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VOL. 13 NO. 41 • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014
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•Ang lagay ng puso,career at bulsa momalalaman na saKAPALARAN page 8
SEMPLANGHUWAG kayong mangamba,
ensayo lang ito. Inensayo ng mgakasapi ng police bike patrol
practice ang tamang paraan ngpagsemplang kahapon sa Police
Exchange Training Program saCamp Crame. MARIANNE BERMUDEZ
‘Agaton’ baka magbalik-bagyobuhay at pinalikas ang may20,000 mag-anak sa Mindanaomula nang tumama ito noongBiyernes bago naging isang LPA.Halos hindi ito kumilos sa 465kilometro silangan ng DavaoCity kalagitnaan ng Martes,anang Pagasa.
Naaapektuhan ito ngdalawang high pressure area saKaragatang Pasipiko, ani Men-doza. “It remains strong becauseit is still over the sea,” aniya.
Pinanatili ng Pagasa ang ba-
bala nito ng biglaang pagbahaat pagdausdos ng lupa, namaaaring likhain ng LPA saEastern Visayas, Caraga, North-ern Mindanao, Compostela Val-ley at Davao Oriental.
Sa lalawigan ng Agusan delSur, mahina na ang pag-ulannoong Martes, ngunit libu-libopang mamamayan ang lumikassa mas ligtas na lugar dahil sapagdausdos ng lupa at pagba-hang dulot ng pag-apaw ngAgusan River.
Sinabi ni Kaye Torralba,tagapagsalita ng Butuan CityDisaster Risk Reduction andManagement Council, na tu-maas ang bilang ng mga evac-uee sa 16,796 pamilya mula sa10,000 noong nakalipas naaraw. Tumutuloy sila sa hindibababa sa 75 pansamantalangtirahan, aniya.
“There’s an ongoing forcedrescue operation in all riversidevillages in the city,” dinagdag niTorralba.
Ni DJ Yap at ng INQUIRER Mindanao
M ULA sa pagiging low pressure area (LPA) saisang tropical depression sa LPA—sa pagigingtropical depression muli? O mas malakas pa?
Sinabi ng mga tagapag-ulatng panahon noong Martes namaaaring muling lumakas siTropical Depression “Agaton,”na natunaw sa isang LPA, at bu-malik taglay ang dating panga-lan at magbanta sa silangangpanig ng Visayas at Mindanao.
Ayon sa forecaster na siManny Mendoza ng PhilippineAtmospheric, Geophysical andAstronomical Services Adminis-tration (Pagasa), may 50-50 napagkakataong muling magingtropical cyclone ito.
Binawi ni Agaton ang 60
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ARAAAAAYYYYY!!!NAPANGIWI si baby sa sakit at hindi naman makatingin ang nanay kahapon sa bakunahan laban satigdas na ginanap sa punong tanggapan ng Department of Health (DOH). Target ng DOH namabakunahan ang 13 milyong bata. AFP
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“A certain Mr. Teves” ang Mr.T, anang opisyal.
Bawal ang pag-aangkat ngsegunda-manong damit sa Re-public Act. No. 6453, o “Act tosafeguard the health of the Fil-ipino people and maintain thedignity of the nation throughthe prohibition of the importa-tion of used clothing and rags”at sa ilalim ng Tariffs and Cus-toms Code of the Philippines.
Jerry E. Esplanada
‘Boy Pick-up’ mahiligtalaga magmanehoLINGID sa marami na si “BoyPick-up”—bansag na ginawa niSen. Ramon “Bong” Revi l laJr.—ay mahilig magmanehopara sa mga VIP.
Isiniwalat kahapon ni InteriorSecretary Mar Roxas na hiligniya ang pagmamaneho.
“Driving relieves my stress. Ifeel relaxed when I drive, espe-cially when it’s a long drive,” aniRoxas sa INQUIRER .
“Every time I attend officialengagements in the provinces, Iusually drive if I have a chance,”dinagdag niya.
Tinawag ni Revilla si Roxasna “Boy Pick-up” dahil ipinag-maneho siya ng kalihim sa Mala-cañang upang makausap si Pan-gulong Aquino.
Aniya, nitong Agosto 5, 2013,minaneho niya ang Lexus ni SanJuan City Mayor Guia Gomezpapunta sa isang relocation sitesa San Jose del Monte City.
“I really enjoy driving,” sinabini Roxas. MR, LBS
PALASYO KAY ALIAS POGI
Impeachment? Sige, ituloy momali sa pagkausap ng Pangulo,pinuno ng Liberal Party (LP),kay Revilla, pangulo ng Lakas-CMD.
Sina Recto at Guingona aymga kaanib ng LP. Si Estrada ayoposisyon.
