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Dealing with the travel ban

FOR sure, this one is not fun.

Davao City is one of the three Mindanao cit-ies in the latest travel advi-sory released last week by Australia and Canada.

Australia and Canada have issued warnings on Wednesday on renewed threats of terrorism and kidnapping in the south-ern Philippines, and has barred its diplomats from travelling to three cities in the area.

The two countries have urged their citizens not to travel to large parts of the Mindanao region, with the Australian government specifically barring its dip-lomats from the cities of Davao, Cotabato and Zam-boanga.

According to a report by Agence France Presse, the travel ban went into ef-fect from Monday and until further notice.

The Canadian embassy advised its citizens to avoid

all travel to most parts of Mindanao “due to the se-rious threat of terrorist at-tacks and kidnapping.” The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website said the new ad-visory for the Philippines concerned terrorism and serious crime.

On May 29 this year, the United States embassy in Manila also warned its cit-izens of a “credible kidnap threat against foreigners in Zamboanga”, it added.

The history of Australia and Canada issuing travel advisory in the country is nothing new. In late 2002 Australia and Canada closed their Manila embas-sies for more than a month due to an unspecified ter-rorist threat. Both mis-sions later moved to a new building.

For years, Mindanao has been dealing with the bad reputation in the for-eign community.

Among the descrip-

tions ascribed to Mindan-ao on any search engine are the following:

• Mindanao has been known as the hotbed of a decades-old Muslim insurgency and many parts of Mindanao like Davao City where peace and order is vastly differ-ent from other areas are affected in the process.

• The island is also the stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf, Islamic militants with links to Al Qaeda who have staged deadly bombings and kidnap-pings of foreigners for ransom.

For this reason, Mind-anao has not really taken off in terms of tourism potentials and no matter how aggressive the cam-paign pitch may be for tourism and business in the island, the issue of se-curity threats will always plague Mindanao.

This is the quandary besetting big cities in Min-

danao like Davao.Davao’s tourism sector

has already felt the impact of the travel advisory and they feel very sad about the latest travel dossier.

“We look forward to its lifting as we look con-tinue to serve the huge domestic travelling mar-ket to Davao and nurture the growing interest of re-gional markets to the city and the region. We remain a vibrant and dynamic city and everyone is welcome and will be received very warmly ,” said Department of Tourism regional direc-tor Art Boncato.

In reaction to the lat-est travel advisory, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte convened the city’s Security and In-telligence officials. May-or Duterte has called for some security tightening measures as he gave cre-dence to the report lead-ing to the travel advisory issued by Australia and Canada.

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SIDE SHOW. A fashion model struts at the ramp during a side show marking Anflocor project Valley High Com-

plex’s grand opening Friday night in General Santos City. Lean Daval Jr.

SAYING GOODBYE. Davao City Police Office (DCPO) director Ronald dela Rosa will be leaving his post after receiving his new assignment as training center chief in Camp Crame effective July 16.

INSTEAD of whin-ing about the latest travel advisory that

included Davao City as among the Mindanao cities with serious se-curity threats, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte took the latest travel dossier

as basis for beefing up security measures.

Mayor Duterte said Davao City will “beef up” its security pro-cedures as a response to the travel advisory of the United States of America (USA), Canada

and Australia for their nationals to avoid trav-eling in Mindanao, in-cluding Davao City.

In a press confer-ence right before a meeting with the in-telligence community at the Grand Men Seng

Hotel Saturday, Duterte said “we do not ques-tion or belittle the intel-ligence reports of these countries; our concern is to protect the lives of the people in Davao.”

He said he has asked

DAVAO City Police Office chief Ron-ald dela Rosa is

leaving the Davao City Police Office for Camp Crame, Quezon City ef-fective July 16.

Dela Rosa told Edge Davao that he recently received the recommen-dation signed by PNP director Gen. Alan Puri-sima of his promotion as training center director at the National PNP Of-fice.

“Kinahanglan nako mapromote sa Camp Crame para pagbalik nako diri regional direc-tor nako,” he said. “The chance is very much ap-

preciated since I’m al-ready getting old.”

The contenders to replace Dela Rosa as city police director are Sr. Supt. Albert Ignatius Ferro chief of Criminal Investigation and De-tection Group region 11; Sr. Supt. Vicente Danao Regional Logistics Re-search and Development Division head region 11; and Sr. Supt. Michael John Dubria, intelligence division chief region 11.

Dela Rosa said he will advise his succes-sor to be close to the media like him. “Kung kinsa man ang mapilian

ROBBERY suspect Raul Aresco Jr, 18, was shot to death

by an unidentified gun-man on Friday evening at Japan St. Carpenter Agdao, Davao City.

According to police in-spector Romeo Mausisa of Scene of the Crime Op-eratives (Soco), the victim sustained gunshot wound in the forehead which caused his instantaneous death.

“There’s a big possi-bility that the victim was shot in close range,” Mau-sisa said.

The gunman boarded a waiting motorcycle and

rode towards an unknown direction after shooting the victim.

Eyewitnesses de-scribed the gunman as thin, standing around 5’4”, wearing a bull cap, white t-shirt and short pants. His companion was also de-scribed as thin, standing around 5’2” and wearing black shirt and pants.

Initial investigation showed that the victim was involved in robbery activities mostly commit-ted in Agdao Public Mar-ket.

“Last year, we have recovered three sacks of dried fish in his possession

and we have talked to the residents here and they identified that the victim was involved in a series of robbery even in the neigh-borhood,” said Supt. Cezar Cabuhat, Sta. Ana police station commander.

He added that they are also looking for a different angle aside from robbery since the victim was also involved in ‘gang wars’.

“Baka resbak ito ng kalaban nila sa gang since the victim is identified as a member of ‘samahan ng rugby boys’,” he said.

Recovered from the scene was an empty shell of .45 caliber firearm.

TRANSPORT group leader Toto Cirilo is the “missing link”

in solving the puzzle of the killings of trabsport leaders Antonio “Dodong” Petalcorin and Emilio Rivera, according to the National Confederation of Transportworkers’ Union Network of Trans-

port Organization (NCTU -NETO).

NCTU-NETO Secretary General Francisco Kemp-is, in a press forum held at Petalcorin’s wake on Friday, said Petalcorin’s case will be solved if the authorities would help Cirilo who had the same

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Robbery suspect gunned down

CENTRAL 911 chief Emmanuel Jaldon said the

agency needs addition-al ambulance vehicles in order to respond quickly to address emergency situations in Davao City.

Central 911 has only eight ambulances cov-

ering the entire city.“The average opera-

tional ambulances are only eight and adding more working ambu-lances will be of great help because we are looking to the different types of vulnerability of Davao City in terms of disaster operations

like earthquake, tsuna-mi and flooding,” he ex-plained.

He added that what Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said during his inau-gural speech last June 30 was a relief to their department since the mayor mentioned that

Wanted: More ambulances for Central 911

RESPONDING TO TRAVEL ADVISORY

Rody: Beef up securityPETALCORIN AND RIVERA SLAYS

Labor group thinks Cirilo is missing link

‘Bato’ goes to Camp Crame

WHAT happens if leading Japa-nese car brand

Subaru tests its mettle in the urban and mountain-ous roads of Davao City?

That is exactly the challenge Motor Image Pilipinas decided to take on when it brought in the Subaru XV Suburban Drive to Davao City last June 29.

Before the Davao challenge, Subaru had just conquered the mountainous roads sur-rounding Sagada ear-lier this year with the all-new Forester and recently the Subaru XV SubUrban Drive in Cebu. The Philippines’s Queen City of the South played host to the first leg of the three-leg drive that saw a handful of Manila-based motoring journalists join several Cebu-based ones in driving the popular XV through the city’s vari-ous tourists spots.

The Subaru Suburban Drive challenge has one goal: to prove that the XV is the perfect urban crossover.

The drive formal-ly started from Subaru Davao in Lanang, Davao City. Dealer Principal Walter Alvarez and manager Diane Silva of Image Cars Davao Inc. welcomed the partici-pants and after a brief orientation, divided the group into four XVs. Ma-nila motoring journalists Kris Lim of Business Mir-ror, Inigo Roces of Manila Bulletin, Jose Nicolas Cel-anoc of C Mag and Wayne

Tulio of Men’s Health joined the Davao leg with this writer as the lone lo-cal participant from Edge Davao.

Also with the entou-rage were Saul Babas, Motor Image marketing manager, and the Motor Image team of Sheryl Joy Pangilinan, Fitzcarlo Sar-te, and Ann Santibanez.

The challenge got all participants--with Al-varez on the lead car on board a Subaru Legacy, the four Subaru XVs and two Forester vehicles with the camera crew on board—through the city’s North gateway in Lanang and onto the Carlos P. Garcia Highway (Diversion Road), then onward to Toril before going on the ascent to the pine tree-dotted roads going up Eden Nature Park where the entou-rage spent its first stop. Next stop was Philippine Eagle Conservation Cen-ter in Malagos, Calinan then back to the Davao Crocodile Park, before

finishing off the day-long grind back to the Subaru Davao showroom in La-nang.

One’s first impres-sion of the Subaru XV 2.0 i-Premium is that it looks small from the outside—like a mini SUV and a bulked up sedan. Oh, well that’s how crossovers are and the XV is just that, a crossover. But if you think that’s everything there is to surprise you, think again. The Suba-ru XV is impressed with the available rear knee room. Two or three can easily sit abreast in the XV’s rear seats, and this level of comfort is com-plimented by the adjust-able headrests as well as well-bolstered seats.

Talk about power? This beauty is a beast. Packs a lot of torque. Kris C. Lim of Business Mirror says it’s one of the few cars he drove with such powerful torque.

The trek up the Di-version Road, with all the cargo trucks and

cars rushing about, was no problem for the XV as it waded through the jam like a snake crawl-ing smoothly past obsta-cles. Inside, if you think it’s shaky, think again. The ride is super silky smooth and stable.

The XV, like the rest of Subaru’s models, has superb driving position with highly-supportive seats. The XV goes from strength to strength with a nicely-balanced ride with tons of mechanical grip. With full-time all-wheel drive as standard, the XV is inspiring to push through the narrow uphill roads.

Going up Eden where roads test the car and your skills as well with a few switchbacks, cor-ners, and crests along the way, the XV showed off its phenomenal lev-els of grip, being able to tackle some corners at three-digit speeds.

