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Azkals take on Myanmar in second game in SEAG

By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
Senior Reporter

THE Philippine Men’s Under-22 football team treks back into action in group play at the 30th Southeast Asian Games today against Myanmar at 4 p.m. at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium in Manila.

Fresh from their hard-earned 1-1 draw with Cambodia in their Group A opener on Monday, the young Azkals look to build on the momentum they got in their first game and notch a victory in their match versus Myanmar to pad their push in the biennial regional sporting meet.

Eighteen-year-old substitute Dennis Chung turned out to be the hero for the Philippines as he punched through the equalizer in added time that allowed the Azkals to pull even and force the draw.

Already staring at a defeat as the clock ticked away, Filipino-Chinese Chung sent the Azkals and hometown fans into celebration when he connected in the 93rd minute of the contest.

Veteran Stephan Schrock, one of two overage players of the team, the other being defender Amani Aguinaldo, started the game-tying play for the Philippines by weaving through the defense of Cambodia before sending a pass to teammate Yrick Gallantes.

Mr. Gallantes then tap the ball to the direction of Mr. Chung, who immediately gathered himself and sent the ball past the Cambodian goalkeeper for the tie.

The two teams tried to get the go-ahead after but were unsuccessful in it, eventually settling for the draw and getting a point each for their efforts.

“I congratulate the players and the staff. I’m pleased with the way they played today. We were close to winning the match against a good team like Cambodia,” said Philippine team coach Goran Milojevic, whose team played catch-up after Cambodia scored the first goal of the match in the 40th minute care of Keo Sokpheng.

Mr. Milojevic praised the efforts of Messrs. Schrock and Aguinaldo in the team and underscored that they will play a vital role in their quest to go as far as they can in the tournament.

“Schrock and Aguinaldo are important for us. They lead them with their quality of play and they are some best in the game we have here,” Mr. Milojevic said.

Out to frustrate the Azkals, meanwhile, is Myanmar, who was also in a 1-1 draw in their opener on Monday against Malaysia.

Playing as well today is Cambodia and Timor-Leste in Group A at 8 p.m. in Rizal Memorial.

Northport out to complete upset of top seed NLEX

By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
Senior Reporter

HALFWAY into fashioning out an upset in the quarterfinals of the Philippine Basketball Association Governors’ Cup, the Northport Batang Pier seek to complete the job in their 7 p.m. do-or-die match today with top seeds NLEX Road Warriors at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

Held a twice-to-win disadvantage entering the playoffs, the eighth-seeded Batang Pier sent the quarterfinal pairing on equal footing with a 115-90 victory over the Road Warriors in their first game on Monday.

Import Michael Qualls led Northport in the wire-to-wire victory, finishing with 39 points, 15 rebounds and five assists.

The Batang Pier got early control of the match and used it as leverage to create a good distance from the Road Warriors.

NLEX tried many times to fight its way back but Northport continuously found ways to frustrate them.

The Road Warriors managed to come within 14 points in a last-ditch effort in the fourth period to rally back but saw it zapped after Poy Erram and Paul Varilla got into a mix-up with Mr. Qualls with 4:54 to go.

It led to disqualifying fouls handed to the two NLEX players after review, which automatically sent them off the court, and risked missing the game today.

As of this writing, the PBA has yet to issue its decision on their fate for the do-or-die.

The fracas effectively halted the momentum of NLEX, which saw Northport run away with the victory after.

Christian Standhardinger backstopped Mr. Qualls in the Northport victory, finishing with 24 points and 13 rebounds.

Sean Anthony had 12 points with Kevin Ferrer adding nine.

For NLEX, JR Quiñahan showed the way with 20 points, followed by Kiefer Ravena with 16. Mr. Harris was limited to just 12 markers.

“Our goal is to make it to the semifinals. We just executed our play and it really paid off for us. We’re hoping we get to sustain this in our next game,” said Northport coach Pido Jarencio after their win.

