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But nurses decry lack of guidelines delaying cash distribution By Willie Casas and Macon Ramos-Araneta
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HE Department of Budget and Management said Wednesday it has released the special risk allowance (SRA) of over 20,000 health care workers to the Department of Health, which was set to download P311.79 million to its regional offices and hospitals yesterday. The hospitals would then be in charge of disbursing the SRA to medical frontliners, “first to healthcare workers who are directly affected [by COVID-19],” acting Budget Secre-
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20 biz groups dun PhilHealth on P86b IOUs By Macon Ramos-Araneta and Willie Casas MALACAÑANG and 20 big business groups on Wednesday called on the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to resolve its differences with private hospitals amid the latter’s threat to cut ties with the state health insurer -- pos possibly by October. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. said PhilHealth should im immediately reimburse the claims of pri private hospitals amounting to P86 billion. PhilHealth has said there are only P12.9 billion worth of unpaid claims, of which 15 percent were for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) benefit packages. Still, the business groups led by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, American Chamber Next page
ONLY ON PAPER. Health Workers of the Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center stage a ‘noise barrage’, pressing for the release of their special risk allowance and other benefits due them as medical workers at the front lines of the war on COVID-19. One of them (inset) shows off a copy of her pay slip for the month of August showing all the deductions and still not having received the SRA and hazard pay. Norman Cruz, Danny Pata
Sara dares Bong, Rody to confirm pairing, bares two options By Macon Ramos-Araneta and Vito Barcelo DAVAO City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio yesterday challenged her father, President Rodrigo Duterte, and Senator Christopher “Bong” Go to publicly own up to their de-
cision to run as a tandem in did about it to the public,” Comelec awards poll the 2022 national elections, the mayor said. deal to F2 Logistics saying she refused to be a “They should simply preStory on A2 “political punching bag for a sent to the people what they party in complete disarray.” can offer to our country and “If they can confirm it privately, then I do how they can help our fellow Filipinos.” not see the reason why they cannot be canDuterte-Carpio also revealed she re-
spectfully advised them to stop talking about her and make her the reason for them running or not. She insisted that she is not a “last-twominutes” person, a reference to how easily she could be made to substitute as a Next page
P45-b budget for vax booster still unfunded THE P45-billion budget requirement for buying COVID-19 vaccine booster shots is not yet funded under the proposed 2022 national budget, pending solid findings that it is essential, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said Wednesday. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto welcomed the administration’s request for standby authority to buy as much as P45.4 billion worth of vaccine booster shots. The booster shots fund is on top of the P30 billion earmarked for “drugs, medicines, vaccines” in the P157-billion Department of Health budget for 2022, Recto said. The amount is part of the P151.6 billion in unprogrammed funds in the proposed 2022 budget, he said. Recto said the pandemic’s “huge footprint” on the 2022 national budget Next page
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Duque nudged to take the cue from Duterte By Macon Ramos-Araneta and Vito Barcelo
WELCOME HOME. About 22 overseas Filipino workers arrive at the Manila International Airport Terminal 2 on August 25, 2021 from
London. They are part of the group who have escaped Taliban control of Kabul and most of Afghanistan. They will be undergoing several days of isolation and test before going home to their respective provinces. Danny Pata
Postpone license exam, med students ask gov’t THE Philippine Medical Students Association (PMSA) on Wednesday called for the postponement of the September 2021 Physician Licensure Examinations amid the surge of COVID-19 cases in the country due to the Delta coronavirus variant. In a statement, the PMSA said pushing through with the exam will threaten the safety of the examinees, proctors, and administrators, and will put at risk their families, relatives, and the general public as well. “More than 1,000 individuals, 35 organizations, several doctors and personalities gave all-out support to the unified call of medical and health allied students, councils and organizations to postpone the Next page
HEALTH Secretary Francisco Duque III should take a cue from the statement of President Rodrigo Duterte that he would accept his voluntary resignation as a signal for him to quit his post, Senator Risa Hontiveros said Wednesday. A day after Duterte continued to vouch for Duque as his Health Secretary, Hontiveros said the President’s statement on Tuesday also signifies an “offer (for him) to resign… to give Next page
Deadline extended for aid payout THE Department of the Interior and Local Government has extended the deadline for the distribution of financial assistance or “ayuda” to low-income individuals and families in Metro Manila to August 31 upon the request of some National Capital Region LGUs. “Upon the request of the LGUs and with the concurrence of (Social Welfare) Secretary (Rolando) Bautista and (Defense) Secretary (Delfin) Lorenzana, we have decided to give the LGUs in the NCR until the end of the month to complete the distribution of ayuda,” Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said in a media release on Wednesday. Año said the decision to extend the
deadline for the payout was made after some Metro Manila LGUs requested more time in completing the payout given the limited mobility and manpower to finish the payout due to the increasing cases of COVID-19 in NCR. “The mayors also need more time to process appeals and grievances, so it is justified for us to give an extension,” he said. Local government units need help in shouldering the cost of handing out cash aid to residents affected by granular lockdowns, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chairperson Benhur Abalos also said Wednesday. Next page
BUG-EATEN SAVINGS. Adonis Buemia (right) shows about P50,000 worth of 1,000 and 500-peso bills eaten by termites after he hid the money -- his life savings -- in a cabinet at home. After the 70-year-old ice delivery man approached a TV program for help, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas facilitated the replacement of Buemia’s mutilated banknotes with a bank near his home. Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho photo
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HE reproduction number of COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila has gone down to 1.53 but is still in “critical range,” OCTA Research’s latest monitoring report released Wednesday said.
* Sen. Nancy Binay said she is currently under quarantine after her mom, former Makati Mayor Dr. Elenita Binay, tested positive for COVID-19. * Caloocan City Mayor Oscar Malapitan announced on Facebook that he has tested positive for COVID-19. * Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso was discharged from the Sta. Ana Hospital on Wednesday after 10 days of confinement due to COVID-19. OCTA said Navotas has a 1.4 reproduction number, while Pasay, Malabon, Manila, Quezon City, Makati, and Las Piñas have reproduction numbers below 1.5 and growth rates below 20percent. Five LGUs had reproduction numbers higher than 1.7, according to the OCTA: Pateros, San Juan, Taguig, Mandaluyong, and Caloocan. The report covered the period of August 18 to 24, or the tail-end of the implementation of the enhanced com-
munity quarantine (ECQ) in the NCR. The NCR was under ECQ -- the strictest quarantine protocol -- from August 6 to 20 before it was downgraded to modified ECQ for the rest of the month. Metro Manila averaged 4,019 new COVID 19 cases per day from August 18 to 24, which is 13percent higher than the previous week’s daily average, the OCTA said. It added that the growth rates in previous weeks were 54 percent, 46 percent and 67 percent. In the past week, the OCTA said the positivity rate in the NCR was at 23 percent. Only four LGUs were still below critical incidence or average daily attack rate (ADAR): Manila, Quezon City, Caloocan and Marikina. The ICU occupancy in the region for COVID-19 cases was at high level, while the hospital beds utilization was at moderate. Willie Casas, Macon RamosAraneta, Rio N. Araja and Jun David
OCTA said several local government units in the National Capital Region had decreasing reproduction numbers as well as growth rates. “The reproduction in the NCR decreased to 1.53 (with an error range of ±0.05). Several LGUs in the NCR had decreasing reproduction numbers and growth rates,” OCTA said. This is lower compared to Metro Manila’s reproduction number, which refers to the average number of secondary infections by each infected individual, of 1.78 on August 18. The Philippines logged on Wednesday 13,573 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases to 1,883,088, as all laboratories were operational, but seven labs were not able
to submit their data on time, the Department of Health (DOH) reported. Yesterday was the 15th straight day with more than 10,000 new cases. In related developments: * The virus that causes COVID-19 will not go away soon, the regional director of the World Health Organization’s Western Pacific office said Wednesday amid the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant. * Heart doctors of the Philippine Heart Association urged people to have themselves vaccinated against COVID-19, especially those with heart problems and similar ailments. * Vice President Leni Robredo is under quarantine again after one of her staff tested positive for COVID.
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of Commerce, and the Makati Business Club called for the efficient and speedy processing of reimbursements due to healthcare providers (HCPs) by PhilHealth. The biz groups’ statement noted that the recent PhilHealth Circular 20210013 on the Temporary Suspension of Payment of Claims (TSPC) due to alleged reports of fraud, unethical practices, and abuse of authorities against some HCPs that are subject of investigation “will further delay the processing of claims by local hospitals.” The joint statement was signed by ACI Philippines, American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Cebu Business Club, Cebu Leads Foundation, CIBI Foundation Inc., Filipina CEO Circle, Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines, Guild of Real Estate Entrepreneurs and Professionals Inc., Judicial Reform Initiative, Licensing Executives Society of the Philippines; Makati Business Club, Management Association of the Philippines, Philippine Bar Association, Philippine Bar Association, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Philippine Council of Associations and Association Executives, Philippine Finance Association Philippine Women’s Economic Network, Philippine Life Insurance Association, Philippine Retailers Association, and Women’s Business Council Philippines. “We recognize that Philhealth needs to exercise reasonable caution against false or illegal claims. At the same time, sanctity of contracts must be respected as required by our rule of law system and delayed reimbursements to HCPs have to be addressed with urgency through, among others, simplified and more efficient claim process and consistent application of policies and rules,” the groups said. “We are deeply concerned that the present situation increases the potential for financial losses which may lead to bankruptcy and eventual closure of our HCPs. This is unacceptable at this critical time when our country needs a strong health care system to combat the pandemic that has been wreaking havoc to our economy and causing undue hardship and suffering to our people.” Meanwhile, Senator Imee Marcos on Wednesday called for a review of PhilHealth’s “abuse of quasi-judicial powers,” as hospitals threaten to cut ties with the state-run insurance agency over the delayed payment of claims. She said PhilHealth’s plan to temporarily suspend the payment of claims before the end of August “highlights the need to curtail the agency’s overarching control.”
Sara... From A1 presidential candidate in the 2022 polls, something her father did in 2016. “I think, I organize, and I implement accordingly. In the meantime, I refuse to
Deadline... From A1 At the Laging Handa briefing, Abalos said he is asking the National Economic and Development Authority for a costsharing of expenses to help these residents. “I am asking him (NEDA chief Secretary Karl Chua), if the granular lockdowns take long, could there be a costsharing program if possible,” he said. Abalos said LGUs shoulder the assistance that are given to residents affected by the
Moderna EUA sought for ages 12 and above AMERICAN firm Moderna Inc. has applied for emergency use authorization (EUA) to use its coronavirus vaccine for children aged 12 years and above in the Philippines, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director General Eric Domingo said. This developed as another shipment of Pfizer vaccine doses arrived in Manila on Wednesday. The Customs-NAIA pre-cleared the 312,390 doses shipment, which is part of the five million doses of vaccine from the United States that are expected to arrive in the country this week. Meanwhile, vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez said the government has signed a purchase order for an additional 10 million doses of Sinovac jabs to make sure there will be stable deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines up to 25 million doses beginning next month. Also, the National Capital Region’s vaccination program against COVID-19 is “on the right track to a happy Christmas, MMDA chairperson Benhur Abalos said.” In other developments: * The FDA did not grant China firm Sinovac’s application for the use of vaccines for kids due to its lack of clinical trials for children. * The national government is not delaying the multi-party agreements (MPAs) with the LGUs and the private sector on the procurement of coronavirus vaccines, Galvez said Tuesday. * Calls limiting access to malls and restaurants in Metro Manila to only fully vaccinated individuals should be put off until there’s enough supply of vaccines, Senator Win Gatchalian said. * The Independent Bloc at the House of Representatives has urged the government to administer additional shots to frontline health workers and immunocompromised individuals in view of their “high risk of exposure and distinct vulnerability” to the coronavirus. Willie Casas, Joel E. Zurbano, Maricel V. Cruz, and Rio N. Araja
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc has approved the notice of award to F2 Logistics Philippines to transport election materials and warehousing of the May 2022 elections equipment and supplies. F2 Logistics is reportedly owned by Dennis Uy, a major campaign donor of President Rodrigo Duterte. “The notice of award was approved by the en banc,” Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said in a Viber message to the media Wednesday. The contract covers the delivery of automated election system-related equipment, vote counting machines (VCMs),
ballots and other supplies in the May 2022 national and local elections. F2 Logistics submitted the lowest calculated bid for the P1.61-billion contract. Malacañang said on Tuesday President Rodrigo Duterte has no hand in the Comelec’s selection of the company that will transport election materials. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque reacted after poll watchdog Kontra Daya questioned the participation of F2 Logistics due to its alleged link to Uy, a Davao-based businessman. “The Comelec has the sole power to conduct elections, including [power] to award contracts like that. The President
has nothing to do with that. That’s up to the Comelec,” Roque said. Comelec commissioner Marlon Casquejo also told ABS-CBN News: “Well, just this morning, the award has already been given to them. They were most qualified as the bidder for the deployment. They just got the award of the contract.” Kontra Daya earlier raised concerns over the deal with the Davao tycoon’s firm, saying Comelec should think about its “ethics and propriety.” Uy is the 4th largest campaign donor to President Rodrigo Duterte’s 2016 presidential bid, contributing P30 million.
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tribution of the SRA, resulting in some health workers not receiving it. “The main problem we are seeing is the consistency in following the guidelines that the law has provided. The DOH has apparently no concrete guidelines on distributing the SRA,” Reyes said in Filipino. “We are aware, and our lawmakers recognize that the mandate of the law is very complicated because of the phrase ‘directly catering to’ in the release of SRA,” he said. The said phrase refers to a category of medical frontline workers serving in the fight against COVID-19. Reyes said hospitals differ in the interpretation of the law, with some being able to justify the granting of SRA to all their health workers, as opposed to others that could not include all of their frontliners. Guided by Administrative Order No. 42 and DBM-DOH Joint Circular No. 1 dated June 16, 2021, the DBM said about 20,208 public and private health workers directly catering to COVID-19 patients shall receive an SRA not exceeding P5,000 per month from December 20, 2020 to June 30, 2021. The SRA grant shall be prorated based on the number of days the public and private health workers physically report for work in a month, the department added. The DOH shall then facilitate the downloading of the funds to the DOHretained hospitals, treatment and rehabilitation centers, private hospitals, and other COVID-19 facilities. Meanwhile, Senator Joel Villanueva
said billions in funding under Bayanihan 2 were “repurposed.” Villanueva said that of the P13 billion allotted to the DOH, some P3.19 billion and P1.02 billion were “adjusted for augmentation for operating of DOHsupervised hospitals to include accommodation and transport.” But funds for meals, accommodation and transport allowances sent to hospitals in December 2020 were ordered returned within the same month, according to an alliance of health workers. “It boggles our minds how the funds allotted for SRA and hazard pay benefits (were) adjusted and reallocated to another set of benefits for meals, transportation allowances but in the end our health care workers did not get either,” Villanueva said during a Senate Blue Ribbon committee hearing. “DOH should trace these funds and see which regional offices and hospitals still hold these funds and make them accountable,” he said. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, under fire for allegedly mismanaging billions of pesos in COVID-19 funds, asked the Senate to draft a law to expand coverage of SRA to all health workers, even those not directly handling COVID-19 cases. At the resumption of the Senate blue ribbon committee hearing on the Commission on Audit’s report on the DOH expenditures on Wednesday, Duque asked for the passage of the measure as he underscored the need for a legal basis to expand SRA coverage.
September 2021 Physician Licensure Exam amid the skyrocketing cases of COVID-19,” said the PMSA in a statement posted on Facebook. “Yesterday, the Philippine Medical Studentsʻ Association led a Twitter
rally which trended in the Philippines, seeking signatories to support the call. Overwhelming support poured from physicians and individuals with many citing the health and safety of PLE takers must be prioritized amid the highly unfavorable circumstances for the exam,” it added. “The worsening health crisis also puts a heavy burden on the emotional and
mental well-being of the examinees on top of the taxing physical and academic demands of reviewing, which may cause them not to be in proper shape and health to take the exams,” they said. Group spokesperson Simon Sarmiento said the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) should also consider the cost of taking the medical boards amid a pandemic. Willie Casas
be a political punching bag for a party in complete disarray,” she said, referring to the ruling PDP-Laban. In a statement, Duterte-Carpio said her father confirmed to her personally his decision to run as vice president next year, with Go running for president. She also described as “unpleasant” the
two options presented to her: endorse the Go-Duterte tandem or run for president next year, with Go as her vice president. “I was left with two letters endorsed to me by the President for consideration — one note explained why I should endorse the Go-Duterte tandem, and the other suggested that I take Senator Go as my
vice president,” she said. The PDP-Laban faction of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi had been pushing a Duterte-Duterte ticket for next year, triggering a split with members who backed Senator Manny Pacquiao. The Cusi camp has also floated Go’s name. With AFP
way to somebody more competent who can steer us out of this (coronavirus) pandemic.” “But the statement of the President keeps on changing. It seems that he is only publicly giving the Secretary of Health a graceful exit,” said the opposition senator. At a hearing, several senators also criticized Duque for relying too much on his subordinates in answering questions during a congressional inquiry into questionable expenditures at the Department of Health. During his televised Talk to the Nation, the President said he would accept the resignation of Duque if the latter voluntarily resigned -- but still vowed to support him. Duque did not comment on the issue while attending the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on Wednesday, even as Senator Panfilo Lacson hinted at the possibility of a “mafia” operating within the DOH as he questioned the “recurring” issue of overstocked medicines with the agency. The President defended Duque by saying the Commission on Audit had also flagged two agencies under the Aquino administration for their supposed unliquidated cash advances and fund transfers. But this only drew criticism from jailed Senator Leila de Lima, who hit back at Duterte for saying she and former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas were also flagged by the COA during the previous administration. “For someone who cannot even publicly disclose and release his own SALN (Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth), Duterte’s accusation against me and Sec. Mar Roxas regarding COA’s past reports on our agencies is just plain rich in irony and hypocrisy,” de Lima, the Justice Secretary under Aquino, said in a statement.
conduct free mass COVID-19 testing. During the continuation of the Senate probe into the DOH’s use of COVID-19 funds, Sotto underscored the need to “explore” providing free COVID-19 tests to all Filipinos, as he pointed out that the daily tally “does not” reflect the actual numbers of infected people. “While the government is much devoted to COVID-19 vaccines, our COVID-19 testing has been somewhat neglected. There are still a lot of Filipinos who don’t want to be tested because the COVID-19 tests are expensive,” he said.
