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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO - Holy Week in Pampanga need not be bloody, true-

to-life crucifi xions in Barangay San Pedro Cutud here. Pilgrims and tourists have a plethora of other options no less memorable, including transvestites carrying heavy crosses on highways and rural roads.

IN PAMPANGA

7 Holy Week options other than bloody crucifi xions

LIMBUN. Carros carrying images of the suff ering Christ and saints that played key roles in His passion are assembled at the churchyard for Good Friday evening procession, a scene replicated in parishes across Catholic Philippines. P !"! $% B!&' L()*!&

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STO. TOMAS, Pamanga – In fi ery red pants and long-sleeved high-col-lared shirt a la Elvis tak-ing over the fl owing robe of his time.

EASTER SUNDAY BLAST

Judas ends with a bangShort cropped hair

a la early Beatles, and sideburns straight from King FPJ himself.

Mick Jagger tongue, yeah that same one

There is nothing bib-lical in the countenance and appearance of the Judas on-a-perch at the center of the courtyard

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CLARK FREEPORT - The Ar-leigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) has arrived in Subic Bay for a brief port call, the US embassy said in a statement yesterday.

The embassy said the port call “highlights the strong com-munity and military connections between the Philippines and the United States.”

“The ship’s crew will use the

stop to conduct some minor re-pairs with the assistance of Phil-ippine companies,” the statement said.

It said “the United States and Philippines continue to build upon their 70-year history of partner-ship through defense coopera-tion, port visits, and military train-ing activities.”

“The American and Philippine militaries have worked togeth-

er on areas of mutual interest including humanitarian assis-tance and disaster relief, coun-terterrorism, cybersecurity, and maritime security,” the embassy said.

USS Stethem is forward-de-ployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the In-do-Asia-Pacifi c region, it added.

–Ding Cervantes

US missile destroyer makes Subic port call

hanging from wide open puff ed lips that has be-come the trademark of the now-geriatric-but-still-rocking Rolling Stones.

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CLARK FREEPORT – The Philippines and the United States are al-lies anew in a new war against a diff erent ene-my - international terror-ism.

This was the state-ment made by Michael Klecheski, charge d’ af-faires of US Embassy, during the observance of 75th Araw ng Kagitingan (National Day of Valor) at the Dambana ng Kagitin-

US envoy cites Phl as close ally in new war

gan (Shrine of Valor) in Bataan on Sunday.

As reported by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), Presi-dent Rodrigo Duterte, Japanese Ambassa-dor Kazuhide Ishikawa and Klecheski off ered wreaths at the Mt. Samat National Shrine in honor of the war veterans.

Recalling the alliance of Filipino and Ameri-can troops against in-vading Japanese forces

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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The Philippine Charity Sweep-stakes Offi ce (PCSO) allotted P17.6-million social and med-ical aid per month intended for Pampanga patients who would ask for assistance.

PCSO Branch Manager Maria Lourdes Soliman dis-closed during her courtesy vis-it at the Governor’s Offi ce on Monday that the funding allo-cation for the province has in-creased.

“Medyo lumaki ang bud-get na binigay ng offi ce namin for the province of Pampanga,

PCSO allots P17.6-M monthly medical aid to Pampanga patientsnasa P800, 000 kami per day,” Soliman said.

The branch manager stressed that patients confi ned in private and public hospi-tals and dialysis centers in the province can benefi t from the medical assistance program of PCSO.

“Everyone is welcome. When you say Pampanga that includes Pampanga resi-dents and all patients catered in Pampanga hospitals,” Soli-man said.

According to Soliman, PCSO caters to 30 to 50 pa-

tients per day. The health ser-vices coverage includes con-fi nement, dialysis, cancer treatment, medicines, surgi-cal supplies, implant, labora-tory/diagnostic procedures, and devices such as medical and assistive devices, non and minimally invasive proce-dures, transplant procedures, cardio procedures and rehabil-itative therapy.

“Minsan 90 percent ng mga humihingi ng assistance ay mga dialysis patients. Nag-bibigay rin kami ng assistance sa mga hospital bills, hospital-

ization, at saka sa mga can-cer patients – medicine, che-mo drugs and radiation,” said Soliman.

The branch manager said PCSO Pampanga can extend up to P50,000 worth of med-ical assistance provided that the patient has completed the requirements which include: Individuals medical assistance program application form, clin-ical abstract, valid identifi ca-tion card of patient and repre-sentative, authorization letter from patient in cases where there is no immediate relative

available for interview, state-ment of account, endorsement from the medical social ser-vices of the health facility and endorsement/certifi cate of ac-ceptance of PCSO guarantee letter among others.

The branch manager add-ed that their offi ce is bent to recommend to the PCSO main offi ce in Manila those patients needing more than P50, 000 and upon approval; they will get the approved amount from their P800, 000 a day allot-ment. – Liezel Cayanan/Pam-panga PIO

Don Rafael Cong. Tarzan Cong. Jonjon

ANGELES CITY – The il-lustrious former Pampanga governor, assemblyman and Angeles mayor Rafael “Tang Feleng” Lazatin started it several decades ago. Today, it has become a family tradi-tion as the next generations of the respected and infl u-ential Lazatin clan will sure-ly continue the noble Lent practice.

Pampanga residents still vividly remember the gener-osity and helping hands of the revered “Tang Feleng” every Holy Week. Penitents then passing by the fami-ly-owned Lazatin Vinegar Plant were given hard-boiled eggs and cold water to re-plenish their much-needed energy – the tired fl agellants would then proceed to the sprawling Lazatin estate in Barangay San Jose in this city to take a refreshing bath after the grueling self-sacri-fi ce.

For years, the pioneering habit of serving the penitents turned into a permanent fea-ture of the week-long reli-gious event. And for “Tang Feleng”, the acknowledged “grand old man of Pam-panga politics”, the custom

should be carried on as a liv-ing legacy of the Lazatin family to the community.

True enough, “Tang Fe-leng’s” only son – the former three-term Pampanga First District Rep. Carmelo “Tarzan” Lazatin and Angeles City may-or for nine years – sustained the yearly activity and even expanded it. Yes, the “political genius” that is “Tarzan” decid-ed to cover all “puni” under his jurisdiction by distributing bis-cuits and beverages intended for those who tender sacrifi ces during the commemoration of Jesus Christ’s sacred life.

Not only Cong Tarzan main-tained the family tradition, he also aimed for its guaranteed continuation like his father. In-deed even as Cong Tarzan is no longer holding public offi ce, the signature Holy Week ac-tivity will remain this year, this time with Cong Tarzan’s son – incumbent Pampanga First District Rep. Carmelo “Jon” B. Lazatin II as the prime mover. He is ably supported by Cong Tarzan’s other son, Angeles City Councilor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr.

“Itutuloy ang sinimulan”, the young Cong. Jon Lazatin enthusiastically said during

the massive distribution of biscuits and beverages co-ordinated by village leaders before the Holy Week. “Puni” organizers have expressed their utmost appreciation to the Pampanga congress-man, further convinced they are in “good hands” with the young Lazatins at the helm.

Undeniably, like the pro-verbial saying “Kung ano ang puno ay siya rin ang bun-ga”, the “Tradisyong Laza-tin”, without a doubt, goes on even in the years ahead. Cong. Jon, however, empha-sized that the Lazatin brand of public service does not confi ne on the Lent activity alone as the District Offi ce is also assisting in the imple-mentation of programs of the various national executive government agencies like in the fi eld of health, education, employment and infrastruc-ture, among others.

Indeed, Lent or no Lent, politics or no politics, the “Tradisyong Lazatin” will con-tinue as promised by the next generation of the prominent political family in Pampanga with the primordial objective of serving the people always.

–Press release

‘Tradisyong Lazatin’ continues during Lent

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SAMAL, Bataan -- A teenaged boy who dreams of being a soldier and on his third year of being a fl agellant on Holy Tuesday started preparing for his Lenten penitence.

Jomar de Leon, 19, Grade 11, of Sitio Bubuyog here, started varnishing his wooden cross and readied the red robe he will wear on Good Friday.

He will carry the cross in upward position that will be

Teen wants to be a soldier, preps as fl agellanttied to his stretched hands and his feet.

“May paniniwala ako . . . ,” he tried to answer the question on why he carries the cross but he was overcome by emo-tion and merely said “sa akin na lang kung bakit.”

Flagellants have varied reasons for undertaking their penitence like wishing for cure of sick relatives, good life for children and personal wishes.

“Hangga’t nabubuhay ako, ipagpapatuloy ko pagpapasan

MANY cherished Easter tra-ditions highlight the Christian celebration of Christ’s resur-rection, as well as the coming of spring.

Easter eggs and chicks symbolize new life. Eggs have been a symbol of spring since ancient times, and are also symbols of the rock tomb out of which Christ emerged when He rose again. The chick hatching out of the egg sym-bolizes new life or rebirth.

In ancient times, the rab-bit was a symbol of abundant new life. It is said that the Eas-ter bunny fi rst arrived in Amer-ica in the 1700s with Europe-an settlers in Pennsylvania who brought with them their tradition of an egg laying hare called “Osterhase.”

Later on, the tradition spread across America and started to include choco-lates, candies, gifts and dec-orated baskets many in egg, chick, and bunny shapes. To-day, many families around the world celebrate Easter with Sunday Mass and lots of sweet treats for kids, including fun egg hunts.