Nang tanungin kung maliang pagkausap ng Pangulo samga senador-hukom, sinabi niColoma: “Where’s the impropri-ety? That’s what we’re askingfrom those saying it. The Presi-dent is the political leader ofthe nation, and part of his regu-lar duty is to interact and havediscussions with other politicalleaders.”
Nina Michael Lim Ubac at Christian V. Esguerra
GAWIN ninyo. Ito ang sagot ng Malacañang sa banta ngmga kaaway sa politika ni Pangulong Aquino na pata-talsikin siya sa puwesto matapos sabihin ni Sen. Ra-mon Revilla Jr na kinausap siya at ilang pang senador-hukom ng Pangulo sa kainitan ng paglilitis upang ma-impeach si noon ay Chief Justice Renato Corona.
“It’s not the first time that ithas been hinted that therecould be an impeachment mo-tion, and the President has al-ways replied that he’s preparedto meet any such motion thatmay be filed,” ani Communica-tions Secretary Herminio Colo-ma.
“He’s ready to face it if thiswould be filed by members ofCongress,” sinabi ni Coloma saINQUIRER matapos aminin ni G.Aquino na kinausap niya noonsi Revilla at Sen. Jinggoy Estra-da, Ralph Recto at TeofistoGuingona III.
Iginiit ni Coloma na walang
Luy: Revilla Sr. orig na ka-negosyo ni NapolesISINIWALAT kahapon ng whis-tle-blower na si Benhur Luy naisa si dating-Sen. Ramon RevillaSr. sa mga unang kliyente niJanet Lim-Napoles, umano’yutak sa P10-bilyong pork barrelscam.
Ang 86-taong-gulang na dat-ing artista na naging politiko angama ni Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revil-la Jr., na nagparatang kay Luy ngpagsisinungaling at paniniranang idawit siya sa paglilipat ng
may P500 milyong pondo sa mgapekeng organisasyon ni Napoles.
Sa isang e-mail, sinabi ni Luyna sa pagitan ng 2003 at 2004,naglipat ang matandang Revillang may P35 milyon ng kanyangPriority Development AssistanceFund (PDAF) sa ilang lokal napamahalaan.
“The company that was usedin implementing these projectswas Jo Chris Trading and we de-livered Foliar Fertilizer,” ani Luy
sa e-mail na ipinadala sa pama-magitan ng abogado niyang siLevito Baligod. Ang Jo Chris angpangunahing negosyo ni Napoles.
Sinabi ni Luy na tinatawagannoon ni Napoles at asawa ni-tong si Jaime ang matandangRevilla sa kanyang tanggapansa Senado , kung saan unaniyang nak i la la s i R ichardC a m b e , i s a n g k a t i w a l a n anaglingkod sa mag-amang Re-villa. Gil C. Cabacungan
4 FEATURES WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014
How Bea shone on the Miss Internationalstage ‘without trying too hard’
And she’s beenproven right. A dayafter a nearly two-hour ticker tape pa-rade through Makati’sCentral Business Dis-trict, a euphoric San-tiago is still basking inthe once-in-a-lifetimeexperience of “havinglived my dream.”
“Before I left Tokyo(venue of Miss Inter-national), I e-mailedMs (Stella) Araneta totell her that I’d love tohave my fairy tale ofa parade,” says Santi-ago. “And I had it.People were lining thestreets or looking outfrom their windowscalling me by my firstname. Napakasarappala ng feeling. Theyhad balloons andwhistles. It was like afiesta. They really puteffort into it.”
As chair andpageant director ofBinibining Pilipinas,Araneta, Colombianby birth and the first-ever Miss Internation-al, was one of thefirst persons Santiagothanked soon aftershe was crowned.
Beautifulexperience
Unknown to herwell-wishers, Santia-go wasn’t feeling wellbefore she stepped onthe flower-deckedfloat. But not evenearly flu symptomscould stop the 5-foot-9 looker from puttingon her best smile.
“People at Binibi-ning Pilipinas werelaughing because whenthe parade was aboutto start, I suddenly feltfine,” she says with a
chuckle. “It was whenI got back to my carthat I felt sick again.But it was such abeautiful experience. Itturned out to be betterthan my dream.”
The scene was a farcry from her quiet lifeas a college student inCanada. Santiago, 23,is one year shy of fin-ishing a degree incommunications, ma-jor in PR. Her joiningBinibining Pilipinaslast year had nothingto do with her decisionto put college on hold.
“I didn’t knowwhat I really wantedto be,” she says. “Butafter Miss Internation-al, I think it’s gettingclearer now.”
During a courtesycall on PresidentAquino at Mala-cañang upon her vic-torious return, shetold him of her desireto work in the UnitedNations, as someonefrom the Philippines,not Canada.
The President saw
Santiago’s fluency inEnglish and herknowledge of severallocal languages as anadvantage.
