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OFF SCRIPT IS SCRIPT. President Rodrigo Duterte, arriving behind schedule Monday at the Batasang Pambansa complex because of bad weather, speaks on nationwide radio and television before a joint session of Congress after

‘More action, less talk gov’t’ Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano convene the two chambers (inset) for the President’s 4th State of the Nation Address. Ver Noveno

Du30’s SONA sets tone of 2nd-half plan: Simplify bureaucracy, fight corruption China’s missiles P ‘can hit Manila in 7 minutes’ By MJ Blancaflor

RESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Monday called on officials of the executive department and local government units to act more and talk less as he spoke twice as long as he was supposed to in his fourth State of the Nation Address.

The President likewise underscored “I reiterate my directive to all govthe need to simplify the bureaucracy ernment instrumentalities, including and cut red tape. the LGUs and government corpora-

tions: simplify and make your services responsive and client-friendly. I want results and I need them fast. Much has to be done in ensuring our responsiveness to the people’s needs. Based on complaints received by the Contact Center ng Bayan, the Land Transportation Office, Social Security Systems, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Land Registration Authority, and Pag-IBIG are the top five agen-

cies that need to drastically improve their services,” the President said. Underscoring the need to provide more efficient governance and to eradicate corruption, he called on officials and government employees to “let deeds and accomplishments do the talking.” “We, in government, talk too much, act too little, and too slow. I recall saying that before a congressional hearing Next page

By Nat Mariano and Macon Ramos-Araneta PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Monday confirmed that China is capable of sending guided missiles from the artificial islands in the West Philippine Sea to Manila in just seven minutes. Continuing his promised “lecture” on the WPS, the President recalled his bilateral meeting with President Xi Jinping in 2016. “In that meeting, I said, I want to go to my territory to dig oil because that is ours, President Xi said: ‘Well you know there’s a conflict there.’ [So] rather Next page

CONTRASTING FACES. Pro-administration supporters gather Monday at the IBP Road near the Batasang Pambansa complex (left) as President Rodrigo Duterte arrives for his fourth

State of the Nation Address while thousands of activists (right) brave heavy rains as they march towards Congress during a protest to coincide with the President’s SONA. Screen grab from ABS-CBN News Photo, Revoli Cortez

Post-SONA showtime: Rody, PNP chief regale crowds with songs MINUTES after he finished delivering his fourth State of the Nation Address, President Rodrigo Duterte sang two songs: George Canseco’s “Ikaw” and Andy Williams’ “Moon River” with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra accompanying him. Duterte, who arrived at the Batasang Pambansa almost an hour late for his

speech, appeared to be in high spirits― even as he challenged his critics to keep on trying to oust him and grab power. “If you think you can run the country better than the duly-elected one, go ahead. That’s the problem of the Filipino people. Kapag abutan ako ng topak, bahala na kayo diyan. I’m going home,”

VP Leni not immune from lawsuits—DOJ

By Rey E. Requejo

VICE President Leni Robredo is not immune from lawsuits, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Monday. Guevarra made the statement after sedition and other criminal charges were filed against Robredo and several prominent personalities last week, and in connection with the controversial “Ang Totoong Narco-list” viral videos linking President Rodrigo Duterte to the illegal drug trade in the country. Peter Joemel Advincula, who confessed that he was the hooded figure “Bikoy” in the videos entitled “Ang Totoong Narco-list”, submitted his affidavit implicating Robredo, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and other opposition leaders Next page

the President said in his SONA that lasted for one hour and 33 minutes. Duterte began his speech with a fearless forecast, saying “Believe me, I will end my term fighting,” and ended with a promise to all Filipinos that he “will not stop until I reach the finish line.” Outside the Batasang Pambansa,

Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde likewise broke into a song in a bid to cheer his policemen maintaining security for the SONA. “Let’s sing first before we go to rally,” he said as he belted out Eric Clapton’s “Wonderful Tonight.”

Most Filipinos back external probe of slays By MJ Blancaflor SIX out of every 10 Filipinos agree that the government should not block the investigation of international groups on the drug-related killings in the Philippines, according to a Social Weather Stations survey released Monday. SWS found that 60 percent of all those polled agreed to allow international groups to investigate the Next page

Cayetano voted as Speaker; Romualdez, majority leader By Maricel V. Cruz and Macon Ramos-Araneta THE threatened fireworks turned out to be a dud Monday after lawmakers voted for President Rodrigo Duterte’s pick to lead the House of Representatives, Taguig Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano Next page

SO HELP ME GOD. House Majority

Leader and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez takes his oath of office Monday before Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano at the plenary of the House of Representatives. The oath taking is witnessed by Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez and their children. Ver Noveno

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Youth homes ‘worse than prisons’ By Ayee Macaraig

LEVEN-YEAR-OLD Jerry’s crime was breaking curfew laws after fleeing violence at home. His punishment? Being sent to a youth detention center, where he says he endured sexual abuse.

Officially called “Houses of Hope”, proponents in the Philippines say such facilities are places for reformation and education, but criticsslam many of them as “hellholes” where children are treated like caged animals. Rights’ groups say Jerry should never have been detained under current laws, but warn a proposed bill to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 12, will mean thousands more children will be sent to overcrowded and underfunded centers—leaving them vulnerable to mistreatment. “I felt so dirty. That was the first time it happened to me,” Jerry told AFP as he recalled the night he was pulled from his bed, forced to the bathroom and attacked by older boys also held at a decaying center in Manila. “I cannot forget the sexual abuse,” he explained, adding that he left home to escape beatings from his father and ended up sleeping on the streets. His mother works in Kuwait. Under existing law, Houses of Hope are primarily to hold young offenders

aged 15 to 18. But charities say younger vulnerable children from troubled homes, like Jerry, are sometimes swept up in the dragnet even for minor misdemeanors and struggle to recover from the experience. Watchdogs and former wards warn planned legislation to criminalize children as young as 12 and then detain them with older teens and in some cases adults will put those least able to defend themselves at risk. “There is a higher potential for abuse because the government is not prepared,” said Melanie Ramos-Llana of Child Rights Network Philippines. “You put more children into Houses of Hope which are not equipped, lack personnel and programs, you will have problems. Jails or detention centers are not places for children,” she added. Youth advocate Louise Suamen warns mixing youngsters who havecommitted minor infringements with older criminals could create a “school of crime”. “If you are a child subjected to this

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In other developments: • More than 1,000 supporters on Monday flocked to IBP Road, Batasan Hills in Quezon City near the House of Representatives ahead of Duterte’s fourth State of the Nation Address as early as 9 a.m. But some 5,000 anti-Duterte protesters gathered in front of St. Peter Parish Church and the Commission on Human Rights along Commonwealth Avenue and slammed the government for its war on drugs and its silence on the territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea. • Various labor groups on Monday said the government must attend to the problem of hunger and poverty instead of term extension and foreign ownership. The Philippine National Police said Monday it will deploy 117 human rights officers to ensure that police officers will observe protocols during the Duterte’s SONA when handling militant groups. The PNP said deployment of nonuniformed intelligence monitoring teams in rally sites for the SONA was not aimed at conducting surveillance among protesters. Rio N. Araja and Vito Barcelo, with PNA

when I was mayor of Davao City. I say that again to emphasize how little we have changed since then. We are long on rhetoric but short on accomplishments,” Duterte said. “That is why, I implore those who occupy positions of power and authority, to let your deeds and accomplishments do the talking. Lead by example. Words ring hollow when not followed by positive and prioritized action,” he added. Duterte also said that corruption can be found “anywhere in government,” citing the latest scandals to hit the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) and the Bureau of Customs. PhilHealth came under fire months ago after it was revealed that it paid out hundreds of millions of pesos to pay for bogus dialysis treatments for deceased members. “I am grossly disappointed. The government is conned of millions of pesos which could be used to treat illnesses and possibly save the lives of many,” Duterte said. In his fourth SONA, he also called out Customs officials who were facing criminal and administrative charges for alleged corrupt activities. “If I cannot dismiss them for the reason that there is a security of tenure, I will just allow them to have their plantilla positions but they have to report to Congress everyday to help me in the huge paperwork that we have to do everyday. All of them will go out from the premises of the Customs area,” Duterte said. Last week, Duterte relieved a whole administrative section of Customs and asked them to report in the Palace. “Corruption continues and emasculates the courage we need to sustain our moral recovery initiatives,” Duterte said in his speech that lasted an hour and 33 minutes—more than twice the 45 minutes the Palace said his address would last.

Most Filipinos... From A1 government’s campaign against illegal drugs, while 15 percent disagreed and 25 percent were undecided. This gives a net agreement score of +45, which is classified by SWS as “very strong.” The survey came after the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on July 11 seeking a comprehensive report on the human rights situation in the country. The resolution was filed by Iceland and supported by more than a dozen countries, which were slammed by President Rodrigo Duterte and the Palace for “interference” in the country’s sovereignty. Net agreement was highest in the respondents from Mindanao at “extremely strong” (+50), followed by “very strong” scores in Luzon (+45), Metro Manila (+43) and the Visayas (+42). The figures were “very strong” in both urban and rural areas at +46 and +44, respectively. The SWS survey in the second quarter of the year also found that 10 percent or about 2.5 million families experienced involuntary hunger at least once in the past three months. The figure is slightly higher than the 9.5 percent or about 2.3 million families recorded in March. The 10 percent national quarterly hunger rate is the sum of 8.7 percent or about 2.1 million families who experienced moderate hunger and 1.3 percent or about 320,000 families who had severe hunger. Moderate hunger refers to those who experienced hunger “only once” or “a few times” in the last three months, while severe hunger refers to those who had it “often” or “always.” More respondents from Metro Manila experienced hunger at 15.7 percent, followed by Luzon (9.3 percent), the Visayas (8.7 percent) and Mindanao (9 percent). Both surveys were conducted from June 22 to 26.

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as Speaker of the 18th Congress. Cayetano received 266 votes while 28 went to Manila Rep. Bienvenido Abante, who was later named Minority Leader. Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez was named majority leader. He took his oath before Cayetano in the company of his wife, Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez of the Tingog Party-list group, and their four children. Romualdez also reiterated his support for the leadership of the new Speaker. “Under the leadership of Speaker Cayetano, we will work on long-term solutions aimed at addressing the nation’s serious ills like the need to create the Department of Disaster Resilience, poverty, illegal drugs, peace and order concerns, lack of infrastructures and corruption,” Romualdez said. “As I previously stated, we will work double-time to act on the President’s priority bills, especially those aimed at improving the lives of our people,” he added. The House vote paved the way for Cayetano’s 15-month term, should he abide by the term-sharing agreement with Marinduque Rep. Lord Alan Velasco brokered by Duterte. Cayetano’s closest rivals for the position―Velasco and Romualdez–both nominated him, while Iloilo Rep. Janet Garin, who is still facing a slew of criminal cases for the Dengvaxia mess

‘HOUSE OF HOPE’. In this photo taken on May 21, 2019, a minor being held at a

juvenile detention center peers from one of the quarters in Malolos, Bulacan. The officially dubbed “Houses of Hope” are, according to proponents, facilities for reformation and education but critics say they are underfunded and weakly supervised. Rights groups say a pending bill to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 12 will mean many more children could be held in the nation’s overcrowded facilities. AFP

environment, you can learn violence or abusive behavior. If they want to change something... treat detention as the last resort,” explained Suamen of Bahay Tuluyan Foundation. ‘Hellholes of subhuman conditions’ A bill to give authorities the power to prosecute younger children stalled

in the session of the legislature that wrapped up last month. But it is a key plank of President Rodrigo Duterte’s tough-on-crime stance, which includes restoring the death penalty and his internationally condemned drug crackdown that has killed thousands since 2016. AFP

“Corruption exasperates. It frustrates. It is also exasperating that there are times when I think that perhaps it is blood that we need to cleanse and rinse away the dirt and the muck that stick to the flesh like leeches,” he added. Duterte also urged the Congress to pass bills he had deemed important, including the reimposition of death penalty for illegal drugs and plunder. “It pains me to say that we have not learned our lesson. The illegal drug problem persists,” Duterte said. Duterte launched a war on illegal drugs when he took office in 2016, and has been widely criticized by both local and international human rights groups for thousands of drug-related deaths. The President has pushed for the reinstatement of the death penalty since he was a 2016 presidential candidate. He had called for capital punishment also in his second SONA in 2017. He also asked the Congress to pass the Tax Reform for Attracting Better and High-Quality Opportunities, also known as “Trabaho bill.” The bill seeks to reduce the corporate income tax rate from 30 percent to 20 percent and making tax incentives performance-based, targeted, time-bound, and transparent. He also appealed to lawmakers for the creation of departments, such as Department of Resilience, Department of Water Resources and Fire Protection Program, and the Department of Overseas Workers. He also asked for the suspension of the Sangguniang Kabataan polls to October 2020. The polls were supposed to take place in October 2016, but were later postponed to Oct. 23, 2017. The elections were further postponed to May 2018 after Duterte signed Republic Act 10952, which dictates that the next elections would be held in May 2020 and every three years after that. The Chief Executive urged Congress to speed up the Bangsamoro transition. Bangsamoro, the region which abol-

ished the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, gives more power and resources to the leaders of the region. Duterte also asked them to pass the National Land Use Act and the National Defense Act, and revive mandatory Reserve Officers Training Corps. A Magna Carta for barangays would give village workers mandatory social protection, he said. House Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez said the President’s address was straightforward and direct to the point. Romualdez said under the leadership of newly elected Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano, the House would work double-time on the President’s priority bills. He also assured the country’s economic managers that Congress would align its legislative agenda with the President’s priority economic bills that aim to cut poverty by almost half in 2022. Senator Joel Villanueva said they are keen to look into the President’s proposal to include teachers in the next salary standardization law that Congress could take up in the coming months. He acknowledged that teachers play a critical role in shaping the hearts and minds of the youth. “We need to make their efforts more rewarding so that they are kept motivated to fulfill their duties,” he said. Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros, on the other hand, slammed the President for turning his SONA into “China’s educational channel.” She said she was dismayed with the President’s failure to show he has an actual plan to secure the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity instead of sheepishly kowtowing to China’s dictates. “Three years of dancing around the truth is far too long. Three years of foul language, insulting women and inciting and glorifying violence is three years too many,” Hontiveros said. “Empty rhetoric, fancy camera work and a symphony orchestra will not do,” she added.

during the Aquino II administration where she was the Health secretary, nominated Abante. Party-list Reps. Lito Atienza of Buhay Party-list and Manuel Cabochan of Magdalo Party-list abstained; while Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman registered a “no” vote. Before the opening of the session, Cayetano and the President’s son, Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte held separate breakfast meetings at the House to ensure the smooth conduct of the proceedings amid speculation that many lawmakers would vote against the President’s brokered term-sharing deal. But the younger Duterte did not attend the meeting he organized and opted to attend the meeting called by Cayetano― which according to a congressman who asked not to be named was done in compliance with the wish of his father not to create any drama during the election for Speaker or he would boycott his own State of the Nation Address. During the opening of the First Regular Session of the 18th Congress Monday, Duterte stood on the floor after he was recognized by acting presiding officer, Batangas Rep. Raneo Abu and declared his opposition to the termsharing agreement. “I am against any term-sharing agreement,” Duterte said―but voted for Cayetano nonetheless. Under the term-sharing agreement, Cayetano will sit as Speaker for the first 15 months and Velasco will serve as Speaker in the last 21 months of the

18th Congress. Liberal Party Rep. Jose Christopher Belmonte, Liberal Party secretary general, said the group supported Abante as minority leader. Abante, being the minority leader, will fulfill the need for a representative democracy “where plurality of voices is respected and encouraged,” Belmonte said. “We recognize the imperative to uphold the check and balance of power in the legislative branch, thus the need for an independent voice,” Belmonte said. “A genuine minority that speaks the truth will be a power in safeguarding the country and the people it serves,” he added. The Makabayan bloc of the House that is composed of left-leaning lawmakers, also voted for Abante. Meanwhile, Caloocan City Rep. Edgar Erice said at least seven congressmen from their party would join the majority; while Lagman said he would remain with the independent opposition. Elected as Deputy Speakers were Paolo Duterte, South Cotabato Rep. Ferdinand Hernandez, Sorsogon Rep. Evelina Escudero, Antique Rep. Loren Legarda, Abono party-list Rep. Conrad Estrella III, Surigao del Sur Rep. Prospero Pichay Jr., Antipolo Rep. Roberto Puno, Citizens’ Battle Against Corruption (CIBAC) party-list Rep. Eduardo Villanueva, Pampanga Rep. Aurelio Gonzales Jr., Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel and Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Raymond Villafuerte Jr.

China’s misiles... From A1 than go there and have a confrontation, not necessarily the warships, but [the] squabble there could lead to something else.’ So, we just became friends,” Duterte said in his fourth State of the Nation Address. “He (Xi) said it softly, ‘It can make trouble.’ If the word ‘trouble’ comes out of the mouth of a President of a republic, then what can I do?” he added. The Chief Executive, who told Filipinos that the WPS is “ours” without “ifs and buts,” said again that he cannot risk a war against the Asian giant, saying he is not ready to leave widows and orphans in the process. Duterte also said he cannot send the country’s naval forces to drive the Chinese fishermen away in the WPS, because “no one will come home alive” should they push through. “If I send my marines to drive away from the Chinese fishermen. I guarantee you, not one of them will come home alive. They will be finished because there are already guided missiles in the island,” he said. “And the fastest that they have installed there can reach Manila in seven minutes. You want war?” he continued. He also said that Manila is compelled to perform a “delicate balancing act” with Beijing just to avoid armed conflict and protect the Philippines’ territorial waters and natural resources. “The avoidance of armed conflict and protection of our territorial waters and natural resources compel us to perform a delicate balancing act,” he said. “A shooting war is grief and misery multiplier. War leaves widows and orphans in its way. I am not ready or inclined to accept the occurrence of more destruction, more widows, and more orphans should war, even on a limited scale, break out,” he added. The President said the Philippine government and the Chinese government can settle the issue more effectively through diplomatic negotiations. “Let me assure you, that national honor and territorial integrity shall be foremost in our mind, and when we may take the next steps in this smoldering controversy over the lines of the arbitral ruling, the West Philippine Sea is ours,” he said. “There is no ifs and buts. It is ours. But we have been acting, along with that legal truth and line. But we have to temper it with the times and the realities that we face today,” he added. Senator Richard Gordon said he was disappointed with the President’s pronouncements on the WPS. “We have to show our backbone... I’m saying it is ours, so we have to enforce it,” Gordon said.

VP Leni... From A1 who allegedly plotted to overthrow the President. Advincula has applied for government protection with the Justice department. Lawyer Larry Gadon said Advincula was seeking admission to the government’s Witness Protection Program following the filing of criminal charges against Robredo, Trillanes and the President’s other critics last week. “Bikoy will seek to be placed under the WPP. He cannot be left on his own since his revelations could put his life in danger,” Gadon said. “The Constitution does not grant the Vice President immunity from suit. Since she is not immune from suit, the Vice President has to face the charges even during her tenure,” Guevarra said in a statement. He said Robredo could only be removed from office through impeachment, which “is a totally separate and independent process.” Guevarra said if the Vice President was found guilty of sedition, the penalty “does not include removal from office” but she may face “disqualification from holding any public office in the future.” However, Guevarra said this was his “opinion as a lawyer and should have nothing to do with merits of pending case in DOJ.” Advincula earlier accused the opposition of planning to install Robredo as president and Trillanes as vice president before June 30, 2019, by spreading false news against Duterte, in what was allegedly dubbed as “Project Sodoma.” Last Thursday, the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group used Advincula’s affidavit as the basis of filing inciting sedition charges against Robredo, Trillanes and several personalities. Also charged as respondents were Senators Leila de Lima and Risa Hontiveros, former Senator Bam Aquino and other senatorial candidates of the opposition coalition Otso Diretso, several human rights lawyers and priests and bishops critical of the President.

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Missing Pinoy nurse found dead in a beach in Thailand

GMA appointee Del Castillo to retire from SC on July 29

A FILIPINO nurse who was earlier reported missing in Thailand was found dead in a beach in Phuket on Sunday afternoon. The body of Angelo Bien Rafael Cortez, a 29-year-old registered nurse, was discovered by a Thai rescue team, five days after he and another Filipino tourist, Noah “Twitt” Ibay II were reported missing. The body was later positively identified by Cortez’s father who was with him during the trip, and her mother who flew to Thailand after learning of the incident. Cortez and Ibay were with a group of 13 Filipinos who went on a vacation at Freedom Beach in Phuket. But Cortez and Ibay went missing amid strong waves that day. A search and rescue operation was immediately launched. Ibay’s body was later found by a Romanian tourist on Friday afternoon. Local officials in Phuket and the families of the Filipino tourists have already arranged for the bodies to be flown back to the Philippines as soon as possible.

