Key players on the island of Mindanao are pushing for an integrated logistics highway or corridor that would link the northern area to the south where two big economic centers in the region are located.
Vic Lagdamen, president of Mindanao Federation of Shippers Association (MINFESA), said the link would enable greater mobility of goods and people and propel Mindanao’s socio-economic development.
The proposal was presented to the government during the first Mindanao Logistics Conference held on November 25 to 26 in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental with the theme: “Southern-Northern Mindanao Logictics Corridor: Key to Fast Track its Economic Development.”
The conference was attended by 200 strong delegations from shippers, shipping lines, cargo forwarders, service providers, representatives from private sector and government agencies.
Lagdamen said the expressway would not necessarily be the one passing through the current national highway, as long as it will “facilitate a faster movement of goods and people”.
Northern Mindanao is also being pushed as a main corridor and the proposed integrated logistics and transportation plan should also include Zamboanga, Caraga and other regions in Mindanao.
He said the plan should figure significantly with the recent infrastructure boost in Mindanao, like the recently built Mindanao Container Terminal, the expansion of seaports and airports, and improvement of national roads.
Lagdamen said the approach must be more comprehensive in tackling the overall logistics needs of Mindanao.
Prior to the conference were consultations made in Cagayan de Oro and Zamboanga and their sectoral issues and concerns gathered in the consultations were also presented at the conference.
Lagdamen said they will forward the conference resolutions to concerned agencies like the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and to aspiring presidential candidates, saying “the new administration should already have a buy-in into the idea”. [PNA]
Mindanao integrated logistics corridor pushed
Hedcor, DCWD can co-exist, but…
THE DAVAO City Water District and Hedcor, Inc., a subsidiary of Aboitiz Power, can co-exist and separately develop Tamugan River for their own purposes – as source of surface water of DCWD to supply the unserved and underserved portions of the city in the north starting from barangay Buhangin up to barangays Bunawan and Lasang and as source of hydro electric power of Hedcor to be distributed by Davao Light and Power Company, Inc., its sister company.
This was the claim of an official of the Davao City Agriculturist Office during a watershed forum sponsored by the PCEEM-Davao (People Collaborating for Environmental and Economic Management in Davao), erstwhile known as the Philippines-Canada Environmental and Economic Management Project, at the University of the Philippines-Mindanao’s Anda campus.
Contrary to the publicized stand of the DCWD telling Hedcor to leave Tamugan River alone, the water district and Hedcor can actually co-exist, on condition that both entities can put in place mitigating measures that would ensure the sustainability of the watershed, according to Dario A. Divino, a member of the technical staff of the City Agriculturist Office,
The entry of DCWD and Hedcor in the watershed areas, for hydropower and water generation, respectively, is expected to impact heavily on the sustainability of the watershed area. The question that now lies in everybody’s mind is: Can the watershed area further accommodate these new developments without the people of Davao suffering from its effects in terms of a decline in the supply of potable water?
“In every development there is really an impact on the environment and this is true whether we allow the DCWD or Hedcor in the area,” Divino admitted. “It can take the form of people displacement, disturbance to the environment, however, there is a way for the two to co-exist and share the resources of the Tamugan River,” he added.
Agricultural production
Divino also opined that the contemplated projects of Hedcor and DCWD in the Tamugan River will not highly impact on the city’s food production.
“Most of our farmers are not relying on irrigation in these areas, but, by the grace of God, they continue to enjoy year-long rainfall which sustains their farming activities,” he said.
While the extraction of water from the Tamugan River tends to lessen the supply for a while, he said, both companies can help the government implement the Rainwater Collection Ordinance (which was recently approved by the city council) by providing farmers with rain harvesting materials.
Divino said it is also imperative to train the farmers to go into organic farming, adding that both Hedcor and DCWD can help in this advocacy.
He bared that the city government has put into place several programs expected to help produce food for Davao, including the city’s corn program with a total of 1,116.64 hectares planted, mostly in the third district, by 4,739 farmers,
Likewise, the city government has a rice program involving over 1,630 hectares of land and benefiting 1,600 farmers in the districts of Tugbok, Toril, Baguio, Marilog, Calinan, Talomo, Buhangin and Paquibato.
