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COMEDIAN DOLPHY was buried at the Heritage Park in Taguig City at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday after his bronze casket was brought out of the chapel by pallbearers, including Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, after a memorial mass and was placed in his granite tomb. The original plan to use a horse carriage to carry the casket did not push through because the horse that would have been used for it had died. Viewers across the country watched the funeral live on nationwide TV. Dolphy, born Rodolfo Vera Quizon, died of

multiple organ failure, kidney ailments and complications from pneumonia on July 10. He was 83. Dolphy starred in more than 200 lms in his 66-year career. Once a poor peanut vendor in movie houses, he shot to fame playing slapstick characters. He became so famous that presidential candidates courted his support in elections, He had 18 children with six women. President Benigno Aquino III declared Friday a national day of remembrance to honor the movie icon. Lim ordered ags to be own at half-staff in Manila. Next page

Sino ship refloated, sails home

MANILAChinese navy ships safely removed one of the countrys warships Sunday from a disputed shoal off the western Philippines, where it had run aground while on a security patrol and sparked fears of another maritime standoff in the South China Sea. The warship will sail back to port with minor damage, and no crew member was injured, Chinese Embassy spokesman Zhang Hua said in a statement. The frigate got stuck Wednesday night on Half Moon Shoal, about 110 kilometers from the western Philippine province of Palawan, prompting China and the Philippines to send rescue ships there. Both countries were already locked in a tense dispute over another shoal off the northwestern Philippines. The South China Sea is a ashpoint in diplomatic relations, with various Asian nations claiming whole or part of its islands and waters. Philippine Navy chief Vice Admiral Alexander Pama said at least six Chinese navy ships and vessels, along with smaller utility boats, helped reoat the stalled frigate. Filipino Coast Guard search-and-rescue vessels had been deployed near the scene to help if needed, he said. Next page

PH ignores China on oil drilling deals

3 blocs off Palawan up for exploration
By Joyce Pangco Paares

THE Aquino administration will not be cowed into stopping oil exploration deals in the West Philippine Sea just because of a recent warning from Beijing, deputy presidential spokeswoman Abigail Valte.
She said the government would continue offering new exploration contracts, including those for three blocs off the coast of Palawan, because those areas belonged to the Philippines. Since the 1970s, we have been offering exploration contracts, so we will continue to do so, Valte said. Energy Undersecretary James Layug earlier announced that the government would offer the

contracts on July 31. Layug said the blocs were believed to be most promising for oil and gas deposits. All reserves in that area belong to the Philippines, he said. The three blocs are in an area known as the northwest Palawan basin and just beside the Philippines existing gas elds, but China is claiming the same area. Another area in the West Philippine Sea, the potentially oil-rich Recto Bank, is also being eyed for development by the Philippines, but China is similarly claiming it. Last year, the Philippines accused China of harassing an oil-exploration ship in the area. In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lie Weimin said any exploration in waters under Chinas jurisdiction was illegal. But Valte brushed aside Beijings recent warning, saying all the contracts being offered by the Philippine government were legal. Liu said China had repeatedly lodged protests with the Philippines for bidding out oil exploration contracts. He said such actions violated ChiNext page nas interests.

Goodbye to the King. Roman Catholic priests lead the prayers as Dolphys bronze casket is pushed inside his tomb. DANNY PATA

Banker: Strong peso to keep us poor

By Julito G. Rada
THE Philippines will stay poor and its people will become poorer under a strong peso regime, according to an international banker. Victor Barrios, an economist who is also convenor of Global Filipino Nation, a coalition of Filipino professionals working in 30 countries, arrived at those conclusions and circulated them after he joined a series of dialogues on monetary and scal policies between policy makers in the government, including members of the Bangko Sentrals Monetary Board and leaders of the dollarearning segments of the Philippine economy organized by the Mama Sita Foundation. The paper was released when the peso strengthened by a few centavos to over 41 to the dollar, the highest value that the local unit has reached against the greenback in ve years. Barrios says the strong peso has been behind what he calls a distorted growth crisis in the Philippines, and that its main feature is growth that is consumptiondriven and not as a result of investments and robust exports. He says the biggest single loser from that distorted growth is the Bangko Sentral, which in 2010 lost P109 billion or half its total assets. The monetary authority also lost more in 2011 as a result of trying to stop the dollar from diving in value against the peso. Barrios says that if the central bank continues mopping up the excess dollars entering the country and keeping in its vaults as Special Deposit Accounts the peso proceeds from those dollars, the central bank could go bankrupt by 2014. He says the families of the Filipinos working overseas also lose from a strong, and that they have lost P25 out of every P100 equivalent of their relatives earnings in the past ve years. Next page

ANALYSIS After the Asean fiasco, PH needs a reality check

By Francisco S. Tatad
DESPITE premature and hyped reports on an Asean sea code accord, the foreign ministers meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Phnom Penh ended without an agreement on a Code of Conduct for the various claimants to the Spratlys, Paracels and Scarborough Shoal in the politically troubled waters of the South China sea. For the rst time in Aseans 45 years, the annual ministerial meeting ended without a joint communiqu. Not only the Philippines has every reason to deplore the outcome. Filipinos have good reason to be disappointed with the performance of their own ministerial representative as well.
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PNoy ally denounces mining EO

By Christine F. Herrera
A CLOSE ally of President Benigno Aquino III on Sunday denounced the administrations policy on mining as defective, saying it was not about the environment but all about revenue sharing. Akbayan Rep. Arlene Kaka Bag-ao said the Palace made it appear as if it had expanded the no-mining zones by enumerating 78 areas where such operations were banned, but the truth was that only three areas had been added to the list. Not even critical watersheds or key bio-diversity areas were protected, Bag-ao said. Worse, she said, Executive Order 79, which embodies the administrations mining policy, carried a catch-all provision that
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Harbour Center faces eviction, tax probe over coal stockyard

BUSINESSMAN Reghis Romero is facing a tax investigation and eviction for stockpiling coal in an area owned by Home Guaranty Corp., the companys president, Manuel Sanchez, said Sunday. Sanchez said Romero had illegally used HGCs property as a berthing facility and charged consignees and clients terminal fees, but hadnt paid the company a single centavo. That prompted Agham Rep. Angelo Palmones to ask the Bureau of Internal Revenue to investigate the businessman for tax evasion. Sanchez said Romero had been dumping coal on HGC property for the last two years, but the Environment Department had been ignoring his complaint. The coal dust from the stockpile polluted the air and darkened the ground at the Manila Harbour Center, Sanchez
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Offshore rig. The Malampaya gas-to-power offshore rig

platform in Palawan.

Opposition backs Aquino on nixing Cha-cha

By Maricel V. Cruz
CHARTER change appears to be the one political issue that the opposition leaders in the House of Representatives and President Benigno Aquino III are in total agreement. President Aquino is correct in rejecting plans to amend the Constitution, said Minority Leader and Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez on Friday. I agree with the Presidents reasoning. If there is nothing fundamentally wrong with the Constitution, why amend it at all especially at a time when the government has attained 6.4percent growth in the economy in the rst quarter? Suarez said all the rhetoric to push amendments to the Constitution was meaningless unless the President supported the effort. Without the support of the President, its all noise, Suarez said. Isabela Rep. Rodolfo Albano, a top opposition leader, agreed, but said he would support Charter change and the wishes of the congressional leaders. Maguindanao Rep. Simeon Datumanong also said he was in
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Hot issue. Home Guarantee Corp, a government agency, claims to be the owner of the area where the Manila Harbour Centre has a stockpile of coal.

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administration partys possible candidates for next years in elections, rumors had begun to spread that he would be replaced soon. He stressed that he and the President had not finalized the details of the senatorial race, and that it was up to the Liberal Party to decide if he would be fielded in the senatorial race. There are many things to consider, and one of them is the financial consideration, Biazon said. One cant just enter politics and hope to win.

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Biazon: I will not leave Customs

he was eager to continue his job at the Bureau of Customs since the reforms he had put in place were now stopping corrupt importers, brokers and Customs personnel from conniving to smuggle products in. He said he hoped that the talks about him being replaced soon would die down since it was badly affecting his leadership and undermining his authority. He said that since President Benigno Aquino He said that while he was more comfortable and happier in the legislative branch of government, III announced that he was on the short list of the

Zsa Zsa...
Senator Francis Escudero on Sunday said Dolphy had long joined the ranks of National Artists. The people, by their words and actions, have accorded Dolphy the highest award and recognition any actor and artists can possibly receive, he said. Senator Edgardo Angara said Dolphy should have been named National Artist long ago. We love you, Lovey ko. Until me meet again, Dolphys long-time partner Zsa Zsa Padilla said as family members and close friends wept. Family members and close friends clapped their hands after Dolphys casket was pushed inside his tomb. A dozen white doves were then set free as the song Seasons of Love from the Broadway musical Rent was being played. Most of the people who attended the burial wore white, including Dolphys immediate family and relatives, but Padilla was in black. The celebrities who attended the burial included Annabelle Rama and her husband Eddie Gutierrez, Maricel Soriano, Eddie Garcia, Ricky Davao, Vhong Navarro, Edu Manzano, Gio Alvarez, Maybelline Dela Cruz, Susan Roces, Carmi Martin and Bembol Roco. Larry Faraon, the priest who blessed Dolphys remains, asked his family to rejoice now that Dolphy was in heaven. Everyone should be happy. Lets show him that were happy, he said. Lim was the last person to view Dolphys remains before his coffin was closed. Ferdinand Fabella and Macon Ramos-Araneta, with the AP

CUSTOMS Commissioner Ruffy Biazon on Sunday brushed aside reports that he will take his leave of absence from the bureau to prepare to run for the Senate in the 2013 mid-term elections.

Benets to resume
THE forecasters, hydrologists, astronomers and other workers of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration had been assured that their suspended benets would resume soon, an ofcial said Sunday. Science and Technology Secretary Mario Montejo said the Budget Department would nd a way to release the benets of the weather bureaus workers. The package of benets would be included in the general appropriations act next year, he said. The weather bureau suspended the release of its workers subsistence allowance or longevity pay and hazard pay of 10 percent to 30 percent of their monthly salary in March for lack of funds. Rio N. Araja

Swept away by the river

A PREGNANT woman and two girls were swept to their deaths by a rain-swollen river in the southern Philippines, ofcials said Sunday. Ofce of Civil Defense Administrator Benito Ramos said the three were washing clothes along the bank of the Safali river in Tiboli town in South Cotabato on Saturday when the water rapidly rose and the current swept them away. He said their bodies were found downstream. AP

National Day. From left, French Ambassador Gilles Garachon, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Laura Del Rosario, and Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto toast Frances National Day in Forbes Park Saturday night. MANNY PALMERO

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The Philippines on Friday said it deplores the non-issuance of a joint communique after the Association of Southeast Asian Nations failed to agree on key issuesincluding those involving Chinaat the close of the groups 45th Asean Foreign Ministers Meeting in Phnom Penh.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario blamed Cambodia for consistently opposing any mention of Scarborough Shoal at all and for announcing that a joint communique cannot be issued. The Philippines and China are still negotiating to end a tense dispute over the shoal, about 700 kilometers away, which has been continuing for

more than three months. The Philippines has withdrawn its ships from the shoal to ease tensions, but Chinese government surveillance ships have remained in the area. Cambodia, a staunch ally of China, which had earlier warned the Asean countries not to mention anything about the contentious issue on the South China Sea during the security The same law had been criticized for allowing unabated environmental destruction, human rights violations against communities, exploitation of indigenous peoples rights, food insecurity and militarization. Any executive issuances based on RA 7942 are necessarily defective as the very law itself has been defective since its enactment, Bag-ao said. She took the administration to task for its business-as-usual attitude that ignored the need for wide-ranging reforms in the Environment Department, which regulates the mining industry. There will be no serious mining reforms without serious reforms in the [Environment Departments] bureaucracy, Bag-ao said. She also said the catch-all proviso allowing the holders of existing contracts to continue their operations limited the effectiveness of the administrations mining ban. The mining ban---which is purportedly the centerpiece of the EO 79---only means that no future mining applications shall be entertained because of the supposedly ecological uniqueness and the need to protect the remaining flora and fauna, marine sanctuaries, farmlands, among others, of certain critical areas but at the same time ex-

meetings in Phnom Penh. The warning was a rebuff of a US recommendation urging Asean members to formulate a legally binding Code of Conduct. Analysts said Cambodia might have played Beijings hand in refusing to agree on the Philippines and Vietnams demand to include the standoff at the Scarborough Shoal in the final draft of the joint communique. pressly declares that mining contractors existing therein prior to EO 79 are allowed to exploit the same until the contract expires, she said. Unfortunately, she said, many of the so-called no-mining zones already had existing operations, with 25-year contracts that were renewable for another 25 years. One example was Palawan, which had been declared a mangrove swamp forest reserve with at least 17 key bio-diversity areas and eight protected areas, yet was home to 13 mining companies operating on 38,202 hectares within the protected land. In Cantilan, Surigao del Sur, 4,799 hectares within watersheds were being mined by Marcventures Mining and Development Corp., Bag-ao said. She said the watersheds were vital sources of water, but mining operations had severely damaged the river systems and irrigation facilities, affecting more than 3,300 hectares of rice land as well as marine sanctuaries in the coastal areas of Surigao. The exclusion of prime agricultural lands and marine sanctuaries do not fully protect them from the hazards and ill-effects of mining operations. The actual operation may not be on the said sites but may have adverse effects to the said areas, Bag-ao said.

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The business process outsourcing industry also loses out to competitors as a result of a strong peso, Barrios says, adding that industry has been the only sunrise industry in the past decade and is the second biggest dollar provider after the workers abroad. The other productive segments of the economy, including the domestic industries that compete with imports made cheaper by the strong peso, have also been penalized by the central banks strong-peso policy, Barrios says. He says the national government that borrows cheap dollars, smugglers and their local distributors, the oil companies, public utilities and the importers of foreign goods are the only beneficiaries of a strong peso. Barrios suggests at least seven policy decisions that need to be adopted to correct the situation, the most radical of which is the gradual depreciation of the peso to a level that allows local goods to compete comfortably with imports. He says the national government must borrow locally all the money that covers its yearly deficit plus the funds to prepay its foreign loans. He also suggests to the central bank the hiring of investment bankers to manage part of its idle foreign reserve funds.

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favor of charter change, but that there was not enough time to have Congress convene as a constituent assembly. Suarez said he did not believe there was enough time to amend the Charter as proposed by House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte and Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, who batted for changes in some economic provisions including the limits to foreign ownership of certain industries and land. The proponents will have to convince not only the President but the members of both Houses of Congress and the Filipino people on the gravity and sense of urgency of these economic amendments to the Constitution, Suarez said. Assuming they succeeded in that, Suarez said, they must still tackle and speed up the deliberations on those amendments. The most crucial part is when it is submitted to the President for approval. If the President vetoes those amendments, thats the end of it, Suarez said. But Siquijor Rep. Orlando Fua said he too supported charter change. However, we must freely allow democratic debates on these amendments from the committee level to the plenary in the House, Fua said. He said the opposition would give Belmonte the benefit of the doubt when he said changes would be limited to the economic provisions of the Constitution. He warned that any attempt to include political amendments like lifting the term limits on certain elective officials including the President would have serious repercussions. The House would be in chaos, Fua warned. But Senator Edgardo Angara said this was the best time to amend the Constitution because the President had no interest in extending his term of office. Angara said Charter change should look beyond the Constitutions economic provisions. Our weak political structure is the root cause of our slow progress, he said. We should amend the constitutional provisions that make us so highly bureaucratic. With Macon Ramos-Araneta

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allowed companies with existing mining contracts within the nomining zones to continue operating there. Bag-ao also warned about a potential conflict between the national government and the local governments as the government was clearly imposing its primacy over local laws. She said 13 provinces, cities and municipalities had passed legislation banning mining operations within their jurisdictions and seven more were in the process of imposing such bans. Indigenous people were also sidelined in the new order, she said. The language [in EO 79] is not about environment but revenues and sharing, Bag-ao said. She said the policy limited the discussions to negotiations between mining contractors and the government, and between the national government and local government units for sharing, thereby depriving communities and stakeholders of participation in the process. EO 79 was entirely based on the Philippine Mining Act of 1995, wherein the focus is to fully utilize the mineral resources of the country at whatever cost, Bag-ao said.

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wrote the department in December 2010. He said he had sought the help of Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, who had promised to provide police assistance when eviction operations on the HGC property were started on Wednesday. He said Lim had granted HGC the permits to fence off its area to stop the stop the stockpiling of coal and berthing operations. Lim also promised to send police teams to secure them on Wednesday amid reports that the coal stockpiles were being removed to preempt the action taken against them. Romero has denied owning the coal

stockpiles and said there were no coal mountains within the 10-hectare property of Manila Harbour Center and Harbour Center Port Terminal Inc. But he admitted he had been allowed to handle coal. Of course Romero denies [that its on his land] because he dumps the coal on our property, Sanchez said. He said he had been demanding that Romeros companies remove the stockpile from the HGC property, and that he had learned that Romero had even leased the HGC property to Jet Power Corp., which imports coal through HCPTI. Romeros companies, Sanchez said, had been evasive and neither confirmed nor denied they were behind the coal mountain stockpiles. On Oct. 24, 2011, HGC received a

complaint from Ian Kenneth Uygongco, vice president of Philippine Foremost Milling Corp., because the stockpile of coal on one of HGCs lots at the Manila Harbour Center had caused the collapse of a portion of the firms perimeter wall. Uygongcos company filed a complaint with the Environment Departments Pollution Adjudication Board, but no action was taken, Sanchez said. In a letter to Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares, Palmones asked the agency to investigate, inspect, determine and levy the appropriate taxes from the entities that are operating these mountains of coal stockyards located at the Harbour Center Port Terminal Inc. and Manila Harbour Center.

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The Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila said Saturday the Philippines was investigating the circumstances that led to the accident, which happened well within the countrys territorial waters. The Chinese frigate had apparently been sailing in Malaysian and Philippine waters before the accident, according to a Philippine military official who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. Brig. Gen. Elmer Amon, deputy chief of the Philippine militarys Western Command, said Filipino vessels would continue to monitor the shoal amid the continuing presence

of Chinese navy ships in the area. The shoal where the warship ran aground is called Hasa Hasa by the Philippines and claimed by China as part of the Nansha island chain, known internationally as the Spratlys. The Spratly islands are a major cluster of potentially oil- and gas-rich islands and reefs long disputed by China, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam and Brunei. Chinese and Philippine officials are still negotiating an end to a tense maritime dispute over the Scarborough Shoal, about 700 kilometers away, which has been going on for more than three months. The Philippines has withdrawn its ships from Scarborough to ease tensions, but Chinese government surveillance ships have remained in the area. AP

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The JASIG list was one of the thorny issues brought up during last months informal talks between the government and the NDF in Norway, which lead to a 15-month impasse in the peace negotiations. In a meeting intended to break the impasse, the NDF demanded the immediate release of 14 individuals whom they claim were their consultants. This demand

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Govt rejects new NDF names for immunity

By Joyce Pangco Panares

new names in the list of Communist rebels and consultants covered by safety guarantee and immunity from arrest during peace negotiations with the Communistled National Democratic Front (NDF), ofcials said on Sunday.

THE government will no longer accept

Its hard to agree to a new list. Anybody could land on that list, the governments chief negotiator Alexander Padilla said. He said the government preferred to deal with specic consultants and negotiators for the Communist Party and the NDF on a case-to-case basis as provided under the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG).

caused the talks to bog down more than a year ago. Padilla said the government rejected the NDFs demand because the individuals they asked to be released were arrested for various criminal cases and their claim that they were on the original JASIG list could not be confirmed. The list should have been in hard copy with photographs, real names and aliases but

the NDF said their list of consultants, which were kept in a floppy disc, was corrupted in Utrecht. The NDF asked to reconstruct the Document of Identification List but no specific date has been set by both negotiating teams on the resumption of the talks in Norway. Padilla said the next round of informal talks could happen in August or September.

Agents foil live corals smuggling attempt at airport

By Othel Campos
AUTHORITIES have foiled an attempt to smuggle out of the country 149 pieces of live corals, which were concealed underneath boxes of live tropical aquarium shes that were scheduled to be shipped by air to Japan, ofcials said on Sunday. A joint inspection team from the Bureau of Fisheries and Adcquatic Resrources (BFAR) and the Bureau of Customs sezied the corals at the shippers warehouse in Paranaque, BFAR Director Asis Perez said. The export of live tropical shes is not illegal. Corals, however, whether live or dead, is, Perez sasd. The illegal shipment, which totaled 33 boxes and weighing 631 kilos, was bound for Fukuoka, Japan via Asean Airlines. The raiding team seized the shipment three hours before it was due to leave Ninoy Aquino Airport at 10:00 p.m on July 12. The seized corals were part of a series of attempted smuggling of Philippine corals and rare species from the sea such as turtles. Authorities also seized from suspected Chinese poachers in Palawan on Saturday 15 sea turtles or pawikan. A few weeks ago, Customs and BFAR teams also conscated from the same warehouse 46 boxes of elvers or young eels, which were intended for shipment abroad, Perez said. He said coral smuggling, besides forfeiture of the smuggled items, carries maxium penalty of two years in jail and P20,000 ne. The corals will be returned to the sea or donated to schools and musuems for educational and scientic Live corals. Customs and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ofcials inspect part of the 149 pieces of assorted live corals seized from illegal shipment bound for Japan. JULIE FABROA purposes, Perez said.