SUPREME Court Associate Justice Mariano del Castillo on Monday bade farewell to his colleagues in the judiciary days before he reaches his mandatory retirement age of 70 on Monday, July 29. In his speech during his last flagraising ceremony in the SC, where he served for 10 years, Del Castillo thanked his fellow magistrates and court personnel “for serving with me and for serving me in this daunting task of dispensing justice.” Del Castillo has been in the judiciary since 1989 when he was appointed Municipal Trial Court judge of San Mateo, Rizal or a total of 30 years in service. “I wouldn’t have made it without you, and I can’t thank you enough,” he said. Del Castillo, one of the four remaining appointees of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in the High Court, will retire with a zero backlog in both his en banc and division cases, according to the SC public information office. This means that the magistrate was able to dispatch all cases assigned to him by the Court. It was Del Castillo, who chaired the SC’s 2018 Bar exams committee, who penned the ruling of the Court in July 2017 that upheld President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law in Mindanao. Del Castillo was also known as the “zero backlog” justice in the Court of Appeals prior to his promotion to the SC by Arroyo in July 2009. His retirement leaves another vacancy in the 15-member bench that would allow President Duterte to appoint another associate justice, who would be his 10th appointee in the SC so far in his three years in office. The Judicial and Bar Council has already submitted to the Palace a shortlist of six nominees to replace Del Castillo: CA Associate Justices Apolinario Bruselas Jr., Japar Dimaampao, Ramon Garcia, Jhosep Lopez and Rodil Zalameda, and Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez— earlier this month. The President has 90 days from vacancy to make the appointment that would complete the composition of the SC en banc. Rey E. Requejo

Lawyer suspended over ‘undue gains deal’ with tenant THE Supreme Court has ordered the suspension of a lawyer from law practice after it found him guilty of impropriety, particularly for employing his legal background to secure undue gains from a tenant to whom he verbally sold his property in Quezon City. In an eight-page decision released last July 5, the SC’s Third Division suspended lawyer Joseph John Gerald Aguas for one year from law practice as it found merit in the administrative complaint ﬁled by his tenant Paz Sanidad. The SC found Aguas guilty of violating Rule 1.01 of Canon 1 of Code of Professional Responsibility, which provides that “a lawyer shall not engage in unlawful, dishonest, immoral or deceitful conduct.” In her complaint, Sanidad claimed that Aguas verbally agreed in 2001 to sell to her the residence she leased in Batasan Hills village in Quezon City for P1.5 million. Sanidad had paid her landlord P1.152 million through 10 installments as of 2011. However, Aguas allegedly sent the tenant demand letters for supposed unpaid rent and threatened to evict her from the residence, claiming that Sanidad’s lease had long lapsed and her occupation was only by mere tolerance. But in July 2014, the lawyer informed the IBP, which investigated the administrative complaint of Sanidad, that he already settled the case by turning over the title without receiving a single centavo as payment. The tribunal found Aguas’ voluntary decision to turn over the title as “outright outrageous” and inconsistent with his claims and denials. It cited as substantial evidence of the verbal contract Sanidad’s deposit slips, explaining that the amounts were too substantial to be mere rent payments as Aguas claimed. Rey E. Requejo

FROM SENATE TO SONA. Senators attend the opening of the 18th Congress of the Philippines at the Senate of the Philippines in Pasay City before moving on to the Congress of the Philippines to attend the 4th State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte. Ey Acasio

QC told not to auction UP-TechnoHub property T By Rey E. Requejo

HE Supreme Court has permanently stopped the Quezon City government from auctioning the University of the Philippines-Ayala Land TechnoHub property to compensate for the P117.18million unpaid real estate taxes of the country’s premier university.

In a July 14, 2019 decision authored by Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, the Court’s First Division ruled that UP is exempt from real property tax imposed by the treasurer of Quezon City on the parcel of land currently leased to Ayala Land Inc. The SC voided the statement of delinquency issued by the Quezon City government on May 27, 2014 as well as the ﬁnal notice of delinquency issued on July 11, 2014 covering the said property. “Considering that the subject land and the revenue derived from the lease thereof are

used by UP for educational purposes and in support of its educational purposes, UP should not be assessed, and should not be made liable for real property tax on the land subject of this case,” the tribunal declared. The High Court also said that under the contract of lease between UP and ALI, all improvement on the leased land shall be owned by, and shall be for the account of the ALI during the term of the lease. According to the tribunal, the improvements are not “assets” owned by UP, thus, the tax exemption under Republic Act No. 9500 does not extend

to these improvements during the term of the lease. Court records showed that the Quezon City government through its treasurer notified the UP administration that the property will be auctioned off to answer for the unpaid real estate taxes. On July 22, 2014, UP received the final notice of delinquency dated July 11, 2014 from the Office of City Treasurer demanding the payment of the amount. The Office of the Solicitor General insisted that UP is exempt from taxes based on Republic Act No. 9500 or the UP Charter, thus, the issuance of a temporary restraining order and/or a writ of preliminary injunction is warranted to enjoin the QC government from disposing the property. Under Section 25(a) of the law, revenues and assets of the university are exempts from “all taxes and duties.” The chief state lawyer said the exemption applies to UP’s properties whether used for educational purposes “or in support thereof.”

NRC coordinates with MMDA on shake drill Unauthorized By Joel E. Zurbano persons off-limits in immigration areas THE National Resilience Council will join and assist the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority in evaluating the responsiveness of the contingency plan called the “Oplan Metro Yakal” during a metrowide earthquake drill this Saturday. NRC adviser and former executive director of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council Alexander Pama met with MMDA ofﬁcials on Monday and discussed details of the shake drill on July 27 which will start at 4 a.m. During the coordination meeting, the NRC suggested injecting different scenarios to be staged at four quadrants: north, east, south and west where

emergency command posts are set up. Concerned government agencies, Metro Manila local government units, private sector and non-government groups are expected to join in the drill. Operators of SM Marikina and SM Manila vowed to take part in the scenarios at the west and east quadrant. The scenarios are events most likely to happen when a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Metro Manila with all of its four quadrants affected. “Events shall be acted out by predetermined players in order to test protocols, coordinating mechanics, training, knowledge, preparedness, response of the quadrant leaders and members responding to emergency situations,” said Pama during the meeting at MMDA headquarters in Makati City.

PARTIAL OPENING. Public Works Secretary Mark Villar (2nd from right) and Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea (2nd from left) led the partial opening of 3.7-kilometer section of the Skyway Stage 3 Section 1 from Buendia, Makati to Plaza Dilao exit, Manila on July 22, 2019. (Inset) Villar shown in same photo, this time without Medialdea. Norman Cruz

By Vito Barcelo THE Bureau of Immigration ordered its personnel to strictly enforce its policy declaring as off-limits to unauthorized persons its immigration areas in all the international airports nationwide and prohibiting the giving of VIP treatment to passengers. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente reminded immigration officers that unauthorized people should not be given access to immigration areas in all the international airports nationwide. Morente said escorting or facilitating arriving and departing passengers, either personally or via text messages or phone calls, for the purpose of expediting the conduct of immigration formalities by immigration officers in the counters, is no longer allowed. The Manila International Airport Authority’s Public Affairs Office or PAO is the only authorized office allowed to provide assistance or give VIP to passengers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport terminals. MIAA general manager Ed Monreal warned he would file administrative charges against airport personnel or airport police found facilitating passengers at the NAIA. It was reported that some members of the airport police are engaged in escorting foreigners, particularly those who are employed by establishments permitted by the Philippine Overseas Gaming Office to operate online gaming in the country. For his part, BI Port Operations Chief Grifton Medina issued an order to all immigration officers to desist from escorting or facilitating arriving and departing passengers. Medina reiterated the warning to all BI personnel assigned at the airports to strictly obey the bureau’s “no travel facilitation and no loitering” policy.

SC upholds SSS 0.6% increase in monthly premium THE Supreme Court has upheld the 0.6 percent increase in the monthly premiums due from members of the Social Security System, which implemented the adjustment in January 2014. In a 37-page decision penned by Associate Justice Marvic Mario Victor F. Leonen, the SC also affirmed the validity of the SSS circular which mandates that “the employer and the employee shall equally shoulder the 0.6 per cent increase” with the employer paying the contribution rate of 7.37 per cent from 7.07 per cent, and the employee paying 3.63 per cent from 3.33 per cent. The ruling promulgated last April 2 but only released on Monday, denied the petition filed by the Kilusang Mayo Uno and several others challenging the increase. The high court declared as valid the following SSS issuances: 1. “Resolution No. 262-s. 2013, dated April 19, 2013, of the Social Security Commission (SSC) providing for an increase in the SSS members’ contribution rate from 10.4 per cent to 11 per cent and the maximum monthly salary credit from P15,000 to P16,000 subject to the approval of the President of the Philippines; 2. “Resolution No. 711s. 2013, dated September 20, 2013, of the SSC, approving, among others, the foregoing increases and 3. “Circular No. 2013-010, dated October 2, 2013, issued by the SSS, through its President and Chief Executive Officer Emilio S. De Quiros, Jr., providing for the revised schedule of contributions that would be in effect in January 2014, providing that the employer and employee shall equally shoulder the 0.6 per cent increase in contributions.” The SC dismissed KMU’s petition on the ground that the group and other petitioners “are collaterally attacking the validity of Republic Act No. 8282 or Social Security Act by putting in issue not only the validity of the exercise of respondents SSS and the Social Security Commission’s (SSC) power under the said law, but also the validity of the delegation of power to the SSC under the said law to fix the contribution rate by claiming the said delegation to be incomplete in all its terms and conditions.”

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The good state of the nation THAT was a long State of the Nation Address that President Duterte delivered yesterday. I expected a few things like calling for the reimposition of the death penalty and acknowledging some of the successes of his administration on environmental challenges like Boracay and economic reforms. I also expected a strong defense of his West Philippine Sea policy and the extrajudicial killings that characterizes the war against drugs. Surpris-

I saw an existentialist president proclaiming the absurdity and futility of it all.

ingly, there was no mention of charter change. But what was most interesting about the speech was Duterte’s belief that the state of the nation is bad—that corruption is so embedded in our government and society (including Congress as he made it clear) that it can’t be fixed. The speech was strangely schizophrenic—positive when he read from the monitor but brooding and pessimistic when he ad libbed. As a philosophy teacher, I saw an existentialist president proclaiming the absurdity and futility of it all. I actually do not share that pessimism. And that is because of developments at the local levels. Against all expectations, Mayor

Isko Moreno is proving all and sundry that with strong political will and determination, a seemingly impossible task is possible. From a decaying and chaotic city, Manila is being transformed into a clean and orderly metropolis within an unbelievably short period of time. With his no nonsense approach, Yorme Isko is giving back the streets to the people by removing illegal vendors who lorded it over the bangketas, streets and the underpasses for so long, removing illegal terminals, giving the city a bath or “pinaliguan ang Maynila” and rehabilitating historical monuments all throughout the city. Dubbed as a rockstar by the U.S. Ambassador, touted by his admirers as the next president, Mayor Isko in inspires hope and admiration especial especially to the people of Manila who saw how their city slowly degenerated from a beautiful metropolis in the 50’s and 60’s to a dying city. Isko’s style of governance shows that Manila can be resurrected to its former glory; perhaps an indictment to the previous local executives who never made an attempt or merely did some palliative measures to give temporary, albeit superficial, solution to the long-standing problems of the city. By his actions, he is telling us that a major overhaul of the Constitution or a change in the form of government may not even be needed to effect change. Again it only requires strong political will and a large dose of dedication, sincerity and a robust respect for the rule of law to make things happen. The popularity of Isko is telling us that social status or lack of political pedigree do not count when it comes to good government. One only needs to put his heart and mind in the

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RESIDENT Duterte's first departure from script in Monday's State of the Nation Address was arriving late for the occasion, and starting his speech one hour and 15 minutes behind schedule. were to begin with the most corrupt place in the country, it would be there at the Batasan where they were all gathered? A psychic told him this, he said. Who else would resort to the binary of either going to war with China or not asserting our claim over the West Philippine Sea at all? “You want war?” he said. Who else would relate the issues of water and emergency response to his girlfriend staying “fresh” and safe? What leader could get away with saying that smokers should be exterminated from the face of the earth? What better response could there be to the prospect of being tried at the International Criminal Court than to ask that he be given comfortable arrangements, including a heater and conjugal visits? And what orator could invoke a contradiction with such flair? While Mr. Duterte challenged his critics to take over if they feel they could run the country better—“uuwi na ako (I

We were promised by Palace officials that he would speak about specific issues and that the address would take all of 45 minutes. There was indeed a prepared speech, and Mr. Duterte started reading from it—at least at first. And then, he appeared to get impatient with his own report and took to impromptu speech, as he is known for, only returning to his prepared statement every now and then. As a result, the actual speech took twice as long as promised. We are sure his staff worked long and hard on the address, which outlined the accomplishments and priorities of the administration in perfect prose. But of course, any Duterte speech is not about structure or eloquence or political correctness. It was when he veered off-topic that we catch glimpses of what the President was really thinking. What other chief executive would say with such candor, for instance, that corruption was so widespread that if an earthquake

will go home now)!”—in the end he vowed he would not stop until he reached the finish line. As a bonus, passing by the area where the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra was playing, President Duterte grabbed a microphone anew—and sang two songs. Monday's SONA reminds us why Mr. Duterte remains wildly popular more than halfway into his term. People take his spontaneity for sincerity, contrary to the rehearsed and polished speeches of his predecessors. “I am as human as everybody else,” he said. It was perhaps too much to expect to gain a sense of the real state of the nation from the speech, but we did get a sense of the state of the leadership. This is a President who will never change his ways, who will never concede to his critics, and for whom going off-script is the script. Underneath all optics, we hope against hope that amid the rambling and the too-colorful language, in his mind he and his team have a fairly solid idea of where we are right now, where they want to bring us in the next three years, and how exactly they intend to do that.

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The thrilla is the killa POP GOES THE WORLD JENNY ORTUOSTE “BABALA: Ang panonood ng laban ni Manny Pacquiao ay nakamamatay.” This caveat should probably be added to each appearance in the arena of world boxing champion and Philippine senator Manny Pacquiao, after a man died watching the live telecast of Pacquiao’s fight against Keith Thurman on Sunday morning, July 21. DZBB Super Radyo reporter Luisito Santos reported that Salvador Abay, 68, was at the Manotoc Covered Court in Marikina City when he collapsed and lost consciousness around noon. Abay, who had heart disease, was rushed to the hospital but was declared dead of a heart attack some 25 minutes later. That’s how exciting the Pacquiao fight was. It went the entire twelve rounds, with Pacquiao winning via split decision. In an outcome that shook boxing fans, most of whom saw Pacquiao as the clear winner, judge Glenn Feldman scored for Thurman 114-113. Judges Dave Moretti and Tim Cheatham both had it 115-112 for Pacquiao. One of the highlights of the event was Miss Universe Catriona Gray happily waving the Philippine flag in the ring after the fight, bringing to life her slogan ‘Raise the flag’. Netizens unanimously agreed "Ang cute niya!" and how like a child in her excitement and pride. Almost everyone shared with her that same pride, because once again Pacquiao has brought honor to the country. But the question is, at what cost? Many commented on the decline in Pacquiao’s once much-vaunted speed and form. A friend of mine in the U.S. who occasionally writes about the sweet science told me, “Good fight, but you see some age in the last few rounds.” Magdalo Representative Gary Alejano was more blunt. He tweeted, “Congratulations Sen. Manny Pacquiao! While you enjoy boxing as we do enjoy watching you, while it makes a lot of money, maybe you [should] consider retiring from the ring. You have visibly aged and slowed.” He added a reminder: “Take care of

your health and safety while it’s not too late. GOD bless you.” Greg Bishop, writing for Sports Illustrated, took a calmer, more measured view to make the same point. “Pacquiao appeared both tired and worn down,” he wrote within hours of the fight, “and, at that moment, for the first time all night, he looked his age. It was like he had been put through a real-time FaceApp in that ring.” Pacquiao’s longtime coach Freddie Roach told Bishop, “This would be a great way to go out. This was one of our best fights. There’s nothing left to prove.”

Time to retire. All of which led Bishop to speculate: could this be “The End”? He added, “Did Pacquiao really need to absorb this price, at 40? Would his End be the same sad story that happens to so many boxers who hang on for too long because they need the money or can’t force themselves to quit? It sure seemed that way after the [Jeff] Horn fight [in 2017 that Pacquiao lost]. But Saturday felt like something else. The Perfect Ending. Should he choose it.” Pacquiao’s record stands at a formidable 62-7-2. It’s one any prizefighter would be proud to call theirs. But he has pushed it to the limit so often that the law of averages will eventually catch up. Manny, it’s time to retire. You’re a billionaire, you have made your enduring mark on boxing and sports history, and as Coach Roach said, you have nothing left to prove. It’s time to quit while you’re ahead. No one likes a has-been. And all that beating is taking a toll on your body. I recall meeting Muhammad Ali at Chicago’s O’Hare years back; he could barely speak, and his hands shook continually. Parkinson’s Disease robbed The Greatest of quality of life in his later years. What use is all your money if you can’t enjoy it? Don’t let it happen to you, Manny. Also, you have another job, remember? Senator of the Republic. Because you’re still maintaining your boxing career, you have the distinction of Turn to A5

Socialism, Chinese style WE OFTEN read in official pronouncements from Beijing, particularly from President Xi Jinping, that what they are building in the country is “socialism with Chinese characteristics.” But what exactly do they mean by this? How is it similar to— and different from—the social system that Mao Zedong established with the inauguration of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949 after a long-drawn revolutionary war? And how does the current leadership of

What the current Chinese leadership now pursues did not emerge from a vacuum but developed gradually in span of 70 years. the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the national government seek to achieve the immediate and long-term goals of such a social system? It’s admittedly a complex issue that requires an extended discussion, given the fact that it has been 70 years

since the PRC came into being. Besides, any discussion on socialism invites a multitude of interpretations of the classic works by Marx, Engels, Lenin and Mao, not to mention passionate debate from ardent believers. But consider this perhaps an introduction to an introduction, or a brief primer and starting point for further study. And what better way to begin this discussion than to refer to what its foremost advocate has to say about it, straight from the horse’s mouth, so to speak, no less from Xi himself. In “The Governance of China,” a collection of his speeches from 2012 to 2014 published by the Foreign Languages Press in Beijing in 2014, Xi Turn to A5

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Fight for God and country PRESIDENT Duterte has not delivered his much-awaited State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the time of this writing but I expect him to come out as triumphant as the Pacman did on Sunday morning. I always anticipate that he would not beat around the bush, instead reporting the country’s state of affairs and telling it like it is whether or not he sticks to his prepared speech. Unlike the entertaining parrot who preceded him, the President does not seek to impress especially with the Bisaya accent and broken Tagalog that freaks out a few condescending and self-righteous members of the audience.

