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Briefly Yellow labels THE Department of Energy is calling the public to examine Yellow Labels or Energy Guides attached/printed in household appliances and lighting products to ensure ef ficient, qualit y products that can bring beneficial re sul t s d ur ing t he Energ y Efficiency and Conservation Seminar on May 6, here. Kristian Carlo B. Victorio, DOE Research Engineer said the yellow-colored cards are indicators of a product’s efficiency and performance that the public should heed when buying appliances and lighting products. “The rule of thumb is simple, the higher the number, the more efficient the appliance is,” Victorio added. Victorio also cited important reasons why yellow labels should be taken seriously. First, it ensures consumers that their products are certified and efficient. Second, it trims down monthly electric bill, and it helps the environment.
Summer jobs TAGUM City -- Grantees of the Special Program for Students (SPES) in the province are happy the provincial government has finally deployed them to their respective assigned offices. The province facilitated the employment contract of the first batch of SPES with 140 recipients after the lapse of the election ban, which froze the implementation of the program as Comelec prohibited the release, disbursement or expenditure of public funds, including the hiring of employees, from March 29-May 13 this year. The campaign and election p e r i o d s fe l l o n t h e s a m e employment duration of the SPES program. Lenie Dumapias, an incoming fourth year BSIT student at the Davao del Norte State College in Panabo City said her jobless widowed mother was overjoyed that she eventually got her contract to work for 20 days at the Provincial Capitol.
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HERE’S no need for new plants to solve the power crisis in Mindanao. In fact, if two power experts had their way, a simple change in the dispatch protocol in the Mindanao Grid would instantly do away with the rotating brownouts which have plagued much of the island since 2010.
Engr. Cerael C. Donggay, former Vice President of the National Power CorporationMindanao who functioned as the System Operations Manager responsible for managing the Mindanao Power Grid, presented last April 30, 2013 to chambers of commerce in Davao City an alternative dispatch protocol
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which he says would instantly resolve the current power shortage and end rotating brownouts. In a n inter v iew, Mr. Donggay sa id in t he present power situation in Mindanao with supply lower than demand, the “Hybrid Economic Dispatch” where all available grid connected
diesel plants must run 24/7 would enable the hydropower plants to save water during daytime and release these during the evening peak hours. “When we release the Lake Lanao and Pulangi waters we saved during the daytime off-peak hours during the evening peak hours, we can generate a greater volume of cheaper energy which would eliminate the need for rotating brownouts or power curtailment.” Assuming a grid cost of P4.00 per kilowatt hour ( kW h) f o r hy d r o a n d capacity/PAGE 11
Rustan’s biggest, best now serving Cagayan de Oro By BONG FABE, Associate Editor
By ROMELDA ASCUTIA Contributor
THE Philippines is doing the right things in preparing for the ASEAN economic integration, but its efforts should be redoubled to ensure it is ready for the impact of a single regional market two years from now. L oca l ma nu fac t u r i ng a nd ex por t i ng of f icia ls underscored at a recent business forum the urgency for a globally competitive Philippines, saying bluntly that the country does not seem ready for the ASEAN Free Trade Area in 2015. Ramon Kabig ting, executive director of the Ph i l ip pi ne Aut om o t i ve Competitiveness Council, noted the rapid chain of events Asean/PAGE 11
RUSTAN’S BIGGEST STORE. Outgoing Misamis Oriental Governor and Cagayan de Oro City Mayor-elect Oscar S. Moreno with Rustan’s Supermarket President and CEO Bienvenido “Donnie” V. Tantoco III during the opening of Rustan’s Supermarket Cagayan de Oro at the Ayala Centrio Mall. photo courtesy of bigseed pr and events
TRUE to its thrust of making quality affordable and accessible to everyone, the biggest and the best Rustan’s Supermarket is now open to “add value to life” in the City of Golden Friendship. After 43 long years in the business, Rustan’s finally opened its first store in Mindanao through the Rustan’s Supermarket at the Ayala Centrio Mall. “It has taken us too long to open a store here and we decided to do it in a big way. That’s why the Rustan’s Supermarket we [have opened] tonight is the biggest Rustan’s Supermarket in the country, said Bienvenido “Donnie” V. Tantoco III, president and CEO of Rustan’s Supermarket during the opening program Thursday night at the Ayala Centrio Mall activity center. Georgia “Jaja” Chiongbian-Rama, managing director of BIGSEED Public Relations and Events, the public and media relations agency for Rustan’s, disclosed that the supermarket’s gross floor area is 4,186 sq.m, while its gross selling area is 2,591 sq.m. rustans/PAGE 11
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IMPLEMENT immediate reforms to boost the Philippine manufacturing and exporting sectors to improve competitiveness level. This is the urgent appeal of industry leaders to policymakers as they pointed out how the country continues to bring up the rear in the competitiveness race with its neighbors in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. While Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam manufacturers and exporters have benefitted greatly from the rise in globalization, the Philippines has yet to reach their level of success, said company leaders at a recent forum on Phi lippine g loba l competitiveness. They mainly blamed the harsh business environment i n t he cou nt r y for t he slow grow th. “Domestic
manufacturing has never faced more challenges to survival than today, such as high business costs, low import duties, and extensive technical smuggling,” says the Arangkada Philippines Second Anniversar y Assessment, which evaluates the economic progress made by the country in 2012. The assessment, released i n t he f i rst qu a r ter of t his year, of fers severa l recommendations to
b ol s t e r m a nu f a c t u r i n g competitiveness. A mong t hese is to g ive g reater priorit y to manufacturing and make serious efforts to offer a competitive business environment. Manufacturing does not rank high on the Philippine Development Plan’s list of priorities, the business leaders said, even as they called on government agencies to work with the private industry to implement a c l e a r ove r a l l p o l i c y supportive of the segment. T hey a lso sug gested d iversi f y i ng Ph i l ippi ne exports. “Without electronics, exports of manufactured goods would have grown ver y slowly, as garment exports have contracted [and] automotive manufacturing
[is] undermined by used car imports and the higher cost of car assembly in the Philippines. The high percentage of exports made up of electronics is a failure to develop a diversified mix of manufactured exports, creating a risk should the v iabi l it y of elec t ron ic s manufacturing decline.” As for the high cost of producing in the Philippines, the government is urged to consider removing or re duc i ng t he e x tende d va lue-added ta x on elec t r icit y a nd f uel for domestic manufacturers. “ T here wa s no ser iou s advocacy or consideration by the private sector [or] government agencies in 2012 on removing or reducing improve/PAGE 11
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Parts of Zambo, Normin still positive for red tide THE Bureau of Fisheries a nd Aq u at ic R e s ou rc e s (BFAR) continues to warn the public that shellfishes collected at Dumanquillas Bay in Zamboanga del Sur, Murclelagos Bay in Zamboanga del Nor te, a nd Misa mis Occidental are still positive for paralytic shellfish poison. The statement was based on laboratory tests conducted by BFAR and Local Government Units. Visa Tan-Dimerin, BFAR region 10 director, said all
types of shellfish and Acetes sp. or alamang gathered around the areas identified are not safe for human consumption, prohibiting the public to harvest, sell and buy. However, squids and crabs are safe to eat provided that these are fresh and washed thoroughly, and internal organs such as gills and intestines are removed before cooking. The remaining coastal waters of Misamis Oriental, Camiguin, Lanao del Norte are still free from toxic red tides.