Then there’s the tech-nology called Lineart-ronic. The 150-horse-power FB 2.0-liter engine

kept pace very well with this Lineartronic CVT proving to be surprising-ly responsive; but more abrupt overtaking ma-neuvers required a shift to the Sport or Manual mode that uses the steer-ing wheel-mounted pad-dle shifters.

Alvarez says there is nothing like owning a Subaru and in Davao City, more car enthusiasts prefer the Subaru mod-el. “I can name some like Mayor Rody Duterte who bought a Subaru from us. I did not regret going for the Subaru dealership. I have been with other car

brands but Subaru has been a great business for us,” he said.

Subaru Davao opened only last year and has since recorded brisk sales in the local car industry.

“The Forester is real-ly the brand most peo-ple are looking for. But there are many Subaru models that offer that Japanese quality we are looking for in a car,” Al-varez said.

The Subaru line up includes, the Forester, Impreza, Legacy, BRZ, WRZ, Tribeca, Outback and XV.

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SUBARU XV SUBURBAN DRIVE. (Clockwise) The Suba-ru XV arrives in Eden Nature Park; the entourage before taking off at Subaru Davao in Lanang; the writer with

Motor Image’s Saul Babas, Sheryl Joy Panganiban and Kris Lim of Business Mirror; Walter Alvarez, president of Image Cars Davao gives his final briefing. Lean Daval Jr.

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CAIRO

MANILA

PATCHING OF HOLES. Personnel of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) rush patching of holes along EDSA north bound to Caloocan City (right photo) and finishing touches on the road reblocking in EDSA, Quezon City on Saturday (July 6, 2013). [PNA photos by Marvie A. Lloren]

POLICYMAKERS, re-searchers, and mem-bers of civil society

will converge in Makati on Mondayto discuss ways on how to strengthen social protection in the Philip-pines.

The United Nations Economic and Social Com-mission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) and state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS)are collabo-rating to hold a “National Consultation on Strength-ening Social Protection in the Philippines” on 8 July at 9 am to 3:30 pm at

the PIDS, NEDAsa Makati Building, 106 Amorsolo St., Makati City.

The main objective of the National Consultation is to give key stakeholders an opportunity to review, dis-cuss, and provide feedback on the preliminary research findings of a national study on social protection in the Philippines.The research results will be integrated into a practical, policy-ori-ented interregional online toolbox and will provide support to national level initiatives, promote the ex-change of experiences, for-mulate capacity-building

activities, and document innovative schemes for achieving fairer and more effective universal social protection models.

The Pantawid Pamily-ang Pilipino Program or 4Ps, the largest poverty reduction and social de-velopment program that the government has ever conceived, with a budget of P39.5 billion, will be tackled in the forum. Dr. Celia Reyes, PIDS Senior Research Fel-low, conducted a study on the effectiveness of the 4Ps in achieving its health and education objectives.One of her most significant recom-

mendations is for the 4Ps to provide longer periods of assistance to its present beneficiaries in order for them to finish high school and attain better employ-ment outcomes.

Confirmed to attend the forum are DSWD Un-dersecretary for Opera-tions and Programs Group Parisya H. Taradyi, repre-senting Secretary Corazon Soliman, UNESCAP Social Development Division Chief Patrik Anderson, and new PIDS President Gilber-to Llanto. You may check the attached program for your reference.

Social protection gab in PHL slated

CHAOS prevailed in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Friday

evening as violent clash-es erupted between sup-porters and opponents of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, accord-ing to Xinhua correspon-dent at the scene.

Thousands of pro-Morsi protesters marched to 6 Octo-ber Bridge near Tahrir Square on their way to

the state TV building to protest against the oust-er of Morsi, where they confronted Morsi’s op-ponents who have been celebrating Morsi’s re-moval in the square.

“Gunshots were heard during the clashes between the two sides, with Morsi’s proponents on the bridge and his opponents underneath, vehicles were set ablaze on the bridge and traffic

was paralyzed,” a wit-ness told Xinhua.

“Dozens were injured so far in the clashes,” the witness added, noting a big march of Morsi’s sup-porters came from near-by neighborhood Shurba to join the protesters.

Turmoil escalated over 6 October Bridge as a large group of an-ti-Morsi protesters as-cended to confront his supporters, while hun-

dreds of the Islamist protesters are still gath-ering outside the state TV building.

Backup of securi-ty forces arrived at the scene to separate be-tween the two sides, the witness added.

The state TV quoted anti-Morsi protesters as saying that at least two were killed and 70 injured in the clashes. [PNA/Xinhua]

Chaos prevails as clashes erupt over ousted president

THE United States has warned A m e r i c a n s

against travel to the southern Philippines just days after Austra-lia and Canada issued similar advice.

A “security mes-sage” from the US em-bassy in Manila earlier this week said diplo-matic staff had been restricted from travel-ling to three cities on the southern island of Mindanao.

It was followed by a US State Department

travel warning dated July 5 advising Amer-icans to exercise ex-treme caution when travelling to Mindan-ao, citing “criminal gangs... (and) terrorist groups” in the area.

It also called on Americans to defer non-essential travel to the Sulu archipela-go, a chain of islands off Mindanao where Al-Qaeda-linked mili-tants are active.

“It (the travel warning) reflects con-tinuing threats in the

Sulu archipelago and the island of Mindan-ao due to terrorist and insurgent activities,” the US embassy said in a statement.

Australia and Can-ada issued warnings on Wednesday, July 3, about fresh threats of terrorism and kidnap-ping in the southern Philippines.

Canberra has barred its diplomats from travelling to Davao, Cotabato and Zamboanga -- the same three Mindanao

cities that US embassy staff are not allowed to travel to.

An embassy spokeswoman de-clined to comment on the nature of the threat against Ameri-cans.

The Philippine na-tional police also did not know of any spe-cific threat against Americans in Mind-anao, said spokesman Senior Superintendent Reuben Sindac.

Mindanao and sur-rounding islands are

a hotbed of various armed groups includ-ing communist guer-rillas, bandits, Muslim insurgents and the Abu Sayyaf, an Islam-ic extremist group blamed for the coun-try’s worst terror at-tacks.

Founded using seed money from Al-Qae-da mastermind Osa-ma bin Laden in the 1990s, the Abu Sayyaf has often targeted foreigners for kidnap-pings for ransom.

In 2001, the group

abducted three Amer-ican tourists among a group of hostages from a Philippine re-sort, leading to the deaths of two of the Americans.

US troops have been based in the southern Philippines for more than a de-cade to help train lo-cal troops in hunting down members of the Abu Sayyaf, which is on the US govern-ment’s list of so-called foreign terrorist or-ganisations. [AFP]

US warns against travel to Mindanao

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DE P A R T M E N T of National De-fense (DND)

Secretary Voltaire Gazmin on Friday confirmed the depar-ture of all Chinese surveillance ships off Panatag (Scarbor-ough) Shoal.

He said that this in-formation was based on Filipino aerial pa-trols conducted last June 27 and 28 and during the first week of July.

“As far as we know, there are no more Chinese ships off Pa-natag,” Gazmin said.

He attributes the departure of the Chi-nese vessels due to the inclement weath-er.

“I guess this is real-ly what they do during inclement weather,” the DND chief added.

Gazmin also clar-ified that until now, no Chinese ships were spotted in the fish rich area which lies 124 nautical miles off Zambales, well within the Philippines’ exclu-

sive economic zone.The DND chief de-

clined to comment on whether there are Fil-ipino efforts to ensure that Chinese will be prevented from com-ing.

“I cannot discuss that with you,” Gazmin emphasized.

The DND chief re-fused to comment on whether the recent-ly-concluded ASEAN Summit has some-thing to do with the departure of the Chi-nese ships.

Chinese surveil-lance vessels have been regularly pa-trolling Panatag Shoal ever since the mar-itime stand-off be-tween China and the Philippines in April last year.

This aggressive be-havior by the Chinese has forced the country to file one diplomatic protest after another at the United Nations in a bid to stop China from encroaching on Philippine territory. [PNA]

DND: Chinese surveillance ships leave Panatag Shoal

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DAMOSA Land, Inc. marks another significant feat

in its 65th Anniversa-ry as it introduces to the Generals the latest lifestyle-oriented des-tination in Magandang GenSan – the Valley High Complex.

Situated right at the heart of the metro, Valley High Complex presents a mixed-use commercial setting providing Gener-als with the best comfort and convenience.

“The establishment of Valley High here in GenSan is a visionary

step in the saturation of Damosa Land all over Mindanao and a timely action as this city de-sires a synergistic venue for business, leisure, and convenience,” said Mr. Edgardo O. Villaver, VP and GM of Damosa Land.

Biulleting the first in-

ternational hotel chain in GenSan – the Micro-tel by Wynham – Valley High Complex will mark the entrance to inner city center vibrancy and bet-ter access to mixed-use developments perfect for deluxe inclination.

Valley High will blend

commercial institutions with a variety of high end business and lei-sure hubs, fine dining restaurants serving Fil-ipino and international cuisines, spas and relax-ation centers, and other business integrations.

“The Generals can expect many exciting things to happen in this vibrant urban spot as we take pride in playing a vital role to meet their growing requirement,”

remarked Villaver.This new endeavor

marks Damosa Land’s commitment towards the development and in-novation of the fast-ris-ing City of Magandang GenSan.

Likewise, with de-velopments upon devel-opments taking shape in GenSan, Valley High is poised to take great strides in establishing greater for a healthier yet fun urban area.

Damosa Land opens Valley High in GenSan

NEW ANFLOCOR PROJECT. Floirendo matriarch Doña Nenita Floirendo (right) leads the cutting of ribbon to formally open Valley High Commercial Complex on Friday night in General Santos City. With her are General Santos

City mayor Ronnel Rivera (center) and Ricardo Floirendo, senior vice presi-dent of Anflocor Group of Companies. Lean Daval Jr.

MAYOR’S MESSAGE. General Santos City mayor Ronnel Rivera delivers his message during the grand opening of Valley High Commercial Complex on Friday night in General Santos City. Lean Daval Jr.

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THE National Econom-ic and Development Authority (NEDA)

said that prices of food commodities were stable in June 2013 despite high-er petroleum prices for the said month.

This statement came after the National Statis-tics Office (NSO) reported that headline inflation last month was recorded at 2.8 percent.