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right place to serve effectively. Mayor Isko Moreno may be the toast of the town but all around there are a number of young local executives who, silently and without much fanfare and with spotlights being trained at them, are doing their jobs effectively; rendering good service to their respective constituents. Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto’s dynamic approach to the mobility and traffic situation in the city and his going out of his way to defend the rights of local workers staging a strike shows his sensitivity to the plight of working class and commuters. I am proud to claim Vico as my student having taught him the basics of climate change and disaster risk reduction. I can assure everyone he is the real thing. Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte’s drive against corruption and professionalizing the bureaucracy is commendable. I also know Joy very well as a fellow Jesuit Volunteer. I look forward to her fulfilling her promises of a better, on-site resettlement of Quezon City’s informal settlers. I do not know Mayor Francis Zamora very well. But from what I see he is also off to a good start in San Juan, giving this city at the center of Metro Manila a fresh new beginning after decades of being governed by the Estrada clan. Some good mayors are on their second or third terms and I would like to recognize them as well. Valenzuela Mayor Rex Gatchalian, a third termer, is showing us that not all long-term mayors inevi-

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explains that the development of the concept of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the end-result of three generations of central collective leadership of the CPC. The first generation led by Mao Zedong, he said, “provided invaluable experience as well as the theoretical and material basis for the great initiative of building socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new historic period.” The second generation with Deng Xiaoping at the core “started the building of socialism with Chinese characteristics.” It was he who said that “it doesn’t matter if the cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice” and “to get rich is glorious.” The third generation headed by Jiang Zemin “advanced socialism with Chinese characteristics into the 21st century, followed by Hu Jintao as general secretary of the Central Committee who adhered to and developed socialism with Chinese characteristics from a new historic starting point.” In other words, what the current Chinese leadership now pursues did not emerge from a vacuum but developed gradually in span of 70 years. It “encapsulates the ideals and explorations of generations of Chinese Communists, embodies the aspirations of

He would rather speak from the heart, much like how Senator Manny Pacquiao fights “for God and country.” So, do not expect Manong Digong to talk in a perfunctory manner as he would take on every issue at hand, giving his all blow by blow. Halfway through his six-year term, his leadership has effected significant change that the previous five tenants at Malacañang altogether have failed to accomplish. The Duterte administration’s economic managers have slowly but surely directed a sustainable and truly inclusive economic development. Yung nararamdaman ng karaniwang Pilipino. I am fully convinced that Manong Duterte’s election to the Presidency in 2016 was a result of divine intervention to save this nation from threats from within and from outside incursion.

tably end up being trapos. Mayor Rex is a builder, having concretized 48 barangay health stations (BHS) and 14 Sentro ng Sama-Samang Serbisyo 3S Centers, and established the Peoples’ Park, and the Valenzuela School of Mathematics and Science. I have personally experience Mayor Rex’s responsiveness and fairness on labor issues and am grateful for that. Makati Mayor Abby Binay has also been a good mayor of the country’s top business city. She is modernizing city hall and its processes even when sometime she had to go against the resistance of vested interests that were previously aligned with the Binay family. I will be teaching environmental law in the College of Law of the University of Makati and hope to contribute to producing even more competent professionals for this premiere city. I am not as aware of what is happening in the provinces. But for sure, there are some local executives from the provinces that are not lagging behind in terms of public service. One of them is newly-installed Dinagat Island governor Arlene “Kaka” Bag-ao, a human rights lawyer and land reform advocate. With her wealth of experience as a district representative and defender of the oppressed and her soft heart for the farmers, I am sure Dinagat Islands is in the right hands. Then there is Davao Mayor Sara Duterte. As the first daughter of the President, Inday Sara is perennially under strict public scrutiny especially after she was suspected of dabbling in national politics when she supposedly orchestrated the ouster of House Speaker Alvarez

countless patriots and revolutionary martyrs, and crystallizes the struggles and sacrifices of the myriads of the Chinese people. It is a natural choice for the development of Chinese society in modern times, and it is the only way to bring about the country’s development and stability.” Socialism with Chinese characteristics consists of a path, theory and system. The relationship between the three, Xi explains, is that “the path of socialism is a way to reach the goal, the theory offers a guide to action, and the system provides a fundamental guarantee. All three serve the great cause of building Chinese socialism. This is the most salient feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics.” Xi points out that China must synthesize “successful experience in practice into theories, use these correct theories to guide new practices and incorporate effective principles and policies into Party and national systems.” The path of Chinese socialism, for Xi, “is the only way to achieve China’s socialist modernization and create a better life. This path takes economic development as the central task, and brings along economic, cultural, social, ecological and other forms of progress...It entails further releasing and developing the productive forces, and achieving prosperity for all and the well-rounded develop-

As we now all know, the Chinese expansion began during Cory Aquino’s administration and the eventual pullout of the U.S. military bases, after the left-leaning Senate rejected the extension of the Military Bases Agreement with Washington. From then on, China simply creeped into the Philippine sea territories, even building artificial islets. Unlike Noynoy Aquino who repeatedly met Chinese President Xi Jinping and then resorted to badmouthing Beijing, Manong Digong has done a great job keeping things civil and diplomatic between Manila and Beijing. And, while Manong Digong’s detractors continue harping on the “Chinese Syndrome,” they are silent about the clear and present danger posed by the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist movement and the communist CPPNPA ambuscades of police and military troops in the countryside.

and when she formed the Hugpong ng Pagbabago [Faction for Change] political party, for the midterm election. Nonetheless, as city mayor, Inday Sara is an effective and tough leader. She has maintained cleanliness and discipline in the City of Davao. As mayor, she pushed for many of the progressive laws, like the ordinance on women’s rights. This service-oriented and idealistic young crop of local executives is a breath of fresh political air. They show us that not all is lost in the area of running the government; that our leaders are not all corrupt and are only minded on how to enrich and aggrandize themselves, their families and friends. For all the dirt and grime that mire politics, there are a few who choose not to follow the old and beaten path, but to tread the road of dedicated, sincere, compassionate, competent governance; those who endeavor to genuinely serve the people. In addition to the leaders of these local governments, I would be remiss if I do not mention the Bangsamoro. Great things are happening in Muslim Mindanao, thanks to the leadership of its Chief Minister Murad Ibrahim and his excellent cabinet ministers. The state of the nation is good in some places and not mainly because of the President or our national leaders, but because on the ground—in barangays, municipalities, cities, provinces, and in the Bangsamoro—we have a new crop of leaders that are making a difference. Facebook: deantonylavs Twitter: tonylavs

ment of everyone.” The main objective of socialism with Chinese characteristics is “to bring together and lead the whole Party, the whole nation and the people of all ethnic groups in realizing a moderately prosperous society by the centenary of the CPC in 2021 and in turning China into a prosperous, democratic, culturally advanced and harmonious modern socialist country by the centenary of the People’s Republic of China in 2049, so as to ensure the people greater happiness and the nation a brighter future.” It is evident that China has achieved its goal of a ‘moderately prosperous society” two years before 2021 as it has already emerged as the second biggest economy in the world after the US. But would it be a “modern socialist country” by 2049, or 30 years from now? That, of course, remains to be seen. By the way, the only country in the world today that officially calls itself “socialist” is Vietnam, which reunited the north with the south in 1975 after a 10,000-day war against the Americans. Before this, there was the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) that came into being in 1922 but broke up into separate states in 1991, signaling the end of the Cold War and marking an uncertain future for the Marxist-Leninist concept of socialism. ernhil@yahoo.com

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PDCP and Bancom were iconic institutions operating head. The capital contributed by PDCP’s Philippine stockholders was augmented by a concessional loan by USAID (US Agency for International Development) and IN THE life of every institution a World Bank credit line. Subor industry there is a period that sequently, the then-newly-estabhistories look back upon and de- lished ADB (Asian Development termine to be the institution’s or Bank) also extended a credit line industry’s halcyon days—days to PDCP. when an institution or industry PDCP had everything going for operated with utmost meritorious- it—government support, participaness and was manned by proud and tion by some of the biggest Philipdedicated people. If histories of the pine business groups, and financial Philippine finance industry were assistance from the leading interasked to pinpoint its halcyon days, national financial institutions and I feel certain that they would say the US. that those days were the days of the Because it had abundant peso and two-decade period ended 1979. foreign-currencies to lend, PDCP The sixties and seventies were was the place to go for the financa great time for the Philippine fi- ing of medium-term and long-term nance indusprojects. Just as try, which was PDCP’s own owncontinuing its ership profile The sixties and recovery from was the crème the disruptions seventies were a great de la crème, so and losses oc- time for the Philippine its loan portcasioned by folio was comWorld War II finance industry. posed of loans and was abto crème de la sorbing the crème borrow borrowmodern financial techniques and ers. But PDCP’s lending criteria systems being developed in the were stringent, and the Philippine Western and Japanese financial business community soon for the marketplaces. Those were glory message that unsound-project apdays for the Philippine finance plications would not get very far at industry, and two of the principal PDCP. contributors to the glory were two Sixto Roxas’ loss of the PDCP institutions that have passed into operating-head position turned history—Private Development out to be a gain for the PhilipCorporation of the Philippines pine financial industry. Rebuffed (PDCP) and Bancom Development at PDCP, Mr. Roxas—SKR to his Corporation. Both institutions end- colleagues—simply turned around ed their operations in the 1980s. and went on to organize what arAs the word ‘development’ in its guably is the best finance house corporate name indicated PDCP in this country’s history. Together was a development financing insti- with commercial banker Augusto tution (DFI), that is to say, lending Barcelon, entrepreneur Ramon V. institution that would finance pro- Del Rosario and a few other leadjects of the developmental kind. It ing businessmen, Sixto Roxas would complement, on the private- organized Bancom Development sector side, the work of the govern- Corporation. ment owned DBP (Development Because of his stature and Bank of the Philippines), which was reputation, the Fordham Univerthe successor to the RFC (Rehabili- sity-trained economist was able tation and Finance Corporation). At to attract some of the brightest one of its annual meetings in the financially-inclined young men late Fifties, the World Bank Group and women and turn them into resolved to assist, with the bless- financial whiz kids. In no time ing of the Philippine government, at all Bancom became an investthe establishment of a development ment bank par excellence. For both financing institution by the Philip- startups and businesses wishing pine private sector. The establish- to expand, Bancom put together ment of the new institution was wel- creative financial packages that comed and fully supported by the brought together debt and equity Program Implementation Agency in combinations suited to the needs (PIA) of the newly installed ad- and capabilities of clients. ministration of President Diosdado So prestigious did Bancom—and Macapagal. PIA’s director-general, working for Bancom—become Sixto K. Roxas, was groomed to be that some observers began talking PDCP’s operating head. about a ‘Bancom man.’ Most of the PDCP’s founding board of direc- staff members who left Bancom tors represented the crème de la went on to become key officers of crème of the Philippine business both private and government ficommunity at that time. The di- nancial institutions. rectors were heads of the Palanca, PDCP was very good at seeking Montinola, Far East Bank, Delga- out and providing pesos-and-doldo, Ortigas, Villanueva and Ysma- lars financing for projects of speel business groups, among others. cial importance for this country’s Representatives of three foreign economic development; Bancom banking giants (one American, one was excellent at putting together European and one Japanese) like- creative financial packages for wise held board seats. PDCP truly just-starting and expanding busihad a powerhouse board. Roberto ness enterprises. They were iconic Villanueva of sugar-industry fame institutions. We need institutions was the first president. Sixto Roxas like them at this critical juncture in lost out in the shuffle and former the development of our economy. banker Vicente Jayme became, as If only it were possible to re-creexecutive vice-president, PDCP’s ate them.

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having incurred the most absences for senators in the last session of the 17th Congress, according to records released by the Senate Public Relations and Information Bureau on June 9 this year. You attended only 49 out of 61 plenary sessions from July 23, 2018 to June 4, 2019. In terms of worst attendance, you came in second to Senator Leila de Lima, who missed all the plenary sessions—because she is in jail. I’m sure Pacquiao has heard all this from many others, including those nearest and dearest to him. But still he goes on—is it the money? The fame? Whatever his reasons, he has an agenda and he’s stubborn enough to stick to it. But even his adoring public can see

that his age has affected his game. How much longer can he go on delivering the cardiac-arresting fights that kill men who watch them? How long before he succumbs to a less worthier foe or a health crisis? It’s time to hang up the gloves, Manny, and do your real job, the one that millions of people voted you in to do—craft laws to make life better for Filipinos and build the nation. Show us you can be our champion in the Senate as you are in the ring. We’ll all be just as proud, Catriona will still wave that flag, and no one will die of a heart attack watching you author laws. “To see a man beaten not by a better opponent but by himself is a tragedy.”—Cus D’Amato, American boxing trainer and manager who handled Mike Tyson and Floyd Patterson. /FB and Twitter: @DrJennyO

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Police officer, Grab driver commended by MIAA By Joel E. Zurbano THE Manila International Airport Authority on Monday commended an airport police officer and a Grab taxi driver who returned a bag containing foreign cash money worth more than P37,000 and important documents left behind by Chinese tourist. The foreigner Gao Hao Wei, a traveler bound for Puerto Princesa, approached the MIAA airport police help desk and reported that he left his Chanel bag inside a Grab taxi that he boarded going to Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 last Sunday. Airport Police officer Alyn Joy Aliporo immediately contacted the mobile number of the Grab driver later identified as Ricky Chan who was already in Las Piñas area when he received the call. Chan said he did not notice that something was left inside his taxi. The driver arrived at the airport Terminal 3 and gave the Chanel bag containing the passenger’s passport, a mobile phone, important documents and cash (foreign currency) equivalent to more than P37,000. The foreigner expressed sincere gratitude to the airport staff and the driver, saying more than his expensive bag and everything else inside it, it is his passport that matters the most. MIAA general manager Eddie Monreal also praised Chan and his men for their effort for the immediate recovery of the missing bag. “I personally thank those who worked for this particular case. Undoubtedly, they continue to live the culture of honesty in their workplace,” he said. Monreal also ordered the inclusion of Aliporo in the list of awardees in MIAA’s August flag raising ceremony.

Marcos wants ‘Nutribiskwit’ distributed By Macon Ramos-Araneta ALARMED over instances of Filipino “child zombies” or those with stunted brain growth and are underweight, Senator Imee Marcos filed a proposed measure to review government child-feeding programs. Marcos noted the Philippines remained one of nine countries with the highest number of children with stunted growth. She said the public had not heard about the status, much less the success, of government programs aimed at reducing malnutrition. Citing child nutrition research statistics, Marcos said about 30 percent of a Filipino child’s brain would not grow further if malnutrition continued from the time a mother was pregnant until the child reached the age of five. To boost her Senate resolution, Marcos called for the distribution of “Nutribiskwit”— a nutrient-fortified, mold-free, and better stored version of the iconic Nutribun given to grade-school children in the 70s. Nutrition statistics show that more than one-third of Filipino children suffer stunted growth, with 95 Filipino children dying each day from malnutrition, and 27 out of 1,000 unable to get past their fifth birthday. Senior research specialist Salvador Serrano of the Department of Science and Technology’s Food and Nutrition Research Institute said that many Filipino children faced a bleak future due to stunting. Among the government programs the Marcos resolution seeks to review is the Department of Health’s so-called action plan started in 2017 for “nutrition intervention”, the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s 120-day program to gauge the nutritional status of child beneficiaries, and the Early Childhood Care and Development Council that is supposed to provide protection for children aged 0-4 years.

NAPC, Pagcor lift P49-m unused fund By Rio N. Araja

HE National Anti-Poverty Commission and Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. have agreed to lift a P49million unused fund ﬂagged by the Commission on Audit.

NAPC Secretary Noel Felongco and Pagcor director Andrea Domingo Monday inked a memorandum of agreement to lift the ban of the P49-million antipoverty disbursement fund. The arrangement has officially lifted the disbursement suspension on the P48-million fund assistance from Pagcor received on April 5, 2017 during the

term of ex-NAPC secretary Liza Maza. President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Felongco to replace Maza in November 2018. Felongco earlier said the fund could go a long way to help poor beneficiaries. After receiving the fund from Pagcor, Maza issued a memorandum

order directing the temporary ban of further disbursements involving transaction chargeable against Pagcor funds effective December 2017 as directed by Pagcor itself. The unutilized fund was intended to improve access to free education in Mindanao; sustain livelihood projects through rice milling and marketing facilities in Luzon and Mindanao; implement the integrated coconut livelihood enterprise development in the Visayas, and roll out the “Talambayan” open data solution for poverty monitoring, including data warehousing, upgrading and maintenance of information database.

BLOT ON LANDSCAPE. Squatters and dirty streets (left) at the Port Area of the capital city of Manila may not be an eyesore for much longer—with Mayor Francisco ‘Isko’ Domagoso going there in due time. At right, City Government of Manila-Department of Public Services conducts clearing operation along Sto. Cristo Street in Divisoria, Tondo on Monday. Sonny Espiritu/Norman Cruz

GSIS allots P1b for El Niño victims in Iloilo STATE pension fund Government Service Insurance System is allocating around P1 billion for its active members and old-age pensioners in Iloilo who have been affected by El Niño. The deadline of application is July 25, 2019, GSIS said in a statement. The grant in the province excludes Iloilo City and the municipalities of Janiuay, Lambunao, and Mina, which were earlier offered the same loan and with the acceptance of application having ended last June 29, 2019. Under the program, members with no existing emergency loan may borrow P20,000 while those who still have outstanding balance in their previous emergency loan account may be granted a P40,000 loan. Old-age pensioners in the area may apply for a P20,000 loan. At present, a total 33,465 active members and 7,407 old-age pensioners in the area are qualified to apply for the loan. To qualify, active members must be working or residing in the calamity-de-

clared area, not be on leave of absence without pay, have no arrears in paying monthly mandatory life insurance or social insurance premium contributions, and have no unpaid loans for more than six months. They should also have a minimum net take-home pay of P5,000 after the monthly premium contributions and loan amortizations have been deducted. Pensioners who are also active members may apply for the loan only once. Active members may apply through the GSIS Wireless Automated Processing System kiosk located in all GSIS branch and extension offices; provincial capitols; city halls; selected municipal offices; large government agencies such as the Department of Education; Robinsons Malls; and selected SM City branches in North EDSA, Manila, Pampanga, Cebu, SM Aura in Taguig, SM Southmall in Las Piñas, and Mall of Asia in Pasay City subject to approval of their agency authorized officer. Old-age pensioners must personally

apply for the loan. The GSIS emergency loan is payable in 36 equal monthly instalments at six percent interest rate per annum, it said in its statement. It is covered by a loan redemption insurance, which deems the loan fully paid in case of the borrower’s demise, provided that loan repayment is up to date. Loan proceeds are electronically credited to the borrower’s GSIS electronic card (eCard) or unified multipurpose identification (UMID) card. Interested parties who have inquiries may visit the GSIS website, www.gsis. gov.ph<http://www.gsis.gov.ph>, or Facebook account, @gsis.ph; email gsiscares@gsis.gov.ph<mailto:gsiscares@ gsis.gov.ph>; or call the GSIS Contact Center at 847-4747 if in Metro Manila or 1-800-8-847-4747 (for Globe [free with minimum P8.00 load] and TM subscribers) or 1-800-10-847-4747 [for Smart, Sun, and Talk ‘N Text subscribers; P8.00/call]).

Manila’s Skyway’s Plaza Dilao ramp partially opens THE Department of Public Works and Highways on Monday partially opened the Plaza Dilao ramp of Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3, which aims to ease traffic congestion in Buendia, Makati City. DPWH Secretary Mark Villar, together with other government officials, led the opening of the initial two lanes of the Stage 3 project worth P37.43 billion. “To ease traffic congestion in Buendia, we are opening two lanes, one of the northbound and southbound sections. The 3.7-km elevated highways expand from Buendia to Plaza Dilao,” Villar said in a statement. “A maximum speed of 40 kph will be maintained along the main viaduct. Moreover, 20 kph at the ramps will be implemented,” the DPWH chief added. On the other hand, Villar announced that the overall status of Skyway is now at about 60 percent, with sections 1 and 3 both more than 80 percent completed. “Section 1 from Buendia Avenue, Makati City to Quirino Avenue in Nagtahan, Manila is now 83 percent completed, while Section 3 from Ramon Magsaysay Avenue to Balintawak is 81 percent completed,” he said. The DPWH secretary added that other sections were being fast-tracked to ensure the Skyway’s mainline from Buendia to Balintawak meets the target completion date by the first

quarter of 2020. To date, the status of Skyway Stage 3 Section 2A from Nagtahan to Tomas Claudio is at 34 percent; Section 2B from Tomas Claudio to Ramon Magsaysay Avenue is at 60 percent; Section 4 from Quezon Avenue to Balintawak is at 51 percent; Balintawak to North Luzon Expressway is at 11 percent. He added that Section 2A1 from Tomas Claudio to the Polytechnic University of the Philippines Sta. Mesa was set to start soon. The Skyway Stage 3 is an 18.68-kilometer elevated expressway stretches from Buendia, Makati City to Balintawak, Quezon City. The project will have eight access ramps/interchanges strategically located as follows: Buendia Avenue, (South Superhighway, Makati City), Pres. Quirino Avenue (Malate, Manila), Plaza Dilao (Paco, Manila), Nagtahan/Aurora Boulevard (Manila), E. Rodriguez Avenue (Quezon City), Quezon Avenue (Quezon City), Sgt. Rivera St. (Quezon City) and NLEX. Once the project is completed, Villar said it will reduce travel time from Buendia, Makati City to Balintawak, Quezon City from the current two hours to just 15 to 20 minutes. PNA

In a 2018 audit report, COA called the attention of NAPC, citing the P49million fund had remained idle since its transfer to NAPC in April 2017. Pagcor originally gave NAPC over P50 million but only P969,479.50 was used. The projects should have been implemented throughout a two-year timetable. State auditors said project implementation lapsed on April 4 this year. In its recommendation, COA told both agencies to extend the validity of their original agreement to properly use the P49-million fund.

Over 6,000 workers receive P1-b benefits By Vito Barcelo MORE than 6,000 workers received almost P1 billion in collective bargaining benefits and other monetary claims from several settled labor cases from January to June 2019, the Department of Labor and Employment said. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the labor disputes were settled using alternative dispute resolution mechanisms that ensure integrity, efficiency, and fairness and bereft of the long legal proceedings in labor row resolution. “Alternative dispute resolution is our strategy in ensuring speedy delivery of labor justice. DOLE stands firm on sustaining industrial peace through the fast settlement of labor disputes,” he said. National Conciliation and Mediation Board Officer-in-Charge Maria Teresita Cancio said that 1,892 requests for assistance on Single Entry Approach were settled resulting to P140,156,665.69 monetary benefit to 2,799 workers. Also, eight out of 12 handled cases on actual strikes/lockout were settled and resulted to P3,524,508 benefits to 86 workers, she said. Another 82 cases on the notices of strike/lockout were settled with monetary benefits amounting to P227,418,761 to 2,337 workers. She added that the decrease in work-disruptive industrial dispute resulted to 1,151,716 man-days saved. On the preventive meditation, Cancio said the NCMB resolved 241 cases of the 300 handled cases resulting to P15,635,929 monetary benefits to 685 workers. On the voluntary arbitration, NCMB handled 672 cases and disposed 185 VA cases resulting to P570,247,314.35 monetary benefits to 188 workers.

Angkas bags #NewPH AWARD at Mega Equality Ball IN RECOGNITION of their contribution to the Philippine transport system, popular app-based motorcycle taxi service Angkas was given the #NewPH award at this year’s Mega Equality Ball held last June 12th at Sofitel Manila. Angkas was among the gamechangers honored at publishing giant One Mega Group’s annual soiree, an official statement said. It champions the country’s most influential personalities who have embraced and empowered Filipinos in their own field—from fashion and leadership to business and mobility.

