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Lessons
learned
The Armed Forces of the
Philippines is solidly behind
President Rodrigo Duterte
and its loyalty to the
flag, constitution and to the
Filipino people is unwavering,
AFP spokesman Marine Brig.
Gen. Edgard Arevalo said in
response to an appeal of Mr.
Duterte to the AFP and the
Philippine National Police (PNP)
not to stage any government
takeovers during his term.
“The Armed Forces of the
Philippines led by its Chief,
General Benjamin Madrigal Jr.
is comprised of professional
and matured servicemen and
women who are patriots and
loyal to the Constitution and the
duly-constituted authorities. We
have learned our lessons from
the past and we shall live with
it,” Arevalo said in a statement.
“We were given more than
what we can ask for from a
President and Commander-in-
Chief who has shown genuine
care and concern to his soldiers,
airmen, sailors and marines,” he
stressed.
“We have, time and again
assured him, as we reassure
him today, that we in the
AFP shall constantly and will
remain loyal to the flag, to
the Constitution and to the
Filipino people whom we swore
to protect with our lives,” he
added.
Arevalo said that as far as
President Duterte’s remark for
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MANILA, PHILIPPINES THURSDAY, 4 JULY 2019
HnP flips win-win deal
PDP open to term share
PDP said it is now open to the idea of term-sharing provided that
its official candidate, Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco, will
take the first few months of the three-year term
By Hananeel Bordey
A compromise deal has been tossed to rivals for the House’s
top post by Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-led regional party
Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HnP) in which returning Davao City
3rd District Rep. Isidro Ungab will emerge as Speaker.
President Rodrigo Duterte is not expected to support his
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Sweetspot narrowing
The much-touted demographic
dividends, which economic
officials expect to get from
majority of the population as
they working age will not last
long and will start to run out by
2032, based on a study of state
think tank Philippine Institute
for Development Studies (PIDS).
The competitive advantage
which economic managers call
the country’s demographic
sweetspot stems from the
relatively young population of
the country compared to the rest
of the world.
The Philippines is slowly
aging, according to the study
which cited United Nations data.
The median age of Filipinos
is 24.3 years compared to 46.9
years for Japan, 36.8 years for
the United States and 37 years
HANDSOME
REWARD
for China.
The PIDS research paper
titled “Are We Missing Out on the
Demographic Dividend? Trends
and Prospects” projected that
the country will transition to an
“aging society” starting 15 years
from now.
This will become evident
when the elderly, aged 65 or
older, will already comprise at
least seven percent of the total
population by 2032.
“We will approach being an
‘aged society’ when the share
of the elderly population is
already at least 14 percent by
2069,” according to the study of
PIDS Research Fellow Michael
Abrigo.
“Maybe this generation is
very lucky because we all have
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PAGE A5
COMMENTARY
DILG’s odd
contracts flagged
The Commission on Audit (CoA) has
flagged various irregular procurement at
the Department of the Interior and Local
Government (DILG) worth a total of P66.03
million which the audit agency said violated
provisions of Republic Act (RA) 9184 or the
Government Procurement Act.
In its 2018 annual audit report, the CoA
Turn to page A6
Only cook
awake in
rammed
boat
By Elmer N. Manuel
Findings of the Philippine
Coast Guard after the probe it
held on the collision between a
Filipino fishing boat and a Chinese
trawler appears detrimental to
the local fishermen that figured
in the incident, according to
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Friends to all Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) helicopter carrier JS Izumo’s (DDH-183) crew aim their rifles towards the sky during a rehearsal ahead of a memorial ceremony commemorating those who
died during World War II, as it sails past the Sulu Sea. Seas around the country host visits from naval forces of different nations as a result of President Rodrigo Duterte’s independent foreign policy.
AP
Non-negotiables The Philippine (Benham) Rise and Malampaya gas field are ours, President Rodrigo Duterte said as
he set the demarcation between the country and China.
Kiss for
Copa
LIMA, Peru — A popular
Peruvian soap actress has
offered an unusual incentive
to encourage her country’s
footballers to give their all
to reach the Copa America
final.
Unfancied Peru play
champions Chile in the
second semi-final in Porto
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A2 NEWS
Thursday, 4 July 2019
Daily Tribune
Why not? School children try a boodle fight during recess to save on meal allowances.
HnP flips win-win deal
ROMAN PROSPERO
Peace trio President Rodrigo Duterte, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and National
Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon pause for a moment of silence for order in the country.
MALACAÑANG PHOTO
From page A1
Lessons learned
We in the AFP shall
constantly and will
remain loyal to the flag,
to the constitution and
to the Filipino people
the AFP and PNP not to mount
a coup during his term, it could
be just a random remark on
the part of the President and
Commander-in-Chief.
Consistent message
The AFP spokesman said
that as early as the first Joint
AFP-PNP Command Conference
that the president presided upon
his assumption of office and in
several other instances after
that, he has conveyed the same
message to the security forces.
“He (president) says, in
essence, forget about mounting
a military take-over that would
lead to violence, death and
destruction. If anyone among
the military (or the police)
thinks he or she can better
run the country’s just tell him
(The President) and he will step
down,” Arevalo said.
If you don’t want me, do
not bring your weapons
and mechanized armors
there. Just call me and we
will have coffee and I am
ready to say: It’s yours.
Arevalo said the reforms
implemented in the AFP included
its modernization; the increase in
pay, allowances and benefits like
housing to soldiers so they can
best perform their mandate.
These are more than enough
reason for them to shun staging
any coup.
In his speech during
the celebration of the 72nd
anniversary of the Philippine
Air Force (PAF) at Villamor Air
Base in Pasay City, the President
said the AFP and the PNP should
refrain from staging a coup.
“Do not do it, please, during
my term,” said Duterte. “I know
that the Armed Forces and the
police will have to decide one
day, somehow,” he added.
Professionalism vowed
In a statement, AFP Public
Affairs Office chief Colonel Noel
Detoyato said there is no reason
for them to be remiss of their
duty to serve the Filipinos as he
underscored the professionalism
of the military.
“There is no reason at all
for your security sector to be
remiss of our duty to serve the
Filipinos,” said Detoyato, adding
that soldiers are more focused on
mission accomplishment.
“We are all guided by our
transformation road map and
our soldiers have so much to look
forward to in our modernization
program that is 100 percent
supported by the government,”
he noted.
“Besides, we are better
compensated than before and
we have to give back by serving
the Filipinos with all our heart,”
he added.
I have never said ‘no’ to
any of the commanders
and to (Defense Secretary)
Delfin Lorenzana and to
(National Security Adviser
Hermogenes) Esperon.
The PNP also assured that
it is not planning any coup
d’etat against the Duterte
administration.
In a statement, PNP chief
Police General Oscar Albayalde
said that there are no plans of
an uprising.
The PNP chief stressed that he
does not know where Mr. Duterte
obtained the information about
the supposed coup plot being
hatched against him.
No unlawful act
PNP spokesman Police
Colonel Bernard Banac, on the
other hand, echoed Albayalde’s
statement, saying that the police
will never participate in such an
“unlawful act.”
“As a professional law
enforcement agency with a
constitutional mandate, we
assure the public that the PNP
upholds the rule of law and will
neither stage nor participate in
any unlawful act such as coup
d’etat,” Banac said.
The Armed Forces of the
Philippines is comprised of
professional and matured
servicemen and women.
Meantime, National Capital
Region Police Office chief
Guillermo Eleazar also said the
police force has no plan to stage
a coup. He said the President
is concerned about the military
and the police and provides their
requests if he could, which the
Metro Manila top cop said is done
in exchange for the law enforcers’
performance of their duties.
Elmer N. Manuel /FTW
We earnestly hope that everyone can see the
light in this option
Our investigation was finished.
It was exhaustive. It’s not, I got
to tell you, it doesn’t paint our
fishermen in the brightest lights
From page A1
Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary
Teodoro Locsin Jr. who had seen the report.
Locsin said the findings of a government
investigation “doesn’t paint our fishermen in
the brightest lights.”
In a televised interview, Locsin disclosed
that of the Filipino boat’s 22 crew members,
only their cook was awake before they were
hit by the Chinese vessel last month near
Recto Bank, which is part of the country’s
exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
“I got the Coast Guard report immediately...
Our investigation was finished. It was
exhaustive. It’s not, I got to tell you, it doesn’t
paint our fishermen in the brightest lights,”
already has an overwhelming
number of members of Congress
supporting him, Pimentel said.
is “immoral” aside from being
“illegal” that the members of the
Executive department is “lobbying
on a purely Congressional matter.”
Cayetano insisted that the
President had endorsed term-sharing
with Velasco but the Marinduque
legislator denied that he had a
formal agreement with Cayetano
on the matter.
From page A1
brother from Hugpong sa Tawong Cabinet meddling
Lungsod, Congressman Paolo President Rodrigo Duterte was
son, Davao City 1st District Rep. Duterte, to resolve the conflict “pressured” by eight members
Paolo Duterte’s speakership bid. among candidates, therefore, of the Cabinet to implement
“We suggest that Cong. Alan we are endorsing the bid of the so-called term sharing in the House
Peter Cayetano take the Majority Congressman Isidro Ungab for leadership, Buhay Rep. Lito
Leader position, Cong. Lord Alan Speaker,” the statement read. Atienza disclosed.
Velasco take the Appropriations The friction in the Speakership race “We heard they are pressuring President Rodrigo Duterte
Committee and Cong. Martin was primarily brought about by the the President to insist on term-sharing was ‘pressured’ by eight
Romualdez to head the insistence of Taguig Rep. Alan Peter and in fact they want Cayetano to members of the Cabinet
Accounts Committee,” Cayetano on a term-sharing deal. take the first portion,” Atienza to implement the so-called
HnP said. “We earnestly
hope that everyone Velasco goes first since
told the Daily Tribune in a phone term-sharing in the House
can see the light in he already has an
interview.
leadership.
this option and overwhelming number
He said from the information
move forward with of members of Congress
he got, two economic managers On Tuesday, Paolo announced
urgency in serving supporting him.
were “highly mentioned” as those that he will take back his first
who are pushing for term-sharing. decision not to run for Speaker as
our country,” the party The ruling Partido Demokratiko “Obviously, those who have an Cayetano’s insistence triggered
statement said. Pilipino (PDP) said it is now open to interest in budget deliberations his decision to toss his hat into
The HnP said it the idea of term-sharing provided that were vocal about their choice of the contest.
understands Mr. Duterte will its official candidate, Marinduque speaker. What and who motivates
not back Rep. Duterte in running Rep. Lord Allan Velasco, will take them?” Atienza added.
Ungab accepts challenge
for the post due to delicadeza. the first few months of the three-year The partylist lawmaker Ungab accepted the regional
The party said that after term as House leader.
emphasized that the “Executive political party’s decision on
it “patiently observed” the PDP president and Sen. Koko or the Cabinet has no business or Wednesday. “I abide by the decision
developments in the House of Pimentel said the party will heed whatsoever in meddling with internal of our party HnP. HnP hopes that
Representatives, HnP chose the term-sharing deal to help affairs of Speakership or Congress.” everyone will aim for and work
Ungab as their official bet. settle the issue of House Speaker He said that these secretaries towards unity and cooperation in
“We understand if President which has been dragging for a should respect the separation order to establish a strong and
Duterte, because of delicadeza, considerable period of time. of powers of the three branches efficient House,” Ungab said in a
will not accept the intent of our Velasco goes first since he of the government saying that it statement.
Only cook awake in rammed boat
Locsin said. “They had no lookout, even the
enemies of the President says you need an
assigned lookout. They didn’t... Everybody
was asleep.”
The cook, he said, “had a small light.”
“Whether or not that light should have
been sufficient to warn the oncoming Chinese
vessel, I don’t know,” said Locsin, adding that
after the ramming, the Chinese boat “backed
up and they went.”
Locsin said the Philippines immediately
filed a diplomatic protest with Beijing after
the incident and delivered remarks at the
UN Headquarters in New York where he said
abandoning anyone in need is a felony.
Abandonment unforgivable
“Abandoning persons in danger is
covered not just by UNCLOS (United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea) but
maritime law in general...There is a crime of
abandoning a person in danger,” said Locsin
previously.
Bright idea The Department of Transportation’s (DoTr) free ride for students in mass transits is a blockbuster
hit. It encourages students to go to school early as well.
DAVID JOHN CUBANGBANG
The Filipino fishermen earlier said that
they were left adrift for hours before they
were rescued by a Vietnamese vessel.
However, Locsin said he was not authorized
to reveal more about the Coast Guard’s
findings into the incident.
They had no lookout, even the
enemies of the President says you
need an assigned lookout. They
didn’t... Everybody was asleep.
He earlier objected to a joint investigation
by Manila and Beijing into the incident.
“In a joint investigation, I do not believe
that China would allow our Coast Guard to go
to Chinese soil, no more than we would allow
Chinese Coast Guard to step on Philippine
soil to interview our fishermen will they allow
us to interview the captain of the Chinese
vessel,” he said.
“When you come up with separate
investigations, the two results are there, then
you can compare notes and say why is it like
this?” he added.
Rody draws line
The Philippine (Benham) Rise and
Malampaya gas field are ours.
This was the short, but firm, message
President Rodrigo Duterte relayed as he
stressed the country’s sovereign claim to
the said maritime territories in the West
Philippine Sea.
Mr. Duterte made the remark as he graced
the Philippine Air Force’s 72nd founding
anniversary last Tuesday night at the
Villamor Air Base in Pasay City, expressing his
gratitude to the PAF’s service to the country
and the people.
Abandoning persons in danger is
covered not just by UNCLOS but
maritime law in general.
“I acknowledge your unwavering
commitment to your sworn duty to protect
our territorial lines of defense through aerial
reconnaissance and maritime patrol missions
in the West Philippine Sea and of course
which is really ours — the Philippine Rise,”
said the Chief Executive in his speech.
“Also noteworthy are your efforts in securing
(the) Malampaya natural gas (field) off the
coast of Palawan, which is ours,” he added.
In 2012, the Philippine Rise, also called
Benham Rise, a 13-million-hectare underwater
plateau located in the country’s eastern border,
was confirmed by the United Nations Commission
on the Limits of the Continental Shelf as part of the
Philippines’ continental shelf. Kristina Maralit

Thursday, 4 July 2019
Daily Tribune
PAGE THREE
Morale booster Actor and Army
reservist Probationary 2Lt. Matteo
Guidicelli takes a groupie with troops
during a visit in Jolo, Sulu Tuesday.
ON CANCELATION OF DIPLOMATIC PASSPORTS
Locsin: Go to court
The proliferation of courtesy passports devalues the passports of the incumbent ambassadors
By Elmer N. Manuel
Amid the uproar generated by the cancelation
of all courtesy passports, Department of Foreign
Affairs (DFA) Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.
yesterday urged those who are questioning his
order to bring the matter to the court.
In a televised interview, Locsin reiterated that
he made the move after former DFA Secretary
Albert del Rosario was barred from entering Hong
Kong and eventually deported despite carrying
a courtesy diplomatic passport.
“It’s not covered by law. That’s their
interpretation which is fine. What they should
do is go to court,” said Locsin, adding that the
DFA had issued 172 courtesy passports.
“They are cancelled. I already issued the
order. Blue passports, with all their immunities,
confined exclusively to serving ambassadors or
special envoys or anyone that I decide will be
on a special mission for that specific mission,”
said Locsin.
The DFA chief also said that the proliferation
of courtesy passports devalues the passports
of the incumbent ambassadors, noting that
Del Rosario properly used his diplomatic
passport by going to the DFA and asking it to
be re-validated. However, he was still barred
from entering Hong Kong.
“I said this kind of incident, in supposing
it has been used by an irresponsible person
precisely to provoke diplomatic row, I don’t
want this to happen again. Therefore, I am
canceling these courtesy passports and then I’m
going to come up with stricter rules,” he said.
Del Rosario earlier said courtesy passports
are allowed under the law and could not be
canceled outright.
The DFA chief said he did not ask a formal
explanation from Hong Kong on why it denied
entry to Del Rosario.
“No, I will never do that because if any
country questions our immigration policy,
however ‘bastos’ (rude) we would want to be,
I would really resent it. That’s a sovereign
function,” he said.
Before Del Rosario, former Ombudsman
Conchita Carpio Morales was also barred
initially from entering Hong Kong while on
a vacation trip with her family last May. She
was later cleared but decided to just return
to Manila.
Del Rosario and Morales had filed a case
against China’s President Xi Jinping for
alleged crimes against humanity over Chinese
incursions in the West Philippine Sea before
the International Criminal Court.
Hotline 8888
now TV program
President Duterte is expected to make an
appearance in future episodes to personally
answer questions from the people
By Kristina Maralit
President Rodrigo Duterte’s
8888 Hotline, activated to provide all
Filipino a direct access to Malacañang,
is now a television show.
To premiere on 11 July on staterun
People’s Television Network-4
(PTV-4), “Digong 8888 Hotline” will be
an hour-long public service program
to be hosted by Presidential
spokesperson Salvador Panelo,
Presidential Communications
Operations Office Assistant
Secretary Kris Roman and PTV
news anchor Trixie Jaafar.
It will air every Thursday at 2-3 in
the afternoon.
“This one-hour program aims to
bridge the gap between government
agencies and the people through
segments that will directly address
the ordinary Filipino’s concerns on
various government services,” said
Panelo in a statement released
yesterday.
The Palace official added that the
show will feature one government
agency per week where they can
answer the public’s queries sent
through social media and field
interviews. It will also feature
case studies from the Presidential
Complaint Center.
Mr. Duterte is also expected
to make an appearance in future
episodes to personally answer
questions from the people.
Not a parade Long queue of tricycles are on a stand still due to heavy traffic flow along a main
thoroughfare in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental.
ROMAN PROSPERO
Go pushes BFP
modernization
Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go is pushing for the
modernization of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) to
boost the agency’s overall capability in terms of manpower
and equipment.
Go, during a visit to fire victims at Barangay Bahay Toro,
Quezon City, said that he already formalized his advocacy to
modernize the BFP by filing the Fire Protection Modernization
Bill before the Senate on Monday.
The bill seeks to modernize the BFP with the adoption
of a Fire Protection Modernization Program which includes
the hiring of more personnel, acquisition of modern fire
equipment and trainings for firefighters.
Go stressed that the BFP modernization is necessary to
suppress all kinds of destructive fires and prevent deaths
and injuries.
The BFP modernization bill was among the 10 bills that
Go filed on Monday.
“We need to hire more firefighters and provide a lot of
trainings for them. We also need to acquire modern equipment
and fire trucks to address the needs of every fire victim,”
he added.
The senator vowed that he will not get tired of providing
assistance to fire victims and listen to the cry for government
help of ordinary people.
Go said that his election as senator will not stop him
from going and talking directly to the people to know their
sentiments and needs.
“I am here ready to serve all of you,” Go told the members
of the 65 families who were left homeless by the fire in
Barangay Bahay Toro, adding “I don’t want to limit myself
as a mere lawmaker. I want to reach out to you to provide
prompt solution to your problems and address your concerns.”
The victims are currently staying at the GSIS covered court.
Highlighting his concern for education, Go promised to
provide uniforms and school supplies to all the student-victims
for them not the skip classes.
MJMallari
Boracay
plan
boosted
President Rodrigo
Duterte’s approval of
the P25 billion Boracay
Medium-Term Action
Plan was branded
yesterday by Senate
Minority Leader
Franklin Drilon as
a huge boost to the
government efforts to
restore the beauty of
the island paradise.
“The approval of the
Boracay Medium-Term
Action Plan is a significant
development in our desire
to restore Boracay as the
most beautiful island in
Asia,” Drilon said.
Drilon complemented
the move with his filing
of Senate Bill 17 which
calls for the creation of
Boracay Development
Authority that will
be mandated to take
over the management,
development,
regulation, protection
and maintenance of
the island, including
its coastal and marine
biodiversity. MJM

