29 08 2012

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Aquino Bestows Highest Legion Of Honor Award On Robredo

Award on Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse M. Robredo at his state funeral rites at the Basilica Minore de Nuestra Seora de Peafrancia in Naga City. In a heartfelt eulogy, President Aquino paid his final re(Turn to page 12)
By MADEL R. SABATER and GENALYN D. KABILING
President Benigno S. Aquino III, in a fitting tribute to a man who left a legacy of good governance and who had championed the cause of the poor, conferred the Philippine Legion of Honor
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A Perfect End For A Life Well-Lived

By AARON B. RECUENCO NAGA CITY He may have died unexpectedly but for his wife Leni, it was a perfect end for a life well-lived for Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo. And Jesse, according to his wife, had never been fearful of his life over a firm belief that a person will die no matter what he does to prevent it. His death was unexpected and we have to deal with a searing grief of losing him but I believe that for Jess, it was not tragic that he was taken before his time, said Leni in a speech after accepting a posthumous Philippine Legion of Honor Award for her husband from Presi(Turn to page 12)
Robredo Inaugurates Crematorium

By AARON B. RECUENCO NAGA CITY, Camarines Sur Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo got the rare credit of naming the first modern crematorium in Bicol located in this city and, at the same time, be its buena mano customer yesterday. Philip Imperial, general manager of Imperial Memorial Chapels, said they had to rush the construction of the Naga Imperial Crematorium and Columbary (NICC) as soon as they received the request from Robredos family that he would be cremated there. For the past six to seven days, we have been working almost 24
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FAREWELL JESSE Fr. Kulandairaj Ambrose (top photo) of the Missionaries of the Poor officiates the Requiem Mass for the late Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo at the Basilica Minore de Nuestra Seora de Peafrancia in Naga City yesterday, while Atty. Leni Robredo (lower left photo) and her three daughters proceed to the Funeraria Imperial for the cremation of the remains of the former Cabinet member, while President Benigno S. Aquino III (lower right photo) touches for the final time the coffin of Robredo upon his arrival at the church yesterday. (KJ Rosales and Linus Guardian Escandor II)
PAL BUYS AIRBUS JETS Philippine Airlines (PAL) Chairman Dr. Lucio C. Tan (2nd from left) and Airbus Senior Vice President for Asia Jean Francois Laval (2nd from right) show the purchase agreement that PAL and Airbus officials signed yesterday for the acquisition of new aircraft worth $7 billion. The transaction, believed to be the biggest in Philippine history, involves a firm order for 54 single-aisle and widebody jets. PAL President Ramon S. Ang (right) and PAL Vice Chairman and Treasurer Harry C. Tan (left) were also present during the signing ceremony. Story on the Business Page.
Dignified Silence Prevails At SC Under Serenos Watch

By REY G. PANALIGAN
Chief Justice Maria Lourdes P . A. Sereno said yesterday while the media is a natural ally in any institutions intention to be more transparent about its workings, she decided to decline interviews in connection with her work and the activities of the Supreme Court. She said wisdom leads me to seek to return the Supreme Court to its days of dignified silence when its justices were heard when read
through their writings, and when the actions of the court were best seen in their collective resolutions. Chief Justice Sereno issued a press statement in connection with requests for radio and television interviews from numerous media outlets. I fully respect the important role of media in the public exchange of information and views, she said. But she said if the Supreme Court is to return to its golden days, then the Chief Justice must respect(Turn to page 13)
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Protection Of Migrant Workers Intensified

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There are no accurate statistics on the extent of abuses committed by foreign employers on their foreign workers, Vice President Jejomar C. Binay said yesterday. At the 23rd Conference of the Presidents of Law Associations in Asia at a hotel in Pasay City, Binay said that the documentation and data-gathering are hampered mainly by the lack of
cooperation by host countries. Statistics also do not reflect foreign workers who went through clandestine channels and without authorization do not appear in the rosters of workers of their country of origin. "Nevertheless, from the sheer volume of overseas workers, it may safely be assumed that the figure of human rights violations could rise to very high levels," said Binay, also Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers' (OFWs) Concerns.
Binay is also chairman emeritus of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Trafficking in Persons (IACAT) and chairman of the Presidential Task Force Against Illegal Recruitment (PTFAIR). He assured that the Philippine government is doing its best to protect the interests of its migrant workers. Binay said that every year, the Philippines deploys more than 800,000 workers abroad with their earnings constituting one of the major contributions to our economic development. "For the first semester of 2012 alone, overseas Filipino workers remittances reached US$10.128 Billion,
up by 5.1 percent from the 2011 level," he said. Binay said that the issues of human trafficking, drug and cross-border crimes, and the globalized employment market are taken seriously "because they relate directly to the core of our efforts to raise the quality of life and the very future of our laborsupplying nation." "Human trafficking and human smuggling or illegal recruitment flourish in part because destination countries do not complement the efforts of labor-sending countries at combating these twin evils in labor migration," he said. "They also lack a strong legal mechanism to underwrite recruit-
ment or labor policy that keeps to human rights standards as defined in the International Convention on the Protection of Migrant Workers and their Families, the International Bills of Rights and related international instruments," he added. Binay cited reports made by the International Labor Organization that a large number of migrant workers from Asia were working illegally, especially in the Arab region. "A report on Asian womens labor migration mentions cases of abuse against domestics, including long working hours, no days off, restriction on freedom of movement and association, lack of pay, and physical and sexual violations." To prevent abuses on migrant workers, labor-exporting countries such as the Philippines "must exert every effort to secure the best possible deal for their overseas workers within a bilateral rather than a multilateral framework," Binay said. The Vice President proposed this measure, citing the fact that despite the presence of international laws and other instruments promoting migrant laborers' rights, their enforcement is optional for destination countries.
Group Laments Clubs Closure Threat

By LEONARD D. POSTRADO
An international humanitarian group yesterday lamented reports that the Nomad Sports Club (NSC), which has been their partner in transforming the lives of people living in the poverty-stricken colony of Smoke Mountain, is facing the threat of closure. Philippine Christian Foundation (PCF) chairman of the board Jane Walker, M.B.E. (Member of the Order of the British Empire) threw her support to eight foreigners accused by the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) of illegally selling membership shares of the NSC. In an e-mailed statement, Walker said she is saddened by reports that NSC is facing the threat of closure since the facilities of the sports club were regularly being used by the less fortunate children living in the Smokey Mountain activities. "Nomads has gone out of their way countless times to create happy memories and give some of the most disadvantaged children in Manila new experiences that they say have been the happiest times in their childhood," Walker, who gave up her high-paying job as a publishing executive 16 years ago in UK and relocated in Manila to help the people of Smokey Mountain, recalled. Majority of the Club's members are Filipinos and it actually opens its doors to marginalized children like the ones under the wings of the PCF, she added. Walker also expressed her admiration for Nomads saying "their work for charity and commitment to share their facilities with the Filipino community is to be saluted." PCF's David Berry shares Walker's sentiments, saying that "Nomads have opened their doors to hundreds of PCF children and given them the opportunity to enjoy the experience of competing and interacting with children from the UK and from the International Schools.
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By JUN RAMIREZ
Charges Vs Customs Brokers Dismissed

The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has dismissed the criminal charges filed against three Customs brokers who allegedly conspired not to pay the Bureau of Customs (BOC) some P1.8 million in taxes on fertilizer imported by their client. In dismissing the complaint filed by the BOC, the CTA 2nd Division stated that the prosecutors failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt the guilt of the respondents. They were identified as Marivic Briones and David Banga, of Skyriders Brokerage; and Benjamin Valic, of Valic Brokerage. Records showed that the trio allegedly use fake documents for the release of prilled urea (fertilizer) from the BOC's port in San Fernando, La Union in 2001 which was imported by their client Norsk Hydro. The prosecutors said Norsk paid the required Customs duties through its brokers but the respondents did not allegedly remit the payment. Instead, they allegedly presented fake certificate issued by the taxexempt Philippine Carabao Center as the user of the imported item to escape payment of the Customs duties. But CTA Justices Juanito Castaneda, Caezar Casanova and Cielito Mendaro-Grulla declared that the prosecution failed to prove the conspiracy angle. They said conspiracy cannot be presumed, noting that there was no direct evidence that the respondent agreed not to remit the tax. They also said that the prosecution failed to present the original copy of the fake Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Carabao Research Center. The court also said that "there is a reasonable doubt to establish the guilt of the respondents." "The constitutional rights to be presumed innocent can be overthrown only by a proof beyond reasonable doubt," it said.
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DPWH Road Repairs 98% Complete

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DRIVER SHOT BY Q.C. CARJACKERS
A driver got shot and hurt by carjackers who forcibly took his employers sports utility vehicle (SUV) in Quezon City Monday afternoon. Investigators of the Quezon City Police Districts AntiCarnapping Unit (QCPD-DACU) identified the wounded victim as Jowie Pintuan, 38, a resident of Riverside, Barangay Commonwealth, Quezon City. Police said the driver got hurt during a carjacking incident that took place at around 1 p.m. yesterday at the back St. Lukes Medical Center in Quezon City. Carjackers were able to drive away with a beige Nissan X-Trail that Pintuan was driving. The vehicle is reportedly owned by retired Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) general, Patrocinio Isleta, who is the employer of the driver. Pintuan who got shot in the back is currently confined at the Diosdado Macapagal Medical Center. Investigators learned that there were three unidentified armed male carjackers involved in the incident. Police said the driver had just taken lunch outside of the hospital when he went back to the parked SUV. However, when Pintuan got back to the SUV, the suspects appeared behind him. (Jeffrey Damicog)
By RAYMUND F. ANTONIO
Commuters Group Bucks Fare Hikes

By KRIS BAYOS
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is moving closer toward the completion of road repairs in Metro Manila, having patched 98 percent of the potholes in the area. As of Aug. 27, Engineer Reynaldo Rosario, officer-in-charge of DPWHNCR Maintenance Division, said they have covered the potholes of 157 road sections, which have a total area of 29,765 square meters. We are already in the mopping operation, he said in a text message. By end of the month, the DPWH is pinning its hopes to attain a 100 percent completion of the potholes patching activities in the metropolis. As long as it doesn't rain, that is
achievable, DPWH Undersecretary Romeo Momo for Regional Operations said in a separate interview. The DPWH has been rushing its road works in Metro Manila to take advantage of the good weather condition in the last two long weekends. There was lesser traffic in Metro Manila from Aug. 18-21 and Aug. 25-27 since there was no classes and work for most of the employees. Many Metro Manila residents also left for the provinces, leaving the DPWH more time and more space to finish its road repairs. The DPWH is only left with minor potholes patching activities in some sections of Pedro Gil and Juan Luna Streets in Divisoria and other parts of Caloocan. Asphalt patching has been under-
taken by DPWH in Tayuman corner Dagupan, Delpan Bridge, J. Abad Santos Avenue, Quirino Avenue from Roxas Boulevard to Nagtahan Bridge, South Superhighway from P Quirino to . Makati boundary and UN Avenue from Guanzon Street to Romualdez Street. In Paraaque and Makati cities, the DPWH mobilized its personnel to conduct asphalt patching at Ninoy Aquino Avenue from Kabihasnan to La Huerta (northbound) and C-5 Road from Km. 17 to Pasig Bridge. In Quezon City, the road sections repaired were IBP Road from Litex to Sandiganbayan and Commonwealth Avenue fronting Sandiganbayan, Katipunan Avenue/C-5 Road, C.P Garcia . from University Avenue to Katipunan Avenue, and Timog Avenue, among others.
Taguig Readies Residents For Rains

By RIO ROSE RIBAYA
JEEPNEY ROBBERY FOILED BY POLICE

A man who allegedly conspired with a jeepney driver to victimize a female passenger in Pasay City was arrested by police officers who were on patrol duty in Paraaque City. The suspect was identified as Silvestre Delos Reyes, 43, of Barangay Aratelis, Sucat, Paraaque City. He was arrested by police officers from Police Community Precinct (PCP) 1 who were patrolling the area. Investigation disclosed that incident transpired along Buendia, corner of Roxas Boulevard at around 11:30 a.m. on Monday. Aboard a moving jeepney, the suspect poked the victim with a bladed weapon and threatened her. At knife point, the victim had no choice but to surrender her bag containing money and important documents. Luckily, police officers noticed the commotion inside the jeepney. They were able to apprehend the suspect while the driver managed to escape. They recovered the victim's belongings and brought the suspect to the police station. (Mitch Arceo)
The city government of Taguig will be training its residents about the new rainfall warning system (RWS) of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). With the rainy season still in full swing, Taguig City Mayor Lani Cayetano wanted her constituents to have a better understanding of PAGASA's RWS to avoid endangering lives in times of severe floods. A good grasp of the state weather bureaus revised Rainfall Warning System is critical in assessing situations during heavy downpour and in getting cooperation from residents
in low-lying areas when we have to order their evacuation, Cayetano said. It will greatly aid our disaster relief and rescue efforts if, from the beginning, Taguigeos already know how to react during threats of flooding or imminent evacuation. This gives City Hall personnel precious time to attend to more pressing matters, she said. The mayor issued an order for RWS training as the city government acknowledged the continued threat of floods like the one caused by the torrential Southwest Monsoon rains early this month. The onslaught of the Southwest Monsoon or Hanging Habagat submerged 18 of the citys 28 barangays
and displaced 14,000 residents last month. Taguig City public information office head lawyer Ronald Icay said the RWS education campaign will be carried out in barangay halls and schools to spread the information as quickly as possible to the citys residents. Even now, there are typhoons forming and threatening to enter the country. If weve learned anything from past calamities like the recent flooding and the deluge caused by Ondoy in 2009, it is that you can never be too prepared, Icay said. The revised, three-level RWS warning system uses the colors yellow, orange and red, in ascending order of urgency with red requiring immediate evacuation to safety.
Firemen Hold Water Rescue Exercises

By CZARINA NICOLE O. ONG
After experiencing flash foods brought by the Southwest Monsoon rains or "Habagat" during the early days of August, the firefighters of both Muntinlupa City and San Juan recently conducted Water Search and Rescue (WASAR) exercises at Laguna Bay. In a report to Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) National Capital
Region (NCR) Director Chief Supt. Santiago Laguna, Muntinlupa Fire Marshal Chief Insp. Roderick Aguto and San Juan Fire Marshal Chief Insp. Gilbert Dolot said firefighters, rescue members and emergency medical services personnel from the two cities have participated in Balikatan exercises as part of the disaster preparedness of both cities. Both cities were damaged by floodwaters measuring 10 to 12 feet deep
during the heavy rains, and residents had to use bancas or floating Styrofoam as means of transportation. Dolot said members of the BFP Region 5 Special Rescue Unit (SRU) conducted the WASAR exercises in preparation for disaster caused by floods in the two cities. "The WASAR exercises are set to refresh the city rescue units, considering that the city is near the river," said Dolot.
A commuters group is seeking audience with transportation officials to question the governments plan to increase fares of the Light and Metro Rail Transit (LRT-MRT) next year and to oppose transport groups move to resurrect their petition to hike jeepney and taxi fares due to the recent oil price hikes. Elvira Medina of the National Center for Commuter Safety and Protection (NCCSP) said she is scheduled to meet with LRT-MRT spokesperson Atty. Hernando Cabrera within the week to ask clarification on the pronouncement of Transportation Secretary Manuel Roxas II that the public should expect the much delayed LRT-MRT fare hike to be implemented in 2013. Roxas told congressmen in a budget hearing last week that MRT fare rates will be adjusted to approximate bus fares, since it doesnt make sense that the MRT, which is faster and reliable, is cheaper than an alternative mode of transportation. While the MRT charges P14 for a ride from Taft Avenue in Pasay City to North Avenue in Quezon City, airconditioned buses charge more than P30 for the same distance. In 2011, the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) has approved a fare increase to P28 for a full ride but it was deferred because of opposition from various sectors. The NCCSP will also continue to oppose petitions for a P2 fare increase for public utility jeepneys. Transport groups are reportedly mulling to revive their petition following the successive oil price hikes. Their petition is too high. We will oppose it, Medina said of the petition to increase minimum jeepney fares from P8 to P10. The NCCSP remains firm in its position that taxi operators should not be allowed to increase flag down rates despite the increase in prices of gasoline and liquefied petroleum gas. Medina said the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) should even recall the authority it gave to taxi operators to hike the flag down rates from P30 to P40 in December 2010, saying the operators have failed to comply with the terms and conditions of the fare increase, such as issuing receipts and resealing of their taxi meters.
Harmful Chemicals In Kids Products

By CHITO A. CHAVEZ
A Quezon City-based environmental group is urging local authorities to strictly initiate concrete steps that will prevent the youth from being exposed to harmful chemicals found in childrens products. Latest US reports has revealed that toxic plastic chemical additives linked to infertility, birth defects, asthma, obesity, diabetes, early puberty and other health problems have been found in some vinyl school supplies for children. The report titled Hidden Hazards: Toxic Chemicals Inside Childrens Vinyl Back-toSchool Supplies published by the Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) in Virginia and the Empire State Consumer Project in New York said authorities found high concentrations of phthalates in 15 of the 20 items analyzed. Our investigation found elevated levels of toxic phthalates widespread in childrens
school supplies, CHEJs Mike Schade, author of the new report. While phthalates have been banned in childrens toys (in US), similar safeguards dont exist yet to keep them out of lunchboxes, backpacks and other childrens school supplies, Schade added. Aileen Lucero of EcoWaste Coalition said the report prompted the group to renew its call for a ban on the use of phthalates in childrens products such as toys, school supplies and childcare articles. Phthalates (pronounced as THAL-ates) are a class of toxic industrial chemicals that are hazardous even at low levels of exposure. They are used to make plastics, particularly polyvinyl chloride (PVC) which is softer, more flexible and durable. Elevated levels of toxic phthalates in 75 percent of the sampled Disney, Spiderman and Dora branded school supplies, including vinyl lunchboxes, backpacks, 3-ring binders, raincoats and rainboots were detected. All of the products were purchased during the 2012 back-toschool shopping season in US. One product tested, the Amazing Spiderman Lunchbox, contained an estimated 2.79 percent of the phthalate DEHP a suspected car, cinogen. The results of the study were similar to the findings of the EcoWaste Coalition, which has twice commissioned independent laboratory analyses for phthalates in PVC school supplies.
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Jesse Robredos example of showing commitment to uplift the lives of ordinary Filipinos through good government even in the face of resistance to reforms. In a letter addressed to all DepEd employees released yesterday, coinciding with the state funeral of the late Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse Robredo, Luistro said, May the memory of his life and works inspire us, empower us and strengthen us. Like
Emulate Jesse, DepEd Employees Told

By INA HERNANDO-MALIPOT
Education Secretary Armin Luistro yesterday urged members of the Department of Education (DepEd) to continue following
him, may we proclaim to our people that hope remains in government. Luistro commended DepEd employees for their contribution to the cause of education to provide every Filipino child the opportunity to stretch her mind, broaden her heart, and nurture her spirit. He said that after more than two years of working together under the present administration, every one of you knows that the two years have not been all sweet and easy. He said that at the onset of the administration of President Benigno S. Aquino III, the DepEd had inherited a long list of backlogs but received a fresh set of mandates. This includes accepting what can be considered as one of the most challenging assignments the department has ever dared to undertake: The reformation of our entire basic education system, Luistro said. Despite these challenges, we have proven thus far that we here in the DepEd can work together and accomplish much for a larger purpose which transcends all our individual plans and agenda, he said. Luistro noted that within two years, the DepEd was back on track toward the fulfillment of all our backlogs in classrooms, chairs and textbooks. He added that DepEd has efficiently rolled out, in phases, the K
-to 12 program, including the Mother Tongue Based, Multi-Lingual Education agenda, and has effectively communicated the benefits and mechanics of all its programs to as wide a reach as possible, to all stakeholders and to the public. All our progress and accomplishments cannot be credited to any one individual or group. They are all products of your collective effort, wherever you are assigned, whatever your role, Luistro said. We are all functioning parts of one complex body; every person fulfilling a task which is unique to him and beneficial to the entire organization, he said. Luistro said that DepEd has also begun to become a true government for the people one that is professional, competent, and committed, set on serving the needs of our countrymen. He also urged all employees to take the opportunity to make a mark in history. This is the perfect time and opportunity to make a difference, and truly be agents of change. To change the face of government. To change the destiny of our people, he said. Luistro encouraged all DepEd employees to work in synergy and convergence and infect one another with renewed hope and optimism. We would need all the focus, strength and determination we could muster to complete these improvements, he said.
Charitable Vendor Wins Magsaysay Award

Loving is caring and caring is sharing. This adage best describes the virtue of Chen Shu-jiu, a Taiwanese vegetable vendor and one of the 6 awardees of the 2012 Ramon Magsaysay Award. Chen has been a vegetable vendor in a traditional market in Taitung City, east Taiwan, since she was a young girl helping her father run their small vegetable stall in 1964. Having experienced poverty and despair from an early age, but having witnessed the kindness of others as well, she has managed to donate over NT$7 million or roughly US$320,000 to various charities, including a Buddhist monastery, orphanages and schools. It is not just the money she has donated, but the spirit of love, care and sharing which she has unselfishly dedicated to rekindle the humanitarian spirit in this overly pragmatic society. Despite the recognition she has received from different international bodies, including being included on Time Magazines list of 100 Most Influential People in the World, Chen remains humble and unselfconscious whenever she hears praise for her accomplishments. This year, the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation decided to elect her, along with five other outstanding individuals in Asia, to receive the 2012 Ramon Magsaysay Award, for the pure altruism of her personal giving, which reflects a deep, consistent, quiet compassion, and has transformed the lives of the numerous Taiwanese she has helped. Indeed, she may still be an ordinary person, just like anyone from any walk of life, but after the presentation of this years Award, her virtue and generosity will be a glowing inspiration to stir the conscience of each of us, to awaken us from our selfish slumber. This 2012 Magsaysay Awardee will be formally conferred the Magsaysay Award during a Presentation Ceremony to be held on August 31, 2012 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC). Each awardee will receive a certificate, a medallion bearing the likeness of the late President, and a cash prize.
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BEHEADING OF ST. JOHN FEAST
Catholics mark today the Feast of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist (San Juan Bautista), the precursor of Christ. Masses will be held by the hour from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. and at 12:15 p.m., 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. at the St. John the Baptist Parish (Quiapo Church) in Quiapo, Manila in honor of its patron. Commemorative rites, masses, and processions will also be held in many parts of the country, particularly in Catholic churches named in honor of the first century Jewish preacher. The Church commemorates the birth anniversaries of only two saints, the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist. Also known as the last of the Old Testament prophets, the liturgical commemoration of the Feast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist is as old as the feast of his nativity, which is celebrated on June 24 with more elaborate rites. (Christina I. Hermoso)
PAGASA Employees Get House Support

By CHARISSA M. LUCI
At least P700 million in Magna Carta benefits for employees of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) should be automatically included in the proposed P10.9-billion budget for the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) for 2013, lawmakers said yesterday. During a hearing on the proposed DOST budget of the House committee on appropriations, Bayan Muna partylist Rep. Neri Colmenares and Nueva
Viscaya Rep. Carlos Padilla said the Magna Carta benefits for PAGASA employees should be given in full. Much is expected from DOST. We always have typhoons and you are demanded to give weather reports by the hour, respond to disasters, among others. Why are these benefits up to DBMs discretion when it is provided by law? It was made into law so that these benefits will be automatically provided, Colmenares said. Magna Carta benefits, which include hazard pay, longevity pay, and subsistence allowance, are provided under the Republic Act (RA) 8439
or the Magna Carta for Scientists, Engineers, Researchers and other Science and Technology Personnel in Government. DOST Undersecretary Fortunato dela Pea told the House panel that the Magna Carta benefits have been withheld recently because the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) insisted that the funds should be sourced from the agencys savings. Dela Pea said they need P700 million to comply with RA 8439. It wasnt included in our budget. Instead of appropriating it [benefits], we are
asked to source it from savings. That is the system. But these days, it is impossible to have savings, because we are always asked to return the excess money, he said. Colmenares said that while allocating bigger funds for the conditional cash transfer (CCT), military modernization program and the PublicPrivate Partnership for infrastructure building, the Aquino government should also earmark a substantial amount to provide comprehensive benefits to weathermen, who have been usually blamed during times of disasters.
BINAY ATTENDS 16TH N.A.M. SUMMIT

Vice President Jejomar Binay left the country last night to represent President Benigno Simeon Aquino III in the 16th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit now being held from August 26-31 in Tehran, Iran. The VP left last night aboard Emirates Airlines flight EK333 which departed at 6:25 p.m. He was accompanied on the trip by former Senator Francisco Kit Tatad and Office of the Vice President International Affairs Head Narciso Castaneda. (Anjo Perez)
WEATHER IMPROVING
Typhoon Igme will move out of the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) by Tuesday evening, 24 hours after it re-entered the vicinity last Monday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said yesterday. Igme was at 285 kilometers north of Basco, Batanes on Tuesday morning with maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour (kph) and gustiness of up to 150 kph. PAGASA weather forecaster Meno Mendoza said Northern Luzon will experience gradual improvement in weather condition by Wednesday, as Igme veers away from the Philippine territory on Tuesday evening. Signal No. 1 remains hoisted over Batanes Group of Islands at 11 a.m., Tuesday. The typhoon is forecast to move north-northeast at 22 kph. (Ellalyn B. De Vera)
DINKY OPTIMISTIC
Social Welfare and Development Dinky Soliman expressed optimism that her departments proposed P55.97-billion budget for 2013 will be approved by the legislators. The DSWDs proposed budget for 2013 focuses on strengthening the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, Kapig-Bisig Laban sa KahirapanComprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services, Sustainable Livelihood, Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens, Supplementary Feeding Program, and other Protective Services so that more poor families will be reached and not be left behind, she said. (Ellalyn B. De Vera)
CALUNGSOD PAINTING
Contrary to what other people think, the official portrait of the Blessed Pedro Calungsod was not patterned after Filipino professional basketball player Ronald Tubid of Barako Bull Energy, according to Msgr. Ildebrado Leyson, who wrote a book on the life of Calungsod. There was this talk that the painting was based on a real person of Tubid. But (painter Rafael) del Casal will declare today whether he used a model or not, he said. (Leslie Ann G. Aquino)
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WASHINGTON (AP) The Pentagon is reviewing a copy of a soonto-be-published account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, checking for leaks of classified information. Pentagon spokesman George Little said Monday the Pentagon "received the manuscript and we are looking at it.'' The book, "No Easy Day,'' is scheduled for publication on Sept. 11. The author, a former Navy SEAL who participated in the raid, did not submit the book until now for pre-publication review that is required by the military secrecy agreements officials say he signed.
SAMIR MORCOS A picture taken on November 20, 2004, shows Egyptian Samir Morcos (C)posing for photographers with the President of the Bjoernson Academy Knut Oedegaard (L) and Kari Vogt, board member of the Academy, after he received the 2004 Bjoernson Prize on behalf of himself and his wife Vivian Fouad Fahmys work, in the Molde, Central Norway. Egypts Islamist President Mohamed Morsi appointed four presidential assistants on August 27, 2012, including Liberal Coptic writer, Morcos, as assistant for democratic transition. (AFP)
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) Couples from around the world are competing in the finals of Argentina's annual tango competition, the highlight of a two-week festival which this year honored Astor Piazzolla, the legendary composer who revived the genre and infuriated purists by blending tango with rock music in the 1970s. Piazzolla died 20 years ago but tango is still growing in popularity as a unique form of music, poetry and dance. A total of 357 pairs from 32 countries competed in the traditional Salon Tango competition, with 42 reaching Monday night's final. The winners get $8,600 dollars in cash, along with the respect of tango fans worldwide.
Egypt's Morsi Names Christian Assistant

CAIRO (AFP) - Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi named a liberal Christian, a hardline Islamist and a woman as assistants Monday as he sought to reach out beyond his power base in the Muslim Brotherhood to rival groups. Morsi's appointments, announced just before he left for China on a key trip abroad, were seen as a balancing act between Egypt's Coptic minority, which has felt threatened by Morsi's Islamist roots, and the Brotherhood's ultra-conservative Salafist rivals. Morsi wanted to give representation to ''all strands of political opinion and all components of society,'' his spokesman Yasser Ali said, announcing the appointments. Samir Morcos, a Coptic writer engaged in the dialogue between Islam and Christianity, was named ''assistant for democratic transition,'' in a gesture to the minority community which has been hit by mounting violence since the overthrow of veteran strongman Hosni Mubarak early last year. Morsi had pledged during his presidential election campaign to include Copts in his administration but the community was unhappy over the composition of the new cabinet sworn in earlier this month which included just one Copt; one of two women ministers, both in low profile posts. The Copts, who make up between six and 10 percent of Egypt's 82-million-strong population, were the target of sectarian attack under Mubarak too but dozens have been killed since his ouster.
BANGKOK (AP) A speed boat carrying dozens of foreign tourists near Thailand's popular resort island of Koh Phi Phi sank in abnormally rough seas, police and witnesses said. All 41 people aboard survived. The boat was carrying 37 Asian and European tourists and four Thai crew members when it sank Monday in the Andaman Sea, Marine Police Lt. Col. Panya Chaichana said. The boat was headed to Phuket, another popular tourist destination. Navy ships, fishing boats and other nearby vessels raced to the scene and were able to rescue everyone on board, Panya said. William Ihaka, a 43-year- old tourist from New Zealand who was among those rescued, told The Associated Press the experience was terrifying. "The sea was very rough ... the water kept coming over the front (of) the boat, and there was so much water coming over the front that the boat started filling up with water,'' Ihaka said. The crew "told us to put life jackets on, and about five minutes later, the boat sank. So we all jumped off. We were floating in the sea.'' Another New Zealander traveling with Ihaka, 39-year-old Elizabeth Hickey, said she was "scared and petrified.''
Angola Votes In Second Polls

LUANDA (AFP) Angola votes Friday for only the second time since its civil war ended a decade ago, with the incumbent ruling party expected to sweep the polls. The nation has transformed from one of the world's most desolate places to a fast-growing oil economy that sees itself as a regional player. As the election nears, brightly colored party flags drape across Luanda's streets, while on the sidewalks, volunteers like university student Jaime Cuanga stand with an iPad ready to help voters. ''We are here to help people find out where to vote,'' the volunteer for the National Electoral Commission said. Voters can show him their registration number, and he looks up their polling station on the tablet. Despite the modern sheen, only about one quarter of Angolans have access to electricity. Those disparities, between the promises of Luanda's new luxury high-rises and the shacks that sprawl out from the city, lie at the heart of the campaign. From many of the billboards beams the face of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, with his ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) party's slogan: ''Angola, growing more and sharing better.''
EXPLORATORY TALKS
BOGOTA (AFP) Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday confirmed that his government had begun ''exploratory discussions'' with leftist FARC rebels to lay the groundwork for a full-fledged peace process. ''Since the day my government took office, I have respected my constitutional obligation to seek peace, and we have undertaken exploratory talks with the FARC, to seek an end to the conflict,'' Santos said in a speech to the nation. Santos said Colombian forces would not halt their operations or reduce their presence nationwide while contacts with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia were continuing.
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JERUSALEM (AFP) Israel's president and justice minister announced on Monday they had set reduced prison terms of seven Israeli Arabs imprisoned for life for security offences committed in the 1980s. According to a statement from President Shimon Peres' bureau, ''the president and justice minister (Yaakov Neeman) accepted the special release committee's recommendations... to set (reduced) life terms sentenced to seven Arab security prisoners, citizens of the state.'' Each prisoner received shortened life terms ''of 30-45 years, each case according to its circumstances,'' the statement read.
MARS MISSION NASA Scientists comment on the layer of the base of Mount Sharp, the Curiosity rovers eventual science destination during a briefing at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California; Monday, August 27, 2012. The above image is a portion of a larger image taken by Curiositys 100-millimeter Mast Camera on August 23, 2012. From left: Dave Lavery, Program Executive for Solar System Exploration at NASA Headquarters, Mike Malin, Imaging Scientist for the Mars Science Laboratory, John Grotzinger, MSL Project Scientist, California Institute of Technology, Paul Mahaffy, NASA Goddard Space flight Center, and Dr. Chad Edwards, Chief Telecommunications Engineer for the Mars Exploration Program at JPL. (AP)
Can Curiosity Mars Mission Inspire Like Apollo Of The Past?

LOS ANGELES (AP) Neil Armstrong inspired millions with his moonwalk. Can a feisty robotic rover exploring Mars do the same for another generation? With manned missions beyond the International Space Station on hold, the spotlight has turned on machines. The newest, the rover called Curiosity, last week beamed home photographs of its first wheel tracks on the Martian soil since its daredevil landing this month. While it did not rise to Armstrong's "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,'' interest was so high in the rover's "seven minutes of terror'' approach to the red planet that NASA's website crashed. "There's something exciting about reaching another place in the solar system. If you think about the kind of interest the landing of Curiosity had, you get a sense of that,'' said Smithsonian Institution space curator Roger Launius. It wasn't on the same level as Armstrong's feat, ``but it was pretty darn exciting,'' he said. When Armstrong, then fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin, stepped on the moon on July 29, 1969, an estimated 600 million people watched and listened. "Virtually the entire world took that memorable journey with us,'' recalled Buzz Aldrin after Armstrong's death on Saturday. Early in the Space Age, the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo astronauts were the public face of NASA's space endeavor while the unmanned lunar missions that paved the way were in the shadows. The public craved adventure and the manned missions delivered. Aiming for the moon was new and exciting;not to mention dangerous. And the US was locked in a Cold War space race with the Soviets. Next, the space shuttle ferried a new crop of astronauts to low-Earth orbit, but after three decades of service, it became routine. And the Cold War thawed with the Russians and Americans cooperating on the Russian space station Mir and the International Space Station.
MOROCCO VISIT
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah is in Morocco on what's described as "special leave'' as the country's affairs are being run by the No. 2 to the throne. The official Saudi Press Agency gave no other details about the trip or any possible health issues with the 88-year-old monarch and major Western ally. The agency called the trip both a "special leave'' and "private vacation.'' Abdullah hosted a gathering of Islamic countries earlier this month and has kept a steady schedule of meetings before his departure late Monday for Morocco, where the Saudi royal family has a palace compound.
Myanmar President Announces Cabinet Reshuffle

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) Myanmar's president announced a major Cabinet reshuffle on Monday, a move analysts see as advancing the oncepariah nation's reformist agenda. The shake-up is the biggest since President Thein Sein's government took office from the former military junta in March, 2011 and launched a wave of dramatic reforms that have surprised the world and prompted Western powers to ease crippling sanctions. Rumors have swirled for months about a possible reshuffle. The announcement made late Monday on the president's official website said the overhaul affects nine of several dozen Cabinet posts. Some 15 new deputy ministers are also being appointed. Among the most prominent changes is the replacement of former Information Minister Kyaw Hsan, widely seen as a hard-liner. He was replaced by Labor and Social Welfare Minister Aung Kyi, who has also acted as a liaison between the government and pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The information ministry oversees local and foreign media and the film industry, and has supervised the approval of visas for foreign correspondents. Kyaw Hsan was kept in government, however, and appointed to head the Cooperatives Ministry. The presidential statement did not name all of the new ministers, but said several outgoing ministers; most considered reformists, would be moved to four new ministerial-level posts in the president's office. They include the ministers of finance, national planning and economic development, and Railways Minister Aung Min, who has played a key role in negotiating ceasefires with ethnic rebel groups.
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TAMPA, Florida, (AFP) Mitt Romney is set to fly to Florida on Tuesday, two days earlier than expected, as he seeks to prevent Tropical Storm Isaac from overshadowing his coronation as the Republican presidential nominee. In a surprise announcement, aides confirmed only that Romney would be in Tampa, but the expectation is that he will attend the convention as his wife Ann gives the primetime speech on the storm-delayed opening night. ''She's going to do terrific,'' Romney told reporters in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire as they emerged from a preparation session. ''I like my speech. I really like Ann's speech. Our sons are already in Tampa and they say it's terrific there, a lot of great friends, and we're looking forward to a great convention,'' the White House hopeful said. What was scripted as a raucous beginning to four days of choreographed political theater opened with a whimper on Monday as Isaac, poised to become a hurricane over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, hogged the spotlight. Forecasts put the storm on a direct path to hit New Orleans late on Tuesday, seven years almost to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city and killed 1,800 people in one of the country's worst-ever natural disasters. In Tampa, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus declared a recess to a largely empty hall less than two minutes after opening proceedings, saying thoughts and prayers must be with the people of the Gulf Coast. Thousands of jubilant delegates were to formally nominate Romney to take on President Barack Obama in the November 6 election. That roll call will now take place on Tuesday afternoon, possibly with Romney in attendance. Lying neck-and-neck with Obama in the polls 10 weeks before an election that should have been his for the taking given the sour economic times, Romney hopes to use the event to boost his image and win over undecided voters. Many Americans do not tune in until the convention season starts; Obama and the Democrats hold theirs next week in Charlotte, North Carolina, so Tampa provides Romney with a golden opportunity to reintroduce himself. ''For the Romney folks this is a chance to speak to a lot of voters who have only paid casual attention so far and will tune in to his keynote address on Thursday,'' Charles Franklin, politics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told AFP . ''Some will be looking for the first time, others will be reconsidering and open to some change,'' he said. The run-up to the convention was marred by incendiary remarks from Todd Akin, a Republican congressman
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seeking a Senate seat in Missouri, who suggested women's bodies spontaneously prevent pregnancy after a ''legitimate rape.'' The Romney camp; which roundly condemned the remarks, is anxious to get back on message, pressing the case that the former Massachusetts governor and successful businessman understands the economy better than Obama and knows how to get the country back on track. Ann Romney's speech will try to boost his likability by highlighting his human side, while former Olympians will take to the floor on Thursday to remind Americans that he saved the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics from bankruptcy. But the storm could still cast a pall over Romney's big moment, and he must tread a fine line between promoting his political ambitions and showing sensitivity to those in harm's way. ''In purely political terms, there is a lot competing for news attention, the convention versus this hurricane,'' said Diane Heith, associate professor of politics at Saint John's University in New York. ''The more significant the weather event, the harder it will be for Romney to get out the message the Republican party planned.'' Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, who was due to speak at the convention, was forced to stay home and prepare for disaster, while vice presidential pick Paul Ryan delayed his arrival in Tampa until Tuesday because of the storm. Romney aides promised the show would go on largely as planned after they frantically repackaged four days of events into three. Party officials stress that the main night-time speaking slots on Tuesday and Wednesday culminating in Romney's acceptance speech on Thursday after an introduction by rising Hispanic star Marco Rubio remain unchanged.
We wish the Officials of the Philippine Government, headed by President Benigno S. Aquino III and Vice President Jejomar C. Binay, Department of Science and Technology Secretary Mario D. Montejo, Department of Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda D. Baldoz, and Business Processing Association of the Philippines Chief Executive Officer Benedict C. Hernandez, all the best and success in all their endeavors. CONGRATULATIONS AND MABUHAY!
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012
PHILIPPINE BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING ACTIVITIES

HE report that the United States Senate has rejected an antioutsourcing bill comes as a welcome development for the Philippine business process outsourcing (BPO) industry. It is a win-win proposition for both Philippine and American companies. Outsourcing business ser vices to the Philippines helps make American companies more competitive and profitable, says the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP), the umbrella a s so ciat io n f o r t he inf o r mat io n technology (IT-BPO), ser ving as one-stop information and advocacy gateway for the industry. C i t i n g s t u d i e s , B PA P s a i d outsourcing has little impact on job losses; instead, outsourcing can free up resources to create more jobs at home. A study of the hiring practices of 2,5000 US multinationals showed that for every job outsource, nearly two new jobs are created in the US. T h e I T- B P O i n d u s t r y i n t h e Philippines has had robust growth; it recorded $11 billion investments and increased 638,000 jobs in 2011,
on track to meet its five-year target of generating $25 billion revenues by 2016. This year, the goal is to produce 126,000 new jobs and generate $2 billion in extra revenue. The Philippines holds a major portion of global outsourcing market, due to the English proficiency of Filipinos. Call centers in the Philippines count among its clients several giant multinationals. Pharmaceutical firms outsource their medical transcriptions in the country. The government offers tax incentives to BPO firms, including value-added tax and income tax exemption. We w i s h t h e O f f i c i a l s o f t h e Philippine Government, headed by President Benigno S. Aquino III and Vice President Jejomar C. Binay, Department of Science and Technology Secretary Mario D. Montejo, Department of Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda D. Baldoz, and Business Processing Association of the Philippines Chief Executive Officer Benedict C. Hernandez, all the best and success in all their endeavors. CONGRATULATIONS AND MABUHAY!
ALWAYS DO YOUR BEST AT HOME, IN SCHOOL, AT WORK, FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF FILIPINO PEOPLE.
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PRESERVE OUR HEIRLOOM H PUBLIC LANDS

