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BY DING CERVANTES

ANGELES CITY- The allianceof the two most prominentpolitical dynasties in this city

will spell their doom.

EdPam vows to enddynasty in Angeles

With the powerfulLazatin and Nepomucenopolitical clans reconcilingand virtually ganging up onhim, Mayor Edgardo Pa-mintuan expressed yes-terday confidence of victo-ry in the 2013 local polls.

“In the 12 long yearsthat they held the rein ofthe city, Angeles stagnat-ed,” said Pamintuan whois seeking re-election un-der his newly formed local

BY JOEY PAVIA

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Gov. LiliaPineda on Monday led the grand launchhere of the Kapanalig at Kambilan NingMemalen Pampanga (Kambilan) andurged its more than 7,000 members and

GOV’S WISHES FOR 2013

No mudslinging, no violencebut cooperation, peace, love

Pineda rallies the troops. PHOTO BY RIC GONZALES

supporters not to resort to political mud-slinging and violence.

Pineda, chairperson of the provincialpolitical party, said she hoped the 2013elections will be “peaceful.”

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ANGELES CITY – A rare and endan-gered eagle was turned over to theauthorized bird sanctuary of the De-partment of Environment and NaturalResources (DENR) on Saturday, oneweek after it was found weak andwounded at the Royal Garden Estate(RGE) in Barangay Cutcut here.

RGE’s Ruperto “Perto” Cruz turnedover to the Paradise Ranch Nature andConservation Park, a wildlife sanctu-ary based in the Clark Freeport, aPhilippine-Eagle Owl (Bubo philippin-ensis).

Roman Goce, Paradise Ranch’sadministrative head, said the eagle isan endangered and rare bird speciesbelonging to the Strigidae family. He

Endangered eagle found,turned over to DENR

added that it is endemic in the coun-try and lives near lakes in lowland jun-gles.

Goce said the bird is about 40 cen-timeters and it has a wingspan ofabout 120 centimeters.

Cruz said workers at the RGEfound the bird near the area wherethere are chickens and fighting cocks.He added it apparently fought andstruggled with the cocks to get foodgiven by caretakers.

Cruz said the RGE and its 18-holeall-weather championship golf coursehave been a sanctuary for birds andother wild animals.

“We see different types of birds

The Philippine-Eagle Owl is surrendered to Paradise Ranch’s RomanGoce (wearing cap) by RGE workers in Angeles City.

PHOTO BY RIC GONZALES

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ANGELES CITY- Theformer president of theNorth Luzon RailwaysCorp. (NorthRail) under theArroyo administration saidyesterday that funds forthe suspended railwaysproject from CaloocanCity to Clark never passed

EX-NORTHRAIL CHIEF SAYSPamintuan

Chinese fundsnever passed

GMA gov’t handsthe hands of the Philippinegovernment.

“The Chinese bank di-rectly paid the Chinesecontractor for the project,”said NorthRail ex-presi-dent Edgardo Pamintuanwho is now mayor of this

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NI DINO BALABO

CALUMPIT, Bulacan—Muling nagbabala angNational Disaster RiskReduction ManagementCouncil (NDRRMC) saposibilidad na gumuhoang 40 porsyento ngmga gusali sa kalakhangMaynila kung lilindol namay lakas na 7.2 mag-nitude.

Ang babala ayinilahad ng NDRRMC sapagsasagawa ng kauna-unahang community-based earth quake drillsa bayang ito kahapon.

Ang nasabing drill aybatay sa scenario mulasa Metro Manila Earth-quake Impact ReductionStudy (MMEIRS) kungsaan ay posibleng lu-mindol ng magnitude 7.2kung gagalaw ang WestValley Fault Line Sys-tem na nakabalataymula sa sa Angat Damhanggang Taal Lake.

Ayon kay Undersec-retary Benito Ramos,executive director ngNDRRMC, ang lindol nalilikhain ng West ValleyFault System ay maka-kaapekto sa kalakhangMaynila at Bulacan.

“Forty percent ofbuildings in Metro Ma-nila will collapse, NLEXand SLEX will collapse,flyovers, hospitals, busi-ness centers, the inter-

40% nggusali sa

MM guguho

7.2 MAGNITUDENA LINDOL

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BY JOEY PAVIA

LUBAO, Pampanga – A resound-ing “Yes!”

Delta comes outPineda mother and son for Pampanga’s 1-2

‘Delta’ ‘Nanay Gov’

That was the responseof hundreds of residents toformer Mayor DennisPineda’s request for per-mission to run for vice gov-ernor next year, in tandemwith his mother, Gov. LiliaG. Pineda.

Known as “Delta,” theonly son of the governorjoined her and local officialslast Friday in the distribu-

tion of financial assistanceto farmers with less thanone hectare of farm loteach, as part of the Pam-panga Agriculture Modern-ization Program (PAMP).Some 8,000 marginalizedfarmers are targeted as pro-gram beneficiaries.

“The entry of Delta atthe Capitol will give more

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ANGELES CITY – “For the past 25years, Tarzan Lazatin’s public ser-vice record remained unblemishedand free from any shade of graft andcorruption.”

Hailed Pulung Cacutud ka-gawad Ric Tullao in the dialect as PAGE 10 PLEASE

Tarzan’s ‘clean record’ hailedEPZA residents go out for Lazatin.

PHOTO BY RIC GONZALES

he joined 1st District Rep. Carmelo“Tarzan” Lazatin on Saturday in thedistribution of compact fluorescentlamps (CFLs) to 5,000 householdsat the EPZA and Northville resettle-ments here and Barangay Sapa Lib-utad.

“I may be an ally of Lazatin, butwhat I am telling you about him isbased on facts. I hope he contin-ues to serve, especially the peo-ple of Angeles,” said Tullao.

The two-term congressman

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – “Those who believe inthe brand of leadership of the Pampanga governorare most welcome to join us.”

Former Board Member Rosve Henson put intosimple terms the basic requirement of membershipto the provincial political party Kapanalig at Kambi-lan Ning Memalen Pampanga (Kambilan) shortlybefore its launch at the Bren Z. Guiao ConventionCenter here on Monday afternoon.

With Gov. Lilia G. Pineda as chair, Henson ex-pects Kambilan to draw “a clear majority, if not all ofthe elective officials of the province.”

“The governor is sincere, honest and reliable pub-lic servant. Her style of governance is direct contactwith people to understand the real situation,” said

GOV’S PARTY

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Kambilanlaunched

BY DING CERVANTES

CITY OF SAN FERNAN-DO - The Technical Edu-cation and Skills Develop-ment Authority (TESDA)and Coca-Cola Philippineswill team up with severallocal government unitsand women’s organiza-tions in Northern and Cen-tral Luzon to train over10,000 women to becomeproductive “sari-sari” own-ers.

Coke North Luzonchief Gary Emmanuel Car-andang said in an interviewthat TESDA and Coke re-cently signed a memoran- PAGE 10 PLEASE

10K womento train in‘sari-sari’ventures

dum of agreement withseveral stakeholders topartner in the Sari-SariStore Training and Accessto Resources (S3TAR)project.

“S3TAR will providebeneficiaries training, ac-cess to financial support,access to merchandisingand store assets, and so-cial development interven-tions for a period of threeyears, and on its fourthyear, we will conduct animpact monitoring and as-sessment based on theset program objectives,”he said.

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and even wild chickens (la-buyo) in the estate,” saidCruz, whose Royal Gar-den Golf and Country Clubis at the boundary of thiscity and Porac town wherethere are mountain rang-es and lakes.

Cruz added that theyalso earlier surrendered an

owl to the DENR.Cruz said that his work-

ers led by Lito Naguiattook care of the woundedbird and made it strongbefore turning it over to theDENR.

Paradise Ranchthanked Cruz for turningover the eagle and urgedothers to imitate his ges-ture and concern for the

wild birds. It gave its num-bers – (045) 8900223 and09399129035 – for thosewho want to surrender orreport about capturedbirds deemed rare, endan-gered and protected.

It added that they canalso call Lito Villar ofDENR-Pampanga a t0906-3358816.

–Joey Pavia

Endangered eagle found...FROM PAGE 1

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ANGELES CITY - Vice MayorVicky Vega-Cabigting has as-sured the city government’s fi-nancial stability following allega-tions of budget deficits and itsfailure to meet mandatory andstatutory obligations.

Vega-Cabigting told cityworkers during Monday’s regu-lar flag-raising rites at the cityhall, that the alleged issues onthe depleted city coffers werejust a ‘pack of lies.’

Last week, commentariesaired over a local radio stationhere alleged that the city gov-ernment is experiencing a bud-get deficit as employees and job-order salaries were not paid ontime.

“The people of Angelesshould know the truth behind theissues hounding the fiscal ca-

Local execs confirm city’s financial stabilitypacity of the city. I was able totalk to the city’s treasury divi-sion and I am proud to say thatwe are financially stable,” thevice mayor said.

City Treasurer Juliet Quin-saat affirms Vega-Cabigting’sstatement, reporting that the cityhas more than enough funds forthe last quarter of the year untilChristmas.

“It is very premature to saythat the city is in dire crisis whentalking about its finances be-cause we are just on the lastquarter of the fiscal year,” Quin-saat said.

The city treasurer said thatbusiness and real property own-ers pay their taxes on a quarter-ly basis. The city, she said isexpecting more local revenuesbefore the year ends.

“With these, how can we saythat we are on a deficit, moreso, if we are also able to payour statutory obligations on loanpayments for employees likeGovernment Service Insurance

System (GSIS) and Pag-Ibig,”Quinsaat stressed.

With regards to employees’salaries, Quinsaat said the de-lay could be attributed to the fail-ure of some offices to submittheir payroll papers and dailytime record report on time.