Manufacturing sector urged to diversify export base THE countr y’s manufacturing industries particularly electronics need to move up the value chain and diversify the export base. This was the recommendat ion of a research study by Philippine
Institute for Development St u d ie s (PI D S) S e n ior Research Fellow Rafaelita Aldaba. “To achieve these, there is a need for strategic industrial policy and carefully designed subsidies that would target
improvement of firm level competitiveness such as innovation and research and development activities a nd hu ma n resou rce development,” the study noted. Aldaba emphasized that
the country’s manufacturing export base has become less diversified with the country’s exports heavily concentrated in three product groups: automotive and electronic pa r ts a nd components, garments and textile, and
machinery and transport equipment. She considered these as low value-added and laborintensive product sectors and considerably dependent on imported inputs. Aldaba also underscored
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THE Department of Health (DOH) has been quick in recognizing the gravity of the HIV-AIDS/TB epidemic worldwide by mobilizing the required commitment and resources for sustainable national and local responses through the program dubbed as “Double Trouble.” The Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) and the German Doctors Hospital have supported the undertakings of the DOH to combat HIV/AIDS and TB in Region 10, where local health agencies have been implementing HIV/AIDS and TB activities under a comprehensive approach with other health agencies, which are all working as part of emergency Plan for AIDS and TB, now known to be high-risk “classmates”. TB has also been identified as the “leading opportunist” in HIV/ AIDS cases with infections. In partnership with other health agencies in the local government and private sector, DOH 10 initiates awareness and prevention activities, including initiatives to prevent mother-to-child transmission and the prevention of sexual transmission of the HIV virus (abstinence and “be faithful” programs, condoms/other prevention initiatives). Other interventions include the prevention of medical transmission of the HIV virus (blood and injection safety). These activities are also integrated into all care and treatment activities, including HIV counselling and testing services. The backbone of the preventive program in HIV/AIDS starts with the awareness that HIV/AIDS can be prevented. For treatment, it includes antiretroviral drugs and services to eligible patients, as well as laboratory support for the diagnosis and monitoring of HIVpositive patients. For TB, activities are designed to reduce TB transmission, improve diagnosis, and manage multi-drug-resistant-TB cases, especially among HIV positive patients. Routine HIV testing is also a priority in TB Directly Observed Treatment Short-Course (DOTS). A person afflicted with a combination of Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV/AIDS, which weakens the immune system, is considered by medical experts to be at high risk. People who are co-infected with both HIV and latent TB have an up to 50 times greater risk of developing active tuberculosis disease and becoming infectious compared to people not infected
with HIV. People with advanced HIV infection are vulnerable to a wide range of infections and malignancies that are called ‘opportunistic infections’ because they take advantage of the opportunity offered by a weakened immune system. Tuberculosis is an HIV-related opportunistic infection. A person that has both HIV and active tuberculosis has an AIDS defining illness, according to physicians who explained the seriousness of the complication to media practitioners at the weekly BWM News Conference (NEWSCON), Friday, May 17, 2013, at Tanleh Building, BWM Media Center, along Abellanosa Street, Consolacion, Cagayan de Oro City. There are several important associations between the epidemics of HIV and tuberculosis as explained by the resource persons during the NEWSCON: TB is harder to diagnose in HIV-positive people; TB progresses faster in HIV-infected people; TB in HIVpositive people is more likely to be fatal if undiagnosed or left untreated; TB occurs earlier in the course of HIV-infection than other opportunistic infections. For some people it can be difficult to take drugs for both tuberculosis and HIV at the same time. Some anti-HIV drugs can also interact with some tuberculosis drugs making the treatment more difficult. It is important that the tu-
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provider has advised. If the drugs are not taken regularly, the bacteria can become resistant to the drugs and this can be dangerous. Multidrug resistant TB (MDR-TB) is when the bacteria has become resistant to anti-TB drugs. It is more difficult to treat MDR-TB as well as being considerably more expensive. To ensure thorough treatment, physicians who were guests at the NEWSCON recommended that Ms. Fritzie Caybot-Estoque the patient takes his or her pills in the presence of someone who berculosis treatment is taken regu- can supervise the therapy. This aplarly and exactly as the health care proach is called DOTS (directly
observed treatment, short course). DOTS cures tuberculosis in 95% of cases. What are multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) and extreme drug resistant TB (XDR-TB)? When a strain of tuberculosis bacteria is resistant to two or more ‘first-line’ antibiotic drugs it is called multi-drug resistant TB or MDR-TB. When it is resistant to three or more ‘second-line’ antibiotics as well, it is classed as extreme drug resistant tuberculosis, or XDR-TB. Drug resistance usually arises when tuberculosis patients do not or cannot take their medicine as prescribed, and drugresistant mutations of the bacteria are allowed to replicate. People can also catch MDR and XDR-TB from others. XDR-TB is even more serious. If someone has XDR-TB, it means they are resistant to three or more of the six available second-line drugs too. This can make it virtually impossible to formulate an effective treatment regime for them. Many people with XDR-TB will die before it is even realised that they have the extreme resistant strain. -------------------------------------VALUABLE INFORMATION: • Equip yourself with the basic knowledge about HIV and AIDS • Put into practice the appropriate preventive measures from HIV infection • Take on and promote a healthy lifestyle. If your negative: Remain aware, uninfected, and healthy. If your positive: Remain aware, healthy, and productive. HIV/AIDS begins with an infection. The infection is caused by