The company was cited specifically for its role in helping Filipino commuters in their daily struggle for mobility and giving motorcycle owners a decent source of livelihood. Angkas’ founder and CEO Angeline Tham took to the stage along with Head of Regulatory and Public Affairs George Royeca to accept the award. Speaking to MEGA prior to the event, Royeca believes that the reason for the Philippines’ 14 million motorcycles, in comparison to only 1.5 million cars, is because it is cut-rate and convenient. “They’re simply more affordable, and

if you think about it, there isn’t a proper system to educate individuals who purchase motorcycles,” Royeca noted. Angkas is a young innovation that refuses to give up on its passion to change the way things are. It provides the public with an alternative option to substantially cut travel time. Its intent is to not add up to the congestion, but to address it. Tham developed the platform to provide commuters with a safe and quicker way to navigate around the city. While the motorcycle ride-hailing service is worth all salutations, convincing

lawmakers of its efficiency and legitimacy hasn’t been easy for the Angkas team and its over 27,000 trained biker-partners. With the Angkas app having been downloaded a total 1.5 million times and getting approving nods from senators and congressmen, it seems like no one can rain on Angkas’ parade. But despite the accolades, Angkas still means business. The company is now on a six-month pilot run in Metro Manila and Metro Cebu. In preparation for this pilot run, Angkas retrained its biker-partners to comply with the new provisions set by

the Technical Working Group. “We have set a definitive standard for our bikers. This is why 70 percent of our applicants do not pass our regular safety training and assessment.” Royeca said. “This is so we can guarantee our loyal riders 100 percent safety in the hands of our well-trained drivers.” Angkas has truly elevated motorcycle taxi services in the country, with a modern digital ecosystem that ensures fast booking of rides for passengers, strict monitoring of biker behavior, and a tedious safety training program for all its biker-partners.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULE OF FEES AND CHARGES The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) will conduct Public Hearings on 07 August 2019 and 09 August 2019 pursuant to CAAP Board Resolution No. 2019-008 dated 02 July 2019. The CAAP informs the public on the proposed adjustment to the fees and charges of the Licensing and Certification Department (LCD), Flight Operations Department (FOD), Airworthiness Department (AWD) and Regulatory โ StandardsDepartment (RSD) of the Flight Standards Inspectorate Service (FSIS) pursuant to Administrative Order No. 31, series of 2012, โ Directing and Authorizing all Heads of Departm,ents, Bureaus, Commissions, Agencies, Offices and Instrumentalities of the National Government, including GovernmentOwned and/or Controlled Corporations (GOCCs), to Rationalize the Rates of their Fees and Charges, Increase their Existing Rates and Impose New Fees and Chargesโ and Section 17 of Republic Act No. 9497.

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Sports

Riera U. Mallari, Editor; Reuel Vidal, Assistant Editor sports@thestandard.com.ph; sports_mstandard@yahoo.com

TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2019

Road Cycling tilt begins, serves as SEAG dry run

This handout photograph taken and released by MP Promotions shows Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao (center) celebrating with members of his family after defeating US boxer Keith Thurman in their WBA super world welterweight title fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pacquiao won a 12-round split decision. AFP

Top juniors vie in ATF, ITF series

EXEQUIEL Jucutan and Alexa Milliam head a crack roster of national junior players gearing up for the tough ATF (Asian Tennis Federation) and ITF (International Tennis Federation) tournaments in Malaysia, aiming for a strong showing in the ATF 14-andunder series in Sarawak and the ITF Grade 5 event in Selangor. Joewyn Pascua and Marielle Jarata join Jucutan and Milliam in the Sarawak meet while John David Velez, Eric Tangub, Jose Antonio Tria, Matthew Garcia, Sydney Enriquez, Macie Carlos, Bliss Bayking and Denise Bernardo will see action in Selangor. These juniors, making up the boys and girls’ 14, 16 and 18-and-under categories, emerged on top of the selection process of the Unified Tennis Philippines from June 1, 2018 to May 31, 2019. Arthur Pantino and siblings Michael and Alex Eala also made it to the list but begged off the Malaysia joust due to previous commitments with those ranked next to them in their respective categories taking over their slots. Meanwhile, the UTP, made up of the sport’s stakeholders, led by Palawan Pawnshop, Cebuana Lhuillier, Micro Savings, Dunlop, Unilab, STI, Navegar, Madison Galeries Life Style Mall, Chris Sports and Toby’s, said the selection for the 2020 national junior team also started last June 1 and will last to May 31, 2020.

Stags shoot for NCAA lead Games Today (FilOil Flying V Centre) 8 a.m. JRU vs Perpetual (jrs) 10 a.m. Lyceum vs San Sebastian (jrs) 12 noon JRU vs. Perpetual(srs) 2 p.m. Lyceum vs. San Sebastian (srs) 4 p.m. Letran vs. EAC(srs) 6 p.m. Letran vs EAC-ICA(jrs)

By Peter Atencio THE San Sebastian Stags are in a lofty position for the first time in years. They are sharing the lead with the defending champion San Beda Red Lions and the College of St. Benilde Blazers in the 95th National Collegiate Athletic Association men’s basketball tournament. Their grip on the top spot will be challenged when the Stags meet the Lyceum Pirates at 2 p.m. today at the FilOil-Flying V Arena. Stags’ coach Egay Macaraya wants to give the Pirates a good fight as they bid to grab the lead with their fourth consecutive victory. “Kung mas gaganda laro nila sa LPU, much better for them because mapupunta sila sa PBA and I can say, ‘Hey! Isa ‘yan mga naging players ko,’” said Macaraya after the Stags demolished the Mapua Cardinals, 92-68, last week. Earlier, the Jose Rizal University Heavy Bombers will clash with the University of Perpetual Help Altas at 12 noon, while the Letran Knights will meet the Emilio Aguinaldo College Generals at 4 p.m. In the junior side, the Lyceum Junior Pirates will go for win no. 4 against the Staglets at 10 a.m.

Pacman mulls future after title conquest

AS VEGAS—Father Time may be undefeated, as the old boxing saying goes, but Manny Pacquiao is not going down without a ﬁght.

The 40-year-old Filipino legend wrote another improbable chapter in his glittering career on Saturday, with an agedefying split decision victory over the hitherto unbeaten Keith Thurman. Pacquiao, a full decade older than the 30-year-old Thurman, rolled back the years with a vintage performance that had a sold out crowd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena roaring in delight. It was the Filipino’s 62nd win of a 71-fight career that has spanned 24 years. Veterans at ringside described the performance as Pacquiao’s best since his dazzling win over Antonio Margarito in 2010. Thurman, who had returned to boxing in January after a 22-month layoff, admitted he had not been able to cope with Pacquiao’s relentless energy. Post-fight statistics told the story, with Pacquiao outpunching Thurman by 686 to 571. A weary Thurman later said he had been chasing the fight from the moment he was sent crashing to the canvas by a stunning combination in the first round.

“He had a lot of momentum from that point,” Thurman said. “I ended up paying attention to the number of rounds. By the time we got to the seventh I was like ‘Damn, we’re in the seventh already’.” ‘So many wars’ Pacquiao’s experience and conditioning had proved crucial at key moments, Thurman added. “He’s been in so many wars, he just knows what to do at the right time,” he said. “I had a good training camp but I felt like I needed a better output to go toe to toe with Manny Pacquiao.” Thurman wasted no time after the fight in requesting a rematch. While fans would happily line up for a sequel to what is a strong candidate for the fight of the year, Pacquiao’s camp were more circumspect. Pacquiao, who paid tribute to Thurman’s “heavy hands” and punching power after the fight, pocketed an estimated $20 million from Saturday’s contest. By recapturing a slice of the welter-

weight division in such dazzling style, he has thrust himself back into relevance. Even more lucrative paydays are his for the asking if he chooses to pursue them. A unification fight with Errol Spence Jr, the International Boxing Federation’s welterweight champion, would sell itself. The question of a rematch of his 2015 “Fight of the Century” against Floyd Mayweather also continues to linger. Mayweather, who was at ringside to watch Pacquiao’s masterclass on Saturday, remains firmly retired, and has not fought since his cross-combat spectacle with mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor nearly two years ago. Long rest Leonard Ellerbe, the chief executive of Mayweather Promotions and a close confidante, said last week Mayweather has “zero interest” in a second Pacquiao fight. Whether that interest could be piqued by the prospect of a gargantuan payday remains to be seen. Pacquiao, whose departure from Las Vegas for the Philippines was delayed until 6pm (0100 GMT) on Sunday as a precaution, suggested he will not fight again this year. AFP

THE cream of the crop and the upand-coming of Philippine cycling will converge in Tagaytay City today (Tuesday) to vie for honors in the 2019 National Road Cycling Championships. Presented by Standard Insurance, MVP Sports Foundation and Tagaytay City, the National Championships will kick off with the individual time trial and team time trial races in the Men and Women Elite and Junior categories. The championships will conclude with the road races tomorrow (Wednesday) on an out-and-back course from Tagaytay City covering the Batangas municipalities of Nasugbu, Tuy, Lemery, Agoncillo, Balayan, Lian, Talisay, Calaca and Laurel. PhilCycling President Abraham Tolentino will send off the competitors along with Tagaytay City Mayor Agnes Tolentino in the race managed by Ube Media Inc.-Le Tour de Filipinas and supported by One LGC, Air21, Go For Gold, Bike X Singapore and 7-Eleven Cliqq Air21 by Roadbike Philippines. The races will also serve as a dry run for the 30th Southeast Asian Games cycling competitions set from November 30 to December 11. Besides the road races, Tagaytay City will also host the mountain bike and BMX events of the SEA Games. “The national championships will be a virtual operation of the 30th SEA Games,” said Tolentino, adding that the road race routes as well as those in the individual and team time trials (ITT and TTT) are virtually the same course for the SEA Games Tagaytay City is also hosting. “With close to 300 riders joining the national championships, it goes to show that competitive cycling is very much alive in the Philippines,” PhilCycling president Tolentino said. “Cycling remains as an active and enduring sport Filipinos love to practise.” Registration for the Men Elite and Under 23 reached 114 riders, while 22 cyclists were booked in the Women’s division. The PhilCycling will also recognize the country’s cycling stakeholders—Alberto Lina (Air21-Le Tour de Filipinas), Ernesto “Judes” Echauz (Standard Insurance), Tagaytay City Mayor Agnes Tolentino, Jose Victor “Vic” Paterno (7-Eleven), Fernando “Dino” Araneta (LBC Ronda Pilipinas), Pablito “Bong” Sual (Roadbike Philippines), Jeremy Randell Go (Go For Gold), Paquito Rivas and Singaporean Vincent Leow (Bike X). The Men Elite and Under-23 ITT will cover 18 kms and the Road Race 132.08 kms, the Women Elite and Men Junior ITT will be 12 kms and the Road Race will be 91.35 kms, while the Men Elite TTT will be 40 kms.

Mighty Sports completes cage sweep MIGHTY Sports-Go For Gold Philippines completed its dominant show in the Jones Cup Sunday by downing Taiwan-B, 81-71, to duplicate its grand sweep of the championship three years ago at the Xinzhuang Gym in New Taipei City, Taiwan. The country’s representative to the annual club tournament played minus former PBA import Renaldo Balkman but Mighty-GFG still got the job done with little trouble. Balkman missed the game due to a broken nose suffered during the team’s title-clinching 97-74 win over Taiwan A last Saturday where the team’s captain put on another solid show. The Taiwanese refused to be intimidated as they engaged the heftier Mighty-GFG squad in several torrid shootouts to the delight of the crowd. They even outscored the HealthCube-backed Mighty-GFG, 23-19 in the third period. But when McKenzie Moore and Eugene Phelps decided that enough was enough, they came through with

a pair of slam dunks before crafty Fil-Am guard Jason Brickman sealed the team’s 8th win with a beautiful drive, 77-67. “We missed the energy and power of Renaldo, but it was a good win for the team, everybody contributed,” said Mighty head coach Charles Tiu. Counting its 8-0 sweep three years ago, Mighty Sports extended its amazing winning streak to 16 games. More than that, it gave the country its sixth title since the tournament began in 1977. “As they say, it’s sweeter the second time around. The boys really played well,” said Mighty Sports owner Alex Wongchuking. “We’re also happy because we gave our kababayans here a real entertainment.” The Ron Jacobs-mentored Northern Consolidated ruled the 1981 and 1986 editions, the Philippine Centennial team won in 1998, Gilas Pilipinas reigned supreme in 2012 and Mighty bagged its first Jones Cup in 2016.

Members of Mighty Sports-Go For Gold PH team

The scores: Mighty Sports 81—Phelps 24, Moore 16, Yeo 11, Williams 7, N’Diaye 7, Adams 6, Brickman 4, Gray 2, Black 2, Wongchuking 2. Chinese Taipei White 71—Wu, Y. 15, Lin, K. 10, Chou 10, Wu, C. 9, Lin, T. 8, Tseng 7, Chen 6, Hsieh 2, Sun 2, Huang 2, Lai 0, Su 0. Quarters: 15-16, 40-32, 59-55, 81-71.

Go For Gold wants another crack at Guinness record

Participants of the Go For Gold Guiness world record attempt toss their basketballs in the air.

GO For Gold Philippines is looking to bounce back next year after missing its shot to break the Guinness World Record for the most number of people dribbling simultaneously. “Hindi nagpapatalo ang Pilipino. Uulitin natin ito hanggang makuha natin,’’ said Go For Gold godfather Jeremy Go after a foiled attempt to erase the record on Sunday at the Mall of Asia Concert Grounds in Pasay City. Go said the event that gathered almost 4,000 dribblers still achieved its chief goal of supporting sports development by providing free sports equipment to the schools

down to the barangays. “We still achieved our goal,’’ said Go, also the vice president for marketing of Powerball Marketing & Logistics Corporation, the prime mover behind the Go For Gold project. “Those 4,000 people will bring those balls sa mga bahay at barangays nila, at hindi lang isang tao ang makikinabang dyan. Hopefully after this, more people will play the game,’’ added Go. Over two hundred national athletes from triathlon, skateboarding, sepak takraw, wrestling, cycling, volleyball, basketball, chess, canoekayak and dragonboat arrived and

supported the record-shattering attempt, which is part of the country’s drumbeating for the coming 30th Southeast Asian Games. The Armed Forces of the Philippines, especially the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, also came in full force along with the Philippine National Police during the event that featured Scratch it! brand ambassadors Nadine Lustre and Sam Concepcion. The most number of people dribbling a basketball simultaneously was 7,556 during an event organized by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Palestine on July 22, 2010.

IN BRIEF

DoF, DILG issue rules on LGU fees, charges

THE Department of Finance and the Department of the Interior and Local Government have issued a joint circular providing the guidelines in setting reasonable rates for regulatory fees and other service charges as part of ongoing government efforts to improve the ease of doing business in the country. Joint Memorandum Circular 201901, signed by Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III and Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, was issued to ensure that LGU fees do not unduly burden the public but are imposed only to help local governments recover the costs of services they render while making them more business friendly. “In order to help LGUs build strong enabling environment for good local governance and serve our constituents fairly, particularly the business sector, we enjoin all LGUs to review, adjust, and/or revise their local revenue ordinances in accordance with the rationalized procedure for setting fees and charges,” the circular said. Julito G. Rada

Business

PDIC bidding out 84 lots of closed banks

PHILIPPINE Deposit Insurance Corp. is set to dispose 84 properties of closed banks through a public bidding on an “asis, where is” basis. The bidding will be held on August 22, 2019 at the 9th Floor Training Room, SSS Bldg., 6782 Ayala Ave. corner Ruﬁno St., Makati City. Sealed bids will be accepted by the PDIC Real and Other Properties Acquired (ROPA) Disposal Committee from direct buyers only between 9:00 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. at the venue. Bids will be opened at 2:00 p.m. Up for bidding are 49 residential lots, 23 residential lots with improvements, three commercial lots with improvements, three commercial condominium units, one residential condominium unit with parking slot, one mixed-use residential/commercial lot, one commercial lot, one industrial lot, one transportation equipment and a forklift located in Metro Manila, Bataan, Batangas, Benguet, Bulacan, Camarines Sur, Cavite, Cebu, Davao del Norte, Laguna, La Union, Marinduque, Nueva Ecija, Palawan, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Rizal and Tarlac.

TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2019

By Julito G. Rada

REFORESTATION CARAVAN. Employee-volunteers of Philippine Seven Corp. (7-Eleven) join the Philippine Business for Social Progress during the organization’s kick-off of this year’s reforestation caravan in the Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape popularly known as the Marikina Watershed in Calawis, Antipolo, Rizal. The company’s executives led 45 employeevolunteers in planting 1,250 native fruit-bearing seedlings on two hectares of the watershed. This marks the company’s fourth year of participating in the reforestation initiatives in the Marikina Watershed.

ICTSI completes P10-b acquisition of Rio port I By Darwin G. Amojelar

NTERNATIONAL Container Terminal Services Inc. said Monday wholly-owned subsidiary ICTSI Americas B.V. acquired 100-percent of the shares of concession holder of a container terminal in Rio de Janeiro City in Brazil for P10 billion.

ICTSI said in a disclosure to the stock exchange it signed a share purchase agreement with Boreal Empreendimentos e Participações S.A. to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Libra Terminal Rio S.A., which holds the concession rights to operate, manage and develop the container terminal Terminal de

Contêineres 1 in Rio de Janeiro. Boreal is a Brazilian wholly-owned subsidiary of the privately-owned Libra Group (Brazil), which is under Judicial Reorganization. ICTSI acquired 85,115,479 secondary shares and about 186,943,345 of new shares at BRL R$2.72 or for a total of P10.08 billion. The share purchase agreement was executed after a public auction of Libra Rio on July 17, 2019 and won by ICTSI, required as a part of Libra Group´s Judicial Reorganization process led by the 2nd Special Lower Court for Business Restructuring and Insolvency in Sao Paulo, Brazil. “The transaction will expand ICTSI’s footprint in the Brazilian container terminal market and is expected to generate value-accretive returns for ICTSI’s shareholders,” the company said. The concession of Terminal de Contêineres 1 (T1Rio) commenced in 1998 and was extended in 2011 until 2048.

ICTSI said it would assume the operational, development and other responsibilities under the current concession contract. “Transfer of the facilities to ICTSI management is expected to take place late 2019, once all conditions precedent and all required regulatory approvals have been obtained,” ICTSI said. T1Rio had a throughput of 135,000 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) in 2018. It has a capacity of more than 530,000 TEUs which could be expanded further. T1Rio has state-of-the-art container terminal assets, including ﬁve ship-toshore gantry cranes and an extensive range of yard handling equipment including more than 16 rubber-tired-gantry cranes. It has a total land area of 18.8 hectares and 715 meters of quay wall, with a design water depth of up to 16 meters and thus the capability to receive global shipping lines’ largest container vessels.

THE government incurred a budget deficit of P41.8 billion in June, lower by 22.9 percent or P12.5 billion than the P54.3-billion shortfall in the same month last year as revenue collections rose 4.3 percent and expenditures dropped 1 percent during the month, the Treasury said Monday. The figure brought the total deficit in the first six months to P42.6 billion or less than a quarter of the P193-billion gap in the same period last year. Revenue collection in June grew 4.32 percent to P233.9 billion from a year ago. Tax collection, which made up 90 percent of total revenues, rose 11.85 percent. Total revenues in January to June also increased 9.7 percent to P1.547 trillion from a year earlier. Collections by the Bureau of Internal Revenue went up 15.4 percent in June to P157.8 billion and 10.6 percent in the first six months to P1.066 trillion. Customs collections rose 2.5 percent in June to P51.3 billion and 8.4 percent in the six-month period to P303 billion. Revenue and income generated by the Bureau of the Treasury surged 37.1 percent in June to P10.7 billion. “The upturn was driven by dividend remittances, income from national government deposits, bond sinking fund investments and NG [national government] share in Pagcor income. This brought JanuaryJune BTr income to P87.6 billion, 32.48 percent better than the previous year and already exceeding the full-year target of P73.9 billion by 18.6 percent,” the Treasury said. Meanwhile, revenues from other offices (non-tax including privatization proceeds and fees and charges) declined 55.02 percent year-on-year to P12.7 billion in June, mainly due to the one-off remittance of bond proceeds from the Coco Levy fund in 2018. Six-month collections also contracted 11.89 percent to P79 billion. Meanwhile, the government’s disbursements declined 1 percent in June to P275.7 billion and 0.8 percent in the first six months to P1.590 trillion, as the government operated under a reenacted budget in the first four months of 2019.