In the House of Representatives, the chairman of the appropriations panel wants the government to justify the P28.1 billion it allocated for the controversial anti-insurgency task force for 2022. Panel chair ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Eric Go Yap said they would need clarification as to why the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) should be granted the amount, despite calls for its abolition due to alleged harassment of government critics. Macon RamosAraneta and Maricel V. Cruz
from both public and private hospitals alike have threatened mass resignations if they did not get their allowances as provided under the Bayanihan law before the end of the month. The DBM made the announcement after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the DOH and DBM to release the benefits within 10 days after numerous complaints of months-long delays. “The amount under Bayanihan 2 has actually been reverted [to the Treasury] but we were able to finance the SRA for the 20,000 health care workers whose claims have not been paid under the Bayanihan 2 law and we released it today,” Canda said later during a Senate hearing. She said the P311 million in funding backup for the SRA was taken from the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund and Unprogrammed Appropriations under the FY 2021 General Appropriations Act as certified by the Bureau of Treasury. The Philippine Nurses Association, meanwhile, appealed to the DOH to release concrete guidelines for the distribution of the SRA. PNA National President Melbert Reyes, in an interview on radio dzBB, lauded President Rodrigo Duterte for directing the DBM and the DOH to distribute the SRA to health workers within 10 days. However, Reyes said there is a lack of concrete guidelines regarding the dis-
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granular lockdowns imposed amid the spread of COVID-19 and pointed out LGUs might be burdened with the expenses someday. On Tuesday, it was reported that some Quezon City residents appealed to the local government for more aid as their communities were placed under a granular lockdown. As of August 19, 3,641 areas in Metro Manila are under granular lockdown. Meanwhile, Ano lauded Caloocan City and Mayor Oscar Malapitan for being the only NCR LGU completing its “ayuda” distribution ahead of the deadline.
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IN GREAT DEMAND. A health care worker prepares to bring in medical oxygen tanks for use by patients at the Sta. Ana Hospital in Manila. The demand for medical oxygen tanks is fast growing amid the continuous surge in COVID-19 cases. Norman Cruz
DepEd told: Lobby hard for in-person sessions THE Department of Education has to lobby hard to be able to persuade President Duterte to allow face-to-face classes in areas with low risk of virus infections, according to lawmakers. Several lawmakers expressed their displeasure over the slow DepEd action even as the United Nations Children’s Fund noted that the Philippines is 1 of only 5 countries in the world that have not reopened schools since the pandemic began last year, affecting more than 27 million Filipino students. Education Undersecretary Nepomuceno Malaluan told a Senate hearing that the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has approved a joint circular between DepEd and the Department of Health (DOH) which lays down guidelines on the pilot test. The circular is expected to be issued next week. Malaluan said that around a hundred schools would take part in the dry run, which is planned to be held in September oe October. But the agencies still need President Rodrigo Duterte’s approval before the dry run actually pushes through, Malaluan said. The chief executive has repeatedly rejected such proposal due to concerns over the spread of more infectious variants of COVID-19. Senators Nancy Binay and Pia Cayetano asked whether the DepEd was sharing adequate details with the President and making enough effort to persuade him to allow the holding of pilot test. “We’re not saying wala kayong effort, we’re just saying hindi namin nakikita. So may worry kami, concern kami na nakaka-rally ba kayo in the way that other [government] agencies are rallying for their constituents?” Cayetano said as she and Binay noted how the Department of Tourism aggressively campaigned for the reopening of tourism businesses. Cayetano also commented that a dry run, if approved, with 100 schools starting next month is “still so slow and pathetic.
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61m voters eligible for 2022—poll body By Vito Barcelo
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T LEAST 61 million Filipinos are now eligible to vote in the May 2022 national elections, exceeding the 59 million target before the voter registration ends on September 30, 2021, the Commission on Elections said. Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez said 61.06 million Filipinos are now registered to vote in next year’s national and local elections. However, the Comelec reiterated thatthere would be no extension for the voter registration which will expire on Sept. 30 despite mounting clamor from lawmakers and other civic groups. He also reiterated that there will be no voter registration activities in areas under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) or modified enhanced commu-
nity quarantine, adding that voter registration is only allowed in areas placed under general community quarantine or modified GCQ. Earlier, Comelec Chairman Sheriff Abas said more than two million additional voters have registered last year despite the pandemic, matching the usual increase during the past previous months. “Thousands more are expected to register in the next five weeks, after Comelec offices extended registration
hours in areas under general community quarantine and modified GCQ from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. on weekdays and up to 5 p.m. on Saturdays,” he said. In another development, the government is considering to tap the services of Israel to help to ensure the national elections in May 2022 are carried out safely amid the pandemic, the Israel Embassy in Manila said Wednesday. “We had our experience in having two elections during the pandemic one in the middle of the pandemic and one in the beginning. We are willing to share the information and I think the Philippine government and authorities are interested. We’re discussing it,” Embassy Charge d’Affaires Nir Balzam told reporters in a virtual forum.
SURVIVOR. Manila Mayor Isko Moreno greets supporters as he is discharged from the Sta. Ana Hospital where he has been confined after testing positive for COVID-19. Norman Cruz
Sison, 3 NPA suspects accused of trafficking in persons—DOJ By Rey Requejo THE Department of Justice will conduct preliminary investigation into the criminal complaint filed against Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison and three suspected members of the New People’s Army for allegedly recruiting a teen-aged girl as
a rebel fighter. The DOJ’s Office of the Prosecutor General revealed on Wednesday that the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detention Group filed last August 23 the complaint against Sison and three others. The OPG said that two of the three alleged NPA members were accused of
New law on land titling process hailed By Rio N. Araja ENVIRONMENT Secretary Roy Cimatu on Wednesday expects a vast improvement in land titling application process for alienable and disposable lands with the approva of an enabling law Republic Act 11573. “The Department of Environment and Natural Resources gladly welcomes the passage of RA 11573 into law. We have been aiming for this in order to relieve farmers on some of the requirements from existing land laws and accelerate titling in the country,” Cimatu said. The agency’s Legislative Affairs Group and Land Management Bureau (LMB), along with the public advocacy organization Foundation for Economic
Freedom (FEF), batted for the streamlining of land processing requirements since 2020. “Securing a land title goes beyond land ownership. It elevates the lives of our farmers through the increase in land productivity and promotes investments,” the DENR chief said. Emelyne Talabis, LMB director, said the new law gives importance to the completion of agricultural land titling in the country at a faster pace. “With this, we foresee potential untitled agricultural lands to be titled in the next 10 years,” she said. LMB, along with the FEF, is set to submit a 10-year completion of the national land titling program to Congress this August.
sexually abusing the teen-aged girl. The case has already been forwarded to Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Lilian Doris Alejo, chairperson of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Task Force, for perusal and eventual assignment to a prosecutor or a panel of prosecutors who will conduct the preliminary investigation. The complaint was filed before the
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PNP-CIDG by a rebel returnee and former cadre of the CPP-NPA-National Democratic Front who went by the aliases “Lady Miranda,” “Ka Gab,” “Ka Sheena,” among others. Besides Sison, also named respondents in the complaint were suspected NPA members Redsa Balatan, Rey Dela Pena and Joel Caliwliw.
THE House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on second reading House Bill 8895, exempting critical medical supplies, including medical oxygen, from any and all taxes, following a request from President Duterte for Congress to pass such a measure. This developed as Rep. Joey Salceda of Albay, chairperson of the House committee on ways and means, said his committee worked on the substitute provisions and inserted in them a similar measure already approved by the tax panel earlier and now pending in the House floor “to expedite the process, given the urgency of the request.” “The bill comes at a good time when we are in need of these critical supplies. This end-to-end exemption will help bolster our stock of critical supplies, such as medical oxygen,” Salceda said. The bill exempts the manufacture, importation, sale, and donation of critical medical supplies and essential goods during public health emergencies. The bill also mandates the Secretary of Health and Secretary of Finance to draw up the list of goods subject to exemption. The exemptions will require the declaration of a public health emergency by the President after December 2023, but will be in effect until then. Critical medical products refer to vaccines and other necessary medicines to contain public health emergencies. Essential goods refer to personal protective equipment (PPE) such as gloves, gowns, masks, goggles, and face shields; surgical equipment and supplies; laboratory equipment and its reagents; medical equipment and devices; support and maintenance for laboratory and medical equipment, surgical equipment and supplies; medical supplies, tools, and consumables such as alcohols, sanitizers, tissue papers, thermometers, hand soaps, detergents, sodium hypochlorite, cleaning materials, povidone iodine; testing kits, and such other supplies or equipment as may be determined by the Department of Health (DOH) andother relevant government agencies.
4 online lenders banned, apps taken down THE National Privacy Commission has ordered the immediate takedown of four online lending apps (OLAs), JuanHand, Pesopop, CashJeep, and Lemon Loan to protect the data privacy rights of borrowers. Privacy commissioner Raymund Liboro said the orders banning the four apps “are crucial to prevent serious privacy risks and protect and preserve the privacy rights of data subjects.” “These online lending apps raised many red flags and the companies operating these apps demonstrate problematic data actions that expose borrowers to serious privacy risks and harms,” he added. The apps have been the subject of various complaints of unauthorized use of personal data that resulted in harassment and shaming ofborrowers and are currently being investigated for violations of the Data Privacy Act and other NPC issuances. The NPC said the apps have gained access to a trove of information in the borrowers’ mobile devices, including contacts and social media data, that are excessive and may be weaponized to harass and shame delinquent borrowers before persons in their mobile devices’ contact list to collect debts. In four separate orders, the NPC directed Wefund Lending Corporation, Joywin Lending Investor Inc., Cash8 Lending Corporation, and Populus Lending Corporation—operators of Juan Hand, Lemon Loan, CashJeep, and Pesopop, respectively – to halt the processing of their borrowers’ personal data. The Commission said the apps were engaged in “irrelevant, unnecessary, and excessive” harvesting of personal and sensitive information without borrowers’ free and informed consent. The NPC has furnished copies of the orders to the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to take down the four apps from the internet and to Google LLC to remove them from the Google Play Store. The Commission issued the orders based on the findings of the NPC’s Complaints and Investigation Division (CID) which examined the apps and found that these violated the principles of transparency, legitimate purpose, and proportionality in the Data Privacy Act of 2012 and the NPC issuance on the Processing of Personal Data for Loan- Related Transactions (NPC Circular No. 20-01). Othel V. Campos
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LUXURY YACHTS. Some P120 million worth of yachts, were seized by the Bureau of Customs along with the Manila International Container Port, Philippine Coast Guard, and Manila International Container Terminal, in Manila Sunday. Customs records showed the luxury yachts (inset) were the Le Boss, Yuzhen-8, Yua Hal Ming Zhu, and the Gu Cheng Gang Guan.The BOC says yachts are used as transport services, venues for events, and private use without a proper conversion permit.
Concepcion wants ‘safer bubbles’ By Willie Casas PRESIDENTIAL Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said Wednesday his proposal to create “safer bubbles” for vaccinated individuals was aimed at helping the country emerge from COVID-19 lockdowns that hurt the economy. His statement followed a call by a medical expert urging lawmakers to pass a measure aimed at punishing Filipinos peddling fake information regarding vaccination, as the country continues to battle a surge of COVID-19 infections that stretched hospitals to the breaking point. Dr. Minguita Padilla, a member of the Vaccine Solidarity Movement, during an interview on Teleradyo, said misinformation on COVID-19 jabs led to several people missing their first dose against the disease. At the Kapihan sa Manila Bay Forum, Concepcion said “We are trying to present a solution to lockdowns. I believe that this is the way forward to allow the economy to run. “We have no choice but to (re)open the economy safely. And the only way to do it is to allow the vaccinated to spur the economic movement.” Padilla said the elderly were mostly targeted by misinformation, noting that the country’s fight against the virus has shifted “psychologically.” “Maybe the government needs a playbook regarding people who spread fake news,” Padilla said. Padilla also hoped that the government would act swiftly on the matter since the country’s war against the COVID-19 pandemic was still ongoing. “Government should also do something more drastic, something specific or stronger on social media posts. We are in a war, and during a war, freedoms have limitations,” she said. Her statement came after a certain Dr. Romeo Quijano claimed in an interview that COVID-19 vaccines allegedly produce toxins inside the human body. In reaction, the Department of Health reiterated that there was a “growing number of real-world evidence” showing that “COVID-19 vaccines have led to significant reductions in hospitalizations and deaths among vaccinated individuals.” Padilla also lamented health workers undermining the protection one could get from vaccines.
Afghan security scene monitored by Defense By Joel E. Zurbano
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EFENSE authorities in the Philippines are monitoring the security situation in Afghanistan following the takeover there by the Taliban.
The monitor had authorities on alert while 22 Filipino evacuees from Afghanistan were flown home Wednesday. The evacuees aboard Philippine Airlines flight PR-721 arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport - Terminal 2 around 10:59 a.m. “With the help of the Philippine government, they (evacuees) were able to join a rescue flight by the British military from Kabul to London four days ago,” said PAL spokesperson Cielo Villaluna. She said the embassy in London led by Ambassador Antonio Lagdameo and other Philippine government officials worked closely with PAL for the return
of the evacuees to Manila. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Wednesday the situation in Afghanistan was being watched here, 5,612 kms away, noting that two founders of the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf, responsible for several kidnapping and bombing attacks in the country, were trained in Afghanistan in the 1980s. “We are really giving special attention to Afghanistan because we’re concerned about that. The threat is present,” Lorenzana told SMNI News Channel. Villaluna said upon arrival at the airport, the evacuees were brought to a facility for the mandatory quarantine and took the requiredReverse Transcription
- Polymerase Chain React COVID-19 test. “Our kababayans will have to wait for several days before seeing loved ones because mandatory quarantine and RTPCR testing have to be fulfilled,” she said. Those who arrived in Manila Wednesday were among the 49 Filipinos and other foreign passengers of a British military airlift mission from Kabul to London four days ago. The evacuees worked in various industries such as hotel, petroleum, and security among others in Afghanistan. More Filipinos are reported to have been evacuated to the United Kingdom, with their status now being verified by the Philippine Embassy in London. In its advisory, the Department of Foreign Affairs said all evacuated Filipinos who request to return to the Philippines will be assisted.
ANTIPOLO BLAZE.
Fire responders in various cities respond to a 4th alarm fire Wednesday which hit a grocery store in Antipolo City. Fire Protection officials say 70 percent of commercial property are burned down and P34 million worth of damage recorded.
Romualdez: Panel OKs stricter anti-trafficking bill By Maricel V. Cruz THE House of Representatives Committee on the Welfare of Children chaired by Tingog party-list Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez endorsed Wednesday for plenary approval the Anti-Trafficking in Persons (ATIP) Act. This seeks to expand and strengthen the policies against human trafficking by
including online sexual abuses as part of human trafficking. “It redefines trafficking in persons to include online offenses or the engagements of others for production of child sexual abuse and exploitation materials (CSAEM) and online sexual abuse,” Romualdez said after her panel approved the measure. “Something has to be done to prevent exploitation of people for labor and sexual
purposes,” Romualdez said. She added one of the objectives of the measure was to modernize the law in order to cover trafficking activities committed in the advent of new technologies. “We want to seek the assistance of the private sector, which by the nature of their business activities, may come into contact with a suspected trafficking situation,” she said.
BBM marks unified QR code crucial By Rey E. Requejo WITH no less than the Department of Health confirming community transmission of a far more vicious coronavirus mutated strain referred to as Delta variant, former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. underscored the need to come up with a unified QR code if only to guarantee fast and effective contact tracing. Marcos stressed that QR codes will make the job of the contact tracers fast because a singular QR Code in place guarantees efficiency in locating and establishing the required details of suspected infected persons. “Since there is already Delta variant community transmission, we must speed up the search for the contacts of those who test positive so that they can be immediately taken to hospitals or isolation facilities if they are infected. If we only have this na national QR code, it will be easier for those infected to be found by contact tracers,” Marcos said in a statement. “In the malls, the various stores have their own QR codes. In other provinces, they also have QR codes and they have found that contact tracing is eas easier,” he noted. Besides, Marcos said the impending issuance of the VaxCertPH by the Department of Information and Communications Technology could somehow be useful as this meant compliance with the requirements of the World Health Organization. The former senator finds it rather more logical to ramp up vaccination of the Filipinos, many of whom have yet to receive the first dose. Nonetheless, Marcos urged the government to seriously consider the idea of providing special risk allowances to contact tracers, whom the former senator claimed are highly-exposed to risk of contamination in view of their job – to locate people who may have been infected by those who had tested positive for the deadly virus. Marcos said: “Contact tracers, like health care workers, are also like soldiers fighting in a war. But despite the huge risk they face, they are overworked, underpaid and underequipped. “So now it’s time to adjust the national budget for next year.
SC upholds justness of GOCC law THE Supreme Court has affirmed the constitutionality of Republic Act 10149 or the Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations Governance Act, enacted into law in 2011 to address the poor handling of the operations and abuses committed by officials of these GOCCs. In a 72-page decision penned by Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, the SC unanimously dismissed the consolidated petitions filed by Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman and Surigao del Sur 1st District Rep. Prospero Pichay Jr. assailing the constitutionality of RA 10149 on the ground that it violates their right to security of tenure, unduly delegates legislative and breaches the equal protection clause of the constitution. “Congress enacted Republic Act 10149 to address the reported abuses, poor performance, and inefficiencies in the operations of GOCCs. The law, among others, reduced the terms of incumbent GOCC officers and created a central policy-making and regulatory body for GOCCs, tasked with reforming and developing a standardized compensation and position classification system for GOCCs,” the high court ruled. “These actions were geared toward achieving what Congress perceived to be a great public need... Absent any clear showing of unconstitutionality, these provisions, duly deliberated upon and approved by the legislature, are upheld,” it said.
Surviving lockdown on flower diet By Abe Almirol
DRUG TESTING. Manila Police District Director Brig. Gen. Leo Francisco supervises the surprise drug testing of members of the MPD Station 14 inside a covered court along Globo de Oro Street in Quiapo, Manila Wednesday. Norman Cruz
TUGUEGARAO CITY – The extended ECQ has tested the wits of many residents in this northeastern provincial capital. While posting a QR code of GCash accounts seeking “ayuda” has become a practical joke in social media, some admitted they were really in dire need of help. A man even posted a video while eating some known edible flowers. For Benjamin De Yro, known here as a travel writer, disc jockey and a stage director, his imposed self-isolation in Barangay Annafunan West since the lockdown two weeks ago made him and his family detached from the outside world.