A4 COMMENTARY
Thursday, 4 July 2019
Daily Tribune
Panic mode
“Impeaching
Robredo
requires the
approval
of at least
one-third of
the members
of the House
or about
98 of the
current 292
congressmen.
Daily
Tribune
WITHOUT FEAR • WITHOUT FAVOR
WITHOUT FEAR • WITHOUT FAVOR
Chito Lozada
Aldrin Cardona
Dinah Ventura
John Henry Dodson
Roy Pelovello
Larry Payawal
Komfie Manalo
Geraldine Datoy
The fake Vice President Leni Robredo is again courting
trouble by encouraging her allies in the House to file an
impeachment case against President Rody Duterte, which
now can be the basis of having her ousted through the
same process.
The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC)
is now reviewing the statements of Robredo during her
recent Biserbisyong Leni program where she discussed the
impeachment process which she said the House minority
should pursue even at the face of imminent defeat.
Robredo cited Rody’s acts related to the West Philippine
Sea (WPS) dispute and the Recto Bank incident as bases
for the impeach move.
PACC Commissioner Manuelito Luna said Robredo
should be liable for impeachment after egging on the House
Minority to file a complaint.
The reality of the impeachment proceeding is that which
Robredo correctly stated which is a political process
based on numbers in Congress meaning it
will be easier to impeach her than
Rody.
An impeachment case would
have been filed against
Robredo based on alleged
betrayal of public trust
after she came out with
a video criticizing
Duterte’s war on
drugs before a
United Nations
assembly.
Impeaching
Robredo requires
the approval of
at least one-third
of the members of
the House or about
98 of the current 292
congressmen.
The House supermajority
has an estimated 266 members.
The Vice President avoided
an impeachment then after Rody
intervened, telling his allies to stop the
ruckus since the time of Congress is better
devoted to passing his pet bills.
Robredo is obviously playing politics with the call as she
is more after the publicity that the impeachment complaint
will generate rather than accountability.
She even dropped a hint of a repeat of the Estrada
impeachment where the process was not completed after
the EDSA 2 revolt was launched.
Robredo said in her television program that it is not for
Congress to decide the impeachment of a public official
but the Filipino people.
Of course, the Filipino people to her is the yellow mob
who is plotting to oust Rody and not the more than 80
percent who backs Rody and his programs based on recent
surveys.
Robredo’s spin on the WPS is also not worth the time
of Congress since there was no surrender of sovereignty
that happened.
The Constitution, however, provided that the Philippines
“renounces war as an instrument of national policy” which
Rody follows to resort to diplomatic means in dealing with
the sea row.
The calibrated responses is opposed to aggressively
enforcing the favorable arbitral award
“The
Constitution,
however,
provided that
the Philippines
“renounces
war as an
instrument
of national
policy” which
Rody follows
to resort to
diplomatic
means in
dealing with
the sea row.
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as being demanded by Robredo and
her ilk.
Rody had warned an armed conflict
that could escalate into continuing bloody
encounters detrimental to the national
interest may happen if he goes with
Robredo’s demand.
Supreme Court Senior Associate
Justice Antonio Carpio, in line with the
Robredo demand, pressed Rody to defend
the exclusive economic zone after the
Chief Executive bared that he has made
a verbal deal with Chinese President Xi
Jinping.
The critics of Rody has a single-minded
aim of drumming up public support for
his eventual ouster which was the goal
since he assumed the presidency through an overwhelming
victory in 2016.
The yellow horde backed by the Church and the Makati
elites resented a President who did not fit their bigoted
standards.
Rody, however, turned out to be what predominant
Filipinos have been waiting for to lead the country.
Leni and the yellow mob, thus, are in a panic mode and
are resorting to whatever means to pull down the President.
“The Writ
of Kalikasan
plea failed
to name as
respondents
previous
government
officials,
which would
naturally
point to
the yellow
President
and his
administration
officials.
“The
specific
environment
for
protection
through the
writ was
the marine
environment
in Panatag
Shoal, the
Ayungin
Shoal and
Panganiban
Reef.
Yellow ploy of the writ backfires
It has become fairly
clear just what the
yellow-hued Writ of
Kalikasan’s intention
is, now that the orals
at the Supreme Court
has started, and now
too, that SC Senior
Associate Justice
Antonio Carpio has
voluntarily inhibited
himself from hearing
the fishermen’s case.
The intent of the
writ of course, as suspected earlier,
is to get the SC to order President
Duterte and his administration to
enforce the Permanent Court of
Arbitration’s (PCA) ruling favoring
the Philippines, but that the court
could not order enforced.
Given the many questions posed
by the SC justices to the fishermen’s
counsels, the Integrated Bar of
the Philippines (IBP) officers and
lawyers, it just doesn’t appear to be
an easy fight for the Palawan fishers
and their lawyers to get the High
Court to order Duterte to enforce the
PCA ruling which the arbitral court
itself cannot enforce.
First off, some associate justices
noted the fact that the Writ of
Kalikasan plea failed to name as
respondents previous government
officials, which would naturally
point to the yellow President
and his administration officials
who should have been included
as writ respondents, especially
as the disputed West Philippine
Sea already
FRONTLINE
Ninez Cacho-Olivares
showed that when it came to
action from the Philippine side,
the Aquino government officials
turned tail and left the area where
the Chinese ship had arrived and
stayed there for sometime even
Last month, upon the petition of
the Integrated Bar of the Philippines
and some members from the
Kalayaan Palawan Farmers and
Fisherfolk Association, the Supreme
Court issued a Writ of Kalikasan.
A writ merely means legal action.
Questions of culpability are not part
of the actions sought through it.
Environmental protection however,
is.
The specific environment
for protection through the writ
was the marine environment in
Panatag Shoal, the Ayungin Shoal
and Panganiban Reef. Panatag
Shoal is in the municipality of
Masinloc, Zambales. Ayungin Shoal
and Panganiban Reef are in the
municipality of Kalayaan, in the
province of Palawan.
All are undisputedly deep inside
Philippine boundaries and are not
among disputed territory in our
Exclusive Economic Zone, often the
subject of controversy under the 1982
United Nations Convention on the
Law of the Sea and the 2016 South
China Sea Arbitration award.
The writ’s petitioners named
several government agencies as
respondents given that among its
responsibilities the protection of the
environment is among the state’s
primordial charges. Thus the state
and its officers are duty-bound and
obligated to provide such protection.
Among the respondents were
the Department of Environment
and Natural Resources (DENR), the
Department of Agriculture (DA),
the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources (BFAR), the Philippine
Navy, the Philippine Coast Guard,
the Philippine National Police (PNP),
the PNP Maritime Group, and the
Department of Justice. The inclusion
after the Philippine
military vessel left the
area.
Chel Diokno, the
fishermen’s counsel,
had a very weak
response to this, saying
that petitioners named
officials in the Duterte
administration as
respondents since they
are the ones heading the
agencies now.
That would be no
different from charging in court
Tomas for a crime committed by
Ricardo.
Associate Justice Jean Paul
Hernando pointed to the fact that
these incidents occurred during the
past administration headed by the
yellow President, yet the group calls
for the incumbent administration
that was formed in 2016.
Part of that yellow administration
was then Department of Justice
(DoJ) now Aquino — appointed
Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin
Caguioa.
As pointed out by the justice,
Caguioa was then the justice chief
and “having sat as DoJ secretary at
a time when the government had
evidence of violation of our laws,
then it goes without saying that
the officials of past administration
having done nothing as to those
2012 violations should be made
liable for these damages, including
Justice Caguioa,” Hernando added.
Oops, another justice who should
recuse himself.
Clearly, the Philippines, for all
its talk of taking control of
the disputed fishing
area, failed
miserably to
get China
off its
waters.
There
was not only
former President
Noynoy Aquino’s
confrontation with China
but worse, the Philippines also lost
by way of trade opportunities and
infrastructure projects.
As for the yellows’ god, Uncle
Sam, the American god could
not even provide big loans and
aid to this former colony of the
To refuse to recuse
of the latter five
agencies are merely
for enforceability of
the writ.
Allow us to
jumpstart our analysis.
The composition of
this set of respondents
indicates to us the
profound albeit
extremely focused
issues raised where
respondents are all
government agencies
already charged with the responsibility
to protect, not simply the Philippine
environment but more importantly,
Filipino interests when and where
imperiled by entities foreign or
domestic.
“On equal
footing in
some cases is
the DA, and,
just to be
specific and
relevant to the
petitioners’
exclusive
interests, the
BFAR.
BYSTANDER
Dean de la Paz
In other
words the state is
especially tasked
and obligated to
protect Filipino
interests first
and foremost
against any threat
whether private
or public, foreign
or domestic. It
is not the other
way around. The
state cannot
argue against Filipino interests on
behalf of entities that threaten our
environment.
Necessarily there would be
the DENR at the forefront of
environmental protection. On equal
footing in some cases is the DA, and,
just to be specific and relevant to
the petitioners’ exclusive interests,
the BFAR. The criticality of these
agencies to the body of laws that
protect our environment cannot be
overemphasized in the light of the
USA.
And worse, Filipinos would be
sitting ducks, should that happen.
It certainly won’t be easy sailing
for the IBP lawyers who represent
the Palawan fishermen and their Writ
of Kalikasan.
Associate Justice Francis
Jardeleza, in interpellating Diokno,
pointed out that the petitioners took
a “big, big, big leap” in saying the
named government officials should
to be held accountable for damage
brought by incidents before they
assumed office in 2016, and that the
damage was “ brought about by lack
of enforcement by respondents.”
“You blame now officials that
came in 2016 for all those acts that
happened, that were damaging to
us very severely before the officials
came in,” Jardeleza stressed.
But this is not too puzzling a
statement, considering that this
yellow hued Kalikasan Writ’s
intent is for the SC to issue a
mandamus to force the current
President to account for past
actions that the yellow President
and his administration’s
yellows instead should be held
accountable.
However, since
these lawyers
representing the
fishermen are as
yellow as their
yellow-hued writ
plea, they are
hardly expected
to make their idol,
Noynoy, as well as
his administrators
accountable
for any and all
misdeeds their
yellow president
committed during
his term.
And as it has
always been
their intent
to get Duterte
ousted and for
the yellows
to rise again
in power and
“Associate
Justice
Jean Paul
Hernando
pointed to
the fact that
these incidents
occurred
during
the past
administration
headed by
the yellow
President,
yet the group
calls for the
incumbent
administration
that was
formed in
2016.
position, they figure that with the
SC favoring the fishermen with
its mandamus to get Duterte to
comply, should he comply, this
may well be met by the Chinese
with some force which may just
end up with the Philippines losing
face and even losing more fishing
ground.
But maybe what these yellows
really want is for the Americans
to come to their succor, as they
seem to think that the great god
America can bring down to its
knees, China, even when same
god under Donald Trump can’t
even scare off North Korea and
Iran, for that matter.
Through the PCA ruling, we lost
Scarborough Shoal, a traditional
fishing ground of Filipino fishers.
These yellows, through the writ,
apparently want the Philippines to
lose all — for a return to power and
position via Leni Robredo.
uniquely Filipino Writ of
Kalikasan that no other
jurisdiction has.
The inclusion of
the DA as respondent
signifies that in the
inverted socio-economic
pyramid reflecting Filipino
demographics, agriculture
takes precedence. Ours is
not an industrial economy.
However feeble might
be the contribution of
agriculture to GDP, the
sector remains significant in providing
for health and well being.
Focusing further, the inclusion of
the BFAR as a respondent pinpoints
aquatic resources as one of our most
critical assets.
The foregoing establishes our
rationale in our support of Supreme
Court Justice Antonio Carpio’s
refusal to recuse himself from the
deliberations to grant a Writ of
Kalikasan on the three areas mentioned
earlier. Carpio is duty-bound to provide
his wisdom.
In this non-partisan matter of
protecting our natural resources in
undisputedly Philippine areas, we
are invoking several rights that are
either ours as a Filipino writer, the
appellants’ rights and responsibilities
as a steward and benefactor — those
fishermen seeking a Writ of Kalikasan
as persons with direct and vested
interests in the debate at hand — and
finally, the rights and responsibilities
of Justice Carpio as high magistrate,
government official and Filipino.
This is not a question of politics
or even sovereign territory for which
Carpio has expressed his position.
Sovereignty is irrelevant. This is about
every Filipino’s duty to protect the
environment.
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Thursday, 4 July 2019
Daily Tribune
“Under
international
law the
Philippines
has
jurisdiction
through
sovereign
rights over
its EEZ.
Cutting the chase, passionate arguments
on what needs to be done in the West Philippine
Sea (WPS) is also about how our
officials, including Mr. Duterte, see their
constitutional duties.
And how these men and women see their
constitutional duties is influenced by two
conflicting and bleak versions of what the
future holds.
With these two assumptions at hand, it is
easy to see why Mr. Duterte’s inordinate fears
of an immediate future of violent war, should
we insist on calling out China’s sweeping
claims over fish resources at the WPS, led
him to clarify his constitutional duties.
At the same time, it is also easy to see
why Mr. Duterte’s avowed critics claim Mr.
Duterte’s war fears is also clouding the
same future Mr. Duterte is trying to secure.
Critics insist war fears cannot excuse anyone
shirking from the constitutional duty of
protecting the marine wealth of the WPS as
this will mean an insecure future where or
children will not be eating the same fishes
we are eating now.
Nevertheless, this conflicted future scenarios
of war or of our children running
of fishes to eat, should cue us on how we
navigate all the recent hard choices on the
WPS thrown before us.
At any rate, my way, at the moment, at
trying to take stock of the issues centers on
food, the fate of fishes and other aquatic
creatures in the WPS particularly. Other
concerns, like whether the WPS has oil or
gas resources is as yet of no immediate
importance for me.
Concern over fishes also makes me cleareyed,
allowing me to wipe off tears brought
Conflicted choices
by unbridled laughter over Senate President
Vicente Sotto III’s recent gaff over whether
the fishes at Recto Bank are Chinese or not.
A clear-eyed rebuttal of Mr. Sotto need not
go to the extremes of biology, habitats and
provisions of the United Nations Convention
on the Law of the Sea. It is enough to point
out that nowadays there are hardly any more
fishes originating from China.
To make myself clear, fisheries experts tell
us Chinese fishermen have practically emptied
China’s coastal waters that they have had to
venture far out into other seas, even going far
as Africa.
Given that turn in their own seas, China
more likely than not has had no other choice
but to flex its military muscle in order to allow
its fishermen to freely roam and poach other
seas, including our fish-rich WPS.
Obviously, in face of the ambiguity of what
China will do militarily if we did go after their
poaching fishermen, Mr. Duterte has allowed
Chinese fishermen into the WPS, the waters
of which is part and parcel of our exclusive
economic zone (EEZ).
For now, many will see nothing wrong with
such generosity as there are evidently too many
fishes to go around for all. But, in the future,
such generosity might be a folly since sooner
or later we will run out of fishes if we become
too generous to foreigners.
Running out of fishes, in fact, is exactly the
reason for the EEZ provision in the Constitution,
argues Supreme Court Associate Justice
Antonio Carpio. The provision is meant to
prevent the unabated pillage of our natural
resources by foreigners so that future generations
of Filipinos can also benefit.
The same provision on marine resources
On his first week, Manila Mayor Isko Moreno was off and running, starting out with a tough stance
against rot and garbage.
He ordered the clearing of Manila streets, focusing on notorious eyesores like the roads in Divisoria.
He signed his first executive order, imposing transparency in transactions and activities in all local
government agencies.
During election season, the 44-year-old former actor was up and about, visiting as
“Right now
he has the
energy to fight
corruption,
just like a
few of the
new breed of
young leaders
today who
seem really
fired up to do
their part.
many areas of Manila as he could and seeing all the things that he wanted to change.
He was very open about his intention to clean up the capital, calling it dirty — in
more ways than one.
After all, he said he had seen such kabulukan (rot) when he was vice mayor of
the city in the past. He knew of goings-on that he believed only needed a firm hand
and eyes wide open for it to be dealt with once and for all.
A certain group, he disclosed, had sent out feelers and hints that he could get P5
million A DAY if he just leaves the illegal
vendors alone in Divisoria.
One thinks, P5 million is probably
more than enough to feed so many
homeless and hungry in A MONTH.
And then one’s thoughts runs to
the fact that if this group can afford
to pay the mayor that much per day,
how much are they making to feel comfortable about giving
away P150 million a month?
And that is just one transaction — one that affects an
ongoing problem in the city that could be ignored for years
once more because of bribery.
What about many other aspects or running the city?
Are there also “groups” hanging around, hinting at paying
off a public official’s silence on the illegality or a public
official’s favor in granting those “groups” the permission
to “serve” the people?
In the case of the city of Manila, a mystery is at hand.
Former Mayor Erap Estrada announced after the
elections that he was leaving city hall with P14 billion in
funds after paying off the previous administration’s P4.4-
billion debt.
However, when Mayor Isko stepped into city hall to begin
his term, he found that the city still had debts to the tune
of P5 billion at least.
What happened?
Apparently, as he told a columnist recently, payments had
been hurriedly made to the city’s suppliers and contractors
in the interim of Isko’s term and Erap’s exit. The amount
mentioned reached almost P3 billion.
The young mayor, during the campaign period, was
gung-ho about his intention to cleanse Manila — again, in
more ways than one.
He said negligence had led to this, and that it’s people
around the leadership that keeps the system rotting.
Right now he has the energy to fight corruption, just like
a few of the new breed of young leaders today who seem
really fired up to do their part.
They are not alone in this crusade. Corruption’
claws are so deep into the system that even President
Rodrigo Duterte had lately been expressing his
frustration.
Many times he had fumed about it, and in recent news
he declared his regret at ever running for the presidency.
He said he had fired so many friends already due
explains why there is so much
ado about whether Mr. Duterte
violated or not the Constitution
he has sworn to uphold — hence,
the threats of impeachment.
The key provision here is
Section 2, Article XII and it
states “the State shall protect the
nation’s marine wealth in its archipelagic
waters, territorial sea,
and exclusive economic zone, and
reserve its use and enjoyment exclusively to
Filipino citizens.”
Mr. Duterte, however,
“Critics insist
war fears
cannot excuse
anyone shirking
from the
constitutional
duty of
protecting the
marine wealth
of the WPS as
this will mean
an insecure
future where
or children will
not be eating
the same fishes
we are eating
now.
describes the exclusivity
provision in the Constitution
as “thoughtless and
senseless.’’ Mr. Duterte
anchors his objections on
the argument “no country
in the world has sovereignty
over its exclusive
economic zone.”
His critics say Mr.
Duterte has a point. In
an interview, arch critic
Carpio explains that
“under international law,
the Philippines has sovereignty
over its territorial
sea (12 nautical miles),
and jurisdiction over its
EEZ (beyond 12 nautical
miles up to 200 nautical
miles). International law
does not recognize sovereignty beyond the
12-nautical mile territorial sea.”
However, it is also clear that under international
law the Philippines has jurisdiction
How long will they last?
OUT AND ABOUT
Nick V. Quijano Jr.
COMMENTARY
A5
through sovereign rights over its
EEZ. And this is the sticking point,
critics say, because any failure to
protect the country’s sovereign
rights in the WPS violates the
Constitution.
Insofar as what sovereignty and
sovereign rights mean is difficult
for most of us to untangle. For our
purposes, perhaps it is better to
look at it politically and militarily.
By doubting sovereignty over the WPS, Mr.
Duterte is obviously bringing up the question
of force. It is obvious Mr. Duterte will militarily
defend areas only where the country has clear
sovereignty, in this case all territorial seas
that are 12 nautical miles from the country’s
landmasses.
As for our sovereign rights in the WPS, Mr.
Duterte doubts gravely if we can forcefully
assert our legal jurisdiction there. For him,
using force to assert jurisdiction will lead
to one tragic conclusion: badly losing a war
with China.
Critics, on the other hand, repeatedly insist
war isn’t the only way as there are other means
besides force. Silence, critics say, is contemptible.
We must still forcefully impress, through
peaceful means, upon China we are standing
up for our rights on what is plainly ours, in
spite of the odds.
We must stand up because, as Carpio pointedly
says, failing “to protect our territorial
integrity in the WPS and lose it to China, we
will lose our EEZ in the WPS forever.’’ And
that sadly means we aren’t giving any future
to our children.
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to corruption. The President even told a news source that it made him lose the
enthusiasm to work.
“Even if you give me five terms and the system remains, and the practice of
corruption which is already embedded in all of the government structures, every
table there, basta dadaan ang papel, mayroon talagang kalokohan (when papers
pass through it, there is likely something going on),” he said in a report recently.
One only has to look at the product of public officials’ work to know if corruption
had tainted it, especially in major cities with supposedly enough funds to nurture
and develop them.
A public official must resist all temptation, sidestep all rot, and roll with the
punches which will surely come, if he or she hopes to make a real difference.
Truly it will take an iron stomach, a spine of steel, for these people to withstand
the oncoming deluge.
“When Mayor
Isko stepped
into city hall
to begin his
term, he found
that the city
still had debts
to the tune of
P5 billion at
least.
“Governance
simply refers
to the process
of decision
-making and
the process by
which such
decision is
implemented,
or not.
In this century, more and
more leaders seem to forget
their primary mandate is to
improve the condition of their
constituents. This is true of
the Philippines and of other
countries as well. We are
constantly bombarded with
news reports of officials raiding
public coffers to line their own
pockets or indulge in extravagant
lifestyles, using public office
to amass wealth or promote
self-interests. The self-aggrandizement
continues unabated, amid the downward
spiraling of the rest of the population, into
squalor and poverty.
We Filipinos are well aware of our
officials’ susceptibility to graft and
corruption. Look at all the laws enacted to
rid us of these blights on our democracy.
Still we persist in choosing leaders who fail
Private wealth amid public squalor
MOORINGS
Salma Pir T. Rasul
to address the grievances of the
majority and reprehensibly violate
the public’s trust.
In every election cycle, it
becomes de rigueur to take
potshots at the sitting government.
Every person has an opinion on
what is wrong with government.
Candidates swear by reformist
agendas to cure the perceived
ills of the current administration.
Whether the elections usher in the
replacement or the continuation
of the old, the administration in either case
usually initiates remedial measures to build
the confidence and win the trust of the
public. Yet, the Filipino public continue to be
disappointed with government’s inability to
implement the promised reforms.
Governance simply refers to the process of
decision-making and the process by which such
decision is implemented, or not implemented
— in essence, the power to address public
issues. Political scientists assert that the
power is not solely held by the ruler, but
shared with its public, with power dynamics
defined by the public’s participation and
consent.
For a model governance
system, the UN Economic
and Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific points
to eight characteristics. “It
is participatory, consensus
oriented, accountable,
transparent, responsive,
effective and efficient,
“Look at
all the laws
enacted to rid
us of these
blights on our
democracy.
equitable and inclusive and follows the rule
of law.” More importantly, “it assures that
corruption is minimized, the views of minorities
are taken into account and that the voices of the
most vulnerable in society are heard in decisionmaking.”
And lastly, “it is also responsive to the
present and future needs of society.”
Alas, the UN has found that “very few
countries and societies have come close to
achieving good governance in its totality. “
Researches and studies have been
undertaken to develop and set parameters
to gauge the performance of government.
Sadly, Filipinos have grown cynical over
government’s commitment and resolve to
apply such parameters to ascertain efficacy
and effectiveness of its administration.
There have been various attempts to
embed the ideal governance standards in
the Philippines. The objective is even more
compelling, with the close link between
good governance and poverty reduction, a
priority issue of majority of the governed.
Commitment to these standards should
dictate our choice of leaders. Otherwise, our
country’s governance will be characterized
by private affluence of the ruling elites
amid fetid squalor and growing poverty of
the public.

A6 NEWS
Thursday, 4 July 2019
Daily Tribune
DILG’s odd contracts flagged
P43 million airfare for local and foreign travels
paid by central office were obtained through direct
booking which deprived the government of the
chance to avail of eight to nine percent discounts
From page A1
noted five regional DILG
offices along with the central
office did not comply with
the implementing rules and
regulations of RA 9184 in
procuring several items.
CoA said the central office
spent P2.9 million for the payment
of fuel, oil and lubricants through
reimbursement; P43.08 million
for airfare payments through
direct booking from airlines
or travel agency and P4.024
million advance payments to
contractors.
State auditors observed
P4.6 million for training
requirements were not
specified.
The audit agency emphasized
that the P43 million airfare for
local and foreign travels paid
by central office were obtained
through direct booking which
deprived the government of the
chance to avail of eight to nine
percent discounts which would
have resulted in P3.4 million
savings.
Unspecified expenses
Meanwhile, state auditors
observed P4.6 million for
training requirements were
not specified in the project
procurement management
plan and P1.75 million
were through inappropriate
mode of procurement
made by DILG-Cordillera
Administrative Region.
For DILG Region IV-B, CoA
noted P109,670 expenses for small
value procurement for the repairs
and maintenance.
DILG Region V also awarded
P2,661,176.50 worth of contract
to a supplier with expired
certificate of registration
in Philippine Government
Electronic Procurement System.
DILG Region V also signed
P4.6 million worth of contract
beyond the bid validity period,
while performance scrutiny was
posted beyond a prescribed time
and the process took longer than
the maximum period.
The audit agency also
disclosed P9.5 billion
unliquidated fund transfers
to various government
agencies.
CoA also flagged the same
regional office for P1.06 million
worth of subcontract arrangement
and P303,694 purchases made
through reimbursement.
Documents missing
DILG Region IX has also
spent P400,000 through
an undetermined mode of
procurement and it lacks eligible
documents and post-qualification
bid process. CoA also noted that
its procurement process from bid
opening to awarding was done in
just a day.
Meanwhile, DILG Region X
released P498,810 for inexpensive
suppliers and hotels but the
procurement lacked Request for
Quotations.
CoA told DILG to follow
the procurement process and
procedures provided by the law.
On its part, DILG’s central
office justified that only
P283,793.42 was paid for the
fuel, oil and lubricant out of the
petty cash fund.
It also explained that the
recommendations made by CoA
are impossible to implement
in 2019 as the bidding process
may take 136 days maximum
and these recommendations
can be implemented in 2020
“subject to Early Procurement
Activity” on the last quarter of
this year.
Fund transfers queried
Aside from irregular
procurements, the audit agency
also disclosed P9.5 billion
unliquidated fund transfers to
various government agencies,
local government units and
government-owned and
controlled corporations. Of the
said amount, P1,699,518,600.25
remained unliquidated in the
year 2018.
Five regional DILG offices
along with the central
office did not comply with
the implementing rules and
regulations of RA 9184 in
procuring several items.
CoA disclosed that the
Social Housing Finance Corp.
has the highest amount of
unliquidated funds with P350
million, P278 million for
Region V and P213 million
transferred to National
Housing Authority.
The Presidential
Commission for the Urban
Poor has also P199 million
unliquidated funds together
with Local Government
Authority with P85 million,
Bureau of Fire Protection
with P39 million and the
Presidential Communications
and Operations Office P12
million to specify some.
DILG was told to strictly
monitor and enforce the
liquidation of the said fund
transfers.
The agency was also advised
to require the implementing
agencies to refund the
unspent balance for completed
undertakings and for cancelled
projects. CoA said that DILG has
agreed to the recommendations.
Hananeel Bordey
It’s a free country This Baguio City native appears to be doing the tai chi in his Sunday suit but then again it is anyone’s guess.
Country moving towards an aging
society, according to PIDS study
From page A1
these free public services such as free
healthcare, free basic education, as well
as free college education. But these paying
consumers will grow old and someone else will
have to pay for these freebies in the future,”
Abrigo expounded.
Abrigo said the rising number of old people
may pose a heavy burden on the country’s
resources.
“He was, however, quick to add that the
same economic and demographic forces that
will eventually lead to population aging also
provide potentials for economic growth.
Aging not bad
“Population aging is not a bad thing. It
represents a story of our collective success
as Filipinos. It means that we were able
to conquer the challenges such as those
related to income, health and education,” he
explained.
Still, it comes with both challenges
and prospects. The government, he noted,
is particularly affected as
Noon heat A fruit vendor’s sales zoom parallel to the
temperature at lunch time.
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Sweetspot narrowing
income tax, health insurance premiums and
pension contributions, as a proportion of
the total population, may decline as a result
of the demographic shift. This, in turn, may
affect the sustainability of services that the
government provides.
The country’s favorable demography has
contributed to growth but “dividends may
be weakened or even negated by existing
economic conditions,” according to the study.
It highlights that while demographic
dividends pose potentials for growth, these
are not automatic, but instead rely on
various enabling conditions. “Public policy
is therefore important in ensuring that such
enabling conditions are available,” it said.
“Affirmative actions by government, such
as direct cash transfers, may be necessary to
ensure that no population get left behind,”
it said.
We will approach being an ‘aged
society’ when the share of the
elderly population is already at least
14 percent by 2069.
“The government has made great
strides on some aspects, particularly on
promoting human capital investments,
including ensuring that children are able
to attend school and receive necessary
healthcare,” it said.
It noted the challenge is in
making certain the continuity
of these programs. Still, in other
facets, like in stimulating greater
household saving or investment,
there may be greater room for
growth.
Higher savings, investments
“More elderly people means
more subsidies for healthcare
expenses. Moreover, the elderly
tend to have medical conditions
that are more expensive on the
average,” Abrigo said.
On the other hand, aging, along
with rising life expectancy, also leads
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to higher savings and investment, hence,
may result in faster economic growth and
improved living standards. “Because we
expect longer lifespan, we also tend to save
more, and this leads to greater productivity,”
he elaborated.
Abrigo maintained that demographic
dividends are just growth potentials and are
not automatic as people still need to work
to attain them.
Affirmative actions by government,
such as direct cash transfers, may be
necessary.
The study warned that public transfer
programs could lead to unsustainable
public debt burden in the longer term,
especially when changes in the population
age distribution, particularly population
aging, are taken into account.
Debt may rise
Public debt, it noted, could increase to
P29.4 trillion by 2030 from P6 trillion in 2015
and could reach 100 percent of the country’s
primary income by 2060.
Abrigo said the government should not
only look at income inequality but also at
generational equity.
Likewise, he cautioned that the potentials
of having a fast-growing working population
may be rendered irrelevant if people
cannot be productively employed. Thus, he
recommended that public policies promoting
economic growth and employment be put in
place.
Chito Lozada
Kiss for Copa
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Alegre on Wednesday and Stephanie Cayo has
promised to kiss the player who wins the match
for her country.
“We want to give a kiss to the Peru national
team. I’m seriously thinking about offering a
kiss (obviously with permission) to whoever is
responsible for beating
Chile on Wednesday,” the
31-year-old actress wrote
on Twitter to her almost
800,000 followers.
That generated 8,000
likes and more than 7,000
comments.
Cayo is a soap actress
and singer who is wellknown
in both Peru and
Colombia.
She’s currently
starring in the Netflix
series “Club de Cuervos”
(crows club).
She added on
Instagram that she was
“offering my grain of
sand” towards a Peru
victory.
Peru have won the
Copa America twice
before in 1939 and 1975
and this is the third time
in the last four editions
that they have reached
the semi-finals.
Chile have won the
last two Copa editions,
on home soil in 2015
and then the Centenario
tournament in the United
States a year later.
The semi-final
winners will play either
hosts Brazil or Argentina
in Sunday’s final at the
Maracana in Rio de
Janeiro. AFP
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Thursday, 4 July 2019
Daily Tribune
METRO
A7
ELEAZAR: President Rodrigo
Duterte has given so much to
the police.
BOB DUNGO
Rody has given cops so much — Eleazar
He emphasized that the sole duty of the police is to
serve and protect civilians
By Pat C Santos
There is no coup plan
within the Philippine National
Police (PNP), National Capital
Region Police Office chief
Maj. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar
said yesterday.
At the weekly Kapihan Sa
Manila Bay weekly forum,
Eleazar said the 170,000-strong
PNP sticks to its mandate
of ensuring law and order
while strictly following the
hierarchy of command wherein
the President serves as the
commander-in-chief.
He emphasized that the
sole duty of the police is to
serve and protect civilians and
not to interfere on government
affairs or veer away from what
the Constitution mandates.
“As batch ‘87 of the PMA
(Philippine Military Academy)
there is no plan or even an
idea of staging a coup d’ etat
against President Duterte,”
Eleazar said.
“I have been in the service
for at least 36 years and he is
the only president who have
invested much in the PNP by
raising its pay and benefits.
We, in the PNP, laud his action
as we believe investing much
in the police will result to
better service” Eleazar added.
Eleazar’s statement came
at the heels of President
Rodrigo Duterte saying that
his fight against graft and
corruption may one day spur
soldiers and policemen to
unseat him.
The President said he is
willing to listen to the military’s
grievances over coffee and to
step down if that is what they
want. He said there is no need
for soldiers and cops to bring
their forces to his doorsteps.
Abby seeks council’s backing
Hopes unity will supplant campaign ‘challenges’
By Alvin Murcia
Awash with cash to bankroll
big-ticket projects, Mayor
Abby Binay, nonetheless, said
Wednesday that she will need
the full cooperation of the
Sangguniang Panglungsod or
city council to get things moving.
In a speech before the first
session of the council, Binay
emphasized that reforms and
innovations are needed to raise
the quality of life in the country’s
primary commercial and business
district.
“Given a fresh mandate, I am
asking for your full cooperation
so that we can continue to
promote inclusivity and provide
the best public service to the
people of Makati,” the mayor
said.
Binay encountered some
difficulties in dealing with the
council during the last part of
her first term at the height of the
campaign frenzy.
But with the election already
behind, Binay expressed hope
unity will be restored as she
thanked the people of Makati
for their trust and support,
especially during the eight-month
campaign.
New chapter
“Now is the start of a new
chapter for us in order to
fast-track progress in Makati,”
she said.
“We need to push through with
the digitalization of Makati for us
to be considered as the country’s
first certified Smart City that
is fully capable of providing
efficient, transparent, and firstrate
services to Makatizens,”
she said.
She expressed optimism that
the city government will be able
to speed up the implementation
of initiatives aimed to fast-
Beauties shun
plastics
From page A8
track the city’s progress and
transformation in the digital
age.
Binay raised the possibility of
giving bonuses to city employees
after Makati received the
highest possible review from the
Commission on Audit (CoA) on
the transparency of its finances
as the top city in the country in
terms of assets.
However, she said all officials
should strive hard to make the
city an investment destination
and No.1 city in all of Asia.
New councilors
“With the
new set of
national and local governments to ban the
manufacture, importation, distribution and use
of single-use disposable plastics to stem
the “plasticization” of the environment.
“National and local authorities
need to enact aggressive measures
to fight plastic pollution that
will hopefully bring about deep
changes in the way producers and
consumers think, behave and live,”
Tolentino said.
“We urge the 18th Congress to
end the production and consumption
of SUPs by enacting a national law
complete with an ambitious phase-out
plan toward a society free of SUP
such as plastic bags, straws, stirrers,
cutlery and polystyrene beverage
and food containers,” added Sonia
Mendoza, chairman of the Mother Earth
Foundation.
While pushing for behavioral
and policy reforms, the group also
emphasized the need for industries
to switch to sustainable packaging,
design toxic chemical additives out of
processes and products, and assume full
responsibility for the retrieval and recycling
of their goods at the end of the product
life cycle.
THE police are determining the catering
company that provided the food which sent about
200 people to hospitals. ANALY LABOR
Hanger on A street child hitches a ride not having money for fare.
councilors, I am very confident
and assured that we are now on
the same track. Let us help one
another. Let us as one elevate the
quality of living here in Makati,”
Binay said.
Makati shooting to be top
city not just in Phl but in
Asia.
On her second term, Binay
said the council will need to
craft new pieces of legislation
that would address emerging
challenges a fast-growing city
encounters.
“Within the four walls of the
session hall, let us start anew in
crafting reforms, ordinances, and
programs that will bring greater
prosperity to our Makatizens,”
said Mayor Abby.
“I know that our job will be
difficult, but I believe that if we
all work together, we will succeed
in achieving more ambitious
goals that will accelerate the
transformation of Makati into
one of Asia’s most progressive
cities,” she said.
The Eastern Police District
(EPD) Mobile Force Battalion on
Wednesday launched its mobile
library and feeding program
with 150 children and youth
of Barangay
Council composition
Makati Vice Mayor Monique
Lagdameo, presiding officer
of the council, led the
inaugural session with Rep.
Luis Campos of the second
district, Councilor Cheche
Pablo-Santos of Mandaluyong
City, City Administrator Claro
Certeza, and the heads of the
city departments, offices and
institutions in attendance.
The new Sangguniang
Panlungsod of Makati is
composed of 18 City Councilors,
EPD launches mobile library
Pineda, Pasig City as beneficiaries.
The project aims to bring
the police closer to the people
through community-based
projects.
Lectures on Filipino values
such as patriotism and obedience
‘Imeldific’ food
downs 200
By Neil Alcober
More than 200 individuals were
rushed to hospitals for symptoms of
food poisoning after attending the 90th
birthday celebration of former First
Lady Imelda Marcos in Pasig City on
Wednesday.
‘Spoiled’ adobo served at birthday bash.
Police said the victims were rushed to the
Pasig City General Hospital, Rizal Medical
Center and Medical City, among other hospitals.
The celebration, which was attended by
more than 2,000 people, was held at the
Ynares Sports Complex in Barangay Oranbo,
Pasig City.
Initial investigation showed most of the
victims suffered vomiting and dizziness
after eating chicken adobo with eggs and
potatoes.
An investigation is ongoing into the
suspected food poisoning incident.
Police have yet to identify the event’s caterer.
with eight from each of the
two districts, the Liga ng mga
Barangay president, and the
president of the Sangguniang
Kabataan (SK) Federation of
Makati.
From District 1, the
councilors are Virgilio
Hilario, Jr., Anna Alcina
Yabut, Luis Javier, Jr., Jose
Villena IV, Martin John Pio
Arenas, Armando Padilla,
Rene Andre Saguisag and
Camille Puno-Ramos.
The councilors from District
to the law, proper hygiene, ways
on how to keep away from illegal
drugs and how to stop and avoid
bullying are some of the topics
being taught.
The launch of the mobile
library was also in line with
‘Robber’ collared
in Mandaluyong
A 20-year-old man wanted
for robbery hold-up was
arrested by the Mandaluyong
police in Barangay Highway
Hills, Mandaluyong City
Tuesday afternoon.
Authorities identified
the suspect as Mark Lynon
Phaul Siguan, a resident
of No. 548 Calbayog St., in
the same barangay where
he was arrested.
Col. Moises Villaceran
Jr., Mandaluyong police
chief, said the suspect was
served a warrant of arrest
issued by Judge Santiago
Arenas of the Quezon
City Regional Trial Court
Branch 317 for robberyhold
up with bail set at
P100,000.
ALFONSO PADILLA
2 are Kristina Sarosa, Arnold
Cruz, Dennis Almario, Benedict
Baniqued, Maria Dolores
Arayon, Leo Magpantay, Shirley
Aspillaga and Israel Cruzado.
The two other members
of the City Council are Liga
ng mga Barangay president
Maribel Vitales and Makati SK
Federation president Rodolfo
San Pedro Jr.
Councilor Armando
Padilla has been designated
as temporary majority floor
leader.
the celebration of the 24th
Police Community Relations
Month. Constituents of the
said barangay welcomed the
program, said EPD director
Brig. Gen. Nolasco Bathan.
Neil Alcober
Court records showed
that Siguan was accused
of forcibly taking items
from a female victim
named “Mary Anne”
inside a bus going home
to Fairview, Quezon City
on 28 September 2017.
The victim initially
refused to hand over
her cellphone, wallet
and jewels but Siguan
threatened to kill her,
which prompted her to
surrender the items.
After weeks of
surveillance and a tip from
a concerned citizen, the
police officers finally traced
the suspect’s whereabouts
and arrested him inside his
residence. N. Alcober

