grew by almost 10 percent over 2011. The Philippines credit rating upgrade to investment grade by Fitch and Standard & Poors will spur further growth, said Arthur Gindap, Ascotts Regional General Manager for the Philippines and Thailand. He added: Ascott already has a strong foothold in Makati City, the countrys primary financial center, with three operating properties. Hence, we are actively expanding in other business districts where foreign direct investment has generated robust demand for serviced residences. With Somerset Alabang Manila, the company is positioned to cater to expatriates and business travellers from the business process outsourcing, call center, engineering and construction companies in the Alabang district. The new property will also allow it to tap on the growing demand from the manufacturing and electronics industries in the economic zones of Laguna, Cavite and Batangas. The contract was awarded by LBL Prime Properties Inc., a land owner and developer with extensive experience in serving the commercial, hospitality, logistics and manufacturing industries in Asia. Somerset Alabang Manila has a prime location within the fast developing Filinvest City, an integrated development comprising office, retail, residential and leisure compo nents. The serviced residence is close to the corporate offices of multinational corporations such as Shell, HSBC, Verizon and Fluor Daniel. Situated right off the exit of the South Luzon Expressway, Somerset Alabang Manila is just a 25-minute drive away from the airport and is easily accessible from the industrial parks in Laguna, Cavite and Batangas. Guests will get to enjoy a range of amenities near the property, including restaurants, shopping malls, supermarkets, sports and recreational venues and even a hospital with a lifestyle medical center. Somerset Alabang Manila will offer spacious studio, one- to threebedroom residences and penthouse units. The comprehensive facilities at
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the serviced residence include an outdoor swimming pool, gymnasium, residents lounge, childrens playroom, meeting rooms and business center. Ascott is also set to open Ascott Bonifacio Global City Manila and Citadines Salcedo Makati in 2014 and Citadines Millennium Ortigas Manila in 2015.
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Widus Resort and Casino redefines dining in Pampanga
Leisure Pleasures
Baked Mussels with Bacon and Cheese
Salad Nicosia
Grilled Rosemary Chicken with Red Wine Gravy on Mashed Potatoes
Text by MAAN DASIS PAMARAN Photos by NOEL PABALATE
apampangan food is at the topmost of the list when good Filipino cuisine is discussed. Manyaman is the Pampango term that means delicious, and it best de-
scribes the tasty local offerings that one can avail of when on a native food trip. But Pampanga is also known for the Clark Air Base Development, where structures and land abandoned by the American troops have been transformed into leisure destinations for both locals and for international tourists who can now conveniently drop in via the Clark airport. One of the new developments in
that area is the 5-star Widus Resort and Casino, a sprawling complex that houses a hotel, gaming area and a convention center. At the moment, the hotel boasts of three exquisite F&B outlets that are worth trying when you are in the area: the Salt Restaurant, Prism Bar, and the Widus Coffee Shop. All three offer leisurely dining pleasures for local and international palates. General manager Alfred Reyes
explains that they have many foreign visitors, mostly Koreans, coming over to enjoy what the Philippines has to offer, and they keep this in mind with the food selections on their menu. This is most noticeable on the breakfast buffet, with Continental cuisine and Filipino favorites mingling with Korean staples. Here, you will find their freshly baked breads and rolls, cereals, omelettes and congee, plus gleam-
ing trays of Korean fare such as Kimbap (Korean Sushi rolls), Jeyuk Bokkeum (stir fry), and Chicken Tanseok. Breakfast offerings may vary, too, according to Reyes, taking into account the nationalities who have booked their stay in the hotel. Yes, that is how flexible they are in their desire to cater to customer needs.
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Manila Hotel announces Halal certification, offerings for Eid Al Fitr
In observance of Ramadan and the upcoming Eid Al Fitr Festival, the Manila Hotel offers guests a unique experience at The Grande Dame in accordance with Muslim tradition. In cooperation with the Department of Tourism and select tour operators, guests can avail of a special room package until the end of August 2013. Guests will be able to reflect in the historic halls of the Manila Hotel with designated prayers areas inside their rooms towards the direction of the Holy City of Mecca. The Manila Hotel is also proud to announce that its Halal Certification was recently renewed guaranteeing guests dining at the famed Caf IlangIlang delicious and satisfying dishes prepared according to Islamic dietary standards. The Grande Dame is the firstDeluxe Hotel in the Philippines to be Halal-compliant in 2010 and Halal-certified in 2012. The Grande Dame invites guests to spend the solemn holiday in its. For more information, contact the Manila Hotel via 527 0011 local 1381.
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Recent Wine Notes

Pleasures of the Table
GENE GONZALEZ
ere are some notes from my recent wine tasting; some may be quite interesting and may be worth the extra mile or effort in purchasing.
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July just got better! Extend your summer and try InterContinental Manilas New Zealand ice cream menu available at Caf Jeepney, Gambrinus Bar and Sol y Sombra from July 15 to 31, 2013.New Zealand is known as one of the worlds best producers of dairy products.
Among the must-try choices are Strawberry Cheesecake, Caf Espresso, Walnut Butterscotch and many more. These creations are made from the highest quality natural ingredients from New Zealand and 100% pure fresh milk. Best of all, it is nutritiously rich in protein, calcium and vitamins.For more information or reservations, call 793 7000.
Musica en El Camino Tempranillo 2009 rioja intense purple color, red fruit aromas, with spicy minty notes; red cherries and plums with some vanilla and toasty characters; soft and ready for drinking Vallformosa Moscatel Boquet dor excellent dessert wine; good also for blue cheese, orange marmalade, honey and light caramel or burnt sugar notes Pedro Ximenez Triana Bodegas Hidalgo made from sundried Pedro Ximenez grapes and aged in American oak for a creamy profile reminiscent of dates, figs, with raisins and dried plum aromas; excellent over ice cream PX Nectar Gonzalez Byass another favorite sweet sherry of mine; deep, dark, with flavors of raw sugar, figs, dates, cinnamon aroma Vallformosa Clasic Brut Rose good fizz and mousse with citrus and custard aromas; a little short on the palate, works as an aperitif Vallformosa Musa medium dry, not too sweet, excellent aperitif; custard and light stone fruit flavors and aromas on this sparkling wine; works well also with creamy desserts or with custard Valdobbiadene Prosecco Supe-
Wines sampled
riore Terra Serena fine mousse, excellent as aperitif and first course; custard and stone fruit aromas with flavors of citrus and tart, lansones and gooseberries Cellierdes Princes Gigondas 2009 red fruits on the nose, earth plum dark chocolate vanilla on the palate; soft with a light finish of liquorice; one of the better value Rhones I have seen now in the market Marietta Albario 2012 by Martin Codax a fresh lively white wine which is not totally dry; reminiscent of stone fruit and citrus; has familiar flavors of lansones and rambutan Beronia Gran Reserva 2009 big, soft, totally ready for drinking; so silky on the palate with plums and black fruit flavors and aromas on the onslaught Luis Felipe Edwards Late Harvest 2009 Viognier Sauvignon
Blanc caramel, toffee, honey with dried apricot notes; wonderful with desserts, fruits or light chocolate; great with foie gras Luis Felipe Edwards Sauvignon Blanc Gran Reserva spicy, powerful white with aromas of tropical fruit, white and black pepper; noticeable green capsicum flavors; lends itself well to grilled seafood or sea products cooked in creamy sauces Luis Felipe Edwards 900 powerful, robust with red maraschino, amaretto dark ripe cherry and sarsaparilla characters; made for keeping and collecting Doa Bonarda LFE spicy, peppery, dark fruit character made with petite syrah; big, robust characters made for further keeping and collecting You can email me at chefgenegonzalez@yahoo.com or follow me at instagram-chefgenegonzalez.
