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Salamat,umarawPagasa: Gaganda na ang panahon

Sinabi ng The Philippine Atmo-spheric, Geophysical and Astrono-mical Services Administration (Pa-gasa) na inaasahan nito ang unti-unting pagganda ng panahon pag-dating sa Sabado at Linggo dahilsa patuloy na paghina ng Habagat.

At para makatulong ay iniutosni Manila Archbishop Antonio LuisTagle ang pagdarasal ng “oratioimperata,” isang espesyal na pana-langin laban sa mga kalamidad.

Hiniling ni Tagle sa mga ma-nanampalataya na hingin ang tu-long ng Diyos para tumigil na angmga pag-ulan na nagpabaha atnagparalisa sa Metro Manila samga nakalipas na araw.

Ang ulang dala ng Habagat, nanagbuhos ng 300 mm (12 pulga-da)—o tatlong ulit sa dami ngpangkaraniwang pag-ulan— mula

Lunes hanggang Martes angpinakamabigat sa nakalipas na tat-long taon, anang Pagasa.

Pero idinagdag nito na patuloyang panaka-nakang pag-ulan saLuzon pagdating ng hapon hang-gang madaling araw.

Ayon kay weather forecasterFernando Cada, ang ulan na dalang Habagat ay pinalakas ng isangmasamang papawirin, at ng mgabagyong Gener at Haikui.

“There is currently no weathersystem that could enhance thesouthwest monsoon. But we haveobserved rain clouds on theDoppler radar and satellite imagesover the West Philippine Sea thathave not dissipated despite dump-ing rains in Central Luzon, MetroManila and portions of southernLuzon,” ani Cada. NCC, JMA

Nina Jeannette I. Andrade at Kristine L. Alave

S A PAGLABAS kahapon ng araw ay inalis na ng ka-gawaran ng panahon ang lahat ng babala ng mala-kas na pag-ulan sa Kamaynilaan.

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Ayon sa Labor Ad-visory No. 1, na inila-bas ni Labor SecretaryRosalinda Baldoz ni-tong Miyerkules, angmga empleado nanagtrabaho noongAgosto 7 “shall bepaid an additional 30percent of the dailyrate of 100 percenton the first eighthours of work.”

Ang nagtrabahonang higit sa walongoras ay may dagdagna 30 porsyento sasahod kada oras.

Para sa may “com-pressed workweek,”babayaran ang em-pleado ng dagdag na30 porsyentong swel-do na katumbas sapinagkasunduang sa-hod sa araw na iyon.

Habagat payNi Tina G. Santos

TATANGGAP ng dagdag na bayad angmga manggagawa na pumasok sa tra-baho sa kabila ng suspensyon ng pasoksa mga lugar na inulan nang malakasat binaha noong Martes, ayon sa De-partment of Labor and Employment.

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Eksperto: Tao may kagagawan ng inabot ng KamaynilaanSA HALIP na ituring ang delub-yong nagpalubog sa Maynila bi-lang natural na pangyayari, masdapat itong tingnan bilang resul-ta ng kakulangan sa pagpapla-no, maluwag na pagpapatupadng batas at pagpoprotekta sapampulitakang interes, ayon samga eksperto.

Ayon kay urban p lannerNathaniel Einseidel may kaka-yanang teknikal ang Pilipinas atmakukuhanan ng pondo upangmasolusyunan ang problema,ngunit walang vision o political

will.“It’s a lack of appreciation for

the benefits of long-term plans.It’s a vicious cycle when theplanning, the policies and en-forcement are not very well syn-chronized,” sabi ni Einseidel, nasiyang hepe ng planning ngMetro Manila mula 1979-89.

“I haven’t heard of a localgovernment, a town or city thathas a comprehensive drainagemasterplan,” aniya.

Walumpung porsyento ngmetropolis ang nalubog nga-

yong linggo matapos bumuhosang ulan na doble sa normal nainaasahan sa buong buwan ngAgosto.

May isang ulat na inilabasang pamahalaan noong 2009 nanagpapalikas sa 2.7 milyong taona naninirahan sa tabi ng mgailog, lawa at kanal.