By SENATOR MANNY B. VILLAR
DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST

heard him speak he was very much perplexed, yet he liked to listen to him. She had an opportunity one day when Herod, on his birthday, gave a banquet for his courtiers, his military officers, and the leading men of Galilee. Herodiass own daughter came in and performed a dance that delighted Herod and his guests. The king said to the girl, Ask of me whatever you wish and I will grant it to you. He even swore [many things] to her, I will grant you whatever you ask of me, even to half of my kingdom. She went out and said to her mother, What shall I ask for? She replied, The head of John the Baptist. The
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HIS is the third and final part of my series about selling public lands, our heirlooms. Its called asset sale or asset privatization which has been used as a tool of the Philippine government to generate revenues to cope with poor collections from traditional sources like taxes. The program helped the government to fulfil its mandate of serving the people through capital expenditures program and public services. And it also reduced, to a certain degree, the governments dependence on both domestic and foreign borrowings. But that period is over. At present, fiscal consolidation is on track, the deficit-to-GDP ratio is narrowing, and so is debt-to-GDP . Our efforts at putting our fiscal house in order, even amid uncertainties in the global economy, have caught the attention of international entities, including banks, multilateral institutions, and credit rating agencies. We have received several upgrades and we expect to achieve investment grade soon. Actually, financial markets and investors are already treating the Philippines as investment grade. So, given these developments, I believe we can now move from asset disposal to asset privatization. This is perhaps an appropriate time to declare what Id call an heirloom preservation program to emphasize the need to keep public lands, particularly those in Metro Manila, for use as parks, just like Central Park in New York City, probably one of the most famous parks in the world, that is seen by millions without going to the United States because it is often featured in movies, books, and all other print and visual media. Central Park, which initially covered 770 acres (about 3.1 square kilometres), was eventually expanded to 843 acres or about 3.41 square kilometres. Our Rizal Park is just a very tiny speck in comparison to it. Every year, more than 35 million people visit Central Park (more than nine times the tourist arrivals in the whole Philippines), and has served as model for many urban parks, including in Japan and in Europe. Central Park is unique in the sense that it sits on public property, but it is managed by the private sector, the Central Park Conservancy, which was founded by a group of dedicated civic and philanthropists to stop the parks decline in the 1970s and restore it to its former glory as the first and foremost major urban public park in the United States. The Central Park Conservancy has overseen investments of more
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EROD was the one who had John arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, whom he had married. John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brothers wife. Herodias harbored a grudge against him and wanted to kill him but was unable to do so. Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man, and kept him in custody. When he
REMEMBERING, AND NATIONAL HEROES DAY

Ang nag-iisa ay darami Benigno S. Aquino III
By AMBASSADOR JOSE A. ZAIDE
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N his third State of the Nation Address, President Benigno S. Aquino III said that he sees the country as a rice exporter in 2013. Once this is achieved, the Aquino Administration will focus on increasing domestic vegetable self-sufficiency. The government is putting in place interventions to assist vegetable growers, especially in the Ilocos Region and Mountain Province. Farmers are not only provided seeds,
but are helped with production facilities, irrigation systems and post-harvest equipment. Rural communities are being equipped with new approaches and methodologies to expand vegetable farming. The High-Value Crops Develop-
ment Program of the Department of Agriculture (HVCDP-DA) is identifying alternative areas that are less vulnerable to flooding and able to produce vegetables year-round such as Benguet, Nueva Ecija, and Bulacan. Farmers in rainfed croplands are urged to plant high-value crops, vegetables, and corn to improve farm productivity as well as help resolve malnutrition conditions.
HEY missed by 24 hours the interment of Manalastas Robredo. He should have been laid to rest on Monday, 27 August 2012, National Heroes Day. What is extraordinary about the man whom Nagauenos affectionately named Pogi is that he did the most ordinary thing, day-in, day-out, and made people around him believe they could do it. NOT ALL IS LOST: Pogi is the new benchmark for all Mayors and other public officials. If there is an international prize for gender equality, the Philippines should win it. We had two women Presidents and now a Lady Chief Justice. Only a third pillar of government, Legislature, remains a male preserve.
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THE 24TH SC CHIEF JUSTICE

By DR. FLORANGEL ROSARIO BRAID
HE elevation of Associate Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno as the 24th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the second to the youngest at 52, was met with mixed reactions. Primarily, because the President was expected to follow tradition which is to appoint the most senior member of the Supreme Court. But PNnoy had earlier expressed that his preference was someone who would focus on reforms. And Justice
Sereno was the right person for the job. In 1995, she conceptualized the Blueprint for Judicial Reform for UNDP that linked judicial reform to economic development with innovations such as mediation, case management,
enhancing dialogue with various sectors, among others. This became the Action Program for Judicial Reform, which will now be reviewed in the light of development changes. Her being at the helm of the Court for the next 18 years would assure us that the reforms will be sustained. Her supporters are enthusiastic to welcome a fresh wind, the triumph
When everyone (including this space) was looking elsewhere, President Benigno Aquino 3d chose Associate Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice. So what was he saying that he wasnt pleased with the JBC long short-list? Her credentials come shining through. But P-Noy has not given up on still signing on Leila de Lima in the Supreme Court as what one columnist calls his bastolero. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Our diplomats are our shock troopsour countrys the first line of defense and offense. And we need our topnotch diplomats most in Beijing. It is reassuring to hear that Ambassador Sonia Catumber Brady is recovering well from her second heart attack. She can soon return to the Philippine Embassy; but Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario should now backstop her with another strong professional deputy perhaps another lady professional (who was in the running) for an Amazon team? HEROES. Before OFWs were recognized as modern-day heroes, there were the Katipuneros and the Philippine Revolutionary Army (who are gone)and then the WW2 Veterans (who are fast diminishing). We should make haste slowly to secure the rightful benefits for WW2 veterans and not just the peanuts given to them. Oth(Contd on page 12)
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By FR. BEL R. SAN LUIS, SVD
GIRL related, When I was eight years old, my mother told me about sex, the birds and the bees. The next day a bee stung me and for seven months I thought I was pregnant! The moral: Teach children the proper and realistic way about sexual matters from attraction, affection, reproduction, to responsible parenthood.
*** A lady dentist confided to me the traumatic experiences of some of her patients, many of them students and young professionals, who became single mothers or resorted
to abortion due to unwanted pregnancies. If only these young women had known of the regrettable effects of these pregnancies, the sympathetic dentist said, they would have thought twice or more in yielding to pre-marital sex. ***
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A NEW CITY, A NEW METRO MANILA, A NEW FUTURE

(PART VIII) By ATTY. FRANCIS N. TOLENTINO
State of human development in the country ODAY I believe we need to ask ourselves the following questions: Where are we as a nation in the community of nations? How do we fare as compared to our neighbors, other similarly situated countries, and countries that have transferred their capitals and built new cities for their
capitals? Where are the problem areas for human development? The answers to these questions will crystallize the situation we are in right now and help us clarify as to whether moving our nations
capital by building a new city may be a positive step forward. Let us look at the Philippines placement in the Human Development Index (HDI) rankings of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The HDI measures the average achievements in a country in three
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By DAN LEVINE and POORNIMA GUPTA
TREATING SINUSITIS
By DR. GARY S. SY
ANY people flock to the state funeral of Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo. A sign of respect for a good public servant that others should try to emulate. *** The outpouring of sympathy and public support for Robredo is a tough act to follow, says Budget Sec. Butch Abad. An eye opener and a challenge for other Cabinet officials to work harder and be pro-people. *** Robredos full disclosure policy and sincere service are still
AN Francisco, California, United States (Reuters) In August, 2010, just a few months after Samsung Electronics launched its Galaxy smartphone, a team of Apple Inc lawyers flew toSouth Korea. Apple's late co-founder, Steve Jobs, had already told Samsung executives at a meeting earlier that summer that he considered the Galaxy S, based on Google's Android operating system, an illegal copy of the iPhone. But given the extensive business ties between the two companies Samsung is one of Apple's key component suppliers a negotiated solution seemed
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HE sinuses are air spaces in the bones around your nose. Sinusitis is an inflammation of the mucous membranes of the sinuses that fill the sinus cavities with pus and mucus. It is caused by a bacterial or viral infection. There are four open spaces within the bones of the skull that are part of the drainage system of the head. These are sinuses above the eyes (Frontal sinuses); to either side of the nose, inside the cheekbones (Maxillary sinuses); behind the bridge of the nose (Sphenoid sinuses); and in the upper nose (Ethmoid sinuses). Most cases of sinusitis affect the frontal and / or maxillary sinuses, but any or all of the sinuses may be involved, and each
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for a bitter, multi-country patent dispute that led to Friday's US jury verdict that Samsung had violated Apple's patents. The jury awarded Apple $1.05 billion in damages, which could be tripled as the jury found Samsung acted willfully. Samsung could now face a costly ban on sales of key smartphone and tablet products. Shares in Samsung the world's biggest technology firm by revenue tumbled more than 7 percent on Monday, set for its biggest daily percentage drop in nearly four years, wiping $12 billion off its market value.
most likely. The Apple attorneys were blunt: "Android is designed to lead companies to imitate the iPhone product design and strategy," read the second slide in their presentation. But the meeting did not go well, according to a person familiar with the case. Samsung attorneys bristled at being accused of copying, and produced a set of their own patents that they said Apple was using without permission. The meeting brought to the fore a fundamental disagreement between the two companies, and set the stage
2012 RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARDEES Photo shows (from left to right) Ambrosius Ruwindrijarto of Indonesia, awardee for Emergent Leadership, Romulo Davide of the Philippines, Chen Shu-Jiu of Taiwan, Syeda Rizwana Hasan of Bangladesh, Yang Saing Koma of Cambodia, and Kulandei Francis of India during the presentation of the awardees at the Ramon Magsaysay Building in Roxas Boulevard, Manila yesterday. (Ali Vicoy)
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of these parks in Metro Manila. Anyway, it would be interesting to know in a more detailed manner what has happened to our parks as well as public lands, ever since we went into a massive program of asset disposal to revitalize our economy. That disposal of assets, particularly of public lands, was a one-time gain, a non-recurring income. So the benefit was not for the long term. In my view, selling assets is the most inefficient way to generate revenues. Its indeed objectionable because it may benefit us now, but not our children and future generations of Filipinos. Let us all take care of our heirlooms and preserving them for the benefit and pleasure of those who will come after us, and at the same time preventing Metro Manila from becoming a concrete jungle! (For comments/feedback email to: mbv_secretariat@yahoo.com. Readers may view previous columns at www.senatorvillar.com)
than $600 million from private donors to run and care for the park. The area and facilities to take care of are astounding: 250 acres of lawns, 24,000 trees, 150 acres of lakes and streams, 130 acres of woodlands, 9,000 benches, 26 ball fields, 21 playgrounds, 55 sculptures and monuments, and 36 bridges. Park personnel must also collect tons of trash a year and remove graffiti 24/7, as well as provide services to other city parks. Im recalling all this because the Central Park Conservancy has extended its mission to help other parks not only throughout the US but also in other countries of the world. It has been providing technical management and funding advice, which made me wonder whether we have not sought the conservancys help regarding ways to improve, preserve and manage our own public parks. Alas, as I noted before in this series, I have some doubts judging by what I have seen happening to some
erwise we would not believe truth in advertising to replace every chicken in every pot France gave foreign conscripts the same benefits given to Frenchmen who fought in WW2 after the foreign conscripts sued the French government. Gurkas also won the right to reside in Britain after they sued Her Majestys government. The morale of the story: Fight for your country and for your Allies. But after the war, fight for your rights
all the way to the Supreme Court. BTW, the observance of National Heroes Day at Libingan ng mga Bayani was impressive with Filipino troops in rayodillo of the Philippine Revolution. Why do the Malacaang Presidential guards wear uniforms reminiscent of the Spanish Guardia Civil? The big news last Sunday was the Smart-Gilas team beating the US 7675 surpassing expectations by taking
the Jones Cup again after 14 years. This might be the weakest Philippine team, the least prepared, smallest. What it has got is a big heart, said coach Chot Reyes. It wasnt actually the least prepared. Some dropped out. But MVPs abiding support paid off. And he must be preparing the team for the Asiad in two years, and the Olympics in four. This it must be template for international competition. To win international competition, you have to work over a long period of time, day-in, day-out. Just like the ordinary life of Pogi. FEEDBACK: jaz_aide@ yahoo.com note on Robredo. The funeral started at 10 a.m. with a mass led by Jamaican priest Kulandairaj Ambrose who first met Robredo in 1992 when the former was seeking assistance for his missionary works in the country. Almost all of the Cabinet members were present, along with other government officials and popular personalities. After the mass, singers Isay Alvarez and Robert Sena performed three songs while the conferment of the Philippine Legion of Honor on Robredo. The casket was then brought out of the Basilica and was later rendered with departure honors. The funeral cortege then proceeded to the Naga Imperial Crematorium and Columbary. The President and members of the Cabinet, along with Robredos family, walked some 1.2 kilometers to reach the crematory. The state funeral concluded after a gun-salute and the presentation of the Philippine flag to the widow of Robredo. to other cremation process, said Imperial. On Saturday, at least three sofa-like chairs were already placed in front of the machine, intended for the immediate family of Robredo. Security was also tightened in the area since Saturday when the Presidential Security Group (PSG) taking over the security measures inside. The crematorium is some 1.5 kilometers away from the Basilica Minore de Nuestra Seora de Penafrancia and also a few kilometers away from the Eternal Gardens Memorial Park which was designated as final resting place for Robredo. Big Surprise It was a rainy day sometime in 1992 when Jamaican priest Kulandairaj Ambrose first met Robredo, then a mayor here. Yesterday, it was him who led the funeral mass at the Basilica Minore de Nuestra Senora de Penafrancia for whom he called a friend and defender of the poor. He said that he did not expect that his last mass in Naga City will be the funeral mass for Robredo. Ambrose, who heads a missionary which helps the poor, is expected to go back to Jamaica next week. by his life and death that every Filipino is worth dying for. To this great man, let us show our appreciation as we stand and put our hands together, Ambrose said in his homily. Ambrose said he never thought that his last mass before his next assignment would be his friends funeral mass. He also recalled Robredo, as mayor of Naga City for 19 years, personally checking on his constituents during typhoons and personally joining people in their daily life. In death as in life, Sec. Jesse is a man of the ordinary people. I am humbled and honored to do this for a friend, a great man, and a champion of the poor, he added. Ambrose said that in honor of Robredo, the Missionaries of the Poor will establish a free clinic for the poor. (With a report from PNA)
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spects on Robredo, saying it was mission accomplished for the loving family man, exemplary public servant, and a trailblazer in his governments straight and right path campaign. The President expressed optimism that his death would inspire a new generation of Filipino heroes. He has accomplished his mission in this world and it is fitting that he enjoys the rewards of having a complete and good life with the Lord, the President said in Filipino. Jesse is now with our fallen heroes watching over us from the heaven giving us strength to continue their good work, he added. Robredos Legion of Honor Award, with the rank of Chief Commander (Punong Komandante), was received by Robredos wife, lawyer Maria Leonor Leni Robredo, amid the applause and standing ovation from the public. The rank of Chief Commander is the highest rank in the Legion of Honor. Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Florencio Abad, who read the citation of the conferment, said the Legion of Honor Award bestowed on Robredo is in recognition for his achievements as mayor of Naga City from 1988 to 1998 and from 2001 to 2010 as well as in his capacity as DILG Secretary. Robredos true and transformative change had led to a revitalized city and a vibrant culture of transparency, accountability, and people empowerment, the citation read. For being a mentor to public servants who are likewise supportive of change; for choosing to tread the straight and righteous path even at the risk of political persecution instead of taking the easy and crooked road of the unprincipled; for institutionalizing a virtuous cycle in the Department of the Interior and Local Government by establishing a full disclosure policy and seal of good housekeeping in local governments, it added. Robredo was likewise honored for his virtues of simplicity and genuine servant leadership, citing how he had shun away using his power for personal gain. For being an exemplar of principled committed leadership regardless of personal cost or danger, thereby making him a man of outstanding life achievement deserving of the highest recognition the President of the Philippines can confer, the citation read. President Aquino said the people who benefited from the life and service of Robredo must now repay his works and contribute to nation-building. With the outpouring love and praise
for Robredo, I am sure there will be a generation of Filipinos that will give inspiration and serve in the name of Jesse, he added. At the start of his eulogy, the President admitted that it was difficult to accept the passing of Robredo after his plane crashed off the waters of Masbate on August 18. When a massive search and rescue effort was launched for Robredo, Aquino had hoped that the DILG chief would suddenly come out and apologize for his late arrival. His family lost a husband and a father. The country lost an honest and competent servant leader. I have lost a brother in my official family, an ally in our causes and a party mate. I have lost a good friend, the President said. The President also praised Robredo as a model public servant who always served the people and was ready to sacrifice for them. Jesse was a trailblazer in the straight and narrow path. He proved that one can succeed in politics without becoming a traditional politician, he said. Robredos favorite songs, My Way and Impossible Dream were also the trademark of Robredos public service, according to Aquino. He was not content with the status quo. He proved that change and reforms are possible, he added. Despite all his achievements, Robredo also kept a simple life and was not tempted by trappings of power and fame, according to the President. Apart from being good, straight and competent, Robredo was also a government official who worked fast and efficient. On Jesse, what you see is what you get. He was a silent and hardworking official, Aquino said. Even in the face of backstabbing reality in politics, Aquinos said he was impressed at Robredo who showed good manners in dealing even with people who have shown him ill. On the citizenship issue that hounded Robredo, Aquino said Robredo was not angry at the groups behind such baseless and politically-motivated case. He also remembered the fond times with Robredo, especially when the cabinet gathered for dinner and sing-along events. He said Robredo, not confident about his singing voice, often looked for someone to sing with. His smile was biggest when he is onstage. He kept laughing, he said. Aside from telling about Robredos governance style, Aquino also recalled how Robredo loved and cherished his family despite the busy schedule at the Department of Interior and Local Government.
dent Benigno S. Aquino III. He was never fearful of his life, he was always ready to face his Creator, she added. In fact, Jesse had always believe that he would die young and Leni believe that it was because at his age, he had already been blessed so much, starting with his family and the chance to be a mayor for 19 years and later a member of Cabinet. But amid the power, perfect and glamour that come with the position, Leni said her husband is not used to enjoying them all and would choose to be a simple family that he wants to be. For instance, the state funeral and the conferment of Philippine Legion of Honor would make Robredo shy away and say Sobra, sobra na ito, according to Leni. I know he would shy away from excessive praise... but allow us to celebrate your life in a manner we think you
deserved to be honored, said Leni. Leni also expressed gratitude to all the people who had helped them, including Cabinet members and President Aquino who have been very supportive of them starting when the plane crashed two weeks ago. She also thanked divers and volunteers who conducted the search and rescue to recover the cadaver of her husband. You pushed yourselves beyond limit of physical and mental abilities to rescue him the intensity of your dedication become a beacon of hope and comfort for those of us waiting for him to come home, said Leni. But in her speech yesterday, Leni said her husband is truly home already with his Creator. The Basilica Minore de Nuestra Senora de Penafrancia were filled with mourners, mostly wearing yellow and white shirts with picture and thank you
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hours to make this place presentable for the cremation of Secretary Jesse, Imperial told the Manila Bulletin. We could have turned it down, but it was Jesse. Thats the least we could do to honor him, he added. And Imperial said they really had no reason to turn the request down because aside from being a family friend, it was Robredo who named what he described as the first crematorium in Bicol and among the most modern in the country. Imperial recalled that when he was still applying for the necessary local permits to open the NICC located in Barangay Balatas, here, Robredo requested that the citys name Naga be included in the facilitys trade name. He said the establishment was originally to be named after their family, but Robredo suggested that it be called Naga Imperial Crematorium and Columbary. The 7,800-square meter NICC was supposed to have a soft opening in November this year but had to rush things up to contribute in the granting of Robredos wish of being cremated. He lauded Mrs. Leni Robredo and her three children for showing strength despite suffering the most from the loss of the cabinet secretary. He noted that the strength of the Robredo family helped the nation to get through the tragic loss. Towards the end of his eulogy, Aquino said the death of Robredo reminded him of the death of his father, the late Senator Benigno Ninoy Aquino Jr. that inspired many people, including the secretary. If Jesse was one of the fruits of the sacrifices of my father, I am sure that new heroes will rise from the death of Jesse, he said. Aquino also tried to uplift the nations spirit, saying it must now wipe its tears and thank for being blessed with the life of Robredo. After the mass and the conferment ceremony, the casket of Robredo was
Robredo was supposed to grace the soft opening. He will be the first to be cremated in our facility. Deep inside, I was really sad, and I wish it were not him, said Imperial. As of early morning on Tuesday, Imperial said some of their workers were still in the area for the finishing touches, what with the presence of ranking government officials led by no less than President Aquino. White Ash Boasting of the most modern crematorium facility, Imperial said the ashes of Robredo would be color white, compared to regular cremation process when the ashes are greyish in color. We will be using liquefied petroleum gas so it is an assurance that the ashes will be white, said Imperial, adding that diesel-fed crematorium machines do not achieve the same color. Imperial said the P5-million cremation machine was imported from the United States and had just been installed recently. The entire process of cremation is one hour which is faster compared brought out of the church and transported to the Funeraria Imperial for the state funeral. The military gave full departure honors, including a 19gun salute, while the national anthem played. The President joined the Robredo family in following the hearse to the Funeraria Imperial for the cremation. The state funeral rites ended when Aquino gave the Philippine flag that draped Robredos casket to his wife. Fr. Kulandairaj Ambrose, one of the priests who led the concelebrated requiem mass, called the late official as a man of the masses and champion of the poor. Ambrose of the Missionaries of the Poor compared Robredo to the late Ninoy who showed that the Filipino is worth dying for. Today, another great Filipino, Secretary Jesse Robredo, has shown
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FISHERS RESCUED
CAMP JUAN, Ilocos Norte Two fishermen who sent a distress signal when their boats engine conked out in high seas off Ilocos Norte on Saturday have been rescued, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported yesterday. Senior Petty Officer Ernesto Floresca, commander of the Coast Guard Station in Currimao, Ilocos Norte, said Marcelo Gervacio and his son-in-law, Ralph Aldrin Delgado, both of Barangay Ablan, Burgos, Ilocos Norte, were rescued the other day by fishermen from Fuga Island, which is part of Aparri in Cagayan. Big waves carried the fishermens damaged boat to waters near Fuga Island. (Freddie G. Lazaro)
Whirlwind Wrecks Houses In North

By FREDDIE G. LAZARO
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union At least 20 houses were destroyed or damaged when a whirlwind swept across three barangays in this city shortly after noon on Monday, the Office of Civil Defense in Region 1 reported yesterday. In his report to the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC), OCD Region 1 Director Melchito Castro identified the barangays affected by the whirlwind as Ilocanos Sur, Ilocanos Norte, and
Poro, all in this city. The whirlwind occurred around 12:30 p.m., causing wreck to 10 houses in Barangay Ilocanos Sur; three houses in Barangay Ilocos Norte; and seven more in Sitio Tawi-Tawi, Barangay Poro, said Castro. Apart from totally destroying several of these houses, the whirlwind also wrecked a motorized banca and street lights on its path. The assessment of the damaged houses is still going on, said Castro, but an initial estimate put the cost of destruction at P200,000. One resident, a certain Gerald
Lomboy, 18, was reportedly injured, the OCD report said. Meanwhile, classes from preschool to high school had been suspended in some areas of the province battered with heavy rains since Monday. These include the areas of Bauang, San Juan, and San Fernanado City, said Governor Manuel Ortega following the alert from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) that typhoon Igme had maneuvered back to the country. (With a report from Liezle Basa Iigo)
13 PH-Made Vessel Delivered To London
By JONAS REYES
BETTER SERVICE
ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal To be an effective public servant, true to their sworn duty as government employees, city hall workers here have been required to attend seminars on strategic performance management. This came as the City Human Resource and Management Office started conducting a Strategic Performance Management System (SPMS) seminarworkshop. Employees, including department heads, program heads and supervising administrative officers and/or personnel involved in the preparation of performance evaluation were the first to attend the workshop last weekend. Staff from the social, economic and finance services followed in a bid to further improve city halls service to the public. (Nel B. Andrade)
PEACEMAKERS
TABUK CITY, Kalinga Military troopers from the 5th Civil Military Operations Battalion of the 501st Infantry Brigade conducted a youth leadership training at a barangay here, once a stronghold of the New Peoples Army (NPA). 1Lt. Abdul Waleed Agcaoili said the summit was held at Barangay Dupag to unite the indigenous youth work for community development instead of entertaining thoughts of joining the armed struggle which is now becoming a thing of the past. Under the theme, Kabataan Nasa Atin Ang Pagbabago, 15- to 24-year-old youths gathered to train on peace-making, environmental management, and promotion of cultural heritage. (PIA)
TOPLESS The force of a whirlwind that swept across three villages in San Fernando City, La Union last Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, is shown in the damage absorbed by this house which lost its roof in Barangay Ilocanos Sur. (Erwin G. Beleo)
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT, Zambales A bulk-carrier vessel worth $60 million was delivered by Korean shipbuilding company Hanjin Heavy Industry and Construction Co., Ltd.-Philippines (HHIC-Phil) to a British-Australian client during its naming ceremony held inside its facility in Redondo Peninsula, here. The M/V RTM Cartier, named after a French explorer and the second vessel purchased by Rio Tinto Shipping Ltd., measures 299.9 meters and weighs in 204,000 deadweight metric tons. On the ships send- off to its homeport is London in the United Kingdom (UK), HHIC-Phil President Jin Kyu Ahn commended the collaborative efforts and professionalism of those involved in the successful completion of the vessel. This new ship is equipped with modern technology and embodied the excellent craftsmanship of Hanjin shipyards Filipino workforce, Jin said. This is the second vessel delivered to Rio Tinto as it also purchased its first vessel from Hanjin, the M/V Cook, a 204,000 deadweight metric tons bulk carrier, with an estimated value of US$ 60,000,000 and was delivered by the Korean shipbuilder on May, 2012. The momentous event was witnessed by HHIC-Phil senior officials, Rio Tintos top executives, and representatives from classification society Lloyds Register.
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Warning On High Food Prices

PARIS (AFP) High and volatile food prices are here to stay and countries need to ensure they have sufficient stockpiles, the head of the UN food agency said in an interview on Monday. Food prices will remain elevated and will be highly volatile in the next 10 years, Food and Agricultural Organization chief Jose Graziano da Silva said in an interview with the French daily Le Monde. To ensure food security and face up to higher prices, each country should ensure they have stocks to cover their needs for between a week and a month, he added. The FAOs Food Price Index, a monthly measure of changes in a basket of food commodities, shot up six percent in July, with drought sending prices of corn and wheat soaring. Graziano said the situation is not as threatening as in 2007-2008 when soaring food prices triggered riots, as the price for rice, which is the largest staple, remains steady. He estimated that international coordination had improved thanks to an initiative to increase transparency on agricultural markets brought about by the Group of 20 top economies. France, Mexico and the United States were due to hold a conference call on Monday to discuss whether to call under the aegis of the G20 a meeting to plan responses to the rising prices. The first convocation of this forum shouldnt be interpreted as a sign of panic, but the desire for better coordination, said Graziano. He urged countries to discontinue using food crops such as corn to produce fuels, but said such a problem could be avoided in the future as the biofuel technology advances and nonfood crops are increasingly used. In Stockholm, Da Silva said global food security starts with ensuring access to water. There is no food security without water security, said Da Silva in Sweden, which is hosting the annual event organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). With crop growing hampered by the effects of pollution and climate change, agriculture must become more efficient and fairer, he said, adding that nations all over the world need to produce more with less and manage water resources well. The conference, whose theme is water and food security, also heard from Swedish Cooperation Minister Gunilla Carlsson who urged the business world to find fresh ideas and new partners to help improve food security.
N.G.C.P. ASSURANCE
DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan The National Grid Corporation of the Philippine (NGCP) assured yesterday that power transmission in Pangasinan and the entire of North Luzon are being serviced well. NGCP Spokeswoman Cynthia Alabanza said there is not much reports of pilferage or power outages in North Luzon as compared with the south where systems losses are a big threat to their operations. Alabanza explained to the Pangasinan media that NGCP continues to improve its transmission of electricity from the countrys power generators to the distributors in order to provide affordable electricity for every household. (Liezle Basa Iigo)
SUMULONG TILT
ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal Juan Sumulong, who may well be this citys most illustrious son, will be honored tomorrow at the Antipolo National High School through oratorical and essay writing contests participated in by students. Rizal Governor Casimiro Junjun A. Ynares, III, and Department of Education (DepEd) officials will grace the occasion. The contest is being organized by the Sumulong College of Arts and Sciences in a bid to highlight the provinces heroes, promote nationalism and love for the Filipino language, and improve the skills of students. (Madelynne Dominguez)
fully decline of these well-meaning requests for interview. She assured media practitioners that various units of the SC will engage with media and the general public in providing information from the court. The new Chief Justice also said that we will seek on how to best respond to the needs of media for accurate and timely information. The first lady Chief Justice whose term of office would end on 2030 when she reaches 70 years old attended her first full court session yesterday morning as the SCs presiding officer. Twelve of the 13 other SC justices attended the full court session. Only Justice Presbitero J. Velasco Jr. who is on a wellness leave, failed to attend the session. In declining media interviews, Sereno said she had to address two very important concerns. The first was how to demonstrate my instinctive preference for treating with fairness the requests coming from all legitimate media personalities. The second was the implication on the constitutional role of the Supreme Court and the judiciary if the Chief Justice were to give several interviews, she said. According to Sereno, the judiciary is not a political branch of government and its role is unique among all the public institutions. It is constitutionally designed to be deliberate, accurate, sober, and carefully balance before arriving at its decisions and in the presentation of such decisions, she said. She assured that the Supreme Court will act with due speed in discharging its role, but the outcome of all of its actions must be clear, categorical, and not easily given to change. It must thus exert effort to minimize susceptibility to misinterpretation, she added. Meanwhile, Malacaang belittled criticisms hurled against Sereno. Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said the appointment of Sereno as the new Chief Magistrate is an opportunity to prove her critics wrong. Lacierda said that whether the criticisms are coming from within or outside the judiciary is already irrelevant as the new Chief Justice was already sworn in.
Critics had said that Sereno had bypassed senior colleagues in the Supreme Court. I think those attacks are really water under the bridge. The appointment has already been made. She has taken her oath and whether its coming from the judiciary or not, they have to deal with the new Chief Justice, Lacierda said. Its not going to sway anyone from removing her from the position of Chief Justice. The constitutional prerogative of the President in appointing Chief Sereno has been exercised, he added. Lacierda also urged Serenos critics to help conduct reforms in the judiciary instead of making criticisms. I think the critics would have a better way of channeling their frustration instead of criticizing anonymously Chief Justice Sereno. The best thing they can do is to work toward helping Chief Justice Sereno implement the reforms that are badly needed in the judiciary, he said. The Palace official said Sereno was chosen by President Aquino to head the Supreme Court because of her past court decisions and her principles, among others, urging the public to let Sereno prove her worth. (With a report from Madel R. Sabater)
Enrile To CJ: Address Complaints

By HANNAH L. TORREGOZA
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile yesterday urged newly appointed Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno to improve the quality of service in the judiciary and look into the chief complaints that have been hounding the Supreme Court. Enrile, who led the historic impeachment trial of Serenos predecessor, former Chief Justice Renato Corona, said he wishes to see that the administration of justice in the country improves in the years the Supreme Court (SC) is under the helm of the first female chief justice of the Philippines. When she has the time to show what she can really do for the judiciary, I hope she will really be able to improve the administration of justice
in the country especially the courts because they are unlike before, Enrile said. During my time, the judicial body except the Supreme Court was under the Department of Justice. I am quite familiar with the level of the performance of the judicial system at least in my time. Now it is under the Supreme Court, the Senate chief added. The judiciary was transferred under the control of the SC under the 1987 Constitution, but Enrile said there are complaints about the way justice is being administered in the country, especially the rendition of decisions. Of course, you cannot satisfy everybody. There are always complaints but it is I think correct to say that this should be looked into in order to erase any doubt in the minds of the public
that justice in this country is not evenly administered, he said. Enrile also shrugged off rumors of disenchantment among other associate justices who frown on Serenos appointment because of her age and gender. In the case of the first lady Chief Justice of the country, first of all, any person, whether male or female, can be a Chief Justice of the country. The training is the same for men and women in the law schools, there is no distinction. So we will see as we move on, Enrile said. Meanwhile, Anakpawis Party-list members and farmers from Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac made an urgent assignment to Sereno to break-up the land monopoly and distribute the Hacienda Luisita to farmersbeneficiaries. (With a report from Charissa M. Luci)
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Negros Child Labor Cut Vowed

By MARS W. MOSQUEDA JR.
P.C.B.1 LAUNCHED
BORONGAN, Eastern Samar (PIA) Philippine Health Insurance (PhilHealth) President and Chief Executive Officer Eduardo Banzon met with Borongan women during the program launch of the Primary Care Benefit I (PCB1) package of PhilHealth here Aug. 28. He said todays PhilHeath program is different from previous ones because the Aquino administrations vision is different. President Benigno S. Aquinos vision is so different that he does not only see PhilHealth as a program, it is more than that, more than just a right, it is universal health care, Banzon said. He said it is important that every indigent is enrolled with PhilHealth and gets a card so that he will no longer worry about his access to a medical care program.
CEBUS SCRUMPTIOUS STREET FOOD Hanging rice, locally known as puso, and fried pig intestines are among the major bestsellers in street-side food stalls in Cebu City such as this one shown in the photo. Customers sit side-by-side to eat cheap but tasty food in this food stall which opens only at night in Lahug. The stall is known locally as pungko-pungko. (Cheryl Baldicantos)
S.F.D.E.O. DONATION
CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar (PIA) The Samar First District Engineering Office (SFDEO) in Calbayog City joined the nation in observing the 34th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation (NDPR) recently, donating three pairs of crutches to predetermined beneficiaries Angelo Gorgonia, Erika Cortado, and Nelson Flores. Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) personnel here also attended a lecture/forum on Republic Act (RA) 9442, an act amending RA 7277 otherwise known as Magna Carta for Disabled Persons at St. Camillus Social Center. Tessie Q. Mumar CSWDO focal person discussed the privileges of Persons with Disability (PWDs) and discounts in different establishments, purchase of medicine, medical/dental services, land/sea/ air travel and purchase of basic commodities.
Iloilo Power Firm Slashes Rates

ILOILO CITY, Iloilo (PNA) - The Panay Electric Company (PECO), energy distributor of Panay Energy Development Corp. (PEDC) energy distributor, Panay Electric Company (PECO) has reduced its electricity rate. PECO vice president for operations, Randy Pastolero said the recent 47-centavo reduction per kilowatt-hour was already the third power reduction effected by PECO this year. He said the current decrease is much bigger compared to previous reductions of 31 centavos last July and 35 centavos last June. With the current decrease, residential consumers should now be paying almost R11.10 per kilowatthour much lower with previous charges of more than R13.00 per kilowatt-hour, he said. Pastolero said the last rate adjustment is due to the reduced cost of power sources particularly PECOs main suppliers, its sister firms Panay Energy Development Corp. (PEDC) and Panay Power Corp. (PPC). PEDC operates a 164-megawatt coal-fired power plant and supplies 65MW to Iloilo City while PPC runs a diesel-fired power plant supplying 15MW to PECO. The two plants, which are located in Iloilo Citys La Paz district, are both owned by the Metrobank Groups Global Business Power Corporation. Pastolero said consumers could be expecting still another round of adjustment on September.
Detailed Central Visayas Geohazard Map Out By 2014 MGB 7

By PHOEBE JEN INDINO
JOURNALISTS WORKSHOP
BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occ. (PIA6) The Philippine Information Agency will conduct a campus journalism seminar-workshop themed Convergence Journalism for high school staffers September 4-6 at the Grand Regal Hotel here. Participants will be oriented on the concepts of development journalism and other forms of writing, hone their skills in writing, reporting and editorial management skills, and concepts of the principles of convergence and on-line journalism. A laptop and camera are required for each publication. Interested parties can call the PIA here at 4353933, text 09209459381 or email piabacolod@yahoo.com not later than September 30. A R1,500 registration fee will be charged.
CEBU CITY, Cebu - An official from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau in Region 7 (MGB 7) disclosed that Central Visayas will have a more specific geo-hazard mapping with the scale of 1:10,000 by 2014. Abraham Lucero, MGB 7 senior science research specialist/ geologist said for this year the agency is doing the mapping for Negros Occidental and Cebu provinces. It can be recalled that some 81barangays in one city and three towns
in Negros Oriental first underwent the said geohazard assessment and mapping last May to June. The priority in the densification project include 30 barangays in Dumaguete City, 24 barangays in Valencia, 14 barangays in San Jose, and 13 barangays in Sibulan. Lucero said the current focus of the mapping are those areas which have high susceptibility ratings both for landslide and flooding. Meanwhile, MGB7 Regional Director Loreto B. Alburo explained that the densification of geohazard and climate change maps is among
the major projects to be implemented this year by the MGB. The assessment team will then be issuing appropriate warnings and geohazard advisories to be received by any barangay official so that they can begin initiating measures to reduce possible impacts or effects of these geological hazards, Alburo added. Details that can be found in a 1:10,000-scale geohazard map include parameters or features in the area that may affect ground stability and the type of landslides that can possibly occur in the area.
MABINAY, Negros Oriental At least five local government units in the province of Negros Oriental have expressed commitment to a program that aims to reduce the number of child laborers working in sugarcane plantations here. The municipalities of Mabinay, Manjuyod, Sta. Catalina, Siaton, and Tanjay City have committed to support World Vision's Pag-aaral ng Bata para sa Kinabukasan - Livelihood, Education, Advocacy and Protection (ABK3-LEAP) program to reduce the 1,990 child sugarcane plantation workers. The ABK3-LEAP project aims to assist 52,000 children and 25,000 families across 11 provinces in the country namely Batangas, Camarines Sur, Capiz, Iloilo, Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, Cebu Leyte, Bukidnon, North Cotabato and Davao del Sur. ABK 3 project director Daphne Culanag said the LGUs will receive assistance over a period of four years providing direct education and support services for children aged 5 to 17-years-old in sugarcane areas. The LGUs pledged to strengthen and make the Barangay Council for the Protection of Children (BCPC) functional to promote childrens rights and programs. They intend to provide technical assistance on organic farming and skills enhancement for sustainable livelihood and employment for parents and the youths. Culanag said a workshop was recently held to discuss strategies of interventions from LGUs to reduce incidence of child labor and improve the socio-economic well-being of assisted families. Focus barangays for ABK3 include Abis, Bagtic, Pantao and Tara in Mabinay; Alangilan, Maaslum and Mandalupang of Manjuyod; Canaway, Casalaan, Napacao and Tayak in Siaton town.
R4-B New Cebu Projects Bared

By MALOU M. MOZO
DUMAGUETE ROADSHOW
DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental (PIA) The Foundation for Communication Initiatives, Inc. (FOCI) is set to hold a Fully-Abled Nation (FAN) Day national roadshow in Dumaguete this September to increase active participation of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the 2013 elections. FOCI Managing Director Criselle Capistrano said the FAN advocacy campaign is implemented by the Asia Foundation (TAF) with support from the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)s Disability-Inclusive Elections program. FOCI will visit cities in the country where PWD concentrations are located, including Legazpi, Cotabato, Davao, La Union, Iloilo, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and Dumaguete City.
By TARA YAP
Iloilos Kinaray-a-English Dictionary Launched

ILOILO CITY, Iloilo - Retired Brigadier General Vicente Pangantihon has launched the Kinaray-a-English Dictionary in hopes of reviving pride in the native dialect of Antique province in Panay Island. With thoughts of preserving the dialect in mind initially, the 69-year-old Antiqueo started compiling Kinaray-a words when he retired in 1997. However, he said the dictionary has evolved into a tool that can be used to strengthen ethno-linguistic pride while recognizing and respecting the countrys diverse dialects. Pangantihon said it is imperative to have in-depth knowledge of the dialect also spoken in certain parts of Iloilo and Capiz provinces to stop relying on foreign scholars to translate old documents. Initially, Pangantihon found it a challenge to start the project as Kinaray-a words have a schwa vowel sound, which did not exist in the Roman alphabet. His daughter Guada Sol later told him of , the symbol for schwa in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Pangantihon adopted it for Kinaray-a words having a schwa vowel, which can be written as spoken.
DURANO RECOMMENDED
CEBU CITY, Cebu (PNA) Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has suggested that former Tourism Secretary Joseph Durano of Cebus fifth district be counted among those being considered as replacement for the late Jesse Robredo as Secretary of Interior and Local Government. Durano, a lawyer, is a member of the Liberal Party. He was congressman of Cebus fifth district before former President Gloria Arroyo appointed him to head the Department of Tourism. Rama said he called up President Benigno S. Aquino IIIs close-in aide, Atty. Jun Delantar, Monday to suggest the inclusion of Duranos name in the list of candidates for DILG secretary.
MILITARY MAN AS LINGUIST- Retired Brigadier General Vicente Pangantihon has launched a Kinaraya-English dictionary, Kinaray-a being the native dialect spoken by locals in Antique province in Panay Island. (Tara Yap)
CEBU CITY, Cebu Cebu-based real estate developer, Cebu Landmasters Inc., (CLI) has pipelined four new residential and commercial projects in Cebu next year that will incur the company some R4 billion in capital expenditure. CLI President and Chief Executive Officer Jose Soberano III bared these four projects include 10-hectare and five-hectare residential developments in both southern and northern Cebu, respectively; a R750-million 20story office building on a 1,500 square meter property within Cebu IT Park; and the second tower of Baseline Residences, which will have a commercial component. Soberano said CLI's residential projects are positioned to cater the low to mid-income market with unit prices ranging from as low as R150,000 per unit to as high as R3.5 million. The best time to make decisions for developers to build properties and for buyers to buy homes is now. Strike while the iron is hot," Soberano said. He downplayed rumors of a housing glut amid the mushrooming of more real estate projects in Cebu, saying these are just speculations triggered by fear, considering that the country still has a huge backlog in the economic and middle market segments. Soberano said the low interest rate, strong domestic liquidity, huge housing backlog and strong inflows of remittances prompted CLI to be aggressive in building projects in Cebu, which he described as an ideal destination for employment and education.
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LIVELIHOOD AID
MATI, Davao Oriental The provincial social welfare and development office (PSWDO) here is monitoring the implementation of a government livelihood assistance project among 54 former leftist rebels that earlier laid down their firearms to start new life. Provincial social welfare officer Sarah Gudes said her office wants the Comprehensive Local Integration Program (CLIP) to benefit former communist combatants to make them effective partners in attaining peace and productivity in the province. Gudes said each of the 54 former rebels received P50,000 cash assistance to bankroll their respective micro-livelihood ventures identified under the CLIP. (Ali Macabalang)
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CAWA-CAWA BOULEVARD The Cawa-Cawa Boulevard, also known as the R.T. Lim Boulevard, is one of the attractions of Zamboanga City, where visitors can have an opportunity to view the colorful vintas of the Sama tribe. (Nonoy E. Lacson)
COMPUTER FAIR
ILIGAN CITY (PIA) The School of Computer Studies of the Mindanao State UniversityIligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) here will be hosting the Iligan City Computing Fair 2012 (ICCF) from September 19 to 21. Anchored to this years theme A Decade of Enjoying and Sharing Computing, the 10th ICCF encourages participants from the academe and government offices here, as well as the neighboring areas and from the industry and business sectors to participate in the events, enrich their experiences, gain knowledge, skills and views on information and communications technology (ICT).
Peace Projects Benefit 3 Towns