Leisure Pleasures...
Lunch and Dinner are served ala carte, and the tasteful choices definitely make for fine dining. Among the must-haves are the creamy, hearty Seafood Chowder, Mussels Baked with Bacon and Cheese and a delightful Grilled Rosemary Chicken drizzled with red wine gravy and served with one of the best mashed potatoes we have had in a long time. Another exquisite appetizer treat is the crisp Caesar Salad served imaginatively with a crunchy parmesan cheese wafer. Meat lovers should definitely go for the steak, and forego that Pinoy affinity for having it well-done. Medium rare is the way to go for this meaty treat, as the juices and flavors are coddled in a cut that is served butter-tender. Their steaks are so good, that there are plans to put up a Steak House on top of the casino structure in the near future, to highlight this culinary delight served the Widus way. Reyes says an Executive Lunch package at Salt is underway, where, starting July 15, diners can avail of unlimited salad and soup and coffee and tea together with a main course and dessert for only P499. Nightlife comes alive, as aside from the 24-hour casino, there is also the Prism bar with an offering that can literally light up the night. The Prism Cocktail Madness drinks come with LED cubes that glow and
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Fruit Tart
Ube Ensaymada
Widus Signature Steak
Executive Sous Chef Al Pongyan
flash as you down the refreshing alcoholic drinks made from fruit juice mixes and spirits. Whats more, these cubes can become your own, as you can take them home after-
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The Glow-in-the Dark Prism Cocktail Madness
wards. Bar chow is also served by the ever-friendly attendants, and a show band is always ready to take on requests or even appeals for duets. Pasalubong fare for loved ones can be found at the Coffee Shop, where their excellent pastry chef prepares fresh bread and cakes, including an uber-soft and cheesy Ube Ensaymada (which Reyes reveals to be a bestseller) and full-to-the-brim Cream Puffs that are sure to satisfy even the most discriminating sweet tooth. Widus Resort and Casino is located at 5400 Manuel A. Roxas Highway, Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga. Their Manila office is located at Unit 2311 Cityland Herrera Tower, 98 V.A. Rufino corner Valero St., Salcedo Village, Makati City with Telephone Number 8401430. To appreciate their ultra comfortable accommodations and varied amenities, visit www. widus.com.
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American Food From Seas To Shining Seas

Chef Konrad Walter announced the menu: Cobb Salad, Manhattan Clam Chowder, Smoked Seattle Beef Ribs, Louisiana Prawn Gumbo, Roast Turkey and Maryland Crabcakes. The rest of the Ilang Ilang buffet carried the motif. The Japanese station flaunted the appropriately named American invention California Maki; Roast Duck was the star Chinese offering; Kimchi and Bulgogi heated up the Korean corner. All these dishes are now considered regular items on an American dinner plate. A HOLLYWOOD INVENTION From numerous accounts, one learns that Cobb Salad was first served in the 1930s by restaurant manager Bob Cobb of the famous Brown Derby restaurant in Hollywood, California. It is a salad thats a meal by itself; it contains diced chicken, tomatoes, lettuce, celery, bacon, hardboiled egg, cheese, chives and blue cheese. A light dressing blends the flavors. Avocado is often incorporated when the fruit is in season. Cobb Salad looks like the grandmother of all chopped salads that are sweeping across the length and breadth of salad buffets around the world. Chef Konrad Walters choice was perfect for Manilas weather and the enjoyment of the buffet spread which makes people forget about dieting; a heavy soup would have been too filling. The steam wafting from the soup bowl took me back to San Franciscos Cioppino, a seafood stew of Italian origin thats a musthave for visitors of the citys Fishermans Wharf. Not surprising, considering the large Italian community in the Big Apple.
D E C O N Coast to coast delights: Seattle Smoked Ribs, Maryland Crabcakes and Louisiana Prawn Gumbo STRUCTED GUMBO --- LegCOAST-TO-COAST It was quite September of 1982. Gumbo was the ends and folklore are woven around a challenge for the Manila Hotels envery familiar to Filipinos, as we all featured soup when I shared a lunch Gumbo, a Louisiana concoction that tire kitchen staff, beginning with the love alimasag (swimming blue crab) table with then San Juan Mayor Jotraces its roots to Africa and the Cajun preparation of a menu incorporating and enjoy them relyeno (stuffed) seph Estrada. people. the most famous and representative style. Erap was still beaming with pride; One of the stories tells of Africans, dishes from East to West. The Manila Hotel stuck to the orighe had been introduced by President kidnapped to become slaves in the MANHATTAN VERSUS BOSThe other major consideration was inal recipe from the US Northeast, usFerdinand Marcos to President RonNew World, concealing seeds of okra TON Among the culinary worlds for the dishes to blend harmoniously ing very little flour and breadcrumbs ald Reagan, a former movie actor, at in their thick hair and planting these raging debates is the one between with the entire lunch and dinner buffet to hold the crabmeat together. A the White House. A few members of in their new world. devotees of Clam Chowder in the at the Caf Ilang Ilangs savory food homemade sauce accented the fresh the party kidded about the possibility My own Gumbo memories include styles of Manhattan and Boston. stations: Italian, Seafood and Salad, crabmeats sweetness. that the Philippines, too, could have a lunch at Crawdaddy Restaurant The Manila Hotel chose to present Grills and Roasts, Filipino, Chinese, a former actor at the Presidential on the ground floor of the famous the light, tomato-enhanced ManhatThai, Korean, Indian-Mediterranean SEATTLE BEEF RIBS Beef palace. Little did they know what the Roosevelt Hotel in New York, where tan Clam Chowder instead of the and Japanese. ribs take longer to cook than pork ribs. future held. Filipino journalists stayed while covcream-laced version from Boston After a long and serious delibMuch, much longer. Last week, the Manila Hotel ering the Marcos U.S. State Visit in thats thickened by diced potatoes. eration, Manila Hotel Executive First, the ribs are marinated presented an updated overnight in herbs, spices and an version, what TV celebalcoholic beverage: beer, wine, apple rity chefs call deconcider or whatever is available. Then structed or modernized. the ribs are browned (on a steel Instead of all the ingrediplate or a very hot oven) before being ents simmered together braised (stewed) for several hours in into a murky but tasty a covered heavy pot in an oven or on stew, they were cooked a stove. individually and reunited Once tender, the ribs are cooled, then sliced to separate the ribs indion the plate. Thus, the vidually before a trip to the barbecue giant peeled prawns regrill or a smoker. Another option is tained all the sea-freshto smoke the whole rack of ribs, cool ness and flavor while the them, then slice into individual ribs okra, onions, celery and and drench with sauce. Either way, it peppers stayed crisp. takes many hours of attention. For feedback and comments, MARYLAND CRABCobb Salad, first served in Hollywoods Brown Derby email to: solvanzi2000@yahoo.com. CAKES This would be Only the freshest seafood from the Japanese open kitchen Restaurant in the 1930s
fter countless decades of being ignored, American cuisine is finally receiving the recognition it has long deserved, thanks to millions who brought their homelands culture, arts and cuisine to the Land of Promise. Today, the first and biggest country in the world built by immigrants is hailed as home of the most exciting and innovative dishes produced by first, second and third generation Americans whose cooking reflects influences from all over the world. And what better way to celebrate July 4, American Independence Day, than to indulge in the best and most famous American dishes? The Manila Hotels Ilang Ilang coffee shop did just that, and what a memorable feast it was!