IBP offers help on criteria for new head of SC

By Rey Requejo
THE ofcial organization of lawyers, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), offered to organize a highlevel forum composed of jurists and legal experts to help draft the criteria and qualication standards that would serve as basis in the selection of the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, ofcials said on Sunday. IBP President Roan Libarios said retired justices of the high court and appellate courts as well as deans of law schools in the country have been invited to the forum at the organizations headquarters in Pasic City today. We need to listen to stakeholders, Libarios said. The forum would dene the criteria and standards that could help the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) select the best man or woman for the job. The JBC is a constitutionally-created body that recommends for presidential appointments the candidates for vacancies in the Supreme Court and other lower courts. The position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court became vacant after the removal by impeachment of former Chief Justice Renato Corona. About two dozen candidates, including six incumbent Supreme Court justices, have been nominated to the JBC. The JBC will hold a televised interview of the candidates on July 24 to 27. In addition to the six Supreme Court jusitces --- Antonio Carpio, Presbitero Velasco, Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, Arturo Brion, Roberto Abad and Ma. Lourdes Sereno --- also nominated were Justice Secretary Leila de Lima and Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza. Four prominent members of the academe have accepted their nomination to the JBC: former University of the Philippines law dean Raul Pangalangan, De La Salle University law dean Jose Manuel Diokno, University of the East law dean Amado Valdez, and former Ateneo law dean Cesar Villanueva.

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Napolcom says only few passed police tests

By Ferdie Fabella
THE National Police Commission (Napolcom) has announced that only 1,064 out of 13,387 applicants passed the Philippine National Police entrance examinations held last April, Napolcom Vice Chairman Eduardo Escueta said on Sunday. He said that those who passed the written examination held in designated schools in Metro Manila last April 29 represent a dismal 7.95 percent of more than 13,000 applicants. The relatively low passing rate may be attributed to the continuous upgrading of standards in line with our sustained efforts to professionalize the PNP by ensuring that only the best and most qualied individuals are admitted and promoted in the police service, Escueta said. In a country where the unemployment rate is high, Napolcom examination is one of the most popular. Ofcials claim that those who are not smart enough to be doctors, nurses, and teachers try their luck at entering the police force. The Napolcom hold two sets of examinations every year: one for those who aspire to enter the police force, and the other for promotion in the service. Those who passed the entrance examination are eligible for appointment to the rank of Police Ofcer 1 or PO1. Escueta said that in the examination for promotion in the service, only 2,974 passed out of 15,210 who took the tests, which were broken down as follows: 1,331 passed the Police Ofcer test; 1,373 passed the Senior Police Ofcer test; 167 passed the Inspector test; and 103 passed the Superintendent test. Escueta said individual reports of rating will be mailed to all those who took the examinations.

THE Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) announced a South Korean P126 million grant for a training facility in Davao City and vocational studies abroad for deserving students, TESDA head Joel Villanueva said on Sunday. Villanueva said TESDA and Korea International Cooperation Agency representative Kim Jinoh signed the agreement, which was geared towards technical education and skills development. The new training center opens a new chapter in fostering closer relationship between the Philippines and South Korea, Villanueva said. It will build the capacity of TESDA trainings, teach students critical skills and help open up opportunities for employment and livelihood. The centerpiece of the grant is the construction of one additonal building at the TESDA Regional Training Center in Davao City that would house the Incubation Center, multi-purpose hall and the Korean Language Center. Villanueva said construction works will begin in September and target completion date is December 2013. Gigi Muoz David

Basic problems rstSenator

SEN. Antonio Trillanes called on government to solve basic problems in the education system rather than push implementation of the K to 12 program, which adds two more years to basic education in the country. Trillanes said the solution to poor quality education lies in solving such basic problems as lack of teachers, their low salaries, shortage of classrooms, chairs and textbooks. Once we provide the conducive learning environment, its going to reect on the students performance in school. Well have to do those basics rst before we think of more complex issues of curriculum change, he said. The government started implementing the K to 12 program last June, but at the June 5 hearing of the Senate Committee on Education, education ofcials admitted that the additional two years would not address the diminishing quality of education. Trillanes said the 10-year basic education program worked for generations and the economic burden of two more years may be too much for parents to bear under these trying times. If the college graduates dont have employment opportunities then how much more for the high school graduates? So, whether they are employable or not, will they be employed to begin with? Trillanes said. Macon-Ramos Araneta

Dolphy souvenirs. Souvenirs of Dolphy swamp the streets outside Heritage Park in Taguig City as thousands
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80 kilometers a day activity that is essential to their well-being, the report says. Asian elephants have home ranges of between 25,000 and 600,000 hectares, but the entire Manila Zoo measures only 5.5 hectares. E v e n i f M a l i s c o n c r e t e enclosure were doubled or tripled in size, it would still be completely inadequate, the group added. PETA has urged the government to retire Mali, and has offered to shoulder the costs of her transfer to an animal sanctuary in Thailand equipped to provide proper care, rehabilitation, and the company of 14 other elephants, but local zoo officials have resisted the proposal, eager perhaps to safeguard their most popular attraction. They argue that schoolchildren would be deprived of the opportunity to see a real elephant at the zoowithout examining the educational value of that experience, if the elephant in question is ill, depressed or both, or if it stands around listlessly, as Mali has been observed to do. But recent developments have added momentum to the campaign to free Mali. An elephant expert engaged by PETA, Henry Richardson, reported in June that Mali was suffering from potentially fatal foot problems and profound loneliness, and urged Manila to transfer her to a sanctuary where she can recover. The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines and even the rock star Morrisey added their voices in support of Malis

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FOR more than 30 years, she has been detained against her will and kept in solitary confinement, in conditions that most of the world would deem unfit. An international rights group, the Catholic Church, a Nobel Prize laureate for literature and even a rock star have all urged the government to release her, but she remains in captivity to this day, yet another stain on the countrys reputation as a civilized society. If only Vishwamali were human, she might not have to suffer thus. But the way we treat animals such as Mali, the Asian elephant who was brought to the Manila Zoo when she was only 3 in 1974, is a reflection of how far or littlewe have progressed. The Indian leader, statesman and philosopher Mahatma Gandhi,

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observed that the greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. If Mali is the yardstick, then we have fallen short indeed. For more than 30 years, Mali has spent her days alone in a barren enclosure with only a small pool for entertainment and relief from the heat, reports the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals or PETA, which has been following the elephants plight as early as 2009. A report released by the group at that time detailed the lonely life in captivity for the elephant that, by nature, is a social animal that needs the company of others of its own kind. Wild elephant herds roam up to retirement. But Nobel Prize winner J.M. Coetzee issued the most poignant plea in a letter to officials of the Agriculture Department, portions of which were released by PETA. I am writing in support of the campaign to remove the elephant, Mali, from the zoo in Manila where she has spent the past 35 years, to a place of safety, Coetzee said in his letter. Thirty-five years is a heavy sentence to bear, longer than is served by most murderers. Mali has paid the penalty for not being fortunate enough to be born human. Now it is time to release her. We can only agree. Its time to do whats right, not only by Mali, but by ourselves.

The God particle

IT WAS my father who challenged me to write this piece today. He asked me whether I had heard about Higgs boson and I told him I had. He then asked me why I did not write about it considering that, in the very least, the fact that media have been calling it the God particle should be provocative, if not disturbing, to believers. I pointed out that I had written on a related topic of cosmology in commenting on Stephen Hawkings celebrated The Grand Design. But questions of the kind my father goaded me with provide me with the opportunity to take up what I have frequently advocated: a revisit of our concept of God. There should be no trouble for persons of faith to admit that in the wake of scientific discoveries, conceptual models should be reexamined. Ever since Thomas Kuhn we know that scientists ever so often abandon paradigms and adopt new ones because it is exactly the nature and the gloryof thought to keep thinking things through! There should be nothing shameful about having to admit that our traditional models by which we have so far thought of God are not making things any clearer when we stand beside the large Hadron Collider. Faith is not obduracy, and religion has never been a matter of keeping a privileged set of propositions above the maelstrom of contention. Some things have to be made clear. First, some scientists believe that they have discovered the Higgs boson, supposedly a sub-atomic particle believed to go back all the way to the Big Bang and responsible, or so it is believed, for imparting mass on all other particles. Second, scientists do not claim to have found it; only that they have found a particle which might be the Higgs boson, suggesting then that the particular boson, like a black hole, is a conceptual supposition -it must be there because some things would be difficult if not impossible to explain without itand not some kind of incontrovertible fact. Third, scientists have never called it the God particle. It is non-scientists who have, and understandably so, because any looming face-off between the champions of science and the defenders of faith should be more exciting than Donaires latest bout! There is something else that struck me too. Hawking does not seem to be too excited about bosons. Of them, he says rather uninterestingly in the glossary he appends to The Grand Design: an elementary particle that carries force. That, of course, does not sound anywhere close to being god-like! If you line up things from the complexlike the human being to the more elemental, and then to the primordially simple, like the particles and then put God at the beginning of the causal chain then you bring nothing but insoluble problems on your postulation of God. But I really have serious doubts that any philosopher or theologian worth reading and following has ever done this. To be sure, myths put things in that fashion, but that is exactly how myths are and the reason they are recognized not as wrong, but as mythical! But traditional concepts of creation have had to contend with two apparently irreconcilable but vital convictions: Ex nihilo, nihil fit... from nothing, nothing comes and the Christian belief that creation is always ex nihilo. To talk of what nothing can or cannot produce is, to me, to talk unintelligbly. So when you insist that nothing comes from nothing (a line Julie Andrews, as Maria, sang in The Sound of Music), then you are only repeating a point made by Parmenides: that absolute nothing cannot be thought. One can of course think of it as the negation of everything, of existence, but there is not very much content to that, is there? So it is that when the Christian professes that God created the world from nothing, he surely cannot be saying that first there was nothing (because nothing cannot be!), and then things, by Divine decree commenced to exist. The believer posits the reality of God in manner analogous to insisting that one is in a forest when all that one can see are trees! So as the gigantic collider smashes atoms and produces exotic particles like bosons and muons the believer need not be fearful that the discovery of universe-building particles will ease out God. In logic, one should say that the proposition Either Higgs boson brought about all that there is, or God did is a category mistake or a sortal error, the very kind of mistake committed when one says of the theory of relativity that it is blue. Theories are not the sort of thing that can be blue. God is not the sort of being that can engage in a contest with particles! But traditional catechism must also bear its burden of blame, for in the eagerness of catechists to make God a more accessible concept, they have left us all a picture of God as he who decided that things should be and then brought them about. Spinoza, in his time, proposed a concept of God that would have made us look for the Divine in the world, not beyond or before it. But like any genuinely seminal thinker, Spinoza was not heeded and he spent a great deal of his life at the rather menial task of grinding lenses. The substantial Turn to page 5

It excites for the same reason as magic does.

Does Angara really love Aurora?

TECHNICAl Education and Skills Development Authority director general Joel Villanueva has made a lame excuse to justify his early campaign for his senate bid for the 2013 election using Tesda as his launching pad through ads and other promotions. We suspect he is wasting tens of millions of government funds on these materials. According to a journalist friend, she was told that Villanuevas ad campaign is funded by donations from friends without conflict with Tesda. Of course Villanuevas claim that the millions spent for all those ads and promos to push his Senate candidacy are donations, is to say the least, hilarious. Perhaps Villanueva can make public the list of his donors and how much each donor gave so we can start to believe his funny claims. *** The province of Aurora is probably one the best-kept secrets in the country today. It has bountiful mangroves, pristine coastal waters and lush rainforests that could rival the more well-known tourist destinations in the Philippines. No wonder the Angaras, the first family of Aurora, love their home province with a fierce sense of pride. Sadly, despite the best efforts of the powerful Aurora family dynasty led by Senator Edgardo Angara, his sister Gov. Bellaflor AngaraCastillo, and his son Representative Sonny Angara, the province is still one of the poorest in the country. To their credit, the Angara family has initiated the development of the Aurora Pacific Special Economic Zone to deliver progress in the area. APECO claims it will bring boundless economic prospects as the countrys first Pacific-side eco-zone once it becomes fully operational. Yet, for all the benefits that APECO has been hyped to bring, the project has constantly been under a barrage of criticism from the people living in the area. Surveys have revealed the same lands where the APECO will be built are titled under small farmers with certificates of land ownership award and indigenous peoples with certificates of ancestral domain title. A non-governmental organization active in helping residents in the province reported that thousands of families will be stripped of their lands, resources and livelihoods should the freeport be completed. Also, top-notch Architect Felino Palafox revealed that no feasibility studies and development plans were undertaken for APECO before it was implemented. He said part of the land being used for the project is prone to flooding and soil liquefaction. According to Palafox, the land in question will go underwater within 25 years. Palafox, a world renowned urban planner, has filed a criminal complaint in the Office of the Ombudsman against Senator Angara for pushing for the APECO despite environmental concerns about the project site. Palafox said the officials pushed for the development of the ecozone and ignored his recommendations about the site. Palafox also claimed that the Senator had a conflict of interest in Apeco as the latters family would benefit from the project, which covers 12,400 hectares. Included in the complaint for graft and violation of the code of ethics for government officials were the
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APECO board of directors, which include Governor Angara-Castillo and Representative Angara. He added that Senator Angara violated the anti-graft law, which prohibits a member of Congress from acquiring or receiving any personal pecuniary interest in any specific business enterprise to be directly favored by any law or resolution that he had authored and which was approved or adopted by Congress during his term. The senator was the author of Republic Act No. 9490 creating the Aurora Special Economic Zone Authority. It was amended in 2010, and a new law created Apeco. Palafox took to task father and son for holding positions in Apeco without forfeiting their seats as lawmakers, which he said violated the Constitution. Under the law, the Apeco board is composed of six members, two of whom must be the congressional representative of the district covering the site of the Aurora ecozone, and the governor of Aurora province. This is the legal justification invoked by the senator when asked to comment on the presence of his son and sister in the Apeco board. He said there is no conflict of interest since they are there by virtue of law, in their official capacity. A major newspaper reported that the Senator was irked when asked about the graft case filed against him by Palafox. Hindi naman importante yang ganyan (Its not important). Wala namang kabuluhan yan (It has no significance), he said. Such response does not clear the doubt on the soundness, the safety and the sustainability of the entire Apeco epic adventure. We are sure that Angara really loves Aurora but there are those who question his way of showing it.

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20/20 for 2020

PLUMBLINE
PASTOR APOLLO QUIBOLOY
A RANKING government ofcial has dubbed the rst ten years of this century as the lost decade. He anchored his analysis on data which show that the poor in this country actually multiplied in the rst decade of the millennium. But if squandered opportunities and missed chances would be the yardstick, then we dont have just a one lost decade but many, a string of setbacks that could stretch to half a century back. Although such a what-wentwrong study is useful, it shouldnt be used solely to write an elegy on vanished hopes with. Instead of using it as fodder for self-pity, we can use it to cure our arrested development and interrupted growth. If the 2001 to 2010 was the lost decade, then the current one to 2020 should be the decade of recovery. I cant overemphasize the need to impose a 2020 deadline for our resurgence. This might be our last bus out of the woods. If we miss this one, we will forever be stuck where we are, wedged in poverty while our neighbors overtake us again and again as they take their victory laps. Of course every journey starts with a vision, to which we can set our course. This end of the rainbow teaser is important because people will only work hard if they know what kind of pot awaits them there. If people will not labor for vague aims, then all the more that government should not be driven by hazy ideals. Although this government has no overarching message that taps into our collective energy, it is not too late, however, for it to set a 2020 vision, one that will be a catalog of targets, and then rally the nation in achieving each of them The to-do list will detail what needs to be done the jobs to be created, the illiteracy to be conquered, the diseases that will be defeated, the peace to be won, the poor to be liberated in quantiable terms before this decade ends. Once this is packaged, the government can brand it with a rallying cry, the way President Fidel Ramos excited us with his Philippines 2000 call. In short, what this country needs is a Philippines 2020 goal. One that will energize the people and jumpstart moves to reverse the failures of the lost decades. It will serve as a directional sign as we slog through the high but hard road, one that will jolt us from our leisurely, meandering stroll in the tuwid na daan. There are 3,099 days to Dec. 31, 2020. When the reworks are lit up on the last minute of that year to greet 2021, we should be able to look back with contentment and say to ourselves mission accomplished. The government should build this 3,000-day plan of achieving peace and progress. If it hesitates out of fear that it will be accused of harboring a desire to stay in power beyond June 30, 2016, then it forfeits a golden opportunity to reverse institutional myopia in government. I wrote last week how our truncated electoral calendar has bred a culture of adhocracy. With our professional politicians needing to renew their job contracts every three years, the era and the ethos of the perpetual campaign have been created. In one seamless cycle, the campaign for reelection starts on the day one has won ofce. The demarcation between the acquisition of a mandate and the exercise of a mandate has all disappeared. The line has become so blurred that when we see an elected public ofcial at work we are not sure if he is doing it because he is running an ofce or running for one. If the Aquino administration supplies us with a Philippines 2020 vision, then it would break free from the mold of implementing short-gestation, stop-gap, co-terminus projects whose completion is dictated by the election calendar. It is time to take the long view. Let me cite one reason. By 2020, our population will increase from this years 97.6 million to 114.7 million. This means 17.1 million more mouths to feed, minds to be educated, and bodies to be housed. We will be needing 1.91 million tons of rice a year to feed the 17.1 million. To be able to do this, we must put 191,500 hectares under irrigation, at a cost of 57.4 billion. And we are talking of just one food. We also need to house, school, guard the 17.1 million. We have 3,099 days to do it. The countdown starts today. But before we can do that, we need a 20/20 vision for 2020.

The queen and I: remembering Maita

smiling: Oh, we are here. We had a great boat ride, didnt we? Her assistant looked immensely relieved. HAPI birthday my dear Rodne. I asked her if she got scared. If my That was the last text message I re- good time to ask her on how she became so interested on environmental memory is right, she answered: Why ceived from Maita Gomez. I celebrated issues, especially mining. would I be afraid? You have to face all my birthday in June. She looked at me and answered: these if you want to serve the people. If Yes, I did not know her at rst. The rst time I heard her name was Rodne, its so unfair, it should be just it is your time, then it is your time - it is when I was still a volunteer for a mining and fair. Then she looked at us again, natural. And the rest is history. policy reform campaign in 2008. She one by one, shook her head and said: She became a mother, a grandmother, was interested to work for the campaign. Never permit the miners to destroy After two years, I met her in a cozy your island. She smiled while holding a an adviser. She accepted me as I am. I was unable to thank her for the lesofce of Action for Economic Reforms, pitcher plant and drank fresh water from one pitcher. sons I learned from our conversations, the home of a transparency in extractive We needed to catch the plane in work-related or personal - even love life industries campaign called Bantay Kita. *** I was tasked to assist her in a series of Tablas Island which would leave mid-morning. The mayor of San FerMadam Maita, wherever you are, I fora and focus group discussions on the economics and transparency in the min- nando town offered a speedboat and want you to know that: at 4 oclock in the morning we found I cannot again ask you to ing industry. ask me if I smoke. You would I wanted to know more know my answer (Yes, I am a about her. I admit, before gosecond hand smoker!), and we ing to the ofce of Bantay would burst into laughter. Kita, I Googled her name and I shall miss that moment explored the web to learn more when you felt cold and you about this woman - the ordiasked for my coat. I was really nariness of her extraordinary worried about you that day in life. Ateneo de Davao University. I asked Fr. Archie Casey, a I wish we could go back to Scottish missionary, and my that paradise island in Lumot superior Jaybee Garganera Lake where the earth, air, wind about this queen reformist and re felt as one. From the turned economist and how to moment I left Manila to the deal with her. They just smiled last minute of the travel, you and at least I felt relieved. never stopped guiding me. Intimidating. That was my I shall miss all our activirst impression of Maita. But ties together, the humor and when she stared back at me and called me by my rst name Gomez, in a 2010 photo, drinks fresh water from a pitch- the wisdom, plus the one-liners which tickled our minds yet with her husky voice coupled er plant in Dagubdob Falls, Sibuyan island. challenged our beliefs and perwith a real smile, I knew our ourselves crossing the rough Sibuyan spectives. work would be full of adventures. Next year, no Maita shall greet me on Together with her assistant, we took Sea. I had second thoughts: a 63-yeara small plane to Tablas Island, spent old woman, a beauty queen, crossing my birthday, but your greetings last June shall be forever. a night in a simple bed and breakfast Sibuyan Sea? After two hours, we were in the You may no longer be able to cross called Pearls Caf. The next morning middle of the notorious nautical high- the stormy Sibuyan Sea but I am sure she prepared brewed coffee for us - she way, with waves between three and ve you are now smoothly sailing to eterbrought with her a French press! Our boat trip to Sibuyan Island was meters high. I was consistently asking nity. You may no longer drink from a full of surprises - surprises upon know- Maita and her assistant if they were okay. Staring at her, I saw no fear. Min- pitcher plant but I am sure you are now ing her inner beauty, intelligence, wisdom, generosity and simplicity. She utes later, ying shes were literally y- drinking from the fountain of life. You may not be able to go back to was exible. The island people loved ing into and over our boat. I felt a little nervous - what if sharks and barracudas that island in Lumot Lake but I am sure her not because she was a celebrity but because she was a down-to-earth ew over our boat? Despite the cold, you shall reach the paradise reserved for a hero like you. woman. She dealt with politicians, the Maita showed nothing but calm. One hour passed and we got lost. Thank you for being part of my life. religious, the housewives, the shers The captain of the boat could not reand farmers alike. Rodne Galicha is Philippine DisAfter rounds of meetings with the member where we ought to dock. But townsfolk, we decided to refresh our- thank God, I knew my geography and trict Manager of The Climate Realselves. I grabbed my fathers motor- the mysterious Kalatong mountain ity Project and Executive Director of cycle and drove Maita and a woman showed up. It helped us locate the air- the Sibuyan Island Sentinels League for Environment Inc. This essay was guide to the still-undeveloped Dagub- port by the beach. A four-hour travel, indeed! We rst published in his blog, http://akodob Falls. There, she marveled at the beauty of nature. I thought it was a reached Tablas Island and Maita said, likasan.blogspot.com.