MAGNOLIA DETHRONED
Meanwhile, erstwhile defending champion Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok were dethroned by the TNT KaTropa in their quarterfinal pairing, winning, 98-97, on Monday.

Needed to buck a twice-to-win disadvantage, Magnolia fell short in its bid at the first instance as it was not able to stop the ferocious fourth-quarter comeback by the KaTropa to slump to the defeat and be eliminated.

After the loss, Magnolia coach Chito Victolero said they rued the missed opportunity to extend their reign but accepted what they were dealt.

“We need to improve both as a team and individually and come back stronger next season. The pieces are there for us, we just have to show more desire to win games,” he said.

Athletes urge public to unite and support Team Philippines

ALEJANDRO Baldo Jr, former Philippine Azkals U-22 team member, Chris Tiu, former team Captain of the Gilas Pilipinas national team and Anton Cayanan, member of the Philippine Badminton Team urge the public to unite and support “Team Philippines.”

They shared the “common problems” that they experienced in the past international sports events they joined in their respective social media accounts.

The national athletes narrated their own experiences pertaining to some inconveniences they felt when they represented the country abroad but noted that they were not distracted by these “natural and inevitable” glitches in sports events.

Mr. Baldo, former Philippine Azkals player, called on the public to pour their energies to support the Filipino athletes rather than find faults on others.

The former midfielder for the Philippine Azkals U-22 team, shared a video in social media of their past experience where they had to push their double-decker bus in the middle of the road while they were being transported back to their hotel in Bangkok.

“Dahil wais tayong mga Pinoy imbis na magalit at magreklamo ginawa na lang natin ‘to sa pinakamasayang experience,” Mr. Baldo said.

Mr. Baldo pointed out that national athletes experience several issues related to transportation, food when they join international sports events and stressed that games are more important than these problems.

“Problema sa pagkain kasi paulit-ulit, problema sa transpo at kung ano-ano pa. Lahat po ‘yan ay napagdaanan ng mga atletang Pinoy ‘pag tayo po ang dumadayo sa ibang bansa,” the former Azkals player recalled.

He shared his past experience during their tune-up game in Thailand in 2012 when they competed in the AFC U-22 Championship qualifiers to show that they were not bothered by these problems back then.

Badminton national player Cayanan, for his part, shared his own experience in the 2017 SEA games in Malaysia where their service transportation was delayed and their team was brought in a wrong hotel. He recalled that they had “inadequate food supply” in their hotels but eventually the service improved.

“For sure ‘di lang kami ang sports na nakaranas ng mga pagkukulang noong 2017 SEAG,” Mr. Cayanan narrated in his social media post.

Mr. Tiu, former Philippine Basketball Association cager, also cited the inevitable hitches and inconveniences he personally experienced as a sports delegate before.

As national athletes who were committed to make their country proud, they did not allow these problems affect their game performance. Instead, they remained focus on their games and kept a positive outlook all throughout their participation in the international sports event.

They all hope that Filipinos can express more support to the national athletes to boost their morale and confidence so they perform better.

“Sports is certainly a great platform to inspire the youth, promote good values and unite a nation. Let us not use it to divide us,” Mr. Tiu wrote in his Instagram post.

The Philippine hosting of this year’s SEA games is an opportunity for the country to showcase the world class talents and skills of the Filipino athletes.

Many athletes lament that instead of cheering and supporting the athletes a few days before the official start of the SEA games, the social media is flooded with negativities and criticisms.

James leads surging Lakers past sagging Spurs

LOS ANGELES — LeBron James poured 33 points and dished out 14 assists to push the visiting Los Angeles Lakers to a 114-104 victory over the struggling San Antonio Spurs on Monday in the Alamo City to win their eighth straight game.

The Lakers led by just four points heading to the final quarter but opened the period with a 12-3 run that features a pair of 3-pointers from James and was capped by his assist to JaVale McGee for a dunk. San Antonio never got closer than nine points the rest of the way.

