www.inquirer.net HH Text INQ ON BREAKING to 4467 Radyo Inquirer DZIQ 990AM Saturday, May 25, 2013 12 sections / Vol. 28 / No. 166 P18 Mobile Alert: Twitter: @inquirerdotnet Twitter: @dzIQ990 MANDY NAVASERO/CONTRIBUTOR PHOTOGENIC A colorful kite flutters over Marlboro Hill in this breathtaking land and sea scape in Batanes province, a favorite destination of photographers and nature lovers. According to American photographer and environmentalist Ansel Adams: You don’t make a photograph with just a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved. 14 party-lists win seats Kin of slain OFW, mutineers’ groups are House first-timers By Philip C. Tubeza fisherman A CONTROVERSIAL group representing overseas Filipino workers (OFW) and another formed by unaware of former military mutineers yesterday made it to the PH apology first batch of winners of the party-list election. In a two-page resolution, the the other groups winners pro- By Nancy C. Carvajal Commission on Elections (Com- claimed were Buhay Hayaang elec) proclaimed OFW Family Yumabong (Buhay), Advocacy PINGTUNG, Taiwan—The cap- Club Inc. (OFW), whose first for Teacher Empowerment tain of a Taiwanese fishing boat nominee is former Ambassador Through Action Cooperation whose father was shot and Roy V.Señeres, and the Magda- and Harmony Toward Educa- killed by the Philippine Coast lo Para sa Pilipino (Magdalo), tional Reforms (A-Teacher), Guard in disputed waters headed by Sen. Antonio Tril- Bayan Muna, 1st Consumers Al- claimed yesterday he and his lanes IV,winners of the May 13 liance for Rural Energy (1-Care), men were fired upon without party-list election along with 12 Akbayan Citizens’ Action Party provocation, and his family ac- other groups. (Akbayan), Ako Bicol Political cused the Filipinos of murder. The Comelec said the 14 Party (AKB), Abono Party-List Denying that his boat had en- groups were guaranteed one (Abono), Gabriela, Cooperative croached on Philippine waters, seat each in the House of Repre- 14 PARTY-LISTS/ A6 Hung Yue-chien, 39, insisted at sentatives, as each of them gar- a press conference here that the nered at least 2 percent of all Of 6 incumbents, Cayetano, May 9 incident occurred in a the votes cast in the party-list Trillanes, Pimentel are the “public fishing area.” ACTIVISTS in hazmat (hazardous material) suits from the environmentalist group Greenpeace election. In Manila, Justice Secretary uproot genetically engineered Bt eggplant, locally known as ‘‘talong,” from a field trial site in Bay Besides OFW and Magdalo, biggest gainers /A6 Leila de Lima said National Bu- Laguna province, in this 2011 photo. ARNOLD ALMACEN reau of Investigation (NBI) agents assigned to go to Taiwan UNA wants explanation to help in the investigation said Court of Appeals stops field trials the group was ready to “leave anytime” as soon as arrange- of ‘60-30-10’ pattern KIN OF/ A15 of genetically modified eggplant By Christian V.Esguerra experts called attention to the By DJ Yap and Jerome Aning In a 26-page decision dated the Philippines in Los Baños supposed returns pattern on May 17 but released only yes- and various government and INSTEAD of telling the opposi- Wednesday, though they made GREENPEACE Southeast terday, the appellate court private agencies. tion to concede defeat in the clear they were not suggesting a Asia (Philippines) yesterday granted the petition sought by At the time of the filing of senatorial election, the admin- manipulation of the May 13 welcomed a ruling issued by Greenpeace and other groups the suit, field testing had al- istration should ask the Com- vote, which the administration the Court of Appeals (CA) to against the planting of Bt (Bacil- ready been done in Pangasi- mission on Elections (Comelec) Team PNoy dominated, win- permanently put a stop to lus thuringiensis) talong (egg- nan, Laguna and Camarines to investigate the supposed ning nine of the 12 Senate seats the field trials of genetically plant). Bt is a soil bacterium in- Sur provinces while others “60-30-10” pattern in the re- at stake. modified eggplant, which serted into crops to develop in- were still being conducted in turns so the public will know Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco, the environmentalist group secticidal properties. Kabacan, North Cotabato what really happened, the Unit- secretary general and believes is harmful to hu- The trials were being jointly province. ed Nationalist Alliance (UNA) spokesperson for UNA, yester- mans and the environment. conducted by the University of COURT/ A15 said yesterday. day said that even before the Information technology (IT) UNA WANTS / A6 Here’s why cockroaches Boy Scouts now open to gay scouts won’t go away GRAPEVINE, TEXAS—The Boy voted in favor of ending the chair of California’s Orange Scouts of America scores for gay ban, effective Jan. 1, 2014, the County Boy Scout Council who NEW YORK—People have been rights. group said in a statement. A voted to end the ban. “The pro- getting rid of cockroaches for The largest youth organiza- prohibition on openly gay adult cess was a very civil debate ... decades by setting out bait mixed tion in the United States voted leaders remains in place. There wasn’t any uncivilized with poison. But in the late 1980s, on Thursday to lift a century- The decision followed weeks behavior. People stated their in an apartment test kitchen in old ban on openly gay scouts in of intense lobbying by gay case, passionately and from Florida, something went very what is considered a major vic- rights activists and members of many different angles.” wrong. tory for gay rights activists. conservative organizations, He said that by Thursday it A killer product stopped work- But the decision means a sea many of them church groups had become clear that there ing. Cockroach populations there of change for an organization that have traditionally formed was a generation change in the kept rising. Mystified researchers that depends heavily on faith- the backbone of one of the na- organization and that “the tested and discarded theory after based groups. tion’s largest youth organiza- younger generation of scouting theory until they finally hit on the More than 60 percent of the tions. just don’t see it the way the old explanation: In a remarkably rapid group’s National Council, com- “I’m a happy camper,” said guard did.” HERE’S / A14 prised of some 1,400 delegates, Mike Harrison, 71, a former BOY SCOUTS/ A15

WHAT’S INSIDE NEWS NEWS METRO ENTERTAINMENT Dick tells Bong DOH bats Stars’ ‘shameful’ secrets revealed /F3 Comelec: Don’t Revilla backs for ‘SEX’ in call LIFESTYLE remove PCOS /A2 down /A2 centers / A19 You can’t sink in the Dead Sea /D5 HH PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER SATURDAY, MAY 25, 2013 NEWS A15 GRIEVING DAUGHTER Hung Tzu-chien, daughter of slain Taiwanese fisher Hung Shih- chien, says her family was not angry with the Filipino people but would ask for compensation. She said the death of her father was “murder.” Her brother, Hung Yue- chien, skipper of the ill-fated boat, says the family is unaware of the Philippine government’s apology to the family. NANCY CARVAJAL