In his social media account, he demonstrated live how he feasted on flowers found in their backyard. “I have here five varieties of Hibiscus, or Gumamela, and Blue Ternate flowers. So, to those who are not prepared to watch this, do not continue watching if you feel this is yucky,” De Yro said in his posted video blog. He dipped the raw Hibiscus flowers in mayonnaise while he ate the Blue Ternate flowers as it was. “I apologize to the bees for eating the flowers where they get food,” De Yro joked. More than 100 netizens commented on the posted video and, so far, the views it gained has reached 792 as of press time.
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He practiced law in theOCTOBER clinical evaluation around the already in the end of December. oneer St., Bonifacio Global City, C5, before According to SMC president and CEO that such visions presaged great disasters beaches all over the world. And if you’re in Congress itself by the Makabayan folks, from various districts and party-list groups as ation. opened his mind and heart to the immediate * * * If the Filipino people want a good exat there are now 34 vaccines Mandaluyong, Makati, Rockwell, Edsa, Pifor the remaining 21 months. It was a simRiver. at there are now 34 vaccines Mandaluyong, Makati, Rockwell, Edsa, Pity River. is obliged to use it to his advantage. Building al to build that such visions presaged great disasters beaches all over the world. And if you’re in Congress itself by the Makabayan folks, ROMERO . Cayabout the arrangement and doubted that the has reported that there are now 34 vaccines Mandaluyong, Makati, Rockwell, Edsa, PiRiver. (www.manilastandard Richter. 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R Citizens Act of 2010, Strengthening the Magna As for Velasco, his track record leaves stop-gap solution, perhaps to run end, and a changeAlan Peter Cayetano would sit as Speaker ing of the 18th Congress his brother Lino’s being the family’s home Lower House, and of lacking leadership CLASS CLASS University Belt area, San Juan, Buendia, dnd also revive the heavily polluted Pasig University Belt area, let San Juan, Buendia, dig also revive the heavily polluted Pasig his towould November 16, in the process placing inCity Jimbo Gulle Editor ciate the As metropolis inthe themunicipality years ahead amid the high-profile fund-raising projects similar game-changer if 14itexisting is greenlighted byabout the mother’s The 27-kilometer Pasig River, which links University Belt area, San Juan, Buendia, horrible traffic congestion in Metro Manila also revive the heavily polluted Pasig than 30,000 volunteers in the world's first court to either thetogether. mother and her might still be alive inEditors Manila, and will end at aOwen connection tovacthe an Emeritus, Editorial Board economic forecasters must be very man Emeritus, Editorial Board underweight atto 5.5other pounds. game-changer iftoday. ititon is greenlighted by the The 27-kilometer Pasig River, which links only needed to consider the motions deteriorate the following month, and horrible traffic congestion in Metro Manila lunteers in the world's first game-changer ifagreed istop greenlighted by the The 27-kilometer Pasig River, which links horrible traffic congestion in Metro Manila olunteers in the world's first given to Reina Mae’s mother. child’s right her breast a new highway of the EDSA. 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Still, Reina Mae Chairman Emeritus, Editorial Board Whatever happened to that proposal? in Metro Manila and Taytay in Rizal province. The death ofalready aPOINT three-month-old Warning: PhilHea from her own perspective a human. calls tosince reunite mother and child At least light atat the end of the na launched emergency use Whatever happened toas that proposal? in Metro Manila and Taytay in Rizal province. Warning: PhilHe At least there's light the end of the tunnel. The vice preside na launched emergency use OF POINT OF ber Mandaluyong, Makati, Rockwell, Edsa, PiApart from being aManila, veteran legislator, ofPublic the Integrated Bar of the Philippines. alternative and faster access to the business western Metro Manila, but we will also alternative and faster access totunnel. the business western Metro Manila, but we will also POINT OF cially thethe new variant seats with an argument that left the Filipilyzing—and closer to home. 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Puno Board Member & Chief Legal Adviser River her lawyer Josalee Deinla. US serviceman who had beat and for the economy. Representatives seats of Taguig City. The suspended the Congressional session Lawyers (NUPL) pleaded with the mother to breastfeed her baby, River growth in 2020 spoke of moderate, denly society. It is also equally true that the House leaders defer to the President. President always goes the extra eHonor Blanco Cabie Night Editor Ramonchito L. Tomeldan Managing Editor respected by Nazi because us not forget Alan’s sister, Pia, who suc- Cayetano. Strike 3 and he will be out. The IT IS true what theyGermany say that the kind dangerous toparameters yourofhealth outgoing Speaker defended his strangled tois November 16, the process placing in Without thein not d0) be ernhil@yahoo.com Reina Mae’s mother fought a and Filipino transgender Anita F. Grefal Treasury Managerhis and court to either and Filher Both might still behave alive today. strengths weaknesses ourwas polthem that they Genwillto both less-than-severe contraction of the mile of is, which isTheperplexing Jimbo Owenlet Gulle City Editor Chin Wong/Ray S. Eñano Associate Editors cessfully returned tothe the mother Senate. The question whatadmitted will Honorable countries were blocking the of politics we in this country necwife’s candidacies for both Taguig House jeopardy the timely national-budget compleRolando Estabillo Publisher operating expected, there was no s. itics Joyce are essentially strengths and G.baby follow hisdiplomatic orders. This says a Strike lot.security for the right of her Solutions daughter toas walk freetheafter serving Philippine economy as a resultand of allowed Baldwin R. Felipe Head—Ad Rolando G. Estabillo Publisher many and stay at Fabella Memorial Yet just a month ago, a convicted Lino M.longer Santos Chief Photographer Pangco Pañares News Editor ipino people now had Cayetanos coming tleman from Taguig City do for 3? route of attack. If the President essarily reflects the character of our Rolando RolandoG. G.Estabillo EstabilloPublisher Publisher seats with anS.argument that Member left the Filipition that President Duterte desired. Board Member & Chief Legal Adviser ief Justice Reynato S. Puno way that theofeconomic forecasters weaknesses society asManaging well. In lawyer a veryItJosalee unusual Congressional r Chief Justice Reynato Puno Board & Chief Legal Adviser the yearlong quarantine that began observers. is because it has many sincerely Adelle Chua Opinion Editor Honor Blanco Cabie Mae Night Editor Ramonchito L.our Tomeldan Editor Hospital, granddaughter to &incredulous: together, five years and months ofManaging Edgar M.people Valmorida Circulation Manager keep River her Deinla. US serviceman who believes thathad China is and the society. It is also equally truebeat that the Honor Blanco Cabie Night Editor Ramonchito L.probably Tomeldan Editor or let Reina nato S.S.Puno Board Member Chief Legal Adviser ynato Puno Board Member &remain Chief Legal Adviser no aghast and Though only In time, Alan Peter will10 come Anita F. Grefal Treasury Manager could come up with the right numbers. Honor Blanco Cabie Night Editor Ramonchito L. 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Santos Chief COVID-19 transmission remains the freedom Joyce Pangco Pañares Editor Honor Blanco Cabie Night Editor Ramonchito L.nearly Tomeldan Managing Editor needed downward corrections. Adelle Chua Opinion Editor and the United States in the South we have with the kind of politicians we Velasco was elected House Speaker and win R. Felipe Head—Ad Solutions dwin R. Felipe Head—Ad Solutions Lino M. Santos Chief Photographer Edgar M. Valmorida Circulation Manager the time comes for the agreement to be Joyce Pangco Pañares News Editor Lino M. Santos Chief Photographer disastrous 9.6 percent. Joyce Pangco Pañares News Editor not respect treaty obligations, interpreted in relation to the donated them residing in different parts of their the worst decision he has made in his politweaknesses of our society as well. primary goal, but we cannot let the situaation of pleading for her daughter’s release, pardon, no less. 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We theIf soundness infantVelasco. denied theshould same? anch be kept her mother, said To the great consternation andDeinla. disgust tion stillwith holds prime importance in the her President Duterte—the broker of lingering the agreefacilitiesto inside theand Manila City butparalyze to no avail. a convicted killer could be Allan It not have ended geopolitical election. Even Alan Peter Cayetano was become the norm. With the of his and remain true Jail to tion witness theissues agreement. A document government’s downward-revised A very good example ofposition this is what In The enrollment of children lies within willThe have to abrogate the Reina treaty first lives of children. of thepercent); Filipino people, Comelec accepted wanted to term-sharing stand in the the—who way did,continuing if nothing only the forced to accept reality. the goodness oftheChina. After all, orate effects of itthe lockdown, what he has guaranteed? did he was even signed. So, it wasWhat not only a the Female Dormitory. hospital where Mae shown some compassion and human 6-7 at the start of the year ment just happened in Speakership row discretion of parents and children. grap- the As Congress to discuss the way if the President wants the country to argument of continues Cayetano and approved ofunsatisfactory timely approval bypace Congress the he said Alan several months agoand he was honored without What birth happened in the camps of baby the guarantee? of of them the handshake that sealed the deal which aeLord and Judge Marivic Balisi-Umali of the However, gave recommended kindness, why were Reina Mthat the forecasts of about a dozen major theagreement between Peter Cayetano let me emphasize thatthe educathe P c, our his 2021 I call on to Many the governand budget, his wife’s candidacy. cyni- General Appropriations Actthe for 2021. be neutral. will consult the people on this issue There needs to be some kind of having to fight it out. Theexhaustion squabbling two Alans also gave us an opportunity vaccine rollout and institutions averaged 6.5 percent. tion still holds prime importance in the her infant denied the same? Manila Regional Trial Court Branch be kept with her mother, said Deinla. Allan Velasco. It should not have ended witne ry on cal ment to provide thethat necessary support Filipinos believed the Duterte-apMore deciding renege which unfortunately has not thethat, twoin camps in thetolast cou- clarificatory statement either from the lives to compare the contrasting leadership ofbetween the than government’s fiscal-support of children. Those forecasts were modalities quickly the way it did, if only the he term-sharing was e rough pointed to the Comelec alternative learning commissioners did not onple his of agreement with Rep. Velasco, Alan done up to now. or the Department weeks was 4embarrassing to say Palace of the twocontinues House leaders. Former AS THE country continuesoftoForeign grap- styles program, around percent growth As Congress to discuss the thrown off-kilter byDepEd. the agreement was honored without them hands epart- want implemented by While we Peter to offend thethe man who economy’s three years alienated all sensible, right-thinking Indeed, a case can be made for a very onthewhat this means. of this least. Certainly, it forecast damaged for the the rep- Affairs Speaker Cayetano, ason farknow I cangovernsee, is ple with COVID-19 pandemic, our 2021 budget, I call toas the The doctrine ofAs the is the probably I do not native earlier await for the development ofofathe curefirst and Filipinos 4.2 percent having to fight it out. The squabbling was thecontraction running matein President whothe nowsafest see him as power-hunmuch closer Fil-Chinese relationship. time however, no statement educational system strives to has carrybeen on ment to provide the necessary support utation of the House. the consummate political operator and Philippine economy’s performance learn- Rodrigo vaccineDuterte. toAnd this COVID-19, we have to gry, between the two camps in the last couquarter. the second-quarter overly ambitious and who is anything separation of powers what to make of kind and Legislative branches is all a myth. We are geographically closer to China providing education to students through to the alternative learning Considering that a congressman’s issued. a go-getter. These traits are modalities necessary on of outturn adapt to the new normal, and ifofwe are but thistrustworthy. year. With the successful campaigns Alan, ple of weeks was embarrassing to say provided little compensation necThere is no such thing in this democratvarious modalities. Departby thefar DepEd. While the we and a lot of Chinese blood is flowing is a learning myth inwhat thisto The I do not know make of it implemented the President’s term term-sharif one wants to go and survive dules, his to wife adaptand to his the brother, new normal, cannot Taguigwe City had Strikeis1only and three Strikeyears, 2 havethebeen called the least. Certainly, it damaged the ment Iofsuspect Education provided alternative the development of country. a cure and our effectively landagreement of ours. Look at thedid way thePeter two in the veins of many Filipinos. Werepalso and that this might also await where set aside become the fact Cayetano that students need let to ic ing in Speaker 2019 not make rough for political jungle in this City. And against now-former Alan country. statement. utation ofseveral the House. modes of education—the modular learnvaccine to this COVID-19, we have to have had centuries of economic the uscontinue leaders defer to the President. be true to both the Departments of se lasses learning. re- House much sense. Those involved in brokLord Allan Velasco, on the othnot forget Alan’s While sister, the Pia, budget who sucCayetano. Strike 3 and he will be out. The IT true involves what theythesaydistribution that the kind and Legislativethat branches is all a myth. Considering a congressman’s ing IS which of adapt to the new normal, and if we are and cultural exchanges with them. Affairs and Defense. The radio, cessfully polof the them that known they Genwill mains open for amendments, urge Filour Both ering dealadmitted should that Foreign er hand, is low key and prefers to returned to the Senate.I The question is, what will The have Honorable of politics we have in this country necThere is no such thing in this democratis term is only three the term-sharprinted copiesvaccine of self-learning modules, to adapt to the new normal, we cannot Meanwhile, ouryears, republican form of take follow additional donation from and ipino people now hadlegislators hisnature, orders. This lot. Cayetanos to coming tleman from Taguigbeing City says do fora Strike 3? human what it is, splitoperate quietly. He does not speak essarily reflects the character of our ic land of ours. Look at the way the two and the blended/online learning where thethe factPresident that students need to ing agreement 2019 did educational not make Itaside seems cannot make co into consideration government as in well as our deserves our appreciation. But set In veryyears unusual Congressional tingathree for two Speakers will China more than he hasWhile to. When he was should enough between two society. Itwill isbeen also equally true that the continue Housesense. leaders defer to the after President. studentshave be able to attend classes learning. thewants budget remuch Those involved in brokup his mind on what he to do. the needs of the edsystem were patterned the the President’s expression of gratitude not, selves to abide by the conditions of meeting Plaza in end up in notCelebrity satisfyingSports either of the two being nominated last Monday, honorable people. There was via a signed except thatand classes are done radio, open amendments, I urgethere our strengths weaknesses pol- mains Both the of them admitted they will ering dealofshould known that us remain ucation sector, espeAnd this isforthe most dangerous part government the US.have Wethat were also an was so overwhelming that ofit our boggles that what has been stipulated Quezon Cityinlast Monday,drama Lord Allan upon when as shown the political we just was a lot of talk about bringing back television, or online legislators to take document. itics are essentially the strengths and follow his orders. Thisculturally saysita is, lot. cially those teachers human nature, being what splitbecause it might be sending the wrong American colony and close to the imagination. This is because it andthe time comes for the stwe Velasco was elected House Speaker and platforms. into consideration agreement to be witnessed. What can one really do in 15 the dignity and the lost glory of the When former Speaker Cayetano susand students belongweaknesses ofvisit our society as well. In three a very Congressional ting yearsofunusual for two Speakers will shoul signals which could be misinterpreted them because the English language. followed the of the United States Since the beginthe quiet needs demeanor of the edratified last Tuesday at or officially 21 months? The agreement reminds House. his erate.fulfilled. pended session forwe about aitmonth ing in poor income was In thethe end, whether like or not, meeting Celebrity Sports Plaza by bothWhether potential foe.espeAnd end up notin satisfying either ofAmerican the twoin hono selves tofriend abideand by the conditions of In addition, we follow Secretary Austin where Let us remain ning October of classes, weLloyd ucation sector, what Session of the House of Repreof theHall ritual during every election Defense and new leadership style will serve In this case, it was even more families and elabthose theme last 6 which in the light of we deserve the kind of government that Quezon City last Monday, Lord Allan when the time comes that we need as shown in the political drama weof just what has been stipulated upon when sports, movies, fashion and most all, docum the Visiting Forces Agreement was have happened seen students cially those teachers transmission the of of patients who will bear the brunt offor what row orate, solemn and ceremonial sentatives. This demonstrates, beyond in far-flungbecause areas. I COVID-19 candidates signing an remains agreement well in the remaining months bepatient and lastkind Monday and Tueshelp from our friends and allies, no we have with the of politicians we him Velasco was elected House Speaker witnessed. What can four one really doethnic in and 15 the time comes for the agreement to be Wh there are more than million reaffirmed. and teachers alike and students belongprimary goal, but we cannot let the situathis policy. Many have been depenurgecountry the legislators Lord the President of the doubt, the legitimacy of Velasco’s fair and honest elections, only to violate day, fore the 2022 elections, webecause will have was a any could only be interpreted as a one will extend assistance the vote into public office. was officially ratified last Tuesday at pende or 21 months? The agreement reminds fulfilled. considerate. Filipinos calling America home. sharing their plight Secretaries Delfin Lorenzana and ing in poor income tion paralyze the education of our youth. of the to funnel adequate funds to education dent on PhilHealth for financial asnded witness to the agreement. A document election. Even Alan Peter Cayetano wasto preemptive it. Why? Because no candidate wants wait andcase, see. been strike, President has with a me veryLocsin good example of istook what to theSo, Session Hallitof the House Repre- last O of what the ritual during every of election in A adapting to these those will be? In this it families wasspeaking evenand more elabTeodoro Jr. the mustPresident be this scratching The of children liesbrought within at for was to address existing future sistance lessen the burden endenrollment up being cheated. In his first speech as the areas. HouseI ring forced to to accept reality. notice because the move had the poteneven signed. So,and it was notproblems only a the forked tongue. new learning moinceremonial far-flung of candidates signing an agreement for what just happened in the Speakership row sentatives. This demonstrates, beyond It is doubtful whether President their heads, trying to figure out orate, solemn and because discretion ofAtparents and children. r stu- and make learning a sustainable activity by COVID-19. thethesame we If wehappened try to go deeper, itthat istime, not he made some promises about hem handshake that sealed the deal which However, What in camps ofreally the tial of will delaying the passage the OnPresident matters ofofalliances, the country dalities. IAlan agree that urge legislators fair honest only violate would even have the time day, between Peter Cayetano and2021 Lord Speaker, any and doubt, theelections, legitimacy of to Velasco’s what come next. Theofadditional let me emphasize educathe the the country was a Duterte rvices while in quarantine. cannot allow hospitals to close at this that simple of an what is atinstake. change, service andfunds unity.toof Hethehastreaty 21 ing two Alans alsobecause gave us opportunity government told the House pursuing education inHe the middle of the to funnel must abide by provisions it. Why? no Peter candidate wants to do hisBecause consultation, given thatwas he preem still holds prime importance the donation bybudget. China was obviously Allan Velasco. It should not have ended election. Even Alan Cayetano comThe responsibility of supporting the tion witness toadequate the agreement. Aeducation document to point. Hence, let me