Anthony Davis added 19 points, 13 of them in the second half, and 12 rebounds while Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 14, Rajon Rondo hit for 13 points (three-for-three from beyond the arc), while Troy Daniels and Kyle Kuzma pumped in 11 and 10 points, respectively, for the Lakers.

Los Angeles, whose only defeats this year have come to the crosstown-rival Clippers and Toronto, is off to its best start since the 2008–09 season. That was a championship season for the Lakers.

LaMarcus Aldridge paced the Spurs with 30 points, with DeMar DeRozan adding 24, Bryn Forbes scoring 13 and Derrick White hitting for 11 for San Antonio, which has lost nine of 10 games and four straight at home.

The Spurs led 56-54 at the half as Aldridge, with 16 points, and DeRozan, with 12, paced San Antonio over the first two quarters. The Spurs outshot Los Angeles 53.3 percent to 45.8 percent in the first half.

James led the Lakers with 19 points in the first half, while Rondo poured in 10. Davis had just 4 points on 2-of-10 shooting from the floor.

The Spurs led 77-76 with 2:42 to play in the third quarter before Los Angeles rattled off eight of the ensuing nine points and took an 86-82 advantage heading to the fourth quarter.

Los Angeles has already defeated the Spurs twice in the first quarter of the season, both times in San Antonio.

CARMELO SCORES SEASON-HIGH 25 AS BLAZERS ROMP
Carmelo Anthony scored a season-high 25 points on 10-for-20 shooting, and the visiting Portland Trail Blazers cruised to a 117-94 win over the Chicago Bulls on Monday night.

Anthony connected on four of seven attempts from beyond the arc in his fourth game with the Trail Blazers. CJ McCollum scored 21 points and Damian Lillard notched a double-double with 13 points and 12 assists for Portland, which snapped a four-game losing streak.

Zach LaVine led the Bulls with 18 points on six-for-13 shooting. Wendell Carter Jr. fell just shy of a double-double with 12 points and nine rebounds, and Tomas Satoransky contributed 11 points, five rebounds and five assists.

Chicago endured its fifth loss in seven games. The Bulls trailed by as many as 28 and were outrebounded 55-37.

Portland led 105-79 when Nassir Little entered the game for Anthony with 7:49 to go in the fourth quarter. Anthony watched from the bench the rest of the way after his best performance since Nov. 2, 2018, when he scored 28 points for the Houston Rockets in a win over the Brooklyn Nets.

Entering the fourth quarter, the Trail Blazers held a commanding 92-72 advantage. The Bulls trailed by as little as five points with 10:55 remaining in the third quarter, but Portland closed the session on a 30-15 run.

McCollum started the scoring binge with a jump shot, and Skal Labissiere finished it with a jump shot from 16 feet. In between, Anthony hit two jump shots and a free throw to help Portland pull away.

Portland led 62-54 at halftime. The Trail Blazers established an eight-point lead thanks to a strong second quarter in which it enjoyed a 35-26 advantage over the Bulls.

Trail Blazers guard Rodney Hood padded the halftime lead when he hit a step-back jumper as time expired. Hood’s buzzer beater followed a basket by McCollum with 6.3 seconds to go before the break.

Chicago held onto a 28-27 lead at the end of the first quarter. The Bulls trailed by six points before closing the quarter on an 11-4 run, which included 3-pointers by Coby White and Thaddeus Young. — Reuters

High hopes for Philippine beach volleyball players

NOT only is the Philippines vying for a podium finish in the 30th Southeast Asian Games beach volleyball competition, it is also trying to gain a spot in next year’s AVC Continental Cup Finals.

The Rebisco-backed women’s and men’s squads have been training doubly hard twice-a-day for the tournament which begins on Friday at Subic Tennis Court.

“The Philippine beach volleyball teams have been staying in Subic since last Friday, training and preparing hard for the games,” said team manager Charo Soriano, who is also the Beach Volleyball Republic founder.

“We are fortunate to be able to be at the venue early and we are scheduling training both in the morning and in the evening so the athletes can get used to the sand and lighting conditions,” she added.