Kin of slain fisherman ... From page A1 sued an apology and that this was employee whom they described as a rejected by Taipei. “good person.” ments had been finalized through “No, I did not know about the The sister insisted that the Philip- the Manila Economic and Cultural apology,”Hung said. He also said he pine government should call for an Office (Meco). did not know that some Filipinos “international” press conference Meco is the office in charge of had been the target of “attacks” by and apologize for the death of her handling relations between Manila Taiwanese “gangsters” as a result of father. and Taipei, which have no diplo- the shooting incident. She also said her family would matic ties. not allow an NBI team of investiga- Meco representative Antonio On autopilot tors to conduct a “reautopsy” of her Basilio told the INQUIRER by phone Hung said he and his men did not father’s remains. A GREENPEACE activist places genetically engineered Bt eggplants uprooted from a field that it was just a matter of time be- often fish in the area where the trial site in Laguna into a hazardous material (hazmat) container to prevent contamination of fore the NBI team leaves for Taiwan. shooting occurred and insisted it Meco clearance neighboring fields and the environment. This photo was taken in 2011. ARNOLD ALMACEN “There are technical details— was a public fishing zone. An NBI source said the eight-man technical but important de- “We were traveling slowly at team that will conduct its own tails—that are still being sorted north territorial waters about 19 probe of what happened would in- out,” Basilio said. degrees and in the east about 129 clude NBI–Foreign Liaison Office Court of Appeals stops field ... [degrees] when we heard gun- head agent Daniel Deganzo, team 8-man NBI team shots,” Hung said. He said that leader James Castro, medico-legal From page A1 vor of the petitioners based on compelling The eight-member NBI team is before he ran and hid in the officer Dr. Ruperto Sombilon, ballis- grounds, including the “irreversibility” of re- expected to leave this weekend, boat’s cabin, “I put the boat on tics expert Hiyasmin Abarrioentos, The respondents in the case were: the en- leasing GMOs into the environment even said an NBI source, who asked not autopilot.” agent Eduardo Ramos and artist vironment department’s Environmental during field trials, and the fact that current to be identified because of a gag or- He said that aside from his father, Ligaya Banawan. Management Bureau; the agriculture de- field-testing protocols “look at efficacy and der issued by the Department of his crew included another Tai- The group has been divided into partment’s Bureau of Plant Industry and Fer- agricultural performance and not safety for Justice. wanese and an Indonesian. four teams. “Each team has a specif- tilizer and Pesticide Authority; the Universi- human consumption or environment.” Hung, the captain of the Guang But the other crew members ic task,” the source said. ty of the Philippines Los Baños Foundation Lawyer Zelda DT Soriano, Greenpeace Ta Shin 28, denied the Taiwanese were not present during the press The source did not say whether Inc.; the UP Mindanao Foundation Inc.; and Southeast Asia’s regional political advisor, boat had tried to ram into the conference. the Taiwanese request for a copy of the International Service for the Acquisition said the respondents were unable to show Philippine vessel belonging to the the video of the supposed en- of Agri-biotech Applications-Southeast Asia that the benefits of conducting the field tri- Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Compensation demand counter between PCG and the Tai- Center. als outweighed the risks. Resources anti-illegal fishing Hung said his father was in the wanese boat would be met. “The respondents could not prove wrong surveillance group. He said they engine room when the gunfire De Lima said the NBI probe team Protect, preserve the fact that Bt talong field testing is an envi- were fired upon by the Filipinos started and “was hit when he was only waiting for clearance from The court directed the respondents to ronmental case where scientific evidence as to without provocation. looked out.” Meco to leave for Taiwan. “I have a “protect, preserve, rehabilitate and restore the health, environmental and socioeconomic Hung, speaking in Mandarin, Hung’s sister, Hung Tzu-chien, standing clearance for the NBI team the environment in accordance with the safety is insufficient, inconclusive or uncertain which was translated into English who was also at the news confer- to leave anytime once all the need- foregoing judgment of the court.” and preliminary evaluation indicates that by an official of the Taiwan Min- ence, said her family was not angry ed arrangements have been made “It is clear that there is no full scientific there are reasonable grounds for concern, that istry of Foreign Affairs, is the son with the Filipino people but would through Meco,” she said. certainty yet as to the effects of the Bt ta- there are potentially dangerous effects on the of the slain fisherman. He spoke ask for compensation. She said the De Lima said Manila was stand- long field trials on the environment and the environment and human health,” she said. at a news conference attended by death of her father was “murder.” ing by its position that the incident health of the people,” said the appellate Ocampo said the CA decision would have Taiwanese reporters in the fami- The daughter pressed for the re- happened in Philippine waters and court’s Special 13th Division, speaking a resounding impact on the future of agri- ly’s house on Liouciou island in lease of a video of the incident sup- this would be included in the final through Associate Justice Isaias P. Dicdican. culture in the Philippines and on how food Pingtung county. posedly taken by the Philippine NBI report. With reports from “Consequently, the field trials of Bt talong production was being done in our country. Hung said he was not aware that Coast Guard (PCG). She also said Jerome Aning, Norman Bordado- could not be declared by this Court as safe for He added that the court’s decision was an the Philippine government had is- her father had a previous Filipino ra and Erika Sauler human health and our ecology, with full scien- affirmation of what Greenpeace has been tific certainty, being an alteration of an other- saying for years about the flaws in GMO wise natural state of affairs in our ecology.” regulations in the country. Appellate Associate Justices Myra V.Gar- cia-Fernandez and Nina G. Antonio-Valen- Constitutional violations zuela concurred in the decision. “These flaws in the government regula- Boy Scouts now open to gay scouts The court said even the local and foreign tions have led to the sad state we are in—62 From page A1 experts presented by proponents of the pur- GMOS are imported and fed to Filipinos policy to research attitudes to- lifting the ban. portedly pest-resistant eggplants all agreed without their knowledge and consent. The Boy Scouts’ long-standing ward admitting gays. But the Boy Scouts’ top leader- that aside from the fact that there are no While the environment and our farmers are ban on gay scouts had become a ship had endorsed the change and laws regulating the field testing of geneti- exposed to eight kinds of GMOs that are al- polarizing issue at the center of Faith-based groups encouraged delegates to support cally modified plants, their safety cannot lowed for propagation without knowing the debate on gay rights in the About 70 percent of the group’s it. BSA president Wayne Perry said fully be guaranteed. their long-term impacts,” Ocampo said. United States, where gay sol- 100,000 Boy Scout units are char- in a webcast: “It was never our in- “We commend the Court of Appeals for The petition argued that the field trials diers may now serve openly in tered by faith-based organiza- tent to prevent young people from living up to its constitutionally mandated violated the constitutional right of the peo- the military and where gay cou- tions, according to Boy Scouts being part of this organization.” role as protector of constitutional rights,” ple to a balanced and healthful ecology be- ples can wed in a number of membership data. Some 22 per- Zach Wahls, an Eagle Scout said Daniel Ocampo, Greenpeace Southeast cause of the danger of contamination the states. cent of the units nationwide are raised by two lesbians, said the Asia’s sustainable agriculture campaigner. technology posed to indigenous genetic re- chartered by civic organizations, time has come for change. “This landmark decision reflects that sources of the country. Emotionally charged and 7 percent are chartered by ed- “There is nothing Scout-like there are indeed flaws and lapses in the cur- The petitioners cited results of the 90- For months, the Boy Scouts ucational groups. about exclusion of other people, rent regulatory process for genetically day laboratory tests conducted by propo- have been caught between two One of the major turning points and there is nothing Scout-like modified organisms (GMOs) such as Bt nents of genetically modified organisms on sides in an emotionally charged in the debate came earlier this about putting your own religious eggplant which exposes our environment mice fed with the new Bt eggplant, which debate that has seen both sup- year when the Mormon beliefs before someone else’s,” and health to unknown long-term conse- showed signs of toxicity in the liver and kid- porters and opponents of lifting church—the largest sponsor of Wahls, founder of Scouts for quences and does not establish their safety neys of the test subjects. the ban threatening to withdraw scouting troops nationwide—ex- Equality, told a news conference in any way,” he said in a statement. In 2002, the Bureau of Plant Industry be- support. pressed support for ending the on Wednesday. gan approving GMOs for importation as The Boy Scouts have faced ban. The Mormon church charters Damages to man, nature food, feed and processing as well as for heavy pressure on one side from nearly 38,000 scout troops repre- Battle of petitions In its petition, Greenpeace claimed the Bt propagation. The proposals for GMO ap- gay rights supporters and some of senting nearly a quarter million Gay rights advocates gathered eggplants could endanger consumers as it provals used studies conducted by the GMO the major corporate sponsors who scouts. petitions with more than 1.8 mil- was found to cause damages to internal or- proponents themselves, instead of indepen- provide much of the group’s annu- The next largest faith-based lion signatures in support of end- gans. With its built-in insect-resistance dent risk assessments. al funding, and on the other by a sponsor is the United Methodist ing the ban while opponents col- gene, Bt eggplants can also create aggres- Greenpeace claimed GMOs have never variety of major national church Church, which charters about lected about 250,000 signatures sive weeds that may wreak havoc to local been proven safe, which is why they are high- groups, who sponsor and support 11,000 scout troops representing urging delegates to vote down the agriculture and natural habitats. ly regulated and even banned in many coun- the large majority of troops na- about 363,000 scouts. They, too, change. The group was joined by former senator tries and regions. It urged government regu- tionwide. issued a statement supporting an Intel Corp., one of the largest Orlando Mercado, Puerto Princesa City lators to instead focus on sustainable agricul- “I just resigned from my troop,” end to the ban. The Catholic corporate sponsors of the Boy Mayor Edward Hagedorn, Bayan Muna Rep. ture instead of loosely allowing the conduct said Chris Collier, 41, a former Church, which sponsors about Scouts, announced last Septem- Teddy Casiño, lawyers Harry Roque and of field trials and commercialization of such troop leader in Alabama and 8,400 troops, has taken no official ber that it would stop supporting Maria de la Paz, singer Noel Cabangon and crops for eventual human consumption. Florida who said he would send position on the controversy. troops that continue to ban gay various farmers and agricultural scientists It would be recalled that in December his Eagle Scout award back to the While national polls show a scouts. Intel donated about under the Magsasaka and Siyentipiko sa 2010, the Davao City government uprooted organization’s national office. growing acceptance of gay rights, $700,000 in 2009, according to Pagpapaunlad ng Agrikultura (Masipag). Bt eggplant from the field where they were “My grandfather earned his ea- an online survey of about 200,000 the American Independent maga- The groups brought the suit on April 26 being tested by the UP Mindanao Foundation. gle award in 1938. I earned mine BSA members, parents and lead- zine. last year before the Supreme Court under Experts presented by the respondents, in- in 1990. I was hoping my son ers indicated strong support for That announcement followed its new environmental protection proce- cluding some of the country’s top scientists at could earn his when he grew up. maintaining the ban, by a margin pressure from gay groups who dures. The writ of kalikasan is a legal reme- the University of the Philippines in Los Baños, I’m sad, but this is their cross to of almost 2-1. launched a nationwide campaign dy under the new rules of procedure for en- argued that the Bt talong technology is safe bear. I’m no longer part of the or- on Change.org, urging Intel to vironmental cases. and does not cause harm to the environment. ganization. I’ll move in a different ‘They’re not listening’ withdraw its support. United Par- The Supreme Court issued the writ of ka- However, on questioning by the court, direction.” “The Boy Scouts are not listen- cel Service Inc., another major likasan on May 2, 2012, directing the re- they admitted that the overall safety of the Thursday’s vote came about ing to us,” said John Stemberger, sponsor, followed suit in Novem- spondents to answer the petition. Bt talong remains to be unknown. The three months after the organiza- an Orlando lawyer, Eagle Scout, ber, as did Merck & Co., according The petitioners were represented in the court also found that other than adminis- tion’s leadership delayed a deci- former scoutmaster and founder to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance suit by lawyers from the Roque and Bu- trative issuances, there is no law that regu- sion on changing its membership of an organization that opposes Against Defamation. Reuters tuyan Law Offices. lates field testing of GMOs in the country. Greenpeace lauded the CA for ruling in fa- With a report by Jerome Aning www.inquirer.net HH Text INQ ON BREAKING to 4467 Radyo Inquirer DZIQ 990AM Sunday, May 26, 2013 12 sections / Vol. 28 / No. 167 P20 Mobile Alert: Twitter: @inquirerdotnet Twitter: @dzIQ990 GUIJO DUENAS/INQUIRER VISAYAS BREAKING THE RECORD Thousands of youths release sky lanterns—15,185 of them—within 10 minutes at the University of the Philippines Visayas campus in Miag-ao in Iloilo City to call for world peace through inner peace. This breaks the Guinness World Record of 12,749 sky lanterns released in a single event, according to organizers. (Story on Page A8) Taiwan has new terms Departure of NBI probers delayed anew Church revenge: Buhay By Nancy C. Carvajal says Catholic vote was key