Career firstSantiago doesn’t
deny that she’s datinga “half-Filipino”whom she declines toidentify, but “we’renot committed.”
“It’s difficult to bal-ance love life and ca-reer,” she says. “I wastold that you have tochoose one. For now, Iwould definitelychoose career. We’reseeing each other ex-clusively, but he knowsmy priorities are Bini-bining Pilipinas andMiss International.”
Born in Alabang,Santiago was raisedby her parents in amultilingual home inMasbate. She learnedIlonggo from her fa-
ther and Cebuanofrom her mother.When the two sepa-rated, Santiago’smother eventuallymoved to Canada.
While waiting forthe Canadian govern-ment to act on theirmother’s petition,Santiago and her twosiblings lived withtheir maternal grand-parents in Masbate.
“I can still under-stand and speak a bitof Ilonggo, but I’mmore fluent and com-fortable speaking Ce-buano,” says Santia-go, who moved toCanada at 15.
“Since I’ve relocatedto Manila, my Tagalogis getting better. It wasa struggle for me be-fore. We don’t reallyspeak it at home.”
But Santiago is thefirst person to makefun of her “quaint” ac-cent when she speaksin English. Her Cana-dian accent betrays aCebuano inflectionwith a hint of Ilonggo.
“I don’t do it onpurpose. It comes outunconsciously. I guessthat makes me unique.And because we Fil-ipinos speak Englishdifferently, I also knowhow to adjust na nga.”
Apart from Araneta,she considers formerMiss International LaraQuigaman and formerBinibining Pilipinas-Universe Karen Agustin
AS A DUAL CITIZEN, the new Miss International Bea RoseSantiago could have chosen to represent Canada in any ofthe leading global beauty pageants. Instead, the MetroManila-born, Masbate-raised beauty queen chose to “fight”for the Philippines, in her words, “a country that wouldsupport me 1,000 percent.”
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014 5FEATURES
How Bea shone on the Miss International stageas her mentors.
If Ariella Arida,current Miss Uni-verse-Philippines,trained under JonasGaffud of Aces &Queens, Santiagofine-tuned her beautypageant skills underRodgil Flores of Ka-gandahang Flores.
OverwhelmingDespite her prepara-
tions, Santiago couldn’thelp but feel a bitthreatened during herfirst few days in Tokyoin early December.Most of the girls, shesays, “were a lot betterlooking in person.”
In a field whereeveryone had some-thing to offer, Santia-go’s best weaponswere her strong self-esteem and longhours of training.
“It was over-whelming at first be-cause the girls weresuper nice and so-brang gaganda,” shesays. “I just prayedand allowed the sup-port system from thePhilippines to takeover. Even though Icouldn’t reply to all ofthem, feedback in so-cial media was alsomostly positive.”
She also had hermom, who flew fromToronto, and friendsto support her. Every-where she went inTokyo, Filipinocrowds gathered tocheer her on.
“Even the othergirls noticed,” saysSantiago. “They saidI’m very lucky becauseI had the best fans. Isaid, of course, because
that’s how my peopleshow their love.”
Unlike Miss Uni-verse, the templatefor Miss Internationalhas remained almostunchanged. Fierceisn’t something younormally associatewith a winner.
Before the contest,it was common forSantiago to be com-pared with past win-ners Aurora Pijuanand Gemma Cruz,two ageless Filipinobeauties known fortheir grace, intelli-gence and regalmoves. That uniqueblend of “control andmodernized sophisti-cation,” she says,probably caught thejudges’ eye.
“They weren’tlooking for someone
who’s too aggressiveor competitive. Theywant someone whomanages to shine on-stage without tryingtoo hard,” she adds.
That’s why it’s im-portant for an aspiringbeauty queen to knowherself well. It’s also amust to have a goodcore of supporters topoint out not onlyyour strengths, but al-so your weaknesses.
“Actually, preparingfor it physically is theeasiest part,” saysSantiago. “Since it’sassumed that you’realready born with it,you just need a monthor so to hone, say,your body at the gym.But preparing for itmentally is a differentstory. That, for me,was the hardest part.”
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Bruno Mars in ManilaB RUNO Mars, the
multiawardedsinger-songwriter
behind the chart hits Justthe Way You Are, Grenadeand Locked Out of Heav-en, is coming to Manila.The singer-songwriter willperform at SM Mall ofAsia Arena on March 22.Tickets are available atwww.smtickets.com.
Circus Band,New Minstrels
The Circus Band and TheNew Minstrels’ successful Great-est Hits Reunion series of con-certs last year will be stagedagain for the Valentine season.
This new and bigger presen-tation, We Got the Love: TheGreatest Hits Reunion, will beheld at Plenary Hall of the
Philippine International Con-vention Center (PICC) on Feb.13 and Feb. 14.