Neda seen to approve Tagaytay expressway and TPLEx extension

SEC revokes licenses of 836 lending firms By Jenniffer B. Austria THE Securities and Exchange Commission revoked the registration of 836 lending companies as a part of the crackdown against “5-6” or moneylenders charging extremely high-interest rates on loans. Data from the SEC’s corporate governance department showed that 836 lending firms had failed to obtain a certificate of authority to operate as a lending company under Republic Act 9474, or the Lending Company Regulation Act of 2007 despite the sufficient time allotted to them to comply. Section 4 of RA 9474 states that a lending company should be established only as a corporation and that no lending company should conduct business unless granted a CA to operate by the SEC. Section 5 of the said law also provides that the minimum paid-in capital of any lending company should be P1 million. The SEC required lending companies applying for a CA to submit a notarized bank certificate as a proof of deposit of their paid-in capital. Among the lending companies whose certificate of registration were revoked by the SEC were 101 Lending Investor Inc., Agape Lending Corp., Country Lending Center Inc., Decade Lending Investors Inc., Golden Arches Lending Investor Inc., Happy Town Lending Corp., Kia Lending Corp., LLP Lending Inc., Ore Lending Corp., Panther Lending Corp., South Manila Lending Investors Inc., VM Lending Investor Inc. and Yellow Gold Sunshine Lending Corp. The SEC in 2017 intensified its crackdown against usurious lenders with the filing of criminal charges against 153 individuals, 67 of whom were Indian nationals, citing falsification of documents, perjury and other violations of local lending regulations.

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ERC prepares draft on outage allowance

THE Energy Regulatory Commission proposed new levels of outage allowance for unplanned and planned shutdown of power plants to monitor their reliability and promote the accountability of generation firms. The ERC has come out with the draft proposed interim benchmark for reliability performance indices and equivalent outage days per year of generating units, which will still be subject to public hearings. ERC said it decided to review the performance of the power plants after several yellow and red alert status were declared in the Luzon grid in April due to insufficient and depleted reserves amid high demand and unplanned outages of plant. “Thus pursuing its mandate, the Commission reviews the performance of generating plants, particularly on outages, to address the need to set a standard on outage allowance of generating plants,” the regulator said. The standards aim to determine the specific reliability performance of the grid, aid the power industry in evaluating reliability and availability, and promote accountability to achieve greater operation and economic efficiency of the power plants. Alena Mae S. Flores

Ray S. Eñano, Editor Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor

REAL ESTATE TAXATION. Bureau of Internal Revenue head revenue executive assistant Atty. Beverly Milo (right) provides updates on taxation for various real estate and housing-related transactions at the 5th monthly business meeting of the Chamber of Real Estate & Builders’ Associations Inc. in Makati City.

THE Public Works Department said it expects the National Economic and Development Authority to approve two toll road projects in Luzon, including an expressway traversing Tagaytay City this year. Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said he was hoping that Neda would approve within the year the P23.95-billion extension of Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway to San Juan, La Union which was proposed by San Miguel Holdings Corp. San Miguel secured an original proponent status from the DPWH for the project in December last year. Villar said the agency was expecting the start of the construction of the project this year. San Miguel’s unsolicited project involves a 59.4-kilometer four-lane toll road from the exit of TPLEx in Rosario to San Juan. The Rosario section of the expressway is expected to be completed this year while its Pozorrubio section opened in December 2017.

The extension project would be divided into three segments, with the ﬁrst segment spanning 18 km from Rosario to Tubao. The second segment will stretch 23 km from Tubao to Naguilian and the last segment will run 18.4 km from Naguilian to San Juan. San Miguel said the project aimed to promote the development of Northern Luzon and facilitate connectivity to Central Luzon and Metro Manila through highspeed and secured access. San Miguel-led Private Infra Dev Corp. holds the concession for TPLEx, an 88.85km, four-lane, high-speed toll road that connects Northern Luzon to Manila. It is designed to integrate with other major toll roads such as North Luzon Expressway and Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway. Villar also said the agency was expecting Neda to approve the P22.4-billion Cavite-Tagaytay-Batangas Expressway project in the third quarter. “We expect the Neda to approve that soon,” Villar said. Darwin G. Amojelar

Govt vows to accelerate infrastructure spending over the next three years FINANCE Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said Monday the acceleration of infrastructure projects under the “Build, Build, Build” program is a major priority in the second half of the Duterte administration. Dominguez said in a message to reporters that these projects were “on track and will be delivered as scheduled.” “First is to accelerate the implementation of the ‘Build, Build, Build’ infrastructure program. We have, for the ﬁrst time in history, exceeded 5 percent of GDP [gross domestic product] in spending on infrastructure and we are on track to achieve 7 percent of GDP in three years’ time,” Dominguez said.

Dominguez said the second priority is the implementation of the remaining tax reforms to ensure sustainable financing for the infrastructure program. He said five major tax packages remain. Under Package 1B are the Motor Vehicle User Charge, the lifting of bank secrecy laws and the automatic exchange of tax information. The Package 2 or Trabaho bill includes the reduction of corporate income tax rates and the rationalization of fiscal incentives. Under the Package 2+ is the increase of the excise tax on alcohol to provide additional funding for Universal Health Care. This also includes higher government’s share from mining.

Package 3 involves the broadening of the tax base of property taxes of the national and local governments to raise government revenues without increasing the existing tax rates or devising new tax impositions. Package 4 includes the rationalization of capital income taxation to address the multiple rates and different tax treatments and exemptions on capital income and other ﬁnancial instruments. Dominguez said that to attract more foreign direct investments, economic reforms should be pursued in the remainder of the Duterte administration. These include the amendments to the Public Service Act, Foreign Investments

Act and Retail Trade Liberalization Act. Dominguez said there was a need to improve the implementation of existing reforms such as national ID system, ease of doing business, universal health care and rice tariffication. “Fifth and finally is to improve the productivity of agriculture, including distribution of individual titles to land reform beneficiaries,” he said. He said all these would ensure faster GDP growth, lower poverty and open more opportunities to “all law-abiding Filipinos.” “They will also complete the president’s promise in the zero to ten-point socioeconomic agenda,” he said. Julito G. Rada

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Market retreats; ICTSI, PNB slip

HE stock market fell Monday in mixed trading, as most investors paused ahead of the State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte later in the day. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index dropped 23.24 points, 0.3 percent, to 8,246.83 on a value turnover of nearly P6 billion. Losers beat gainers, 103 to 80, with 61 issues unchanged. International Container Terminal Services Inc., the biggest port operator, declined 2.8 percent to P137.70, while Nickel Asia Corp., the largest nickel producer, lost 4.8 percent to P2.57. Philippine National Bank, the ﬁfthlargest lender in terms of assets, fell

2.1 percent to P50.95, while SM Prime Holdings Inc. of the Sy Group, declined 2.1 percent to P37.90. The rest of Asian markets were in retreat Monday on dimming hopes for a deep interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve, but all the ﬁrms on a new techfocused board in China rallied on its opening day. Oil prices extended last week’s gains after Iran seized a British tanker in the Gulf, fueling fresh concerns about supplies and a possible conﬂict in the tinderbox Middle East. Traders took a step back after last week’s gains as the New York Federal Reserve tempered comments from its president, John Williams, who had suggested the central bank would cut borrowing costs by 50 basis points at its policy meeting this month. “Stocks are on the back foot as the market pares expectations for how

deep the Fed will cut rates,” said Neil Wilson, chief market analyst at Markets.com. “Expectations for a 50 (point) cut are diminished and the market is now looking to the European Central Bank this week to see how dovish they go.” Bets that the Fed will only reduce rates by 25 points provided support to the dollar against most high-yielding, riskier currencies. On equity markets, Tokyo ended 0.2 percent lower and Hong Kong was off 1.4 percent. Shanghai fell 1.3 percent, with liquidity hit as Chinese investors piled their cash into companies listed on the country’s new Nasdaq-style board. Twenty-ﬁve stocks debuted on the Shanghai Stock Exchange’s Sci-Tech Innovation Board—dubbed the STAR Market—in which listing and trading rules have been eased to help channel

funding to start-ups. Anji Microelectronics Technology (Shanghai) Co. was one of the standout performers, soaring more than 500 percent at one point before paring gains to end up 400 percent. There will be no limits on price movements for the ﬁrst ﬁve days of trading, after which a daily 20 percent band is imposed. China’s main exchanges are subject to a 10 percent band to contain volatility. Sydney, Seoul, Singapore and Jakarta were also lower, though Wellington and Taipei edged up. There was some upbeat news for investors as China’s Xinhua news agency said importers had started an arrangement to buy US agricultural goods, a week after President Donald Trump warned he could impose more tariffs if Beijing did not move quickly enough on the trade talks. With AFP

MANILA STANDARD BUSINESS DAILY STOCKS REVIEW MONDAY, JULY 22, 2019

VALUE

NET FOREIGN BUYING/(SELLING), PHP

FINANCIALS 58.5 680 92 1,586,830 2.39 4,000 149.4 1,652,300 1.21 112,000 27.6 155,400 18.6 500 12.48 701,400 4.82 135,000 77.3 1,623,070 1.11 1,380,000 13.2 9,700 50.95 1,750,830 188.7 1,670 110.8 820 58.9 19,390 28.5 113,700 186.9 222,460 1,800 50 60 4,890

39,712.50 145,136,881.50 9,500 242,666,624 134,420 4,318,420 9,340 8,735,856 649,770 125230427 1,519,400 128,040 89,358,465.50 315,267 91,316 1,141,505 3,217,865 41,460,176 90,000 293,415.50

29,250 77,891,695.50 16,123,255 -90,210 -5,610 -3,205,184 -11338363.4999 -33,300 35,452,128 94,350 11,054,921 -51,601

36.5 14.16 0.81 1.31 0.265 88.15 2.57 14.86 115.6 17.6 41 78.05 90 2.03 5.19 6.21 10.26 14.76 10.98 7.45 1.7 26.25 89.35 59.05 2.32 14.02 9.42 1.69 274.4 4.22 9.04 24.2 13.98 18.4 378.2 0.189 5.5 1.72 4.83 5.62 9.03 2.57 11.78 39.5 5.04 4.9 1.48 2.18 1.12 14.4 102.6 6.52 0.127 1.14 165 2.5 1.27 1.33

INDUSTRIAL 37.4 704,600 14.3 927,100 0.82 572,000 1.31 89,000 0.27 1,190,000 99.6 70 2.62 13,887,000 15.16 152,700 115.6 120 17.6 192,700 41 10,100 78.5 3,480 90 850 2.05 529,000 5.19 1,900 6.22 75,000 10.4 1,775,600 15 422,300 11.14 251,700 7.45 2,122,400 1.7 3,000 26.85 512,800 90.5 161,060 59.7 43,620 2.34 3,043,000 14.1 278,500 9.52 372,700 1.7 211,000 275 1,115,340 4.22 30,000 9.04 300 24.5 57,600 14.14 337,600 18.4 137,600 382 85,740 0.189 370,000 5.76 2,700 1.77 2,876,000 4.89 128,000 5.64 5,217,700 9.03 3,400 2.61 15,766,000 12 19,200 39.5 502,200 5.06 8,500 5 662,500 1.48 198,000 2.25 22,000 1.12 32,000 14.5 15,400 103.1 28,450 6.53 48,000 0.127 890,000 1.17 403,000 168 640,250 2.5 25,000 1.28 2,215,000 1.34 5,159,000

26,120,225 13,251,276 470,750 116,600 319,750 6,400 36,731,630 2,298,926 13,872 3,404,502 414,100 272,771 76,849 1,084,630 9,861 467,800 18,427,550 6,304,576 2,802,974 15,881,334 5,100 13,677,340 14,498,783 2,597,639.50 7,137,930 3,917,450 3,534,393 362,570 306,994,716 126,600 2,756 1,404,330 4,759,154 2,536,624 32,601,718 69,930 14,928 5,013,330 622,490 29,629,540 30,711 41,463,180 228,988 19,929,235 42,900 3,295,670 293,040 49,290 35,900 223,580 2,930,270 313,493 113,960 462960 107,148,657 62,610 2,838,170 6,941,030

20,075 5,876,492 6,480 -52,400 -7,950 1,904,990 1,029,618 17,682 -41,000 -350,953 17,151,142 -2,606,228 111,610 6,429,195 10,683,705 -2,368,817 454,282.50 -907,430 -1,475,272 -129,276 -108,685,804 229,645 2,755,328 -1,081,006 -2,511,926 -1,663,550 -17,134,252 -2,691,650 481,320 -1,697,100 -15,750 -14,580 -828,694 -114879.9999 -41,585,764 -7,740 -186,120

1.02 57 15.74 0.74 7.05 17.4 1.32 1.34 974 4.16 7.18 10.68 14.08 0.238 918.5 6.55 69.3 0.54 4.62 15.32 0.68 4.79 0.039 1.69 175.9 2.45 990 0.85 261 0.243 0.3

0.98 56.05 15.52 0.71 7 16.4 1.29 1.32 936 4.05 7.1 10.4 13.92 0.224 908 6.45 67.4 0.5 4.6 15.02 0.64 4.71 0.039 1.58 173.5 2.45 975 0.83 259.4 0.243 0.29

HOLDING FIRMS 0.99 16,109,000 57 1,145,900 15.74 2,439,300 0.71 1,907,000 7 372,900 17.12 217,000 1.31 869,000 1.33 363,000 970 688,520 4.15 31,090,000 7.16 775,600 10.68 8,504,200 14 164,900 0.238 90,000 910 75,940 6.5 83,100 69.3 637,520 0.5 776,000 4.61 2,462,000 15.02 1,725,300 0.65 4,715,000 4.79 7,750,000 0.039 1,800,000 1.62 3,210,000 174.5 49,430 2.45 1,000 983.5 695,090 0.83 90,000 261 760 0.243 100,000 0.3 6,750,000

16,077,160 64691653.5 38,175,416 1,377,110 2,610,497 3,682,340 1,136,150 480,390 664,831,875 128,203,050 5,527,341 90,102,630 2,310,884 21,140 69,096,690 541,106 43,435,253.50 388,550 11,345,510 26,080,586 3,113,160 36,965,740 70,200 5,218,030 8,614,355 2,450 682,987,255 75,590 198,286 24,300 1,976,350

199,210 -19058452.5 -4,714,730 21,600 -1,921,612 66,000 283,725,160 -625,330 3,628,117 -49,360,300 -170,780 -896,740 -379,395 -3,263,806.50 -533,460 -5,511,528 -116,140 18,123,090 1,580 -1,435,430 498,051,615 -18,196 -

15.88 0.88 11.36 2.23 1.06 52.2 2.37 5.2 6.1 0.63 0.83 0.92 0.243 0.485 10 25.25 0.48 0.133 1.97 1.44 4.75 6.45 0.37 0.51 1.83 0.42 2.14 27.75

15.74 0.87 10.88 2.16 1 51.4 2.31 5.09 6.1 0.62 0.81 0.91 0.239 0.46 9.82 24.7 0.47 0.13 1.93 1.4 4.2 6.3 0.36 0.485 1.76 0.405 2.1 26.75

PROPERTY 15.8 336,600 0.88 426,000 10.92 28,600 2.18 418,000 1 11,157,000 51.95 4,289,060 2.36 688,000 5.17 923,300 6.1 20,700 0.63 18,531,000 0.83 37,000 0.91 42,000 0.239 20,000 0.475 750,000 10 169,900 24.7 243,500 0.47 5,280,000 0.13 20,000 1.95 15,863,000 1.4 5,757,000 4.75 7,000 6.35 19,147,400 0.37 10,950,000 0.5 923,000 1.77 11,488,000 0.42 1,140,000 2.12 211,000 27.5 7,465,500

5,323,586 372,400 312,796 916,370 11,261,950 222,514,959.50 1,608,690 4,727,258 126,270 11,532,250 30,050 38,270 4,820 348,300 1,693,493 6,058,220 2,491,800 2,630 30,883,340 8,152,270 30,500 121,695,973 3,992,400 455,015 20,602,700 466,450 444,660 204,440,380

19,598 880 158,040 -33,051,650 -422,570 168,558 -125,660 -90,720 23,570 2,390 63,308 -452,535 -2,358,800 4,317,800 564,390 55,755,909 187,600 39,200 -5,526,720 121,500 90 90,331,100

NAME

OPEN

HIGH

LOW

ASIA UNITED BANK PH ISLANDS BDO LEASING BDO UNIBANK BRIGHT KINDLE CHINABANK COL FINANCIAL EAST WEST BANK FERRONOUX HLDG METROBANK NTL REINSURANCE PB BANK PHIL NATL BANK PHIL STOCK EXCH PHILTRUST PSBANK RCBC SECURITY BANK SUN LIFE UNION BANK

58.05 91.5 2.35 145.8 1.2 27.6 18.7 12.48 4.86 76.85 1.11 13.2 51.6 189.6 112 58.7 27.55 185 1,800 60.05

58.5 92 2.39 149.4 1.21 28 18.7 12.62 4.89 77.9 1.12 13.2 51.6 189.6 112 58.9 28.75 186.9 1,800 61

58.05 90.15 2.35 145.6 1.2 27.6 18.6 12.42 4.7 76.75 1.07 13.2 50.85 188.7 110.8 58.7 27.55 185 1,800 59.9

ABOITIZ POWER AGRINURTURE ALLIANCE SELECT ALSONS CONS BASIC ENERGY BOGO MEDELLIN CEMEX HLDG CENTURY FOOD CHEMPHIL CIRTEK HLDG CONCEPCION CONCRETE A CONCRETE B CROWN ASIA DAVINCI CAPITAL DEL MONTE DNL INDUS EAGLE CEMENT EEI CORP EMPERADOR EUROMED FIRST GEN FIRST PHIL HLDG GINEBRA GREENERGY HOLCIM INTEGRATED MICR IONICS JOLLIBEE LMG CHEMICALS MACAY HLDG MANILA WATER MAXS GROUP MEGAWIDE MERALCO MG HLDG PANASONIC PEPSI COLA PETROENERGY PETRON PHINMA PHINMA ENERGY PHX PETROLEUM PILIPINAS SHELL PRYCE CORP RFM CORP ROXAS AND CO ROXAS HLDG SFA SEMICON SHAKEYS PIZZA SMC FOODANDBEV SPC POWER SWIFT FOODS TKC METALS UNIV ROBINA VICTORIAS VITARICH VULCAN INDL

36.5 14.38 0.83 1.31 0.27 88.15 2.74 15.06 115.6 17.6 41 78.3 91 2.05 5.19 6.21 10.36 15.02 11.2 7.55 1.7 26.25 89.35 59.1 2.38 14.18 9.56 1.69 275.8 4.22 9.48 24.8 14.04 18.5 378.2 0.189 5.76 1.79 4.83 5.71 9.04 2.6 12 39.7 5.04 5 1.48 2.25 1.14 14.68 103.3 6.52 0.13 1.15 165 2.51 1.28 1.39

37.4 14.38 0.84 1.32 0.275 99.65 2.8 15.2 115.6 17.76 41 78.5 93.9 2.06 5.19 6.29 10.4 15.3 11.2 7.55 1.7 26.85 90.5 60 2.4 14.18 9.56 1.74 277.6 4.22 9.48 24.8 14.16 18.5 383.8 0.189 5.76 1.79 4.89 5.78 9.04 2.66 12 39.9 5.06 5 1.48 2.25 1.14 14.68 103.3 6.6 0.13 1.18 169 2.51 1.3 1.39

ABACORE CAPITAL ABOITIZ EQUITY ALLIANCE GLOBAL ANGLO PHIL HLDG ANSCOR ASIABEST GROUP ATN HLDG A ATN HLDG B AYALA CORP AYALA LAND LOG COSCO CAPITAL DMCI HLDG FILINVEST DEV FORUM PACIFIC GT CAPITAL HOUSE OF INV JG SUMMIT LODESTAR LOPEZ HLDG LT GROUP MABUHAY HLDG METRO PAC INV PACIFICA PRIME MEDIA SAN MIGUEL CORP SEAFRONT RES SM INVESTMENTS SOC RESOURCES TOP FRONTIER WELLEX INDUS ZEUS HLDG

0.99 56.4 15.68 0.73 7 16.52 1.29 1.33 936 4.05 7.16 10.42 14.08 0.238 908 6.5 67.45 0.53 4.62 15.28 0.65 4.72 0.039 1.62 175 2.45 975 0.85 261 0.243 0.295

8990 HLDG A BROWN ANCHOR LAND ARANETA PROP ARTHALAND CORP AYALA LAND BELLE CORP CEB LANDMASTERS CEBU HLDG CENTURY PROP CITY AND LAND CITYLAND DEVT CROWN EQUITIES CYBER BAY DM WENCESLAO DOUBLEDRAGON EMPIRE EAST EVER GOTESCO FILINVEST LAND GLOBAL ESTATE KEPPEL PROP MEGAWORLD MRC ALLIED PHIL ESTATES PHIL INFRADEV PHIL REALTY PRIMEX CORP ROBINSONS LAND

15.76 0.88 10.88 2.16 1.06 51.4 2.33 5.15 6.1 0.63 0.81 0.92 0.243 0.46 9.95 25.05 0.475 0.133 1.96 1.41 4.2 6.35 0.37 0.51 1.8 0.415 2.14 26.85