Eurotel embodies the concept of Grecian generosity through Filipino Hospitality

Text by Nickky de Guzman Photos by Noel Pabalate
enia is a Greek word that means hospitality. This traditional Greek concept of generosity creates an amicable relationship between the host and the guest. The hosts express rituals of kindness such as giving foods, shelter, and gifts to the guests who often are from a faraway land. Its been said that Greek God Zeus embodies this tradition. The concept of hospitality is not alien in the Philippines. In fact, Filipinos are known as one of the most hospitable, warm, and charitable people in the world. And this concept of hospitality is what the countrys budget businessmans hotel, Eurotel, has been trying to embody since 2006. The concept of Xenia comes from the hospitality of Greece, which our hotels want to symbolize. It started with a vision of having a place to stay for people where business and pleasure blends well without having to spend so much, Eurotel Managing Director William Go said. As a generous host, Eurotel does not want its guests to feel shortchanged, which is a perfect byword of Xenia. This budget hotel offers relatively cheaper accommodation but with efficient services. Its branches across the country want its customers to feel comfortable and safe while on vacation or in business.
Loyalty awardees with Managing Director William Go and Sector Head Cesar Canabal
Branch of the Year: Eurotel Makati
Miles Bernardino of Eurotel Araneta bags the Manager of the year award; Nector Naringahon of Eurotel North Edsa Branch wins Officer of the year award; Marvin Ramos of Eurotel Araneta Center branch wins Employee of the year award; Ignacio Gimenez, member of the board of directors of Eurotel.
Just recently, Eurotel celebrated its 7th Xenian Awards, which aimed to acknowledge the hard work of its employees and express gratitude to its loyal partners. Company partners and office workers were likewise treated to a night of Grecian food and music extravaganza. The chosen winners received Loyalty Awards, Employee of the Year, Officer of the Year, Most Outstanding Officer, Most Outstanding Manager, and Branch of the Year, among others. Eurotels extensive room types (Stu-
dio, Standard, Euro Suite, Euro Suite Twin) have unlimited wi-fi access, cable TV, hot/cold shower, and Queen-sized bed. The other essential amenities include in-house spa center, bar and bistro, and function rooms. It has branches in Araneta, Cubao, Pedro Gil, Las Pias, Makati, North Edsa, Baguio, and Angeles Pampanga. A branch in Boracay will open soon. For more details, visit www.eurotelhotel.com
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GMA-7!). Later, I was given a semi-regular segment on Eat Bulaga (ang role ko lang ay taga-okray ng mga dancers!) and became a host of the now defunct talk show Tweetbiz on QTV . I was even given a special feature on Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho that I would never forget (in fairness, big time treatment nun with matching surprise na Jaclyn Jose sa segment dahil ginagaya ko yun sa radio show!). Of course, a highlight of my journey was when The Radio Partners, Inc. put up their very first masa station, WOW! FM, and invited me to be one of the pioneer DJs (my boldest move so far!). While I am thankful to WOW! FM for the great opportunities they have given me, its just time to move on (no burning of bridges pa rin siyempre!). Returning to 106.7 Energy FM where I first introduced my tagline may ganon, and title Ang tagabulabog ng buong universe means greater responsibility and brighter opportunities (and siyempre, more blessings! Alam na!). At this point in my professional life, I still say that first and foremost, Im a radio DJ. I may be seen on television and read on the paper but being a radio DJ is a priority (pero di ako tumatanggi sa mga projects ha! Game ako!). Thank you to the listeners who follow me wherever I go (stalker ang peg?!), and those who have made my radio show a daily habit (spread the word, para dumami ang kulto! Kulto?!). Starting July 16, Tuesday, Ang tagabulabog ng buong universe will be heard on 106.7 Energy FM, same time slot (8 a.m. to 11 a.m.). Expect the shows unique brand of comedy, this time energyzed (para sa inyong lahat, Pangga! May ganon?!).
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Return To 106.7 Energy FM

WTFu! (What The Fu!) MR. FU
y parents have taught me to not burn bridges (in fairness, nakinig naman ako ). Thats why when I left Energy FM three years ago for WOW! FM, I made sure that even if I caused them pain with my departure (naintindihan naman nila kung bakit), I did not forget the friendship we established. I also continued to communicate with them (alam niyo naman ako, laging feeling close!). Many challenges, lessons and learnings later, I now find myself back to where my radio career started, 106.7 Energy FM, Wag mo sabihing radyo, sabihin mo Energy! (Ang tagal kong di sinabi ang tagline na yan!). I never imagined that I would be a radio DJ (akala ko kasi magiging lawyer-beauty queen ako ! Chos !). I really wanted to be a newscaster thats why I stayed with RPN-9 for almost eight years as a TV police reporter. The universe had other plans for me, though (nakapagbrainstorm na pala for me!). When I accepted the invitation from Energy FM, all I was thinking was the additional money (kailangan lang ng raket) but that decision would lead to a life-changing career that opened doors for me (minsan pa nga bintana at bubong ha!). As a full-time radio DJ on Energy FM, more opportunities came my way. I would get invitations to join TV game shows with fellow DJs (as in , ni-raket namin lahat ng game shows sa ABS- CBN at
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS
Opening across the Philippines in July 11 in IMAX 3D, Digital 3D, 2D and regular theaters, Pacific Rim will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
RIM
PACIFIC
MAGIC STAR MALL

Tarlac City
1 1
-G -R13 -G
2 3
despicable me 2 MAN OF STELL
VAMPIRE SUCK -PG13
THE HEAT
-G
monster university
-R16
pacific rim
4 SISTERS AND A WEDDING - PG13 DESPICABLE ME - 2 - PG13

- PG13
MY LADY BOSS
-PG13 -PG13
four sisiters and a wedding WHITE HOUSE DOWN// THE BLING RING -R13
-G -PG13
WHITE HOUSE DOWN
worl war z
despicable me 2
(NOTICE TO MOVIEGOERS:The schedules of showing are subject to change without prior notice. Sometimes a movie is pulled out earlier than its stipulated days of showing due to sudden change in exhibition contract or poor performance at the boxoffice. The following schedules are provided us in advance by exhibitors. You may call the theaters for confirmation.)