The New Minstrels and TheCircus Band are two showbands that dominated the localentertainment circuit in the
1970s. Many members of thesegroups later made it big as soloacts.
Set to perform are Hajji Ale-jandro, Tillie Moreno, PatCastillo, Jacqui Magno, Basil
Valdez, Louie Reyes, DingMercado, Joey Albert, Ray-an Fuentes, Chad Borja andEugene Villaluz. Former Cir-cus lead guitarist RudyLozano is the musical di-rector.
We Got the Love: TheGreatest Hits Reunion will be anevening of R&B, disco, rock,funk, romantic ballads and oth-er music styles from the ’70s.
The show is produced by Vi-va Live Inc. and Redstone Me-dia Productions. For ticket in-formation, call TicketNet at9115555, SM Tickets at4702222, TicketWorld at8919999, PICC at 7894734 andViva Concerts at 6877236.
‘Jack Jones:A Valentine Concert’Jack Jones, the singer behind
classics such as What I Did forLove, She and Lollipops And Ros-es, is set to perform in Manilanext month.
The balladeer will headlineJack Jones: A Valentine Concertat Smart Araneta Coliseum on
Thursday, Feb. 13, and at theManila Hotel Tent on Friday,Feb. 14. Proceeds from the lat-ter will be donated to Superty-phoon “Yolanda” survivors.
Tickets prices to the SmartAraneta show are available atTicketNet (9115555) and VivaConcerts (6877236).
BRUNO Mars
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014 7SHOWBUZZ
Angel’s love forLuis surprises Vi
She replied via SMS: “It wasquite surprising! But Angel islike family. ‘Di na siya iba saamin. I’d rather keep quiet fornow. It’s up to them… whatevertheir decision will be, I’ll behappy if they’re happy. Happi-ness is the most important thingin life.”
Looks like Luis has not just a“Mom for All Seasons” but alsoa “Love (Angel) for All Time.”
Vice bashVice Ganda threw a lavish
victory party at the hip, happen-ing place, Tipsy Pig in CapitalCommons. He reserved thewhole bar to celebrate the suc-cess of his Metro Manila FilmFestival entry, Girl, Boy, Bakla,Tomboy.
Spotted at the revelry werehis costars Maricel Soriano andJC de Vera, director Wenn De-ramas, Anne Curtis, SolennHeussaff, Jeron and JericTeng, Billy Crawford, Liz Uy,Georgina Wilson and othercelebs.
Vice told my “dalaGay,” ICMendoza, that the hardestscene he did for the movie wasthe one where he is working inthe rice field. Vice took quickcold baths (using a tabo) be-tween takes, since he was por-traying female and male charac-ters alternately—only to learnthat there was a hot showernearby.
Kudos, Vice! You’ve shown usthat talent knows no gender.You managed to have the bestof four worlds!
KC’s ‘oomph’Too bad that after KC Con-
cepcion’s impressive portrayalas a stripper-on-the-run in “BoyGolden: Shoot-to-Kill,” she hasgone on hiatus in New York.
Based on her Instagram ac-count, she’s off on new adven-
tures. With her charisma, shecan make it big anywhere shepleases. She is definitely out ofthe shadow of her parents,Sharon Cuneta and GabbyConcepcion.
But, for some reason, herprojects lack a certain missingingredient that the Sha-Gabslove team had in abundance.
Hopefully, when KC returns,the “oomph” she has displayedin her MMFF entry will be fur-ther enhanced.
Chad for V DayMi amigo muy simpatico,
Chad Borja is in his element.“It’s my busiest Valentine seasonever,” he gushes. “So my V-Daycelebration with my wife Emywill have to be a belated one.”
Cupid has filled up Chad’scalendar: He performs with theLA All-Star Band at the MusicMuseum on Jan. 31 and Feb. 3;the Hitmen at Solaire Feb. 4;Joey Albert at the SamsungHall, Feb. 5; Greg Karukas andPeter White at Pagcor Tagaytay,Feb. 7.
On Feb. 13 and 14, Chadjoins fellow The New Minstrelsalumni and former Circus Bandmembers at PICC for “TheGreatest Hits Reunion.” Thisshow goes to the SMX Conven-tion Center in Davao on Feb.15.
A jazz aficionado, the Ce-buano crooner is always excitedwhen he gets a chance to per-form with international jazzstars. “I learned many thingsfrom them: proper phrasing, be-ing a bit over or under (forsharps or flats) which canalso be fine, as long as the emo-tions are there.”
He adds: “I also learned thatduring recordings, the practicetake is always the best.(Japanese jazz artist) Yutaka
Yokokura tricked me on thismany times! Plus, shouting orunnecessary ad libs should beavoided. And artists should besatisfied with the sound on-stage. The audience will feelthat positive energy.”