The pairs of Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons, and Dzi Gervacio and Dij Rodriguez will lead the women’s, while Edmar Bonono and Jude Garcia, and Jaron Requinton and James Buytrago will banner the men’s side.

The team had a good warm-up via the recently concluded 2019 Rebisco Beach Volleyball International Open at Sands SM By The Bay which boosted the country’s preparations for the SEA Games.

“Everybody is excited. The coaching staff, management staff and the players. We have been waiting this opportunity to bring pride to our nation. And we will make sure to give our all,” said Ms. Soriano.

The Philippines last won a medal in 2005 courtesy of the Fil-Am pair of Heidi Ilustre and Diane Pascua. Also, the beach volleyball event is back in the SEA Games after an eight-year absence.

The stakes are higher, as the biennial games will also serve as the Southeast Asian Zonal qualifier to the AVC Continental Cup.

After completion of the event on Dec. 6, the gold medalist in each gender will advance to the third phase of the AVC Continental Cup (Finals) in June, while the silver medalist will qualify to the second phase (semifinals) early next year. The Continental Cup champion then will book a spot in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Despite all the tremendous odds, the Philippines is ready to bring its A-game against the best sand court players in the region.

Bukidnon FA captures Luzon Cup overall title

THE Bukidnon Football Association toppled One La Salle, 2-0, to seize the overall championship of the first Luzon Cup Under 12 Football Tournament spearheaded by the Negros Occidental Football Association (NOFA) with the Central Luzon Football Association, and the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), Department of Education Tarlac, and the provincial and city governments of Tarlac.

Held from Nov. 22 to 24 at the Jose V. Yap Sports and Recreational Complex in San Jose, Tarlac, the Luzon Cup is the third of a series of football tournaments spearheaded by NOFA for Under-12/Under-13 boys.

The first two, the NOFA Cup (on its fourth edition) was held last summer and the second, the Mindanao Cup, was held last October. It was also Bukidnon FA that topped that Mindanao Cup and their feat qualified them for a berth at the Luzon Cup.

Top winners of Luzon Cup’s First Division (Cup) were: One La Salle, first runner-up; Rizal Football Association Quezon City, second runner-up; and Masbate Football Association, third runner-up.

Meanwhile, Cordillera Football Association — Baguio secured the Division 1 Plate Championship, with Central Bicol Regional Football Association as first runner-up; Laguna Football Association as second runner-up and Youth Football Academy Muntinlupa as third runner-up.

In the Second Division, the top winners were Pangasinan United Football Club, champion; Tuguegarao City Football Club, first runner-up; Camarines Norte United, second runner-up; and Central Luzon Football Association – Tarlac, third runner-up.

Players of Bukidnon FA obtained most of the individual awards: Jun Dominique Melig was awarded Best Goalkeeper; Jimm Leowell Fabela, Best Defender and Most Valuable Player. One La Salle’s Fritz Kenzo Chua was chosen as the Best Midfielder. RIFA QC’s Filbert Martin Tacardon got the Best Striker Award with 27 goals.

CLFA President Mr. Alvin Yalung and General Secretary Mr. Ed Flaminiano thanked NOFA President Mr. Ricardo “Ricky” Yanson, Jr., for his efforts in spearheading the Luzon Cup especially since the said age-group tournament is the first in the region in the last three years. “I know in his heart, he wants to develop the young players so they can one day play for the national team,” Mr. Yalung said of Mr. Yanson.

A number of teams, such as those from Camarines Sur, Pangasinan, and Tuguegarao traveled by land for many hours in order to be part of the tournament. “Because the Luzon Cup is a very good platform… it is a true platform for true grassroots development,” said Tuguegarao City Football Club head coach Ricky Enolva to explain their participation.

What a collegiate hoops season

Last week the men’s basketball season in the country’s biggest collegiate leagues — University Athletic Association of the Philippines and National Collegiate Athletic Association — drew to a close, and, boy, what a season it was.

In the end, after months of classification play and playoffs, left standing were the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the UAAP, and the Colegio de San Juan de Letran Knights over at the NCAA, two teams undeniably deserving of the crowns they hold for the way they carved their paths to the Promised Land.