hen legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanitys resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi) who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankinds last hope against the mounting apocalypse.
despicable me
world war z
7:20, 10:00 11:45, 2:15, 4:45
pacific rim
12:00, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00
-GP//PG-13
PACIFIC RIM in 2D EIGA SAI PACIFIC RIM WHITE HOUSE DOWN BEFORE MIDNIGHT
PACIFIC RIM PACIFIC RIM 2D DESPICABLE ME - 2
WORLD WAR Z MONSTERS UNIVERSITY WHITE HOUSE DOWN MAN OF STEEL BEFORE NIDNIGHT MY LADY BOSS PACIFIC RIM DESPICABLE ME - 2 PACIFIC RIM MY LADY BOSS
pacific rim 2d
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11:40, 2:30, 5:20
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despicable me
12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30
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MONSTERS UNIVERSITY
BEFORE MIDNIGHT DESPICABLE ME - 2 in 2D PACIFIC RIM
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4 SISTERS AND A WEDDING
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Aug 2,3 Aug 9
July 12 July 13,16 July 17 July 20 July 25
BB Gandang Hari & John Sweet Lapus Mark Bautista
Sun Cel Battle of the Bands Timmy Pavino Quatro Quantos
8:00 PM 8:00 PM 8:00 PM
Mitch Valdes Wow Pare Private Party Pilita Corrales Candy Pangilinan Guadings
8:00 PM 8:00 PM
8:30 PM 8:30 PM 8:30 PM 8:30 PM 8:30 PM
BEFORE NIDNIGHT in 2D DESPICABLE ME - 2 PACIFIC RIM WHITE HOUSE DOWN PACIFIC RIM DESPICEBLE ME - 2 PACIFIC RIM WORLD WAR Z RESERVED RESERVED RESERVED PACIFIC RIM PACIFIC RIM
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (Digital)/*THE BLING RING (Digital) G/*R-16 WHITE HOUSE DOWN (Digital) PG DESPICABLE ME 2 (Digital) - G DESPICABLE ME 2 (Digital) - G DESPICABLE ME 2 (in 3D) - G DESPICABLE ME 2 (Digital) - G
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PACIFIC RIM PACIFIC RIM WORLD WAR Z DESPICABLE ME - 2
MY LADY BOSS WORLD WAR Z RESERVE RESERVE RESERVED RESERVED RESERVED RESERVED MAN OF STEEL s/ WORLD WAR Z 4 SISTER AND A WEDDING / MAY LADY BOSS RESERVED
4 SISTERS AND A WEDDING MY LADY BOSS RESERVED RESERVED
PACIFIC RIM BEFORE MIDNIGHT WHITE HOUSE DOWN DESPICABLE ME 2 WORLD WAR Z
DESPICABLE ME - 2 WHITE HOUSE DOWN
PACIFIC RIM BEFORE MIDNIGHT s/ PACIFIC RIM in 2D 4 SISTERS AND A WEDDING s/ WHITE HOUSE DOWN DESPICABLE ME - 2
PACIFIC RIM
CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED WHITE HOUES DOWN DESPICABLE ME - 2 PACIFIC RIM PACIFIC RIM DESPICABLE ME - 2 / WHITE HOUSE DOWN 4 SISTERS AND A WEDDING
PACIFIC RIM
PACIFIC RIM DESPICABLE ME - 2 s/ WHITE HOUSE DAON
WHITE HOUSE DOWN s/ DESPICABLE ME - 2 4 SISTERS AND A WEDDING DESOICABLE ME PACIFIC RIM WHITE HOUSE DOWN MY LADY BOSS 4 SISTERS AND A WEDDING / MY LADY BOSS
PACIFIC RIM WHITE HOUSE DOWN DESPICABLE ME 2
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Avril Lavigne Marries; Wears Black Lhuillier Gown

By JECELYN V. MACAHINDOG
hen singersongwriter Avril Lavigne exchanged I dos with Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger last week, it was a Goth-themed wedding where she wore a black gown made by Cebu native
fashion designer Monique Lhuillier. Lhuillier, who has dressed up other big-name celebrities on their weddings, among them P!nk, Reese Witherspoon and Carrie Underwood, posted on her companys Facebook page on Monday, photos of Avril wearing her creation as published on HELLO! magazines Canada edition. The Los Angeles-based designer also shared some of Avril and her grooms wedding photos with her groom (as shown on HELLO! Cana-
Avril Lavigne
das cover) and father John walking her down the aisle. Apart from the black gown, Avril held a bouquet of black roses and wore dark eye makeup on her wedding day. Avril and Chad wed in Frances 14th century Chteau de la Napoule on July 1. This was confirmed by the Canadian pop-rock star herself. Im so excited to tell you the rumors are true Chad and I got married yesterday! Avril posted on her Facebook page and Twitter (@AvrilLavigne), July 2. Its the second wedding for the Sk8ter Boi singer. The three-time Philippine visitor was married to Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley but divorced in 2009.