At SM, Toy Kingdom and Snack Exchange has eggs-traordinary and amazing toys and treats, gifts, and sur-prises for kids of all ages.

Hop on to Snack Ex-change for delightful Kinder Joy and Zaini milk chocolate eggs that come with a sweet surprise toy inside, Dutche Easter baskets fi lled with chocolates and pastel colored eggs, as well as scroll lolli-pops, hard egg candies and candy fruit surprise eggs.

There’s also so much more fun and egg-citement at Toy Kingdom where girls can play the part with pretty pastel-col-ored bunny ears headbands, or fi nd a new friend with the store’s collection of cute plush bunnies. It’s the best place to collect colorful eggs during your Easter egg hunting and make sure to have your de-lightful pails overfl owing with eggs and surprises.

Make your Easter eggs-traordinary and egg-cit-ing this year with these toys and treats at SM Snack Ex-change and Toy Kingdom Express outlets at The SM Store. These are also avail-able at Toy Kingdom Stores in most SM Supermalls. For more updates, check out www.thesmtore.com and Snack Exchange Facebook account: i crave: snack exchange. Also visit and follow ToyKing-domPH and toykingdom.ph for more treats and surprises.

Eggs-traordinary Easter Toys and Treats at SM

ng krus,” the young man said.De Leon will be among

hundreds of fl agellants who will darken the MacArthur Highway in Bataan, particu-larly in the towns of Hermosa, Orani, Samal and Abucay and the City of Balanga, on Maun-dy Thursday and Good Friday.

Other fl agellants are the “manggagapang” or those who crawl on hot pavements, the “mandurugo” or those who whip their bloodied back with bamboo slats.

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FLAVOR FUSION

SM CITY BAGUIO. Hundreds of tourists got to taste for free at SM City Baguio the famous city street food: Strawberry Taho! The mall prepared a giant serving of this soya-based treat to everyone’s delight. The taste was elevated from the usual street fare as 15 gallons of strawberry jam, eight kilos of tapioca, 55 gallons of taho, and 50 kilos of fresh strawberries were used in the treat’s preparation.

SM CITY SAN FERNANDO DOWNTOWN. Giant Bucket of Chicharon was served to the shoppers of SM City San Fernando Downtown in celebration of Flavors of the Philippines’ Flavor Fusion. The 60kg pork cracklings were from Galan’s Chicharon, the one of the oldest and best Chicharon makers in Pampanga, since 1968.

SM CITY PAMPANGA. The culinary capital promotes Kapampangan cuisine as SM City Pampanga serves the largest Bringhe to ever be prepared in the Philippines. Chef Claude Tayag recreates his own version of Bringhe in a 10-ft wide diameter “giant pan” which also won the People’s Choice Award in Washington DC, USA. Adding twist as a match to this traditional Kapampangan food is the enticing Asadong Matua of Chef Pocholo Jorolon and the tasty San Nicolas of Chef Lilian Borromeo.

SM CITY BALIWAG. So delighted to see these cute little chefs all having fun atop the giant box fi lled with larger than life pastillas, bringing a new fl avor of summer vibe at SM City Baliwag’s Flavour Fusion feat. Bulacan’s very own Borlas de Pastillas.

SM CITY CABANATUAN. SM City Cabanatuan marked the culinary world by staging

the province’s biggest kesong puti made from 300

liters of fresh Carabao’s Milk. In partnership with

the Department of Trade and Industry and Philippine

Carabao Center.

SM CITY TARLAC. The longest rice cake in Tarlac measuring 600 ft. long highlighting the province’s several local produce toppings. In the photo is SM City Tarlac Asst. Mall Manager Ms. Michelle Charlene B. Chua, chefs and students from Primadeli Culinary Institute.

A gastronomic adventure in North Luzon

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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – More than 100 illegally traded animals, including two endan-gered species, were rescued by a joint wildlife enforcement operation conducted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources here and the National Bureau of In-vestigation in Bulacan recent-ly.

According to Roger En-carnacion, DENR-communi-ty environment and natural resources offi cer (CENRO) based in Guiguinto, Bulacan, a composite team from DENR and NBI Bulacan district offi ce conducted the buy-bust oper-ation after receiving informa-tion that wildlife species were being illegally traded in the Bocaue public market in Ba-rangay Binang 2nd.

“We have been monitor-ing these activities for months now until we confi rmed the il-legal trade of wildlife is hap-pening. This is a very clear violation of our wildlife protec-tion and conservation law”, he said.

The arrested suspects were identifi ed as Alexander dela Cruz and Demetrio Gar-cia, both from Malolos, Bu-lacan, who attempted to sell a blue-naped parrot (Tanyg-nathus lucionensis) and a Pal-awan hill myna (Gracula reli-giosa) for P2,000 each to an uncover NBI agent during the entrapment operation.

A certifi cation issued by Encarnacion showed that the two suspects have no author-ity to collect, possess, trans-port and or trade wildlife spe-cies.

Both species are listed “endangered” in the Conven-tion on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, said Encar-nacion.

DENR-NBI sting rescues 100 wildlife species7 illegal traders nabbed

Francisco Milla, Jr., direc-tor of DENR in Central Luzon, said the illegal possession and trading of such endangered species is a violation of Sec-tion 27 (Paragraphs e and f) of Republic Act 9147 or the Wild-life Resources Conservation and Protection Act.

“The penalty for such vio-lation under Section 28 of RA 9147 carries a sentence of im-prisonment of maximum two years and a fi ne of maximum P200,000,” he explained.

He urged the public to re-port to the nearest DENR of-fi ce or law enforcement agen-cy any suspected illegal wild-life trade.

More than P73,000 in cash were also seized from the sus-pects from the proceeds of ille-gal wildlife trade. The amount will be used as evidence in fi ling cases in violation of the wildlife law.

In the same entrapment, fi ve other individuals were ar-rested for the illegal trading of various bird species. A to-tal of 112 birds comprising of budgies, cockatiels, lovebirds, sparrow, munia and ring-necked doves were seized from the suspects.

The illegal wildlife trad-ers were identifi ed as Deme-trio Garcia and Valentino Di-marucut from Bulacan; Ronie Durrango and Luisito Pan-gilinan from Nueva Ecija; and Divino Chumacera from Bata-an.

In a separate certifi ca-tion issued by Encarnacion, the suspects have no permit to collect, possess, transport and/ or trade wildlife, including its derivative and/ or by- prod-ucts.

Trading such animals which are categorized as “oth-er wildlife species” without se-curing proper permits from the DENR is also a violation of Section 27 (paragraph e and f)

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BONGABON, NUEVA ECIJA – After three years of failures in production, due to harabas infestation and erratic weath-er, this town, dubbed as the country’s “Onion Basket,” is again full to the brim in har-vest.

“Our farmers here are happy again as their harvest was good and the farm gate price was relatively higher,” said Aida Laluan, high-val-ue crops coordinator in the municipal agricultural offi ce here. “They are also happy that there seems to be no more undue onion importa-tion,” she added.

She said a total of 2,914 hectares was planted here to onion this cropping sea-son. Of this, 2,300 hectares were of the red creole variety and the rest yellow grannex. Farm gate price for the red variety was at P24 per kilo-gram and for the yellow gran-nex P18.

“The average yield per hectare of the red creole is 421 bags while for the yellow grannex is 1,500 bags,” Lalu-an said. “Each bag consists of 28 kilograms.”

Computed, the total har-vest here was at least P910 million. In months to come, especially in September to November, the farmers ex-pect to sell the red onion va-riety at P60 to P85 per kilo-gram. Most of them keep their harvest in cold storage plants at a fee of P140 per bag in three months.

For ten days, which start-ed on April 1, glorious mood prevailed here as the towns-

Garbed in an appropriate attire for protection against the intense summer heat, a woman-harvester shows her newly harvested red onion bulbs on a Bongabon, Nueva Ecija farm. She is paid P25 per bag of 28 kilograms of onions she harvests.

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‘Onion Basket’ full after 3 years of big losses

folk participated in the annual “Sibuyas Festival”. The festiv-ities were capped by a grand parade with fl oats adorned with onions or onion-inspired decorations.

HarabasA sad note, however, was

echoed here by the farmers tilling about 140 hectares in some of the 22 villages, par-ticularly in Barangay Pesa. Their onion plants were al-most completely wiped out by harabas.

Gregorio Quiñones, pro-vincial high-value crops co-ordinator, said harabas are army worms which devour the leaves of the onion plant during its vegetable up to bulb formation stage. Once at-tacked, about 80 to 90 percent of the plants are left in an over-night devastation.

In the last two years, this insect pest devastated most of the onion plants here. Three years ago, unusual rains at the plant’s critical growth and de-velopment greatly dipped the farmers’ harvest.

The use of biological con-trol, that of using processed bacteria and powder with wa-ter and sprayed on the leaves of the plants, did wonders in solving the attack of the army worms, Quiñones said.

He added that this town ac-counts for more than one half of the total onion harvest in Nueva Ecija. In 2013, the on-ion yield in 23 towns and cities in the province was 55 percent of the national output which was 134,169 metric tons.

About 52 percent of this province’s onion yield that year was from this town.

Agriculture secretary Em-manuel Piñol, in a talk with the farmers here Wednesday, said he is making available P20 million for production loans to the farmers “without any collateral, to be repaid af-ter two to three years at a low interest rate of not more than six percent per year”.