By MALU CADELINA MANAR
TAGUM CITY (PIA) The provincial government of Davao del Norte has partnered with the Supreme Court (SC) in pursuing the Enhanced Justice on Wheels (EJOW) program in the province. As the High Court rolls out the EJOW this year, the province was again chosen to host the program, and for the third time, according to City Executive Judge Rowena ApaoAdlawan. Through the EJOW, various services were made available at the Provincial Capitol here, including Court Hearings and Mobile CourtAnnexed Mediation, Information Dissemination for Barangay Officials, Jail Visitation-Medical/Dental Services and Legal Aid, and Dialogue with Supreme Court Justices and Officials. In his short message during the activity, Davao del Norte Governor Rodolfo del Rosario expressed appreciation to the privilege the Supreme Court gave to the province with the program.
OPERATION SMILE
LABANGAN, Zamboanga del Sur The Armys First Division, in partnership with the Alpha Phi Omega and other civic groups, ended Monday its four-day Operation Sweet Smile at its headquarters here, serving 78 children with cleft palates or cleft lips. The venture was launched Friday with the joint sponsorship of the Maharlika Foundation and the Southern Zamboanga Alumni Association, said Lieutenant Colonel Cornelio Arboleda, 1st ID chief of staff for civil military operations. Arboleda said military and civilian specialists reconstructed the palate or lip deformities of at least 78 children and young adults belonging to poor families to provide them better feeling when smiling. (Ali Macabalang)
KIDAPAWAN CITY Some P27 million worth of peace projects will be implemented in at least three conflictaffected towns in North Cotabato, an official said. According to John Kevin Camarinas, regional community development specialist of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS), the beneficiaries of the projects include the towns of Libungan, Pikit, and Arakan all in the province of North Cotabato in Southwest Mindanao. The projects will be implemented under the Kalahi-CIDSS of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in partnership with
Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) under its Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA). Of the amount of P27 million, P12.6 million will be allocated to Pikit town, P8.4 million to Arakan, and P6 million to Libungan. The towns are considered conflict areas, and among the poorest in North Cotabato, data showed. Camarinas said the projects are aimed at alleviating poverty and ensuring peace and security in the community. The projects, according to DSWD in Region-12 (DSWD-12), will be identified by the beneficiaries after six months of social preparation, which include orientations and consultations in the barangay (village) and municipal levels.
Under the program, each village from the three towns will get P300,000 as grant, the DSWD-12 said. The Kalahi-CIDSS is a community-driven development project where communities and their local government units are trained to choose, design, and implement sub-projects that address their most pressing need. The project is aimed at improving the responsiveness of their local government to community needs, encourage communities to engage in development activities, and deliver benefits to villagers. The towns are already among the beneficiaries of the governments conditional cash transfer (CCT) or the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), also being implemented by the DSWD-12.
Devt Projects
CAMP BANCASI, Butuan City The area command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) ordered field unit commanders to protect at all cost all development projects, particularly the road to economic development in Northern Mindanao and nearby regions. The command center of the AFPs Northern and Northeastern Mindanao Fourth Infantry (Diamond) Division (4th ID) also ordered the 401st, 402nd, 403rd brigade commanders and all operational control (OpCon) unit commanders to step up the security operations of their respective infantry battalions in an effort to extend protection to various development projects currently undertaken by government and private firms. The higher command of the 4th ID issued the directive Tuesday after six Backhoes were burned allegedly by members of the New Peoples Army (NPA) in Barangay Kagumahan, Kinoguitan, Misamis Oriental, Sunday evening. Major General Victor A. Felix, 4th ID commander, alleged that the perpetrators were members of guerrilla-Front Committee 4-B of the CPP-NPA North-Central Mindanao Regional Party Committee. (Mike U. Crismundo)
GROUP EFFORT
KORONADAL CITY (PIA) The town of Kabacan in North Cotabato empowers its K5 group drive or Kilusan tungo sa Kapayapaan, Kalinisan, at Kaunlaran sa Bayan ng Kabacan that focuses in monitoring the criminality and other detrimental incidents in the said town. K5 president David Don Saure Sr. said the organization was formed in 2009 and continues its endeavor in encouraging more people to cooperate and be part in solving the problems of the town. He said an assembly was conducted recently for the formulation and discussion of strategic plans.
Harmonized Endeavor
BUTUAN CITY The local government unit (LGU) officials, Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officers (DRRMOs), Regional Line Agencies (RLAs), and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) started their convergence effort in an aim to implement the disaster risk reduction mitigating measures in Northeastern and Northern Mindanao regions. These LGUs, DRRMOs, RLAs, and CSOs have forged their alliance in order to harness alliance building and initiate convergence towards a harmonized effort in the development, administration, and proper management of the northeastern and southern Mindanao river basin program. The collaborative approach that was formalized last week aims at building disaster-resilient local communities and governments. Several programs were also added to the disaster risk reduction regional forum during the collaborative workshop here last week. This collaborative effort was an offshoot, and one of the series of activities on disaster preparedness initiated by the late Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo in order to prepare communities during times of disasters. (Mike U. Crismundo)
COCONUT FIBER Sulu 1st District Representative Habib Tupay Loong shows a bundle of coconut coir, which can be used to produce various products like floor mats, doormats, brushes, and upholstery padding, among others. (Nonoy E. Lacson)
ROAD PROJECTS
DAVAO CITY Repair works on two streets here that started in February will be finished in September, the new Region11 director of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH-11) assured Monday as it appealed for commuters understanding on the inconvenience caused by the rehabilitation project. Engineer Mario Alquiza, upon assuming the DPWH-11 top post lately, ordered workers to speed up yet ensuring durability standard in the rehabilitation on busy streets of Manuel L. Quezon Boulevard and Rafael Castillo here. The target completion date at that area on Quezon Boulevard will be on September 24, while in R. Castillo it will be on September 30, he said. (Ali Macabalang)
Job Opportunities For Kalamansig Folk

KORONADAL CITY (PIA) At least 327 residents of Kalamansig in Sultan Kudarat have already started working under the emergency employment program of the Region-12 office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-12). According to the DOLE-12, the employment beneficiaries were victims of the June 11 flash flood and storm surge that affected at least 15 barangays (villages) in the area. Charmaine Dawn Ladot-Sonsona, DOLE-12 labor communications officer, said DSWD-12 Director Chona Mantilla recently turned over checks amounting to P2,013,000 to the local government unit (LGU) of Kalamansig through Mayor Rolando Garcia. Of the amount, P1,522,500 was allotted for the wages of 251 displaced workers as masons and laborers in the concreting of municipal roads and drainage canals. They will be paid P250 and P200 per day, respectively, for 30 days. The remaining P490,500 will be spent for the employment of 76 persons whose jobs as laborers, masons, steelmen, carpenters, and foreman in the construction of a two-storey building. These emergency employment projects of the displaced workers, Sonsona explained, is implemented under the DOLEs Tulong Panghanapbuhay para sa Ating mga Disadvantaged Workers. Under the scheme, the DOLE-12 provided the full amount for the labor requirements, while the LGU identified the displaced workers who will participate in the emergency employment project. Meanwhile, the DOLE-12 is waiting for the release of additional P742,080 for emergency employment in the adjacent Lebak town, which was also battered by storm surge and flash-flood on June 11. At least 158 displaced workers will be given jobs in the various construction projects, like the Municipal Disaster Operations Center, drainage canals in Poblacion I, Poblacion III, and Barangay Tibpuan, and the small water impounding project at Sitio Capior in Barangay Barurao I.
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Ateneo Takes On FEU Today
By jonAs terrAdo
games today (Mall of Asia Arena) 12 noon La Salle vs UST 4 p.m. FEU vs Ateneo
Ateneo coach Norman Black is demanding a proactive approach from his players as they renew their brewing rivalry with Far Eastern University today in the 75th UAAP basketball tournament at the Mall of Asia Arena. The Blue Eagles (7-1) are out to give Black something to be proud of after a lackluster 73-66 win over University of the Philippines on Saturday as they hope to extend their mastery of the Tamaraws (7-2) in their 4 p.m. showdown. We definitely have to play better this time. Its going to be a tough outing for us, said Black, who wasnt satisfied with the way the Eagles performed against the Maroons the last time. It took the Eagles more than three quarters to beat the Maroons. Gritty University of Santo Tomas (7-2), buoyed by its 17-point comeback win against National University on Sunday, and streaking La Salle (5-3) clash at 12 noon with both squads hoping to firm up their standings.
Fireworks mark the arrival of the Paralympic flame outside the Wales Millennium centre in cardiff, Wales. the 14th Paralympic games will start tomorrow in london. (AP)
Tickets for both games will be sold separately to accommodate fans who want to watch the game of their favorite teams. Meantime, the league will determine the fate of UPs Chris Ball and his teams 63-48 win over University of the East on Aug. 19 when the board members convene in a special meeting at the same venue. Ball, an American from California, failed to submit in time his Alien Certificate of Registration (ACR), a requirement for foreign players. The deadline lapsed last Aug. 19. UP however, requested for an ex, tension caused by unforeseen delays and will present Ball's ACR in todays meeting. The Maroons win over UE, which ended a 15-game losing skid dating back to last season, will likely be forfeited should the league decides to impose the deadline ruling. Ateneo and FEU meet for the first time since Aug. 18, when the former rallied from a 12-point first half deficit to secure a 74-71 win at the SmartAraneta Coliseum. That victory was the defending champions seventh-consecutive win against FEU dating back to 2010 but
the Tams, coming off Sunday's come-from-behind 76-68 downing of Adamson, is too determined to end the losing skid. Kailangan ma-limit namin BlAck yung fouls. Mahirap talagang kalabanin ang Ateneo dahil nandun si (Greg) Slaughter, said coach Bert Flores, referring to the Tamaraws recurring trouble of committing fouls every time they face Ateneo. Rugged power forward Arvie Bringas, one of the heroes of Sundays comeback, is also keen on neutralizing Slaughter, saying: Tatrabahuhin namin siya. The last time UST and La Salle collide was on Aug. 4 when the Tigers grabbed an 84-82 double overtime win on Aljon Marianos baseline jumper in the dying seconds. Mariano, who has been superb after missing out all of last season with an injury, also scored a game-winning basket in Sundays 58-57 overtime win over NU.
ROS, Tiu Sign 3-Year Accord

Rabeh Wont Be Traded Capacio
By WAylon gAlvez
Sport Is My Teacher dumapong

As a young Ifugao growing up in an institution for children with disabilities, sport was sort of an escape for Filipino Paralympian Adeline Dumapong-Ancheta. As it turned out, it has become more to the power lifter than that, saying sports have become her good teacher. Dumapong-Ancheta made history as the first Filipino Paralympic medallist, winning a bronze in womens weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics. She is again part of the Philippine Paralympic Team competing in the London 2012 Paralympic Games from 29 August to 9 September. The lessons that she has learned from it have been applicable to other areas of her life persistence, resilience, teamwork and more. Sport has also paved the way for me to do my country proud in my own little way. But the medals that I have won along the way are just the icing on the cake of unforgettable life experiences that sport has given me, she said. However, she hopes that her experiences and achievements will inspire other persons with disabilities to make a difference like what she did. Im now looking forward to competing in the London Paralympic Games. It will be my fourth time competing in the Games, and may very well be my last as I plan to retire in 2014, she added. Every host country brings its own unique flavor to the Games, and in London I expect no less than a high level of competition that will break and set many records, she added. Competing in the event is not only tough but also exciting. The event, she said, is also about making new friends and just revelling in the fun and excitement that the Games are sure to bring. The London event, she added, offers a unique opportunity to bring about a change in the way people think, feel and behave towards disability and disability sport. My personal goal is to use sport as an avenue for raising awareness on the plight of persons with disabilities, and to eventually gain acceptance and equality. Being into sport can be the first step towards being in the mainstream of society, she said.
Rain or Shine has affirmed its trust and confidence on Chris Tiu, selected seventh overall during the PBA draft two weeks ago, and plans to sign him up today to a three-year deal worth P8.55 million, the maximum allowable for a PBA rookie. Tiu joins the other top picks who have been signed by their respective teams and given the maximum rookie salary. These include Junmar Fajardo (No.1), Alex Mallari (No.3), both of Petron, Cliff Hodge (No. 4) of Meralco, Aldrech Ramos (No. 5) of B-Meg and Chris Ellis (No. 6) of Ginebra. No. 2 pick Alvin Abueva of Alaska will sign after the NCAA tournament where he is playing for San Sebastian College. According to ROS insider, Tiu will receive P150,000 a month in his first year, P225,000 in the second year and P420,000 in the third year. Won game bonuses as well as other incentives such as when teams reach the playoffs, semifinals and finals are not disclosed in the contract and usually is a private agreement among players and teams. Bonus is also given to players with personal achievements such as winning the MVP and inclusion in the Mythical Five. Tiu attended the Elasto Painters first practice last Monday but did not join the scrimmage and drills and only did some shooting. The former Ateneo star and Smart Gilas veteran is still recuperating from a left hamstring injury. After nearly a year of inactivity, Tiu appeared to be raring to go.
Im excited, of course, said Tiu. Unfortunately I wasnt able to join the practice. But looking at the plays theyre running, I think its simple, I can adjust to the system of coach Yeng Guiao. Its basic, but every move has a sense, has a purpose. Tiu said he will be ready by next week, together with the other regulars including Smart-Gilas II members Gary David, Gabe Norwood and Jeff Chan, who were given extra days off after returning to the country Monday. In other PBA developments, Global Port coach Glenn Capacio shot down reports which appeared in this paper that former rookie of the year and 2010 No. 2 overall pick Al-Hussaini is on the trading block while Ronjay Buenafe of ROS was traded to Meralco in exchange of a first round pick in 2014. Global Port was said to be gunning for Talk N Texts Japeth Aguilar and was planning to offer Al-Hussaini and Francis Allera in exchange for Aguilar. You seldom see a player that has the talent of Rabeh so we will stick with him, said Capacio. He will blossom into one of the dominant big guys in the league, that is our main mission. Capacio sees Rabeh at center combining with JV Casio at point guard and prolific shooter Gary David in his up tempo system. Its good to have that kind of combination, you have one player hitting from afar and one who has the promise of becoming the king of the paint, said Capacio.
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Banal Ready vs Thai Rival

By nick giongco
Pondoyo Triumphs
University of Cebus Cristian Klent Pondoyo hurdled his last two matches then held off a charging top seed Tristan Frech Ibaoc to nail the boys kiddies crown while No. 1 Glysen Derotas of University of San Carlos dominated the girls side in the 2012 Shell National Youth Active Chess Championship Visayas leg at SM Cebu Event Center in Cebu City Sunday. Pondoyo, who forced a three-way tie for the lead with No. 2 John Balbona and Jeffu Dorog of USC after five rounds, including a victory over Ibaoc, downed Dorog at resumption but fell to John Balbona in the next before scuttling James Balbona and Vincent Lim to finish with eight points in the nine-round Swiss system tournament. Ibaoc recovered from his fifth round loss to Pondoyo, beating John Balbona, Ace Loquez, Lim and Michael Canizares to likewise pool an eight-point total. But Pondoyo took the title with a superior tiebreak score with Ibaoc settling for runner-up finish and a berth in the grand finals next month. John Balbona wound up solo third with 7.5 points while Dorog and Chris Pondoyo shared fourth place with seven points. Derotas, meanwhile, stamped her class in the girls 14-and-under category, trouncing Biazza Diaz, Nicole Flores and Ira-Jade Tenerife in the last three rounds to complete a seven-game sweep in the tournament sponsored by Pilipinas Shell and sanctioned by NCFP .
AJ Banal is not fazed by the prospects of locking horns with Thai banger Pungluang Sor Singyu in their showdown for the vacant World Boxing Organization bantamweight title on Oct. 20 at the Mall of Asia Arena. He wont be using his legs (to kick me), said Banal yesterday referring to his Thai foe, who used to be a practitioner of Muay Thai before taking up Western-style boxing. Banal said he has Sor Singyu all figured out and is looking forward to claiming the title vacated by Mexican Jorge Arce before his countrymen. I am training hard and is very focused, said Banal, who has a 42-1-0 win-loss-draw card with 27 knockouts. Sor Singyu, who sports a 28-1-1 with 20 knockouts, is eager to get into the ring as well and when told about Banals plan to send him to dream-
land, he just shrugged and dared the Filipino to do just that. Well see, well see, said Sor Singyu, through interpreter and handler Michael Do. Banals trainer, Edmond Villamor, doesnt think the fight is going the distance of 12 rounds. Nine rounds at the most, said Villamor. This will be Banals second attempt at a world title after being stopped by Panamanian Rafael Concepcion in July 2008. The Banal-Sor Singyu headliner will be dubbed Pinoy Pride, the regular boxing show of ABS-CBN and ALA Promotions. ALA Promotions executive Chad Canares said he expects a night of fistic fireworks at the 18,000-seat venue. Seeing action in the undercard will be veteran puncher Rey Boom Boom Bautista and rising stars Genesis Servania and Jason Pagara.
thailands Pungluan sor singyu (left) and Aj Banal will dispute the vacant WBo world bantamweight title on oct. 20 at the Mall of Asia Arena. (Bob dungo jr.)
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huey, PAl in u.s. oPen
Fil-American Treat Huey and British partner Dominic Inglot will face unseeded Americans James Blake and Sam Querrey in the opening round of the US Open doubles which starts today. Huey and Inglot, ranked No. 37 and 50 in doubles, respectively, are bracketed in the upper half of the draw that includes the top-picked pair of Max Mirnyi of Belarus and Daniel Nestor of Canada, third-seeded Robert Lindstedt of Sweden and Horia Tecau of Romania and fifth-ranked Leander Paes of India and Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic. It will not be the first time that Huey and Inglot will meet the fancied tandem. At the US Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Texas last April, Huey and Inglot settled for the runner-up finish behind Blake and Querrey after losing 7-6 (14), 6-4. kristel satumbaga
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Federer Rolls On; Kim wins

NEW YORK (AFP) World No. 1 Roger Federer launched his quest for an 18th career Grand Slam title by defeating American Donald Young 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 on Monday to reach the second round of the US Open. The 31-year-old Swiss star, seeking a record sixth title on the Flushing Meadows hardcourts, showed the form he used to win last month at Wimbledon and two weeks ago in Cincinnati by advancing in only 94 minutes. That lifted Federer to 22-0 in night matches at Arthur Ashe Stadium before a typically raucous New York crowd. Being back in New York as World No. 1, it's crazy and I enjoy it, Federer said. It definitely brings out the best in me. The crowds are incredible. For me I hope we can keep it going out here. Olympic champion Andy Murray, who beat Federer for London gold, battled into the second round while defending women's champion Samantha Stosur, top seed Victoria Azarenka and third seed Maria Sharapova cruised in their openers. Three-time US Open champion Kim Clijsters stretched her US Open win streak to 22 matches while Czech fifth seed Petra Kvitova and Chinese ninth seed Li Na also advanced on a day where rain halted play for more than two hours. Top seed Federer broke Young in the eighth game of the match and held to claim the first set in 27 minutes and then broke him three times to claim the second after only an hour on the court. Young delivered a final-game fightback before falling on Federer's third match-point opportunity, after which the winner said he felt pressured at times by Young, who ended a 17-match losing streak only last week. Even Federer, who next faces Germany's Bjorn Phau, can feel some first-match tension against an opponent who should fall with ease. Britain's third-seeded Murray, still seeking his first Grand Slam title, struggled at times in dispatching Russia's 73rd-ranked Alex Bogomolov 6-2, 6-4, 6-1. Murray put a scare into his supporters by clutching his left leg after a point in the fifth game of the final set but blamed the problem on cramping after being pushed throughout the match, which lasted two hours and 15 minutes.
ArMstrong BAn
LOS ANGELES (AFP) Dick Pound says even Lance Armstrong's staunchest US supporters couldn't brush aside the investigation and subsequent lifetime cycling ban handed down by an Americanbacked anti-doping agency. The good thing about this is it's a made-in-America conclusion, said Pound, the former head of the World Anti-Doping Agency. Pound says in order for Armstrong to be branded a dope cheat in his homeland, the probe and penalties needed to be spearheaded by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). The biggest thing about all this is it's a US organization that did the investigation and laid the charges and it is coming up with the sentence. If it happened in Switzerland or something like that the United States wouldn't have believed it at all. What doesn't happen in the US never happened. Pound says Armstrong knew he was in a no-win situation and that is why he made the decision to drop his fight against the drug charges levied by USADA.
roger Federer acknowledges the cheers after defeating donald young, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4, in the first round of the US Open in New York. (AP)
Sandugo Sweeps 1st Round Elims

By kristel sAtuMBAgA
games on Friday (ninoy Aquino stadium) 2 p.m. Cagayan vs FEU 4 p.m. Navy vs Army 6 p.m. Sandugo vs Ateneo
MAsco run
The Manila Sports Council, in cooperation with Subterranean Ideas, is staging the 2012 Run Against Dengue, presented by Tempra, an advocacy run on Roxas Blvd. in Manila on Sept. 23, aimed at helping in the fight against the deadly disease. The advocacy run is a social marketing collaboration among stakeholders from the private sector, government and NGOs. Registration is now ongoing at the MASCO office, Manila City Hall. Listup at Toby's branches at the SM Mall of Asia, SM Manila and SM San Lazaro, begins on Sept. 1. Interested participants may call Subterranean Ideas at 504-5990 (landline), 0916-2246221 (Globe), 0923-3323737 (Sun) or 09282618028 (Smart).
Sandugo-San Sebastian had an easy time in disposing Far Eastern University, 25-8, 25-23, 25-13, yesterday to complete a five-game sweep of the first round eliminations of the Shakey's V-League Open at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium. Jang Bualee fired all his 14 points on kills and fellow Thai spiker Utaiwan Kaensing added 13 hits for the fancied Sandugo volleybelles who handed the FEU their fifth straight defeat in as
many outings. Sanduogo coach Roger Gorayeb, however, was far from being satisfied. Mahaba pa ang liga, said Gorayeb. At least habang nagtatagal umo-okay naman yung cohesion ng team. FEU was in the game only in the second set when it briefly led ,22-21, before it fizzled out as Suzanne Roces and Bualee combined forces to spark their comeback. The Tamaraws of coach Nes Pamilar never recovered since then. Meanwhile, Cagayan Valley hardly flexed its muscles in posting a 25-14, 25-14, 25-9 win over Philippine Navy
yesterday to close out its first-round campaign on a high note. The Rising Suns cooled off the Lady Sailors through the effort of Sandra delos Santos who was not only sharp in offense but also deadly on the defensive end. That enabled the Rising Suns to finish the round with a 3-2 card which is good for third place s far. Delos Santos, the star spiker of Perpetual Help, exploded for 19 points highlighted by 11 kills and seven aces in a game that lasted a little over an hour. The 20-year-old Delos Santos was particularly hot in the third frame as she nailed four aces in a mighty 13-0 salvo for
a commanding 15-2 advantage. She was ably supported by Jennifer Manzano and Royse Tubino who also had some fine moments early on. Navy dropped to 1-4. Mahirap magsalita. Alam naming medyo mahina sila, pero hindi kami pwedeng mag-relax dahil beterano na ring mag-isip ang mga players nila, said Cagayan coach Mike Rafael. In all, the Rising Suns sizzled with 53 kills out of 94 attempts, converted seven blocks from 27 tries and had a total of 10 aces. The Lady Sailors, in contrast, had only 15 kills from 77 tries, two blocks from 32 attempts and a lone ace from Kiteh Rosale.
Aunzo, Pal Pace davao Pro-Am

D A V A O C I T Y Fe rdie Aunzo and Monchit Mackay used a solid backside stint to fire a two-under 70 and wrest a two-stroke lead over three othAunzo er teams at the start of the P1-million Davao National Pro-Am Presented by Samsung and Emcor here yesterday. Starting out on No. 10, Aunzo, who honed his talent and skills at the Apo layout, and Mackay bucked a bogey on the par-5 14th with birdies on Nos. 15, 16 and 18 before settling for an even 36 at the front for that 70 in the alternate-shot format event. Jhonnel Ababa, another homegrown pro, matched par 72 in his team-up with Benjie Leparto as they forged a three-way tie for second with the Paul Mioza-Francis Morilla and Albin Engino-Edsel Tan tandems in the 54-hole tournament top electronics firm Samsung and leading retail business corporation Emcor. Tony Lascuna and Elmer Salvador, the top two fancied pros in the 107-team field, struggled with over par scores and will need to rebound in the last two rounds to get a crack at the top P172,000 purse. Salvador, winner of two legs on the local circuit, including the Aboitiz Invitational in Cebu last month, failed to get his game going with partner Ryan Gotan and wound up with a 77 from nines of 38-39 while Lascuna, the local tours current Order of Merit leader, never recovered from a bogey-bogey start at the back with Den-Den Castro, hobbling with a 78 from rounds of 38-40. Frankie Mioza also sputtered in his tandem with Ting Castillo in the foursomes as they combined for a 76 on two 38s for a share of 16th place. Unfancied Miguel Ochoa, meanwhile, got a big boost from his partnership with top amateur John Kier Abdon as they pooled a 73 to trail Aunzo and Mackay by just three in a tie with the pairs of Boboy JaraulaReymond Jaraula and Christopher delos Santos-Kim Tae Woo.
wakeboard Tourney
The Philippines makes its debut in the global Wakeboard scene as it hosts the prestigious 2012 Cable Wakeboard World Championships on Nov. 6-11 at the Deca Wakeboard Park in Clark in Angeles, Pampanga. Around 300 riders, led by bets from powerhouses Germany, Austria, Korea and Thailand, are expected to converge at the new, world-class facility established by 8990 housing development corporation. The venue, which will compliment and compete with the highly popular Camsur Watersports Complex, boasts of a Rixen German made cable system with a 5-corner design layout with all the obstacles sourced from Germany to ensure world-class and the ultimate wakeboarding park riding experience. The elite field is expected to showcase their tricks as they slug it out for top honors in the Int. 6 Star Event (1000 points) sanctioned by the International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (IWWF). "We are leaving no stone unturned as we prepare for our first hosting of the world championships," said J.V. Borromeo, chairman of the Waterski and Wakeboard Association of the Philippines, during yesterday's PSA Forum at Shakey's Malate.
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Speaker Feliciano Sonny Belmonte has donated P50,000 as a financial assistance to the Thailand-bound national team. The team will see action in the Asian Baseball championship slated next month. The Filipinos will be up against host country, Malaysia, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Myanmar, host of the 2013 Southeast Asian Games. clyde Mariano.
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DASMARIAS The Central Colleges of the Philippines Bobcats are back on the winning track in the 11th Universities and Colleges Athletic Association (UCAA) mens basketball tournament. They held their ground in the dying seconds to pull off a 74-69 win over the Philippine School of Business Administration Jaguars yesterday at the Ugnayang La Salle gymnasium here. Sunny Valdez got a pass from Romnick Dalisay in the last 3.8 seconds and drove in for key basket, sending the Bobcats to their fifth win in eight games.
FCVBA Rules ASEAn Vets Meet

Filipino-Chinese Veterans Basketball Association (FCVBA), in another memorable performance, dominated the 21st ASEAN Veterans Basketball Tournament by winning two more titles Sunday at the National Indoor Stadium in Brunei. Inspired by its victory in the 40years category, FCVBA, backed by Welcoat House Paints Terry Que, Ironcon Builders Jimmi Lim and Freegos Edward Tio, also stamped its class in the premier 50 and 60years to rule the three-division event for the second straight year. With former University of the East star Julio Cruz, Kenneth Yap and Elmer Reyes at the helm, FCVBA outclassed the host team, 88-69, to extend their reign to four despite the absence of head coach Edward Tio. Joel Yap called the shots in the absence of he amiable mentor. We struggled early but Cruz started to make his shots in the second quarter, said Jimmi Lim, head of the delegation. Elmer was still good. In the 60-years-and-above, FCVBA, mentored by Jake de Guia, unleashed a torrent of fastbreaks in the second half to beat Philippine Chinese Friendship Basketball League (PCFBL), 6852, through the inspired plays of Zotico Tan, Ching Ka Lee and Que. PCFBL started hot with former PBA Alex Tan leading the assault but got tired out because of the defense of Lee and Que and sniping of former PBA great Lim Eng Beng and Bong dela Cruz. Achit Kaw and former UE mentor Lawrence Chongson led the 40s.
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P/$ RATE CLoSES AT P42.295/$1
The peso exchange rate closed lower at P42.295 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp. (PDEx) from P42.165 last Friday. The weighted average rate depreciated to P42.309 from P42.162. Total volume amounted to $705.7 million
PAL Places Order For 54 Airbus Aircraft Worth $7 Billion

By EMMIE V. ABADILLA
MARKET & INVESTMENT
7-YEAR BoNDS FETCh 4.75%

The Bureau of Treasury decided at an auction yesterday to issue new seven-year treasury bonds due August 2019 with a coupon of 4.75%. Total tenders reached P24.69 billion, more than double the P9 billion offered by the BTr during the auction. Government bonds are sold at par.
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has placed a firm $7 Billion order with Airbus covering 54 aircraft, part of the 100 aircraft total required for itself and Air Philippines in the next three years, PAL President Ramon S. Ang announced in a press conference yesterday. The aircraft deal is the biggest to date in Philippine history. It consists of single-aisle A321s and widebody A330-300s, the latest HGW (High Gross Weight) models. The first batch of aircraft are being
ordered under a major fleet modernization program at the airline with deliveries starting 2013. The single aisle A321 aircraft are being purchased to enhance the airlines product offerings on domestic and regional routes, as well as support alliances with partner airlines. The A330s will be operated on higher demand regional routes and longer range services to the Middle East and Australia. PAL will announce engine selections for all the aircraft at a later date. PAL is financing its Airbus purchase from international banks and
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June Imports Increase By 13%

By RhEA SANDIquE-CARLoS (Dow Jones)
Aug. INFLATIoN SEEN 2.9%-3.8%

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said yesterday it expects August inflation to be in a 2.9%-3.8% range, due to higher food prices following monsoon rains, increases in utility rates and a weaker Philippine peso. Inflation in previous months has mostly fallen below the BSP target range of 3.0%-5.0%it was 2.9% May and 2.8% in June, though it rose slightly in July to 3.2% due to higher commodity prices. In a text message to reporters, BSP Governor Amando Tetangco said Augusts price increases would be shortlived. Our expectation is that, as in the past, price increases in selected vegetables and fish as a result of supply disruptions from natural calamities will be temporary, he said. Still, he expects inflation this year and next to accelerate to within the central banks target range due to the Philippines robust growth momentum. (Dow Jones)
Philippine imports posted doubledigit growth for the second month in a row in June, buoyed by a recovery in inbound shipments of electronics goods, which are mainly used to manufacture electronics products, the countrys main export item. Imports in June rose 13% from a year earlier to $5.10 billion, due to higher shipments of transport equipment, steel, industrial machinery,
electronics and telecommunications equipment, the National Statistics Office said yesterday. From a month earlier, imports were down 5.3% from $5.39 billion in May. Imports in June last year were at $4.50 billion. Electronics imports rose 27% on year to $1.46 billion, which Emilio Neri, an economist with Bank of the Philippine Islands, attributed to the restoration of the countrys trade with Japan. Shipments to and from Japan were disrupted following a massive earthquake and tsunami in March
last year. Compared with May, electronics imports were up 1.2%. Were still enjoying base effects from the disruption, notes Mr. Neri. But since the growth is due mostly to base effects, we cannot expect the strong external numbers to be sustained at this level, he said, adding a slower growth could be expected in the last quarter of the year. Still, the governments import growth goal of 12% for the year remains achievable, Mr. Neri added.
LoCAL ShARES CLoSE SLIghTLY uP

Local shares rebounded slightly at closing yesterday on expectations of a better second quarter growth date to be announced tomorrow. The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) closed 32.27 points or 0.63% higher at 5,175.62 in heady volume. A total of 4.2 billion shares valued at P4.85 billion were traded with 82 issues advancing, 68 declining and 44 unchanged.. Investors could be waiting for the GDP data to determine whether they should remain invested or whether it would justify higher valuations, said April Tan, research head at COL Financial. Most active shares include PLDT, off 3.1% at P2,670, Ayala Land, off 0.2% at P420.20 and Metropolitan Bank, up 0.7% at P93.45.(Dow Jones)
Citi Survey
Filipinos High In Financial Quotient

Filipinos scored an all-time high of 52.6 out of a possible 100 points in the latest Citi Financial Quotient (Fin-Q) Survey, passing the 50-point mark for the first time since the survey was launched in 2007. The Citi Fin-Q Survey is an annual survey designed to measure the Financial Quotient or financial well-being of consumers. All respondents were over 18 years of age with either a bank account or a major credit card. The Filipinos high Fin-Q score can be credited to a better understanding of money management, according to the survey. Fifty-nine percent feel they have a good or very good understanding about money management and personal finances. This also explains why 94% reported attempting a monthly budget, the highest number across all countries participating in the research. In this latest survey, respondents were scored on 11 different questions closely related to financial well-being for a maximum possible score of 100. The questionnaire consisted of over 50 questions and covered a range of topics closely related to financial decisionmaking and smart financial habits. Citi conducted the survey through research firm Big Picture Qual and Quant Research in late 2011, and results were released this year. The
ASIAN SToCKS END TRADE MIXED

HONG KONG (AFP) Asian shares were mixed Tuesday as fears about the eurozone and a slowdown in China were offset by hopes the US central bank chief would this week outline steps to boost the worlds biggest economy. Trade was light with little in the way of trading cues after US stocks ended mixed on Monday and the London stock exchange was closed for a public holiday. Tokyo fell 0.57 percent, or 52.10 points, to 9,033.29.
goLD PRICES RISE SoME MoRE

NEW yORK (Reuters) The price of gold is at its highest level in four months as anticipation builds ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernankes speech later this week in Wyoming. Gold for December delivery rose $2.70 Monday to finish at $1,675.60 per ounce - the highest its been since mid-April. Bernankes remarks at the Feds annual conference are scrutinized for hints about what action the central bank may consider to help economic growth. His speech on Friday has taken on more importance this year because of the slower U.S. economy.
ASEAN Braces For Regulatory Reforms

By BERNIE CAhILES-MAgKILAT
ASEAN is moving towards creating a template that would institutionalize regulatory reforms that would guide the region in its trade negotiations with other regional trade partners as the ten-member states fully integrate their economies by 2015. Trade and Industry Undersecretary Adrian S. Cristobal Jr. said there have been initial discussions on this
in ASEAN. As such, the Philippine governments inter-agency committee on tariff and related matters was convened recently to start some discussions as this would impact on the countrys trade and investments. This template would serve as ASEANs guiding principles when they negotiate for other regional trade deals or the so-called ASEAN + 3. So far, ASEAN has entered into regional FTA deals including China,
EU, Japan, US, Australia-New Zealand, India, among others. On top of that, individual ASEAN members also conduct their own bilateral FTAs with other trading partners. These FTAs are no longer governed by ASEAN rules. How to grow our exports and continue getting fresh investments would guide us in negotiating for a possible ASEAN + 3 trade agreement, said Cristobal.
AuTo RoADMAP
The technical working group of the automotive industry roadmap has broken down the industrys production and sales projections into low, medium, and high to make it easier to justify incentives that would be granted to investors. (Page B-2)
ASIA C.E.o. FoRuM Aug. 29

One of the worlds top nonbank remittance providers, iRemit is a Filipino company that has gone global with offices in 27 countries across Asia, North America, the Middle East and Europe. President and CEO Bansan Choa will discuss the growth of his company and the remittance industry on August 29, Wednesday, at the Asia CEO Forum. A leader in its industry, iRemit intends to soon serve not just Filipinos but various nationalities of overseas workers as it expands to Indonesia and India, according to Choa.
In July
EPIRA AMENDMENTS
Power investors would appear to have bottomless cash pit to put in capacities for the countrys much-needed electricity supply, but some limitations in the law have been preventing them to funnel capital into projects. (Page B-3)
Govt Debt Payments Reach R82.6B

By ChINo S. LEYCo
The governments debt payments reached P82.6 billion in July this year, almost double compared with P43.15 billion in the same month last year as the Aquino administration settled more obligations, data from the Bureau of Treasury showed yesterday. Though bulk of the debt service in July was spent for interest payments, the national governments
principal payments have significantly increased from only P1.95 billion a year ago to P31.31 billion during the month. Of the total interest payments, P29.34 billion was spent for domestic maturing obligations while the remaining balance of P21.95 billion was paid to foreign creditors. Meanwhile, of the total principal payments, P29.88 billion was used to payoff domestic debts and the remaining P1.43 billion was spent for
settlement of some foreign debts. Debt servicing refers to payments of both interest and principal. The debt service burden excludes actual outflows such as rescheduling or refinancing of existing debt and conversion of debt to equity. In January to July, the governments debt payments reached P444.79 billion, lower by 1.5 percent compared with P451.92 billion in the same period last year.
ALI DIVIDENDS
Ayala Land Inc. is raising up to P3 billion from the issuance of the fifth series of its Ayala Land Homestarter Bonds while firming up its strategic alliance with a branch of the Ortigas family. (Page B-3)
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its one-ton truck program, Malaysias Proton and Indonesias MPV. The DTI chief has been insisting on the industry to come up with an exports plan saying it is the ultimate test of their competitiveness. Industry players have been critical also of the Domingo's position saying that exports should come eventually. Now that we have heard whats on his mind, his viewpoint, the TWG is going to craft a roadmap that would suit his direction. The current proposed auto roadmap has only set absolute sales and
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Industry Fine-Tuning Auto Roadmap To Justify Grant Of Non-Generic Incentives

By Bernie CAhiles-MAgkilAt
The technical working group of the automotive industry roadmap has broken down the industry's production and sales projections into low, medium, and high to make it easier to justify incentives that would be granted to investors. Vicente Mills Jr., president of the Truck Manufacturers Association, told reporters after the TWG held its first meeting to fine-tune the proposed industry roadmap. According to Mills, the industry projections must be clear so it would
be easier when the government evaluate a project for incentive purposes. It could be recalled that Trade and Industry Secretary Gregory L. Domingo was disappointed by the roadmap that the industry presented to him recently where the DTI chief voiced his objection over the grant of generic incentives and asked the group to craft something that would spark the industry to justify the incentives that the industry has proposed. Domingo, who is also chair of the Board of Investments (BOI), cited the successful programs of Thailand with
production targets by 2022. With the decision of Ford Motor Co., the only volume exporter of CBU packs, to abandon its Laguna assembly operations in December this year in favor of Thailand, the export projection must be changed. Mills, however, said they have not yet reached the incentives part but said the BOI was open about the industry proposal for an excise tax incentive based on local content. The industry has until August 30 to finalize the roadmap to meet the BOI deadline for the submission of all manufacturing sector roadmaps by then. The PIDS, which serves as the coordinator, has also August 30 to mid September to create a framework for the manufacturing sector. In the first draft, the proposed industry roadmap has set a target of 285,000 units of locally assembled vehicles by 2016 ramping up to 534,000 units by 2022 or triple the current 170,000 unit production output while exports of auto parts could reach $7 billion from $3.8 billion in 2011 as the country develops into a competitive manufacturing base of motor vehicles parts and components for local and
export markets. This scenario would have transformed the country as a global hub for automotive-related human resource development and process outsourcing by 2022, the roadmap stated. To attain the vision, sales of locally assembled (completely knocked down) units may hit 195,000 units, CBU exports of 90,000 units and auto parts exports of $4.8 billion, but localization of parts would be maintained at 40 percent. By 2022, local production is expected to hit 534,000 units and local CKD sales of 350,000 unit sales while exports would more than double to 184,000 units and auto parts exports increasing to $7 billion. An improved localization level is expected by 2022 with new parts manufacturing capabilities.
Albay, Bohol Forge Investment Alliance