“We cannot make the nec-essary cash advances for pay-roll unless we have all the com-pleted documents required priorto the disbursement of salaries,allowances, honoraria and oth-er similar expenses,” she ex-plained.

Meanwhile, Mayor EdgardoPamintuan continues to supportthe needs of the city employeesby instructing the city’s financialofficers (treasurer, budget andaccounting) to release the bo-nuses and other cash incentives

this coming Christmas season.“Our employees should not

be bothered by these issues.Our fiscal governance seeks itsbest to be as stable as it can beto widely benefit not only theemployees but most important-ly, the Angeleños,” Pamintuansaid.

On the other hand, Vega-Cabigting lauded and encour-aged city government employ-ees to continue working andsupport the implementation ofpriority programs of the presentadministration.

“We have a very dynamic andhardworking government work-force. And if you are a govern-ment employee of Angeles City,you should be proud because wehave been giving the best to theAngeleños,” the vice mayor said.

Vega-Cabigting

DOUBLE CELEBRATION. Mayor Oscar Rodriguez and City Officials release balloons symbolizing “freedom fromilliteracy” during the blessing and inauguration of the New City College Building. The event coincided with theMayor’s birthday, making it a “double celebration” for the city. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

NI ERNIE B. ESCONDE

ORION, Bataan- Sa hindi pamalamang dahilan, binaril atnapatay Sabado ng gabi sa loobng isang apartment dito ang dat-ing bodyguard ng isang mayor.

Kinilala ni Chief Insp. ElmerSantiago, Orion police chief, angbiktima na si joey Sabino, 51,ng Camachile, Orion, na nagta-mo ng tama ng baril sa iba’t-ibang bahagi ng katawan.

Nakakuha ang mga policeinvestigators ng walong basyo ngbala, pitong deformed slug atisang hindi pumutok na bala,lahat mula sa baril na kalibre .45.

Ayon kay Precy Sabino,wala siyang alam na kagalit angasawa na umano’y dating body-guard ni Orion Mayor Jose San-tos. Malapit na rin umanongumalis ang asawa upangmagtrabaho sa Qatar.

Batay sa police report, kasa-lukuyang kumakain patalikod samain door ang biktima sa isangapartment sa Barangay Sto.Domingo nang biglang pumasokbago mag-alas-8 ng gabi angdalawang lalaki sa pamamagi-tan ng puwersahang pagbukassa screen door.

Matapos makapasok, agadpinaputukan ang biktima ngmalapitan ng dalawang lalakingparehong naka-jacket at maysuot na crash helmet. Tumakasdiumano ang dalawang lalakigamit ang isang motorsiklongnakaparada sa hindi kalayuan saapartment.

Patuloy pa ang imbestigasy-on ng pulisya sa pangyayari.

Ex-bodyguardng mayor

binaril, patay

BY GEORGE HUBIERNA

CAMP MACABULOS, TarlacCity—Gov. Victor Areno Yaplauded Tarlac police after one ofthe most wanted members of thekidnap-for-ransom [KFR] syndi-cate in the country finally fellinto the hands of the authoritieslast Tuesday, police report said.

The suspect was identified byTarlac PPO director Senior Supt.Alfred Corpus as ex-PO2 Joel

Yap lauds cops for arrest of Most Wanted KFR manTapec, 39, temporarily residingin Nueva Ecija and reportedlymember of the notorious DosePares Gang operating in MetroManila and in some parts of thecountry.

In a phone interview, Corpussaid that Tapec was arrested bythe Moncada police led by ChiefInspector Augusto Pasamonteafter he was spotted near thechurch of the said town.

According to Provincial Intel-

ligence Branch head Supt. Bay-ani Razalan, the suspect wasNumber 3 in the Most Wantedlist at the East Police Districtand ranked 13th in the countrywith a standing monetary rewardof P275,000 on his head.

Based on the suspect’s war-rants of arrest, he is facing thecharges such as KFR with ho-micide, robbery with homicide,and robbery in Pasig; violationof Section 16, RA 6425, robbery

hold-up in Makati; and robberyin band with frustrated homicidealso in Pasig.

The suspect was brought per-sonally by Corpus andPasamonte to PNP chief Direc-tor General Nicanor Ancheta Bar-tolome at the National Headquar-ters in Camp Crame yesterday.

“Natutuwa naman tayo dahilnakikita natin na nagtatrabahongmabuti ang ating kapulisan,” Yapsaid.

BY ERNIE B. ESCONDE

ORION, Bataan- This provinceon Saturday participated in theInternational Coastal Clean-upDay and conducted barangayclean-up drive in 236 barangaysin 11 towns and one city.

Under the theme “Ikaw, Ako,Tayo... Bahagi ng Solusyon samga Basurang Itinapon”, variousagencies of government sentrepresentatives to assist incleaning the coastal areas aswell as the barangays.

In the past, big number ofgovernment and private workers

converged in one area and didthe cleaning on a long stretch ofthe Bataan coastline, this timethe participants were divided intosmaller groups and assigned tospecific sites.

Residents who used to watchonly the clean-up campaign be-ing undertaken actively partici-pated this time.

In Capunitan for example, afishing village in Orion, Bataan,villagers and police officersjoined hands in the activity.

A few minutes later, bags ofgarbage of all kinds stood readyto be collected by garbage trucks.

Bataan holds coastaland brgy clean-up drive

NUTRITIONCAMPAIGN.Angeles City

Councilor JaySangil

supervisesfeeding

activity forchildren inBarangay

Balibago aspart of the

Pampalusognila EDSA sa

mga Bata,sponsored by

Sangil intandem with

Mayor EdgardoPamintuan.CONTRIBUTED

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BY DING CERVANTES

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -In these days of unprecedent-ed natural disasters worldwide,the threat of collapse of the An-gat Dam in real.

The National Disaster RiskReduction and ManagementCouncil (NDRRMC) held yes-terday a massive evacuationand rescue drills at the AngatDam as part of readiness plansin case of a dam collapse aris-ing from a powerful earthquake.

Amira Ortega, acting oper-ations chief of the Regional Di-saster Risk Reduction andManagement Council(RDRRMC), said the drill start-ed at 9 a’m. in “two vital plac-

Drills held for possible Angat Dam collapsees” at the Angat Dam in Norza-garay, Bulacan.

“The drill is a comprehensivepreparation in the anticipation of7.2-magnitude earthquake witha possibility of dam break inAngat reservoir area, locatedbeside the West Marikina Val-ley Fault,” Ortega said.

She said that after an hour,another “contingent group inCalumpit also started rescueexercises for prospective vic-tims” as the town would beamong the first to be affected bya collapse of Angat Dam.”

“We must prepare for eventhe unexpected and we are an-ticipating the worst case scenar-io of a 7.2-magnitude earth-quake. We must be on track to

improve and update our pre-paredness in order to ensure thatthe government can deliver evenin a scenario wherein almost allare victims,” she said.

She cited studies from theNDRRMC indicating that onceAngat Dam collapses, massiveflooding would submerge low ly-ing areas in Calumpit andHagonoy.

But Ortega said evacuationareas have already been identi-fied in these two towns in caseof such situation.

This, even as NDRRMC saidit has coordinated with the pro-vincial government of Bulacanand the municipal government ofCalumpit on the planned tempo-rary closure today of the seg-

ment of MacArthur Highwayfrom the Caltex station approach-ing Labangan 7 Bridge, nearCalumpit Public Market, up toLabangan Bridge 1 in BarangayCaniogan to give way to thedrills.

It was closed to all types ofvehicles from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.

Undersecretary Benito Ra-mos, executive director ofNDRRMC, observed the drills atthe Angat Dam and in Calumpit.

Representatives from thePhilippine Institute of Volcanol-ogy and Seismology, PhilippineAtmospheric, Geophysical andAstronomical Services Admin-istration, Philippine InformationAgency, Department of Environ-ment and Natural Resources,

National Irrigation Authority andMetropolitan Waterworks Sew-erage System joined local of-ficials and residents in thedrills at the two sites “to en-sure the coordinated move-ments in every single detail incase of emergency” at theAngat Dam.

The drills were also joinedby representatives from Depart-ment of Interior and Local Gov-ernment, Department of Educa-tion, Department of Health, De-partment of Social Welfare andDevelopment, Department ofPublic Works and Highwaysand Bureau of Fire Protectionas “key players, particularly inrelief and rehabilitation efforts,”Ortega also said.

NI DINO BALABO

LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS—Hindi pa mauubusan ng tubiginumin ang Pilipinas sasusunod na 40 taon ayon saisang dalubhasa bilang tugonsa ilang negatibong pahayag.

Ngunit tiniyak din niya namagkakaroon ng kakulangansa suplay ng tubig sa ibat-ibang lugar ng bansa, at ito aymagdudulot ng mataas napresyo ng tubig na pinadadal-oy.

Ayon kay Dr. Carlos PrimoDavid ng National Institute ofGeological Science ng Univer-sity of the Philippines (NIGS-UP), may tubig pang maiinomsa bansa hanggang 2050.

Sa kanyang pahayag samga lumahok sa taunangPhilippine Science JournalistsAssociation (Pscijourn)Congress na isinagawa sa SMMall of Asia noong Biyernes,sinabi ng dalubha na bilangisang tropical country, angbansa ay napapaligiran ngtubig.

Ngunit binigyang diin niyana dahil sa patuloy at dimapigilang epekto ng climatechange, magraranasan angkakapusan ng tubig partikularna sa mga lugar na walangwater district o nagpapadaloyng tubig.

“With scarcity of water, wecan always expect that waterdistribution rates in the countrywill go higher than we havetoday,” ani David na angpamilya ay nagmula salalawigan ng Pampanga.