Piñol said he is making this town as a pilot munic-ipality for a liberal loaning scheme.

“You will not be required to sign voluminous document nor will be asked to present titles of your land as collater-al. All we need in this scheme is a reliable credit coopera-tive which will serve as the conduit of the DA and identi-fi cation card and passbook of farmers,” he said.

Piñol said he has pro-posed in Congress the adop-tion of this loaning scheme, with the appropriate mecha-nism and huge funding. He said the government has “big money” meant to improve the plight of the farmers and fi sh-er folk. He warned, though, against wrongdoings in this scheme.

“We will ban you from re-ceiving government assis-tance if you commit wrong-doings in this program,” Piñol said.

Before leaving the town, Piñol handed to Mayor Ricar-do Padilla and municipal agri-cultural offi cer Jackielou Gal-larde pieces of farm machin-ery and irrigation pumps. It was witnessed by Nueva Eci-ja 3rd District Rep. Rossana Vergara and Regional Field Offi cer Roy Abaya of DA Re-gion III.

of RA 9147 but carries a maxi-mum penalty of one month im-prisonment and a fi ne of up to P20,000.

The seized wildlife species were turned over to the DENR

wildlife rescue center in Que-zon City while a criminal case was fi led against the suspects in the Offi ce of the Prosecutor in Malolos City for violation of the wildlife act.

Since 2015, the DENR has already confi scated 34 vari-ous species of reticulated py-thons, long-tailed macaques, pond turtles, osprey, monitor lizard and owls.

CLARK FREEPORT – People, especially netizens, should re-frain from spreading unverifi ed information which may cause panic situations that may lead to injuries or even death.

This was the warning made by SM Supermalls vice president for North Luzon op-erations Engr. Bien Mateo as he appealed to netizens not to post unverifi ed information on Facebook and other social media.

Mateo made the appeal af-ter an incident at the SM City Clark Hypermarket triggered a slight commotion last week. Loud popping sounds that were mistaken as gunshots caused a mad dash of mallgo-ers to the exits.

The incident was com-pounded by wrong information that was posted on Facebook in real time describing what happened as a “shootout.”

In a Facebook post made by a certain Kheng Khai, she said she’s “feeling sad” and

SM exec appeals to netizens

wrote a newsfeed with the ti-tle, “Newsbreak: Shootout in front of SM Hypermarket SM City Clark around 2 p.m. to-day.”

SM City Clark offi cials were on top of the situation as soon as the fuss broke out and de-nied the wrong information that went viral on social me-dia.

Mateo clarifi ed that there was no shootout.

He said on or about 2:32 p.m. on Thursday, a slight com-motion occurred at SM City Clark wherein people rush out of the exits. Upon verifying, it came from the compressor of the Happy Swing ride of FECI where its hose was detached making a popping sound.”

“The Happy Swing ride was disabled the rest of the day so that the equipment can be checked before resuming operations. It’s a good thing no one was injured during the time people were rushing out,” he added. – Ashley Manabat

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GREEN DEVELOPMENT has traditionally ranked low in the Philippines’ priority list, but increasing demand from multi-national companies is now driving a demand-led surge in LEED-registered buildings.

LEED, short for Leadership in Energy and Environmen-tal Design, is a green building certifi cation used worldwide that is also now gaining trac-tion in the Philippines.

Across the country, more real estate developers are adopting environment-friend-ly practices in commercial, in-dustrial and residential proj-ects. At present, there are 245 LEED activities in the coun-try, with 61 projects having al-ready obtained certifi cation.

More will soon be join-ing the likes of Zuellig Build-ing in reaching the highest standards of environmentally friendly construction. Located in the fi nancial center of Maka-ti, Zuellig Building was the fi rst in the Philippines, and among the fi rst buildings in Asia, to be Platinum-certifi ed under the LEED program.

Just north of Manila in Clark Freeport Zone, a new city--Global Gateway Clark--is under construction that will eventually cater to 500,000 workers. Currently, One West and Two West offi ce towers have been pre-certifi ed gold and these buildings, along with a further three offi ce tow-ers, which are scheduled for construction later this year, are targeting a post completion certifi cation of Platinum status.

Global Gateway Clark sets the bar higher for green building industry

Another major project--the Clark Green City in Tarlac province--will draw on exper-tise from the private sector to develop key environmentally friendly initiatives.

Japanese companies Hita-chi Asia and The Power Grid Solution will work with the Bases Conversion and Devel-opment Authority to set up an energy management and stor-age system, a district cooling system, a total energy network system and a private utility company across 23,400 acres which will accommodate over 1 million residents.

The appeal of sustainable development

Such projects are a part of a bigger government vision to lighten the load on the con-gested National Capital Re-gion and encourage more in-ternational companies to set up bases in the country. Clark, which has an international air-port and connectivity to Ma-nila, is emerging as the best location as the country’s new business hub.

Green credentials are be-coming more important for new and existing develop-ments if they are to gain trac-tion with an increasingly sus-tainability conscious business community, according to Mark Williams, CEO of Global Gate-way Development Corporation (GGDC), which owns and op-erates Global Gateway Clark.

The global market for green buildings grew to US$260 bil-lion in 2013. According to World Green Building Trends 2016, the percentage of fi rms

anticipating to have over 60 percent of their projects cer-tifi ed green was expected to rise from 18 percent last year to 37 percent by 2018. For the Philippines, going green is es-sential as it positions itself as a low-cost business hub.

“Green certifi cation is much more than applying labels that add a positive image to real estate projects. From a busi-ness perspective, these certi-fi cations show that the invest-ment has a higher asset val-ue and is recoverable through reduced operating costs and higher return on investments,” Williams said.

“While energy savings is a direct advantage, it also has other benefi ts such as a great-er company marketability and increased employee produc-tivity,” he said.

The future of green in the Philippines

Despite rising awareness

and willingness to develop sustainable projects in the Philippines, there is still much to improve regarding commit-ment, action and government support.

That’s not to say there hasn’t been progress in recent years. Aside from LEED, the Philippines also has its green building rating scheme called Building for Ecologically Re-sponsive Design Excellence or BERDE from the Philippine Green Building Council.

The establishment of the domestic rating system, to-gether with the launch of the Green Building Code by the Philippine Department of Pub-lic Works and Highways in mid-2015, shows that the Phil-ippines is indeed shifting to-wards a greener real estate in-dustry.

There are also schemes to reward green initiatives. Que-zon City, the largest city in

Metro Manila, awards land de-velopers and planners with tax credits and tax discounts for compliance with eco-friendly infrastructure design and con-struction standards under the Green Building Ordinance of 2009.

While the Philippines still lags behind its Southeast Asian neighbors such as Sin-gapore and Thailand in green initiatives, sustainability is now in the mind of developers when building new projects and retrofi tting existing ones.

“The rapid expansion of the green building industry glob-ally sets the bar high for the local real estate sector, and should ultimately encourage developers to keep up with the demand pressure for liv-able spaces as a result of in-creasing urbanization and the infl ow of foreign businesses,” Williams said.

–Press release

LET’S PARTY! At least 20,000 millenials fl ocked the Meeting Place last April 7 in the recently concluded biggest party of the year “Castaway Music Festival” at SM City Clark with the nation’s hottest and favorite DJs here and abroad. C!&"23$0"14 5 !"!

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By Your cross

and resurrection,

You have set us free.

You are the Savior

of the world.

Punto joins the whole

Christendom in prayerful,

penitential, and contemplative

observance of the Holy Week.

A RETREAT is just what we needed.So proposed the holier among us unholy in that brotherhood variably called ex-

sems and ex-cons for the longest time, but since last year – per the imprimatur of the archbishop emeritus, the beloved Apu Ceto – came to bear the ennobling moniker “non-ordained alumni” of the Mater Boni Consilii Seminary.

So a retreat it shall be this Holy Wednesday at the chapel of the Domus Pastorum, the home of retired priests that has served, for some years now, as the locus for our monthly fellowship with our former formators.

Expectedly, excitement over reliving, if only for a day, what was integral to our seminary years, burned our Facebook page. Principally coming from those among us who have extended their youthful vocation to their adult “ministries,” i.e. the EMDCs,

the Lecoms, the ANFs, and other church organizations.

Yeah, so much they have been sharing about “uplifting the spirit,” “revitalizing the soul,” “deepening spirituality,” that this retreat would “most certainly” impact in each one of us “bettering our relationship with God.”

Me? I can only look back to our last retreat, over four years ago, that somehow circumvented conservative conventions meriting an essay here tagged:

Confessing JudasMANY WERE called, only seven responded.

As it was with our early vocation at the Mater Boni Consilii Seminary where we ended unchosen, so it was with our planned retreat at a Fontana villa last Friday (March 29, 2013).

Still, this did not detract us from our pursuit for some spiritual advancement, with the Rev. Fr. Cito Carlos as most able guide.

The Mass Among Charlie celebrated was beautiful in its simplicity. His homily though seared our very soul. It was all about Judas, eternally damned antagonist in the drama of Christian salvation.

“I do not approve of the Holy Week tradition of blasting Judas in effi gy. It rankles of vengeance which is most un-Christian,” he said, even as he hastened that he had no intention of justifying Judas’ betrayal.

An “expanded perspective to draw some lessons, if not inspiration, from,” he said of his take on the kissing-betrayer, which he admitted he drew from our pre-Mass pleasantries on how he came to be our retreat master.