Albay and Bohol have signed here recently an alliance agreement on trade and investment, exchange of competencies and leverage strategic advantages for enhanced and vibrant markets. Albay Gov. Joey Salceda said the Albay-Bohol Economic Partnership Agreement (ABEPA) is designed to bring end results that should develop not only the two provinces but their respective regions. Albay is the regional hub of Bicol while Bohol nestles in the Central Visayas Region. The agreement aims to liberalize and facilitate trade in goods and services, increase investment opportunities and strengthen protection for investments and investment activities, and establish an expanded framework for further cooperation and improvement of business environment, among others, including peace and security, information and communications technology, education, employment and job generation, between the two provinces. Salceda said ABEPA is primarily an economic strategy that can answer challenges and opportunities of a dynamic and rapidly changing global environment brought about by globalization, and can generate beneficial results for parties involved. It was authored on the Albay side by Provincial Board Member Ralph Andes. Under the accord, he added, Albay and Bohol will also cooperate in the fields of tourism, disaster risk reduction (DRR), climate change adaptation (CCA) and initiatives towards the realization of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), that will make it truly meaningful. Albay has gained significant headway in DRR and CCA, and has institutionalized these programs in its provincial organizational set up, for which it was named by the United Nations as its global model in these fields. Albay had also attained the MDGs two years ago, well ahead of the 2015 global deadline, and has maintained its gains through its regular programs. Salceda said Albay and Bohol have long maintained warm relations and strong economic and political ties, including shared perceptions on various issues that have developed through fruitful and mutually beneficial cooperation. He signed the agreement at the Tropics Resort in this city, with Bohol Gov. Edgar M. Chatto and Vice Gov. Concepcion O. Lim and Albay Vice Gov. Harold Ong Imperial.
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Meralco Amenable To EPIRA Amendments

By MYRNA M. VELASCO
Ortigas Alliance
ALI Board Okays P1.43-B Dividends

By JAMES A. LOYOLA
Power investors would appear to have bottomless cash pit to put in capacities for the countrys muchneeded electricity supply, but some limitations in the law have been preventing them to funnel capital into projects. The market cap policy under the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) is among those cited by Meralco chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan as a limiting factor in their capacity to help solve the Philippines power supply problems. He stressed that while many of the policies under the EPIRA are considerably feasible, the market share limitation is an area where he sees some improvements to be worked on. And that may be done via amendments in the EPIRA. Like in power generation, we impose limits on ourselves. But what you have created, you can undo. For the next 10 years, we need power
supply so why are we doing this? It (EPIRA) can be prudent in some parts, but it may need some improvements, Pangilinan stressed. It can be culled that the power industry reform law enforces 30percent market cap on the level of portfolio that a certain generation company can own per grid (as referenced on the total installed capacity); and 25-percent limit on national installed capacity. The Meralco chairmans sentiment is the same policy option that San Miguel Corporation president Ramon S. Ang has earlier articulated, noting that while his company has been intending to invest more in power generation to help plug capacity gaps primarily in Mindanao and Luzon, they cannot really do much because of the imposed market caps. Pangilinan averred that the overarching goal of electricity cost reduction must also be strategically aligned with the sufficiency and reliability of
power supply, hence, there is a need to relax some investment policies. On a bigger scale, he stressed that the government must also re-examine policies that can attract capitals in the development of indigenous resources, primarily those that can be utilized for power generation in the long-term. There should be an examination of whats appropriate for the industry and the Philippines in terms of structure. The overriding goal is how do you manage the power rates. Can you develop an indigenous fuel source? Thats the kernel of the argument, he said. The Meralco chairman added that if we have enough coal, enough oil and enough gas, we can do something to bring down the (power) rates. He accentuated that as long as we are importing our oil and coal, we can keep complaining on expensive power rates but we cannot achieve as much when it comes to the goal of reducing power rates.
Ayala Land Inc. is raising up to P3 billion from the issuance of the fifth series of its Ayala Land Homestarter Bonds while firming up its strategic alliance with a branch of the Ortigas family. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, ALI chief finance officer Jaime E. Ysmael said the bonds will be sold through a general public offering to retail investors at 100 percent of the face value. The firm has tapped BPI Capital Corporation, China Banking Corporation, PNB Capital & Investment Corporation, and RCBC Capital Corporation to be the underwriters for the three-year bonds. Ysmael said net proceeds of the bond issue, which was approved by the firms board yesterday, will be used by the company for general corporate purposes. ALIs board has also approved the strategic alliance the firm has entered into with the group led by Ignacio R. Ortigas which will allow ALI to participate in OCLP Holdings Inc. Meanwhile, ALIs board has also approved the declaration of a regular cash dividend for the second semester of this year amounting to 10.385223 centavos per outstanding common
share. Ysmael said this reflects a 42 percent increase from last years regular cash dividend of 7.33 centavos per share and will bring up ALIs dividend payout to 40 percent of the previous years earnings or P1.43 billion. The cash dividend is payable on October 8, 2012 to stockholders of common shares as of record date of September 17, 2012, Ex-date is on September 12, 2012. ALI issued the fourth series of its Homestarter Bond worth P2.02 billion in the first semester of the year, double the size of its previous tranche. Ayala Land Homestarter Bonds are primarily targeted to help families save for the purchase of their own homes. The third tranche of the bonds earned 5 percent interest annually and a bonus credit of 10 percent of the total amount, if used to buy an Ayala Land residential project, provided that the bonus credit would not exceed 5 percent of the net selling price of the property. "This offer is primarily targeted to benefit the low to middle-income market segment. Ayala Land's objective is to encourage this segment to save sufficient funds to enable them to own real estate property in the future," ALI said earlier.
Income Inequality Hinders ASEAN Integration

D.A. BUDGET HEARING Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala (2nd from left) defends the proposed P74.1 billion budget of the Department of Agriculture in 2013 during the House of Representatives committee on appropriations hearing on August 22, 2012. According to Alcala, the suggested budget, which is 21% more than this years P64.1 billion, will be utilized to achieve priority targets under the Aquino governments Food Staples Sufficiency Program (FSSP) and attain 100 percent rice sufficiency. With Alcala are (from left) Agriculture Undersecretaries Antonio A. Fleta, Segfredo R. Serrano and Emerson U. Palad.
Small Miners Face Legal Risks

By LEE C. CHIPONGIAN
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), which is required by law to purchase gold produced by small-scale miners, is not overly concerned by the apparent disinclination of gold miners to sell to the BSP but warned that they will face legal risks if they continue to avoid paying the necessary taxes. Theres a possibility that small miners may not be selling to us because they do not want to be withheld taxes but then thats a legal risk for them. Under the law they are required to sell to the central bank, said BSP Deputy Governor and General Counsel, Juan de Zuiga Jr. Zuiga said the issue came about only when the BSP started acting as collecting agent of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) through an improved memorandum of agreement that was signed only earlier this year.
Since 2008 the BSP has withholding the two percent excise tax from the purchase price of gold, then subsequently files the tax return and remits the excise taxes collected to the BIR. The central bank also charges the 10 percent creditable withholding tax on the purchase of minerals including gold. The 2011-2012 MOA with the BIR allowed revenue collectors to set up a BIR desk at the BSPs gold-buying stations which will free up the BSP from actually collecting taxes on behalf of the BIR. According to Zuiga, the MOA will be renewed every year and from its current status, it looked like the agreement between the BSP and BIR will stay on indefinitely. All of this came out because of the tax issues (and) there are reports that a big volume of gold are being sold in the open market. The BSP has no in-
dication of the total volume and while theres no prohibition in the buying and selling of gold, its still a legal risk for the small miners, said Zuiga. Reports surfaced last week that small-scale gold miners have been selling gold to buyers with connection to smugglers and that a large amount of gold is now being sold "openly" in Metro Manila and other major cities. The BSPs requirement for gold is as reserves and it is part of the countrys gross international reserves or GIR which as of end-July has climbed to a record-high of $79.76 billion. At the moment with $10 billion gold reserves, the BSP has enough gold holdings. In the near future when the central bank has to restock its gold reserves and there is only a dearth of gold sellers from the local market, the BSP will have to buy from overseas sources and this will drain foreign exchange reserves.
PHNOM PENH (AFP) Southeast Asian nations must redouble efforts to bridge development gaps which threaten the region's efforts to create an EU-style single market, Cambodia's prime minister said. Building an ASEAN economic community by 2015 is the ''top priority'', Hun Sen said as he opened the annual meeting of economic ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in the Cambodian tourist hub of Siem Reap. Emulating the European Union's example, ASEAN wants to establish a single market and manufacturing base of about 600 million people a goal that has been spurred by intensifying competition from China and India. With less than three years to go, ASEAN must ''address challenges and bridge the development gap, which hinders the realization of (the) ASEAN Economic Community as planned'', said Hun Sen, according to an official translation. The development gap among ASEAN nations ''is still huge'', he said. The bloc's 10 member states range from deeply impoverished Myanmar to advanced city state Singapore and emerging powerhouse Indonesia. ''This requires us to double our efforts to promote further growth and
improve equitable distribution of the fruits of growth at both national and regional levels,'' Hun Sen said. In a step towards narrowing the gap between richer and poorer nations and achieving regional integration, the bloc last year set up a nearly $500 million ASEAN infrastructure fund offering loans to build roads, railways and other projects without direct foreign assistance. But according to Hun Sen, whose country currently holds the ASEAN chair, the fund ''is still very small''. He urged the bloc's economic and finance ministers ''to attract more financing partners to increase the fund size'' by approaching dialogue partners such as Japan, China, South Korea. ASEAN economies grew by 4.7 percent in 2011, Hun Sen said, despite the weak global economy, high oil prices and volatile capital flows. The figure was down from 7.6 percent growth in 2010, according to ASEAN data. Despite a slowdown in exports, ASEAN countries posted a combined trade surplus of more than $90 billion in 2011, Hun Sen said. ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
B-4
52 Weeks HIGH LOW
70.5 77.45 595 20.7 102.5 94.5 77.8 61 95 45.5 155.2 140 2.2 23.9 22 89 2.89 650 39.2 500 1,100.00 35.5 1.62 2.96 6.41 19.4 79.3 27.45 280.6 16 14.94 1.41 18 13.58 23.95 1.7 85 120 12.2 3.65 4.42 3.9 34.6 129.2 0.196 14.66 26.55 69.2 5.5 0.77 61 7.77 13.1 10.38 18.1 12.3 2.62 2.88 1.22 2.75 3.8 8.4 1.9 3.2 9.74 0.019 6 2.35 1.18 59.9 0.019 13.7 2.6 5.02 6.98 2.98 485.2 64.8 4.19 5.2 556 5.22 36.2 5.7 1.54 6.21 0.91 3.82 4.65 6.24 9.66 0.068 0.82 0.42 760 2.71 635 0.42 0.62 0.98 3.34 0.83 24.15 5.62 9 2.85 2.91 1.5 0.092 1.11 0.94 5.29 1.44 2.74 2.14 4.5 2.34 0.36 0.99 38.1 0.67 19.94 7.71 2.85 8.95 18.2 0.91 4.55 0.64 4.66 42 11 0.84 46 50 370 18.5 60 56 41 55 68 29.45 77 58 1.42 13.8 7.95 50 1.91 420 3 210 879 26.5 1.08 2.12 4.83 12.5 51.5 18.1 215 9.7 8.05 0.9 2.55 8 11.98 0.97 45 80 7.5 1.96 1.05 2.01 26.5 110.2 0.112 3.3 12.5 37 1.05 0.32 19.9 2.8 7.8 5.25 8.12 10.18 1.25 1.99 0.77 2.3 1 1.04 1.11 1.32 7.41 0.011 3.8 0.61 0.65 35.5 0.014 8 1.8 3 0.26 1.49 272 30.5 1.36 3.3 455.4 2.94 19 3.02 0.61 4 0.3 1.8 2.56 3.4 1.22 0.045 0.42 0.285 450 1.08 425 0.14 0.082 0.38 1.7 0.42 13.36 3.08 2.26 1.35 1.2 1.05 0.06 0.67 0.54 2.9 0.98 1.63 0.65 1.5 1.51 0.15 0.089 12.6 0.41 10 2.51 1.81 6 10.94 0.64 1.8 0.45 2.6 24.1 6.18 0.57
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PREV CLOSE
59.5 72.1 473 19.34 92.8 78.5 69.7 58 87 43.8 146 102.1
PHILIPPINE STOCK EXCHANGE

STOCKS
BDO UNIBANK BPI CHINABANK EW METROBANK PBCOM PHIL. NATL BANK PHILTRUST PSBANK RCBC SECURITY BANK UNION BANK
World
1.1% DAX 7,047.45 (76.38)
PAR VALUE
10.00 10.00 100.00 10.00 20.00 100.00 40.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00
2010 EPS
3.91 3.61 42.46 3.78 5.02 4.61 5.83 2.43 8.44 4.43 13.34 10.28
OPEN
59.4 72 472.2 19.4 92 78.5 69.8 87 43.5 145.9 101.6
HIGH
60.5 73.4 473 19.4 94 78.5 72.9 87 43.8 148.6 102
LOW CLOSE
59.35 71.75 472 19.3 92 76 69.7 87 43.05 144 101.6 59.65 73 472 19.34 93.55 76 70 87 43.8 145.1 102
VOLUME
VALUE
PE RATIO
15.26 20.22 11.12 5.12 18.64 16.49 12.01 23.87 10.31 9.89 10.88 9.92 13.79 28.72 128.33 12.56 10.65 515.19 92.74 55.79 -40.73 11.43 19.31 7.53 -655.56 53.80 24.60 15.55 20.97 13.03 8.20 6.50 11.70 10.35 17.50 -105.45 5.98 31.25 24.47 43.13 25.71 -3.56 44.17 22.60 -1.58 42.67 2.35 26.76 6.23 -1.14 -328.57 10.43 40.19 21.82 25.15 32.84 22.76 -4.16 54.23 11.04 33.17 -376.79 15.15 11.98 6.99 -3.55 92.37 4.77 2.67 12.61 208.82 9.95 8.08 6.24 -109.76 -166.32 29.18 15.96 1.45 10.03 20.15 5.47 10.60 0.95 -173.33 5.88 -33.33 -72.17 18.40 -283.89 3600.00 -588.89 4.18 -377.91 20.40 9.17 -2987.50 523.81 -34.44 -1666.67 149.54 356.25 40.64 210.00 25.41 14.51 5.98 7.60 47.68 -16.81 47.06 8.12 10.50 378.00 10.91 3.04 7.08 -2.63 -226.67 34.76 -11.25 16.07 0.00 12.39 12.36 21.10 13.73 71.25 173.33 10.50 7.62 28.27 11.33 14.63 -4.82 16.66
August 27, 2012 closings

LONDON
0.04% FTSE 5,776.60 (2.40)
FRANKFURT
****BANKS****
1,060,340 63,411,912 828,100 60,303,780.50 5,480 2,590,610 248,000 4,796,912 3,113,420 290,296,925 6,490 496,450 496,210 34,738,649 0 0 1,000 87,000 117,600 5,122,105 444,600 64,699,526 6,300 642,396 209,000 24,900 300 310 10,000 330 7,600 7,360 10 2,780,200 473,000 40,000 5,279,600 780,200 971,270 823,500 312,580 1,006,200 42,900 2,805,000 46,200 99,300 10,400 467,000 180 201,850 55,600 2,185,000 4,125,000 5,000 190,700 468,140 14,810,000 4,185,600 4,400 2,268,710 1,227,000 1,125,000 402,270 526,865 3,180 22,655 23,850 147,000 219,400 2,736,270 9,250 93,737,965 658,960 99,240 31,266,919 14,539,418 74,217,150.50 22,289,380 77,659,918 10,253,222 352,923 3,269,500 346,500 832,291 221,400 625,420 9,095 19,789,112 557,440 7,482,200 17,172,990 14,400 6,557,000 52,271,766 2,158,070 53,959,248 56,760 136,420,791 1,676,020 726,050 1,060,485 15,328,265 97,966 366,625 2,554,154 10,180 2,659,730 139,620 2,688,520 2,066,480 48,190 1,057,830 8,820 5,200 88,180 1,992,000 288,060 39,680
NEW YORK
0.3% Dow Jones 13,124.67 (-33.30)
pARIS
0.9% CAC40 3,462.83 (29.62)
**** OTHER **** OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTION **** FINANCIAL INSTITUTION **** BDO LEASING 1.00 0.14 1.92 1.92 1.93 1.92 1.93 COL FINANCIAL 1.00 0.74 21 21.35 21.35 21 21.25 FILIPINO FUND 1.00 0.0826 11.5 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.6 FIRST METRO 10.00 5.81 73 73.1 73.1 73 73 IREMIT 1.00 0.23 2.48 2.4 2.45 2.35 2.45 MANULIFE 0.00 0.8735 470 450 450 445 445 MAYBANK ATR KE 1.00 0.3073 29 29 29 28.5 28.5 PSE 1.00 6.65 371 370 372 370 371 SUN LIFE 0.00 -22.7101 925 925 925 925 925 **** ELECTRICITY, **** **** ELECTRICITY, ENERGY, POWER & WATERENERGY, POWER & WATER **** ABOITIZ POWER 1.00 2.94 33.7 33.7 33.8 33.6 33.6 ALSONS CONS 1.00 0.072 1.38 1.41 1.41 1.38 1.39 CALAPAN VENTURE 1.00 0.3252 2.45 2.45 2.5 2.42 2.45 ENERGY DEVT. 1.00 -0.009 5.92 5.95 6 5.85 5.9 FIRST GEN 1.00 0.3464 18.6 18.56 18.68 18.4 18.64 FIRST PHIL HLDG 10.00 3.099 76 76 76.55 75.65 76.25 MANILA WATER 1.00 1.74 27 26.95 27.3 26.95 27.05 MERALCO A 10.00 11.73 252 243 255 243 246 PETRON 1.00 0.78 10.18 10.2 10.26 10.04 10.16 PHOENIX 1.00 1 8.35 8.25 8.3 8.2 8.2 TRANS-ASIA 1.00 0.18 1.17 1.16 1.17 1.15 1.17 VIVANT 1.00 0.641 8.45 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 **** FOOD, **** FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO **** BEVERAGE & TOBACCO **** AGRINURTURE 1.00 0.81 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.37 8.38 ALASKA MILK 1.00 1.2512 20.5 20.5 21.9 20.5 21.9 ALLIANCE SELECT 1.00 -0.012992 1.34 1.37 1.38 1.32 1.37 BOGO MEDELLIN 10.00 8.45 51 51 51 50.5 50.5 JOLLIBEE 1.00 3.138 97.3 97.3 99.5 97.3 98.05 PANCAKE 1.00 0.38 10.9 10.5 10.5 9.3 9.3 PEPSI-COLA 0.15 0.08 3.41 3.4 3.49 3.36 3.45 RFM CORP 1.00 0.161 3.95 3.98 4.3 3.98 4.14 ROXAS HLDG. 1.00 -0.81 2.6 2.88 2.88 2.88 2.88 SAN MIGUEL 1.00 0.78 34.5 34 34.45 34 34.45 SAN MIGUEL CORP. 5.00 4.97 111.7 111.7 112.4 111 112.3 SWIFT 1.00 -0.09 0.138 0.14 0.148 0.14 0.142 TANDUAY HLDG. 1.00 0.3 12.72 12.7 13 12.68 12.8 TARLAC 10.00 5.48 12.88 12.9 12.9 12.9 12.9 UNIV ROBINA 1.00 2.25 59.9 60 60.9 60 60.2 VICTORIAS 1.00 0.22 1.35 1.36 1.39 1.35 1.37 VITARICH 1.00 -0.57 0.62 0.63 0.66 0.63 0.65
Asia-Pacific
August 28, 2012 closings

hONG KONG
0.07% Hang Seng 19,811.80 (13.13)
BANGKOK
0.05% SET Index 1,233.16 (-0.57) Intraday
KUALA LUMpUR
0.06 % KLCI 1,647.11 (-1.02)
MANILA
0.6% Phisix 5,175.62 (32.27)
SEOUL
0.1% KOSPI Index 1,916.33 (-1.54)
ShANGhAI
0.9% Composite 2,073.15 (17.45)
**** CONSTRUCTION, INFRASTRUCTURE **** CONSTRUCTION, INFRASTRUCTURE & ALLIED SERVICES **** & ALLIED SERVICES **** ASIABEST GROUP 1.00 -0.07 23 23.8 23.8 22.95 23 46,100 EEI CORP. 1.00 0.7146 7.3 7.37 7.5 7.3 7.45 2,052,000 HOLCIM 1.00 0.31 12.3 12.2 12.46 12.2 12.46 7,900 LAFARGE_REP 1.00 0.4217 9.2 9.2 9.35 9.2 9.2 39,800 MEGAWIDE 1.00 0.68 16.6 16.8 17.1 16.8 17.1 150,300 PHINMA 10.00 0.31 10.2 10.18 10.18 10.18 10.18 1,000 SEACEM 0.35 0.105 2.37 2.37 2.42 2.36 2.39 1,114,000 TKC STEEL 1.00 -0.5 2.04 2.02 2.08 2.02 2.08 69,000 VULCAN IND`L 1.00 0.01715 0.93 0.93 0.94 0.93 0.93 2,864,000
**** CHEMICALS **** CHEMREZ EUROMED LMG CHEMICALS MABUHAY VINYL MANCHESTER A
SINGApORE
0.15% ST Index 3,040.07 (-4.42)
SYDNEY
0.4% SP/ASX 4,359.40 (15.70)
**** CHEMICALS ****

1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.24 0.06 -0.0056 0.097 0.217 2.65 2.15 2.25 1.46 2.5 2.63 2.19 2.25 1.47 2.6 2.65 2.19 2.28 1.47 2.6 2.62 1.99 2.04 1.47 2.6 2.65 1.99 2.11 1.47 2.6 785,000 23,000 500,000 6,000 2,000
TAIpEI
1.4% W Index 7,361.94 (-106.28)
TOKYO
0.6% Nikkei 9,033.29 (-52.10)
**** ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS & EQUIPMENT **** **** ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS & EQUIPMENT ** ** CHIPS 1.00 1.3858 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.69 9.69 9,100 GREENERGY 0.01 -0.0045 0.016 0.016 0.016 0.016 0.016 124,500,000 INTEGRATED MICRO 1.00 0.043306 4.03 4.03 4.03 3.99 4 72,000 IONICS 1.00 0.129918 0.62 0.62 0.62 0.62 0.62 64,000
**** HOLDING FIRMS **** ABACUS A 1.00 ABOITIZ 1.00 ALCORN GOLD 0.01 ALLIANCE GLOBAL 1.00 ANGLO-PHIL HLDG 1.00 ANSCOR 1.00 ASIA AMALGAMATED 1.00 ATN HOLDINGS A 1.00 AYALA CORP 50.00 DMCI HOLDINGS 1.00 F&J PRINCE A 1.00 FILINVEST DEV. 1.00 GT CAPITAL 10.00 HOUSE OF INV 1.50 JG SUMMIT 1.00 KEPPEL HLDG. B 1.00 LODESTAR 0.10 LOPEZ HLDGS. 1.00 MABUHAY HLDG. 1.00 MARCVENTURES 1.00 METRO PAC INV 1.00 MINERALES IND 1.00 MJC INVESTMENTS 1.00 PACIFICA A 0.01 PRIME ORION 1.00 SINOPHIL 1.00 SM INVESTMENTS 10.00 SOLID GROUP 1.00 TRANSGRID 1.00 UNIOIL HLDG. 1.00 WELLEX INDUS 1.00 ZEUS HOLDINGS 1.00 **** PROPERTY **** A. BROWN ARANETA PROP AYALA LAND BELLE CORP. CEBU HLDG. CENTURY PROP CITY & LAND CITYLAND DEVT. CROWN EQUITIES CYBER BAY EMPIRE EAST ETON FILINVEST LAND GLOBAL-ESTATE IRCPROPERTIES KEPPEL PROP MEGAWORLD MRC ALLIED PHIL ESTATES PHIL. TOBACCO PHILREALTY ROBINSONS LAND ROCKWELL SHNG PROPERTIES SM DEVT SM PRIME HLDG. STA.LUCIA LAND STARMALLS SUNTRUST HOME VISTA LAND **** MEDIA **** ABS-CBN GMA NETWORK MANILA BULLETIN 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.10 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.20 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
**** HOLDING FIRMS ****

0.28065 3.838 0.000086 1.1776 0.25 0.74 -0.0451 -0.00968 14.53 3.61 1.708 0.4 26.6 0.869 3.19 4.309 -0.006 0.8629 -0.0129 -0.0327 0.225 -0.018 0.002 -0.00009 0.11 -0.00086 34.68 0.24 -0.16 0.00042 -0.009 -0.0002 0.0197 0.0016 0.55 0.023 0.22 0.102 0.47 0.15 0.0015 -0.047 0.017 0.5605 0.12 0.005 0.11 0.69 0.319 -0.06 -0.003 0.42 -0.04 1.16 0.15 0.222 0.495 0.652 0.051 0.029 0.003 0.418 3.207 0.353 0.06 0.77 48 0.017 11.26 2 4.64 5 1.6 421 57.15 2.55 4.05 543.5 4.67 33 4 1.08 5.09 0.43 2.36 4.14 5.12 6.8 0.053 0.48 0.325 705 2.15 450 0.22 0.32 0.4 3.03 0.6 21.45 4.76 5.55 1.47 2.8 1.15 0.075 0.81 0.78 3.53 1.25 1.92 1.2 2.11 2.26 0.158 0.68 14.62 0.45 18.1 3.58 2.74 6.06 13.6 0.67 4 0.51 4.38 25 9.94 0.68 0.78 47.95 0.017 11.4 2 4.63 4.95 1.62 420 57 2.5 4.01 547 4.75 33 4.1 1.07 5.06 0.43 2.35 4.14 5.2 7.33 0.053 0.46 0.325 704.5 2.16 449 0.22 0.315 0.4 3.01 0.57 21.4 4.75 5.6 1.49 2.66 1.1 0.072 0.79 0.78 3.92 1.25 1.91 1.2 2.1 2.27 0.158 0.69 14.62 0.45 18.08 3.58 2.75 6.04 13.6 0.68 3.98 0.52 4.37 25 9.94 0.79 48.45 0.018 11.72 2.02 4.65 5 1.64 426 57.6 2.5 4.07 547 4.75 33.8 4.1 1.08 5.07 0.43 2.39 4.16 5.2 7.33 0.053 0.46 0.325 709 2.24 478 0.22 0.325 0.4 3.01 0.57 22.4 4.84 5.6 1.49 2.81 1.14 0.072 0.79 0.8 5.29 1.27 1.91 1.2 2.1 2.29 0.158 0.69 14.62 0.45 18.9 3.74 2.75 6.2 13.86 0.7 3.99 0.52 4.4 25 9.98 0.74 47 0.017 11.22 2 4.62 4.95 1.5 420 56.25 2.48 4.01 536 4.75 33 4.1 1.04 5.04 0.43 2.35 4.13 5.11 7.15 0.053 0.46 0.325 704.5 2.13 449 0.22 0.31 0.4 2.94 0.57 21.35 4.66 5.55 1.47 2.66 1.1 0.072 0.79 0.78 3.92 1.25 1.87 1.2 2.1 2.25 0.157 0.67 14.6 0.45 18 3.58 2.75 6.03 13.58 0.68 3.98 0.52 4.31 24.1 9.8 0.75 48.4 0.018 11.72 2.02 4.62 4.95 1.61 424 57.6 2.48 4.01 536 4.75 33.8 4.1 1.04 5.04 0.43 2.36 4.14 5.11 7.2 0.053 0.46 0.325 707.5 2.2 478 0.22 0.31 0.4 2.94 0.57 22.35 4.83 5.59 1.48 2.81 1.14 0.072 0.79 0.8 4.55 1.26 1.89 1.2 2.1 2.26 0.158 0.68 14.6 0.45 18.64 3.63 2.75 6.12 13.76 0.7 3.99 0.52 4.39 24.45 9.98 1,083 2.75 2,720 5.53 8 1.02 0.05 16.92 2.7 1.7 9 60.6 7,644,000 5,777,670 1,579,900 75,464,415 13,400,000 230,700 31,694,900 367,887,682 75,000 150,750 36,000 166,520 21,600 107,375 1,366,000 2,103,730 565,920 239,360,860 1,388,460 79,092,336.50 19,000 47,370 230,000 926,140 46,720 25,298,975 30,000 142,500 135,600 4,568,690 4,000 16,400 1,134,000 1,191,560 6,551,700 33,083,006 50,000 21,500 1,031,000 2,434,800 7,437,000 30,807,480 54,200 277,338 5,100 36,678 4,980,000 263,940 110,000 50,600 10,000 3,250 340,870 241,123,090 829,000 1,809,950 120 54,460 20,000 4,400 440,000 138,900 240,000 96,000 281,000 100,000 8,575,200 2,025,000 40,100 1,347,000 83,000 167,000 1,140,000 750,000 6,345,000 5,497,000 7,950,000 2,075,000 2,000 5,000 63,935,000 1,100,000 912,000 500 1,000,000 888,900 179,000 2,000 887,300 8,684,500 31,000 53,000 100,000 3,638,000 176,100 199,900 0 104,915 3,000 236,110 359,000 1,200 243,000 140,000 244,300 4,000 1,000 2,600 1,864,860 834,030 57,000 189,267,975 9,624,040 224,486 1,991,880 226,210 187,060 82,080 592,500 5,054,340 26,643,510 10,025,040 3,921,750 2,400 10,500 144,783,510 173,660 612,900 7,304 450,000 16,438,624 651,600 5,500 5,438,781 119,345,770 21,480 211,340 52,000 15,907,360 4,319,135 1,985,987 0 113,543,385 8,250 637,465,040 1,994,718 9,600 247,530 6,520 4,129,790 10,230 1,700 23,400 112,680,401
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236 31,695 3,113 341 566 8,575 5,014 63,935 2,269 8,685 637,465 367,888 290,297 241,123 239,361 189,268 145,351 144,784 136,421 119,346 PLDT COMPANY "Common" ALLIANCE GLOBAL GROUP, INC. METROPOLITAN BANK & TRUST CO. SM INVESTMENTS CORPORATION AYALA CORPORATION AYALA LAND, INC. PUREGOLD PRICE CLUB, INC. MEGAWORLD CORPORATION UNIVERSAL ROBINA CORPORATION SM PRIME HOLDINGS, INC.
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1,270.00 831 3.7 2.6 2,886.00 2,096.00 9.7 18.4 3.87 0.076 17.88 3.3 4.72 10.92 82.5 5.44 5 1 0.04 12.1 2.42 1.33 7.3 60.15
**** TELCOMMUNICATION **** **** TELECOMMUNICATIONS **** GLOBE TELECOM 50.00 74.02 1,080.00 1,080 1,090 1,080 LIBERTY TELECOM 1.00 -0.57 2.8 2.75 2.75 2.75 PLDT 5.00 163.24 2,754.00 2,740 2,740 2,670
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**** **** **** INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY **** DIVERSIFIED 1.00 -0.33 6 5.61 5.62 5.53 IMPERIAL A 5.00 -0.07 8 8 8 8 IPVG CORP. 1.00 -0.7843 1.02 1.03 1.03 1.01 ISLAND INFO 0.01 -0.002 0.052 0.046 0.05 0.046 PHILWEB 1.00 0.7258 16.96 16.94 16.94 16.28 TRANSPACIFIC BR 1.00 -0.0208 2.7 2.51 2.7 2.51
**** TRANSPORTATION SERVICES **** **** TRANSPORTATION SERVICES **** 2GO GROUP 1.00 -0.26 1.71 1.7 1.7 1.7 ASIAN TERMINALS 1.00 0.76 9 9 9 9 CEBU AIR, INC. 1.00 5.93 61.4 61 61 60.15
-11.06 -114.29 -1.30 -25.00 23.31 -129.81 -6.54 11.84 10.22
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OPEN
68.8 1.32 2.85 7.1 1.37 0.142 0.435 9.85 0.039 8.02 2.8 14.3 9.41 69 6.02 28.2 0.6 0.4 2.05 3.05 0.0045 4.85 16.98 26.9 22.9 22.25 24.8 0.57 1.17 1.2 0.061 0.061 17.88 7.6 4.8 18.8 224.8 0.26 0.017 5.91 36.1 0.048 545 103.5 102 109.1 77.5 1.18 23.55 9.8
B-5
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77 2.65 3.96 8.58 18.98 0.53 0.72 10.6 102.8 32.5 10.3 4.08 22.95 10 73 24 30.15 0.78 0.98 3.45 3.39 0.0083 6.22 20.8 48 29 34 61.8 1.21 1.81 2.07 0.085 0.087 36.5 12.84 8.4 28.25 257.8 0.345 0.032 7.05 48 0.062 580 103.5 109.8 116.7 80 1.86 50 11.02 0.189 43.4 1.03 2.7 5.35 1.05 0.101 0.34 8.2 4.45 0.036 5.9 1.21 13.8 5 18 5.2 10.68 0.45 0.36 2.01 1.05 0.0039 3 14.5 20 19.98 21.2 6.96 0.5 1.06 1.09 0.042 0.042 15.04 2.91 2.99 18.4 161.1 0.17 0.014 5.1 3 0.017 535 100 101.5 108.9 74.5 0.87 23.05 6 0.055
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PREV CLOSE
67.55 1.32 2.7 7.1 1.33 0.141 0.46 10.2 9.89 0.039 8.01 2.77 14.3 9.45 68 5.99 28.25 0.6 0.415 2.05 3.1 0.0042 4.85 17 26.5 22.9 22.5 23.5 0.57 1.17 1.2 1.2 0.062 17.9 7.6 4.75 18.82 225 0.245 0.245 5.96 36.9 0.048 545 103 101.5 109 77.25 1.15 23.55 9.7
HIGH
68.8 1.32 2.9 7.15 1.37 0.143 0.465 9.9 0.041 8.14 2.87 14.3 9.41 73 6.1 29.3 0.6 0.4 2.05 3.05 0.005 4.85 17.1 26.9 22.9 22.25 24.85 0.58 1.17 1.23 0.061 0.062 17.88 7.99 4.8 18.82 225 0.26 0.017 6 37.15 0.049 545 103.5 102 109.1 77.5 1.18 23.7 9.8
LOW CLOSE
67.15 1.32 2.85 7.1 1.32 0.137 0.435 9.8 0.038 7.92 2.75 14.3 9.39 69 5.79 28.1 0.6 0.4 2.03 3.01 0.0043 4.8 16.98 26.9 22.9 22.25 22.9 0.57 1.14 1.18 0.06 0.061 16.9 7 4.69 18.64 222.8 0.255 0.017 5.91 36 0.048 543 103.5 101.5 109.1 77.5 1.18 23.05 9.78 67.5 1.32 2.9 7.15 1.35 0.141 0.465 -
VOLUME
812,460 28,000 11,000 18,500 154,000 32,850,000 20,000 0
VALUE
54,843,173.50 36,960 31,850 132,032 204,640 4,588,870 9,000 0 23,047,166 81,725,900 3,258,043 5,686,160 7,150 202,071 1,116,080 848,591 145,351,155 18,000 56,000 130,750 2,380,380 6,304,700 101,750 6,426,792 26,900 20,610 26,700 3,117,260 1,004,930 10,467,330 9,027,070 2,246,740 862,620 5,783,702 15,673,116 809,350 30,101,928 7,093,628 108,600 68,000 138,012 30,616,830 1,791,400 3,266,400 32,116,050 528,865 327,300 7,750 50,740 77,036,930 2,655,240 1,540
PE RATIO
24.74 66.00 12.08 15.30 3.14 235.00 -58.13 19.25 392.80 9.75 -209.92 90.32 7.54 24.08 70.87 0.00 30.15 600.00 -14.29 408.00 27.36 -104.17 -161.67 1.58 4269.84 2.69 2.62 -395.00 633.33 184.42 187.60 3050.00 3100.00 6.59 728.00 14.60 16.05 13.29 5.31 9.13 12.60 129.29 8.75 N/A 0.00 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
BPAP Lauds Data Privacy Act

By BERNIE CAHILES MAGKILAT
**** HOTEL & LEISURE **** ACESITE HOTEL 1.00 BOULEVARD HLDG. 0.10 WATERFRONT 1.00 **** EDUCATION **** CENTRO ESCOLAR 1.00
*** HOTEL & LEISURE ****
**** EDUCATION **** **** CASINOS & GAMING ****

9.82 2,333,800 0.039 2,084,200,000 8.04 406,100 2.8 2,033,000 14.3 500 9.39 21,500 73 5.95 29.25 0.6 0.4 2.04 3.01 15,640 145,100 5,014,100 30,000 140,000 64,000 787,000
**** CASINOS & GAMING **** BLOOMBERRY 1.00 IP E-GAME 0.01 LEISURE 1.00 MANILA JOCKEY 1.00 PACIFIC ONLINE 1.00 PHIL. RACING 1.00 **** RETAIL **** 11-ELEVEN CALATA CORP. PUREGOLD 1.00 1.00 1.00
**** RETAIL ****
**** OTHER SERVICES **** APC GROUP 1.00 ICTVI 1.00 JTH DAVIES 0.50 PAXYS 1.00 **** MINING **** ABRA MINING APEX MINING B ATLAS MINING ATOK BENGUET A BENGUET B DIZON MINES GEOGRACE LEPANTO A LEPANTO B MANILA MINING A MANILA MINING B NICKELASIA NIHAO ORIENTAL P PHILEX SEMIRARA MINING **** OIL **** BASIC PETROLEUM ORIENTAL A PETROENERGY PHILEXPETROLEUM PHILODRILL A PREFERRED AYALA PREF. A FIRST GEN G FIRST PHIL HOLD PETRON PREF SMC PREF 1 SWIFT PREF ABS-CBN PDR GMA HOLDINGS
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0.01 -0.00005 1.00 -0.03 10.00 10.7637 1.00 0.0063 3.00 8.5 3.00 8.5 1.00 -0.00009 1.00 0.0009 0.10 0.0063 0.10 0.0063 0.01 0.00002 0.01 0.00002 0.50 2.64 1.00 0.01 1.00 0.322 1.00 1.171 1.00 16.93 0.25 0.01 1.00 1.00 0.01 100.00 10.00 100.00 1.00 5.00 1.00 0.00 0.00 0.048 0.0019 0.4764 0.28 0.0056 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.005 1,331,000,000 4.85 21,000 17.02 377,400 26.9 1,000 22.9 900 22.25 1,200 23.7 132,500 0.57 1,763,000 1.16 9,095,000 1.18 7,547,000 0.061 37,360,000 0.062 14,010,000 17.4 334,200 7.28 2,187,900 4.7 172,000 18.8 1,602,700 225 31,670 0.255 0.017 6 36.2 0.049 543 103.5 101.5 109.1 77.5 1.18 23.3 9.8 420,000 4,000,000 23,200 833,000 36,800,000 6,000 310,300 5,210 3,000 100 43,000 3,307,800 271,000 20,000
**** OIL ****
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**** WARRANTS, PHIL. DEPOSIT RECEIPTS, ETC. **** WARRANTS, PHIL. DEPOSIT RECEIPT, ETC. OMICO-W N/A 0 0.07 0.099 0.099 0.055 0.055
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SECTORIAL SUMMARY Open

FINANCIALS INDUSTRIALS HOLDING FIRMS PROPERTY SERVICES MINING AND OIL PSEI ALL SHARES SME GRAND TOTAL 1,272.16 7,819.27 4,311.51 1,938.89 1,757.48 21,468.81 5,144.97 3,429.77
Value
1,286.77 7,909.43 4,350.91 1,994.53 1,757.48 21,468.81 5,188.06 3,449.86
1,272.16 7,809.7 4,291.59 1,936.72 1,718.83 21,213.82 5,114.95 3,415.24
1,281.77 7,852.63 4,350.91 1,986.56 1,743.25 21,362.42 5,175.62 3,442.97
0.49 0.2 1.02 2.45 -0.9 -0.51 0.63 0.4
6.23 15.83 43.98 47.51 -15.84 -108.82 32.27 13.68
6,589,055 179,918,113 82,287,240 366,736,102 2,136,331,582 1,447,917,279
P 531,289,997.98 P 737,180,685.78 P 1,237,940,345.15 P 847,858,822.53 P 1,372,409,915.34 P 131,848,218.11
NO. OF ADVANCES: 82 NO. OF DECLINES: 68 NO. OF UNCHANGED: 44 NO. OF TRADED ISSUES: 194 FOREIGN BUYING R2,675,067,038.11 FOREIGN SELLING R2,769,194,142.36
4,219,779,371 P 4,858,527,984.8966
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The signing into law of the Data Privacy Act as Republic Act 10173 is an important first step to increase confidence among international investors and their clients in the IT-BPO industry according to the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP). President Benigno S. Aquino III signed the act into law August 15. It requires the protection and preservation of personal data collected by public agencies and private organizations. Benedict Hernandez, BPAP president and CEO, said Republic Act 10173 brings the Philippines to international standards of privacy protection. The act is based on standards set by the European Parliament and is aligned with the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Information Privacy Framework. As Senator Edgardo Angara said last week, Republic Act 10173 in an important first step, Hernandez said, to ensuring competitiveness of the IT-BPO industry. Angara and House of Representatives ICT Committee chairman Sigfrido Tiga co-chair the Congressional Commission on Science and Technology and Engineering, and were the primary proponents of the Data Privacy Act in Congress. Because the IT-BPO industry and best practice is evolving rapidly, enhancements to existing legislation will ensure that the Philippines remains competitive and in fact leads breakthrough initiatives in best practices for the industry, Hernandez said. In a statement, Angara acknowledged that legislation supporting the IT-BPO industry will continue to develop with the industry, citing as an example the importance of balancing the free flow of information with privacy rights.
HERNANDEZ
He also said the Cybercrime Prevention Act should be enacted to provide a legal framework for the detection, apprehension, and prosecution of such Internet-related crimes as hacking, identity theft, phishing, spamming, and other crimes. The Data P rivacy Act mandates the creation of a National P rivacy Commission under the Department of Transportation and Communications. Although signed into law, Angara said implementation requires training of experts and development of implementing rules and regulations. The greater challenge lies in its implementation and enforcement, Angara said of the act and its intended impact on the IT-BPO industry and other sectors. Congress and the administration have been extremely supportive of the industry, and recognize its role as an important generator of wellpaying direct and indirect jobs for Filipinos. Everything we do as a nation to strengthen the industry contributes to increased investment, accelerated job generation, and continued development into an industry characterized by the high-value, high-quality services we deliver to the world, Hernandez said. According to BPAP, the IT-BPO industry generated $11 billion in revenues in 2011, and employed approximately 640,000 direct employees.
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Business News
Special Feature
Energy From The Oceans Heat