Sa kasalukuyan, mas

maraming bayan sa mgalalawigan ay siniserbisyuhanng mga water district nasiyang nagpapadaloy ng tubigsa mga tahanan.

Ang mga nasabing waterdistrict ay karaniwan namangnakadepende sa tubig mula sailalim ng lupa o ground water.

Ayon kay David, maaapek-tuhan ng climate change angserbisyo ng mga water districtdahil batay sa kanilangpagtaya, malaki ang mababa-was sa pag-ulan sa mgapangunahing lungsod atlalawigan sa bansa hanggang2020.

Ang 10 pangunahinglalawigan na inaasahangmakakaranas ng kakulangansa pag-ulan sa mga susunodna taon ay ang Cavite namakakaranas ng kabawasan o-18.6 porsyento ng ulan.

Kasunod ang Agusan DelNorte (-18), Metro Manila(-17.8), Bulacan (-16.4), Rizal(15.4), Surigao Del Norte(-14.8), Laguna (-14.3), AgusanDel Sur (-14.3), Surigao DelSur (-13.7), at ang Bukidnon(-12.5).

“Decrease in rainfall willresult in scarcity of water andthen we will have high waterdistribution rates,” ani David.

Hinggil naman sa presyong tubig na pinadadaloy ngmga water district, sinabi niyana batay sa kanyang pag-aaral, may mga water districtna sumisingil ng P50 sa unang10 kubiko metro ng tubig, atmayroon namang sumisingilna ng P300 sa unang 10kubiko metro.

Nilinaw niya na ang isangkubiko metro ay nalos na-kakasinglaki ng isang balika-bayan box.

“Usually, we don’t noticewater rates because we areable to cook, take a bath andclean our house with what wehave, hence we don’t paymuch attention to it,” ani ngdalubhasa.

Hinggil naman sa pagtaasng presyo ng tubig na pinadad-aloy ng mga water district,sinabi ni David na isa sanagiging dahilan nito ay ang dimaayos na pamamahala.

Gayunpaman, inihalimbawaniya ang mga water district sabayan ng Plaridel at Hagonoydahil sa natatanging pamama-hala ng mga ito na nagbungang mababang presyo ng tubig,

Hinggil naman sa hinaharapng pamamahala sa tubig sabansa, sinabi ni Davi na sakasalukuyan ay halos basag-basag pa ito dahil sa walangiisang ahensya na namamaha-la sa tubig.

Ayon kay David ang mgaahensiyang may kinalaman sapamamahala sa tubig sabansa ay ang National WaterResource Board (NWRB),Local Water Utilities Adminis-tration (LWUA), Bureau ofSoils and Water Management(BSWM) ng Department ofAgriculture, Philippine Atmo-spheric Geophysical Astro-nomical Services Administra-tion (Pagasa), UP-NIGS,National Statistics Office(NSO), at ang National Map-ping and Resource InformationAuthority (Namria).

Tubig di pa mauubos, ngunittiyak na tataas ang presyo LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS —

Lumalaki ang posibilidad nawalang makakalaban si Bula-can Gov. Wilhelmino Alvaradosa halalan sa susunod na taon.

Ito ay dahil sa tahimik parin ang mga posIbleng maka-tunggali niya sa 2013 electionssamantalang isang linggo nalamang ang nalalabi sa pag-sisimula ng filing ng certificatesof candidacy (COC).

Gayunpaman, iginiit ng il-ang lider sa politika sa lalawi-gan na hangga’t hindi natata-pos ang limang araw na filingng COC ay may posibilidad paring makalaban ni Alvarado siKinatawan Joselito Mendoza ngikatlong distrito ng Bulacan nanagsilbing gobernador mula2007 hanggang 2010.

“There is still a chance thatsomeone may challenge thegovernor’s re-election bid,” aniAbogado Danilo Domingo, angdating alkalde ng lungsod na itona nagdeklara ng muling pagka-mpanya sa dati niyang posisy-on.

Ayon kay Domingo, anglarangan ng pulitika sa Bulacanay posibleng madiktahan nghalalan sa 2016.

“We have to look at the larg-er political landscape beyond2013,” ani ng dating alkalde atiginiit na ang kampo ni VicePresident Jejomar Binay aynaghahanda na para sa 2016.

Bilang pinuno ng UnitedNationalist Alliance (UNA), siBinay ay inaasahang makaka-tunggali ni Interior and LocalGovernment Secretary MarRoxas, na siya ring pangulo ngLiberal Party (LP) at runningmate ni Pangulong BenignoAquino III noong 2012 automat-ed elections.

Ayon kay Domingo, ang

Alvarado unopposed?paghahandang ito sa 2016 aynangangahulugan ng mganegosasyon sa mga kandida-to sa halalan sa susunod nataon.

Kinumpirma naman niPaombong Mayor Donato Mar-cos ang mga negosasyon.

Ngunit sa kabila ng pagig-ing pangulo sa League of Mu-nicipalities of the Philippines(LMP) ni Marcos, sinabi niyana hindi pa siya maaring mag-lahad ng impormasyon hinggilsa negosasyon.

Ayon naman kay MayorChristian Natividad ng Lungsodna ito, ang negosasyon parasa mga kandidato sa Bulacanay matatapos ngayong Lunes.

Katulad ni Marcos, hindi rinnagbigay ng detalye si Nativ-idad hinggil sa negosasyon,ngunit ilang source ang nagsa-bi na posibleng si Alvarado angmaging kandidato ng LP sa Bu-lacan.

Iginiit pa ng source na angpag-uusapan na lamang aykung sino ang makakasamangkandidatong mayor ni Alvaradosa susunod na halalan.

“Malamang ay incumbentang makasama, pero may mgahindi incumbent na ipinapasok,”ani ng source na humiling nahuwag ipakilala dahil sa kasun-duang ilalabas lamang ang de-talye pagkatapos ng negosasy-on.

Ayon naman sa ibangsource, bukod kay Alvarado,tiyak na makikinabang ang mgaincumbent mayor sa negosasy-on.

Ngunit may mga dating al-kalde na nais na muling kuman-didato at kung hindi rawmakakasama sa LP ay tiyakna sa grupo ni Binay sasamaang mga ito. –Dino Balabo

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1081 memories“READ YOUR article on martial law in your column. You forgotsomething brother… the few months after 1081 when TessieLadringan called us The Regina staff and how she told us thatwriting anything about the politics is a big no-no and in case theitch for your being so matapang in writing is unavoidable - then letus attack the church, never the military, never the Marcosian gov’t.”

So posted Millete Caparas in my Facebook account.Millete is kasama, best friend, sister – everything but lover to

me, from our Assumption College days, through our teaching stintsat the Angeles University Foundation to her years at the ClarkDevelopment Corp. as labor services department head whence shemigrated to America, basing in Orange County and then Anaheim,California. We had a grand night with her son Raph-Raph last yearin LA.

Yeah, I remember the caveat to us writers of Assumption’sstudent publication then but I can’t recall if it was Tessie or her twinNancy that gave it to us. Nancy was our school paper moderatorthen.

Anyways, we took the word for gospel truth,and from a “radical paper” that raged and rated onthe burning issues of the day, The Regina wasdegraded to slum-bookishness.

Just like our Rizal Class where discussionsof the national hero’s counter-revolutionaryleanings vis-à-vis the “correctness” of the “realnational hero” Bonifacio’s proletarian revolutiongave way to debates on who Rizal loved more,Leonor Rivera or Josephine Bracken?

The school-year immediately proceeding fromthe declaration of Martial Law – sorry, I can’t helpbut put the phrase in caps, if only for its impact tothe nation’s life – saw me taking the editorship ofthe school paper, to the utter dismay and thegreatest sorrow of the college administration.

Our anti-Establishment angst had to beventilated somewhat. Our morbid fear of the CampOlivas stockade, precluded even the slightestcomment on the established martial order. So wefound in the college president, the vice presidents,the registrar, the deans and professors alternativetargets.

I cannot recall now which I frequented more,the office of the college president – where I wasmade to explain every article in the paper deemedcritical of the college administration, or the HomeDefense Unit of the Philippine Constabulary –where, with our moderator – by that time Ms. JuneVelez-Belmonte, now California-based Mrs.Whitmer – I had to present the blueprints of thepaper before taking it to the printing press for athorough review by military censors of all thearticles, pictures or illustrations, blacking out anythat could even be remotely considered“subversive.”

Yeah, we had issues with blacked outsections.

So Millete’s post opened the floodgates of1081 memories…

Of KM’s Roy Loredo, ramrod-straightPhilippine Military Academy drop-out, hunchedand gaunt after months of detention at CampOlivas.

Of the SDK’s Fer Liwag, already frail andasthmatic, suffering two broken ribs after his stintin that same stockade.

Roy went on to rise in the hierarchy of theunderground struggle, operating in the Visayasand in the post-EDSA period managed to win aPalanca Award for an essay titled – if memorystill serves right – “Dogged defense of a doggonedogma” which is a reaction to snotty British horrorat our being dog-eaters.

Fer assumed the nom de guerre Ka Dario andled a sandatahang yunit pampropaganda inPampanga, gaining his martyrdom in anencounter with the military in Sta. Ana town in1978, if I am not mistaken. He had a P25,000price on his head. To him I dedicated my bookBrigada .45 chronicling the exploits of the MarianoGarcia Brigade, the urban partisan unit of the NewPeople’s Army, in the last years of the ‘80s.

There was too the KM’s Butch Pangilinan ofMinalin and Alex Abellanoza of Sto. Nino, SanFernando who were among the first to bearrested the very night Martial Law was publiclydeclared.