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“But the privatization of power plants will result to high cost charges of electric bills, therefore for the consumers’ common good, the local government and the consumers must own those power plants and not for group’s own interest,” Tauli said. M i n C A R E D i s n ow pushing for more power plants to be built in Mindanao. One is solar hybrid plants that if implemented Mindanao consumers will only pay P8/kWh, P6/kWh for coal fired plants and P4/kWh for hydropower solutions compared to the P9.68/kWh approved by the government. “The P9.68/kWh power rate is below commercial if private sectors will own power plants in the region, so if they will privatize those roughly P17.95/kWh will be the region’s power rate, very expensive,” Tauli added. Cu lt u r a a d d e d t h at renewable energ y is the long term solution for the power crisis experienced in Mindanao, low power rates will make the consumers happy. Antonia V. Sevandal, a consumer said that it will be better if low power rates will be achieved for she will pay less also. To f u r t he r c ondu c t multilateral negotiations among government units
and stakeholders to come up with Mindanao Power Agenda, MinCARED will hold their second congress on May 27-28 at Xavier Estates, this city. T h i s y e a r ’s t h e m e “Mainstreaming t he Mindanao Power Agenda: Reliable, Af fordable, a nd Su st a i nable Power Supply i n M i nda nao” will focus on Mindanao hydroelectric power plants’ status, privatization, nonprivatization, and central purchasing mechanism.
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ou are probably fed up with posts about the recent elections. Unfortunately, the effects of May 13 will affect the country for the next generation and beyond in terms of infrastructure, laws, policies and projects. It is this batch of elected leaders which will make or break our salary structure, registration processes, documentary requirements, even traffic rules. Despite the existing laws and the repeated howling of election watchdogs, the following realities can be gleaned from our midterm polls: 1. Buying and selling votes are traditional customs legitimized by poverty. The widespread vote trading further shows us two things: one, that politicians have a lot of money and, two, that voters need money. Who gives the politicians the funds for the voters? Some say the money comes from jueteng. Some trace the money from public funds. In Aga Muhlach’s instance, he said the money came from the conditional cash transfer program (still public funds). It could also have come from the re-alignment of the budget previously allotted for election lawyers. With the automation in place, there is almost no need for politicians to engage lawyers and paralegals to watch over the now automated counting and canvassing. After the May 13 elections comes the payment of tuition fees, and a long stretch of uncertainty for many who live day to day on a gross monthly wage of P8,000. Less taxes. Less social security deductions. Less other government contributions before you can start to spend on food, rent and transportation. To be given P500 by each candidate is an easy way to survive. For that day or two. 2. Television networks win big time in elections. ABSCBN posted increased advertising revenues for JanuaryMarch 2013 in the amount of P4.4 billion due in large part to political ads. GMA’s advertising revenues likewise increased, hitting the amount of P2.950 billion. One can only speculate that the campaign expenditures was financed by big businesses, and allowed by the Supreme Court ruling that removed airtime limits. 3. Town hall meeting or meeting de avance is an endangered specie. A meeting de avance is not the same as a political rally or a campaign sortie. In a town hall meeting, candidates are placed side by side with their fellow candidates vying for the same position. They introduce themselves, present their platforms, debate between themselves and answer questions openly from the registered voters of the area. There are almost no longer such opportunities now. 4. Elections are both a familiarity and popularity contest. May 13 was not an issue-driven elections. It was not defined by the RH issue, the dynasty issue or even religious issues. There may even be no such thing as a Catholic vote or even an Iglesia ni Cristo vote that can drastically decide who will be elected. It is really about name recall and popularity. Enrile was a familiar name that fell out of favor because of numerous smear campaigns. Muhlach is a familiar name that perhaps wasn’t popular among the voters in Cam Sur. So is Anabelle Rama’s. Being a showbiz personality or a scion of a political dynasty is a must and a plus.
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5. Mismanaged elections o the public result in inconvenience. It may know must be an underlying theme By Atty. Sara Jane A. Suguitan of our government services to make sure that all who avail of them must fall in lines of at least one kilometer long for as long as at least one hour. Polling precincts were jampacked from morning until evening on May 13. This was already a problem in 2010. Comelec also foresaw the stalling of PCOS machines, yet, Comelec did not prepare for it. It could have relocated the polling precincts to basketball courts, gymnasiums and conference rooms. It could have removed the bottleneck caused by limiting only 10 people to fill the ballot in a classroom at a time (hell, let hundreds of people fill their own ballots at their own time in any classroom and let them line up to the PCOS machine). It could have trained the public school teachers who stood as Election Inspections months ahead of time and ran election drills left and right to make sure they are prepared. Some teachers got to see the machines only on the week before May 13, during the “final” testing and sealing, meaning final to the Comelec but a first to the teachers. (It must be noted however, that international election observers were given first class treatment complete with look, feel and touch of the PCOS machines and a one-on-one with the Comelec Chair.) Comelec could have solved 2010 problems creatively, but no! Comelec has decided not to recognize that they conducted elections in a grandly inconvenient manner for all of us concerned, including their personnel. 6. A peaceful election is one with only 51 people dead. That’s 3 down from 2010 elections’ dead count of 54. That’s what the Comelec implied when Chairman Brillantes gave himself a pat on the back and declared that the election under his chairmanship was the “best” and the most “peaceful”. I for one would personally prefer to hear Chairman Brillantes acknowledge all concerns and commit to work on those areas for improvement. Will it not be music to our ears if he says, “We will now allow the source code review and examine the glitches. We will work on training election inspectors every year so that they will be more prepared in the next elections. We will push for the updating of election laws and rules to adopt to the changing times. Lastly, we will work towards a 2016 elections with a goal of zero lives lost and zero victims of election-related violence.” But, NO! What we keep hearing is “I will resign!” and “I will sue the critics!” The first is a lie; the second has no leg to stand on. A note to the Comelec media team: Choose a spokesperson who is not pikon in order to shield the Chairman from throwing rather embarrassing tantrums before reporters.