VOLUME

NAME

OPEN

HIGH

LOW

VOLUME

VALUE

NET FOREIGN BUYING/(SELLING), PHP

ROCKWELL SHANG PROP SM PRIME HLDG STA LUCIA LAND STARMALLS SUNTRUST HOME VISTA LAND

2.32 3.19 38.15 2.02 6.45 0.82 7.74

2.33 3.2 38.5 2.08 6.45 0.82 7.74

2.3 3.13 37.75 1.98 6.27 0.82 7.61

2.3 3.13 37.9 2.06 6.34 0.82 7.7

162,000 136,000 9,283,300 3,511,000 179,500 24,000 2,359,000

375,290 432,470 352,319,205 7,013,000 1,146,202 19,680 18,121,380

-105,395,170 1,254 475,141

2GO GROUP ABS CBN ACESITE HOTEL APC GROUP APOLLO GLOBAL ASIAN TERMINALS BERJAYA BLOOMBERRY BOULEVARD HLDG CEBU AIR CENTRO ESCOLAR CHELSEA DFNN INC EASYCALL FAR EASTERN U GLOBE TELECOM GMA NETWORK GOLDEN BRIA HARBOR STAR IMPERIAL INTL CONTAINER IPM HLDG ISLAND INFO ISM COMM JACKSTONES LEISURE AND RES LORENZO SHIPPNG MACROASIA MANILA BULLETIN MANILA JOCKEY METRO RETAIL METROALLIANCE A NOW CORP PACIFIC ONLINE PAL HLDG PH RESORTS GRP PHIL SEVEN CORP PHILWEB PLDT PREMIUM LEISURE PRMIERE HORIZON PUREGOLD ROBINSONS RTL SBS PHIL CORP SSI GROUP STI HLDG TRANSPACIFIC BR TRAVELLERS WATERFRONT WILCON DEPOT

11.2 17.84 1.48 0.56 0.049 21 2.65 11.52 0.066 96.45 7.19 7.93 6.4 10.18 890 2,212 5.42 422 2.19 1.8 139.5 5.7 0.117 5.75 2.95 3.84 0.95 19.5 0.55 3.67 2.82 1.5 2.72 2.98 9.23 5.25 144 4.25 1,176 0.75 0.87 45.9 78 9.27 3.39 0.79 0.37 5.46 0.86 15.18

11.2 17.84 1.5 0.56 0.053 21 2.81 11.78 0.066 96.5 7.19 7.94 6.4 10.18 890 2,238 5.42 435.8 2.19 1.93 143.5 5.7 0.117 5.75 2.95 3.88 0.95 19.5 0.55 3.67 2.87 1.55 2.74 3 9.45 5.34 146 4.28 1,189 0.78 0.88 46.3 79 9.27 3.42 0.8 0.37 5.46 0.87 15.82

11.1 17.62 1.48 0.55 0.048 21 2.65 11.44 0.063 96 7.19 7.81 6.4 9.94 890 2,204 5.4 415 2.15 1.8 137.6 5.7 0.115 5.65 2.95 3.76 0.9 19.42 0.52 3.48 2.79 1.5 2.57 2.96 9.2 5.25 144 4.1 1,174 0.74 0.83 45.5 77.5 9.27 3.33 0.78 0.35 5.45 0.82 15.18

SERVICES 11.2 17.8 1.5 0.55 0.052 21 2.69 11.6 0.064 96.2 7.19 7.83 6.4 10.14 890 2,216 5.4 424 2.18 1.93 137.7 5.7 0.116 5.67 2.95 3.76 0.93 19.46 0.53 3.5 2.79 1.55 2.61 2.98 9.21 5.34 146 4.11 1,184 0.77 0.83 45.8 79 9.27 3.41 0.8 0.355 5.45 0.83 15.6

5,500 201,900 9,000 3,352,000 28,250,000 4,100 948,000 3,162,700 33,660,000 258,090 200 662,000 3,400 18,800 100 18,860 103,500 1,230 583,000 19,000 751,910 7,000 400,000 2,246,600 8,000 566,000 1,189,000 239,000 127,000 434,000 2,416,000 38,000 5,706,000 101,000 9,200 15,100 4,480 2,295,000 58,350 11,194,000 27,414,000 464,600 1,268,880 600 6,222,000 1,808,000 6,460,000 37,000 8,868,000 7,646,700

61,526 3,585,828 13,340 1,857,710 1,447,540 86,100 2,607,530 36,762,266 2,163,750 24,820,071.50 1,438 5,210,261 21,760 188,820 89,000 41,782,340 559,427 516,342 1,261,320 35,370 104,066,952 39,900 46,530 12,780,284 23,600 2,154,560 1,098,740 4,645,846 68,030 1,531,170 6,848,960 57,530 14,988,870 301,300 85,661 79,509 651,230 9,535,540 69,043,650 8,550,940 23,255,630 21,326,790 100,133,706.50 5,562 21,018,510 1,431,570 2,314,650 201,690 7,397,560 119,750,192

175,780 7,209,736 276,440 15,044,354 472,207 -3,203,460 -18,493,926 -368,360 -1,059,500 4,109,890 35,150 -249,820 405,530 -134,100 -18,454 638,230 577,180 -30,125,645 587,680 -398,770 -8,339,155 -2,816,776.50 9,231,760 923,160 42,510 -56,780 -5,558,712

ABRA MINING APEX MINING ATLAS MINING ATOK CENTURY PEAK COAL ASIA HLDG DIZON MINES FERRONICKEL GEOGRACE LEPANTO A LEPANTO B MANILA MINING A MANILA MINING B MARCVENTURES NICKEL ASIA NIHAO ORNTL PENINSULA ORNTL PETROL A ORNTL PETROL B PHILODRILL PHINMA PETRO PX MINING PXP ENERGY SEMIRARA MINING

0.0018 1.2 2.7 13.4 2.79 0.285 7.64 1.57 0.223 0.11 0.116 0.0076 0.0076 1.23 2.7 1.13 0.91 0.013 0.012 0.012 6.1 3.71 8.75 24

0.0018 1.23 2.71 13.4 2.85 0.285 7.78 1.58 0.226 0.11 0.122 0.0076 0.0076 1.24 2.78 1.13 0.91 0.013 0.012 0.012 7.25 3.75 9.07 24.1

0.0016 1.2 2.7 13 2.79 0.28 7.63 1.51 0.223 0.108 0.114 0.0075 0.0073 1.18 2.56 1.09 0.87 0.012 0.012 0.011 6 3.71 8.65 23.8

MINING & OIL 0.0018 237,000,000 1.22 4,809,000 2.71 50,000 13.4 24,800 2.85 96,000 0.28 40,000 7.76 1,900 1.51 4,258,000 0.225 990,000 0.11 550,000 0.122 1,040,000 0.0075 6,000,000 0.0073 16,000,000 1.18 891,000 2.57 24,884,000 1.1 85,000 0.87 919,000 0.012 4,800,000 0.012 50,400,000 0.011 4,800,000 7.2 5,102,000 3.72 209,000 8.99 3,821,000 24.1 1,223,000

403,700 5,857,840 135,010 324,052 270,180 11,250 14,598 6,565,030 222,600 59,500 120,370 45,100 119,800 1,067,160 65,842,150 94,040 813,740 58,300 604,800 54,400 34,561,675 777,880 33,914,146 29,370,305

19,520 -2,710 387,000 -33,750 -115,640 23,600 6,883,820 -3,600 4,830 -178,560 825,273 -342,545

ABS HLDG PDR AC PREF B1 AC PREF B2 DD PREF FGEN PREF G GLO PREF P GTCAP PREF B HOUSE PREF A LR PREF PCOR PREF 2B PCOR PREF 3A PCOR PREF 3B PNX PREF 3A SFI PREF SMC PREF 2C SMC PREF 2D SMC PREF 2E SMC PREF 2F SMC PREF 2G SMC PREF 2H SMC PREF 2I

17.1 487 493 99.5 104.1 490 944 98.8 1 1,010 1,010 1,014 100 1.36 76.4 73.15 75.5 75.5 75 74.8 75

17.1 487 495 99.5 104.1 490 944 98.8 1.08 1,010 1,011 1,014 100 1.36 76.85 73.15 75.5 75.5 75 75 75

16.82 487 493 99.1 101.6 490 944 98.8 1 1,010 1,010 1,014 100 1.36 76.3 73 75 75.5 75 72.7 75

PREFERRED 16.86 162,800 487 100 495 6,090 99.1 3,080 101.6 20,000 490 6,020 944 10 98.8 30 1.04 11,517,000 1,010 100 1,011 2,845 1,014 3,735 100 2,100 1.36 15,000 76.85 4,550 73.1 65,900 75 7,010 75.5 490 75 23,500 74.9 66,890 75 1,000

2,750,782 48,700 3,002,550 305,925 2,034,018 2,949,800 9,440 2,964 11,883,070 101,000 2,876,150 3,787,290 210,000 20,400 347,218.50 4,812,795 525,755 36,995 1,762,500 4,983,941 75,000

-2,750,782 -578,000 -

LR WARRANT

1.82

1.81

WARRANTS 1.81 424,000

770,330

8,155,655 2,167,430

-180,750 -9,820

718,486

6,165

MS ITALPINAS XURPAS

5.53 1.1

5.75 1.1

5.53 1.08

FIRST METRO ETF

124.5

123

USD DMPL A1

10.2

10.28

10.2

TRADING SUMMARY FINANCIAL

10,704,448

INDUSTRIAL

65,187,765

HOLDING FIRMS

95,839,735

PROPERTY

145,904,295

SERVICES

172,055,979

MINING & OIL

369,420,809

GRAND TOTAL

862,556,155

5.6 1.1

SME

1,446,300 1,989,000

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS 123.6 5,820 DDS 10.28

1,360

13,972.80

VALUE 1,875.82 (DOWN) 1.46 792,491,821.62 FINANCIAL INDUSTRIAL 11,704.31 (DOWN) 0.39 776,404,236.712 HOLDING FIRMS 7,951.40 (UP) 8.48 1,925,097,542.08 PROPERTY 4,385.60 (DOWN) 37.97 1,671.62 (DOWN) 10.09 1,583,123,627.805 SERVICES MINING & OIL 8,077.82 (DOWN) 48.45 716,471,373.19 PSEI 8,246.83 (DOWN) 23.24 181,341,660.6682 All Shares Index 4,994.67 (DOWN) 16.04 5,985,974,370.14 Gainers: 80; Losers: 103; Unchanged: 61; Total: 244

Ayala logistics firm expands, acquires 100% of Unity Realty By Jenniffer B. Austria AYALA Land Logistics Holdings Corp., the logistics arm of Ayala Land Inc., has acquired a 100-percent percent stake in Unity Realty & Development Corp. for P2.39 billion. ALLHC said in a disclosure to the stock exchange the acquisition would further strengthen the company’s goal to be the leading real estate logistics and industrial estate developer in the Philippines. ALLHC said URDC owns a property in Mabalacat, Pampanga, a prime location for the development of a new industrial park. “Effectively, URDC will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of ALLHC,” the company said. ALI in April said it was in the process of acquiring a 200-hectare industrial park somewhere in Central Luzon to be developed as the country’s first Philippine-Sino industrial park. ALI said it would form a joint venture with a Chinese investor for the planned industrial park development. The planned first Philippine-Sino industrial park plans to attract Chinese companies engaged in light industries and light manufacturing. ALI also plans to develop a portion of the 290-hectare property in Tarlac it acquired from Central Azucarera de Tarlac into an industrial park. ALI earlier consolidated its logistics business under ALLHC, formerly Prime Orion Philippines Inc. ALLHC has interests in real estate and property development, leasing of warehouses and retail electricity supply. Its subsidiaries include Orion Land Inc., Orion Property Development Inc., LCI Commercial Ventures Inc., Laguna Technopark Inc. and Ecozone Power Management Inc. OLI wholly-owns Tutuban Properties Inc., which holds the lease and development rights over Tutuban Center in downtown Divisoria. The company currently has three industrial parks—the 224 hectare Laguna Technopark, the 154-hectare Cavite Technopark and the 105-hectare Laguindingan Technopark in Misamis Oriental province. The Laguindingan Technopark is strategically located beside the Laguindingan airport and nearby seaports, providing efficiency and better economic opportunities for future locator-companies. It is also envisioned to be a new logistics hub in Northern Mindanao.

Vista Land raises P14.5b to finance spending in 2019 VISTA Land & Lifescapes Inc., the property unit of billionaire Manuel Villar, secured P14.5 billion in five-year corporate notes to partially finance the company’s programmed spending this year. Vista Land said in a disclosure to the stock exchange the corporate notes carried a fixed interest rate of 7.125 percent a year. “The proceeds of the corporate notes facility will be used to fund Vista Land’s 2019 capital expenditures for commercial property projects, and to fund other general corporate purposes,” Vista Land said. PNB Capital & Investment Corp. was the mandated lead arranger and book runner, while Vista Land’s subsidiaries, namely Brittany Corp., Crown Asia Properties Inc., Camella Homes Inc., Communities Philippines Inc., Vista Residences Inc. and Starmalls Inc. as subsidiary guarantors. Vista Land in December also raised P10 billion from the issuance of fixedrate bonds. The five-year bonds due 2023 carry an interest rate of eight percent a year while the seven-year bonds due 2025 have an interest rate of 8.25 percent yearly. Vista Land plans spend P40 billion in capital expenditures this year to primarily finance the construction of projects as well as land banking activities. It also intends to launch P60 billion worth of residential projects as it remains positive about the domestic real estate sector. The property firm last year raised P10 billion from the issuance of fixed-rate peso bonds. Vista Land delivered a 12-percent growth in net income to P2.93 billion in the first quarter of 2019 from P2.6 billion year-on-year on the sustained growth of the residential as well as malls businesses. Jenniffer B. Austria

World

TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2019 CESAR BARRIOQUINTO, Editor mst.daydesk@gmail.com

IN BRIEF New bid to launch moon mission

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Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan reviews a military honor guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on July 22, 2019. AFP

Anger soars in HK over attack on pro-democracy protesters

ONG KONG―Anger soared in Hong Kong on Monday over a vicious assault on prodemocracy protesters by suspected triad gangsters that left dozens wounded, a dramatic escalation of the political turmoil plaguing the Chinese city.

The financial hub’s roiling unrest took a dark turn late Sunday when gangs of men―most wearing white T-shirts and carrying bats, sticks and metal poles―set upon anti-government demonstrators as they returned from another huge march earlier that day. Footage from the attack broadcast live on Facebook showed people screaming as the men beat multiple protesters and journalists in Yuen Long station and inside subway trains, leaving pools of blood on the floor. Hospital authorities said 45 people were wounded in the attack, with one man in critical condition and five

others with serious injuries. Critics rounded on the city’s embattled police force, accusing ofﬁcers of taking more than an hour to reach the station despite frantic calls from those under attack, and then failing to arrest the armed assailants who stayed in the streets around the station into Monday morning. Some men in white shirts were later ﬁlmed leaving the scene in cars with Chinese mainland number plates. Lam Cheuk-ting, a pro-democracy lawmaker, was one of those wounded in the melee, sustaining lacerations to his face and arms. He criticized the police for their response and accused “triad members” of being behind the attacks. “Their very barbaric and violent acts have already completely violated the bottom line of Hong Kong’s civilized society,” he told reporters early Monday. Furious fellow pro-democracy lawmakers held a press conference on Monday where they accused the city’s proBeijing leaders of turning a blind eye to the attacks. “This is triad gangs beating up Hong Kong people,” fumed Alvin Yeung. “Yet you pretend nothing had happened?”

City leader Carrie Lam was due to hold a press conference later Monday alongside her police chief. The clashes have ratcheted up concern that the city’s feared triad gangs are wading into the political conﬂict. Yuen Long lies in the New Territories near the Chinese border where the criminal gangs and staunchly pro-Beijing rural committees remain inﬂuential. Similar assaults by pro-government vigilantes against demonstrators during the 2014 “Umbrella Movement” protests were blamed on triads. Hong Kong has been plunged into its worst crisis in recent history by weeks of marches and sporadic violent confrontations between police and pockets of hardcore protesters. The initial protests were lit by a now-suspended bill that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China, but they have since evolved into a wider movement calling for democratic reforms, universal suffrage and a halt to sliding freedoms in the semi-autonomous territory. The city’s parliament was trashed by protesters earlier this month, as Beijing’s authority faces its most serious challenge since Hong Kong was handed back to China in 1997. AFP

SRIHARIKOTA, India―Thousands gathered to witness India’s second attempt to send a landmark spacecraft to the Moon on Monday, a week after a fuel leak forced the launch to be postponed. Indian scientists offered ritual prayers at temples near the base, according to media reports, and said they were confident there would be no repeat of the problem that led to countdown being halted 56 minutes before last week’s launch. The South Asian nation is bidding to become just the fourth nation―after Russia, the United States and China―to land a spacecraft on the Moon. The fresh launch attempt for Chandrayaan-2―Moon Chariot 2―is scheduled for 2:43 pm (0913 GMT). With light rain falling on the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, an island off the coast of southern Andhra Pradesh state, President Ram Nath Kovind joined 7,000 dignitaries and flagwaving school children waiting for the launch. The official countdown started late Sunday and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said the fueling of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) MkIII, India’s most powerful rocket, was going according to plan. ISRO chief K. Sivan told The Hindu newspaper late Sunday that there was “no chance for any technical fault to arise now”. “When the technical fault happened, we stopped the countdown, identified the issue, and rectified it.” AFP

Israel demolishes Palestinian homes

SUR BAHER―Israel began demolishing a number of Palestinian homes it considers illegal south of Jerusalem early Monday, an AFP journalist said, in a move that has drawn international concern. Dozens of Israeli police and military sealed off at least four buildings in the Sur Baher area close to the Israeli security barrier cutting off the occupied West Bank early Monday, the journalist said. An earthmover later started demolishing a partially-built two story building. Reporters were prevented from reaching the area while residents and activists were dragged out of the homes. One man yelled “I want to die here”, after being forced out. The buildings are close to Israel’s separation barrier which cuts off the occupied West Bank and the Jewish state says they were built too close to the wall. Palestinians accuse Israel of using security as a pretext to force them out of the area as part of long-term efforts to expand settlements and roads linking them. They also point out that most of the buildings are located in areas meant to be under Palestinian Authority civilian control under the agreements between the Palestinian and Israeli governments. Ismail Abadiyeh, who lives in one of the buildings under threat with his family, said they would be left homeless. AFP

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PRESS CONFERENCE. Japanese Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party president Shinzo Abe delivers a speech during a press conference at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo on July 22, 2019. Japan’s ruling coalition has retained its grip on the country’s upper house, but failed to secure a ‘supermajority’ that would ease the path to constitutional reform, results showed on July 22. AFP

Palestinian distiller toasts global acclaim BETLEHEM-In his Bethlehem cellar, distiller Nader Muaddi made fewer than 500 bottles of his liquor last year but has won international accolades and now aims to help revive interest at home in the traditional drink. On the outskirts of the city famed for Jesus’s birth, the 35-year-old illustrates the handcrafted way he makes Arak, an aniseflavored drink popular in the Middle East and similar to Greek Ouzo, French Pastis or Italian Sambuca. The cramped basement contains three small stills, six barrels and a testing area. All the grapes come from local farmers and he largely works alone, testing each barrel by hand. This year, for the first time, he entered his Arak Muaddi in three prestigious competitions, going up against hundreds of others from across the globe. In the London Spirits Competition, he took home a bronze medal in his category, while in New York he took silver and the Arak of the Year award. And at the Berlin International Spirits Competition, he went one better and took home gold, as well as Arak of the Year. In a small Palestinian Arak sector, Muaddi’s boutique spirit sells for 150 shekels a bottle ($40, 36 euros)―significantly more than

others on the market. “I am very happy that out of my basement―using hobby equipment in the West Bank and all local ingredients―that I am able to go up against mult-imillion dollar operations and still dominate and beat them,” Muaddi told AFP. Muaddi, who was born in the United States and has dual American and Palestinian citizenship, said Arak―made with grapes and aniseed―was a staple growing up in the Arab community in the US. It is supposed to be sipped slowly with ice as an accompaniment to food, acting as a palate cleanser between dishes during long, lazy lunches. Most of what they drank in the US was produced in Lebanon, which has a signiﬁcant Christian community and a vibrant alcohol sector. In the Palestinian territories, where Christians now constitute only a tiny percentage of the population and non-observant Muslims are less common, the alcohol market is small. In production terms, there are just a handful of wineries, breweries and distilleries, and alcohol sales and consumption can, like other traded goods, be buffeted by events in the protracted Israeli-Palestinian conﬂict. AFP

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CMC chairman Efren Recto, CMC president Jose O. Juliano, and Dr. Jose Enrico Juliano Business Development officer lead a toast. Roy Tomandao

Calamba Medical hits 30th year with new buildings

LAND AND SEA. Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar (2nd from right) leads the final inspection of the 2.2-km section of the Cavitex C5 Link Expressway, which will be officially opened today. The flyover will connect C5 to Merville, Pasay City and Sucat, Parañaque. Meanwhile, Villar’s mother, Senator Cynthia Villar (inset, 2nd from left), leads the clean-up activities at the Las Piñas-Parañaque Wetland Park organized by the Manila Bay Sunset Partnership Program Inc. and sponsored by Maynilad. The senator has been advocating for a clean and green environment. Norman Cruz

By Roy Tomandao CALAMBA, Laguna―Calamba Medical Center is awesome and growing. Throughout its history, it has always been proudly called by the city as just “CMC”, becoming a household name since its pioneering year in 1989. Now on its 30th year of operation, it has truly spearheaded the development of healthcare services in the Southern Tagalog region. Its monumental growth as a small 25-bed hospital to its now six-hectare compound in the very heart of Calamba is an inspirational story in itself, centering on the efforts of its youthful servant-leader and president Dr. Jose O. Juliano. At its anniversary party last July 19, CMC management with Chairman Efren Recto and Juliano launched its newest and most ambitious project, CMC as the Healthcare City of the South. CMC will now be known as Calamba Medical City, as its gift to the city, as it becomes the very first concept healthcare city in the Philippines, the officials said. “CMC plans to build an entire city within the city of Calamba, geared for the needs of the aging people who want to live near the hospital,” they added in a statement. The cornerstone to any healthcare city would be its hospital. In CMC, the hospital has had a great reputation of service to the community, including its needy constituents. CMC has embarked on recreating its image as a world-class hospital by building five new medical towers since 2011. The first three towers have been finished, which includes the 12-storey Medical Arts Building, the Dialysis Center and the new Hospital. The Medical Arts Building (Tower 1) is the tallest building in the city and boasts of 70 medical and surgical specialist clinics, having various diplomate consultants in all fields of medicine. It also has the first and most complete eye center in the area, the Calamba Eye Center, now on its 23rd year. Major health maintenance organizations like Medicard, Maxicare and Intellicare have offices or clinics in the tower. The Dialysis Center (Tower 3) is the largest in the region, currently at 40 dialysis stations but capable of 100 stations once fully furnished with the newest machines by its partner company, Fresenius, Philippines. It has two advanced double-pass RO systems, allowing the center to run all dialysis machines while one system is being routinely disinfected. It is spacious and clean, and boasts of having daytime dialysis for its patients. The new 200-bed 9-storey Hospital (Tower 2), which opened just last year, has a healing atmosphere no less designed by Dan Lichauco, the top architect of The Medical City.