After Chad’s battle with thebig C, he’s definitely back witha bigger C … Concerts galore!
Second homeI am so looking forward to
visiting my “second home” Iloilofor the Dinagyang Festival. Bewhere the action is at AmigoTerrace Hotel (Iznart cornerDelgado Streets).
Fun-filled activities kick off
Now showing, now naMumbai Love
Directed by Benito Bautista;stars Solenn Heussaff, KikoMatos, Martin Escudero, JunSabayton, Raymond Bagatsing
Indian-Filipino declines togrant parents’ wish for a tradi-tionally arranged marriage. Asluck would have it, he meets afree-spirited Filipino woman inMumbai, India. Their love leadsto a cross-cultural romp, prov-ing that two people separatedby culture can be united by ro-mance, fate ... and dance.Heussaff recalls that she imme-diately accepted the film be-cause it would be partly shot inIndia, her dream destination.
I, FrankensteinDirected by Stuart Beatti;
stars Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy,Yvonne Strahovski, Miranda Ot-to, Jai Courtney
Immortal beast gets caughtin the battle between demonsand gargoyles. DIGITALJOUR-NAL.COM’s Johnnie Guerrio callsit a “new type” of monstermovie. “The twist is exciting,thrilling and will leave yougasping in interest and terror.”IO9.COM’s Ron Bricken sums itup: “The most bonkers movie of2014 ... insane.” EMPIREONLINE’sJames White: “CG creaturesaplenty.”
Police Story 2013Directed by Sheng Ding; stars
The Nut JobDirected by Peter Lepeniotis;
with the voices of Will Arnett,Brendan Fraser, Liam Neeson,Katherine Heigl, Maya Rudolph
A squirrel and his rat palplan a heist in a nut store. THEHOLLYWOOD REPORTER’s MichaelRechtshaffen: “[The] whimsicalperiod setting helps this 3D ani-mated caper escape overly fa-miliar trappings.” VILLAGEVOICE’s Chris Packham: “Good-natured and completely forget-table.” NEWSDAY’s Rafer Guz-man: “Overall mood resemblesa furry, nut-based version ofStanley Kubrick’s ‘The Killing.’”
The Secret Lifeof Walter Mitty
Directed by Ben Stiller; starsBen Stiller, Kristen Wiig, PattonOswalt, Shirley MacLaine, AdamScott, Kathryn Hahn
Daydreamer embarks on areal adventure around theworld. LOS ANGELES TIMES’ Ken-neth Turan observes: “Stiller’ssensibility creates a movie that’ssmarter than you think.” BOSTONGLOBE’s Peter Keough concedes:“Sentimental, but not frivolous.”MIAMI HERALD’s Rene Rodriguez:“Filled with small, memorablemoments that coalesce into asweet, predictable parableabout embracing life.”
Jackie Chan, Liu Ye, Jing Tian,Bo Huang, Rongguang Yu, JamesLoja, Andreas Nguyen
Cop investigates a kidnap-ping case after his daughtergets involved with shady char-acters. FILM SCHOOL REJECTS’ RobHunter relates, “[This] sixthmovie ... bears no connection toprevious films in the franchise... more focused on drama.”FILMJUNK.COM lauds “some grittyand intense fight scenes.” FIRST-SHOWING.NET’s Ethan Andertonagrees: “Darker than anythingwe’ve seen Chan do before.”
on Jan. 24 with a DB drag com-petition of modified luxury carsfrom 10 a.m. to 12 noon. From4 p.m. to 9 p.m., they will havea photo booth, live entertainersand a Dinagyang Dance Beat.
On Jan. 25, The KotokamosReggae Band performs from 3to 9 p.m. An all-night party fol-lows at Euphoria with top DJsfrom Manila, featuring LeandroZyco and the Patikerosto.
By Dolly Anne Carvajal
A NGEL Locsin is very vocal abouther present feelings for ex-beauLuis Manzano. She unabashedly
admitted on national TV that she stillloves him, and wants to be with him. I
asked Vilma Santos, Luis’ ever-fab mom, for a com-ment.
‘THE Nut Job’
PARTYING with Vice Ganda (right) are (from left) Solenn Heusaff, AnneCurtis and IC Mendoza.
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SARAP!TINAAS nina Stanislas Wawrinka (kaliwa) at Tomas Berdych ang kanilang mga kamay matapos talunin mga kalaban at pumasok AustralianOpen quarterfinals. Pinatalsik ni Wawrinka si Novak Djokovic, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 9-7 at ginulat ni Berdych si David Ferrer ,6-1, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.
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Bradley gets2nd crack atPacquiaoBy Roy Luarca
MANNY Pacquiao will get thechance to settle a score withTim Bradley when they figurein a grudge rematch on April 12at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, ac-cording to reliable sources.