BRCA1 As a predictor for breast cancer: Relevance in the Philippine Setting
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he Angelina Jolie interview on CNN and the cover story of a prominent magazine in the US of A, on her admission of undergoing a double mastectomy comes as no surprise at all. The procedure itself is not that uncommon considering that I know of patients who have both breasts removed, as a precaution to the Big C. Our women are traditionally silent and would rather keep it close to their hearts , should they have decided for the removal of both breasts. The bravery of women, including Angelina Jolie, in giving up a part of themselves, in order to ensure that they may live longer, for their children’s sake is truly laudable. Having a mother with the Big C of the breast at still a younger age, and a positive result for BRCA1 gene, upped her risk for the disease. There are certain basic data or knowledge that we need to understand about BRCA ( breast cancer susceptibility gene ): There are two BRCA genes, 1 and 2, with the former more closely associated with Cancers of the Breast, ovaries, pancreas and colon, while the latter is more associated with Cancers of the pancreas, prostate for men and melanoma. In normal unaffected cells, these genes help ensure the stability of the cells’ genetic materials ( we call as DNA ), and help prevent uncontrolled cell growth. Remember that the Big C happens because of this UNCONTROLLED CELLULAR GROWTH. When mutation or changes at the cellular level occur, these changes is now linked to a person’s risk tendency for Cancer. Women who have harmful mutations in their BRCA1, have a lifetime risk for Breast Cancer that is 5 times higher than the general population.
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Add to this risk tendency, a family history that shows I n Focus mother, sibling, or relatives By Dr. Mary Jean Loreche having the disease, early age at menstruation or late age at menopause , use of oral contraceptives, obesity, lack of physical activity, diet that is high in fat content and use of hormonal treatment, and BINGO!, you are IN BIG TROUBLE. Having one or more of the above factors should be reason enough to have yourself checked for susceptibility to the disease. BRCA1 mutations is more common among certain populations like the Ashkenazi Jewish , Dutch, AfricanAmericans, Hispanic Asians. Thus, it goes without saying that among us Filipinos, we may be more fortunate to have this type of genetic mutation not so common at all. Genetic testing requires a blood sample submitted to the Genetics Laboratory for examination. A negative or positive result will then have to be treated with caution. The test itself is kind of expensive and the importance of the information gathered will help the patient mostly on the choice of treatment options to manage their cancer risk. For Ms Angelina, she chose a prophylactic procedure which involves the removal of both breasts, in order to loreche/PAGE 10
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Mindanao villages enjoy solar power 5 ridiculously easy ways
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MORE than 600 barangays in various provinces in Mindanao and Northern L u z on a re now b e i n g “energized” after they were connected to an unusual utility grid — solar power. A l l t hese ba ra ngays, which never had electricity before, were chosen by the Department of Energy (DoE) with the help of electric cooperatives. T hese ba ra ngays a re located in the Mindanao municipalities of Agusan del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Sultan Kudarat, Masbate, Mag uindanao, Su ltan Kudarat, Zamboanga City and North Cotabato, and the Northern Luzon towns of Apayao, Kalinga, Nueva Vizcaya, and Isabela. A l l t he se tow ns a re part of the DoE’s Rura l Electrification Program. The project implementor, Green Heat, the solar division of Propmech Corp.— in cooperation w it h t he Alliance for Mindanao and Multiregional Renewable/ Rural Energy Development and the United Nations Development Program—is using various systems tailormade to the area’s needs and specifications.
New Code of Practice out for refrigeration THE Environment department released recently a new code of good practice for the refrigeration and air conditioning industry. The new Code of Practice for refrigeration and air conditioning revises the original code craf ted in 2002 to incorporate current practices and technologies. This new code comes a f ter t he pha s e - out of chlorof luorocarbons and some other ozone-depleting substances. The revised code includes topics on conversion of refrigerants and use of alternatives to chlorof luorocarbons and o t h e r o z on e - d e pl e t i n g substances as well as on handling, storage, recovery, code/PAGE 10
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SOLAR POWERED FLASHLIGHT. School children in remote barangays in Mindanao can now study at night using solar powered flashlights or solar powered incandescent lamps as Propmech Corp. has “energized” 600 remote barangays using solar power. photo courtesy of news . discovery. com
DoE chose Propmech among local solar power provider, because it offered the lowest price and showed ex per t capabi lit y a nd manpower to design and install the systems during the bidding. P ropmech, wh ich i s a lso engaged in marine engineering, has installed photovoltaic panels on roofs
or poles to harness the sun’s energy. This energy is then routed using an inverter, which provides power to home outlets. At present, homes in these barangays generate about 300 watts to 500 watts a day. After decades of literally living in darkness, literally very far from civilization, and using only kerosene
lamps to brighten their dark nights, residents of these barangays are now enjoying what most city dwellers just take for granted—electricitypowered appliances, among others. L it t le d id B enja m i n Franklin know the future benefits of his tinkering with electricity in the late solar/PAGE 10
More property developments, firms go green “GREEN” appears to be the order of the day in this era of eco-friendly living, especially for companies in search of office space in key Philippine cities. Companies are now neckand-neck in trying to get their hands on the country’s budding “green” buildings development, said Julius Guevara, associate director for Advisory and Research for real estate services firm Colliers Philippines. “Inquiry for green building is on the rise, particularly from multinational firms whose mandate now go for such developments,” he said. Property consultancy CBRE Philippines President and Chief Executive Officer Rick Santos told GMA News Online in an e-mail message, “Fortune 500 companies, multinational corporations, and even local firms now consider green initiatives as prerequisites in their dayto-day maintenance and operations.” Office space take-up is at
GREEN BUILDING. This 12-storey BTTC Center building is the first green building in San Juan City. photo courtesy of www. cbre . com