TAIPEI—The govern- By Christian V.Esguerra clear both houses of Congress ment of Taiwan on Sat- and Philip C. Tubeza and would be signed into law urday imposed new by President Aquino four days A GROUP of dejected Catholics before Christmas. conditions that would filed out of the plenary hall of But Church leaders and their further delay the Philip- the House of Representatives followers vowed revenge: The one early morning last Decem- legislators who voted for the pines’ investigation of ber. The legislators had just bill and who would run for re- the fatal shooting of a passed the controversial repro- election or other offices in the Taiwanese fisherman ductive health (RH) bill on sec- May midterm elections would ond reading, the beginning of fall at the polls. by Filipino coast guards the end for the faithful followers The supporters of the bill three weeks ago. of the Catholic Church, who scoffed at the threat. There was fought the proposal for 10 years. no such thing as a “Catholic Amadeo R. Perez, chair of the The bill would eventually CHURCH/ A13 Manila Economic and Cultural Office (Meco), the Philippines’ de facto embassy in Taiwan, Mt. Pulag revisited: Quo vadis? said previous problems had Triangle of light: Mercury, been solved and eight agents of SONNY CRUZ the National Bureau of Investi- By Myk Miguel THERE ain’t no mountain high So revisit the majestic peak Jupiter, Venus align today gation had been issued visas by Contributor enough for these “nature trip- the mountaineers did when the the Taipei Economic and Cul- pers,” who have scaled the fraternity recently celebrated By DJ Yap Jupiter, which orbits beyond tural Office (Teco) in Manila. (Editor’s Note: Myk Miguel, a heights of the country’s highest its 39th year. A member who Mars, are tens of millions of “But this morning, we re- member of Zeta Mountaineering peaks. was away for 30 years flew all IN A RARE treat for stargazers, miles apart. But they have been ceived new conditions, which Group of the Zeta Phi Sigma fra- But in all its conquests, the the way from New York to join the planets Jupiter, Mercury cycling together while moving we forwarded to the Depart- ternity, first conquered Mount Pu- trekkers of Zeta Mountaineer- the reunion climb, along with and Venus will appear close to- ever closer to each other this ment of Justice (DOJ) for deci- lag in 1978. A professional pho- ing Group of Zeta Phi Sigma this author, senior citizen card- gether across the skies today, month, joined by the inner- sion,” Perez told the INQUIRER by tographer, he takes shots while fraternity have found a favorite bearing members and youthful the astronomy division of the most planet, Mercury. phone. discovering the beauty of the in Mount Pulag—Luzon’s high- recruits. weather bureau said. The celestial show peaks to- TAIWAN’S/ A19 country’s highest peaks on foot.) est summit. MT.PULAG/ A20 Typically, Venus, the second- day, when the trio will appear Read-Along at 6 picks closest planet to the sun, and TRIANGLE/ A19 celebs as ambassadors

By the Inquirer Read-Along Team and organizers in their commu- nities; and introducing the pro- THE INQUIRER Read-Along gram’s first “ambassadors”— yesterday marked its sixth year celebrity readers who have re- by training master storytellers galed children in the past with and honoring celebrity readers their engaging storytelling. in a daylong affair that gathered The activity started with a children ages 7 to 12 at the IN- training session on interactive QUIRER office in Makati City. storytelling facilitated by Read- READ-ALONG Ambassadors read their oath. They are (from left) The celebration’s main event Along veterans Rich Rodriguez 2007 Bb. Pilipinas Anna Theresa Licaros, actress Jasmine Curtis-Smith, was twofold: coaching the first and Posh Develos, followed by a Miss Earth official Cathy Untalan, broadcasters Karen Davila and Kim batch of “champions” to be- reading session featuring come Read-Along storytellers READ-ALONG / A18 Atienza, INQUIRER chair Marixi Prieto and singer Nikki Gil. ARNOLD ALMACEN

WHAT’S INSIDE It’s Furlough Friday for federal workers SPORTS •Pacers trip Heat, gain homecourt advantage LIFESTYLE FF Cruz: A life well WASHINGTON—More than 100,000 • federal workers are having a three-day lived •Katrina Razon–out of the shadow of her weekend, but not all of them are enjoy- ENTERTAINMENT Juday: ing it. billionaire father • The first day of US government fur- Violence against women unacceptable loughs imposed by a budget crunch saw IT’S FURLOUGH / A18 PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER HH SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 NEWS A19 Taipei welcomes start of fisheries talks TAIPEI—The Ministry of For- ing the fatal shooting of a Tai- held next month or in July. would be better by July,” Alcala Taipei has also demanded that proposed the talks be held as eign Affairs (Mofa) on Friday wanese fisherman, Hung Shih- told reporters. Manila issue a formal apology, soon as possible, “but no exact said it welcomed remarks made chen, by Philippine coast Fishery accord One of the key issues to be apprehend the perpetrators and date has been touched so far.” by a Philippine official that guards on May 9. According to Philippine news discussed, Alcala said, is the de- compensate Hung’s family. Related details are being dis- Manila and Taipei were likely to Launching bilateral fishery reports, Agriculture Secretary lineation of territorial waters of Kao made the remarks when cussed by officials of both coun- discuss a possible fishery agree- talks would help establish a Proceso Alcala said that a tech- the Philippines and Taiwan. asked to comment on a state- tries, Sha added. ment soon, probably by June or fishery management mecha- nical working group composed Hung was killed by gunfire ment reportedly made by Alcala President Aquino said earlier July this year. nism for overlapping waters of fisheries officials from both from a Philippine state vessel on in Manila on Thursday. last week that his government “We welcome such a positive and significantly improve the countries will soon meet to dis- May 9 when his boat strayed in- was open “to discussing a fish- response by Manila,” Anna Kao, chances of preventing such a cuss key issues that should be to overlapping Philippine and Philippine proposal eries agreement with its neigh- a spokesperson for Mofa, said. tragedy from happening again, tackled for the creation of a Taiwanese waters. Asked about the date for a boring countries” after resolving The opening of fishery talks is Kao said. fisheries agreement. The incident sparked a heat- possible meeting, Fisheries the diplomatic row with Taiwan one of four demands Taiwan is- She did not confirm whether “The meeting may be held ed diplomatic row between the Agency Director General James triggered by the shooting. China sued to the Philippines follow- the proposed meeting will be possibly by June but perhaps it two countries. Sha said the Philippines had Post/ANN Taiwan’s new demands further delay departure of NBI probers

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He declined to disclose the new conditions. “We referred them to the DOJ. They alone have the au- thority to reveal the new condi- tions,” he said. According to Perez, the jus- tice department had approved Taiwan’s request for access to a video of an encounter between a Philippine coastal patrol ves- sel and a Taiwanese fishing boat off Balintang Island in northern Philippines on May 9. Taiwanese fisherman Hung Shih-chen was shot dead by Fil- ipino coast guards in that inci- TAIWANESE ACTIVIST Chu Mei Fong, who identified herself as a former Taiwanesecouncilor, demands dent, sparking public anger in a public apology from President Aquino in a protest in front of Malacañang on Saturday. Antiriot police Taiwan and new tensions be- (right photo) push back the Taiwaneseprotesters. REUTERS tween the two countries. Taiwan rejected an apology view the fishing boat’s crew and “Unless the new terms are Filipino workers in Taiwan. Borcia Talal, a Filipino wom- we are still a bit afraid. We hope from President Aquino and took do a new autopsy to determine immediately acted upon, the “The situation has improved an married to a Taiwanese who this will be resolved soon,” Talal retaliatory measures against how Hung died. departure of the NBI will again and new new attacks on Filipinos lives in Taichung City,which has said. the Philippines, including freez- be delayed,” Perez said. have been reported,” he said. a large concentration of Filipino The Filipino community here ing new jobs in Taiwan for Fil- Video access OKd “But for their security, we ad- migrant workers, said the Tai- is planning a “vigil” at St. ipino migrant workers. Taiwan requested round-the- Calming down vise Filipino workers here not to wanese there had “calmed Christopher Church on Chung- Taipei demanded, among clock protection for its investiga- Perez reported an improve- go out unless necessary,” he down.” shan North Road for a speedy other things, a sincere apology tors during their stay in Manila, ment in the security situation of added. “Their anger has eased, but resolution of the crisis. from the Philippine govern- which the Philippine govern- ment, compensation for Hung’s ment immediately approved. family, the arrest and punish- But the DOJ initially rejected ment of the coast guards in- Taiwan’s request for access to volved, and a joint investigation the Philippine Coast Guard of the incident. video of the incident that Jus- tice Secretary Leila de Lima had Cooperation described as “very revealing.” But as the Philippines’ one- Its request for a copy of the China policy does not allow a video denied, Taiwan on joint investigation, the two Wednesday “declined for the countries agreed to give each time being” the Philippine re- other’s investigators access to quest for legal assistance. evidence and witnesses in sepa- The DOJ relented on Friday rate probes aimed at determin- and approved the sharing of the ing the circumstances surround- video with the Taiwanese inves- ing the shooting death of Hung. tigators, which was all that Teco The NBI wants to examine was waiting for to release the Hung’s boat, the Guang Ta Hsin visas for the members of the 28, which Taiwanese investiga- NBI’s investigative team. tors said had taken 45 hits, 24 But the new conditions came of them on the cabin. down on Saturday, delaying the The NBI also wants to inter- NBI team’s departure for Taiwan. Triangle of light: Mercury, Jupiter, Venus align today