ask PhilHealth to Ambition and control of funds are but months to fulfill these promises. Whethpandemic is quite a challenging feat for to address existing and future problems outo compare the contrasting leadership in no uncertain terms to get their act tothat it signed. Yes, we can all agree lives of children. years education of our children does not sole- flag these hospitals allegedly involved ten months remaining notic end uphas being cheated. intended match the the more than two was even signed. So, it was not only a only the way ittodid, if only term-sharing forced to about accept reality. both education and for stuactivity twoCongress ofthe thetwo many reasons why it isthe not million er hemake can pull thema sustainable off andwe change the gether or vaccine hewas willproviders bedonations forcedwithout to make his say of AS styles of House leaders. Former with the learning President that must try in If THE country to say, grapose continues to discuss ly depend on the DepEd. they office. But considering by them the and we try to go deeper, isthat not he really agreement honored What happened in theitcamps ofand the tial o handshake that sealed the deal which PHILHEALTH iscontinues onceAsmore em-it in As fraud, but allow them to operate in dents alike. For one, internet services while in quarantine. easy to let go of power once acquired. pork barrel politics, which the House is own move. With that, he showed who our best to establish friendly relations ep-the ple Speaker Cayetano, as far as I can see, is ail with the COVID-19 pandemic, our takes a village to raise a child. Hence, 2021 budget, I call on to the governThe doctrine of the his daughter Sara might run for vice gover United States. that simple because of what is at stake. having to fight it out. The squabbling two Alans also gave us an opportunity broiled in multiple controversies this time of need. provided by telecommunications comThe responsibility of supporting the gentlemen’s agreement, assupport we live by, but to something e, the educational with alltonations, we should honoralso be president I also call system on our strives telecommunications to carry on ment realwhen Bosstwo is. He demonstrated thata known to provide the necessary theAconsummate political operator andall the andthe president, respectively, Just is the breathing Ambition and control of funds are but in no between camps in lastyears couto compare contrasting leadership amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Nevertheless, this issue has forseparation of powers panies inthe theeverybody country, for many education of our children does solein far providing companies to immediately address ex- to understand, means that twomodalities honorable able, would be something thatnot we all education to students through the alternative learning ready to defend our country’s national the so-called doctrine of separation of an’s a go-getter. These traits are necessary perhaps that consultation canitwait. sigh of relief vis a vis our alliance with two of the many reasons why is not gethe national health insurance agency is ple of weeks was embarrassing to say styles of the two House leaders. Former now, have not been at par with those of tunately brought to surface this ly depend on the DepEd. As they say, it isting internet problems assertively various learning modalities. Depart- implemented by thefar DepEd. While we and distinguished persons bind themwould likewhatever to see. the cost. We should easy to let go of power once acquired. own is aunder myth in thisandThe interests powers between the Executive, Judicial harif one wants to go and survive the the United States, a curve ball has just now congressional probe for other countries. Hence, many bewail the a villagedoctrine to raise a child. the Hence, the least. Certainly, it damaged the rep- takes Speaker Cayetano, as far as I can see, is long-standing problem inofour health chools explore options thatprovided can leadalternative to the nec- await ment of Education for the development a cure and be The playing with fire byof having our A ake rough political jungle in deeply this country. been thrown, causing some officials as we and all the re country. intermittent or worse, the Inot also call on our telecommunications its release of Circular 2021-0013, insurance system. It is lamenutation of theconnection House. thegentlemen’s consummateagreement, political operator ult for modes essary and drastic improvements in tele- vaccine of education—the modular learnto this COVID-19, we have to cake and eating it too. separation of powers from both governments to panic.inWith okLord Allan Velasco, on othlack of reliable signal far companies to immediately address exunderstand, means that two honorable which tempothe so tableand thatifthewe fraudConsidering that aespecially congressman’s a go-getter. These traits are necessary er the ing communications services in the country. which involves the distribution of adapt to the new normal, are History is problems replete with countries and distinguished persons bind themour gratitude, theterm-sharChinese isting flungprofuse areas. thathas printed er considerate hand,toisthe low and troubles prefers to internet and assertively rarily suspends is a myth in this powe ulent practices m I also copies call onoftheself-learning governmentmodules, to allow to of new thekey possible exterm is only three years, the if one wants to go far and survive the adapt normal, we cannot that were swallowed bytopowerful Secondly, the remoteness Ambassador wasted no timeofin schools issuing explore options that can lead the necplitoperate quietly. He does not speak payment of hos- projects, years and more particularperienced both by teachers and students. have been going theinfrastructure blended/online learning where set aside the fact that students need to This is a sensitive ing agreement in 2019 did not make rough political jungle in this country. country. countries by trying to stay “neutral” from communities it difficult for essary and drastic improvements in telehis own statement makes not to politicize how will more than he has to. When he was tional should pital ly the claims building of necessary roads and continue Let us extend our support, instead of have enough between two on from 2016 unstudents willbeen beunable to attend classes learning. While the budget remuch sense. Those involved in brokLord Allan Velasco, on the oth—Czechoslovakia in 1938 and the both students and teachers to deliver the communications services in the country. and important issue. the virus originated. I would have ally bridges inpeople. remote areas inwas the via provinces, pulling down these efforts. the end twoin honorable being nominated last Monday, there der fraud invesThere a signed til today, when except that classes are done radio, mains open for amendments, IAturge our ering the deal should have known that er hand, isof low key and prefers necessary modules. This problem has I also call on the government to allow considerate the possible troubles ex- to rejust dif- document. to facilitate the delivery of educational was of the islegislators important istothat we tigation. This is a lotday, of what talk about bringing back television, or online take health care is human nature, being what it is, splitoperate quietly. He does not speak (www.manilastandard.net) actually been existing for many years more infrastructure projects, particularperienced both by teachers and students. materials, goods, and public services. posing on top of another into consideration ndents. 15 platforms. dignity this andpandemic the lost without glory the needed the of most. When former Speaker Cayetano sus- theovercome now. three The lack of for roads andSpeakers educational ting years two will lyshould more hassupport, to. When he of was the building of necessary roads and us than extendheour instead have been enough between two Let culate situation This the pandemic inevitably makes in an House. detrimental and irreversible effects on Since beginthe needs of the edit is currently entangled Proper investigation, therefore, must inds Whether his quiet demeanor that solely interests ofespecially the general tem. If in equipped with efficient sys- pulling pended the session for about a month facilities in the far-flung areas, in bridges remote areas inanthe provinces, down these last efforts. At the end end up not satisfying either of the two being nominated Monday, there honorable people. There was a signed learn- ning impact to the learning habits and learnthe well-being of the people and sociLet us remain of classes, we ucation especoncerning billions unpaid be done the hospitals involved in public areinpromoted protected. tem, there beckons will be no need to suspend of tion last new on leadership stylesector, will toserve sea whichworth in theofproblems light of and theshown provinces, makes itand alldrama the more to facilitate the delivery of educational the is important is that we as the political wedifjust The was aday, lot what of talk about bringing back ing October curve of 6children. While ety. As much as wecially can, we have hold document. (www.manilastandard.net) have seen students those teachers claims to hospitals since the start of him fraud and other financial and reporAs the saying goes, “he who comes payments as the probe of these fraud- overcome for well in the remaining months beficult for teachers to reach their students. materials, goods, and public services. thisand pandemic without posing patient and what happened last Monday and Tuesstand- and mayteachers still arisealike even a few months into on to the thoughtand of students normalcybelongas we witnessed. What can one really do in 15 the dignity the lost glory of the When former Speaker Cayetano susthe pandemic. torial hospitals to court must come with cleancirculate hands”. ulent can be inevitably done swiftly and in Apart from this, public reports Thisacts pandemic makes an a detrimental and irreversible effects on olate themalpractices. 2022 we will have could only asand a fore on of day, the school year, letbeus interpreted remain patient await the cureelections, for ing thisThese disease. or 21 months? The agreement reminds House. Whether his quiet demeanor considerate. pended the session for about a month sharing their plight in poor income Hospital groups and President medical orgaregarding the blatant errors in the which advantage of this crisis the learning habits and learnLet me commend legislators likelearnRep. impact timely to manner. the well-being of the NAKED people and socits to preemptive wait take and see. strike, the took to me of the during everyand election andAsnew style will serve in adaptingare to theseconsidering families and those last October 6 which in the light nizations now cutting ing modules received by students. curve children. problems muchleadership as we can, we have to hold must be heavily penalized forHouse such Quimbo forritual their meaningful rele- ing Much isofexpected ofWhile PhilHealth as of it ety. In his first speech as the THOUGHT notice because the move had the potennew learning moin far-flung areas. I of candidates signing an agreement for him well in the remaining months what happened last Monday and TuesWequestions are in thethat midst of anbring understandmay still arise even finance a few months into on to the thought of normalcy as webeties with PhilHealth, citing that the Speaker, vant really out the continues to help COVID-19 ally tial he acts. made some promises about Rolando G. Estabillo Publisher of delaying the of the 2021 deplorable dalities. I agree thatpassage urge the legislators fair and honest elections, only to violate fore the 2022forelections, we V. will have day, could only be interpreted as a ably difficult time. The prevention of the school year, let us remain patient and the cure this disease. circular conveyed mistrust toward CHARLIE As lawmakers delve Philtreatments to thousands of patients await Former Reynato Puno Board Member Chief Legal Adviser facts we need to know and the soluake. ManilaStandard change, andfunds unity.to&into He has 21 government budget. He told the House pursuing education middle ofChief theJustice to funnelS.service adequate education can be accessedin at:the Honor Blancostrike, Cabie the NightPresident Editor Ramonchito L. Tomeldan Managing Editor it. Why? Because no candidate wants to to wait and see. preemptive took them. Some groups even perceive this MANALO Health’s questionable measures, let tions that must be done. now in hospitals, while being rocked manilastandard.net Anita F. Treasury Manager but ONLINE months toGrefal fulfill these Whethpandemic is quite a challenging feat for to address existing andpromises. future problems in uncertain terms totoget theirbillions act toJimbobecause Owen Gulle move City Editor Chin Wong/Ray S. Eñano Associate Editors end cheated. 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Afghans race to flee Taliban after US confirms airlift deadline next week KABUL—Afghans on Wednesday faced an increasingly desperate race to escape life under the Taliban after President Joe Biden confirmed US-led evacuations will end next week. More than 70,000 people have already been evacuated, but huge crowds remain outside Kabul airport hoping to flee the threat of reprisals and repression in Talibanruled Afghanistan. Biden said Tuesday the United States would stick to his August 31 deadline to completely withdraw its troops despite warnings from European allies that not all vulnerable Afghans would be able to leave by then. “The sooner we can finish, the better... each day of operations brings added risk to our troops,” Biden said Tuesday. “We are currently on the pace to finish by August 31.” Many Afghans fear a repeat of the brutal five-year Taliban regime that was toppled in 2001, and violent retribution for working with foreign militaries, Western missions, and the previous US-backed government. Washington and its allies have been flying out thousands of such Afghans every day on hulking military transports, but it has become an increasingly difficult and desperate task. The Afghan capital’s airport has been gripped by chaos as US-led troops try to maintain a secure perimeter for evacuation REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION REGIONAL TRIAL COURT BRANCH 106 QUEZON CITY RAMON B. LlRIO, Petitioner, -versus-
R-QZN-19-18721 CV For: Declaration of Nullity of Marriage
HAYNA C. DIGNOMO-LIRIO, Respondent, x-------------------------------------------------------x
ORDER OF SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION In a verified Petition for Declaration of Nullity of Marriage filed on December 16, 2019, petitioner prays that after due hearing his marriage to the respondent which was solemnized on April 25, 2005, by Hon. Ma. Rita Lyn B. Patricio, Mayor, Pilar, Capiz, be declared NULL AND VOID, AB INITIO, on the ground of the psychological incapacity of the respondent to comply with the essential obligations of marriage. Summons was issued on March 13, 2020. The Server’s Return of Summons dated March 17, 2021 states that “nobody seems to know or is familiar with the whereabouts of the said respondent.” On June 14, 2021, petitioner filed a “Motion for Leave to Serve Summons by Publication” praying that the service of summons be effected upon the respondent by publication which was granted, per Order dated June 16, 2021 of the court. NOW, THEREFORE, respondent HAYNA C. DIGNOMO-LIRIO, whose last known address is at Salgan Maayon, Capiz, is hereby summoned and required to file with the Regional Trial Court, Branch 106, Quezon City, National Capital Judicial Region, Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Quezon City, her answer to the petition in the instant case within THIRTY (30) DAYS from the last date of publication of this summons. In the event of failure to do so, this court shall direct the Public Prosecutor to conduct an investigation to determine whether or not collusion exists between the parties in the filing of the instant petition; and if it is determined that there is no such collusion, the petitioner shall be allowed to present his evidence in support of the petition. Let this Order be published once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in the ‘’The Manila Standard”, a newspaper of national circulation, pursuant to P.O. No. 1079, at the expense of the petitioner. Likewise, let a copy of the summons as well as a copy of the petition be deposited in the Post Office, postage pre-paid and sent by registered mail to the respondent at her last known address also at the expense of the petitioner, and for petitioner to submit to this court proof of compliance herewith. SO ORDERED. Quezon City, June 30, 2021. (Sgd.) CLETO R. VILLACORTA, III Acting Presiding Judge CRV/trc OSG ACP Ramon B. Lirio Hayna C. Dignomo-Lirio Atty.Glenda C. Mendoza
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH 106, QUEZON CITY RAMON B. LlRIO, Petitioner, -versus-
Civil Case No.R-QZN-19-18721 CV For: Declaration of Nullity of Marriage HAYNA C. DIGNOMO-LIRIO, Respondent. x-------------------------------------------------------------------x ORDER A “Motion for Leave to Serve Summons by Publication” was filed by petitioner, through counsel. In the Sheriffs Return dated March 17, 2021 summons was not served for the reason that despite such efforts to effect the service of Summons to the aforesaid respondent, nobody seems to know or is familiar with the whereabouts of the said respondent. The 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure provide that when the defendant does not reside and is not found in the Philippines, and the action affects the personal status of the plaintiff, service of summons may, by leave of court, be effected by publication in a newspaper of national circulation in such places, and a copy of the summons and the order of the court shall be sent by registered mail to the last known address of defendant {Rule 14, Section 15}. Also, the Rule on Declaration of Absolute Nullity of Void Marriages provides that when respondent cannot be located at his/her given address or his whereabouts are unknown and cannot be ascertained by diligent inquiry, summons may be effected on him/her by publication, with a copy of the summons be sent to him/her by registered mail at his/her last known address {Section 6, A.M. No. 02-11-10-SC} WHEREFORE, the Motion for Leave to Serve Summons by Publication is granted. Let an Order of Summons by publication be issued. SO ORDERED. Quezon City, June 16,2021. (Sgd.) CLETO R. VILLACORTA, III Acting Presiding Judge
CRV/ trc OSG, Petitioner, Atty. Mendoza
Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT National Capital Judicial Region Quezon City Branch 106 RAMON B. LlRIO, Petitioner, -versus-
CIVIL CASE NO. R-QZN- 19-18721-CV For: Declaration of Nullity of Marriage Under Art. 36 of the Family Code
HAYNA C. DIGNOMO-LIRIO, Respondent. x----------------------------------------------x
PETITION
COMES NOW, petitioner, by the undersigned counsel, and unto this Honorable Court, most respectfully alleges, that: 1.Petitioner is of legal age, married, Filipino, a resident of No 6 Mariposa Lily Street St. Dominic 9 Subd., Barangay Talipapa, Novaliches, Quezon City, where he may be served with the processes of this Honorable Court. Copies of his competent proof of identity is hereto attached as Annex “A” to “A-1”, utility bills as Annexes “B” to “E”, barangay clearance with house sketch plan as Annex “F” to “F-1”, Joint Affidavit of petitioners’ parents as Annex “G”, and the Affidavit of the undersigned counsel as Annex “H”; 2. Respondent on the other hand, is likewise of legal age, Filipino, married, with last known address at Salgan Maayon. Capiz, where she may be served with summons and the processes of this Honorable Court; 3. Petitioner first met the respondent in January 2005 in lIoilo. Prior to that, petitioner and respondent were text mates after having been introduced thru cell phone by Chat, respondent’s cousin as well as petitioner’s co-worker; 4. Petitioner and respondent had an intimate relationship Immediately after seeing each other in person. They spent three days together enjoying each other’s company; 5. Petitioner returned to Manila after his short in Iloilo. They continued to communicate with each other by sending text messages and thru calls. In March 2005, respondent informed the petitioner that she was pregnant and that he was the father; 7. Desirous of having a child of his own, petitioner replied saying that he will visit her soon promising the respondent that he will support the child;
flights, surrounded by desperate Afghans. Some have foreign passports, visas, or eligibility to travel, but most do not. At least eight people have died in the chaos. “Does anyone ... ANYONE ... have a contact inside the airport,” pleaded one American on a WhatsApp group set up to share information on how people can access the airport. “My guy worked for us 2010-15 and needs to get out with 5 of his family. This is real bad.” The Taliban have also been accused of blocking or slowing access for many trying to reach the airport, although they denied the charge again late Tuesday. Biden said the Taliban were taking steps to assist, but there was also an “acute and growing risk” of an attack by the regional chapter of the Islamic State jihadist group. CIA Director William Burns flew to Kabul for a secret meeting with top Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar, US media reported Tuesday, the highest-level meeting so far between the US government and the new rulers of Afghanistan. The New York Times said the spy chief was not there to negotiate an extension to the pullout deadline, but for general talks on “evacuation operations and terrorist threats”. Despite the harrowing scenes at Kabul airport, the Taliban have ruled out any extension to next Tuesday’s deadline to pull out foreign troops, describing it as “a red line”. AFP arrangements for the wedding to take place immediately. He was asked to stay at the house of the respondent’s parents and after two days, specifically on April 25, 2005, petitioner and respondent were married in a civil wedding rites officiated by the Municipal Mayor of Pilar, Capiz. Copy of their certificate of marriage is hereto attached as Annex “I”; 11. Thereafter, petitioner returned to Manila astonished by the sudden change of his civil status from being a bachelor to a married man. With the safety of the unborn child in mind, petitioner asked the respondent to stay with him in Quezon City; 12. After few days of being together, respondent informed the petitioner of her desire to go back to their province. Petitioner however did not accede to the respondent’s request and such became the reason of their almost daily squabble as respondent insisted on her longing to return to Iloilo; 13. At that time, petitioner was merely concerned of the unborn child and brushed away any suggestion coming from the respondent regarding the latter’s plan of leaving their abode in Quezon City; 14. AIl throughout their Cohabitation in quezon City, respondent failed to attend to petitioner’s needs. Respondent did not perform any household chores and likewise repeatedly refuse to be intimate with the petitioner, advancing reasons just . to evade such marital obligation;