He chuckled upon learning he was the fourth priest we approached to conduct our retreat, all the other three deeming we were beyond salvation, only half-jokingly. Hence the Judas model – not for us to emulate but to learn from.

“Yes, Judas made a deal with the chief priests for 30 pieces of silver to deliver Jesus to them but on condition that he should not be harmed,” Among Charlie reminded us. “The deal went sour when Jesus was lashed, scourged, and infl icted with all sorts of pain and insults.”

So, Judas wanted out of the deal by returning to the priests the payment, woefully sorry for what he had done.

Indeed, Matthew 27:3-5: “Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, ‘I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood.’ And they said, ‘What is that to us? See thou to that.’ And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.”

Suicide is abominable in the eyes of God. So, Judas compounded his already most heinous crime of betraying the Son of God by killing himself.

But did Judas really hang himself in remorse for what he did?

Acts 1:18-19: “Now this man purchased a fi eld with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all

his bowels gushed out. And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that fi eld is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, the fi eld of blood.”

Some apparent contradiction there with Matthew 27:3-5 on the death of Judas and the place of circumstance, which the succeeding verses – Matthew 27:6-8 – had as: “And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, ‘It is not lawful for us to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.’ And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s fi eld, to bury strangers in. Wherefore that fi eld was called, the fi eld of blood, unto this day.”

Need to fi nd some gospel harmonist to synthesize those seeming contradictions.

My seminary brother Boiti Portugal took a tack diff erent from mine in our refl ection on Judas: “My mind... is in darkness! My God... God, I’m sick! I’ve been used! And you knew! You knew all the time! God, I will never know why you chose me for your crime! Your foul, bloody crime! My God, you have murdered me! Murdered me! Murdered me! Murdered me! Murdered me! Murdered...”

Not from Matthew, Luke, Mark or John, not even from Paul, but from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice – the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar.

Yeah, instantly came to mind there the doggone dogma of an agnostic past: “Without Judas there is no salvation.” As instantly denounced as extreme unorthodoxy, twisted theology, damned heresy.

So, dare we fl irted with some things far beyond our theological limits. When we lacked the simple courage to go to confession!

One of the guys, I think it was Boss Tayag, asked if we could just write down our sins on paper to be read in silencio by Among Charlie and burned after the Confi teor. The smoke of our contrition rising to the heavens there.

On the other hand, tech-savvy as he is, Ashley Manabat suggested we just text Among our sins and he would text back to us his absolution and our penance. E-confession, anyone?

Aye, verily doing a St. Augustine in his own Confessions we were all there: “Da mihi castitatem et continentiam, sed noli modo(Give me chastity and continence, but not just yet)!”

In the end, Among Charlie issued a general absolution – with the condition that we should go to confession at the earliest time possible.

And everybody went to communion. But me. Unable, unwilling to let go of Judas. As yet.

There is some magic in wealth, which can thus make persons pay their court to it, when it does not even benefi t themselves. How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty! –Ann Radcliff e

Feelings are really your GPS system for life. When your supposed to do something, or not supposed to do something, your emotional guidance system lets you know. –Oprah Winfrey

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Napag-uusapanLangFelix M. Garcia

Atlung banuang alang Dios!(K�� !�� "!��#�� !�$�)

Pilan lang mitimbuang

At miragsa busal ding bunduk at parang

A e ra malit man

Nung baket ing Laya ing ta’ ra sinintang

Ding milulutlutan

A sadiang ganid king upaya’t sikanan;

Uling ing katutuan,

A ing Tigring iting ibat king Aslagan

Yang ta’ na kasalang

Ning imperialistang lipi nang Bapang Sam,

Ilang meging tangnan

King pamibunu rang’ ita ing mituran!

Maligayang Eden

A sadiang pugad ding payapang memalen,

Mitalandang ne ken

At meging impyerno karing sibabalen,

King paniatang da ren

A’yanti reng bildug king saug ing Balen,

Iniang ta’ re paten

Y Jose Abad Santos a mayap tang’ lider!

(At nang’ upaya ken

Ning maging puppet ka king kapamalan den,

Nung ati’ ka man ken

Dapot anino kang e mi’ man alelen?)

Luke neng mistula

At mamit-amit nang king aun miragsa

Ing balen tang’ mutya

Bayu re belikan McArthur ing bansa,

A keta linisya

At tiniplad karin kambe ring aliwa

Kanitang ing lugma

Midalamat na’iti lalam nang upaya

Nitang Yamashita

A migapus kekang alang tanikala;

At keta misila

Ampon dinakurak king mal tang’ Bandila!

Kambe na nitang Sam

At ning Armada nang atyu babo’t lalam

Agila lang’ bakal

At aserung daung ding bitbit nang’ dintang

Nung nu’ ketang parang

Ding agilang deti sinangi ra’ ing lugal,

Makagato no’ man

Ding aserung daung karin king danuman

A mipmung tetagan

Mamuntuk king puersang keti mipamisan,

Ban lubus dang baywan

Kang Yamashita ing kekata na kimkam!

Atlung banua kaibat

Ning kasangilan dang keti pepalasap

Ding dai nang Caipas

A meging lasip king sakim dang pamalak,

Anino yang paldas

King marimlang aun ing kaya mitulak,

Iniang ta’ ne matras

At ding Kamikaze ala nong’ iguniat;

Kanita re’ kildas

Ing banderang maki Aldo king Libutad,

At miuman deng tinas

Itang Atlu Kule ban yang mamayagpag

Kambe ding “Estrellas”

(A keta kagnan dang king babo pepa-itas;

A e binang meluat,

Ing Pamagsarili binalik dang agad!)

Valtorta sees Jesus’ crucifixionIN THE spirit of the Lenten season, I give way to the part of the work of mystic Maria Valtorta, who was transported in time to witness and put on record the life of Jesus Christ on earth. Valtorta is up for beatifi cation.

Halo-haloDing Cervantes

Opinion

Both Padre Pio and Mother Teresa of Culcutta, now both saints, affi rmed the mystic authenticity of Valtorta.

The following were what she wrote on March 27, 1945, describing what she saw during Jesus’ crucifi xion. (I have dispensed the usual quotes, except when used by Valtorta herself. For brevity, I have also expunged some paragraphs in this part which describes Jesus on Calvary after the scourging at the pillar and the carrying of the cross.)

Jesus now turns towards the crowd. And one can thus see that also His chest, legs and arms have all been struck by the scourges. At the height of His liver there is a huge bruise, and under His left coastal arch there are seven clear stripes in relief, ending with seven small cuts bleeding inside a violaceous circle… a cruel blow of a scourge in such a sensitive region of the diaphragm. His knees, bruised by repeated falls that began immediately after He was captured and ended on Calvary, are dark with hematomas and the kneecaps are torn, particularly the right one, by a large bleeding wound….

The robbers are tied to the crosses and they are carried to their places, one to the right, one to the left, with regard to the place destined to Jesus. They howl, swear, curse, particularly when the crosses are carried to the holes, and they hurt them making the ropes cut into their wrists, their oaths against God, the Law, the Romans, the Judaeans are hellish.

It is Jesus’ turn. He lies on the cross meekly. The two robbers were so rebellious that, as the four executioners were not suffi cient to hold them, some soldiers had to intervene, to prevent them from kicking away the torturers who were tying their wrists to the cross. But no help is required for Jesus. He lies down and places His head here they tell Him. He stretches out His arms and His legs as He told. He only takes care to arrange His veil properly. Now His long, slender white body stands out against the dark wood and the yellow ground.

Two executioners sit on His chest to hold Him fast. And I think of the oppression and pain He must have felt under that weight. A third one takes His right arm, holding Him with one hand on the fi rst part of His forearm and the other on the tips of His fi ngers. The fourth one, who already has in his hand the long sharp-pointed quadrangular nail, ending with a round fl at head, as big as a large coin of bygone days, watches whether the hole already made in the wood corresponds to the radius-ulnar joint of the wrist. It does. The executioner places the point of the nail on the wrist, he raises the hammer and gives the fi rst stroke.

Jesus, Who had closed His eyes, utters a cry and has a contraction because of the sharp pain, and opens His eyes fl ooded with tears. The pain He suff ers must be dreadful… The nail penetrates, tearing muscles, veins, nerves, shattering bones…

Mary replies to the cry of Her tortured Son with a groan that sounds almost like the moaning of a slaughtered lamb; and She bends, as if She were crushed, holding Her head in Her hands. In order not to torture Her, Jesus utters no more cries. But the strokes continue, methodical and hard, iron striking iron… and we must consider that a living limb receives them.

The right hand is now nailed. They pass on to the left one. The hole in the wood does not correspond to the carpus. So they take a rope, they tie it to the left wrist and they pull it until the joint is dislocated, tearing tendons and muscles, besides lacerating the skin already cut into by the ropes used to capture Him. The other hand must suff er as well, because it is stretched as a consequence, and the hole in it widens round the nail. Now the beginning of the metacarpus, near the wrist, hardly arrives at the hole. They resign themselves and they nail the hand where they can, that is, between the thumb and the other fi ngers, just in the middle of the metacarpus. The nail penetrates

more easily here, but with greater pain, because it cuts important nerves, so that the fi ngers remain motionless, whilst those of the right hand have contractions and tremors that denote their vitality. But Jesus no longer utters cries, He only moans in a deep hoarse voice with His lips fi rmly closed, while tears of pain fall on the ground after falling on the wood.