Sa ilalim ng plano, maaapek-tuhan ang isa sa bawat limangresidente ng Metro Manila, ataabutin ng 10 taon at gugugolng P130 bilyon upang mapatu-pad. AFP

State of calamity4 na lungsod sa Metro nagdeklara

Ni Jaymee T. Gamil

NAPILITANG magdeklara ng state of calamity and apatna lungsod sa Metro Manila bunsod ng pananalantang naglalakihang baha na bunga ng malakas na pag-ulang dala ng Habagat.

Unang nagdeklara angMuntinlupa City noong Marteskasunod ng Pasay City, Manilaat Pateros kinabukasan.

Kahapon, hiniling ni TaguigCity Mayor Lani Cayetano sakonsilyong panglungsod na ila-gay ang pamayanan sa ilalim ngstate of calamity dahil 18 sa 28barangay nito ang lubog sa baha.

Sinabi ni Cayetano, pinunong lokal na disaster risk reduc-tion and management council,na kung aaprubahan ng konsil-yo ang hiling ay magagamit nglungsod ang pondo nitongpang-kalamidad para ayusinang mga nasirang daan at im-prastraktura.

“I appeal to our City Councilto immediately place Taguig un-der a state of calamity so we

can tap our Quick ResponseFund. In these trying times, weshould set aside any politicaldifferences. This is the time ourconstituents need our supportthe most and we should not for-sake them,” aniya sa isang pa-hayag.

Kasama sa mga apektadongbarangay ang Bagumbayan, Sta.Ana, New Lower Bicutan, LowerBicutan, Ususan, Hagonoy, SanMiguel, Bambang, Tuktukan,Katuparan, Calzada-Tipas, Palin-gon, Wawa, Western Bicutan,Napindan, Ligid-Tipas, Ibayo-Tipas at Fort Bonifacio. Magingang City Hall ay hindi nakaligtassa dalawang-talampakang baha.

Marami ang hindi makalabassa kanilang mga bagay dahil sabaha.

KAHIT pa sumikat na ang arawkahapon ay patuloy na tumaasang lebel ng Laguna de Bay atkulang na lang ng 15 sentimetropara maabot ang antas noongmanalanta ang Bagyong Ondoynoong 2009 at ilubog sa bahaang maraming bayan sa Laguna.

Sa Pampanga at Bulacan aynaghahanda na ang mga resi-dente at lokal na opisyal sa pag-baha sanhi ng pagdating ng tu-big mula Nueva Ecija at Tarlac.Dumaraan ang tubig sa Pampan-ga at Bulacan at naiipon munaroon bago tuluyang lumabaspapunta sa Manila Bay.

Hindi bababa sa 13 pang taosa Bulacan, Pampanga, Bataan,Olongapo City at Pangasinan

ang naiulat na nalunod. Sakabuoan ay 20 na ang naiulat nanamamatay sa pananalanta ngulan at baha sa gitna at hilagangLuzon.

Sinabi ni Emil Hernandez,isang hydrologist ng LagunaLake Development Authority(LLDA), na noong Mierkules aytumaas na ang lebel ng lawa sa13.8 metro mula sa lebel ng da-gat. Malapit na ito sa 13.95 me-trong taas ng tubig noong man-alasa ang Ondoy noong Set. 26,2009.

Ang normal na antas sa Lagu-na de Bay ay 12.5 metro mulaSetyembre hanggang Disyem-bre, at 10.5 metro sa mga bu-wan ng tag-araw.

Laguna de Bay umaabotna sa taas nuong ‘Ondoy’

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4 dams nagpapakawala pa rin ng tubigPATULOY na nagpakawala ng tubig kahapon ang apat na dam ha-bang tatlo pa ang umaapaw, bagay na nagpadilim ng pag-asa namaagang maiibsan ang hirap ng mga binabahang probinsya sa Git-nang Luzon. Inaasahang lulubog ang mabababang lugar sa Pangasi-nan at Tarlac dahil sa pagpapakawala ng tubig ng San Roque Damna magpapa-apaw sa Ilog Agno at mga kakabit na daluyang tubig,ayon sa Pagasa. Ganap na 11 a.m. kahapon ay nai-record ng Hy-drometeorology Division ng Pagasa ang lebel sa dam na nasa 281.55metro, na sobra na sa kapasidad nito na 280 metro. Jeannette I. An-drade

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Monsoon and the starsHow celebs cope with rains, floods and traffic

Like many Filipinos, thesestars were invariably hauntedby memories of the wreckagewrought by Typhoons “Ondoy”and “Sendong.”