Details of Pacquiao-Bradley IIhave been ironed out and theformal announcement will bemade next week, the samesources said.
Though Pacquiao dominatedBradley in their June 2012fight, judges incongruouslyawarded the American a splitdecision to snare the Filipino’sWBO welterweight crown.
A panel of veteran judgesformed by the WBO later re-viewed and unanimously declaredPacquiao the clear winner of thebout, also staged at MGM.
TNT SABOG SA SAN MIG COFFEE
Humarurotang Petron
May double-double si Fajar-do na 15 puntos at 11 re-bounds.
Umaapaw sa enerhiya angEnergy dahil sa mga laro ninaRonjay Buenafe at two-timeMVP Willie Miller ngunit bu-migay sa matinding resbak ngBoosters.
MGA ISKORUNANG LAROPETRON 101—Lassiter 17, Cabag-not 17, Santos 17, Fajardo 15, Lutz14, Ross 10, Tubid 6, Lanete 4,Taha 1, Duncil 0, Kramer 0.BARAKO 88—Miller 17, Buenafe17, Intal 15, Pena 9, Miranda 9, Wil-son 8, Jensen 5, Maierhofer 3, Pen-nisi 3, Macapagal 2, Lastimosa 0,Marcelo 0.Quarters: 20-22, 42-49, 67-73, 101-88
Ni Musong R. Castillo
L UMABAS ang tunay na kulay ng Petron Blaze safourth quarter upang pahinain ang Barako Bull,101-88, at lumapit sa PLDT MyDSL Philippine
Cup semifinals kagabi sa Mall of Asia Arena.Walang epekto kay Marcio
Lassiter ang mahabang biyahemula Estados Unidos upang du-malo sa libing ng kanyang lolamatapos umiskor ng 13 puntossa mainit fourth quarter. Kinuhang Boosters ang 1-0 agwat sabest-of-three quarterfinal series.
Sa ikalawang laro, kinuharin ng San Mig Coffee Mixersang 1-0 agwat matapos patum-bahin ang Talk N Text TropangTexters, 90-83.
May kabuuang 34 puntosang Boosters sa fourth quarterna mahigit doble sa kabuuanginiskor ng Energy. Binura ngPetron ang 67-73 agwat ngBarako.
Tulad ni Lassiter ay tinaposdin nina Alex Cabagnot at MVPArwind Santos ang laro na may17 puntos.
“I think we were kind of ten-tative,” wika ni coach GeeAbanilla.
Titong, 2atleta saPSA AwardsNi Jasmine Payo
DALAWANG batang manlalarona sumira ng mga marka saswimming sa Palarong Pam-bansa ang makakasama ni Nu-meriano Titong, unang kampe-on ng Milo Marathon, sa ispat-layt sa taunang PSA AwardsNight Sabado sa CentennialHall ng Manila Hotel.
Pararangalan sina Maria PazCastrillo at Rafael Barreto nasumira ng pitong marka noong2013 Palarong Pambansa bilangMilo Junior Athletes of the Year.
Tatanggap din ng parangal siTitong na nagwagi noong 1974Milo Marathon.
“The award is presented tothe top young athlete, male orfemale, who has consistentlydisplayed exceptional athleti-cism in sports and demonstrat-ed the values of leadership, dis-cipline, perseverance, and in-tegrity in life,” sabi ni Milosports executive Andrew Neri.
GM SokontraCubanNAIS ni Pinoy GrandmasterWesley So na buhayin ang pag-asa na humabol sa liderato sakanyang pagharap ngayon kon-tra Cuban GM LeinierDominguez sa ika-walong roundng 76th Tata Steel TournamentMasters (Miyerkules sa Mayni-la) sa Rijksmuseum, Amster-dam.
Yumuko si So kay top seed atworld No. 2 Levon Aronian ngArmenia sa ika-anim roundbago hatiin ang puntos kay Rus-sian GM Sergey Karjakin sa ika-pitong round.
Bumagsak si So sa apat pun-tos sa torneo Category 20 (Elo2743 average).
Kailangang talunin ni So(Elo 2719) si Dominguez (Elo2754) upang gumanda angkanyang posisyon. Tulad ni Soay may apat puntos si Karjakin.
Solong lider si Aronian namay 5.5 puntos kasunod siDutch GM Anish Giri na may4.5 puntos.
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TODO ATAKEHINDI alintana ni David West ng Indiana Pacers angdepensa ni Draymond Green ng Golden StateWarriors Linggo sa NBA. Nanalo ang Pacers, 102-94.
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Heat tiklopsa HawksA TLANTA —Binuhat ni Paul
Millsap ang Atlanta Hawks sa121-114 panalo laban sa Mia-
mi Heat Linggo sa NBA. Umiskor siMillsap ng 26 puntos.