From page A1 be visible to the naked eye. “They really do shine so as a bright triangle of light in brightly that you might mistake the western sky beginning them for one or two approach- about 30 minutes after sunset. ing airplanes with their landing The Philippine Atmospheric, lights turned on,” the University Geophysical and Astronomical of Texas’ StarDate magazine Services Administration (Pagasa) wrote on its website. described the celestial phe- On Sunday, Mercury forms nomenon as “a spectacular series the top of the triangle. By Mon- of conjunctions in the evening day, Venus and Jupiter will be twilight.” side by side, less than 1 degree In its astronomical diary for apart. May, Pagasa said the three plan- “After that, Venus and Mer- ets would form a tight grouping cury will continue to climb after sunset in a celestial show higher into the evening sky that would be visible to the while Jupiter drops toward the naked eye. sun,” said StarDate. “Jupiter, Mercury and Venus Pagasa added that Saturn will make a spectacular series of will be visible in the evening sky conjunctions in the evening twi- throughout the month above light from the middle of the the east southeastern horizon. month and onward,” it said in “Viewing through a tele- the astronomical diary pre- scope, the ringed planet will pared by Pagasa officer in show its disk at 18.83 seconds charge Vicente Malano. of an arc in diameter across the Triple conjunctions are rela- equator,” it added. tively rare, according to the Na- Titan, Saturn’s largest satel- tional Aeronautics and Space lite, can also be seen easily Administration. The last one through any optical instru- was in May 2011 and the next ments, Pagasa said. one will not occur until October Titan orbits Saturn once ev- 2015. ery 16 days. “This is especially good be- Neptune and Uranus will be cause it involves the three visible before dawn during the brightest planets in May’s night month, Pagasa said. sky,” the US space agency said The two planets will be locat- on its website. ed “among the background The formation should be visi- stars of the constellations ble even in places with bright Pisces, the Fish, and Aquarius, city lights, though a clear view the Water-Bearer.” A modest- of the western horizon is a sized binocular or a telescope must. and star map will be needed in observing both planets, it Like approaching airplanes added. Astronomers suggest sky- Due to its proximity to the sun, watchers let Venus and Mars will be difficult to observe Jupiter be their guide. As the during the month, Pagasa said. sky darkens, the planets will With a report from Reuters www.inquirer.net HH Text INQ ON BREAKING to 4467 Radyo Inquirer DZIQ 990AM Wednesday, May 29, 2013 11 sections / Vol. 28 / No. 170 P18 Mobile Alert: Twitter: @inquirerdotnet Twitter: @dzIQ990

COMMANDER IN CHIEF’S RESPECTS President Aquino pays his last respects to the seven Marine soldiers killed in the May 25 ambush by Abu Sayyaf bandits in Sulu as relatives of a slain soldier comfort each other during the wake at the Marines’ barracks in Fort Bonifacio. LYN RILLON

Poll discrepancies found After parallel probes, Taiwan Flaws bared in initial to insist on criminal liability audit, says Brillantes By Philip C. Tubeza By Nancy C. Carvajal

TAIPEI—Taiwan and the Philip- THE INITIAL findings of the random manual audit pines will discuss the results of (RMA) of the May 13 elections showed “discrepan- their respective investigations into the killing of a Taiwanese cies” in some precincts compared with the comput- fisherman in the northern er-generated tallies, Commission on Elections Philippine waters on May 9, but (Comelec) Chair Sixto Brillantes Jr. said yesterday. Taipei will insist on criminal lia- bility if warranted, according to Brillantes said the Comelec for review. an official of Taiwan’s Ministry had received the reports from He said the discrepancies of Justice. 167 out of the 234 randomly may have been due to the shad- “Each team will come out chosen precincts across the ing of the ballots. The Comelec with separate reports and in country but could not immedi- has decided to have the precinct case of major differences, we ately state the extent of the POLL DISCREPANCIES/ A17 will again meet to discuss the problem. result, but we will insist on the “There were discrepancies,” Comelec failed to review criminal liability of those who Brillantes said in an interview, source code, says poll are guilty,” Chen Wen-chen, di- adding that the questionable rector general of the Interna- results were being segregated watchdog /A17 tional Cross–Straits Legal Af- TAIWANESE investigators use a rubber boat in Manila’s South Harbor to inspect the hull of the Bureau of fairs, told the INQUIRER in an in- Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ship involved in the shooting death of a Taiwanesefisherman in terview yesterday. the Balintang Channel earlier this month. The Taiwaneseare here while NBI investigators are in Taiwan 53 of 58 party-list AFTER/ A17 to make a parallel investigation. RAFFY LERMA seats now filled up Palace outraged by NPA ambush of cops By Philip C. Tubeza In a three-page resolution, the Comelec proclaimed 24 MALACAÑANG yesterday ex- “It’s very clear. It was a viola- mine planted by the commu- their (rebels’) reason for justify- THE COMMISSION on Elec- new winning party-list groups, pressed outrage over the killing tion or against the law on the nist New People’s Army (NPA) ing (the attack),” she said. tions (Comelec) yesterday an- bringing the total to 38, and an- of eight policemen by a rebel use of landmines,” President blew up in Allacapan town in Luis Jalandoni, chief peace nounced the winners of 53 out nounced the distribution of the landmine in Cagayan on Mon- Aquino’s deputy spokesperson, Cagayan. negotiator of the communist- of the 58 seats at stake in the 53 party-list seats. day, saying this was a violation Abigail Valte, said during a They were in “athletic uni- led National Democratic Front House of Representatives in the The remaining five winners of international humanitarian press briefing. form,” not in combat fatigues, PALACE/ A18 May 13 party-list balloting. 53 PARTY-LIST/ A17 law and treaty, and the conven- The policemen—all belong- as they were on their way for a tion banning the use of the ex- ing to the Special Action medical checkup, Valte said. The ‘devils’ took plosive devices. Force—were killed when a “We couldn’t make sense of her son away /A18 8-year-old leads Centenarian Act vetoed 280 spellers in US contest for being ‘oppressive’ WASHINGTON—The 86th annual National By Michael Lim Ubac have earned them each a Spelling Bee kicks off on Tuesday with an 8- and Leila B. Salaverria P100,000 bonus, plus discounts year-old speller from Kentucky leading 280 on purchases. youngsters from eight nations in testing their ABOUT 7,000 Filipinos aged Mr. Aquino vetoed the mea- ability to spell some of the most obscure words 100 years old and above will sure for being “excessive (and) in the English language. have to hang on a little bit unreasonable” and for being Sponsored by the Scripps media group, the longer before they get addition- “patently oppressive.” three-day competition at Gaylord National Re- al benefits after President What caught the attention of sort outside Washington is an American institu- Aquino vetoed the proposed the President was a provision in Centenarian Act that would CENTENARIAN / A6 8-YEAR-OLD/ A18

WHAT’S INSIDE NATION SPORTS SPORTS NEWS Appeals court: Jones Cup snub: ‘Old’ Spurs National Artist No to Subic coal PH five ‘will hone tab NBA Finals Eddie Romero plant ECC / A11 up anywhere’ / A19 berth / A20 dies; 88 / A17 HH PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2013 NEWS A17 Comelec failed to review source code, says poll watchdog

By Jerome Aning dismissed the application of the law of large numbers theory. A POLL watchdog yesterday al- Writing on his blog leged that the Commission on (http://pedestrianobserv- Elections (Comelec) in con- er.blogspot.com), Paglinawan ducting the May 13 automated said the law was inapplicable in balloting illegally relied on an the Comelec canvassing for the official certification of the Senate race because the results source code for the computer were coming from groups of machines used in the 2010 provinces that did not represent polling and the aborted 2011 the Philippines as a whole. balloting in Mindanao. He claimed the certificates of Nelson Celis of the AES COMELEC canvass (COCs) from provinces, Watch bared a violation of the Commissioners chartered cities and overseas Automated Election Systems Lucenito Tagle absentee voting centers re- (AES) Law (Republic Act No. and Elias Yusoph ceived by Comelec came from 9369) with the Comelec’s tech- (right) and batches that did not represent a nical evaluation committee un- Chair Sixto random national count. able to review the source code Brillantes Jr. Paglinawan pointed out the of the precinct count optical discuss a point 14th canvass report which only scan (PCOS) machines used in during contained results from Davao del this month’s balloting. yesterday’s Norte, North Cotabato and Tawi- Celis said in a statement that session which Tawi; the 15th which contained under Section 11 of RA 9369, declared 53 of COCs from Marinduque and the technical committee must 58 party-list Samar, and the 16th which only certify that the automated elec- seats occupied contained Lanao del Norte re- tion systems, including its hard- by at least 24 sults. ware and software components, party-list were operating properly at least groups. Revenge of the machines three months before the polling. NIÑO JESUS ORBETA Paglinawan elaborated on Such a certification should be two theories about how elec- made on documented results, ly and transmit votes after scan- Critics of the PCOS machines do their own tally by download- documentary proof to support tronic cheating could have hap- such as the successful completion ning and storing the images of have pointed out that the lack ing the computer records of the their protest,” he said. pened. One states that there of a source code review and the ballots fed into it. of a review of the source code canvassing on the poll body’s Manalastas said there were were “strategically inserted de- audit on the accuracy, functional After senatorial candidate could be used in electronic rig- website (http://2013election- other ways to do a ‘citizens’ re- fault mechanisms” in the AES and security controls of the AES Richard Gordon filed in the ging of votes through hacking results.comelec.gov.ph) com- count but they all involved us- that favored nine administration software, among others. Supreme Court a suit seeking to the software. paring them with ‘borrowed’ ing the images of the ballots and three opposition candidates “Unfortunately, there was no compel Comelec to disclose the election return (ER) printouts stored in the compact flash card and locked all 33 candidates in more time for the technical com- source code, Dominion and the Mysterious pattern held by the political parties and of each PCOS machine, or the “pre-determined rankings.” mittee to check the source code, independent third-party re- Speculations about vote-rig- the accredited citizens’ arm, original ballots themselves. His second theory, which he which was delivered by [soft- viewer, SLI Global Solutions, ging turned up a few days after Parish Pastoral Council for Re- This, however, may not be read- dubbed “the revenge of the ma- ware owner] Dominion Voting turned over the source code to the elections when the canvass- sponsible Voting. ily allowed by Comelec. chines,” states that the insertion Systems three days before the Comelec Chair Sixto Brillantes ing of votes by the Comelec re- Manalastas, a retired math of default mechanisms just elections, [when the] machines Jr. who ordered the code deliv- vealed a mysterious “60-30-10” professor at Ateneo de Manila Law of large numbers “overheated” the AES and [had] been deployed nation- ered for safekeeping to the pattern of votes, wherein ad- University, suggested using the Manalastas earlier theorized “scrambled on its own to de- wide. Too late,” Celis said. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas as ministration, opposition and in- simple Excel program to conduct that the “60-30-10” pattern may fault into a 60-30-10 template He said the committee’s certi- required by law. dependent senatorial candi- a minicanvass by comparing the be explained by the “law of on the national level.” fications were based on the The technical committee, com- dates consistently obtained 60 computer and hard copy results. large numbers,” a rule in statis- “The PCOS was just meant to source code used in the 2010 posed of representatives from the percent, 30 percent and 10 per- “If this check yields canvass tics which basically means that scan and read the ballot, count elections and the source code Department of Science and Tech- cent of votes in the province tal- results that are wildly different as more and more votes are ran- the returns and transmit its tally. intended for the aborted 2011 nology and the Comelec’s infor- lies received by the Comelec. from the results that were used domly counted over time, the Brought about by Comelec’s end- elections in Autonomous Re- mation technology (IT) depart- In his Facebook account, IT by Comelec to declare winners, results will tend to average out less improvisations and collaps- gion in Muslim Mindanao. ment, certified the AES on expert and AES Watch convener then the citizens group has rea- and follow an expected pattern. ing of the minimum required The source code is a software Feb. 12, 2013. This was affirmed Pablo Manalastas suggested son to complain and file an elec- However, former diplomat safeguards in the AES law, it has or program which instructs the by the Comelec in Resolution No. that citizens who had reason to toral protest, and can use the Ado Paglinawan, a US-based virtually opened the system to PCOS machine how to read, tal- 9641 issued three days later. doubt the Comelec count, could printed ERs and Excel files as political activist and consultant, hacking and fraud,” he said. Poll discrepancies found 53 party-list seats filled up