It is now the turn of His feet. At two metres and more from the foot of the cross there is a small wedge, hardly suffi cient for one foot. Both feet are placed on it to see whether it is in the right spot, and as it is a little low and the feet hardly reach it, they pull the poor Martyr by His malleoli. So the coarse wood of the cross rubs on the wounds, moves the crown that tears His hair once again and is on the point of falling. One of the executioners presses it down on His head again with a slap…

Those who were sitting on Jesus’ chest, now get up to move to His knees, because Jesus with an involuntary movement withdraws His legs upon seeing the very long nail, which is twice as long and thick as those used for the hands, shine in the sunshine. They weigh on His fl ayed knees and press on His poor bruised shins, while the other two are performing the much more diffi cult operation of nailing one foot on top of the other, trying to combine the two joints of the tarsi.

Although they try to keep the feet still, holding them by the malleoli and toes on the wedge, the foot underneath is shifted by the vibrations of the nail, and they have almost to unnail it, because the nail, which has pierced the tender parts and is already blunt having pierced the right foot, is to be moved a little closer to the centre. And they hammer, and hammer, and hammer… Only the dreadful noise of the hammer striking the head of the nail is heard, because all Calvary is nothing but eyes and ears to perceive acts and noises and rejoice…

The harsh noise of iron is accompanied by the low plaintive lament of a dove: the hoarse groaning of Mary, Who bends more and more at each stroke, as if the hammer wounded Her, the Martyr Mother. And one understands that She is about to be crushed by such torture. Crucifi xion is dreadful, equal to fl agellation with regard to pain, it is more cruel to be seen, because one sees the nails disappear in the fl esh. But in compensation it is shorter, whereas fl agellation is enervating because of its duration…

The cross is now dragged near the hole and it jerks on the uneven ground shaking the poor Crucifi ed. The cross is raised and twice it slips out of the hands of those raising it; the fi rst time it falls with a crash, the second time it falls on its right arm, causing terrible pain to Jesus, because the jerk He receives shakes His wounded limbs.

But when they let the cross drop into its hole and before being made fast with stones and earth, it sways in all directions, continuously, shifting the poor Body, hanging from three nails, the suff ering must be atrocious. All the weight of the body moves forward and downwards, and the holes become wider, particularly the one of the left hand, and also the hole of the feet widens out, while the blood drips more copiously. And if that of the feet trickles along the toes onto the ground and along the wood of the cross, that of the hands runs along the forearms, as the wrists are higher up than the armpits, because of the position, and it trickles down the sides from the armpits towards the waist. When the cross sways, before being fastened, the crown moves, because the head falls back knocking against the wood and drives the thick knot of thorns, at the end of the prickly crown, into the nape of the neck, then it lies again on the forehead, scratching it mercilessly. At long last the cross is made fast and there is only the torture of being suspended…

Jesus is silent. The crowd instead is no longer silent. The people resume bawling in a hellish way.

To be continued

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NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of RESTITUTA PINGOL ZAPATA

who died intestate on February 7, 2003 in Minalin, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of Absolute Sale of her estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot No. C, Psd-035414-003312 (AR), being a portion of Lot 92, (LRC) Psd-193001) situated in the Bo. of Sta. Maria, Mun. of Minalin, Prov. of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 4756 of the Registry of Deeds for the Province of Pampanga, before Notary Public Maximo M. Fajardo Jr. as per Doc No. 380, Page No. 77, Book No. XLI, Series of 2017.

Punto! Central Luzon: April 3, 10 & 17, 2017

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESSUPREME COURT

REGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

City of San Fernando, PampangaOffi ce of the Clerk of Court & Ex-Offi cio Sheriff

RURAL BANK OFMABALACAT, INC., Petitioner-Mortgagee, EJF No. 03-17

~ versus ~ Real Estate Mortgage under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118SPS. JOEL BACANIand ROSEMARIE BACANI, Respondents-Mortgagors.

x------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xNOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135/1508 fi led by RURAL BANK OF MABALACAT, INC., petitioner-mortgagee, with principal offi ce at Dau, Mabalacat City, Pampanga, against SPS. JOEL BACANI and ROSEMARIE BACANI, respondents-mortgagors, residents of #35 Sampaloc Street, Dolores, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to satisfy mortgage indebtedness which as of November 29, 2016 amounts to FIVE MILLION SIX HUNDRED NINETY FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED EIGHTEEN and 60/100 PESOS (Php 5,694,618.60), excluding penalties, charges and attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned authorized Sheriff IV will sell at public auction on May 09, 2017 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter at the main entrance of the Regional Trial Court, Capitol Compound, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to the highest bidder for CASH or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all its improvements, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 571219-R“IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that certain land situated in

the Mun. of San Fernando, Prov. Of Pampanga bounded and described as follows:

A parcel of land (Lot 2 of the cons.-subd. plan Pcs-03-012987, being a portion of the cons. of Lot 12-C & 12-B Psd-03-0101190, LRC Rec. No. ), situated in the Bo. of Dolores, City of San Fdo., Prov. of Pamp. x x x containing an area of ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE (189) Square Meters. x x x”

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 said date, it shall be held on May 16, 2017, without further notice.

City of San Fernando, Pampanga, April 03, 2017.

JULIO M. CUNANANSheriff IV / RTC-Br. 45, CSF(P)

cc: 1. RURAL BANK OF MABALACAT, INC. – Dau, Mabalacat City, Pampanga 2. SPS. JOEL & ROSEMARIE BACANI - #35 Sampaloc St., Dolores, CSF(P) 3. PUNTO CENTRAL LUZON

PUNTO! Central Luzon: April 10, 17 & 24, 2017

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of SOLEDAD PAMINTUAN

GUINTU who died intestate on February 17, 2017 in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement of her estate, more particularly described as bank deposits, to wit:

BANK OF PHILIPPINE ISLANDS (BPI)NEPO MART BRANCH ANGELES CITY

ACCOUNT NO. 000734-0748-45ACCOUNT NO. 000734-0811-24ACCOUNT NO. 000733-4177-49

before Notary Public Almario D. Marimla as per Doc No. 1627, Page No. 17, Book No. XLV, Series of 2017.


in World War II, Klech-eski said: “Filipinos to-day continue to draw strength from the forged binds built decades ago by brave Filipino and American men and wom-en who fought with honor during those desperate weeks of 1942.”

“Allies in war 75 years ago, ours is a really pow-erful alliance that stood the test of time, but it has been enhanced by lega-

US envoy cites Phl as close ally...cy of the era,” he said.

The two countries have since build a strong relationship with Japan and now that the chal-lenge of international ter-rorism has emerged, the US is calling for a united front.

Klecheski said these nations are unifi ed in fi ghting the scourge of terrorism that plagues the Philippines that con-tinues to stave off fur-ther international invest-ments.

“We must also re-member the importance of standing together as the Philippines and Unit-ed States have done in many, many decades,” he said.

“We must recommit to continue standing to-gether as the close allies that our two countries have been,” he added.

The diplomat said “the Philippines, US, Ja-pan and other countries have forged a rules-based order in Asia that

has created stability, which nations must con-tinue to defend.”

Today, Japan and Southeast Asian nations confront regional mari-time issues and extrem-ism with reports on pira-cy in Philippine waters and secessionism in the country’s south.

“We must also re-member the horrors of war and we must re-member the importance of striving for peace,” Klecheski said.

of the St. Thomas the Apostle parish church in barrio Poblacion of the eponymously named town. He looked more like a puppet from some Punch-and-Judy show. But the throng, nay, the horde of faithful do not mind at all.

That was the Judas the elders have seen since their youth. The Ju-das now passed to their sons and grandsons, and to be passed on to their own progenies.

Easter Sunday noon has always been the des-ignated time for the Ju-das show. But the concel-ebrated Mass traditional-ly offi ciated by the arch-bishop almost always takes a little too long with all those post-com-munion remarks of the pastoral council presi-dent and the awarding of some certifi cates of ap-

Judas ends with a bangF�� ! 1 preciation to the comite

de festejos, Easter being the fi esta too.

The tensed uneasi-ness turns to collective relief, and explosions of joy, at the pealing of the church bells, the mu-sic from the band, and the explosion of kuwitis that signalthe end of the Mass.

Some more minutes of waiting had to be en-dured as the patio gets cleared of the parked ve-hicles.

Then some fi recrack-ers woven in large sipa ball-like contraption are let loose around the platform holding Judas’ perch to clear it of peo-ple. To establish a sort of a safety zone.

Then, the show starts.

Four papier-mache pyrotechnic black ravens from four corners of the platform “peck” at Judas’ feet igniting them and

propelling Judas to make dizzying twists clockwise and counterclockwise, then turns upside down, round and round, the tongue sticking in and out.

Then the explosions begin with the feet, the legs, the hand and arms – the head last, and loudest.

Judas gets blasted to smithereens. In all of 15 minutes. A murmur of disappointment. Ju-das did fewer twists and turns. His tongue did not stick out that long. And the head exploded too soon and not too loud, as the crowd desired.

In years long past, this would have borne an ill omen. The loudness of the bang ending Judas then deemed a sign of the volume of the year’s harvest in the then-farm-ing town: the louder the bang, the higher the yield.

In 2012, instead of Judas, what exploded on Easter Sunday noon was a globe. No, it was not meant to signify the end of the world, not to pres-age any interpretation of the Mayan calendar that purportedly pointed to that year as the end for humankind.