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METRO
John Henry Dodson, Editor
Thursday, 4 July 2019
Daily Tribune
Bits and pieces Manila City Hall employees and policemen obliterate video karera and fruit game machines on orders of Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso.
BOB DUNGO JR.
By Pat C. Santos
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko
Moreno” Domagoso yesterday
ordered the destruction of 75
units of video karera and fruit
game machines as he linked illegal
gambling to the narcotics trade.
City hall employees armed with
Video karera linked to drugs
75 gambling machines smashed
Manila mayor warns barangay, police coddlers
they’d be unmasked
Munti’s 9-pt.
program
propped
By Alvin Murcia
The Nine-Point Program being pushed by
Muntinlupa City Mayor Jaime Fresnedi drew
support yesterday from at least two stalwarts
of the City Council led by newly elected Vice
Mayor and council presiding officer Artemio
Simundac.
Simundac welcomed the challenge of
Fresnedi to work as one, saying the city council
will complement the executive’s initiatives with
backing local legislation or ordinances.
Aside from the vice mayor, lawyer
and journalism professor Raul Roco
said Muntinlupa’s Sanggunian will be a
“working council” committed to upholding
professionalism and pro-activeness.
Fresnedi is on his third and last term as
mayor and his camp said he wants to leave a
lasting legacy by which his administration will
be remembered by his constituents.
His Nine-Point Program focuses
on: 1)Health and Wellness; 2) Local
History and Culture; 3) Education
and Youth; 4) Livelihood and
Employment; 5) Peace and
Order; 6) Socialized Housing; 7)
Good Governance; 8) Economic
Development; and 9)
Environmental Protection.
mallets and hammers destroyed
the machines, especially their
motherboards serving as brains
of the gambling systems. The
coin slots were also smashed to
pieces.
Domagoso said that most
people who patronize video
karera — featuring animated
horseracing on which bets are
placed — are also drug users.
Many drug dealings happen
while players are betting on fruit
and video karera games along
alleys or clandestine places that
host the machines, he said.
The mayor warned operators
of the illegal gambling games, as
well as their protectors among
barangay and police, that he will
hound them and prosecute them
to rid the city of their ilk.
Just starting
“This is just the beginning and
I am telling all of you behind these
illegal gambling machines, you’ve
enjoyed doing this for six years so
please stop this illegal trade. Don’t
push us against the wall for we
will go after you,” Domagoso said.
He vowed to unmask the police
officials allegedly providing illegal
gambling operations protection
from raids and arrests. Said officials
will be charged before the National
Manila cop shot dead in QC
A policeman assigned at the Manila Police
District (MPD) was shot dead past noon
yesterday by two men aboard a motorcycle
in Barangay Valencia in Quezon City.
NMAX backrider peppers Morada
with slugs.
A spot report by the Quezon City Police
District (QCPD) said the backrider of the
motorcycle fired at MSgt. Edgar Dulay
Morada as he was in his motorcycle,
seemingly waiting for someone in front of the
Petron gas station at the corner of Granada
Beauty queens and grassroots activists for environmental
protection yesterday marked the 10th International Plastic
Bag Free Day with a joint appeal to replace single use
plastics (SUP) such as plastic bags with eco-friendly
alternatives.
The group led by titlists from the Miss Earth Foundation
trooped to Farmers’ Market in Quezon City to encourage
the ditching of the ubiquitous plastic bags and other SUP.
They said most SUP are often used for only a few
minutes but
they can last and
pollute the
environment
for up to 1,000
years.
Joining
community
activists in
promoting
bayong
a n d
and Valencia streets.
The suspects got away headed to
Greenhills, San Juan aboard a Yamaha NMAX
bike with unknown license plate.
The killers shot Morada repeatedly with
a firearm of unknown caliber, resulting
to his instantaneous death. The slain
policeman was assigned at the Ermita
police station 5.
The killing came about a week after SSgt.
Fernando Diamson, assigned at the PNP
Intelligence Group, was shot dead along
Boni Serrano Avenue, in Barangay Bagong
Lipunan near Camp Crame. Analy Labor
Beauties shun plastics
Police Commission, he added.
Meanwhile, Domagoso admitted
that Manila is unprepared for the
“Big One” or a major earthquake
that will happen with certainty.
Hazard map
He made the statement based
on a report by the City Disaster
Risk Reduction and Management
Office (CDRRMO) which said
Manila, unlike most Metro Manila
government units, does not have
other reusable substitutes to plastic bags were Miss Air
Philippines 2018 Zahra Bianca Saldua and Miss Water
Philippines 2018 Berjayneth Chee.
Break craving
“It’s high time for all sectors of the society to break our
craving for plastic bags and other single-use disposables that
have become a bane for the environment, especially our
oceans which are now choking with macro and microplastic
waste,” Chee said.
Miss Earth, activists push alternatives.
She cited a study by scientists that “there are 5.25
trillion pieces of plastic debris in the ocean. Of that mass,
269,000 tons float on the surface, while some four billion
plastic microfibers per square kilometer litter the deep
sea.”
“Aside from polluting the oceans, plastic bags that end
up being burned or buried in disposal facilities also emit
harmful pollutants that can contaminate the air we breathe
and the soil where we grow our food, posing threats to
human health,” Saldua added.
Toxic substances
According to the report “Plastic & Health: The Hidden
Costs of a Plastic Planet,” all plastic waste management
technologies “lead to direct and indirect exposure to toxic
substances for workers and nearby communities, including
through inhalation of contaminated air, direct contact with
contaminated soil or water, and ingestion of foods that were
grown in an environment polluted with these substances.”
“Toxins from emissions, fly ash, and slag in a burn pile
can travel long distances and deposit in soil and water,
eventually entering human bodies after being accumulated
in the tissues of plants and animals,” the report said.
Ban altogether
For her part, Zero waste campaigner Ochie
Tolentino of the EcoWaste Coalition challenged
By Anthony Ching
a detailed hazard map and a
concrete course of action in the
event of a major earthquake.
Domagoso convened the
CDRRMO at the Manila City
Hall and asked its members to
immediately produce a hazard
map.
During the meeting, Domagoso
chided city disaster risk officials
and hospital chiefs for lacking a
concrete emergency plan should a
7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Manila.
In cold blood MSgt. Edgar Dulay Morada never had a chance as he
was repeatedly shot with no warning in Quezon City. ANALY LABOR
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No to plastics Miss Earth beauties campaign
to stop the use of single-use plastics among
vendors at the Farmers’ Market in Quezon City.
DAVID JOHN CUBANGBANG
Phl no haven
for fugitives
The Bureau of Immigration (BI)
announced yesterday the arrest by its
fugitive search unit (FSU) of another
undocumented alien, a man wanted back
in his native South Korea.
BI-FSU chief Bobby Raquepo identified
the fugitive as 57-year-old Kim Dae Yeop who
was arrested in Malate, Manila.
According to Raquepo, Kim is wanted
by Korean authorities for absconding on
payment made for the provision of closed
circuit television system worth 250 million
Korean won.
The South Korean government made
representations with Philippine authorities,
leading BI to issue a mission order immediately
complied with by FSU, said Raquepo.
The BI-FSI had some members of the
Korean National Police Agency acting as
observers during the suspect’s arrest.
Meanwhile, BI Commissioner Jaime
Morente warned foreign fugitives not to
hide in the Philippines because they will
be hunted down and deported back to their
countries of origin to make them answer for
the crimes they are charged with.
Wanted Korean latest capture of
BI-FSU.
He said foreign fugitives pose a threat
to the security of Filipinos thus they are
immediately arrested by law enforcement
agents to be subjected to summary
deportation proceedings.
“We are in close coordination with our
foreign counterparts in hunting down these
criminals, and we will not stop until justice
is served,” he added.
Kim is now detained at the BI Detention
Facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City.

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COMMENTARY
Complying with
DPA’s data breach
management
requirements
“ The team’s core
focus shall be to
“assess and evaluate
a security incident,
restore integrity to
the information and
communications system,
mitigate and remedy
any resulting damage,
and comply with
reporting requirements.
A data breach is not necessarily a disaster. Unless if you
mishandle it. Then, that would be a sure-fire way of making a big
problem, bigger.
To prevent this from happening, your organization must set in
place a set of functional data breach management protocols, as
outlined in the National Privacy Commission’s (NPC) Circular 16-03.
Preparation is the key to management success in any crisis
scenario. Thus, being prepared for a breach begins with having
instituted your Security Incident Management Policy, which governs
the actions you should take in case of a security incident or personal
data breach. It mainly touches on concerns about your data breach
response team, as well as the implementation of security measures
and incident response procedures. It also covers mitigation of harms
and negative consequences, and of course, how you may ensure
timely compliance with NPC breach notification requirements.
Your overall success in managing data breaches largely hinges
on the competence and passion of the data breach response team.
As the name suggests, the team shall be your organization’s first
responders in case of any security incident and potential data
breaches. It is a must that it includes at least one member with the
authority to make immediate decisions on critical action. Depending
on management discretion, the team may include your organization’s
data protection officer.
The team’s core focus shall be to “assess and evaluate a security
incident, restore integrity to the information and communications
system, mitigate and remedy any resulting damage, and comply with
reporting requirements,” as laid out in the Circular.
In the event of a security incident, the team is responsible for
the following:
-The timely discovery of security incidents; person or persons
responsible for regular monitoring and evaluation of security
incidents;
-Clear reporting lines;
-Preliminary assessment;
-Evaluation;
-Contacting law enforcement;
-Conduct of investigations;
-Notification procedures and;
-Mitigating possible harm to data subjects;
Notifying the NPC and affected data subjects is mandatory when
it involves sensitive personal information or any other data that may
be used for identity fraud; information may have been acquired by
an unauthorized person; and unauthorized acquisition is likely to
give rise to a real risk of serious harm to any affected data subject.
The PIC must notify the NPC and affected data subjects within
72 hours upon knowledge of, or when there is reasonable belief
that a personal data breach has occurred.
Post crisis, your organization is also mandated to institute
measures for moving forward. This includes adopting new
safeguards intended to prevent similar breaches from
happening or improving existing measures so you may at least
minimize the negative impact. Conducting Privacy Impact
Assessments, vulnerability scanning, capacity building of
personnel, as well as the testing, assessment or evaluation
of related security measures are just some of the steps you
may take.
If you have questions or concerns, you may contact the National
Privacy Commission via 234-22-28 (local 114) or email info@privacy.
gov.ph.
PSEi ends flat as investors
seek strong leads
Oil prices declined on Tuesday as weak manufacturing
data worried investors that the slowing global
economy could dent oil demand
Local shares finished flat on
Tuesday as a series of rocky
trade tensions between economic
powerhouses abroad prompt
investors to search for more
sustainable trading catalysts.
The bellwether Philippine Stock
Exchange index lost 0.92 points, or
0.01 percent, to close Wednesday
at 8,092.68.
Likewise, the broader all shares
index was down 0.04 percent to
4,939.63, while majority of the
sub-sectoral indices stepped into
red territory.
“Investors are still
obviously looking for stronger,
sustainable catalysts to keep
their positions. Instead, they are
opting for short-term gains
which are booked as soon
as the opportunity presents
itself,” head of research for
Philstocks Financial Justino
Calaycay said.
The United States threatened
to impose additional tariffs on
$4-billion worth of European
goods stemming from a dispute on
aircraft subsidies, sparking worries
just after investors rejoiced over
the US’ trade truce with China.
Still, key equities markets
in the US ended with gains on
Tuesday over the US-China trade
deal optimism, with the S&P 500
soaring 0.29 percent to a record-high
of 2,973.02.
The Dow Jones Industrial
Average ended Tuesday up 0.26
percent to 26,786.75, while the
Nasdaq Composite was up 0.22
percent to 8,1069.06.
Meanwhile, oil prices declined
on Tuesday “as weak manufacturing
data worried investors that the
slowing global economy could dent
oil demand,” head of sales for Regina
Capital Luis Limlingan noted.
Brent crude futures receded
4.01 percent to $62.45 per
barrel, while the US West Texas
Intermediate fell 4.8 percent to
$56.25 per barrel.
A VISITOR takes photographs of a model ship at CSIC's booth during a maritime exhibition in Dalian, Liaoning province. The possible merger of
China State Shipbuilding Corp. and China Shipbuilding Industry Corp., the country's two biggest State-owned shipbuilders by production capacity,
will allow them to compete against established rivals in South Korea and Europe.
CHINA DAILY
Diokno bares sanguine
GDP, inflation prints
Diokno intends to bring reserve requirement ratio
down to a single-digit
The outlook for both inflation and local output growth measured
as the gross domestic product growth (GDP)
is forecast in a better light the rest of the
year, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)
Governor Benjamin Diokno said on
Wednesday.
Consistent with the forecast inflation
DIOKNO
in June, Diokno said price pressures in
the third quarter should prove lower
than that posted in the second
quarter.
“If we just look at the base
effects, the third quarter will
really be around 2 percent (or)
even lower than 2 percent,”
Diokno told reporters.
Earlier, the BSP forecast
NG debt
up 15.8%
For the month, higher external
debt can be attributed to the
effect of currency fluctuations
of both dollar and third-currency
denominated debt amounting to
P6.14 billion and P10.09 billion,
respectively
The indebtedness of the national
government (NG) continued to widen in
May when this grew by more than a tenth of the
amount registered in the same month a year-ago,
the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said on
Wednesday.
BTr data show NG outstanding debt for the
month total P7.91 trillion, 15.8 percent higher
than the P6.83 trillion reported in May last year.
Also, the figure is greater by 1.7 percent than
the P7.29 trillion NG debt reported in April.
Of the overall stock, 66.4 percent were
borrowed domestically while the remaining 33.6
percent were from external sources.
Domestic debt expanded by 18.8 percent to
P5.25 trillion in May this year from only P4.42
trillion reported in the same month last year.
Likewise, foreign borrowings hiked 10.4
percent to P2.65 trillion from only P2.40 trillion
on the same comparable period.
“The higher level for May (for domestic debt)
was caused by net issuance of government
securities amounting to P50.95 billion which
added to the P60 million revaluation of onshore
dollar bonds due to peso depreciation,” the
BTr said.
“For the month, higher external debt can be
attributed to the effect of currency fluctuations
of both dollar and third-currency denominated
debt amounting to P6.14 billion and P10.09
billion, respectively,” the BSP said.
Net availment of foreign loans which
amounted to P61.48 billion including EUR750
million in Eurobonds as part of the NG’s effort
to diversify funding sources for infrastructure
investment and human capital development,
contributed to external borrowings growth.
The total NG guaranteed obligations or debt
contracted by public entities that become direct
NG obligations at default, expanded by P3.18
billion or 0.7 percent month-on-month to P486.15
billion.
Joshua Lao
June inflation to settle within the 2.2 percent to 3 percent range,
significantly lower than the actual headline print of 3.2 percent in May.
In terms of economic expansion, Diokno supported the view
expressed earlier by Deputy BSP Governor Diwa Guinigundo that
GDP growth for the period could hit 6 percent.
“At least 6 percent,” Diokno reiterated, noting that government
and consumer spending activities during the period should prove
enough to drive continued and higher growth.
According to him, lower inflation during the period allowed
for greater purchasing power for Filipino consumers and help the
economy gain more momentum.
The phased reduction in the banks’ deposit reserves also provide
additional boost to the economy with the release of previously
captured liquidity expected to translate to greater lending activities
down the line.
Diokno intends to bring reserve requirement ratio (RRR) down
to a single-digit.
“The (RRR) is really high. Plus, we are, by law, given another
instrument to (capture) liquidity if needed. Right now it is at 16
(percent) and we’re sticking with the original plan to cut,” Diokno
said.
Joshua Lao