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CANCER (June 21-July 20) Remember that there is no chance of your having your own way in all things. You do not need to know everything in order to know something, so do not let yourself be daunted by how much there is to know. You will finally make progress with a matter that is of great importance to you. LEO (July 21-Aug. 20) You will be rather slow on the uptake; make doubly sure your facts are right and up to date. There are some setbacks, but there is no need to become altogether discouraged. There is envy and petty rivalry in your field. Do your best to cope up with it; there is no point in glossing over it. VIRGO (Aug 21-Sept. 22) If you hesitate it may well be too late, but deciding to act on the spur of the moment is just as dangerous. Time is rushing by so do make sure you do not squander any of it. Avoid getting things out of order or out of sequence. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You would do well to show a little more care and attention where your close friends are concerned. You will be better able to accommodate a few changes that have to be made and will have good cause to be pleased about. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 22) Control yourself and try to cut down on engagement, unless they are really urgent. Do not allow some small unresolved issue to get in the way of a harmonious relationship. Think of problems of those close to you as well as your own. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 20) Look carefully where you are going as there are some hard to see obstacles. If you keep calm and wait until the right moment, you will mostly be able to prevail. Do not hesitate to consult a professional advisor if you do not think your own knowledge is adequate. CAPRICORN (Dec. 21-Jan. 19) You will feel a little at odds with yourself but if you make a special effort you can rapidly overcome the feeling. Do not allow yourself to be swayed by considerations that are not of primary importance. Your ability to look on the positive side will stand you in very good stead. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) You will face a formidable challenge and will need all your resources to meet it. However, you have the advantage of determination. You may not be treated as well as you deserve, but do not allow that to make you spiteful or resentful. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) There will be some inconveniences but the benefits will make them worth the trouble. You are inclined to overlook certain obvious signs, but now you know about this tendency it will be easier to control it. Soon, you will finally be able to make progress with a matter that is very important to you. ARIES (March 21-April 20) This is a good time to press far head with your plans. You will have greater freedom of action and more than enough energy to accomplish a lot today. You may launch a personal project or initiative and can depend on good cooperation and support. TAURUS (April 21-May 20) Try not to have too exalted an opinion of yourself; you have just as many faults as do others. Seek to keep away for awhile from something that will require some tolerance on your part. Try to be a little more patient and you will be able to avoid a certain amount of unpleasantness. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Do not be so set on the familiar that you cannot appreciate what is new. What you have been doing in a particular manner will no longer be adequate. Make a change, not on the spur of the moment but consider it carefully. You will be able to deal with a complicated situation.
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ts girls versus the boys on todays episode. Keanna Reeves represents the girls, while Kenneth Stern from the Philippine Volcanoes defends the boys, in a great gender debate. Keanna spices up your evenings with her charming wit in the Mars Kitchen as she cooks nilagang buto-buto.
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Will Vincent Reveal His Real Identity To Lally
Meanwhile, Kenneth inspires Camille and Suzi to man up as they try doing football drills. And the sweating does not stop there! Because right after that, the guests and the hosts shed off more calories in a cardio martial arts demo. MARS airs weeknights at 6 on GNTV.
o prove his love for Eric, Vincent decides to tell the truth that he is gay to wife Lally. However, he will be hindered to do so because Hannah is sick. In the belief that Vincent will do what he has promised, Eric will tell Danny that he is not available anymore. His love for Vincent remains strong despite Dannys
disapproval. Meanwhile, Lally will ask Vincent what is the important thing he was supposed to tell her. Is this the right time to reveal his dark secret? MY HUSBANDS LOVER airs weeknights after Mundo Moy Akin on GMA Telebabad.
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Jessy who said I grew up watching Maria Mercedes and I still cant believe that Ill actually become the Pinay version of the character loved by many Filipinos. She may be popular now, but fame didnt come easy for Jessy. She was 14 when she and her sister joined a workshop under Star Magic in 2007. Among the workshoppers then, it was only Jessy who caught the eyes of starmaker Johnny Mr. M Manahan. I can still remember Mr. M asking me Gusto mo bang mag-artista? The clueless me back then answered, Is it okay if pag-isipan ko po muna? Can you give me three days? After discussing the matter with her mom and siblings, Jessy signed up with Star Magic, the countrys most prestigious artist management arm. But she did not say yes to Mr. Ms offer because she wanted to be an actress, but rather because she felt the need to be the familys breadwinner. Life wasnt easy for us especially before I entered showbiz. I grew up without a dad and its only my mom who was working to support our needs. Ive experienced very tough times. I have experienced not having much. I even experienced eating instant noodles for dinner for many days, she shared. Jessy was born in Dubai to a British-Lebanese dad and a Filipino mom. She moved to the Philippines when her mom decided to start anew here. Growing up apart from her dad, Jessy saw her mom as both a mom and a dad to her and two siblings. My mom has been working hard all her life. Thats why it was very easy for me to take a stand and unburden her of the responsibility of providing for our family, she explained. From being a simple high school student, Jessys life turned 360 degrees when she entered showbiz and began acting on television. Like any other rising star, she went through a series of workshops and did minor roles on various ABS-CBN programs. She waited long hours on the set, with only minimal speaking lines. Slowly, the reluctant
Life Was Tough For Jessy Mendiola Before Showbiz

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essy Mendiola has gotten herself another good and challenging project via Maria Mercedes, ABS-CBNs forthcoming teleserye based on the Spanish hit telenovela of the same title that starred Mexican superstar Thalia. It is a dream role for
NOEL CABANGON star began to embrace her newfound passion, acting. I have learned to love my craft and it motivated me to do better. I am working not only to provide for my family, but because I have started to enjoy acting. I realized that I really want to become a good actress, Jessy revealed. She finally got her break in 2010, when she was launched in her first title role as Sabel, a show that marked the beginning of her reign as ABS-CBNs next Teleserye Princess. She has also become one of the countrys favorite cover girls after being featured on the covers of top glossy magazines such as Metro, Chalk, Mens Health, Meg and Preview. She has also proven to be a sought after product endorser after brands Head & Shoulders, Myra E, Boardwalk, Bench and McDonalds tapped her to be their image model. Richard Merk, Noel Cabangon In Sulit Richard Merk and Noel Cabangon will take center stage in a show titled, Sulit today, at 7 p.m. at Merks Place, Arnaiz Ave., Makati City with the talented Pat Castillo and Lolita Carbon as special guests. Fresh from his Birds In Flight show in Bacolod City, Richard Merk is busy with corporate shows and a weekly TV show on Studio 23, Thumbs Up. It airs Saturdays at 9 a.m. and also shown on The Filipino Channel (TFC). Richard Merk also
RICHARD MERK has a weekly radio show aired over Energy FM every Saturday, 4 to 6 p.m. Noel Cabangon released recently his sixth solo album titled Byahe. It is an album featuring his renditions of OPM (Original Pilipino Music) classics from the 70s and 80s. Byahe in English means journey. Noel grew up with most of the songs in the album which were also written by the most prolific songwriters in the Philippines, Kay Ganda Ng Ating Musika by Ryan Cayabyab, Pinay by Florante, Kahit Maputi Na Ang Buhok Ko by Rey Valera and many more. Noels life has also been a musical journey since he started as a folk singer in the 80s. JAM Levels Up Safety For Students JAM, one of the top bus operators from Manila to the university-
rich Southern Tagalog region, and endorsed by The Dawn, announced heightened safety measures in time for school opening. The popular bus company highlighted its onboard, state-of-the-art Global Positioning System (GPS) that monitors not just real time locations of its buses but also their speed. More, JAM recently signed an exclusive contract with Bridgestone Tires for the exclusive provision of new tires for all JAM buses, as well as their tire maintenance and service needs. The agreement will not only further ensure worry-free travel to JAMs various destinations but also result in greater fuel efficiency, lowering the bus lines carbon footprint. Students can also keep track of their transport expenses easily, thanks to a new electronic ticketing system, which summarizes trip destinations and costs. Frequent passengers can also benefit from the Jammers Club, which gives exciting collectible items and gift certificates from Jollibee to Stopover through its redemption program. The first round of goodies will be up for grabs from June 15 to Aug. 31. Check out jam.com.ph for the mecahanics and more news. Tidbits: Happy b-day greetings today, July 11, go to cooking expert Sylvia Reynoso-Gala, jeweler Jul Dizon, LA-based Jerry Hunter, Baby Monroy, Meynard Pealosa, Eliseo Aurelio Jr., Beer Flores, Rowell Renosa, Erik De Venecia, Edicio de la Torre, Charmaine Gail A. Pagente, Johnna Mae S. Magbanua, Oliver Teves, Bex Vinaviles, Hanna Flores and entertainment columnist Mercy Lejarde...