When the going got rough,they turned to prayers, TV andFacebook—again, like many ofus, less-famous observers.

LORNA TOLENTINO: I de-cided to stay home—praying,watching the news and keepingin touch with family andfriends.

LIEZL MARTINEZ: On Tues-day, my husband Albert (Mar-tinez) left for taping (for theABS-CBN soap opera “Princessand I”). My screening for theMovie and Television Reviewand Classification Board (ofwhich she is a member) wascanceled so I was just homewith the kids. Alyanna and Al-fonso had no work and Alissahad no classes. We are very

lucky that we live on a hill. Wedon’t have even a puddle in ourgarden.

EUGENE DOMINGO: OnMonday night, I was at the Petabuilding, rehearsing for the play“Bona.” Our director SoxieTopacio decided to let everyonego home because most of thecast members live either in thesouth or in Manila. I managedto get home safely by steeringclear of flooded areas. I havememorized which Quezon Citystreets to avoid when there areheavy rains. On Tuesday, myshoot was canceled.

JON SANTOS: I stayedhome, glued to the TV set forweather and traffic updates. Imade sure that my cell phonewas fully charged because Ineeded to keep checking on mystaff, friends and family wholive in Marikina, Valenzuela andother flood-prone areas.

RITA AVILA: OnMonday night, I at-tended a story confer-ence at the GMA 7 of-fice. Later, I barelyslept because of thesounds of the rain. OnTuesday, I felt gratefulthat my husband and Iwere home safe. I keptpraying for the sun toshine, for the land todry up and for thoseaffected to recoverwhat they have lost.

GISELLESANCHEZ: Mondayand Tuesday, I prayedincessantly for therains to stop. So manyhomes and lives arelost because of mon-soon floods. When On-doy hit Manila inSeptember 2009, myparents’ bungalow inPasig went under wa-ter, while my brotherswere trapped on the

second floor of our neighbor’sapartment. I prayed and prayedit wouldn’t be another Ondoy.

JOHN ARCILLA: On Tuesday,my interview (about “TheBourne Legacy”) with GMA 7’sArnold Clavio was canceled.Right now, the only thing I cando is post entries on my family’sPrayer Request page on Face-book. I called up my motherand siblings who live in Auroraand told them to pray and stayalert. It’s really frightening, es-pecially when we rememberOndoy and Sendong.

SUE PRADO: I was stuck inLa Union. I’m still waiting forthe weather to improve so that Ican go back to surfing.

OGIE ALCASID: On Mondaynight, I was at work, taping(the GMA 7 gag show) BubbleGang. We had to finish early soeveryone could go home totheir loved ones.

MERCEDES CABRAL: OnMonday, I was home… slept allnight. When I woke up the nextday, I was shocked to realizethat most of Metro Manila hadbeen deluged. Fortunately, ourneighborhood in Quezon Citydoesn’t usually get flooded.

HARLENE BAUTISTA: I washome with my husband (Rom-nick Sarmenta) and the kids, re-minding everyone to keep safe.

CARMI MARTIN: I stayedhome, constantly praying forthe rains to stop. I also keptwatching the news and check-ing on friends and family mem-bers, making sure everyone isfine.

RICKY DAVAO: On Monday,we were at the Rizal provincialjail in Taytay for a taping of“Makapiling Ka Muli,” a GMA 7series that I direct. All ourscenes were interior shots, butthere were snags here and therebecause the rain affected thesound recording. The cast andcrew—led by Phillip Salvador,Mark Gil and GloriaRomero—were monitoring thesituation. We were all nervous.We finished at 5 p.m., but ittook us two hours to get home.We had to avoid flooded streetsand find alternative routes.

By Bayani San Diego Jr.

W ITH THE persistent rains these past fewdays, even show biz denizens were notspared from the resulting floods and traffic

jams.