B10 BUSINESS
Thursday, 4 July 2019
Daily Tribune
BSP releases
banknotes with
Gov. Diokno’s
signature
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
(BSP) on Wednesday released the first
set of banknotes bearing the name and
signature of BSP Governor Benjamin
Diokno, who took his oath of office as
the fifth head of the central monetary
authority on 6 March.
The release marks the anniversary of
the BSP and is part of the celebrations
in connection with 70 years of central
banking in the Philippines.
The 20-piso, 50-piso, 100-piso, 200-
piso, 500-piso and 1,000-piso banknotes
with the Governor’s name and signature
are the freshest set of peso bills printed
under the currently-circulated “New
Generation Currency” series.
Since 1949, Philippine currency
has borne the signatures of the
President of the Republic of the
Philippines and the Governor of the
Central Bank of the Philippines,
which is now the BSP. Republic
Act (RA) 7653 (The New Central
Bank Act) of 1993, as amended by
RA 11211 of 2019, mandates that
the banknotes are signed by state
authorities.
Globe-led
common
tower pact
The two tower firms are among
the initial pool which signed up
with the DICT for the initiative
Globe Telecom Inc., Aboitiz Infracapital and
Frontier Tower Associates Philippines (FTAP)
have signed a common tower agreement to
improve internet connectivity in the cities of
Cebu, Davao and Subic.
Aboitiz, in a disclosure to the stock exchange,
said the agreement will explore the possibility
of leasing build-to-suit sites, towers and other
passive telecommunications infrastructure and
facilities.
The deal, signed on 2 July, comes after
Aboitiz and FTAP signed an agreement on 19
June to develop, construct, operate and maintain
a common tower network, which is also in line
with the Department of Communications and
Technology’s (DICT) common tower initiative.
The pact is seen to expand the Ayala-led
telco giant’s existing coverage and capacity.
“Tower sharing is a means to address the
demand for better internet experience. Our
collaboration with tower experts will enable
us to fast track the construction of cell sites
and towers in unserved and underserved areas
as well as congested urban centers,” Globe
president and chief executive officer Ernest Cu
was quoted as saying.
Globe earlier on came up with an agreement
with Megawide Construction Corp.’s ISOC
Infrastructure and Malaysia’s edotco Group
to construct 150 telco towers primarily in the
CALABARZON region, making it the first telco
player to back the DICT initiative.
The two tower firms are among the initial
pool which signed up with the DICT for the
initiative. The initiative calls for the providers
to partner with a telco company before the
government could assist them in the facilitation
of permits, right of way, and other government
permits to build the infrastructure.
The passive infrastructure, including
towers and support structures, can eventually
be shared with other telco service providers
PLDT Inc. and upcoming third telco, Mislatel
Consortium.
Aside from augmenting the telco players’
service quality through increased tower density,
common towers are also expected to lower the
cost of management for the telco companies,
and down the road the service cost for the
consumers.
AJ Bajo
THE agreement is in line with DICT’s common
tower initiative.
Del Rosario resigns from Hong Kong firm post
Albert del Rosario
served as the
country’s DFA
secretary from
March 2011 to
March 2016 and
was First Pacific’s
non-executive
director since
June 2016
WEDNESDAY
3 JULY 2019
PHILIPPINE STOCK EXCHANGE
NAME OPEN HIGH LOW CLOSE VALUE (P)
FINANCIALS
BANKS
ASIA UNITED 58.8 58.8 57.5 58.5 533,558
BDO UNIBANK 139.5 140 138.4 139.5 342,293,047
BANK PH ISLANDS 79 79.4 78.9 79.1 109,059,263.50
CHINABANK 27.5 27.6 27.4 27.5 978,530
EAST WEST BANK 11.7 11.7 11.66 11.7 7,142,884
METROBANK 72.5 72.85 72.1 72.4 91,515,425
PB BANK 13.2 13.2 13.2 13.2 1,425,600
PHIL NATL BANK 49.9 52.15 49.9 51.9 62,449,355
PSBANK 57.9 57.9 57.85 57.85 155,110.50
RCBC 27.1 27.5 27.05 27.4 391,275
SECURITY BANK 168.5 170 168.5 170 34,598,110
UNION BANK 61.7 62.2 61.7 62 636,284
OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
BRIGHT KINDLE 1.2 1.36 1.2 1.34 1,073,630
BDO LEASING 2.41 2.42 2.41 2.41 133,040
COL FINANCIAL 18.8 18.8 18.72 18.72 316,560
FIRST ABACUS 0.53 0.53 0.53 0.53 2,120
FERRONOUX HLDG 4.95 4.95 4.85 4.85 1,324,599
IREMIT 1.41 1.41 1.41 1.41 14,100
MEDCO HLDG 0.5 0.5 0.485 0.5 277,050
MANULIFE 765 765 765 765 30,600
NTL REINSURANCE 0.99 0.99 0.97 0.98 307,430
PHIL STOCK EXCH 190 192.5 190 192 208,655
SUN LIFE 1,800 1,800 1,751 1,751 425,265
VANTAGE 1.13 1.13 1.13 1.13 2,260
INDUSTRIAL
ELECTRICITY, ENERGY, POWER & WATER
ALSONS CONS 1.36 1.39 1.35 1.39 8,180
ABOITIZ POWER 35.75 36.5 35.6 36.5 51,317,190
BASIC ENERGY 0.255 0.265 0.255 0.255 1,218,150
FIRST GEN 27 27.1 26.9 26.95 37,984,185
FIRST PHIL HLDG 83.25 86 83.25 85.1 28,935,654
MERALCO 379.6 387.8 379.6 387.8 43,028,558
MANILA WATER 24.8 25.55 24.8 25.5 31,016,695
PETRON 5.84 5.95 5.84 5.93 3,745,067
PETROENERGY 4.66 4.66 4.55 4.66 752,640
PHINMA ENERGY 2.42 2.46 2.32 2.33 69,882,900
PHX PETROLEUM 12 12.1 11.96 12.1 429,258
PILIPINAS SHELL 39.25 39.35 39.05 39.15 8,590,780
SPC POWER 6.55 6.58 6.46 6.55 1,780,732
FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO
AGRINURTURE 15.04 15.06 14.92 15 12,699,984
CNTRL AZUCARERA 17.3 17.3 16.7 16.7 296,510
CENTURY FOOD 15.16 15.2 14.88 14.9 82,352,060
DEL MONTE 6.11 6.11 6.07 6.07 143,138
DNL INDUS 10.52 10.54 10.46 10.54 14,267,848
EMPERADOR 7.65 7.66 7.63 7.66 19,109,273
SMC FOODANDBEV 107 107 105.2 106.7 3,048,095
ALLIANCE SELECT 0.86 0.86 0.81 0.83 2,700,290
GINEBRA 63 63.95 62.55 63 12,520,132.50
JOLLIBEE 284 285 283.8 285 54,522,640
MACAY HLDG 9.5 9.5 9.15 9.5 11,050
MAXS GROUP 13.86 14.22 13.86 14.22 8,067,984
MG HLDG 0.187 0.188 0.184 0.188 226,570
PEPSI COLA 1.8 1.85 1.73 1.84 18,528,730
SHAKEYS PIZZA 13.86 14 13.76 13.88 8,090,286
ROXAS AND CO 1.39 1.46 1.38 1.46 977,660
ROXAS HLDG 1.89 2 1.89 1.91 21,000
SWIFT FOODS 0.134 0.134 0.134 0.134 4,020
UNIV ROBINA 164.7 168 164.7 167.5 76,927,236
VITARICH 1.24 1.27 1.24 1.26 2,073,460
VICTORIAS 2.52 2.52 2.48 2.49 333,010
CONSTRUCTION, INFRASTRUCTURE & ALLIED SERVICES
CONCRETE A 130 133.9 116.3 116.6 10,062,794
CONCRETE B 160 160 140 152.8 5,470,417
CEMEX HLDG 3.04 3.12 3.04 3.08 39,237,490
EAGLE CEMENT 15.54 15.78 15.54 15.56 2,031,688
EEI CORP 11.2 11.38 11.02 11.1 6,209,180
HOLCIM 13.86 13.86 13.52 13.6 7,277,022
MEGAWIDE 19.1 19.12 18.98 19 18,784,610
TKC METALS 1.19 1.29 1.18 1.25 2,643,270
VULCAN INDL 1.67 1.68 1.41 1.44 85,627,500
CHEMICALS
CHEMPHIL 113.8 113.8 113.8 113.8 7,966
CROWN ASIA 2.05 2.08 2.05 2.08 176,320
MABUHAY VINYL 3.44 3.44 3.44 3.44 10,320
ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS & EQUIPMENT
GREENERGY 2.56 2.58 2.52 2.58 11,435,290
INTEGRATED MICR 10.16 10.2 10.08 10.2 2,336,106
IONICS 1.69 1.77 1.69 1.73 2,391,760
PANASONIC 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 1,180
SFA SEMICON 1.15 1.19 1.13 1.16 621,910
CIRTEK HLDG 18.7 18.7 18.16 18.26 6,089,770
HOLDING FIRMS
ABACORE CAPITAL 1 1.06 0.97 1.06 72,474,890
ASIABEST GROUP 13.38 13.38 12.56 13.02 1,307,916
AYALA CORP 903 908 897 900 297,878,445
ABOITIZ EQUITY 54.75 55.5 54.2 55.45 44,173,979
ALLIANCE GLOBAL 15.44 15.96 15.44 15.86 132,438,876
AYALA LAND LOG 3.87 3.89 3.86 3.87 25,893,140
ANSCOR 7.13 7.13 7 7.01 238,953
ANGLO PHIL HLDG 0.73 0.8 0.73 0.73 1,956,150
ATN HLDG A 1.35 1.37 1.3 1.32 7,002,980
ATN HLDG B 1.36 1.38 1.33 1.34 1,532,680
COSCO CAPITAL 6.9 6.9 6.75 6.75 8,235,098
DMCI HLDG 10.3 10.52 10.3 10.5 44,280,188
FILINVEST DEV 14 14.12 13.94 14.02 5,011,518
FORUM PACIFIC 0.248 0.248 0.235 0.246 60,980
GT CAPITAL 925 935 922 925 53,613,575
HOUSE OF INV 6.4 6.43 6.4 6.41 1,941,300
JG SUMMIT 67.3 68.5 66.95 68.5 79,983,440
JOLLIVILLE HLDG 6.34 6.34 6.03 6.34 2,505
LODESTAR 0.48 0.5 0.48 0.48 264,500
LOPEZ HLDG 4.06 4.13 4.02 4.08 4,412,810
LT GROUP 15.16 15.32 15.16 15.3 38,716,200
MABUHAY HLDG 0.63 0.65 0.63 0.65 919,350
METRO PAC INV 4.86 4.86 4.82 4.85 77,527,420
PACIFICA 0.042 0.042 0.039 0.039 1,346,100
PRIME MEDIA 1.39 1.96 1.39 1.83 53,105,760
REPUBLIC GLASS 2.83 2.85 2.81 2.81 68,170
SOLID GROUP 1.38 1.38 1.38 1.38 59,340
SM INVESTMENTS 981 996 970 996 223,440,095
SAN MIGUEL CORP 175 177.5 174.9 175.9 19,809,911
SOC RESOURCES 0.81 0.86 0.8 0.85 235,490
TOP FRONTIER 264.4 267 264.4 267 34,632
WELLEX INDUS 0.23 0.232 0.23 0.232 48,580
ZEUS HLDG 0.33 0.345 0.32 0.33 5,141,650
PROPERTY
By AJ Bajo
ARTHALAND CORP 0.88 0.94 0.88 0.91 7,962,760
ANCHOR LAND 11.3 11.3 11 11 6,630
AYALA LAND 51.55 51.7 51.05 51.45 509,857,012
ARANETA PROP 2 2.06 2 2.06 14,060
BELLE CORP 2.34 2.34 2.31 2.32 632,570
A BROWN 0.83 0.84 0.82 0.84 685,330
CITYLAND DEVT 0.96 1.05 0.92 0.94 1,097,590
CROWN EQUITIES 0.24 0.24 0.238 0.238 581,200
CEBU HLDG 6.08 6.08 6.08 6.08 608
CEB LANDMASTERS 5.1 5.12 5.05 5.09 12,568,097
CENTURY PROP 0.63 0.63 0.61 0.62 15,199,400
CYBER BAY 0.455 0.46 0.44 0.46 1,315,600
DOUBLEDRAGON 24.15 25.2 24.15 25.2 10,131,485
DM WENCESLAO 9.84 9.9 9.7 9.75 463,753
EMPIRE EAST 0.475 0.48 0.465 0.475 1,742,450
FILINVEST LAND 1.9 1.92 1.86 1.88 67,892,580
GLOBAL ESTATE 1.39 1.4 1.39 1.4 3,019,020
8990 HLDG 15.46 15.5 15.4 15.46 11,584,622
PHIL INFRADEV 1.83 1.89 1.83 1.88 5,617,560
Former Department of Foreign Affairs
(DFA) secretary Albert del Rosario has
resigned from his position as non-executive
director for Pangilinan-led, Hong Kong-listed
First Pacific Company Ltd. effective on 1 July.
A disclosure to the Hong Kong Stock
Exchange on 2 July stated that Del Rosario,
who was recently barred from entering
Hong Kong, had quit the post due to “poor
health as he approaches the age of 80
years.”
The memo added the 79-year-old
former DFA chief’s “increased
involvement in a number of
personal advocacies which makes
it difficult for him to continue to
serve as a director for
the company” as other
reasons for his tendering
his resignation.
“Ambassador Del
Rosario confirmed
that he has no
disagreement with
the Board and that
he is not aware of
any matter relating
to his resignation that
needs to be brought
to the attention of
the shareholders of
the Company and The
Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited,”
the disclosure said.
It also stated that Del Rosario has “no
claims against the company whatsoever,
whether in respect of fees, remuneration
or compensation for loss of office.”
To recall, Del Rosario was barred from
entering Hong Kong on 21 June and was
held and questioned for over five hours at
the Hong Kong International Airport. He
was supposed to attend a board meeting
for First Pacific.
The denial of his entry also came a
month after former Ombudsman Conchita
Carpio Morales was initially barred from
entering Hong Kong and detained for a
few hours.
In March, Morales and Del Rosario filed
a case against Chinese leader Xi Jinping
to the International Criminal Court for
China’s island-building activities in the
South China Sea.
Del Rosario served as the country’s DFA
secretary from March 2011 to March 2016,
and was First Pacific’s non-executive director
since June 2016. First Pacific has investments
in PLDT, Metro Pacific Investments Corp.,
Meralco, Maynilad, Philex Mining Corp. and
Light Rail Manila Corp.
First Pacific, in the disclosure, said
it expresses its “profound thanks to
Ambassador Del Rosario, who has been
a source of invaluable counsel to the
company during his tenure.”
NAME OPEN HIGH LOW CLOSE VALUE (P)
CITY AND LAND 0.82 0.86 0.82 0.84 264,050
MEGAWORLD 6.15 6.24 6.15 6.2 160,137,661
MRC ALLIED 0.355 0.355 0.345 0.35 5,010,150
PRIMEX CORP 2.22 2.25 2.17 2.24 3,276,150
ROBINSONS LAND 26.1 26.75 26.05 26.5 46,810,180
PHIL REALTY 0.405 0.415 0.405 0.405 93,500
ROCKWELL 2.22 2.22 2.15 2.2 740,650
SHANG PROP 2.97 3.05 2.95 3.05 862,760
STA LUCIA LAND 1.98 1.98 1.95 1.97 405,490
SM PRIME HLDG 38 38.4 37.7 38 461,633,910
STARMALLS 6.44 6.45 6.36 6.45 380,266
SUNTRUST HOME 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 3,000
VISTA LAND 7.13 7.14 7.12 7.14 11,872,563
SERVICES
MEDIA
ABS CBN 17.08 17.28 17.06 17.28 1,110,948
GMA NETWORK 5.39 5.39 5.35 5.39 639,035
MANILA BULLETIN 0.52 0.53 0.51 0.52 91,460
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
GLOBE TELECOM 2,254 2,270 2,214 2,220 92,328,300
PLDT 1,272 1,286 1,268 1,280 65,460,890
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
APOLLO GLOBAL 0.047 0.047 0.045 0.046 414,700
DFNN INC 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 620
IMPERIAL 1.81 2.09 1.81 1.99 407,170
ISLAND INFO 0.116 0.125 0.115 0.119 732,470
ISM COMM 6.84 6.92 6.8 6.81 28,052,574
JACKSTONES 3.05 3.27 3.04 3.18 92,580
NOW CORP 2.7 2.74 2.58 2.6 11,090,700
TRANSPACIFIC BR 0.39 0.395 0.385 0.39 1,516,400
PHILWEB 3.58 3.6 3.45 3.59 5,741,750
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
2GO GROUP 11.18 11.18 11.14 11.14 107,096
ASIAN TERMINALS 21.3 21.3 21.3 21.3 4,260
CHELSEA 8.66 8.85 8.66 8.74 33,859,137
CEBU AIR 89 90.5 89 90.25 10,673,214
INTL CONTAINER 144 146.4 143.6 146.4 233,801,283
LBC EXPRESS 14.9 14.9 14.9 14.9 7,450
LORENZO SHIPPNG 0.81 0.93 0.81 0.89 3,556,690
MACROASIA 18.92 19.26 18.92 19.18 36,842,940
METROALLIANCE A 1.55 1.55 1.55 1.55 26,350
METROALLIANCE B 1.56 1.56 1.56 1.56 15,600
PAL HLDG 9.1 9.35 9.1 9.2 69,895
HARBOR STAR 2.22 2.23 2.2 2.23 2,111,730
HOTEL & LEISURE
BOULEVARD HLDG 0.057 0.058 0.056 0.057 1,963,380
DISCOVERY WORLD 2.05 2.05 2.05 2.05 2,050
GRAND PLAZA 11.3 12.46 11.3 12.46 8,606
WATERFRONT 0.73 0.74 0.72 0.74 2,230,420
EDUCATION
IPEOPLE 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.1 8,080
STI HLDG 0.74 0.75 0.72 0.75 1,485,730
CASINOS & GAMING
BERJAYA 2.73 2.83 2.69 2.75 2,982,260
BLOOMBERRY 11.32 11.78 11.28 11.74 300,341,522
PACIFIC ONLINE 3.12 3.18 3.12 3.12 1,549,130
LEISURE AND RES 3.8 3.88 3.76 3.76 7,218,080
MANILA JOCKEY 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.2 105,400
PH RESORTS GRP 5.3 5.47 5.3 5.46 233,636
PREMIUM LEISURE 0.8 0.81 0.78 0.79 2,288,620
PHIL RACING 8.8 9.49 8.8 9.49 1,829
TRAVELLERS 5.47 5.47 5.42 5.44 2,097,726
RETAIL
METRO RETAIL 2.49 2.5 2.49 2.5 6,539,980
PUREGOLD 44.8 44.95 44.75 44.75 5,874,735
ROBINSONS RTL 75.1 75.25 74.9 75.2 117,753,392.50
PHIL SEVEN CORP 140 140 139.9 140 30,797
SSI GROUP 3.45 3.53 3.45 3.5 10,416,880
WILCON DEPOT 17 17.2 17 17.18 8,283,330
OTHER SERVICES
APC GROUP 0.49 0.51 0.485 0.5 2,205,950
EASYCALL 10.1 10.2 10.06 10.08 431,908
GOLDEN BRIA 406 410 406 410 981,244
IPM HLDG 5.85 5.85 5.85 5.85 58,500
PAXYS 2.93 2.99 2.92 2.92 140,930
PRMIERE HORIZON 0.91 0.92 0.86 0.89 45,343,510
SBS PHIL CORP 9 9 9 9 297,000
MINING & OIL
MINING
ATOK 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 2,500
APEX MINING 1.23 1.23 1.2 1.2 3,328,000
ABRA MINING 0.0018 0.0018 0.0018 0.0018 45,000
ATLAS MINING 2.68 2.68 2.67 2.67 26,710
BENGUET A 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 13,200
COAL ASIA HLDG 0.28 0.285 0.28 0.285 72,850
CENTURY PEAK 2.78 2.78 2.73 2.78 3,937,790
DIZON MINES 7.89 7.9 7.65 7.85 40,787
FERRONICKEL 1.54 1.55 1.52 1.54 35,626,610
GEOGRACE 0.22 0.228 0.219 0.227 28,770
LEPANTO A 0.115 0.115 0.115 0.115 181,700
LEPANTO B 0.12 0.122 0.12 0.122 182,980
MARCVENTURES 1.05 1.3 1.04 1.27 160,610,900
NIHAO 1.02 1.02 0.99 1.01 81,270
NICKEL ASIA 2.35 2.35 2.27 2.32 5,108,290
OMICO CORP 0.54 0.56 0.54 0.56 24,160
ORNTL PENINSULA 0.86 0.9 0.86 0.89 76,180
PX MINING 3.5 3.55 3.5 3.54 832,910
SEMIRARA MINING 23.7 23.75 23.2 23.7 23,847,910
UNITED PARAGON 0.0063 0.0063 0.0063 0.0063 37,800
OIL
ORNTL PETROL A 0.012 0.013 0.012 0.012 44,500
PHILODRILL 0.011 0.011 0.01 0.011 94,400
PHINMA PETRO 4.61 4.7 4.55 4.68 430,510
PXP ENERGY 7.36 7.63 7.34 7.52 2,911,274
PREFERRED
HOUSE PREF A 96.9 96.9 96.9 96.9 2,907
AC PREF B2 495 495 490 490 49,250
ALCO PREF C 100 100 100 100 50,000
DD PREF 98.5 99 98.5 99 1,005,790
FGEN PREF G 107.5 107.5 107 107 1,619,200
GLO PREF P 480 480 479 479 968,530
LR PREF 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.98 16,660
MWIDE PREF 102.5 102.5 102.5 102.5 1,025
PNX PREF 3A 100 100 100 100 15,000
PCOR PREF 2A 995 995 995 995 1,124,350
PCOR PREF 3A 1,000 1,010 1,000 1,010 2,199,800
PCOR PREF 3B 1,006 1,006 1,004 1,004 573,040
SFI PREF 1.36 1.36 1.36 1.36 1,360
SMC PREF 2C 76.5 76.8 76.1 76.1 1,063,453
SMC PREF 2D 72.6 72.6 72.6 72.6 13,068
SMC PREF 2E 72.3 73 72.3 73 98,370
SMC PREF 2F 73.75 74.95 73.75 74.95 1,185,706.50
SMC PREF 2H 73.65 73.8 73.65 73.8 340,888
SMC PREF 2I 72.95 73.7 72.95 73.7 2,537,860
PHIL. DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS
ABS HLDG PDR 16.8 17 16.72 16.8 3,118,566
GMA HLDG PDR 5.35 5.49 5.35 5.45 139,514
WARRANTS
LR WARRANT 1.88 1.93 1.86 1.9 306,960
SMALL, MEDIUM & EMERGING
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EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
FIRST METRO ETF 120.4 121 119.5 121 1,837,847

Thursday, 4 July 2019
Daily Tribune
BUSINESS B11
Clark hotel taps AboitizPower’s Cleanergy
There are a lot of energy companies in the Philippines, so we
are really honored to be the preferred partner of Widus in its
journey toward sustainability
Widus International Leisure Inc.
(WILI), owner operator of a premier
leisure destination at Clark Freeport
Zone in Pampanga, has partnered with
Cleanergy, the AboitizPower brand for
clean and renewable energy supply at
the Widus complex.
“As a thriving metropolis, Clark is
teeming with exciting activities and
places of interest. Since it opened in
2008, Widus has become a leading
destination for its
topnotch
facilities and world-class entertainment
offerings. But apart from being
known for our signature warmth
and hospitality, we are proud to be a
company that values sustainability,”
Neki Liwanag, WILI assistant vice
president for corporate planning and
compliance, said.
The partnership was established
in 2018 when WILI made the switch
to Cleanergy by signing up with
AboitizPower for its 1.5-megawatt
energy requirement that has since
increased to 2.5 MW.
The supply is
sourced from one of AboitizPower’s
renewable plants, the MakBan
Geothermal Power Plant that spans
across the provinces of Batangas and
Laguna.
Liwanag also said that efforts for
Widus to be more sustainable are
in line with the vision for the Clark
Freeport Zone to become a modern
and premier estate that boasts of
industrial, commercial and tourist
facilities.
“With the rapid development of
Clark, we, as a locator, must continue
to meet the changing demands of our
market. We also want for Widus to
remain competitive and we believe
going renewable and having a
dependable partner can do
just that,” Liwanag said.
WILI signed a power
supply agreement with AboitizPower
under the Retail Competition and
Open Access scheme, which allows
businesses and institutions with a
monthly average peak demand of 750
kilowatts to source their energy supply
from a retail electricity supplier.
The partnership was established
in 2018 when WILI made the
switch to Cleanergy by signing up
with AboitizPower for its 1.5-MW
energy requirement that has since
increased to 2.5 MW.
In the retail electricity market,
customers are given the opportunity
to choose the supplier and rate that
will allow for savings and security
against market volatility.
Emmanuel Rubio, AboitizPower CEO,
said it is an honor for AboitizPower to
be the renewable energy partner of
WILI.
“There are a lot of energy
companies in the Philippines, so we
are really honored to be the preferred
partner of Widus in its journey toward
sustainability. With AboitizPower’s
proven track record in the industry,
as well as adequate capacity of
Cleanergy, we are confident that we
will be able to support the current
and future energy needs of Widus,”
Rubio said.
ABOITIZPOWER through its Cleanergy brand will be the power supplier of Widus International Leisure Inc. in Clark Freeport Zone.
Globe e-commerce workshop for Lazada sellers
Online sellers must represent their brand in social
media by having good photos of their products
Online selling in the
Philippines is rapidly growing,
revolutionizing the retail sector.
But there is more to it than
making a sale as top sellers
and budding entrepreneurs of
Lazada, the number one online
shopping and selling destination
in Southeast Asia, have come to
realize.
You have to remember that
your photos will represent
your product. You need to
find the angles, backgrounds
and mixing and matching
of the products to make it
more appealing.
Over a hundred top sellers
from the Lazclub, an exclusive
community of top Lazada
online sellers, were invited by
Globe Telecom’s micro, small,
and medium enterprise arm
Globe myBusiness, to eVolution,
a whole-day workshop filled
with talks and masterclasses
designed to help sellers grow
their business. From branding
to finance, those invited were
provided with never before access
to experts in their field — from
PCC greenlights
power joint
venture
The Philippine Competition
Commission (PCC) has approved the
proposed joint venture to develop a
power distribution system at the New
Clark City between Bases Conversion
and Development Authority (BCDA)
and the consortium of Manila
Electric Co. (Meralco) and its
Japanese partners.
The PCC said Wednesday the
projected joint venture will not
“likely result in a substantial
lessening of competition in the retail
electricity supply market within New
Clark City.”
The anti-trust watchdog also said
it will not affect the distribution
utility market of generated electricity
through a supply agreement in the
Luzon and Visayas grids.
The state-owned BCDA and the
Meralco-Marubeni consortium’s joint
venture company will allocate power
to the host of locators and facilities
in New Clark City for 25 years.
The consortium, comprised
of Meralco, Japanese partners
Marubeni Corp., The Kansai Electric
Power Co. Inc. and CHUBU Electric
Power Co. Inc., will own 90 percent
of the equity stake in the joint
venture company while BCDA will
hold the remaining 10 percent.
how to photograph products
for social media to filling out
accounting books.
“Entrepreneurs are always
looking for ways to get things
done more efficiently and to
grow their business. That is
why Globe myBusiness makes
it a goal to expose SME to the
best operations, finance, and
marketing practices for them
to excel and flourish As their
trusted partner, we also want
to equip businesses with the
right technology to make them
future-ready,” said Mary Gaile
Guevarra, head of marketing
services of Globe MyBusiness.
It is currently estimated
that expected revenue for
e-commerce in the Philippines
will reach around $10 billion by
2025, thus, the need for online
stores to be prepared digitally.
Sonny del Rosario, president
and training director of LifeQuest
Training and Consultancy
Corporation, one of the speakers
at the event, pointed out that
while some sellers are content
with simply peddling products
at a marked-up price or breaking
even, there is more to having a
By AJ Bajo
The Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) issued a cease and desist order against
Mindanao-based Alabel-Maasim Small Scale Mining
Cooperative (ALMAMICO) and Alabel-Maasim
Credit Cooperative (ALAMCCO) for offering and
selling investments to the public without the
necessary license.
In the order issued by the commission en banc on
4 June, the SEC directed ALMAMICO and ALAMCCO
to stop selling securities in the form of investment
contracts to the public, as they lack the license from
the commission to do so, constituting a violation of
Section 8.1 of Republic Act 8799, or the Securities
Regulation Code.
“The scheme satisfies the elements of an investment
contract, as follows: there is a placement of money; 2)
the money invested is placed in a common enterprise; 3)
there is an expectation of profits; 4) the expected profits
are generated from the entrepreneurial and managerial
efforts of others,” the SEC said.
The SEC added that ALMAMICO and ALAMCCO’s
operations also constitutes a Ponzi scheme, as it
invites members to invest certain amounts in
exchange for an unrealistic monthly return, which
in the said company’s case is 35 percent.
Under a Ponzi scheme, the pay-out for existing
successful business than just
earning money.
In order to be financially
sound, he said business owners
must have an accountant and
keep their own records to be
always aware about how the
business is doing. “You need
to have reasonably accurate
financial records. Keep track
of transactions, cash flows, and
assets. If you have good financial
records, you develop good
management habits. Your own
records serve as a framework
to examine the affairs of your
business through a financial
lens,” he said.
Keith Dador, professional
photographer at Catnip Studios,
on the other hand said, online
sellers must represent their brand
in social media by having good
photos of their products. “You have
to remember that your photos will
represent your product. You need
to find the angles, backgrounds
and mixing and matching of
the products to make it more
appealing. You can do something
really simple, as long as it would
work well for you.”
Other experts who shared their
knowledge to the entrepreneurs
are: Frankie Torres of Ellana
Mineral Cosmetics, Bianca
Natola of Get Social Digital
Inc., Ria Salvana of Unilever
Philippines and Willy Arcilla,
Branding Consultant for SME
and the Department of Trade
and Industry.
SEC serves CDO vs Mindanao firm
The SEC said that the cooperators
and directors of ALAMCCO, which
is registered with the Cooperative
Development Authority, also serve as the
incorporators of ALMAMICO
GLOBE Telecom’s MSME whole day seminar is designed to help sellers
further develop their business.
members is sourced from the funds contributed by
newly-recruited investors.
Hence, the regulator said ALMAMICO and
ALAMCCO’s selling of securities “should be
immediately restrained to prevent any further grave
injury or prejudice to the investing public.”
The SEC said its Enforcement and Investor Protection
Department came up with substantial evidence that
ALMAMICO and ALAMCCO sells securities online
when they “indiscriminately or randomly” promoted the
investment schemes in videos posted online.
ALMAMICO and ALAMCCO are also being ordered to
stop promoting its investment scheme online and remove
or delete the promotional videos posted on the internet.
ALMAMICO and ALAMCCO largely operate in
Sarangani, General Santos City and Koronadal
City. An active Facebook page under the name
“Almamico Cooperative” has garnered over 32,500
likes and more than 32,800 followers to date.
In one-page post, ALMAMICO encouraged
online users to invest a minimum of P10,000 to
a high of P500,000.
The SEC said that the cooperators and directors
of ALAMCCO, which is registered with the
Cooperative Development Authority, also serve as
the incorporators of ALMAMICO, which is registered
as a stock corporation. The entities share the same
principal office address in Alabel, Sarangani.
The SEC in June filed a criminal complaint
against KAPA-Community Ministry International
for the same investment scheme.
The commission also bared plans to go after
other five entities for violating the code, namely
ALMAMICO/ALAMCCO, Organic Agribusiness
Ventures, Ada Farm and Agri Ventures, Rigen
Marketing and Ever Arm Any Marketing.
App allows users
to invest in U.S. stocks
US-based financial and
technology company Abra has
introduced a new feature in
its mobile application allowing
users in the Philippines to invest
in fractional shares in US stocks
for as low as $5 per investment
using bitcoin.
Abra which operates in 150
countries has 600,000 users,
of which 20 percent or 100,000
are registered users from the
Philippines, making the country
its second largest market next
to US, said Bill Barhydt, Abra
founder and chief executive
officer.
Abra said it makes investing
in US stocks affordable for
everyone with a fractionalized
investment model with a $5
minimum per investment. Just
as investors can own a fraction
of a bitcoin, they can now
use Abra to own fractions of
high-priced stocks and ETF. As a
special launch promotion, Abra
will be offering zero trading fees
for the rest of 2019 on stock and
ETF investments.
With the new feature, global
investors outside the US can now
BRIEFS
fractionally invest in more than 50
stock and ETF products, including
popular issues like Tesla, Uber,
Apple, Amazon, Google, Netflix
and Berkshire Hathaway.
Abra is a non-custodial
platform unlike crypto exchanges
or wallets that operate like
traditional banks. This means
the funds are stored on the
Bitcoin blockchain, making the
transactions more secure
and private than centralized
databases used by most crypto
exchanges and wallets.
Abra said it is backed up
by American Express Ventures,
First Round Capital, Foxconn
Technology Group, Arbor
Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, RRE
Ventures, Silver 8 Capital and
many others.
Barhydt expects the users in
the Philippines to double soon.
The company started operation
in the Philippines in 2016.
Abra uses crypto-collateralized
contracts in order to give investors
exposure to traditional stocks
and ETFs as well as synthetic
cryptocurrencies outside of the
US.
ICTSI Lae donates another police station
International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) has
kept its commitment towards advancing the peace and order
situation in Papua New Guinea after recently breaking ground
for another police station in Omili, a suburb of Lae City in
Morobe province.
Through ICTSI’s wholly-owned subsidiary ICTSI South Pacific
Ltd. and social responsibility arm ICTSI Foundation, the soon-to-rise
PGK505,000 ($149,000) police facility will have separate cell
blocks for men, women and juveniles, an ablution block, offices
fully furnished with desks, chairs, computers, ceiling fans and
a wall mounted TV. A women’s desk will likewise be put up to
encourage female victims to seek assistance and file complaints.
Eyeing not only the development of high-performing
maritime logistics facilities, but also the development of its
host communities, ICTSI’s latest commitment in Omili follows
through its earlier donation of a police facility in Malahang, also
in Lae, last February 2019.
PNG’s Lae gets new police station. Hon. John Rosso, MP for Open Lae
and Papua New Guinea Minister for Lands and Physical Planning (third
from left) and Filipina Laurena, ICTSI Foundation deputy executive
Director (fourth from left), led the groundbreaking and time-capsule
burying for the construction of a new PGK505,000 police station at
the Omili suburb in the Kamkumung area, Lae City.