And of course my seminary elder Bot Portugal,fellow in the SDK, student poet nonpareil and TheRegina literary editor, who – for a time – came toclass in his white cassock, with breviary or biblein hand, needing no further proof of his conversionfrom a “godless communist.”

For us who were remanded to the custody ofpersons of authority or influence, the PC requiredthat we reported to the provincial command weeklyfor the first three months, fortnightly for anotherthree months and then monthly until they told uswe were “cleared.”

The reporting covered our activities – classesin school, church service, movies, visits, etc., and– more important to the military – persons wemet. Of course, these comprised mostly ofclassmates and teachers.

And we were required to memorize – one ofthe requisites to passing the compulsory ROTCthen – the Bagong Lipunan hymn. From memorynow:

May bagong silang, may bago nang buhayBagong bansa, bagong galaw

Sa Bagong Lipunan…Magbabago ang lahat, tungo sa pag-unlad

At ating itanghal, Bagong Lipunan.Ang gabi’y nagmaliw nang ganap

At lumipas na ang magdamag Madaling araw ay nagdiriwang

May umagang namasdanNgumiti ang pag-asa

Sa umagang anong ganda! May bagong silang…

Which meaning we – silently, but of course –totally bastardized by merely supplanting theletter B with the letter G in the lyrics, thus:

May gagong silang, may gago nang buhayGagong bansa, gagong galaw

Sa gagong lipunan…Mag-gagago ang lahat…

Aye, there was some fun even in those themost terrifying of times. And a time for love too.

In the immediate aftermath of 1081, reportswere rife of women activists being systematicallyabused in the detention centers.

One morning at The Regina office, I foundMillete with a stuffed suitcase. Before I could evenask, she told me she was eloping with her beauNoel who was afraid for her safety, moreso hervirginity. Dutifully, I carried her suitcase to thewaiting Volks Beetle some distance fromAssumption’s second gate.

“Millete is dearer than a sister to me. Takegood care of her, or you’ll be sorry.” I remembertelling Noel during the “hand-over.”

Ah, the fondness of memories, even of thetimes of dread. Thanks. Millete for pulling theplugs.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012marked two years and ten

months since the AmpatuanMassacre, the largest wholesaleslaughter of media workers in all

the world, in all of history.

Two years and ten months.Still, no justice for the victims.

So we go on raging.So we go on mourning.

And shall ever be remembering.

Mountains inspire awe in any human person who has asoul. They remind us of our frailty, our unimportance, ofthe briefness of our span upon this earth. They touch theheavens, and sail serenely at an altitude beyond even theimaginings of a mere mortal. –Elizabeth Aston

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Hard to GetJoey Aguilar

Simple langTAMANG GAMIT AT PARAAN. Aminin natin, madami tayong mgabagay na kinaiinisan sa Pinas lalo na ang ibat ibang mgatransaksyon – sa bangko, sa mga telecom at maging sa prosesong pag-aplay ng trabaho. Kung iisipin ay mga simpleng bagay nanapakadaling solusyunan dahil sa kasalukuyang teknolohiya.Madalas, ginagawang komplikado ang simple at ginagawangmahirap ang dapat sana’y madaling paraan.

Hindi ko na babanggitin ang mga ito. Mas maigi na ikwento konalang ang ilang mga karanasan dito sa Doha, Qatar na pwedenggayahin o kaya’y makapulot ang iba ng ideya.

Matutuwa ka na sa pagbayad ng mga cellphone bills,pagtatanong ukol sa mga produkto o serbisyo ng kumpanya, ayhindi mo na kailangan pang pumila ng napakatagal. Pagpasok mopalang sa kanilang opisina na madalas ay nasa mall, may lalapitna sa iyong staff upang tumulong. Pagkatapos ay diretso kanamagbabayad sa kanilang lima o anim na ATM machines nanapakadaling gamitin, o di kaya ay ibibigay sa’yo ang kailanganmong impormasyon sa pamamagitan ng dala-dala niyang iPad.

Sa pagbayad naman gamit ang credit o debitcard, hindi mo kailangan pang pumirma kundipipindutin mo nalang ang 4-numerong PIN saterminal. Hindi narin hihingi ng sangkaterbang IDspara lamang alamin na ikaw nga ang may ari ngcard. Basta alam mo ang PIN, ok na yun.

Sa pag-apply naman ng trabaho, hindi mo nakailangan pang magpa-print ng curriculum vitae(CV) at pumunta sa opisina ng kumpanya. Angkailangan mo lang ay internet connection (o i-café) upang isend o i-attach ang ‘yong CV sawebsite ng ina-aplayang kumpanya.

Makakatipid ka nga naman sa pamasahe,gastos sa pagkain at sa pagod lalo na kungmalakas ang ulan o mainit ang panahon.Magagamit mo pa ang madaming oras sa pag-aplay sa ibang mga kumpanya. Pagka-registermo sa kanilang website, kaagad na may sagot (oconfirmation) sa iyong email na natanggap nganila ang iyong CV o application.

May isang paraan pa ng paghahanap ngtrabaho dito na medyo madali. Pwede kangmagpa-ads sa mga pahayagan at magbayad ng60 Qatar Riyals kada 25 na salita. Kung gustomong lumabas ito ng tatlong beses, halimbawaLinggo, Lunes at Miyerkules, ay magbabayad kang QR 180. Siguraduhin mo lang na nakalagayang iyong cellphone number. Pagka-labas ng adsay umupo kana lang at maghintay ng mga tawagmula sa mga employers.

Sabi ko nga dati, madali ang pag-aplay ng linyang telepono/cellphone dito. Importante lang aymay trabaho ka. Magpi-fill-up kalang ng form,

pipirma at pagkabigay sa papel sa staff, approvena kaagad. Wala ng marami pang tanong at walana silang hihingin pang mga dokumento. Sapatna ang isang ID. Hindi kana papagurin paramagsumite ng payslip, certificate of employmentat billing statement, at pagkatapos ay irerejectdin ng kumpanya. Ang labo nila diba?

Napaka-simple lang sana pero madalas ayginagawa nilang komplikado at pinapahirapan paang mga tao.

PARANGAL. Paalam Ka Nene Bundoc-Ocampo,59, beteranang mamamahayag at tagapaglathalang pahayagang Punla sa Bulacan.

Biglaan ang pamamaalam ni Ka Nene dahilnakasama pa siya ng ibang miyembro ngPhilippine Press Institute-Luzon group sa isangpagtitipon noong Hunyo sa Trinoma sa Lungsodng Quezon.

Madaming beses ko rin siyang nakasama saibat ibang mga seminar-workshops at trainingsng PPI sa Maynila. Huli kaming nagkausap noongAbril sa Press Forum na ginanap sa Traders Hotelkasama si Dino Balabo at iba pang mgamamamahayag.

Ayon kay Dino, si Ka Nene ay nagsimula saPhilippine News Agency (PNA) bilang PilipinoEditor. Isa din siya sa nagpasimula at nagtatagng pahayagang Mabuhay noong 1980.Nagtrabaho din umano siya bilang desk editorng Pilipino Star Ngayon noong huling bahagi ngdekada 80.

Ka Nene, mananatili ka sa aming mga puso.

Napag-uusapanlangNi Felix M. Garcia

Anino ning napun(KASUGLUNG NING MILABAS A ISYU)

KASEBIAN, agyang bunduk ya nung pane yang makukulkul,Mayagas ya o matibag king kekaban ning panaun;Lalu pa’t nung alang tarus itang kekang pamanaun,Maluslus yang alang sala at mirakma kaniang gabun;Kapara na, antia naman, ketang malalam a balun,A ing balang kekang siklu, yutse mu pin king minangun;Keluatan na asahan mung ala na kang akuang danum,A maliaring agamit mu agiang metung mu mang tukung.

Kemaulian, king kelan kung kontrol kaniang pamangastus,Ding mingatbang kakung bulsa lipat de pa ing mebusbus;Panyali mang sigarilyu ala na ku ping agauk,Lipat ke pa ing pulubing milalabas mu keng limus;Madalas maniawad ku mu ba’kung makasangap asuk,Lalu pa’t neng benging alus pagpyestan da ku reng yamuk;Ala na ing pibandian kung menga-imbargu nang lubus,Ining tukud nang Apu ku ya na ing mitagan kabud.

Anto’ring kakaluguran bagiang kabit makapalad,Baket ngening lupad na ku metung man e ke akapkap?Ante itang amanwan dang pamakiabe alang kupas?At e la magbayu kaku, ngara: “miras na ing miras!”Ing batayan wari keng bie atyu kislap da ring pilak,Pota ala ne kaka’yti, ala na ngan ing milabas?(King panaun kaya ngeni atin pang akit mung tapatMaging karing pepakan mu karing kekang aduang palad?)

Aisip kung balikan ke ing metung kung akautus,A medyu meluat mong’ bagia a kanakung akalukup;King agia mang marine ku ampon maki-tagle takut,At ba’kung ating aulian…sabla ‘nakmul kung tibubus;Nung atanggap na o ali ing lumapit manyiklaud,Ya ing sana isuku ku king kanakung pamandurup;Kabud mipatawaran ku kening pamagbalik kung lub,Isumpa ku ing e ku ne lakuan, ikeng miabe lubus.

Malaut pang anting sukad soga ing kayang tuknangan,Abatiawan keng mamalis king karelang palbibewan;Kaibugan kung lapitan ke, uman sana ampon kaulan,Anti na’mong biglang sebat ning tinipa ketang eran;Ikit kung lepitan ne iti, siklit malale king awakanAt saka ne inuma ning pagnasa ku sang’ balikan!Malino piakitan iti, king e ku ne sukat puntanUling atin nang mas migit, anak at maki-tetagan.