“The inflation rate in June 2013 was mainly driven by higher petro-leum prices following the increase in the price of oil in world markets and the peso depreciation during the period. However, stable food prices on the back of abundant supply partially moderated the increase in inflation,” said Socioeco-nomic Planning Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan.

Inflation rate is the per-cent increase in the pric-es of goods and services commonly purchased by households, as measured by the Consumer Price In-dex (CPI).

Balisacan noted that inflation rate for food and non-alcoholic beverages remained at 2.4 percent in June 2013. This was due to slower changes in the price of corn (3.8% in June 2013 vs. 5.7% in May 2013), meat (2.2% vs. 2.4%), milk,

cheese and eggs (1.7% vs. 2.1%), fruits (4.6% vs. 5.2%), sugar, jam, honey and confectionery (0.1% vs. 0.7%), and oils and fats (-7.8% vs. -7.5%).

For the first six months of 2013, inflation rate was still below the govern-ment’s target.

“The average inflation rate for the first half of 2013 settled at 2.9 percent. This is slightly below the low-end of the Development Budget Coordination Com-mittee (DBCC)’s inflation target of 3.0 to 5.0 percent for 2013,” said Balisacan, who is also NEDA Direc-tor-General.

The Cabinet official said that the June 2013 inflation was prompted by the sig-nificant price adjustments in electricity, gas and other fuels (0.4%) and transpor-tation related commodities and services (0.7%). In May 2013, these commod-ity groups previously had price contractions (-0.4% and -0.5%, respectively), he said.

“This is consistent with the higher international price of Dubai crude during the period. The increase was driven by uncertainties in the international market due to social unrest in Syria,” said Balisacan.

He added that the peso depreciated by 3.9 percent

in June 2013 compared to the previous month, as in-vestors pulled back their investments in emerging economies and shifted to United States (US) instru-ments.

“This was in reaction to the announcement made by US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that the US’ stimulus pol-

icies could possibly wind down later this year due to an improving US econ-omy. However, the peso started to gain strength in the latter part of June 2013 following the slow-er-than-expected growth of the US economy,” said Balisacan.

The NEDA official said that apart from stable food

prices, the lower price of electricity also tempered the gains in oil prices in June.

Citing industry data, Balisacan noted that the generation charge of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) registered an an-nual decline of 7.8 percent to PhP5.66 per kilowatt hour in June 2013.

“The decrease in gen-eration charges during the period is still attributed to the newly approved rates by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) under the new Power Supply Agreement (PSA) of Meral-co, which enables the elec-tric company to purchase power from suppliers with lower costs,” he explained.

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READY FOR THE BREAK. A vendor produces cotton candies and clips them like hanged clothes in preparation for the school’s lunch break at San Roque Elementary School in Davao City Friday noon. Lean Daval Jr.

Stable food prices partially moderate June inflation

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MONTHLY AVERAGE EXCHANGE RATE (January 2012-April 2013)

Month 2013 2012 2011

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

September 41.75 43.02August 42.04 42.42

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

March 42.86 43.52February 40.67 42.66 43.70January 40.73 43.62 44.17

Stat Watch7.1

1st Qtr 2013

7.8 1st Qtr 2013

USD 3,741 million

Feb 2013USD 4,708

million Feb 2013USD -967

million Feb 2013USD -640

millionDec 2012

P 4,964,560  million

Feb 2013

2.4 % Mar 2013P113,609

million Mar 2013

P 5,281 billion 

Mar 2013

P 41.14 Apr 2013

6,847.5 Mar 2013

132.8 Apr 2013

2.6 Apr 2013

3.1 Apr 2013

418,108 Feb 2013

20.9% Jan 2013

7.1% Jan 2013

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

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

3. Exports 1/

4. Imports 1/

5. Trade Balance

6. Balance of Payments 2/

7. Broad Money Liabilities

8. Interest Rates 4/

9. National Government Revenues

10. National government outstanding debt

11. Peso per US $ 5/

12. Stocks Composite Index 6/

13. Consumer Price Index 2006=100

14. Headline Inflation Rate 2006=100

15. Core Inflation Rate 2006=100

16. Visitor Arrivals

17. Underemployment Rate 7/

18. Unemployment Rate 7/

BY THE NUMBERSThe government set to cut the number of people living in poverty to 16.6 percent

by the end of 2015, down from

27.9 percent last year.

SOURCE: NEDA

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It figures1st 2.011 million 453 million pesos

Rank of the Philippines’ Palawan in the list of best islands in the world, according to Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards 2013. In second place is Boracay, which has also been praised by several travel magazines for its powdery white sand and crystal clear waters. Both Palawan and Boracay beat other world-famous islands in the list, even those that are already in Travel + Leisure’s hall of fame.

Number of foreign visitor arrivals from January to May 2013. This is the first time in Philippine history that the country reached the 2 million mark in the first five months of the year.

Grant given by the European Union (EU) to the Philippines to assist in the moderniza-tion of the Bureau of Customs (BOC). The modernization initiative is under the EU’s expanded Trade Related Technical Assis-tance (TRTA) project.

GLOBE Telecom has unveiled the use of outdoor distributed

antenna system (ODAS), which effects stronger mo-bile phone signal for its sub-scribers, becoming the first telecommunications com-pany in the country to make use of such technology.

The next best alternative to towering cell sites, the ODAS solution is state of the art technology that makes use of a specialized lamp posts built with radio sig-nal transmission capability, bringing unparalleled tele-communication service for its subscribers in strategic areas.

“The ODAS technology effectively brings coverage much closer to residents through the installation of lamp posts deployed along sidewalks. These facilities

deepen mobile coverage by bringing radio signal closer to end-users and Globe Tele-com is the first telco service provider in the country to use the ODAS solution,” said Emmanuel Estrada, Globe Head of Network Technolo-gies Strategy.

According to Estrada, the ODAS solution also supports all frequency bands used by wireless carriers, including the cutting edge long-term evolution (LTE) technology, providing stronger support for mobile data services.

“The ODAS technology effectively enhances end-us-er’s experience by providing stronger mobile phone cov-erage and higher bandwidth with the reliability of a con-ventional cell site,” said Es-trada.

He explained that the ODAS solution is a dedicated

system that uses fiber-optic cables to distribute a base station’s signals to multiple low power active antenna systems installed in nominal locations inside residential subdivisions.

This in effect allows the delivery of a more reliable service in the deployment area without the need for towering cell sites, he said.

“The ODAS solution does not only improve mobile phone signals, they also provide an alternative and efficient lighting system as Globe Telecom strives to provide value-added ser-vices to the communities we partner with,” Estrada said.

Estrada also stressed that radiation coming from cell sites is not considered harmful and is classified as non-ionizing, similar to

radiation that comes from low-frequency devices such as transistor radios and mi-crowave oven or baby mon-itors.

In fact, all cell sites and ODAS equipment of the com-pany have also been given radiation safety certificates by the Department of Health, he said.

“It is a known fact that power from broadcast trans-mitters are at least 1,000 times higher than traditional cell sites and at least 10,000 times higher than signals from each ODAS antenna,” Estrada said.

He added that based on studies by the World Health Organization, there is no conclusive evidence to associate exposure to ra-dio signals from cell sites or wireless networks with ad-verse health effects.

THE Japan Internation-al Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Japan Sci-

ence and Technology Agency (JST) along with the Univer-sity of the Philippines’ (UP) Marine Science Institute and Tokyo Institute of Technolo-gy are spearheading a 5-year research project to help con-serve biodiversity in the Phil-ippines’ coastal areas.

The project “Integrated Coastal Ecosystem Conserva-tion and Adaptive Manage-ment Under Local and Global Environmental Impacts in the Philippines” or CECAM, now on its 3rd year, aims to come up with a conservation plan on common local and global environment issues including climate change, particularly in coastal areas in the tropics.

The project also includes the University of Tokyo, Na-gasaki University, Hokkaido University, Kochi University, Ryukyu University, Port and Airport Research Institute, Ja-pan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology (JAM-STEC), the UP Department of Geodetic Engineering, and UP-Visayas as partners in the endeavour.

Coinciding with the cele-bration of the Philippine En-

vironment Month this June, CECAM members met recently to discuss the progress in the project’s research activities that are focused on addressing coastal ecosystem conserva-tion.

Results of initial research activities under CECAM have established the urgency to for-mulate workable action plans that are community-based and site-specific that would pre-vent or mitigate coastal degra-dation and threats to biodiver-sity in coastal ecosystems.

“The project is a response to the call of global leaders to combat biodiversity loss and mitigate the impact of natural and human activities in coast-al communities,” said Dr. Mi-guel Fortes of the UP Marine Science Institute and CECAM Project Manager. “CECAM also aims to provide technical or scientific support in filling the gap in conservation policies in the Philippines.”

The project studies six ar-eas in the Philippines whose biodiversity is affected by natural and human activities, namely Boracay Island, Laguna Lake, Puerto Galera in Oriental Mindoro,

Banate Bay in Iloilo, Pan-ay; Bolinao in Pangasinan and

Naawan and Laguindingan in Misamis Oriental. The Phil-ippines is host to 70%-80% of the world’s biodiversity. A report from the Department of Environment and Natural Resource (DENR) has identi-fied 228 key biodiversity areas covering 7.6 million hectares that include 128 terrestrial and 100 marine sites.

CECAM is under the “Sci-ence and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development” (SATREPS), es-tablished jointly by JICA and JST. Among others, it aims to address global issues through international research by Japa-nese researchers collaborating with their counterparts in de-veloping countries.

Japan, PHL take concrete steps to tackle biodiversity protection

Globe unveils use of outdoor distributed antenna system

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EDITORIALNever take chances

ACT, do not react. That’s the Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s quick response to the latest travel advisory of the United States, Australia and

Canada.Showing the poise of a battle-scarred leader, May-

or Rody was right when he said never to belittle the security dossier of the embassies of the three coun-tries.

Initially, the travel advisory looks like a blackeye on our efforts to promote and position Davao City as a tourism destination. Who would like to hear a travel advisory like that? That for sure is scary. Imag-ine how it is to be in the same category as Cotabato and Zamboanga and the rest of Mindanao areas not-ed for the ages-old conflicts on insurgency and the presence of suspected terror groups. That for sure is never fun.

How can we kickstart our “Davao Life is Here” cam-paign when travel advisories like the one released last Wednesday suck life out of our hopes and posi-tive outlook?