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Time to take the long view.

ANALYSIS
Continued from page 1 In deploring the meetings failure to produce a communiqu, Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario gave vent to a deep personal frustration which he obviously could not help. But it would seem the Filipino plenipotentiary had naively expected a particularly thumping result without having adequately worked for it. China, a known patron and provider of Cambodia, clearly did everything to ensure its desired result. The Philippines, which has no special ties with Cambodia, did not. Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa may have done more to try to broker a compromise. But this was totally overridden by Chinas inuence on Cambodia whose foreign minister and conference host, Hor Namhong, did not mind admitting that the rather standard communiqu had fallen hostage to a bilateral issue between China and the Philippines---Scarborough Shoal. Although some of the more relevant facts seemed to stare the average observer in the face, Del Rosario missed the most obvious of those. He failed to take a correct measure of where Cambodia would stand in a conict between China and the Philippines. For one, the elegant Peace Palace where the foreign ministers meeting and that of the Asean Regional Forum were held had been built, according to uncontested reports, as Chinas gift to the Cambodian government. That alone should have given the foreign secretary adequate warning that whatever good US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie has done or was doing for Cambodian women and children and for Angkor Wat, the countrys relations with China were probably much stronger than those with the United States or any of its Asean neighbors. No doubt those who have followed Aseans work all these years or who would like to see Cambodia in a much better light have every reason to feel betrayed. Del Rosario, however, should rst feel bad about himself. He had been part of the hype about a sea code as a certain outcome of the conference without having secured sufcient assurance that it would indeed come to pass. There was no betrayal in Phnom Penh: Cambodia acted strictly according to its own view of its own interests. Del Rosarios visceral reaction seems

After the Asean asco.

to reveal a certain inadequacy in an otherwise senior diplomat. All this invites a reality check. If Philippine sovereignty and jurisdiction can be denigrated by a powerful country through pressure, duplicity, intimidation and the threat of the use of force, the international community should be concerned about the behavior, Del Rosario told the Asean Regional Forum, which was attended by Aseans dialogue partners, including Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Mrs. Clinton. It was a strongly-worded statement. It seemed to resonate Clintons earlier well-publicized statement, with its oblique reference to China, that nations should settle their territorial disputes without coercion, without intimidation, without threats, and without use of force. But outside of its propaganda value, it does nothing to whitewash the Philippine failure to encourage the conference to produce a document that does not win all points, but does not quite lose all points either. A joint communiqu that contains a general statement on the South China Sea without any specic reference to the Spratlys, the Paracels or Scarborough would have been immensely more valuable than no communiqu at all. The Philippine representative, however, opted for the latter. Indeed the Philippines may insist that it has sovereignty and jurisdiction over Scarborough Shoal where Chinese and Philippine vessels have been on a standoff since April 10. After all, the triangular cluster of rocks and reefs sits about 230 kilometers from the coast of Zambales province, which used to host the Subic naval base, homeport of the US Seventh Fleet, and some 1,200 kilometers away from the nearest major Chinese landmass. It is neither unreasonable nor delusional to say that Scarborough Shoal is, and can only be, within the Philippines 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), as provided by the UN Conference on the Law of the Sea. It cannot be part of any other countrys EEZ, whose baseline is 1,200 kms. away. But because the shoal is not under the Philippines effective occupation and control----to the contrary, some have suggested that China may have, in fact, already effectively occupied it---outsiders can only describe the shoal as a disputed area. There are hundreds of unsettled territorial disputes in the world. Some of them have led to wars, resulting in the victors takeover of the disputed territory. Others have remained the cause of active, protracted clashes like that between Israel and Palestine. Others still have remained dormant, making the news only if and when a violent clash occurs and there are casualties. In Asia Pacic alone, China has other territorial disputes with India, Bhutan, Japan, Korea, Taiwan; Japan has a territorial dispute with Russia, North Korea and Australia; South Korea with North Korea; India with Bangladesh and Pakistan; Bangladesh with Myanmar; Indonesia with East Timor; Singapore with Malaysia; Thailand with Cambodia; and so on. Very few of these areas have managed to become ashpoints, despite the value of the disputed territory to the respective parties. It normally requires a violent incident, with serious casualties and consequences, to promote the conict into a world-headline making news. In the case of Scarborough, the standoff was triggered by the reported poaching of giant clams and endangered sharks by Chinese shermen in Philippine waters. Philippine authorities tried to board the Chinese shing vessels and arrest the shermen, but the Chinese Navy came in to prevent it. No gunre was exchanged, no deaths or injuries occurred. The incident did not affect nor threaten to affect the freedom of navigation in the South China Sea lanes, which all countries support. It should have landed in a diplomatic note, which is normally not released to the media by either the sending government or its recipient. It was not even monitored independently by the local or world press. How on earth did it become a running story in the world press? Who has been hyping it? And for what reason have they been hyping it? If, as the foreign secretary declares, the Philippines exercises sovereign jurisdiction and control over Scarborough Shoal, and that the Chinese vessels have violated Philippine sovereignty, should the government not be prepared to denounce the Chinese intrusion as an act of aggression, and go to the United Nations Security Council, instead of the Asean foreign ministers meeting and the Asean Regional Forum, for the appropriate action?

The God...
From A4 activity of the universe is an elemental factit is what we find in the emergence and decay of particles, including Higgs Boson, the composition of the cosmic egg or the initial singularity and then the Big Bang and the splendor that followed thereafter. It is activity that could have gone anywhere, but it has not. It has given rise to a universe, in one corner of which is a galaxy that has played host to a blue planet where life flourished, eventually evolving into intelligent and self-reflective life. This dynamism of the universe is qualified in such wise that one can truly say: It has been good, because it has led to the emergence of a creature that can ascribe good to his actions as well as to those of others, and to evaluate events; a being for whom earthquakes and tsunamisall part and parcel of the same substantial activityare bad while the changing of seasons, the wondrous and riotous display of colors when flowers are in bloom and the achievements of truly thoughtful men and women are good! Goodness, not cosmological primacy, says Whitehead is the point there is to God! So why then the excitement over Higgs boson? In the first place scientists have not yet made up their minds and do not appear likely to do so in the near future. Are we talking particles, waves or strings? But the God particle excites for the same

reason as magic. The magician holds immense power in his hands and in a sense it has to be domesticated power because it is something he can handle, and wield. So it is with God. Ever wary of a Being who, we have been taught is transcendent, and therefore beyond us and not subject to our control, we get excited when we are told that somewhere inside a winding collider in Switzerland a particle has been found that might just do what we have thought all along to be Gods achievement. That tames God, puts him within our control and calculations, makes him easier to handle. There is one line in one of Jose Garcia Villas eccentric poems that I remember. God asked of man who held a bow at him: Wouldst thou murder me who created thee? to which man replies: No, I do but measure thee. That is the reason that calling Higgs boson the God particle is exciting! Hubris, some might say in spite and condemnation. More charitably, it seems to be part of human playfulness! The position that Whitehead, for one, has taken is that for the believer it might be more helpful to think of God not as the ultimate cosmological principle, because that only sends more heads peering into the collider to look for other God-particles, but as the qualication of that substantial activity that allows us to say: Fecit omnia bene...He has done all things well! rannie_aquino@sanbeda.edu.ph rannie_aquino@csu.edu.ph rannie_aquino@yahoo.com

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Part of a road along Taft Avenue, in front of a construction site, crumbles on Friday night amid heavy rainfall. Authorities closed Taft Avenue, from Quirino Avenue to Vito Cruz, on the south bound lane to avoid accidents. DANNY PATA

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LandBank, World Bank sign loan for waste management

The lack of proper wastewater systems signicantly damages the environment, especially our coastal waters, and poses a genuine threat to the health of our citizens, LandBank president and chief executive Gild Pico said. We are optimistic that through this project, we can mutually promote greater awareness and make way for greater collaboration in pursuit of our common vision of a cleaner, greener Metro Manila. The agreements were signed by Pico, Finance Undersecretary Rosalia De Leon, World Bank Country Director Motoo Konishi, Manila Water president and chief executive Gerardo Ablaza Jr. and Maynilad chief nance ofcer Randolph Estrellado.

University Belt trafc to worsen

EXPECT gridlock in many portions of Manila at the University Belt when The Department of Public Highways today starts widening Espaa Boulevard.
Chairman Francis Tolentino, during the agencys weekly radio program over dzBB, said DPWH will widen the stretch connecting Quezon Boulevard to the school zone downtown that includes the most populous institutions led by University of Santo Tomas, Far Eastern University, National University, and University of the East. Students in the University Belt must brace for heavy trafc that may last for two months, he said. Congestion is expected on A.H. Lacson Street and its connecting Circumferential 2 Road, Espaa Street through and through Radial 7 interchange project, Dapitan, Lerma, Nicanor Reyes Street (formerly Morayta), Dimasalang Street, Vicente Street, Maceda Street, Magsaysay Boulevard-M. de la Fuente Street, Legarda Street, Claro M. Recto Avenue, and even on Nagtahan Road. Tolentino said public highways and MMDA have been coordinating work on the road network in the National Capital Region. He said the agency would be putting out yers on road usage for motorists for good measure. The materials will help drivers understand the international trafc signals, trafc rules and regulations, and nes for various trafc violations, among others, Tolentino said. On systems adjustment, at least six city bus owners have agreed to start a merger to achieve economies of scale in income, number of employees and rolling stocks, accidents, ridership, fuel consumption and maintenance. We had exploratory talks and they (operators) agreed to operate as a consortium, just like a bus rapid transit, Tolentino said. They will have their dedicated lane to and from the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City and TriNoma in Quezon City. Rio N. Araja

Sports club ofcials face securities raps

By Rey E. Requejo
OFFICERS of one of the countrys oldest sports club face criminal prosecution for engaging in unlawful offering and sale of securities, in the form of membership shares, in violation of the Securities Regulation Code. The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked the Department of Justice to deny the motion for reconsideration led by expatriates Jonathan Thorp, Thomas Whitwell, Alfonso Cervero, Matthew Freeston, Andrew Yates, Ian Sinclair, Keith Warne and Faisal Durrani-Khan, all ofcers of Nomad Sports Club, who had been recommended earlier for indictment for illegal selling of membership shares. The SEC through Enforcement and Prosecution Department Ofcer-in-Charge Leila Laureta-Agustin and Securities Counsel Jonathan Pancracius Paguirigan said the appeal of the NSC ofcials should be denied for utter lack of merit for failure to raise any new and substantial argument that would merit a reconsideration of the resolution of the DOJs investigating prosecutor. NSC, whose membership consisted mostly of foreigners, was put up in the 1940s as a successor to another all expat organization known as the Manila Club based in Makati City in the 1920s. The clubs present site is a venue for international amateur and professional soccer and cricket events. Instead, the SEC lawyers urged the DOJ to proceed with the criminal cases against the club ofcers because the DOJs earlier resolution nding probable cause to hold all of the respondents for trial for violation of the Securities Regulation Code duly conforms with the evidences submitted, to applicable laws and jurisprudence. In 2009, the SEC, nding sufcient basis to the complaint initiated by club membersCebu-based businessman Eduardo Du and Roland Beltran-sought the indictment of the NSC directors and ofcers led by Thorp. After conducting preliminary investigation, the DOJ scal on Oct. 26, 2011 found probable cause.

Experts require tsunami readiness

THE Philippine Institute for Volcanology and Seismology on Sunday called for tsunami response drills under the Metro Manila Development Authority. Director Renato Solidum asked Chairman Francis Tolentino to organize a simulation of Scenario 13, on a possible occurrence of strong earthquake off Manila Bay. I have been discussing the issue with Mon Santiago to have the conduct of tsunami safety drill, he said. Santiago said MMDA has proposed a vertical evacuation to higher grounds once the water elevation at Manila Bay rises to two meters to four meters high because of the movement of the Manila Trench. To be better prepared for a catastrophic impact of major quakes and even oods, Phivolcs and MMDA had engaged a study by the Geosciences Australia. Solidum and Santiago, a consultant of MMDA for public safety, believed the 2004 Earthquake Impact Reduction Study for Metropolitan Manila by Phivolcs, MMDA and the Japan International Cooperation Agency is outdated. Rio N. Araja

Heroes mark. Paraaque Mayor Florencio Bernabe Jr. and City Councilor Benjo Bernabe (right) review the architectural perspective of the proposed World War II Paraaque veterans monument in Barangay San Dionisio during the project groundbreaking. The 16th Paraaque Veterans District is headed by Commander Orestes Lopez, who is also the regional vice president of the Veterans Federation of the Philippines.

Abalos attends to scoliosis in schools

By Gigi Muoz David
MANDALUYONG Mayor Benjamin Abalos instructed the city health ofce to hold free screening on scoliosis for public school children in the city aged between 10 and 14. He said the special program aims to provide care and possible treatment to children diagnosed with scoliosis as part of the thrust of the Local Council for the Protection of Children. Last year, the council made a study at Highway Hills Integrated School to identify scoliosis among the enrollees. Findings showed 11 of 56 students who underwent conrmatory x-ray tests were found positive for scoliosis, one student having severe curvature. These students belong to the age group 10-14 years old, during which, as other more scientic studies have already determined, scoliosis usually begins. The percentage of students found to be positive with the disorder prompted the city government to conduct the test to all public school children. Early detection and treatment is very important, Abalos said. Treatment like bracing or surgical correction is placed at P30,000 while treatment facilities and experts in scoliosis are difcult to nd in the country.

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Hepatitis survivors put up a brave ght for their loved ones

By Macon Ramos Araneta
SAM Digma was diagnosed with Hepatitis B and given 6 months to live. With a three-year old and a two-yearold boy, Digma, 30, said she couldnt think of how her young children will be without a mother. I wish to grow old with them, said Digma. I wanted to escape the world, but I didnt know how to begin and where to begin, said Digma, adding that it was so painful knowing that you only have few remaining months on earth. I have been asking, why me? Im just a simple mother. Im not a drug user, I dont even have a tattoo. I was living a simple and a happy life with my family. Why me? Furthermore, she said there was the fear of being ostracized and ridiculed so she opted to keep mum about what the doctors found out. But to ease the burden of waiting for your death, I later disclosed my condition to my family, a few close friends and her boss at First Gen, a power generation company where she works, Digma said. They were the ones who supported me, and helped me nd the treatment for Hepatitis B, she said. Just like Digma, Aldrich Talledo, 44, a nurse, also with two kids, was a hepatitis survivor. He was about to leave for New Zealand in 2010 when he was discovered with Hepatitis C. Talledo said he became depressed. There was hatred with the thought that I was hit by Hepatitis C and could not leave the country to prepare the future of their kids, he said. Since both kids are also studying, Talledo said the nancial burden that goes with the disease keep bugging his mind. I was always thinking of where to get the money in sending my children to school, for my treatment, he said. While doctors traced Digmas Hepatitis B to a blood transfusion when she was nine years old, Talledo said it cant be established how he got the virus. But doctors surmised it could very much be work-related considering the nature of his job. He could have been exposed to another persons infected blood. Digma and Talledo were the rst Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C patients to come out in the open. They were presented by the Hepatology Society of the Philippines in coordination with Roche during the celebration of the World Hepatitis Day last July 11 at Hyatt Regency Hotel in Manila. Roche business unit manager Butch Lopez said the personal testimonials of Digma and Talleda, considered as two brave souls give us a lot of inspiration and information. He said Roches awareness campaign is focused on driving public appreciation of the disease burden, recognizing its debilitating impact on the individual patients and the public. But the company cannot do it on itsd own, Lopez said. So they are partnering with other stakeholders to push hepatitis advocacy to a higher level. We also recognize full well that cost is a major hurdle for treatment initiation, he told reporters in the media brieng. To make treatment attainable to more people, he said Roche launched the PEGGASIST Easy Access Plan for Hepatitis B and C. It is a socialized pricing program which allows patients to have access to Peg-interferon alfa-2a with discounts of up to 50 percent to eligible patients, he said. Digma and Talleda were among the recipients of this program that helped them cope with the costly treatment for the disease. Lopez also assured that patients who truly cannot afford the medication can get higher discount for medication. Lopez said patients can also be provided with free selected Hepatitis Band C laboratory tests that would have been otherwise very, very expensive. With this program, he hepatitis patients are one-step closer to a life-changing cure. HSP president Dr. Diana Alcantara Payawal said Hepatitis B and C represent one of the major threats to global health with high prevalence rates in the country. Food and Nutrition Research Institute study sponsored by HSP and the Philippine Society of Gastroenterology shows that in the Philippines, there is a Hepatitis B carrier yet of 16% among adult population of which 1 in 15 Filipinos are infected. Hepatitis B and C viruses can lead to liver scarring (cirrhosis). If one has liver cirrhosis, there is a risk of life-threatening complications such as bleeding, ascites (accumulation of uid in the abdominal cavity),coma, liver cancer, liver failure and death. In the case of chronic hepatitis B, liver cancer might even appear before you have developed cirrhosis. It is estimated that 14 million Filipinos are chronically infected with Hepatitis B, of whom 1.1 and 1.9 million are expected to die prematurely of cirrhosis of liver cancer. Payawal said Hepatitis B is the most common cause of liver cancer. In Asia liver cancer ranks as 5th most common cancer while in the Philppines, it ranks as the second most common cancer with hepatitis B as the most common cause. She said HSP strives to spread awareness of the disease as well as providing the information and means to the treatment necessary for the disease.

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Fil-Am completes PH romp

SAN DiegoMake that a triple treat for the Philippines in the Callaway Junior World golf championships. Fil-American Rico Hoey upset the tournament favorite Beau Hossler Jr.with a couple of big, bold shots on the closing holes in winning the 1517 years division at the Torrey Pines south course on Friday (Saturday in Manila). Born and raised by his Filipino parents in Southern California, the 16-year-old Hoey capped a closing three-underpar 69 with two-putted for birdie on the water-laced 18th hole to beat Hossler, best remembered for briey holding the lead in the third round of the US Open over the PGA Tour stars at the Olympic Club in San Francisco last month, by a stroke Hoey nished at 286 for his third title in the Junior World after ruling the 9-10 and 1112 age-groups, while Hossler wound up at 287 after a 73. Gio Gandionco, the top gun of the 42-strong Philippine contingent, ballooned to an 81 and nished tied for 39th out of the 53 survivors of the third round cut-off. Hoeys victory came on the heels of scintillating victories posted by Jed Dy in the boys 7-8 years and Bernice OlivarezIlas in the girls 9-10 years on Thursday aside from three other top 10 nishes by Mia Legaspi and Sam Martirez (girls 13-14) and Harmie Constantino (girls 11-12).

Irving breaks hand; Lin out of New York?