From page A1 more than 10 discrepancies, clerical errors. There are many From page A1 nees include former Manila the 1,809,653 votes that 12 adding that Commissioner like that which we have to clean Mayor Lito Atienza. disqualified party-list groups count optical scan (PCOS) ma- Christian Robert Lim, who is up. That is why we are forward- will be announced once the es- Securing two seats each received. It said these votes chines count as votes even the handling the RMA, had yet to ing this to the NSO (National timated 36,000 uncanvassed were A-Teacher, Bayan Muna, would be considered “stray.” ovals in the ballot paper that make an initial report. Statistics Office),” De Villa said. votes from a special election in 1-Care, Akbayan, Abono, One of the groups disquali- were only “20 percent” shaded. Former Ambassador to the She said the NSO had re- five precincts in Lanao del AKB, OFW Family, Gabriela, fied was Senior Citizens, which “They know that we had low- Vatican Henrietta de Villa, head viewed cases of precincts that Norte province and other Coop-Natcco, Agap, Cibac, got 677,642 votes and, accord- ered our threshold to 20 per- of the Comelec random manual had “10 or more variances.” precincts are finally tallied lat- Magdalo, and An Waray. ing to Brillantes, would have cent from 50 percent (in audit committee, said many When asked how many of the er this week, said Comelec Abamin, Act Teachers, Butil, secured two seats if it was not 2010),” Brillantes said. “clerical errors” were uncov- 234 randomly chosen precincts Chair Sixto Brillantes Jr. Amin, ACT-CIS, Kalinga, disqualified. Senior Citizens He said those with 10 dis- ered that could not be consid- had “variances,” De Villa said: “We’re just making sure that LPGMA, TUCP, Yacap, Agri, and three other disqualified crepancies and below were dis- ered discrepancies. “There were many. Many.” we will not be proclaiming Angkla, ABS, Diwa, Kabataan, party-list groups have ap- regarded while PCOS machines When asked if these could be But she declined to give an any party-list that will still be Anakpawis, Alay Buhay, Aam- pealed the Comelec decision to that had more than 10 discrep- considered “discrepancies,” De exact figure, saying the commit- affected by the remaining bis-Owa, 1-Sagip, Ave, Atong the Supreme Court. ancies were brought to the Villa said: “Not yet. In the sense tee was still waiting for reports votes uncanvassed,” he said. Koop, 1-BAP, Abakada, Ama, “We will follow whatever Comelec central office in Intra- of the word that there’s a differ- from the field. Buhay, which got 1,265,992 and Ang Nars snagged one seat the Supreme Court says,” Bril- muros, Manila, together with ence between the electronic “It’s not good to do that since of the 26,722,131 party-list each. lantes said. “You can be as- their ballot boxes. and the manual count.” we don’t have all the reports. votes canvassed, got three The Comelec said that it did sured that we will not wait un- Brillantes could not say how “We cannot say that at this That could lead to speculation. It House seats. Its three nomi- not include in its tabulation til June 30 to finish.” many precincts had registered point because these are mostly won’t be helpful,” De Villa said. After parallel probes, Taiwan to insist on criminal liability

From page A1 demands remain the same and vestigation room of the county Based on an earlier account nied the team to the port area to It took the investigators 80 we insist on the punishment of justice hall where the probe was on Friday,the captain of the Tai- inspect Bureau of Fisheries and minutes to investigate the BFAR She also said she expected no those who shot the boat.” being conducted, the NBI team wanese fishing boat whose fa- Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel vessel. They were escorted by “major difference in the find- was seated near the door facing ther was shot and killed in the manned by PCG personnel that Commodore Eduardo Guingona, ings because we are looking at Pingtung County inquiry Choi, who was seated in an ele- May 9 shooting claimed that he was involved in the incident. PCG fleet commander. the same evidence.” In an earlier interview, labor vated area, just like court judges. and his men were fired upon The Taiwanese probers com- The Taiwanese investigators “There is no deadline and the attaché Rey Conferido of Manila In the middle of the room without provocation, and his pleted the ballistics test on were also scheduled to inter- investigators will bring here the Economic and Cultural Office ex- were the family of the slain fish- family accused the Filipinos of Monday, firing the weapons for view BFAR and Coast Guard evidence they collected, like the pressed confidence that the crisis erman and the three crew mem- murder. cross matching, according to personnel today. slugs. The investigation will would be over by July when most bers, including and the Indone- Denying that his boat had en- NBI deputy director Virgilio The slugs and shells will be take time,” she said. of the Filipino workers were to sian fisherman identified as croached on Philippine waters, Mendez. matched with those recovered Investigators from both renew their contracts. Imam Buchaeri, 35. It was the the fishing vessel’s captain, “I think it’s helpful, of course, from the Taiwanese vessel to countries started their parallel During the inquiry in Ping- first time the Indonesian was Hung Yue-chien, 39, insisted at for both sides,” Andrew Lin of determine if the firearms investigation on Monday into tung County yesterday presided seen by media. a press conference that the inci- the Taiwan Economic and Cul- turned over by the Coast Guard the killing of a Taiwanese fish- by local chief prosecutor Choi The inquiry started past dent occurred in a “public fish- tural Office later told reporters. to NBI are the same weapons erman by the Philippine Coast Zong Zong, a team of the Na- 2 p.m. and as of press time no ing area.” He added that he could not used in the May 9 incident. Guard off Balintang Island at tional Bureau of Investigation one had come out from the in- comment further because the The NBI team in Taiwan also the northernmost part of the questioned the three crew vestigation room. Probe in Manila investigation was continuing. brought samples of the slugs Philippines. members of the Taiwanese fish- The NBI team headed by In Manila yesterday, mem- He said the inspection of the but the results of the compari- Asked About Taiwan’s sus- ing boat allegedly fired on by lawyer Daniel Daganzo arrived at bers of the Taiwanese investiga- vessel was a technical issue and son cannot be divulged at the pension of the hiring of Filipino the Philippine Coast Guard. the Pingtung County Prosecutors tive team watched a two-hour the investigators would depend moment, Mendez said. With re- workers imposed following the Based on accounts of an infor- Office before noon and immedi- video of the incident. on the assistance of the NBI and ports from Erika Sauler and May 9 incident, she said, “Our mant who had access to the in- ately met with the prosecutors. NBI officials later accompa- the Coast Guard. Jerry E. Esplanada in Manila National Artist for Film Eddie Romero dies at 88