But Mayor Rody has a point here. Never under-estimate their intelligence report. These countries, friendly as they are to us in many diplomatic deal-ings, will not just issue a damning travel advisory without the benefit of a well-sourced intelligence re-port.

Instead of whining, we must heed the call and be prepared ourselves. Mayor Rody has alerted the agencies involved in security and peace and order to take the threats of terrorism seriously. Like an over-protective father, Mayor Duterte has alerted every-one to be extra cautious. We can never be so sure.

Nevertheless, the extra caution does not mean the end of our efforts to overcome the bad tag. Depart-ment of Tourism regional director Art Boncato can only wish the advisory will be lifted soon as this af-fects largely our huge domestic travel market.

The lifting will come at the right time. For now, what is important and imperative is to make sure we are not caught with our guards down.

Better safe than sorry, folks.

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MUSIC as therapy for sick children.

Dr. Joselyn Eusebio, an internationally recognized Fili-pino Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician and certified music therapist specializing in children, said music is effective in reducing anxiety and pain in children un-dergoing medical and dental pro-cedures.

”Music intervention had posi-tive effects on reducing patients’ anxiety and pain,” Eusebio told a press conference Wednesday at the Dusit Hotel in Makati.

This followed the pilot launch of music therapy activities at the Philippine Children’s Medical Cen-ter and Cardinal Santos Medical Center recently.

A theory points to the abili-ty of music to distract a patient from pain, anxiety and stress as it enables the patient to focus on something pleasant and encour-aging. When soothing music occu-pies the mind, it somehow allows the patient to “escape” into his or her own world”, also facilitating for the patient.

”Children should listen to soft and slow or simple songs or famil-iar nursery rhyme songs and not the harsh or wild songs as some studies showed it can also affects their attention span, and would ‘make their more hyper and irrita-ble and agitated”, Eusebio added.

In her presentation, she said the most extensive account of mu-sic in general hospitals appeared during the first half of the 1900s, when health care practitioners used music in conjunction with anaesthesia and analgesia.

Notedly, GlaxoSmithline Phil-ippines, Inc. instituted the Himig Kalinga program supported by doctors-recommended Paracemol (Calpol) which is scheduled to visit 22 key hospitals in GMA and Luzon, bringing appropriate and familiar nursery rhymes songs to in-hospital pediatric patients.

Accordingly, music therapy is used in all individuals of all ages from a variety of conditions, which include psychiatric disorders, medical problems, physical handi-caps, sensory impairments, devel-opmental disabilities, substance abuse, communication disorders, interpersonal problems, and ag-ing.

Therapist uses music and all of its facet-physical, emotional, mental, social , aesthetic, and spir-itual-to-help clients to improve or maintain their health.

In the past, music has been used as a healing force.

The Roman god of medicine Aesculapius was said to cure dis-eases of the mind by using song and music. In Egyptian temples, music therapy was also reportedly used for healing.

Even ancient Greek physician Hippocrates played music for his mental patients as early as 400 B.C. [PNA]

FOR A college drop-out like me who had been struggling to survive the past sixty-plus

years, I found it rather strange that a university chancellor and some literary professors in a couple of universities had to pin me down in an in-depth research study to find out what little secrets the Universi-ty of Mindanao kept, that made the subject of Literature flourish in the 1960”s.

It wasn’t a secret that I was one of those who got bored by our class-es in English and Literature ( short story writing, Philippine literature, world literature, etc). When you get so fascinated by all those books you’re asked to read, you’re car-ried away to strange new worlds of stories you want to see not only in your mind but also onstage. When you begin to love books, you begin

to hate your classes.

Soon, I found my-self devour-ing many books on world lit-e r a t u r e (Steinbeck, F a u l k n e r, H e m m i n g -

way, Sartre, etc) as well as Phil-ippine literature ( NVM, Joaquin, Enriquez, Rivera, etc) but wasn’t contented until I could see some of their stories played out by actors and actresses onstage.

That was the trigger that pushed

me to form the UM Dramatic Guild sometime in 1964 which attracted many students with the same pas-sion for the theatre to audition for membership in the guild. Discover-ing so many acting talents, it was easy for us to formally organize the guild and produce three one-act stage plays even before taking our oath as new officers of the UMDG----with me as founder and president, of course.

With the late E.O. Fuentes ful-ly backing our drama group as its guild advisor and PR man, our stage productions not only enjoyed free local and national publicity but also the complete support (executive and financial support) from the late university president himself, Atty Guillermo Torres, the father of the current UM president--- Guillermo “Willie” Torres Jr.

DO OUR NEWLY-ELECTED CITY ALDERMEN HAVE THE PURE INTENTION TO SERVE? – Law-

makers either in the national or local levels are instructed by the Constitution to “maintain high standards of integrity.” Much will revolve around the legislators’ decisions, motivations and behavior be-ing done inside the august chamber. One glaring example is the maiden session of the Davao City’s 17th Legislative Coun-cil, which according to reports has al-ready produced unpleasant outcome.

Now, all eyes are on the newly-in-stalled council presiding officer, the youthful city Vice Mayor Paolo “Pulong” Duterte who presided the inaugural ses-sion. What happened during the affair according to our “little birdie twitters” actually was simply a stern warning of the vice mayor to all council members – neophytes, ‘returnees’ or reelectionists. Vice Mayor Pulong reprimanded some councilors whom he noticed were out of the chamber and hanging around some-where while their colleagues delivered their inaugural speeches.

What is the precipitating factor of his mild outburst? His anger proba-bly stemmed in part from the fact that some councilors were already showing their true colors – infuriating habit and disgraceful manner even on the first session day .Newly-elected councilors should always bear in mind there are plenty of pressing concerns that await their immediate attention, yet it seems this early it is on self-aggrandizement and political-puffery where their ener-gies are destined to go.

Much is expected of them today and beyond, service-wise. Case in point: the wary electorate will likely give them a grim stare if they would try to explain that they’re still on the adjustment peri-od. Let’s think about that for a moment. After all, public service is relative, and

may be achieve through effec-tive and effi-cient imple-mentation. I presumed that after the elec-tions our new-l y - i n s t a l l e d city council-ors were still in ‘cloud nine’ and overwhelmed by their acquired glo-rified seats.

That’s one way of looking at it. Anoth-er is that, the electorate had always high expectations of the new council leader-ship, particularly its members – old and new alike. Being reasonably confident, notably the installation of their pre-ferred council candidates means much to the masses. But what about the coun-cilors’ pure intention to serve - do they have it in mind that public service is a public trust? The fact that they are being closely watched at all angles shows how seriously the people are anticipating members of the city council to deliver posthaste basic services to the populace.

Sure, the people’s attention will like-wise be trained directly at the young vice mayor. The dominant question is: “Does the vice mayor have a vision for the local legislative chamber, the city and its people?” As he assumed the vice mayoral post last week, local political watchers debated whether VM Pulong could provide the drive and direction of the city lawmaking body by enact-ing laws that would stimulate the city’s socio-political and economic develop-ment. While political experts and legal luminaries may argue about if the vice mayor can deliver what the city and its people need, they generally agree what it is: courageous leadership that is will-ing to continue the remarkable achieve-

ments left behind by his predecessor.So is the current council chieftain

Pulong the vice mayor Davao City has been waiting for? Many analysts share the experts’ sanguine observation. “You become vice mayor or any local elective posts because party leaders and the people elect you. The direction is fixed consensus that often initiates radical change.” This early the dauntless vice mayor is already showing signs that he really means business therefore coun-cil member should avoid doing han-ky-panky, and should discipline them-selves in their actions.

What kind of a council presiding of-ficer will the vice mayor be? Much has been said and made of his people-ori-ented views. As head of the city’s As-sociation of Barangay Captains (ABC) prior to his election as vice mayor, he knows full well what are really the needs of the people notably those in the grassroots level. He is likewise seen as a decisive leader willing to take neces-sary actions. Like his father-mayor, the city council may be in for real action during his reign. This may come off as a played-out piece of observation. The electorate should never get tired of looking intently into the official respon-sibilities of the member of the 17th city council. They can’t be complacent that all of the city councilors regard-less of political inclination will actually do their tasks earnestly and honestly during their terms.

Mind you, of course, there are ex-ceptions. Some of them in the long run do rise to the occasion, and will be performing well. After the 100-day celebratory period, readily available records either through the social media or minutes of the city council will tell people pretty clearly who are perform-ing, and who are not. Dear folks, keep on beat watching!

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AQUILES Z. ZONIOCorrespondent

Steering the city lawmaking body

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Music as therapyfor sick children

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Central 911 can have the equipments needed for upgrade.

“His instruction to us will eventually in-crease the capability in addressing the emer-gency needs in Davao City,” he said.

Jaldon bared that he noticed that the emer-gency needs in Davao City is increasing be-cause of its vertical and lateral expansion including population increase which directly

affects the emergency needs of the public.

“As of now we are doing reviews and we are identifying other equipments that we needed and we are also upgrading our capabili-ties,” he said.

He added that they have adequate equip-ment for flooding situa-tions, but in an instance when a structure col-lapses they will need additional equipment.

At present, Central

911 has enough man-power and if the addi-tional equipments will be given they might as well need an addition-al crew to fill in their team.

Central 911 func-tions as police as-sistance, emergency medical service, urban search and rescue ser-vice, fire auxiliary ser-vice, K-9 service and conducts trainings to different areas of the city. CMP

the authorities, in-cluding the Philippine National Police (PNP), Task Force Davao (TFD), and others, to add precautionary measures by putting up more checkpoints, and warm bodies, whether covert or otherwise on the ground.

He asked for the people’s understanding should they experience any inconvenience due to the additional secu-

rity measures, after all, it is for their own pro-tection.

The mayor also said, he does not want to attribute the adverse travel advisory from these countries to any group, rebels or front.

He, however, said that it is “a little bit sad” that one of the sched-uled major event in Davao City—the Phil-ippine Ad Congress--was cancelled due to

the bad travel advisory from these countries.

The travel advisory from USA, Canada and Australia were released in the first week of July in their respective em-bassies in Manila citing “criminal gangs and terrorist” presence in Cotabato, Zamboanga and Davao Cities as the reason why their na-tionals should exercise extreme caution when going to Mindanao.

“dealings” with Petal-corin.

Alliance of Progres-sive Labor (APL) Davao coordinator Rodel Aben-oja said Cirilo holds documents that are sub-stantial in ousting Land Transportation Franchis-ing and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)-Davao Director Benjamin Go, for alleged corruption in that agency.