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MA Networks GMA News TV International strengthens its commitment to bring the latest news from home to the growing number of Filipinos abroad. Complementing the channels flagship newscast State of the Nation with Jessica Soho, which recently won a Silver Screen Award from the esteemed US International Film and Video Festival, are several news programs focused on local news: Balitang Amianan, anchored by veteran journalist and former radio commentator CJ Torida, is broadcast news from Northern Luzon straight from Dagupan.
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Balitang Bisdak, co-anchored by tri-media personality Bobby Super Bob Nalzaro and women/childrens rights and media advocate Atty. Rose Versoza, carried the latest local news from the Visayas Region. Testigo, anchored by former national correspondent Tek Ocampo together with hard-hitting commentator Jun Digamon, delivers the freshest and most relevant news from Davao City and other key areas in Southern Mindanao. The three news programs are now available via GMA News TV International in Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Guam, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Canada.
BAYANIHAN female performing artists (from left) Petra Elepano, Charisse Cabrera, choreographer and Dance Director Ferdinand Jose; Music Director, Lito Vale Cruz; Pam Corales and Janice Albores, with their Turkish guides
By MICHAEL JOE T. DELIZO
ayanihan, the National Dance Company of the Philippines, has won the Golden Bridge Award at the 14th Bykekmece World Dance Festival held recently in Istanbul, Turkey. The Philippine team, consisting of only eight dancers, four musicians and two directors, bested 20 other participants from different countries. Their 20-minute winning performance showcased local folk dances, namely Tinikling, Maglalatik, Subli, among others.
The juries were fascinated by the diversity of Filipino dancers. According to the three members of the jury who contacted me, they said Your performance was so full of energy, and they said it was awesome They had a sense of theater and filled the whole stage with energy. The diverse culture shown in the dancers was very, very interesting, Bayanihan Executive Director Suzie Benitez told Bulletin Entertainment in a phone interview. This is the second time Bayanihan has nabbed the grand prize in Bykekmece after their victory six years ago. In total, the countrys acclaimed Dance Theater has won
seven championship titles in different international competitions from 2007. The Bayanihan made a lot of hard work, a lot of sacrifices to bring the story of the Philippines to the world despite limited time to prepare for the competition due to their consecutive performances in Italy, Hungary and Belgium last month. We would like to thank everyone who continues to support the Bayanihan and the performing arts. Talagang bayani ng bayan itong mga performers na ito giving up so much, Benitez added.
CJ TORIDA, Atty. Rose Versoza, Bobby Nalzaro and Tek Ocampo

SEPARATE LIVES. Claudine Barretto has confirmed that she and husband Raymart Santiago are no longer living under the same roof. Pumupunta-punta siya sa bahay a few weeks ago, til hindi maganda yung kinalabasan, Claudine told 24 Oras in an interview during their daughters 9th birthday party. She has no idea where Raymart resides though theyve been talking about the kids and about everything she added. Raymart wasnt present at their daughters most recent birthday party unlike last year. Nevertheless, Claudine put Papa on Sabinas cake as gusto ko pa ring maramdaman ng anak ko na mahal siya, dahil alam kong mahal naman talaga siya ng Papa niya. (Report by Pau Aguilera)
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Winning big in Bulgaria
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THE FILIPINO delegation waves the Philippine flag before the start of the Parade of Nations on the streets of Burgas in Bulgaria.
Filipino mathletes prove once again that they are among the worlds best in the subject
Text and photos by JONATHAN M. HICAP
he trip to the City of Burgas was not easy for the Philippine delegation to the Bulgaria International Mathematics Competition (BIMC). It took two planes from Manila to Dubai and from Dubai to Istanbul, Turkey, plus another six-hour bus ride from Istanbul to Burgas to complete the 26-hour journey to our destination. All the 67 members of the delegation contestants, coaches, and parents experienced lack of sleep, long lines at the Istanbul immigration counters, and endured a seven-hour stopover at Dubai International Airport, and more waiting time at the Turkey-Bulgaria border just to make it to the contest held from June 30 to July 5. But all these were worth it as the Philippine team emerged victorious in the international contest where they won the overall champion award in the elementary division. The Filipino students bagged a total of 44 medals, trophies, and awards, including five gold, seven silver, 10 bronze, and eight merit awards in the individual contests. In the team and group contests, they won 13 awards, including five first place trophies. Jinger Chong, a 12-year-old student of St. Jude Catholic School in Manila, was the only one among the 293 contestants in the elementary division who got a perfect score in the contest. Chong, together with teammates Shaquille Wyan Que of Grace Christian College, Jose Ignacio Locsin of St. John Institute (Bacolod), and Luke Matthews Bernardo of Philadelphia High School (Quezon City) were also given the
FILIPINO STUDENTS solve puzzles during the optional contest at the Bulgaria math tilt.
overall champion award in the BIMCs Elementary Mathematics International Competition (EMIC 2013). In the overall ranking in the EMIC, the Philippines was followed by Vietnam and Thailand. In the high school division, Japan emerged as the overall champion followed by Hong Kong and China. In the individual contest, other Filipino gold medalists were Farrell Eldrian Wu of MGC New Life Christian Academy in Taguig, Vicente Raphael Chan of Zamboanga Chong Hua High School, and Clyde Wesley Ang of Chiang Kai Shek College. A total of 593 contestants from 29 countries participated in the BIMC. These were Bangladesh, Canada, China, Cyprus, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Philippines, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, USA, Vietnam, and host country Bulgaria.