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IN the news last week were stories about how the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has hit a record high, exceeding the long-feared 400-parts-per-million milestone, US scientists announced. So, what’s the big deal about CO2 and why should we be alarmed? CO2 is a greenhouse gas that traps heat from the sun in our atmosphere. Normal amounts of greenhouse gases are good as they help keep the earth’s temperatures conducive to life. But the ever-increasing amounts of greenhouse gases have been acting like layers of blankets that have been growing thicker and thicker, thus trapping more and more heat underneath them. The results? A steady rise in the earth’s temperatures, better known as global warming and its consequence, climate change. Think of a steel pot with half a liter of water in it atop a stove. The higher the temperature setting of the stove, the faster the water will evaporate. Droplets of water will form in the pot’s cover as steam rising from the pot condenses back into water. Going back to the bigger picture, rising temperatures cause more water from the oceans to evaporate as water vapor. In accordance with the natural water cycle, this water vapor will condense and eventually fall back to the earth as precipitation. More evaporation from the oceans due to global warming means much, much more precipitation than before. This is the reason why recent years have seen freak weather disturbances such as Hurricane Katrina, super typhoons Ondoy and Pablo, and even that destructive habagat we had last year. Here are five very easy ways to boost your fuel efficiency and reduce your carbon-dioxide emissions: 1. Compensate for hot tires’ increased pressure. You probably know by now that underinflated tires are bad for fuel efficiency. The recommended cold tire pressure for your tires are printed on a sticker about half the size of a calling card and you will usually find it on the driver’s door or door frame. The recommended cold tire pressure is also indicated on the owner’s manual. A tire is said to be cold if it has not been driven for more than a kilometer or so during the past four hours. Let’s say your tires’ recommended cold tire pressure is 30 psi. If your tires are underinflated and their actual cold tire pressure is only 28 psi, you may get a reading of 30 psi by the time you get to a gas station two kilometers away even if you did not inflate your tires yet. That’s because as a tire is driven, the air in it gets hot and as a result, the pressure also increases. A good rule of thumb then is to add 2 psi on top of the recommended cold tire pressure when inflating a hot tire. Going back to our example, you will therefore need to inflate your hot tires to 32 psi. When the tires cool down, their pressure will also come down to more or less 30 psi. This “Plus 2 psi” rule is not a hard and fast rule as the extent of the increase and decrease of pressure is subject to many factors. Better yet, buy a nice tire gauge so you could accurately measure your tires’ pressure when they are cold. 2. Warm up your engine by driving off immediately. Many Filipino drivers think that they need to idle a cold engine for three or more minutes. Others think they need to wait for the coolant temperature gauge to rise to normal level or for the cold engine indicator light to turn off before they may drive off. These are all wasteful and bad for the environment. The fastest and easiest way for your engine to reach its optimal operating temperature is by driving off within five seconds of starting it. Cars’ catalytic converters that reduce the amount of pollutants in the exhaust gases also have high optimal operating temperatures, which are reached most easily by—you guessed it—driving off immediately. carbon/PAGE 10
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consensus-based, marketdriven programme for thirdparty verification of green buildings under t he US Green Building Council— an American non-prof it orga n i s at ion de d ic ate d to sustainable design and construction. Zuellig Building, a Gold LEED Core pre-certified 33-story tower in Makati’s central business district, has a take-up of 70 percent just months after it was unveiled late last year. Playing catch-up: “Developers are t hus becoming more keen in meeting these demands and are seen to be more willing to incorporate ‘green’ features into their buildings, making them cheaper to occupy,” Santos said. Santos sees developers giv ing t he phenomenon a priorit y—“w it h g reen buildings becoming more the norm than the exception.” Amid the dizzying highrises sprouting in Metro Manila and in urban centers throughout the countr y, CBR E data showed t hat LEED-certified buildings have risen to 13 to date from eight two years ago including t he Asia n Development Bank, Ayala Land’s Nuvali One Evotech, Shell Shared Services Office, and Texas Instruments in both Baguio and Clark. CBRE data also showed 85 projects are now preregistered for LEED certification, from 45 in 2010. Changing attitudes to going “green” spurred this move toward constructing green buildings, said Pablo Suarez, architect and board member at the Philippine Green Building Council (PHILGBC). “Climate change, resource conservation and health and well-being of occupants have become part of corporate social and environmental responsibility policies,” he told GMA News Online. The local version of the US Green Building Council, PH I L GB C ha s it s ow n system of certification called Building for Ecologically Responsive Design Excellence or BER DE—an acronym which in Filipino means green. Outweighing costs: Developers see higher profit on strong demand tends to of fset t he cost o f b u i l d i n g “g r e e n e r ” structures. Additional costs to going “green is minimal
if well-planned from the onset ,” CBR E’s Sa ntos , who recommended hiring “certified LEED or BERDE consultants as early as in the planning stage. Qualifying for an entrylevel LEED certification would cost an additional 2 to 3 per cent on top of the development price tag if implemented properly, according to studies by CBRE International. PHILGBC’s Suarez said occupants have a new-found awareness of how living in a “green” space can reduce costs. Chester dela Cruz, PHILGBC communications and business development m a n a ge r, s a id g re e ne r buildings address a company’s economic, environment and human resource management concerns. Posit ive ef fects on a compa ny ’s bot tom l i ne include savings from energy and water bills, and earnings from selling waste materials for recycling. Postponing procurement by recycling and reusing—for example collecting rain for nonpotable purposes—plus, the benefits of being able to ma rke t t he f i r m a s environmentally conscious add to the lure of living in a green building, according to PHILGBC studies. “Quantifiable benefits include greater productivity of employees, less sick days, higher employee satisfaction rate in work-environment conditions,” Santos noted. The ‘green’ standard: “While there is currently no single agreed definition or measure of what constitutes a ‘green’ building, the tools that exist for assessing the environmental credentials of a building are becoming more widely used and accepted,” said Santos. C e r t i f i c a t i on s f r om BERDE and LEED safeguard against developers’ selfcla i ms a nd ensu re t hat a bu i ld ing does meet ex pec tat ions on i ndoor environment quality, level of comfort for occupants and efficiency in use of energy, water and land. Both certifications follow the World Green Building Council’s proposed quality assurance framework for g reen bui ld ing rat ing schemes. These have “ been developed and are under c on s t a nt i mpr ove m e nt and review,” said Suarez. BERDE “ensures alignment and harmonisation with globally accepted minimum