Abenoja said, Cirilo would have blown the whistle through an inter-view, but he backed out when Rivera was killed on January 25, 2013 and when a grenade was thrown at his house, which fortunately did not explode.

He said, Petalcorin also has documents that contain the same infor-mation with Cirilo’s.

Their group is also conducting their own in-vestigation, and is still to ask the permission of Petalcorin’s wife to get the files which are in his

office, said Abenoja.He said, their group

sees corruption in the LT-FRB regional office as the only motive in killing Pet-alcorin.

Kempis said, Cirilo went to hiding after Ri-vera was killed for fear of his life and has not communicated with him since. There are reports that Cirilo is hiding at Camp Crame for protec-tion at this moment.

Abenoja said Cirilo should gain courage and that their entire group will back him up.

He said the Talomo Police personnel told him that there are no pa-pers and evidences to strengthen the petition to oust the LTFRB head.

Abenoja believes that there is a big possibili-ty that Cirilo would also be killed, but it would be best if Cirilo could give the documents he is hold-ing to the authorities, so that Petalcorins’s fight

will not be in vain.He fear that Petal-

corin’s case would end up like Rivera’s case which until now remains un-solved.

A press release read by Kempis, states that their group is not con-tented with the investi-gation conducted by the authorities, since there is no timeframe on when the case will be solve.

He also wants to clari-fy that the Petalcorin case is not an isolated case con-trary to the pronounce-ment of Davao City Police Office (DCPO) Director Ronald dela Rosa.

Kempis said three transport leaders were killed in just a span of seven months this year, including transport lead-er and municipal council-or of Governor Generoso Davao Oriental Romy Al-macin, who was shot dead in broad daylight last May. EJF

sa ila, dapat kopyahon nila akong style para ap-proachable sila sa me-dia.”

Dela Rosa has served as a DCPO director for one year and five months.

“Kanang pagbal-hin-balhin namo, part na sa programs sa pagde-velop sa officers sa PNP,” he added.

When being asked

about his experience as the chief of DCPO he said that it is both exciting and challenging.

Dela Rosa has been in the service for 31 years previously assigned as provincial director in Compostela Valley and then Davao del Sur.

The creation of ‘ha-bal-habal cops kontra riding in tandem’ was spearheaded by Dela

Rosa which helped to al-leviate robbery cases on the streets in the city.

Another Dela Rosa legacy is the “Oplan Tokhang (tok-tok-hangyo)” and “Ta-phang (tapok hangyo)” which he initiated last February 3. The opera-tions have covered 45 barangays in the city from February to May. CMP

BOY’S BEST FRIEND. A boy takes a morning swim with his dog in the waters off Sta. Ana Wharf in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

A waste of time is how many Pi-noy netizens de-

scribed the language commission’s move to officially use the name “Filipinas.”

“Wala na ba kayong maisip?” a Yahoo! user named Jaicon said, commenting on news about the Komisyong ng Wikang Filipino’s suggestion.

In a resolution dat-ed April 12, the KWF urged the use of “Fili-pinas” instead of “Phil-ippines” or “Pilipinas” as the country’s official name.

The decision, which only recently made rounds via social media networks, has drawn

mixed reactions, most of them violent.

“Wala na ba sil-ang alam gawin kun-di magpalit ng pan-galan?” Yahoo! user Sam Sung asked in an-other comment in the website.

Aside from the country’s name, names of streets, towns and provinces are frequently matters of debate among Fili-pinos.

Suggestions have previously been float-ed, for instance, for the Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) to be renamed in honor of democracy icon and late President Corazon Aquino.

“There is no con-fusion on what the Philippines should be called,” Yahoo! user Kuroneko said.

She was refuting the KWF’s claim that the use of three differ-ent names gave rise to confusion on how the country should be re-ferred to.

“Let the name be whatever it is. Don’t waste your time think-ing of what to do with the name,” Yahoo! user Nilo said.

Several Twitter us-ers shared the same sentiment, even add-ing that they prefer using the three names for the country inter-changeably. [Yahoo!]

A measure seeking death penalty for illegal logging will

be re-filed in the 16th Congress to address the unabated illegal activity in the country.

Outgoing Capiz Rep-resentative Jane Tan-Cas-tro is the author of a bill in the 15th Congress declaring illegal logging a heinous crime punish-able by death.

Tan-Castro’s husband, newly elected Rep. Fre-denil Castro, is expected to re-file the bill in the next Congress. “Illegal loggers should pay for their crime,” Tan-Castro said.

Tan-Castro said un-der the present law, il-legal logging is punish-

able with only six years imprisonment and a fine based on the price of the illegal logs.

Tan-Castro said the Philippines’ forest cover has thinned to about 6.6 million hectares in 2010 from the approximately 16 million hectares in the 1950s.

Citing the Depart-ment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Tan-Castro said about 200,000 hectares a year are destroyed and almost 5 million hectares are considered denuded due to illegal logging.

“As a result, soil ero-sion and river siltation plague the provinces of Aurora, Quezon, Nueva Ecija and some parts of

Mindanao,” Tan-Castro said.

Tan-Castro said the massive logging in the Sierra Madre mountain range had been blamed for the flash floods and landslides that killed more than 1,000 people in Quezon and Aurora in December 2004.

Tan-Castro said even more dangerous and in-tolerable is the unlawful practice of cutting trees in protected watershed areas where hardwood trees still abound.

“We must stop the widespread forest de-struction and make tree growing and preserva-tion part of our national consciousness,” Tan-Cas-tro said.[PNA]

Pinoys shun ‘Filipinas’ suggestion

Death penalty soughtfor illegal logging

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DAVAO CITY

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUNDOR PAG-IBIG FUND, Mortgagee -versus- EJF-REM CASE NO. 14,261-13

CESAR JR R. LUGO, married to KAMYA F. LUGO, Mortgagor/s.

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NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee Home Develop-ment Mutual Fund or Pag-ibig Fund against the mortgagor/s CESAR JR. R. LUGO, married to KAMYA F. LUGO, with postal address at LOT 03, Blk 12, 10th ST. GUADALUPE VILLAGE, LA-NANG, Davao City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of October 12, 2013 amounted to ( P 1,932,974.86) Phil-ippine Currency, inclusive of interest, penalty charges, plus at-torney’s fees equivalent to TEN ( 10%) of the total indebtedness plus other legal expenses incident of foreclosure and sale; the un-dersigned Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on July 26 , 2013 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland,Davao City to the highest bidder for Cash or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property together with all the improvements thereon, to wit:

Transfer Certificate of Title No. T- 435077“ A parcel of land (Lot 3, Blk. 12 xxx) situated in the Distirct

of Lanang, Davao City, Island of Mindanao.xxx Containing an area of THREE HUNDRED(300) SQUARE METERS, more or less”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,it shall be held on August 23, 2013 without further notice.

Prospective buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the titles herein described real property/ies and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Davao City, Philippines, June 18, 2013

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF: (SGD.) TERESITA M. CEBALLOS Sheriff IVNoted by:

(SGD) ATTY. EDIPOLO P. SARABIA, JR.Clerk of Court VI & Ex-Officio Provincial Sheriff

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NEWEST. Davao Bloggers rally behind payITfwd Davao-based social media influencers have converged recently for payITfwd, the newest social develop-ment initiative of wireless leader Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart).

This is part of a series of meet-ups with bloggers that Smart has orga-nized in key cities nationwide to help propagate the news and encourage those who do social good to join payITfwd. PayITfwd hopes to enable com-munity projects that foster learning through the use of mobile technologies in line with Smart’s mEducation initiatives.

Smart is looking for ongoing community-based projects that have po-tentials to scale up via technology. Smart will be giving a technology pack-

age to the 20 best projects for this year, 10 for each round starting May up to July, and August until October. The technology package includes 5 tablets, Smart Bro load worth P3,000, Smart Bro pocket wi-fi, and a cash prize worth P50,000. To know more about the program, visit www.smart.com.ph/pay-ITfwd.

Ericberto Barriga, Jr., president of ICT Davao was one of the speakers during the meet-up. ICT Davao champions the formulation of ICT-related policies and regulations to create a business environment that encourages ICT investments.

The bloggers’ meet-up was held at the Smart JUMP Center in Davao City.

IF Apple is working on its “iWatch,” its bitter Korean rival

Samsung is coming up with its “Gear.”

Android enthu-siast site Phandroid said Samsung sug-gested “Gear” could be “watches, clocks, wristbands, brace-lets” that can commu-nicate with comput-ers and tablets.

“It’s a fitting name, when you think about it — analog clocks and watches use small gears to turn the var-ious hands. It would certainly be very easy to market in that re-gard,” it said.

Samsung enthusi-ast blog site SamMo-bile said the Korean company has applied for a trademark on the name “Gear” for what it described as Samsung’s version of “Rolex.”

“Ready for the next hype? Samsung wants to bring their own

ROLEX! They con-firmed a new Android smart watch few months back and now they’ve applied for a trademark on name ‘GEAR,’” SamMobile said.

A separate article on T3.com said that while Samsung has yet to release any official information about the device, its executive vice president Lee Young Hee confirmed last May they are pre-paring “products for the future, and the watch is definitely one of them.”

On the other hand, T3.com said it is not clear yet if Samsung will just make “Gear” an accessory that works alongside one’s mobile or a stand-alone device.

Samsung this joins other companies like Apple, Sony and Goo-gle with similar plans for their own smart-watches.

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AFTER 20 months of twists and turns in the Dwight Howard

saga, he made a decision on where he will play next season, the Houston Rock-ets.

“I’ve decided to be-come a member of the Houston Rockets,” How-ard tweeted. “I feel its the best place for me and I am excited about joining the Rockets and I’m looking forward to a great season. I want to thank the fans in Los Angeles and wish them the best.”

Howard’s deal with Houston is worth $88 mil-lion over four years. If he had stayed with the Lak-ers he could’ve made an-other $30 million and one more season.

Late Friday evening, Howard had changed his twitter avatar to him wearing a Rockets uni-form.

Howard informed all the teams in the running of his decision one at a time, with the Lakers com-ing later in the day.

“We have been in-formed of Dwight’s deci-sion to not return to the Lakers. Naturally we’re

disappointed,” Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said in a state-ment. “However, we will now move forward in a different direction with the future of the franchise and, as always, will do our best to build the best team possible, one our great lakers fans will be proud to support. To Dwight, we thank him for his time and consideration, and for his efforts with us last season. We wish him the best of luck on the remainder of his NBA career.”