Ngening matua na ing bili, ala nang sikanan ganapBurian ku man ing magbayu…tauli na’t ala nang lunas!At uli ning e na ku rin makapagobrang mabayat,Angga mu keng mangabiayan ku keng limus bandang bukas;Keta, at nu’ ining bie ku akua nang kumabang ditak,Akua ku pang makasisi king sablang sala kung depat;At ban keta bayu mu man mapatlud ing tauling singap,Akit ke ing sarili ku… babasle king tune landas!!!

I GRADUATED from college atthe age of nineteen years andimmediately started looking fora job. I applied to the multina-tionals dominating the localeconomy then in terms of stat-ure, resources, influence, train-ing and promotions potential,and high compensation pack-age. I wanted to take advantageof my so-called exclusive schooleducation and honors achieve-ment. However, these multina-tionals required at that time thatthe new management traineesto be accepted must at least be21 years old. I was 2 years awayfrom the requirement. At thesame time, I entered LawSchool. I had both personal andeducational expenses which Idid not want my parents toshoulder. I needed a well payingjob to justify my status as wellas the sunken and future costs.

Dr. Vin Valdepenas, Chair ofthe Economics Department ofthe Ateneo and future NEDA Di-rector- General and MonetaryBoard Member, came to my res-cue. He offered Ed Fajardo, ourclass valedictorian, and meteaching positions as Instructorsin the Ateneo Economics De-partment. This was a big com-pliment to us, being fresh grad-uates at a very young age, be-ing asked to teach a major sub-ject as regular faculty of a veryprestigious university, to stu-

dents who were at our age leveland some of whom were friendsjust a while ago. The salary wasalso competitive even with thestarting pay in the corporateworld. And we would be doingwhat we really love to be doing,studying and learning.

After the initial nerves, Edand I settled down in a regularcomfortable mode, style andpace. We, by the dint of hardwork and preparation, were ableto get high ratings for our teach-ing performance. Of course, wewould still get the shakes andred faces and bowed headswhenever we would meet Fr.Michael McPhelin, S.J. , PhDeconomics from Harvard, reput-edly the classmate of Samuel-son, an economist of statureand high repute, our former pro-fessor and very aristocratic indemeanor, greeting us poor in-structors in his booming voice, “Hi there, COLLEAGUES!” Wedid not know whether to returnthe greeting or to bury ourselvesin the cement floor of the Kots-ka corridor.

That is how I got into theteaching profession. Since then,for the past 45 years, I havebeen involved in teaching al-though no longer on a full timebasis. I had to work in the cor-porate world as a investmentand trust banker, sugar caneplanter, real estate developer and

marketer, appraiser, govermenteconomic analyst and consult-ant, freeport executive and air-port executive, among others, forvarious periods in my career.Throughout all these periods, Imanaged to insert teaching as-signments during some week-day evenings and Saturdays. Itaught again at the Ateneo, Uni-versity of Sto. Tomas, Universi-ty of the Philippines CollegeClarkfield, UP Extension Pro-gram in Pampanga, University ofthe Assumption, Angeles Univer-sity Foundation, Holy Angel Uni-versity and the Asian Institute ofManagement as the residentguru for the Masters in Entrepre-neurship in Clark. I was both a

practitioner and a teacher in theeconomics and managementfield, which, to my mind, syner-gizes the best elements of bothworlds.

During these periods, I man-aged to finish my MBA and PhD.I think this is due to my involve-ment in the academe.It involvedsome sacrifices in time and fam-ily interaction. However, my fam-ily knew that whether I taught ornot, I will still do the reading,research and strive for the vari-ous knowledge because theseare there to be done and en-joyed. Therefore, I reason, Imight as well do them formally,within an academic institutionand framework and get paid forit, even humbly.

It is, of course, a sense ofachievement to be able to mea-sure one’s progress in academeby the degrees one may attachafter one’s name or the academ-ic ranks before one’s name, Pro-fessor Romeo N. Dyoco, Jr.,AB,MBA, Ph.D. That does lookand sound nice. The corporateworld also provides these titleslike Engr., Atty., Dr., President,Vice President and others. A

combination of both would bebetter.

This is not ego tripping butmay be a good tradeoff as a ben-efit to the low compensation gen-erally given to teachers. Howev-er, let us not forget the psychicincome of teachers. It is a greatfeeling to be able to impart knowl-edge and see the “ aha” light ofknowledge and understanding inone’s students. During all theseyears of teaching, you may notbe able to remember all of yourstudents. But they will all remem-ber you. When I meet former stu-dents whom I can not remember,I tell them I usually remember twogroups, the best and the worststudents. If I do not rememberyou, then you must have be av-erage, which is neither good orbad.

September 5 to October 6 isNational Teachers Month. Iwould like to thank all of myteachers. I remember all of you,both good, bad and average.Thank you anyway for I stilllearned from all of you. And I of-fer a prayer for all of us, to theGreat Teacher Himself, our LordJesus Christ.

Teacher’s month

CeterisParibusRomeo N. Dyoco, Jr.

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTANGELES CITY

BANK OF FLORIDA INC., ( A Rural Bank),Mortgagee, F.C. CASE NO. 2012-846-versus- FOR: Extra-Judicial Foreclosure

Sale of Real Estate MortgageSPS. EDGAR & ANGELA DIZON,

Mortgagors.x———————————————————————x

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALEUpon extra judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended

filed by the above-named Mortgagee against the Mortgagors, SPS. EDGAR& ANGELA DIZON with residence and postal address at Lot 15, Block21, Pallmall St., Villa Leoncia, Sto. Domingo, Angeles City to satisfy theoutstanding mortgaged debt which as of September 6, 2012 amounts toONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDREDNINETY FOUR PESOS AND 16/100 (P1,406,294.16) PhilippineCurrency, principal including stipulated interest, penalty charges andAttorneys Fee but excluding the expenses incurred in the filling of thisforeclosure and other expenses and charges allowed by law, theundersigned Sheriff IV will sell at public auction on 10th day of October2012 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning or soon thereafter at theRegional Trial Court, Office of the Clerk of Court, Angeles Citylocated at Ground Floor, Justice Jose Abad Santos, Hall of JusticeBuilding, PulungMaragul, Angeles City, to the highest bidder forCASH and in Philippine Currency, the following parcel of land with all theimprovements existing thereon, to wit:

T.C.T. No.- 114885A parcel of land (Lot 15, Block 21 of the subdivision plan

(LRC) Psd-93995, being a portion of Lot 31, (LRC) Psd-74700,LRC Cad. Rec. No. 124), situated in the City of Angeles, Islandof Luzon. Bounded on the NW., points 3 to 4 by Road lot 19; onthe NE., points 4 to 1 by lot 16; on the SE., points 1 to 2 by lot24; and on the SW., points 2 to 3 by lot 14, all of Block 21, allof the subdivision plan. xxx containing an area of TWOHUNDRED FOUR (204) SQUARE METERS more or less.x x x .

Prospective buyers/bidders may investigate for themselves theabove mentioned parcel/s of land for their information and protection.

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the saiddate, it shall be held on October 17, 2012 at the same time and placewithout further notice.

Angeles City September 14, 2012.

ELOY J. GADIA Sheriff IV

Copy Furnished:SPS. EDGAR & ANGELA DIZONLot 15, Block 21, Pallmall St.,Villa Leoncia, Sto. Domingo,Angeles City

ATTY. ELISA M. LAQUIc/o Bank of Florida, BOF Bldg.,Dolores, City of San Fernando, Pamp.

BANK OF FLORIDA INC.BOF BLDG., DOLORES CITY of San Fernando, Pampanga

PUNTO! Central Luzon: September 18, 25 & October 2, 2012

party Partido Abe Kapam-pangan (ABE). He wasreferring to the secondgeneration of the two pow-erful families.

Two generations of theNepomucenos and Laz-atins have been known astraditional political adver-saries in this city.

First District Rep. Car-melo Lazatin has aban-doned plans for a third

EdPam vows to end dynasty in AngelesFROM PAGE 1 term in Congress and opt-

ed to run for mayor againstPamintuan.

This, even as Pamintu-an declared support for thecongressional bid of ViceGov. Joseller Guiao in thefirst district, which Laza-tin said was a factor in hisdecision to seek the may-orship.

Former first districtcongressman and formermayor Francis Nepo-muceno has confirmed

that he and Lazatin wouldbe allies in the 2013 polls.Nepomuceno, who wasdefeated by Pamintuan inthe mayoral race in 2010,will run for Congressagainst Guiao.

Lazatin said he wouldrun as independent candi-date, with no vice mayorand only five candidates forthe city council.

Pamintuan said thatthe all iance betweenLazatin and Nepo-

muceno would only high-light their lack of accom-plishments in Angeles.“For 12 years, Angelesstagnated under them,overtaken by smaller cit-ies such as San Fernan-do (Pampanga), Malolos(Bulacan) and even Das-marinas City (Cavite)which used to be a reset-tlement area like Palay-an City,” he said.

“I can’t imagine twopersons filing charges

against each other, hatingeach other, and now pro-claiming themselves a per-fect team,” Pamintuansaid.

”I am ready to facebattle,” he stressed.

This, even as Pamintu-an announced more plansfor the poor should he bere-elected next year, as hecited the P20-million de-velopment of Angeles’ firstpublic cemetery.

He also cited plans to

purchase more lands toprovide housing to urbanpoor, even as some18,000 informal settlers inthis city recently receivedtitles to the lands theyhave been occupying foryears.