CLEVELANDKyrie Irving, the NBAs reigning rookie of the year, broke his right hand during the Cavaliers practice on Saturday in Las Vegas.
Irving will return to Cleveland to be examined by team doctors Sunday and said he likely will undergo surgery. The Cavs said in a release Saturday night that they expect Irving, their leading scorer last season who recently dazzled during scrimmages against the U.S. Olympic team, to be ready for the start of training camp in late September. However, the team said it will not have a timeline for Irvings return until after he is examined. The team said Irving injured his hand slapping the padding on a wall at the teams practice site. The injury occurred after Irving committed a turnover toward the end of the morning practice. Irving was in Las Vegas practicing with Clevelands summer league team. It was just a freak accident, said Irving, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2011 draft. Irvings injury is a tough blow for the 20-year-old, who recently wowed observers during workouts against the American team headed to the London Games. Irving also had made headlines by challenging Kobe Bryant to a game of 1-on-1 with the loser promising to pay $50,000 to the winners charity - a video of Bryant and Irving engaging in trash talk has become a hit on the Internet. I am a little disappointed, Irving told reporters. I have to be more responsible about my health. It was just crazy. It happened so fast. Irving averaged 18.5 points, 5.4 assists and 3.7 assists last season and proved to be worthy of the top pick. He has given the Cavaliers and their fans reason to believe the franchise can return to prominence following the painful departure of LeBron James. Irving missed 14 games last season with injuries. He sat out 10 games with a shoulder injury, three with a concussion and one when he was ill. Irving played in just 11 games as a freshman at Duke because of a serious foot injury. Meanwhile, Raymond Felton is returning to New York, calling into question whether the Knicks plan to re-sign fellow point guard Jeremy Lin. Feltons agent conrmed a Yahoo Sports report Saturday that Felton would be signed and traded by Portland to New York. Lin has signed an offer sheet with the Houston Rockets, and the Knicks have repeatedly said they would match any offer for their breakout star. But with the third year of the contract worth about $15 million, they can certainly pass now after signing Jason Kidd and getting Felton back. Felton played well in half a season in New York, averaging 17.1 points before the Knicks sent him to Denver as part of the package for Carmelo Anthony in February 2011. He struggled this season with the Trail Blazers, scoring 11.4 points per game on 40.7 percent shooting and briey losing his starting job. AP

Khan goes down in 4th-round TKO loss

By Ronnie Nathanielsz
WORLD Boxing council super lightweight champion Danny Garcia kept his promise to knock out recently reinstated World Boxing Association champion Amir Khan, scoring a stunning fourth-round technical knockout that clearly shocked and silenced a huge pro-Khan crowd at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Sunday (Manila time). Khan started well using a stinging left jab and an occasional right hand to dominate the opening round and appeared to be determined to make Garcia pay for his preght trash talk. Garcia was cautioned a few times by referee Kenny Bayless for low blows, but shrugged it off and was not even bothered by a cut above his right eye in Round 2 just as Khans speed began to tell. Garcia bided his time, before nailing Khan with a vicious counter left hook that caught the British ghter on the chin and dropped him on the seat of his trunks. Khan was wobbly as he barely beat the count and was clearly saved by the bell. Garcia, egged on by his corner went after Khan at the start of the fourth round and dropped him for the second time in the ght, but Khan fought back gallantly if not desperately as the two ghters traded big shots. However, towards the end of the round, Garcia nailed Khan with a devastating combination and although the 2000 Athens Olympic Games silver medalist beat the count, he was clearly in no position to continue and referee Kenny Bayless waved off the ght despite a mild protest from Khan.

Crack field vies in PH Golf Tour

ALL but one of the Top 10 players in the Order of Merit ranking have conrmed participation in the International Container Terminal Services Inc. Negros Occidental Classic, making it a wide-open battle when the P1million event is held July 18 to 20 at the Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club in Bacolod. Current OOM frontrunner Tony Lascuna heads the stellar cast that includes fellow twoleg winner Elmer Salvador, Jay Bayron, Marvin Dumandan, Angelo Que, Jun Bernis, Clyde Mondilla, Ferdie Aunzo and Charles Hong with No. 3 Miguel Tabuena opting to skip the seventh leg of the ICTSI Philippine Golf Tour to compete abroad. Juvic Pagunsan is the other fancied player out of this weeks event with the reigning OOM champion making a rare appearance in the British Open, one of the worlds four majors, as Asian Tours No. 1. Frankie Minoza is also in the Bacolod meet, hoping to nally make an impact following a series of so-so nishes in the circuit organized by Pilipinas Golf Tournaments, Inc., including a joint 17th place effort in the recent ICTSI Manila Southwoods. Jhonnel Ababa is also tipped to contend for the top P200,000 purse in the 54-hole tournament with the former amateur standout hopeful of nally nailing a win heading to next weeks ICTSI Iloilo Challenge, where he sparked a run of three leg victories last year.

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Orcollo advances
WORLD 8-Ball champion Dennis Orcollo made short work of his Round of 16 opponent, local bet Adolof Leunupun with a ve-rack total time of 05:18 mins versus the Indonesians 8:13 mins to become the rst Filipino to enter the quarternals of the 2012 Guinness World Series of Pool: Speed Ball Challenge here at the Ciputra World Mall in Surabaya, Indonesia. Following suit was Jeffrey De Luna, who scored a relatively easy win against Indonesian veteran Ricky Yang, 5:00 mins to 5:38 mins. Earlier in the day, Blackburn native Karl Boyes put on a fantastic show as well, trumping his Indonesian counterpart Ferdi with a total time of 4:47 mins against 8:06 mins.

Shellcraft. Mike Melchor assembled spent cartridges of different calibers to create his masterpiece for
the Art in Arms exhibit of the 2012 Defense & Sporting Arms Show Part 1 on July 19 to 23 at SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City. National Police Chief Nicanor Bartolome and other top government ofcials will lead the opening of the countrys premier gun show organized by the Association of Firearms and Ammunition Dealers.

McQuaid congratulates PhilCycling

THE Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for cycling, has extended its congratulations to the new board of the sports national federation, the PhilCycling, which installed Tagaytay City Mayor Abraham Bambol Tolentino to a fresh four-year term as president. I would like to convey my heartfelt congratulations as well as those of the UCI staff on your reelection, and wish you every success in the task that you have taken on. I hope that you will have protable and close collaboration with each of your members, UCI president Pat McQuaid wrote in a letter to Tolentino on Friday . The PhilCycling conducted a unied elections last July 3 at the One Promenade in Paranaque City. Tolentinos predecessor, Air21 chairman and sportsman Bert Lina, was also unanimously installed as chairman of the board, while former Philippine Sports Commission chief Philip Ella Juico was elected vice president. Immediately after learning about the results, McQuaid hinted about his desire to visit the country after almost 13 years. McQuaid was responsible for making the Marlboro Tour a UCI race from 1996 to 1998 and had fond memories of the country, especially in the countryside, making friends and acquaintances with local cycling ofcials and acionados. The Irishman also fell in love with the tawilis, which is endemic to Batangas and Cavite. The PhilCycling elections had the POCs blessing with no less than its president, Jose Peping Cojuangco Jr. and spokesman Joey Romasanta in attendance. The UCI also sent its observer in Asian Cycling Confederation secretary general Choi Boo Wong, who flew all the way from Seoul.

Marquez wins
WORLD Boxing Association yweight champion Hernan Marquez got the scare of his life in a 10-round non-title super yweight bout against Filipino Fernando Lumacad, who nearly pulled off a stunning upset in Sinaloa, Mexico on Sunday (Manila time). Marquez plans to move up in weight and the ght against Lumacad was expected to serve as a test for the WBA yweight champion, who has been having trouble making the 112-pound limit. Two of the three judges had Marquez winning, 97-94, but the third judge scored it an even 95-95. Lumacad is co-managed by Australian promoter Peter Maniatis and Jim Claude Manangquil. Ronnie Nathanielsz

Subic Bay to host Asian Duathlon Championship

MORE than 600 duathletes from around Asia are set to converge at the Subic Bay Freeport as the Philippines hosts the Subic Bay Asian Duathlon Championships, presented by Century Tuna, on Nov. 25. Organized by the Triathlon Association of the Philippines, in cooperation with the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, the event highlights top continental honors for run-bikerun competitors at stake with the Elite, Under-23, Junior Elite and Youth (13-15) categories. In addition, Asian Triathlon Confederations Balwant Singh Kler conrmed that the ADC will serve as an ofcial qualier for the 2013 World Duathlon Championships to be held in Cali, Colombia in July. The event, sponsored by SBMA, Philippine Sports Commission, Fitness First, Asian Centre for Insulation Philippines and Gatorade, will take place around the Freeport area with a 10 kilometer run 40-Km bike 5-Km run standard distance course for Elite, U23 and age-group competitors. A sprint distance course of 5-Km run 20-Km bike 2.5-Km run will be set for Junior Elite and Youth participants. The organizers are now designing a challenging and exciting course assuring a spectator friendly conguration. Expected to join in are worldranked duathletes from 25 member countries of the Asian Triathlon Confederation that include Japan, South Korea, China, Sri Langka, Malaysia, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong to name a few.

The Boss and the Quick Brown Fox

Basta Okey Sama-Sama), drafted Brown in 1981 or thereabouts to play for the Northern Consolidated CeAL S. MENDOZA ment, a Pangasinan-based company owned by Danding. NCC won a Philippine Basketball Association title once as a guest amateur team, with HOW many years will it take to the legendary Ron Jacobs as coach. At NCC, Brown immediately complete one generation? caught the eye of scouts with his Usually, it is 20 years. So, that easily qualies Ricardo exceptional dribbling skills as well as his pair of hot hands. He Brown. He has been away 22 years was oozing with talent that soon from the land where her mother enough, team managers from the had been born, arriving in Manila PBA bowed to their coaches desire about more than a week ago from to sign him up. Great Taste Coffee, one of the his base in Los Angeles, CA. My mother was from Sta. Cruz, PBA founders, won in the bitManila, Brown said. I know she terly fought war to win the heart of has no province as she never men- Brown. In 1983, Brown ofcially became a Coffee Maker. tioned one to us. It was in that year, too, that To those too young to know of Browns past and links to Philip- Crispa won its second Grand Slam pine basketball, listen up. This is (a sweep of all three conferences) for you principally, the young in the PBA. The following year, ones, that is. But the young once Crispa disbanded. The PBA suffered a bit at the can join in, why not? Brown was discovered by gates as Crispa then was the counDanding Cojuangco, the well- trys No. 1 team, having also won the leagues rst Grand Slam in loved tycoon who else? Cojuangco, known as Boss to 1976. But Crispas disbandment somethose close to him (BOSS means

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Ateneo Open set

EXPECT exciting volleyball action when the second Ateneo Open Tournament reels off on Aug. 11 at the Blue Eagle Gym. The champions in the womens and mens division of the two-day event will receive P10,000 cash prize, while the second and third placers will go home with P7,500 and P5,000, respectively. Tournament fee is pegged at P3,750. For more details, like the events Facebook account at www.facebook.com/ateneoopen2012 or check the Website at www.ateneoopen.com.

what proved benecial in a sense to Brown as Philip Cezar, a pillar of strength at Crispa, became his teammate at Great Taste. To me, Philip Cezar is the greatest ever Filipino basketball player, Brown, given the moniker The Quick Brown Fox by the late broadcaster Pinggoy Pengson, tells us during lunch hosted by Danding Cojuangco. Ramon Fernandez was really good, but Cezar was more versatile as he could do almost everything. Cezar had the makings of becoming the greatest Filipino player of all time, but he never really reached his full potential. For Brown to say that of Cezar, it, sure, means a lot. Brown acknowledges that he could play great basketball with so much ease against anyone from the PBA. But when Coach Baby Dalupan started dispatching Cezar to guard me, thats when troubles began to bug me, said Brown, who was accompanied by Popong and Tet Andolong in that nostalgia-laden lunch with Boss Danding. For the record, it was through the Herculean efforts of Tet Andolong, the Travel and Properties editor of

Business Mirror (Popong is Business Mirrors Motoring editor), that Brown had nally snapped his 22-year absence from the country. Tet helped arrange a smooth as silk airplane trip for Brown from Los Angeles and back. Brown was supposed to have visited us earlier, but for three back surgeries hes had in 2009. In Manila, Tet provided Browns land travels through a chaufferdriven Chevy SUV and arranged for a comfortable suite at Crown Plaza Hotel for the eight days or so stay in the country. Ricky and I are friends from way, way back, said Tet, who accompanied Brown in all his numerous schedules in the Big City. One highlight of Browns homecoming was his receiving the Hall of Fame award from the PBA in 2009. He got hold of it only last night at the PBA games at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Today, Brown will visit Dalupan in his residence at the Loyola Grand Villas at the back of Miriam and Ateneo along Katipunan Avenue, QC. Having been raised in the US, Brown became the rst naturalized Filipino to play in the PBA some

30 years ago. In just two years of play at the PBA, Brown reached the summit of his basketball career and became the 1985 MVP of the league. From Great Taste, he was recruited by San Miguel Beer and in 1989, Brown was part of the PBA Grand Slam champion SMB under coach Norman Black. In 1990, he went back to the US. Tomorrow, its hello goodbye as Brown ies home to Los Angeles, where he works as a principal in a middle school in Artesia, CA. Ill be back in two years time, Brown says. Hopefully, for good. I hope to land a job that is basketball-related, like managing, if not coaching, a team. But, of course, it would all depend on what the Boss will say. What the Boss says, Ill take heed. Im sure the Boss is listening. * * * ALL IN. Coach Jerry Codinera of the UE Warriors said theyve submitted their protest regarding the 90-55 victory of NU over UE on Saturday on the issue of alleged improper uniforms used by the Bulldogs during the rst game of UAAP Season 75. I wait for the decision with bated breath.

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MERALCO 113 - West 41, Cardona 26, Mercado 19, Ross 10, Taulava 10, Macapagal 5, Reyes 2, Timberlake 0. PETRON 112 - Cabagnot 29, Lutz 22, Santos 16, Faison 15, Washington 11, Pena 6, Yeo 5, Hontiveros 4, Baclao 2, Duncil 2, Lanete 0. Quarters: 29-24, 56-46, 8879, 113-112

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Joennard Pareja, also of the Dolphins, led the cast of individual awardees in the league after capturing the MVP of the elimination round. Miggy Corcuera took home the Jun Bernardino Award for his attitude on and off the eld. Lorenzo Ubungen, who keyed Cebus thrilling 8-6 victory in Game 1 last Saturday, was named the nals MVP. Pareja started the scoring load for Cebu with an RBI double at the top of the third but Edward Landicho countered with a run-scoring single at the bottom of the inning.

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Dolphins complete title sweep

CEBU re-stamped its class over Manila as it fashioned out an imposing 6-1 victory yesterday to sweep their best-of-three series for Baseball Philippines Series 9 crown at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium. National player Joseph Orillana blasted a lead-off home run in the fourth inning to break a 1-1 count then the Dolphins scored two runs each in the seventh and ninth frames to clinch the victory, their third after their title conquests in Series 2 and 4 of the league organized by Community Sports, Inc. The win likewise ended the Sharks bid for a fourth straight championship. Orillana, coming off an ankle injury that sidelined him in the playoffs, belted the 1-1 pitch off losing Warren Vispo for a home run as the Dolphins regained control after the Sharks tied the game at the bottom of the third. Christian Maghanoy issued only six hits and a run in seven innings to win it as Cebus starting pitcher while Ronel Peralta had a one-hit relief effort against the Sharks.

Rookie Teng fuels Archers past Maroons

By Peter Atencio

THE La Salle Green Archers, with their rookies overcoming opening-day jitters, whipped the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons, 73-68, on the second day of the 75th University Athletic Association of the Philippines mens basketball tournament.
Norberto Torres provided a game-high 16 points, including two freebies with 3.2 to go, allowing La Salle to grab the win before a big crowd of more than 10,000 fans at the SM Mall of Asia Arena. Rookie Jeron Teng, who had 15 points with LA Revilla, nearly turned goat for the Archers when

his three missed free throws in the last 1:06 allowed the Fighting Maroons to crawl back into the game at 68-67 on Alvin Padillas driving shot with 44.7 seconds to go. But, Teng, a prized recruit from Xavier School, quickly redeemed himself, converting a threepoint play off Chris Balls foul in the remaining 27.3 seconds. His basket gave La Salle a slight 7068 edge in the ensuing play. Behind Yutien Andrada and Luigi de la Paz, the Archers forced the Maroons to give up the ball twice in the remaining time. The Archers then sealed the ve-point win behind the charities of Revilla and Torres on fouls by Mike Sillungan and Padilla. It feels really good. Its a tough win for us. UP really played well. They played really tough against us. We did a good job in taking care of easy points. They got a lot of easy points against us in transition. So we worked on their transition defense, said Green Archers coach Gee Abanilla.

Petrons Arwind Santos (right) beats Meralcos Mario West to the rebound in a PBA Governors Cup game won by the Bolts, 113-112, at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum.

Bolts end season with a bang

By Jeric Lopez
MARIO West drove hard to the heart of the defense and nailed a difcult, game-winning layup with 1.6 seconds left to lift Meralco to a 113-112 escape win over Petron Blaze as the Bolts nished their season with a bang in the 2012 Philippine Basketball Association Governors Cup at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum. With the Bolts trailing, 112111, with5.7 ticks remaining and the game coming down to the nal possession, West, off a timeout, went strong to his right and eluded the Boosters defense to make the acrobatic lay-up over the outstretched arms Arwind Santos, sending the Bolts crowd to a frenzy. In a previous play, Alex Cabagnot once again showed why he is one of the leagues top performers in the clutch as he sank a triple at the top of the key over West with 5.7 seconds left to put the Boosters ahead for the rst time, 112-111. However, Wests heroics offset Petrons aspirations of ending its season on a high note. West nished with a gamehigh 41 points, plus eight rebounds to show the way for the Bolts. We denitely enjoyed this ball game, said Meralco coach Ryan Gregorio. The goal was to end our season on a high note and we did. We ended it with a loud bang. The Bolts racked up two straight wins and nished the conference with the same record as the Boosters at 6-8. They ended up tied for fth and sixth after playing their last game of the season. Mac Cardona was also in his element as he scored 26 points, while Sol Mercado added 19 for Meralco, which only played with an eight-man rotation.

Bulldogs in Red Lions attempt to unfamiliar bounce back vs Blazers territory

THE National University Bulldogs are in unfamiliar territory after they posted a 90-55 rout over the University of the East Warriors Saturday in the opening game in the 75th University Athletic Association of the Philippines at the SM Mall of Asia Arena. They have never scored such a big rout before, and it was the biggest of the three wins the Bulldogs have experienced since last year. The win, a 45-point margin victory over the Warriors, was the third and biggest since Eric Altamirano became the Bulldogs coach. In previous years, the Bulldogs suffered losses of 20 points or more. Last year, NU came away with its rst rout, a 56-40 beating of the La Salle Green Archers. And then, a 73-49 battering of the University of Santo Tomas Tigers followed. The opening-day rout outcome even stunned Bulldogs coach Eric Altamirano. We were not thinking about the score. All we did was play our game. Because we have never won our rst game, remarked Altamirano. Jeoffrey Javillonar led the Bulldogs with 19 points as NU rallied from a 13-15 decit and took charge with a 48-23 halftime spread. Bobby Ray Parks and Joshua Alolino backed him up with 16 and 12, respectively. Peter Atencio GETTING back on its feet will be the battle-cry of San Beda College when it takes on College of St. Benilde at 4 p.m. today in the 88th National Collegiate Athletic Association mens basketball tournament at The Arena in San Juan. They will have a chance to get back in the lead if the Red Lions get past the Blazers. Later, the Mapua Cardinals (2-2) meet the Letran Knights (1-3) at 6 p.m. The Lions are reeling from an 87-88 overtime upset loss to the University of Perpetual Help Altas, a setback which they never experienced from the Las Pinasbased cagers in the last seven years. The Altas, who posted their third win in four games, now share the top spot with Jose Rizal University Heavy Bomb-

ers, who dropped out of the solo lead following a 78-101 setback to the San Sebastian Stags. The Blazers, who have a 2-2 record, are looking for their second upset win after they shocked the Letran Knights, 7760, last week. But they will have to watch out for San Beda sniper Baser Amer, who is the teams top scorer with his 18-point average. Amers trey from the three-fourth length of the court with 1/10th of a second left in regulation sent their clash with the Altas in overtime. 1.Carlo Lastimosa, who norms 14 points per game, will be a challenge to Amers shooting prowess, and so will Joel Tolentino, who is the seasons second hottest three-point artist (3.3 points per game), next to JRUs Nate Matute (5.5). Peter Atencio

Buenavista tops marathon in Tarlac

TARLAC CITY--Former three-time marathon king and current event record holder Eduardo Buenavista struck anew and easily won the third leg of the 36th Milo Marathon held today in Tarlac City. The 34-year-old Buenavista of Sto. Nino, South Cotabato dominated the mens 21-k category in 1:13:29 with plenty of time to spare and pocketed the P10,000 elimination leg top purse. The twotime Olympian was about 600 meters ahead over second pursuer Nelson Rombosa who clocked in at 1:24:58, followed by Gavino Lopez at 1:26:46. I wasnt exactly preparing for the eliminations, but I train 3 hours a day for the nals, said Buenavista. I believe I have a strong chance to win it this year. Buenavista also attributed the fair weather for his timely comeback since nishing in third place in the 2011 Southeast Asian Games and failing to defend the 42-k National Finals crown last year in Manila. Veteran Miscelle Gilbuena led the distaff side with a time of 1:37:29, followed by Berna Pulmano with 1:39:49 and Fredalyn Ramos with 1:57:58.