RITA Avila

RICKY Davao OGIE Alcasid

TUMUTULONG si Alessandra de Rossi (gitna) sa paghahalo ng lugaw saproyekto ng kapwa aktor na si Pen Medina na Barangay Soup Kitchenna layuning pakainin ang ilang nasalanta ng baha sa Quezon City.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 2012 7SHOWBUZZ

Dela Cross

Everything in Legacy is a re-sult of the fallout from JasonBourne’s disembowelment ofOperation Blackbriar. It’s a gut-sy move from writer-directorTony Gilroy, who damns the au-dience whether or not it re-members the details of Identity,Supremacy and Ultimatum.

Through lots of dialogue,Legacy explains how Jason

Bourne is just the tip of theproverbial iceberg, that Tread-stone was just the beginning ofa series of operations involvingscientifically-enhanced superspy-soldiers. For about an hour,it felt like Gilroy was defendingthe necessity of making a fourthBourne movie.

Legacy picks up from the fi-nal moments of Ultimatum

around the time of PamelaLandy’s (Joan Allen) exposé atthe US Senate. CIA DirectorEzra Kramer (Scott Glenn) acti-vates the team of ex-colonel Er-ic Byer (Edward Norton) to ter-minate assets involved in all se-cret agent programs.

Those assets include Out-come agent Aaron Cross (Jere-my Renner) and many other un-named secret agents across theglobe, as well as the pharma-ceutical facility that developsthe drugs that put agents on achemical leash. With drug sup-plies gone as a result of theshutdown, Cross must get vacci-nated with the virus that coun-ters the leash, but also activatesthe soldier’s superhuman abili-ties. That virus is secretly madein Manila. Outcome scientist Dr.Shearing (Rachel Weisz) helpsCross along the way, as Byer’s

agents chase them.The finale of Legacy is set in

Manila, nearly 40 minutes of it.As producer Patrick Crowley ex-plained at the premiere at thePerforming Arts Theater inNewport, Resorts World, Manilajoins the elite cities featured inthe Bourne series.

Manila actually looks incred-ible here, exuding the complextexture of a true modernmetropolis, at once unique andgenerically Asian, at the sametime generically cosmopolitanbut uniquely Filipino. It’s an al-ternate Manila, with organizedpolice and traffic that stays onits lanes. Watching it is surreal.Your eyes and ears say it’sManila, but your mind says it’smanufactured by Hollywood. Ifanother Aaron Cross film ismade after this, it would neces-sarily have to start back hare inthe Philippines. Or more pre-cisely, Palawan.

Incredibly, Legacy can standon its own by disregarding se-ries—not a superb film, but a

viable new story about secretmilitary experiments and opera-tives. Renner and Weisz human-ize their thinly-profiled charac-ters, while Norton makes dowith just talking ominously tooveremphasize the relevance ofcapturing Aaron Cross.

However, Legacy’s biggestburden is its association withBourne. Everything is aboutBourne. It’s impossible not tocompare Aaron with Jason, justas it’s impossible not to com-pare the action, which becamesignatures of the series. Wherethe docu-style of Bourne trans-ports audiences into the thick ofthings, Legacy’s fluid camerasanitizes the views. Where theBourne edit keeps the audiencesguessing, Legacy exposes every-thing. And because the directoris the writer, this film loves totalk too much, quite unlike Ja-son who works silently with afew words.

Legacy is a Bourne moviethat’s not a Bourne movie. InTagalog: anak sa labas.

Review by Vives Anunciacion

The Bourne LegacyWritten and Directed by Tony Gilroy(For my cousin Melvin, who would have enjoyed seeing this.)

L ET’S Filipinize Jeremy Renner’s agent characterand call him Aaron dela Cross.The Bourne Lega-cy is a good start for a new action franchise, but

it’s far different from the series it is named after. Lasthalf of the film, shot in Manila, is quite good; the firsthalf is an incredible talking bore. Let’s try to under-stand this enigma.