What was blasted away, symbolically, were the worldly sins, those that keep mankind away from God. It was some sort of raising the event from pure vengeful glee to a higher level of spir-ituality.

Whatever, the loss of Judas at the scaff old unsettled, utterly disap-pointed the loyal crowd who, year-in and year-out, come from near and far – even from overseas – just to be part of the annual spectacle.

With Judas back for blasting, all is well again here. –Bong Z. Lacson

Award-winning writ-er Robby Tantingco, di-rector of the Center for Kapampangan Studies of the Holy Angel Uni-versity in Angeles City, has come out with a list of Holy Week events, mostly on Good Friday, that “avoid the madding crowd” in bloody crucifi x-ion sites.

Noting that “all roads will surely lead to Cutud” especially on Good Fri-day, Tantingco suggest-ed that “for a change, why not avoid the mad-ding crowd, take the road less travelled, and dis-cover little-known Holy Week events in Pam-panga.”

He listed seven alter-natives for pilgrims and tourists.

Tantingo cited “pasyon serenata” on Holy Wednesday eve-ning in Barangay San Basilio in Sta. Rita town.

“It’s a showdown be-tween two brass bands and their respective choirs who try to out-perform each other by chanting the pasyon to the tune of classical op-eras. They play all night long, one page at a time, until they fi nish the whole book. The sight and sound of betel-chew-ing barrio folk singing the entire history of sal-vation in Kapampangan

7 Holy Week options other than bloody crucifi xionsF�� ! 1 and to the tune of Verdi

and Puccini will blow you away. Despite their ‘gue-gue’ it’s a performance worthy of a concert hall instead of some dusty road in a remote farming village,” he said.

Then there’s the “grand assembly of pen-itents” in Mabalacat City early morning on Good Friday.

“It’s a scene straight out of a Cecil B. DeMille movie: hundreds, may-be thousands, of half-na-ked fl agellants and cross-bearers in fl ow-ing red robes, brought together by sin and tra-dition, converge in the church patio for an orgy of suff ering, self-mutila-tion and penance. The number of penitents makes you wonder if fl agellation, like circumci-sion, is a rite of passage among boys in Pampan-ga,” he said.

Tantingco also cited the “cenaculos of Baran-gay Pampang in Ange-les City late morning of Good Friday.

“Here, there are at least two passion plays, performed by actors from the vicinity of the public market: one at Ba-rangay Lourdes North-west which culminates in a live crucifi xion watched by hundreds if not thou-sands, and a smaller, less-known version, at Area, in Barangay. Sta.

Teresita, the place once known for its brothels -- which give the reen-actment another layer of meaning and signifi -cance, especially since the Christ-fi gure is sav-agely mauled and is res-cued by weeping wom-en,” he noted.

Tantingco also noted that on Maundy Thurs-day and Good Friday, even transvestites could be seen bearing heavy crosses. He said they are among “penitents all over Pampanga, but it takes luck to catch them.”

They also include “cross-bearers who carry electric posts and huge banana trunks seen in Barangay San Agustin in Magalang, the women cross-bearers, the trans-vestite cross-bearers, the cross-bearers who tie a samurai around their waist with the tip pressed against their chin to keep their heads up, and the cross-bear-ers who are tied togeth-er to the same cross so that they can take turns carrying it, seen in Dau, Mabalacat.”

“In Barangay Lourdes Northwest, Angeles City I saw a cancer-stricken mother carrying a cross while her entire family prayed the rosary and followed her around. And then there are the dread-ful ‘magsalibatbat’ who

crawl on the road for miles, rubbing their skin continuously against the concrete until they’re all bruised and covered with dirt,” he noted.

In Guagua town also on Good Friday, there’s the “tanggal” tradition. “This is the ritual where a life-size statue of Jesus with moveable neck and joints is taken down from the cross and laid down and dressed up to be-come the Santo Entierro (The Interred Christ).”

“In the past, parish workers closed all church doors and windows and banged metal to simu-late the eclipse and the thunderclaps that sup-posedly accompanied the Crucifi xion, and to arouse the same fear and awe experienced by the Jews. Today, we just rely on the rhetoric and theatrics of the Sieta Pa-labras speakers,” Tant-ingco said.

He said that on Good Friday, “the entire prov-ince quiets down as night falls on Good Fri-day, when parishes hold hushed processions of their heirloom santos, led by the Santo Entier-ro and the Mater Doloro-sa.”

Tantingco said “they’re all happening si-multaneously: the can-dlelit carrozas of Arayat which transport you back in time, the sweet sound

of violins playing Stabat Mater in San Fernando (added attraction: rose petals thrown from the balcony of the Rodriguez Mansion), the pomp, pageantry and piety of Sta. Rita reminiscent of Lino Brocka’s Tinim-bang ka Ngunit Kulang, the breathtaking beauty of the Mater Dolorosa of Guagua, and the gran-deur of the Santo Entier-ro of Sasmuan.”

“But if you have to attend only one, make it Bacolor, the colonial capital of the province, whose old families, driv-en away by the lahars of the 1990s, make a sen-timental journey back home to accompany their respective paso (fl oat). Tradition dictates that they wear black, cover their heads with point-ed hoods, hold icons of the crucifi xion and walk barefoot (probably a leg-acy from ancestors in

Seville, Spain). The an-tiquity and craftsmanship alone of the santos and their silver-plated car-rozas will make your jaw drop,” he said.

Finally, Tantingco cit-ed the “unusual Biernes Santo procession” of Sasmuan town on Good Friday.

“It’s unusual be-cause the grim proces-sion of the dead Jesus and His grieving Mother is followed by a grimmer procession of ‘magda-rame’ or fl agellants and cross-bearers,” he said.

“This is Pampanga, where church piety col-lides with folk defi ance, where the holiest days of the year are celebrat-ed in the unholiest man-ner, where the charming and solemn rites of the Church coexist with the raw, bloody, but ultimate-ly more exuberant rituals of the common folk,” he added.

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SpotlightArci Pineda

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of SPS. GETULIO V. INGAL and

MAMERTA CARILLO INGAL who died intestate on August 31, 2012 and July 2, 1978, in San Fernando and Mexico, Pampanga, respectively, executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of Absolute Sale of their estate, more particularly described as a parcels of land (Lots 6, 7, 14 & 15, all of Block 11 of the subdivision plan psd-10277 being a portion of Lot 1432 of the cadastral survey of Mexico) with existing improvements, situated in the Mun. of Mexico, Prov. of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 5905, before Notary Public Ronaldo P. Duro as per Doc No. 202, Page No. 49, Book No. 13, Series of 2017.

Punto! Central Luzon: March 27, April 3 & 10, 2017

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO (P)OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

EJF No. 08-17Punto Central Luzon

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended fi led by

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND with its offi ce address at Suburbia Commercial Center, Maimpis, City of San Fernando, Pampanga against SHERYL ANN O. PAULE with residence and postal address at 150 Don Gueco St., Mt. View, Balibago, Angeles City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of November 30, 2015 amounts to ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY SIX and 65/100 (Php 1,175,236.65) PESOS excluding penalties, charges, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned authorized Sheriff IV will sell at public auction on MAY 18, 2017 at 10:00am or soon thereafter at the main entrance of the Regional Trial Court, Capitol Compound, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to the highest bidder for CASH / or Manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property/ies with all the improvements thereon, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 699846-RA parcel of land (Lot 100, Blk. 64 of the cons.-subd. plan Pcs-03-

015720, being a portion of Lots 3008-P-4, 3008-P-5, 3008-P-7, Psd-141126; 3008-P-6-A to 3008-P-6-H, Psd-03-159018, LRC Rec. No. 151), situated in the Bo. of Calibutbut, Mun. of Bacolor, Prov. of Pamp. x x x containing an area of FORTY FIVE (45) Sq. M, more or less. x x x

“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 said date, it shall be held on MAY 25, 2017 without further notice.”

Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the title herein above described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

City of San Fernando, Pampanga, April 4, 2017.

REMIGIO L. DICHOSO Sheriff IVcc: HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND Suburbia Commercial Center, Maimpis, City of San Fernando, Pampanga

SHERYL ANN O. PAULE 150 Don Gueco St., Mt. View, Balibago, Angeles City



CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGAOFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

HOME DEVELOPMENTMUTUAL FUND, Petitioner-Mortgagee,

~ versus ~ EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE NO. 13-17CHRISTOPHER C. VERGARAMARRIED TO NANETTE Y. VERGARA, Respondents-Mortgagors.

x--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xNOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

WHEREAS, upon Extra-Judicial Petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by the Act 4118, fi led by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND, mortgagee, with principal offi ce address at Suburbia Commercial Center, Maimpis, City of San Fernando, Pampanga against CHRISTOPHER C. VERGARA MARRIED TO NANETTE Y. VERGARA, mortgagors, with postal address at Blk. 9, Lot 24, Punta Verde, Angeles City, Pampanga and/or Blk. 46 Lot 23 Calle 42, Xevera Subd., Calibutbut, Bacolor, Pampanga to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of March 31, 2016 amounts to ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SIXTY THREE PESOS AND 50/100 (PHP1,233,363.50) Philippine currency, as principal, plus the stipulated interest, penalty charges and Attorney’s Fees and other necessary expenses, the undersigned authorized Sheriff IV, will sell at public auction on May 4, 2017 at 10:00 in the morning or soon thereafter at the Regional Trial Court, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to the highest bidder in CASH or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine currency the herein-below described real property with all the existing improvements thereon, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 694294-RREGISTRY OF DEEDS FOR THE PROVINCE OF PAMPANGA

A parcel of land (Lot 23, Blk. 46, of the cons.-subd. plan Pcs-03-015720, being a portion of Lot 3008-P-4, 3008-P-5, 3008-P-7, Psd-141126, 3008-P-6-A to 3008-P-6-H, Psd-03-159018, LRC Rec. No.), situated in the Brgy. Calibutbut, Mun. of Bacolor, Prov. of Pamp. x x x containing an area of FORTY FIVE SQUARE METERS AND FIFTY SQUARE DECIMETERS (45.50) more or less. x x x.