Smart National Poomsae tilt set

WORLD poomsae (forms) bronze medalists Camille Alarilla, Rani Ortega and Janice Lagman will display their winning abilities as they compete in the SMART national poomsae taekwondo championships on July 22 at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium. Alarilla, Ortega and Lagman, who bagged their medals in the team competition in the world event, are among the 1,500 participants in the event organized by the Philippine Taekwondo Association and sponsored by Smart Communications Inc., MVP Sports Foundation, PLDT, Milo and Philippine Sports Commission. The entries will come from various regions, vying for honors in ve events, namely, individual standard, pair and team free style, synchronized poomsae and creative poomsae. The participants will be classied into children (13 years and below), juniors (14 to 17 years old) and seniors (18 years old and above). The taekwondo athletes will represent their respective chapters including Powerex, Ateneo, San Sebastian College, UP, San Beda College, De La Salle Zobel, De La Salle University, More Than Medals, Korean Taekwondo Committee (KTC), Team Baguio, Pangasinan, UTA-Tigers, PNP and AFP, among others. In poomsae, participants display attack and defense techniques against imaginary opponents. The event is a way of understanding and practicing every aspect of martial art, basic technique, breathing control, balance, coordination and concentration. The mind and body work together in striving for perfection of techniques that are hard to achieve. Taekwondo is meaningless without poomsae. Competition will start at 9 a.m. Martial art enthusiasts and sports buffs, especially children who are interested in the sport, are invited to watch.

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The Philippines trio of (from left) Camille Alarilla, Rani Ortega and Janice Lagman show their winning form.

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Banana exporters eye US Pacic bases

By Othel V. Campos
BANANAS from the Philippines may soon find their way to the United States through military bases on Pacific islands, an option that exporters said is more feasible and lucrative than shipping directly to the US mainland. The requirements to penetrate the DeCa [Defense Commissary Agency] establishments will not be as stringent as the requirements imposed by other states and the US mainland, Trade Department director Senen Perlada said over the weekend. Perlada said while exporting bananas to the US mainland was technically possible, exportation costs like freight fees will make it hard for our exporters to post prot. He said banana exporters would instead focus on the DeCa establishments starting in Okinawa, Saipan, Hawaii and Guam. There are about 250 DeCa establishments worldwide operated by the US Defense Department that cater to American military and their families. Local banana groups are now in talks with DeCa establishments in the Pacic and other US states. The government expects to sign a bilateral agreement with the US for the export of bananas to the US mainland and other states. The agreement also includes importation of vegetables from the US. Meanwhile, the government plans to send a trade mission to Russia to convince buyers to increase their purchase of Philippine bananas, following the successful mission to the Middle East. The Trade Department said Middle East countries had committed to import 3.36 million boxes of Cavendish bananas from the Philippines in the next six months. European buyers also expressed interest to import Philippine bananas, with three institutional buyers from the region planning to visit plantations in Mindanao in the next few months for possible purchase or supply agreements.

Tetangco: Lower rates still possible

THE Philippines has scope to further
ease monetary policy this year as ination moderates and the nation tries to manage capital inows, central bank Governor Amando Tetangco said.
topped 6 percent, and Tetangco said ination will be in the lower half of his 3-percent to 5-percent target. We dont want to see speculative activity impacting the exchange rate and external sectors of the economy, Tetangco said, adding a good range for the peso is 42 to 43 per dollar as that would reect the Philippines attractiveness while balancing risks. The currency dropped 0.4 percent last week to 41.98 per dollar, according to Tullett Prebon Plc. It has climbed more than 4 percent in 2012, the best The stance of monetary policy remains appropriate but things can changea possible easing cannot be ruled out, Tetangco said in an interview late last week. While we have sources of resilience, we also have policy space on the monetary and scal sides to do more if necessary. The Bangko Sentral this month banned foreign funds from some deposit accounts, seeking to contain peso gains as faster growth in a nation nearing investment grade lures capital to a bright spot in a struggling global economy. Price pressures have cooled even as expansion performer in a basket of 11 major Asian currencies tracked by Bloomberg. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index is up about 19.3 percent this year, exceeding the 1.3-percent climb in MSCI AsiaPacic Index. The $225-billion economy expanded 6.4 percent in the rst quarter from a year earlier, the fastest pace in Southeast Asia based on a basket of 17 Asia-Pacic economies tracked by Bloomberg. Europes debt crisis and the impact of peso appreciation on exports are among risks to the outlook, Economic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said on July 11. The Bangko Sentral has room to focus on growth should the global economy deteriorate, said Jan Briace Santos, a xedincome trader who helps manage the equivalent of $16.7 billion at BPI Asset Management Inc. More and more nations are taking pre-emptive measures to ght the slowdown. The Peoples Bank of China, the Bank of Korea, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England are among monetary authorities that eased policy in July. The Philippine central bank cut the rate it pays lenders for overnight deposits twice earlier this year, by a combined 0.5 percentage point to 4 percent, before leaving it unchanged in April and June. Consumer-price growth slowed to 2.8 percent last month from a year earlier. One is never out of danger on ination, but at this point in time risks are on the downside, Tetangco said. The growth of the economy is not at the level that would lead to a breach of the ination target. Bloomberg

SMC, co-ops secure deals

IN BRIEF
$275-m water loan
THE Land Bank of the Philippines has signed a $275-million loan agreement with the World Bank for the initial implementation of the Metro Manila Wastewater Management Project. The project aims to address wastewater collection and treatment practices in selected areas in Metro Manila and improve Manila Bays water quality. LandBank will serve as the borrower of the loan, with the Finance Department as the guarantor. Manila Water Co. Inc. and Maynilad Water Services Inc. will serve as the subsidiary borrowers and project implementors. The loan will be divided equally between the countrys two biggest water concessionaires. The lack of proper wastewater systems signicantly damages the environment, especially our coastal waters, and poses a genuine threat to the health of our citizens. We are optimistic that through this project, we can mutually promote greater awareness and make way for greater collaboration in pursuit of our common vision of a cleaner, greener Metro Manila, said LandBank president and chief executive Gilda Pico.

By Alena Mae S. Flores

THE Energy Regulatory Commission has provisionally approved the supply agreements of San Miguel Energy Corp., the countrys largest power generator, with several electric cooperatives nationwide. The ERC said San Miguels contract with the electric cooperatives would redound to the benet of consumers. San Miguel administers the contract of the 1,294-megawatt Sual coal-red power plant in Pangasinan and the 1,200-MW Ilijan combined cycle power station in Batangas. San Miguel, through its subsidiary Strategic Power Development Corp., is also the administrator of the 345-MW San Roque hydroelectric power plant in Pangasinan. The ERC approved the supply agreement between San Miguel and Nueva Ecija II-Area 1 Electric Cooperative Inc. San Miguels rate to NEECO II-Area 1 is lower compared with National Power Corp.s applicable charges of P0.0925 per kilowatt-hour. San Miguels average basic energy rate is P4.1648 per kWh and P4.5448 per kWh for Aug. 26, 2010 to Aug. 25, 2012 and Aug. 26, 2012 to Aug. 25, 2013. The commission has a mandate to protect the interest of the member consumers as they are affected by the rates, particularly in the light of pervading global nancial crisis, the ERC said. The government regulator ERC also approved San Miguels supply agreement with Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative Inc. San Miguels hourly basic energy rate for Ilocos Norte Electric is lower by P0.20 per kWh against Napocors time of use rate in all hours of the day. The provisional implementation of the instant application would result to savings in INECs generation rate of P0.0073 per kWh, ERC said. The ERC also approved San Miguels supply contract with Nueva Vizcaya Electric Cooperative. San Miguels rate of P4.2317 per kWh for Nueva Vizcaya Electric is lower by P0.0526 per kWh compared with Napocors rate of P4.2843 per kWh.

MVPs advocacy. Manuel V. Pangilinan (center, in green shirt), or MVP, head of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.

Power supply assured

THE Energy Department on Sunday assured that power supply will continue to be normal during the eight-day maintenance shutdown of the Malampaya gas platform, which started July 13. Electricity prices, however, are expected to go up during the August billing of consumers. We still see a normal supply situation in the Luzon grid [even with the shutdown], Energy Undersecretary Josena Asirit told reporters. The Malampaya gas platform in northwest Palawan supplies fuel to three power plants in Luzon with a combined capacity of 2,700 megawatts. The gas plants are currently running on alternative fuels. The Malampaya gas eld is set to resume supply by midnight of July 21. Asirit said the Sta. Rita and San Lorenzo plant would operate at their normal capacity of 1,000 MW and 500 MW, respectively, while the Ilijan would run one block at a maximum of 450 MW from its original rate of 1,200 MW. The ofcial said it was too early to say the impact of the Malampaya shutdown on power rates. Alena Mae S. Flores

Group of Companies, leads conglomerate executives and 200 volunteer workers in planting 1,066 trees in one day. They are joined by the basketball team NLEX Warriors. Metro Pacic Tollways Corp. and Tollways Management Corp. president Ramon Fernandez and Manila North Tollways Corp. president Rodrigo Franco ank Pangilinan as he prepares the soil for planting a tree sapling.

MRT-7 project needs new govt approvals

By Lailany P. Gomez
THE government asked the proponent of the Metro Rail Transit Line 7 project to seek the approval of the National Economic and Development Authority again, after it failed to mobilize funds for the project in December 2010. Finance Undersecretary John Philip Sevilla said San Miguel Corp.-led Universal LRT Corp. failed to secure a nancial closure, which determines the commitment of equity holders or debt nancier to provide or mobilize funding for the project. It has to be brought back to Neda, but it has nothing to do with the performance undertaking. Its because of certain time has passed. Under the contract itself, it says that if there is no nancial closure by December 2010, it has to be brought back to Neda, Sevilla said. A performance undertaking is a guarantee that the state agency involved in a project will comply with all its obligations to the contractor, which is typically a private company. Universal LRT Corp. earlier said $320 million of the projects total cost would be nanced by equity, and the remaining $900 million to $1 billion by borrowings. The company was eyeing a loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency to partly nance the project. Sevilla said the Transportation Department, being the implementing body for the project, would also have to propose the project again to Neda.

Global Business Power mulls over public listing next year

GLOBAL Business Power Corp., the power generation unit of the Metrobank Group, may hold an initial public offering at the Philippine Stock Exchange next year, a company ofcial said over the weekend. Global Business Power president Arthur Aguilar told reporters that after the successful listing of parent GT Capital Holdings Inc., Global Business might be the next in line for an IPO. GT Capital, the holdings company of taipan George Ty, has a 25.1-percent interest in Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co., the countrys second-largest bank in terms of assets. Maybe sometime next year, if the market situation warrants. We belong to GT Cap, which has just nished [its IPO], so [Global Business] may be next, if at all. By that time we will have an expansion program thats clear already, Aguilar said. He said among the factors that would encourage Global
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Friday, July 13, 2012
Indonesia Thailand UAE Euro Korea China India Malaysia New Zealand Taiwan Rupiah Baht Dirham Euro Won Yuan Rupee Ringgit Dollar Dollar 0.000106 0.031461 0.272272 1.220500 0.000865 0.156905 0.017879 0.313578 0.787712 0.033289 0.0044 1.3198 11.4218 51.2000 0.0363 6.5822 0.7500 13.1546 33.0445 1.3965
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Business to pursue an IPO would be market reception, the need for expansion funds, and how it ts in our group strategy. Aguilar said Global Business had a total capacity of 633 megawatts in the Visayas and was looking at expanding to Mindanao where power was needed. Since Mindanao is power

decient and we are a power rm, it is an area of interest to us, he said. Aguilar said the company had yet to make an investment decision for Mindanao, but noted the region needed 300 megawatts to 400 megawatts over the next three years depending on how much water they get on the hydro plants. Alena Mae S. Flores

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Q2 income data to guide market

By Julito G. Rada

SHARE prices are expected to hold on to current levels during this weeks trading, with the start of the release of secondquarter corporate income reports, a market analyst said over the weekend.
The approach of the secondquarter earnings reports cycle should provide sufcient cushion for the index to hold that level, or at least the 50percent line at 5,130, Justino Calaycay Jr. of Accord Capital Equities Corp. said in an e-mailed statement. The stock market, after a five-day decline, rebounded Friday, on anticipation China would stimulate growth after its gross domestic product expanded by just 7.6 percent in the second quarter, the slowest in three years. The Philippine Stock Exchange index, the 30-company benchmark, shed 148 points, or 2.8 percent, last week to nish at 5,214.52 on July 13. Calaycay said selective buying of top and second-tier counters, leading to the earnings season will play a central role in portfolios moving forward without prejudice to or bias against short-term opportunities presented by news- or rumordriven rush. He said the markets 52-week

chart provided an encouraging picture, although the trend raised some concern over the short term. After shifting to a lower gear off the September 2011 to May 2012 rising channel to a temporary two-week slide, the PSEi has resumed its northern trek capped, however, at the most recent historic high of 5,403.16, he said. China, the worlds secondlargest economy, grew 7.6 percent year-on-year in the second quarter, slower than the 8.1-percent expansion in the rst quarter. Calaycay said the persistence of weak numbers raised expectations of further interventions to stimulate growth. He said while the initial reaction to the numbers may be negative, a shift may be expected when investors crosshairs begin to focus on policy moving forward.

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Splashs Myanmar expansion. Personal care product manufacturer Splash Corp. announced its foray into Myanmar during a cocktail dinner hosted by the company at the Sotel Philippine Plaza Hotel in honor of visiting delegates from Myanmar. Shown are (from left) Splash director Maurice Ligot, Education Undersecretary Rizalino Rivera, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Erlinda Basilio, Senator Francis Pangilinan, Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman, Myanmar Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin, Splash Corp. chairman and chief executive Rolando Hortaleza, vice chairman Rosalinda Hortaleza, director Jimmy Yaokasin Jr. and Dragon Corp. chairman Win Aung.

The wisdom of taxi drivers

odd/even number plans try to achieve this. What struck me was the difference in his proposal. His proposal was to disallow the operation of all vehicles that have reached a certain age. He TRISTAN H. proposed that vehicles older than the 2005 model MACAPANPAN year be banned from the streets. Of course, he mentioned that the program should start with private vehicles, then jeepneys, buses, and eventually taxis. I could not help but be amused WE HAVE all ridden in a taxi at one time or at the thinly veiled self-interest contained in his the other. For those who regularly take one to opinion. Nevertheless, beneath it may be some go to or from a place, they encounter all sorts wisdom. of taxi drivers. To me, they range from taciturn The cause of our trafc woes drivers who do not engage in conversation to the Just a few days ago, newspaper accounts loquacious ones who immediately give opinions on whatever strikes their fancy just as soon about the yellow lane mentioned that the as you have taken a seat. Search the internet number of buses using the designated lanes for stories about taxi drivers and you will see was about ten times the design capacity that taxi drivers can be very honest or can be of these lanes. There are opinions that our road construction program severely lags the murderous. growth in vehicles. This, they say, is the It is very difcult to stereotype a taxi driver. However, a subspecies of this occupation is cause of all our traffic woes. So, if we cannot the philosopher or wise taxi driver. I enjoy increase or widen our roads, then, says the encountering these types because they can taxi driver, we should control the number of give you the perspective of the working man vehicles. Moreover, he says, road construction on topics ranging from the habits of riders to often causes other social problems such as politics to even international issues. Listening dislocation of homes in the projected right of to these persons just talk on these issues is a way leading to relocation issues. I am not really sure that his proposal is feasible. pleasure, if only that it helps pass the time when I know, however, that several countries like Japan stuck in trafc. Every once in a while you get very opinionated one who will lecture on a pet require special surveys for roadworthiness of concern. You may not totally agree with the ideas vehicles that reach a certain age. This is an idea and opinions but, very often, there are pearls of that deserves a closer analysis. There is wisdom in the proposal, albeit one that may be harsh and wisdom hidden in them. even impractical at its face value. Whatever it Too many vehicles may be, there is denitely a need to resolve our Last week, I happened to take a ride with a trafc problems. driver who inveighed on the horrible trafc mess Metro Manila faces. This was, of course, The author teaches Operations Management occasioned by a trafc standstill. At that time at the Master of Business Administration also, the Metropolitan Manila Development program of the Ramon V. del Rosario College Authority was starting to implement the yellow of Business of the De La Salle University. He lane requirement for all buses. The basic may be contacted at tristan.macapanpan@dlsu. argument by the driver was that there were too edu.ph or tristanmcpnpn@gmail.com. many vehicles on the road and measures must be undertaken to reduce the number. There is no quarrel with this idea as most measures The views expressed above are the authors that have been undertaken had this objective in and do not necessarily reect the ofcial position mind. Various vehicle reduction schemes like of De La Salle University, its faculty and its the present number coding, and the previous administrators.

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WEEKLY STOCKS REVIEW

VALUE
708,739,394.50 509,294,339.00 657,340.00 22,323,822.00 488,380.00 32,186,210.00 137,267,426.00 58,004 202,650.00 162,405.50 47,519,360.00 298,750.00 3,201,355.00 1,270,870,060.50 4,782,500.00 170,950.00 289,168,048.00 47,273.00 9,873,916.00 139,663,595.00 590,680,334.00 1,116,875.00 66,893,643.00 880,990.00 589,718,195.00 2,314,952.00 521,480.00 11,021,900.00 358,210.00 1,945,400.00 102,731,820.00 19,150.00 238,530.00

FINANCIAL

750,360,937.00 413,011,782.50 77,330.00 5,372,840.00 483,340.00 3,999,050.00 92,471,304.00 182,924 1,590,660.00 526,483.00 744,670.00 144,604.00 427,105.00 875,263,185.50 9,122,410.00 439,050.00 69,432,429.00 2,027,020.00 47,371,394.00 92,392,355.00 344,234,074.00 83,850.00 72,168,575.00 657,840.00

63.65 75.95 0.73 490.00 1.85 22.5 18.78 10.02 0.71 82 2.78 455.00 38.1 96.00 1.98 65.00 75.00 86.00 360 43.8 143 908.50 102.00 1.87 34.6 8.83 16 1.45 29.2 1.34 35.8

11,124,030 6,748,320 914,000 45,420 269,000 1,446,100 7,242,900 5,700 285,000 2,010 17,519,000 650 83,400 13,175,240 2,393,000 2,630 3,846,380 550 27,260 3,197,900.00 4,132,550 1,230 660,740 477,000 17,114,500 262,000 33,500 7,371,000 12,400 1,479,000 3,177,000 1,100 102,000

INDUSTRIAL

163,271,790.00 3,448,100.00 514,708.00 799,420.00 213,575.00 81,504,830.00 52,041,885.00 2,448.00 105,128.00 113,150.00 26,450.00 2,819,530.00 1,207,228.00 293,494,845.00 135,564,540.00 405,182.00 193,477,160.00 261,841,275.50 211,259,725.00 8,013,300.00 9,238,264.00 7,173,190.00 971,110.00 156,424,849.00 455,812.00 433,380.00 93,001,370.00 115,320.00 3,641,810.00 1,570,040.00 193,733,065.00 40,170.00 16,126,098.00 111,089,470.00 13,648,290.00 161,291,348.00 353,680.00 13,101,605.00 3,234,526.00 45,239,840.00 1,277,910.00 1,560,364.00 59,418,240.00 404,891,532.00 190,000.00 275,733,570.00 1,413,400.00 2,757,340.00 26,899,490.00 78,600.00 5,616,890.00 694,218,308.50 14,376,310.00 2,238,700.00 221,058.00 330,660.00

17.40 2.35

2.70 8.99 6.24 6.65 11.16 17.84 77.5 21.00 0.0140 11.68 4.1 0.790 105.10

735,000 324,800 115,148,100 13,952,000 50,300 18,848,400 6,074,500 115,200 397,900,000 388,700 204,000 428,000 1,588,220 1,670 2,793,000 82,000 365,000 42,000 32,616,900 163,000 205,200 2,039,610 26,714,000 11,827,800 15,500 2,035,400 188,700 20,331,000 138,000 342,600 497,600 1,614,400 290 54,415,000 411,000 1,930,000 7,571,000 182,000 5,223,000 8,182,390 10,159,000 9,057,000 52,900 170,000

1,963,300.00 2,920,489.00 713,967,236.00 91,474,519.00 536,052.00 336,314,528.00 469,826,362.50 2,408,490.00 5,555,500.00 4,523,158.00 827,010.00 327,500.00 169,023,538.00 85,300.00 4,782,290.00 123,130.00 907,690.00 109,730.00 830,493,675.00 495,090.00 3,572,526.00 533,861,388.00 74,893,350.00 121,380,950.00 159,194.00 17,019,616.00 1,599,491.00 71,366,000.00 389,440.00 1,921,826.00 14,850,020.00 185,327,394.00 275,500.00 96,292,000.00 763,090.00 248,680.00 33,522,230.00 390,340.00 6,362,470.00 516,189,714.50 14,046,070.00 5,833,190.00 564,042.00 163,700.00