“There is also a vegetables program of the city which includes the Gulayan sa Barangay, the P1.2 million vegetable production project involving 32 farmers on 10 hectares, and the P2.7 million vegetable enhancement program,” Divino said.
Divino said they are encouraging farmers to go into organic farming to help sustain our watersheds, and have already provided training to 774 farmers in the third district. Among the organic farming methods they are teaching the farmers are the natural farming technology system-biodynamics and vermi-composting.
City Agriculturist Rogelio Tabay in a phone interview later said that Divino’s statement on the DCWD-Hedcor conflict in Tamugan in the watershed forum was just his own opinion. He said his office, or the city government for that matter, still have to discuss the issue and formulate an official stand.
One opinion during the forum coming from the militant participant that Hedcor’s water extraction activity will affect the level of surface water only for a while, but the company will later return such water to the river after using it. On the other hand, DCWD uses water from the Tamugan River to supply household and commercial users without assurance of returning it to the Tamugan River system. She however said that what should worry Dabawenyos is the existence of banana plantations in the area which use nematocides and other chemicals to protect their produce.
Lia Jasmin Esquillo of Interface Development Interventions, Inc (IDIS) has warned that the water crisis being experienced in Manila and parts of Luzon could also happen here if the major alterations in the city’s landscape as well as the continued encroachment by agricultural developments using chemicals continue.
According to another forum participant, Davao City’s third district alone has over 5,000 hectares of banana plantations and over 1,000 hectares of pineapple plantations, although not all of them are on top of the recharge zones. A recharge zone is an area of land through whose soil, acting like a sieve, water from rainfall and other surface liquids seep down to the aquifer through holes or cracks. Trees with deep roots in recharge zones hold the soil and help rainwater refill the aquifers in the course of time.
In addition, there are thousands of hectares more of small farms planted to other crops near or within the watershed areas of the city.
Divino said these four farms have no environmental compliance certificate (ECC) as they are not required at all due to their sizes.
Lawyer Raymond Salas, Sentro ng Alternatibong Lingap Panligal (SALIGAN) Mindanao coordinator, said the ECC is a requirement under Presidential Decree 1586 which allows the President to proclaim certain projects, undertakings and areas in the Philippines as environmentally critical. Under this, projects within the said areas are required to secure an ECC before projects start.
“But, before an ECC is issued, the proponent has to submit an environmental impact statement (EIS) if the project is environmentally critical or located in an environmentally critical area,” Salas said an EIS should include among others, the environmental impact of the project, the adverse environmental effect that cannot be avoided, an alternative to the proposed action and a determination that the short-term uses of the resources are consistent with its long term productivity.
We have already sounded the alarm that converting these areas to plantations spells disaster which we might suffer sooner than later,” Esquillo said. “If nothing is done to change this, Dabawenyos can look forward, albeit with gloom, to destruction not only of its watershed system but also of its environment.” Lovely A. Carillo
Real property developer opens project for middle class buyers
After 25 years of building socialized and low cost housing projects, the HLC group opened this year its middle level development, seeing a big demand for this market.
Arlene Leah V. Ramos, vice president and chief operations officer of Hemeni Land Corporation said based on their study there is big demand for housing needs of middle level buyers that comprises about 80 percent of the market.
“There is a market for the middle class and they are the buyers that can afford housing packages above socialized and low cost,” she said.
Chula Vista Residences, she said, is their first project which is a Spanish inspired middle class residential community conveniently located in Cabantian, Buhangin north of the city. It has five access routes, two of which are accessible by public utility jeepneys from the downtown area.
It is under Hemeni Land of the HLC Group, an affiliate of HLC Construction and Development Corporation. The HLC Group had already built 25 low cost and socialized subdivisions, not only in Davao City but in the cities of Panabo, Butuan and in Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte accounting for over 10,000 housing units built within the period.