By Bayani San Diego Jr. INQUIRER yesterday, the younger of “health complications.” In a 2005 interview, the Nation- would be translated on the set.” “My period of Americaniza- Romero said that the veteran di- “He died peacefully,” said his al Artist described himself as He considered himself an in- tion,” he said in jest. NATIONAL Artist for Film Eddie rector “fell into a coma” while son. “The last time we talked, “an old hand in the movies” by dependent filmmaker. In 1952, He was the overall Philippine Romero passed away at 9 p.m. confined in a hospital. he said he wanted to go home.” the time he was in his 20s. he directed his first indie film, coordinator for Francis Ford yesterday, son and fellow direc- “The doctor told us that he The family plans to hold the “The interesting thing was, I “Buhay Alamang,” which top- Coppola’s 1979 Vietnam War tor Joey Romero said. had a blood clot on the right wake at Arlington Memorial directed my first seven movies billed screen legends Mona Lisa film, “Apocalypse Now.” He was 88. side of the brain,” said the Chapels on Araneta Avenue, by oido,” he told the INQUIRER in and Anita Linda. In 2007 and 2008, he made Romero directed such ac- younger Romero. Quezon City. 2005. “I preferred not to be under a his last two movies, “Faces of claimed films as “Ganito Kami He had been in and out of the Romero started out as a short- Raised in Dumaguete City, major studio,” he said. Love” and “Teach Me to Love.” Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon,” hospital for the past few weeks. story writer and was “persuaded” Negros Oriental province, he He also made Hollywood Romero is survived by wife “Aguila,” “Banta ng Kahapon” Romero was confined from to write scripts by another Nation- didn’t speak a word of Filipino movies in the late 1950s and Carolina Gonzalez, sons Joey, and “Kamakalawa.” May 18 to 19 and returned to al Artist for Film, Gerardo de Leon. then. “I wrote most of the throughout the 1960s and Ancel and Leo John and 12 In a phone interview with the the hospital on May 23 because He began directing at age 23. screenplays in English and these 1970s. grandchildren. www.inquirer.net HH Text INQ ON BREAKING to 4467 Radyo Inquirer DZIQ 990AM Sunday, June 2, 2013 14 sections / Vol. 28 / No. 174 P20 Mobile Alert: Twitter: @inquirerdotnet Twitter: @dzIQ990

UNDERWATER GARDEN The water had been unusually warm—30 degrees Celsius—this summer in the TubbatahaReef. The big fish had gone deeper. No matter, the reef has been as colorful as ever. YVETTE LEE/CONTRIBUTOR They laughed while firing Video of sea incident ‘embarrassing’ for PH By Nancy C. Carvajal IT LOOKED like hoot, with six coast guards laugh- ing as they fired at the Taiwanese fishing boat. “The video showed the sol- Taiwanese fisherman Hung diers acted unprofessionally. Shih-chen, 65, was hit and They were laughing while they killed in the shooting, which were shooting the boat,” a happened during a high-speed source who had seen the video chase in waters off Balintang Is- of the Philippine Coast Guard land in northern Philippines on shooting of fishing boat Guang May 9. Ta Hsin 28 three weeks ago said The source said the Coast yesterday. Guard submitted the video to “It is disturbing and embar- THEY/ A19 rassing for Philippine law en- No special talks forcers,” the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told to help OFWs losing Blast probe focuses on condo tenant the INQUIRER in an interview. their jobs in Taiwan /A19 Asteroid flyby a ‘close

By Michael Lim Ubac and Nikko Dizon shave,’ says stargazer

THE INVESTIGATION of INQSNAP this CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida—A Asteroid 1998 QE2—which is page (not just the the explosion that ripped large asteroid accompanied by not named for the British logo) to view more its own small moon, measuring monarch—is so large it is orbit- through a posh apartment photos! building in Taguig City on Fri- nearly 2.7 kilometers, has flown ed by its own moon and is about day night yesterday began to past Earth, the latest in a string nine times as long as the Queen center on the renter of the unit of celestial visitors drawing at- Elizabeth II ocean liner. where the blast occurred, as tention to the potential dangers It is far bigger than the small President Aquino ordered of objects in space. ASTEROID/ A8 probers to find out what caused the explosion that killed three people and injured five others. For poll winners, group The blast blew out the walls of an apartment on the fifth has good governance tips floor of Two Serendra in Bonifa- cio Global City,sending a slab of By Tina Arceo-Dumlao come effective local chief exec- concrete flying onto the street utives, the Galing Pook Founda- below and smashing into a pass- THE VOTES have been counted tion offers some suggestions ing delivery van. and the winners of the electoral based on the lessons learned The van’s driver and two of contests proclaimed. from the best local government his crew were crushed to death. Now, the real work begins, programs in the Philippines that Five others, including an when the victors assume their it has recognized since 1993. American and a 9-year-old, posts on July 1. The foundation was one of were injured. For those who want to be- FOR POLL/ A17 The National Disaster Risk BLASTED This is the aftermath of the blast that ripped through Unit 501B of Two Serendra at Reduction and Management Bonifacio Global City on Friday night (top photo). From the same angle on Saturday morning, BLAST/ A18 Interior Secretary Mar Roxas is shown inspecting the damage (lower photo). RAFFY LERMA/RICHARD REYES With summer ending, Apply online: Job image of carabao as fiesta star lingers hunting goes social

By Anselmo Roque By Fe Zamora, working site for job seekers Inquirer Central Luzon Kate Pedroso and employers, in mid-2012. and Sara Pacia Chaluyan, 28, a journalism SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ—Summer is graduate of the University of about to end, but the lingering image WORKING on an island resort the Philippines in Diliman, had tourists bring home from this corner of Lu- “in a most beautiful place” was been working for some years in zon is that of carabaos being treated as far from Kiali-i Chaluyan’s mind Manila when certain unfavor- celebrities. when she updated her resume able events occurred. Instead The country’s food growers would feel on LinkedIn.com, a social net- WITH SUMMER/ A19 APPLY/ A8

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From page A1 “There were no bullet holes on the engine room probably the National Bureau of Investi- because (the coast guards) did gation (NBI) after President not know its location,” the With summer ending, image of carabao ... Aquino ordered an investiga- source said. tion of the fatal shooting of Two other sources who had From page A1 PAINTED Hung, which sparked a major seen the video confirmed the CARABAO This diplomatic row between Tai- statements of the first source. less of a farmer without the beast of burden, wan and the Philippines. According to the Coast Guard carabao by their side, even in to- hired by the city It was the video that Justice report on the incident, Cmdr. day’s technological world. government for Secretary Leila de Lima de- Arnold de la Cruz, the patrol So the farm festivals of various P1,500, serves as a scribed two weeks ago as “very vessel’s commander, “ordered regions always have a place of hon- canvas for local revealing,” but did not disclose his men to fire at the fishing ves- or for carabaos, according to a artists in Vigan its contents. sel when it did not stop after documentary being prepared by the City as part of the But that it was very revealing several warnings.” Philippine Carabao Center (PCC). city’s Viva Vigan was probably why the Depart- Tourists have been entertained Binatbatan ment of Justice initially refused Philippine waters by carabaos feted at the Kneeling Festival’s carabao- to share the video with Tai- One of the two other sources Carabao Festival in Pulilan, Bula- painting contest. wanese investigators, delaying who had seen the video said the can; at the Pahiyas Festival in RICHARD BALONGLONG clearance from Taipei for an shooting happened on the Lucban, Quezon; Katigbawan NBI team to travel to Taiwan to Philippine side, not on the Tai- Festival in Catigbian, Bohol; Tur- investigate the fatal shooting wan side, of overlapping terri- ogpo Festival in Barangay Ca- of Hung. torial waters between the two mansi in Carigara, Leyte; Karbo Not until De Lima allowed countries. Festival in Vigan City in Ilocos pull sleds filled with the commu- runs away. the carabao-carroza festival the video to be seen by Tai- The NBI and Taiwanese in- Sur; the Carabao-Carroza Festival nity’s best produce. The first Turogpo Festival was queen. wanese investigators did the vestigators ended their parallel in Pavia, Iloilo; and the Nuang On the occasion of its founding held 400 years ago. It was then Taipei Economic and Cultural probes of the incident on Fri- Festival in San Agustin, Isabela. anniversary, Catigbian in Bohol is considered a form of protest be- Crossbreed capital Office (Teco), Taiwan’s de facto day, with the NBI team saying Every 14th day of May, hun- not the tigbi (Job’s tears grass) or cause it subtly depicted commu- Gearing to become the embassy in Manila, give visas its report would be ready in a dreds of carabaos parade on the tigbaw (caves) from which its nity resistance to the Spanish “carabao crossbreed capital of to the eight members of the “day or two.” streets of Pulilan, adorned with name was derived. Instead, it colonizer. the Philippines,” San Agustin NBI team. De Lima said the govern- capes and body paint or shiny honors the carabao as the center In Vigan City, the Karbo Festi- town in Isabela holds the Nuang The source said the video ment’s next step would depend horns and hooves. As the parade of the festival by making them val acknowledges the carabaos’ Festival every Sept. 28 on the showed the fishing boat, after on the NBI report, which would passes by the Church, the carabaos kings and queens for a day. contribution to the city’s agricul- occasion of its founding anniver- sailing side by side with the contain recommendations. are made to kneel one by one. The festival features 22 king ture industry. Karbo is from the sary. Nuang is an Ilocano term MCS-3001, a patrol vessel She said Philippine laws or queen carabaos, each repre- words karabaw (carabao) and for carabaos. owned by the Bureau of Fish- would be followed should the Carabao royalty senting the town’s villages. bokel or seed. During the festi- The raising of crossbred eries and Aquatic Resources NBI recommend the prosecu- As the 15th day of May opens Carabaos are also the stars of val, carabaos become a living carabaos and propagation of but manned by coast guards, tion of the coast guards in- in Lucban, the town’s skyline the Turogpo Festival, which is canvass for artists who express carabao-based enterprises peeled away and moved in volved in the shooting. bursts with different hues of kip- held every Black Saturday in the through paintings the theme of have been the town’s main pre- “circles, as if daring the ing (decor) made of rice dough, farming village of Camansi in the festivities. occupation since 2005. The (Coast Guard vessel to come Murder charges vegetables, fruits, rice grains, Leyte. The Carabao-Carroza Festival town has now more than 1,500 after it.” The fisherman’s daughter, coconuts, cottage products like is held every third of May. It dis- dairy carabaos. In Angono, Hung Tzu-chen, filed murder buntal hats, meat products like Animal joust plays a barangay’s teamwork as Rizal, the art capital of the Not raked with gunfire charges, but did not name any- sausages, chandeliers and Turogpo is a joust of two residents collaborate to put to- Philippines, replicas of Contrary to reports, the one in her complaint. miniature sets. carabaos to test their en- gether the most gaily decorated carabaos are included in the source said, the coast guards Taiwanese investigators told But the festival highlight is durance. The competing ani- carabao-carroza (carabao-drawn parade of papier-mâché giants did not rake the fishing boat a news conference on Friday still the carabao grand parade, mals are made to lock horns carriages), compete in a which are featured in its Hi- with gunfire. that they could identify the where the animals are made to until one animal drops off and carabao-carroza race, and vie for gantes Festival. “They did not spray it with coast guard who fired the bul- bullets, but they were laughing let that killed Hung through as they fired at the fishing the results of the ballistic tests boat,” the source said. on the firearms submitted for The coast guards aimed for the probe. what they thought was the en- The Taiwanese investiga- gine room to stop the boat, the tive team returned to Taipei source said. on Friday. But the NBI inspection of the The NBI team, headed by fishing boat at the dockyard on Daniel Daganzo, chief of the Pingtung Island, southern Tai- bureau’s foreign liaison divi- wan, showed no bullet holes on sion, returned to Manila on the any part of the engine room. same day. No special talks to help OFWs losing their jobs in Taiwan By Nancy C. Carvajal they will be affected.”