By MYRNA M. VELASCO
What Goes Around, Comes Around

A truth caravan, which visited parishes in the diocese to distribute information, was organized to increase awareness of the forum and generate attendance. On August 23, the Diocesan chancellor issued a new circular, which was read during masses throughout the diocese. But instead of providing clarity on the issues, its purpose was to say the public forum is not recognized nor endorsed by the bishop, seemingly to discourage attendance. It also stated that the bishop had already submitted an accounting to the Apostolic Nuncio, and that the Diocesan Financial Administrator and the Diocesan Finance Council have explained in detail the facts pertinent to the unfounded allegations. Individuals who attended those meetings have told me privately that the information presented was far from detailed, or clear. The circular had the unintended, but welcome, effect of increasing the visibility of the public forum across the diocese. Organized by an informal group called LAITY, organizers said the forum was intended to create awareness of the lack of transparency and accountability in the diocese, enlighten parishioners on their important role in the church concerning stewardship and transparency, and obtain clarification from the bishop on the issues raised. Belying the notion that the laitys role in the church is simply to pay, pray and obey, Dr. Erwin Carabeo explained in the forum that the diocese has formally adopted shared, participative, transparent stewardship of the process and resources of evangelization as one of its four core values. In February, 2006, a Diocesan Pastoral Assembly identified ten pastoral priorities, including using modern management techniques and principles of transparency, equity and mutual trust in marshalling and managing resources. Dr. Carabeo said that the Approved Lineamenta (Acts and Resolutions) of the Diocesan Pastoral Assembly clearly states that management of church resources is a shared responsibility of the clergy and the laity. In fact, it emphasizes transparency as both a requirement and a product of shared responsibility, and that when it comes to the principle of stewardship, the challenge for the church leadership is to ensure the moral, effective, efficient and equitable use of resources. According to the organizers, the public forum would have been an excellent opportunity for the bishop to demonstrate these principles in practice. As one speaker said, If there is nothing to hide, then it is easy to answer the questions raised. In recent months, the church has been an active advocate of what it calls good governance. If it expects to be taken seriously, it has to walk the talk by demonstrating transparency and accountability. (Michael Alan Hamlin is the managing director of TeamAsia and a Manila-based author and commentator. Write him at mahamlin@teamasia.com, follow him on Twitter, @asianpundit, friend him on Facebook, michaelalanhamlin, or link on LinkedIn, michaelalanhamlin.). Copyright 2012 Michael Alan Hamlin. All Rights Reserved.
LONDON, United Kingdom Renewables are tres chic that is undeniable, be it in this part of the world or elsewhere. Unfortunately, not all markets are created equal. For some jurisdictions, it is like an exercise in attrition to survive the investment course. Amid the hurdles, it is worth noting that on the horizon, ocean-harnessed or marine energy cannot be left behind. Albeit, it is a technology of which time has yet to come. Keeping in mind the science of global warming, the UK to a great extent is a pioneer in notching up marine energy resources into commercial-scale deployment. To reach its initial success on marine energy, the UK government invested heavily on research and development (R&D) and is also taking the forefront in technological innovation so its costs can eventually be brought down to a level more affordable to consumers. Based on studies and project pilots, the UK is ideal for tidal currents (also known as tidal stream), wave and offshore wind; while ocean thermal energy conversion or OTEC will line up the tropical countries, like the Philippines as well as Hawaii and Caribbean domains as candidates for project developments. All are currently under the same stages of commercialization, except for offshore wind (argued as also a form of marine energy), which is now into more advanced commercialization phase. While project development perspectives in the UK and the Philippines can still be considered not within parallel lengths, there are some lessons that they can learn from each other especially when it comes to enforcing important policy choices. Tapping Opportunities Interestingly, UK companies like Energy Island Bell Pirie Ltd. and just recently Nautricity, have placed the Philippines on their radar screen for targeted ventures with particular interest in OTEC projects in potential sites like Zambales and Pangasinan as well as Celebes Sea in the south. Their desire to go offshore is actually part of their governments sweeping agenda to let the world appreciate their supremacy on marine energy development, and to realize revenue targets of up to 3.7 billion British pounds that will be generated from the export of the technology. On a grander scale, wave and tidal stream energy are also seen contributing to its energy demand. They will likely chalk up a share of up to 20-percent or equivalent 30-50 gigawatts of installed capacity by 2050, according to the UK Department of
Energy and Climate Change. To gauge success, their government had set a specific timeline of five years, from 2006, for projects to move from prototype testing to commercial deployment of the array of marine technologies. OTEC in particular is a technology which draws on the potential of harnessing energy from temperature differences triggered by the suns warming of the ocean surface and is a perfect-fit application for some straits in the Philippines. The required thermal differential is at least 20 degrees centigrade. Experts have noted that OTEC has a distinct advantage because it can run baseload; while tidal current and wave are variable; although tidal is said to be more predictable than wave. Energy Island Bell Pirie director LourDesiree Latimer, in an interview, has enthused that the Philippines and other warm island nations are best suited to OTEC; hence, their initial project of 10-megawatt project in Cabangan, Zambales will lean on that technology application. Beyond that venture, Energy Island is also scouring for tidal current potential in the narrow straits of San Bernardino in the Bicol Peninsula-Samar region; and Hinatuan Passage in Surigao del Sur. But Ms Latimer has emphasized that these are subject to further study. She qualified that wave is the least energetic among the ocean resources in the Philippines, hence, the interest is not much for now in this area. For Energy Islands proposed closed-cycle OTEC facility, the projects construction will be via corporate vehicle Bell Pirie Power Corporation and shall be anchored on a build-lease-transfer (BLT) arrangement with its technology provider, French firm DCNS S.A., a naval defense company which has also been branching out into renewable energy ventures. Ms. Latimer explained that in many sites in the Philippines, the most potential is in OTEC, as (the country) lies in the tropical region where the ocean surface temperature is warm. She reckoned that since the thermal differential between the surface and deep ocean would be high enough to produce round-the-clock and year-round, OTEC plants can be operated baseload. Cost Impedes Commercialization Marine energy project developers are acknowledging though that cost still emerges an impeding factor in scaled-up deployment of marine energy technologies. For OTEC in particular, it could command a whopping investment of $22 million per megawatt or at least $220 million for the planned 10-MW trailblazing facility in Zambales.
This makes the grant of feed-intariff (FIT) a relevant investment support mechanism for this RE resource to flourish toward utility-scale developments. Unfortunately for the Philippines, this is one technology that the regulators have left out when they issued a ruling on the FITs for RE technologies. The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has noted that it deferred fixing the FIT for OTEC resource because it needs to undertake further study and data gathering. No specific timeline was given by the regulator as to when it will finally lay down the FIT numbers for this technology. Will this delay planned investments in the sector? Ms. Latimer admitted that it definitely will, but despite the snags, we will still monitor on what the ERC will come up with on the FIT for OTEC. Road To Grid Parity From investment starting points, she noted that OTEC deployment can realistically be brought to grid parity when it comes to cost pass-on to consumers. The Energy Island executive has pointed out that once the installation reaches 100 megawatts, the generation cost of OTEC can be brought down to R6.56 per kWh level, based on studies presented to the National Renewable Energy Board. Yet, this is a scale expected to be accomplished over 10 years from the initial projects commercialization. It is important that the technologys viability can be tested and proven first before you can scale up investment, Ms Latimer has explained further. The R17.65 per kWh FIT propounded for OTEC had been based on a representative project of 10 megawatts; but once the installed capacity goes up, the per-kilowatt-hour cost to consumers will also soften. It can be culled that even in the UK, preliminary project developments were underpinned by financial mechanisms banded under their renewable obligation certificates (ROCs), implemented alongside the FITs for smaller scale RE undertakings. The ROCs, which shall be enforced for 20 years, make it mandatory for electricity suppliers in the UK to source a specified volume of supply that they will deliver to customers from RE sources. Failing to heed that policy will risk them of paying penalties. What the British experience ought to convey to the Philippine market is that the initial financial support is necessary for the technology to thrive. But while consumers pockets will be pained with added costs, it matters that our policymakers will also do the right thing so we can achieve desirable success rates when it comes to our RE ambitions.
Mabuhay Germany
Green Power Philippines To Highlight German Technology At Trade Show

Its islands abundant with sun and wind, the Philippines is seen by many as a kind of tropical paradise. But a German national discovered that the country also holds natural potential for pushing the sustainability initiative, and for promoting the use of renewable energy. Mr. Axel Schrter, Chairman of the Board of Green Power Philippines, Inc. (GPP), is set to showcase the fruits of this discovery in this year's Mabuhay Germany, an annual trade show and intercultural celebration organized by the German-Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GPCCI). To be held on October 12 to 14 at Bonifacio High Street in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Mabuhay Germany 2012 brings together German institutions in the Philippines and member companies of the GPCCI in an entertainment-filled, weekendlong event. This year's theme is "Step Forward + Have Fun": a fitting reflection of how Mr. Schrter envisions the growth of GPP in the Philippines. "Our company encourages people to take a forward step toward a cleaner, healthier environmentby using the latest technologies in the field of renewable energy," he says. "Having fun, meanwhile, is a vital part of our company's philosophy. Germany is not just a leader in developing new technologies; it is also a country whose people have not forgotten how to enjoy life." Green Power Philippines, a German-Filipino engineering company, was founded in 2005, when Mr. Schrter was still in the middle of planning his house at the Terrazas de Punta Fuego enclave in Nasugbu, Batangas. After struggling to find a provider for the design and installation of advanced solar equipment for his new home, he decided to establish GPP and be his own provider. "In fact, the company's first major project was equipping my house
Approximately 200 parishioners from the Diocese of Paraaque spent last Monday morning debating issues of good governance and transparency and accountability in one of the Philippines largestand most influentialinstitutions. No, they werent concernedat least that daywith national or local governance issues. Or the private sector and shareholder rights. The concern was the way the Catholic Church, at least in Paraaque, is being administered. Heres the background. Back in June, rappler.com published an investigative report entitled, Bishop accused of diverting millions. It reported that second collections intended for victims of Typhoons Ondoy and Sendong, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and a 2010 Muntinlupa fire were diverted, and in a substantial way. Of R7.4 million in donations, over R3.3 million was diverted, apparently in violation of Canon Law article 1300, which states, intentions of those who give goods to pious causes, once they are lawfully accepted, must be carefully observed. Responding to the rappler.com report, Paraaque Bishop Jesse Mercado issued an official statement to assure the faithful that, all donations are properly receipted and promptly turned over to their intended beneficiaries. It said all expenses are studied, reviewed and properly documented in the spirit of stewardship, transparency and accountability, and that the Diocese is audited annually by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila and receives a 100% rating. Unsatisfied with these generalizations, several hundred parishioners wrote Mr. Mercado in June requesting official receipts and reports showing that funds donated to calamity victims were remitted in their entirety for the purposes intended. They also requested information on specific social programs funded by the diocese, where funds received from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office were applied, and the composition and role of the Diocesan Finance Council. Copies of annual audited financial reports were also requested. No response was received from the bishop. So parishioners created an online petition at www. change.org publicly requesting the bishop to respond to the allegations of financial irregularity. Again, no response. The laity then wrote the bishop on August 13 to invite him to present the information in a public forum. The Diocesan Finance Council was likewise invited.
with solar water heaters, solarpowered pool and booster pumps, energy-efficient air conditioning, and photovoltaic systems, among others," says Mr. Schrter, whose background in chemical engineering enabled him to bring advanced renewable energy technologies to the Philippines. "GPP has since grown to employ highly motivated Filipino engineers who are constantly trained by leading German tech providers." In last year's Mabuhay Germany, GPP exhibited a portfolio of products and services that included
solar water heaters, photovoltaic systems, small wind turbines, LED lighting, solar-powered pool and water pumps, and the latest inverter and battery technologiesall developed to harness the Philippines' high rate of sun irradiation and wind capacity, as well as promote new ways of generating power from alternative energy sources. This year, GPP also aims to highlight another interesting area of the company's portfolio: 100 percent biodegradable polymers, which are used to recultivate abandoned mine sites and strengthen mudslide protection.
Business Profile
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Sleepless Nights For Event Organizer
I want to be remembered as someone who taught the rudiments of the business well.
IRENE B. LLOREN
President, PRIMETRADE ASIA INC.
venue. At first, the held the MIBF at the PITC then stayed at the World Trade Center for a few years and the last venue prior to the SMX was MegaTrade Hall in SM Megamall. There was even a time when they brought the book fair to the provinces. Primetrade is planning of reviving its regional fair. Primetrade also handles a smaller book fair - the Philippine Academic Book, which is more specialized book fair catering to textbook featuring a wide array of reading materials. This particular Academic book fair is held every July. BOOKS Despite the advent of e-books and new reading gadgets, Lloren says books are here to stay. "I still stick to the printed copy. There is nothing like holding a book and flipping the pages," says Lloren. "When an e-book crashes, it is the end, but the book will always be there on the shelf," says Lloren. She, however, admits to e-books becoming popular among the younger population but she also firmly believes that books will stay forever because of the desire of people for a printed reading material. "The market share of books will diminish somehow, but books will not be lost and there will always be book publishing houses," says Lloren. According to Lloren, there have been a growing number of book exhibitors, including publishers at the book fair, including e-book exhibitors. "We are 101 percent fully booked. Our problem is we are running out of space that we have to turn down exhibitors," says Lloren. The bullish sentiment for Asia, including the Philippines, is driving economic activities in the region and that means more events to organize, including book fairs. THE JOB "I like my job. I complained about it but I look for the stress and the pressures associated with it," says Lloren. "It is not only the financial rewards that come with it but the fulfillment of doing exhibits, of helping people break into the market and training my people," says Lloren. Primetrade maintains 12 regular employees but during events they hire as many as 70 people onsite. Organizing events can be so fulfilling although stressful. Lloren used to do everything until she learned to delegate to relieve her some of the stress.
By BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT
rom a mere employee of what used to be the countrys foremost exhibit and event management organization, the Philippine Center for International Trade and Exhibitions (Philcite), Irene B. Lloren managed to transform herself into one of the countrys most professional event organizers and her event management firm is one of the most sought after long before event organizers start mushrooming in the country. As president of Primetrade Asia, Lloren admits to the jobs stressful demands, long preparations, long work hours, and meticulous clients. All these preoccupied her time and perhaps the reason she remains single up to this point in time. PRIMETRADE With a combined experience of over 20 years in event organizing and management for reputable institutions such as the Philcite, Philippine Trade and Training Center and Ace/Saatchi & Saatchi Advertisers, Lloren and her business partner Cristina Capistrano formed Primetrade. They gave credit to their Philcite days. Indeed, Philcite served as the formal training ground for some of the country's professional event managers. At Philcite, she used to handle the book fair. When she left to join the advertising world, clients continued to look for her that she decided to put up her own event organizing company. "It's an opportunity to become an entrepreneur and I never really like to be employed by someone else," says Lloren. Eventually, she gets to handle the book fair. Primetrade was created in 1990 and has since organized and managed major exhibitions, conferences, product launches, homecomings, ground breakings, marketing, and corporate events for a diverse range of clients including government organizations, professional organizations and major corporations. Primetrade has mounted successful events, some of which have been graced by none other than the presidents of this country. The company equates itself to quality, integrity, and commitment as significant values of a truly professional event organizer. BOOK FAIR Lloren takes pride in the Manila
International Book Fair (MIBF), its largest exhibition which is held every September. This time, the book fair will be held on Sept. 12 to 16 at the SMX Convention Center. It is the anchor event to four other events held simultaneously The Best of Anime, Superkids, The Philippine International English Language, and Wellness. This five-in-one event highlights the educational aspects of the five sectors. The event features seminars that tackle issues of these sectors to educate stakeholders in these sectors. The MIBF also becomes a one-stopshop for publishing houses, booksellers, distributors of educational equipment, authors, book launches, book signings, among related fields. This year's MIBF promises to be an equally exciting event. It will have 450 booths with 150 local and foreign publishers and booksellers. "This is a non-traditional way to promote their products the cheapest way," says Lloren. The National Bible Quiz is also on its third year with MIBF as a venue. The academe is also an active participant in the MIBF where schools bring their students to the event as part of their exposure trip. You can find many school buses parked near our venue and students from various schools, says Lloren. School officials also visit the event because all the book publishers are there as it is an opportunity to discuss their textbook requirements. Aside from the local publishers other publishers from Germany, China, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore and the publishing associations from Asean also put up their own booths. Last year, the MIBF attracted 85,000 visitors including students, kids and families. Book fair is our niche product, says Lloren. To further spice up the anime event, a Japanese band would be playing at the event. The Japan Anime Association is also supporting the anime show. There are also other anime exhibitors from Korea and Taiwan. So far, no local organizer has done The Best of Anime as a stand alone event. All they have are mostly cosplay events. She noticed that both the grade schoolers up to college students go to the Anime hall, but the teachers go to the Superkids and the general public to the book fair. "The MIBF becomes an educational hub for a five-day period," says Lloren. They had grown in terms of size that they also kept moving to a bigger
"Every event is special, the book fair excites me the most," says Lloren. Since the book fair is its major event, September is always the busiest month of the year followed by summer months when corporate events are normally held. "I would like to keep December for my vacation," says Lloren. Lloren says she had been to other international book fairs like the ones in Hong Kong and Singapore which could approximate the size of the MIBF. Lloren, however, cannot say how much the exhibitors have earned during the event considering they are quite secretive about it. "But they will not be joining if they are not earning. The ROI must be big enough for them to keep coming back," says Lloren. "The book fair keeps us afloat also while the other events are contributory to the company finances for us to operate this long," says Lloren. Primetrade, however, has maintained its rates and fees making them affordable and reasonable. PREPARATIONS Amid the mushrooming of event organizer firms in the country, Lloren says it takes guts, lots of patience and professionalism to be in this business. Preparations alone take time depending on the magnitude of the event. Primetrade does not accept events on a two-week notice. The national book fair alone takes a year of preparation. What makes it easier for Primetrade though is they have very talented and experienced employees. A practical woman, Primetrade is already planning its succession. Lloren is still far from retirement age, but she has also already trained people for higher position. "We cannot hold on to it when we grow old," says Lloren. Primetrade is also planning to implement a stock option plan for their employees as part of how they take good care of its people. Of course, there are risks in this kind of business. She says that being an event organizer requires a lot of patience. Those who have been successful in this business must stretch their patience by miles. They must have an eye for detail, and still look gracious even under very trying moments on the job. It is either you have it or you dont have it, says Lloren. Some have given up on this job because of the long hours of work during the event preparations and on the actual event itself. This is a very tedious job. We have very little sleep especially for corporate
events because we dont only do the event staging, but we do the video and research and that take up a lot of our time. Sometimes, video editing needs to be rushed, says Lloren. In the case of Primetrade, they do everything because they offer full service from conceptualizing down to implementation although the company also outsourced some other functions. LESSONS As an industry practitioner, she learned that an event cannot be rushed if it has to have quality. Normally, she would like to have a six-month timeline for every event. Primetrade very seldom accepts events on a short notice stressing it is tough and is never advisable because the quality of the event will suffer. She also learned that to be in this business, one has to be a good finance person. Be firm but flexible, that I watch closely, says Lloren. Commitment is another important thing she has learned in this business. Commitment is what makes us. I made lots of sacrifices to finish an event, even our health suffers, says Lloren. But the business if managed properly also pays well. It does pay financially, it can pay for the comforts of life but it is tough, especially now that competition in event organizing is mushrooming. Lloren used to be a control freak, but she has learned to delegate. She has groomed some people to fill in her shoes. She sees herself more of an adviser. I want to be remembered as someone who taught the rudiments of the business well, says Lloren who despite her success chose to socialize only with a select group of friends. On leaner days, she would rather catch up with her sleep. She travels, too, to update herself of new trends in the business. We are married to our career. We are so committed that we did not have time to think of marriage. I forgot to get married and fell in love again, she says in jest noting that married life could be a distraction to her career. Primetrade conducts over 20 events in a year, thats a lot of sleepless nights. I always think out of the box because most of the time I am not contended with the outcome. I want to be perfect in what I do and do it differently because I have to put my personal stamp on it, says Lloren. I always think of the substance in each show, that it should educate. It boils down to education actually. It is important to feed your mind, says Lloren. Primetrade has gone a long way and so has Lloren.
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Rehabilitation Of Irrigation Systems Underway in Quezon

Engineer Romeo Lopez, chief of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Management Office in Quezon, reported the ongoing repair and rehabilitation work on irrigation systems in the province. In a report to NIA Director Romeo Anonuevo of the NIA Regional Office, Lopez said the provincial office at its service areas in the towns of Tayabas, Pagbilao, and Lucena City is undertaking the desilting of river beds upstreams of dams, providing concrete canals, and repairing damaged ones. Lopez told Anonuevo that these things are part of the NIA programs which include the construction of new irrigation projects and the improvement of existing systems in the service areas. He assured the capability of the Quezon Irrigation Office to sufficiently irrigate the 2,752 hectares of rice lands within its service jurisdiction. The Quezon NIA chief said from Ibia dam in Tayabas, water runs down to Alsa dam, down to Lakawan dam, on to the river tributaries along the Lucena City diversion road. From there , water flows to Mayao dams converging at Mayao River before taking separate canal tributaries to the rice lands of Pagbilao and Lucena City.
2012 PUGAD LAWIN RITES Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista and Senator Antonio Trillanes IV extol the heroism and sacrifices of Gat Andres Bonifacio and other prime-movers of the Katipunan in restoring the countrys freedom from Spain during the celebration of the 116th anniversary of the Cry of Pugad Lawin at the Pugad Lawin shrine in Barangay Bahay Toro. In their speeches, both Mayor Herbert and Senator Trillanes urged Filipinos to unite and join the governments quest for modern-day heroes who could serve the nation as effective elements of change and development. The QC government and the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), represented during the occasion by its executive director, Ludovico Badoy, coordinated efforts in the preparation of this years commemorative rites for the Cry of Pugad Lawin. Joining them is Congressman Vincent Crisologo.
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Business News HP, Dell Desperately Need Reboot

$40 billion on dozens of acquisitions that have largely turned out to be duds so far. In contrast, Apple stock shot to an all-time high of $680.87 Monday and finished at $675.68, up $12.46, or 1.9 percent. Late Friday, a jury found that Samsung copied some of the features of the iPhone and iPad, and Samsung could be forced to take products off the shelves. Just think of all the value that they have destroyed, ISI Group analyst Brian Marshall said. ``It has been a case of just horrible management. Marshall traces the bungling to the reign of Carly Fiorina, who pushed through an acquisition of Compaq Computer a decade ago despite staunch resistance from many shareholders, including the heirs of HPs co-founders. After HP ousted Fiorina in 2005, other questionable deals and investments were made by two subsequent CEOS, Mark Hurd and Leo Apotheker. HP hired Meg Whitman 11 months ago in the latest effort to salvage what remains of one of the most hallowed names in Silicon Valley 73 years after its start in a Palo Alto, California, garage. The latest reminder of HPs ineptitude came last week when the company reported an $8.9 billion quarterly loss, the largest in the companys history. Most of the loss stemmed from an accounting charge taken to acknowledge that HP paid far too much when it bought technology consultant Electronic Data Systems for $13 billion in 2008. HP might have been unchallenged for the ignominious title as technologys most troubled company if not for one its biggest rivals, Dell Inc. Like HP Dell missed the trends , that have turned selling PCs into one of technologys least profitable and slowest growing niches. As a result, Dells market value has also plummeted by 60 percent, to about $20 billion, since the iPhones release. That means the combined market value of HP and Dell the two largest PC makers in the U.S. is less than the $63 billion in revenue Apple got from iPhones and various accessories during just the past nine months. The hand-held, touch-based computing revolution unleashed by the iPhone and Apples 2010 introduction of the iPad isnt the only challenge facing HP and Dell. They are also scrambling to catch up in two other rapidly growing fields cloud computing and Big Data. Cloud computing refers to the practice of distributing software applications over high-speed Internet connections from remote data centers so that customers can used them on any device with online access. Big Data is a broad term for hardware storage and other services that help
By MIChAEL LIEDTKE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Hewlett-Packard Co. used to be known as a place where innovative thinkers flocked to work on great ideas that opened new frontiers in technology. These days, HP is looking behind the times. Coming off a five-year stretch of miscalculations, HP is in such desperate need of a reboot that many investors have written off its chances of a comeback. Consider this: Since Apple Inc. shifted the direction of computing with the release of the iPhone in June 2007, HPs market value has plunged by 60 percent to $35 billion. During that time, HP has spent more than
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In the first seven-months of the year, the governments interest payments amounted to P201.29 billion, while principal payments reached P243.49 billion. The treasury bureau earlier reported that the governments borrowings in July this year from foreign and local lenders increased by more than fourfold due to higher sale of longer-dated papers. The governments gross borrowings last month reached P69.35 billion, significantly higher compared with P12.22 billion in the
same month last year, based on the documents with the treasury bureau. Of the total gross borrowings during the month, the government tapped bulk of its financing from the domestic market with a whooping P67.538 billion from only P8.48 billion in the same month in 2011. Bulk of the governments local borrowings in July was composed of fixed rate treasury bonds with P63.94 billion. Meanwhile, the gover nment borrowed less last month from
foreign lenders, declining by 51 percent to P1.82 billion from P3.74 billion in the same month last year, which mostly composed of project loans amounting to P1.5 billion. In the first seven-months of the year, the governments total borrowings stood at P455.81 billion, higher by 47 percent compared with P309.8 billion the country incurred in the same period last year. At end- July, the biggest contributors to governments debt were the issuances of global bonds that accounted for P66.03 billion in January and the weekly sale of fixed rate debt papers. The government also sold P179.79 billion worth of retail bonds in February.
navigate the sea of information flowing in from the increasing amount of work, play, shopping and social interaction happening online. Both HP and Dell want a piece of the action because cloud computing and Big Data boast higher margins and growth opportunities than the PC business. Its not an impossible transition, as demonstrated by the once-slumping but now-thriving IBM Corp., a technology icon even older than HP . But IBM began its makeover during the 1990s under Louis Gerstner and went through its share of turmoil before selling its PC business to Lenovo Group in 2005. HP and Dell are now trying to emulate IBM, but they may be making their moves too late as they try to compete with IBM and Oracle Corp., as well as a crop of younger companies that focus exclusively on cloud computing or Big Data. A revival at HP will take time, something that HP CEO Meg Whitman has repeatedly stressed during her first 11 months on the job. Make no mistake about it: We are still in the early stages of a turnaround, Whitman told analysts during a conference call last week. The problems Whitman is trying to fix were inherited from Apotheker and Hurd.
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Filipinos High...
MMPC Posts 2-Digit Sales Increase

Mitsubishi Motors Phils. Corp. (MMPC) reported yesterday that it started the second half of the year with an impressive double-digit growth of 15.7%. MMPC was able to sell a total of 3,275 units for the month of July as compared to 2,830 units sold in June. MMPC also posted significant increases in several industry categories. With the launch of the Lancer EX 1.6 MIVEC in July, sales in the compact car segment dramatically increased by 397.4%. Sales for the compact car category reached 189 units which is so far the highest monthly sales since January of this year. The Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV) also recorded an increase of 10.2% equating to a total of 3,021 units. Pajero sales also increased by 56.5%. Sales for Strada which is one of MMPCs best-selling models also improved by 26.8%. Accordingly the sales of the locally produced Adventure and L300 models are very well sustained. Adventure sales increased by 23.3% with sales of 576 units. Meanwhile, the Montero Sport remains to be the bestselling SUV in the country with a total of 7,863 units sold since the start of the year. To date, MMPC has sold more than 40,000 units of Montero Sport since it was introduced during the last quarter of 2008. Accordingly, truck sales also improved by 36% as compared to June sales. Year-to-date figures show a modest increase on all the segments. With these impressive figures MMPC was able to capture 22.6% market share and remains to be the countrys number two best-selling brand. With the notable start for the second half MMPC is confident that it will continue to improve its market performance. MMPC expects a comeback in the passenger car segment with the introduction of the Lancer EX 1.6 MIVEC and the soon to be launched all-new Mirage. With the consumers reception on the all-new Mirage during its sneak preview at the 4th Philippine International Motors Show, MMPC is optimistic that it will create a stronger presence on the Mitsubishi brand and likewise significantly improve the total sales. With the introduction of these new models, higher consumer spending, aggressive promotions and bank financing, MMPC is positive that it will sustain its remarkable growth, increase its market share and achieve the goals set for 2012.
survey covered 4,000 people across 8 countries including the Philippines. Five hundred interviews were held in each of the participating countries that include Australia, India, Indonesia, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand. According to Citi Country Officer Sanjiv Vohra, the results of the survey reaffirm Citis commitment to financial education. As Citi celebrates its 200th anniversary this year, we remain focused on our efforts to help consumers understand the importance of planning their financial future, and guide them in achieving their financial goals. Citi has been reaching out to a wide range of audiences, looking beyond our clients, to promote financial literacy.
We constantly look for opportunities to engage them in discussions on saving and budgeting, understanding investment options and preparing for retirement. More than 60% surveyed said they were better off compared to 2010, the highest reported level since 2007. Optimism on ones financial future is also up, with four out of five respondents saying they are very optimistic or optimistic about their financial future. On savings, 42% reported they save money from every pay. With better access to financial education, Filipinos are able to manage their current finances, and have become even more conscious about
saving for the future. For the fourth consecutive year, the Citi-sponsored research revealed a year-over-year increase in the Citi Fin-Q Score or financial well-being of Asian consumers. The Citi Fin-Q for the region currently stands at 54.5 out of a possible 100 points, up from 53.2 in 2010, 50.9 in 2009 and 49.5 in 2008. Majority of respondents (74%) in the Asia Pacific region showed increased satisfaction in their current quality of life, while 70% were very optimistic/optimistic about their financial future. Almost two-thirds (63%) of Asia Pacific respondents expressed confidence that their savings will lead to a comfortable life in retirement. Not a surprising fact, since almost half (46%) reported that they set aside some savings from every pay.
ASEAN Braces...
Cristobal, however, said this guiding principle will not supplant existing ASEAN agreements but rather broaden the economic reach of ASEAN as it seeks to expand trade and investments through regional FTAs. In July this year, the Philippines hosted the first ASEAN Regulatory Reform Symposium for ASEAN (ARRS) integration in preparation for the ASEAN full economic integration or the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by 2015. The Philippine hosting of the ARRS will advance efforts to institutionalize regulatory reform dialogues within the ASEAN. The symposium will help identify key challenges in policy formulation and address the gaps to achieve a more comprehensive regulatory reform program for specific sectors and industries, Cristobal said.
The AEC envisions a single market and production base, a competitive economic region, equitable economic development, and integration into the global economy by 2015. Through trade and investment liberalization,the ASEAN has reduced the cost of doing business through tariff reduction. At the start of the ASEAN Free Trade Area in 1993, the average tariff on intraASEAN trade was almost 13 per cent, and last year, in 2011, it has gone down to less that one percent. Outside of the region, ASEAN has become a major player in the global market. According to the World Trade Organization, ASEAN accounted for 7 per cent of global exports (totalling US$ 14,851 billion) in 2010. According to the ASEAN Competitiveness Report 2010 prepared by the Asia Competitiveness Insti-
tute of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, ASEAN was found to be more competitive than 57 percent of the 132 developed and developing economies in 2010. However, the same Report also indicated that ASEAN has not advanced on the competitiveness scale in the past five years. This Symposium is a good opportunity for ASEAN to highlight current efforts in instituting several reform measures; as well as in providingsupport to advancing parallel advocacy efforts by the private sector to implement broad regulatory reform programs as part of the regions overall competitiveness strategy. Aside from reforms of regulatory regimes in supply chain and logistics, ASEAN needs to build on its previous successes and initiate a fresh wave of market-based reforms, in order to meet the challenges of globalization, as well as risks posed by a volatile global economy.(BCM)
June Imports...
In the first six months of the year, imports rose 0.4% to $30.76 billion compared with $30.65 billion a year prior. The trade deficit for JanuaryJune came to $4.00 billion from $5.81 billion in the year-earlier period. Exports totaled $26.76 billion. In June alone, the trade deficit was $787.0 million, wider than the deficit of $369.0 million posted in June last year. Exports in June rose
4.2% on-year to $4.31 billion. The US was the Philippines top source of imports in June, with total purchases reaching $803.42 million, a 74.7% surge from a year earlier. Japan was second at $608.93 million, a 46% rise from a year earlier. China was third-largest source of imports, with shipments totaling $545.76 million, a 16% on-year increase.
PAL Places...
the European Eximbank. The flag carrier, which plans to buy up to 100 new jets in total within the next five to seven years as it fights to regain dominance of the local market, said it was still in talks with both Airbus and Boeing for its next tranche of planes. For this stage of fleet expansion, the airline has ordered 10 long-haul A330-300s and 44 jets from the A321 family, with delivery starting in 2013, Asias oldest airline said in a statement. The carrier is ready to
issue more shares to fund its jet purchases, it said. The good Boeing planes we are looking at are the 777-300 ER and the upcoming 777-X. Were also interested in the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, President Ramon Ang told reporters. The flag carriers new investors, Angs group, has infused $500 million in equity, which is more than enough for the purchase of the 100 aircraft it needs. Theres no need to add more equity, he added.
Already, PAL registered profits in June and July this year due to higher load factors and cargo volume, as well as lower costs due to less maintenance expenses, Ang revealed. The flag carrier hauled in $1.7 billion revenues last year while Air Philippines hauled in $270 million. PAL will consider where to source the remaining 46 of its 100 aircraft requirement, but 26 of the new fleet will be long-bodied planes good for 17 hours travel, from Manila to New York and Manila to Paris, according to Ang. So far, PAL expects a much better financial performance in 2013. We are confident we can deliver.
The orders we are placing with Airbus will play a key role in revitalizing PAL and growing trade and tourism in the country, said PAL Chairman Lucio Tan and PAL president Ramon S. Ang. With these aircraf t we will be able to offer more passengers the best the industry has to offer across our Asia-Pacific network. At the same time, we will benefit from the low operating costs associated with new generation aircraft and the reduced impact on the environment. The A321 is the largest member of the best-selling A320 Family, which offers the lowest operating
costs of any single aisle product line today. These costs will be reduced even further with the arrival of the new engine option (NEO) in 2015, delivering additional fuel savings of up to 15 percent. To date, over 8,500 A320 Family aircraft have been ordered and more than 5,200 delivered to 365 customers and operators worldwide. The twin engine A330 is one of the most widely-used widebody aircraft in service today. To date, Airbus has recorded more than 1,200 orders for the various versions of the aircraft, with around 900 now flying with some 90 operators worldwide.
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The Department of Agriculture has created the HVCDP to help address food security, poverty alleviation, and sustainable growth. The DA meets with major vegetable traders at wholesale markets in Metro Manila and nearby areas to determine vegetable supply and demand, and
informs farmers' cooperatives and groups when to schedule their production, harvest, and delivery operations. We wish the Officials of the Philippine Government, led by President Benigno S. Aquino III and Vice President Jejomar C. Binay, Department
of Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala, Department of Agrarian Reform Secretary Virgilio R. de los Reyes, and Department of Trade and Industry Secretary Gregory L. Domingo, all the best and success in all their endeavors. CONGRATULATIONS AND MABUHAY!
REFLECTIONS...
girl hurried back to the kings presence and made her request, I want you to give me at once on a platter the head of John the Baptist. The king was deeply distressed, but because of his oaths and the guests he did not wish to break his word to her. So he promptly dispatched an executioner with orders to bring back his head. He went off and beheaded him in the prison. He brought in the head on a platter and gave it to the girl. The girl in turn gave it to her mother. When his disciples heard about it, they came and took his body and laid
it in a tomb. REFLECTION Righteous and holy man. The drama that leads to the death of John the Baptist resembles the passion and death of Jesus. John rebukes Herod Antipas for his adultery and sinful life. Herod retaliates by having John arrested and imprisoned. Herod knows Johns prophetic stature as a righteous man and likes to listen to him though his conscience is continually pricked by the prophet. Weak in character and
caught in quandary due to his vices, lust, extravagance, and peer pressure, Herod is forced to give in to Herodias plan to get rid of John. Herod, Herodias, and her daughter dispose of John though the latter is more deserving of life than they. How do you treat prophetic figures who speak the truth loud and clear? SOURCE: 366 Days with the Lord 2012, ST. PAULS Philippines, 7708 St. Paul Rd., SAV, Makati City (Phils.,); Tel.: 8959701; Fax 895-7328; E-mail: books@stpauls. ph; Website: http://www.stpauls.ph.
basic dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, as measured by life expectancy at birth; education, as measured by the adult literacy rate (with two-thirds weight) and the combined primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrollment ratio (with one-third weight); and standard of living, as measured by GDP per capita in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms in US dollars. In 2010, the Philippines ranked 97 out of 169 countries and it was classified as a country with medium human development, while South Korea, Singapore, Mexico, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Brazil and Thailand ranked higher. (See Table 2) TABLE 2: Human Development Index Rankings Philippines and Selected Countries (2010) COUNTRY South Korea Singapore Mexico Malaysia Kazakhstan Brazil Thailand Philippines Indonesia Pakistan Nigeria RANK HDI Value 12 27 56 57 66 73 92 97 108 125 142 0.877 0.846 0.750 0.744 0.714 0.699 0.654 0.638 0.600 0.490 0.423
In 2011, the Philippines ranking dropped to 112 out of 189 countries but was still classified as a country with medium human development while South Korea, Singapore, Mexico, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Brazil and Thailand still ranked higher. (See Table 3) TABLE 3: Human Development Index Rankings Philippines and Selected Countries (2011) COUNTRY South Korea Singapore Mexico Malaysia Kazakhstan Brazil Thailand Philippines Indonesia Pakistan Nigeria RANK HDI Value 15 26 57 61 68 84 103 112 124 145 156 0.897 0.866 0.770 0.770 0.745 0.718 0.682 0.644 0.617 0.504 0.459
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Source: Human Development Report 2011 entitled Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All In terms of the HDI and its components, as of 2010, the Philippines had a lower life expectancy at birth, a low number of expected years of schooling, and a lower gross national income per capita compared to South Korea, Singapore, Mexico, Malaysia and Brazil. (See Table 4)
the subject of praise. Honesty, hard work and humility remain as yardsticks of public service. *** Executive Sec. Paquito Ochoa is named DILG OIC but the President is now scouting for Robredos able replacement. Another acid test for P-Noy.A major honor for the incoming appointee. *** Transportation Secretary Mar Roxass gets tough with inspection of planes.
Ensure that they are air-worthy and no more Robredo tragedy. *** Meanwhile, the countrys oil firms warn of impending higher pump prices. Dont kill us. Please! *** Consumers complain against increase in Meralcos last billing. Mild electrocution again. *** Farmers greet new Chief Justice Sereno with a rally-reminder on Hacienda Luisita distribution and
pricing. Dont get disturbed, Madam. Just do your job and take it as warm greetings. *** Activists rally against the glaring practice of politicians to post greetings on huge tarpaulins. Politicians, take note. Anti-EPAL movement is alive and kicking. He-he! *** The nation celebrates Heroes Day with pomp and pageantry. Yes to more heroes! Bawas-taksil, dagdag-bayani!
Source: Human Development Report 2010 entitled The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development
TABLE 4: Human Development Index and its Components Philippines and Selected Countries (2010) COUNTRY HDI
Life expectancy at birth (years) Mean years in school (years) Expected years in school (years) Gross national income (GNI) per capita GNI per Noncapita income rank HDI minus value HDI rank
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of intellect over politics, as her nominator, a person she did not even know, described her. Those who wonder why PNoy had chosen someone with less experience and seniority should review the YouTube recording of her interview by members of the Judicial and Bar Council as this would give an insight into the persona of this lady who has so much passion (as JBC member Atty. Cayosa describes her), and highly driven by the desire to bring about a reform of the judiciary. In her own introspection, she shares the vision of a new kind of judiciary one which is courageous and willing to sacrifice. With so much focus today on personalities, she would like to create a generation of judges committed to change based on community-shared visions. This, she says, is essential if we want reforms to be sustainable. One would recognize the same kind of passion, and faith in the capacities of our people that the late Sec Jesse Robredo had shown during his 18 years of stewardship as mayor of Naga City. It is a brand of servant leadership
a belief in sharing power with the people, the refusal to compromise ones principles for the sake of expediency. It is nurturing young people and future leaders and giving them hope in the future and that it is not enough to say everything is okay. It is living a life of simplicity and practising a work ethic that would restore trust in the judiciary. Her stint in the academe and her interest in mentoring the young, are added assets. Here, her capacity to draw wisdom from the past, the ability to see relationships between various parts of the law and other systems are invaluable strengths when she begins to set the agenda, mediate, and lead the highest court in the country. She has articulated a 7-point credo which summarizes her judicial philosophy. In a male-dominated judiciary, the Chief Justice accentuates the role of women in leadership. As she has aptly stated, women in her position have a double burden as they also have responsibilities at home. As shown in examples from all over the world, women
have brought in additional dimensions qualities of sensitivity and empathy, compassion, and resourcefulness An online paper on woman leaders cites excerpts from two studies on women in leadership by two consulting firms in Princeton, New Jersey, and London. It states: Woman leaders are more assertive and persuasive, have a stronger need to get things done, are flexible, more willing to take risks, stronger in interpersonal skills enabling them to read situations accurately and take information from all sides. They are able to bring others around to their point of view because they genuinely understand and care about where others are coming from so that people they are leading feel more understood, supported, and valued. Anyone who has met Chief Justice Sereno and is aware of her professional and personal life will be convinced that she, indeed, is the right person for the job. We hope that the next Secretary of Interior and Local Government will be a worthy successor to the much esteemed Sec Jesse Robredo.
So Korea Singapore Mexico Malaysia Kazakhstan Brazil Thailand Philippines Indonesia Pakistan Nigeria
0.877 0.846 0.750 0.744 0.714 0.699 0.654 0.638 0.600 0.490 0.423
79.8 80.7 76.7 74.7 65.4 72.9 69.3 72.3 71.5 67.2 48.4
11.6 8.8 8.7 9.5 10.3 7.2 6.6 8.7 5.7 4.9 5.0
16.8 14.4 13.4 12.5 15.1 13.8 13.5 11.5 12.7 6.8 8.9
29,518 48,893 13,971 13,927 10,234 10,607 8,001 4,002 3,957 2,678 2,156
16 -19 -3 -3 6 -3 -11 12 2 -4 -12
0.918 0.831 0.785 0.775 0.756 0.728 0.683 0.726 0.663 0.523 0.436
Source: Human Development Report 2010 entitled The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development
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individual tends to have a problem with a particular set of sinuses. If the sinuses are too small or poorly positioned to handle the volume of mucus produced, they can become clogged. Pressure in the sinuses increases, thus causing pain. Sinuses that are clogged for a long period of time seem to invite infection. Sinusitis can either be acute or chronic. Acute sinusitis is frequently caused by bacterial or viral infections of the nose, throat, and upper respiratory tract, such as the common cold. Bacteria cause more than 50% of all cases of sinusitis. Chronic sinusitis problems may be caused by small growths in the nose, injury of the nasal bones, smoking, and exposure to irritant fumes and smells. Allergic sinusitis may be caused by hay fever or food allergies, especially allergies to milk and dairy products. People with compromised immune systems are susceptible to fungal sinusitis, a potentially dangerous condition that requires aggressive treatment. Chronic and recurrent infections of the sinus area are becoming more common, possibly because of air-borne pollutants, and are more difficult to treat effectively. The increasing incidence of sinusitis may be partly due
to increased consumption of congesting mucus-forming foods like sugars, breads, cheeses, and fried foods, along with reduced immune status of the body and mucous membrane from both inhaled and ingested chemicals. Nutritional deficiencies that can weaken the immune responses are likely to play a role in many cases. What are the symptoms? After the first few days of a cold, the blockage in your nose may get worse and the greenish discharge may increase. Later, because the passages between the nose and the sinuses also become blocked, the discharge may stop, leaving you more stuffed up than ever. You have to breathe through your mouth, your speech becomes nasal, and you may have a headache over one or both eyes. Symptoms of sinusitis include fever (usually low-grade, but higher in some cases), cough, earache, toothache, facial pain, cranial pressure, difficulty of breathing through the nose, loss of the sense of smell, and tenderness over the forehead and cheekbones. If tapping the forehead just over the eyes, the cheekbones, or the area around the bridge of the nose causes pain, the sinuses may be infected. When the ethmoid sinuses are involved, your lower
eyelid may be swollen, especially when you wake up in the morning. What are the risks? The risks of sinusitis are minimal if it is treated with antibiotics. Before the availability of antibiotics, the infection sometimes spread through the mucous membrane of the sinuses into the bones and even to the meninges (three membranous layers that protect the brain and the spinal cord) or the brain. What is the treatment? Self-help: Stay indoors, in a room with a steady temperature. Add moisture to the air with a vaporizer or humidifier. Blow your nose gently with tissues. Drink plenty of fluids and use nasal decongestant drops or spray. Also, it may help to keep your head elevated, try using extra pillows at night while you sleep. Professional help: Your physician may prescribe antibiotic and also suggests that you use oral decongestant medication, nose drops, or nasal spray. Decongestants shrink the swollen mucous membrane, which widens the respiratory airways. Recommendation: Drink plenty of water and fresh vegetable and fruit juices.
Sometime ago in our tele-radyo program Salitang Buhay on DZMM, our guest Fr. Joel Jason, commissioner on Family and Life and dean of theological studies of San Carlos Seminary, Makati, said the Catholic Church is not opposed to Sex Education in schools as provided in the Reproductive Health Bill. However, the approach should not only be biology-oriented but also value-based. *** Indeed, sex education should never be purely physical for the simple reason that human creatures are not merely animals. If young people and married couples go after pleasure only without regard for responsibility, the problem of solo parents and abandoned mothers will increase. And according to studies and observation, many children from broken marriages become social problems like juvenile deliquency. *** WILL POWER. What should be stressed in sex education is the value of self-control. We must bear in mind that knowledge alone is no guarantee of good conduct. A banker, for instance, understands all about money, but that does not stop him from stealing. A politician or lawyer may know all about the civil law, but it does not guarantee him from breaking the law. (Some of
the big lawbreakers are lawyers and lawmakers). *** Similarly, if one acquires knowledge of sex without training his or her will at the same time, his knowledge will only make it easier to violate the proper use of sex. When young people fall into sins of impurity or sex crimes, it is not so much because of lack of knowledge as lack of strength or will power. *** Will power can be cultivated if one faithfully and religiously OBEYS the laws, whether civil or divine laws. Also, the fear of PUNISHMENT can be a motivating factor in avoiding various crimes and social problems. The problem occurs when the laws have no teeth or when wrongdoers can get off the hook too easily. Then the Universal Law avoid evil and do whats good should be inculcated constantly beginning in childhood. Finally, knowing the inherent frailty of human nature, one should not expose oneself to the dangerous occasions of sin or evil. *** ST. JUDE. Tomorrow, Thursday, join our novena to St. Jude, Saint of the Impossible, at the Divine Word Shrine, Christ the King Seminary, on E. Rodriguez Boulevard, Quezon City, right after the 6:00 p.m. Mass. A healing session will follow.
Eliminate sugar from your diet. Reduce your salt intake. Do not eat dairy foods, except for low-fat soured products like yogurt and cottage cheese. Dairy product increase mucus formation. Use a vaporizer to ease breathing and clear secretions. Use stream inhalations to promote drainage and ease pressure.
Use warm compresses or ice packs to help relieve pain. (Experiment to see which works best for you). Do not smoke, and avoid secondhand smoke. Do not use force when blowing your nose, as this forces mucus back into the sinus cavities. Instead, draw secretions to the back of the throat by sniffing, and then expel them.
Low Water Hinders Rhine Shipping