For all the allure of the Lakers that he was so ex-cited about after the trade that brought him to Los Angeles in the summer of 2012, Howard ultimately went with the team that gave him the best chance to win a championship now rather than later.

The Rockets had gone to great lengths to clear the way for his arrival, re-making their roster and of-fering a chance to partner with James Harden on the team that went 45-37 last season and pushed his for-mer Oklahoma City Thun-der team to six games in a first-round playoff loss.

UNDEFEATED WBO m i n i m u w e i g h t world champion

Merlito Sabillo of the Phil-ippines will stake his title for the first time against WBO world no. 6 contend-er Jorle Estrada of Colom-bia in the 21st edition of the top rated Pinoy Pride mega-boxing series on July 13, 2013, 6:00 p.m. at the luxurious Solaire Re-sort and Casino.

Dubbed as “Pinoy Pride XXI: When Worlds Collide,”

Sabillo hopes to better his pro ring record of 22 wins without a loss with 11 wins within the distance against Estrada who has also an impressive 17-6, 6 KO’s ring mark.

The promotion, pre-sented by the country’s premiere boxing outfit, ALA Promotions in co-operation with ABS-CBN Sports, is expected to be another sell out as this will be the first time that it will be held in the luxurious ca-

sino resort, the first devel-opment to break ground in the state-owned Entertain-ment City.

This exciting fight card will be headlined by the hard-hitting southpaw from Toboso, Negros Oc-cidental who will wage war against the Colombi-an who already vowed to avenge the defeat of his countryman, fomer no. 1 ranked Luis De La Rosa, who lost to Sabillo earlier this year.

SHORT FLING. Los Angeles stars Kobe Bryant (left) will be missing Dwight Howard (right) who has moved to the Houston Rockets.

BREAKING UPD12 leaves Lakers for Rockets

PIGGYBACK. A Soldiers for Christ player bites into a fake by Matina Enclaves forward John Ferriols. The Enclaves beat the Soldiers 89-87. Lean Daval Jr.

Sabilo defends world title in Solaire July 13

ASIDE from the rigor-ous training, WBO M i n i m u m w e i g h t

World Champion Merlito “Tiger” Sabillo, OPBF su-perflyweight title-holder King Arthur Villanueva and former WBO ban-tamweight world cham-pionship contender AJ “Bazooka” Banal will also have to do their share in promoting their July 13 mega-fight.

The 3 ALA boxers are scheduled to appear on ABS-CBN television shows to promote their fights for “Pinoy Pride XXI: When Worlds Collide” which will

be held in the luxurious Solaire Resort and Casino in the country’s Entertain-ment City.

This Sunday, July 7 they are scheduled to ap-pear on two top-rating TV shows. They are invited to promote during UAAP Basketball match-ups be-tween heavy favorites FEU Tamaraws and UP Fight-ing Maroons for the first game and powerhouse long-time rivals Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles and De La Salle University Green Archers for the second game live at the Mall of Asia Arena.

Plugging together with famous celebrities during ABS-CBN noon time show A.S.A.P will also be part of the agenda on the same day

On Monday, July 8, they are also asked to join the gang of Kapamilya Network’s early morning show, Umagang Kay Gan-da and an in-depth inter-view with veteran sports caster DyanCastillejo will follow.

Sabillo, Villanueva and Banal are wrapping up their weeks-long training before heading to Manila for the finishing touches.

TV guestings lined up for Pinoy Pride XXI

The Davao City leg of the festival will be on July 19 to 28 will feature a se-ries of culturally-inspiring films all in Japanese with English subtitles and all movies are rated G:

About Her Brother (Oto-to) Master filmmaker Ya-mada Yoji, known for his humanistic films, directs his first contemporary fea-ture in ten years. Paying homage to Ichikawa Kon’s film of the same title, the film presents a heartwarm-ing depiction of the bond between a hard-working older sister and her young-er brother, a failed per-former. Widowed young, Ginko (Yoshinaga Sayuri) runs a pharmacy and lives with her daughter, Koharu (Aoi Yu), and her moth-erin- law, Kinuyo (Kato Haruko). Koharu was to marry a distinguished doc-tor; and, out of the blue, Ginko’s long lost brother, Tetsuro (Shofukutei Tsu-rube), showed up drunk at the wedding; thus, ruined the occasion.

ALWAYS - Sunset on Third Street - 3 (Always Sanchome no yuhi 64) The third installment in

a popular comedy-drama series following the lives of residents of a Tokyo neighborhood, this time taking place in 1964. Shot using the same 3D system as James Cameron’s Ava-tar, it vividly evokes the vitality of the times by in-terspersing nostalgic CG recreations of the Tokyo Olympics, the bullet train soon after it went into op-eration, and a lot more. As the benefits of Japan’s economic boom were be-ing felt on Third Street in Sunset Town, unfortu-nate incidents were taking place—novelist Chagawa (Yoshioka Hidetaka) finds himself upstaged by a younger writer and ironi-cally falls into a slump. Then he receives word from his family in Nagano that his father is seriously ill.

Light Up Nippon – Re-covery from the Great East Japan Earthquake On March 11, 2011, Ja-pan was hit by an unprec-edented earthquake and tsunami that caused great devastation to property and loss of lives in the To-hoku region; the entire na-tion was consequently in grief.

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Eiga Sai Japanese FilmFestival in Davao July 19 - 28IN celebration of the Philippine-Japanese Friendship Month and the 46th Year of ASE-AN - Japan friendship and cooperation, the Japan Foundation, Manila together with the Film Development Council of the Philip-pines stages the much-anticipated “Eiga Sai” Japanese Film Fstival from July 4 to August 25.

By Kenneth Irving Ong

Light Up Nippon is a fireworks display project launched in 10 disaster-stricken areas simultane-ously following the Great East Japan Earthquake. After overcoming many obstacles with strong com-mitment and sheer de-

termination, the first fire-works event was on August 11, 2011, much to the de-light of many people—it was a memorial for the vic-tims and a symbol of hope for recovery. The Japan Foundation has produced a documen-tary video for overseas viewing that includes the LIGHT UP NIPPON proj-ect, which was made pos-sible through the efforts of individuals from Japan’s younger generation.

Japan, Our homeland (Furusato – Japan) In the late 1950s, Japan was in a state of recovery from the ravages of the war—developing its econ-omy. In downtown Tokyo, children always played outdoors until sunset and were awaited warmly at home by their families. Akira is an ordinary boy—naïve and serious; Gon is

the boss; and, Hakase is a genius. One spring, a new fe-male music teacher and a pretty girl—Shizu, who

likes to sing join their class. They decide to join a singing competition in school; ‘DOYO’ (Japanese children’s songs) was their choice and they practice well. However, some boys in the school are found shoplifting; as a result, the class is forced to withdraw from the singing competi-tion… But somehow, Aki-ra and his classmates try to re-enter the competition. There was a strong will to realize Ms. Sakamoto’s wish and Shizu’s dream to become a singer.

KAMUI (Kamui Gaiden) Director/screenwriter Sai Yoichi and screen-writer Kudo Kankuro have created a live action period piece based on the internationally famous classic Ninja comic by Shirato Sampei. Kamui (Matsuyama Kenichi), born in the 17th century in the lower classes of society, became a Ninja in order to survive. Unable to bear the restrictive rules and brutality, he fled—known as an escaped Ninja. Being a fugitive, he lived in the home of fisherman Hanbei (Kobayashi Kaoru) whose life he saved. Hanbei’s wife Sugaru Koyuki)—her-self an escaped Ninja did not trust him. Meanwhile, Hanbei’s daughter Sayaka (Ohgo Suzuka) finds her-self falling in love with him.

About Her Brother.

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THE manic Minions are back! A Despicable Me sequel was a no-brainer, con-sidering the 2010 release grossed more than $540 million and became the 10th biggest animated film in U.S. history.  Steve Carell returns as oddly accented, follically challenged Gru, who has abandoned his super-vil-lain image to play subur-ban dad to three orphan girls. But then Gru gets re-cruited by the Anti-Villain League (AVL) to help cap-ture a nefarious new crimi-nal. Partnering with AVL agent Lucy Wilde (Kristen Wiig), Gru sets up a stake-out at the local mall and struggles to balance this top-secret job with his role as father. Ready to be debriefed on more covert DM2 facts? Keep reading (but then we’ll have to kill you): Steve Carell Is the New Will Smith: Only a few years back, super-star Smith ruled the July 4th  weekend at the box office, with mega-hits like Independence Day, Men in Black, and Men in Black 2. But oh how things have changed (cough, cough…After Earth…). Now Carell is having a banner holiday weekend with two movies opening—Despicable Me 2 and the indie comedy The Way, Way Back, a bitter-sweet coming-of-age tale that should earn some love from blockbuster-weary audiences. Wiiging Out With Weaponry: Funnylady Kristen Wiig also returns for this second go-round, though as a different char-acter. The filmmakers were so impressed with Wiig’s performance as Miss Hat-tie, the orphanage matron in the first film, that they

offered her the plum part of Special Agent Lucy Wilde. This overeager op-erative packs lots of nifty gadgets, including a lip-stick taser, moose tranquil-izer darts and an epoxy-shooting bracelet that can stop an attacking chicken. You never know when you might need that.  Bratt Goes Bad: Law & Order star Benjamin Bratt plays flirtatious restaurant owner Eduardo and his vil-lainous alter ego El Macho. Initially, Javier Bardem was in, um, talks to voice the roles, which went in-stead to Al Pacino. Alas, Pacino’s animation debut

was not meant to be. Mere months before DM2’s re-

lease, the legendary actor departed the project, citing “creative differences” with directors Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud. Bratt was quickly tapped to re-record Pacino’s tracks, which had been used as reference for animating the characters. Booyah! Say What? Decipher-ing Minion-Speak: As in the first film, the gibber-ing, googly-eyed Minions provide the biggest laughs. But before these Twinkie-shaped henchmen became the characters we know and love, the filmmakers struggled with how the little guys should commu-nicate. Their initial vocals weren’t working, so direc-tor Pierre Coffin stepped into the recording booth and did some off-the-cuff riffs that became the Min-ions’ “language,” a nonsen-sical mix of Indian, French, English, Spanish and Ital-ian.  World War Minion: The villain’s master plan—and DM2’s best plot device—involves using the Min-ions as an army of mind-less eating machines. His special serum transforms the cute yellow guys into purple, wild-haired beas-ties. You might think the filmmakers were inspired by Gremlins or any zom-bie flick, but they credit the Looney Tunes cartoon Hyde and Go Tweet, in which Tweety Bird drinks a Jekyll-and-Hyde formula and becomes a big, hairy monster. These malevolent Minions are a stroke of evil genius! E!Online