Chula Vista is built in an 8.5 hectares property of 430 house-and-lot packages. She said the buyer has seven exquisite Spanish-inspired designs to choose from which were inspired by the best of Spain from architecture to the ambiance. It is fully covered with quality facilities and amenities like concrete roads, good drainage, sufficient water and power supply, concrete perimeter fence and 24-hour security. It is also equipped with basketball court, parks and playgrounds with swimming pool and exclusive Clubhouse for homeowners.
Romero said the subdivision has a water treatment plant with seven dry wells. “It is the only subdivision here that adopts dry wells as measure to prevent flooding in the area. The dry wells serve as catch basin of excess water so the area will not be flooded,” she said.
The Chula Vista has several phases and its first phase of 65 units are all taken while development of other phases are going on completing its land development this year covered by an internally generated budget of P65 million.
Lot sizes are lowest with 108 sq. m. and biggest at 299 sq. m. with total cost of package that ranges between P1.2 million and P2.5 million.
She said profile of their buyers are mostly overseas Filipino workers, self-employed, professionals and employees, mostly middle executives both in government and private corporations.
She said buyers must have a disposable net income between P20,000 and P40,000.
She also said that most of their buyers enrolled their accounts with Pag-IBIG Fund as the Fund increased their limit to P3 million and yet carry a low interest rate.
Meanwhile, she said, the homebuyers can choose their designs depending on their needs, namely — Calma, Brisa Monte, Rio, Sol, Laguna, Monte Alto, and Luz dela Luna.
She said that with the good prospect in this level, they are into land acquisition as expansion for middle housing level is in the pipeline.
Romero said it has been the goal of their president, Henry L Chua, that good living starts in the communities they build where scenery is vibrant and rich.
Meanwhile Dennis E. Molina, corporate human resources manager of HLC Group said their company has varied businesses to include among others rice and salt business, restaurant, construction, housing, SME financing. It also maintained a school in partnership with a non-government office for differently abled children.
He said their construction business is also their way of helping people find jobs as most of those they employ especially in housing projects are within the locality.
He said in their operation they also partner with institution and their latest is their partnership with Banco de Oro where housing loans can now be taken out from any BDO branches all over the Philippines by self-employed, OFWs and Filipinos with foreign spouses. (Prix D. Banzon)
Davao vulnerable to water disasters
by Lovely A. Carillo
THERE is now more reason for every Dabawenyo to get goose bumps every time it pours. This is the message relayed by United Kingdom-based environmental expert Larry Lohmann who was in the city last week for the Davao leg of his speaking tour of the Philippines with the theme “In Search of Just Solutions to Climate Change.”
This brings to mind Ice Age, a for-kids only movie that tackles climate change in a very simple and understandable manner. But, whether one has seen parts 1, 2 or 3, it clearly sends a message to that being imparted by Lohmann in his speaking engagements all over the world – that, unless the paradigm of high growth based on an ever-increasing consumption is changed, there is no way to arrest climate change.
“The effects of climate change are as real as ever, even in the Philippines where super typhoons have ravaged homes and livelihoods,” said Wilfredo ”Nonoy” Rodriguez of the Alternate Forum for Research in Mindanao (AFRIM), Inc.
Members of the Davao City Climate Change Action Network (DAVCCAN) have recognized the urgent need to tackle climate change, the issues surrounding it and the strategies needed to combat it. Climate change has indeed become the “star” of the show after the country experienced a rising trend in typhoons, floods, landslides and other water-induced disasters.
Lohmann’s presentation, however, indicated that even mountainous Davao City and Mindanao in general are not exempted from the effects of climate change, such as water-induced disasters, primarily because of the economic activities going on in the area.
Davao and the whole island region are now hosts to increasing economic activities related to mining, logging, and intensive conversions and land use changes. The massive expansion of plantations in forest and agricultural lands is also being eyed as cause of possible disasters.