THAT’s a jeep behind Weisz and Renner: Biyaheng Baclaran

8 FEATURES FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 2012

Inquirer joins Red Cross in relief, fund driveRESPONDING to ap-peals for help , thePhilippine Daily In-quirer has teamed upwith the PhilippineRed Cross to extendrelief to victims of thisweek’s deadly floods,as the governmentmob i l i z ed va r iousagencies to rush aid to

2 million people af-fected by the disaster.

After more than amonth’s worth of rainwas dumped on MetroManila in 48 hours,evacuation centerswere overwhelmedwith refugees and en-tire districts remainedsubmerged although

overflowing rivers hadstarted to recede, offi-cials said.

The IN Q U I R E R , inpartnership with theRed Cross, said it wasaccepting donations forthe victims.

Donors may sendcanned goods, water,medicines, clothes and

blankets to INQUIRER of-fices on 1098 Chino Ro-ces Avenue, cornerMascardo and Yaguestreets.

The INQUIRER saidcash donations may bedeposited to the IN-QUIRER Help Fund’sBank of the PhilippineIslands (BPI) Current

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Tears for Fears: Returnsto Manila to bring cheerBy Pocholo ConcepcionInquirer Entertainment

T HE FIRST time the British bandTears for Fears performed livein Manila two years ago, the

screams from its Filipino fans were soloud the group’s core members,Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, werevisibly overwhelmed.

The band is again in the country, arriving onWednesday for a series of shows startingtonight and tomorrow at the Smart AranetaColiseum, and on Sunday at the Waterfront Ce-bu Hotel.

The return engagement comes at a timewhen residents of Metro Manila and surround-ing areas, as well as provinces to the north, arestruggling to rise amid the death and destruc-tion wrought by more than a week of incessantmonsoon rains and monstrous floods.

The band’s cofounder, bassist and vocalistCurt Smith, posted this message on his Twitteraccount: “Much love to all my Filipino friendsdealing with the devastating weather andfloods. We will attempt to bring some goodcheer with us!”

PRIMAL THERAPYFormed in 1981 by Smith and his teenage

buddy Roland Orzabal, Tears for Fears was in-fluenced by synthesizer pop and New Wavemusic, and initially inspired by the concept ofprimal therapy as a way of dealing with emo-

tional distress and trauma.All the songs contained in the band’s 1983

debut album, “The Hurting,” were said to havereferences to “primal scream” therapy—theneed to confront or “shout out” one’s neurosisand hang-ups in order to get over them. Thiswas particularly evident in tracks like “MadWorld,” “Change” and “Pale Shelter.”

SHOUTTwo years later, Tears for Fears gained

worldwide fame with its second album, “Songsfrom the Big Chair,” whose songs includedcommentaries on politics (“Shout”) and lust forpower (“Everybody Wants to Rule the World”),among other themes.

At the time, the Philippines was experienc-ing turmoil following the assassination of op-position leader Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” AquinoJr., the father of current President Aquino, andthe songs of Tears for Fears resonated amongthe Filipino youth.

SEEDS OF LOVENot long after the release of the band’s third

album, “The Seeds of Love,” Orzabal andSmith had a falling out. Smith left the band al-though Orzabal carried on with new bandmates and still used the name Tears for Fears.

Tickets to the Aug. 10 show at the BigDome have reportedly been sold out, which ledpromoter Renen de Guia of Ovation Produc-tions to add the Aug. 11 date. A sidelight tothe concert is the special appearance of PerSorensen, former lead singer of the defunctNorwegian group Fra Lippo Lippi.

UPMGresetsPrintCongressTHE United Print Me-dia Group (UPMG),premier organizationof top publications inthe country and hostof the 2nd PhilippinePrint Media Congressannounced the post-p o n e m e n t o f t h econgress.

Originally slatedfor Aug. 9-10 at theM a n i l a H o t e l , t h econgress is tentativelyr e s c h e d u l e d f o rSeptember 6-7.

This was disclosedby UPMG presidentRicky Alegre and VP-congress chair BarbieAtienza.

There’s still hope for Pinoys with Canadian DreamsFILIPINOS seeking permanent residency inCanada should not lose hope in fulfilling theirdream, despite the recent enactment of a lawauthorizing the Minister of Immigration to ter-minate the processing and return without anydecision of all pending Federal Skilled Workers'(FSW) applications filed before Feb. 27, 2008.