HAMBURG (Reuters) Water levels on the Rhine in north and central Germany remained too low for cargo vessels to fully loaded despite weekend rains but shipping on the Danube was back to normal, traders said. In sections of the Rhine around Cologne vessels were still only able to sail around half full, traders said. But weekend rain had raised water levels on southern sections of the river which are again deep enough for fully-loaded sailings.
China Southern Airlines Profit Falls

HONG KONG (AP) China Southern Airlines Ltd. has posted an 85 percent drop in first-half profit as the global economy slowed, jet fuel prices rose and competition among Chinese carriers intensified. The airline, China's biggest by passenger numbers, said that profit fell to 424 million yuan ($67 million), or 0.04 yuan per share (0.6 US cents). That's down steeply from 2.76 billion yuan or 0.28 yuan a share in 2011.
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Ratification Of MLC 2006 A Big Win For Pinoy Seafarers

By PRIAM F. NEPOMUCENO
PHILIPPINES-JAPAN COASTGUARD JOINT ANTI-PIRACY EXERCISE (EPA) A Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel, Shikishima, is anchors at the Port of Manila, August 27, 2012. The Japan Coast Guard is conducting a joint anti-piracy exercise with the Philippine Coast Guard in Manila Bay August 27-30.
Asia-Pacific Needs 185,600 Pilots

By KYUNGHEE PARK (BLOOMBERG)
By 2030
Boeing Co., the worlds secondbiggest planemaker, said about 185,600 new pilots will be needed in the Asia-Pacific region within the next two decades as economic growth encourages more people to travel by air. China will lead growth in the region, with 71,300 pilots in demand through 2030, Boeing said in a statement today. The region will also need an additional 243,500 technicians in the period, with 99,400 in China, it said. Asia is where the growth is, Bob Bellitto, global sales director for Boeings flight services, said at a briefing in Singapore. We can sell new airplanes, but if we dont have enough people to maintain them or people to fly them, theyre going to
sit on the ground. Boeing forecasts demand for pilots and technicians will be the greatest in Asia-Pacific markets as the region will get 12,030 planes of the 34,000 to be delivered in the period. Singapore Airlines Ltd.s SilkAir unit and Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. are among carriers that are expanding their fleet. The global airline industry may post net income of $3 billion in 2012, of which $2 billion is forecast for Asia-Pacific carriers, according to the International Air Transport Association. Travel demand in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to rise 3.9 percent this year, compared with 2.3 percent in Europe, it said in June. Europe will get 7,760 planes through 2030, while North America will receive 7,290, Boeing said. Airbus SAS is the worlds largest maker of airplanes.
Philippine Overseas Employment Administration Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac has lauded the Senate's ratification of the Maritime Labor Convention (MLC) 2006, saying the approval of the law is a big win for the Filipino mariners' fight for decent and equitable employment. He said that the country's adoption of MLC 2006 last July also means that seafarer recruitment and placement standards in the Philippines would now be aligned to global measuring stick. "It means more employment for our Filipino seafarers abroad as MLC 2006 would tell foreign shipowners and manning agents that our training, recruitment and placement standards are up to global standards," Cacdac stressed. The POEA chief also said that the "ratification of MLC 2006 by Philippine legislators would further cement the country's title of being the world's crewing capital, aside from ensuring that our seafarers are given proper rest and accommodations." He also emphasized that MLC 2006 would greatly improve crewing and modernization standards locally as domestic shipping companies would be given a template on how to go about with their improvements.
An estimated 40,000 seafarers are working locally while another 400,000 are working on board foreign ships worldwide. MLC 2006 is an international treaty which seeks to protect the rights of seafarers worldwide. A total of 22 senators voted in favor of the ratification of the MLC, described as a treaty protecting the rights of the seafarers on third and final reading with no negative vote or abstention. Those who gave affirmative votes include: Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, Senate President ProTempore Jinggoy Estrada, Majority Floor Leader Vicente Sotto III, Minority Floor Leader Alan Peter Cayetano and Senators Edgardo Angara, Joker Arroyo, Pia Cayetano, Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Franklin Drilon, Teofisto G. Guingona III, Gregorio Honasan II, Panfilo Lacson, Lito Lapid, Loren Legarda, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Serge Osmea, Francis Pangilinan, Aquilino Pimentel III, Ralph Recto, Ramon Revilla Jr., Antonio Trillanes IV, and Manny Villar. Legarda, chairperson of the Senate committee on foreign relations, sponsored the Senate Resolution No. 829 concurring on the treaty which is seen to provide "comprehensive rights and protection for about 400,000 domestic and international Filipino seafarers. Filipino seafarers can expect
better working conditions and fairer terms of employment with the approval of a resolution concurring in the ratification of the MLC 2006, Legarda said. Enrile lauded the speedy concurrence on the ratification of the MLC 2006, saying that Filipino seafarers are national heroes who contribute to the country's development. "Last year, our seafarers accounted for 22 percent of the total foreign remittances from overseas Filipinos or an equivalent of US$, 4.3 billion. They are our modern-day heroes that contribute to our national economy," Enrile said. Legarda said the concurrence on the ratification of MLC 2006 would spur the modernization of shipping fleets to comply with international standards. It will also call on governments to effectively enforce their regulatory role in ensuring safer and secure shipping, help prevent marine pollution and ensure decent work for seafarers. "It will also erase ambiguity on the definition of seafarer as the Convention covers not just the crew involved in navigating or operating the ship but also other workers, including cabin and cleaning personnel, bar staff, waiters, entertainers, singers, kitchen staff, casino personnel and estheticians positions occupied by thousands of Filipinos in foreign vessels," Legarda said.
Evergreen Starts Straits-Yangon Service

In response to the increasing market demand for feeder space, Evergreen Line will start the new Straits-Yangon (Myanmar) service (SYS) in late August. Taiwanese carrier Evergreen will exchange space with Advance Container Lines (ACL) in its Yangon routes to increase the frequency of feeder connections. Evergreen Line will deploy the 1,164 TEU Ever Able to the SYS route. The first sailing is scheduled to depart from Singapore on 21st August, which serves the rotation of Singapore-Yangon-Port Klang-Singapore in about 11-12 days transit time. Evergreen will also conduct slot exchange with ACL on its Yangon routes (YGS), cruising a round voyage of about 10-12 days. The port rotations are as follows: YGS1: Singapore-Yangon-Port Klang-Singapore. YGS2: SingaporeYangon-Singapore. Evergreen Line said Myanmar has the advantage of reasonably priced labor and is endowed with abundant natural resources. In addition, recent political and economic reforms have attracted significant amounts of foreign investment to the country, enhancing its potential for long-term economic growth. Evergreen will continue to monitor market development trends and remains committed to meet customer demand with quality service. (EHL)
AirAsia X Posts Strong Growth

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Virgin Australia Returns To Profit

SYDNEY (AFP) Australian budget carrier Virgin posted a full-year profit of A$22.8 million (US$23.6 million) Tuesday, climbing back into the black after picking up business-class passengers from rival Qantas. Virgin, Australia's second-biggest airline, said its net profit in the year to June 30 was up from a Aus$67.8million loss in the previous period. This compared with Qantas' net loss of Aus$244 million announced last week, a half-billion-dollar reverse from the 12 months before. ''Our progress in attracting higher yielding corporate and government customers has been a key driver of our improved profitability,'' Virgin chief executive John Borghetti said in a statement. ''This segment now makes up 20 percent of our domestic revenue and, encouragingly, over the last three months we have averaged above this level.'' Revenue increased 19.8 percent to Aus$3.9 billion and Borghetti said the bottom line benefitted from increased codeshare returns from its international alliances, including with Singapore Airlines and Etihad. Despite posting a profit, Virgin did not declare any dividend for shareholders and said the uncertain economic environment meant the company could not provide guidance for the current financial year. ''In light of the continuing uncertain economic environment and the need to support our current and future strategic initiatives, we will not declare a dividend,'' Borghetti said.
AirAsia X has recorded strong growth in the second quarter of 2012, carrying 0.58 million passengers, representing growth of 28.9% over the same quarter in 2011 for continuing routes. The airline has started its services, bringing its route network to 13 destinations across Asia Pacific and the Middle East. In terms of passenger traffic, AirAsia X achieved 3.8 billion Available Seat Kilometers (ASKs) and 3.1 billion Revenue Passenger Kilometers (RPKs) for the second quarter of 2012, resulting in a load factor of 82%. This is an increase of 4 percentage-points from the second quarter of 2011 load factor of 78%. All routes that AirAsia X has operated for over a year have yielded an increase in load factor in the second quarter of 2012 versus the second quarter of 2011. Cargo operations continues to be strong, with AirAsia X carrying 7,374 tons of freight in the second quarter of 2012 and 14,781 tonnes for the first half of 2012, registering a 9% growth from a year ago for its continuing routes. For the first half of 2012, AirAsia
X carried a total of 1.1 million passengers, reflecting an increase of 16.6% versus the first half of 2011 on the continuing routes. AirAsia X achieved ASKs of 8.3 billion and RPKs of 7.0 billion in the first half of 2012, representing a load factor of 84%, which is a 5 percentage point increase versus the first half 2011 load factor of 79%. Azran Osman-Rani, CEO of AirAsia X said: AirAsia X remains bullish on the prospects of the year for the long-haul, low-cost segment. As we are currently focusing on increasing capacity in our identified core markets including Australia, China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan, we expect to see a stronger presence in Asia Pacific in the near future." "Our recent announced additional lease of 6 aircrafts from International Lease and Finance Corporation (ILFC) and the upcoming delivery of existing orders from Airbus in 2013 and 2014 emphasize further our commitment and aim in becoming the dominant market leader in the long-haul, low-cost segment." "Our commitment would further strengthen our network and increase feeder traffic for better connectivity within the AirAsia Group.
SINKING GREEK VESSEL MV THERMOPYLAE IN SRI LANKA (EPA) The sinking Greek vessel MV Thermopylae Sierra's masts are visible above the waters of the Indian Ocean while its oil spill threatens the coasts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 26, 2012. The cargo vessel MV Thermopylae Sierra carrying a load of steel pipes was in the center of a legal dispute and abandoned off the western coast of Sri Lanka for the past three years, the vessel began sinking on August 24, threatening the coasts with oil pollution from its remaining furnace fuel.
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Tips For Online Discount Shopping

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Jhoanna o. Gan-So
have a confession: I am an online shopaholic. When groupbuying websites like Groupon, Ensogo, Cashcashpinoy and others entered the market, I found myself attracted to their deals and 50 percent off discounts. I enjoyed looking at the online catalogues they e-mailed almost daily, and before I knew it, I was buying all sorts of things like furniture, beauty services, photo books, cake pops, gadgets, lamps and screen meshes. My husband laughs at my newfound hobby. Its a costly one. Although I have bought some pretty cool stuff, I must admit some were real duds that gave me bouts of buyers remorse. And so, in a short span of time, I have learned to become a smarter online shopper. Let me share with you some practical shopping tips that can save you from unnecessary expenses and hassles. 1. Buy from a credible groupbuying discount website. You would want to deal with a reputable company, with a website that uses a secure payment system. Before buying from a group-buying website, check out online reviews about them. Google their company and see if negative writeups come up, then determine if they are worth shopping from. 2. Do not buy electronics and high tech gadgets. One of the most critical things to ask about buying electronics is the warranty. Most appliances and gadgets come with one-year warranties when you buy from malls and department stores. With online group-buying sites, most have a no refund after seven days policy. One of my biggest regrets in online shopping is purchasing an HD pen video camera from one of the top group-buying websites. Aside from getting my item late, I found out on the seventh day that my camera was not working. I reported this to the company, but I never received a reply. Im still following up to resolve the issue, but to this day, I am still stuck with a very expensive HD pen camera that only functions as a very expensive pen. Bummer. 3. Gift certificate vouchers are better. Instead of buying things, I realized it is better to buy gift certificates worth 50 percent off from establishments you already know, like your favorite restaurants, retail shops, beauty centers and other stores featured in the deal website. This way, you can still visit the establishment and examine the item that you are purchasing. When you buy deals from group-buying websites, you can usually pay via credit card or other payment methods. You are then issued a voucher that you will present to the establishment you ordered from. 4. Call the supplier and check its website. Group buying websites usually put the contact details of the merchant they are featuring. Before buying the deal, I suggest calling them to clarify what the deal is about. I was once interested in a photo session package deal that included makeup lessons and an hour of photography. When I called the company to clarify, I found out that this deal did not include copies of the digital file photos of the whole photo shoot. Apparently, you have to pay extra for this. Merchants sometimes have better promos on their websites, too, so before purchasing from the group-buying site, check the merchants website first. 5. Read the fine print. Before buying the deals, always read the fine print properly. Carefully check their refund policy. Most do not provide refunds. I tend to avoid websites who offer no post-sales support and assistance for refunds. You also need to check the pick up or delivery date. The downside to giving into these deals is that you usually have to wait a certain period before you can get the item. If you are in a rush, dont buy from them. 6. Canvass. Group-buying sites make you believe you are getting deals at 50 percent bargain deals. Dont believe everything they publish. Instead, investigate first and check the item out at Sulit.com.ph. I see a lot of As seen on TV products being sold by these deal sites. I even bought a few of these items only to find out that the same item is being sold at Sulit 50 percent below the bargain prices these sites offer. Make sure to check other online market places, or even Divisoria. Youll be surprised to see that the bargain prices advertised on these websites are not true bargains after all. 7. Check for authenticity. My close friend is the distributor of Totseat, a chair harness for infants and young toddlers. She imports the brand from the United Kingdom and takes great pains in distributing it properly at department stores. She educates moms on how to use the product properly to ensure child safety. Imagine her surprise when a group-buying site started selling her product at more than 50 percent less than her cost. She checked with her U.K. manufacturer who said that
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to say, this is dangerous because the fake product has not been checked for child safety. 8. Out of sight, out of mind. Online shopping is a fun but costly pasttime. Yes, you can get great bargains, but you can also waste your hard-earned income on useless things bought on impulse. If you do not have self-discipline, stay away from these websites by unsubscribing from their mailing list. If you can control yourself, you can minimize unwanted spending if you set your e-mail account to automatically move them to a separate folder. This way, you only buy when you feel like shopping. When you shop online, always be cautious. The principle of Buyer Bewareshop at your own risk is still the name of the game.

JhoAnnA o. gAn-So is president of Businessmaker Academy, HR Club Philippines and Teach It Forward Organization. Since 2003, her company has served more than 15,000 participants from various companies and industries by providing corporate skills training, business and human resource seminars. To know more about the seminars and services that they offer, visit www.businessmaker-academy.com or www.hrclubphilippines.com. You may also call (2) 687-4645 and e-mail your comments and questions to mbworklife@gmail.com.
she is the only one they authorized to sell in the Philippines. When she investigated further, she found out the group-buying website was selling fake ones from China. Needless
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Grade School Teacher Makes A Big Jump To The Arts
'Sagada Familia' by Isagani Fuentes
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sagani Fuentes may not ring a bell to art collectors and observers but his first one-man show titled, Under Spell, on view at the Avellana Art Gallery (2680 F.B. Harrison, Pasay City) until Sept. 5, signals the arrival of a talent with a fresh perspective on old and new subjects, recombinant with issues of heritage, culture and identity. A grade school teacher at the Leodegracio Victorino Elementary School (which, in a rather circuitous route, was the same campus from where he graduated), Isagani places ancient jars, Bul-ols (rice icons), tools and other vintage objects right in the center of the viewers attention, in the manner of a carefully ar-
ranged still life. These relatively simple, but culturally-significant, objects achieve an aura of benevolence as they seem to pulsate against vibrant fields of color (Isaganis finest virtue is with coloration), the sense of instability evoked by white lines ranging on platforms and tables on where these objects are situated. Isaganis discovery by Albert Avellana, the gallerys proprietor and chief curator, is one for the books. We all heard about singers, actors and other talents being discovered through social media and it appears that the artists case is no different. Way back in 2010, I posted on Facebook a series of paintings entitled Rain series, Isagani says. I received
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t was 11 RD DURBAN 33 years a g o when members of the Abu Sayyaf group abducted 20 local and foreign tourists from 17 TH BUSAN a luxury resort in Palawan and transported them via fishing boat across the Sulu Sea to the island of Basilan. In his film Captive, Brillante Mendoza retells the story of the hostages. The movie has been described as extraordinary by Variety and intense by there. A preference for the UK based magazine Eye for Film. raw materials, deep pasBrillante, a dear friend of mine, says sion for denim and arhes very excited to showcase Capchitectural perspective tive to the local audience. 'Captive' on tailoring are one of is a compelling story on the triumph the main characteristics of faith, courage and the unwavering of the brand. Raw, pure lobal Brand. Local Flavor- g-Star strength of the human spirit, he and functional, both the raw Jeepney says. collection and the G-Star This September 3rd, Manila BulStores perfectly reflect letin together with Ayala Malls Cinthese values which also Bay Sauvignon Blanc. Future Trade emas and Cafe France will be hosting seem to be rubbing off on a vastly Internationals Eric Kahn noted that a strictly-by-invitation-only special increasing base of denim addicts Monkey Bays delightfully playful screening of the film at Greenbelt worldwide. quality makes for a light and mellow 3 Cinema 2. I heard that Philippine From its conception in 1989, Gexperience. He exclaimed, Its perCinema legends Nora Aunor and Star has been known for its innovative fect for al fresco dining and stimulatVilma Santos will be gracing this red and cutting edge style in the world ing activities while partying! carpet event. Mendoza, whom I call of denim. Pushing the boundaries Monkey Bays brand ambassador Dante, will then be flying to Italy after of the denim material, continuous Tom Maling shared some very inforthe screening where his other film, experimentation and product develmative wine tasting notes. Seen enjoyThy Womb, will be shown at the 69th opment have led to a strong following ing the festivities were New Zealand worldwide. Ambassador Reuben Levermore, Venice International Film Festival. Robert Kwee of SM Hypermart, David Lim, James Du Vivier., Noel Sebastian g-Star raw is now in manila monkey Bay Evening and Yogi Ringler. This wine and barbecue party The luxury street wear made At a recently held Full Moon party was highlighted by the snappy band by denim specialists, G-Star, is now at Hotel Sofitel Philippine Plaza Maperformance of samba favorites by open in Manila. Located at the heart nila, a fabulous barbecue buffet was Guarana. Great food, wine and muof High Street at Bonifacio Global perfectly paired with a brace of fine sicwhat more could we ask for? City at the Fort, the G-Star store is Monkey Bay wines. Among the wines Cheers to a full life! a haven for all the denim lovers out that were served was the Monkey
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some positive feedback regarding this series and one of those who expressed interested was Albert. He said he wanted to see those works in person and after seeing them, he asked me if I was interested to display the works in his gallery. Albert mentions that though he saw potential, there were some things they had to address, mainly issues about style, thematic consistency and such. The deftness of stroke, the keen sense for sources of inspiration, and the stamina to work on large-scale canvases, however, were evident. Isagani, whose training in painting is confined to a special course he took at the Philippine Womens University 20 years ago, took the challenge and painted away. The artists love for pre-colonial objects stems from his having read a book on Philippine heritage which teems with images thereof. Whenever I see an object which gets my attention, my mind automatically makes a blueprint of the image, he says. The things that never fail to amuse me are ancient jars, vintage objects, whether beaten household objects, primitive instruments and crudely-made tools and
the like. Its clear that Isaganis intent is to reverently portray these images, not using them in an ironic fashion or as snide remarks on or against national identity or colonialism. By making them larger than life, Isagani attempts to increase their implicit importance, visual reminders of our origin and uniqueness. What has been diminished, subdued and alas rendered on the canvas is foul weather, via a suite of paintings showing tremendous clouds and slashes of rain. His coloration makes what is terrifying reducible into art. Isagani, who has studied, worked and stayed in Marikina all his life, had a front and center seat during the Ondoy catastrophe. The experience brought to me by (the typhoon) made an impact on me: water really is powerful, he says. Now that Isagani has made a big leap to what is considered mainstream art, he says that becoming a full-time painter is a thought that he frequently entertains but teaching remains an abiding passion. I love teaching and being with kids and molding their young minds is an experience that is priceless, he says. I always try to convince myself that having these two passions together at the same time is doable, although most of the time I find it hard.
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he baroque style was introduced to Salzburg in the early 17th century by Italian artists like the Cathedral architect, Santino Solari, Giovanni Antonio Dario and later Gasparo Zugalli. Many baroque works of art were also created by Austrians, the architects Johann Fischer von Erlach and Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt. Fischer von Erlach trained with Bernini in Rome and came to Salzburg in 1700. Some of his important constructions are Klessheim Palace, the Holy Trinity Church, St. Marks Church, and the Collegiate Church - one of the most significant examples of the baroque style worldwide. His successor, Hildebrandt, took over the interior decoration of the Residence and enlargement of the Mirabell Palace, integrating the individual buildings into a self-contained complex. The palace was damaged by the great fire that swept through the city on April 30, 1818. Mirabell Palace owes its present unassuming appearance to Peter de Nobile, the courts architectural consultant and director of the Vienna School of Architecture. The famous Mirabell Gardens were redesigned around 1690 under Prince-Archbishop Johann Ernst Graf von Thun to plans by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and completely remodeled around 1730 by Franz Anton Danreiter. The Pegasus Fountain, a work by Kaspar Gras from Innsbruck, was intalled in 1913. The four groups of statues around the fountain were sculpted by Ottavio Mosto and symbolize the four elements: fire, air, earth and water. The Mirabell Gardens were opened to the public by Emperor Franz Joseph in 1854. Today they are a horticultural masterpiece and popular backdrop
The world-famous mirabell gardens & Park at mirabell Palace. This former palace now houses government offices. The gardens are where the von Trapp children sang 'Do-re-mi' in the in the film version of 'The Sound of music.'
for photographers. At present, Mirabell Palace houses the offices of Salzburgs mayor and municipal council. The Marble Hall, formerly the prince-archbishops ballroom and concert venue for Leopold Mozart and his children Wolfgang and Nanneri, is considered to be one of the most beautiful wedding halls in the world. Meetings, awards ceremonies and romantic concerts (Salzburg Palace Concerts) are held here regularly.
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Ariano's Inn And Restaurant Butuan City
(085) 342-7462 225-9431
0999 993 9060
(085) 342-3064 345-5864

0917702 8008
Davao Fortune Inn Davao City

Duka Bay Resort Medina, Misamis Oriental (088) 857-5488 09198239094
(081) 221-0819
(088) 331-2288 0917-483268
(084 ) 218 5717 (0284) 218 7553
(084) 216 4553 09228625339

(082) 221-9240 09157612131 09482715346
(083) 301-2289 09173313800 09399062218 09399052343 (08822) 745-126 (088) 852-1441 (082) 234-0733 234-8153 0942656 4427 (082) 305 0505 222 5225 09175684720
(082) 300-4040 222-2021
TCC Condo Hostel Toril, Davao City

The Dynasty Court Hotel Cagayan de Oro City The Farm @ Carpenter Hill Koronadal City, South Cotabato The Golden Lion Dormitel Davao City
Duka Bay Resort Misamis Oriental

Eagle's View Hotel Dalisay Road, Tagum City
(083) 303-5314
Bay Coronon Resort Davao Del Sur Beach View Resort Compostela Valley
Beldent Star Hotel Tacurong City
Bluejaz Beach Resort and Water Park Island Garden City Of Samal, Davao,
(084)4001510 09228624921 09173081957
Hill Park Inn and Restaurant Midsayap, Cotabato

Hillsview Inn & Inland Resort Agusan Del sur Hotel Angelo and Restaurant Midsayap, Cotabato
0923717 0389 (064) 229 8550 229 6018 0917721 2813
Gingoog Mountain Air Hotel & Eastland Restaurant Gingoog City (088) 861-1359 8842-7999
Blue Velvet Hotel And Caf Davao City
Bonair Inn Cagayan De Oro City
Bonhomie Leisure and Resort Davao Oriental Butuan Luxury Hotel Butuan City
Camp Anatolia Kimagango, Midsayap North Cotabato
Camp Holiday Resort & Recreation Area City Of Samal
(082) 304-650 Fax (082) 300-6327 (082) 300-2000 300-8800 305-2888 (088) 857 3732 09493625020
0932-214-9838, 0942-993-3801, (082) 284-1847
(064) 200-3698 200-4734
Emma Victoria's Inn Davao City Family Country Hotel Convention Centre General Santos City
(082) 297-5523
(8822) 724-582 (088)8572158 09291650244
Fem's Vines Pension House Cagayan De Oro City
(083) 552-8895 to 97 301-0774
(085) 255-2909
(082) 553-5473 553-5970
(064) 229-9436 521-4090 09461911409 09205555049
Hotel De Crisbelle Davao Del Sur
Florotel Gensan General Santos City
(083) 554-0880
(082) 295-6463 301-8549
(083) 228-9641 228-5446 228-5442
Hotel Elena Davao City

Hotel San Marco General Santos City
(082) 233-1941
(083) 301-1818 09228217332 (086) 826 3280 (0922) 849 6443 (083) 554-4423 826-9026 (083) 893 0032 (082) 224-1390 224-1391 (082) 227-0788 305-1847 (084)2166379 (0917)7191956 (0923)2802018
09197687544 09067652174
Paradise Island Park & Beach Resort Samal Island Davao Paras Beach Resort Yumbing Mambajao, Camiguin Province Pearl Farm Beach Resort Davao City
North Palm Hotel & Garden Davao City Palm Residence Inn Davao City
(083) 228 1888 228 9010 09189210425
(082) 291-3800 (08822) 72-4516 72-7825

082 295 3577
The Manor Hotel Davao City The Metropolis Suites Davao City
The Old Barracks Suites Kidapawan City
(082) 233-0251
(088)3879117 09177152285 (088)8568562 09177152284
09228558377 (063) (82) 221-2511 To 13
(082) 282-8000 321-2874
(064) 288-1299
(082) 228-6885 to 87 (082) 225-8050 09177170612 09189413975
Frances Inn Ecoland, Davao City Emr Suites Koronadal City
Pearlmont Inn Cagayan de Oro City

Pryce Plaza Hotel Cagayan De Oro City
Hotel Tavern Surigao City

Ice Castle Experience Hotel General Santos City Isla Jardin Del Mar Gumasa, Sarangani Province Jade Dragon's Suites Aurora Jacinto Street, Davao City Jazzy James Country Hotel Davao City Magnaga Waters Beach Resort Compostela Valley
(088) 856-2653 to 55
(08822) 726-464 (088) 858-3131
(082) 221-9970
The Ritz Hotel At Garden Oases Davao City The Sotil Inn Davao City
Tierra Montana Hotel General Santos City Uptown Condotel Xavier Estates, Cagayan De Oro City
(085) 342 5366 341 6384

09399168034 09129496400 (082) 304-6483 303-3294 (082) 226-2335 (0918) 942-5442
Medina, Misamis Oriental (088) 857-5488 09198239094
Executive Hotel Ozamis City Executive Pension Cagayan de Oro City

Duka Bay Resort
(088) 521-0360 09177220360 (088) 856-4360 09177004360

(064) 4772033 0921 5806852 0922 8418822
Ptchostel Agusan Del Sur Rhapsody Suites Cagayan De Oro City

Roadhaus Hotel Dadiangas City Heights, General Santos City Secret Cove Beach Resort Camiguin Island
09176347037 09179111252 (088) 857-1101 09328469358

(083) 553-8888 / 553-5335 Telefax No.: 553 1771
Victoria Suites Hotel Cagayan De Oro

Villa Estela 1 Fine Inn Maramag Bukidnon Villa Estela 2 Fine Inn Maramag Bukidnon Willshire Inn / Will's Place Cagayan De Oro City
PENSION HOUSE
Azucena
Casa Azucena Cagayan De Oro City
Casa Ruby Pension House Davao City
Genalin Forest Garden Resort Tacurong City
Gingoog Mountain Air Hotel & Eastland Restaurant Gingoog City

Gingoog Mountain Air Hotel & Eastland Restaurant Gingoog City (088) 861-1359 8842-7999
(088) 856-3402
09236593973
Goat 2 Geder Hotel and Restaurant Butuan City
(088) 861-1359 8842-7999 (085) 341-7871 341-1657
Sequoia Inn
Davao City
(082) 300-3636
(088) 387 9084 387 9184
(088) 356-1057 238-5356 (0907)5229865 (0918)96472884 (088) 356-1057 238-5356 (0907)5229865 (0918)96472884
(088) 851-1800 09088881800 (088) 857-4447 (08822) 72-2222
(083) 554-7733 553-0553
09176320635 09176320650
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A Home Amidst The Pines

Text by DENNIS LADAW Photos by mICHAEL APOSTOL
ts much more crowded now in Baguio but thankfully, the citys garden spot remains lush and scenic. Were referring to the picturesque neighborhood where Wright Park and The Mansion are located. Here, the pines are still abundant and although its often teeming with tourists, its still a place where one can relax, savor the sights and relish the distinctive scent of the pine trees. This prime location is now also the site of a new landmark. Its the Albergo Hotel, located along Romulo Road just almost across Wright Park. The hotel is housed in an imposing mid-rise building that combines modern architecture with the classic art deco look. The Albergo is more than just a hotel. Its first few floors have been reserved for commercial establishments. The hotels lobby is located in the middle of the building. Youll find it once you get past the commercial establishments and the mini atrium. The lobby is smallish but it serves as a vital connection to the buildings two wings. One wing houses the hotels guest rooms while the other is the site of the private condo units. But there are more things to expect at Albergo. Behind the building is a spacious piazza where private parties and events can be held. The piazza is the hotels centerpiece; it resembles a European park where one can stroll and unwind in an open yet private setting.
Overlooking the piazza are two bedroom villas which are being sold to private individuals shopping for a place to stay in Baguio. The villas are actually two-storey townhouses and they offer a view of the piazza. From behind, residents will have a panoramic view of the hills covered with pines. Its future residents will have the privilege of living in a prestigious address in an upscale neighborhood. After all, this area is the site of several homes and vacations houses that belong to some of the countrys oldest or most illustrious families. Also, these
residents will probably like the fact that theyll be practically living next door to the Philippine Presidents vacation house. For more details about Albergo Hotel and its villas, call its Manila office at (02) 552-0331 or the Baguio office at (074) 442-0634.
Clockwise from top: A model unit of the two-bedroom villa at the Albergo Hotel in Baguio; Albergo Hotel general manager gerry Beltran at the lobby; the hotel's spacious 'piazza' is ideal for private parties.
ON THE HOmEFrONT
raynor garage Doors
Veravista Townhomes is a modern residential project located in Quezon City. This is a four-storey modern Asian-themed residential development featuring six townhouse units and a sixstorey corner unit. This is the latest project of the LPPA Design Group led by Architect Leo Parias. As part of the finishing touches to the Veravista Residences, the LPPA Design Group used Raynor Garage Doors. Raynor is a major supplier of residential and commercial steel garage doors in the United States. It has been producing garage doors since 1944, while Doortech
System has served as its Philippine distributor since 1997. All Raynor residential sectional garage doors are made of hotdipped galvanized steel skin sections and finished with both an epoxy primer and baked-on polyester finish to resist rust and impact. The Raynor doors can also be operated manually or through remote control, which is a source of convenience to the residents of Veravista. The door also comes with a safety sensor, which halts the operation of the gate in case an object or a person suddenly passes through. It has a manual release cord used to open the door in case of power failure. Having been the Philippine partner of Raynor for over a
decade, Doortech also carries the complete line of spare parts. Customers can readily call their Service Department even on holidays. For further inquiries, customers can visit Doortechs CW Home Depot showrooms in Ortigas, Alabang, Pampanga and Makati as well as MC Home Depot in Taguig. Interested customers can also call its head office at 438-3091 and 4383520.
Lectures at garden show

One of the various topics to be discussed during the Orchid and Garden Show lecture series is Curiosity Gardening for Healthy Living or the art of gardening in glass cases. The techniques on how to arrange a garden in a demi-john that will be converted to a lampshade, will be demonstrated by Ikenobo Prof. Serapion S. Metilla on Sept. 9 at 3 pm at Hardin ng Mga Bulaklak, Quezon Memorial Circle, Quezon City. The Orchid and Garden show will be open on Friday, August 31 and run until September 10 from 8 am to 7 pm. It will showcase a mini landscape exhibit. Other lecture topics are Growing Vandaceous and Phalaenopsis Orchids by Jun Golamco on August 31; Money Making Opportunities in Fruit Trees by Zac Sarian on September. 1; Penjing the Art of Chinese Bonsai Landscape by Vic de Rona on September 2; Growing Pitcher Plants by Jun Golamco on September 3; Guidelines in Landscaping Your Home Garden by Jimmy Floro, September 4; Preventing and Controlling Pests and Diseases by Norby Bautista, September. 5; Plant Nutrition and Urban Gardening by Allied Botanical Corporation, September 6; Latest Trends in Floral Designs by Floral Designer Julius Villamante, September. 7; HarmonizingCrops-Farmer-Environment to Produce Biotic Climax Crops by Dr. Lino S. Cortes, September 8; Growing Cattleyas by Vangie Go on September 8 and Growing and Hybridizing Tillandsias by Doreen Dofitas on September 10.
Ikenobo Prof. Serapion S. metilla
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Creating An Elegant Leisure Home