Davao City has its own share of disasters waiting to happen like the Shrine Hills which has been peppered with luxurious subdivisions despite the findings made by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau that the area is not fit for such development direction. Thousands of residents from Maa, which is located way below the Hills, have called upon the City Council to stop developers from exploiting the area.
Regional Director Edilberto Arreza of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau in Region 11 said there are 402 landslide-prone and 503 flood-prone barangays in the Davao Region. MGB has also reportedly noticed signs of mass movements in some areas of the city now subjected to housing development.
Overconsumption is a factor
Countries the world over came up with agreements in the past to eliminate the threats to the environment, particularly the Montreal Protocol in 1987 where they agreed to restrict the use of chemicals that cause damage to the ozone layer. Then there’s the Kyoto Protocol in 1997 where developed nations (except of course the US) pledged to reduce emissions by an average of 5% between 2008 and 2012.
By 2006, the Stern Review concluded that curbing climate change would cost 1% of the global Gross Domestic Product, but failure to do that would result to about 20% damage to global GDP.
Lohmann belongs to the Durban Group for Climate Justice which is an international network of individuals, people’s movements and independent organizations who reject the free market approach to climate change.
Economist Walden Bello, now a partylist representative in Congress, said global trade plays a significant role in further endangering the earth’s environment, considering that it is carried out using transportation that is heavily dependent on fossil fuels. Bello said 60% of the world’s oil is used by the global transportation sector. The sector also accounts for 20 to 25% of carbon emissions, 60% of which are accounted for by industrialized countries.
Research shows that 99% of the casualties of recent global disasters that come as a result of climate change are from poor and developing countries like the Philippines. This is ironic considering that these countries contribute only 1% to the greenhouse emissions. The United States used to be on top of the list of the world’s biggest greenhouse emitters, although it has been overtaken by China this year.
There is a global move to come up with a worldwide insurance fund which will require specific contributions from countries with high greenhouse emissions. The Fund will answer for any disaster brought about by changes in the world’s climate such as typhoons and the wiping out of agricultural plantations, fishing villages, and in some cases, the total annihilation of a city or even a country.
But beyond the money, humans should start thinking seriously about what they can contribute to stop climate change and its effects before it becomes irreversible.
Golfer of the Week – Toto Mahipus
Atty. Diosdado Angelo Mahipus, or simply Toto, is no stranger to sports.
When he was active in the Kabataang Barangay, basketball was always part of his routine. Youth activities, Toto organized before, included sports competitions because he believed that sports plays a vital role in the development of the youth.
Toto is one of the longest-serving Davao City councilors from the second district. And just imagine the load of work he has to do in serving his constituents.
And so, the councilor relieves his stress through sports.
He leads the Legislative Team against the Executive Team of Bong Go, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s executive assistant, every Friday afternoon at the Davao City Recreation Center.
If there are no pressing matters to attend to, Toto is the early bird of the team. He warms up early and practices his three-point shooting to get the range in for actual games.
“Maayo man gyud sa lawas ang pag exercise. So we engage in sports activities,” he told me before going to the basketball court.
But during weekends, Toto along with friends and fellow lawyers, goes to the golf course to engage in a low-impact sport.
Playing golf is the best way to relax their minds. The beautiful greens, lakes and trees provide a perfect relaxation for Toto.
Golf gives you a relief from all the stress you get during the week, he said. Hitting the golf balls in a graceful manner, lining up for a putt and gently pushing the ball to roll into the cup may not be too physical to do, but doing those things can relieve stress.
“Enjoy man gud ang golf. You play bad today, tomorrow, you score well, the next day daut na pud, then ma okay na pud. So, lingaw,” said Toto, pointing out that even the best golfers in the world have the same experience.
Toto has a talk show called “Vox Populi” as a way to promote his various advocacies, manages the Legislative basketball team, backs various sports activities and goes into basketball and specially golf.
“Sa golf ug ubang isports, maayo gyud na siya sa atoa,” he said. [Moses P. Billacura]
Clean Slate – Datu Pacquiao, Z Gorres, Elmer is P200T richer
by Moses P. Billacura
Manny Pacquiao arrived in Manila early Friday morning with the usual warm welcome by the Manila-based press, officials and thousands of people.