green building rating and assessment standards.” A LEED certification is required by some US firms before relocating or setting up a satellite office here. Way to go (green): PHILGBC said developers shou ld look i nto usi ng Integrated Design Process (IDP)— a more cost-effective way of going green. “Bu i ld i ngs de sig ne d and delivered through this process would also provide long-term benefits via the consideration of issues like future-proofing, resilience, and life-cycle thinking right from the start,” said Dela Cruz. Involv ing a series of c on s u lt a t i on s b e t we e n owner-architect on one end of the spectrum to builderoccupant, IDP is collaborative met hod for desig ning buildings emphasising on development of a holistic design. Studies show that such design process results in s i g n i f i c a nt s av i n g s i n lighting, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems. Applying IDP, much of the new constructions in the region embrace modern design features as glass facades and centralized airconditioning, which better suit the tropical setting and reduces energy consumption, according to PHILBGC. Philippine developers are slowly shifting into such practices in order to keep attuned to market needs. “Even if such features are not seen as ‘standard’ for now, the same [CBRE] study believes that they will be a few years from now. Green buildings are therefore increasingly seen as ‘futureproofed’ investments,” said CBRE’s Santos. (GMA News Online)
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1880s. Fast forward to the present, majority of residents in the urban jungle that is called city practically do everything with the power of electricity that their quality of life changes drastically and livelihood stops grinding once power is out. Electricity dictates life in the city. But for rural folks, who become w ide-eyed once shown a television or portable DVD player, electricity is something of a mirage—it is there but can’t be reached. But thanks to Propmech, t he DoE a nd ot hers, “energ i z i ng ” remote barangays — whose only “sin”
for remaining in darkness for decades is their distance from the grid or their terrain that made it difficult for electric cooperatives to connect them—is now possible. Through the power of the sun. Presently, every home in these barangays is enjoying cheap electricity through the different solar home systems which ranges from 20Wp to 300Wp (watt peak). For Propmech, this is another feather on its cap, as the company has a solar PV as an alternative-energy solution is applicable in a relatively smaller scale. Installing a solar system in one’s home is very affordable, since the DoE’s Rural Electrification Program is subsidizing it making its prices, which ra nges f rom P19,0 0 0 to P175,000 (depending on specific requirements) easy on the pockets. “Over time, homeowners recoup their investment and enjoy a level of energy selfsufficiency,” Propmech said.
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rec ycling, col lect ion, transport and disposal of refrigerants. Other topics are on the TESDA certif ication for technicians; the Department of Tr ade a nd I ndu st r y accreditation for service shops; and DENR registration for importers, distributors, dealers, resellers, retailers and service providers, among others, of potentially ozonedepleting substances. Organized by the National C h lorof luoroca rbons Pha se- out Pla n-Projec t Management Unit of the DEN R’s Env i ron ment a l Management Bureau (EMB), the new code affects manufacturers, importers, dealers, sellers and service providers of refrigerators and air conditioners. “It is time to upgrade procedures on refrigeration and air conditioning,” said EMB Director Juan Miguel Cuna. “With the advancements in technology come the need to introduce new practices that would enable us not only to protect but also to prevent damage to the environment,” he said. Cuna said a core group of technical experts had been working on the revisions since mid-2012. The Technical Education and Sk ills Development A u t h o r i t y o r T E S DA will integrate the revised
code i n its cu r r icu lu m for refrigeration and air c ond it ion i ng s er v ic i ng courses. The Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Technicians Association of the Philippines will adopt the new guidelines as part of its efforts to rid the country of ozone-depleting substances. (APM)
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3. Look far ahead at traffic light timers. Notice how many traffic lights now have timers that say how many seconds to go before the lights change color? These timers are also excellent fuel savers as they can tell drivers what their left foot should be doing. For instance, if you look far ahead to the green light 250 meters away and see that it will turn yellow in two seconds, you’ll know that you won’t make it and that’s your cue to ease off the gas immediately. You therefore stop burning fuel sooner than the driver who’s on the gas up until a few meters from the traffic light. 4. Go diesel or LPG. Did you know that for every liter of gasoline consumed, 2.4 kg of CO2 is released into t he atmosphere? W hat’s interesting is a liter of diesel nets about 2.6 kg of CO2 per liter, but since a liter of diesel goes farther due to a diesel engine’s inherently better efficiency than a similarly sized gas engine, grams of CO2 per km is generally lower for a diesel engine than a gas engine with similar displacement. For LPG, CO2 emitted is only about 1.6 kg per liter! 5. Stay on your lane. Not so long ago, I passed by Daang Hari on my drive back to Makati City from Cavite. Entering Alabang, both the northbound and southbound lanes got flooded by a sudden heavy downpour. Both lanes were temporarily not passable to vehicles so we all had to wait in our vehicles until the floods subsided. Mea nwh i le, id iot ic northbound drivers began to go against the f low of t ra f f ic a nd pa rked just by the edge of the f loods. Unfortunately, similarly dimwitted southbound drivers on the other side of the floods also went against the f low of traffic. And so two hours after the f loods subsided, traffic was still gridlocked because southbound drivers had blocked the northbound la ne wh i le nor t hbou nd drivers had blocked the
southbound lane. Hundreds of vehicles were therefore burning fuel and spewing exhaust gases but none of us were getting anywhere—all because several dozen drivers couldn’t stick to their lanes! To better understand the correlation between your tailpipe’s emissions and super typhoons, watch the Al Gore documentary An Inconvenient Truth. (BM)
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is expected, it almost can hurt the person receiving it if there is no thoughtfulness and kindness every day. If there are no words of appreciation and love the rest of the year. That’s why Jesus Christ said He would rather have us love Him by obeying and living for Him every day than for us to give a gift to the church once in a while, so we can try and make up for the way we live the rest of the time. Jesus loves us all very much! He always listens to us and forgives us, no matter how wrong or hurtful we’ve been. Jesus is just waiting for you and me to choose to love Him in return. He’s patiently waiting for us to spend time alone with Him so we can get close to Him, not just on special days like Christmas and Easter but every day. And as you spend time with Him, Jesus will help you change to become more like Him. Then you can start giving gifts of real love to others, not just on special days, but every day of the year. Just Think a Minute…
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t o r e du c e h e r c h a n c e s o f developing the Big C. This type of treatment option is sometimes done for ovarian cancers too , where removal of both ovaries and fallopian tubes is done. Caution and an open mind on the possibility that even in the removal of both breasts or ovaries do not in any way give a 100% guarantee that cancer will not occur or recur ( if present already ). The more conservative option which most patients would rather have, is on the surveillance aspect. This is where screening tests are adhered to: clinical breast examination, mammography or breast ultrasound and regular visit to their friendly surgeons. Screening tests a re ver y accessible, affordable and so much more relevant to us. Breast Cancer is still among the Top 5 of the C’s affecting our women. Nothing beats awareness and early detection, for increasing one’s life expectancy.