By Vito Barcelo MANILA Mayor Francisco “Isko” Domagoso on Monday sacked a Manila Traffic and Parking Bureau officer who was caught on video extorting from a motorist in Sta. Cruz district. The MTPB officer, identified as Ricardo Galit, was turned over to authorities after the mayor threatened to fire all city traffic enforcers should they fail to surrender their guilty colleague within 24 hours. “If you do not point me to your extorting member, you’d suffer the same fate because your silence is equal to agreement,” Domagoso said. Galit is currently detained at the office of the Manila City Hall Special Mayor’s Reaction Team. During the flag-raising ceremony Monday, Domagoso said the traffic officer should have just fined the driver of a motorcycle for carrying three passengers. The video, captured on closed-circuit television cameras, was posted by the city’s public information office. Galit was later arrested by police, and stripped of his badge by Moreno, who said the city is preparing charges against the traffic officer. As of Monday evening, the video of the incident garnered over 90,000 views and more than 2,000 shares on social media.

Makati dads OK P200-b Cayetano dares to lower subway system project Taguig city dengue rate

By Joel E. Zurbano

HE Makati City Council has given the go-signal for the joint venture agreement for the P200-billion Makati subway system project.

Officials of the Philippine Infradev Holdings Inc., the city’s private partner in the project, said they received on July 19 a copy of the letter from the Makati City government that the Council approved the ordinance on the terms and conditions of the joint venture. The deal covers the construction, operation, and management of a subway system within Makati City. The city government in October 2018 awarded the public-private partnership project to the consortium of Philippine Infradev (formerly IRC Properties). The consortium counts as members

Philippine Infradev and its Chinese partners Greenland Holdings Group, Jiangsu Provincial Construction Group Co. Holdings Ltd., and China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd. Once completed in 2025, the Makati Subway will be able to serve up to 27,000 passengers per hour per direction. The system also promises an interval of three to six minutes between trains on the first year, with 12 operational trains. In the succeeding years, Makati City is eyeing to have 18 trains with a twoto four-minute interval. The City is also prepared to accommodate as many as

40,500 passengers per hour during peak hours. The train system will run on an 18-hour operational cycle. A reliable, comfortable, and highly-efficient mass transport system will result in less traffic congestion and parking woes in the country’s premier financial district. Feasibility studies project 270,000 fewer cars in the streets of Makati by 2048. This makes the Makati Subway a more eco-friendly and sustainable solution as well, with a projected reduction of 2.3 million tons of CO2 annually in greenhouse gas emission by 2048. The subway will not only decongest major thoroughfares, it is also expected to increase work productivity by cutting down the daily commute or travel time of workers.

ATI partners with DENR for cleaner waters

ATI corporate secretary and vice president for business support services lawyer Rodolfo Corvite Jr. (seated, 4th from left) shows the signed agreement after ceremonies at DENR’s Environment Management Bureau office in Quezon City.

LISTED Asian Terminals Inc., the Philippines’ major trade enabler, has joined hands with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and other stakeholders in support of government’s urgent task of cleaning Metro Manila’s major waterways. ATI recently signed up for DENR’s

Adapt an Estero Waterbody Program, making the Manila South Harbor port operator among the private sector sponsors who will commit resources for the three-year project to achieve a cleaner, safer and healthier Manila Bay environment. As partner, ATI will support the pro-

gram’s major activities which include dredging, regular shore clean-ups, education information campaigns, mangrove and tree planting, construction of communal septic tank, water quality monitoring, among others in areas within and adjacent to Barangay 649, otherwise known as Baseco.

TAGUIG Mayor Lino Edgardo Cayetano has challenged the city’s barangay officials and community leaders to aim for the lowest dengue attack rate in their respective areas amid reports of dengue surge in the country. Cayetano made the challenge during the three-day Dengue Summit last week, aimed at increasing awareness about the disease and how to prevent it from spreading in the community. The city chief executive emphasized that with the help of the barangays, the city will be able to ensure that Taguig will remain a healthy city ensuring healthy lives and well-being for all. Dubbed “End Dengue: Starts With Me,” the summit took place even with a low attack rate in Taguig of 3.29 percent as of June 30, and zero fatalities as of the same period. Cayetano said the planning workshop was conducted amid a Department of Health declaration of a national dengue alert. Barangay officials from Districts 1 and 2 and representatives from the department of education in Taguig and Pateros specifically learned more about the roles of Aksyon Barangay Kontra Dengue (ABKD) in the community, the importance of ovicidal and larvicidal traps, and integrated vector management, among others. The participants also learned to practice the enhanced 4S in dealing with dengue―Search and destroy all mosquito breeding sites, Self protection measures, Seek early consultation and Say “YES” to space spraying and residual spraying in areas with dengue clustering―from highly qualified and known personalities in the medical and academic fields. These included University of the Philippines-Manila’s College of Public Health Prof. Myra Mistica, DOHNational Capital Region Entomologist Dominic Sotto, and DOH-NCR’s Chimmy Dawn Aquino. Also in attendance during the event were Department of Interior and Local Government - Taguig City Director Gemma Dancil and Barangay Affairs Office officer-in-charge Evelyn Arago. “Even before DOH’s declaration of a national dengue alert on Monday, the city has long been planning for this Dengue Summit to gather all barangays officials because you have a crucial role in fighting this viral disease in the community,” said Cayetano. Joel E. Zurbano

Nayon Clark Park to open in October, says director

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LandBank president and CEO Cecilia C. Borromeo (4th from left) leads the inauguration of the bank’s Aglayan Branch in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon— LandBank’s 401st branch in the country and 6th in the province. Joining Borromeo are Cabanglasan Mayor Renante C. Inocando (front, 2nd from right), Lantapan Mayor Ernie R. Devibar (back, right), Bukidnon Provincial Administrator Atty. Nestor E. Cajes Jr. (front, 3rd from left), Aglayan Barangay Chairman Glorio D. Sajulga (back, center),

Isko dismisses traffic officer caught extorting

Branch Banking Sector Head/EVP Liduvino S. Geron (front, 2nd from left), Western Mindanao Branches Group Head/FVP Khurshid U. Kalabud (back, left), Aglayan Branch Head/DM Helen L. Tubeo (front, left), and Roberto T. Flores of the Office of the City Mayor of Malaybalay, (front, right).

CLARK FREEPORT―The new Nayon Clark Park, formerly the Nayon Pilipino Foundation park, will open on Oct. 28 after undergoing minor repairs and renovation. Michelle Aguilar-Ong, NPF executive director, announced this over the weekend, saying the repairs will be finished within 90 days in time for the opening of the 30th Southeast Asian Games from November 30 to December 11, and for the coming Christmas holiday season. Ong stressed that Nayon Clark Park will remain the home and showcase of Filipino history, culture, heritage, and tradition, including displays for the 169 indigenous tribes of the country. In a media forum here, she explained the repairs and renovation of

the 5.6-hectare complex included the theater, villages, food park, lagoon, galleries, and the replacement of lighting, equipment and other display areas. The village will be used by artists and performers coming from the regions and provinces, Ong said. The logo of Nayon Clark Park is the Vanda sanderiana, an orchid commonly known in the Philippines as “walingwaling” that will be also launched before the opening on October. The renovated theater will be used for daily cultural shows, while the food park hosts retail goods like souvenir items, delicatessen, and small items. The lagoon will also be used for entertainment purposes, Ong said. Unlike other theme parks that charge

retailers high fees, the NPF management will only charge them P2,000 a month for maintenance purposes, but will take a certain percentage of their gross sales, she said. The main target of the cultural park are students through educational trips that continue to shape the Filipino nation and returning Filipinos from abroad, aside from foreign and local tourists. Ong stressed that replicas or miniatures of important places and structures that continue to enrich the nation, like the famous rice terraces of Banaue, the Barasoain Church in Malolos, the house of national hero Jose Rizal, and others will also be on display in the park. Romeo Dizon

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The Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) is a broadcast media organization in the Philippines which provides its members broadcasting standards and which hundreds of radio and television entities have abide by since its inception on April 27, 1973. A by-product of the desire to promote professional and ethical standards in Philippine broadcasting both in radio and TV, the KBP was born. Forty-six years since its creation, the KBP is still a relevant voice and ﬁgure in the Philippine media industry. Its tagline, “Working for better radio and television for all Filipinos today and the future,” speaks for itself, as the KBP has become a household name. And among the many things it’s known for is it being the organizer of one of the most important awards in Philippine media. The KBP will be holding its 27th Golden Dove Awards, with the theme “Soaring High As We Bring the Signiﬁcance of the Craft of TV and Radio Broadcasting,” today at the Star Theater, Star City Complex, Pasay City. The Golden Dove Awards is an annual awarding ceremony recognizing television and radio stations from Metro Manila and the provinces, programs, personalities, public service announcements and promotional materials coming from broadcasting companies who are members of the KBP.

History of KBP Golden Dove Awards THE Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas is committed to render to the public the highest standards of service it deserves. It recognizes its responsibility of responding to the goals of the broadcast industry and the nation as a whole. The KBP believes that one way of obtaining this broad objective is to upgrade the broadcast standards from the technical, creative, ethical, legal, social, and psychological perspective. The KBP has created the Awards and Recognition Committee to confer awards of recognition to individuals, groups and stations who have contributed directly or indirectly to the broadcast industry and who

have shown outstanding performance and contributed to the improvement and upgrading of standards in their respective ﬁelds. In 1989, it started conceptualizing a project that would encourage professionalism in the industry and elicit active participation and involvement among members in all KBP undertakings. The awards were to be decided by a Board of Judges chosen by the Awards and Recognition Committee. The Board of Judges were to be composed of men and women of unquestionable credibility, proven integrity, honesty and impar-

tiality. Realizing the hassles of requiring the judges to come to the KBP ofﬁce to screen all the entries and considering the requirements of their individual jobs, the Board of Judges were given the liberty to set up a procedure wherein they can monitor/screen the entries in their homes on their own free time and how the entries were to be rotated amongst themselves. Thus in 1990, a very special project— the First Golden Dove Awards—was born. It was then chaired by Ms. Diana C. Gozum of Filipinas Broadcasting Network and former Chairman of the

Message from the KBP Chairman “Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, you will be like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold”- Psalm 68:13. I was surprised to come across the Golden Dove in the Book of Psalms that triggered a dazzling array of thoughts on the great symbolism for the KBP’s Golden Dove. I googled the symbolism of the Dove and I was struck by the wisdom of the great thinkers in our Kapisanan who thought of the Golden Dove Awards. “If Dove symbolism comes fluttering into your day to day life, she may be reminding you that to soar, you must know when to move your wings and when to allow the wind to take you to new heights.” How the power of this beautiful and glorious Golden Dove carries our annual call for the best of the best in a highly competitive field of the broadcast media. How this challenging but rewarding career in broadcast where I began and stayed on for more than 35 years had made me a resilient person who has become adamant to give up to any kind of pressure or difficulty. I just realized that this broadcast calling opens up our raw selves for us to discover the unlimited heights of excellence that we can achieve with the power of the microphone, to make a difference in society. To God be the Glory for this year’s batch of excellent broadcasters. Mabuhay ang KBP! HERMAN Z. BASBAÑO Chairman

Message from the KBP President Among all the accolades that one receives, the ones from our peers are among the most valuable. To the nominees and the winners of the 27th KBP Golden Dove Awards, know that your work has been deemed excellent and worthy of recognition by some of the most respected professionals in media, journalism, the academe, and the communications industry. Congratulations and thank you for continuing to raise the bar for Philippine broadcasting! Over the past three decades, the KBP Golden Dove Awards has been a proud showcase of the best that Philippine broadcasting has to offer. And in this digital era of the internet, marked by unparalleled interconnectivity, Filipino content creators have all the more reason to be proud because our best works can now be heard and viewed throughout the entire world. May these Golden Dove Awards continue to inspire our media professionals to ﬁnd innovative and ingenious ways of informing, educating, entertaining, and empowering our global audiences. Mabuhay! RUPERTO S. NICDAO, JR. President

Message from the Awards Committee Chairman Welcome to the 27th KBP Golden Dove Awards. The Golden Dove Awards has been the most awaited annual event in our industry. It has been the source of inspiration among broadcasters to perform better and raise the bar of professionalism. This year’s theme – connecting responsibly – aims to convey to all and sundry, that while we are embracing advancement in media and latest digital technologies, we always uphold our commitment toward responsible broadcasting. We truly are making our mark as an organization through our principle of self regulation and our never ending quest for excellence as evidenced by our annual awards and recognition activity. This year, we have embarked on some innovations in our staging of the awarding ceremonies. We are hoping that these transformations would augur well towards our goal of being relevant to the times. Congratulations to all the nominees and awardees. Thank you to the board of jurors, sponsors and supporters, the KBP Board, the Awards and Recognition Committee, the KBP Secretariat, and most of all, thank you to all our networks and stations for encouraging their producers and creative staff to actively participate in this annual search for the Best in Radio and Television Broadcasting. Mabuhay ang KBP! FRANCIS L. CARDONA Chairman, 27th KBP Golden Dove Awards Committee

KBP Board of Directors. Then and now, the top award was the “Ka Doroy” Broadcaster of the Year Award in honor to former KBP Chairman and President Teodoro Valencia. It should be noted that “Ka Doroy” was also the founding chairman of the “Popular Music Festival”, a special project of the KBP until its takeover by the Popular Music Foundation, Inc. The First Golden Dove Awards Night was held on November 17, 1990 at the Century Park Sheraton on the last day of the 16th Top Level Management Conference of the KBP.

The Objectives of the Award To give recognition to individuals and institutions who have contributed to the advancement of the broadcast industry. To encourage professionalism in the industry. To recognize outstanding achievements in the different ﬁelds of broadcasting. To elevate the standards of excellence and professionalism in the broadcast industry. To enhance the contribution of the broadcast media in the fulﬁllment of the ideals of the Filipino people.

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May-December affair in ‘Malamaya’ ACTOR Enzo Pineda is delighted with the fact that he has an entry to the forthcoming Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival titled Malamaya (The Color of Gray) wherein he shares stellar billing with Sunshine Cruz. “It’s really a dream-come-true for me,” he says. “Joining Cinemalaya has always been in my vision board. If you remember, in 2013, I also had an entry here titled Sundalong Kanin. I was still very young then but I’m happy because many still remember the character I portrayed in said ﬁlm.” For the actor, this development is a blessing in disguise as being part of Cinemalaya is included in his short-term goals. “It’s a big honor on my part who wants to excel in my chosen ﬁeld. I thank God that this offer came along. I want to believe that it’s really for me,” he says. Enzo proudly reveals that he had to undergo auditions for Cinemalaya. “To be honest, I don’t want to be conceited and say why would I go to auditions? Yes, for other actors, they might feel disappointed if they don’t get a certain role that they’ve auditioned for. But in other countries, doing auditions is just normal whether you’re popular or not. So, I want to maintain that mindset,” he shares. “I want to train myself to undergo auditions. That way, you’ll feel more proud if you are able to snatch the role. Sometimes, producers might have a different impression on you. They might think you can’t do the character. Undergoing an audition erases that. From there, you will be able to prove that you are worthy of the role,” he adds. According to Enzo, Malamaya is primarily a May-December affair but he quickly says that the romance angle is just an added bonus. In truth, the movie supports the promotion of our local artists. Many are curious to know if before

accepting the movie, he already knew that he will have love scenes with Sunshine. “I consented doing it because it’s needed in the story. There’s a purpose for it. I won’t be doing something just for the heck of it. I didn’t have doubts because apart from the meaty material, Ms. Sunshine is a good actress.” Enzo has only good words for his leading lady. “She’s very professional and open. She is supportive of me in doing our delicate scenes. Most of my scenes are with her and Raymond Bagatsing. Truly, I learned a lot from Ms. Sunshine!” Also one of the good-looking actor’s future goals is to win an acting award. “That’s right! It would mean a lot to me. This is the reason why I want to explore the roles I portray on screen. I’m hoping that in the future, I’ll really be able to get one for myself,” states Enzo. *** Alden Richards is happy with the news that his perennial screen partner Maine Mendoza is also scheduled to do a ﬁlm project with ABS-CBN titled Isa Pa with Feelings opposite Carlo Aquino. “It’s nice that Maine is now really exploring acting. She’s on her own and with a different partner this time. It’s simply exciting!” he says. According to the Pambansang Bae, this is indeed a breakthrough for Maine. “I remember that when we were working together, she mentioned that she’s having a hard time when it comes to acting. Now that she is given an opportunity to do a movie with ABS-CBN, I’m happy for her.” Alden reveals that he and Maine are supportive of each other. “Oh, yes! We’re full support for each other. And I guess, now is the time that Maine breaks out of her fear in acting. I’m sure it will turn out to be ﬁne,” ends Alden.

LMOST two thousand people ﬂocked to The Theatre at Solaire on Saturday night leaving no seats unoccupied for Julie Anne San Jose’s major concert entitled Julie Sings the Divas.

The 25-year-old chanteuse showcased her vocal prowess belting out classic songs popularized by celebrated divas like Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Pink, Lady Gaga,

Christina Aguilera, Lara Fabian, Tina Turner, and Beyonce, whom she considers as the “most inﬂuential diva of her generation because of her unmatched artistry.” “Every song is challenging because of the different arrangements we are doing with the songs, which we’ve selected out of a hundred songs popularized by the world’s celebrated divas,” she told Manila Standard prior to the concert. “I’m sure there will be bashers but I don’t care about them, I will only make them my motivation to do better, but for those who love me, I promise to give them the kind of entertainment they deserve.” Julie was accompanied by the UP Arco String Orchestra under the

baton of renowned musical director Maestro Danny Tan. The concert was directed by Louie Ignacio. “I thank God for this talent that He gave me and I wanted to share it with you guys,” Julie told the adoring crowd after hitting some impossible notes in Lara Fabian’s “Adagio” during the concert. “I was really worried that I wouldn’t be able to perform well because I was sick two days ago. That’s why the preparation wasn’t easy for me. But it wasn’t serious, it’s just ﬂu,” she added. Joining her in the one-night-only event were special guests Journey lead singer Arnel Pineda, the UP Concert Chorus, Aicelle Santos, and Melbelline Caluag. Nickie Wang

EDDYS 2019: Success or failure? Enzo Pineda and Sunshine Cruz in a scene from the Cinemalaya movie ‘Malamaya.’

Kiana renews partnership with Tarsier Records RISING artist Kiana Valenciano is concocting an exciting international pursuit as she renews her contract with ABS-CBN Music’s newest global label, Tarsier Records, as one of its tentpole artists. The label’s sights are set on leveling up with having Kiana on internationally-produced tracks and border-crossing promotions and events—not only to expand her reach but to let her music take Filipino talent to heights it has never been before. The R&B singer-songwriter has been with Tarsier since 2017 and has since released playlist-worthy tracks from her Grey EP, and more recently, her debut album See Me, which bagged “Most Promising Female Recording Artist of the Year” at the 8th McMillan Woods Global Awards held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last April. Kiana also recently did a show with fellow Tarsier Records

artist Inigo Pascual for international media network Viacom’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month held in New York. Both are also featured in The Crossover, coming soon on MyxTV, in which they talk about immersing into the local culture to understand how music can be universal and meaningful Meanwhile, Kiana is set to share the stage with English R&B singersongwriter Mahalia, for her Manila tour on Aug. 20 at Whitespace Manila. Tarsier Records and ABS-CBN Music affirm their commitment to being the home of championing Filipino talent on the global stage. With Kiana only being the first female artist to take on the big move, exciting things await for Filipino artistry. Stream Kiana’s See Me album and watch out for more of her music on digital stores.