15, Likewise, petitioner would always observe the. respondent being hooked on her mobile phone and every time the petitioner confronts her about the same, the latter would get mad and such will again be the start of their endless argument; 16. On September 29, 2005, respondent gave birth to Kezia Bernice, copy of her certificate of live birth is hereto attached as Annex “J”; 17. At that time, petitioner learned of the fact that respondent was on her 40th week when she gave birth. As a physician, he could not help but notice the obvious difference between the time that they became intimate and the period of the child’s gestation; 18, Petitioner ignored such thought and continued to live with the respondent. However, despite the birth of their child, both of them still manifested the same kind of behavior that they displayed since the start of their cohabitation, While petitioner demonstrated fondness towards the newly born child, he remained inattentive to the needs and requests made by the respondent; 19. Because of their never-ending bickering, respondent Ieft their abode and transferred to the house of Chat. Petitioner did not care about their separation in fact and found solace in staying at their home together with his parents; 20. When Kezia Bernice was baptized, respondent informed the petitioner that she will be staying again with the petitioner in Quezon City; 21 .Petitioner continued to be indifferent towards the respondent and paid attention only to Kezia Bernice. Respondent on the other hand persisted in displaying behavior similar to a stranger, talking to no one eIse except to the housemaid, looking after nobody except for Kezia Bernice and the messages in her mobile phone even during the wee hours of the night; 22. Sometime in 2006, petitioner received a call from the housemaid saying that respondent together with Kezia Bernice went to the mall. . When he arrived at almost midnight, he noticed that respondent and Kezia Bernice were not around and so he tried to call the respondent in her mobile phone but to no avail; 23. Petitioner learned from Chat that respondent returned to Iloilo. Petitioner ‘again contacted the respondent .who merely, demanded that they should live independently from his parents; Petitioner declined saying that he cannot leave his parents; 24. Whenever petitioner would call the respondent, he would merely ask about the condition of Kezia Bernice aware that the place where the house of the respondent is situated is far from the city and thus, the child might not be receiving proper care; 25. In April 2007, when petitioner visited Roxas,Capiz, respondent was ,not among those who fetched him at the airport. Petitioner asked respondent’s parents about the respondent and Kezia’s.whereabouts but they did not tell him the truth until the next day; 26. Petitioner was informed that respondent eloped with a certain Martin the day before his arrival. When he asked about Kezia Bernice, respondent’s parents told him that Kezia Bernice is a child of Martin and requested to not anymore disturb them; 27. Petitioner opted not to insist in asking respondent’s whereabouts especially that he cannot understand the dialect of respondents’ parents. He left Roxas, Capiz with a realization that he was duped by the respondent from the start; 28. Since 2007, petitioner did not hear anything from the respondent. Petitioner likewise did not initiate any reconciliation; 29. Petitioner referred his case to a clinical psychologist, who after conducting an interview and battery of psychological tests, found out that petitioner is suffering from Dependent Personality Disorder, while respondent is suffering from Narcissistic Personality Disorder; 30. According to the psychological report executed by clinical psychologist Paulino C. Galvez, PhD, RPsy, copy of which is hereto attached as Annex “K”, petitioner “subordinates his own needs to those of others, get others to assume responsibility for major .areas of his life. Characterized by dependence, pessimism, fear of sexuality, self-doubt, passivity, suggestibility and lack of perseverance. Clinical features include pervasive pattern of dependent and submissive behavior.” Dr. GaIvez likewise mentioned that petitioner does not possess the psychological, capacity to meet the necessary obligations of marriage; 31 . On the other hand , respondent’s Narcissistic personality Behavior is characterized by the following: “ 1. Grandiose sense of self-importance. 2. Requires excessive admiration. 3. Interpersonally exploitative. ‘,; . 4. Lacks empathy. 5.Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes. 32. Dr. Galvez gave the prognosis that the personality disorders of the petitioner and the respondent are “pervasive and long standing. The antecedents have been established and are shown to exist prior to their marriage;”
PRAYER WHEREFORE, premises considered, it is prayed that petitioner and respondent’s marriage be declared VOID AB INITIO pursuant to Article 36 of the Family Code. Other reliefs are likewise prayed for. Makati City for Quezon City. December 14, 2019. (Sgd.) ATTY. GLENDA C. MENDOZA Counsel for the petitioner UG-8 Cityland Pasong Tamo Inc. 6264 Estacion St., Pio Del Pilar Makati City IBP Lifetime Member No. 02949. Issued March 20, 2002 Roll of Attorney 41667 MCLE Compliance No. VI 0016034 Issued on January 10, 2019 PTR No. 7333481 Issued on January 3, 2019 Makati City Tel. No. 703-9002/09209218531
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Biden gets inconclusive intel on COVID origins
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ASHINGTON—A classified US intelligence report delivered to the White House on Tuesday was inconclusive on the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, in part due to a lack of information from China, according to US media reports.
The assessment, which was ordered by President Joe Biden 90 days ago, was unable to definitively conclude whether the virus that first emerged in central China had jumped to humans via animals or escaped a highly secure research facility in Wuhan, two US officials familiar with the matter told the Washington Post. They said parts of the report could be declassified in the coming days. The debate over the origins of the virus that has killed more than four million people and paralyzed economies worldwide has become increasingly contentious. When Biden assigned the investigation, he said US intelligence agencies were split over the “two likely scenarios”—animals or lab. Former president Donald Trump and his aides had helped fuel the lab-leak theory amid intense criticism over their administration’s handling of the world’s biggest outbreak, pointing the finger at Beijing, which strongly denies the hypothesis.
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TUNIS -- Tunisian President Kais Saied has extended his suspension of parliament “until further notice”, a month after sacking his premier and granting himself greater powers in a shock intervention opponents decried as a coup. “Parliament is a danger to the state,” he said on Tuesday during a meeting with Trade Minister Mohamed Bousaid. “The existing political institutions and how they operate represent a persistent danger to the state.” A statement from the presidency late on Monday extended an order freezing immunity for lawmakers and said Saied would address the people in the coming days, without elaborating. The Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party, the main parliamentary force, expressed on Tuesday evening its “concern over the unconstitutional extension of the exceptional measures”. It reiterated its stance that Saied’s actions were a “flagrant violation of the constitution”. Tunisia, hailed as a rare democratic success story in the Middle East and North Africa, has been mired in political crisis since Saied’s intervention, which comes as the country struggles with dire economic woes and the COVID-19 pandemic. AFP
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Torrential rains leave 15 dead in Venezuela CARACAS—At least 15 people died in the Venezuelan Andes after heavy rains triggered mud and rockslides, authorities said Tuesday. Several hours of downpours in the Mocoties Valley, a farming region in western Merida state that attracts a lot of tourists, caused boulders to tumble down mountainsides, blocking off roads. Jehyson Guzman, an official overseeing Merida on behalf of President Nicolas Maduro, said that 15 people have been confirmed dead. Images shared on social media showed a stream of water carrying vehicles down a street in the village of Tovar. Others showed cars buried in mud or stuck between tree roots sticking out of a quagmire surrounded by rocks and furniture. Merida governor Ramon Guevara said the Mocoties river had burst its banks and flooded Tovar, which has been cut off from electricity and telephone coverage. Roads accessing the town have also been blocked. “It’s a dramatic, sad and desperate situation. It’s not easy to lose everything, worse still to lose family members,” Jesus Quintero, a journalist based in Merida, told AFP. AFP
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HANOI—Vice President Kamala Harris began a visit to Vietnam Wednesday to stress US commitment to Asia, a trip critics have slammed as tone-deaf given the parallels with the superpower’s evacuations from Saigon and Kabul. Harris will meet the communist state’s president and prime minister in Hanoi, a day after accusing regional giant Beijing of intimidation in the disputed South China Sea. Her arrival was delayed due to what US officials called an “anomalous health incident” in Hanoi, an apparent reference to the socalled “Havana syndrome” which has afflicted US diplomats in several countries including China and Russia. It is not clear what causes the syndrome, and it has led to unproven allegations that Russians or others used sonic or other highintensity electronic devices to physically harm US diplomats. The visit, the first to Vietnam by a sitting AUCTION SALE US vice president, comes after a two-day ACME PAWNSHOPS INC. stop in Singapore, where Harris took aim at Auction sale on September China and sought to shore up US credibility 05, 2021, 10:00 a.m.- MJ in the wake of the Taliban’s stunning return Holding Bldg., 12:00 noon Alabang Town Center to power. Stall 2074 U/L, Almanza, But the Vietnam leg of the Asian tour has Las Piñas; 2:00 p.m. G/F Majalco Bldg., Benavidez sparked criticism after the chaotic evacuaSt., Legaspi Village, Makati tion of Kabul prompted comparisons with and L&R Bldg., 1018 Pasay Road, Makati and the trauma of 1975 Saigon, when US heli4:00 p.m. Circle C G14, # 17 Congressional Ave., copters ferried final evacuees from the emBahay Toro D1, Quezon bassy roof in the last days of the Vietnam City. All items pawned April 01-30, 2021. War. AFP
I, RAMON B. LIRlO, of legal age, Filipino, married, with address at No. 6 Mariposa Lily Street St Dominic 9 Subd., Barangay Talipapa, Novaliches, Quezon City, after having been duly sworn to in accordance with law, hereby depose and state:
8. Petitioner again visited the respondent sometime in April 2005. This time, he proceeded to the house of the respondent in Roxas, Capiz and there met for the first time the latter’s family;
10. Petitioner however did not realize that respondent already made
Despite Biden’s directive that the intelligence community “redouble their efforts” to untangle the origin debate, the 90-day review brought them no closer to consensus, the officials told the Post. Part of the problem is a lack of detailed information from China, according to the Wall Street Journal. “If China’s not going to give access to certain data sets, you’re never really going to know,” an official told the Journal on condition of anonymity since the report is not public. Beijing has rejected calls from the United States and other countries for a renewed origin probe after a heavily politicized visit by a World Health Organization team in January also proved inconclusive and faced criticism for lacking transparency and access. Pressure has meanwhile increased to evaluate the lableak theory more thoroughly. At the outset of the pandemic, the natural origin hypothesis -- that the virus emerged in bats then passed to humans, likely via an intermediary species -- was widely accepted. But as time has worn on, scientists have not found a virus in either bats or another animal that matches the genetic signature of SARS-CoV-2. In the face of China’s reluctance to open up to outside investigators, experts are increasingly open to considering the theory that the virus might have leaked out of a lab conducting bat coronavirus research in Wuhan, an idea once dismissed as a conspiracy propagated by the US far-right. AFP
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TOCKS extended their gains Wednesday led by conglomerates, with news that Joe Biden’s multi-trilliondollar spending plans were edging closer providing another colossal boost.
The Philippine Stock Exchange Index surged 143.33 points, or 2.2 percent, to 6,822.15 on a value turnover of just P1.8 billion. Gainers edged losers, 95 to 93, with 51 issues unchanged. Globe Telecom Inc. of the Ayala Group, the second-biggest mobile phone company, jumped 14 percent to P2,600, while parent Ayala Corp. advanced 3.6 percent to P741. PLDT Inc., the largest telecommunications firm, climbed 7.8 percent to P1,345, while SM Prime Holdings Inc. of the Sy Group rose 4 percent to P34.80. JG Summit Holdings Inc. of the Gokongwei Group gained 3.8 percent to P67.65. The rest of the Asian markets were mixed Wednesday, with optimism offset by profittaking after a strong start to the week. The US Food and Drug Administration’s decision Monday to give full approval to
Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine has given a huge lift to sentiment and eased worries about the fast-spreading Delta variant in the world’s top economy. That came as some countries including the United States see infection spikes easing, while China appears to have overcome a weeks-long outbreak. Still, others such as Australia, Japan, and New Zealand remain in a tough battle with the disease, forcing them into containment measures. The FDA move “is paving the way for organizations to mandate vaccines for workers and thus lift vaccination rates higher,” said National Australia Bank’s Tapas Strickland. “China’s Delta outbreak also appears to be under control with two consecutive days of no new domestic cases (only one suspected case), while the PBoC vowed to boost credit support for smaller businesses and the real economy.” Wall Street enjoyed another strong day, with the S&P 500 at a record and the Nasdaq topping 15,000 for the first time. Asia picked up the baton but with smaller gains than those enjoyed on Monday and Tuesday. Shanghai, Seoul, Sydney, Singapore, Wellington, Taipei, Mumbai, Bangkok and Jakarta all rose but Tokyo was flat. Hong Kong dipped after rising around three percent in the previous two days. With AFP
In this file photo taken on November 30, 2018 people walk past shops in a street below the Sacred Heart (sacre coeur) basilica on the Montmartre hill in Paris. The Mona Lisa is still smiling but in front of a smaller audience: this summer again, tourists, especially foreigners, have shunned Paris, which has lost 60 percent of visitors. AFP
Dark days for tourism in Paris, the City of Light By Katell Prigent
PARIS, France—Few tourists are gazing at the Mona Lisa or wandering the streets of Paris this summer, dashing hopes that the top tourist destination would see brighter days after last year’s pandemic-linked desertion. LAST % The City of Light has seen between 3.6 million and 4.7 million PRICE CHANGE CHANGE visitors between June and August, down from 10 million in 2019, 1 MFIN 2.4 -0.33 -12.09% before the coronavirus emerged and wrecked international travel, 2 ALHI 7 -0.69 -8.97% according to tourism office figures. Only 2.6 million tourists visited Paris last year. 3 OPM 0.011 -0.001 -8.33% “With clients from afar not coming, the impact is considerable,” 4 AB 5.89 -0.49 -7.68% Didier Arino, director of the travel firm Protourisme, told AFP. France eased its travel rules ahead of the summer season, put5 BCB 4.98 -0.36 -6.74% ting countries in a red, orange and green color-coded system that 6 EVER 0.39 -0.025 -6.02% determines if visitors need to take a COVID-19 test before arriv7 MB 0.41 -0.025 -5.75% ing, have a compelling reason to visit or quarantine. Museums and other cultural venues reopened after long clo8 PHES 0.55 -0.03 -5.17% sures, though visitors have to show proof of vaccination or nega9 DWC 2.46 -0.13 -5.02% tive tests. 10 ABG 6.08 -0.29 -4.55% But Paris visitor numbers still disappointed. ‘Reinventing ourselves’ Arino said occupancy rates at hotels in Paris were worse than elsewhere in France, with revenues down 60 percent. Romain Jouhaud, director general of 4 Roues Sous 1 Parapluie, VOLUME VALUE a company that offers guided visits in a classic French car in the (PHP) capital, said he only had 120 customers this summer compared to 1 GLO 617875 1528963510 360 in 2019. 2 TEL 476080 628647555 Most of his clients are from the United States and Australia. “We’re trying to get a bit more French clients but our problem is 3 CNVRG 9611100 283280120 that our average price (150 euros) is a little high,” he said, noting 4 ALI 7248100 244866880 that the French usually spend less than foreigners. 5 AC 322160 236943220 Tour guides have also suffered from the absence of tourists, with 6 SMPH 5516700 188868185 activity dropping by more than 80 percent in the Ile-de-France region, which includes Paris, according to the FNGIC association 7 ACEN 18495300 171789762 $5-T BILL. US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (center) walks to hold a press conference following the of guides. 8 JGS 2538660 168203439 House vote at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on August 24, 2021. President Joe Biden’s plans to “Paris is a mirror of the great European capitals,” Arino said. spend nearly $5 trillion to change the world’s largest economy advanced in the House of Representatives 9 SM 166650 166729550 “They all have problems and the more they depend on foreign on Tuesday, after Democratic leaders reached an agreement with centrist lawmakers to end a dispute 10 BDO 1260680 142670814 clients, the more difficult it is.” threatening the bills. AFP On the river Seine, the sightseeing boat company Vedettes de Paris has seen turnover drop 50 percent compared to 2019. French clients used to make up half the number of passengers; they accounted for 65 percent this year. The company has adapted by adding an “aperitif cruise” and WIDESPREAD drought and wildfires river water are spending up to US$80 a installing an area to play petanque on its dock. are depressing scenes that we often see month on water,” says the NRC. “We learned to reinvent ourselves, give the Seine and Eiffel on foreign television news now. Without California farms in the US are Manila back to Parisians,” said the company’s director, Marie BozStandard Tower doubt, these natural phenomena are the experiencing the same phenomenon. zonie. TODAY telltale signs of climate change that is Lush fields have turned into brown to the The Eiffel Tower reopened in mid-July after a nine-month hiabeing precipitated by man’s disrespect of dismay of American farmers, threatening tus due to the pandemic, but it has only had 13,000 visitors per the environment. the US food supply. The drought in day—half its usual number. 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Chemical Industries of the Philippines, Inc. 1,600 million liters per day (MLD) of raw Subject: Annual Stockholders’ Meeting the Norwegian Refugee Council and other Firefighters have battled to contain the aid groups wildfires in a seemingly unwinnable war. water from the La Mesa Reservoir to the Ladies and Gentlemen: The NRC notes that rising temperatures, Similar firestorms earlier overwhelmed Balara Treatment Plants (BTP) 1 and 2. NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual Stockholders’ Meeting of Chemical The new aqueduct, meanwhile, will be record low levels of rainfall and drought Spain, France, Italy, Tunisia, Turkey, Industries of the Philippines (CIP) will be held on 16 September 2021 at capable of conveying 1,000 MLD, and 9:00 a.m. at the 7th Floor, Board Room, Chemphil Building, 851 A. Arnaiz are depriving people of drinking and Bulgaria, Greece, Algeria, Morrocco and Avenue, Legaspi Village, Makati City, to consider the following matters: provides emergency redundancy in the agricultural water. It is also disrupting Albania. event of a failure in any of the three ancient 1. Calling the Roll electricity as dams run out of water, Modern aqueduct 2. Presentation of Secretary’s Due Notice of the Meeing which in turn impacts on the operations of Wildfires are a rarity in the Philippines aqueducts. 