Binalewala ngHawks ang 30 puntosni LeBron James.
Pinutol ng Hawksang siyam sunod-sun-od pagkatalo sa ka-may ng Heat. Hindilumaro si DwyaneWade sa Heat saikalawang sunodpagkakataon.
Mainit din saopensa si DeMarreCarroll na may 19puntos at may 17puntos si Pero Anticpara sa Hawks nahuling pinabagsakang Heat noong En-ero 2, 2012.
May 21 puntos siChris Bosh.
Sa Oakland, Cali-fornia, iniskor ng In-diana Pacers ang ika-limang sunod panalomatapos paamuin angGolden State War-riors, 102-94.
Gumawa ng 23
puntos si Paul Georgesamantalang may 14puntos at 13 re-bounds si Roy Hibbertsa Pacers na umakyatsa 33-7 marka.
Hindi nagpahuli siDavid West na bumirang 17 puntos saman-talang may 14 pun-tos, 10 rebounds atpitong assists para saPacers.
Sa New York, ku-mamada si Joe John-son ng 25 puntos up-ang dominahin ngBrooklyn Nets angNew York Knicks,103-80. Inungusan ngChicago Bulls ang LosAngeles Lakers saovertime, 102-100;dinurog ng HoustonRockets ang PortlandTrail Blazers, 126-113samantalang pina-tumba ng LA Clippersang Detroit, 112-103.
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With theme, Love Life LoveTravel, the TTE is by far thebiggest in terms of exhibitionarea and the most diverse line-up of participants since the TTEwas conceived in 1994.
Sponsored jointly by the De-partment of Tourism, PhilippineAirlines and Citibank, the TTE2014 is a much-awaited eventamong individuals, groups andcompanies wanting to avail ofhuge discounts in exciting traveldestinations from airlines, ho-tels and resorts and even cruiselines. Philippine Star is the offi-cial media partner.
The DOT is the official co-presentor in the TTE while PALis the official carrier andCitibank is the official creditcard company of the event. PALin fact is occupying a major por-tion of the Function Room 5 atthe second floor of SMX.
Additional sponsors are Asi-amiles, the official mileage cardand Globe Telecom, the officialtelco partner of Philippine Trav-el Agencies Association for thisimportant event.
This year’s TTE will occupyHalls 1 to 4 at the ground floor ofSMX and the Function Room 5 atthe upper floor with a total floorarea of 11,480 square meters.
Quite interestingly, the par-ticipation of foreign airlines didnot just expand in terms ofnumber but also in the sizes oftheir booths, largely encouragedby the overflow crowds that at-tended last year’s TTE.
Travel enthusiasts and thosestill looking at traveling any-where here or abroad will cer-tainly have a wide array of choic-es and flight or tour packages tochoose from based on the partici-pation of 53 travel agencies and
A decade of great choicesSUN Cellular celebrated 10years of providing innovativemobile services to Filipinos in2013. Digitel Mobile PhilippinesInc. (DMPI) launched Sun Cellu-lar in 2003, offering a widerange of innovations for mobiletelephony—from game-chang-ing unlimited services for voiceand text messaging, to interna-tional roaming services, wirelessbroadband, and value-addedservices for individuals and busi-nesses alike.
As Sun Cellular ushers in an-other year, DMPI revisits themilestones and achievementsthat helped the company re-shape the telecommunicationslandscape.
If there is one thing that SunCellular is most known for, it isthe fact that it pioneered unlim-ited, tariff-free, intra-networkcalls and SMS in the country.
October 2011 saw the inte-gration of Sun Cellular into thePLDT Group, making possiblethe expansion of Sun Cellular’snetwork reach and robustness.
With the expansive infras-tructure support of parent com-pany, PLDT, and sister company,Smart Communications, Inc.,Sun Cellular intensif ied itsbroadband services to be able tocover strategic areas of thePhilippines, including Bukidnon,Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao,Sarangani and North Cotabato.
With the surge of smart-phones in the consumer market,Sun Cellular provided Filipinoswith affordable and irresistibleAndroid offers through its Sun-droid Rush plan. A first of itskind in the market, the new SunCellular offering equipped sub-scribers with one Android tabletand one Android smartphone allunder one plan.
Another first in the industry,the Sun Cellular Anti-Bill Shockservice aimed to protect con-sumers from incurring excessivedata charges on their mobile de-vices.
Sun Cellular took its game-changing offerings to the nextlevel by expanding its market toserve not only individuals, butPhilippine enterprises on thelookout for reliable and cost-ef-ficient communication services.