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geothermal plants which account for 70 percent of the power mix and P8.48 per kWh for diesel plants (30 percent), would only entail a P1.34 per kWh increment over the present grid rate of PhP4.00, a small price to pay for no rotating brownouts, he added. Using a formula used by the University of Asia and the Pacific (UAP) where he earned his Master in Economics degree, Mr. Donggay said economic losses to the Mindanao economy at a power deficiency of 100 MW is estimated at P63-billion. Mr. Donggay said the Hybrid Economic Dispatch would have the island’s diesel plants dispatched first and 24/7, instead of last and only during peak hours under the present protocol. Provided its price remains competitive at P8.48/kWh or below, solar energy plants would instead act as the “peaking plants” during daytime to help the hydropower plants save even more water for the evening peak hours. However, to make it work, the scheme calls for a change in the commercial deals of the two 100 MW power barges of Therma Marine Inc. (TMI). “Instead of dealing with many customers, it should deal with only one, preferably NPC/PSALM, who would buy and sell it at cost.” Another energy executive shares Mr. Donggay’s optimism. Engr. Robert F. Mallillin, co-chairman of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), notes how the Mindanao grid under the current dispatch protocol last April 19, 2013 was only able to supply 1,079MW (coal 207MW, geothermal 76MW, diesel 135MW, diesel 135MW, hydro 661MW) to meet a peak demand of 1,222MW hence the rotating brownouts in many areas. This, despite an estimated grid generating capacity of 1,884 MW (hydro 924.1 MW, diesel 651.9 MW, and others including coal, generating and other RE 308 MW). “We have brownouts in Mindanao because of this mis-allocation of our available capacity,” Mr. Mallillin noted. “This is absurd! We use hydros as base load plants and thermal plants for peaking! Only in the Philippines!” He noted further how the NPC diesels are under-utilized due to the lack of funds for fuel to operate them for longer hours while the IPP diesel plants are tied to bilateral agreements and not utilized, with load factors less than 60 percent. Foremost among these are the 100 MW Western Mindanao Power Corp in Zamboanga City, 55 MW Southern Phils. Power Corp. in General Santos City of the Alcantara Energy Development Corp. The 98-MW Mapalad Power Corp. Iligan Diesel Power Plant (IDPP) was recently re-acquired by the same company and is now undergoing rehabilitation and only producing 30 MW so far. Instead, Mr. Mallillin proposes to firm up day-ahead hydro generation capability, dispatch coal-fired and geothermal plans as “must-run” baseload plants, account for all available diesel plants as contracted, and accept bids from un-contracted diesel plants through the Interim Mindanao Electricity Market (IMEM). “Assuming coal fired plants priced at P5/kWh, geothermal at P2/kWh, diesel at 12/kWh and hydro at P1.50/ kwh, we now have a rate of P 4.45/ kWh average price with brownouts
using the current dispatch protocol,” he noted. “With an incremental cost of only P1.25/kWh, we shall have no brownouts at a grid rate of P5.70/ kWh.” However, for the revised dispatch protocol to work, the following system procedural requirements have to be met: pre-determined day ahead hydro-generation plan; Interim Mindanao Electricity Market (iMEM) implementation advanced from 2014, NPC supplemental budget allocated to finance “must-run” units and IPP diesel power for bidding. “As of April 2013: ERC approved a PEMC budget for IMEM but PEMC says it is not yet ready and wants to defer it to April 2014. Thus, many urban centers in Mindanao currently experience 4-5 hours of rotating brownouts.” Meantime, NPC has to petition ERC for a rate increase to make sure all its diesel IPPS are run 24/7 and NGCP to contract all unused capacity of existing diesel gensets for must-run protocol and bill all customers for ancillary charges, Mr. Mallillin said. H owever, anot her e nerg y executive disagrees. “I am sorry to say that the proposals of Robert Mallillin and the PCCI won’t fly,” said Engr. David A. Tauli, engineering consultant to the Office of Bukidnon 2nd District Rep. Florencio T. Flores, Jr. and spokesman for the Mindanao Coalition of Power Consumers (MCPC). “The use of pure diesel plants will cost P10/kWh or more for the EC’s, DU’s and Industrial consumers who will go this way,” he noted in an email. “Moreover, the PSALMowned and controlled diesel plants in Mindanao are already operating at full capacity, as are the TMI power barges.” Instead, Mr. Tauli advocates the use of embedded solar power plants which can provide power at only P8.00/kWh or less, and could provide back-up capacity for electric coops after the period of power shortage. “The only problem here is if the suppliers of solar hybrid PP’s have enough capacity to sell to the EC’s. We will need 50 MW in 2014 and another 30 MW in 2015 if all of the EC’s chose solar hybrid over pure diesel power plants,” he noted. Two solar energy providers, Enfinity Philippines Renewable Resources Inc., the local arm of Belgian renewable energy developer Enfinity, and Lim Solar Philippines, the Filipino affiliate of US-based Mendoza Solar LLC, confirmed they are both individually capable of providing at least 80 MW of solar power to the Mindanao grid at a price range of P7.47-7.90 per kWh. “I totally agree on RE as a long-term solution because fossil fuel costs are always volatile,” Mr. Donggay said. “If renewables are insufficient to meet the economydriven burgeoning demand for power, we need even to look into nuclear power. Most countries in the world with cheap electricity have nuclear power.”