3. Reading and Disposal of Any Unapproved Minutes NBAQ4 is the largest water supply 4. Presentation of the 2020 Annual Reports essential infrastructure, including health while drought in this archipelagic nation 5. Election of Directors facilities. is a cyclical occurrence that reduces the infrastructure project in Metro Manila. 6. Unfinished Business It is already making history as the first 7. New Business “The total collapse of water and supply of drinking water and depletes 8. Adjournment food production for millions of Syrians reservoir and river levels. The latter can underground aqueduct in the metropolis, constructed under the busy Commonwealth If you are unable to attend the meeting, please accomplish the proxy and Iraqis is imminent,” says Carsten drain water resources needed in irrigating form…, and present the same to the Corporate Secretary/Assistant Hansen, Regional Director of the NRC farm lands and powering hydroelectric Avenue in Quezon City. Corporate Secretary or their representatives not later than 6:00 p.m. on 3 A tunnel-boring machine, the first September 2021, for validation purposes. The validation of proxies shall be in an agency statement published on Aug. dams. conducted on 10 September 2021 at at the 7th Floor Boardroom, Chemphil 23, 2021. “With hundreds of thousands A long dry spell can also lead to limited time utilized in Metro Manila, has Building, 851 A. Arnaiz Avenue, Legaspi Village, Makati City. already broken through at the La Mesa of Iraqis still displaced and many more water supplies, and in some cases, force Please take note that the proxy executed by a corporation should be in the still fleeing for their lives in Syria, the utility companies to reduce the flow of Reservoir, more than seven kilometers form of a Board resolution duly certified by the Corporate Secretary or in a away from its entry shaft at Balara proxy form executed by a duly authorized corporate officer accompanied by unfolding water crisis will soon become an drinking water to consumers. But residents a Corporate Secretary’s certificate quoting the board resolution authorizing unprecedented catastrophe pushing more and businesses in the eastern part of Metro in Quezon City. With the pipe laying the said corporate officer(s) to execute the said proxy. done, Manila Water can now construct into displacement.” Manila and nearby suburban areas are Per SEC Memorandum No. 06-2020, stockholders may attend and the intake tower, outlet tower and The drought has adversely affected the luckier. participate in the Annual Stockholders Meeting through teleconferencing, downstream network system. videoconferencing and other remote or electronic means of communication. Tigris-Euphrates river system that feeds Barring any fortuitous event, we may If you wish to attend through videoconferencing, kindly inform the Corporate Manila Water has teamed up with Arup into the two countries. More than five already scratch water security from the Secretary at least five (5) business days prior to 16 September 2021 so as project management consultant and that the proper link may be sent to you. million people in Syria directly depend on list of challenges plaguing our lives these the river, says the NRC. In Iraq, the loss of past few years. Manila Water Co. Inc., a NOVABALA joint venture, the project’s The Stock and Transfers Books of the corporation shall be closed from 26 August 2021 to 16 September 2021. access to water from the river, and drought, unit of the Ayala Group, is accomplishing design and build contractor. The joint threaten at least seven million people. a local engineering feat. It is nearing the venture is composed of CMC di Ravenna Immediately after the Stockholders’ Meeting, the Organizational Meeting of the Board of Directors will follow… The NRC warns of more catastrophes. completion of the P5.5-billion Novaliches- (Italy), First Balfour Inc. (Philippines) and “Some 400 square kilometers of agricultural Balara Aqueduct 4 (NBAQ4) project of the Chun Wo Engineering (Hong Kong). MWSS board of trustees chairman and Thank you. land risk total drought. Two dams in Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage OIC administrator Gen. Reynaldo Velasco northern Syria, serving three million people System scheduled by June 2022. Very truly yours, with electricity, face imminent closure,” The aqueduct aims to improve the (Ret.) considers the Manila Water flagship (sgd.) says the agency. reliability and security of the raw water project a landmark achievement under the ATTY. ZHANIKA MARIE O. CARBONELL Duterte administration’s “Build, Build, Corporate Secretary “In Iraq, large swathes of farmland, transmission system and guarantee water fisheries, power production and drinking availability for more than seven million Build” infrastructure program. P.S. MWSS is working on interim and longThe Definitive Information Statement (“IS”), Management Report, SEC water sources have been depleted of people in the East Zone franchise of Manila Form 17A, and pertinent documents may be accessed through any of the term water source projects to approximate water. In the Ninewa governorate, wheat Water. following: at least 4,000 million liters per day in the production is expected to go down by 70 Once the NBAQ4 is in place, operations 1. Go to the CIP website via this link: https://www.chemphil.com.ph/ per cent because of the drought, while in of the three other antiquated aqueducts next 10 or 25, or hopefully, 50 years. main_cip.htm; and; the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, production may already be temporarily suspended 2. Go to the PSE EDGE portal via https://edge.pse.com.ph/ E-mail:rayenano@yahoo.com or is expected to decrease by half. Some one by one for inspection, assessment and extrastory2000@gmail.com families in Anbar who have no access to eventual rehabilitation. The old aqueducts
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Power firms eye solar projects on Laguna de Bay
Business PH, US sign export deal on pineapples, mangoes T By Othel V. Campos
HE Department of Agriculture said Wednesday Philippine pineapples and mangoes will gain more access to the US through additional ports of entry following the resolution of pending issues between the two countries. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said in a virtual meeting in the second week of August the Bureau of Plant Industry and the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service agreed to resolve several pending issues that would be beneficial to both sides.
“Expanding the export market of Philippine pineapples and mangoes in the US and other countries will not only enhance our national economy, but more importantly, provide increased incomes to thousands of farmers and their families in pineapple- and mango-producing provinces nationwide,” said Dar. He said with the agreement between APHIS and BPI, the Philippines could dramatically increase exports of pineapples and resume shipments of mangoes to the US through additional ports of entry by the end of 2021. Among the issues discussed was the alleged attraction of Philippine pineapple variety “Smooth Cayenne” to the oriental fruit fly, which BPI director George Culaste assured was not true. The USDA-APHIS accepted the evidence from BPI.
APHIS is the main US agency responsible for protecting animal health, animal welfare and plant health. It is also the lead agency for collaboration with other agencies to protect US agriculture from invasive pests and diseases. The BPI is expected to adopt the risk mitigation measures for oriental fruit fly and APHIS will subsequently publish the initial notice in the Federal Register for a 60-day stakeholder comment period, review any comments, and then publish the final notice that allows the expanded market access for Philippine pineapples into the US, except Hawaii. The USDA-APHIS also agreed to a draft an operational work plan for irradiation of Philippine fresh mangoes upon arrival in the US. The BPI will provide APHIS official comments on the OWP.
By Alena Mae S. Flores RENEWABLE industry players are keenly looking at floating solar power projects in Laguna Lake, or Laguna de Bay, which have the potential to generate thousands of megawatts of electricity. AC Energy Corp. president and chief executive Eric Francia said the industry was waiting for the Laguna Lake Development Authority to come out with a policy and unlock the lake’s renewable energy potential. “That’s ripe of the picking. We are hopeful the LLDA will finalize its policy and start issuing the water rights to the various developers,” Francia said. He said floating solar could serve as a short to medium-term solution to the country’s tight power supply as it could be done in next two to three years, “depending on how we can get the permitting process, but we are preparing for that.” Francia said several companies including AC Energy expressed interest to put up floating solar projects in Laguna Lake, which has about 90,000 hectares of water surface. He said it would require roughly one hectare to produce 1 megawatt. You are not going to build 100 percent on the lake but you can build anywhere between 5 to 25 percent. That’s significant. That’s anywhere between 5,000 to 25,000 MW in theory,” he said. Francia said the limiting factor would be the transmission constraints, although the Laguna Lake is almost at the center of the demand which would relieve the pressure on National Grid Corp. of the Philippines to keep on building transition lines. He said emerging technologies such as floating solar should be included in the country’s energy transition plan. “Renewables will have a big role to play. Gas will have a transition role and all of this enabling technologies will have to be factored in as they get developed over time. This new emerging tech should be looked at as an industry,” Francia said during a webinar.
ASEAN-US COOPERATION.
Senior economic officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meet with Deputy Assistant US Trade Representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific Marta Prado for the 33rd SEOM-AUSTR Dialogue Partner Consultations via videoconference. The Philippines is represented by Trade Assistant Secretary Allan Gepty (third row, right).
IMF allocates $2.8-b worth of SDRs to boost liquidity in PH By Julito G. Rada BANGKO Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Benjamin Diokno said Wednesday special drawing rights allocation of 1.958 billion, equivalent to $2.777 billion, from the International Monetary Fund will boost the country’s gross international reserves and reduce reliance on debt. Data from the IMF website showed that member countries were allocated SDRs—the fund’s unit of exchange backed by dollars, euros, yen, sterling and yuan—in proportion to their quota shares in the IMF. The SDR valuation is calculated daily and stood at $1.41847 each as of Aug. 23. The Philippines previously had 837.964 million in SDR allocation with the Fund, bringing the cumulative total to 2.795 billion. “The BSP supports the IMF SDR allocation which will provide additional liquidity to member countries particularly during this period as efforts are exerted to address the COVID-19 crisis,” Diokno said in a statement. “We confirm that the Philippines’ share in the SDR allocation amounting to SDR1,958,027,771.00 was credited to the country’s SDR account on Aug. 23, 2021. We expect this to result in an increase in the country’s gross international reserves,” Diokno said. The IMF advised member country authorities that the SDR allocation could be used to boost foreign exchange reserves and reduce reliance on debt, create space for countries to step up effort against the crisis and support reforms to the economy. IMF member countries can exchange their SDRs for hard currencies with other IMF members. “The newly-allocated SDRs are reflected in the GIR until the national government determines its use,” Diokno said.
IN BRIEF Balance of payments posts $642-m surplus CALAX SILANG OPENING. Officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways and MPCALA Holdings Inc. inaugurate the fourth section of the 45-kilometer Cavite-Laguna Expressway with the opening of the CALAX Silang East Interchange Section, extending the operating sections from 10 kilometers to 14.24 km. Leading the inaugural ceremony are (from left) Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Silang Mayor Corazon Poblete, MPIC director for government relations and public affairs Atty. Mike Toledo, Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, Sen. Bong Go, Public Works Secretary Mark Villar, Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. president and chief executive Rodrigo Franco, Metro Pacific Investments Corp. president Jose Ma. Lim and MPCALA Holdings president and general manager Roberto Bontia.
Pag-IBIG Fund’s net income increased 14% to P16.11b in the first half amid health crisis PAG-IBIG Fund posted earnings of P16.11 billion in the first half amid the challenges posed by the health crisis, up 14 percent from the same period last year, top executives said Wednesday. The fund said gross income also rose 13 percent to P27.14 billion from January to June, driven by earnings from housing, short-term cash loans and trading gains. “We are happy to report that Pag-IBIG Fund remains strong amid the pandemic. The double-digit increase in our income figures proves that we remain as one of the best performing government corporations in the country today,” said Secretary Eduardo del Rosario, chairman of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development. “This places us in a strong position to continue providing social services to more Filipino workers, in line with President Duterte’s directives as we continue to recover from the challenges caused by the pandemic,” said Rosario, who is also the chairman of the 11-member Pag-IBIG Fund board of trustees. He said as of July, Pag-IBIG Fund released P52.22 billion to finance the acquisition of 51,206 homes for members. The agency also released P25.42 billion
in cash loans, helping over 1.18 million members answer their immediate financial needs as the health crisis continues. Savings from members reached P37.46 billion as of July, strongly driven by the agency’s popular MP2 Savings where members collectively saved P15.83 billion. Pag-IBIG Fund chief executive Acmad Rizaldy Moti said the agency’s gains would redound to the benefit of members. Under its charter, Pag-IBIG Fund is mandated to return at least 70 percent of annual net income to members in the form of dividends which are credited to their savings. “The true owners of Pag-IBIG Fund are the Filipino workers. That is why it is our responsibility, as the administrators of the fund, to manage their contributions prudently and excellently. Last 2020, we gave back 92.15 percent of our net income to members in the form of dividends, even though our Charter mandates only a 70% minimum. With our strong fiscal standing, our members can rest assured that our programs shall remain available to help them recover from the pandemic and that each hard-earned peso they save with us remains secure and continues to grow,” Moti said.
Foreign groups hit for role in tainting Senate vaping bill CONSUMER advocacy groups raised concern over the latest campaign against the Senate vaping bill, saying the campaign bears the fingerprints of anti-vaping foreign charities funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies. “Perfectly orchestrated criticism from youth and student organizations on the vaping legislation currently before the Philippines Senate proves that undue foreign influence and money continue to be an ongoing issue in the Philippines,” said Nancy Loucas, executive coordinator of the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates. “This latest well-timed supposed youth initiative against Senate Bill No. 2239 has the fingerprints of Bloomberg Philanthropies all over it. Their ridiculous claim that the ‘vape bill is antiyouth and anti-health’ is undoubtedly funded and driven out of America. All their baseless rhetoric is straight out the Bloomberg playbook. It’s very disappointing,” she said. Loucas said the timing of the latest foreign attack on domestic policymaking could not be worse. The Philippines’ Congress is currently demanding tighter measures against foreign interference. The House committee on good government and public accountability is calling for airtight policies to ensure foreign donors, such as Bloomberg, do not interfere in the country’s internal policymaking affairs. “We are calling on Filipino senators to see this latest well-funded and organized attack exactly for what it is: Unwanted foreign influence that the Philippines is now desperate to banish. Senators must reject this smear attempt forthwith,” said Loucas. CAPHRA said despite such despicable interference, the Philippine Senate looked set to approve the NonCombustible Nicotine Delivery Systems Regulation Act. Also known as SB 2239, it aims to regulate the manufacture, use, sale, distribution, and promotion of vaping and heated tobacco products.
THE country’s overall balance of payments position posted a surplus of $642 million in July, up from $8 million in the same month last year, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Benjamin Diokno said Wednesday. “The BOP surplus in July 2021 reflected mainly the national government’s net foreign currency deposits with the BSP [$1.34 billion] and the BSP’s income from its investments abroad [$157 million],” Diokno said in a statement. He said these were partly offset by the national government’s payments of its foreign currency debt obligations ($465 million) and the BSP’s net foreign exchange operations ($398 million). The BOP surplus in July reduced the cumulative BOP deficit in the first seven months to $1.3 billion. “Notwithstanding, the current year to date BOP level is a reversal from the $4.12 billion surplus recorded in the same period a year ago. Based on preliminary data, this cumulative BOP deficit was partly attributed to a wider merchandise trade deficit,” Diokno said. Julito G. Rada
Robinsons REIT unit launches P23.5-b IPO RL COMMERCIAL REIT Inc., the real estate investment trust company owned by Robinsons Land Corp., kicked off its P23.5-billion maiden share offering. RCR chairman Frederick Go said in a press briefing the initial public offering was very well received the investors as office leasing sector remained resilient despite the pandemic. “We are now in the final stage of IPO and it has been very well received by the investors,” Go said. “The BPO industry is the bedrock of our business and the BPO industry is an essential service industry and they continue to operate even during these difficult times,” Go said. RCR is selling up of 3.34 billion secondary shares with an over-allotment option for another 305.1 million common shares at P6.45 apiece. Offer period is from Aug. 25 to Sept. 3, 2021. RCR president Jericho Go said the company is the largest in terms of market capitalization and portfolio valuation and the biggest in asset size. It also has the widest geographical coverage and longest land lease tenure. Jenniffer B. Austria
Globe expands 5G network to 1,800 sites GLOBE Telecom Inc. said Wednesday it expanded 5G coverage to more than 1,800 key locations all over the country as of July. “With the different challenges we are facing right now, coverage contiguity is our top priority. To do this, we need to maximize the locations of our 5G network builds that we have right now. These strategic installations will eventually lead to more practical and viable rollouts in the coming months,” said Globe senior vice president Joel Agustin. “We want to provide our customers with better experience with the latest technology and 5G capable devices as soon as possible,” he said. 5G is the latest wireless internet connectivity that promises faster speeds, higher bandwidth, and more stable internet connections compared to 4G. Globe said at least 94 percent of the National Capital Region now has Globe 5G outdoor coverage with Makati and Pateros with 100 percent coverage. Marikina is second at 99 percent, followed by Taguig, Mandaluyong and Caloocan which are at 98 percent 5G coverage, while San Juan is at 97 percent. Darwin G. Amojelar
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By Peter Atencio TWO big international meets are awaiting the Gilas Pilipinas national women’s team. And with Jack Animam being unable to suit up this time around, the Gilas women’s squad is set to go into bubble training this week at the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna. The first tournament will be the 2021 FIBA Women’s Asia Cup from September 27 to October 3 in Amman, Jordan. Then, the Patrick Aquinocoach Gilas will join the 2021 FIBA 3×3 Under-23 World Cup from October 11 to 15 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. They will miss Animam, a long-time member of the national team, since she just signed a contract to play as an import for Radnicki Kragujevac in Serbia. Because of this, there will be new faces in the team from among the 12 players who have received invites to join the bubble. “You have to start early to get experience for these kids. From what we saw from the men’s Gilas team, they made great surprises. Perhaps we can make surprises as well,” said Aquino in a statement. The national squad will be bannered by Ella Fajardo, Ann Pingol, Kristine Cayabyab, and Camille Clarin. The 5’5” Fajardo, 18, will be the team’s court general, while Clarin, 20, a 5’10” winger, was the Rookie of the Year for National University in Season 82 of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. Cayabyab, at 18, is a 5’9” guardforward, while Pingol is a 19-yearold winger. Being the most experienced players, the three will lead their younger teammates as they also get ready for the FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup 2021 in Mongolia this October. The squad will also have veterans Afril Bernardino, Chack Cabinbin, Khate Castillo, Clare Castro, Ria Nabalan, Janine Pontejos, Mar Prado and Andrea Tongco.