THERE are no special talks to Why us? help Filipinos who are losing “Why should we suffer for their jobs in Taiwan after the what other Filipinos had done?” killing of a Taiwanese fisher- asked Maryanne, a Filipino mi- man by Filipino coast guards grant worker in Taiwan who three weeks ago. asked that her last name be Arthur Abiera, Manila Eco- withheld. nomic and Cultural Office “What happens to us if our (Meco) representative, told a contracts are not renewed?” she news conference on Thursday said. that negotiations with Tai- Benedict Ray Balondo, a mi- wanese authorities involved grant worker from Batangas general matters for the City, said at least 50 Filipinos restoration of good relations were affected by the retaliatory between the Philippines and measure in the tools factory in Taiwan. Taichung City where he Labor issues are only part of worked. the talks, he said. Abiera said he understood Taiwan froze new jobs for the migrant workers’ situation Filipino migrant workers and but Meco could not go for spe- Taiwanese employers are not cial negotiations on their be- renewing contracts in retalia- half. tion for the shooting death of “We cannot act piecemeal,” fisherman Hung Shih-chen on he said. May 9. Roy Patoy, a migrant worker Many of the 87,000 Filipino from Quezon City, said he be- migrant workers in Taiwan are lieved the freeze on Filipino affected by the retaliatory jobs would not last long. measure but Abiera said Meco “Taiwan’s economy will be af- could not do anything about fected if they will not hire Fil- it. ipinos,” Patoy said. “That’s the Taiwanese gov- “Almost all factory workers in ernment’s decision,” Abiera Taiwan are Filipinos. If there said. “We are trying to ad- are no Filipino factory workers, dress all issues. It’s sad that there is no production,” he said. www.inquirer.net HH Text INQ ON BREAKING to 4467 Radyo Inquirer DZIQ 990AM Wednesday, June 12, 2013 9 sections / Vol. 28 / No. 184 P18 Mobile Alert: Twitter: @inquirerdotnet Twitter: @dzIQ990

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By Nancy C. Carvajal A source, who has knowledge coast guards, as “superior of the investigation of the inci- strength” was used “against an rely on US vs China THE NATIONAL Bureau of Investigation has rec- dent but asked not to be identi- unarmed civilian,” or homicide, fied because he has no authority as the shooting death of fisher- By TJ Burgonio fense Treaty with the United ommended the filing of criminal charges against to speak on the matter, declined man Hung Shih-chen was “not States to argue for American in- the Filipino coast guards involved in the shoot- to say whether murder or homi- premeditated.” IN ITS territorial dispute with tervention, but then US Secre- cide charges had been recom- The source said the NBI report China in the West Philippine tary of State Hillary Clinton said ing death of a Taiwanese fisherman in northern mended. on the investigation of Hung’s Sea (South China Sea), the last year the United States Philippine waters last month, the INQUIRER But the source said there was death had been submitted to Philippines has tended to look would be neutral. learned yesterday. a debate on whether to bring Justice Secretary Leila de Lima. to the United States for help, a “Part of the fact that we’re not murder charges against the NBI: COAST/ A10 mindset that, according to an that independent is that we still analyst, it should be “emanci- believe...America will come to pated” from if it is to assert its our rescue on the issue of con- independence. tested territories. We have Only 5 in PH make list When more Chinese vessels EXPERT / A15 sailed into the disputed waters in the last 13 months, not a few PH security concerns shifting of Asia’s top universities officials invoked the Mutual De- to external threat / A15

By Dona Z. Pazzibugan

ONLY FIVE of the country’s universi- P-Noy inaugurates new, ties, led by the University of the Philip- pines (UP), made it to this year’s list of Exorcist gives top 300 Asian universities ranked by safer C de Oro airport Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). tips on how to precision instruments to guide This was the lowest number of By Bobby Lagsa Inquirer Mindanao landing aircraft, the new air- Philippine universities to make the cut ward off evil port, located some 50 kilome- since QS began ranking universities in LAGUINDINGAN, Misamis Ori- ters from the old Lumbia airport Asia in 2009. By Jocelyn R. Uy ental—Barely three days before in Cagayan de Oro City, was in- Last year, 14 of the country’s own its commercial operation, the augurated yesterday, with Pres- made it to the list of Asia’s top univer- WANT TO ward off nightmares or P7.9-billion Laguindingan Air- ident Aquino and other top gov- sities, according to QS. strange occurrences at home? Go port is already in need of expan- ernment officials attending. It There were 15 Philippine universi- back to the basic sacramentals, sion to meet the expected influx will be open to commercial ties on the 2011 list, 18 in 2010 and 16 like wearing a scapular or using of air passengers in Northern flights on June 15. in 2009. holy water and exorcised oil and Mindanao. Mr. Aquino affirmed the air- UP’s ranking went up by a salt. Despite the lack of several P-NOY/ A10 notch—to 67th—in the 2013 QS Uni- A Rome-based theologian and versity Rankings for Asia released on exorcist, Fr. Joseph Iannuzzi, ad- Tuesday. vised Filipino Catholics that these It was ranked 68th last year, 62nd in were some objects present-day be- 2011, 78th in 2010 and 63rd in 2009. lievers could use to protect them- This year Ateneo de Manila Univer- selves from evil that usually goes sity was ranked 109th, down from its RAFFY LERMA unnoticed but is too common. ONLY / A10 UP BY A NOTCH University of the Philippines now ranks 67th. EXORCIST / A10 Unemployment rate rises to 7.5% By Michelle V.Remo Some 3.086 million Filipinos were un- still serious poverty problem in the Philip- and Michael Lim Ubac employed from a total labor force of 40.9 pines. In June last year, poverty incidence million, the NSO said. It said the unemploy- stood at 27.9 percent, one of the highest THE COUNTRY’S unemployment rate ment rate swelled to 7.5 percent in April among emerging Asian economies. jumped in April despite a high-growth mo- from 6.9 percent in the same month last “Jobs were lost in the agriculture sector mentum as adverse weather conditions led year, even higher than the 7.1-percent job- due to modified planting calendars that to a loss of jobs in the agriculture sector, ac- less rate reported this January. farmers had to observe [because of the] in- cording to the National Statistics Office The relatively high figure, led by jobless- tense heat and inadequate water supply,” (NSO). ness in agriculture, is being blamed for the UNEMPLOYMENT/ A10

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From page A1 and the signature of the coast guard’s fishing boat’s hostile move was the rea- sparked a major diplomatic row be- of life.” M14 rifle. son for its officers’ firing at the vessel, tween Taiwan and the Philippines. “It is a thin report, because the an- The shooting happened in Philip- aiming for the engine to make it stop. Taiwan demanded an official apolo- Cooperate nexes have yet to be forwarded to pine waters, as the Philippine Coast But the NBI report says the results of gy from the Philippine government, The two countries, however, agreed [Secretary De Lima],” the source said. Guard stated in its report on the inci- the ballistic tests and trajectory exami- compensation for Hung’s family and to cooperate in the investigation of The report, according to the source, dent submitted to the NBI, the source nation on the fishing boat showed the punishment for the shooters. Hung’s death. includes the identities of the coast said. shooters did not know where the en- To pressure the Philippines into A team of Taiwanese investigators guards who fired their rifles at Hung’s The source said the incident took gine was, the source said. complying, Taiwan froze new jobs in traveled to Manila to examine the fishing boat in waters off Balintang Is- place within 79.2 kilometers of Philip- Taiwan for Filipino migrant workers coast guards’ weapons, interview land on May 9. pine territory and 316.8 km from Tai- Diplomatic row and suspended tourist travel to the them, and see their own video of the wanese territory. Hung’s family has brought murder Philippines and trade and cultural chase between their vessel and Hung’s Shooter identified charges against the Philippine Coast exchanges between the two coun- fishing boat. It also contains the identity of the No attempt to ram Guard in Pingtung County District At- tries. An NBI team traveled to Taiwan, ex- coast guard who fired the bullet that But the Coast Guard’s claim that the torney’s Office in southern Taiwan and President Aquino apologized for amined Hung’s boat, interviewed its killed Hung, the source said. the fishing boat Guan Ta Hsin 28 tried with the NBI team of investigators who the shooting death of Hung, but Tai- crew, and studied the Taiwanese coro- The shooter was identified through to ram the coastal patrol vessel MCS- traveled there last month for the wan rejected his apology because of ner’s autopsy report. a cross-match between the slug recov- 3001 was disproved, the source said. Philippine probe of Hung’s death. his description of the killing as “un- The two teams agreed to release ered from Hung’s body during autopsy The Coast Guard claimed that the The shooting death of the fisherman intended” and an “unfortunate loss their findings separately. Unemployment rate rises