With more than 200 partnermobile operators and presencein more than 100 countries, SunCellular enabled Filipinos tokeep in touch with their lovedones wherever they are in theworld. Sun Cellular’s Todo IDDTawag Card allowed Filipinos tocall friends and loved ones inthe US, Canada, Hong Kong,
Singapore, China, Guam andHawaii for as low as P2 perminute. Itxt30, on the otherhand, provided internationalSMS service to over 26 countriesfor only P1.50 per message.These offerings, together withaffordable roaming services,have allowed Filipino families tostay connected even when theyare miles apart.
Sun Cellular was the first tooffer group plans where a singlesubscriber can avail of multiplehandsets and mobile subscrip-tions designed for the use offamily or calling circles. SunPostpaid value added servicessuch as the Power Up and Con-tent Add-Ons, al lowed sub-scribers to enjoy savings on theirmobile internet and instant mes-saging fees.
Sun Cellular’s innovativeproducts and services and strongfocus on customer touch pointshave earned public trust andpraise. In a study conducted bythe National Telecommunica-tions Commission in 2012, SunCellular was recognized as thetelecommunications companythat received the least numberof subscriber complaints. This isa testament to Sun Cellular’scommitment to continuously en-hance its service channels.
Sun Cellular’s efforts to pro-vide best-value and reliable mo-bile connectivity services havegained local and internationalrecognition over the years. Itwas the recipient of the 2005Silver Prize for Most EffectiveNew Service Introduction andTop 25 Philippine Companiesfrom Business Mirror and SternSteward & Co. In 2009, Sun Cel-lular bagged the Most PromisingTelecom Service Provider in AsiaPacific from the Frost and Sulli-van ICT Award. Sun Cellularwas also recognized as back-to-back Philippines Mobile ServiceProvider of the Year for 2011and 2012 at the Frost & SullivanAs ia Pac i f i c Bes t Prac t i cesAwards.
As it moves past its tenthyear, Sun Cellular reinforces itscommitment to provide best-val-ue offerings and services to Fil-ipinos. After all, Sun Cellularhas challenged the status quoonce. And it vows to do its partto push for the telecommunica-tion industry’s evolution evenfurther. “We have learned to lis-ten to the needs of our cus-tomers all these years. We lookforward to marking many moremilestones, and offering bigger,better choices to our subscribersin the future,” Lim concluded.
Beyond smartphones, telco looks to advent of ‘Smart Life’A WRIST watch that can moni-tor your walking activities, anearpiece that measures yourheart rate, self-driving cars thatare connected to the Internetand a game console that canstream games to a number ofdevices-these are just some ofthe most forward-looking gad-gets and technologies unveiledduring the annual ConsumerElectronics Show (CES) in LasVegas this year.
Increasingly, Internet-enabledgadgets and devices are permeat-ing every aspect of people’s lives-from the way they entertainthemselves, the way they do theirhouse chores, all the way to mon-itoring their physical conditions.
“We’re no longer talking aboutsimply smartphones and smarttablets. As we’ve seen from therecent CES show, the coming ofsmart watches, smart cars, smartTVs and smart appliances is im-minent,” said Orlando B. Vea,Chief Wireless Advisor and Co-Founder of wireless leader SmartCommunications, Inc. (Smart).
“All this will eventually lead
to the advent of the ’smart life’,where every aspect of a person’slife is linked one way or the oth-er by the Internet,” Vea added.“Experts are forecasting thecoming of a ’digital tsunami’brought by these data-generat-ing devices. Smart is more thancapable of handling this spike indemand for data access as wehave not only super-charged ournetwork in the past years but wehave future-proofed it as well.”
Indeed, the recent CES exhi-bition showed that the groundwork for the concept of a ’smartlife’ is slowly being laid down.During the convention, one ofthe most talked about innova-tions are Android-powered cars,wi th the announcement o fGoogle’s Open Automotive Al-liance with a number of carmanufacturers.
Another trend that grabbedheadlines during the annuale lectronics show is the on-slaught of “wearable tech,” orwireless devices that can beworn like accessories but canperform digital functions, such
as measure how many steps theuser takes in a day or notify theuser of updates coming to hismobile phone.
These developments convergeat a larger technology trend fore-casted to dominate the industryin the coming years, dubbed the“Internet of Things,” where ma-chine-to-machine communica-tions over the Internet becomescommonplace. This trend callsfor a more reliable telecommuni-cations network that can handlethe mobile data traffic require-ments of the future.
Smart currently has about78,000 kilometers of fiber-opticcable running across the coun-try, providing four times fiberpower that acts as backhaul forits more than 10,000 4G-capablesites (HSPA+/Wimax, LTE andLTE-Advanced) currently activenationwide.
With a future-proof networkalready available today, Filipinoscan look forward to a reliableand seamless experience withthe up and coming data-enableddevices only from Smart.