CREATIVITY IS THE KEY According to Chong, some of the questions were very challenging while the others were easy to solve. Gold medalist Wu, on the other hand, said creativity was his strategy. I found the questions quite challenging although most of them did not need advanced tools to solve and only required creativity to figure out the most efficient way to solve them, he added. Lim Tiong Soon, who got a bronze, said the questions were a bit harder this year. Nevertheless, she had no regrets about joining again, especially since she was able to walk the streets of Burgas in her terno, with partner Tanno for the contests Parade of Nations. While these young Filipino math wizards are truly gifted in the subject, much of their success must be attributed to their trainers and parents. Dr. Simon Chua, head of the Philippine delegation to the contest and president of the Mathematics Trainers Guild-Philippines (MTG), said the train-
ing, the will to win of the kids and the parents support were crucial in their success. We at MTG gave our best to train our Filipino math wizards. I congratulate them for getting the job done, he said. The other winners in the math tilt were silver medalists Sedrick Scott Keh of Xavier School, Jose Ignacio Locsin of St. John Institute (Bacolod), Stefan Marcus Ang Ong of St. Jude Catholic School, Steven John Wang of UNO High School, Tiffany Mae Ong of Immaculate Conception Academy, John Thomas Chuatak of St. Stephens High School, Shawn Gabriel Cabanes of Zamboanga Chong Hua High School. Recipients of the bronze medals were Kelsey Lim Tiong Soon of Grace Christian College, John Aries Ceazar Hingan of San Beda College Alabang, Andrew Lawrence Sy of Xavier School, Andrea Jessica Jaba of St. Jude Catholic School, Luke Matthews Bernardo of Philadelphia High School in Quezon City, Adam Christopher Chan of Grace
Christian College, Ryan Mark Shao of Xavier School, Eason Wong of Philippine Cultural College, Kaye Janelle Yao of Grace Christian College, and Nathanael Joshua Balete of St. Stephens High School. The Philippine delegates also won team and group awards. Isabella Mae Tan of St. Jude Catholic School together with RP High School Team C members Jaba, Keh and Wu won first runner-up in the team and group divisions while RP High School Team D, composed of Fadri, Ong, Hingan and Jose Alfonso Ignacio Mirabueno of Philippine Science High School-Southern Mindanao, won first runner up. The Philippine delegation was composed of Dr. Chua, Dr. Filma Brawner, director of the Science Education Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-SEI); Dr. Lolita Andrada of the Department of Educations Bureau of Secondary Education; and math coaches Arvie Ubarro, Rechilda Villame, Isidro Aguilar, Joseph Wee, Robert Degolacion, and Dr. Eduardo dela Cruz Jr., dean of Arellano Universitys College of Education. A CULTURAL SHOWCASE The BIMC also became a cultural showcase for the Burgas guests. Activities included sporting events, visits to various tourist sites, games and exhibitions. The participants also enjoyed the sumptuous Bulgarian food, the laidback lifestyle, the breathtaking scenery, and the warm hospitality of the people. More than the awards and the pleasures of traveling in this city though, the Filipino students were thankful for the opportunity to cultivate new friendships which made their trip much more meaningful and rewarding.
REPRESENTING THE Philippines at the opening ceremonies are participants Kelsey Lim Tiong Soon (right) and Gen Mark Tanno.
THE CONTESTANTS take time out from the challenging competition to engage in sports activities.
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DepEd strengthens mother tongue-based education to improve students learning

By INA HERNANDO-MALIPOT
Will the nation allow Almarios Commission to kill Pilipinas?

n an article about changing the name Pilipinas to Filipinas, Rapplers mood meter registered 53 percent of readers as annoyed, while 11 percent registered as angry (source: http://www.rappler.com/ nation/32495-filipinas-kwf-almario). In Yahoos poll, 71 percent prefer Philippines, and 20 percent like Pilipinas. Only nine percent voted for Filipinas (source: http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ pinoys-shun--filipinas--suggestion-say-renaming-a--waste-of-time-070252037.html>. ABS-CBNs survey revealed 89 percent of respondents are against using Filipinas. (source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/ opinions/07/04/13/punto-por-puntopilipinas-o-filipinas). These non-scholarly surveys somehow indicate the indignation against the resolution to change the countrys name. Filipinas was the name of the Philippines under Spain. Will the people accede to its revival? THE RATIONALE The Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) passed on April 12, 2013, Resolution No. 13-19, Series of 2013, deciding to change the countrys name. It was signed by chairman Virgilio Almario and the other commissioners. The resolution argues the need for an official modern name for the Philippines. It urges the change from Pilipinas to Filipinas in seals, letterheads, and the like. It enjoins institutions to stop using Pilipinas. In gist, the KWF seeks to Kill Pilipinas, just like what Almario advocated in a 1992 article he wrote. (source: http://www.kwf.gov.ph/?page_ id=2803) The resolution elicited flak from the public, including the netizens on social media. Many believe its downright irrelevancy. Ultimately, those who favor the resolution claim they are after the propagation of the Filipino language. The present Filipino alphabet has the letter F compared to the old Pilipino alphabet (known as Abakada) that did not have it, thus rendering Filipinas as Pilipinas for it has the letter P . But will killing P in Pilipinas and replacing it with F really propagate the national language considering that both P and F are currently in the
elieving that the childs language will serve as the fundamental language for literacy and learning, the Department of Education (DepEd) recently announced that seven more local languages will be used in teaching Grade 1 pupils starting this school year. According to Education Secretary Armin Luistro, in addition to the languages of instruction mentioned in DepEd Order No. 16 series of 2012, Guidelines on the implementation of the Mother Tongue Based-Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) under the K to 12 Basic Education Program, the additional languages shall be used as the languages of instruction for Grade 1 pupils who speak the same languages. As stated in DepEd Order No. 28 series of 2013, the seven additional languages which will be used in the specified regions and divisions starting SY 2013-2014 are Ybanag for Region II (Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, and Isabela); Ivatan also for Region II (Batanes Group of Islands); Sambal for Region III (Zambales); Akianon for Region IV (Aklan and Capiz); Kinaray-a for Region VI (Capiz and Aklan); Yakan for Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Basilan province); and Surigaonon for Caraga (Surigao City and provinces). The DepEd implemented the MTBMLE last year with the introduction of 12 major languages Tagalog, Kapampangan, Pangasinense, Iloko, Bikol, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Waray, Tausug, Maguindanaoan, Maranao, and Chabacano. The MTB-MLE aims improve the pupils language and cognitive development as well as his or her socio-cultural awareness, Luistro says. Currently, the MTB-MLE is being implemented in two modules: first as a learning/subject area and second as medium of instruction. The mother tongue as a subject, focuses on the development of reading and speaking from Grades 1 to 3, Luistro says. As a medium of instruction, the mother tongue is being used in all learning areas from kinder to Grade 3 except in the teaching of Filipino and English subjects. Filipino is introduced on the first semester of Grade 1 for oral fluency (speaking). For reading and writing purposes, it will be taught beginning
in the second semester of Grade 1, he adds. The four other macro skills which are listening, speaking, reading and writing in Filipino will continuously be developed from Grades 2 to 6. Meanwhile, English as a subject will be introduced in the second semester of Grade 1 while reading and writing in English will start in the first semester of Grade 2, he says. In implementing the MTB-MLE, DepEd cites local and internationals studies which have shown that using the language that is being used at home (mother tongue) inside the classroom during the learners early years of schooling produce better and faster learners. They can also easily adapt to learn a second (Filipino) and third language (English). We institutionalized the teaching of MTB-MLE as one of the subjects from Grade 1 to Grade 3 and as the medium of instruction from kinder to Grade 3 so that we can develop well-rounded and life-long learners under the K to 12 basic education reform program, Luistro explains. SAVING LOCAL LANGUAGES Apart from developing well-rounded and life-long learners with the MTBMLE, Luistro says the program is also DepEds contribution to keep the countrys local languages alive. At first, I thought it [MTB-MLE] was just language but when I visited schools, I realized that it was about young people speaking from the heart, its about teachers trying to contextualize their lessons and more importantly, its about a nation in search of its own identity, he explains. Luistro says that part of the educational reform being pushed by DepEd is to discover the Filipino soul. Even at this stage, we Filipinos are still trying to discover our soul, he says. Its important for us to recognize our roots and how we communicate so what better way to do that than through our native languages? According to the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) Philippines, the Philippines has 181 languages but only 177 are currently being used. Out of the 181, 153 languages are considered healthy, 14 are in trouble, 10 are dying, and four are already extinct. With this, Luistro calls on the students to be deeply involved in ensuring that the Philippine languages will continue to thrive and survive.