President GMA conferred on the Mindanaoan the Order of Sikatuna, the highest award ever conferred on a boxer in recent memory, during a ceremony at the Rizal Park.
Pacman can now be called Datu Pacquiao.
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Fightnews.com reported that Zeta Celestino Oliveros Gorres or Z Gorres of Cebu is “expected to have a functional life”.
The trauma surgeon is happy with the progress and we hope that the Cebuano boxer will be out of the hospital soon.
I hope that he will have the same warm welcome like Pacquiao when he arrives in Manila and eventually in Cebu.
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The City Hall Employees Sports Club members have started playing at the AMA Computer College gym.
CHESC was previously led by Atty. Marvin “Oying” Melodias, the General Services officer, as president, and succeeded by Erwin Alparaque, City Hall’s assistant city administrator.
Who will head CHESC this year? I heard he is a lawyer and a basketball addict too.
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Davao City’s Dindo Ampere placed 9th in the recent World Bodybuilding Championship in Dubai.
The national team member is thankful that he was able to come up with a good performance to barge into the Top 10.
We hope that he will improve his performance next year.
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Davao City’s Elmer Salvador is P200,000 richer after winning his second title of the year in the ICTSI Philippine Golf Tour in Antipolo to follow up his first victory at Sherwood.
Congratulations Elmer.
Manny Villar Cup not just competition
The MV Cup will not be just competition but will include seminars on sports entrepreneurship.
Darren Evangelista, president of the Evangelista Aquatics and Sports Management Inc. tapped to handle the sports projects of Sen.Manny Villar, said the “Sipag at Tiyaga” concept will form a big part of the tournaments to teach sports organizers, athletes and coaches how to sustain their leagues.
Basketball, swimming and chess are the activities lined up in Davao.
The basketball tournament starts on November 28 at the Woodridge Club that will feature cadet, junior and senior teams.
Growee Multi-vitamins and Bisolvon have joined in backing the MV Cup, Evangelista said, in order to come up with funds that will be donated to charitable organizations.
Multi-Sectoral Organization of Volunteer Entrepreneurship (MOVE) president Reghis Romero II is scheduled to grace the opening day.
Sen. Villar, through his Camella Home and Communities Company, has bankrolled billiard tournaments in the country that featured the country’s best cue artists like Efren “Bata” Reyes, Alex Pagulayan, Gandy Valle, Lee Van Corteza, among others. [Moses P. Billacura]
Ericksen, de Guzman emerge 2nd F.S. Dizon golf champs
Torben Ericksen emerged class D gross champion while Ed de Guzman won the net title of the recently-concluded 2nd F.S. Dizon Charity Golf Tournament at the Rancho Palos Verdes Golf and Country Club.
Ericksen scored 18, two points better than second-placer Kessere Ng and six points over Jose Albert Casenas in third.
De Guzman tallied 39 for the net title, four points ahead of second-placer Benjor Gloriani. Beth Crisologo was third.
Jerry Ang had 26 points to bag the class C gross crown while Marc Louh settled for second with a 23 followed in third by Rico Trajano with 21. In the net category, Gildo Destresa amassed 45 points to bring home the champion’s trophy. Ver dela Cruz finished in second with 41 while Fred Cadiz was third with 40.
Archie Moralizon added another champion’s trophy to his collection by taking the class B gross title with 34 points, two points more than Victor Co and four points better than Nonoy Llamas. Romy Garcia shared the honors by winning in net division with 43 points. Danny Nagayo had a 42 for second honors while Frank Buno submitted 40 points for the third place trophy.
Vincent Gumapac sizzled with 30 points to lift the class A gross champion’s trophy. Monchit Mackay came in second with 35 and Lee Bum Su was third with 33 points.
James Noel Morente clinched the class A net title with 44, winning via countback against Diemy Monedero. Ting Castillo settled for third with a 41.
Mark Lopez went home with the over-all gross title with 39 points and Rodrigo Rizon pocketed the over-all net crown with 48 points.