51.00 1.7 1.51 2.42 2.65 25.35 2.81 17.44 266.00 2.82 10.20 10.60 8.40 8.65 3.38 2.85 5.26 31.00 114.90 950 1.79 1.88 0.128 4.40 2.12 1.23 63.00 1.36 0.660 10.50 0.95

0.96 47.90 0.0160 11.68 2.00 4.71 5.00 2.38 2.72 455 58.10 2.95 2.52 4.00 0.220 535 4.88 32.70 2.87 4.2 4.2 5.94 1.21 0.530 2.54 4.21 5.38 6.69 0.0580 1.660 0.470 2.11 1.55 0.345 725.00 1.46 1.22 450.00 0.2600 0.3400 0.495

146,421,000 4,404,400 15,600,000 69,730,600 882,000 103,000 566,500 1,777,000 44,000 1,767,480 7,396,520 135,000 10,000 322,000 120,000 1,508,280 561,000 9,768,900 25,000 10,000 12,000 6,088,200 38,093,000 3,645,000 7,882,000 63,498,000 674,000 251,600 119,580,000 428,000 1,720,000 7,000 8,000 2,490,000 969,860 3,710,000 285,000 40 3,390,000 3,960,000 54,293,000

HOLDING FIRMS

129,032,120.00 212,523,270.00 249,900.00 807,052,020.00 1,764,550.00 478,970.00 2,846,552.00 4,259,970.00 108,480.00 814,023,582.00 434,777,350.50 361,640.00 25,200.00 448,062,485.00 24,600.00 786,474,315.00 2,707,030.00 319,815,900.00 71,750.00 42,000.00 51,500.00 36,286,511.00 46,632,870.00 1,906,130.00 20,409,250.00 265,317,900.00 3,707,557.00 1,417,105.00 7,032,550.00 674,410.00 806,900.00 14,770.00 11,800.00 847,650.00 711,791,245.00 5,278,130.00 347,700.00 17,600.00 916,650.00 1,340,450.00 29,627,995.00

0.72 49.45 0.0170 11.82 2.00 4.82 5.10 2.38 2.72 480 59.20 2.75 3.96 0.201 514 4.80 34.65 2.88 4.8

937,000 5,388,200 41,500,000 65,105,000 1,259,000 608,000 639,900 120,000 24,000 1,603,140 12,710,910 98,000 1,276,000 450,000 1,024,180 1,992,000 6,708,100 151,000 1,000

666,010.00 265,867,910.00 680,900.00 766,419,390.00 2,548,500.00 2,849,280.00 3,524,320.00 264,610.00 62,980.00 767,573,928.00 743,164,979.50 250,020.00 5,056,710.00 90,550.00 526,511,205.00 9,487,950.00 233,597,495.00 431,520.00 4,800.00 112,073,878.00 103,146,830.00 138,450.00 38,364,510.00 906,849,350.00 15,215,231.00 1,602,098.00 2,362,870.00 364,700.00 1,523,050.00 6,600.00 115,630.00 4,112,100.00 1,550,963,265.00 5,197,640.00 353,190.00 9,000.00 3,177,000.00 3,156,900.00 3,087,090.00

6.1 1.29 0.495 2.66 4.30 5.68 6.6 0.0570 1.320 0.470 2.2 1.58 0.340 745.00 1.45 1.21 450.00 0.2850 0.3500 0.540

18,303,700 56,619,500 320,000 14,393,000 211,387,000 2,710,800 244,200 40,830,000 265,000 3,240,000 3,000 84,000 11,730,000 2,098,050 4,255,000 278,000 20 11,680,000 9,140,000 5,885,000

22.20 2.56 0.630 20.65 5.07 5.7 5 1.51 2.65 1.20 0.076 0.79 0.800 0.180 2.07 1.30 1.74 1.36 2.22 0.1620 0.6700 0.450 14.58 3.30 18.20 3.44 2.56 6.13 13.38 0.69 4.15 0.540 4.080

4,200 228,000 734,000 144,698,700 35,290,900 335,200 30,000 7,362,000 116,000 184,000 960,000 1,892,000 27,721,000 230,000 56,876,000 103,439,000 56,000 10,228,000 325,166,000 37,000,000 21,255,000 440,000 9,100 2,100,000 17,113,200 1,668,000 675,000 6,410,300 60,274,400 2,978,000 1,433,000 530,000 32,051,000 73,200 4,563,000 1,153,000 220,100 63,649,300 49,500,000 12,404,400 1,368,140 9,100 434,600 14,000 5,325 252,725 3,756,100 300 4,379,830 1,710,000 206,200 12,295,000 74,700,000 1,291,000 16,880,000 19,000 43,000 31,724,400 171,000 1,000 1,148,000 4,150,000 12,800 32,400 80,600 4,135,000 1,005,200 312,810 11,035,000 556,605 4,120,000 44,344,200 1,000 690,000

PROPERTY

91,640.00 587,050.00 474,700.00 2,992,774,280.00 178,863,259.00 1,897,316.00 150,000.00 10,876,600.00 298,200.00 219,550.00 71,580.00 1,505,980.00 21,856,320.00 39,360.00 117,042,970.00 133,234,670.00 99,600.00 13,520,180.00 719,074,040.00 6,152,000.00 14,211,840.00 208,000.00 132,680.00 8,199,050.00 304,008,464.00 5,566,140.00 1,701,220.00 39,404,967.00 779,947,498.00 2,012,530.00 5,858,450.00 290,250.00 130,995,420.00 2,679,245.00 11,771,570.00 759,640.00 1,981,350.00 671,488,966.00 6,971,000.00 124,049,859.00 93,711,129.50 90,196.00 2,629,056.00 42,290.00 5,327,750.00 283,198,135.00 39,042,708.00 12,000.00 312,340,535.00 696,200.00 1,411,767.00 28,735,370.00 2,833,000.00 1,382,380.00 843,670.00 56,160.00 109,130.00 267,600,926.00 480,740.00 2,900.00 858,950.00 9,545,750.00 89,552.00 470,482.00 593,665 12,565,460.00 9,548,620.00 18,637,361.00 145,602,742.00 1,508,401,460.00 1,299,700.00 1,216,855,835.00 3,690.00 301,100.00

22.00 2.54 0.750 22.40 5.14 5.7

55,500 526,000 38,000 37,546,700 142,078,200 924,500

1,241,835.00 1,428,860.00 28,980.00 837,623,255.00 749,308,780.00 5,225,026.00 10,845,750.00 1,104,480.00 292,600.00 297,640.00 2,407,550.00 131,632,640.00 1,830.00 159,990,980.00 135,116,590.00 450,930.00 1,876,410.00 1,668,257,980.00 41,172,790.00 11,779,160.00 2,435,200.00 14,900.00 4,000,500.00 221,243,028.00 6,545,910.00 2,596,940.00 117,537,900.00 659,960,672.00 11,656,210.00 7,323,150.00 789,710.00 151,481,710.00

1.42 2.70 1.20 0.076 0.82 0.800 0.183 2.05 1.31 1.80 1.14 2.26 0.1680 0.6800 0.490 14.90 3.50 17.90 3.55 2.58 6.25 13.32 0.69 4.3 0.550 4.150

7,551,000 446,000 243,000 3,960,000 2,925,000 162,102,000 10,000 80,572,000 104,064,000 247,000 1,666,000 734,376,000 234,820,000 17,107,000 5,240,000 1,000 1,199,000 12,465,000 1,976,000 1,022,000 18,770,000 50,079,000 16,868,000 1,671,000 1,416,000 36,446,000

36.6 2.5 0.690 9 10.40 0.1390 9.4 68.50 9.96 6.10 3.01 990 1121.00 10.30 40.00 70.85 0.400 6.68 2.28 0.038 1.06 0.0500 3.0000 2.45 8.54 2.85 2.90 0.74 2.32 7.00 14.6 7.31 3.06 9.5 61.00 14.02 2700.00 0.315 26.70 3.69 0.425

SERVICES

35.75 3 0.660 9.2 10.46 0.1400 9.94 68.90 10 6.09 3.05 1000 1164.00 10.64

63,600 3,207,000 4,005,000 199,900 86,538,400 98,380,000 22,396,900 2,051,480 10,000 1,191,200 29,000 3,310 348,950 10,996,100

2,234,985.00 11,039,410.00 2,719,060.00 1,800,199.00 867,330,763.00 14,157,960.00 213,740,243.00 141,887,498.50 10,000.00 7,214,306.00 89,150.00 3,295,390.00 402,676,045.00 118,319,152.00 740,768,870.50 89,950.00 1,980,018.00 15,559,460.00 48,294,500.00 4,265,260.00 1,044,090.00 1,086,670.00 2,506,730.00 666,497,749.00 369,700.00 385,850.00 103,480.00 10,265,180.00 1,476.00 1,837,640.00 2,642,617 56,940,290.00 9,565,910.00 15,716,040.50 19,561,812.00 2,247,197,330.00 3,745,300.00 372,165,765.00 147,900.00 745,600.00

74 0.405 6.7 2.53 0.038 1.1 0.0500 3.0000 2.5 8.50 2.85 2.80 0.71 2.4 7.38 14.6 7.40 3.07 9.5 57.50 12.28 2754.00 0.325 29.50 3.69 0.440

9,986,440 220,000 316,100 6,281,000 1,218,600,000 3,900,000 12,190,000 363,000 967,000 76,340,200 134,000 135,000 149,000 4,184,000 200 123,800 355,000 18,207,000 1,007,100 296,740 1,584,200 813,545 11,980,000 12,859,900 40,000 1,760,000

0.0041 5.20 5.02 17.48 29.70 0.265 24 24.1 1.29 33.70 0.7 1.290 1.390 0.0710 0.0720 29.7 10.18 0.7600 5.290 0.0180 0.0200 6.05 23.15 45.9 0.053 39 221.20 0.0180

277,000,000 1,033,700 188,000 3,215,300 16,600 4,540,000 32,800 13,200 877,000 7,303,100 17,790,000 283,530,000 137,732,000 1,318,550,000 628,520,000 1,074,800 22,960,000 215,000 5,983,000 106,100,000 184,800,000 48,600 9,478,300 2,550,000 4,325,970,000 10,500 834,730 302,700,000

MINING & OIL

1,168,000.00 5,486,603.00 947,250.00 56,587,422.00 484,665.00 1,181,150.00 773,730.00 321,720.00 1,156,360.00 256,292,395.00 12,504,120.00 388,772,300.00 199,529,120.00 95,882,490.00 46,880,140.00 32,297,710.00 235,475,945.00 154,610.00 32,735,323.00 1,942,600.00 3,537,900.00 292,520.00 221,760,630.00 114,508,015.00 233,585,250.00 436,830.00 182,730,712.00 5,530,400.00 8,370,315.00 2,111,720.00 1,010,000.00 7,753,945.00 84,163.00 54,863,274.00 13,566,750.00 1,634,030.00 40,144,945.00 153,220.00

0.0042 5.40 5.40 17.98 29.70 0.265 23.9 25 1.35 35.85 0.73 1.470 1.570 0.0750 0.0780 30.45 10.14 0.7300 5.480 0.0190 0.0200 6.00 23.85 44.15 0.055 50.5 218.00 0.0190 36.45 544

85,000,000 2,740,600 963,100 2,233,500 3,700 14,160,000 15,700 1,500 4,679,000 5,730,900 38,104,000 188,827,000 122,972,000 1,315,620,000 405,880,000 5,578,600 17,306,300 918,000 9,123,500 260,200,000 129,200,000 131,200 11,007,600 5,624,400 7,344,040,000 20 967,820 164,500,000 1,786,400 150

349,800.00 14,680,055.00 5,188,845.00 39,950,750.00 108,700.00 3,731,700.00 377,600.00 37,500.00 6,232,110.00 199,440,250.00 27,530,030.00 265,685,540.00 184,853,620.00 94,975,410.00 29,912,260.00 167,531,130.00 169,845,764.00 661,180.00 49,670,772.00 4,821,900.00 2,568,700.00 787,370.00 262,829,255.00 248,833,695.00 380,873,050.00 1,010.00 211,937,646.00 3,125,900.00 61,568,090.00 111,660.00 5,786,427.00 1,914,983.00 158,770,582.00 27,345,164.00 1,335,725.00 40,064,760.00 381,460.00

35.6 545 101 102.5 103.40 10.28 110.1 75.3 1017 1.12

231,300 3,880 10,000 75,940 820 5,307,600 123,340 21,660 39,395 135,000

PREFERRED

101.2 103.40 10.68 110 76.05 1020 1.14

57,160 18,300 14,795,300 249,080 17,550 39,305 349,000

1.24 0.0670

3,123,000 10,000

WARRANTS & BONDS

3,771,530.00 670.00

1.26 0.0670

15,881,000 250,000

19,751,330.00 16,750.00

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common shares are be issued to stockholders of Pacica 21 Holdings Inc. and One Taipan Holdings in exchange for their shares in the corporations. Pacica 21 owns controlling shares in Calaca High Power Corp., which in turn owns 30 percent of National Grid. One Taipan owns controlling shares in Monte Oro Grid Resources Corp., which holds 30 percent of National Grid. The balance of 40 percent is owned by State Grid Corporation of China. The share swap is undertaken to implement the intent of the parties to combine their resources and competencies in high growth

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Grid operator plans share sale

By Alena Mae S. Flores

Philippines, operator of the countrys transmission network, is reviewing a plan to offer the shares of Synergy Grid & Development Philippines Inc. to the public to comply with its franchise requirement.
It can be the subsidiary wholl do the [public offering] for NGCP. It doesnt have to be NGCP directly. Were doing it because we have to comply with the requirements of the franchise, Joseph Ferdinand Dechavez, National Grid senior adviser to the president, told reporters. A group of National Grid president Henry Sy Jr. acquired a 45.5-percent stake in Synergy Grid, formerly UEM

NATIONAL Grid Corporation of the

Development Philippines Inc. in 2010. Sys group amended the companys primary purpose from a company originally engaged in general construction and other allied businesses to one engaged in power, energy, utilities and infrastructure. Dechavez said National Grid could start increasing its public oat as soon as the share swap agreement with the shareholders of National Grid was completed. Synergy has increased its authorized capital stock to P215 million from P50 million and approved a share swap, in which 100 million

industries, with our company as the parent vehicle, Sy said in his 2011 chairman and presidents report for Synergy. Synergy will own 68.34 percent of Pacica and 100 percent of One Taipan once the share swap is completed. The swap, however, has not been fully executed pending the delivery of all conditions agreed by the parties involved. Around 7 percent of Synergys shares are listed at the stock market. The law granting the National Grid a franchise to engage in the business of transmitting electricity requires the utility to list at least 20

percent of its shares at the stock market within 10 years after it started operations. National Grid took over the operations of National Transmission Corp. on Jan. 15, 2009. National Grid won the right to manage and operate the countrys transmission highway with its bid of $3.95 billion during the bidding in 2008. The law also states the listing in the PSE of any company which directly or indirectly owns or control at least 30 percent of the outstanding shares of the stock of the National Grid will be considered a compliance of the listing requirement.

the opening day of the rst-ever PAL Cebu Travel Expo at SM City Cebu, where travelers from Cebu and nearby community get to enjoy the full service of Philippine Airlines at very low-priced tickets. Lower photo shows Dina May Flores (fth from left), PAL country managerPhilippines; Rowena Montecillo (fourth from left), Tourism Department Region VII director; and Chris Lebumfacil (right), ofcer-in-charge of the Visayas sales area, cutting the ceremonial ribbon to formally open the expo.

PAL Expo. A crowd of bargain hunters (left) swarms

BIR targets higher estate tax collection

By Maria Bernadette Lunas
THE Bureau of Internal Revenue said it will check payments made by heirs of deceased property owners in a bid to raise estate tax collections. BIR Commissioner Kim Henares said annual estate tax collection amounted to less than P1 billion, when it was supposedly substantially higher. Estate tax, as dened by the BIR, is led by the heirs when transmitting property to their name upon the death of the owner. It is not considered a tax on property. The BIR, under the present tax rates, requires heirs of deceased persons to pay a tax equivalent to 20 percent of the value of the estate of the deceased. The agency said it was intensifying the campaign to collect estate taxes amid the huge discrepancies between the number of deaths recorded by the National Statistics Ofce and the number of estate tax returns led. Data from the NSO showed there were 441,956 deaths in 2007; 464,581 in 2008; and 480,820 in 2009. The BIR, however, said there were only 29,198 estate tax returns led in 2007; 29,863 in 2008; and 26,811 in 2009. Estate tax revenues amounted to only P649.9 million in 2007; P854.9 million in 2008; and P876.8 million in 2009. Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima earlier said the government could actually generate more than a billion from estate taxes in a single year, adding that in some cases, the amount could go as high as P5 billion for a single family. The BIR said it would coordinate with the NSO in monitoring deaths aside from other measures to determine estate tax delinquency in order to plug tax loopholes. The agency discovered that some individuals had attempted to evade payment of corresponding estate tax by transferring properties with no declaration of death of the owner. Once the executor or administrator or any of the legal heirs failed to pay in six months, apart from the tax there will be surcharge and interest. And if they did not declare the estate and the BIR nd out, they could be imprisoned, Henares said. Its like taxi meter. At one point, the heirs might not get anything as their tax liability is equivalent to the property that they will inherit, Henares said.

Banks resources climb by 4.8% to P7.5t

By Anna Leah G. Estrada
BANKS combined resources rose 4.8 percent to P7.5 trillion as of end-March this year from P7.1 trillion a year ago, the Bangko Sentral said. The Bangko Sentral attributed the increase in the banking sectors total assets to the growth in currency and deposits, which it said was indicative of the publics continued trust in the banking system. Non-banks also contributed P1.951 trillion in total resources, including the assets of investment houses, nance companies, investment rms, securities dealers/brokers, pawnshops, lending investors and credit card companies. Meanwhile, Bangko Sentral said over the weekend consumer loans rose 17.2 percent to P563.8 billion as of March, as more families borrowed from banks to nance the acquisition of housing units, homes and appliances this year. Universal and commercial banks accounted for 64.4 percent or P362.9 billion of total consumer loans while thrift banks provided the balance of P201.0 billion or 35.6 percent. Non-performing consumer loans eased to P38.4 billion as of end-March from P38.9 billion a year ago. Data showed residential real estate loans surged 21.1 percent to P232.6 billion as of end-March, while automotive loans increased 16.6 percent to P144.8 billion. Credit card receivables rose 11 percent to P131.9 billion during the same period. Nonperforming credit card receivables eased to 11.2 percent in March from the 13.2-percent delinquency ratio posted during the same period last year. Other consumer loans climbed 18.4 percent to P54.6 billion as of end-March. These loans are granted to individuals to nance other personal and household needs such as purchase of household appliances, furniture and xtures and/or to pay taxes, hospital and educational bills. Thrift banks held more than half of total other consumer loans at P30.1 billion, despite slowly being eroded by universal and commercial banks.

Increased budget next year to spur growth, says Castelo

REP. Winston Castelo of Quezon City supported the proposed P2-trillion national budget for 2013, saying the budgetary raise is necessary to spur economic growth with social equity in the country. As the embodiment of the countrys explicit and implicit policies, the envisioned P2-trillion national budget for 2013 shows the overall policy shift to sustained economic growth with emphasis on social equity, Castelo said in a statement. The budget raise is expected to impact more on the poor, he said. Budget Secretary Florencio Abad Jr. earlier announced that the proposed 2013 national budget would hit the P2-trillion mark for the rst time, up 11 percent from the P1.82 trillion national budget in 2012. Abad said the proposed 2013 national budget would be funded by revenues, with 2 percent nanced by debts. No nal gure on the national budget has been set yet pending the review of economic assumptions by the Development and Budget Coordinating Committee. But Abad said P2 trillion appeared realistic to pump prime the economy and sustain economic growth. The national budget is the singlebiggest instrument that could stimulate economic growth and development, Castelo said. Castelo said he was condent the Aquino administration would spend a signicant portion of the budgetary increase for key infrastructure and social services. Infrastructure spending promotes massive employment, while heavy expenditures for social services mean that the poor and downtrodden would enjoy the fruits of government spending and economic growth, Castelo said. Castelo also said the planned 20-percent increase in the conditional fund transfer for the 20 percent of the nations poorest of the poor households would have a tremendous impact to alleviate mass poverty and extend social services to them. Castelo said the planned increase would have positive impact in whichever way it would be employed for the poor people. Abad said the government was set to build arterial national roads, which should be nished in 2014, increase spending in agriculture and attain rice self-sufciency in 2013. Abad also indicated that with signicant investments in education by the end of 2013, the government hopes to close the classroom gap of 65,000.