Text by DENNIS LADAW Photos by mICHAEL APOSTOL
he mid-rise buildings at the Pico de Loro Cove at Hamilo Coast look surreal as they stand majestically at the foot of the scenic hills that overlook the bay. These buildings, which were developed to contain several condo residential units of various sizes, sport the Modern Asian style of architecture. They surround a manmade lake which makes them look even more picturesque. The structures blend very well with the natural landscape; its hard to imagine the place without the buildings. Its as Pico de Loros developers have built a Utopian neighborhood. Its a very modern residential resort located in a beautiful, rustic setting. One of the mid-rise buildings was built to house the elegant Pico Sands Hotel. The rest of the buildings contain three-bedroom residential condo units and two-bedroom lofts. Anna Sy, managing director of C/S Design Consultancy, was among the designers commissioned to deco-
Beautiful neighborhood: The midrise condo buildings at Pico de Loro at Hamilo Coast in Nasugbu, Batangas.
rate the model units at Pico. She was tasked to furnish a three-bedroom unit and a two-bedroom loft unit. In transforming the empty units into a stylish home that can reflect the active coastal lifestyle at Pico, Sy has created a visual tapestry of what it means to live life by the coast.
Space was the primary consideration in furnishing the loft unit. She notes how shared spaces tend to be the key elements that define a second home. Living rooms, patios and the kitchen are always the focal points. In the living room, elements of sand and surf are evident in the colors Sy has chosen. These include blue hues and light earth tones which are complemented by textured lighting accents. Living by the coast means you get the best natural light as well, a feature that was best set off by the structures
high-ceilings and sliding patio doors, Sy shares To create a fluid interior flow, pale wood panels line the entire first floor all the way into the kitchen, where the color scheme remains clean and simple with an all-white kitchen. On the second level, where the two bedrooms are ensconced, Sy creates calming spaces that emphasize relaxing mornings by the sea. She uses grey hues and textures while relying on the same wood paneling to ensure continuity and add a dash of warmth into each
room. While the pieces all go together and can definitely stand on its own, its soon-to-be-residents can easily add their individual touches to a layout and palette that is meant to complement a unique and personal aesthetic, says she. It is, after all, going to be their home. Costa del Hamilo Inc., a subsidiary of SM Land Inc., is the developer of Hamilo Coast. For inquiries, please visit www.hamilocoast.com or contact Tel. No. 02 858-0333.
Left: The two-bedroom loft model unit with interiors by Anna Sy. Below: As with the living room, the kitchen is lined with pale wood panels to create a fluid interior flow. Bottom: Anna Sy also designed the interiors of the three bedroom, single level model unit which is a showcase of sleek, uncluttered furniture and simple white and grey hues.
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Randy Jackson: If It Were Just Up To Me, Jessica Sanchez Would Have Won American Idol
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OS ANGELES This trip to Hollywood was so worth it as I spotted the most number of stars in my life. In my first trip to L.A. decades ago, I remember partying with Ruffa Gutierrez and her ex-Italian boyfriend in the Sunset Strip and she said, Sean Penn just walked in. I looked at him but was not really starstruck because I did not know him. He walked inside the bar and entered a VIP room. Nobody went up to him, took his picture or asked for his autograph because his bodyguards were scary. These bodyguards really spoil your star sightings. Four years ago, I saw Jessica Alba of Dark Angel and Fantastic Four but was not able to get a photograph with her because her bodyguards did not allow her. I was able to speak to her already to ask for her picture but she looked at her bodyguard to seek approval and he said NO, what an a%shole! The randy Jackson sighting
I came to Harvelles with my husband and his cousins to celebrate a cousins bachelorette party. That night, Harvelles featured a burlesque show with five beautiful women dancing burlesque style but in a very tasteful way. It was like watching Chicago with drinks. I went to the bathroom with my cousin-in-law Suzanne and on the way she said, Randy Jackson is here. I looked but saw a medium-sized African-American and thought to myself:
That guy cant be Randy Jackson, he is too thin to be Randy Jackson. When we entered the bathroom, I told her it was not Randy but she swore it was so when we went out I took another look. He was talking to a pretty girl beside him and he looked at us for a quick second then turned to his friend. I started using my fake mental telepathy and was telling Randy in my mind, Take a second look Randy, were pretty enough for you to take a second look at and I swear once you take that second look, I will ask your picture. He took a second look and I knew he was mine! When Randy took that second look I immediately blurted out, OMG Randy Jackson, Im such a big fan, Can we have a picture with you? He immediately stood up and obliged. I looked for the over-protective bodyguards, but there were none in sight. The pretty girl yelled out, Are you one of the burlesque dancers, because if youre not one of them, he wont have a picture with you girls. I did not mind the pretty girl, all that was running through my mind was to ask short questions to the popular judge of American Idol so I can print it in my column. Then Randy asked me where we were from. Giselle: Im from the Philippines. Jessica Sanchez is half-Filipina right? I wanted to joke that Jessica was my cousin but it was not the truth anyway so I kept my mouth shut. Randy: Yes, that girl is amazing. Giselle: Randy, if it were up to you, just you alone, no America voting, would you choose Jessica as the American Idol? Randy: If it were just up to me? Yes, Jessica Sanchez would have won American Idol. I think Jessica will have a great musical career and shes in demand in Hollywood right now.
FroM lEFT: My cousin suzanne Canon, a slimmer randy Jackson and the author Giselle sanchez in Harvelles santa Monica, l.A.
Giselle: You lost weight. I did not recognize you. Randy: Yes I lost 110 pounds. Giselle: What was that? Ten pounds? The music was so loud, and it was kinda impossible for someone to lose 110 pounds right? Randy: 110 pounds. Giselle: Thats a person. Im 110 pounds. You just lost me. Randy Jackson laughed. I made Randy Jackson laugh. Yipee! Oh by the way, the pretty girl beside Randy Jackson, who I did not mind, was Jennifer Love-Hewitt of
The Ghost Whisperer and The Client List. My other cousin pointed that out to me when we left Harvelles. Arrrgh! Giselle Sanchez is a TV/corporate host, stand-up comedienne (In English and Filipino), singer and TV/
movie actress. She will have a show for the OFWs in Yokohama Japan on Sept 1 and 2. Check out her Bohol Beachfront Hostel and the site to her blog Gspot in www.gisellesanchez.com. Follow her at Twitter @ giselleXanchez and Instagram @ gisellesanchez143.
Burtons Frankenweenie Opens London Film Festival

Frankenweenie is a perfect choice of opener its a film that revels in the magic of movies from one of cinemas great visionaries, the BFIs head of exhibition and incoming festival director Clare Stewart said. Tim Burton has chosen London as his home city and hundreds of talented British craftspeople have contributed to this production.
ONDON (Reuters) Tim Burtons Frankenweenie, a black-and-white animated tale of a boy and his dog, will be the opening picture at this years London film festival, organizers announced on Thursday. Disneys stop-motion animated 3D movie will feature the voices of Catherine OHara, Martin Short, Martin Landau and Winona Ryder, and will hit theatres in Britain on October 17, a week after its film festival debut. This years British Film Institute (BFI) London film festival runs from October 10-21, and the full lineup will be announced on September 5.
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS
Now showing across the Philippines in Digital IMAX, 2D and regular theaters, Total Recall is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International.
MAGIC STAR MALL

Tarlac City
1 THE 1
-R13
VAMPIRE SUCK -PG13
THE HEALING
STEP-UP REVOLUTION THE BOURNE LEGACY 2D
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2 THE HEALING 3 TOTAL
EXPENDEBLES- PG13
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TOTAL RECALL
JUST SUMMER
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THE REUNION
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RECALL
GUNI-GUNI
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THE EXPENDABLES 2
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TOTAL RECALL
TOTAL RECALL
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2D
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(NOTICE TO MOVIEGOERS:The schedules of showing are subject to change without prior notice. Sometimes a movie is pulled out earlier than its stipulated days of showing due to sudden change in exhibition contract or poor performance at the box-office. The following schedules are provided us in advance by exhibitors. You may call the theaters for confirmation.)
elcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), even though hes got a beautiful wife (Kate Beckinsale) who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police, Quaid teams up with a rebel fighter (Jessica Biel) to find the head of the underground resistance. The line between fantasy and reality gets blurred and the fate of his world hangs in the balance as Quaid discovers his true identity, his true love, and his true fate.
TOTAL RECALL
GRATE HOPE SPRING TOTAL RECAL EXPENDABLE - 2 TOTAL RECAL ITALIAN MOVIE
1:00, 3:55, 6:50, 9:45 - PG 13
I DOBIDOO// AMOROSA
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EXPENDABLE - 2 GRATE HOPE SPRING TOTAL RECALL GUNI GUNI BOURNE LEGACY TOTAL RECALL TOTAL RECALL
BRAVE TOTAL RECALL THE REUNION MGA MUNTING LIHIM STEP-UP - 4 RESERVED RESERVED BOURNE LEGACY EXPENDABLE - 2 GUNI GUNI
Aug 31 Sep 5&19 Sep 8 Sep 28
12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 - R13
KATTY PERRY 3D
11:150, 2:00, 4:10 6:20, 8:00,10:40
THE CAMPAIGNE
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EXPENDABLE - 2 TOTAL RECAL GUNI GUNI THE REUNION TOTAL RECALL EXPENDABLES - 2 EXPENDABLE - 2 TOTAL RECAL MALASADO DIGITAL GUNI GUNI CLOSED BOURNE LEGACY THE REUNION TOTAL RECALL THE REUNION TOTAL RECAL RESERVED RESERVED RESERVED RESERVED THE REUNION MALASADO DIGITAL TOTAL RECAL THE HEALING STEP UP = 4 MALASADO DIARY OF A WIMPY KID - 3 RESERVED RESERVED
Center For Pop Music Bo Cerrudo, Jon Santos & The Company Beyond ng Filipinas & Lakas ng Filipinas Noel Cabangon
7:00 PM 8:00 PM 8:00 PM 8:00 PM
August 31 Sep08 Sep15
Dulaang Kalay: Women in Black UERMMed 84 "Refresh & Reveal" Lumuneux Fashion Show
8:00 PM 8:00 PM 8:00 PM
BRATE HOPE SPRING GUNI GUNI EXPENDABLE - 2 STEP-UP - 4 TOTAL RECALL MGA MUNTING LIHIM RESERVED BOURNE LEGACY THE REUNION TOTAL RECALL
TOTAL RECALL -PG13 THE EXPENDABLES 2 in2D - R13 TOTAL RECALL -PG13 HOPE SPRINGS in2D - R13 EXPENDABLES 2//DIARY OF WIMPY KID// BOURNE LEGACY - PG13 TOTAL RECALL -PG13
TOTAL RECALL GUNI GUNI EXPENDABLES - 2 BOURNE LEGACY
THE REUNION DARK FLIGHT
TOTAL RECALL DIGITAL MOVIE THE REUNION EXPENDABLE - 2 GUNI GUNI TOTAL RECALL RESERVED RESERVED
GUNI GUNI THE REUNION
HEALING
I DO BIDOO BIDOO AMOROSA KATY PERRY In 3D THE CAMPAIGN TOTAL RECALL In 2D EXPENDABLES 2 BOURNE LEGACY
TOTAL RECAL EXPENDABLES - 2
TOTAL RECALL EXPENDABLE - 2 THE REUNION BOURNE LEGACY TOTAL RECALL GUNI GUNI THE REUNION
BOURNE LEGACY / THE REUNION EXPENDABLES - 2 TOTAL RECALL RESERVED TOTAL RECALL THE REUNION EXPENDABLES - 2 TOTAL RECALL GUNI GUNI THE REUNION
KATY PERRY
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GUNI GUNI THE REUNION TOTAL RECAL GUNI GUNI TOTAL RECALL
KATY PERRY AMOROSA I DO BIDOO BIDOO THE CAMPAIGN
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Eula Takes A Breather From Predictable TV Roles

By yuGEl losorATA
ormer Bagets actress Eula Valdez offers an intriguing reason why she took on a singing role in the upcoming musical stage play Nine. She wants to take some time off from her teleserye roles which she finds already too predictable, boxing and irritating.
Sa TV lagi na lang akong naghahanap ng anak na nawawala kaya this is a welcome change for me, she told Bulletin Entertainment in a recent chat with a small pool of media. Valdez is presently promoting her participation in Nine which runs from September 21 to October 7 at the Carlos P Romulo Auditorium in RCBC . Plaza, Makati. Directed by Bobby Garcia, Nine is a Tony Award-winning musical that follows the life of character Guido Contini, a film director working on a picture as he takes on a life peopled by
EulA VAlDEZ
numerous women. For this local stage version, Contini is played by rock veteran Jett Pangan who is already on his tenth year performing with presenter Atlantis Productions. Valdez will play Claudia Nardi, Continis muse who takes the spotlight for her singing number Unusual Way. Panibagong challenge sa akin ito at sana ma-pull off ko. I had to audition for this, she revealed. Pangan, on the other hand, is obviously having an easier time with the project, considering his experience as a theater actor. Other luminaries appearing in Nine are Menchu LaunchengcoYulo, Cherie Gil, Ima Castro, Sitti, and Carla Guevarra-Laforteza.
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Producer Believes I Do Bidoo Has Right Ingredients To Please Public

By JoJo p. pANAliGAN
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nitel Productions big boss Tony Gloria refuses to compare I Do Bidoo, Bidoo: Heto nAPO Sila with recent Filipino movie-musicals that fell below expectations in terms of public patronage. Magkakaiba ng situation depende sa timing, he told Bulletin Entertainment during a recent presscon. Pelikula itong mga ito so mahirap basta i-reduce into science ang pag-predict or pag-gauge ng outcome.
He, however, knows exactly why he took on I Do Bidoo and why he thinks it would appeal to the public. Simple lang ang story, very relatable. Its a Romeo and Juliet type of story wherein may families na nagka-conflict dahil they come from different backgrounds at yung mga anak nila ay ikakasal. Two, the songs we used are popular ones, mga kanta ng APO Hiking Society. At hindi mo ma-predict kung kelan papasok sa story yung bawat kanta kaya aabangan mo. Also, some of the actors here have not done movies for a long time. Like, si Gary Valenciano, the last time he
did a movie was 17 years ago, Gloria enumerated. The producer believes in I Do Bidoo so much that he waited several years to get everything together the way he saw fit instead of compromising his vision. Iba yung gusto mo yung ginagawa mo, he said. I Do Bidoo, Bidoo is a groundbreaking movie-musical extravaganza that could be the first of many other movie-okes to come. The film features the music of legendary group APO Hiking Society whose hits have embodied the triumphs and struggles of the Filipino in various stages of life. Some of the APO songs that have been incorporated in the story are Mahirap Magmahal Ng Syota Ng Iba, Awit Ng Barkada, Kaibigan, Salawikain and Panalangin. The movie boasts of an all-star cast that includes Zsa Zsa Padilla, Eugene Domingo, Ogie Alcasid, Sam Concepcion, Tippy Dos Santos, Sweet Plantado, Frenchie Dy, Neil Coleta, Jaime Fabregas, Kiray Celis and Gerard Pesigan. Director and writer is no less than Chris Martinez (Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank, 100). It is a movie we can be very proud of. It is by the Filipino and for the Filipino, Gloria was quoted to have said in a release. I Do Bidoo is the first film project to originate from the collaborative efforts of Unitel and TV5s mother company, MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. I Do Bidoo, Bidoo: Heto nAPO Sila is set for release nationwide on Aug. 29.
Anderson Asks Women: Who Did You Marry?

ednesday (Aug. 29) on Anderson, the host delves into an intimate discussion with several women who discovered their husbands were leading unimaginable secret lives.
HoWiE MANDEl
One spouse will divulge her husbands grand wedding ceremony with another woman in Walt Disney World. While another distraught wife opens up on her experience upon learning that her husband of more than 20 years is involved in a huge child pornography ring. Showbiz veteran Howie Mandel stops by on Thursday to have a candid conversation with Anderson as he discusses how his obsessivecompulsive disorder (OCD) has affected his personal and professional life. The television personality of the Deal or No Deal fame will likewise give us a preview of his new show Mobbed. Anderson can be seen Mondays to Fridays via satellite at 8 to 9 p.m. with next day replays at 2 a.m. and 9 a.m. on TALKtv Ch. 16 on SkyCable, Ch. 28 on Destiny and Ch. 21 on Cignal.
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Girls Generation To Visit Manila In January 2013

By JoNATHAN M. HiCAp
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Girls GENErATioN
op K-pop group Girls Generation will finally visit the Philippines early next year. Girls Generation and five others will perform at the K-pop Fantasy concert to be held on Jan. 19 at SM Mall of Asia, according to Korean media. According to reports, the concert
is being organized by Korean Media Holdings (KMH) company, a media content provider in South Korea. The Manila concert will be largescale, a report said. Filipino fans expressed excitement upon hearing the news. It will be the first time that Girls Generation will visit the Philippines. The girls will be joining the list of K-pop artists that have already visited and performed in the
Philippines including Super Junior, SHINee, BEAST, Kim Hyun Joong, Jay Park, 4Minute and 2AM. Last Aug. 18, Girls Generation and other SM Entertainment artists performed at the SMTown concert in Seoul, South Korea. They also performed at the 14th Korea-China Song Festival held at Yeosu World Expo last Aug. 25. Other performers included 2PM, KARA , B1A4, IU, Tan Jing, Sa Dingding and Ning Jing.
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Adam Young, Ad a ma Yo u n g w i l l pay visit on the TONIGHT SHOW WITH Jepsen Visit Leno JAY LENO, Aug. 29,
CARLY RAE JEPSEN and Adam Young
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Who Will Be Top Of The Class In ANTM Cycle 19?

and popular choreographer to the stars Jont as the girls movement mentor. The show is also introducing its first-ever social media correspondent, top Filipino fashion blogger Bryanboy. Judging the girls each week on their performance in the competition is Tyra and her panel of judges: PR maven Kelly Cutrone and international supermodel Rob
et those stilettos ready because its time to go to school! Launching its firstever College Edition, 13 girls aged 18 to 23 years old will battle it out to earn the title of AMERICAS NEXT TOP MODEL and compete for a careerlaunching prize package. Joining host and show creator Tyra Banks this season is famed stylist Johnny Wujek as photo shoot creative consultant
ANTM Cycle 19
Evans. AMERICAS NEXT TOP MODEL Cycle 19 premieres this Aug. 29, Wednesday on ETC.
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Entertainment News Katrina H. Moves On, Starts New Life With Firstborn
KATriNA HAlili
CElEBriTy WorlD CrispiNA MArTiNEZ-BElEN
Angel Aquino Makes Horror Debut Via Amorosa
MoViEGoEr NEsTor CuArTEro
UST A THOUGHT: Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light. John Ruskin KATRINA DUE: More focused on her forthcoming new life as a mother, Katrina Halili isnt giving much thought to a recent court decision declaring former lover Hayden Kho not guilty of exploitation charges filed against him by the actress. Such an opinion was shared by Katrinas boyfriend, singer Kris Lawrence, who also happens to be the father of the actress baby. Lawrence said he and Katrina are of the same opinion that the controversial sex-video scandal of 2009 is a thing of the past and must now be forgotten. Were moving on, he shared. The birth of their first child symbolizes the couples new life. Lawrence also announced that Katrinas pregnancy is reaching its full term starting on August 26, which means that she can give birth anytime. The actress will give birth at a Quezon City hospital. Their firstborn shall be named Katrence, resulting from a combination of both their first names. Up next on the couples agenda is marriage. Lawrence said their relationship has become stronger, demanding that it be cemented by nothing less than marriage. Of Katrina, the US-raised R&B singer commented that shes far detached from the contravida roles she plays on screen. Deep inside, up close and personal, shes really just a child, he says.
STANDING UP FOR HEROES: For displaying valor and understanding to Katrina during her low moments, Kris Lawrence can be considered a hero, her hero in particular. Asked to define what to him is a hero during an August 24 media event hosted by Heroes Foundation, Lawrence said a hero for him is someone who saves the day. Lawrences fellow artists on the head table, consisting of Billy Crawford, Iya Villania, 6cycleminds Tutti Caringal, echoed more or less the same sentiment. TV host and actress Iya Villania said their combined presence that afternoon underscored their commitment to support the goals of the foundation, which provides educational assistance to children of fallen soldiers. Throughout the past 24 years according to executive director Maj. Gen. Renato Garcia, Hero Foundation has provided financial support to 2,261 military orphans nationwide. Of these, 888 have graduated from col-
lege and are now successful in their respective careers. Heroes is at present administering to the needs of 700 scholars, for whom 6 million pesos is allotted yearly. Heroes Foundation was organized by President Cory Aquino in 1988 as a tribute to Filipino soldiers who were either killed in battle or incapacitated in the line of duty. The foundation draws funding from donations from the private sector and concerned individuals, says Garcia, but now and then holds events and concerts to raise more funds. Billy, Iya, Kris and the 6cyclemind are but four of hot Pinoy acts who have responded to an appeal from the foundation for help. Together with Piolo Pascual, Nikki Gil, Sheila Valderama, Bullrunners Jaymie Pizzaro and broadcaster Ces Drilon, they will perform in a kick-off concert at the Naga Coliseum on Sept. 9. The foundation is lining up at least four more concerts in other parts of the country later. (nescuar@yahoo.com)
ctress-TV host Angel Aquino makes her horror film debut via Skylight Films latest offering Amorosa: The Revenge, which opens today in theaters nationwide. Angel is known for her hosting stint in US Girls, and for making remarkable performances as kontrabida in ABS-CBN toprating teleseryes Magkaribal and Maria La Del Barrio. In Amorosa: The Revenge, which Angel described as an indiemainstream movie, she plays the role of a grieving mother named Rosa. She admitted that she is more comfortable doing kontrabida roles, so playing Rosa is something that requires her to stretch her creativity. Acting keeps me on my toes, thats why I enjoy doing both acting and hosting. With acting, youre not complacent, youre always challenged delivering whats needed to be there, she explained. In the story, Rosa is mother to two boys, Amiel and Rommel (played by Martin del Rosario and Enrique Gil respectively) and they will be tested by a tragic accident. In addition to that, Rosa has to deal with hallucinations caused by a vengeful ghost who haunts the pension house her family moves into after the accident.
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record production (these being his expertise), while Ladine will teach voice and performance, kasi ito naman ang expertise ko, she said. Aside from voice and performance, and workshops in songwriting, song arranging and record production, VSMTC also offers lessons in dance, piano, guitar, bass, saxophone and drums. Their school is located at 24-B Brixton Hill corner Palanca St. in Brgy. Santol, Quezon City. Those interested my inquire at
MusiC CouplE Vehnee saturno and ladine roxas with Victor ongking
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Like Angel, reinvention is also important to Martin, who first starred in Pintada in which he had to show some skin. But Amorosa is not Martins first horror flick, having appeared in Cinema One Originals entry Dagim and the Star Cinema blockbuster The Healing. Enrique welcomed the challenge of his role in Amorosa which is totally different from his usual roles. Produced Starlight Films, Star Cinemas independent film arm, Amorosa: The Revenge is directed by Topel Lee. It also stars Empress Schuck, Carlo Aquino, Ejay Falcon, and introducing Jane Oineza. Vehnee saturno opens Music school Vehnee Saturno, one of the countrys most prolific composers, has fulfilled another dream of his, to put up a music school that will help train musically gifted kababayans to become professional performers here and abroad. Now operational is the composers own Vehnee Saturno Music Training Center (VSMTC). Helping him run the music school is his wife, Ladine Roxas, one of our talents whove won acclaim in international singing competitions. At the schools recent launch, L adine announced that they already had a total of 10 students, four of them Fil-Americans. Ve h n e e w i l l t e a c h a b o u t songwriting, song arranging and
vehneesaturno@yahoo.com or ladineroxas@yahoo.com. GMA Kapuso Foundation receives P1 Million The Malampaya Foundation, Inc. (MFI) recently donated P1 million to GMA Kapuso Foundation (GMAKF), the socio-civic arm of broadcast company GMA Network, Inc., to fund the latters relief operations efforts during the aftermath of the monsoon rains. MFI also donated the same amount to the Foundation for the victims of typhoon Sendong last year. The Foundation, through its Operation Bayanihan program has so far served 218,272 individuals (54,568 families) from different barangays in Quezon City, Marikina, Pasig, Manila, Valenzuela, Malabon, Muntinlupa, Rizal, Laguna, Bulacan, Bataan, Zambales, Pampanga, Dagupan and La Union. It has collected a total of P16,798,722.90 worth of cash donations, and P4,613,989.79 in kind donations as of Aug. 16, 2012. Tidbits: Happy b-day greetings today, Aug. 29, go to Jamie Rivera, Atty. Augusto Africa, Dr. Nellie Yu, Oskar Atendido, Prof. Candida C. Agcaoili, Jeric Mariano, Nita R. Trofeo, Teresa Arnaiz, Sharon Edingh, Mrs. Dading Gonzalez, Romena Zuniga, Philip Neri, Shelby Payne, and GMA-7 artist Iwa Moto Happy wedding anniversar y to Frankie and Rosemary Ferrer of Bais City
BS-CBN Star Magic celebrates its 20th year via the annual Star Magic Ball on On Sept. 1. The 6th Star Magic Ball will be held at the Rizal Ballroom of Makati Shangri-La Hotel and will be hosted by Piolo Pascual, John Lapus and John Lloyd Cruz. The stars will be dressed to the nines in black and white ensembles. Gowns and suits are made by the following designers: Jun Escario, Ivar Aseron, Dong Omaga-Diaz, Rhett Eala, Ronaldo Arnaldo, Amir Sali, John Her rera, Eric delos Santos, Hindy Weber Tantoco, Bing Cristobal, Albert Figueras, Veejaye Floresca, Jeffrey Rogador, Sassa Jimenez, Tina Daniac, Joey Samson, Regine Tolentino, Albert
6th Star Magic Ball Rolls Sept. 1

Andrada, M Barretto, Jovan dela Cruz, Mannie Jalasan, Ferdie Abuel, Goulli Gorospe, Simon Ariel Vasquez, Estien Quijano, Jay Custodio, Harvic Dominguez, Olan Roque, Analiza Felix, Nat Manilag, Avel Bacudio, Edwin Tan, Randy Ortiz, Inno Sotto, Pepsi Herrera, Francis Libiran, Paul Cabral and Rajo Laurel. Dave Ocampo, Cheetah Rivera, Gerswin Qua, Mark Tamayo, Nico Agustin and L ev Rodriguez of Fashion Designers Alliance of the Philippines (FADAL). This years event will not only be attended by Star Magics current roster of artists. Also attending are artists who started their careers with Star Magic, which was born in 1992. Also expected to attend the grand event are directors, film and television producers, advertisers, and network executives. Highlights of the ball include the yearly cotillon which introduces Star Magics up and coming artists and the launch of the Star Magic Catalogue 2013. Featured are per for mances by Sam Milby, Khalil, Xian Lim, Vina Morales, Erik Santos, Jovit Baldivino, Nyoy Volante, Bugoy Dirlon, Liezel Garcia, Richard Poon, Yeng Constantino, Angeline Quinto and Ryan Cayabyab. Behind the Star Magic Ball are Keren Pasucal, event stylist Robert Blancaflor, BaiCapture photo booths, 0+ electronic gadgets, Moet and Chandon champagne and the Makati Shangri-La Hotel.
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VJ Mike
Its about making people happy

bahan ako sa mga spiels ko, he looks back. He thought the chances of him winning check, malalaman mo may mas magaling sa iyo. Mike had since been a member of the Muay thai club at his alma mater, the ateneo de Manila University. this psychology student is now juggling his studies, sports and his latest stint in MyX as one of the newest VJ which for him, is the coolest job ever. the more youre into it, the more you realize that its not about the music, its about you making people happy, Mike says. although the guys all tough with his dangerous moves, his outlook in life is similar to that of a carefree kid, making it a point to cherish every moment of his life. He also shares his long-time dream of building a preschool. Im an inner kid at heart. I love kids. I also want to be a pre-school teacher. I also want to volunteer for UnICeF or any nGos and become a productive member of the society. MORE ABOUT VJ MIKE One word to describe yourself: Boring. Im the type who simply loves watching cooking shows and movies. Celebrity crushes: Jasmine Curtis, Maja Salvador, Solenn Heusaff and Coleen Garcia. Song of your life: Payphone by Maroon 5. Favorite Pinoy artists: Kamikaze, Christian Bautista, Mayonaisse and Hale. Favorite international artists: David Mc Cartney, Leona Lewis, Goo Goo Dolls and Katy Perry. Bottom line: The only competition in your life is the competition between the disciplined and undisciplined mind. For me, the hardest thing to do for yourself is to be able to convince yourself to do this, to do that. To be disciplined, thats the hardest thing.
By JANNICA DIAz
w e n t yone yearold Michael r o l a n d Mariano led a normal life of school, movies and mixed martial arts. Little did this regular guy know that hed soon be doing cool things in front of the camera and talking about his other passion music. Mike admits that he still couldnt believe he won the MyX VJ Search. Ako ang may pinakamaraming takes. one time, umabot ng 28 takes. Kinaka-
were so slim that by the time he learned he was one of the finalists, he ended up crying the most. Growing up, Mike found guilty pleasure in an unlikely pair food and Muay thai. this self-confessed pastry lover once weighed 200 pounds but everything changed when he discovered wrestling in the tube, captivated by the raw ferocity of UFC and mixed martial arts. although his mom objected at first, Mike continued to train and persevere. Its not about the violence, its about testing yourself, he explains. Malalaman mo yung sarili mo. Its humbling and it builds your character and makes you openminded. Yung ego mo kasi nache-
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VJ Michelle
VJ K.A.
A long way from Singapore to MYX Jane of all trades

By JAMAICA MAE DIGO
H my gosh, I finally won something! this is the first thing I won in my whole life, goes the ecstatic reply from Michelle ng after finding out that she is one of the winners of MyX VJ Search 2012. Michelle, a native of Singapore, used to be an actress back home. But after participating in the amazing race asia Season 4, where she was a runner-up, she decided to live in the Philippines to find herself and learn to be more independent. She has been in the Philippines for over a year now and shes definitely enjoying every moment of it. I would do it all over again. I will move here all over again. Ive met so many wonderful people here and did so many wonderful things that I will never expect myself to do in my entire life. I have no regrets moving here, says Michelle. In a way, not being able to win the amazing race asia yielded more favorable results than VJ Michelle would have expected. If she did not lose the race, she says, shes probably not here in the Philippines now and would miss being part of MyX. the whole MyX VJ search has been a ride for Michelle. the competition earned her more friends, but it was also full of pressure. She lost a lot of weight during the search because of not eating and sleeping right, all for the sake of finishing her tasks. More than that is the anxiety that she might not stand a chance knowing she is not as fluent in speaking Filipino as the other contenders. But that fear was easily erased as soon as the results came out. Interesti n g l y, M i chelle is not only fascinated with the places, the people and the food in the Philippines. She has fallen in love with oPM (original
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Pilipino music), too. the songwriters passion, the heartfelt way of singing, and the meaningful lyrics of oPM songs are what had drawn Michelle to oPM. Its also remarkable to note that this girl is actually more concerned with the future of oPM than an average Filipino is. Minsan I feel na medyo underrated na yung oPM. So I feel like we need to get it out there a little bit more. So people will know what oPM is more, she reasons out. aside from music, she enjoys watching theater plays and the hit US tV show Glee, traveling and, would you believe, cleaning! Shes a self-confessed neat freak and she does all the household chores herself since she has no maid. Meanwhile, Michelle admits that she is not a sucker for good-looking men. when she falls in love with a guy, she would think that he is the most gwapo in the world, even when hes not because, for her, love makes you blind. VJ Michelle has been through the ups and downs of life but she always believes that, everything happens for a reason and that we should always have faith and have fun and let things happen. Because the more you force it, the more its not going to happen. MORE ABOUT VJ MICHELLE Boy code: Gusto ko mga geek, like parang nerdy. I dont want supermodel models. The sweetest thing: He took care of my dog for me when I went on a trip somewhere. He took care of my dog even when hes allergic to dogs. So yeah that was very, very sweet. Ignoring his allergy to take care of my dog. Celebrity crush: I really enjoy watching John Lloyd Cruz. Hes a really, really good actor. I was obsessed with John Lloyd when I first moved here. I watched all his movies. Favorite musical: I really like Wicked. I think it is the most meaningful because its about acceptance and not judging. Favorite songs: All the songs by Adele, Someone Like You, Rolling in the Deep, etc. And then, I really, really like Maging Sino Ka Man, Quests Sige Lang and Tanya Markovas The Facebook Song. Favorite Pinoy food: Bicol Express, adobo and pansit. It used to be Jollibee spaghetti, and then I got a bit sawa because I ate it everyday. Bottom line: Always believe that nothing is impossible.
By CAMILLE Sy
BeInG a host, you need to be witty. Being a pre-school teacher, you have to have a lot of patience. Being a make-up artist you need tons of creativity. Being a band vocalist, your voice must be captivating. and being a VJ, you must be charming. It may be impossible for one person to do all these things with so much passion and grace but for Kristine Camille antonio or K.a., doing all these stuff is a cinch because she enjoys doing them all. Her life might have changed since winning the recent MyX VJ Search as more people recognize her now, but VJ K.a. still considers herself the same person. I still work as a pre-school teacher so its practically the same, just the additional days, the extra things you do like for me regular tapings e v e r y M o n day. Just like any regular student, K.a.s college journey wasnt s m o o t h sailing. In her sophomore year, she had second thoughts about pursuing an early Childhood education course at De La Salle University. She thought she wanted to become a fashion designer, until she realized that a degree in education would be a more solid fallback. Soon, she started to love teaching little kids as she was able to improve her patience as well.
But there is one endeavour that K.a. loves most, which is singing. She is currently the vocalist of the pop band aJKa. our band started when a friend invited us to join a contest in UP Its for new college . bands to make a jingle and then that time the requirement was to come up with an original song so gumawa ako ng original song and we won first runner-up. VJ K.a. deems hosting as a breath of fresh air because it is here where she can show her true self. Im a funny person, Im very bubbly and makulit. thats where my personality comes out.
MORE ABOUT VJ K.A. Bad habit: Shopping. I have this thinking that I work hard so I deserve it. I go shopping a lot. I should stop. I should save. Celebrity crushes: Lee Min Ho, hes the one Korean person I adore. Super gwapo. Derek Ramsay and Jake Cuenca. The sweetest thing: I wrote a song for my boyfriend of five years. If you check out my band, theres a song there Tanong Lang. The message of the song is parang a girl telling the guy na if youre doubting, stop asking me why basta sinabi ko na youre the one, yun na yun. Best thing about being a MYX VJ: You meet different kinds of people, from the newcomers, from the stars. And of course, exposure to different channels like music and to media people. Bottom line: Always have fun in everything you do.
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My boyfriend is touchy, feelybut not with me

Dear CHICo, DeLaMar, anD GIno...I met my boyfriend eric at work. weve been together for two years and in those two years Ive already accepted his strict policy on public display of affection. It was hard at first, eric being my first serious boyfriend. no kissing, no hugging, not even holding hands in public. He said hes not really comfortable with it and he wants us to act professional, which I understood. But when its just the two of us, he more than compensates. recently, we worked on a project together and he decided to outsource a service company which was being managed by his friend. It was the first time that I knew about the existence of that friend because he never mentioned her to me until we all had to work together. I was quite bothered by how touchy she was with my boyfriend. She pinches his cheeks, she holds his hands, hugs him, while Im around, at work, in public. everything that Im not allowed to do with or to my boyfriend, she did. I asked my boyfriend about it and about her. He said shes an old high school friend and assured me that theres no reason to be jealous because thats her personality, shes really touchy, especially to friends. and so I just tried to avoid them as much as I can so I wont see them. Until I had the chance to talk to her and in the course of our conversation I got the impression that she did not know that eric and I are together. I asked my boyfriend how come she didnt know that he is in a relationship, and that Im his girlfriend. He said the topic never came up at any instance. Besides all they talked about was work. now I wonder what does that say about our relationship? Is he ashamed of me? Is keeping a professional relationship a mere excuse to give the impression that hes single? I want to talk to the girl about my issues with her but I dont want to come across as a jealous girlfriend. and can I do that even without my boyfriends consent? I dont think she will go away anytime soon because my boyfriend hired her again for our next project. - nina CHICo SayStransparency is one of the most crucial ingredients in the thick muck of a soup called relationships. you have every right to question your boyfriends behavior. If it was really no big deal, the first time you three met, shouldve been a this-is-my-girlfriendnina moment. I only say this because this is what I expect, whether Im the introducer or the introducee. If you met a friend and you were with your mom, wouldnt you introduce her as such? not only because its your duty, but common social courtesy demands it. Its the type of information that you volunteer; you dont need for it to be asked for. Its weird if you blurt out of nowhere: My favorite pastime is cleaning my ears with a cotton bud while I fondle my testicles. tHat, you wait for people to probe for. But to identify you as his girlfriend to a supposedly close friend of his, is not just acceptable, but outright expected. now, Im not saying theres necessarily something fishy going on, but unless your boyfriend is socially inept (which I doubt), he has reasons why hes decided to willfully leave his relationship status undisclosed. and these reasons, you have a right to know. and if he allows a close friend to be touchy with him, why cant he let his girlfriend (who supposedly should have a much higher ascendancy in the totem pole) do the same? the girlfriend should have access to what even close friends dont, not the other way around. theres nothing fishy going on, it doesnt mean theres nothing wrong. DeLaMar SayS...yes, it is very odd that he hasnt told anybody about you after two years of being together. the lack of public display of affection seems reasonable enough. But add to that nobody knows about you and some other girl being too affectionate then it really seems like he wants to be seen as single. and once you assume that the next question will be why. and that just wont have a very good answer for you. Id definitely confront him about that. Hiding you as the girlfriend is not a good sign. It doesnt make sense and it certainly calls into question his intention for doing so. even if he is affectionate in private that is expected its not a plus point for him. But not showing people who your girlfriend is, that is a big red flag that signals you that somethings not right here. Dont confront the female officemate. Go straight to your boyfriend. Hes the one in the best position to answer your questions and the one who can fix whats wrong here. Dont feel guilty about your questions. they arose because of his actions. and if they are not making you happy and secure then it needs to be addressed by him and him alone. GIno SayS...First off, theres a certain level of PDa which I think is socially acceptable. Maybe the occasional kiss on the cheek, slight hugging and holding hands is completely fine, at least in my book. now what I dont understand is why youre boyfriend wont allow you to do that, but will allow this other girl to be touchy with him. Sure, it may be the personality of the girl, but what if thats your personality too? He should either not allow the friend to be like that to him, or he should allow you to be more ma-PDa with him since yoU are the girlfriend. I honestly dont think its possible for this girl to not know that your boyfriends in a relationship unless your boyfriends been hiding it. even if its never come up in a conversation, its virtually impossible for him to not mention that he has a girlfriend, especially if he claims that theyve been good friends since way back PLUS they work together and are constantly with each other. Im sure that somehow it shouldve come up in a conversation already. I dont know the reason behind why your boyfriend seems to be hiding your relationship but whatever it is, its something you have to confront HIM (not the girl) about. I may be wrong, but something smells fishy. talk to your boyfriend. the girl technically has nothing to do with it so the conversation shouldnt involve her. Im not exactly saying your boyfriend should be constantly announcing to the world that he has you as a girlfriend. But for this girl to not know about it? thats a little too conspicuous for my taste. (Chico, Delle and Gino welcome your letters. Write to: MByouthsection@gmail.com or the Students and Campuses Facebook Fanpage. Listen to the Kikay Barkada Monday to Saturday, 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. over Monster Radio RX 93.1)
you asked if hes ashamed of you, or if he wants people to think hes single -- only he can answer that. and tHat is why you need to ask him his real reasons. and as to the idea of talking to the girl, she has notHInG to do with this. Leave her out of it. the issue lies with your boyfriend, not her. In my opinion at least, your questions are more than valid. His behavior is not the norm, so youre not being a clingy paranoid girlfriend if you want answers. again, Im not saying that somethings fishy. But just because
Paradigm shift
Are we ready to change the terms in which we think of the world, ready to trade in our well-entrenched ideas for new ones?
nCe upon a time, a man named thomas Kuhn put forth a bold construal of the nature of science and scientific progress. Kuhn argued that normal science was nothing more than a time when scientific practitioners more or less agreed on a paradigm of thought. Because they all operated on the same basic concepts to describe science and scientific phenomena, they wasted no time arguing about it, and were thus able to make greater advances in the field. a conception of science becomes widely accepted and gets promoted to the status of paradigm when it is able to explain a breadth of scientific phenomena. newtonian physics was able to fulfill these criteria. It explained motion. It explained why objects stayed on the ground and didnt float off into space. It allowed scientists to make calculations and accurate predictions about the movement of heavenly bodies. In short, the theory worked. the scientific community has been more than happy to make full use of it, and this paradigm of newtonian physics is what we have been taught all our lives as science. we never questioned it. we have questioned God. we have questioned institution. But science has become the idol of the modern day. we see nothing apart from this theory of interpretationthe lens through which we see the world. Kuhn argues, however, that when a new theory comes in that has the potential to explain more than newton does, the scientific community can just as easily kick newton outan event which Kuhn dubbed paradigm shift, and the term has gained currency in mainstream thought ever since. albert einstein at the turn of the century was one such gamechanger. In the General theory of relativity, he proposes an alternative concept to gravity. the newtonian paradigm says that all objects exert forces of attraction on each other, and more massive objects exert forces strong enough to actually move smaller objects, or keep them in orbit. this is why the earth is in orbit
CAMPUS bEAt ANIM CHArACtErS IN HErO fACE-Off 2012

CosPlayers who reigned as the winners of the Hero Face off 2012 brought their characters to life. The Kids squad category was won by Izaiah luke Buelos who took home R15,000, the league of Heroes was won by the The angry Birds Team who HErO fACEtook home R20,000 and the ultimate Off WINNEr Face off was won by the mighty Ma. Ann Orduna. warrior, azure rathalos of Monster Hunter portrayed by Ma. ann orduna who took home R30,000. The Face off winner is also set to visit the singapore Toy, Game and Comic Convention this september. Hero Face off 2012 at the Mega Trade Hall was attended by thousands of cosplayers and anime enthusiasts. Hero TV, the No. 1 anime cable channel in the country, is seen on sky Cable Channel 44 and is available in over 200 cable operators nationwide.
around the sun. Gravity. einstein, however, thought of it rather differently. He did not think of time and space as two separate objects; space was not an endless (or perhaps finite) empty-ness that stretched in all directions. time and space, instead, form a fabric of spacetime, and the presence of massive objects in this fabric creates a dent. Its like stretching a large cloth and dropping a basketball in the middle: the fabric would curve according to the shape of the basketball. einstein argued, then, that if you toss any marbles into the cloth, they would fall along the curve and toward the basketball. the earth is drawn to the sun because the sun is big enough to create a dent in spacetime, and the earth falls along this curve toward the sun. einsteins concept is much different from newtons. In a way, both can be thought of as proposing two entirely distinct metaphors to explain the same phenomenon. Kuhn says, in effect, that science is all about the adopting the metaphor that offers the best explanation. Science is not trueit is merely useful. Gravity is not true; it is just a concept that we can use to control and manipulate objects. relativity has opened a whole universe (or multiverse) of possibilities for science. we are, in Kuhnian terms, on the brink of a new paradigm shift. Its very possible that our grandchildren will be taught nothing of newton and all of einstein; space travel and new frontiers will be conceived in entirely einsteinian terms. are we ready to change the terms in which we think of the world, ready to trade in our well-entrenched ideas for new ones? or will we, someday, be obsoleteas people and societies who believed in legend and worshipped gods are considered obsolete by us today? admittedly, much of relativitys more far-reaching implications still rest in the realm of science fiction. But didnt all science fact come from such imaginings?
The author is an A.B. Philosophy graduate of the University of the Philippines-Diliman.
UGNAyAN SA SINING PrOMOtES rEGIONAL ArtS tHrU CULtUrAL ExCHANGE