Ateneo in UAAP Season 82 completed a rare perfect season, going undefeated in 16 matches, and completing a three-peat in the process, the second time it has achieved winning three straight league titles in its history.

To say that the Eagles dominated the competition is really an understatement for they had the competition right in their hands, nay, claws, right from the get-go.

Sure they were challenged and had their struggles here and there, but they did win convincingly and found ways to notch victories when things did not go seamless for them.

Such showing is a testament to the kind of program Ateneo has under current coach Tab Baldwin, who has done a solid job in developing the team’s attack on both ends of the court.

They were in top three in practically every statistic, including tops in points allowed — limiting opponents to just 61.81 points.

Their offense was not shabby either, averaging 78.32 points per game, good for second.

And the result was just staggering.

They swept the elimination round, rendering the semifinals a stepladder.

In the finals, they were just a handful for the University of Santo Tomas Growling Tigers, who despite giving their all and gave Ateneo a scare, especially in Game Two, just could not go over the hump when the Eagles put their foot down on the way to the title.

No Ateneo player made it to the mythical team but it is anything but a knock on them, and instead is further proof of their team’s collective might, which no other team this season was able to stay par with.

Despite falling short in the finals, UST also had it solid in the second year of coach Aldin Ayo.

The Tigers were still a work in progress but it did not stop them from making things happen.

While they were the lowest seed entering the stepladder, the Tigers toppled teams that stand in their way and the finals — beating the Far Eastern University Tamaraws in the first step before overhauling the twice-to-beat advantage of the second seeds University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons in the next.

UST showed a firm grip of its identity as a team under Ayo, allowing it to put up, for the most part, a sustained fight all season long.

UP wound up third and showed promise but for all the talent it had in the team was proven to be not ready collectively the way the Maroons were in Season 81 when they barged into the finals after more than 30 years.

One-and-done players were featured this season and the likes of Jamie Malonzo of La Salle, Rey Suerte of University of the East and Val Chauca of Adamson surely did not disappoint with quality showing and highlight-reel moments.

NCAA
Over at the NCAA, the San Beda University Red Lions dominated the competition in the elimination round, sweeping the classification phase to directly make their way to the finals and, like in the UAAP, render the semifinals a step-ladder.

But while the Lions had most of the attention of the NCAA-dom, Letran had something special brewing as it turned out.

Had their rough moments in the eliminations on their way to finishing third heading into the playoffs, the Knights were just not to be stopped once they got their firm footing, which could not have come at a better time — the playoffs.

They eliminated the San Sebastian Stags first then upset the second-seeded Lyceum Pirates to book a spot in the championship series against San Beda.

In the finals, Letran had every answer and more against the Lions, who to be fair never gave up their title without a fight.

The Knights were just go-getting in their mission and it made a huge difference.

Season 95, too, was the last year that foreign student athletes get to play in men’s basketball in the NCAA, ending an era which many acknowledge to have helped grow the league further.

Indeed, collegiate hoops this year was to be remembered in more ways than one. We should deem ourselves lucky to have witnessed it. Till next year.

 

Michael Angelo S. Murillo has been a columnist since 2003. He is a BusinessWorld reporter covering the Sports beat.

msmurillo@bworldonline.com

Melo turnaround

Blazers head coach Terry Stotts continued to invest heavily in the Carmelo Anthony experiment yesterday. He tapped the future Hall of Famer to start anew, the mixed results from the latter’s previous three games notwithstanding. For all the warning signs the advanced stats from the outings — all losses, not coincidentally — gave, he remained upbeat on the potential of the early-season pickup to contribute to the cause. He reasoned out that talent and fit augured well for the future of the partnership, and that some time was allowed for it to blossom.