Reviving Filipinas, however, is not only foreign to present-day Filipinos but also evokes memories of Spanish colonialism. Pilipinas, meanwhile, is its Filipinized version that is largely accepted by the nation. WHERE FROM HERE If KWF wants the people to support its resolution, then it must lead them to acquiring ownership of its ideas, not abhorring it. It must suitably elucidate to the public the logic behind its pitch, beyond what it has already explicated. It must disclose not only the hearings conducted but as well as the studies utilized by the commission, if there are, that led to the conclusion that changing the countrys name will actually benefit the nation in terms of national language development and in uniting the people. As proponent, KWF bears the burden of proving that its claims deserve the nations backing. If there is one thing KWF would have apprehended by now, policymaking involves a delicate balancing act of multi-faceted elements, not just a one-dimensional ideal. Its war against its critics should overcome mere word war and instead be a thoroughly principled collision of ideas so compellingly colossal and worth dignifying that these should eventually muster espousal from Congress, Malacaang and the Filipino people. The bid cannot just be a battle supported by good-intentioned cadres as well as language doyens. It must be a warfare that transcends the four walls of KWP and conscripts the peoples minds and hearts country-wide into accepting that their providence as a nation is not knitted to the letter P , and that the letter F is their umbilical cord entwined with becoming a respectable and thriving nation. An award-winning educator, education reformer, and a multi-awarded literary writer, PROF. ROLANDO S. DELA CRUZ is President of the Darwin International School System. He is an alumnus and former faculty member of UP Diliman, who was also a scholar at the Osaka University (Japan), the University of Cambridge (England) and the University of Leiden (the Netherlands).
Filipino alphabet, anyway? Is killing Pilipinas the right and only path to disseminate Filipino? Rappler generated controversial comments against the resolution. Danbercasio opined that there is No need to fix it if it is not broken. Ferdz Santos claimed that KFW is complicating and making things difficult... Kaye Pelaez, meanwhile, stated, The absurdity of these guys is appalling to come up with a *** idea like this. Meanwhile, Dlyan doubts Almario himself: As I see it, its not about correct usage. Its about him and his *** opinion... Sadly, the debate has gone personal.
A PERSONAL CRUSADE Almario, one of the pillars of Philippine literature, admitted in a television interview that changing the countrys name is a personal crusade that springs from his intention to promote the national language. He said, Hindi ko ito naisip ngayon lang, kundi ito ay matanda ko nang krusada noon pang 1987. (source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/ opinions/07/04/13/punto-por-puntopilipinas-o-filipinas) The revulsion of people against the resolution builds up from their reluctance to part ways from Pilipinas which they identify with. Iran and Myanmar decided to use its new names because these evoke national pride, which are anti-colonial, anti-western, and deeply rooted in ancient heritage.
CAMPUS BEAT
Nestl, UPLB seek Nescaf CUPS scholars

NESTLE Philippines, Inc. (NPI) and the University of the Philippines-Los Baos (UPLB) are searching for the inaugural batch of scholars for the Nescaf Coffee University of the Philippines Scholarship (Nescaf CUPS) Program. The scholarship is open to the universitys third-year BS Agriculture students specializing in any of the plant sciences. To qualify, applicants must possess a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of at least 2.0 and an annual family income not exceeding PHP 500,000. The grant will be awarded to three deserving students who will receive full scholarships covering tuition and miscellaneous fees as well as a monthly stipend of PHP8,000. Chosen candidates will also be provided assured slots in Nestls on-the-job training (OJT) program as well as the opportunity to be engaged by the company for one year after graduation. The company aims to increase its Philippine-sourced coffee to 75 percent by the year 2020, from the current 30 percent. The initiative involves collaboration with various stakeholders in the coffee industry, including educational institutions such as UPLB. Deadline of submission of applications is on July 12. For inquiries, call 536-2238.
HOTEL VISIT The Saint Francis of Assisi College (SFAC) Hotel and Restaurant Management (HRM) students and professors recently held an educational field trip at the Diamond Hotel in Manila. SFAC students and professors attended the hotels wedding exhibit where they learned the details in putting up a memorable wedding from the ensembles, events, photography, to the cakes, flowers, pastries, table setting, couture and designs, art, and hair and makeup. Special features were the floral exhibit of Manuel Sony Francisco and the cooking demonstration by celebrity chef Boy Logro. The students were accompanied by HRM faculty Rachelle Romero and Steffany Uy, and HRM chairperson Maripel C. Ditapat. In photo with Logro are the students.
GCIC moves to new campus in Makati

GLOBAL City Innovative College is now at its own campus at the Petplans Tower Annex, along EDSA near Rockwell in Makati. The six-story building is located beside the Iranian Embassy and is opposite the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) headquarters in Estrella. The new location ensures accessibility, safety, and security. The move is opening wider networks for the college and more opportunities for its students as they expand from their existing partners in Bonifacio Global City to other prospective collaborators in Makati who provide student training and employment. The new campus boasts of new facilities, and the GCIC trademark of personalized innovative education.
ACADEMIC BOOK FAIR OPENING - Philippine Librarians Association, Inc. (PLAI) president Elizabeth Peralejo (center) leads the opening ceremonies of the 17th Philippine Academic Book Fair (PABF), an annual event organized by the Academic Booksellers Association of the Philippines (ABAP) to showcase the latest academic books and other educational materials. From left are Evelyn Bonus-Millar, ABAP vice president and chair of the PABF; Dina Berioso, ABAP president; Irene Lloren, president of Primetrade Asia, Inc. (PABF co-organizer); and Ma. Cristina Capistrano, vice president of Primetrade Asia. The event runs until July 12 at the Megatrade Hall 1 of SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City.
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