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INDEX SUMMARY
INDEX VALUE CHANGE % CHANGE
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All Shares 4,939.63 -2.08 -0.04 ▼
Financials 1,721.11 -6.70 -0.39 ▼
Industrial 11,921.16 79.09 0.67 ▲
Holding Firms 7,814.47 -3.30 -0.04 ▼
Services 1,698.67 -15.86 -0.93 ▼
Mining and Oil 7,566.59 123.54 -1.61 ▼
Property 4,352.00 9.53 0.22 ▲
B12 BUSINESS
Thursday, 4 July 2019
Daily Tribune
Moving forward with an independent BSP
The independence of the BSP was likewise essential in establishing
the stability of the financial system and providing for a more conducive
environment for both financial intermediation and robust economic activity
By Diwa C. Guinigundo
One of the significant reforms instituted in the
1990s was the passage into law of Republic Act
7653, also known as the New Central Bank Act,
on 10 June 1993. Under this Act, the Philippine
government restructured and recapitalized
the central bank. Fundamental changes were
undertaken, including the adoption of a new
charter and the renaming of the Central Bank
of the Philippines to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
(BSP). Consistent with modern central banking,
the New Central Bank Act established price
stability as the overriding objective of the BSP. 2
An important provision of the new central
bank act was the granting of fiscal and
administrative authority to the BSP. Central
bank independence, in its broadest sense,
implies the independence of the central bank to
define its objectives and policy tools, sans the
influence of the government or an institution
of authority.
Nonetheless, the importance attached to
central bank independence did not gain
ground until the 1970s. The stagflation
experienced during this decade led to
a change in view that governments
must have control not only over fiscal
but also monetary policy. Cukierman
(2006) 3 reasoned that in the absence
of independence, accountability was
unnecessary and, as political entities,
governments and ministries
of finance have
no incentives
to improve
transparency on
the conduct of
monetary policy.
In the midto-the
late
GUINIGUNDO
1960s, the Marcos administration engaged in heavy
deficit spending with the government floating
bonds in substantial volumes for infrastructure
projects. 4 By 1969, the country had to grapple
with the twin problem of fiscal deficit and chronic
balance of payments deficit. The government
sector was massively borrowing from the monetary
system, particularly the central bank, to finance
its expenditures.
In other words, the fiscal challenge was
partially addressed by an accommodative monetary
policy. On hindsight, this was to be expected
from a non-independent central bank and an
extraordinarily strong political leadership. The
CBP was not an independent institution. This was
evident in the composition
of its Monetary Board.
Representatives of
key government
offices constituted
the majority
and with the
exception of
the Governor, all were part-time members of the
Monetary Board. Thus, the requirements of the
National Government in terms of fiscal stimulus
took precedence over the equally important need
of the economy for a sound monetary policy.
An important provision of the new central
bank act was the granting of fiscal and
administrative authority to the BSP.
Argentina, likewise, provides a case in point.
Its national government tried to subvert the
independence of the Central Bank of Argentina. In
2010, Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de
Kirchner and Central Bank of Argentina Governor
Martin Redrado had a standoff over the plan of
the government to use $6.5 billion of reserves
to pay the country’s mounting debt. Governor
Redrado adamantly rejected the plan, invoking the
independence of the central bank. However, under
mounting political pressure, Governor Redrado
eventually resigned. The national government
proceeded to ignore the independence of the
Central Bank of Argentina and used its reserves
to finance public spending.
In 2016, former president de Kirchner was
charged with fraudulent administration through
her manipulation of the central bank’s foreign
exchange operation which substantially damaged
the country’s finances. Also charged were her
former economic minister, the governor of the
Central Bank of Argentina who succeeded
Redrado, and the members of the central bank’s
board. Today, Redrado appears to be more than
vindicated given that Argentina continues to
struggle with worsening economic recession
compounded by soaring inflation rates.
Central banks were granted
independence and the
attainment of price stability
became their primary
mandate. Thus, one can
say that the enactment of
the New Central Bank Act
of 1993 actualized the
stipulation of the 1987
Constitution for an
independent central monetary authority. The
BSP Charter formally established the BSP as an
independent central bank. Price stability became
its overarching and primary responsibility.
Private sector representatives constituted
the majority of the Monetary Board and full
instrument independence was accorded to the
monetary authority. 5
Subsequent amendments in 2019 further
strengthened the independence of the central
bank. The increase in BSP’s authorized
capitalization, to be funded by its own declared
dividends, would help ensure that it would not
be dependent on the National Government and
Congress for recapitalization.
The need for central bank independence has
very strong empirical support. Empirical studies
have shown that economies with independent
central banks have experienced lower and more
stable inflation. This has been evident in the case
of the Philippines. 6 Central bank independence
granted the BSP a wider latitude in the pursuit
of its primary mandate of price stability. This,
in turn, has resulted in relatively low and stable
inflation. The independence of the BSP was
likewise essential in establishing the stability
of the financial system and providing for a
more conducive environment for both financial
intermediation and robust economic activity.
2. Other important provisions in RA 7653
included the constitution of a new Monetary
Board (MB) and the transfer of certain assets and
liabilities from the old Central Bank to the BSP. This
was completed on 20 December 1993. Additional
measures were put in place to enhance the
efficiency of and maintain stability in the financial
system including the relaxation of rules governing
the establishment of automated tellering machines
(ATM); reduction in the reserve requirement on
banks’ deposit and deposit substitute liabilities by
an aggregate of three percentage points; lowering
of the liquidity floor requirement on government
deposits/funds with government depository banks
from 75 percent to 50 percent to provide banks
with greater loanable funds for production and
investment as well as to reduce intermediation
costs of banks; and the continued relaxation of
rules and regulations governing the establishment
and relocation/voluntary closure of branches and
other banking offices of commercial and thrift
banks (BSP Annual Report, 1993).
3. Cukierman, A. (2006). Central Bank Independence
and Monetary Policymaking Institutions — Past Present
and Future, Central Bank of Chile, Working Paper 360.
4. Paderanga Jr., C. (2013), “Macroeconomic Policy
Regimes in the Philippines,” Paper presented at the
BSP-UP Centennial Professor of Money and Banking,
29 November.
5. While the 1949 Charter filled up the Monetary
Board with public officials starting with the Finance
Secretary who once headed it, subsequent amendments
(PD 72 and PD 1771) and legislations (RA 7653, RA
11211) assigned and continued, respectively, the
chairmanship of the Monetary Board to the Governor
of the BSP. This is of singular, critical and strategic
importance to the effective discharge of independent
monetary policy. This was further strengthened with
the charter provision to appoint the majority of the
Members of the Monetary Board as full-time members.
6. For instance, Cukierman, Webb and Neyapti,
1992; Alesina and Summers, 1993; Eijffinger and
Schaling, 1998; de Haan and Kooi, 2000.
Metrobank secures P11.25B from bond sale
The bank has earmarked P4 billion for capital expenditures this
year alone, half of which will go to information technology as it
ramps up digital transformation
By AJ Bajo
Ty-led Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co.
(Metrobank) raised P11.25 billion from its
public offer of two-year peso bonds, which
will fund its lending activities and diversify
its funding sources.
The oversubscribed bonds carry a
coupon rate of 5.5 percent to be paid
quarterly, and were issued and listed on
the Philippine Dealing Exchange on 3 July.
The offer is the fourth tranche out
of Metrobank’s P100-billion bond and
commercial paper program approved
by the lender’s board of directors in
September 2018. The lender will time
its fund-raising activity in keeping with
market conditions.
“To accommodate robust demand from
institutional, high net worth and retail
clients, Metrobank’s initial target of P5
billion was upsized to P11.25 billion,” the
country’s second largest bank in terms
of assets said in a disclosure to the stock
exchange.
Metrobank said it has raised an
aggregate amount of P56.75 billion peso
bonds since November last year.
Metrobank’s first quarter net income
rose 15 percent to P6.8 billion from P5.9
billion in the same period last year owing
to loan growth and margin expansion.
The lender’s consolidated assets have
reached an all-time high on March at P2.3
trillion, with equity of P289 billion.
Its shares were sold for P71.50 apiece
as of Wednesday, down 1.24 percent.
On Tuesday, Metrobank also launched
a new campaign underlining technological
innovation and financial literacy targeted
towards a “purpose-driven” market.
The country’s second largest lender
in terms of asset said the campaign aims
for clients of all demographic to “save,
manage, invest, upgrade and grow” with
the bank.
“The way that we can step up our
‘you’re in good hands’ promise is to express
the way we would like to deliver banking
in the future for these purpose-driven
go-getters,” Metrobank chief marketing
officer Digs Dimagiba said during the
campaign launch at the Bonifacio Global
City on 2 July.
The bank has earmarked P4
billion for capital expenditures
this year alone, half of
which will go to information
technology as it ramps up digital
transformation.
He said the campaign is also
directed towards improving the bank’s
electronic services in line with the
rising number of users preferring to
transact online.
Dimagiba said one in three customers
prefer to do their bank transactions
digitally, with the number seen to grow
at a double-digit annual rate.
A SIGN of JPMorgan Chase Bank is seen in front of the headquarters tower in Manhattan, New York, the United States. The Chinese market
will soon witness the first joint venture firm where a foreign company will take an absolute controlling stake as part of the deeper opening
up of the country's financial sector.
CHINA DAILY
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas in its
latest State of Financial Inclusion in the
Philippines reported that the number of
deposit accounts in the country rose 6.8
percent to 57.1 million in 2017 from 53.5
million in 2016.
Alongside the accelerating number of
banked Filipinos, Dimagiba said there is
still work to be done to expand the number
of the financially literate.
A 2014 report by World Bank indicated
that only 25 percent of Filipino adults
were literate in basic finance, far from
the global average of 33 percent.
In line with the goal, Metrobank will
launch a website by the end of July or
early August, dubbed ‘Earnest,’ which
will feature user-friendly content on
a broad range of financial lessons.
The lender will also be launching a
new range of co-branded debit cards
(Mastercard) tailored-fit to clients of
different lifestyles.
The bank has earmarked P4 billion for
capital expenditures this year alone, half
of which will go to information technology
as it ramps up digital transformation.
Metrobank registered a 15 percent
increase in net income in the first three
months of the year, to P6.8 billion from
P5.9 billion in the same period of 2018 on
the back of consistent loan growth and
margin expansion.

Thursday, 4 July 2019
Daily Tribune
WORLD
B13
WHAT HE CAN’T SAY TO XI
Trudeau banks on
Trump help
Relations deteriorated between China
and Canada following the December
arrest in Vancouver of Meng Wanzhou, a
top official in China’s telecom
giant Huawei
TORONTO, Canada — Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau
said Tuesday that he was
“confident” US President
Donald Trump brought up
Canadians held by Beijing
during talks with China’s
Xi Jinping.
Relations deteriorated between China
and Canada following the December
arrest in Vancouver of Meng Wanzhou,
a top official in China’s telecom giant
Huawei, who is wanted by the United
States for allegedly circumventing
sanctions on Iran.
Trudeau ‘confident’ that Trump
backed Canada in China G20
talks.
Since then, Chinese authorities have
arrested two Canadians on
suspicion of espionage and
blocked imports of Canadian
agricultural products, moves
Beijing says are unrelated to the
Huawei case.
Trudeau said he’d spoken to
Xi about the detained Canadians
— ex-diplomat Michael Kovrig
and consultant Michael Spavor
— during brief, informal exchanges
on the sidelines of the G20 summit in
Osaka, Japan last week.
Ahead of the summit, Trudeau
asked Trump to raise the issue of the
detained Canadians with the Chinese
leader when they met at the summit.
Trump reportedly said that he would do
what he could.
“I’m confident the Americans
brought up the issue, President Trump
brought up the issue, of the detained
Canadians in China,” said Trudeau,
speaking at a joint news conference
with visiting Ukranian President
Volodymyr Zelensky.
“This is an issue we take extremely
seriously,” said Trudeau, adding that he
has had many conversations with Xi “on
this and the larger issue of Canada and
China relations.”
Trudeau said that Canada is “pleased
that so many countries around the
world, allies, friends, others have
highlighted to China that the situation
that these Canadians find themselves in
is unacceptable.”
Zelensky, who took office in May, is
on his first visit to North America and is
in Toronto to participate in a conference
on reforms in his country. AFP
CANADIAN Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reacts to a comment from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy (not pictured) before a dinner
during the Ukraine Reform Conference in Toronto on Tuesday.
AP
Airstrike kills 40 migrants in Tripoli
The airstrike targeting the detention center in Tripoli’s
Tajoura neighborhood also wounded 80 migrants
BENGHAZI, Libya — An airstrike hit
a detention center for migrants early
Wednesday in the Libyan capital, killing
at least 40 people, a health official in
the country’s UN-supported government
said.
The airstrike targeting the detention
center in Tripoli’s Tajoura neighborhood
also wounded 80 migrants, said Malek
Merset, a spokesman for the health
ministry. Merset posted photos of
migrants who were being taken in
ambulances to hospitals.
Footage circulating online and said
to be from inside the migrant detention
center showed horrific images of blood
and body parts mixed with rubble and
migrants’ belongings.
The UN refugee agency in Libya
condemned the airstrike on the
detention center, which houses 616
migrants and refugees.
The Tripoli-based government blamed
the self-styled Libyan National Army,
led by Khalifa Hifter, for the airstrike
and called for the UN support mission
in Libya to establish a fact-finding
committee to investigate.
A spokesman for Hifter forces did
not immediately answer phone calls
and messages seeking comment. Local
media reported that LNA had launched
airstrikes against a militia camp near
the detention center.
Gharyan had been a key supply
route for the LNA forces.
The LNA launched an offensive
against the weak Tripoli-based
government in April. Hifter’s forces
control much of the country’s east and
south but were dealt a significant blow
last week when militias allied with
the Tripoli government reclaimed the
strategic town of Gharyan, about 100
kilometers (62 miles) from the capital.
Gharyan had been a key supply route
for the LNA forces.
The fighting for Tripoli has threatened
to plunge Libya into another bout of
violence on the scale of the 2011 conflict
that ousted longtime dictator Moammar
Gadhafi and led to his death.
At least 6,000 migrants from
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan and
other nations are locked in dozens of
detention facilities in Libya that are
run by militias accused of torture and
other human rights abuses. Most of
the migrants were apprehended by
European Union-funded and -trained
Libyan coast guards while trying to cross
the Mediterranean Sea into Europe.
The detention centers have limited
food and other supplies for the migrants,
who made often-arduous journeys at the
mercy of abusive traffickers who hold
them for ransom money from families
back home.
The UN refugee agency has said that
more than 3,000 migrants are in danger
because they are held in detention
centers close to the front lines between
Hifter’s forces and the militias allied
with the Tripoli government.
Libya became a major crossing point
for migrants to Europe after the 2011
ouster and killing of Gadhafi, when the
North African nation was thrown into
chaos, armed militias proliferated and
central authority fell apart. AP
New hopes amid
trade war truce
Constructive trade and economic relations between the
US and China, as the two largest global economies, will
have certainly an affirmative advantage to the global
economy
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Positive trade and economic relations between
China and the United States would have an affirmative advantage to global
economic stability, an Ethiopian scholar said on Tuesday.
“Constructive trade and economic relations between the US and China,
as the two largest global economies, will have certainly an affirmative
advantage to the global economy,” Costantinos Bt. Costantinos, who served
as an economic advisor to the African Union (AU) and the UN Economic
Commission for Africa (ECA), told Xinhua on Tuesday.
The latest positive developments between China and the US to restart
economic and trade consultations “is good news to the global trade in
general, and investors who were concerned by recent tariff standoff,” he
said.
China and the United States agreed on the sidelines of the G20 summit
in Osaka, Japan, to restart economic and trade consultations on the basis
of equality and mutual respect, after trade frictions since last year.
Costantinos, also professor of public policy at the Addis Ababa
University in Ethiopia, also emphasized the vital imperative to sustain the
multilateralism platform as a positive impetus to global economic stability.
The scholar also stressed the need to rule out actions and policies that
bear the notion of protectionism, saying it “will restrain international
trade in favor of protecting local businesses and jobs from foreign
competition.”
XINHUA
Guaido junks Venezuela talks
Maduro said he was sure
that talks would yield an
agreement this year
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s
opposition leader Juan Guaido said
Tuesday there were no plans to re-open
talks with the “murderous dictatorship”
of President Nicolas Maduro, following
the death of an officer in custody over an
alleged coup plot.
“For democrats, there is never a time
to negotiate with hostage-takers, human
rights abusers, or with a dictatorship,”
Guaido said. “We are facing a deadly
dictatorship.”
He told reporters that if fresh
talks aimed at “facilitating the
cessation of the usurpation”
of Maduro was
announced, “we
will officially
communicate.”
Guaido, who has been recognized
by more than 50 countries as interim
president, was speaking as lawmakers
of the opposition-controlled National
Assembly met to discuss the suspicious
death of retired naval officer Rafael
Acosta Arevalo.
In contrast to Guaido’s remarks,
Maduro said he was “sure” that talks
would yield an agreement this year.
“We are going to achieve a great
agreement” in 2019, Maduro said, speaking
at a political event.
“I am sure, I have absolute certainty,”
he said, promising that “there will be good
news in the weeks to come.”
Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge
Arreaza said that the government was
“waiting for the opposition to resume
meetings in Norway.”
Representatives of Guaido and Maduro
met face-to-face in Oslo early last month as
part of talks mediated by Norway aimed at
resolving the country’s political deadlock.
Acosta’s death Sunday sparked
international condemnation.
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said
Monday she was “shocked” by the death,
adding weight to claims by the United
States and the opposition that he may
have been tortured.
He was one of several people being
held over alleged involvement
in what the government
described as a failed
coup. AFP
A RESCUER holds a damaged book as people gather outside Tajoura Detention Center
after an airstrike killed nearly 40, east of Tripoli early Wednesday.
AFP
MARTIN Cohen of the US watches the total solar eclipse with binoculars using protective solar filters from El Molle, Chile, along with tens
of thousands of tourists on Tuesday.
AFP

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Daily Tribune
REACTOR ONBOARD?
Russian nuke sub explodes
Russian media reports have said it was a secretive
nuclear-powered mini-submarine
OSLO, Norway — Norway’s radiation
authority said Tuesday that Moscow
informed it there had been a gas explosion
onboard a Russian sub on which a fire
killed 14 crew — a claim Moscow strongly
denied.
Moscow has revealed little about the
incident or the vessel, claiming it was deep
-water research submersible, but Russian
media reports have said it was a secretive
nuclear-powered mini-submarine.
“There has been a gas explosion,
confirmed by the Russian authorities,” Per
Strand, director of the Norwegian Radiation
Protection Authority (NRPA), told AFP.
“We are waiting for information from the
Russian side about whether there
was a reactor onboard the
submarine,” he told AFP, adding that NRPA
had not noticed an increase in radiation
levels.
Russia’s defense ministry quickly denied
the claim.
“There were no notifications sent to
the Norwegian side regarding the Russian
science research deep water apparatus,”
the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry earlier said that 14 Russian
seaman were killed on Monday by inhaling
poisonous fumes after a fire broke out on
a submersible studying sea floor terrain
in the far north.
However the Novaya Gazeta newspaper
cited sources as saying that the accident
took place on a nuclear mini-submarine
AS-12, also known as Losharik, which is
capable of going to extreme depths.
Little is known about the AS-12, which
was launched in 2003 and is designated
for research, rescue and special
military operations.
Of the 14 victims, seven
were the highest rank
given out in the
Russian navy,
suggesting
that it was
not an
ordinary
assignment. It is unknown how many were
on board the sub.
Moscow has revealed little about
the incident or the vessel, claiming
it was deep-water research
submersible.
The fire was put out and the vessel is
now at a military base in the northern city
of Severomorsk which is located on the
Kola Peninsula above the Arctic Circle.
President Vladimir Putin ordered a
full investigation to find what caused the
“tragedy.”
AFP
RUSSIAN submarine fires are not uncommon, like this decommissioned nuclear submarine in the Arctic base of Severomorsk at the Kola Peninsula.
More pressure on Iran
We urge Iran to reverse this step and to refrain from
further measures that undermine the nuclear deal
BRUSSELS, Belgium — The diplomatic
chiefs of the European Union (EU),
France, Germany and Britain said
Tuesday they were “extremely concerned”
and urged Iran to reverse its decision
to breach a limit on enriched uranium
reserves under a 2015 nuclear deal.
“We urge Iran to reverse this step
and to refrain from further measures
that undermine the nuclear deal,”
said the joint statement signed by EU
diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini
and the three countries’ foreign
ministers — France’s Jean-Yves Le
Drian, Germany’s Heiko Maas and
Britain’s Jeremy Hunt.
Tehran said Monday that it had made
good on its warning that it would breach
the limit in response to Washington
abandoning the nuclear deal last year
and hitting Iran’s crucial oil exports
and financial transactions with biting
sanctions.
Iran, which has sought to pressure
the remaining parties to save the deal,
THE People’s Liberation Army garrison in the Hong Kong holds exercises for ground, naval
and aerial forces.
GLOBAL TIMES
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announced on 8 May that it would
no longer respect the limit set on its
enriched uranium and heavy water
stockpiles.
It threatened to abandon further
nuclear commitments unless the deal’s
remaining partners — Britain, China,
France, Germany and Russia — helped
it circumvent sanctions, especially to
sell its oil.
“We have been consistent and clear
that our commitment to the nuclear deal
depends on full compliance by Iran,” said
the joint statement on Tuesday.
“We regret this decision by Iran,
which calls into question an essential
instrument of nuclear nonproliferation.”
It added that the group was “urgently
considering next steps under the terms”
of the deal, which saw Iran commit to
never acquiring an atomic bomb, accept
drastic limits on its nuclear program and
submit to IAEA inspections in exchange
for a partial lifting of international
sanctions.
AFP
Case Law
By VICTOR C. AVECILLA
People v. Maderazo
G.R. No. 235348, December 10, 2018 / Third Division / Peralta, J.
Constitutional Law; Search Warrants; Probable Cause. — Probable
cause means the existence of such facts and circumstances which would
lead a reasonably discreet and prudent man to believe that an offense has
been committed and that the objects sought in connection with the offense
are in the place to be searched. Absent personal knowledge by the applicant
or his witnesses of the facts, data or information upon which the issuance
of a search warrant may be justified, the warrant is deemed not based on
probable cause and is a nullity, its issuance being, in legal contemplation,
arbitrary. (VOLUME 2, NUMBER 128)
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CHINESE soldiers train on the Binzhou frigate, the commanding ship of China’s 29th naval
escort fleet for anti-piracy missions in the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters. The training
included shooting practice and abseiling from a helicopter.
CHINA NEWS SERVICE
Navy SEAL acquitted
of killing Iraqi teener
Edward Gallagher, 40, was likewise acquitted of two
counts of attempted murder against Iraqi civilians
LOS ANGELES, California — A decorated
US Navy SEAL was found not guilty Tuesday
of murdering a captive teenage militant
in Iraq, the most serious of the charges
brought against him during a two-week
war crimes trial in San Diego.
Edward Gallagher, 40, was likewise
acquitted of two counts of attempted murder
against Iraqi civilians, but was convicted of
posing for a photograph beside the corpse of
the captive Islamic State (IS) group fighter.
The maximum sentence he could face
is four months imprisonment, meaning
he is set to walk free following Tuesday’s
verdict on account of the nine months he
has already served in pre-trial confinement.
The jury found Gallagher “not guilty of
murder, not guilty of stabbing, not guilty of
shooting, not guilty of all those things, they
found him guilty of taking a photograph,”
Timothy Parlatore, one of Gallagher’s
attorney’s, told journalists outside the
courthouse.
The prosecution’s case was dealt a major
blow when a witness said that it was he,
not Gallagher, who had put an end to the
captive IS militant’s life.
Corey Scott, a first class petty officer,
testified that while he had seen Gallagher
stab the wounded fighter in the neck in
May 2017, he had killed the boy afterwards.
He testified that he covered the victim’s
breathing tube with his thumb and then
watched him die.
Scott said he did so to spare the boy
— who prosecutors say was about 15 years
old — from suffering or being tortured by
Iraqi forces.
Scott, who was given immunity
from prosecution, acknowledged during
questioning that he made the revelation
to spare Gallagher, who is married and has
children, from going to prison.
Prosecutors argued Scott’s version of
events was a fabrication and that he was
lying to protect Gallagher. AFP
PLA’s new
level chopper
China’s latest vessel-borne helicopter
will take the People’s Liberation Army
(PLA) Navy’s combat capability to a new
level, Chinese military experts said on
Tuesday after a full-sized model of the
navy variant of the Z-20 utility helicopter
was allegedly spotted testing on a warship
for the first time.
Citing a photo that surfaced on Chinese
social media, Weapon magazine reported
via its social media account on Saturday,
that the Z-20 navy variant was on board a
Chinese destroyer and its characteristic
appearance made it clearly identifiable.
Weapon magazine reported
via its social media account on
Saturday, that the Z-20 navy
variant was on board a Chinese
destroyer and its characteristic
appearance made it clearly
identifiable.
Generally the same helicopter as
the army version, the vessel-based navy
version can additionally minimize its size
in the hangar through design features
like foldable rotor blades, judging from
the photo. It might also feature extra
anti-corrosion capabilities and stronger
landing gear, said Weapon magazine
affiliated with the state-owned China
North Industries Group Corporation, a
major manufacturer of Chinese military
equipment and weapons.
Having a full-sized model on board
for testing means the PLA is studying
the practical adaptability of the Z-20 on
ships, testing for things such as how the
helicopter would enter and exit the hanger
and how much space it would actually take
up, Li Jie, a Beijing-based naval expert,
told the Global Times on Tuesday.
Compared to other in-service shipboard
helicopters, the Z-20 has a good takeoff
weight (while remaining not oversized on
ships) and can better adapt to situations
at seas, Li said. Global Times
Migrants rescuer set free
ROME, Italy — The sea captain who
rammed a police boat while bringing 40
rescued migrants to an Italian port she’d
been warned to stay out of must be freed
from house arrest, a judge ruled Tuesday
in a decision that angered the Italian
government minister who had declared the
defiant mariner an outlaw.
Carola Rackete, 31, was arrested after she
docked the rescue ship of German nonprofit
group Sea-Watch at Italy’s tiny Lampedusa
island early Saturday, 17 days after taking
the migrant passengers aboard off Libya.
Rackete was “doing her duty saving
lives,” Judge Alessandra Vella concluded
in denying prosecutors’ request to keep
the German captain under house arrest,
Italian state broadcaster RAI reported
Tuesday night.
Italy’s virulently anti-migrant interior
minister, Matteo Salvini, banned ships
conducting humanitarian rescue missions
from Italian waters and ports, contending
they boats encourage human trafficking.
Italian port authorities had repeatedly
denied Rackete’s request to enter the
port. After deciding her passengers could
remain at sea no longer, she steered into
the Lampedusa port without authorization.
Salvini expressed vexation over the
court’s decision on social media. Speaking
on Facebook live, he said it “goes against
Italy and the law” and described the Italian
people as “good, yes, fools, no.”
“Ignoring the law and ramming a
motorboat of border police officers aren’t
enough motives to go to jail,” he tweeted
with sarcasm.
While depicted by Salvini as a dangerous
delinquent, Rackete quickly became the
cause celebre in her homeland, Italy and
elsewhere in Europe.
AP
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Thursday, 4 July 2019
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NATION
B15
Bulacan
bats HIV
spike
Dr. Jocelyn Gomez of
the Bulacan Provincial
Health office said they
anticipate that the
number will still go
up as a result of their
awareness campaign
By Maricris Guerrero
MALOLOS, BULACAN — The
Provincial Government of Bulacan
is battling the increasing number
of Human Immunodeficiency
Virus and Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome (HIV-AIDS)
cases in the province through
strengthened advocacy and
awareness campaign.
This, said a health official
in the province yesterday, days
after the Department of Health
reported 136 newly-diagnosed
HIV cases in Bulacan from
January to March this year,
the highest recorded in Central
Luzon.
Dr. Jocelyn Gomez of the
Bulacan Provincial Health office
said they anticipate that the
number will still go up as a result
of their awareness campaign.
“With the efforts that we are
doing in the province, hindi pa
natin inaasahan na bababa ang
bilang. We’re still expecting it
to go up dahil ang dami nating
awareness campaign, ang dami
nating treatment facilities na
nag-ooffer ng free HIV testing.
As of the moment kasi hindi pa
natin naabot lahat ng target,
‘pag na-reach na tsaka lang
siya bababa,” Gomez said.
She added that the province
is making sure that those that
are HIV positive will undergo
treatment in the treatment
hub facilities in the province
which can be found in Malolos,
Guiguinto, Marilao, Meycauayan,
San Jose del Monte, Sta. Maria
and Baliwag, for free.
Gomez said all the
municipalities in Bulacan have
testing facilities which includes
trained HIV peer counselor and
educator and HIV Proficient
Medical Technologists.
Since 1984 up to present,
Bulacan has 2,188 recorded HIV
cases, with 15-year-old being the
youngest and 34-year-old being
the oldest.
According to the Center for
Disease Control, HIV can be
transmitted through unprotected
sexual intercourse and sharing
of needles with people infected
with the virus.
TAGBILARAN CITY — The Provincial
Government of Bohol yesterday
announced its collaboration with a
Korean agency to boost the production
of the Japonica rice in Bohol.
The provincial government is putting
special focus on agriculture in a bid to
improve the income of farmers and also
By Miguel Togonon
The mother of the three-year-old girl
who died following a bloody gunfight
between anti-drug agents and suspected
drug peddlers in Rodriguez, Rizal belied
the claims of the police that her child
was used as a “human shield.”
“It did not happen the way the
By Daniel Yap
Not human shield
The mother and three of her children immediately ran
upstairs, but Myca did not leave her father’s side
DUMAGUETE CITY — A firefight
that lasted for more than an hour
has erupted in Bindoy town in Negros
Oriental late Tuesday afternoon after
the 11th Infantry Battalion of the
Philippine Army had an encounter with
elements of the communist New People’s
Army (NPA).
Based on a report released by
police described it,” said the mother of
the victim identified as Baby Kateleen
Myca Ulpina.
According to the mother — who
refused to be identified — the police’s
version of the buy-bust operation
was incorrect, saying that they were
sleeping when the police entered their
home and smashed their window last
Firefight erupts
in Negros Oriental
The government forces conducted an immediate search at the
encounter site and deployed additional blocking force along
the possible NPA’s escape route
the military, the encounter with the
25-member suspected NPA group
happened in Sitio Samac, Barangay
Nalundan in Bindoy town.
The report stated that the military
acted on a tip by a confidential informer
that there are elements of the NPA near
the area.
The report on the casualties on the
side of the rebels is still being verified,
according to military sources. No one
Sunday.
She added that the authorities did
not show any documents supporting the
legality of the operation.
The mother and three of her children
immediately ran upstairs, but Myca did
not leave her father’s side.
Myca was hit by a stray bullet, her
mother claimed.
The police said the suspect
identified as Renato Ulpina or alias
“Kato” and his unidentified cohort,
armed with a caliber .45 handgun and
died on the government’s side.
The government forces conducted an
immediate search at the encounter site
and deployed additional blocking force
along the possible NPA’s escape route.
Brig. Gen. Ignacio Madriaga,
commander of the 302nd Infantry
Brigade said that the latest success by
the military is a “result of the continued
support from the locals.”
The military added that the arrival of
the government troops has “prevented
the terrorist NPA from terrorizing the
people and extorting revolutionary
taxes”.
The NPA is the armed wing of the
Communist Party of the Philippines.
Bohol boosts Japonica rice production
Dr. Ha said that Japonica rice has the same nature as the
Hybrid Rice, thus could thrive in the watery land condition or
in the irrigated areas
THE beautiful countryside of Bohol.
A HARDWORKING butcher at Farmers Market in Cubao.
to meet the demands for food in the
tourism industry here.
In a statement released on
Wednesday, the Office of the Provincial
Agriculturist, the Korea Program on
International Agriculture (KOPIA)
and the Talibon local government
said it turned over some 20 bags
of Japonica six rice to officers and
members of the Bohol Bayanihan Multi
-Purpose Cooperative through their
president Bonifacio Bermoy during the
Japonica Seeds Turn-Over Ceremony
and Japonica Rice Production Training
held at the Talibon Gymnasium, Talibon,
Bohol.
Dr. Woon Goo Ha, Country Director
of KOPIA Philippines in the ceremony
explained that the seeds should be
distributed to other farmers so as to
expand the planting areas of Japonica
rice in Bohol.
Dr. Ha said that Japonica rice has the
same nature as the Hybrid Rice, thus
could thrive in the watery land condition
or in the irrigated areas.
Angelito Oroyan, Municipal
Agriculturist of Talibon, in his message
of support said that the Talibon town
and his office have been very supportive
in this endeavor.
He said that in the town of Talibon
20 hectares of paddy fields were planted
with Japonica last harvest season.
Oroyan urged the Bohol Bayanihan
Multi-Purpose Cooperative to strongly
engage in Japonica rice industry to earn
big.
Daniel Yap
a caliber .38 pistol resisted arrest and
allegedly fired shots against Police
Senior Master Sergeant Conrado
Cabigao Jr. after supposedly sensing
that they were transacting with an
undercover cop.
Philippine National Police spokesman
Colonel Bernard Banac said the daughter
of Renato was caught in a crossfire.
The police said Wednesday that it is
looking into the death of Myca, even as
it maintained that the child was used as
a “human shield” by the suspect.
LITTLE turtle ready to swim.
Sea turtle
rescued
Dr. Guy fears that the animal
ingested plastic
By Jonas Reyes
DAVID JOHN CUBANGBANG
SUBIC, ZAMBALES — An Olive Ridley
sea turtle was rescued by residents of this
town early Tuesday.
Residents brought the wounded sea
turtle to the Subic Fire Rescue office where
it was provided with first aid.
According to the Subic Fire Rescue, the
turtle was hitting an old barge when it was
spotted by the residents at the Wawandue
coastal area.
The rescued turtle, wounded and unable
to swim, is now on a floater at a facility
inside a marine theme park in the town
for monitoring. According to Dr. Anthonette
Guy they will conduct an x-ray of the turtle.
Guy fears that the animal ingested
plastic.
Army installs Sulu
commander
Light Reaction Regiment Chief Brig.
Gen. Corlito Vinluan on Wednesday
assumed command as the new 11th
Infantry Division and Joint Task Force
Sulu commander. This said Armed Forces
of the Philippines Western Mindanao
Command Chief General Cirilito Sobejano.
Vinluan will replace Brig. Gen. Divino Rey
Pabayo who will assume command of the
Special Operations Command or SOCom.
Both Vinluan and Pabayo are members
of the Philippine Military Academy Class
of 1988.
Sobejana, meanwhile clarified that
Pabayo’s transfer to the SOCom has
nothing to do with the bombing incident
in a military camp in Tanjung, Indanan,
Sulu on 28 June.
“Hindi, ano na ’yan, long overdue na
siya dito,” Sobejana said.
“So much exposure sa ganitong klaseng
security environment is not also good, that’s
why we manage the wellbeing of our officers
and soldiers. Kaya ’yun, ’Yun ang reason, no
other reason kundi ’yung nakikita namin
na sobra na siya dito. Kasama ko pa siya
dito noon eh,” he added. FTW