JP Marfori received the longest drive award after hitting the ball to 281 yards. Lito Laurel made the most accurate drive at 395 centimeters and Morente won the nearest to the pin award when his ball landed just 87 centimeters short of the cup.
The Dizon family thanked the participants for making the tournament successful. The golfest was organized in honor of the late Don Paco and to continue donating funds to his favorite charitable organizations. [Moses P. Billacura]
DCPO ousts RMG, 96-92
Police Officer 1 Janwed Cagape used to be a member of the DMMA Dance Troupe.
And on Thursday night (November 19), he literally “danced” his way to victory by leading the Davao City Police Office in ousting the Regional Mobile Group in a thrilling 96-92 win in the Mayor Rody Duterte-Vice Mayor Sara Duterte/AFP-PNP Basketball Tournament at the Davao City Recreation Center.
Cagape, who tried out for college varsity teams but failed to make it, was the star of the night for DCPO Director Ramon C. Apolinario who enjoyed watching his players in the thick of the action.
DCPO occupies the No.2 spot in bracket A behind Bureau of Fire Protection. The City Mayor’s Office leads bracket B with Police Regional Office 11 at No.2 going to the semifinal round this week.
Cagape was everywhere that night. Shooting from every angle and even slicing through the defense of three RMG players on the way to the basket. In the first half alone, he buried 19 points and added 12 more in the final half to lead Davao’s Finest with 31 points.
Cagape received support from PO1 Joshwe Torregosa and Police Inspector Ronald Lao, who in crucial moments delivered the crucial baskets to keep DCPO in the lead.
RMG dropped a 10-point bomb and tied the game at 75-all in the thrilling fourth quarter with Police Senior Inspector Ralph Reyes, Alvic Bantilan, Daniel Campomanes, William Purugganan and Rommel Cameros leading the charge.
But Lao completed a three-point play, 78-75, then Torregosa scored back-to-back baskets, 82-75, four minutes remaining.
The neck-to-neck battle went down to the last three minutes when Campomanes buried a three-pointer for 84-84, but it was Lao, Torregosa and Cagape who carried the big load in the waning minutes.
RMG refused to give up with Police Inspector Kristopher Sabsal burying a three-pointer to cut the lead to just four, 92-96, but that proved to be their last gasp as DCPO coasted to victory. “Sayang,” said RMG commander Col. Nestor Quinsay Jr. whose team entered the knockout round with a clean 5-0 win-loss card.
BFP, bannered by Fire Senior Inspectors Randolf Arbutante, Alex Pamaybay and Michael Dexter Navarro, Alvin Malinao, Ruel Ramos, Erwin Alcosaba, Brendon Buenaflor, Filbon Maligro, Anthony Agustin, Alexis Capitan, Kristian Coquilla, Jose Labor, Warlito Castillo, Joribel Kedlat, Dioscoro Baja Jr. Tarcisio Apog and Raymundo Sison, will enjoy a twice-to-beat privilege against Police Regional Office 11.
The PRO 11 colors are carried by Police Sr. Supt.Ronald dela Rosa, Police Chief Inspector Anthony Padua, Police Inspectors Arwin Gaffud and Archie Zozobrado, Edwin Josol, Walter Rabanes, Resty Go, Roberto Jaca, Edwin Awitin, Dante Simbulas, Dominic delos Reyes, Joconer Coronel, Robinson Palomares, Jerry Tugade Jr., Jesaac Ong, coaches Mike Maniego, Eng Dwal and David Ybalio Jr.
City Mayor’s Office, composed of Bong Go, Roy Bangkas, Ai Escoton, Marvin Mondigo, Eugene Labor, Ferdinand Pastor, Ariel Bonleon, Melchor Gadiano, Dioven Braga, Ryan Escorido, Jojit Duremdes, Cadel Mosqueda, Ryan Alquizar, Rodolfo Aleman and coach Roy Josol and Bert Malinao, will enjoy the same advantage when they meet DCPO. [Moses P. Billacura]
My Kitchen – Pinoy Christmas fare
by Ianne Monfort
HOW time flies. It seems only yesterday when we were packing away Christmas decor and here we are once more unpacking the same decor for yet another fun – filled holiday.