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 said date, it shall be held on May 11, 2017 at 10:00 in the morning and at the same place mentioned above without further notice.

City of San Fernando, Pampanga, March 27, 2017.

MICHAEL B. MANANSALASheriff IV (Regional Trial Court-42)

Copy furnished:HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUNDSuburbia Commercial Center, Maimpis,City of San Fernando, Pampanga

CHRISTOPHER C. VERGARA MARRIED TO NANETTE Y. VERGARABlk. 9, Lot 24, Punta Verde, Angeles City, Pampanga and/or Blk. 46 Lot 23 Calle 42, Xevera Subd., Calibutbut, Bacolor, Pampanga


Katrina Halili is backdoing sexy scenes

FOR ALMOST four years, sexy actress Katrina Halili wasn’t able to bare her skin.Now, in her latest teleserye, the sex goddess will once again show some skin.GMA-7 brings you “D’Originals”, a sexy/comedy soap of the kapuso network.When Kat got pregnant with her daughter Katy, she refrain from accepting

sexy roles.Nawindang lang talaga ako kasi sa ika-fourth taping day, kailangan ko

na raw magsuot ng bikini.“Sabi ko, ‘Nge! Tagal ko nang hindi naggaganyan!’ Hindi ko na alam

ang hitsura ng katawan ko ngayon!“Since nabuntis ako noong 2012 hanggang sa nanganak ako, hindi

na ako nakapag-bikini sa TV. Yung mga past teleseryes ko, hindi na ako nakakapag-bikini.

“Ngayon lang nangyari sa D’Originals. Kaya medyo na-stress talaga ako kasi tagal ang kong hindi nag-workout talaga.

“Mabuti naman nadaan sa mga daya-dayang shots muna. Naitawid naman namin yung fi rst bikini scene ko. Pero ngayon, balik na ulit ako sa pag-workout at pag-diet. Baka kasi gulatin ulit ako ng bikini scene. At least, ready na tayo.”

Kat is happy for her role in her current soap. This time she had to be funny without leaving her “mataray” role.

“Actually, noon ko pa gusto mag-comedy. Ewan ko ba kung bakit gusto nila yung sobra akong taray at pumapatay na kontrabida.

“Gusto ko naman medyo light naman. Kaya after noong Sa Piling Ni Nanay, nag-request talaga ako na comedy role naman. Kahit kontrabida ulit ako, medyo funny naman ako.

“Kaya tamang-tama ang dating nitong D’Originals. Kahit mataray akong kabit ni Jestoni Alarcon, matatawa sila sa akin lalo na sa mga eksena ko with Ms. Jaclyn Jose na gumaganap na misis ni Jestoni.

“First time ko to work with Tita Jane sa ganitong klaseng show kaya nakakaaliw. Yung mga eksena namin, sobrang nakakatawa kasi ang galing-galing ni Tita Jane (Jaclyn Jose’s real name). Hindi lang siya magaling sa drama, pati comedy ang galing niya.”

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IT WAS a life changing time when Michelle Arceo won the “Gandang Filipina” title on Wowowin.

Michelle was leading a simple life. And she admits that when she joined the contest, she was down and had fi nancial problems.

“I don’t even know what to expect. I mean, I kinda have an idea but my life before was very simple.

“I did car shows. I worked a lot. I’m like a normal person. I struggled with money, I have to pay for my own rent—everything.

“And now that I won this competition, I don’t have to worry about like how I’m gonna pay the bills for next month, or anything like that.

“I’m gonna be doing something that I enjoy. More opportunities and blessings.”

Included in her prize were: P500,000 in cash, a car, and contract with GMA Artist Center.

One of Michelle’s dream is on how to speak tagalog. She grew up in California before she stayed here in the Philippines.

“I get to learn how to speak Tagalog better which I’ve always wanted. I’ve always wanted to do that. When I moved here, I came here not knowing how long I’m gonna be here. I’ve never had the expiration date. I adore the Philippines, except for the traffi c. I’m super excited. I’m excited to see what my future has in store for me.”

Before Michelle joined “Gandang Filipina” she is a model, and sometimes appear in sitcoms like Bubble Gang, Home Sweetie Home, Juan Happy Love Story, Dolce Amore, ParangNormal, CelebriTV and appeared in movies like “This Time” and “Magtanggol”.

Gandang Filipina 2017 winner Michelle Arceo (center) with 2nd runner up Lady Justerinnie Santos and 1st runner up Camille Angelica Canlas

Katrina Halili

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EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE 35TH REGULAR SESSION OF THE 6TH SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF THE CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA HELD AT EVERYBODY’S CAFÉ, BARANGAY DEL PILAR, CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA ON THE 7TH DAY OF MARCH 2017

PRESENT: Hon. JAIME T. LAZATIN .................................................... Presiding Offi cer

Hon. ANGELICA O. HIZON .............................................. Member

Hon. BENEDICT JASPER SIMON R. LAGMAN .............. Member

Hon. RENATO G. AGUSTIN ............................................... Member

Hon. NOEL T. TULABUT .................................................... Member

Hon. AYZEL MARI GRACE N. MACALINO .................... Member

Hon. NELSON G. LINGAT .................................................. Member

Hon. HARVEY A. QUIWA ................................................... Member

Hon. REDENTOR S. HALILI .............................................. Member

Hon. CELESTINO S. DIZON .............................................. Member

Hon. RUPERTO D. DUMLAO ............................................ Member

Hon. ANGEL M. WIJANGCO ............................................. Ex-Offi cio Member (LBC Pres.)

ABSENT: NONE

ORDINANCE NO. 2017-014(Author: Honorable Renato G. Agustin)

AN ORDINANCE GRANTING LOCAL FRANCHISE TO KC WONDERLAND CORPORATION, SM PAMPANGA TO OPERATE THE WORLD OF FUN, AN AMUSEMENT CENTER FOR CHILDREN, LOCATED AT JUMBO JENRA MAIN HALLWAY, SINDALAN, CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES


AN ORDINANCE GRANTING LOCAL FRANCHISE TO KC WONDERLAND CORPORATION, SM PAMPANGA TO OPERATE THE WORLD OF FUN, AN AMUSEMENT CENTER FOR CHILDREN, LOCATED AT 2ND FLOOR, SM FOOD COURT AREA, SM CITY PAMPANGA, SAN JOSE, CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES


AN ORDINANCE GRANTING LOCAL FRANCHISE TO KC WONDERLAND CORPORATION, SM PAMPANGA TO OPERATE THE WORLD OF FUN, AN AMUSEMENT CENTER FOR CHILDREN, LOCATED AT 3RD FLOOR, SM CITY PAMPANGA, GAPAN-OLONGAPO ROAD, CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

EXPLANATORY NOTE

WHEREAS, the World of Fun, under KC Wonderland Corporation, SM Pampanga is an amusement business for children duly organized and existing

under and virtue of the Philippine laws, with offi ce address in Jumbo Jenra Main Hallway, Barangay Sindalan, 2nd fl oor, SM Food Court Area, SM City Pampanga,

San Jose, 3rd fl oor, Sm City Pampanga, Gapan-Olongapo Road, all in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga;

WHEREAS, the City Government of San Fernando, Pampanga has enacted Ordinance No. 2015-024 otherwise known as the Games and Amusement

Code of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to regulate and protect people going and employed in amusement centers, carnivals, fairs, amusement parks, cockpit

arenas, internet cafes, on-line gaming and sports betting, e-bingo, games and the traditional bingo parlors, among others;

WHEREAS, the World of Fun, under KC Wonderland Corporation, SM Pampanga has communicated its request for a franchise to operate at Jumbo Jenra

at barangay Sindalan, 2nd fl oor, SM Food Court Area, SM City Pampanga, San Jose, 3rd fl oor, SM City Pampanga, Gapan-Olongapo Road, all in the City of San

Fernando, Pampanga which were included in the Order of Business of the Sangguniang Panlungsod to continue its operation in the city;

WHEREAS, the application were forwarded to the Committee on Games and Amusements which subsequently conducted a series of committee hearings,

studies and ocular inspection to determine the merit and purpose of the application to operate;

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of City Government of San Fernando, Pampanga, in session assembled,

adopts as it hereby adopts the following Ordinance:

ARTICLE ITitle

“AN ORDINANCE GRANTING LOCAL FRANCHISE TO KC WONDERLAND CORPORATION, SM PAMPANGA TO OPERATE THE WORLD OF FUN, AN AMUSEMENT CENTER FOR CHILDREN, LOCATED AT JUMBO JENRA MAIN HALLWAY, SINDALAN, CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”