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Thursday, 4 July 2019
Daily Tribune
City mayor’s
Angat Dam water rises
The water level, however is still far from the 181.72-meter
rule curve elevation
son nabbed
Some P1 million worth of party drugs including ecstasy, cocaine and kush and drug paraphernalia
were seized from the suspects
The son of the incumbent Cagayan de Oro City mayor and seven
others were recently arrested by anti-narcotic operatives during a
buy-bust operation in Angeles City.
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General
Aaron Aquino, identified the arrested suspects as Sean Moreno, 42,
son of Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno; Bernice Fabiosa,
31; Gregorio Imperial, 36; Bernadette Saavedra, 19; Jamie Abaygar, 20;
Jessa Scott, 19; Maria Isabel Lawas, 19 and Aileen Jane Baldon, 23.
Aquino said the suspects were arrested in an operation conducted
Duterte help
sought to end
energy woes
Damasco said the members
of the board of PALECO
were all inutile that must be
remove at once
By Andrio Antienza
by the PDEA in the evening of 29 June in front of Lewis Grand Hotel,
Malabanias Road, Angeles City.
Some P1 million worth of party drugs including ecstasy, cocaine
and kush and drug paraphernalia were seized from the suspects.
Aquino said the suspects will be charged for violation of Section
5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs), Section 11 (Possession of Dangerous
Drugs), Section 12 (Possession of Drug Paraphernalia), Section 26
in relation to Section 5 (Attempt/Conspiracy), Republic Act 9165 or
the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
By Korinah Saromines
The recent monsoon rains that fell
across the metro finally had Angat
Dam’s water level to rise — which
stood at 161.08 meters by 6 a.m. on
Wednesday, according to report.
This was higher than the water
level recorded at 6 a.m. on Tuesday,
which was 160.29 meters.
The water level, however is still
far from the 181.72-meter rule curve
elevation.
Meanwhile, the water level at La
Mesa Dam also rose on Wednesday
— from 72.23 meters at 6 a.m. on
Tuesday to 72.35.
The water level at Pantabangan
Dam in Nueva Ecija also went up
on Wednesday to 191.74 meters from
Tuesday’s 191.71 meters.
Despite the rising water levels at
Angat Dam, the Manila
Water management
made it clear
that the water
supply shortage is far from solved.
Manila Water technical
spokesman Donna Perez
explained that in the worst
cases, the water company is
now able to provide at least 8
hours of water service, while in
the best cases, customers have
running water for longer than
12 hours a day. She said that
99.85 percent of customers in the
East Zone franchise area now have
notably improved water service.
“We are still only getting 36 cubic
meters per second allocation, so
there has been no change in the
volume of water we can give,” said
Perez.
Perez however explained that the
improved water service today is not
the result of the very modest rise in
Angat Dam’s water level. Instead, it
came as a result of changes in the
way the company allocates available
water supply, resulting in more
equitable distribution, she added.
Puerto Princesa City Councilor Elgin
Robert Damasco will lead a signature
campaign to remove the entire board
of directors of the Palawan Electric
Cooperative (PALECO) as ultimate
solution to resolve the series of power
outages in the city.
“In the signature campaign against
PALECO, it’s not only the city officials
but also the public will sign in the
petition and we will bring it the Office
of the President,” said Damasco, who
is the current chair of the committee
on energy in the local government of
Puerto Princesa.
Damasco said despite the warning of
President Rodrigo Duterte to PALECO
last November 2018, there was no
improvement in the perennial brown
outs.
Aside from the signature campaign,
Damasco said he will also file a
resolution urging the Senate to conduct
an investigation into the matter.
“I will file a resolution asking the
Senate to conduct an investigation in
aid of legislation. There was a Senate
investigation before that was conducted
by Senator Sherwin Gatchalian but
nothing happened,” Damasco said.
He said he would be asking the help
of newly elected Senators Bong Go and
Ronald dela Rosa since he originally
came from Davao province.
Damasco said the incessant problem
of PALECO that has been a decade
old is besetting not only the entire
residents in the city but of the whole
province of Palawan since PALECO has
the monopoly of power supply.
Damasco said nothing has
changed when administrator Edgardo
Masongsong of National Electrification
Administration (NEA) intervened in the
management and operation of PALECO
on 10 December 2018 to resolve the
power problems by having designated
Engr. Nelson Lalas as project supervisor
and acting general manager.
“NEA took over in the administration
of PALECO. They put a new manager.
We thought it would be alright. But it
seemed (that) the new manager was
eaten up by the rotting system. At first
he was good, but it turned out as bad,”
Damasco said.
Damasco said the NEA is mandated
under the law to exercise power to
remove the sitting directors if found
inefficient and not performing.
“NEA can remove them, and can
change them even there was no election
of the electric copperative cooperative,”
Damasco said.
“I think that is the only way to
have improvement of electricity here
in Puerto Princesa and province of
Palawan,” Damasco said.
DPWH constructs more roads to link provinces in the country.
THE water level in Angat Dam rises to 161.08 meters on Wednesday.
P11.7-B earmarked for local dev’t projects
Año also said that the municipal mayor, as the local chief executive shall be primarily
accountable for the overall implementation of the projects
A total of P11.714-billion has been earmarked this year to
finance local development projects in 1,373 municipalities
across the country under the Assistance to Municipalities
(AM) Program of the Department of the Interior and Local
Government.
In a statement, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said that
the program will cover priority projects such as local access
roads including drainage system; local bridges, potable
water supply projects, evacuation centers and Disaster Risk
Reduction related equipment; small water impounding
projects; rainwater catchment facilities; sanitation and health
facilities; and municipal drug rehabilitation facilities.
Año said that of the P11.714 billion AM funds,
P1.17-million is earmarked for 134 projects of 75 local
government units (LGU) in Ilocos Region; P818-million
for 145 AM projects in 89 towns of Cagayan Valley; and
P1.269-billion for 207 development projects in 116 towns
of Central Luzon.
P1.153-billion is budgeted for 259 projects in 123
towns of CALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas,
Rizal and Quezon); P509-million for 108 projects in 71
towns of MIMAROPA (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon
and Palawan); P851-million for 177 projects in 107 towns
of Bicol Region; P656-million for 134 projects in 75
towns of Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR); and
P11-million for one project in National Capital Region.
Roads linking provinces ready in 2020
The Department of Public Works and
Highways (DPWH) assured the public yesterday
that agency is constructing more roads that will
link provinces.
This was declared by the agency during the
first leg of the Dagyaw 2019: Open Government
and Participatory Governance Regional
Dialogues that was held at the Bren Guiao
Convention Center on Tuesday.
DPWH said it is constructing a
68.845-kilometer Capas-Botolan Road that will
reduce travel time between the provinces of
Tarlac to Zambales to only one hour and 20
minutes.
“This road opening project intends to
directly link the provinces of Tarlac and
Zambales and to serve as access road leading to
New Clark City,” said DPWH Assistant Regional
Director Loreta Malaluan.
The P8.33 billion undertaking is one of the
biggest interconnectivity projects of the agency
to date.
For the Visayas, Año said P1-billion is allocated for
173 projects in 136 towns of Eastern Visayas; P965-million
for 169 AM projects in 117 towns of Western Visayas; and
P834-million for 196 projects in 116 towns of Central
Visayas.
Meanwhile, for Mindanao, Año said P553-million has
been appropriated to fund 103 AM projects in 103 towns of
Zamboanga Peninsula; P673-million for 116 projects in 84
towns of Northern Mindanao; P304-million for 74 projects
in 43 towns of Davao Region; P387-million for 71 projects
in 45 LGUs of SOCCSKSARGEN; and P551-million for 76
projects in 67 LGUs of CARAGA.
The DILG chief said the AM program seeks to
equitably assist all municipalities in the delivery of
basic services by providing a financial subsidy to
municipalities for the implementation of their priority
programs and projects.
FTW
Malaluan also said that the P922 million
Pulilan-Baliuag Diversion Road will be completed
in 2020.
“Located in the western part of Bulacan
linking the municipalities of Pulilan and Baliuag,
the 9.6 kilometer four lane bypass road will divert
traffic flow from the congested Pulilan-Calumpit
Road-Daang Maharlika Intersection by providing
an alternate route connecting the Pulilan-Calumpit
Road near NLEX exit to the Baliuag section of
Daang Maharlika,” she said.
She added that upon completion, travel
time from Pulilan-Calumpit Road to Daang
Maharlika will be reduced from one hour to
30 minutes.
Meanwhile, the San Rafael-San
Ildelfonso-San Miguel Bypass Road will
be completed by 2022. The official stated that
the 22.14 kilometer four-lane bypass project aims
to provide an extended alternate route from the
congested Daang Maharlika from San Rafael
to San Miguel.

MINERAL MANIA
HOOKUP
AND BREAKUP
CELEBRATING
PINOY PRIDE
POWER
COUPLE
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Dinah S. Ventura, Editor
Thursday, 4 July 2019
Daily Tribune
LIFESTYLE
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It turned out to be a grand battle of epic proportions, after
which Tyrone Lemuel Ty from the University of Sto. Tomas
(UST) emerged as the Grand Champion of Jolly University
Year 5
WORLD OF FLAVORS
Dolly Dy-Zulueta
SECOND runner-up Patricia
Ong of Chiang Kai Shek
College’s entry, Thai Pork
Mushroom Longganisa, Suman
with Crispy Shallot-Garlic Latik
and Coconut Cream Foam.
The Top 20 Culinary Arts and Hotel and
Restaurant Management (HRM) students from
some of the best colleges and universities in
the metro recently gathered together at St.
Scholastica’s College Manila. Their aim: To
battle it out for culinary supremacy and snatch
the Grand Championship in Jolly University
(JU) Year 5.
A prestigious campus-wide cooking
competition that’s deeply committed to
harnessing young students’ talent in cooking
and pushing their creative boundaries, Jolly
University had Innovate, Create, Share as this
year’s theme.
After testing the kitchen skills and creativity
of the Top 20 participants by making them
come out with their best dish creation under
the “Modern Filipino” category, the 10 with the
highest scores advanced to the next and final
round. This time, they took the challenge of the
“Fusion” category and engaged in a culinary
battle royale.
The contenders: Jenald Pascual (CEU
Makati), Janzel Dayag (St. Joseph College
Quezon City), Daryanne Chanel Yonco (UST),
Patricia Ong (Chiang Kai Shek College),
Rafael Imalay (NCBA Fairview), Tyrone
Lemuel Ty (UST), Jericho Pareja (Lyceum of
the Philippines University-Manila), Richmond
Joseph Suntay (UST) and Ria Daniel Arugay
(San Sebastian College Recoletos).
It turned out to be a grand battle of epic
proportions, after which Tyrone Lemuel Ty from
the University of Sto. Tomas (UST) emerged as
the Grand Champion of Jolly University Year 5.
The Hainanese Chicken Binakol Noodle Soup
(Mushroom and Young Corn Stuffed Chicken
Roulade with Egg Noodles, Vegetables and
Coconut Shreds in Creamy Coconut Broth)
which he made as his recipe entry in the final
round worked wonders for him.
In second place was Richmond Joseph
Suntay, also of UST, who had an interesting
Shepherd’s Rendang as his dish entry.
Patricia Ong of Chiang Kai Shek College took
third place, impressing the judges with her Thai
Pork Mushroom Longganisa, Suman with Crispy
Shallot-Garlic Latik and Coconut Cream Foam
Served with Fried Egg and Green Mango Salad.
A prestigious campus-wide cooking
competition that’s deeply committed
to harnessing young students’ talent
in cooking and pushing their creative
boundaries, Jolly University had
Innovate, Create, Share as this year’s
theme.
“A successful program takes time to build.
While we envisioned JU’s success, we are still
overwhelmed by how it sparked the flames of
curiosity, creativity and the cooking abilities
of so many students in the past five years. JU
has indeed grown to become a long-running
program that’s supported by the academe, as
well as partners from various industries,” says
Lucio Cochanco Jr., president of Fly Ace Corp.,
which is the exclusive distributor of the Jolly
line of products in the Philippines.
Abigail Ng-Reyes, the company’s assistant vice
president for marketing, adds, “We are really
excited for Jolly University’s comeback in
2019. Indeed, it has come a long way
and we
are
FIRST runner-up Richmond Joseph Suntay of UST
with his entry, Shepherd’s Rendang.
extremely happy, honored and grateful to see a
new batch of talented and very promising campus
culinary talents going all out as they presented us
with their innovative modern renditions of Filipino
classics and fusion recipes.”
Five years in the running, Jolly University is a
pet project of Fly Ace Corp. because it not only
puts the Jolly brand in the limelight but also
turns out amazing and practical ways to make
use of the canned vegetables and fruits. The
competition, for its part, has promoted out-of-the-classroom
learning, sharing of industry-ready culinary
skills and techniques, while at the same time
teaching the values of leadership, cooperation
and professionalism.
TYRONE Lemuel Ty’s
winning dish, Hainanese
Chicken Binakol Noodle
Soup.
Hello, dream bowl
This homemade veggie patty boasts of a perfect combination of creamy
and crunchy textures, and its tangy and savory flavor profile ties all of the
ingredients in the salad together
Cauliflower is a hearty ingredient that has risen
through the ranks of other popular nutrition-packed
vegetables such as lettuce and kale. Perhaps the most
famous dish prepared using this powerful vegetable is
cauliflower rice, which for many is a perfect substitute
for conventional grains.
SaladStop!’s cheesy cauliflower patty is a
fresh twist to the traditional
dish, cauliflower cheese.
This homemade veggie
patty boasts of a perfect
combination of
creamy and crunchy
textures, and its
tangy and savory
flavor profile ties all
of the ingredients in the
salad together.
SaladStop! joins the
cauliflower movement
and launches its newest
seasonal menu item, aptly
called Caulifornia Dreamin’.
This limited-time offering, which is
available in wrap or salad variants,
was launched on 25 June. It is made with
romaine lettuce, red and white cabbage, broccoli, cherry
tomatoes, roasted mushroom, avocado, carrots, roasted
peanuts and, of course, a cheesy cauliflower patty.
The star ingredient, a handmade patty, is a unique
topping that can only be enjoyed with the Caulifornia
Dreamin’ salad or wrap. It is drizzled with a tangy
lemongrass turmeric dressing — another super
ingredient — which complements the savory
flavor of the cauliflower patty. Peanut and
carrot toppings provide a crunch to the dish,
balancing against the soft and creamy
texture of the avocado.
The wrap is available for P375, while
the salad is available for P365. Both
variants can be found at all SaladStop!
branches, except Ayala Tower 1.
Know more about SaladStop!
and the nutritional information of
your favorite salad bowl or wrap
by visiting www.saladstop.ph.
Updates are also up on Facebook
(/saladstopph) and Instagram (@
saladstopph).
CAULIFORNIA Dreamin’, Salad Stop’s newest
offering.
Pandesal, Tim’s way
The Philippines’ favorite breakfast staple,
the sweet, soft and fluffy pandesal, made
its way to Tim Hortons as it celebrated the
country’s anniversary of the declaration of
independence on 12 June. Called Timdesal,
the limited-edition breakfast sandwich is
available in all Tim Hortons branches until
end of July. Enjoy smoky bacon with cheese
and garlic aioli served with chipotle sauce
in panini-pressed pandesal.
“As our way of recognizing the
significance of Independence
Day, we at Tim Hortons wish
to offer this breakfast
favorite, reminiscent
of its Filipino homey taste,” said Stephanie
Guerrero, marketing director for Tim
Hortons Philippines.
The warm Timdesal, at only P75, is best
paired with the signature Tim Hortons Iced
Coffee.
For more information and updates about
Tim Hortons Philippines’ new products and
offerings, visit www.timhortons.ph or follow
them on facebook @TimHortonsPhilippines
and instagram @timhortonsph.
TIMDESAL.

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Thursday, 4 July 2019
Daily Tribune
Mineral Fusion makeup is a
cruelty-free, gluten-free vegan makeup
line that has anti-aging benefits and
respects the skin
MINERAL
MANIA
By Raye Sanchez
It is an essential in the beauty industry that
consumers check the ingredients
before making a purchase. No one
wants to buy products they will
use on their skin that contain bad
chemicals. This is why many have
transitioned to using natural or organic
products in their routines.
It is also the reason Healthy Options,
the country’s leading all-natural
products retail store chain, brings to
the Philippines Mineral Fusion, the
number one natural makeup collection
from the United States.
The introduction of the makeup
brand was held through talks between
beauty gurus and makeup enthusiasts
on 25 June at Healthy Options’ Uptown
Mall branch in Taguig City.
Licensed aesthetician and beauty
professional Elizabeth Bartlett led
Globe Telecom’s lifestyle
brand 0917 Lifestyle and
Saga Events collaborate
anew this year to bring
back the country’s 2018
premier fashion expo, StyleFestPH, in
November.
The 2019 StyleFestPH kicked off last
24 June with the search for aspiring
young designer-entrepreneurs who will
take part in the Designer Mentorship
Program (DMP).
Leah de Guzman, head of 0917
Lifestyle, said this year’s StyleFestPH will
give Filipinos a full fashion experience
by starting with the DMP, a design and
entrepreneurial program that aims to
help create business opportunities for
aspiring young designers.
“We want to teach participants about
creative direction and business know-how
in order to succeed, using digital platform
opportunities and the help of retail
industry experts who can assist and
mentor aspiring designers with their
design skills and how to go to market
through the DMP,” De Guzman said.
Aspiring designers are asked to submit
VOLUMIZING mascara.
the beauty talks. The US-based regional
manager of Mineral Fusion was also a key
accounts manager at BWX Limited.
She spoke about “Minerals
with a mission,” dispelled
beauty myths and gave
insights on how to properly
apply cosmetics as well as
how to properly take them off
and take care of the skin. She also
gave tips for people who have skin
sensitivity and allergies.
Afterwards, through makeup
demonstrations and beauty
consultations, beauty
enthusiasts were given a chance
to swatch and get a feel of the
formulas at the beauty bar.
Respecting skin
Mineral Fusion makeup is a
cruelty-free, gluten-free,
FUSION lipstick.
StyleFestPH
is back
their entries and design portfolio at the
StyleFestPH home page at www.stylefest.
ph. Only entries received from 24 June to
19 July 2019 through stylefest.ph will qualify.
Participants will be mentored and
their works will be judged by a panel
of experts called the “stylecouncil,”
composed of renowned local fashion
icons and retail experts such as Inno
Sotto; Paulo Campos, CEO of Zalora; Leah
de Guzman, Globe Lifestyle head; and
upcoming young designer Carl Jan Cruz.
The nationwide search is open to
Filipinos 18 years old and above, either
students or owners of their fashion
design business.
To join, just visit www.stylefest.ph.
Together with their completed application
form, applicants should be able to present
a design portfolio composed of at least
10 items that focuses on two categories:
Streetwear, which integrates fashion
and technology, and Ready-To-Wear,
either for day or night wear. Judging of
the StyleFestPH winners will happen
during the finalists’ fashion show on
5 November 2019, with the winners
announced at the end of the show.
Prizes include P50,000 cash prize for the
winners of 0917 Lifestyle and Zalora brands
plus mentoring from the stylecouncil and
presentation of their Capsule Collection in
the StyleFestPH runway. The winners will
also have the opportunity to collaborate
with 0917 Lifestyle and Zalora for their
collections.
Visit StyleFest.ph to know more about
the mechanics and follow www.facebook.
com/stylefestph or @stylefestph on
Instagram for more updates.
100-percent vegan makeup line
that has anti-aging benefits and
respects the skin. The brand is
also sustainable because their
packaging is made from recyclable
materials and they use wind power
in production.
Included in this line are products
for the face, cheeks, lips and eyes.
For the face, products include
pressed powder foundations,
beauty balms, sheet tint
foundations, liquid foundations,
primer, concealer duos, setting
powders, liquid mineral
concealers and hydration mists.
For the cheeks, available
are blushes, bronzers, blonzers
(blush and bronzer combo) and
three-in-one color sticks.
For the lips, there are
lipsticks, lip glosses and sheer
moisture lip tints.
Finally, products for the eyes
vary from eye shadow trios, eye
shadows, eye pencils, liquid
eyeliners, lash curling mascaras,
a smoothing eye primer and eye
makeup remover.
All these contain natural
ingredients, antioxidants,
pharmaceutical grade minerals
and the latest technologies
that are safe, protective and
effective.
RADIANCE
illuminating
powder.
BLUSH airy swatch.
BENEFITS OF
NATURAL MAKEUP
Safe ingredients can be used on sensitive
skin, acne-prone skin, injured skin, perioral
dermatitis and rosacea.
Inert ingredients are bacteria-free and won’t
expire.
Effective ingredients help heal, soothe and
protect the skin.
Natural ingredients are free of potentially
irritating chemicals, synthetics, fragrances,
preservatives, parabens, gluten, oils and waxes.
Gentle ingredients promote healthy skin and
won’t clog pores.
Versatile pigments can be used wet or dry
as a temporary hair colorant, lip color, blush,
highlighter, eye shadow, eyeliner and body
shimmer.
Coverage is buildable from sheer to
opaque.
Fewer ingredients mean less chance of
irritation.
Long-lasting mixtures bind to the oils of your
skin and are water resistant.
Protects by creating a barrier between the
skin, elements and free radicals and can
offer some sun protection.
Source: www.storey.com
Chic, easy back-to-school
hairstyles
Celebrity stylist Lourd Ramos shares tips and tricks as
easy as A-B-C
To help women achieve their full beauty
potential, Philips listen to how women think
and feel. Staying true to its global beauty
campaign, “Discover Your Beauty Every Day”
and delivering meaningful product innovations,
Philips this year partnered with celebrity stylist
Lourd Ramos in sharing tips and tricks to
achieve salon-quality hairstyles
using the next
generation of
beauty tools.
POLISHED
beach
waves.
PHILIPS DryCare
Advanced Hairdryer and
Curling Iron.
Here are three easy
hairstyles you can do to start
the year fresh and strong:
Curls that care
Go all out and make a
statement by wearing your hair
curly on your first day back.
Match it with a cute outfit, and
you’re good to go. Concerned
with the damage that comes
from styling? With the Philips
StyleCare Sublime Ends Curler,
you can easily create loose
curls without worry because
of its innovative SplitStop
Technology. It is designed
to protect your fragile ends
when you style, so you
can put your perfect curls
with healthier ends in the
spotlight.
CREATE perfect curls with Sublime Ends curler.
DIFFERENT scents for varied moods.
FRESH FOR SCHOOL
Just like huge transitions in life, the start of a new school year can be
nerve-wracking. Of course, first-day jitters are common, but don’t let it get
the best of you!
Boost your confidence by feeling, looking and smelling good.
Blackwater, the cologne line of the country’s leading cosmetics brand
Ever Bilena, has fragrance variants to suit different personalities to
match your back-to-school look:
Turn heads on your first day by wearing Blackwater Deo Spray in Dark
Pleasure. This aroma expertly blends sweet and juicy grapefruit, marine
accord and woody-herbal scents to come up with a refreshing fragrance
that’s difficult not to notice!
Thinking about trying out for the varsity team but scared of smelling like
sweat? Blackwater Deo Mist in Grey Marble is a very masculine scent that
consists of citrus, wood and herbal musk. It will make you feel confident
throughout the day even after an intense athletic activity.
For ladies, get a tap on the shoulder from someone who admires your
baby powder fresh scent with hints of orange, lily and rose when you use
Blackwater Women Deo Spray in Desire.
No one can resist lush notes of plum and berries with a hint of vanilla.
Show off the sweet girl that you are with Blackwater Women Deo Mist in
Berries and Cream. Wear this throughout the new school year and you’ll
surely make a great impression.
Have fond memories this school year by wearing the right scent.
KERASHINE
Straightener.
Pony with a twist
Elevate the classic ponytail by
adding a French braid. It keeps
your hair out of your face and
provides a style to complete your
look.
Don’t forget to dry your hair
first before putting out this style
to avoid hair damage. Always in
a rush to get to class? The Philips
DryCare Advanced Hairdryer dries your
hair fast while keeping your hair protected
from damage with ThermoProtect.
Stay straight
Aiming for that effortless but polished
look? Keeping your hair straight and
simple will allow you to focus on getting
things done, without having to worry
about those pesky flyaways. The Philips
KeraShine Straightener gives your hair
sleekness and extra protection. Its ceramic
plates are infused with Keratin for ultimate
shine and ultra-smooth gliding.
“Doing your hair really improves the
outlook of your day, and it shouldn’t be
a hard task. With Philips haircare tools,
women can now effortlessly style their hair
and still have enough time to conquer the
rest of their day,” shares Ramos, creative
director of CREATIONS By Lourd Ramos
Salon.
These trendy hairstyles will
transform your personal look and
wow your friends on your first day
of school!
To find more about Philips Personal
Care, visit www.philips.com.ph.

