Mall hosts bonsai tilt

CLA RK FREEPORT— A shopping mall here hosted a bonsai display and competition over the w eekend.

SM City Clark (SMCK) hosted the Philippine Bonsai Society Inc., (PBSI)’s North Luzon Summit: “Pamiyagum keti king Amianan” display and competition.

The competition featured about 200 bonsai creations by affiliate clubs across the country.

According to PBSI president Bobby Gopiao, the Northern Summit is their second national show this year.

An earlier bonsai show called “Sanib Pwersa” was held at SM City North EDSA in April this year.

Judges to the competition on October 18 at SMCK were graduates of PBSI’s master class, the first course outside of Taiwan focusing on international standards of judging bonsai competitions.

Master Yen Zi Jing, former president of Taiwan Bonsai Judges Association, conducted the class from

September 2018 to April 2019, and was the head of the panel of PBSI master class j u dges.

All of the judges, from different affiliate clubs, are members of the Philippine Bonsai Judges and Instructors Association.

Also present during the opening ceremonies and competition were SM City Clark mall manager Jerwin Jalandoni; SMCK assistant mall manager Alan Dale Parungao; Din Vihn Cuong, Asia Pacific (Aspac) committee; Hoang Ny, president of Vietnam Bonsai; Angelito Pangilinan, PBSI head of marketing and publicity; the 91-year old Fely ‘Mama Bonsai’Gupit, a Suiseki master; and members of the Pampanga Bonsai Associ at i on .

The exhibit and competition ran until Sunday, October 18.

International bonsai masters including Master Yen Zi Jing from Taiwan, Master Lam Ngoc Vinh from Vietnam, and Romy Dino from the Philippines also held

CLARK FREEPORT — A group of Manobo tribesmen from Davao have decried the alleged abuses and atrocities they suffered from the hands of some members of the Communist Party of the Philippines – New Peoples Army (CPPNPA) in their area.

The group, led by Datu James Binayao of the Manobo Talaandig

Tribe and Datu Joel Dahusay of the Matig Talomo Manobo Tribe, shared their ordeal with the rebel group during a forum hosted by the Philippine Air Force (PAF) inside the Freeport recently.

The Indigenous People (IP) groups from Davao Del Norte, Davao City, and other parts of Mindanao claimed they were

-Photos by Chris Navarro NORTHERN SUMMIT. The Philippine Bonsai Society Inc. showcases some of the best bonsai trees in the country during the three-day Northern Summit held at SM City Clark which concluded on Sunday. Participants came from Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao and masters from Taiwan, Vietnam and China.