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Laguna Governor Jeorge E.R. Ejercito Estregan and Pagsanjan Mayor Girlie Maita Ejercito join the De La Salle University in celebrating 10 years of providing quality education in the province. School president and chancellor Brother Ricky Laguda FSC presents Narra seedlings to the local executives to signify the growth of the Canlubang De La Salle Science and Technological Complex. Mr. Ejercito and his chief of staff, Carlos Dolendo, graduated from La Salle Greenhills in San Juan City batch 1981 and 1982, respectively.

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Aquino legacy adds food security, too

THE Department of Agriculture is contributing food security as part of the Aqunio administrations legacy. In a statement, Secretary Proceso Alcala said after the country has achieved rice sufciency next year, sh and other foodstuffs are next. Food security before President Benigno Aquino III steps down is very possible. This will be our legacy and that is our assurance to the public, he said. Alcala said resource management would require identifying places to regulate shing to avoid shortage of supply. He said livestock will be improved through high-quality breeds of cow from Australia and other countries t6o ensure affordable meat and milk. Alacala said pilot tests showed that farmers can increase their harvests throughout the year. N a t i o n a l I r r i g a t i o n Administration chief Antonio Nangel said growers would benet from the Smallwater Impounding Reservoir especially those in remote places. He said the Communal Irrigation System is designed for planters in mountainous areas. We will assure the farmers that they have enough water for their rice, vegetable and corn, Nangel said. Gigi Muoz David

Pocket gardens to boost nutrition

By Felipo David G. Malcampo

ZAMBOANGA CITYA garden at home and in school can help reverse the decreasing intake of vegetables among Filipinos vis-a-vis global standards.
Ma. Tarroza, Program year of Del Pilar Pamela Month was taking on bad eating Regional Nutrition habits that have worsened over ofcer, said the 38th a decade. celebrating Nutrition The World Health

Organization recommends consumption of 400 grams of fruits and vegetables every day, but from a 1998 survey, the average Filipino consumption is only 145 grams and in 2008 this is even down to 110 grams, she said. Having vegetable gardens in households can increase supply and availability of vegetables for families. Nutrition Month was decreed

in 1974 by the late President Ferdinand Marcos, himself an advocate of the spartan Ilocano diet of vegetables, sh and root crops cooked in a simple way. Green leafy and yellow vegetables such as malunggay, saluyot, kangkong and kamote tops are particularly rich in betacarotene which are converted to Vitamin A in the intestinal wall and liver though requiring dietary fat for better conversion

and utilization, Tarroza said. Moreover, fresh and lightly cooked leafy greens are good sources of Vitamin C as well as iron, calcium, folic acid, vitamin E and other phytochemicals while the non-leafy vegetables such as eggplant, string beans, sayote, upo, and ampalaya not only contribute dietary ber and variety to our meals but also provide additional iron and B complex vitamins.

She said the nutrition drive aimed to increase awareness on the benets of eating vegetables; promote vegetable consumption as part of a healthy diet to prevent micronutrient deciencies and non-communicable diseases; promote vegetable gardening as a source of additional food and income; and increase demand for vegetables to help local vegetable farmers.

Belmonte urged to act on Albays fourth district

By Florencio P. Narito
LEGAZPI CITYVice Governor Harold Imperial and fellow executives have asked Speaker Feliciano Belmonte to pass a measure creating congressional district in the province. In an interview with local newsmen at the Kapihan sa Embarcadero on Thursday, Imperial said the Sangguniang Panlalawigan had passed a resolution to resection Albay to four districts from its present three. Authored by Board Member Neil Montallana, chairman, SP committee on ways and means, the resolution was unanimously passed July 10. The first district covers the towns of Tiwi, Malinao, Malilipot, Bacacay and Sto. Domingo and Tabaco City; secondLegazpi City, Manito, Rapu-Rapu, Daraga and Camalig; and third--Guinobatan, Jovellar, Pioduran, Ligao City, Oas, Libon and Polangui. The consensus of local ofcials of Albay is that the creation of another congressional district for the province will be good for the economy as the Internal Revenue Allotment for Albay would be increased and there would be additional representation in the Lower House, Imperial said. He cited the National Statistic Ofce in its 2010 census which placed the provinces population at 1,233,432 people from 1,190,823 population in 2007. The provinces revenue allotment in 2011 was P2,018,866,732. For now each district had a sea terminal: 1st district, Tabaco Port; 2nd district, Legazpi Port; 3rd district, Pioduran Port but its Pantao Port will be included in the new district. The ongoing construction of the Southern Luzon International Airport in Barangay Alobo, Daraga town supports the cityhood bid of Daraga as well as boosting the macro-economic development of the entire province, Imperial added. In a separate interview, Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Rodel Batocabe said the redistricting would benet the entire population. Imperial Said he expected Congress to act on the proposal to pave the way for a plebiscite.

IN BRIEF
One Source opens
FREEPORT AREA OF BATAAN---One Source Petroleum Marketing Corp. recently launched its gasoline station. This is another exciting development at the FAB for it opens much needed employment opportunities as well as answers the needs of our locators, said Deogracias G.P. Custodio, chairman and administrator The station is part of the P150 million land development project to bring in a number of restaurants, an atrium and a hotel, he said. Hap Chain restaurant chain opened a early this year. There is a good investment climate here. Because this is a Freeport, theres a lot of tax privilege we can enjoy, said owner Samuel Lee. And theres good support from Bataan 2nd district Rep. Albert Garcia and the local government. He is adding two more locators, Twenty Oaks Duty Free and Hypermart to add momentum to his ventures. Butch Gunio

Comelec upholds Arallila

Garcia on the war against drugs: Just say no

THE Cebu provincial government and the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. have teamed up on a drive against illegal drugs with the launching of a Just Say No program to highlight the recent observance of the International Day Against Drug Abuse. Governor Gwen Garcia and Father Ernesto Javier of the RAFI Board of Trustees signed the Memorandum of Agreement on a joint effort to wage a battle against dangerous drugs to be implemented by the Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Commission. The signing was witnessed by RAFI executive director for Integrated Development, Rowena Alensonorin; and Ivy Durano-Meca and lawyer Jose Ma. Gastardo, commission vice chairman and executive director, respectively. The Commission was created through Sangguniang Panlalawigan Ordinance 2011-14 to strengthen the

THE Commission on Elections Second Division, dismissed the election protest led by losing candidate Salvador Violago Sr. against Mayor Joan Alarilla of Meycauan City. The poll body found that the allegations of Violago were too general and were based on

Sunny in Ilocos
Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia and Father Ernesto Javier sign a Memorandum of Agreement. SUN Cellular rms up on its network enhancement in the Ilocos Region. From the beaches of Pagudpud in Ilocos Norte, to the cobblestone streets of Vigan or even by the surng coasts of La Union, our kakabsats can now be assured of a better Sun Cellular network, said Charles Lim, chief operating ofcer of Sun Cellular. This means a stronger network reach and a more widespread access to Suns value-for-money offerings. Lim said the move would boost Suns network support for both its 2G and 3G services especially with the rising demand for broadband and data services. Since it joined the PLDT Group last year, Sun Cellular has sought for synergies within the conglomerate. Given the support of its new mother company, the network is set to complete its rst salvo of its large-scale network expansion this year.

speculations that cited votebuying, threat and intimidations, vote padding and defective PCOS machines. The resolution promulgated on June 27 was an off-shoot of a motion to dismiss led by Alarilla through her lawyer, Romulo Macalintal on March 12. The dismissal of the election protest was penned by Presiding Commissioner Lucenito Lucenito and Commissioner Elias Yusoph. Violago has led a motion for reconsideration for which the poll body required Alarilla to le an

coordination and integration of government agencies in planning, implementing and enforcing anti-drug abuse policies, programs and projects. Through this program, we want to show that a family, a barangay and the entire

community can be much more successful if they do not have to worry about the problem of drug abuse, said Garcia who sits as commission head. She said Just say no aimed to gather law enforcement agencies, the business community,

media, schools, parents, the youth and local government ofcials down to the barangay level in implementing a comprehensive approach to reduce drug abuse. Cash incentives and awards are lined up for top-performing towns and cities.

Chavez: Cassanova courts disbarment case

ARNEL Casanova, Bases Conversion Development Authority head, is courting disbarment for his irresponsible and misleading statement over the lease rental offer of P8.5 billion made by Camp John Hay Development Corp., former Solicitor General Frank Chavez said. Chavez, a nominee for chief justice of the Supreme Court, said Casanova had to re-examine his oath as lawyer, requiring him not to wittingly or willingly promote or sue any groundless false or unlawful suit or give aid nor consent to the same. He cited Canon 10.02 of the Code of Professional Ethics, providing A lawyer shall not knowingly misquote or misrepresent the contents of a paper or assert as a fact that which has not been proved as stated. A lawyer who insists that no offer to pay has been made to the government misquotes not only the letters embodying the offer but more importantly inicts a lie on the public, Chavez said. CJHDevCo executive vice president Alfredo Yiguez said CJHDevCo has remained consistent to the bid that it won in 1996. For the record, CJHDevCo is up to date on its lease payments. Further, our payment offer more than covers the settlement of the P3 Billion within the original lease period ending in 2046. Yiguez said Casanova was misleading in stating that CJHDevCo was trying to change the contract because the P8.5

billion offer covered payments from 2012 to 2046, not 2061. Casanova failed to appreciate the terms of the offer because it did not even give CJH DevCo the chance to explain our side when Casanova refused us entry at the BCDA Board Meeting that no less than BCDA Chairman (Felicito) Tong Payumo invited us to specically for the purpose of explaining the terms of this proposal, he said. Rey E. Requejo

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CARNIVAL GOES
By Ed Biado

TROPICAL depressions may make our days feel bleak, but theres no reason for your fashionable spirit to be dampened. One of the most popular trends of the season is color, color and more colorwhich is exactly what we need when everything around us seems so gray. Its not as severe as late 80s to early 90s neon, although were quite close.
A great way to jump on the trend is to get plastic toy-like accessories to break up the monotony of black or white. Out in the market right now are fun earrings, necklaces and bracelets in ultra-youthful solid shades and wild playful designs. Belts in shocking pinks and shoes in extreme yellows and greens are fantastic too. But if you want more obvious statement, get the latest from Original Penguin by Munsingwear. The 100-year-old brand recently presented its new collection with a spectacular carnivalthemed fashion show. Borrowing from the vibrant world of Coney Island, the runway was anked by a Ferris wheel backdrop. Of-the-moment celebrities Xian Lim and Slater Young walked amongst models in cheery ensembles that evoked classic American style with a trendy pastel twist. Runway soundtrack was provided by the super-hot and attractive DJ Callum David. The well-attended event saw local personalities donning Penguins iconic designs. Couples China Cojuangco and Gino Gonzales, and Divine Lee and Victor Basa were in his and hers Penguin must-haves. Model clique Kelly Misa, Isabel Roces and Phoemela Barranda arrived in Veronica polos while Carlos Concepcion played around with the basics to up the edge. Sportsmen Anthony Suntay and Jason Sabio were easy like Sunday morning in their button downs, as was politico Teddy Locsin, Jr. Then, there were Markki Stroem and Champ Lui Pio, Liz Uy, Marc Nelson, Robbie Becroft and Richard Gutierrezall of whom who were relaxed and casual. Penguin, now virtually a wardrobe staple, is a favorite R&R brand of celebrities here and abroad. In its 100 years in business, the brand has dressed entertainment greats Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Clint Eastwood, as well as Jack Black, Brad Pitt, Robert Pattinson, Darren Criss, Jason Segel and Keira Knightley. Now, with its new collection, Penguin is bridging generation gaps by reminding us the things we loved as children. Classic polo shirts are preppy and very Ivy League while looks for tots are as adorable as can be. Interesting pieces include high-cut shorts, two-toned polo shirts and sweaters for weekend activities. A few button-down options and T-shirts round out the collection. With the fantastic range, every aesthetic from geeky to sporty to urban retro is easily achieved. Of course, these are all in exciting and loud colorways that bring out the playful child in every polished and smartly dressed grownupjust like how carnivals would.

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SIGHT AND SOUND

THE couple of events that cropped up in my social calendar recently catered to these two sensesone was a festival of outstanding French lms and the other was a session with a modern music innovator. It certainly was a refreshing way to spend my after-ofce leisure hours. French Film Festival Citi-Rustans French Film Festival recently made its highly anticipated return at the Shangri-La Plaza with another round of cinematic and cultural pleasure for the countrys lm acionados. At the Premiere Night was a bevy of distinguished guests and personalities led by French Ambassador Gilles Garachon, French lm directors Olivier Assayas (whose lms were featured in the festival) and Stephane Rybojad. I also saw Cannes award-winning Filipino director Brillante Mendoza, Goethe-Institut Director Richard Kunzel, and my dear friend, Stores Specialists Inc.s Malu Francisco, among others. This years line up featured 15 films, including a 6-film retrospect on director-extraordinaire Assayas, one of the European directors who pay attention and give high regard to Asian films, and 9 masterpieces from LInstitut Francais. Music Revolution DJ Ferry Corsten is a producer, a pioneer, an innovator, a visionary, aside from being a DJ. He singlehandedly initiated a revolution of sorts in a dance music genre in all the corners of the world. He recently invaded Manilas music scene by spinning his classic tunes and new mixes at Republiq in Resorts World, where the citys partyphiles were in a trance partying to the sound

From left: Yann Raymond, Astrid From left: Shangs Renoux, Ma. Theresa Villacorta, executive vice president and general Stephane Rybojad manager Lala Fojas, French Ambassador Gilles Garachon From left: Italian Embassys Emmanuela Adessini and Nino Quartana

From left: Erik Hanikainen, Malu Francisco, Martin Macalintal, Sevrine Miailhe From left: Japan Foundations Yukie Mitomi and Roland Samson

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TIME TO GIVE BACK

Phil and James Younghusband partner with Unilever to hold the Clear Dream Math, a charity football game for the benet of Tulay sa Don Bosco, on Aug. 25.

of his latest beats that included the 14 new tracks from his latest album, WKND. Always ranked as one of the top 10 DJs in the world, and backed by 20 years in the music industry, Corsten continues to capture the hearts and minds of legions of fans, while raking in some of the worlds most coveted music prizes along the way. Aside from his achievements in the world of dance music, Corsten is also the ambassador for the Dutch World Wildlife Fund, and uses his highprole exposure in these music events to raise awareness for the Funds activities. He was feted with an exclusive dinner by some celebrity friendsRaymond Gutierrez, Ginggay de la Merced, Liz Uy, Isabelle Daza, Nicole Anderson, Fabio Ide, Vice Ganda, G. Toengi, Andi Eigenmann, Lovi Poe, and Carla Isabelle Humphries, among many others. Daza, Ferry Bulletin Board Corsten and Citihub Opens Phase 2. The demand for decent Liz Uy housing in the metropolis is so high that Citihub Enterprises decided to transform three more container vans into three residential, fully airconditioned compartments holding 22 beds each, two years after it opened Phase 1 in Barangay Mabini in Mandaluyong City. Owners Betty and Basti Roxas Chua, and Barangay Captain Alberto Tablan cut the ceremonial ribbon during the inauguration which was presided over by Fr. Nador Gesulga. Catring to men only, a bed costs P1,600 a month. More information may be obtained from Rocelle at 0917-8717498 Raymond Gutierrez, Ginggay or 585-5893. Joven-dela Merced and Ferry G Tongi, Ferry Corsten and ----------O---------Corsten Carla Humphries Y O U R WEEKEND CHUCKLE: They begin the evening news with Good evening, then they proceed to tell you why it isnt. ----------O--------F o r feedback, Im at bobzozobrado@ From left: Basti and Betty Roxas Chua, Fr. Nador Gesulga, Fabio Ide, Niel Arce and gmail.com Alberto Tablan, and Panya Go Boonsirithum Ferry Corsten CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK

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The Clear Dream Team: Top Row (from left) Fr. Rocky of the Tuloy Foundation, Andrew Wolff, Marvin Kiefer, Slick Rick (Eric Virata), Daniel Matsunaga, Phil Younghusband, James Younghusband, Anton Del Rosario, Armand Del Rosario, Patrick Deyto. Bottom row (from left) Rick Olivares, Steven Silva, Paolo Bediones, Mikko Mabanag, Yannick Tuason, Tony Toni (Anthony James Bueno,) John Imperial (Clear brand manager).

Boxers or briefs?
By Ed Biado
IN fashion, appearance is everything. What looks good? What makes me look good? What makes me feel good and looks good on me? What looks natural but still good? So it makes sense that peoplewell, women, mostly want undergarments that would enhance and support their assets. Because theres always the possibility of taking their clothes off in front of another person (a man, maybe), said undergarments also have to be pretty. And sexy. And somehow, the ladies expect the same courtesy from guys. Thus, the lingering question, Boxers or briefs? Most men would agree that its a matter of comfort or a matter of whatfeels-right-at-that-moment. Some guys want their member to be free while others prefer a rm, but gentle, hold. A few pros and cons: Briefs wont crease your pants and ride up your thighs. They stay in placeas do your family jewelsand prevent you from exhibiting any form of obscenity when you get excited. Plus, with the advent of bulge-enhancing technology, your package can appear more impressive. But theyre not exactly something you can wear on their own as loungewear, especially when they begin to stretch and become out of shape. The waistband also tends to easily lose elasticity. Boxers, on the other hand, dont stie your crotch and keeps you cool down there when it gets too warm. They can be worn around the house without your bulge being too out there. But if you feel some excitement, theres going to be a lot of awkwardness. They also dont work well with tight pants and they easily ride up your waist. Then, theres the not so pleasant feeling of dangling and swaying when you walk or run. So which is sexier? Women seem to have a lot of opinions on the topic. Each has her own denition of sexy and many a girl talk session will show that the debate is far from over. But there seems to be a consensus that if youre David Beckham or any of the men from Magic Mike, you can wear whatever the hell you want. Or better yet, nothing at all.

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One unifying trait that stands among Filipinos is our love for sports-whether as a spectator in a match or as a participant. It is innate in us to love sports--such as basketball, boxing and running among many others-that we hear people talk about sports all the time.
One favorite sport that has gained a cult following among Filipinos of all ages is football, thanks to celeb footballers James and Phil Younghusband who joined the Philippine Azkals (National Football Team) a couple of years ago. Recently, Unilever Philippines, the maker of Clear hair products and the Younghusbands decided to host a one-of-a-kind football match for the benet of Tuloy sa Don Bosco foundation. We are truly grateful for the support of corporations like Unilever Philippines in helping our cause. With their continued support, which is not limited to the products that we requested for our 500 children, the foundation is happy to be in partnership with Clear, and our future plans. A venture such as this is just one example of the ripples of change that has come as result of football, says Father Rocky Evangelista, who runs theTuloy Foundation during the recent media gathering held at the Rockwell Tent. Dubbed as the Clear Dream Match, the game takes place on Aug. 25 at the University of Makati's football eld. The match will feature some of the best United Football League (UFL) players, members of the Philippine Azkals, some of the best football players from different universities and colleges as well celebrities who play the sport. The two Dream Teams will be led by the Younghusband brothers, who also endorse the brand. To win the game, the best players must not only be only great at the sport as the game favors the one with a clearer head: focused, determined, and dandruff-free. In the last few years Clear has really supported the national team as well as the proliferation football throughout the nation. With the Dream Match, Clear is providing an avenue to showcase the most talented local footballers in the nation, says James. Having grown up with the sport, we are thrilled to be a part of this. Our passion for football goes beyond just winning, its about sharing the game we love and helping people along the way. Philippine football has denitely come along way, adds Phil. The road to the Dream Match begins with Foot-

Fun, classic shirts

FOR no-nonsense, timeless fashion, you can never go wrong with pique polo shirts. Its classic styling matched with its comfortable and versatile qualities make it the ideal choice of clothing regardless of the season. This is the inspiration behind Regattas pique polo shirts that come in two designs: a classic polo with contrast collar, placket and cuff, and the other with a pocket. Each offers a full-edged palette of colors that exude a sporty, stylish and comfy vibe. The collection features 10 basic yet high-quality pique polo offerings that come from Regattas Essential Line of polo shirts showcasing its four denitive colors: navy blue, red, white and heather gray. The colors found on nautical banners are showcased in the latest collection of pique polos. It features color blocking and two-tone, pop-up collars in white, yellow, orange, navy and gray. The brands crossed oars patch, striped taping and logoed buttons are prominently detailed in each piece, making it a special piece among pique polo acionados. Regattas pique polo shirts reect the brands classic, fun, relaxed and stylish feel; qualities that have long been synonymous to Regatta, says Regatta brand manager Carlo Runo.

James and Phil Younghusband showcasing their skills

ball fans voting for their favorite players into the Dream Teams. Clear has recruited a pool of 50 players which includes the likes of United Football League stars Anton Del Rosario, Nate Burkey, Freddy Gonzales, Eric Dagroh; College stars Patrick Deyto (DLSU), Miko Mabanag (Ateneo), and Shirmar Felongco (UST); Kaya F.C and Guam national team member, Jonah Romero; Andrew Wolff and Eric Tai from the Philippine Volcanoes; Brazilian models and members of Socceroo F.C, Daniel Matsunaga and Fabio Ide; celebrity host Paolo Bediones, members of Boys Night Out, and other outstanding players in the local football scene. Everyone is entitled to vote via Clears Facebook site at facebook.com/CLEAR. The top 40 will be drafted by Phil and James Younghusband for their respective Dream Teams on August 11 and on Aug. 25, the players hit the pitch for the much-awaited Dream Match. The Clear Dream Match is the rst of its kind as some of the best football players in the country will playing in one game so its going to be an amazing show and truly a game for the history books, says John Imperial, Clear brand manager.