Stotts’ investment wound up paying dividends yesterday, and how. Against the Bulls on the road, the Blazers snapped a losing run that stretched to a match before Anthony was inked to a non-guaranteed deal. And, in so doing, they found themselves relying on their new acquisition the most. He certainly put up gaudy numbers reminiscent of his All-Star days, going for 25 points (on 10-of-20 shooting from the field), eight rebounds, and two assists against three fouls and two turnovers. Tellingly, he had a robust plus-19 rating in the 31 minutes he burned rubber.

Incidentally, Anthony wound up as the high scorer yesterday. It didn’t matter that he was just in his fourth set-to since being sidelined for a year, and that, more importantly, he had prolific pointmakers Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum by his side. He took 50% and 20% more shots than the two, respectively, as good an indication as any that Stotts’ isolation-heavy system appealed to his predilections. And, to his credit, he made hay while the sun shone; he even got to can four of his seven attempts from three-point territory.

To be sure, the Blazers carved the win against the lowly Bulls, whose supposed advantages at the United Center failed to negate intrinsic frailties. The real tests will come next week against the powerhouse Clippers and Lakers. In the meantime, they can bask in the confidence generated by the stride they made and try to pounce on the opportunity to claim momentum. Up next are homestands versus the Thunder and, yes, the Bulls. They have a chance to get something going, and if Anthony truly wants to be part of their turnaround, he would do well to stay productive while understanding that the help he can give doesn’t necessarily have to be seen in the box scores.

 

Anthony L. Cuaycong has been writing Courtside since BusinessWorld introduced a Sports section in 1994. He is a consultant on strategic planning, operations and Human Resources management, corporate communications, and business development.

UNDP’s Youth Social Innovation Lab Gathers the Best in Filipino Youth Innovation

Youth Co:Lab 2019 recently gathered young innovators from all over the country to develop and pitch ideas for socially inclusive sustainable enterprises. With the theme “Social Inclusion,” the two-day hackathon held at the Benilde Hub of Innovation for Inclusion showcased the ideas of more than 100 Filipinos between 15 to 30 years old, including high school and university students, new graduates, youth affected by conflicts and/or disasters, members of the LGBTQIA community, differently-abled youth, as well as those from ethnic and religious minorities.

Part of Philippine Startup Week 2019, the Youth Social Innovation Lab was hosted by Youth Co:Lab Philippines in partnership with makesense, and co-led by Citi Foundation.

Participants were grouped together and through intensive integrated learning sessions rooted on human-centered and design thinking methods—had the opportunity to be mentored by experts to harness their ideas into tangible and marketable solutions. The teams pitched their ideas to a board of jurors to clinch a spot at next year’s Youth Co:Lab Regional Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where they will have an opportunity to compete with fellow youth innovators across the Asia-Pacific region.

Tangible solutions

Here are some of the ideas pitched at the event:

Qapwa – aims to do away with Basilan’s stigma of being a hotbed of terrorism by offering tour packages showcasing their rich culture. The group emphasizes that visiting Mindanao is relatively safe and that AFP security is already a tourism requirement in their area.
Project SDGs4ALL – seeks to layman-ize the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by explaining them in a comic book format to be incorporated as a curriculum activity. According to the presenter, not enough Filipinos are aware of the SDGs, despite the deadline set for achieving them being merely a decade away. “If we don’t raise awareness about and layman-ize the SDGs, then we might as well accept that achieving them is just wishful thinking on our part.”
Greenhows – harnesses the ideas and potential of individuals from displaced communities through stories and exhibitions, environmental campaigns, commerce, and capacity building. Conceived by six passionate Yolanda survivors who realize how important stories are to a nation’s history and psyche. They’re determined to share, preserve, and rewrite their stories and that of their community through their initiative.
Project Ka-sama – visualizes a virtual learning environment offering mental health and counseling classes to people with chronic medical conditions. eAtelier is their prototype, and it targets youths with chronic diseases as more than half of this segment tend to have mental health issues. At least two of the team members have chronic health conditions themselves: “I won’t live to see 2030, but I hope this idea does.”
Grow Philippines – offers a platform for Laguna farmers to analyze and budget their resources. They discovered through research that 86 percent of those who religiously keep records saw a dramatic increase in their income. They plan to address the irony that some of our country’s food producers can’t afford food themselves.
MeBo – pitches a marketplace for selling personalized biodegradable medicine bottles. The nondescript packaging conceals the contents of the bottle, so those with stigmatizing illnesses like HIV and HBV need not fear being alienated. The bottles are also useful for other types of pills like multivitamins and supplements.
Project Kaala Mangyan – envisions an e-commerce and e-learning center for the Hanunuo Mangyans of Oriental Mindoro. The said community is hobbled by poverty and a lack of education, problems that this project hopes to effectively address.
TransKonek – gives transgender Filipinos having trouble finding work an online platform linking them to job opportunities and other support services. A lot of companies, they say, compel transgenders to give up their identities first (“…but first you need to cut your hair…”) before giving them jobs.
AccesiWheels – enables the physically disabled to enjoy comfortable rides through a ride hailing mobile application designed for them. Co-founded by someone whose car accident left him in a wheelchair. His accident made him think, “How hard is it for physically disabled persons without cars to move from point A to point B?” Their drivers will be trained to be sensitive to their clients’ particular needs, with driving them to and from clinic visits among the app features.
PUL.DI.YA. – crafts a freelancing portal for the indigenous population in the Cordillera region. They plan to train youths in on-demand as well as digital and soft skills, with courses to be taught in their mother tongue.
#Ethicoco – utilizes agricultural wastes through the employment of indigenous peoples. Banking on the opportunity presented by the plastic packaging ban in their province of Agusan del Norte, they are driven to innovate high value-added products such as paper from devalued agriculture wastes like coconut husks.

Looking forward

Of the seventeen groups that presented, five will have the chance to represent the Philippines in the regional competition: AccesiWheels (first place); #Ethnicoco (second place); Transkonek (third place); Project Ka-sama (fourth place); and Greenhows (fifth place).

Lisa Coory, Head of Public Affairs at Citi Philippines, expressed Citi’s support of the initiative. “Our employee mentors who shared financial and technology expertise were greatly impressed by the breadth of innovative ideas,” she said. “We congratulate all participants for taking the initiative to solve important problems affecting our communities and we look forward to cheering on the selected teams from the Philippines at the Regional Summit where they will join fellow youth from 24 other Asia-Pacific countries in April 2020.”
Youth Co:Lab and makesense will soon be organizing the first National Springboard Programme to further support the rest of the participants of the Youth Social Innovation Lab. This three-week online sprint will train young innovators who are in the ideation phase to learn the basics of entrepreneurship and have the opportunity to build prototypes for their solutions.

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GorricetaLaw named innovative tech law firm of the year

Last week, legal services firm Gorriceta Africa Cauton & Saavedra () was named both innovative tech law firm of the year and tech, media, telco law firm of the year at the Philippine Law Awards 2019.

“Thank you to Asian Legal Business, Thomson Reuters and to our peers, colleagues, clients for recognizing our work in this space,” said Atty. Mark S. Gorriceta, managing partner at GorricetaLaw, in a LinkedIn following the event. Mark has been a prominent voice in the startup community, perhaps most widely known as the mentor specializing in legal affairs on the latest season of CNN’s The Final Pitch.

Over the past three years, GorricetaLaw has established itself as a leading firm in navigating the legal frontiers of emerging technologies like fintech, artificial intelligence, and blockchain. In the fields of tech, media, and telecommunications, the firm represents clients including Xurpas, Zalora, Rappler, and Coins.ph.

“Grateful to our team for putting in all the hard work day-in and day-out in this complex practice of law,” he said. “Proud and humbled to be number one in the Tech, Fintech, Innovations, TMT space in the Philippines. Inspired to do more and be better.”

National government fiscal performance (October 2019)

STATE SPENDING increased for the fourth straight month in October, though by the smallest increment in that period, yielding a smaller budget deficit as revenue collections grew at a faster clip, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) reported on Monday. Read the full story.

National government fiscal performance (October 2019)

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