Thursday, 4 July 2019
Daily Tribune
SPOTLIGHT
C19
AND
Scene Stealers
Jun Nardo
Neil proposed
last weekend,
surprising
their fans,
netizens
and showbiz
friends
DEREK Ramsay
and Andrea
Torres.
ACROSS
1 Douse a donut
5 Box score fig.
8 Gross!
11 Internet note
13 Cl- or Ca++
14 Little Engine verb
15 Wire rope
16 Cobbler kin
17 Cousteau’s
Actress Bela Padilla’s loss is
Angel Locsin’s gain! Angel is now
engaged to businessman and
film producer Neil Arce, who was
Padilla’s long-time boyfriend before
he and Angel became a couple.
Neil proposed last weekend,
surprising their fans, netizens
and showbiz friends.
“Surprise of my life!” posted
Angel on her Instagram account
followed by, “I said YES!” and,
“We’re engaged!” with a photo of
the two kissing each other.
Showbiz celebrities who expressed their
happiness for Angel and Neil were Sharon
Cuneta, Kim Chiu, Ruffa Gutierrez, Danica
Pingris and Angel’s former love team
Richard Gutierrez.
Arce, on his Instagram, posted after the
proposal, “Thank you for allowing me to be
with you, take care of you and most of all
love you for the rest of my life.”
qqq
A Kapuso hunk
admits he is still
hurting over
his breakup
with six-year
girlfriend
and live-in
NEA Crossword Puzzle
© 2018 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel Syndication for UFS
summer
18 Bills
20 Grant money for
22 Annoying
24 View leader
25 Tall vase
26 Pitcher in a basin
28 Only
32 Shark giveaway
33 Extinct bird
34 Classical poet
35 Blame
37 Teases
39 Dilapidated
40 Mix
41 Pastrami purveyor
42 Lock turner
43 Sports bar arrays
45 Moved inch by inch
47 “Shogun” setting
partner model Joanne Villablanca.
“You have to move on. Hindi lang isang
tao ang nawala sa akin. Dalawa. (It’s not
just one person who’s affected, but two).
Her daughter. It’s not easy especially with
the plans we had for each other,” said
Derek Ramsay during the mediacon of
his first Kapuso series The Better Woman
pairing him for the first time with the sexy
and voluptuous Andrea Torres.
A Kapuso hunk admits he is
still hurting over his breakup
with six-year girlfriend and
live-in partner model Joanne
Villablanca.
Some camps are blaming Andrea for
the breakup.
“That’s not fair! Andrea has nothing to
do with this and I’m not also the type of guy
who’ll use gimmick to promote a project,”
Derek reacted.
“So I really wish na mag-stop ‘yon
kasi it’s unfair on her na wala namang
kinalaman sa nangyayari sa akin (I
really wish this would stop because it is
unfair on her who does not know anything
about what is going on with me).
“It’s sad that this happened to me
and Jo but she has already direction in
life. She’s found one I think she’s really
passionate with. She’s doing alright on
pagka-influencer niya.
“It’s just difficult that I lost two people.
“You think it’s easy for me to just let
go of that? No. That’s what really gets me.
With that said, pinalaki akong gentleman
I don’t want to talk bad on my part. It
affects so many people because hindi
lang kami (it’s not just us but also) her
daughter who I love like my own, my
son, her family, my family.
“It’s not easy to go through
these. Especially since it’s one of
the longest and probably the most
serious relationship that I had!
“I have a huge house I’m
building now and I’m going to
be the only one living here!
It’s said and done! I am very
quiet, but it doesn’t mean I’m
not hurting!” Derek disclosed.
50 Mideast title
51 Exultant cry
52 Codgers’
queries
54 Lunch periods
58 Comfy shoe
59 Beat walker
60 Chair’s mallet
61 So long!
62 Howard or Berry
63 Blue shade
DOWN
1 Nov. follower
2 Emma in “The
Avengers”
3 Apprehend
4 Plaid garments
5 Dieter’s target
6 King, to monsieur
7 Nasty laugh
8 Treated a sprain
9 Stoic philosopher
10 Was aware of
12 Dripped
SUDOKU
19 Sayings
21 Nautilus skipper
22 Publish
23 Total indifference
24 Math homework
25 Alien craft
27 Falco or
Sedgwick
29 Draw forth
30 Annoyed
31 Vortex
36 Sp. miss
38 Cedar shakes
44 Sweater style
(hyph.)
46 Lament
47 Door frame part
48 Nautical greeting
49 Tempo
50 “X Games” airer
53 Garden tool
55 Caviar
56 Ore. neighbor
57 Cagey
Answer to previous puzzle
by Ramon Lorenzo
Write a numeral from 1 to 9 in each box so that each
appears only once in each row, column and 3 x 3 box.
Answer for yesterday’s puzzle
ONE Music X, the first-ever Filipino music festival held in Singapore ended on a high note.
The best Filipino music
experience in Asia
Filipino artists KZ Tandingan, Darren Espanto,
Bugoy Drilon, Ben & Ben and Jayda Avanzado
brought the house down in the first One Music X
festival in Asia
After conquering Dubai and Abu
Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates,
ABS-CBN’s international Filipino
music festival, One Music X, made
waves in its first destination in Asia
— Singapore — after its staging last
27 May at the Scape, Playspace, in
Orchard Link, Singapore.
Singapore-based music portal
Bandwagon described 1MX
Singapore 2019 as “an evening
to remember” and significantly
noted how the lineup of
performers “flew the flag
of the Philippines high and
proud as they represented
their home country on a
foreign stage.”
JAYDA
Avanzado.
The Music Hub of Asia witnessed
lit performances from some of the
biggest names of Filipino pop
music today: KZ Tandingan, Darren
Espanto, Bugoy Drilon and Ben&Ben,
with a special performance from
Jayda Avanzado.
The up-and-coming star Jayda
was a revelation to everyone
when she showcased her talent
in singing, dancing and playing
the instruments.
She also captured
the hearts of the
audience when
she performed her
original single,
“Happy for
You.”
Instagram
user @sbianca07
shared her
admiration for
Jayda, who she
said is more than
just a pretty face. Sharing with her
followers some photos during Jayda’s
performances, she said, “Such a
talented, pretty (sweet) girl.”
The nine-man folk-pop band
Ben & Ben set the mood right,
especially for the couples present
in the music festival, when they
performed some of their well-loved
hits like “Leaves,” “Bibingka” and
“Maybe the Night.”
Proving that he is one of the
versatile singers of his generation,
Bugoy Drilon had everyone singing
along with him while
performing
KZ
Tandingan.
different genres of songs, from pop
RnB to reggae, down to ballad.
Facebook user Angel Kho who
commented on TFC Singapore’s
post about Bugoy Drilon even said:
“Salute to you ang galing mo
yesterday lalo ung bruno mars
upbeat songs mo.”
The Philippines’ Total Performer
Darren Espanto celebrated his
18th birthday with his fans when
he performed for them at the One
Music X stage. In return, the crowd
sang in unison the “Happy Birthday”
song that left Darren speechless.
Still on high with Darren’s
performance at the One Music X
Singapore 2019 music fest, Facebook
user Haidee Ade Bucad commented
on TFC Singapore’s post about
Darren: “Grabe galing mo. We
enjoyed much yesterday night!”
Another highlight that night was
the duet of Darren and Jayda to the
tune of “Rewrite the Stars” from
the movie The Greatest Showman.
Capping the night was
Philippines’ Soul Supreme KZ
Tandingan who set the stage on
fire with her performance of her
original hits like “Labo,” a medley of
Eraserheads hits, down to her own
rendition of the song “Rolling in the
Deep” which she first performed in
the talent show “Singer 2018.”
Instagram user @renagpasia
was in awe after witnessing KZ
perform live and said on her post:
“KZ you never fail to amaze me.
So surreal to see you upclose
perform live.”
In the end, everyone who was
present that night gushed over
their “best” 1MX Singapore 2019
experience, just like what Facebook
users Hervey Laranja and Shainna
Jhane II shared on the TFC
Singapore page.
Aside from bringing forth to
the world the world-class talent
of the Filipino music artists,
1MX Singapore 2019 also serves
as a celebration of ABS-CBN’s
milestone as it celebrates its 65th
anniversary, which coincides with
TFC’s 25th anniversary. It was also
named by the Philippine Embassy
in Singapore as the official
celebration of the 50th anniversary
of the Philippine-Singapore Bilateral
Relations.
Relive the highlights of the One
Music X Singapore 2019 music
festival that were captured in
photos by Gian and Raymond
via facebook.com/TFCAsia.
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C20 SPOTLIGHT
Thursday, 4 July 2019
Daily Tribune
David
Licauco
says loveteam with
Shaira
Diaz
a blessing
FRESH Kapuso
loveteam
featuring Shaira
Diaz and David
Licauco.
It wasn’t until last year that the rising Filipino-Chinese sensation dubbed as the Chinito Heartthrob
struck gold when he appeared in the drama anthology, Magpakailanman with another emerging star
HOOQ executives with lead stars Christian Bables and Nadine Lustre.
Celebrating
Pinoy pride
HOOQ, Southeast Asia’s leading video-on-demand
service, just announced that it is expanding
its “freemium” offering with the launch
of HOOQ Free, enabling direct access to
high-quality content without needing to register.
As well as continuing to deliver the best
in regional and Hollywood content, HOOQ is
committed to bringing the very best in local
content via HOOQ Free.
As part of the launch, HOOQ is also
introducing the HOOQ Freeplay Festival, an
innovative streaming festival that will bring
a variety of local content from HOOQ’s vast
library onto the “freemium” layer every quarter.
Sheila Paul, HOOQ Philippines country
manager, said, “HOOQ is attuned to the evolving
needs of the social, convenience-driven and
digital-savvy Filipino. We understand local
nuances and most importantly, we get our
audience. So we’re introducing HOOQ Free
and the HOOQ Freeplay Festival in response
to their wants and needs as VoD consumers.”
Freedom to choose
HOOQ Free is a major enhancement to
the user-experience from HOOQ, providing
Filipinos access to a wide array of popular
on-demand local films, programs, live channels
and short-form content without the need to
register. The revamped platform, which can
be accessed via the web, mobile app and on
select TV models and set-top boxes, has been
designed to give viewers immediate access
to some of the nation’s most popular films
and series, so they can browse and access
authentic, unique and locally relevant stories
that they want to watch.
Aside from bringing exciting local stories
at the forefront, HOOQ Free also bolsters the
HOOQ live TV experience, adding two new
channels, CNN Philippines and PTV. With
the addition of these new channels, HOOQ
increases the total number of live and feature
TV channels to 20.
Jennifer Batty, chief content officer, said,
MULTIHYPENATE
actors, Nadine and
Christian.
“We are giving Filipinos the freedom to view over
1,000 titles for free! There will be no sign-ups,
no registration for a trial or paid subscription
needed. Based on our data and insights, and
our deep connection to the local audience, we
know that video entertainment delight is all about
instant enjoyment, consumption that’s mobile
and the power of bite-size and binge-worthy
content with local relevance.”
Celebrating everything Pinoy
For the first ever HOOQ Freeplay Festival,
HOOQ will shift over 1,000 local titles from
HOOQ VIP, HOOQ’s SVOD (subscription
video-on-demand) layer onto HOOQ Free for
the duration of one-month, from 21 June to 20 July.
At the launch, new originals like the recent
smash-hit Ulan, co-produced with Viva Films,
starring Nadine Lustre and Carlo Aquino, were
introduced onto HOOQ Free.
There will also be an all-new HOOQ
Original titled Sex Talks with Dr. Holmes.
The 10-episode series is a helpline for those
who have questions and concerns about sex
and how it figures in their daily lives. There
will be a dramatization of the letter senders’
situations but the approach is light with a
bit of humor.
For those who want complete access
HOOQ’s vast catalogue of the hottest Hollywood
and regional series and movies including
Krypton, John Wick, La La Land and Marvel’s
The Avengers, as well as the latest HOOQ
Originals, plus Korean dramas like Jewel in
the Palace and Winter Sonata, can sign-up to
a HOOQ VIP plan on www.hooq.tv.
HOOQ VIP Plans are available for as low as
P59 per week with multiple payment options
via credit card, debit card and telco partners
such as Globe, Smart and Sun.
HOOQ can now be enjoyed on more
devices like Google Chromecast, Samsung
Smart TVs, Android TV, Apple TV, Globe
Streamwatch powered by Roku and the new
Globe Streamwatch Xtreme Prepaid.
By Ethan Sta. Maria
Three years ago, David Licauco was
launched as one of Mother Lily’s modern-day
Regal Babies. Although he never got to
do a film for Regal, it gave him enough
traction to make an impact on the small
screen.
After ALV Talent Circuit and GMA
Artist Center took over the management
of his career, David was able to deliver
memorable performances in such GMA
hit shows like Karelasyon, Sa Piling
ni Nanay, Pinulot Ka Lang sa Lupa,
Mulawin vs. Ravena, Kapag Nahati
sa Puso and, most recently, TODA One
I Love.
But it wasn’t until last year that the
rising Filipino-Chinese sensation dubbed
as the Chinito Heartthrob struck gold
when he appeared in the drama anthology,
Magpakailanman with another emerging
star.
That episode called Nakawin Natin
ang Bawat Sandali paired David with
Millennial Sweetheart Shaira Diaz in
a compelling story about forbidden
love. That episode captured viewers’
imagination and quickly trended on
social media.
And just like that, a love team was born.
“I was surprised. I’m still new to this
business. At first, I wondered, how will
people like a love team? Then I realized,
it’s a natural process. If people like you as
a love team, it means you’re doing well,
It’s been raining feels recently. Songs
have also been pouring emotions to
listeners, with artists even teaming up
with other artists — making tracks seem
like a double-whammy to most.
Here are the latest collabs you should
listen to ASAP.
“Crazy About” by Jayda
and Renn Miko
Our sweet Jayda Avanzado takes her music
to new heights as she works with up and coming
Indonesian singer-songwriter Renn Miko for
track “Crazy About.” Their duet talks about two
people wondering if the other feels the same
way, sung in the most hopeful yet most youthful
way. Jayda is one of the Kapamilya artists who
is slowly breaking into the international music
scene as ABS-CBN continues to champion
Filipino talent on the world stage.
“Salamat sa…” by Loisa and Kritiko
The catchy track showcases Loisa
Andalio’s newly-forged team up with rising
rapper Kritiko. It talks about how lives of
both changed since they met the other and
being immensely thankful for it. Kritiko first
graced the local music scene through Himig
Handog 2018 where he won Third Best Song.
“Patawad, Paalam”
by Moira and I Belong to the Zoo
Two artists known for heart-aching songs
come together in a new hurting track, “Patawad,
Paalam.” Let Moira dela Torre and I Belong to
the Zoo pluck at your heartstrings as they sing
about the difficult road of loving and letting go.
“Imposible” by KZ Tandinan
and Shanti Dope
Originally off KZ’s sophomore album “Soul
Supreme,” the new version of “Imposible”
features rapper and young hitmaker Shanti
that you have chemistry,” David told this
writer during a recent interview.
“This was not something that Shaira
and I planned for people to like us. We
were just doing our jobs, followed what
was on the script and we feel happy and
blessed that people liked our performance
in that episode.”
Now, both David and Shaira are
headlining their first big screen team-up.
In ALV Films’ Because I Love You, David
plays Rael, a wealthy young man who
finds himself falling in love with Shaira’s
character, Summer, an independent and
fearless young woman whose line of work
involves firefighting.
The trailer alone shows the palpable
chemistry between the two as director
Joel Lamangan ramps up the kilig factor
in this rather unusual romantic-comedy.
What makes their onscreen tandem even
more remarkable is that David and Shaira
are not a couple in real life and are in fact
seeing other people.
Despite her repeated denial, Shaira
remains romantically linked with on-again,
off-again boyfriend Edgar Allan Guzman
while David recently admitted to dating
a non-showbiz Chinese girl that he did
not identify.
David, however, is quick to qualify
that he and Shaira are very good friends
although they don’t get to hang out that
much outside of their work.
“As a friend and an actress, I really like
her a lot. We communicate on social media
Four fresh collabs
UPCOMING singer-songwriter Renn Miko with Jayda Avanzado.
MOIRA and I Belong To The Zoo sing about
letting go in “Patawad, Paalam.”
Dope. He matched KZ’s lyrics about realizing
how much she deserves better than an ex-lover
with a verse of his own that goes, “Kaso parang
pagod ka na kakaunawa / Panahon na
din yata maalalang ‘di na ako bata.” The
collaboration’s music video, which premiered
on YouTube last 14 June, now has over 1.2
million views.
Check out these songs and more in various
digital music platforms and on ABS-CBN
Star Music’s YouTube channel. For updates,
follow @abscbnpr on Facebook, Twitter and
Instagram or visit www.abscbnpr.com.
but she has her own personal life,” he said.
Asked if he’s ever worried if their team-up
will make their respective partners jealous,
David is of the opinion that every job
allows people of the opposite sex to work
closely together. That doesn’t necessarily
mean, however, that something is going on
between them.
“It’s up to me and Shaira to assure our
partners that we love them and that this
is just work and we’re just doing what is
needed in order to do our jobs well,” he
quipped.
As for working with Lamangan, David
said he had a great time all throughout the
making of Because I Love You.
In ALV Films’ Because I Love You,
David plays Rael, a wealthy young
man who finds himself falling in love
with Shaira’s character, Summer,
an independent and fearless young
woman whose line of work involves
firefighting.
“As a newbie in this industry, I can
now confidently say that I’ve worked with
Direk Joel and have benefitted from the
hard work and discipline that he inspires
on the set. I believe that from hereon, I
will have an easier time working with other
directors.”
Also starring Martin del Rosario and
Michelle Dee, Because I Love You is now
showing in cinemas nationwide.
LOISA and Kritiko’s newly forged teamup.
KZ Tandingan and Shanti Dope sing a new
version of “Imposible.”

EASY
HAIRSTYLES
FEDERER
FLIRTS
WITH
DISASTER
BRAZIL BREAKS
MESSI’S HEART
GILAS YOUTH
REMAINS
WINLESS
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D23
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Thursday, 4 July 2019
Daily Tribune
SPORTS
D21
BEN STAYS IN PHILLY
Handsome
reward
BEN Simmons of the
Philadelphia 76ers
reacts during a game
against the LA Clippers
at the Staples Center in
Los Angeles, California.
AFP
MAJOR
LEAGUE
BASEBALL
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Atlanta 50 36 .581 —
Philadelphia 45 40 .529 4½
Washington 43 41 .512 6
New York 39 47 .453 11
Miami 32 51 .386 16½
Central Division
Milwaukee 46 40 .535 —
Chicago 45 41 .523 1
St. Louis 41 42 .494 3½
Pittsburgh 41 43 .488 4
Cincinnati 39 44 .470 5½
West Division
Los Angeles 58 29 .667 —
Colorado 44 41 .518 13
Arizona 43 44 .494 15
San Diego 42 43 .494 15
San Francisco 38 47 .447 19
Tuesday’s Games
(Wednesday in Manila)
Pittsburgh 5, Chicago Cubs 1
Washington 3, Miami 2
Cincinnati 5, Milwaukee 4
N.Y. Mets 4, N.Y. Yankees 2
Philadelphia 2, Atlanta 0
Houston 9, Colorado 8
L.A. Dodgers 5, Arizona 4
San Francisco 10, San Diego 4
Seattle 5, St. Louis 4
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 54 29 .651 —
Tampa Bay 50 36 .581 5½
Boston 45 40 .529 10
Toronto 32 54 .372 23½
Baltimore 24 61 .282 31
Central Division
Minnesota 53 31 .631 —
Cleveland 46 38 .548 7
Chicago 39 42 .481 12½
Detroit 27 52 .342 23½
Kansas City 29 57 .337 25
West Division
Houston 54 32 .628 —
Oakland 47 39 .547 7
Texas 46 39 .541 7½
Los Angeles 43 43 .500 11
Seattle 38 51 .427 17½
Tuesday’s Games
(Wednesday in Manila)
Boston 10, Toronto 6
N.Y. Mets 4, N.Y. Yankees 2
Tampa Bay 6, Baltimore 3
L.A. Angels 9, Texas 4
Houston 9, Colorado 8
Cleveland 9, Kansas City 5
Oakland 8, Minnesota 6
Seattle 5, St. Louis 4
The All-Star point guard and the 76ers are negotiating a $170 million,
five-year extension
PHILADELPHIA — Ben Simmons is
apparently about to become the
next recipient of a big commitment
from the Philadelphia 76ers.
The All-Star point guard and the 76ers
are negotiating a $170 million, five-year
extension, according to a person with
knowledge of the situation who spoke
to The Associated Press on condition of
anonymity Tuesday because neither the
team nor Simmons revealed any details
publicly.
ESPN first reported the negotiations
between Simmons and the 76ers. The deal
will begin in the 2020-21 season.
Simmons will make about $8.1 million
this season, the last of his four-year rookie
deal. Assuming the sides agree on what
will be a full max, Simmons' salary for the
following season would jump to about $29.3
million and eventually rise to nearly $39
million in 2024-25.
It's already been an offseason of big
financial commitments for Philadelphia,
which will sign Tobias Harris to a $180
million, five-year deal and add Al Horford
on a four-year deal that could reach $109
million. Those deals cannot be finalized until
the league's moratorium ends Saturday at
noon Eastern.
Simmons was the No. 1 overall pick in the
2016 draft and wound up making his NBA
debut in the 2017-18 season, earning Rookie
of the Year honors. He was an All-Star for
the first time last season and averaged 16.4
points, 8.5 rebounds and 7.9 assists in his
two on-court seasons.
Simmons' extension, when finalized,
will push the amount of money committed
to point guards this offseason — either via
free agency or extensions — past the $1.2
billion mark. Among the biggest winners of
that sweepstakes: Portland's Damian Lillard
got a $196 million extension, Denver's Jamal
Murray got one for $170 million and Simmons
is on his way to getting the same.
Simmons will make about $8.1 million
this season, the last of his four-year
rookie deal.
Philadelphia is 101-58 in regular-season
games when Simmons plays. He's had 22
triple-doubles in the last two seasons, tied
for third-most in the league with Denver's
Nikola Jokic and trailing only Oklahoma
City's Russell Westbrook (59) and the Los
Angeles Lakers' LeBron James (26).
Simmons also has 80 double-doubles over
the last two seasons.
Also Tuesday, the 76ers agreed with Shake
Milton on a four-year contract and veteran
James Ennis on a two-year deal. A person
familiar with both sets of negotiations and
who spoke to AP on condition of anonymity
because they also cannot yet be finalized
made the confirmation.
Milton appeared in 20 games and
averaged 4.4 points for the 76ers last season.
Ennis was a late-season acquisition
by Philadelphia, his sixth franchise, and
averaged 5.3 points in 18 regular-season
appearances. The second year of Ennis' deal
will be at his option, the person said. AP
Grieving Angels prevail
We know we’ve got an angel watching over us now
LOS Angeles Angels’ starting pitcher Jose Suarez kneels behind the mound
before working against the Texas Rangers in the first inning of a baseball
game in Arlington, Texas.
AP
ARLINGTON, Texas — Kole
Calhoun circled the bases after
a punctuating home run for the
grieving Los Angeles Angels in their
first game since 27-year-old pitcher
Tyler Skaggs died.
As the stocky outfielder
approached home plate, he
raised both arms above
his head, pointed upward
while looking at the
sky and let loose with
some of his emotion in
a message for his fallen
teammate.
"We know we've got an angel
watching over us now," Calhoun
said after the game, surrounded
by teammates in a display of unity
in the media interview room for
the Texas Rangers, with their
clubhouse closed to reporters.
"When I got to the plate, it felt
right to pay some respect to him,
and like I said, we know we've got
somebody watching over us up
there."
Before Calhoun’s two-run shot
in the eighth inning, Justin Bour
delivered a two-run single on the
first pitch he saw after replacing
injured American League All-Star
Tommy La Stella in the sixth,
helping the Angels pull away in
a 9-4 win over the Rangers on
Tuesday night.
The uplifting victory came
a day after Skaggs was found
unresponsive and pronounced
dead in his room at the team's
hotel before what was supposed to
be the series opener Monday. That
game was postponed.
"No, it wasn't normal," team
manager Brad Ausmus said.
"And it felt like there was much
more urgency to win. It's been a
rough 24 hours, and we haven't had
a lot to smile about, so a win would
give us something."
A few hours after watching
with his teammates as Ausmus
struggled to keep his composure
in a news conference to discuss
Skaggs' shocking death, Jonathan
Lucroy had a tying two-run single
in the sixth inning and finished with
three RBIs.
AP