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Internet advertisements up 12%

TV, newspapers, radio, outdoor, Internet, and cinema saw an increase in ad spend in the beginning of 2012 compared to last year, according to consumer research Nielsen.
Though television continued to attract most of the advertising dollars, Internet advertising saw the biggest increases, with advertisers spending 12.1-percent more in the rst quarter this year than the year before. During that time, ad spending overall increased 3.1 percent globally. Across the regions, the ndings are markedly different as each media has taken root and evolved uniquely. Dollars devoted to TV advertising grew 4 percent in North America, second only to outdoor, and 7.5 percent in Latin America. In the Middle East and Africa, TV ad spend grew a whopping 33.8 percent. Online ad spend was a bright spot for the industry, with growth around the globe. Growth was particularly notable in Europe (12.1 percent), Latin America (31.8 percent) and the Middle East & Africa (35.2 percent). Magazines saw a minor decline compared to last year, but newspapers grew 3.1 percent. In Latin America and Asia Pacic, both media grew 7.6 percent and 10.3 percent, respectively in Latin America, and 3.6 percent and 5.4 percent, respectively in Asia Pacic. North America saw nominal declines in print ad spend. Radio saw increases in every region around the globe, including a 2.6 percent increase in North America and 2.8 percent in Europe. In emerging markets in Latin America and Middle East and Africa, those increases were much higher. Radio grew 18 percent in Latin America and 21.1 percent in the Middle East and Africa. In Asia Pacic, cinema grew 27.1 percent, offsetting the declines seen in Latin America and the Middle East and Africa. Still a nascent industry, outdoor is growing rapidly. In the past quarter, outdoor ad spend increased 6.4 percent globally. This included gains of 4.4 percent in North America, 45.3 percent in the Middle East and Africa and 21.1 percent in Asia Pacic. Only Europe experienced a decline (1.2 percent).

Malware steals your money via Facebook, Gmail

A NEW variant of the notorious Zeus malware is stealing credit card money from Facebook and Gmail users, according to internet security rm Bitdefender. It said the new scam asks unwary users to link their credit card information with either Facebook or Google and transform these accounts into digital wallets. The attack is extremely convincing as the browser shows the URL of the real login service. Facebook users are told they can directly buy Facebook credits after they link the credit-card to the account, while Gmail users are told they can use Gmail as a digital wallet and pay by simply entering their e-mail address, wrote Bogdan Botezatu, senior ethreat analyst. Fraud prevention rm ThreatMetrix warned against the growing sophistication of cybercrimes. Pages include the branding and messaging typical to each of the industries the cybercriminals are targeting. They are even personalized with the victims name, Andreas Baumhof of ThreatMetrix was quoted by Bitdefender as saying. Baumhof urged all industries to take proper steps to prevent said attacks. Also, the malware can manipulate the way the bank reports account balances so victims are unaware that money has been moved out of the account, according to Bitdefender. Christian Cardiente

Google Android dominates PH smartphone market

A STUDY conducted by research and analytics rm GfK showed that the Googled-owned mobile operating software now powers most smartphones in the country with a commanding 82.2 percent market share. Google Android enjoyed a near threefold rise from 2011. Filipinos have spoken and they have chosen Android. We have the widest selection of Android devices in the Philippines and we are proud to offer the best services alongside these best devices on the countrys best network, said Orlando Vea of Smart Telecommunications. GfKs study further showed that despite average smartphone prices being pegged below P7,500, close to 95 percent of these were equipped with High Speed Packet Access Plus (HSPA+) technology similar to more expensive handsets. Despite the Androids phenomenal growth, however, Vea noted that there was still much ground left to be conquered. Lailany P. Gomez
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INVITATION TO BID
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Ilocos Sur 2nd District Engineering Office, invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned project: Contract ID No. Contract Name Contract Location Brief Description : 12AD0095 : Construction of Multi-purpose Building, (Phase III) Sta. Cruz Savings & Development Cooperative (SACDECO), : Poblacion Este, Sta. Cruz, Ilocos Sur : Construction of Multi-purpose Building, (Phase III) : P 7,759,992.74

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NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY

Request foR expRession of inteRest
The National Housing Authority (NHA), through the Corporate Budget for the Contract approved by the NHA Board for the year 2012, intends to apply the sum to payments under the following contract being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC). Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of the financial proposals. Ref. No. 2012-051 Projects R e l o c a t i o n / B o u n d a r y, Subdivision Survey and Lot Titling, San Isidro Resettlement Project, Brgy. San Isidro, Magalang, Pampanga R e l o c a t i o n / B o u n d a r y, Subdivision Survey and Lot Titling, Sta. Lucia Resettlement Site (Ph. 3 & 4), Brgy. Sta. Lucia, Magalang, Pampanga Subdivision Survey Works for CAA Phase 2 (Original Area) including Individual Titling Works for Phase 2 (Original Area covered by Lot 9, Psu-125179) and Structural, Subdivision & Individual Titling Works for portion of Lot 9, Psu-125179 (Additional area outside the original area), Las Pias City, Metro Manila R e l o c a t i o n / B o u n d a r y, Subdivision Survey and Lot Titling, Bulaon Resettlement Site (Phase 2), Brgy. Bulaon, City of San Fernando, Pampanga R e l o c a t i o n / B o u n d a r y, Subdivision Survey and Lot Titling, Acli Resettlement Site, Brgy. Acli, Mexico, Pampanga ABC/ Source of Funds (P) 5,916,153.50/ NG Subsidy Duration (Cal. days) 150 Work Description Relocation/Boundary, Subdivision Survey and Lot Titling of 2010 lots. Relocation/Boundary, Subdivision Survey and Lot Titling of 1045 lots. Structural Survey, Subdivision Survey and Individual Lot Titling.

Approved Budget for The Contract Source of Fund : SARO No. BMB-A-12-T00000383 Contract Duration : 180 calendar days Cost of Bid Documents : P 10,000.00

The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of bid. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB License applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH POCW-Central Office will only process contractors applications for registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. Issuance of Bidding Documents 2. Pre-bid Conference : From July 16, to August 7, 2012 : July 26, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M. , BAC Office

ORDER
Through a verified petition, petitioner CARNATION ENCARNACION y CO thru counsel, seek to correct the entry in her Certificate of Live Birth to appear as, to wit: FROM TO MALE FEMALE Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance the hearing of this petition is hereby set on August 13, 2012 at 2:00 o'clock in the afternoon. All interested parties are hereby notified of the said hearing and are ordered to show cause why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published, at the expense of the petitioner, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation to be selected by raffle purcuant to P.D. 1079. Furnish the Office of the Solicitor General and the Civil Registrar of Manila with the copies of the petition and of this Order. SO ORDERED. Manila Philippines, September 26, 2011
(MST-July 16, 23 & 30, 2012)

2012-052

3,812,181.26/ NG Subsidy

120

2012-053

2,916,397.00/ NG Subsidy

183

2012-054

(Sgd.) ARMANDO A. YANGA Judge 2012-055

2,625,429.60/ NG Subsidy

90

Relocation/Boundary, Subdivision Survey and Lot Titling of 640 lots. Relocation/Boundary, Subdivision Survey and Lot Titling of 270 lots.

Republic of the Philippines

1,358,850.90/ NG Subsidy

90

3. Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders : From July 16 to August 1, 2012 4. Receipt of Bids : August 7, 2012 until 10:00 A.M. 5. Opening of Bids : August 7, 2012 @ 2:00 P.M. The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at Ilocos Sur 2nd District Engineering Office, upon payment of a non-refundable fee as stated. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs, if available, from the DPWH web site. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bids Documents. The Pre-bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased the BDs. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualification. The Ilocos Sur 2nd District Engineering Office reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders. Approved by: (Sgd.) RENATO G. GAGNO BAC Chairman Noted: (Sgd.) RAY A. ELAYDO District Engineer
(MST-July 16, 2012)

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS

NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION SOUTH MANILA ENGINEERING DISTRICT
8 St., Port Area, Manila
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BID BULLETIN
13 July 2012

The NHA now calls for the submission of eligibility documents for the above-cited projects. Checklist of requirements for eligibility is available for examination upon submission of a letter of intent addressed to the BAC Chairperson and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of P1,000.00/contract at the BAC Secretariat Office, 3rd Floor NHA Main Building, Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City. Interested Consultants must submit their eligibility documents on or before July 24, 2012, not later than 09:00 a.m. at the NHA Operations Center. Applications for eligibility will be evaluated based on a nondiscretionary pass/fail criterion. The BAC Secretariat may be contacted at Telephone No. 929-80-16. The BAC shall draw up the short list of consultants from those who have submitted eligibility documents/ Expression of Interest and have been determined as eligible in accordance with the provisions of R.A. 9184, otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act, and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). The short list shall consist of maximum of seven (7) prospective bidders who will be entitled to submit bids. The criteria and rating system for short listing are: a) Applicable experience of the consultant and associates, considering both the overall experiences of the firm and the individual experiences of the principal and key staff including the times when employed by other consultants; b) Qualification of personnel who may be assigned to the job vis--vis extent and complexity of the undertaking; and c) Current workload relative to job capacity. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary pass/ fail criterion as specified in the IRR of RA 9184 and is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least sixty percent (60%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines. The NHA shall evaluate bids using the Quality-Cost Based Evaluation/Selection (QCBE/QCBS) procedure. The weights to be allocated for the Technical and Financial Proposals and the criteria and rating system for the evaluation of bids shall be indicated and provided in the Bid Data Sheet. The NHA reserves the right to reject any and all bids, annul the bidding process, or not award the contract at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders. (Sgd.) FROILAN R. KAMPITAN Assistant General Manager/ Chairperson, BAC NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY
(MST-July 16, 2012)

NOTICE is hereby given to all Interested Contractors for the rectification of data entered as to the Contract Duration from 150 calendar days to 60 calendar days for the Proposed Construction of Multi-Purpose Building, BASECO, 5th District, Manila in the amount of P5,000,000.00. This is due to typographical error in the program of work and detailed estimate. All other data has been adjusted. (Sgd.) MIKUNUG D. MACUD District Engineer
(MST-Apr. 16, 2012)

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MONDAY JULY 16, 2012 Isah V. Red, Editor standard.showbiz@gmail.com

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Aljur wants to spend more time with Rachelle

Dawn Zulueta
returns to the big screen
ISAH V. RED

SIMPLY RED
nas Productions. The book is written to encourage the people to continue achieving their dreams and aspirations in life. It will also be distributed in selected school/universities and libraries worldwide. Dear Athan Coffee Table Book: Inspirations of My Life aims to help in having a better society and it also aims to in-

IT HAS been a while since we last saw Dawn Zulueta in a movie, and we feel her talent is lingering away on TV with little challenge that a movie role offers.
Now, surprisingly she is back on the big screen in an indie entry to the 2012 Cinemalaya Film Festivals New Breed Full Length Feature category. Dawn co-stars with musician-turnedactor Boboy Garovillo, and the two lead an ensemble of actors in Ang Nawawala, Marie Jamoras debut as a feature lm director. The movie is written by Jamora and Ramon de Veyra and its about Gibson Bonifacio (played by Dominic Roco) who stopped speaking when he was a child. Now 20 years old, Gibson returns to Manila from his studies abroad, his rst visit in three years. He nds his family trying to keep it together as his mother (played by Zulueta) is still hurting from a tragic loss in the past. Against the backdrop of the vibrant local music scene, his childhood best friend tries to reconnect with him as he unexpectedly nds a chance at a rst, real romantic relationship. Amidst the holidays, Gibson reconsiders and redenes his relationship with his family, his friends, and with himself. The movie is a project almost 10 years in development. It is composed of images, characters, scenes, and dialogue Jamora has been collecting since college and her years studying Film at Columbia University. The movie will be screened at the This is my dream lm, says Jamora. CCP, Greenbelt and Trinoma on July 20 One (that) Ive been thinking about for until the 29th. years. And there is nothing better than being able to make it with some of my best Who is Athan? friends, who also happen to be very good Pilipinas Productions, Inc. extends a at their jobs. I have never been so happy helping hand with Dear Athan: Inspiraon a set in my life. Its also because of tions of My Life, a humanitarian coffee our cast. I got everyone I wanted. table book project. Dawn Zulueta, who stars in ABS-CBNs It is a compilation of inspiring stories top-rating series Walang Hanggan, admit- that have wisdom of individuals, families, ted that she was very impressed with the groups and organizations. This project script and vision of Jamora. She says that seeks to lend a hand to selected children in she found the time from her very hectic the country by granting each of them gifts schedule to shoot for the movie. they have always wanted. My role in this lm is different from The coffee table book is inspired by the other characters I had portrayed. After the Pilipinas Productions own singing reading the script, I told myself that I have boy wonder Athan, who at a young age of to do this right, says Dawn. eight encourages people into acts of kindThe lm also features performances ness and generosity by his own examples. from some of the best bands His innate kindness and heart for and artists in the country others are reected in his debut including Sandwich, Pedifull-length albums Christmas cab, The Itchyworms, Rocks: Joyful Noyze and Hannah + Gabi, Flying Christmas Prayer: Joyful Ipis, Outerhope, Tarsius, Noyze as released by Star and Ebe Dancelmany of Records. Athan is recently whom wrote original songs nominated in the 2012 Awit for the lm. Awards for Best PerforAng Nawawala also mance by a Child for stars, apart from Zulueta, his hit single Christmas Garovillo and Dominic Prayer. Roco, his twin brother FeAthans coffee table lix Roco, Annicka Dobook project will be relonius, Alchris Galura, leased locally and interMercedes Cabral, Kelnationally and is commisvin Yu, Jenny Jamora, sioned by the international Marc Abaya, and Sa- Pilipinas Productions singing industry partners of Pilipiboy wonder Athan brina Man.

Aljur and Rachelle Ann an item?

ALJUR Abrenica doesnt deny his JOSEPH closeness with Rachelle Ann Go. PETER GONZALES It all started when we recently ew to the US along with other Kapuso stars like Dindong (Dantes) and Marian (Rivera) for a GMA Pinoy TV event. While we were there, we took the opportunity to watch a Broadway musical along with our respective handlers. We both enjoyed the show especially since it was our rst Broadway experience. There, we had the chance to know each other a little better, he reveals. Many are curious if this can possibly develop into something deeper in the coming days. As in wed fall in love with each other? I guess its still very early for that. I just want to know more about her at this point. Actually, even if we see each other every week in Party Pilipinas, I feel shy talking to her especially when she just moved to GMA from the rival network. Our recent trip really paved the way for us to discover things about each other. What are Rachelle Anns qualities he likes? Apart from the fact that shes lovely, shes kind, and talented as well. But as Ive pointed out earlier, courtship is still out of the picture. I want to be friends with her rst, adds Aljur. He has an upcoming soap opera with Kris Bernal. Im excited to work with her again. Our last program together was The Last Prince two years ago. Everyone knows shes my original love team. So he knows about the latest in her love life, that Carl Guevarra is courting her? That Im not aware of! Kris hasnt told me yet. But I know Carl. Hes a good guy. Im sure hed take good care of Kris! Apart from his new TV show, the handsome actor is also part of GMAs 2012 Metro Manila Film Festival entry titled Coo Problems. Its another development that makes me happy these days. Its an interesting lm directed by Andoy Ranay. My co-stars here are Solenn Heussaff, Isabelle Daza, Mikael Daez, Benjamin Alves and Bianca King. Im proud that our mother studio is elding it in the lm fest. Im keeping my ngers crossed that it will make a big killing at the tills, says Aljur.

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spire people to be determined in facing challenges and changes. Pilipinas Productions, Inc. recently conducted exclusive interviews with some of the most honorable, prestigious, and aweinspiring people who are part of this coffee table book. All individuals shared their different stories of joy, hope, challenges and success in life, inspiring those people who will have the chance to read Dear Athan. The interviews were conducted at the Holiday Inn Galleria, Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong City and Ascott Residences in Glorietta, Makati City. Several events and interviews for this humanitarian coffee table book are still scheduled by the Pilipinas Productions, Inc. These interviews will all be a featured on www.peekbox.tv also a recently launched project of Pilipinas Productions, Inc. peekbox.tv is a free online social networking service and a digital entertainment provider. It connects millions of people locally in the different parts of the globe through its community-based online communication. Everyone is invited to be a part of this endeavor and be a real partner of the company, telling your great stories and fullling the wishes of the children beneciary and at the same time inspire and help great number of people in the process. With the support of its international industry partners, Pilipinas Productions is condent that this book project is worth everyones time and investment. To inspire and to share are the greatest goals of Dear Athan as it continues to inspire people and fulll the dreams of children.

According to Phillip Salvador and Ricky Davao, its not an easy task to be mentors in the grand GMA reality show Protg: The Battle for the Big Artista Break. First of all, its hard to nd the what they call total package. Like in my case, I was assigned in Mindanao. There are lots of potential among those who auditioned. But in my standard, Im looking for the Nora Aunor-Vilma Santos type among the girls and Christopher de Leon for the guys who can combine acting with singing and dancing, says Ipe. Thats true! seconds Ricky. There are many pretty faces. Of course, physical attributes are a foremost factor since we are looking for GMAs next big stars. And showbiz is a visual medium. In my area (Northern Luzon), I found promising wannabes. But I hope that eventually, whoever will be declared as the grand winners will really take their craft seriously and end up as competent performers. One thing more which makes the show exciting is that the five mentors will clash with one another. Me, Ricky, Gina (Alajar), Jolina (Magdangal) and Roderick (Paulate) have our own protgs. Its like, may the best tandem wins, shares Phillip. And a rejoinder to what Ipe has said: it doesnt stop in the mentoring phase. The protgs should also help themselves to hone their craft further. During our time, we really took the initiative to explore and not be content with just the passing mark, so to speak, adds Ricky. The competition will run for 13 weeks. We will start airing on Aug. 5. I just hope that the protgs will be able to pass the challenges to be given by their mentors, says Phillip.

Not easy to be mentors

Baron Cohen retuns as The Dictator

SACHA Baron Cohen has made a living out of culture clash. Whether as a British Jamaicanwannabe rapper slash chat show host, a somewhat nave Kazakhstani television reporter or an out and relatively out there Austrian fashionista, Baron Cohen is in the business of nding humor and revelation in the often uncomfortable collision of vastly differing viewpoints and lifestyles. His stupendously and deservedly popular British television series made its wildre way to the British movie screen. His subsequent and unstoppable transition to Hollywood was made in a lm helmed by director Larry Charles, who again collaborated with Baron Cohen on his follow-up project (and now, once again, with The Dictator). Larry Charles comments, When we did Brno, we were shocked because we had thought that after Borat, wed never get away with it again. Baron Cohens prescience with regard to story and character proved preternaturalas work on The Dictator started in earnest months before the rst demonstrations in the Middle East began a chain reaction of unrest, and long before the world had ever heard of (or used the phrase) Arab Spring. In the early stages of development, General Aladeen (Baron Cohen in full costume) was placed in several interview situations with people unaware of the ruse, and the resulting discussions were

In Press Pause
FEW athletes in Olympic history have reached such heights and depths as Marion Jones. After starring at the University of North Carolina and winning gold at the 1997 and 1999 World Track and Field Championships, her rise to the top culminated at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, Australia. There, she captivated the world with her beauty, style and athletic dominance, sprinting and jumping to three gold medals and two bronze. Eventually, though, her accomplishments and her reputation would be tarnished. For years, Jones denied the increasing speculation that she used performance-enhancing drugs. But in October 2007, she nally admitted what so many had long suspected; that she had indeed used steroids. Jones was sentenced to six months in prison for lying to federal investigators and soon saw her Olympic achievements disqualied. Now a free woman, Jones is running in a new direction in life and taking time to reect. Oscar-nominated director John Singleton chose to feature the story of Marion Jones when asked to be one of the directors for 30 for 30. Singletons interest in Jones stems from the fact that he also a runner in high school. In fact, he received scholarship offers from various colleges all over the United States but he turned all of them down to be a lm student. Marion Jones: Press Pause airs on Solar Sports on Sunday, at 9 p.m. It airs on BTV the next day at 11 p.m.

Sasha Baron Cohen and Elisabetta Canalis in The Dictator

recorded. Larry Charles says, Again, we were able to get away with it. It gave Sacha a chance to play with the character and interact in a spontaneous, improvised way.

The Dictator rated R by the MPAA is distributed locally by United International Pictures thru Solar Entertainment Corporation. Showing at your favorite theaters on July 25.

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