THE Philippines’ leading low-cost carrier, Cebu Pa-cific Air (PSE:CEB) celebrated the inaugural flight of its first Airbus A330 aircraft last July 4, and the delivery of its 45th aircraft last July 5, 2013. Passengers departing for the inaugural Airbus A330 flight 5J 188 from Manila to Seoul (Incheon) were sent off with fan-fare and freebies. The first inaugural flight passenger to check-in at the air-port, Ms Rizziane Aileen Tolentino, a student of the Catho-lic University of Korea, was also awarded with a round-trip ticket to Seoul (Incheon). CEB’s brand-new Airbus A330 aircraft was delivered last June 15, 2013 from Toulouse, France. Aside from Seoul, this aircraft will also be utilized for 5J 813 from Manila to Singa-pore on July 8, before CEB’s daily Manila-Dubai service com-mences on October 7, 2013. Meanwhile, CEB recently took delivery of its 45th aircraft, a brand-new Sharklet-equipped Airbus A320, from Toulouse, France. CEB is the first and only Philippine operator of Airbus aircraft with Sharklets, a milestone Airbus technology that allows airlines to save up to 4% on fuel burn. This is CEB’s 3rd Sharklet-equipped Airbus A320 delivery for 2013. The airline expects delivery of 16 more Airbus A320 air-craft with Sharklets, 30 Airbus A321neo and 3 Airbus A330 aircraft from 2013 until 2021. “These highly efficient, state-of-the-art aircraft will allow us to continue offering CEB’s trademark lowest fares to our passengers, as they travel to, from and within the Philip-pines. We look forward to taking delivery of more aircraft, equipped with the most modern, best in class technology, for the benefit of our guests,” said CEB VP for Marketing and Distribution Candice Iyog. For bookings and inquiries, guests can go to www.cebu-pacificair.com, or call the reservation hotlines (02)7020-888 or (032)230-8888. The latest seat sales can also be found on CEB’s official Twitter and Facebook pages.

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IN the outskirts of Puerto Princesa City in Palawan lives a tribe called Batak—an an-cient group of people believed to be the old-est inhabitants of the Philippines. But today, the Batak are fading fast. They are now the smallest tribe in Pala-wan with a population estimated at around 300. Inside one of the Batak vil-lages, bare-breasted wom-en in colorful costumes greet foreign and local visi-tors alike. Eager to play their music, they happily beat sticks on hollowed-out tree trunks, still dancing to the rhythm that has entertained them for centuries. Their happy faces belie their long battle against extinction. The Batak tribe are a no-madic group of people, relying on hunting and gathering for food. But with environmental resources slowly depleting, the Batak

people are being pushed farther into the jungle, of-ten suffering from malnu-trition and lack of access to medical facilities. Ricky Dela Cruz, a Christian pastor, recounts that children tie their stomachs with rope to deaden their hunger pangs. The average Batak woman bears eight children, but only two would survive. In another Batak village, a cemented basketball court welcomes visitors. Basket-ball is a favorite pastime for Batak boys. Although

no one dons their tradi-tional costumes anymore, the men still go on hunting trips for wild boar and flying squirrels. They say this diet has fed their ancestors for centuries, and they believe it could sustain them too. This Monday in I-Wit-ness, Mariz Umali joins the Batak tribe on a hunting trip in the jungle and gets up close and personal with the vanishing tribe of Palawan. “Batak: Ang Naglalahong Tribo” airs July 8 after Saksi on GMA-7.

TALK about feeling like royalty! The Royal Mint has an-nounced that babies born in Britain on the same day as Kate Middleton and Prince William’s little bundle of joy will be eligible to receive a special silver penny. A total of 2,013 coins will be created, each one dated 2013, and will come in ei-ther a pink or a blue pouch depending on the child’s gender. “The birth of the royal baby will be a joyous occa-sion not just for Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge but also for the whole nation,” said Shane Bissett, director of commemmorative coins at the Royal Mint, in a state-ment. “It will also be a spe-cial day for many mothers and fathers across the coun-try as they too welcome the arrival of their new baby, hence why we wanted to extend this historical mo-ment to them with a lucky penny.” In order to claim one of the coins, however, parents must register through the Royal Mint’s Facebook page. Of course, the royal cou-ple has already received quite a few presents them-selves ahead of their child’s arrival.Most recently, the Finnish government sent the Duke

and Duchess a Finnish baby box. The cardboard box, which is distributed to all expectant mothers in Fin-land and doubles as a sleep-ing vessel when empty, con-tains a mattress, mattress cover, undersheet, sleeping bag, duvet cover and blan-ket, various clothing items, as well as a number of grooming products.Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard also knitted a

kangaroo for Will and Kate’s baby, although she’s been widely criticized for the gift.Meanwhile, as the world ea-gerly awaits the little one’s arrival, photographers have alreaady begun lining up outside St. Mary’s London Hospital. Middleton is set to give birth in the exclusive Lindo Wing, where Princess Diana gave to birth to Wil-liam in 1982 and Prince Har-ry in 1984. E! Online

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Mai Mai Miracle (Mai Mai Shinko to sennen no maho) Nostalgic full length animated film adaptation of the autobiographical novel of the same title by Akutagawa Prize winner, Takagi Nobuko. Set in Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture in the mid 1950’s, a place which still retains historic sites and placenames of the Heian period. The film por-trays the warm friendship between a young local girl (Shinko) with a rich imagination, and a girl (Kiiko) who came from Tokyo. Production house MADHOUSE (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time; Summer Wars), completed the film using visually pleasing graphics. Shinko (voiced by Fukuda Ma-yuko) is an energetic third-grader who has a curl in her forehead that she calls her “Mai Mai.” She loves lis-tening to her grandfather’s stories of the Heian period, and finds herself imaging the lives of those who lived 1000 years ago. When Kiiko (voiced by Mizusawa Nako) came, the ever-curious Shinko finds Kiiko’s unfamil-iarity with the local ways to be fasci-nating. They become fast friends, and spent much time together. They started on a project to stop the canals and build a dammed lake; and, tak-ing care of a goldfish they had dis-covered.

WANKO - The Story of Me, My Family and My Dog (Rock Wanko No Shima) Miyakejima, a small island in the Pacific Ocean, is a six-and-a-half hour boat ride away from Tokyo. There have been eruptions every 20 years on this volcanic island. Here, the Noyama family runs a guest-house in the sixth district. Shin, a pri-mary school pupil, adores a newborn puppy that he has named Rock. In August 2000, Mount Oyama in Miyakejima erupts violently, forc-ing the Noyama family to evacuate. At that time, Rock goes missing. One day, Shin and his family mi-raculously reunite with Rock at a volcanic hazard animal rescue cen-ter. However, dogs are not allowed at the shelter. Rock, already not well, becomes increasingly weak, and the family members do not know when they will return to the island. In this situation fraught with anxieties and conflicts, Shin makes a decision.

Fukushima Hula Girls (GAM-BAPPE HULA Hula GIRL!) This documentary was produced after the Great East Japan Earth-quake in March 11, 2011. Iwaki City,

one of the hardest-hit areas close to the Fukushima nuclear power plant, features the beautiful “Spa Resort Hawaiians” resort hotel and facilities. After the disaster, everyone work-ing at the resort, including the hula dancers known as the “Hula Girls,” has been trying to overcome the challenges of rebuilding the facility as a first step toward the reconstruction of Fukushima. The film tells the story of these people facing everyday life and other struggles leading up to the reopening of “Spa Resort Hawaiians.”

Rinco’s Restaurant (Shokudo katat-sumuri) A heartwarming human drama based on lyricist Ogawa Ito’s debut novel. Using CG animation and musical scenes, this fantastical film shows us the small miracles a little heartfelt cooking can bring. In shock from a heart break, Rinco (Shibasaki Kou) has lost her voice. She reluc-tantly moves in with her whimsical mother Ruriko (Yo Kimiko), but try-ing to find a way to provide for her-self, she decides to convert the guest house into a restaurant, where she serves only one pair of guests a day with carefully cooked meals. Soon word spreads that “dining there will bring you happiness.”

Haru’s Journey (Haru Tono Tabi) In April 2009, an elderly man named Tadao and his granddaughter Haru go on a trip. Tadao, living in the lonely fishing village of Mashike in Hokkaido, had spent his life fishing for Pacific herring. Retired after in-juring his leg, he lives with Haru after his only daughter killed herself. While taking care of her grandfather, Haru worked as a nutritionist, but lost her job when the elementary school that employed her closed down. One day, Haru tells Tadao that she wants to move to the city to find a new job and that one of his siblings should look after him. Tadao gets an-gry but has no choice; they set off to visit his estranged siblings in Tohoku in northeastern Japan. Their journey consequently re-volves around the theme of family reconciliation, as Haru and Tadao come to understand the relations are. Thus, Tadao looks back on his life and Haru finds a new future.

Brave Story (Brave Story) Based on a fantasy masterpiece by best selling author, Miyabe Miyuki. A primary school pupil, Wataru, lives with his mother as his parents are di-vorced. His mother slips into critical condition. “If you go to the other side of that door, you can change your fate,” says his new classmate, Mitsu-ru. Mitsuru came to the world of Vi-sion before Wataru. Wataru follows the advice of Mitsuru and sets off on a journey into the world of Vision. Wataru becomes a trainee hero, and travels in search of a hidden treasure that has the power to change fate. Entrusted with fate, Wataru chooses to prioritize peace in Vision over his wish to recover his happy home with his parents. The demons are sealed away and peace returns to Vision once again. The Davao leg of Eiga Sai will be held at the Cinematheque Davao from July 19 to 28 and on July 20 and 21, and July 27 and 28 at the Cinema of the Abreeza Mall.

Kamui.

Always: Sunset on Third Street - 3

Brave Story.