Pamintuan said thatfrom his present adminis-tration’s slogan “AgyuTamu (We can do it)”, hisnext term would adopt “Su-lapo Tamu (Let’s fly up)” asits slogan.

city. He was appointed tothe NorthRail firm in thelatter part of 2008, al-though the former presi-dent signed the localagreement for the projectway back in 2004.

The Department of Fi-nance (DOF) announcedrecently it had successful-ly renegotiated with theChinese government theterms of payment for a por-tion of a $500-million loansupposedly for the Phase1 of the railways project.

The Export-ImportBank of China (ChinaEx-im Bank) was reportedly tohave approved the govern-ment’s proposal to length-en up to 2014 the paymentperiod of the supposedlump sum of $184 milliondue this year.

Chinese funds never passed GMA gov’t handsFROM PAGE 1 “We will be paying the

amount in four tranches,”Finance Secretary CesarPurisima said.

Pamintuan said thateven when he was head ofNorthRail, he had alreadybeen renegotiating withChinese officials on therestructuring of the projectfollowing delays even be-fore he assumed theNorthRail post.

“It’s a pity that every-thing was just suspendedor scrapped later on justbecause some projectswere done under the Ar-royo administration,” he la-mented.

Pamintuan said that allhis dealings as NorthRailpresident were above-board. I am willing to faceany probe,” he said. Thisin response to reports thatPamintuan’s political foes

are mulling to file casesagainst him in connectionwith his NorthRail stint.

In the last years of theArroyo administration thecost of the Phase 1 of theproject was reported tohave jacked up from $403million to $602 million.

The Chinese firm Si-nomach, which used to beknown as China NationalMachinery and EquipmentCorp. (CNMEC), had al-ready finished some 800huge piles for a double rail-way track from CaloocanCity through Balagtas,Bocaue, Guiguinto, Malo-los, and Calumpit in Bula-can under Phase 1.

“These piles were de-signed and done by ex-perts. They were designedto two-tracks suitableeven for highspeed trains,”he said, contrary to the

claim of former Transpor-tation and Communica-tions Sec. Mar Roxas thatthe already finished por-tions of the railwaysproject were useless for amodern railway.

Pamintuan could notimmediately recall howmuch was actually releasedby the Chinese bank for theproject, as he stressed that“the funds from China weredirectly turned over the Chi-nese contractor.”

In January, 2010, how-ever, then NorthRail actingpresident Zoilo Andin esti-mated that “some $40 hadalready been turned overdirectly by the Chinesebank to the Chinese con-tractor Sinomach forPhase 1 of the project.”

Phase 2 is supposedto be from Malolos to theDiosdado Macapagal Inter-

must promote cooperationand love for each other,”Pineda told the assembly.

In the same launch atthe jampacked Bren Z.Guiao Convention Center,Pineda made her first com-ments on the candidacy ofher son, former LubaoMayor Dennis Pineda forPampanga vice governor.

“I offer my son to thepeople and I will accepttheir verdict,” said Pinedain the dialect.

Pineda said she haddecided to let her son beher running-mate to “in-crease and widen further”the services of the provin-cial government.

For his part, DennisPineda said “I will supportall projects and programsof the governor in the bestinterest of the province.”He added “I offer myself tothe people and will wel-

come their decision.”As of Tuesday, no oth-

er candidates had formal-ly announced their bids toeither run for governor andvice governor against there-electionist Pineda andher son.

Three-term City of SanFernando Mayor OscarRodriguez, who was earli-er reported to be eyeingthe governor’s post wassaid to have intimated toclose associates his pref-erence to return to hisHouse seat.

In his speech, ViceGov. Joseller “Yeng” Guiaodescribed Pineda as “gov-ernor for life.”

“The governor is a surewinner. I think she will beeven unopposed,” saidGuiao.

He lauded Pineda “forputting up Kambilan thatpromotes solidarity andcooperation.”

Guiao said that the

party is made up of at least90 percent of the barangayand local officials of theprovince’ 18 towns andtwo component cities.

The event also servedas the mass-oath-taking ofcandidates most of whomare incumbents.

All municipal mayorswere present except Mex-ico’s Teddy Tumang andBacolor’s Jose Maria“Jomar” Hizon. The three-term Tumang was report-edly in the United Statesbut his brother, Arch. AlexTumang, had been an-nounced as official candi-date of Kambilan for may-or in Mexico.

Former Mayor BacolorRomeo “Buddy” Dungcawas declared Kambilan of-ficial candidate in the town.

Candaba Mayor JerryPelayo was declared theparty’s official candidatefor fourth district represen-tative. Guiao was named

official candidate in the firstdistrict.

For the provincialboard, announced as offi-cial Kambilan candidateswere: re-electionist CrisGarbo and Mabalacatcouncillor Cherry Manalofor the first district; re-elec-tionist Jun Dimson andGuagua Councilor TontonTorres for the second; in-cumbents Monz Laus, Tri-na Dizon and Raul Macali-no for the third; and alsoincumbents Nestor Tolen-tino and Ric Yabut for thefourth.

Rosve Henson,spokesperson of Kambi-lan, said the second dis-trict slate for board mem-ber is still short of one can-didate with incumbentFritzie David-Dizon yet todecide whether she willseek re-election. ThePinedas, Porac leadersand priests have been urg-ing her to run again.

national Airport (DMIA) atClark freeport where thou-sands of families livingalong the old tracks of thePhilippine National Rail-ways were cleared for a15-meter clearance on ei-ther side of the new rail-ways project.

The entire stretch fromCaloocan to Clark was ini-tially estimated to cost $1billion under an executiveagreement signed by theArroyo government withChina in 2004.

Even before Pamintuanassumed the Northrailpost, National BroadbandNetwork (NBN) projectwhistleblower Rodolfo Noel

“Jun”Lozada claimed thatthe Philippines would payChina roughly more than$20 million every year asa “commitment fee,” rep-resenting two percent ofthe $1-billion loan for theNorthrail project, reported-ly on top of the P1-milliondaily interest.

“What the peopleshould know that was nev-er mentioned is the com-mitment fee that we arepaying. It’s two percentper annum for China to setaside that amount for theNorthrail; in simple termsit’s a ‘parking fee,” Loza-da was quoted to havesaid. –Ding Cervantes

No mudslinging, no violence...FROM PAGE 1

national airport will col-lapse, and even AngatDam will be affected,” aniRamos.

Iginiit niya na ang hig-it na pinsala na ibubun-ga ng lindol kung maa-pektuhan nito ang AngatDam.

“The worst case sce-nario is the dam breakscenario,” ani Ramos atsinabing kapag nasira angdam, raragasa ang mala-lim na tubig at wawasakinang lahat na madadaan-

an nito.Ayon pa kay Ramos,

ang posibilidad na ito angdahilan kung bakit sa Bu-lacan nila isinagawa angdrill kahapon sa layuninmaihanda ang mgamamamayan.

Inayunan din ito ni De-fense Undersecretary Ed-uardo Batac na nagsabipa ang layunin din ng drillna mapataas angkakayahan ng mga pam-ahalaang lokal at mgamamamayan sa pag-tugon sa kalamidad.

Ayon kay Batac, ang

40% ng gusali sa MM guguhoFROM PAGE 1 dam break scenario ay

hindi mapipigilan, ngunitmababawasan ang epek-to nito sa mgamamamayan.

“We are holding quar-terly drills to save lives sothat when it happen, peo-ple will know what to do,who to go to and where togo,” ani Batac.

Iginiit pa niya na angkahandaan ay susi upangmabawasan ang epektosa mga mamamayan ngkalamidad.

Kaugnay ng paghah-anda, sinabi niya na hig-

it na pinuunlad ngayonang mga linya ng komu-nikasyon para sa mabi-lis na paghahatid ng ba-bala.

Para sa dam breakscenario, sinabi ni Batacaabot lamang ng apathanggang limang orasbago dumating ang ruma-ragasang tubig sa bayangito mula sa Angat Dam.Ito ay nangangahuluganna may apat hangganglimang oras ang mga lokalna pamahalaan upangmailikas ang mga tao saligtas na lugar.

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ANGELES CITY – Hundreds ofAngeleños continue to flockBarangay Sto. Domingo everyFriday to undergo minor surger-ies at the Agyu Tamu Medikal-inga center here, which suc-cessfully reached its 8th serviceday recently.

The latest operation provid-ed free minor medical surgeriesto 175 patients and referred 44to undergo major surgery at theRafael Lazatin Memorial Medi-cal Center (RLMMC).

This statistic brings the num-ber of beneficiaries to about 700patients, who were all thankful tothe doctors who administered andperformed surgeries at no cost.

According to Mayor Edgar-do Pamintuan, the establish-ment of the Medikalinga centeris one of the living testamentsof his Contract with the An-geleños – an eight-point agen-da made during his campaign formayor in the 2010 elections.

“Part of our contract statesthe continuous medical servic-es for our constituents. Westarted with the regular Baran-gay days, which are now heldtwice a week. Then we have theimprovement of our public gen-eral hospital, the RLMMC, which

Angeles folk troop to Medikalinga’s free surgeriesnow boasts a renal care unit with19 dialysis machines, saving thelives of Angeleños from their kid-ney ailments by offering its ser-vices at a very low price – around900 pesos to the indigent mem-bers of the community. It con-tinues with the Medikalinga cen-ter which has now served hun-dreds, proving that the need forthis kind of service is now ful-filled,” Pamintuan said.

Medikalinga doctors providefree surgical services for the re-moval of sebaceous cysts, lym-phoma cysts, tendon cysts, ab-scesses, warts and even smallbreast masses, among others.

Apart from the fact that itsservices are free, the Medikalin-ga staff also conducts house-to-house surveys in search for po-tential patients who would enjoythe benefits of the free opera-tions. The service also extendsto holding free cataract removaloperations.