From page A1 Nonetheless, Edillon said the unemploy- ment rate still increased due to natural Rosemarie Edillon, assistant director gen- causes and the fact that a significant por- eral at the National Economic and Develop- tion of the country’s labor force belonged to ment Authority (Neda), said in a press the agriculture sector, which contributed briefing. less to the economy compared with the in- Around 624,000 jobs were lost in agri- dustry and services sectors. culture in April, Edillon said. However, she said, the industry and services sectors were Temporary? able to absorb those who lost their jobs be- Edillon said the government was hopeful cause of increased investments. that the jobless trend would be temporary. The Neda official said the country’s net “We are targeting the unemployment rate year-on-year job loss in April stood at to improve, potentially to 6.5 percent by 21,000. 2016,” she said. The official said job-creation projects in Delayed planting the pipeline included investments in co- President Aquino said in an interview conut production and processing, linkage following the inauguration of Laguindin- of farmers to agriculture-based industries gan Airport in Misamis Oriental yesterday and skills training. that the delayed planting season last sum- In a statement, Labor Secretary Rosalin- mer led to the loss of jobs in April. He cit- da Baldoz said the results of the NSO sur- ed results of a survey conducted by the vey pointed to a continuing challenge for Bureau of Agricultural Statistics during the government and the private sector to the month. create more decent jobs amid a growing He explained that farmers noted “intense economy. heat (aside from other) unfavorable weath- “What is very encouraging in the results er conditions” that discouraged early plant- is the fact that the overall quality of em- ing of rice and other crops. “As you know, ployment continues to improve consider- farmers will always want—will have the ably, with persons in full-time employment weather dictating their planting cycles,” he growing by 15.3 percent, or 3.194 million, said, without elaborating. and persons in part-time employment de- Quoting a report submitted by Socioeco- creasing by 18.9 percent, or 3.063 million,” nomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Bal- she said. PRESIDENT Aquino walks on the tarmac of the new Laguindingan International Airport in Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental, isacan, Mr. Aquino said: “The decline in em- “As a consequence, the mean hours of on Tuesdayfor a final inspection of the airport that will replace Lumbia airport. MALACAÑANG PHOTO ployed persons was accounted for by agri- work have vastly improved from 39.2 hours cultural workers, especially unpaid family a year ago to 41.8 hours in April 2013,” said workers.” Baldoz, who is attending the 102nd Inter- The release of the latest unemployment national Labor Conference in Geneva. P-Noy inaugurates new, safer airport figure came after the government reported “Wage and salary employment during that the economy, measured in terms of the quarter was up by 2.9 percent gross domestic product, grew by 7.8 per- (619,000) and down among the self-em- From page A1 ing System-Category 1; and the Pre- and that a probing flight for passen- cent in the first quarter from a year ago. ployed (143,000) and unpaid family work- cision Approach Path Indicator. ger airlines would also be sched- This was the fastest growth rate in Asia for ers (398,000), she said. port’s high safety assessment dur- Several groups led by the Ca- uled in the coming weeks. the period, surpassing even China’s 7.7 per- “Structurally,the biggest growth remains ing a press forum, saying it was safe gayan de Oro Chamber of Com- One of the pilots said he was im- cent. in the service sector but growth momentum to land there even during bad merce and Industry have asked to pressed with the new airport’s run- Government officials said the Philippines in industry and manufacturing is high and weather. Three times bigger than defer the opening of the new airport, way and that even without naviga- was poised to sustain the high-growth mo- needs to be sustained,” she added. With a Lumbia, it could accommodate five pointing out that the absence of air tional lighting, it was safer than mentum. report from Tina G. Santos wide-bodied planes at a time, he navigation and systems support fa- Lumbia. said. cilities and the pilots’ reliance on the The construction of the airport Also known as Cagayan de Oro visual-flight rule would reduce the was started in 2008 although the Airport, Lumbia was considered the number of flights. project was conceptualized during second busiest airport in Mindanao “The sunrise-to-sunset operation the administration of President after Francisco Bangoy Internation- which will greatly affect our cam- Corazon Aquino in the late 1980s al Airport in Davao City. Located on paign to entice airline companies to and approved by then President Fi- a hilltop where visibility is usually invest in the city. Most significantly, del V. Ramos. During the term of affected by fog, it serves Cagayan such a move will jeopardize public President Joseph Estrada, only P375 de Oro and nearby areas in north- safety and the integrity of the multi- million was allocated for the project. ern Mindanao. billion-peso project,” the Chamber Under the administration of then Currently, there are 25 daily said. President Gloria Macapagal-Ar- flights at Lumbia. Lt. Gen. William Hotchkiss III, di- royo, the airport’s construction was rector general of the Civil Aviation put on hold until 2006 when the 3-km runway Authority of the Philippines Laguindingan Airport Development Laguindingan Airport sits on a (CAAP), said that despite the ab- Project was inaugurated, with Ar- 400-hectare property donated by sence of several guiding instru- royo herself leading the ground- Ayala Corp. It has a three-kilometer ments, planes could take off and breaking ceremony. runway and a terminal with a floor land more safely at the airport than The opening of Laguindingan area of 7,184 square meters. at the older and aging Lumbia. Airport was moved from April to The safety issue persists as it June 15 on the request of airlines, lacks the Instrument Landing Sys- Testflights which found it difficult to rearrange Only 5 in PH make list tems, a vital piece of ground equip- In April, two test flight landings flight schedules of affected passen- ment that tells aircraft the precise of a Cessna and Pilatus PC-12 air- gers. position of the runway; VHF omni- craft were conducted as part of the Transportation Secretary Joseph of Asia’s top universities directional radio range (VOR); the airport’s “dry run” activities. Maj. Emilio Abaya, who was present dur- Distance Measuring Equipment Gen. Artemio Orozco, CAAP chief of ing yesterday’s ceremony, said the From page A1 cluded in the QS ranking since 2009. (DME), Meteorological Observing staff, had said the pilots would as- number of air passengers was pro- System; Precision Approach Light- sess wind conditions for landing jected at 1.6 million per year. 86th ranking last year. 9 indicators The University of Santo Tomas (UST) QS ranks universities worldwide accord- was ranked 150th, compared to 148th last ing to nine indicators, mainly based on rep- year. utation and research citations. Exorcist gives tips De La Salle University was ranked in the The indicators are academic reputation, 151-160th range, down from its 142nd employer reputation, faculty and student pop- From page A1 than people liked to believe. should they experience “strange hap- rank last year. ulation, citations per paper, international fac- “Any sense of fear or anxiety is an penings.” The holy water—available The University of Southeastern Philip- ulty,international students, papers per faculty, “The devil has been able to roam un- evil spirit... As St. Peter said in his let- in churches—is also powerful to pines remained in the 251-300 range, inbound exchange and outbound exchange. detected even to the point that we don’t ter, the devil roams the earth, looking combat nightmares, he said, advising where it was last year. QS started the ranking among Asian uni- believe he exists,” the CBCPNews, the for someone to devour,” the theolo- the faithful to bless themselves with it UP, Ateneo, La Salle and UST have consis- versities in 2009. From 2009 to 2011, it official news service of the Catholic gian said, noting that even nightmares before going to bed. tently made it to the QS list of top Asian ranked the 200 top universities in the re- Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines might be the doing of the devil. Iannuzzi also recommended using universities since the rankings began in gion. Last year it expanded the ranking to (CBCP), quoted Iannuzzi as saying. Stressing how potent sacramentals exorcised oil, whose effects last 2009. cover the top 300 Asian universities. The Italian priest, who has been as- can be, Iannuzzi said these ob- longer. But only olive oil can be used QS said it used a “slightly different” sisting for years Fr. Gabriel Amorth, jects—such as holy water, exorcised for such purpose, he pointed out. Missed the cut methodology from the one it used for the one of the chief exorcists in the dio- oil and salt, scapulars and the Bene- But Iannuzzi was quick to add that The nine Philippine universities that annual QS World University Rankings to cese of Rome, gave a series of talks to dictine cross—should be used for the faithful must not overdo these were on last year’s list but did not make “reflect the region’s different priorities.” Filipino audiences during his visit to protection against evil. holy practices. “I am not saying be the cut this year were Silliman Universi- the country over the weekend. The Catholic Church defines sacra- scrupulous, [like] if anyone bothers ty, Xavier University, Saint Louis Uni- Top universities Iannuzzi of the Gregorian Pontifical mentals as sacred objects, actions or you, throw [holy water] in their versity, University of San Carlos, Ate- This year’s top Asian universities were University of Rome, also gave a theo- blessings that communicate grace to faces,” he explained. neo de Davao University, Adamson Uni- the same as last year. logical presentation on the triumph of believers through the prayers of the For those who have been using the versity, Central Mindanao University, Hong Kong University of Science and the Immaculate Heart of Mary during a Church. Exorcised salt and oil are spe- sacramentals to ward off evil, they must Mapua Institute of Technology and the Technology once more topped the QS rank- nationwide consecration to the Virgin cial sacramentals blessed with exor- not complain if they don’t feel any dif- Polytechnic University of the Philip- ing. Once again it was followed by National held on Saturday in different churches. cism prayers by a priest. ferently, Iannuzzi said. pines. University of Singapore, University of Hong “Often, the proof is precisely that They were in the 301-plus rank last year. Kong and Seoul National University. Someone to devour Weapon vs nightmares nothing happens,” he said. “This is These universities were among the Philip- Last year’s sixth-ranked Peking Universi- Iannuzzi explained how diabolical Iannuzzi advised Catholics to sprin- what is keeping your family safe, be- pine universities that were consistently in- ty rounded up the top five this year. activities were more commonplace kle their homes with holy water lieve it or not.”