In line with its mission to promote and propagate regional arts, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) outreach Program undertakes Ugnayan sa sining, an exchange tour of local artists or groups who have shown significant achievements in the performing arts. Since it was first launched in 2010, the project has already featured four regional art groups who not only presented their original creative works but also facilitated an exchange tour with their partner organizations from other regions. The sining Bulakenyo (sIBUl) a folk dance troupe from Malolos, Bulacan conducted a cultural exchange with the st. louis University Dance Troupe of Baguio City. In 2011, another two regional art groups were presented under the same program - the CPU Handbell Choir of Iloilo City and the Tagum City Comprehensive National High school rondalla from Davao del Norte. For 2012, the program beneficiaries are the Youth Advocates Through Theater arts (yaTTa) of Dumaguete City who recently presented their theater production entitled Kaluwasan sa Damgo Ni Greta at the Mindanao state University in General santos City. Tackling the issues of teenage sexuality, rape and gang violence, Kaluwasan sa Damgo ni Greta talks about the importance of upholding ones hopes and dreams; that the youth today have the right to choose because this will inspire and empower them to take action. yaTTa was established in 2005 to promote youth participation and respect for young peoples rights through advocacy work using theater. Mentored by Dessa Quesada-Palm (senior artist-teacher of the renowned Philippine educational Theater association), its members are composed of young professional, university and high school students, and out of school youth. yaTTa on the other will receive and host the MsU Kabpapagariya ensemble in Dumaguete City who will present their original play Dula Ta from sept. 13 to 16. Dula Ta is considered the most powerful Mindanao play these days. It depicts Mindanao problem from the eyes of children. Children love to play but Dula Ta goes beyond that. The literal meaning of Dula Ta is lets play but as the story unfolds onstage the audience begins to have a different interpretation of the true meaning of the title. The MsU-Kabpapagariya ensemble is the official performing arm of Mindanao State University in General santos City. For more information about Ugnayan, contact the CCP Cultural exchange Department at 832-3674 or 832-1125 locals 1708-1710.
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The Phantom of the Opera haunts Manila
By Ivy LISA f. MENDOzA
ILIPInoS are an easy target for love stories. It is no wonder then that with much anticipation, they welcome to Manila the greatest love story ever told the Phantom of the opera. the staging of the Phantom in Manila is a long time coming. after all, internationally acclaimed productions like Miss Saigon and Mamma Mia have already been staged here in the past. and so it is now time for Filipinos to experience the Phantom of the opera, the longest-running musical on Broadway, and is in its 26th year in Londons west end. acclaimed as the worlds most successful musical, andrew Lloyd webbers masterpiece has been seen by more than 130 million people worldwide. It tells the story of a disfigured musical genius known only as the Phantom who haunts the depths of the Paris opera House. Mesmerised by the talents and beauty of a young soprano Christine the Phantom lures her as his protg and falls fiercely in love with her. Unaware of Christines love for raoul, the Phantoms obsession sets the scene for a dramatic turn of events where jealousy, madness and passions collide. with 130 cast, crew and orchestra members, jaw-dropping scenery, breathtaking special effects and more than 230 costumes by international designer, the late Maria Bjrnson, n the occasion of its 35th theater season, Gantimpala theater (Gt) presents the longest running Philippine theater classic (first staged in 1980 at the CCP), Kanser, penned by awardwinning playwright Jomar Fleras, with adriana agcaoili and Jheyar Caguimbal as directors. with the company s commitment to educate and entertain its audiences, it now highlights the 10 reasons why the audiences must watch this much loved classic. the play is based on noli Me tangere, the biggest literary and political contribution of Philippine national hero Dr. Jose rizal. It makes for an entertaining two hours of watching. as a historical record, however, it is a powerful and very real testament that rizal and all the revolutionary eliases, the victimized Sisas and Crispins, and the broken idealists like for Ibarra made for our motherland. the lost dreams and the blood they have shed have bought us the freedom we enjoy and sometimes take for granted, says director adriana agcaoili. and national artist for Dance and theater critics Leonor orosa Goquinco and esteemed theater reviewer amadis Guerrero gave it superlative reviews. Goquinco
tHE GrEAtESt LOvE StOry EvEr tOLD is in Manila to amaze the filipino audience, the Phantom of the Opera goes onstage at the CCP Main theater, until Sept. 30. Photo above, Phantoms elaborate costumes and sets will never cease to amaze audiences all over the world. At left, some of the cast during the press presentation at the Manila Diamond Hotel (from left) musical director Guy Simpson, filipino tenor Dondi Ong, Claire Lyon as Christine, Anthony Downing as raoul, and Jonathan roxmouth as the Phantom.
promises to deliver a world-class production. this touring production is as fine as any version you might see in the west end or on Broadwayit is the same superb design, and we invest a great deal to ensure it is of the highest standards, said tim McFarlane, managing director of the really Useful Company asia Pacific. It is an enormous privilege to bring the Phantom of the opera to the Philippines for its premiere. I have always believed that audiences here will embrace this unforgettable show and love it as much as I do, so I am delighted to see such a strong demand for tickets, and to be able to offer 16 more performances, added producer James Cundall, Ceo of Lunchbox theatrical Productions. SEASONED PERFORMERS the role of the Phantom arguably the most sought-after role in musical theatre is being played by Jonathan roxmouth, who was awarded Best Performance by a Leading actor in a Musical in the 2012 Fleur Du
Cap awards for his outstanding performance as the Phantom for the shows South african season. Jonathan also won the Fleur Du Cap award, as well as the highly respected naledi award, for Best Performance in a Musical for the lead role of Gaston in Beauty and the Beast. He also received a naledi award nomination for Best Performance in a Musical for the lead role of Danny Zuko in Grease, and nominations for both a naledi award and Fleur Du Cap award for his performance in a Handful of Keys. Playing the role of Christine is the beautiful and talented soprano Claire Lyon. Classically trained, Claire graduated from the Victorian College of the arts at the University of Melbourne in australia, with a Bachelor of Music Performance. She performed the role of Christine numerous times in the new and highly acclaimed australian production or andrew Lloyd webbers Love never Dies, the sequel to the Phantom of the opera, Prior to joining the cast of Love
never Dies, Claire was a renowned member of australias national opera company, opera australia, performing in numerous classic operas such as the Merry widow, Madame Butterly, aida, La traviata, Peter Grimes, tosca and Carmen. She also performed the roles of Ida in Die Fledermaus and Barbarina in the Marriage of Figaro, and performed in the world premiere of opera australias Bliss, which went on to enjoy success at the edinburgh Festival. as a soprano soloist, Claire has performed in oratorio works such as rossinis Petite Messe Solenelle and Bachs B Minor Mass and Cantata number 149 with the Victorian College of the arts orchestra. Claire is the perfect Christine, said McFarlane. She has the most exquisite voice which imbues the role with just the right blend of vulnerability, passion and tragedy. She is a beautiful performer. SuPPORtiNg cASt Playing the role of raoul is anthony Downing, a highly accomplished actor, singer, dancer, pianist and composer. trained in South africa and London, award-winning anthony has performed in musicals, dance productions, film and tV and performs , with a seven-part a capella group.
Playing Monsieur Firmin is James Borthwick, a seasoned actor with many of South africas prestigious theatre, film and tV awards to his credit, the naledi and Fleur Du Cap awards for Best Performance in a Musical (2010) for his role as Peron in evita. Joining the international cast and orchestra are some of Manilas talented local musicians who have been specially selected by Guy Simpson, the musical director during auditions conducted in Manila earlier this year. talented Filipino tenor Dondi ong is joining the international touring cast for Manila and further seasons throughout asia. ong was successful in his audition after a worldwide search for a tenor to join the ensemble. as a performer, he has played lead and prominent roles in various Filipino plays, zarzuelas and musicals and has travelled to the US, europe and Japan to perform for foreign audiences. ong trained at the UP College of Music gaining a degree in Music, majoring in Voice and graduated as magna cum laude and the class valedictorian. Smart Infinity and Citibank present the Phantom of the opera starting august 25, and extended until September 30, at the CCP Main theater in Pasay City.
10 reasons to watch Gantimpala Thaters Kanser
tHE CASt Of KANSEr (from left) Jay Gonzaga as Crisostomo Ibarra, Cris Pastor as Maria Clara, Dante balois as Pilosopong tasyo, Joe Gruta as Capitan tiago, troy de Guzman as Elias, Marj Lorico as Sisa, and her tots Arvy Cesar viduya as basilio and John Judelei as Crispin.
proclaimed, whoever thinks that Jose rizals novel noli Me tangere has been drained dry as a source of inspiration has some rethinking to do. For Kanser is theater of the highest order meaningful, satisfying, high-voltage drama. Fifth, Joe Gr uta, one of the Philippines most revered character actors, is back on the Gantimpala stage to give life to the character he started, Capitan tiago. It is topbilled by the lovable pair of Kapuso actor Jay Gonzaga
and Kapamilya Cris Pastor star as Crisostomo Ibarra and Maria Clara. Pastor tells, I have a better appreciation of Maria Claras person because of this production. to many, she is emotionally weak. as I discover deeper my character, I realize that she is a brave and strong woman. She sacrificed so much to protect the purity of her love for Crisostomo. PHILStaGe Best actress Marj Lorico is Sisa. I am also a mother so I know how she feels and I am not an
aristocrat either. Given her situation then, it was indeed an extremely excruciating moment. Lorico adds, this is an advocacy for me as well. Giving life to such a larger-than-life character is my way of telling todays generation to read our literary classics. what I like about this play is that each of the major characters is highlighted, thus audiences get to know them better. Ho me -g ro wn act o r tro y de Guzman is elias. It takes so much
from me to play elias since he is both strong and emotional. there is pressure to deliver but I take it as good pressure. I promise to give my best. Providing stellar support are tV and film luminaries Ku aquino as Padre Damaso, Mosang as Doa Victorina and Dante Balois as Pilosopong tasyo. M a l e s u p e r m o d e l Pa t r i c k Patawaran is Padre Salvi, the young priest who secretly covets Maria Clara. assisting directors agcaoli and Caguimbal to realize the town of San Diego and its denizens are Benjie Cayetano (lighting designer), norman Peaflorida (set designer), roobak Valle (choreographer), Charyl De Guzman (production manager), and wilmark oliver tabio (stage manager). the national Parks Development Committee (nPDC) and everbilena fully support Gantimpala theaters production of Kanser. Performances are on aug. 31, Sept. 1 to 2, (9 am/12 nn/3 pm), aFP theater, Camp aguinaldo, Quezon City; Sept. 7 to 9, (9 am/12 nn/3 pm), Star theater, Star City Compound, Pasay City; Sept. 14 to 16, (11 am/2 pm), Cinema 3, SM Southmall, Las Pias City. For tickets, call 998-5622. Like: www.facebook/gantimpala.
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HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 2515
Cheaper Ink, Lovely Print Results

By ALLAN D. FRANCISCO
original ink. Design and Specifications The Deskjet 2515 comes with a body design that is unmistakably HPs. There is just no mistaking the 431.4 x 438.9 x 251.6mm, 3.9kg printer for another from any other brand. HP claims the device can print out its first monochrome page within 17 seconds after powering up, and a color printout in as fast as 23 seconds. While its duty cycle comes at 1,000 pages per month, the vendor recommends a monthly print volume of 300400 pages for the HP Thermal Inkjet printing technology-equipped device. The printer takes care of its printing and copying tasks using a pair of affordable ink cartridges, a black and a tricolor (cyan, magenta, and yellow), that do not cost users their arms and legs. The device comes with standard 60-sheet input tray and a 25-sheet output tray for paper handling. It does not do duplex printing; however, it supports A4, B5, A5, A6, and DL envelop of several media types, including paper, photo paper, envelopes, labels, greeting cards, and transparencies. Scanning and Copying
he Deskjet 2515 is the latest in HPs line of Ink Advantage printers. Designed for consumers and home office owners looking for a compact and budget-friendly printing device, the HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 2515 All-in-One Printer performs more than the basic printing tasks. Although it does not come with its pricier siblings HP ePrint, mobile, and wireless printing capabilities, it more than makes up for these limitations with reliability anchored by HPs affordable
The Deskjet 2515 comes with a body design that is unmistakably HPs. There is just no mistaking the 431.4 x 438.9 x 251.6mm, 3.9kg printer for another from any other brand. HP claims the device can print out its first monochrome page within 17 seconds after powering up, and a color printout in as fast as 23 seconds.
While not posting actually top-notch scanning and copying benchmarks, the Deskjet 2515 nevertheless shines as a very capable multifunction device. This flatbedscanner can handle most images (maximum size of 216 x 297mm) and transform them into JPEG, TIFF, PDF, BMP, and PNG files, with resolutions of as high as 1200dpi. Meanwhile, it can copy documents with resolutions of up to 600 x 300dpi for monochrome texts and color text
and graphics, while reducing or enlarging them up to fit-to-page sizes. The Deskjet 2515 can do printing and copying tasks even when untethered to a PC, by the way. Conclusion The HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 2515 AiO Printer, based on the test copying, printing, and scanning tasks
I subjected it to, is one ideal MFP device for consumers and home offices. Aside from letting users print, scan, and copy documents and pictures with ease, it also provides them with a reliable and affordable means of accomplishing their printing tasks. Combined with HPs affordable original ink cartridges, the Deskjet 2515 more than capably meets users printing requirements.
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Wednesday August 29, 2012
Visual Computing Labs Arjun: The Warrior Prince Uses Autodesk Software
ndian animation and visual effects powerhouse Visual Computing Labs (VCL), a division of Tata Elxsi Ltd., leveraged Digital Entertainment Creation software from Autodesk, Inc. to produce its second mainstream animated Bollywood film Arjun: The Warrior Prince. A joint collaboration between Disney and UTV Pictures, the film was directed by Arnab Chaudhuri. Autodesk Maya and Autodesk 3ds Max modeling, animation and rendering software products played an integral role in shaping artful backdrops and character animations that contribute to the overall aesthetic of the film. Autodesk Flame software was utilized for creative finishing and color grading. Arjun: The Warrior Prince is an animated mythological action film that recounts the untold story of Arjun, hero of the Mahabharata. He is a precocious child plunged from boyhood and innocence into a murky world of deceit and betrayal, com-
ing of age to become the most powerful warrior of his time. Spanning the dusty plains of Hastinapur to the icy peaks of the Himalayas, Arjun: The Warrior Prince is the story of a man discovering what it takes to be a hero. The Indian filmmaking industry is thriving, and were excited to see a longtime Autodesk customer like Tata Elxsis Visual Computing Labs using our tools to create such a beautiful film. Arjun: The Warrior Prince truly raises the bar for 3D animation in Bollywood, said Mark Strassman, Autodesk vice president of Media & Entertainment strategy and marketing. From the very beginning, our ambition with Arjun was to create a work of art that would visually transcend other animated Bollywood films created to date. The nature of the story called for several challenging animated action scenes featuring breathtaking backdrops, chariot races and battle sequences. To make those appear rich and hyper-real, we relied heavily on Maya. It was our first choice and a natural fit for the job giving us all of the
tools necessary to develop and animate the lush backgrounds and dynamic characters that carry the story, said Vishal Anand, technical director, Visual Computing Labs. Over the course of 14 months, a team of more than 70 artists worked on Arjun in VCLs Mumbai office from previsualization to animation, rendering, lighting and grading. Leveraging a solid pipeline that VCL initially built for its first animated feature, Roadside Romeo, the team tapped
Maya extensively to develop and render backgrounds. 15 matte painters churned out virtual sets, as the modeling team projected them onto pieces of geometry exploring different camera angles until the desired looks were achieved. Each matte painting was broken up into various elements at different depths. With Maya our team was able to easily tackle even the most challenging animation sequences. The software en-
abled us to quickly render the backgrounds that painterly, yet hyper-real feel, while also creating accurate shadows and animations for each character. We were able to reference, using proxy geometry with very basic textures. This enabled us to block the scenes and choreograph camera moves. From there we could project our matte paintings onto pieces of more detailed geometry which our team would eventually light and add atmospherics to.
Epson Gives Aid For Monsoon Relief Efforts

Epson Precision (Philippines) Inc., Philippine Epson Optical Inc., Epson Philippines Corporation and Seiko Epson Corporation have announced the donation of Php 1 million to assist Filipino families affected by the torrential monsoon rains that caused flooding in Manila and surrounding provinces from the end of July. The money was donated through Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), a local NPO. In addition to the donation, employees from the three local Epson companies cooperated with PBSP in the distribution of relief goods to the affected areas. Epson wishes to extend its sympathy to the affected families, and hopes for the speedy recovery of the areas damaged by the disaster. Epson employees extending help to flood victims.
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Huawei Ascend G300 Now Here

hy pay first class for first class? Huawei has announced the commercial availability of Ascend G300, an Android smartphone that offers first class 4-inch IPS display screen, discerning Huawei Emotion UI, and beautifully design sturdy body at PhP9,490 suggested retail price. Joining the best selling Huawei Honor and Ascend Y200 in the shelf, the easyto-use Ascend G300 features a 4.0-inch WVGA IPS Display capacitive touch screen, 5-megapixel-autofocus camera and is powered by Qualcomm 1GHz processor and Android 2.3 operating system, with an upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich later this year. G300 and Y200 belong to the Ascend family Huaweis best-in-class smart phones. The Ascend G300 in-
cludes 4GB ROM, 512MB of RAM and a MicroSD card slot to provide up to 32GB of additional memory. With a 1350 mAh Li Ion battery delivering over five hours of non-stop talk time and more than two weeks of standby time without the inconvenience of re-charging, the Ascend G300 is a smartphone with the power and endurance necessary to meet all of your daily requirements. Measuring 63mm long and 10.5mm slim, the Ascend G300 fits perfectly into your hand and your pocket. Sturdy, yet lightweight at 140g including the battery, and available in chrome and white, the stylish Ascend G 300 is the perfect accessory for your life. As an introductory offer, Huawei Ascend G300 comes with free jelly cover (choice of Pink, Cyan, Red, or Yellow) and 8GB SanDisk microSD card. Huawei Ascend G300
key specs Operating System: Android 2.3 UI: Huawei Emotion Display: 4 WVGA IPS Display Camera: 5MP Camera Auto focus Battery: 1350mAh Processor: 1 GHZ Connectivity: HSPA 850/1200, GSM 850/900/1800/1900, WiFi 802.11b/g/n Dimensions: 122.5 x 63 x 10.5mm Weight: 140g About Huawei Device Huawei Device believes that everyone can be the center of information and that the world would be a better place if access and information barriers were knocked down. Its vices is testimony to Huawei Devices focus on customers and its commitment to providing user-friendly mobile internet experiences through ongoing innovation. Based on more than two decades of success in the information and communications industry, and with our own channel expertise, operational capabilities and global partner resources, Huawei Device is transforming from a company that sells millions of devices in single transactions to large businesses, to a Business-to-People (B2P) brand that also sells individual devices directly to millions of people. As at the end of 2011, Huawei Device serves more than 500 operators all over the world. strong suite of mobile phones, mobile broadband devices and home deFor more information, visit Huawei Device online: www.huaweidevice.com
Smart Supports UP Digital Link-up

Leading wireless services provider Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) is providing Wi-Fi connectivity and access points to support the computerization project of the University of the Philippines (UP). In providing connectivity, Smart would help UP link all of its eight units, including the Open University, and help streamline the administrative processes across the system. It complements the project of Smarts sisterfirm, ePLDT, which won the competitive bidding for the core programs needed to run the project. ePLDT will use different Oracle suits to support the universitys management system although some parts of the software will be developed by UP itself. The computerization of UP, dubbed the eUP Project, is a key initiative under UPs Strategic Plan from 2011-2017 with the ultimate goal of making UP more competitive in the region as a national university. It would require a capital outlay from the government of about P752 million up to 2016. The project is seen completed by 2014. UP officials said the project would provide an integrated, interconnected, harmonized and inter-operable ICT infrastructure across all UP campuses and units. Smart and UP intend to collaborate for the design, implementation and deployment of various ICT projects across its various units. They are also looking at cooperating in formulating solutions in line with the eUP goals of simplified operations, improved efficiency in transactions, reduced paperwork and optimal utilization of ICT resources, increased productivity, and extensive sharing of information. We believe that inspiration for breakthrough ideas can come from anywhere especially in an increasingly mobile world. We are not only supporting UP as the premier state university of the country but also its aspiration to be a top global university, said Earl Martin S. Valencia, head of Smart Corporate Development and Innovation. Smart is committing to be a partner not just by providing wireless infrastructure, but also through education and development programs that benefit the students and the nation. This is part of our continuous support to students and universities as we have demonstrated in our SWEEP program, said Valencia. The success of eUP is critical to bringing UP to a higher level of modernization. It would allow for streamlined operations and facilitate fast and easy access to reliable data needed for top-level decision and policy-making, said UP President Alfredo E. Pascual at the recent eUP Project Kick-off in UP Diliman. The eUP project covers processing of academic transactions; data sharing, collection and management; report generation and reliable interconnection among UPs 15 campuses. It is seen to provide that enabling environment to support the universitys thrust for academic and operational excellence. With the computerization, UP students can enroll, pay, apply for admission and scholarship, view grades, submit requirements and interact with teachers and fellow students online. Members of the faculty will have easier access to the latest research data. UP alumni can also request for their records online and have these processed fast.
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The Latest BlackBerry Curve Smartphones Now Available In Pure White

esearch In Motion (RIM) and Globe Telecom has announced the availability of the BlackBerry Curve 9220 and the BlackBerry Curve 9320 smartphones in Pure White, giving Globe BlackBerry subscribers more color options aside from Black and Teal Blue. Launched in May, the Curve 9220 and Curve 9320 models are the latest and most affordable BlackBerry 7 smartphones in the market today. The devices have quickly gained popularity among customers who desire a sleek and stylish smartphone with industry-leading messaging and social-centric features for them to share life as it happens. The two Pure White smartphones are available from Globe under Globe My
Super Plan, a portfolio of fullycustomizable postpaid plans that allow customers to design their postpaid subscription based on their choice of consumable monthly amounts, freebies, add-ons and devices. The BlackBerry Curve 9220 is available for free at My Super Plan 499 plus a P99 unlimited BlackBerry Chat subscription, which comes with a P499 monthly consumable amount for calls and texts, unlimited access to BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) and 2 freebies for as low as P598 per month. The BlackBerry Curve 9320 is available for free at My Super Plan BlackBerry Unli Surf Combo Plan 999 with unlimited mobile surfing, P400 monthly consumable amount for calls and texts, and 1 freebie for only P999 per month. The BlackBerry Curve 9220 and 9320 smartphones are an excellent choice for
people who are upgrading to a smartphone for the first time as well as existing Curve customers who are looking for a step up in speed and functionality, said Hastings Singh, Managing Director, South Asia at RIM. The two devices have been very well received by Philippine customers and we are delighted to offer them in three different colors, offering customers options that can go with any lifestyle. As the first Philippine telco to bring the BlackBerry Curve 9220 and BlackBerry Curve 9320 to the country, we are happy to take the excitement a notch higher by giving subscribers the flexibility not only to choose the perfect Globe postpaid plan to keep them always connected their way, but also their
preferred device color, giving them a more personalized and customized experience, said Martha Sazon, Head for Globe Postpaid. The BlackBerry Curve 9220 and the 9320 smartphones feature a new, dedicated BBM key that brings the power of RIMs popular mobile social network up in an instant, making it incredibly easy to share experiences on BBM. Facebook and Twitter apps are also pre-loaded, as well as Social Feeds 2.0, which allows users to post updates to multiple social applications simultaneously and capture updates from news sources (RSS), social apps and instant messaging apps all in one consolidated view. With BlackBerry 7.1 OS, the new BlackBerry Curve smartphones include a built-in FM radio, and listening to the FM radio does not require a data plan or use data services.
Boost Your Internet Life, Upgrade With The Sun BB Plan

Now is the time to upgrade your BlackBerry Plan, turn your smartphone into an instant hotspot and enjoy fast, uninterrupted connection with your friends. This is possible with the new BlackBerry Curve 9320, the much-raved about BlackBerry smartphone from the Curve family. Sun Cellular offers this high-power device together with a host of unlimited services including mobile internet under the BlackBerry Plan 999. If youve been wanting to have a plan as good as this, the wait is over and is well worth it! With internet speed and messaging fanatics in mind, Sun Cellular introduced the complete BlackBerry package in the market that already comes with all these unlimited services one needs in a BlackBerry postpaid plan: unlimited social networking, push e-mail, BBM, instant messaging, BlackBerry browsing, mobile internet, Sun calls, and Sun texts! To top it off, a subscriber doesnt have to pay a cent for the handset as the BlackBerry Curve 9320 comes free with the plan under a 30-month contract. Speed strongly defines todays on-the-go lifestyle and BlackBerry, as weve always come to expect from the brand, never disappoints when it comes to delivering brilliant mobile performance. Its Curve 9320 smartphone runs on the latest BlackBerry OS 7.1 and comes with preloaded applications and tools. One main draw of this phone is you can actually turn it into a hotspot and share WiFi connection with five of your friends. However, one needs unlimited mobile internet to enjoy this feature, something you dont need to worry about because its already included in the plan. View video clips on YouTube, send and receive emails, browse through online magazines, book hotels now delivered faster and more efficient with the Sun-powered BlackBerry Curve 9320. Meanwhile, Sun Cellular subscribers who love using BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) to quickly communicate with their contacts will be delighted with a new, dedicated BBM key on the Curve 9320 that brings the power of the popular mobile social network up in an instant. In addition, BBM is also integrated into Facebook, Twitter and other applications and games for a more enjoyable experience. Whatever youre doing at the moment, share it instantly with your online community of friends and BBM users. Experience life on the fast lane and boost your mobile experience with the new BlackBerry Curve 9320. Visit the nearest The Sun Shop now and apply for a BlackBerry Plan 999. To inquire, you may also call the Sun Hotline 200 using a Sun-powered handset or from any landline phone. Visit <suncellular.com. ph> or Facebook page <facebook.com/suncellularph>. Follow Sun Cellular on Twitter via <twitter. com/suncelltweets>.
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he Apple iTunes Store finally arrived in the country. With this, Apple made available its hobby device, the Apple TV. This tiny device is similar to the previously reviewed Google Nexus Q, a multimedia streaming device. Like the Nexus Q, Apple TV allows you to stream music and videos (movies and TV shows) from their respective stores, in this case iTunes (Google Play store for Nexus Q). Similarly, both can stream straight from YouTube. However, this is where the similarities end. AppleTV one-ups the Nexus Q in several avenues. First, the Apple TV is available in the Philippines at PHP 4,990 (Apple Online Store). The Nexus Q is limited to the US at the moment, and costs around USD299! (currently being revamped by Google

to add more functionality so you cant order one anymore). Content on AppleTV, in addition to what is on iTunes Music and Video stores and YouTube, can be streamed from your own iTunes library from your Mac! Lastly, AppleTV supports AirPlay -- a feature available on iOS and OS X (Mountain Lion) that mirrors your device screen to your TV! Cool, eh? Anyway, it took me several months justifying the purchase of an Apple TV. Once I made the decision, I asked a good friend, Aldwin Lee, to bring home one from the US. The moment he pinged me informing me that he got the device, Apple Online Store for PH updated and the AppleTV appeared! Talk about luck - but it is ok. Setting up the Apple TV is, just like all of Apples devices, pretty straightforward. Hook it up to your TV via HDMI, plug it in and boom! Configure
Of Macs & Tux

By ROM FERIA
In Using The AppleTV

the WiFi connection, add your iTunes account and you are off! Streaming all previously purchased videos from iTunes work pretty well. I experienced a lag or two, but those were rare -- perhaps when my brother, Noel, was downloading some huge file(s) for his class (yeah right!). And yes, you can buy video and music from within AppleTV! Convenient, eh? And oh, streaming from your own iTunes library works, too! :) YouTube and Vimeo (yes, it is supported, unlike the Nexus Q) streaming works. My kids love watching Lego clips from YouTube. Heck, I just found out Achmed has a son, AJ, yesterday! (search for Jeff Dunham and Achmed and for sure you will have a blast!). One thing, though. I have other videos stored in my file server, which I do not want to add to my iTunes library. I am still trying to figure out how to play and display it on the TV via the AppleTV. There is no way you can do it from the AppleTV. However, I found two (2) iOS apps that can do it for me, Buzz Player and FileBrowser. Both applications can mount your file-server via Samba and then play the video from there. Whilst both applications can support non-iTunes supported format, sending it to the AppleTV via AirPlay only allows supported file formats. Yeah, I can use AirVideo (another app) to transcode videos onthe-fly, too, but I have yet to install it on the file-server. Will try it next week and will see how it goes. If you have an AppleTV, chances are you have another iOS device, then download the Remote app. It surely makes things easier to control and navigate, as compared with the Apple remote. Also, if you want to know how to get HuluPlus and Netflix to work, send me an email, I might just tell you how I do it.
Nokia Asha 311: Now Available

A World Of Apps, Games, Social Internet Experiences Wrapped In One Stylish Device
okia has announced that the Nokia Asha 311 is now available for purchase in the Philippines. The Nokia Asha 311 is a fast and fluid 3.5G capacitive touchscreen device, powered by a 1GHz processor to provide a great internet experience to consumers who want to be set free from excessive data consumption costs and short battery life. The engaging, fully redesigned Nokia Asha Touch interface sits at the heart of an incredibly rich mobile Internet experience. With just a single swipe, users are able to: Enjoy faster and more affordable web browsing. The Nokia Asha 311 takes full advantage of the Nokia Browser 2.0, a major recent update
which uses Nokias cloud technology to make Internet browsing up to twice as fast and 85% cheaper than with comparable browsers. Enjoy a world of entertainment.The Nokia Asha 311 comes with 15 levels of Angry Birds as a free, pre-loaded app, as well as a gift of 40 freeto-download*EA games including Tetris, Bejeweled, Need for Speed(TM) The Run and EA SPORTS(TM) FIFA 12. Nokia Store makes it simple for users to find and select from more than 32,000 content items, including apps, available for Asha devices. Stay in touch and informed. The pre-loaded social application allows users to keep track of their friends and family on Facebook and Twitter directly from the home screen. Messaging apps like WhatsApp make it easy to communicate
in real-time, while the preloaded Nokia Maps means that users need never get lost again. The Nokia Asha 311 features a 3.2MP camera and can support up to 32GBof expandable memory. The device is available in four colours: Sand White, Blue, Dark Grey and Rose Red. Consumers have told us that they want a fast mobile Internet experience and access to thousands of apps, all packaged in a powerful, beautifully-designed device and were confident that weve delivered exactly that, said Dharmesh Goshalia, General
The Nokia Asha 311 is a fast and fluid 3.5G capacitive touchscreen device and provides a great internet experience.
Manager, Nokia Philippines. The Nokia Asha 311brings a quick and responsive full-
touch experience to Filipinos at an attractive price, packed with benefits for cost-savvy and style-conscious consumers.
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Techspace
By JEFFREY C. LIM jeffreylim.mb@gmail.com
Techie Mommy Talks

By JAYE C. BAUTISTA
Keeping Hackers Out! Online Security

y, oh my, beautiful you its a fairly small mind Who doesnt loveit seems shots? I ts not world as well. like techie underwater theres just no In easy to have a photo taken the news recently, letting up for create Christian Bautista (Filipino with a whale, so why dont we some people! crooner/actor/TV host) had our own adventure with the help of fallen prey to hackers. His Photoshop. Yes, as much as we love technology and all credit card was used to book the wonders it keeps show- hotel accommodations in ing us, it can also be used London via Agoda, one of to rain on peoples parades those virtual travel agents much less mar our happy (Ive purchased discounted existence. Facebook, Twithotel bookings thru them at ter even Instagram have one time) and his card was been seen as war zones for charged P10,000 of which he heated exchanges and nasty disputed. posts. Not that its doing that Charges were reversed to mine, in fact, now that its and to think he recounted Open an image of a shore with apparent that there are just having a similar episode dry sand. Be sure to choose one some people in this world years ago. Well, to revisit in which debris is scattered about. It who simply do not have anywhat I had delved on in the should have a size of 10 x 8 inches thingabetter to resolution. do, I still say past and due to some recent and 300 pixel , Thank you, but you can requests here again are some hack away all you want but friendly reminders: (Thanks
HP Technology at work for the insight) On the subject of passwords: Choose one that uses a variety of letters, figures, symbols and cases. Try putting your hands on the keyboard and just typing randomlya gibberish password can be very secure. Use similar-looking substitutions to create alternatives for words that you remember easily. For example, the number zero can replace the letter O and the dollar part 1 of 3 sign can replace the letter S. Phonetic replacements are also a good idea (e.g., Luv2Laf for Love to Laugh). Avoid including personal
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info, words or acronyms that ents is remembering them. can be found in the dictionary, How? Well, our advice is to have image of a derelict old phrases that can be tied back Open an one composed of random serve as our change to you, sequential numbers boat tocharacters and to sunken and repeating characters.wreck.it every few months, but how Many websites will let on earth are you supposed to you know whether your pass- remember all of them? There are several ways to word is safe when youre in the process of choosing it. do this and theres password Pay attention to that, and if management solutions online the site indicates that your that are secured by one ultrapassword is not secure, pick a strong password and can store all of your passwords different one. To keep safe, never send for you and recall them as them to anyone via email needed. One just has to pay even yourself. Its also rec- for such a service and they range in price from free to ommended that you change Crop the boat and place it on varying right hand portion of passwords every 30 to 90 the lowermonthly and yearly our image. days. Never write them down fees. Many of them have enor keep anywhere near your hanced mobility that its possible to even access your computer. One dilemma to this whole info from anywhere on your password changing bit pres- smartphone.
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its forecast earnings per Windows 7 Beckons has played a major, albeit oftnists and self-proclaimed too large, Microsofts fate as Bad news for Microsofts share for 2013 to $1.70 from ignored, role in satisfying its a leading tech company will IT experts have been Windows 8 team: it appears the previous $2.13. Beset users IT needs and requireopenly bashing Windows depend on how Windows 8 that most corporate users by weaker than expected ments. 8, Microsofts next-gener- will perform in the market. planning to upgrade from XP PC sales and the adverse It is quite understandable ation operating system. These conflicting and, someare focusing mainly on Win- impact of tablet computtherefore that most users find For some of them, the new times, mutually eliminating ers (i.e., the iPad), Dell dows 7 as their next OS of Duplicate the background and themselves reluctant, even OS has miserably failed in demands certainly do not saw shares of its layer. Apply choice for the long haul. This place it on the top stock fell unwilling, to give up their love make that an easy thing to achieving its goal of comis likely mirrored in the con- 7 percent 70% Opacity then affair with Windows XP. And accomplish. bining the best of convenMultiply with to $11.43, a threeweek parts sumer side of the business. thosemakebelieve that whats who a tional computing (desktop erase some low. to make it more Merge all layers and Faced with declining and laptop) and mobile Windows 7, the New XP? realistic. For the boat, erase its lower Duplicate theOf course, it does not help layer we were selection like in not broken should never be our sample On the (tablets the parts sales overseas (China, Jasurely and merge all pro-anything with a soft brush . Corporate and consumer a layer. Darken wouldworking on,that the usuallylayers. computing layer of and water above, then copy it by tinkered with patterns, apply Next week we will coninue as long as with Microsoft pan, etc.), Dell also has to appreciate this Now were users Windows XP have smartphones). Overlay to merge of the cropped layer and erase the top customer loy- almost done its notour the two images. background. crowd in the IT media this Underwater Adventurethe US and bottom upgrade are defend its share of project. alty. until April 2014 to edges. Just as rabid, however, dispensing their normal anti- market from Asian rivals, But give up XP they must. are those bent on decry- their computers to an un-orRedmond (in general) and such as Acer and Lenovo. This is especially true for coring Microsofts decision phaned operating system. By anti-Windows 8 (in particu- (Allan D. Francisco) porate users. After all, they to abandon the real and that time, Microsoft will stop
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Techspace
By JEFFREY C. LIM jeffreylim.mb@gmail.com
oday we will continue our Underwater Adventure project. Today we will be adding some interesting details.
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Open an image of a fish. Eliminate its background then go to Edit and choose Define Brush Preset. For the brush name, type Fish.
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Globe Tattoo Launches Own Tablet With The New Tattoo Mediapad
IDING high on the popularity of tablet devices, Tattoo launches its own tablet with the Tattoo
Mediapad. Once again, Tattoo leads other broadband services by having our very own tablet, the Tattoo Mediapad. As the number one broadband in the country, we constantly monitor and anticipate consumer needs and come up with products and services that best suit them. Subscribers have been clamoring for a tablet that would give them a bang for their buck bundled with a plan that would best fit their lifestyle, explains Dong Ronquillo, Head of Tattoo Nomadic Broadband Business. Running on a dual core 1.2 Ghz processor and Android 4.0 ICS, the 7 Tattoo Mediapad has a 1.3 megapixels front camera and a 5 megapixels
rear camera, with 8 GB internal storage with built-in support for micro SD expansion. The Tattoo Mediapad boasts of an outstanding display and has the highest PPI among 7 tablets in the market today. It suits well as handy gadget for games and entertainment. Furthermore, the Tattoo Mediapad has a hotspot feature which allows users to share their wireless Internet connection with up to 5 other Wi-Fi devices. Another standout feature of the Tattoo Mediapad are apps like Yozo Office, an office on-the-go program that allows you to to view and edit Worksheets, Text Documents, and Presentations. Tablet users who are always on the go
would find this feature very useful, Ronquillo adds. The Tattoo Mediapad can be purchased at only P10,990 available at 12 months to pay at 0% interest when subscribed to a Tattoo Personalized Plan 999. With this bundle, you get the best of both worlds. You get to own one of the hottest tab-
lets in the market today plus you get to experience the best mobile broadband service that only Tattoo could provide, Ronquillo says. Subscription to Tattoo also gives the subscriber access to livetattoo.ph, the first and only lifestyle portal in the Philippines, that provides exclusive discounts/ privileges and free-
bies. L i v e without limits with your Tattoo Mediapad Plan 999. Visit tattoo.globe.com.ph or any Globe store near you.
Running on a dual core 1.2 Ghz processor and Android 4.0 ICS, the 7 Tattoo Mediapad has a 1.3 megapixels front camera and a 5 megapixels rear camera, with 8 GB internal storage with built-in support for micro SD expansion. The Tattoo Mediapad boasts of an outstanding display and has the highest PPI among 7 tablets in the market today. It suits well as handy gadget for games and entertainment.
EMC VNXe3150 Unified Storage Solution

EMCsVNXe3150unified storage system, combining 50% more performance and capacity per rack unit with the simplicity for which the award-winning VNXe line is known, is now generally available worldwide. Fully optimized for virtualization, VNXe3150 retains its industry-leading simplicity for IT generalists in small to medium-sized businesses, as well as departments in enterprises and government. The VNXe3150 delivers these new capabilities, and more, at sub-$10K entry level list pricing. With the availability of the VNXe3150, entry-level storage customers can maximize their virtual environments with added performance and capacity. VNXe3150 supports the move to a virtualized environment through integrations with Citrix XENServer, Microsoft Hyper V and VMware vSphere, providing support in any hypervisor environment. Additionally, VNXe3150 is a key component of EMCs VSPEX Proven Infrastructure, which offers a wide range of choices for industry-leading virtualization, server, network, storage and data protection for EMC customers. The VNXe3150 also features ease of use with EMCs industry-acclaimed Unisphere storage management interface. Even an hour of downtime can have a catastrophic impact on todays businesses but 100% uptime can come with a hefty price tag, viewed as a necessary operational cost. By leveraging VNXe3150 in virtualized environments, customers can minimize downtime while achieving significant power cost savings and enjoying simplified management, ultimately benefitting the bottom line. VNXe3150 is sold exclusively through EMCs Velocity Partner Program. At Kahler Slater, our approach to storage is all about getting the best product and technology at the right price. Our business is architecture, which generates many large, storage-hungry files. We needed a storage solution capable of meeting physical space constraints and offering services to facilitate efficient use of storage capacity ensuring performance, virtualization support, ease of use and scalability. EMCs VNXe3150 hit the mark, and its commitment to extending the VNXe family while retaining SMB-sensitive pricing mean that the VNXe will be on our radar as we continue to grow, said Christopher Bakke, Director of Information Technology, Kahler Slater. (Carl Rogel Inocentes)

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Mission Accomplished

Aquino Bestows Highest Legion Of Honor Award On Robredo

By MADEL R. SABATER and GENALYN D. KABILING

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012

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A Perfect End For A Life Well-Lived

Robredo Inaugurates Crematorium

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PAGASA Employees Get House Support

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Egypt's Morsi Names Christian Assistant

Angola Votes In Second Polls

Can Curiosity Mars Mission Inspire Like Apollo Of The Past?

Myanmar President Announces Cabinet Reshuffle

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Romney Flies To Republican Convention

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012

PHILIPPINE BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING ACTIVITIES

Of Trees And Forest

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Below The Line

PRESERVE OUR HEIRLOOM H PUBLIC LANDS

DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST

REMEMBERING, AND NATIONAL HEROES DAY

More To The Point

THE 24TH SC CHIEF JUSTICE

A NEW CITY, A NEW METRO MANILA, A NEW FUTURE

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