companies, they have to increase internal efficiency, innovation, and creativity. For the administration, corporate governance and regulations need to be strengthened. Kabigting said that the government must make it a point to deliver on its commitments on schedule. Executive orders, for example, have to be “issued on time and implemented on time” in order to avoid general confusion and bad relationships, he said. Likewise, an inventory of laws and regulations that impede integration needs to be done, he added. Rommel Gutierrez, president of the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines, expressed concern that its neighbors seem to be preparing better than the Philippines for the launch of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). Javy Yuvallos, presidential appointee to the ASEAN Business Advisory Council, said a survey they conducted on rating ASAN members’ competitiveness showed the Philippines has been relegated to the “bottom half” of the list, landing even behind Vietnam. He listed corruption, poor infrastructure, high cost of power, and licensing red tape as among the factors that undermine the nation’s competitiveness. At the same time, Sergio OrtizLuis, president of the Philippine E xpor ter s Confederation, Inc (PHILEXPORT), urged the government to refocus its attention on supporting the struggling manufacturing and agriculture industries. He said their declining performance has had an adverse impact on GDP growth and employment and will later impact the country’s regional competitiveness. Similar support should be given as well to the micro, small and
medium enterprises to integrate them into the regional trade eco-system. Both forum speaker s and panelists agreed that while the country is responding correctly to the coming market liberalization, the times call for “the political will to come up with decisive action,” said Ortiz-Luis. “Government agencies must act as one and be consistent among themselves,” Gutierrez pointed out.
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Graced by the first public appearance and speaking engagement of Mayor-elect and outgoing Misamis Oriental Governor Oscar “Oca” S. Moreno, the opening of Rustan’s Supermarket is the fulfilment of the promise of making quality and freshness accessible to every customer, said Rustan’s Supermarket Vice President Frances Yu. “Rustan’s stands for quality and freshness. You will find here hard-to-find imported products, not found in regular supermarkets, from US, Europe and Asia…We are also bringing here Rustan’s brand of customer service, which made us well-known for over 40 years; the kind of service that is very personalized customer service where every person, every customer is treated like a very special guest,” Yu told the BusinessWeek Mindanao in an exclusive interview. “It’s what Rustan’s is — we make quality affordable to everyone not just to the elite. We make aspirations affordable and accessible,” Tantoco said. Tantoco said they chose Cagayan de Oro to host the biggest and best Rustan’s Supermarket because “ the city is the fastest growing
economy in Mindanao [and in the entire Philippines for several years now] and there is so much opportunity here.” “The opportunity can carry a big Rustan’s Supermarket. There’s a big enough market for us to serve. We wanted to offer things that are not yet in the market and we needed space so we have the conventional grocery, what everybody has, and we needed additional space to put what the market doesn’t have. This will be our widest selection,” he told the BusinessWeek Mindanao. “Cagayan de Oro is a very progressive, exciting and dynamic city right now. There’s a lot of development here. Most of the major retailers already have a presence here. The top three are already here, including us. So it’s about high time that we offer the people of Cagayan de Oro the Rustan’s brand of shopping experience,” added Yu. Rustan’s Supermarket Cagayan de Oro is the 36th supermarket and fourth to open this year. The Tantoco family invested some US$2.5 million to establish Rustan’s Supermarket here in the city, said Tantoco. And with Moreno now at the “driver’s seat” in the city, Tantoco is “sure that more than maintaining [the growth momentum here] he is going to accelerate it.” Which is why Rustan’s has already finalized and put in the pipeline the opening of more stores in the city. “Cagayan de Oro and Northern Mindanao has a very good economy. [People here are] demanding] for the kind of products and service that the Rustan’s brand is offering. [Now] is the right time. The place is so investor-friendly: Easy to setup business. And people are very easy to train, very loyal, very dedicated,” he added. Tantoco disclosed that they
will also be opening Shopwise Hypermarket here this year as well as Wellcome inside the Grand Europa subdivision complex in Lumbia, which Moreno is eyeing as “the new center of the new Cagayan de Oro.” “That’s just the beginning. Because once we get into a city we want to grow our presence relatively very quickly,” he stressed, adding that they also plan to establish stores in Laguindingan to serve the people there especially with the opening of the international-standard Laguindingan Airport on June 15. “We intend to open more stores in Mindanao and several more in Cagayan de Oro,” he said.
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EVAT on power and fuel for domestic manufacturers,” the industry players said. And while they clamor for “less unwarranted government interference” in industry mattersexcept during calamitous situations where price control of basic commodities is critical-they sought more funding for the Department of Trade and Industry and its promotion of Philippine exports, inward foreign investment, and tourism.
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She said the country should boost the performance of the overall manufacturing industry which plays an important role in job creation. She noted that new investments are only starting to be made in the more recent years. “The prolonged peso appreciation inhibited much of the potential growth from a more open economy,” she noted.
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leading toward regional economic unification, even as he warned that the Philippines could be relegated to the periphery if it failed to keep up with developments. Junie del Mundo, CEO of The Stakeholder Relations Firm, sees two key areas for improvement. For
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