Egypt’s Ibrahim Elhusseiny Hamadtou hits a shot against South Korea’s Park Hong-kyu in their men’s singles class 6 group E table tennis match during the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. AFP
Swimmer Bejino kicks off PH Paralympic campaign
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OKYO—All eyes will be on swimmer Gary Bejino, who will be the first Filipino campaigner to plunge into action in the World Para Games as he competes in the men’s SM6 200-meter individual medley at the Tokyo Aquatic Centre here on Thursday. A back-to-back gold medalist in the ASEAN Para Games in the 2015 Singapore and 2017 Malaysia editions, respectively, Bejino is racing in lane No. 7 in the second of three heats starting at 9:32 a.m. (8:32 a.m. Manila time). The top eight overall finishers in the heats will enter the finals scheduled at 5:22 p.m. (4:22 p.m.) later in the day. Bejino would have been joined by another paraathlete in competing in the second day of action of the World Para Games in the stint supported by the Philippine Sports Commission. But powerlifter Achelle Guion, who also set to compete Thursday, had to stay at home in the country after testing positive for COVID 19 on the day of the PH contingent’s departure for Tokyo last Sunday, the Philippine Paralympic Com-
mittee announced last Tuesday. Swimming coach Tony Ong said that Bejino felt a bit nervous by the fact that this was his first Para Games “and competing in the highest level of competition. But I told him not to worry and enjoy. In enjoying the process and you make it to the finals, then let’s take it from there.” “Medyo kinakabahan po kasi ako ang unang sasabak sa atin pero kaya pong labanan,” said the 23-yearold athlete, who was electrocuted at the age of seven that left his entire body badly burnt and prompted attending doctors to amputate his right arm and left leg. The swimmer’s illustrious teammate, Ernie Gawilan, who won a pair of gold and silver medals in the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, is set to make his debut in the men’s SM7 200-meter individual medley event on Friday.
PH ambassador to Japan encourages para athletes TOKYO—The Philippine Ambassador to Japan, Jose Laurel V, on Wednesday encouraged the country’s Paralympians “to continue our country’s winning streak in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.” Laurel was referring to the country’s most successful Olympic stint in the Japanese capital nearly a month ago, highlighted by weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz’s historic first gold medal in the XXXII Summer Games in ruling the women’s 55-kilogram division at the Tokyo International Forum last July 26. The PH Olympic squad also went home with a silver medal each from boxers Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam and a bronze courtesy of Eumir Felix Marcial in a glorious performance that lifted the country proudly to 50th place of the overall medal standings in the quadrennial sports festival. Wheelchair racer Jerrold Mangli-
wan, discus thrower Jeannette Aceveda, swimmers Ernie Gawilan and Gary Bejino, who are all now here, and taekwondo jin Allain Ganapin, who is scheduled to leave for the Japanese capital on Sunday, are the country’s standard-bearers at the Games. The national Paralympic contingent is fully supported by the Philippine Sports Commission. “On behalf of the men and women of the Philippine Embassy and the consulates general in Nagoya and Osaka, I wish our Philippine Paralympic athletes’ success,” Laurel said during his visit at the Tokyo Prince Hotel to the PH delegation led by Philippine Paralympic Committee president Mike Barredo and Commissioner Arnold Agustin of the PSC. Joining Barredo, Agustin and Laurel was Robespierre Bolivar, the deputy
Ong said that Bejino and Gawilan swam 3,000 meters each—or 60 laps in a 50-meter pool—last Tuesday and were tapering off so merely did build-up swims and practiced their dives on Wednesday. Former national swimming standout turned coach Ral Rosario, who has also handled both swimmers, had only praises for both, citing not only their skill and talent but excellent work ethic. “Ibang sklase yong determination ni Gary and ni Ernie. They are able to block out pain and you can push them as hard as you can and they don’t complain,” Rosario, a gold medalist in the men’s 200-meter freestyle in the 1978 Bangkok Asian Games, noted in an interview from Manila. “They (Bejino and Gawilan) are very trainable, and they accept what coaches tell them to do. It’s very hard to find athletes with that same kind of mentality,” said Rosario, a two-time Olympian, who was the chef de mission of the national paralympic squad in the 2015 ASEAN Para Games in Singapore. Rosario said that he has kept tabs regularly with Ong “and he keeps me updated on the two swimmers. When he has concerns, he calls me up and we talk about it.”
Jose Laurel V, the Philippine Ambassador to Japan, (third from left) paid the PH Paralympic squad officials a visit at the Tokyo Prince Hotel yesterday. Laurel was greeted by Philippine Paralympic Committee president Mike Barredo (second from left) and PSC Commissioner Arnold Agustin (left). With them is Robespierre Bolivar, the deputy chief of mission of the Philippine Embassy.
chief of mission of the Philippine embassy. “You (the Paralympians) are an inspiration to all of us. Your amazing triumphs in sports highlight the immense contribution that our kababayans with disabilities have made in lifting the pride of the Philippines on the world stage,” Laurel noted. “I am sure the entire Filipino communi-
ty in Japan will join us in cheering our athletes to victory! Mabuhay kayong lahat!” the ambassador added. “We are grateful and encouraged by your enthusiastic support of our para-athletes and pray that this will motivate them, even more, to excel in their respective events,” Barredo replied.
Olsim breaks down coming matchup against Nguyen
Jenelyn Olsim in action
AT just 24-years of age, Jenelyn Olsim already possesses the mindset of a veteran mixed martial artist. While it’s no secret that her strong suit is undoubtedly in the striking department—having come from a background in Muay Thai—the Team Lakay standout continues to add new folds to her game. Recently, the results have followed suit, as she was able to secure a submission finish, the second of her young career, at the expense of 11-fight veteran Maíra Mazar in late March. “I learned that I’m actually good [on the] ground. I can apply some things that I learned from the gym, I can really apply my ground skills,” Olsim said. The victory over Mazar was Olsim’s main roster debut with ONE Championship, after a short stint in ONE Warrior Series, and her fourth win in six fights. The Baguio City native looks to continue to show improvements when she meets Bi Nguyen at ONE: BATTLE-
GROUND III, a tape-delayed event from the Singapore Indoor Stadium which airs this Friday night, 27 August. When breaking down the Team Lakay scouting report on Nguyen, Olsim praised her opponent’s fighting spirit and athletic makeup but would not concede any technical advantages. She cited Nguyen’s ability to fight to the bitter end, never giving up, but insisted that she would be the superior mixed martial artist due to her well-rounded approach. “As far as I can see from reviewing her fights, she’s not used to going to the ground. She most likely [will fight] in the stand-up game. So I think her weak part is her ground game,” Olsim said. “I have watched her previous fights and she dominates with her striking technique. I think she’s most comfortable with her boxing.” Despite her extensive background in Muay Thai, Olsim is intent on taking the path of least resistance. In this case, that means tying up Nguyen and sending the fight to the ground before hunting for a submission. That’s not to say Olsim isn’t planning to engage with Nguyen on the feet in order to get there.
Joshua opts for brains over brawn in title duel vs Usyk LONDON—Anthony Joshua says he is going to favour brains over brawn for the defence of his World Boxing Association, International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organisation heavyweight titles against Oleksandr Usyk. The 31-year-old British pugilist is set to go toe to toe with the undefeated Ukrainian former undisputed cruiserweight world champion at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on September 25. Joshua told Sky Sports bulking up for the bout lacked common sense. “I’m looking trim for this fight,” he said. “I’m fighting a guy who is a 12-round fighter. So it would be silly of me to go in there bulky with my muscles screaming for oxygen. “I’ve learned how to condition my body for specific fights. “I’ve been training like a 15-round fighter in this camp.” “What happens when I train that way? My body adapts and takes its natural form. This is the form it has taken.” Joshua (24 victories 1 defeat, 22KOs) claims he is focussing more on adopting a streetwise approach to combat the guile of Usyk (18-0, 13KOs), who has had just two fights since stepping up to the heavyweight division. “I am sharpening the mind so that I can concentrate for the 12 rounds,” said Joshua. “It’s a fight for the brain. Knowing what you’ve got in front of you and knowing how to deal with it. “You can either be aggressive, corner (him), throw everything at it. “Or take your time, be clever, then knock (him) out.” AFP
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US hands FIFA $201M from corrupt officials PARIS— The US Department of Justice has agreed to hand FIFA $201 million (171m euros) confiscated from corrupt football administrators, the governing body of world football announced on Tuesday. Most of the cash comes from US legal actions in the wake of the “FIFAgate” scandal, which erupted in May 2015 with the dramatic arrest of seven world football executives in Zurich and led a few months later to the departure of Sepp Blatter, FIFA’s president since 1998. “This money was seized from the bank accounts of former officials who were involved in, and then prosecuted for, years of corruption schemes in football,” said FIFA in a statement on its website. It said it had set up a ‘World Football Remission Fund’ under the supervision of the FIFA foundation to use the money “to help finance football-related projects with positive community impact across the globe”. Gianni Infantino, who replaced Blatter at the head of FIFA welcome the deal. “I am delighted to see that money which was illegally siphoned out of football is now coming back to be used for its proper purposes, as it should have been in the first place,” Infantino said. “It’s great to see significant funding being put at the disposal of the FIFA Foundation, which can positively impact so many people across the football world, especially through youth and community programmes.” The cases prosecuted in the US centered on bribes and “racketeering” organised by football officials in South and Central America in exchange for the awarding of TV broadcasting rights for competitions, including the Copa America. They resulted in the sentencing of Paraguayan Juan Angel Napout, a former president of South American football’s governing body CONMEBOL, to nine years in prison and Brazilian Jose Maria Marin, former head of the Brazilian Football Federation, to four years in prison. A significant slice of cash will be funneled into South American football. CONMEBOL said it would be receiving $71 million in recovered funds. AFP
A general view shows the Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on the eve of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Group D match between Uruguay and England. The Brazil-Argentina South American derby for the pre-World Cup qualifiers for Qatar 2022, scheduled for September 5, 2021 in Sao Paulo, could have up to 12,000 fans, officials said. AFP
Argentina, Brazil plan return of fans for World Cup qualifier
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UENOS AIRES—Argentina and Brazil announced on Tuesday plans to use World Cup qualifiers next month as test events for the return of football fans to stadiums following COVID-19 enforced bans. Argentina’s Tourism and Sports Minister Matias Lammens said that a pilot scheme would take place on September 9 for the visit of Bolivia to Buenos Aires at the 70,000 “Monumental stadium with 30 percent capacity, as a first step to the return of spectators at all largescale spectacles.” Meanwhile, Sao Paulo’s sports secretariat said in a statement it would allow 12,000 fans in the 48,000-capacity Neo Quimica Arena in Sao Paulo for the crunch clash with arch-rivals Argentina on September 5. However, news from the English Premier League earlier in the day could put a spanner in both plans. The Premier League announced its clubs would not release players for international matches in countries on Britain’s list of most at-risk places with regards the coronavirus pandemic. It means Brazil may have to do without Liverpool’ Fabinho, a midfielder,
forward Roberto Firmino and goalie Alisson Becker, Manchester United midfielder Fred and Chelsea centerback Thiago Silva. Argentina would be without goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, forward Emiliano Buendia, both of Aston Villa, and Tottenham pair Cristian Romero, a center-back, and midfielder Giovani Lo Celso. In Spain, La Liga said on Tuesday evening that it would support clubs that refuse to release players. With Ecuador and Venezuela still to announce their squads, 25 players from 13 Spanish clubs have already been called up for the South American qualifiers.. The English and Spanish moves do not yet affect star players such as Paris SaintGermain duo Lionel Messi and Neymar, but it remains to be seen if other European leagues replicate the moves. Fans were last allowed in stadiums in Argentina and Sao Paulo in March 2020. More than 110,000 Argentines have
died of Covid-19, which has infected more than 5.1 million in the country of 45 million people. It is one of the worst affected countries in Latin America. More than 27.3 million people have received at least one Covid-19 vaccine, with 27 percent of the population fully immunized. “We believe the (Bolivia match) is an event that deserves this exceptional measure in terms of what it represents. It will allow us to evaluate how the (health) protocols will be implemented,” said Lammens. Sao Paulo is the worst affected city in Brazil, having registered 36,700 deaths and more than 930,000 cases among its 12 million population. “Only the presence of fans that present a negative (Covid-19) test taken within 48 hours of the event will be allowed,” said Sao Paulo’s sports secretariat in a statement. If the test event is successful, Sao Paulo state will allow full stadiums from November 1, meaning 60,000 people could be present at the Formula One Grand Prix at Interlagos on the weekend of November 5-7. AFP
Budenholzer agrees to 3-year contract extension with Bucks LOS ANGELES—Two-time coach of the year Mike Budenholzer has reportedly agreed to a contract extension with the reigning NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks which will see him through to the end of the 2024-25 season. The extension is for three years and will be added onto the one year he has left on his current deal, American broadcaster ESPN reported. This past season the 52-yearold head coach guided the Bucks to their first NBA title since 1971 when they were led by big man Lew Alcindor. The Bucks finished third in the Eastern Conference in the regular season. They eliminated the Miami Heat, the Brooklyn Nets, and the Atlanta Hawks in the postseason before facing and beating the Phoenix Suns
in the best-of-seven championship series. Budenholzer was selected the NBA coach of the year in 2015 with Atlanta and in 2019 in Milwaukee. He has been with the Bucks for three years, compiling a 162-65 regular-season record and a 31-17 playoff mark. He spent 17 years as an understudy to Gregg Popovich in San Antonio, where he was part of four NBA championships. He was the head coach in Atlanta from 2013 to 2018. Meanwhile, Greek NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo sparked the Milwaukee Bucks to their first title in 50 years and on Friday became a part owner of Major League Baseball’s Milwaukee Brewers. Merging the worlds of the slam dunk and home run, Antetok-
ounmpo donned a Brewers jersey in a ceremony at the baseball club’s home ballpark. “The city of Milwaukee means so much to me,” Antetokounmpo said. “I’m honored to be joining the Brewers ownership group to further my commitment and dedication to this great community. I take great pride in my city and I’m excited about what we can build together.” The Brewers, 74-48, lead the National League Central division by 8 1/2 games over Cincinnati as they chase a fourth consecutive playoff berth. Brewers chairman and principal owner Mark Attanasio introduced Antetokounmpo, the first new individual investor in the Brewers ownership group since Attanasio took control of the team in 2005. AFP
It’s our para athletes’ turn to shine THE BOTTOM LINE LITO CINCO AFTER that historic and highly successful campaign by our regular athletes in the Tokyo Olympics, resulting in a one gold-one silver-two bronze medal haul, it is the turn of our para athletes to show the world the Filipino grit. We were supposed to send six para athletes to the Tokyo Paralympics set to start on Tuesday, but unfortunately, one
tested positive for COVID-19, and had to remain behind when the team left last Sunday morning. It was later learned that the virus-stricken para athlete was power lifter Achelle Guion. To honor the para athletes, here they are. Our best bet is swimmer Ernie Gawilan. Ernie is a seven-time gold medalist in past ASEAN ParaGames, was in the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro and just this year, bagged a bronze in the World Para Swimming competition in Germany. Then, there is Jerold Mangliwan in wheel-chair racing, a two-time ASEAN gold medal winner and a veteran of the 2016 Paralympics, too.
Swimmer Gary Bejino, who will be the first para athlete to see action today, bagged a silver and two bronze medals in the 2018 Asian Paralympics. The oldest in the team is discus thrower Jeanette Aceveda, a visually impaired para athlete. Rounding out the list is Allain Ganapin, the first Filipino para athlete to qualify in taekwondo. The Philippine team will be seeing action in four different events and I just hope that the government and the private sector side will also award any medal winner with incentives, but I know it will not be on the same level as Hidilyn Diaz and company, for the
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reason that para sports here is not as popular with corporate sponsors and the general public, unfair as it may be. I was with the Philippine Paratriathlon Committee as its initial chairman, as requested by triathlon president Tom Carrasco. I served for two years, but I resigned the position last year, as I was frustrated with what I felt was lack of funding for the team from the government, with the regular athletes being the priority. But I promised Tom I will still support him in triathlon and para triathlon in other ways, as the two of us go a long way back. Now you know why in our “Ayuda Sa Atleta” program, we prioritized the distribution of the gift packs to para athletes, we all believed that these people need it more than the regular athletes.
Smart, MOONTON Games strengthen partnership with MPL-PH Season 8 SMART Communications, Inc (Smart) and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang developer, MOONTON Games strengthen their ties as they team up once again for Season 8 of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League Philippines (MPL-PH), the country’s largest mobile esports league starting on Aug. 27. As the official telco partner of the MPL-PH Season 8, Smart will enable fans to watch the action-packed MPLPH Season 8 matches on Smart’s Facebook page. Fans can also expect exciting promos, skin giveaways, exclusive updates, and freebies. Eight teams are set to duke it out in a round-robin format for a shot at the championship. These teams include Blacklist International, Bren Esports, Onic PH, RSG PH, Echo Philippines (Formerly Aura PH), Nexplay Evos (Formerly Nexplay Esports), TNC Pro Team (Formerly Work Auster Force), and Smart Omega. Prior to MPL-PH Season 8, Smart and MOONTON Games teamed up for the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup (MSC) in June, where two Filipino teams - Execration and Blacklist International - rose to the top with the former bagging the championship, edging out 10 of the best teams from Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Smart and MOONTON Games have also partnered for the previous MPL-PH seasons and made strategic collaborations to delight mobile gamers and fans since half a decade ago, betting on a bright future for mobile games and esports. Country’s biggest esports supporter “We are very happy to partner with MOONTON once again for another exciting season of MPL-PH. We go as far back as 2016 and together, we’ve seen the tremendous growth of Mobile Legends and esports in our country, turning from just a hobby to a legitimate sports whose viewership and fandom now compare to big sports events like basketball and volleyball. We have also witnessed how Filipino esports athletes developed and made their mark not just here but also in the international arena,” said Lloyd Manaloto, FVP/Group Head, Corporate Marketing & Strategy at Smart. “As we strengthen our partnership, you can rely on Smart to continue providing a platform that enables gamers and esports fans to pursue their passions and chase their dreams - powered by the country’s fastest mobile data network as well as the fastest and most reliable 5G network,” he added. Now, why did I decide to devote today’s piece to these athletes? I was surfing the net in my room (yes, I am still on extended quarantine after testing positive late July), when I saw an emotionally-tugging pitch for people, who are differently abled than most people. In fact, they comprise 15% of the world’s population. And as the ad goes, it showed that these people also play and work, go to school, they watch TV, fall in love and get married. They also dream, have feelings like everyone else and compete in sports, putting to shame other people, who are more capable than them in life. I believe that majority of these people do not ask for pity, but understanding and acceptance from the rest of the world, and why not?