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Thursday, 4 July 2019
Daily Tribune
SERENA, ANDY UNITE
Power couple
His work ethic is just off the charts
WIMBLEDON, United Kingdom — This
is quite a pair: Serena Williams is teaming
up with Andy Murray for mixed doubles at
Wimbledon.
Murray’s agent, Matt Gentry, said
Tuesday night that the two Grand Slam
champions and former No. 1 players would
be partners at the All England Club.
The deadline for signing up for mixed
doubles at the tournament is Wednesday
morning.
When Williams appeared at her post-match
news conference after a first-round victory
in singles Tuesday, which happened before
the announcement that she would play with
Murray, she was greeted by plenty of questions
about the possibility.
You can tell he has a really strong
woman in his life. I think, above all,
that is just fantastic.
“His work ethic is just off the charts.
That’s something I’ve always respected
about him. His fitness is everything. To do
what he’s done in an era where there’s
so many other great male tennis players,
so much competition, to rise above it, not
many people have done it. He’s actually
one of the few,” Williams said.
“There are so many things to be
admired. Above all, he really stands out, he
really speaks up about women’s issues, no
matter what. You can tell he has a really
strong woman in his life. I think, above all,
that is just fantastic.”
They are sure to draw plenty of attention
Nishino to
steer Thais
BANGKOK, Thailand — Akira Nishino, who
led Japan to the Last 16 of the 2018 World Cup,
has been appointed head coach of Thailand’s
national and under-23 teams.
“Akira Nishino has agreed to be the
head coach for Thailand’s national team
and under-23 team to compete in several
significant tournaments,” said a Football
Association of Thailand statement
released late Monday.
Japan’s Nishino will manage the War
Elephants’ Asian campaign to qualify for
the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Nishino will also be in charge of the
Thailand Under-23 team at the Southeast
Asian Games later this year in the Philippines
and for the Asian Championship next year.
Akira Nishino has agreed to be the
head coach for Thailand’s national
team and under-23 team to compete
in several significant tournaments.
“He has agreed to carry out the duty,” the
statement said.
Thailand’s Football Association will hold a press
briefing with Nishino soon, said spokesman Patit
Suphaphongse, who did not respond to questions
about Nishino’s contract terms or duration.
The previous coach, Surusak Yodyardthai,
quit after a poor performance in last month’s
King’s Cup in Thailand.
Before Surusak’s appointment Thailand
had fired Serbian Milovan Rajevac following
a humiliating 4-1 defeat by India in their
opening Asian Cup game in the United
Arab Emirates in January. AFP
ROGER Federer of
Switzerland returns the ball
to Lloyd Harris of South Africa
during their men’s singles
first round match of the 2019
Wimbledon Championships
at The All England Lawn
Tennis Club in Wimbledon,
London.
AFP
— much more than mixed doubles normally
attracts, and fill the stands — whenever and
wherever their first-round match is played.
Williams, of course, is one of the most
successful and famous athletes in history,
someone who has transcended her sport
as a global icon while winning 23 major
singles championships, along with another
14 in women’s doubles with her older sister,
Venus. There are even a couple of mixed
doubles titles on her resume with Max
Mirnyi at both Wimbledon and the US Open,
all the way back in 1998.
Murray, meanwhile, is one of Britain’s
biggest sports stars, forever known as the
person who ended the locals’ 77-year wait
for a homegrown men’s singles champion
at the All England Club.
In addition to that 2013 triumph, he won
Wimbledon again in 2016, plus the US Open
in 2012 along with being the only tennis
player to win two consecutive Olympic gold
medals in singles.
He is limited to playing doubles at the
moment as he returns from an operation
for a hip replacement. Murray announced
at the Australian Open in January that he
thought he would need to retire this season
because of pain in an already surgically
repaired hip.
But following a second procedure shortly
thereafter, he decided to make a comeback.
Murray won the doubles title at the first
tournament of his return, last month at
Queen’s Club with Feliciano Lopez.
Murray is entered in men’s doubles at
Wimbledon with Pierre-Hugues Herbert. AP
Nike recalls slavery-era shoes
WASHINGTON — Nike said it had withdrawn shoes
displaying an early version of the American flag, with
American media reporting the decision came after
former National Football League (NFL) quarterback Colin
Kaepernick warned the design was associated with slavery.
We regularly make business decisions to
withdraw initiatives, products and services.
Nike had unveiled the Air Max 1 USA featuring an
American Revolution-era design known as the Betsy Ross
flag imprinted on its heel to coincide with the United
States’ 4 July Independence Day.
Nike “made the decision to halt distribution of the Air
Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July based on concerns that it
could unintentionally offend and detract from the nation’s
patriotic holiday,” the company said in a statement.
“We regularly make business decisions to withdraw
initiatives, products and services,” the company said.
THIS undated product image obtained by the Associated Press shows Nike Air Max
1 Quick Strike Fourth of July shoes that have a US flag with 13 white stars known
as the Betsy Ross flag.
AP
But The Wall Street Journal reported the US
sportswear giant pulled the shoe following objections from
Kaepernick, a Nike endorser who led kneeling protests
during the national anthems of NFL games in 2016 to
protest racial inequality and social injustice.
Kaepernick’s protests gained national attention and drew
repeated criticism from President
Donald Trump, who urged NFL
owners to fire players who knelt
during the anthem.
Kaepernick said
the design featuring 13
white stars in a circle
was offensive because it
was associated with a
period of slavery, which
was legal in the US after
independence from
Britain. AFP
SERENA Williams of the United States and Andy Murray of Great Britain smile with the men’s and women’s trophies
during the draw ceremony prior the start of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in this file
photo.
AFP
Federer flirts with disaster
WIMBLEDON, United
Kingdom — Eight-time
Wimbledon champion
Roger Federer overcame
a first-set scare by beating
South African debutant Lloyd
Harris 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2, to reach
the second round at Wimbledon on
Tuesday.
Federer’s great rival, Rafael Nadal, also
went through in easier fashion beating Japanese
qualifier Yuichi Sugita 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 to set up a
fascinating tussle with fiery Australian Nick Kyrgios.
Kyrgios, who stunned Nadal as a 144-ranked
wildcard on his tournament debut in 2014, put in a
typically raucous and charismatic display to claim a
7-6 (7/4), 3-6, 7-6 (12/10), 0-6, 6-1 win over countryman
Jordan Thompson.
I believed in what I said but I am not going
to get into a fight with anyone.
“Not sure that me and Rafa could go down to the
Dog and Fox and have a beer together,” said a typically
frank Kyrgios on their relationship.
However, Nadal refused to add fuel to the fire ahead
of Thursday’s clash.
“I am too old to get into all this stuff,” the 33-year-old
said when asked for his view on facing a man who he
accused earlier this year of “lacking respect.”
PARIS, France — With five years to go before
the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the first
foreign delegations began a two-day Paris visit
on Thursday to check out venues and possible
base camps.
Organizers welcomed 72 representatives
from 27 National Olympic Committees and 13
National Paralympic Committees, including
heavyweights such as Australia, Britain,
China, Japan, Russia and United States, as
well as minnows like Andorra, Central African
Republic, Eritrea, Guatemala and Luxembourg.
On the agenda for Thursday and Friday
are visits to some of the 2024 event venues
and workshops, particularly on the subject of
the Olympic village in the Seine-Saint-Denis
department.
“They all have a lot of experience of Olympic
villages and have something to offer us and it
is important to create a relationship of trust
now,” Sophie Lorant, director of international
relations at the local organizing committee
told AFP.
“I believed in what I said but I am not going to get
into a fight with anyone.”
Federer admitted it had taken time to get going
against a far form over-awed opponent, who was
hampered later on with a calf injury.
“I struggled early on, my legs were frozen and the
ball was not going where I wanted it to,” Federer said.
“He was hitting big and things were going quickly.
I was nervous for a set and a half.
“So it took a good effort from me. Lloyd played a
good match.”
However, while he progressed, another of the top
10 seeds fell by the wayside, two-time French Open
champion Dominic Thiem’s lack of ease on grass
being exposed by veteran American serve and volley
specialist Sam Querrey.
Querrey, a Wimbledon semifinalist in 2017, prevailed
6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/1), 6-3, 6-0.
“There’s still things which are not easy,” said Thiem.
“I mean, last year and this year together I played
four grass court matches, which is not a lot at all.”
“All the clay court season it takes a lot out of me,”
added the 25-year-old Austrian.
Women’s world number one Ashleigh Barty and
defending champion Angelique Kerber avoided the
fate of second seed Naomi Osaka and came through
their first round clashes safely.
Barty beat China’s Zheng Saisai 6-4, 6-2 while
Kerber, the fourth seed, beat fellow German Tatjana
Maria 6-4, 6-3.
AFP
Paris welcomes Olympic guests
“Several competition sites already exist and
they want to see them to imagine themselves
there,” Lorant added.
Major countries, such as the United States,
which took 555 competitors to Rio in 2016, are
already looking for sites where they could set
up a multi-sport training base.
Some existing facilities have already been
approached.
“Canada, Argentina, Colombia and the
United States have already come to see us,
and we have a new request from China,” said
Arnaud Zumaglia, head of a regional sports
training center in Eaubonne, in the Paris
suburbs not far from Saint-Denis.
“The larger the countries, the more they are
forced to plan in advance.”
Local authorities have until the end of
October 2019 to apply for a place among the
“Games Preparation Centers” and hope to be
included in the catalogue that the organizing
committee will make available to foreign
delegations.
AFP
Cavendish left out
PARIS, France — Mark Cavendish won’t get a chance
this month to overhaul Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 stage
victories at the Tour de France.
The 34-year-old British sprinter with 30 stage victories,
second only to Merckx, wasn’t included on the eight-rider
squad for the race by his team, Dimension Data.
Cavendish hasn’t missed a Tour since his first in 2007.
But he also hasn’t won a stage since he took four in
2016 to overhaul Bernard Hinault on the list of stage
winners. Hinault won 28.
Cavendish, the dominant sprinter of his
generation, has been struggling to rediscover his
speed since he was diagnosed in 2017 with the
Epstein-Barr virus, which can cause fatigue and
inflammation.
AP

Thursday, 4 July 2019
Daily Tribune
ALEX Morgan of the United States
celebrates after scoring a goal
in the 2019 Women’s World Cup
semifinal football match against
England at the Lyon Satdium in
Decines-Charpieu, France. AFP
U.S. NEARS CUP CROWN
SPORTS
American idols
D23
Rapinoe
seeks
return
LYON, France — A minor hamstring
strain kept star forward Megan
Rapinoe out of the United States’
nail-biting 2-1 win over England in the
Women’s World Cup semifinals Tuesday
night.
It didn’t stop her from pouring off
the bench with the other substitutes
to congratulate their teammates, and
Rapinoe is confident it won’t rule her
out of Sunday’s final against either The
Netherlands or Sweden.
But it’s feeling much better and I
expect to be ready for the final.
Rapinoe was injured late in the second
half of the 2-1 win against France last
Friday.
“It just tightened up a little bit toward
the end. Just wasn’t going to be ready
for today,” Rapinoe told reporters after
the victory against England moved the US
closer to a fourth World Cup title.
“But it’s feeling much better and I
expect to be ready for the final.”
When asked how confident she was,
she replied: “It’s a combination of how
it feels and how it looks and what I can
do. I expect with how it feels now to be
ready. As is with these things, you just
have to go day by day and see how it is.”
Rapinoe watched nervously from
the bench as England had an apparent
equalizer by its own star forward Ellen
White ruled out for offside and, with
just a few minutes remaining, watched
goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher save a penalty
kick by England.
There was widespread elation at the
end, but for Rapinoe it was torture to
watch.
“It’s terrible. It’s so stressful,” she
said, breaking out into a smile of relief.
“It’s hard. You put everything into this game.
You have everything invested in it and no way
to get rid of your anxiety.”
AP
It is widely believed, however, that
Russell won’t see action for the Warriors
Basketball fans around the world went through
manic Monday as they were greeted by the frantic
start of the NBA free agency period.
With the scale and quality of free agent
movements across the entire NBA spectrum, it’s
safe to say that the coming season will be anything
but predictable.
And though these players have not really signed on
the dotted lines yet, it’s still fun to speculate about
the ripples and consequences of all these decisions.
Let’s begin with arguably the most sought after
free agent this year, Kevin Durant.
Despite an Achilles heel tear he suffered in Game
5 of the recent NBA Finals, Durant remained on top
the wish list of several teams, most notably the New
York Knicks, who infamously tanked their way to
swing for him and rookie Zion Williamson.
Sadly, the Knicks struck out hard, failing to get
Zion in the NBA Rookie Draft and notoriously falling
short of offering Durant a max contract, which kind
of sealed the deal when it comes to where the Slim
Reaper landed.
Curiously and ironically, though, Durant will still
go to New York – but not to the Knicks.
The two-time Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP)
is headed to the Brooklyn Nets, who were among the
league’s biggest surprises last season and who are
going to be a playoff favorite in 2019-2020, especially
since Durant will join another key free agent, former
Boston Celtics playmaker Kyrie Irving.
Irving has agreed to and will soon ink a four-year,
$142 million contract with the Nets, giving them a
tremendously tantalizing power couple rivaling Jay-Z
and Beyonce.
That tandem of transactions alone was enough
to shock everyone out of bed last Monday, but the
NBA was far from done.
Also in the East, the Boston Celtics moved quickly,
filling their Kyrie-shaped void by swiping All-Star
Kemba Walker.
The 6-foot-1 guard is coming off the best season
of his career, averaging close to 26 points per game
Brazil breaks Messi’s heart
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil — Gabriel Jesus and Roberto Firmino scored
the goals as Brazil beat archrival Argentina, 2-0, to qualify for the Copa
America final on Tuesday.
Jesus and Firmino netted a goal apiece in each half to give Brazil a
victory that ensured Lionel Messi’s frustrating wait for a major international
tournament title with Argentina continued.
Host Brazil will play the winner of Wednesday’s second semifinal
between champion Chile and Peru in Sunday’s final.
It was the first time these age-old rivals had met in a major
competition since Brazil beat Argentina, 3-0, in the 2007
Copa final.
English-based Jesus and Firmino were the stars, each
creating the other’s goal, although captain Dani Alves
had a major say in the opener.
“It was another step towards our objective. We’re
achieving all the goals that we’re setting ourselves,”
Alves said.
“A lot of people doubt us but we have a lot of faith in
ourselves, in our plan, in our hard work.
“We’re reaping the fruits of the seeds we’re sowing
every day.”
But it was a miserable night for Messi, whose hopes of
landing a major international honor with Argentina ended
in disappointment once again.
He will get another opportunity next year, though, with the
fourth Copa America in the last five years, due to be played in
Argentina and Colombia.
AFP
Frantic free agency
and Beantown fans are
hoping he can rejuvenate
their franchise into
prominence.
It would be easier
said than done, though,
as the Celtics lost
another key cog with
Al Horford bolting out
of the greater New
England area to go a
little southward to join
the Philadelphia 76ers.
Horford gives the
Sixers an imposing
finishing five along with Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons,
the returning Tobias Harris and Josh Richardson.
Barring health issues, Philadelphia is an Eastern
Conference contender for sure.
The Sixers received Richardson in a sign-and-trade
deal with Miami in a three-team transaction including
Dallas.
The Heat got enigmatic guard Jimmy Butler, who
should give the South Florida team some star power
in the wake of Dwyane Wade’s retirement.
Another seismic deal involved Brooklyn star
D’Angelo Russell, who will make his way back to the
west coast after agreeing to a sign-and-trade between
the Nets and the Golden State Warriors.
Hot Take Hoops
Enzo Flojo
Sadly, the Knicks struck out hard, failing to
get Zion in the NBA Rookie Draft and notoriously
falling short of offering Durant a max
contract.
It is widely believed, however, that Russell won’t
see action for the Warriors, who are expected to utilize
the All-Star as a valuable trade piece in their efforts
to shore up their roster after Durant’s leaving and
Klay Thompson’s recovery from his anterior cruciate
ligament tear.
What a crazy free agency so far, eh?
And to think that there will be more big waves
to come, especially with reigning Finals MVP Kawhi
Leonard’s impending decision still up in the air.
LYON, France — With Alex Morgan’s
cheeky tea-sipping celebration and a
postgame mobbing of goalkeeper Alyssa
Naeher, the United States has moved a step
closer to successfully defending its latest
Women’s World Cup title.
Morgan scored the go-ahead goal and
Naeher preserved the 2-1 semifinal victory
over England by smothering a late penalty
kick Tuesday night.
The top-ranked United States
will now face the winner of
Wednesday’s
semifinal between
The Netherlands and Sweden in
the Americans’ third straight
appearance in the World Cup
title match.
Christen Press, who started
with Megan Rapinoe out
with a hamstring injury, put
the United States up early
but Ellen White’s goal tied
it before 20 minutes had
passed.
Morgan’s sixth goal of the
tournament came before the
break, and on her 30th birthday.
She hadn’t had a goal since she
scored five in the team’s 13-0
rout of Thailand to open the
LIONEL Messi of Argentina leaves the field after losing to Brazil
in a Copa America football tournament semifinal match at the
Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
AFP
NEW YORK — Lawyers for former Auburn
University assistant basketball coach Chuck
Person said Tuesday the 13-year NBA veteran
was broke and financially desperate when
he joined a bribery conspiracy that cheated
young athletes by steering them toward
bribe-paying advisers and managers.
They asked a judge in papers filed in
Manhattan federal court to spare him from
prison in the scandal that touched some of
the biggest schools in college basketball.
“Chuck recognizes that his failure to
manage his money responsibly led him to
make the worst decision of his entire life,”
the lawyers said.
“He grew up poor and suddenly came
into millions of dollars without a clue
how to manage it. Chuck spent too freely,
tournament.
After her goal, Morgan pantomimed a sip of tea
on the field.
“I feel like this team just has
had so much thrown at us,
and I felt that we
didn’t take
the easy route
to the final this tournament,
and that’s the tea,” she said.
White’s goal was also her sixth but
Morgan has the edge for the tournament’s
Golden Boot with three assists. White
appeared to score her seventh in the 69th minute
but video review determined she was offside — and
the Americans in the crowd of 53,512 at Stade de
Lyon roared.
Another video review went against the United States
late in the game when it determined Becky Sauerbrunn
had fouled White in the penalty area. A diving Naeher
stopped the penalty shot of England captain Steph
Houghton in the 84th minute.
It was the first penalty kick saved by a US goalkeeper
in regular time at the World Cup. At the final whistle, the
team mobbed Naeher in front of the goal in celebration.
Rapinoe gave her a bear hug.
The mild-mannered goalkeeper was asked afterward
if it was the biggest save of her life. “Probably up there,
yeah,” she said smiling.
“It’s a special team and everybody fought hard
tonight for all 90 minutes. Players on the field, players
on the bench, ready to come in and make differences,”
Naeher said.
“Obviously Christen coming in and starting tonight
and scoring a great goal was huge for us. And I think it’s
just a testament to the team.”
AP
Greece parades
Antetokounmpos
The NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the 2018-19 season
Giannis Antetokounmpo was named in the Greece squad
for the 2019 World Cup in China on Tuesday along with two
of his four brothers.
We finally decided to have Kostas Antetokounmpo
on the team.
The 24-year-old Milwaukee Bucks forward
will be joined by 26-year-old Thanasis, who
plays for Greek side Panathinaikos, and
21-year-old Dallas Mavericks’ power
forward Kostas who makes the 18-man
squad for the first time.
“We finally decided to have Kostas
Antetokounmpo on the team,” said
coach Thanasis Skourtopoulos.
“He is a young player whose
development we expect a lot from. We
felt that we would only start to see the
benefits by gradually introducing him
into contact with the national team.”
The oldest of the five brothers,
Francis, is a professional footballer but
there is a possibility that three will
become four in the future with the
youngest brother Alexis already turning
heads in high school in Milwaukee
and tipped by Giannis to be the best
of the lot.
Giannis, born in Greece to Nigerian
parents, first represented Greece in
July 2013 at under-21 level, the same
year he signed for the Bucks. AFP
KOSTAS Antetokounmpo, Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Alexis Antetokounmpo and Giannis
Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks grace the 2019 NBA Awards Show at Barker Hangar in
Santa Monica, California.
AFP
‘Rifleman’ in trouble
gave to anyone who asked, made dreadful
investment decisions, and turned to high
interest loans as his financial circumstances
deteriorated.”
Prosecutors say Person, scheduled to be
sentenced next Tuesday, accepted $91,500 in
bribes to steer top players to a government
cooperator posing as a financial adviser.
Sentencing guidelines call for two years
in prison though three other coaches who
pleaded guilty to the same charge have
received leniency.
Person’s March guilty plea to a bribery
conspiracy charge came nearly two decades
after he was a regular presence on NBA
courts, known as the “Rifleman” for lighting
up scoreboards with his long-range shooting
skills.
AP

D24 SPORTS
Thursday, 4 July 2019
Daily Tribune
NEW ORDER FROM IOC, OCA
No room for error
We all agree that these issues must be addressed and resolved quickly, but not in a hurry as due process still has to
be followed
By Julius Manicad
Making sure that there will be no room for error, the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Olympic
Council of Asia (OCA) issued fresh directives to help
the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) resolve its
leadership conflict.
In a two-page letter dated 2 July, IOC director for Olympic
Solidarity and National Olympic Committee (NOC) Relations
James Macleod and OCA director general Hussain Al-Musallam
tasked the POC to carefully proceed to the next step after they
have confirmed and recognized the resignations of Ricky Vargas
as POC president, Abraham Tolentino as POC chairman and
Clint Aranas and Cynthia Carrion as POC board members.
We accept these directives with an open heart
and rest assured that we will faithfully comply
to help the POC get back on its feet.
The IOC and OCA said the POC executive council
should convene in a special board meeting immediately,
or within five days, to review the IOC directives, create
an independent elections commission and formally call
for an extraordinary general assembly within 10 days.
The IOC and OCA expect the POC to hold a special
board meeting on 8 July and set the first extraordinary
general assembly on 18 July.
In the first extraordinary general assembly, the
IOC and OCA expect the members to formally approve
the assembly of an independent elections commission
proposed by the executive board, clarify any issues that
may arise and call for a second extraordinary general
assembly within 10 days — or not later than 28 July — to
hold the special elections.
The IOC and OCA will send a representative to
ensure the orderly conduct of both extraordinary general
assembly meetings.
The fresh IOC and OCA directives rebuked
Tolentino’s call for an election on date not later than 18
July and placed the resolution of this leadership crisis
on the hands of the POC executive council.
Tolentino, the cycling chief who is eyeing the POC
presidency against the Aranas, said there is an urgent
need to hold special polls as it is in accordance to the
POC constitution and by-laws that state that vacant
positions in the POC executive board should be filled
out within 30 days.
Tolentino reportedly reached out to both the IOC and
OCA to clarify the content of their first letter, where he
stressed that that he is amenable to moving his proposed
to no later than 18 July based on the POC constitution
and by-laws.
But the IOC and OCA said holding elections is not easy
so the POC has to do it carefully and with due process.
“We all agree that these issues must be addressed
and resolved quickly, but not in a hurry as due process
The young Filipino dribblers
hardly put up a fight as Russia,
ranked No. 19 in the world, was
totally dominating from the get
go
By Joel Orellana
Gilas Pilipinas Youth bowed to the
mighty Russian team, 64-92, in the
still has to be followed,” Macleod and Al-Musallam said
in a joint statement obtained by Daily Tribune.
“It must be noted that that the POC has had many
opportunities to resolve these issues internally and
peacefully, however, has not managed to do so until
now. Under these circumstances, the IOC and OCA have
the duty to offer guidance and assistance to resolve the
situation in the interest of the Olympic movement.”
POC first vice president Joey Romasanta
expressed gratitude to the IOC and OCA for being
patient in extending guidance and support to the
local Olympic council.
Romasanta, who assumed the role as acting
president following the resignation of Vargas, said
the POC executive board accepts the directives with
an open heart and they would follow these to the
letter to skirt possible suspension from the IOC’s
roll of NOC.
“We thank the IOC and OCA for providing us very
clear directives on how we can solve the leadership
crisis that was created by the resignation of Mr. Ricky
Vargas as POC president,” said Romasanta.
“We accept these directives with an open heart
and rest assured that we will faithfully comply to
help the POC get back on its feet.”
Romasanta said this is the perfect time for
them to unite and show that they can overcome
the stormy turn of events that sparked when
they discovered the involvement of Vargas in the
Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing
Committee Foundation Inc., a body that aims to
organize the 30th SEA Games without blessing
from the POC board.
“We enjoin all POC members to help us in
complying and look after the welfare of the POC
as an institution and not get affected by partisan
interests. Elections are always divisive. But I hope
we can prove we can unite as one,” Romasanta
said.
“The whole country is looking at us.”
Gilas Youth remains winless
FIBA Basketball U19 World Cup 2019 on
Wednesday at the Heraklion University
Sports Hall in Greece.
It was the worst loss of the squad of
head coach Sandy Arespacochaga to end
its Group C campaign with 0-3 mark and
face Group D topnotcher Serbia at 4:15
a.m. Thursday (Manila time).
Unlike in their first two matches
against host nation Greece and
Argentina, the young Filipino dribblers
hardly put up a fight as Russia,
ranked No. 19 in the world, was totally
dominating from the get go and even
led by as many as 30 points, 85-59, late
in the final quarter.
Dave Ildefonso led the Filipinos
with 14 points, six rebounds and five
assists while Kai Sotto also tallied 14
points, seven rebounds and six blocks.
Carl Tamayo chipped in 12 points and
five rebounds.
Russia, which grabbed the No. 2
spot in Group C following the loss of
DAVE Ildefonso of Gilas
Pilipinas Youth tests the mettle
of a Russian defender during
their group stage match in the
FIBA U19 Basketball World
Cup at the Heraklion University
Hall in Heraklion, Greece.
MANNY Pacquiao works on the mitts with trainer
Freddie Roach in preparation for his World
Boxing Association welterweight title fight with
Keith Thurman on 20 July at the MGM Grand in
Las Vegas, Nevada.
WENDELL ALINEA
Greece to Argentina, 68-73, quickly
erected a 28-15 advantage after the
first period and never looked back
to put itself in a better position to
advance to the quarterfinal stage.
With the win, Russia will face Group
D No. 3 China in the Round of 16 Stage.
The Chinese nailed their first win in
the tournament after shocking Puerto
Rico, 99-94.
Aleksander Ershov led Russia with
21 points and six rebounds while the
hot-shooting Nikita Mihailovskii hit
four three-pointers to end up with 16
points and 10 boards.
The Russians entered the break
with a commanding 49-30 advantage
and they continued to pounce on the
undermanned Batang Gilas squad,
which earlier lost its big man AJ Edu
due to anterior cruciate ligament
injury.
Now, the 30th ranked Philippines
needs to play its best game against
the No. 4 ranked Serbia in their
Round of 16 encounter to stand a
chance of advancing to the knockout
quarterfinals.
Serbia finished Group D undefeated,
demolishing China 106-57. It pulled off
a 75-74 escape over Puerto Rico, 75-74,
then beat France, 85-76, to close out
its campaign in the group.
The Philippines lost steam to
Greece, 69-85, in its opening game and
gave Argentina a tough fight before
yielding a 77-72 decision.
Roach mocks
Thurman
Freddie Roach unleashed a saucy tirade that was
meant to belittle the ability of Keith Thurman to prevail
over Manny Pacquiao in their World Boxing Association
welterweight battle on 20 July at the MGM Grand in Las
Vegas.
In a photo posted by Steve Angeles of ABS-CBN’s
Balitang America on Twitter, it shows Roach inscribing
on a white board that Thurman is slower than Heinz
ketchup.
The taunt was made after Pacquiao came from
a 10-round sparring session at the Wildcard Gym in
Hollywood, where he displayed his deadly form three
weeks ahead of his title clash with the outspoken
American.
Although the Filipino ring icon, doesn’t like to engage
in war of words, his long-time trainer did it for him.
“Thurman is slower than Heinz ketchup,” writes Roach,
poking fun on Thurman’s speed.
“Manny will beat him 57 ways on July 20th.”
Although still undefeated, Thurman is known for
telegraphing wide punches, something that Pacquiao
can easily exploit.
After all, speed is Pacquiao’s greatest asset.
F2 to
stretch
streak
SILAY CITY — Powerhouse F2 Logistics
seeks to sustain its blazing streak when it
tackles struggling Sta. Lucia in the Philippine
Superliga All-Filipino Conference Thursday at
the Natalio Velez Sports and Cultural Center.
It’s still a long way to go.
Action erupts at 4:15 p.m. with the Cargo
Movers looking for their sixth straight victory in
this prestigious women’s tourney.
Meanwhile, Cignal aims to bounce back when
it faces Generika-Ayala in the second match at
7 p.m.
Since claiming Filipino-Spiker Kalei Mau
from the disbanded United VC, the Cargo
Movers were never the same again as they
won their first five matches, including big
wins over reigning champion Petron and
heavy contender Cignal.
Against the HD Spikers, the Cargo Movers
showed that they are capable of regaining the
crown.
Mau fired only 10 points, but it didn’t matter
as other stars like Ara Galang, Aby Marano and
Majoy Baron shone to tow F2 Logistics to an
easy 25-22, 25-19, 25-14 victory.
Still, F2 Logistics coach Ramil de Jesus is
far from satisfied.
“It’s not about the record. Yes, we have a
perfect card so far, but we’re still playing in
the eliminations. It’s still a long way to go,”
said de Jesus, who led the Cargo Movers to the
Al-Filipino title in 2017.
Wright makes Phoenix right
The Phoenix top gun was the only player who garnered votes out of
the seven others who vied for the weekly citation
Thanks to Matthew Wright, Phoenix
has suddenly righted its campaign in the
Philippine Basketball Association (PBA)
Commissioner’s Cup.
With the 28-year-old Wright producing
import-like numbers, the Fuel Masters
have won back-to-back games to climb at
the .500 mark and stay in contention for a
berth in the eight-team playoffs.
Wright averaged 30.0 points, 4.0
rebounds, and 6.0 assists in the team’s
victories over top teams NorthPort
and Barangay Ginebra to emerge the
unanimous choice as the PBA Press
Corps-Cignal Player of the Week for the
period 24 June to 1 July.
The Phoenix top gun was the only player
who garnered votes out of the seven others
who vied for the weekly citation.
The other candidates for the honor were
Mark Barroca and Paul Lee of Magnolia,
Jericho Cruz of NLEX, Columbian Dyip
rookie CJ Perez, and the Barangay Ginebra
trio of Stanley Pringle, LA Tenorio and Japeth
Aguilar.
Wright had 28 points, five rebounds,
and six assists as the Fuel Masters
toppled erstwhile leader NorthPort, 97-87.
But Wright reserved his best against
Ginebra, erupting for 32 points to rally back
Phoenix from a 14-point deficit to eke out a
111-103 victory.
The Filipino-Canadian gunner scored five
points in the final five minutes of the game,
none more clutch than the fadeaway jumper
he buried with 1:44 left and gave Phoenix a
106-102 lead.
KALEI Mau of F2 Logistics scores on a joust with Alohi Robins-Hardy of Cignal during
their Philippine Superliga All-Filipino Conference game late Tuesday at the Cadiz City
Arena in Cadiz City.
ROMAN PROSPERO