Village officials and healthworkers have also been verycooperative with this medicalendeavor as they provide freeshuttle services to its patientsgoing to and from the Medikal-inga center.

Pacencia Sarmiento, a 90-

year-old patient from BarangayCut-cut, had her 5-year old nosewart removed during the latestoperation.

Sarmiento said that she wasvery thankful that there is some-thing like the Medikalinga to pro-vide services to her and to themany Angeleños out there inneed of minor surgeries.

“Malaki pong tulong itongMedikalinga sa aming mgamatatanda at hindi ganun kaya-man sapagkat ito ay nagbibig-ay ng libreng serbisyo sa amin.Maraming salamat sa Mayor sapagtayo ng ganitong klasingserbisyo,” Sarmiento ex-pressed.

The Agyu Tamu Medikalinga

center is located at the formerBoy Scout Angeles City Coun-cil near Camp Tomas Pepito andthe Barangay Hall of BarangaySto. Domingo. To avail of its freeservices, Angeleños need onlyto approach their barangayhealth workers for profiling andproper screening procedures.

–Angeles CIO

Alex Cauguiran, chief-of-staff of the Angeles City Local Government oversees theoperation at the center last Friday. PHOTO COURTESY OF ANGELES CIO

BY JOEY PAVIA

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – “Iwant the police to maintain re-spect for the people they areserving.”

Thus said Senior Supt. RwinPagkalinawan when askedabout his priorities as newly-in-stalled police director of Pam-panga.

Pagkalinawan, former comp-troller at Camp Olivas, said hehad made rounds of the 19 townsand two cities and told policechiefs and their men that “theymust treat people well.”

“I had a friend who became amember of the New People’sArmy after experiencing mal-treatment from police while com-plaining about an accident involv-ing his son. I don’t want that tohappen again,” said Pagkali-nawan, who earlier was assignedas police chief in Bulacan andLaguna.

Pagkalinawan, graduate ofthe Phillipine Military Academyin 1988, said he had also askedhis 1,045 personnel to win thetrust and confidence of residentsin their respective area by “per-forming well and beyond the callof duty.”

Pagkalinawan said he hadalso asked police chiefs to in-tensify the campaign against il-legal drugs.

New PD to cops:

Win back trust,respect people

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of the sincere public ser-vice started by his moth-er. He is the right man forthe job,” said Joe MariSantos of Barangay Sta.Cruz, here.

Pineda’s long-time allyand running mate, three-term Vice Governor Jo-seller “Yeng” Guiao, isbarred by law from seek-ing another term and willrun for congressman atthe province’s first district.

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Delta comes outVAST EXPERIENCEComebacking Bacolor

Mayor Romeo “Buddy”Dunga said the youngPineda’s vast experienceas public official “makeshim most qualified for thevice governor post.”

Like his mother, Pine-da started his public ser-vice as town councilor andmoved on to the Lubaomayorship for three terms,He also served as Pam-panga Mayors’ League(PML) president and na-

tional treasurer of theLeague of Municipalities ofthe Philippines (LMP) fortwo terms.

More importantly,Dungca added, Pineda “asvice governor will ensurethe continuation of teamwork in the provincialboard as he’s a knownteam player.”

“So that the very hard-working governor, our Nan-ay, can rest a bit,” saidDungca in jest.

In Floridablanca, May-

or Eduardo Guerrero ral-lied his constituents tosupport the vice guberna-torial bid of Pineda. Hespoke during the recentdistribution of PhilippineHealth Insurance Corp.(PhilHealth) cards tobarangay policemen in thetown led by Gov. Pineda.

A businessman andhusband of Sta. Rita May-or Yolanda Pineda, “Delta”is also a sports patron,helping develop athletesfrom Pampanga.

Henson, founding memberand spokesperson of theparty.

Hence, he added, Ka-mbilan’s “image as a po-litical party will center onthe reputation of the gov-ernor as a leader.”

“In fact, the core valuesof the governor – of uncon-ditional service to her con-stituents, of hands-on lead-

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Kambilan launchedership, high integrity, ac-countability and transpar-ency make the very tenetsof Kambilan,” Henson said.

Local officials and po-litical leaders from all ofPampanga’s 18 towns andtwo cities have startedtrooping to the conventioncenter here before noon totake their oath as Kambi-lan members.

At the party launch,former Lubao Mayor Den-

nis Pineda is expected tobe announced as Kambi-lan official candidate forvice governor.

This, even as officialcandidates to other posi-tions are yet to be finalized.

“There is a surplus ofaspirants wanting to bewith Kambilan,” Hensonsaid.

Former Bacolor MayorRomeo “Buddy” Dungca,Kambilan secretary-gener-

al said the “heavy turn-outof aspirants for Kambilanmembership reflects thefull acceptance and faith ofour people in the leader-ship of Gov. Pineda.”

“This is already a pre-view of the 2013 electionoutcome,” he said.

With no announcedcandidate for governor yet,Pineda may stand unop-posed in her re-electionbid. –Joey Pavia

Carandang said “Coca-Cola recognizes the signif-icant role of women as po-tential engines of econom-ic and community devel-opment. In Central Luzon,we have targeted the prov-inces of Nueva Ecija, Pam-panga, Tarlac, and Bula-can where we have vowedto train 4,000 women mi-cro-entrepreneurs to fur-ther develop their skills inbusiness through this pro-gram.”

“We aim to train around100,000 women acrossthe archipelago by 2020,”

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10K women to train in ‘sari-sari’ ventureshe added.

TESDA InternationalDevelopment Unit Execu-tive Director Ernesto Belt-ran said, “We will be pro-viding basic entrepreneur-ship and gender sensitivi-ty training. We will assistthe selected sari-sari storeowners throughout theirschooling and we willmake sure that each willsucceed.”

Tarlac Gov. Victor Yapwho graced the MOA sign-ing. He noted that “thispublic-private partnershipplays a major developmentin the economy that trans-forms the reliability of wom-

en in prospering business.”“This undertaking also

contributes to our nation’sattainment of the UnitedNations Millennium Devel-opment Goals by alleviat-ing poverty and uplifting thelives of our people,” Yapadded.

This, even as Soropto-mist International of Wom-en Cabanatuan, NuevaEcija president EstherArimbuyutan said,“S3TAR program will gainwomen economic inde-pendence, thus strength-ening their entrepreneur-ship skills and abilities.”

Apart from Northern

and Central Luzon, otherareas were the S3TAR willbe implemented includeMetro Manila, MisamisOriental, and the cities ofBacolod, Davao, PuertoPrincesa and Cebu.

Records from the Na-tional Anti-Poverty Com-mission have indicatedthat about 37 million Fili-pinos are living below thepoverty line with the wom-en sector comprising asignificant portion of 34.9percent or 13 million.

No less than 8,000women are sari-sari storeowners in the country, thestatistics said.

decided not to seek hislast term as solon and in-stead will run for city mayorin 2013.

In his speech, Lazatinassailed city hall for say-ing he was “very sick andis already confined at SanLazaro (hospital in Ma-nila).”

“As you can see, I amstill strong,” said Lazatin,looking fit in red shirt,black pants, sportsshades and cap.

Lazatin vowed to bringback “genuine public ser-vice” if given a chance tobe mayor again. He servedas top local chief execu-tive of this city from 1998to 2007.

Lazatin, who first wonas congressman in 1987and never lost since, wasjoined at the EPZA eventby three prospects in his

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Tarzan’s ‘clean record’ hailedcity council slate: Council-or Atty. Bryan MatthewNepomuceno, Atty. NinoEnriquez and Carmelo“Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. Veterannewsman Max Sangil andAtty. Ma. Imelda “IQ” Tua-zon, former president ofthe Integrated Bar of thePhilippines-PampangaChapter, also in Lazatin’sslate sent their messagesof solidarity.

Lazatin’s distribution ofthe CFLs is part of thePhilippine Energy Efficien-cy Project (PEEP) of theDepartment of Energy(DOE). The CFLs are ex-pected to reduce the elec-tric consumption of resi-dents by at least 60 per-cent compared to the in-candescent light bulbsthey use.

By virtue of a memo-randum of ggreementsigned with DOE Secre-tary Jose Rene Almen-

dras, Lazatin will distributethe 10,000 CFLs allottedby the DOE to 5,000households, with eachhousehold receiving twoCFLs.

Lazatin distributedCFLs to 2,200 householdsat EPZA Resettlement inPulung Cacutud on Sep-tember 22, and the samenumber to Northville,Barangay Cutud on Sep-tember 24 and to 600households in BarangaySapalibutad on September25. In order to qualify forthe distribution of CFLs,the 5,000 recipient house-holds were asked to sub-mit their electric bills totheir district representa-tive.

Former PulungCacutud Barangay Cap-tain Angelo De Leon ex-pressed his gratitude toLazatin for the project.

“We are very grateful toCongressman Lazatin forchoosing our barangay asone of the beneficiaries forthe CFL distribution.These CFLs will be veryhelpful in helping residentslower their energy con-sumption and save ontheir electric bill,” he said.

CFLs are smaller ver-sions of the fluorescent

lamp and are much betteralternatives to the tradi-tional incandescentbulbs because of longerlifespan and less energyconsumption.

Compared to incandes-cent bulbs, CFLs producelight more efficiently andno energy goes to waste.A 14-watt CFL producesthe same amount of lightas a 75-watt incandescentbulb which means thatusing CFL instead of an in-candescent bulb will saveenergy and lower the elec-tric bill.