Some 280,000 FSW applicants worldwide,with an estimated minimum of 10 percent fromthe Philippines, are affected by this radicalchange in Canada's immigration rules, accord-ing to a group of lawyers who are out to chal-lenge the legality of the move.

Atty. Gerard Algarra of Algarra Miranda &Giron Law Offices, said most noted CanadianImmigration lawyer Cecil L. Rotenberg has as-sembled a battery of the best immigrationlawyers to represent in court those affectedFSW applicants.

Algarra said Rotenberg's group can helpthese FSWs realize their dreams of migrate toCanada. He advised applicants to call the lawoffice through tel. nos. 565-7019, 0919-215-9361 and 0906-427-3536 or through email atcanada.immigrant@amigilaw.com where theywill be briefed on the specific steps.

UP Collegeof Law 101stanniversary

THIS year marks the101st founding an-niversary of the UPCollege of Law. Spon-sored and hosted bythe Silver Jubilarians,UP Law Class of 1987,the 2012 celebrationculminates with the theUP College of LawAlumni HomecomingGala set Nov. 23 at 6pm at the Rizal Ball-room of the MakatiShangri-la Hotel. Sen-ate President JuanPonce Enrile is theguest of honor. All UPCollege of Law alumniare invited. For details,call Hazel at 6876443/Ana at 6380400. E-mail uplawhomecom-ing2012@gmail.com.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 2012 11SPORTSDENNIS U. EROA, Editor

‘Golden Girls’world champs

D INUROG ng Team Manila ang West Region ngLos Angeles, 14-2 sa loob ng limang inningsupang kunin ang kauna-unahang titulo sa

girls softball League World Series sa Kalamazoo,Michigan.

Ang torneo ay para sa mgamanlalaro na may edad 16-18taon-gulang.

Dahil kulang sa pondo aynahirapan ang koponan namagpadala ng mga manlalarosa torneo. Tinaguriang ‘‘GoldenGirls” ng mga mamamahayagang mga kampeon.

Pinoste ng Golden Girls angpitong sunod panalo upangmakuha ang titulo mataposmatalo sa finals sa huling tat-long taon ng paligsahan.

Walo sa mga pambato anglumaro sa UAAP championAdamson.Giniyahan ni coachAna Santiago ang koponan.

Nanlambot ang Los Angelesmatapos na umiskor ng tatlongruns ang bansa sa itaas ng firstinning.

Nilimitahan ni right-handedwonder Rizza Bernardino angmga kalaban sa limang hits.Pinaliguan ng Golden Girls ng14 hits ang tatlong pitchers napinaglaro ng LA.

Ang pinakitang lakas sa pag-palo ng Team Manila ay umaning apat pang runs sa secondframe, tig-isa sa third at fourthbago ibuhos ang lahat nilanglakas sa mga kawawang kala-ban sa pamamagitan ng pag-iskor ng limang beses sa fifthinning, bagay na nagtulak satournament organizer na itigilna ang laro at huwag nang itu-loy sa pitong innings na regu-lasyon.

Ang shortstop na si Queeny

Sabobo ay nakapagpasok ng tat-long runs sa dalawa sa tatloniyang pag-biyahe sa plate paraipag-diinan ang bagsik ng batng Golden Girls kung saan anglahat ng siyam na manlalarongginamit ni Santiago ay ku-munekta ng isang beses omahigit pa.

Apat pang Manilenya angnagpasok ng tig-dalawang runsbawat isa. Sila ay sina Bernardi-no, left fielder Mary Joy Floran-za ng Polytechnic University ofthe Philippines, second base girlKrisna Paguican at right fielderKristina Lacupa ng University ofSanto Tomas.

‘‘Mabuti na lang hindi anghost ang nakalaban sa champi-onship,” bulalas ni Santiago,arkitekto ng dalawang goldmedals ng Philippines Blu Girlssa 2007 at 2011 SoutheastAsian Games. Bigo ang Pilipinaskontra host Michigan Statenoong 2008, 2010 at 2011.