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VOL. 6 ISSUE 81 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, JULY 07-08, 2013EDGEDAVAO 15SPORTSREPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT11TH JUDICIAL REGION

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT-SHERIFFDAVAO CITY

NICKEL COLLECTION LENDING,INVESTOR.,INC.Represented by MARITES V. SIANGCO Mortgagee, -versus- EJF-REM CASE NO. 14, 298-13

BERNARDO D. BERIOSO Mortgagor/s.

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NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the above-mentioned mortgagee against BER-NARDO D. BERIOSO, as mortgagor, of legal age, Filipino, widow-er and a resident of Pindasan, Mabini, Comval Province ,to sat-isfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of March 27, 2013 is in the amount of SIX MILLION THREE HUNDRED TWENTY SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY NINE PESOS & 70/100 (6,326,179.70) Philippine Currency, EXCLUSIVE OF PENALTIES AND PAST DUE INTEREST, plus expenses of foreclosure and attor-ney’s fees representing 25% of the total obligation due and other legal expenses incident of foreclosure and sale, the undersigned Sheriff IV of Regional Trial Court, Davao City; the undersigned will sell at public auction on August 2, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland ,Davao City to the highest bidder for Cash or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real properties mentioned and described below together with all the improvements found thereon ,to wit:

Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-452095“ A parcel of land (Lot 80-B-1-B2, Psd-11-112402-035354)

being a portion of Lot 80-B-1-B, Psd-11-026375 situated in the Barrio of Central; City of Davao, Island of Mindanao xxx. Contain-ing an area of ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FOUR (1,204) SQUARE METERS, more or less xxx.”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on SEPTEMBER 6, 2013 without further notice.

Prospective buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the titles herein described real property/ies and the encumbrances thereon , if any there be.

Davao City, Philippines, June 25, 2013.

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF: (SGD.) SERGIO LEONARDO J. TUPAS Sheriff IVNoted by:

(SGD) ATTY. EDIPOLO P. SARABIA, JR.Clerk of Court VI & Ex-Officio Provincial Sheriff

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURT11TH JUDICIAL REGION

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT-SHERIFFDAVAO CITY

PHILIPPINE SAVINGS BANK Mortgagee, -versus- EJF-REM CASE NO. 14, 299-13 SPS. EDGAR S. MORENO &KATHRINA A. MORENO Mortgagor/s.

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NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the above-mentioned mortgagee against SPS. EDGAR/KATHRINA MORENO with postal address at Door 1 Moreno Bldg., Vermillon St., Spring Village, Ma-a, Davao City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of June 4, 2013 amounted to Php 2,490,325.77, Philippine Currency, plus other legal expenses incident to foreclo-sure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of Regional Trial Court, Davao City; the undersigned will sell at public auc-tion on Augudt 2, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland ,Davao City to the highest bidder for Cash or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property together with all the improvements found thereon particularly de-scribed below , to wit:

Transfer Certificate of Title No. 146-2012004619“ A parcel of land (Lot 9790-B-4-B, Psd – 11-

096852xxx) situated in Barangay Matina Crossing; City of Davao, Island of Mindanao xxx. Containing an area of TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINE (2,209) SQUARE METERS, more or less xxx.”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on SEPTEMBER 6, 2013 without further notice.

This NOTICE will be posted in three (3) conspicouos public places in the City of DAVAO and in the place where the property is located and where the auction sale will take place for the information of the general public and the par-ties.

Prospective buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the titles herein described real property/ies and the encumbrances thereon , if any there be.

Davao City, Philippines, June 25, 2013.

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF: (SGD.) CONRADO P. MACUTAY, JR. Sheriff IVNoted by:

(SGD) ATTY. EDIPOLO P. SARABIA, JR.Clerk of Court VI & Ex-Officio Provincial Sheriff

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESOffice of Atty. Godofredo M. Duremdes III

Notary Public for Davao City

UNION BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES Mortgagee CASE NO. N-112 EXTRA JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER ACT NO. 3135,AS AMENDED -versus-SPS. ALEXANDER A. ABAYA and JUDEL C. ABAYA Mortgagor/s

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NOTICE OF EXTRA JUDICIAL SALE

Pursuant to the terms of the Real Estate Mortgage dated and notarized on 16 November 2011, executed by SPS. ALEXANDER A. ABAYA and JUDEL C. ABAYA with residence and postal address at No. 15 orchid St., Napco Subdivision, Bangkal, Davao City Mortgagor/s, in favor of UNION BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, Mortgagee, to sat-isfy the mortgage indebtedness in the total amount of PESOS:TWO MILLION NINE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTEEN & 11/100 ( 2,925,815.11) Phillipine Currency, inclusive of sale and other charges, the undersigned Notary Public for Davao City, hereby gives notice to all parties concerned and to the public in general that on September 2, 2013 at 11:00 A. M. in the morning or soon thereafter at the main en-trance/lobby of the City Hall of Davao City, he/she will sell at public auction to the highest bidder and for cash, in Philippine Currency, the property covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 164-2011004410 issued by Regis-try of Deeds for Davao City,Including the improvements thereon and more particu-larly described as follows:

Registry of Deeds for Davao CityTransfer Certificate of Title No. 146-2011004410IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that certain land situated

in BARANGAY OF TALOMO, CITY OF DAVAO, ISLAND OF MINDANAO, more particularly bounded and described as follows: A PARCEL OF LAND (LOT 5, BLOCK 12, OF THE CONS.-SUBD. PLAN , PCS 11-004305, BEING A PORTION OF THE CONS. OF LOT 3946, LOT 4005, LOT 4007 & LOT 7887 ALL OF CAD-A02) SITUATED IN THE BARANGAY OF TALOMO CITY OF DAVAO, ISLAND OF MINDANAO, BOUNDED ON THE NVV., ALONG LINE 1-2 BY LOT 2: ON THE NE., ALONG LINE 2-3 BY LOT 4, BOTH OF BLOCK 12; ON THE SE., ALONG LINE 3-4 BY ROAD LOT B; ON THE SVV., ALONG LINE 4-5 BY LOT 6; AND ALONG LINE 5-1 BY LOT 7, BOTH OF BLOCK 12; ALL OF THE CONS-SUBD. PLAN, BEGINNING AT A POINT MARKED “1” ON THE PLAN, BEING S, 64.DEG. 44’ VV., 842.91 M. FROM BLLM NO. 23, CAD-102, DAVAO CADASTRE; THENCE N. 70DEG. 11’ E., 5.90 M. TO POINT 2; THENCE S. 76 DEG. 03’ E 12.18 M. TO POINT 3; THENCE S. 14 DEG. 36VV., 14.69 M. TO POINT 4; THENCE N. 38’ VV., 12.09 M TO POINT 5; THENCE N. 23 DEG 55’ VV., 9.11 M. TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING AN AREA OF ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR (174) SQ.M. ALL POINTS REFERRED TO ARE INDICATED ON THE PLAN AND ARE MARKED ON THE GROUND BY P. S. CYL. CONC. MONS. 15 X40 CM.; BEARINGS: TRUE: DATE OF ORIGINAL SURVEY JUNE 30, 1965 & FEB. 1916 TO MAY 1920 AND THAT OF THE CONS. SUBD. SURVEY, NOVEMBER 4, TO 15, 2004. EXECUTED BY GEODETIC ENGINEER FRANCISCO A. GUEVARA JR. AND WAS APPROVE ON OCTOBER 20,2006.

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the abovestated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on September 9, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. in the morning or soon thereafter at the same place without further notice.

Pursuant to law, copies of this Notice shall be posted for not less than twenty (20) days in at least three (3) pub-lic places in the City/Municipality where the mortgage property is located and shall be published once a week for a least three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation before the date of the foreclosure sale.

Done at Davao City June 21, 2013

(Signed) Atty. GODOFREDO M. DUREMDES III Notary Public

LONDON (AP) -- It looked as though nothing could stop

Andy Murray after he reeled off five straight games to take control of a Wimbledon semifinal that hadn’t been going his way.

Then chair umpire Jake Garner made an an-nouncement: They were going to stop play to close the roof on Centre Court.

Murray pointed sky-ward, where the late-eve-ning light was still shining brightly enough to play.

‘’This is an outdoor tournament,’’ he com-plained. ‘’I don’t under-stand these rules.’’

Players rarely win these sort of arguments and Murray was no ex-ception. But instead of letting it ruin his evening, he came back after a half-hour break and closed the deal against No. 24 Jerzy Janowicz to make the Wimbledon final for the second straight year. Murray is one win from becoming the first British man since 1936 to win the home country tourna-ment.

‘’Winning Wimbledon would be a huge achieve-ment for any tennis play-er,’’ Murray said. ‘’Win-ning Wimbledon is pretty much the pinnacle of the sport.’’

Murray won 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 on Friday and figures to be the fresher player when he meets No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the fi-nal Sunday - the third time they’ve met in a Grand Slam final over the past 10 months. They’ve split

the last two, with Mur-ray winning a five-setter at the U.S. Open last year and Djokovic winning in four sets in Australia to open the 2013 major sea-son.

The reason for the lateness of Murray’s match was the way Djokovic’s win over No. 8 Juan Martin del Potro went down. It was a 4 hour, 43 minute affair, a record for a Wimbledon semifinal. It was a back-and-forth, bone-wearying 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-7 (6), 6-3 victory that was sup-posed to be the undercard on the day’s schedule but turned out to be some-thing much better.

‘’One of the most epic matches I’ve played in my life,’’ Djokovic said.

It was filled with huge groundstrokes, long ral-lies and plenty of touch-es of good humor from a couple of players who have long had ample re-spect for each other.

In the end, though, it was these words from del Potro that summed things up: ‘’I hit many winners in one point, and always, the ball comes back.’’

Mixing offense with his best-in-the-world counterpunch-ing, Djokovic slid on the dried-out grass behind the baseline, did the splits a few times and re-peatedly returned del Po-tro’s serves that reached up to 130 mph. He fin-ished with 80 winners over a match that encom-passed 368 points.

TO THE FINALS. Sabine Lisicki of Germany will battle Marion Bartoli in the women’s finals of Wimbledon.

Djokovic, Murray in

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WINNING TEAM. Matina Enclaves-CMO, owned by sports patron Glen Es-candor (6th from left) of The Royal Mandaya Hotel, with the members and

team officials after winning over the visiting Soldiers for Christ in the Handog Pasasalamat ni Mayor Rody basketball exhbition games. Lean Daval Jr.