From left: ABS-CBN Music head Roxy Liquigan, Tarsier Records label head Chris Lopez, Kiana Valenciano, Manila Genesis Entertainment, Inc. president Angeli Pangilinan Valenciano, and Star Music Audio and Content head Jonathan Manalo

EDDYS 2019 Best Actor Dingdong Dantes

THE Entertainment Editors’ Choice or EDDYS (homonymic to the Hollywood TV awards the EMMYS) was held two Sundays ago at New Frontier Theatre and aired via Colours (a channel seen on both the Standard Definition and High Definition formats on Cignal, the direct TV service of PLDT) last Sunday night. While members of the Society of Philippine Entertainment Editors of simply SPEEd feel they had done quite a job for the third year of the fledgling awards, I can’t seem to reconcile the group’s enthusiasm with the indifference of several movie production companies to support the endeavor of the group. Attendance was very much similar to the first and second EDDYS (the first was also at the New Frontier Theater and the second was at The Theatre @ Solaire). The presence of Chairman Liza Diño of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) in the theater (she was also in the first and second EDDYS) gives this annual event led by entertainment editors the much-needed legitimacy for it to become a major event in the industry’s award-giving season. Yet, why do I feel that the entire movie industry isn’t eager to be part of the annual EDDYS? No major producer was in the theater, I observed. Star Cinema, which was cited as Producer of the Year, seemed oblivious to it. Olivia Lamasan, who took over the company, after Malou Santos retired, didn’t even bother to collect the trophy, instead, some representative was there to collect all trophies that were won by the film company and the films it produced including the people that made those films. Former Manila Standard editor Isah V. Red, writing for his column Simply Red now published in another daily, noted this year’s attendance to The EDDYS was encouraging. I can’t agree more. Awards aficionados noted this year the Best Actor (Dingdong Dantes for Sid & Aya) winner was around to receive his

Piolo Pascual accepts the Rising Producers of The Year trophy for Spring Films

COUCH POTATO IVY ROSSINI trophy. Also, Piolo Pascual (coming from somewhere and seemed his appearance was unplanned) surprised the crowd and even the presenters on stage when he suddenly emerged to accept the Rising

When the winner isn’t able to accept personally the award, an equally important personality from the company of the production ﬁlm would accept the award. And those that don’t win don’t look bad or show faces of disappointment. They applaud and congratulate their colleagues and fellow workers in ﬁlm. Producers of The Year trophy for Spring Films (the company he, director Joyce Bernal, and talent manager Erickson Raymundo own). The other winner was T-Rex Entertainment but producer Rex Tiri was around to accept the citation. Also, the theater had more stars than the two previous EDDYS with the stars that were given recognition as ICONS were there as well—Eddie Gutierrez,

Columnist Ethel Ramos, recipient of Manuel Pichel Award

Dante Rivero, Christopher de Leon, Tirso Cruz III, Lorna Tolentino, former Senator Jinggoy Estrada, accepting the award of his father, former Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada. Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla and wife Bacoor Mayor Lani Mercado presented the Manuel Pichel Award to columnist Ethel Ramos. Former Mayor Herbert Bautista was also a presenter. The slew of stars and other celebrities that presented the awards to the winners, most of them were not even around, was impressive. But, an awards show is not an awards show if the winners are nowhere near the venue to receive the honors the awardgiving group is bestowing them. I watched a lot of awards show broadcast in cable channels (Hollywood, like the Philippine movie/TV world, has more awards as well, although its season climaxes with the annual OSCARS given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and preceded by the Golden Globes of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. I notice that in both awards show, the nominees, whether actors or production crew, are always present (except for one or two that are either busy filming or physically unable to attend). And when the winner isn’t able to accept personally the award, an equally important personality from the company of the production film would accept the award. And those that don’t win don’t look bad or show faces of disappointment. They applaud and congratulate their colleagues and fellow workers in film. That is the kind of professionalism these film workers display during an awards show, which I don’t see in local awards show. I ask myself, when will the Philippine show business grow up and become mature enough to accept defeat and be happy for the people that win awards. More importantly, I ask, when will the industry warm up to The EDDYS?

KBP’s 27th Golden Dove Awards

TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2019

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FINALISTS FOR THE 27th GOLDEN DOVE AWARDS BEST STATIONS 1. Best Television Station – Metro Manila a. Channel 2 (ABS-CBN) b. Channel 9 (CNN Philippines/RPN 9) c. Net 25 (Eagle Broadcasting Corporation) 2. Best Television Station – Provincial a. Radioworld Broadcasting KBP Lifetime Achievement Award CLTV36 Corporation 3. Best AM Radio Station MR. JOSE E. ESCANER, JR. – Metro Manila a. DZMM (630 Khz/ ABS-CBN Corporation) b. DZRH AM (666 Khz/Manila Broadcasting Company) c. DZUP (1602 Khz/University of the Philippines) 4. Best AM Radio Station – Provincial a. DYRI AM (774 Khz/Radio Mindanao Network, Inc. - Iloilo) b. DYWB AM (630 Khz/People’s Broadcasting Service, Inc./Bombo Radyo Philippines - Bacolod) c. DZGB AM (729 Khz/PBN Broadcasting Network, Inc. - Legazpi, Albay) 5. Best FM Radio Station – Metro Manila a. DWQZ FM (97.9 FM Home Radio/ Insular Broadcasting System Inc.) b. DWRK (96.3 Easy Rock/Manila Broadcasting

Company) c. DWRX (Monster Radio Rx93.1/ Audiovisual Communicators, Inc.) 6. Best FM Radio Station – Provincial a. DWRW FM (RW95.1 FM/ Radioworld Bctg. Corporation - Pampanga) b. DXBT FM (Monster Radio BT 99.5 / Audiovisual Communicators,Inc - Davao) c. Radyo Natin Network (Manila Bctg. Co./Radyo Natin Corp. - Nationwide) BEST PROGRAMS TELEVISION 1. Best Newscast Program – Metro Manila a. Aksyon Prime (TV5 Network Inc.) b. News Night (CNN Philippines/RPN 9) c. Newsroom Ngayon (CNN Philippines/RPN 9) 2. Best Newscast Program – Provincial a. Central Luzon Ngayon (CLTV36 Radioworld Broadcasting Corporation) b. TV Patrol Negros (Ch. 4 ABS-CBN Corporation Bacolod) c. TV Patrol South Central Mindanao (TV3 ABS-CBN General Santos) 3. Best Public Affairs Program-Metro Manila a. On The Record (CNN Philippines/RPN 9) b. Tapatan ni Tunying (TNT) (ABS-CBN Corporation) c. The Source (CNN Philippines/RPN 9) 4. Best Public Affairs Program-Provincial a. Central Luzon Youth Forum (CLTV36 Radioworld Broadcasting Corporation) b. Oras Na (GNNTV 44 GNN/FUBC Pampanga) c. So to Speak (CLTV36 Radioworld Broadcasting Corporation) 5. Best Public Service Program a. My Puhunan (ABS-CBN Corporation) b. RED ALERT - Mayon (ABS-CBN Corporation) c. Salamat Dok (ABS-CBN Corporation) 6. Best Variety Program a. ASAP NATIN ‘TO (ABS-CBN Corporation) b. It’s Showtime (ABS-CBN Corporation) c. Your Face Sounds Familiar (ABSCBN Corporation) 7. Best Comedy Program a. Banana Sundae (ABS-CBN Corporation) b. Goin’ Bulilit (ABS-CBN Corporation) c. Home Sweetie Home: Walang Kapares (ABS-CBN Corporation) 8. Best Drama Program a. Bagani (ABS-CBN Corporation) b. Maalaala Mo Kaya (ABS-CBN Corporation) c. Sana Dalawa ang Puso (ABS-CBN Corporation) 9. Best Culture & Arts Program a. Landmarks (Net 25 Eagle Bctg. Corp.) b. Timber City Streets (NMBS BEE TV 7 Northern Mindanao Bctg. System, Inc.) c. YOUNG ONCE Upon A Time (Net 25 Eagle Broadcasting Corp.) 10. Best Children’s Program a. Homework (Net25 Eagle Broadcasting Corporation) b. Team Yey (ABS-CBN Corporation) c. World Hub TV Children’s Program (Net 25 Eagle Broadcasting Corporation) 11. Best Documentary Program a. HIV Rising (Docu Central ABS-CBN Corporation) b. Red Alert: HIV (ABS-CBN Corporation) c. Turning Point (TV5 Network, Inc.) 12. Best Science and Technology Program a. Blueprint (INC TV 49 Christian Era) b. Pundasyon (INC TV 49 Christian Era) 13. Best Magazine Program a. Leading Women (CNN Philippines/RPN 9) b. Magandang Buhay (ABS-CBN Corporation) c. The Bottomline with Boy Abunda (ABS-CBN Corporation) 14. Best Sports Program a. Panalo Ka ‘Nay (TV5 Network, Inc.) b. Sports Center Philippines (TV5 Network, Inc.) c. Sports U Ikaw Ang Panalo (ABS-CBN Corporation) 15. Best Special Program a. Rebuilding Boracay (CNN Philippines/RPN 9) b. Sa Likod ng Balita (DocuCentral ABS-CBN Corporation) c. Worldwide Walk to Fight Poverty: A Finishing Touch (INCTV 49 Christian Era Bctg. Service) RADIO 1. Best Newscast Program– Metro Manila a. DZUP Balita (DZUP 1602 Khz/ University of the Philippines) b. On The Spot (63o Khz DZMM / ABS-CBN Corporation) c. Rapido Hataw Balita (666 Khz DZRH / Manila Broadcasting Company) 2. Best Newscast Program - Provincial a. Bombo News & Views Morning Edition: “Batocabe Slay Episode” (DZLG 927 Khz/ Bombo Radyo Philippines – Legaspi) b. News & Views Morning Edition “Basura” (DXIF 729 Khz/ Newsound Bctg. Network,Inc. Bombo Radyo Philippines - Cagayan De Oro) c. Unang Radyo,Unang Balita (DYHP 612 Khz/Radio Mindanao Network,Inc. - Cebu) 3. Best Public Affairs Program – Metro Manila a. Arlyn Dela Cruz Reports (990 Khz DZIQ Radyo inquirer/ Trans-Radio Bctg.Corp.) b. Damdamin Bayan (666 Khz DZRH/ Manila Broadcasting Company) c. Soco sa DZMM (630 Khz DZMM ABS-CBN Corporation) 4. Best Public Affairs Program – Provincial a. Bombohanay Bigtime (DYFM 837 Khz/ Bombo Radyo Philippines – Ilo-ilo) b. Earth Talk Central Luzon (95.1 fm DWRW/ Radioworld Bctg.Corp -Pampanga) c. Zona Llibre (DZNG 1044 Khz/ Newsounds Broadcasting Network,Inc. Bombo Radyo Philippines – Naga City) 5. Best Public Service Program a. Bombo Lifestyle (DYFM 837 Khz/Bombo Radyo Phillippines) b. Radyo Negosyo (DZMM 630 Khz/ABS-CBN Corporation) c. Usapan De Campanilla (DZMM 630 kHz/ABS-CBN Corporation) 6. Best Variety Program a. Dr. Love Radio Show (DZMM 630 Khz/ABS-CBN Corporation) b. The Concert Series (DWRX 93.1 MHz Monster RX93.1/Audiovisual Communicators, Inc.) c. Todo-Todo Walang Preno (DZMM 630 Khz/ABS-CBN Corporation) 7. Best Comedy Program a. Tambalan (90.7 DZMB Love Radio/ Manila Broadcasting Company) b. The Win Big Show With Mr.Fu (DWKY 91.5 Win Radio/ Mabuhay Bctg. System, Inc.) c. Tropang Radyo (DZUP 1602 Khz/ University of the Philippines) 8. Best Drama Program a. May Pangako ang Bukas: Kaya Kong Gumalaw sa Mundo Ko na Wala Kayo (DZRH AM 666 kHz/Manila Broadcasting Company) b. Radyo Balintataw (Goal #1 No To Poverty, Goal #4 Education For All) (DZRH AM 666 kHz/Manila Broadcasting Company) c. Sa Kanyang Panahon (DZRH AM 666 kHz/ Manila Broadcasting Company) 9. Best Culture and Arts Program a. Kalinangang Filipino (DZEC 1062 Khz Radyo Agila/Eagle Broadcasting Corp.) b. Radyo Balintataw (Bonifacio “The Supremo”Redux) (666 Khz DZRH/ Manila Broadcasting Co.) c. Turo-Turo (630 Khz DZMM ABS-CBN Corporation) 10. Best Children’s Program a. Boses Ng Kabataan (666 Khz DZRH / Manila Broadcasting Company) b. Little Lambs (954 Khz DZEM / Christian Era Bctg. Service Intl. Inc.) c. Okiddo 4/14 Kid (DZAS 702 / Far East Broadcasting Company, Phils.) 11. Best Documentary Program a. Batas Militar: Isang Pagbabalik Tanaw (DXFX 96.3 Star FM/ Bombo Radyo Phils.) b. Feature Stories “Bagong Isipan sa Bagong Marawi” (DWHY 100.7 Star FM/ Bombo Radyo Philippines) c. Mother’s Day (DWSM 102.7 Star FM/Bombo Radyo Phils.) 12. Best Science and Technology Program a. Health Republic (DZUP 1602 Khz/University of the Philippines) b. Pinoy Scientist (DZEC 1062 Khz Radyo Agila/ Eagle Broadcasting Corporation) c. Radyo Henyo (DZRH AM 666 Khz/Manila Broadcasting Company) 13. Best Magazine Program a. Mabeauty Po Naman (DZMM 630 Khz/ABS-CBN Corporation) b. Sakto! (DZMM 630 Khz/ABSCBN Corporation) c. We Mean Business (DZEC 1062 Khz Radyo Agila/ Eagle Broadcasting Corporation) 14. Best Sports Program a. Aksyon Sports (DWFM

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Radyo Singko 92.3 News FM/TV5 Network, Inc.) b. FastBreak (DZMM 630 kHz/ABS-CBN Corporation) 15. Best Special Program a. Raqi’s Secret Files (90.7 DZMB Love Radio/Manila Broadcasting Company) b. Throwback: The Year That Was (DWRX Monster RX93.1/Audiovisual Communicators, Inc.) c. UP Nating Mahal (DZUP 1602 Khz/ University of the Philippines) BEST PERSONALITIES TELEVISION 1. Best Newscaster a. Cherie Mercado “Newsroom Ngayon” (CNN Philippines/RPN 9) b. Pia Hontiveros “News Night” (CNN Philippines./RPN 9) c. Pinky Webb “Balitaan” (CNN Philippines./RPN 9) 2. Best Public Affairs Program Host a. Anthony Taberna “TNT” (ABS-CBN Corp.) b. Pia Hontiveros (CNN Phils./RPN 9) c. Pinky Webb “The Source” (CNN Phils./RPN 9) 3. Best Public Service Host a. Aeron Paul Mañabo “CSD” (INCTV 49 Christian Era Bctg.) b. Cheryl Cosim “Alagang Kapatid” (TV5 Network Inc.) c. Karen Davila “My Puhunan” (ABSCBN Corp.) 4. Best Magazine Host a. Angel Jacob “Leading Women” (CNN Philippines/RPN 9) b. Eugenio “Boy” Abunda “The Bottomline with Boy Abunda” (ABS-CBN Corporation) c. Gladys Reyes Sommereux “Moments” (Net25 Eagle Broadcasting Corporation) 5. Best Actress for Drama Program a. Angelica Panganiban “Playhouse” (ABS-CBN Corporation) b. Bela Padilla “MMK: Anting-Anting” (ABS-CBN Corporation) c. Mary Joy Apostol “Ipaglaban Mo” (ABS-CBN Corporation) 6. Best Actor for Drama Program a. Coco Martin “FPJ: Ang Probinsyano (ABS-CBN Corporation) b. Nash Aguas “MMK-Drawing” (ABS-CBN Corporation) c. Zaijian Jaranilla “Ipaglaban Mo” (ABS-CBN Corporation) 7. Best Actress for Comedy Program a. Angelica Panganiban “Banana Sundae” (ABS-CBN Corporation) b. Karla Estrada – “Funny Ka Pare ko” (ABS-CBN Corporation) 8. Best Actor for Comedy Program a. Bayani Agbayani “Banana Sundae” (ABS-CBN Corporation) b. Jayson Gainza “Banana Sundae” (ABS-CBN Corporation) RADIO 1. Best Newscaster a. Angelo B. Palmones (DZRH 666 Khz/ Manila Broadcasting Company) b. Ricky Rosales (DZMM 630 Khz/ ABS-CBN Corporation) c. Vic De Leon Lima (DZMM 630 Khz/ ABS-CBN Corporation) 2. Best Field Reporter a. Marjorie J. Hervo (DYRI 774 Khz/ Radio Mindanao Network, Ilo-Ilo) b. Sherwin Alfaro (DZRH 666 Khz/ Manila Broadcasting Company) c. Zhander Cayabyab (DZMM 630 Khz/ ABS-CBN Corporation) 3. Best Public Affairs Program Host a. Atty. Rhina Seco (666 Khz DZRH/ Manila Broadcasting Company) b. Dr. Cesar B. Chavez (666 Khz DZRH/ Manila Broadcasting Company) c. Joel Gorospe (774 Khz DWWW / Interactive Broadcast Media Inc.) 4. Best Public Service Program Host a. Dra. Blesilda Salvador (DZMM 630 Khz/ABS-CBN Corporation) b. Tom Garcia Jr. a.k.a. Tom Alvarez (DWRX 93.1 Mhz Monster RX93.1/Audiovisual Communicators, Inc.) c. Weng Dela Peña (DZRB 738 Khz Radyo Pilipinas/ Philippine Broadcasting Service) 5. Best Variety Program Host a. Bro. Jun Banaag O.P (DZMM 630 Khz/ABS-CBN Corporation) b. Chico Garcia (DWRX 93.1 Mhz Monster RX93.1/Audiovisual Communicators, Inc.) c. Louie Dizon a.k.a. Louie D (DWRX 93.1 Mhz Monster RX93.1/Audiovisual Communicators, Inc.) 6. Best Music Radio Jock a. Louie Dizon a.k.a. Louie D (DWRX 93.1 MHz Monster RX93.1/Audiovisual Communicators, Inc.) b. Maria Sael N. Barrios a.k.a. DJ Samantha (DWRK 96.3 Easy Rock/Manila Broadcasting Company) c. Rico Pascual a.k.a. Rico Robles (DWRX 93.1 MHz Monster RX93.1/ Audiovisual Communicators, Inc.) 7. Best Magazine Program Host a. Chinkee Tan (DWFM Radyo Singko 92.3 News FM/TV5 Network, Inc.) b. Ma. Socorro Alicia “Cory” Quirino (DZMM 630 Khz/ABSCBN Corporation) c. Rafael P. Reyes (DWRX 93.1 MHz Monster RX93.1/ Audiovisual Communicators, Inc.) 8. Best Science & Technology Journalist a. Angelo B. Palmones (DZRH AM 666 Khz/Manila Broadcasting Company) b. Dr. Alfredo Mahar Francisco Lagmay (DZMM 630 Khz/ABS-CBN Corporation) c. Orlando “Jing” Garcia II (DWFM Radyo Singko 92.3 News FM/TV5 Network, Inc.) BEST PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS (PSAs) 1. Best Television PSA a. Elsa and Sarah (ABS-CBN Corporation) b. Magandang Buhay “Animal Bites” (ABS-CBN Corporation) c. RED ALERT “Bagyo Ligtas Tips” (ABS-CBN Corporation) 2. Best Radio PSA a. Cyber Reminder Series PSA’s (DXBT Monster Radio BT 99.5 /Audiovisual Communicators, Inc.) b. Magkano Ang Kapalit Ng Paputok (666 Khz DZRH AM/ Manila Broadcasting Company) c. Magtinabangay Batuk Sa Dengue (DYHP 612 Khz /Radio Mindanao Network) BEST STATION PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS 1. Best Television Station Promotional Material a. Family is Love (ABS-CBN Corporation) b. Get It On 5 (TV5 Network, Inc.) c. News 5 “Duty” Campaign (TV5 Network, Inc.) 2. Best Radio Station Promotional Material a. “Da Bes Ka Nay” (Mother’s Day Plug) (RW95.1 DWRW FM/Radioworld Broadcasting Corp.) b. DZMM Ma Beauty po naman (DZMM 630 KHz ABS-CBN Corporation) c. What Is Love For You? (DWRK 96.3 Easy Rock/Manila Broadcasting Company)