Ang panalo ng Team Manilaay pangalawa ng bansa sa wa-long kategorya ng Little LeagueInternational boys baseball atgirls softball. Noong 2003, anggirls softball team of BacolodCity sa Junior League (13-14)ay iniuwi rin ang korona saWorld Series na isinagawa saKirkland, Washington.

Lima sa starters ni Santiagoay pambato ng Adamson.Sila aysina Bernardino, Paguican,Michelle Lentija, Sabobo at Gle-syl Opjer. SCOOP/EGA

PROUD TO BE PINOYNAGLALARO sa hangin ang mga bandila ng Pilipinas habang hawak ng nagbubunying Team Manila GoldenGirls matapos ang Big League Softball World Series laban sa West Region ng Los Angeles. KALAMAZOO GAZZETTE

UAAP games balik Linggo sa Big DomeANG BAKBAKAN ng dalawang koponan na nagharap sa UAAP men’s bas-ketball finals noong nakaraang season ay gagawin Agosto 18 sa SmartAraneta Coliseum. Tatlong playdates ng liga ang nakansela dahil samasamang panahon. Sasagupain ng Ateneo ang FEU Tamaraws sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon matapos sungkitin ng Blue Eagles ang ika-apat sunodkorona. Magkasosyo sa liderato ang Eagles at Tamaraws na may 5-1 marka.Gagawin ang laban 4:30 p.m. Tatangkain ng UST Tigers (3-1) na makuhaang ika-apat sunod panalo laban sa University of the East (0-4) Linggo saBig Dome. Maghaharap ang UE at UST 4 p.m. matapos ang laban ng DLSU(2-3) at Adamson (1-3).

Caluag tiwala kahit kulelatNi Ted S. MelendresPDI Sports Editor

LONDON—Una sa rampa angnatitirang Pilipino sa 30thLondon Olympics ngunittinapos ang unang la-banan na ikalawa sakulelat.

Ganunpaman, hindinababahala si DanielCaluag na nakuha angmahirap outside lane saBMX competition dahil sa re-sulta ng ‘‘seeding run” na gi-nawa upang matiyak na hindiagad maghaharap ang pinakam-abibilis na riders bago ang wa-lo-katao finals.

Nagkamali si Caluag sa hul-ing U-shape na liko upang mao-rasan ng 40.990 segundo.Gagawin ang elimination heatsHuwebes.

Tanging si Caluag angAsyano sa 32-katao pabilisan attanging si Latvian EdzusTreimanis ang tinalo ni Caluag.Hindi nakatapos ng karera siTreimanes matapos sumem-plang.

Sinabi ni Caluag na ang tu-nay na laban ay mangyayari samassed-start.

“The seeding run is not im-

portant, not one bit,” sabi niCaluag na apat beses nagingnumero uno sa US pro cir-cuit.“Realistically, the time trialis just another ride. In the end,we’re gonna just have to racewith somebody.

“I’m definitely doing goodand excited about tomorrow(Thursday). That’s the amazingthing about racing. You could

be the fastest time trial rider,but if you can’t race with sevenother guys, it doesn’t matter.”

Dinagdag ni Caluag namalakas siya kung kakarerakontra sa ibang rider.

‘‘Definitely one of my special-ties. I’m looking forward to thequarterfinals tomorrow (Thurs-day). That’s exactly where I ex-cel in.”

Sinabi ni Caluag na magandaang kanyang tsansa.

“I mis-negotiated it.Youknow that’s riding, people mis-judge things here and there.”

Naniniwala si Caluag dahilsa teknikal ang track ay hindimagkakaroon ng agwat angmabibilis sa time trials.

“We are all good competitorshere, so in the end, I do what Iwant to do here. My team islooking good here. We makethe adjustments, makingchanges here and there.”

Naghihintay ng mga flightnila pag-uwi sa Maynila sinaMaristella Torres, Rene Herrera,Rachelle Anne Cabral, MarkJavier, Jasmine Alkhaldi, JesseKhing Lacuna, Hidilyn Diaz, Bri-an Rosario, judoka TomohikoHoshina at Mark Anthony Barri-ga na bigong maka-medalya.