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Championing Filipino culture and heritage
Award-winning documentary series ‘Dayaw’ hosted by Loren Legarda airs its 11th season on ANC.
THE mission to promote Filipino indigenous culture and heritage goes on for the award-winning documentary series Dayaw with the launch of its eleventh season on ANC, the ABS-CBN News Channel, this August. A production of ANC and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), Dayaw has been documenting the lifeways, traditions, practices, and culture of the different Indigenous Peoples groups since 2015. Still leading the way for Dayaw on its eleventh season is its host, three-term senator, and now House deputy speaker and Antique congresswoman, Loren Legarda, who conceptualized the program. “It has always been Dayaw's mission
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The plot of "No Time To Die" starring Daniel Craifg as 007 picks up after 2015's "Spectre," with the loyalty of a love interest now seemingly called into question.
there is," he responds angrily. The film has been delayed multiple times by COVID, and is of huge importance to movie theaters this year as Hollywood hopes to entice viewers back to cinemas despite the pandemic. "Though we know it feels like a long time coming, it was important to us to release this movie when fans can watch James Bond, as it's intended to be enjoyed —on the big screen," MGM film chief Michael De Luca said, to a loud ovation. No Time To Die gets its world premiere in London on September 28. CinemaCon runs until Thursday. AFP
Las Vegas diva falls for Tagalog hits YUGEL LOSORATA IT'S cute news when a foreigner sings a Filipino song. But it's something to really spread about when an artist, an American lady based in Las Vegas, expressed her love for Tagalog songs with intense sincerity; then proved it with a likable take of an OPM (Original Pilipino Music) classic which she formally released in digital stores. Dubbed the American Anthem Diva and the official singer for minor league NASCAR events, Sahara is bent on surprising Filipino music lovers with her rendition of "Dahil Ba Sa Kanya," a track popularized by Jaya and written by Freddie Saturno. Amusingly, too, it's her debut single. "I was watching a travel video on YouTube, and the song was playing in the background as the host was walking down the street,” she recalled. “When I heard it, I just felt deep inside my heart a pain, a longing, something truly lost. Not
Sahara does an impassioned rendition of the Jaya-hit ‘Dahil Ba Sa Kanya’ and has plenty to say expressing her love for Tagalog OPM.
will then focus on Filipino martial arts such as arnis, silat, and eskrima in its next two episodes, starting today at 6:00 p.m. on ANC and the ANC Facebook. The season will wrap up on Sept. 3 with “Sayawang Pinoy,” an episode highlighting how grace and fluidity of movements of Filipinos express our energy, discipline and joy as a people. Despite the pandemic, “Dayaw” has been able to launch new seasons, with Season 12 already in the works. Titled "Kakaibang Sigla: Our Vital Energy Part 2," it will explore love, courtship, marriage, and the cycles of life featuring the Gaddang, Tboli, and Sama Dilaut. Dayaw Season 11 airs every Thursday on ANC on cable and the ANC Facebook page.
A four-star concert fit for pandemic times
New Bond footage thrills CinemaCon as theaters eye recovery NEW James Bond footage from historic Hollywood studio MGM shook and stirred the movie theater industry's CinemaCon summit in Las Vegas Tuesday, as executives struck a defiant note about the future of the big screen. A nine-minute clip from No Time To Die—billed as Daniel Craig's final 007 outing, and the series' 25th installment —showed Bond apparently awakening from an explosion in a picturesque Italian village, before plunging into a series of car and motorbike chases. In traditional fashion for the British super-spy, Bond inflicted violence on his foes using his fists and deadly machinegun gadgets fitted into the headlights of his Aston Martin. The plot picks up after 2015's Spectre, with the loyalty of love interest Madeleine Swann (Lea Seydoux) now seemingly called into question. "There's something I need to tell you," she says to Bond in the clip, after shadowy operatives converge on the agent. "I bet
to document as many aspects of Filipino culture and knowledge systems as possible. We can only save these from extinction by continuing to instill their importance in the younger generation, and let them practice and learn these treasures,” Legarda said. “With the theme ‘Kakaibang Sigla,’ Dayaw Season 11 allows us to look at the different ways in which our energy, competitiveness and sportsmanship are mainstreamed in the traditional societies and knowledge systems,” Legarda added. After featuring traditional Filipino children’s games such as patintero, sipa, and luksong tinik in the first episode, followed by a two-part special on the Punnuk, a show of physical strength that ends the Ifugao’s harvest season, Dayaw
to mention Jaya’s soulful rendition. And when I read the translation, I understood why I felt that way." Thanks in part to the good reputation of Filipino musicians working abroad. As Sahara witnessed herself, many of the best performers she found in the world-famous strip are Filipinos. She had become close to some of them, and considers Filipina vocalists to be, according to her, among the finest in the world. The Vegas singer met Saturno by way of virtual meeting to ask permission to cover his composition. Sahara implied that once she learned "Dahil Ba Sa Kanya," she fell further for Tagalog OPM. "The language is such an integral part of the music," she noted, "So much meaning and emotion in so few words. It’s truly beautiful." A classically trained singer, the American beauty can spend all day praising the sentimental Pinoy lyricism. Yes she can also belt out in Spanish, French, Italian. and German, but she loves Tagalog the most for “the unique way it expresses emotion and meaning." Sahara is one-half of multimedia duo NeonDuet which released last June an EDM piece called (We Can Be) As One. The other one, Michael Todd “m.t.” Glazier, is her husband. They built a music studio when the current pandemic struck. With "Dahil Ba Sa Kanya" already out, Sahara pursues more OPM gems by working with an album of originals crafted by Filipino composers and arrangers. Asked what other OPM songs she enjoys listening to, she noted she can’t get enough of "Sayang na Sayang" by Aegis. By her account, she listens to it at least once a day and always gets "chills." Apart from Jaya and Aegis, Sahara also digs the singing of Regine Velasquez-Alcasid, Kyla, and Jake Zyrus (formerly Charice). She pointed out that even when she sings in a foreign language, she makes sure to understand the words and idioms relating to their culture of origin. For that, she chooses to flatter Pinoys with very big words: "To be honest, the passion in OPM is missing in so much of modern Western music. The world could learn something from OPM. I can’t imagine singing anything else."
Katrina Velarde, Sam Concepcion, Janine Teñoso, and Daryl Ong share the stage for the first time in ‘Four Hearts,’ a digital concert streaming this weekend.
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IVA Live is presenting a digital concert set to feature four of the most talented music artists in the Pinoy pop music scene today.
Entitled Four Hearts, the online show features the first onstage collaboration of Sam Concepcion, Janine Teñoso, Katrina Velarde, and Daryl Ong. Taped as live at Teatrino in San Juan, the concert is a measured and disciplined reaction to social distancing and at the same time, a continuation of Viva Live’s commitment to entertain the Pinoy audience. “We shot the show in Teatrino. We were in a bubble and we made sure that we practiced safety protocols. We used the different side of Teatrino that the audiences don’t usually have a view from. We didn’t really use the stage and that’s something people should watch
out for,” Sam told Manila Standard Entertainment in a virtual interview. With Four Hearts, Viva Live is further expanding the possibilities of what a “digital concert” can be. Foremost of which, is gathering four lead acts, each capable to headline a show of their own, but are now collaborating to deliver what promises to be a “dynamite show” All four pop stars have shared history. Katrina Velarde and Daryl Ong are longtime friends. Both are known to hang out together outside of work. Daryl was actually present when Katrina tied the knot early this year. Daryl and Katrina also recorded and released a song last year titled “Love Me Now.”
EBE Dancel's effective Tagalog lyricism is highly regarded among fellow songwriters and fans. His latest single "Tanging Kailangan" showcases such trademark anchored on a touching melody that complements the song's narrative. The track, dropped on digital stores on Aug. 24, is a composition he penned before Christmas last year while partly inspired by countless vows he heard when attending and performing at wedding ceremonies. "I just write as sincerely as possible, always careful with the words that I use together. I guess the fans appreciate that," he said in a virtual chat. "Tanging Kailangan" is the second of Ebe's songs backed and published by Widescope Entertainment wherein he now works as A&R manager. The first was “Manatili” released last May. Once again, his celebrated handler Rico Blanco produced the track and employed noted guitarist Noel Mendez to play on it. With bassist Roger Alcantara and drummer Paolo Santiago forming the rhythm section, the recording is further beefed up with violinists Dino Decena and Jascha Obieta, as well as cellist Jopi Vergara Doestra. Ebe elaborated on his lyric writing through the context of his new piece: "Putting in words as close as possible the idea you have in your head is what makes good lyrics. Sometimes it's a visual, sometimes it's a story, but the idea has to be put into words and music the way I picture it in my head. It's not just about rhyming —- it’s coming up with a compelling story that invites a listener in." He added, "If it is sincerely done, then the lyrics will get into the hearts of people. If you listen really closely to ‘Tanging Kailangan,’ you might get a visual in your head about what the song is really about." The famous duo of Ebe and Rico makes use of file transfer to record music. Ebe would record a demo on his computer while
Janine Teñoso and Sam Concepcion have likewise recorded music together. In fact, Sam was recently featured in Janine’s EP on a duet called “Umibig Muli.” Sam returned the favor of singing on Janine’s song after the latter sang one of the theme songs in a movie Sam starred in (Indak). Directed by Paolo Valenciano, the Four Hearts digital concert streaming on Aug. 28 at 8:00 p.m on ktx.ph, and iWantTFC and TFC IPTV platforms for audiences on other territories. Ticket prices are P999 for ktx or $19.99 for and iWantTFC and TFC IPTV. “Paolo, whether it’s a big venue like Araneta or a small one like Teatrino, he knows how to make it work. He’s very creative and very collaborative. The set, with the limited space and set, he was able to maximize it. And I think that’s going to be the charm of the show because we are aiming for a more intimate, up-close show even with our song choices, ” Sam said.
Sincerity’s the key for Ebe Dancel new song ‘Tanging Kailangan’ Ebe Dancel’s latest single ‘Tanging Kailangan’ is backed by Widescope Entertainment which hired him as A&R manager.
Rico would listen and give feedback on the arrangement. "Tanging Kailangan" features again the combo of Vic de Vera and Neil Gregorio, who sit as executive and supervising producers, respectively. While making sure he provides enough time and support for Widescope's roster of artists, Ebe ensures that his focus on his own career is never compromised as he feels like he owes it to his fans to keep churning out songs.
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By Bernadette Lunas
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HIS is a story about a Candy Man, five entrepreneurs, and Jackie Chan.
Septuagenarian Angelito Gino-Gino, known by his customers as Lolo Pops, was a usual fixture at universities in Angeles, Pampanga. For over a decade, Lolo Pops sold his multicolored candies to students and passersby at Angeles University Foundation and Holy Angel University from 10:00 a.m. to, sometimes, 11:30 p.m. He earlier said he was doing it to support his sick wife, his “Mahal”. The story of Angeles’ hardworking Candy Man made news years ago. He once again entered the circulation when a Facebook post about him and his new products, polvoron and pastillas, went viral in 2020, just when sales made selling off the streets slowed because of the pandemic. Support from loyal patrons and interested customers from all over the country poured that putting up his products online was the best move. Lolo Pops’ sweet treats were first made available at mangan.ph, an online food delivery service in Pampanga. To reach more customers, his son Angelo helped him onboard on Shopee last year. After hurdling the initial adjustment period, the father-and-son duo are now consistently shipping orders and earning enough money to help them build a house in Bulacan. “Hindi namin inakala na makakapagpatayo kami ng bahay sa ganitong
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From a street vendor, Pampanga’s beloved ‘Candy Man’, Angelito ‘Lolo Pops’ Gino-Gino is now an online seller shipping pastillas and polvoron to customers all over the country.
panahon. Dati ay pangarap lang namin ito. Nagpapasalamat kami ngayong natutupad na ito dahil sa pag-asenso namin sa Shopee,” Lolo Pops shared. Construction’s on going and the family is expecting to move in before the end of the year. His store on Shopee (lolopopsph) currently has more than 21,000 followers
Paula and Lemuel Tabije of Abubot PH
MJ Sia of Tazanna
and decorated with a stellar five-star rating. Lolo Pops has sold over 2,200 tubs of his 20-piece pastillas on the platform, his store’s top seller. Other items for sale are polvoron, chili garlic bagoong, and sweet bagoong. “Dahil sa Shopee, may sumusuporta sa akin, maraming tumutulong sa akin. Ngayong pandemic, marami tayong ika nga ay mga problema. Pero walang imposible kay Lord. Habang nabubuhay ang tao, tuloy ang pag-asa,” Lolo Pops said. Inspired by his story, Shopee partnered with Appliance Hub, Firefly, Gaviscon, Globe, Strepsils, Sustagen, and Unilab to surprise Lolo Pops and his family with a few gifts. They received a new laptop, phone, and router to use for the online shop; multivitamins and protective masks for the whole family; and a speed fan to keep their new home well-ventilated. Shopee also donated biscuits, coffee, and other groceries.
job due to cutbacks. To continue providing for their family, she and husband Lemuel began selling on Shopee. From a small space and inventory funded by a meager capital, Tabijes’ Abubot PH now provides work for seamstresses making the brand’s affordable apparel. “‘Yung employees namin galing from all walks of life. Very thankful kami kasi in some way nakakatulong kami sa kanila, pati na rin sa suppliers namin, ‘yung mga local manufacturers in Taytay,” said Tabije. Taking advantage of Rizal’s textile business, civil engineer Valentina Patriarca started selling face masks to augment her income when the pandemic struck. As her business Via Christi grew, she started to provide jobs for out-of-work seamstresses in her neighborhood. Another entrepreneur who looked to augment her income by selling clothes on Shopee was Joy Marcelo-Guinto. With P1,500 capital, she joined Shopee to sell ready-to-wear clothing and soon found success for her humble shop. Joy Marcelo RTW Clothing sells a variety of apparel in small to plus size. MJ Sia and Kyla Cañete, on the other hand, channeled their passions into successful enterprises.
Shoe enthusiast Sia, with her brand Tazanna, offers quality footwear at affordable prices. Cañete’s love for jewelry pushed her to establish Tala by Kyla on summer break. But it wasn’t a summer fling as her store on Shopee amassed a following of more than a million in just one year. She offers affordable accessories.
Action-packed sale
In anticipation of its upcoming sale event on the platform—wherein thousands of on-boarded small entrepreneurs like Lolo Pops, Tabije, Patriarca, Marcelo-Guinto, Sia, and Cañete, along with over 25,000 brands on Shopee Mall are expected to receive more orders—Shopee introduced its 9.9 Super Shopping Day brand ambassador Jackie Chan. “It’s exciting to partner with Shopee to celebrate the action-packed yearend festival and bring more joy to my fans and Shopee users,” Chan said in a statement. According to Shopee Philippines director Martin Yu, Chan will be featured on Shopee games and Shopee Live, while Kpop group TWICE will be part of the 9.9 Super Shopping Day TV Special.
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Valentina Patriarca of Via Christi
Kyla Cañete of Tala by Kyla
Joy Marcelo of Joy Marcelo RTW
For many online sellers on Shopee, the platform helps cover income loss or provide an alternative source of cash. In 2018, Jhoanna Paula Tabije lost her
Jackie Chan is Shopee’s 9.9 Super Shopping Day ambassador.
‘New normal’ living essentials FACILITIES for telecommuting and distance learning in residential properties weren’t given much attention until the pandemic highlighted the need for them. A real estate developer, anchored on its commitment to “Raise, Live, and Connect”, aims to address these new market needs, allowing homeowners to lead a life in style and in tune with the “new normal”.
New towers at AmiSa Private Residences in Cebu will have units with dedicated work-from-home spaces
Work from home
RLC Residences spotlights work-from-home provisions in its properties, such as SYNC in Pasig City. The high-rise located along C5 Road, Bagong Ilog has studio and one-bedroom units with designated spaces for working or studying. Sierra Valley Gardens, a condominium property tucked within the Sierra Valley in Taytay, Rizal, also features the same provision in its studio and one-bedroom offerings. In addition to being telecommuter-friendly, it is nestled within an 18-hectare mixed-use property of Robinsons Land Corporation envisioned to be a premier lifestyle destination estate. RLC says new towers at AmiSa Private Residences in Cebu will also feature units with work-from-home spaces for those who four towers launched early this year, has a prefer to work with a sea view. dedicated space for a daycare operator in the future. It also has kiddie pools and an Learn and play outdoor play area, letting children have fun Complementing work spaces are daycare without leaving the comforts of the property. centers built in the properties. Sierra Valley Gardens likewise has its SYNC Y, the second of the development’s own daycare center alongside its kid’s out-
Daycare centers and indoor play areas built for young residents of RLC Residences properties.
Essential establishments are open at Shangri-La Plaza in Mandaluyong.
Running errands at Shangri-La Plaza
door and indoor play areas. Learn more about RLC Residences’ developments by connecting with a property specialist or visiting www.rlcresidences.com. More information and updates are available on RLC Residences PH’s Facebook page and @rlc_residences on Instagram.
HERE are essential tasks mall guests can carry out at ShangriLa Plaza in Mandaluyong even during ECQ (enhanced community quarantine). Go to the grocery - The Marketplace is open for quick supply runs to restock on food and household items as well as specialty offerings such as premium cheeses and deli meat. Healthy Options’ flagship store at the mall is also open for shoppers looking for health supplements, organic food items, and fresh fruits and vegetables. Go to the bank - Deposit, transfer, or withdraw money, update accounts, or pay bills while at the Shang as it is home to BDO, BPI, HSBC, PNB, and Security Bank, which are open on weekdays. Go to the hardware store - Pick up home repair and improvement needs at True Value. The hardware store also carries other home solutions from smart plugs and switches, bakeware, cookware, to gardening tools. Go to the pharmacy – Mercury Drug and Watsons in Shangri-La are open to cater to customers needing maintenance medications, over-the-counter drugs, vitamins and supplements, first-aid supplies, and other medical necessities as well as select grocery and personal care items. Go to the bookstore – Restock on work-from-home and distance learning essentials at National Bookstore and Office Warehouse, both open even during the strictest lockdown classification in the country. Shangri-La Plaza is open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (MECQ mall hours); 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (ECQ mall hours). Call 8370-2597/98 or go to www.shangrila-plaza.com, Shangri-La Plaza’s Facebook page, or @shangrilaplazaofficial on Instagram for more information.