According to the “CFLBriefer” from DOE, at a rateof 10 pesos per kilowatthour, the electric bill forusing an 11-watt CFL for240 hours in one month isP26.40. Given the samerate, the electric bill for us-ing a 50-watt incandescentbulb for the same amountof time is worth P120.

The distribution ofCFLs is part of the Nation-al Residential Lighting Pro-gram which seeks to en-courage households to re-place incandescent bulbs(IBs) with the more effi-cient and energy-savingCFLs and has been in theworks since last year.

–Joey Pavia

THINKGREEN

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TheGossip-millerby Cesar Pambid

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mag-move on.“Basta moving on na po ako.”Kung sakali, magkakaroon kaya ng pagkakataong matuloy pa rin ang naumpisahan na niyang panliligaw sa

singer-actress?“Hindi ko ho kayang basahin ang future. Basta, sabay-sabay ho nating malalaman ‘yan,” sagot ni Gerald.Dahil sa pag-amin ni Gerald na huminto na siya ng panliligaw kay Sarah, marami na naman ang nagpahayag

na kani-kanilang opinyon tungkol sa ina ni Sarah na si Divine Geronimo.May ilan kasi na pinupuna ang pagiging mahigpit kay Sarah ng kanyang ina.Nang sabihin ng media kay Gerald ang tungkol dito, nakiusap siya na itigil na ng publiko ito.Katuwiran niya, “Bigyan naman po natin ng respeto at privacy ang pamilya ni Sarah, ang mommy niya, kasi

no one deserves that.“Kumbaga, wala ho tayong karapatan para mag-comment o magbigay ng ating pananaw lalo na kung masama.“Sabay-sabay na lang tayong mag-move on and just give everybody some privacy.”Sa isang bahagi ng panayam ng ito, kinuha na rin ni Gerald ang pagkakataong pasalamatan ang mga taong

patuloy na sumusuporta sa kanila ni Sarah sa kabila ng mga naging pag-amin niya.Sabi ni Gerald, “Ang gusto ko lang hong sabihin ay sobrang thank you."Thank you for all the support, hanggang ngayon, sumusuporta pa rin.”

Willie Revillame magpapasabog ng pitong milyong piso!OKTUBRE na naman. Ito bale ang ikalawang taong anibersayso ng Will Time BigTime ni Willie R sa TV5.

Sumugal si Willie sa kanyang paglipat sa TV5 matapos mapatalsik sa isang network, at nanalo naman siya.In a way, napaangat niya sa kabuuan ang ratiung ng noon ay naghihingalong third rate na network.

For sure, from talent to show creator/producer/actor is a tremendous leap!It’s October again so when the month starts, Wil Time Bigtime will roll the month-long celebration. Willie will

do what he does best -- share millions of pesos with viewers, totaling PhP 7 million this year.Willie will raffle out five (5) daily prizes of P20,000 each to lucky viewers/texters. Mechanics to be announced

soon. On Oct. 20 and 27, a Foton multi-purpose vehicle and a Camella house and lot will be raffled out to allstudio guests.

MISMONG kay Gerald Anderson galing yung statement na wala siyang samang loob, di man sila nagkatuluyang maging mag-sweetheart ni Sarah Geronimo.Bagamat umaamin naman siyang totoong nanligaw siya sa mahusay na singer,tanggap naman daw nitong kapalaran niya yun. "What God wants, God willmake it happen. Hindi kami talaga magkakapalaran kaya wala akong hinakakit.No regrets talaga, tanggap ko yun," sabi pa niya.

Bagamat hindi nagbunga nang maganda ang panliligaw niya, sinabi namanni Gerald, “Basta masaya po ako sa nangyari sa amin. Mayroon po kamingmoments na para sa amin lang."

Pero sa kabila ng pag-amin niyang humi9nto na siya sa panliligaw, mayilan pa ring nang-iintriga at sinasabing hindi naman totoong naghiwalay na silani Sarah.

Nagtatakang sambit ni Gerald, “Mahirap naman ding maghiwalay nanghindi naging kayo.

“Kumbaga, like I said, I’m very blessed to have an opportunity to sharebeautiful moments na kasama ko siya.”

May komunikasyon pa rin ba sila ngayon ni Sarah?Sagot ni Gerald, “Wala na ho. Wala na ho talaga."Nangyari na ho ang mga dapat mangyari, kailangan na lang po nating

Malibog namatrona

naninilo ngmga

kasinlibogniyang mga

aktor!MAKATI PA sa gabi angmayamang matronanglaging sumasabit sa show-biz. Kung kani-kanino nglalaki na siya nagpakang-kang, at dalawang sikat naaktor na ang naging bikti-ma niya, bukod pa samaraming night stands, naang taning gamit ay angkanyang pera.

Mahilig talagang mani-lo ang matronang makatina kapag nakursunadahanang isang artistang guwa-po, walang hindi gagawin,makamit lang ang nais.

Heto ka, sinisilo niyangayon ang isang pulitikomula sa isang probinsyapero di kumakagat sa painang politician. Alam kasiniyang gagamitin lang siyanito upang maibsan angkakaibang kati ng matro-na.

Mahusay kumilatis saganyan ang machong ak-tor dahil maraming besesna rin siyang nakasilo ngibang matrona. Kaya ngasiya yumaman ay dahilinalagaan siya ng isangmayamang Japayuki.

Anyway, kumakandi-dato ngayon si aktor, atdahil malaking pera angkailangan niya, hindi ma-layong sagpangin niya angpain ng makating matro-na.

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ONLY THE BEST western comfort can be expectedfrom the Best Western Hotel chain throughout the worldand here it comes – the Best Western Hotel- The Mintin Angeles City.

Today the Best Western International, Inc., is TheWorld’s Biggest Hotel Family® with more than 4,000hotels in over 100 countries and territories worldwide,that includes of course the United States, Japan, China,Singapore, Malaysia and many other countries all overAsia.

Its international corporate office is at Phoenix,Arizona in the Unite States and its Asian center is atBangkok, Thailand

The Best Western in itself is a history of hospitalityand excellence/ It was founded in 1946 by M.K. Guertin,a California-based hotelier with 23 years of experiencein the lodging industry.

The Best Western began as an informal referralsystem among member hotels. In 1963 or 17 later ithas the largest chain in the industry, with 699 memberhotels and 35,201 rooms.

In 1964, when Canadian hotel owners joined thesystem, Best Western took the first step toward globalexpansion. Best Western entered Mexico, Australia andNew Zealand in 1976, further establishing its internationalpresence.

It has now, as earlier cited, homed to the city. Itcould not have come on a better time as the provincewith the Clark Freeport Zone and its world class airporttaking pride of itself as an investment highway.

Best Western Hotel is independently owned, whichmeans there’s always someone there who cares andrewards customers’ loyalty. Angeles city now has BestWestern Hotel- The Mint.

“My name is Greg,” Mr. Greg Robinson said with afirm grip as this writer was introduced. He is Best

Best Western Hotel comes to Angeles City

Western Hotel Mint’s manager, over six feet and asimposing in his presence as the hotel he is managing.Greg says that they pride themselves of exceptionalcustomer services.

For starters he had shown this writer a thick blackbook of requirements expected to be fully observed bythe management of every Best Western franchisee, andfor that matter, the Mint.

The black book leaves no details unaddressed suchas the corporate chain’s logo and exacting not only inthe application of its colors which is a dominant field ofblue, the yellow that banners the title ‘Best Western’,the red that outlines the ‘W’; but also where the signageand the logo for that matter is to be placed and installedin each hotel chain building facade.

The black book no doubt stresses the hotel’smanagement and service that is well studied,meticulously followed and aptly delivered.

Best Western Hotel Mint building yet beingcompleted already projects an imposing nine floors alongthe stretch of McArthur Highway in the heart of AngelesCity. Its proud but friendly blue structure stands right in

front of the Philippine Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR)in Barangay Balibago.

Best Western Mint is the first branded hotelin Angeles City. It is a ten minute drive to the

Clark International Airport, even a shorter driveto shopping malls like the SM Clark and

Marqee Mall. It is the only top of theline hotel outside of the Clark

Freeport Zone, and outside of theFields Avenue stretch but a short

walk to its night glittersMr. Robinson said Best

Western Mint seeks to draw the 60 percent of theirpatronage from the business community, 20 percentfrom the Filipino families and 20 percent from Koreans,Malaysians and other Asian tourists.

The whole nine floors will be home to a total of 132luxurious rooms, 52 of which are already open forservice. The rooms will generally cost P3350 per night.But the ongoing pre-opening promotional special isP1990 per night.

Among the basic amenities of the fully air conditionedrooms are Sentraperfect sleeping mattresses importedfrom the US , 32 inch flat televisions with 98 cablepremium channels.

The spacious lobby will open up to a coffee shopand the basement right below will be opened as functionrooms that will be perfect for weddings, baptismal fetes,debuts, birthdays, meetings and conferences.

To be completed soon will be the suites. There willbe concierge and car rental and shuttle services.

The top floor will be nestled with a swimming poolthat presents a refreshing view on the north-east themysteriously dramatic Arayat peak. It will likewise behome to a signature Sky Lounge Restaurant and Bar. Itwill be run by a pair of highly respected restaurateurs inthe country in the persons of Raymund Magpaluyo andlocal showbiz heart throb Marvin Agustin.

The pair count between them over 50 restaurants allover the country; among which are Chicago Chop House,Sumo Sam that specializes in Japanese cuisine, SeaFood Island, Marciano’s that dish out Italian fares, NewOrleans Cajun Food and Claw Daddy Crabs and Steaks.

The ‘Best Western Hotel’ by the name and itsreputation assures of one’s resources well spent is evenmade cool and refreshing by ‘The Mint’

Mt. Arayat scenic viewfrom The Mint’s roof deck.