CALUAG AFP

‘Beast’susubokkay Bolt

LONDON- Nagpakitang-gilasang Estados Unidos sa track andfield samantalang patutunayanni Jamaican Usain Bolt na siyaay tunay alamat ng Olympics.

Tatangkain ni Bolt Huwebesna mapanatili ang kanyang titu-lo sa 200 meters upang makuhaang karangalan bilang unangmananakbo na mapapanatiliang mga titulo sa 100 at 200meters na nakuha niya sa Bei-jing Olympics.

Komportableng napanalunanni Bolt at ng kanyang karibal nasi Yohan ‘‘The Beast” Blake angkanilang 200 semifinals.

“He’s my good friend and Ithink it’s going to be interest-ing,” sabi ni Blake.

Tiniyak ni Bolt ang kanyangkahandaan na kunin ang 200meters. “I’m never going to sayI’m the greatest until I’ve wonthe 200. It was all about this, tosuccessfully defend my titles, be-cause this is what’s going tomake me a legend,” matapos pa-harian ang 100 meters Linggo.

Nakuha ng Estados Unidosang tatlong ginto sa track Miy-erkules.

Kinuha ni Aries Merritt angginto sa 110 hurdles samanta-lang nagwagi si Allyson Felix sa200 meters.

Nanalo si Brittney Reese salong jump matapos gawin ang7.12 metro. Reuters

TATLONG SUNODNAGTATALON sa tuwa sina Misty May-Treanor (kaliwa) at KerriWalsh ng Estados Unidos matapos mapanalunan ang ikatlong sunodginto sa Olympics sa beach volleyball Miyerkules. Ginupo ninaTreanor at Walsh ang mga kababayang sina Jennifer Kessy at AprilRoss, 21-16, 21-16 upang makuha ang kampeonato.Pinag-reynahanrin nina May-Treanor ang 2004 Athens at 2008 Beijing Olympics.Napaiyak at napasayaw rin sa tuwa ang magkasangga napinasalamatan ang kanilang mga taga-suporta at pamilya sakanilang mga tagumpay. “It's insane,” sabi ni Walsh. INQUIRER WIRES

US, Spain nangunasa cage semifinals

North Greenwich Arena.“Kobe’s usually been the best

player every night we play (inthe NBA) so it’s great to seehim go off like that,” sabi nipoint guard Chris Paul. Umiskorsi Bryant ng 20 puntos.

“He could do that everynight but our team is so deephe doesn’t to.”

Kumawala ang Spain sa hul-ing minuto ng laro na kungsaan ay dalawang fouls ang gi-nawad kina Ronny Turiaf atNicolas Batum ng France dahil

sa ‘‘unsportsmanlike behavior.”Muntik ng sumiklab ang

free-for-all ngunit agad inawatng mga opisyal at mga kasaping team ang mag-karibal.

“Nobody likes to lose in thequarter-final of the Olympics,”sabi ni Marc Gasol ng Spain.

“Everybody wants to fight forthose medals. Sometimes it getsa little out of hand becauseemotions get involved. Nobodygot hurt, that’s the most impor-tant thing.”

Nakuha ng Argentina angikatlong sunod na semifinals.“We hung in there in the endand got an awesome win,” sabini Manu Ginobili. “It’s very, veryhard to make an Olympics semi-final and against Brazil for usit’s maybe even more special.”Reuters

L ONDON- Isang panalo na lang ang kailangan ngpaboritong Estados Unidos at Spain upang pag-awayan ang medalyang ginto sa Olympic men’s

basketball Miyerkules.Nakakuha mahuhusay laro

ang US mula kina LeBronJames at Kobe Bryant upangbiguin ng US ang Australia,111-96 samantalang nalusutanng Spain ang France sa isangpisikal laro, 66-59.

Sasagupain ngUS ang Argentina samanta-

lang susubukan ng Spain ang

France Biyernes sa semifinals.Pinabagsak ng Argentina

ang Brazil, 82-77 samantalangtinalo ng Russia ang Lithuania,83-74.

Nagpasiklab si Bryant safourth quarter. Sinalpak niBryant ang apat sunod tres sagitna ng mga sigaw na‘’Kobe,Kobe” mula sa miron sa