Christmas is perhaps one of the seasons that challenge the adventurous cook than any other. Other festivities and celebrations may come and go in a day, but the Christmas season often means a month of celebrating, with the stove and the oven hardly cooling off from the first of December to the year’s end.
Making traditional favorites is just part off the Christmas challenge but then there is the endless search for new ideas – festive main courses and not to forget the holiday desserts.
The following recipes that appear in my column have been selected to expand your repertoire of cooking for the holidays.
Enjoy this new innovation of Lumpiang Sariwa, Fiesta Lapu – Lapu and Buko Pandan Special. Happy cooking!!!
LUMPIANG SARIWA
½ k. cabbage, sliced finely
2 carrots, shredded
2 yellow camote, shredded
1 cup Baguio beans, sliced finely
1 small bundle kintsay, chopped
1 cup sayote, shredded
¼ k. pork, sliced into fine strips
½ cup shrimps, peeled (extract juice from heads)
1 small onion sliced
3 cloves garlic, chopped fine
1 cup ground peanuts
3 tbsps. Cooking oil
1 cup shrimp juice
2 pcs. Tokwa diced
Lumpia wrappers
Lettuce leaves
LUMPIA SAUCE:
½ cup brown sugar
¼ cup soy sauce
2 cups water
3 tbsps. Cornstarch
¼ cup water
2 heads garlic, minced
PROCEDURE:
Extract the fat from pork. In the same fat, sauté garlic, onion and tokwa. Add pork, shrimps, then shrimp juice. Simmer then add Baguio beans, carrot, sayote, camote, and cabbage. Season with soy sauce, dash of ground pepper and salt (if needed). Remove from fire; let it cool. Add kinchay and sprinkle half of the ground peanuts.
TO SERVE:
Place a lumpia wrapper on a plate and put a lettuce leaf. Brush with little lumpia sauce then put enough vegetable mixture. Sprinkle with ground peanuts and freshly minced garlic before closing the wrap. Serve with lumpia sauce.
FIESTA LAPU-LAPU
2 kg medium lapu-lapu fillet, cut into 1 1/2 “long and 1 1/2” wide strips (reserve fishbone with head and tail intact)
20g Knorr Chicken Seasoning Mix
80 ml ginger juice
80 g all- purpose flour
250 ml cooking oil
2 pcs eggs, hard boiled and mashed
80 g chorizo Bilbao, cooked (sautéed) and chopped
80 g black olives, pitted and sliced
80 g ham, cooked and chopped
120 g Lady’s Choice Mayonnaise
5 g parsley, chopped
Lemon juice
PROCEDURE:
Season lapu-lapu with Knorr Chicken Seasoning Mix and ginger juice. Dredge fish fillet strips and bone in flour. Fry until golden brown. Place in paper towels until excess oil has been absorbed. Arrange the fish fillet on top of the fried fish bone on a platter. Top with chorizo, olives, eggs and ham. In a bowl, combine Lady’s Choice Mayonnaise, parsley and lemon juice, transfer into a squirt bottle or piping bag. Drizzle the mayonnaise mixture on top of the fish and serve immediately.
BUKO PANDAN
SPECIAL
120 ml buko juice
1 drop pandan essence
30 g Carte D’Or green gulaman
30 g Buko strips
20 ml condensed milk, chilled
40 ml all- purpose cream, chilled/ whipped
10 g Wanton wrapper strips fried
Desiccated coconut as needed
PROCEDURE:
Dissolve Carte D’Or green gulaman with buko juice. Bring to boil then simmer , add pandan essence. Place in mould then place in fridge until set. Mix condensed milk and all- purpose cream. Assemble dessert by unmoulding gulaman, top with buko strips and fried wanton wrapper. Drizzle with cream mixture, garnish with roasted desiccated coconut.