AN ORDINANCE GRANTING LOCAL FRANCHISE TO KC WONDERLAND CORPORATION, SM PAMPANGA TO OPERATE THE WORLD OF FUN, AN AMUSEMENT CENTER FOR CHILDREN, LOCATED AT 2ND FLOOR, SM FOOD COURT AREA, SM CITY PAMPANGA, SAN JOSE, CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ORDINANCE GRANTING LOCAL FRANCHISE TO KC WONDERLAND CORPORATION, SM PAMPANGA TO OPERATE THE WORLD OF FUN, AN AMUSEMENT CENTER FOR CHILDREN, LOCATED AT 3RD FLOOR, SM CITY PAMPANGA, GAPAN-OLONGAPO ROAD, CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Republic of the PhilippinesProvince of PampangaCity of San Fernando

OFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD

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Section 1. Title- This Ordinance shall be known as:

Section 2. Defi nition of Terms – As used in this Ordinance, the following terms shall mean:

2.1 Business – refers to the trade or commercial activity regularly engaged in as a means of livelihood or with a view of profi t;

2.2 Charges – refers to a pecuniary liability, as rents or fees against persons or property;

2.3 Tax – refers to an enforced contribution usually monetary in form, leveled by the law-making body on person and property subject to its jurisdiction

for the precise purpose of supporting governmental duties;

2.4 Fee – means a charge fi xed by law or ordinance for the regulation or inspection of a business or activity; it shall also include charges fi xed by law or

agency for the services of a public offi cer in the discharge of his offi cial duties;

2.5 Franchise – is a right or privilege aff ected with public interest which is conferred upon private persons or corporations, under such terms and

conditions as the government and political subdivisions may impose in the interests of the public welfare

ARTICLE II Authority to Operate

Section 1. Authority to Operate – There is hereby granted to the World of Fun, under KC Wonderland Corporation, SM Pampanga at Jumbo Jenra at

Barangay Sindalan, 2nd fl oor, SM Food Court Area, SM City Pampanga, San Jose, 3rd fl oor, SM City Pampanga, Gapan-Olongapo Road, all in the City of San

Fernando, Pampanga, the authority (local franchise) to operate said amusement centers subject however to and all other government-controlled corporations and

agencies vested with such power and authority.

Section 2. Duration of the Authority to Operate – The Authority to Operate herein granted to World of Fun, under KC Wonderland Corporation, SM

Pampanga at Jumbo Jenra at barangay Sindalan, 2nd fl oor, SM Food Court Area, SM City Pampanga, San Jose, 3rd fl oor, SM City Pampanga, Gapan-Olongapo

Road, all in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga shall be for fi ve (5) years only, retroactive from January 1, 2016 up to up to December 31, 2021, subject however

to the option of the said establishment to renew thereafter.

ARTICLE IIIPayment of Business Taxes

Section 1. Payment of Business, Fees and Charges – Business Taxes, Fees and other charges shall be imposed and made payable yearly by World of

Fun, under KC Wonderland Corporation, SM Pampanga at Jumbo Jenra at barangay Sindalan, 2nd fl oor, SM Food Court Area, SM City Pampanga, San Jose, 3rd

fl oor, SM City Pampanga, Gapan-Olongapo Road, all in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga to the City Treasurer’s Offi ce during the lifetime of this Ordinance

and its subsequent renewal.

ARTICLE IVPenalty Clause

Section 1. Penalty – Failure on the part of the World of Fun, under KC Wonderland Corporation, SM Pampanga at Jumbo Jenra at barangay Sindalan,

2nd fl oor, SM Food Court Area, SM City Pampanga, San Jose, 3rd fl oor, SM City Pampanga, Gapan-Olongapo Road, all in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga

to comply with any or all provisions of this Ordinance shall be meted the following fi nes and penalties, over and above the penalties imposed by the Offi ce of the

City Treasurer of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to wit:

a. For First Off ense – Any person, natural or juridical, who violates this Ordinance for

the fi rst time shall be fi ned the amount of Three Thousand (=P=3,000.00) Pesos and a stern warning of revocation of the Business Permit to operate and or the

imposition of the penalty of imprisonment for six (6) months;

b. For Second Off ense - Any person, natural or juridical, who violates this Ordinance

For the fi rst time shall be fi ned the amount of Five Thousand (=P=5,000.00) Pesos and the cancellation of the Business Permit to operate with the penalty of

imprisonment of one (1) year;

The offi cers of the juridical person such as the manager, operator/administrator or any person in-charge of the management of the establishment shall be

directly responsible for its operation and shall be fi ned and penalized as that of the natural person.

ARTICLE VMiscellaneous Provisions

Section 2. Repealing Clause – Local Ordinance, Resolutions, Orders, Rules and Regulations and other issuances of the City Government of San Fernando,

Pampanga that are inconsistent with this Ordinance are hereby repealed, amended and modifi ed accordingly.

Section 3. Separability Provision – If for any reasons, any section of this Ordinance, or any portion hereof, or the application of such section or provision,

or portion hereof to any person, group or circumstance is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall be in their full force

and eff ect.

Section 4. Eff ectivity – This Ordinance shall take eff ect immediately after its approval, publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province

of Pampanga and the posting of the same in the city’s Bulletin Board and conspicuous places.

ORDAINED this 7th day of March 2017x----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------x

I hereby certify to the correctness of the foregoing Ordinance adopted by the 6th Sangguniang Panlungsod of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga during

its 35th Regular Session held on March 7, 2017.

(SGD.) AVELINA M. LACANILAO-LAGMAN, DPA Secretary to the Sangguniang Panlungsod

ATTESTED:

(SGD.) JAIME T. LAZATIN, DPA City Vice-Mayor & Presiding Offi cer

APPROVED:

(SGD.) EDWIN D. SANTIAGO City Mayor

April 7, 2017 Date

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LACSON TIMES 2. Vice Mayor Norman and Mayor Malu.

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MAGALANG, Pampanga—Nestled at the foot of fabled Mount Arayat, this bucolic town is embarking on a se-rious promotion as another tourism hotspot with its heri-tage, cultural and eco-tourism sites.

Mayor Malu Lacson and Vice Mayor Norman Lacson said they are actively promot-ing the town’s tourism poten-tials, not only as a Holy Week destination for pilgrims at “Ba-nal na Bundok (Holy Moun-tain)” where the 14 Stations of the Cross are built, but also a year-round destination for tourists.

Most of its splendor yet un-discovered, this town is the northeastern municipality of Pampanga connecting it to the neighboring province of Nueva Ecija.

“Our town is a beautiful place and we want its attrac-tions promoted,” said May-or Lacson. She and the vice mayor met with the Capam-pangan in Media Inc. on Fri-day at Abe’s Farm, one of this town’s top destination.

The mayor said they are unravelling to tourists the only remaining heliograph towers in the country. These are old structures that send and relay signals via mirrors to warn sol-diers of an impending attack by the advancing enemy.

Built by the Spanish forces in the 1800s, a tower in Baran-gay Sta. Cruz and another in San Isidro await offi cial rec-ognition as National Cultural

Magalang next tourism hot spot of PampangaTreasures by the national gov-ernment, according to Mayor Lacson.

She stressed that Ma-galang is a place blessed with sites for heritage and cultural eco-tourism.

The mayor said Abe’s Farm is now a popular dining and spa resort at the foot of Mount Arayat which is frequented by local as well as foreign tourists and food connoisseurs from all over the world.

She said this town is also known as the “Sweet Tama-rind Capital” of the Philippines, thus, paving the way for it to be known as another culinary attraction as it also promotes home-made pastries and can-dies by Carreon and Pabalan, two homegrown stores.

Municipal Tourism chief, Ryan M. Miranda, said aside from the towers and the sce-nic hillside settings, Magalang has other attractions like its town hall which was built in the 19th century.

He also said the San Bar-tolome Church right across the town hall is another grand structure that was preserved through the Spanish and Jap-anese wars.

Meanwhile, pilgrims for the Holy Week are requested to register at the Tourism Regis-tration Booth at the site of the Banal na Budok.

The Banal na Bundok is in Barangay Ayala here where life-size Stations of the Cross were built from its foot at the First Station until the 14th Sta-tion which is some 1.6 kilome-ters towards the summit.

MAGALANG’S PRIDE. Abe’s Farm at the slope of Mount Arayat. P !"!* $% B!&' L()*!&

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NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that FELISA E. TOLEDANO, of legal age, widow,

Filipino, with postal address at Ventura St., Villa Victoria Subd., Dolores, City of San Fernando, Pampanga and sole heir of JOSE CUELLAR TOLEDANO who died intestate on January 3, 2017 in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Self-Adjudication with Deed of Absolute Sale of his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 6, Blk. 4 of the cons.-subd. plan (LRC) Psd-3424 and Lot 5054 of the Cad. survey of San Fernando, LRC Cad Rec. No. 45) with existing improvements, situated in the Bo. of San Juan and Dolores, Mun. of San Fernando, Prov. of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 487642-R, before Notary Public Gener C. Endona as per Doc No. 147, Page No. 31, Book No. 56, Series of 2017.



BRANCH 54MACABEBE, PAMPANGA

IN RE: IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF ANGELINA ROSE DELOS SANTOS,

SPEC. PROC. NO. 17-0878(M)NIKKI ROSE CANILAO WARD,

Petitioner,x-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------x

ORDERThe court takes cognizance of the case after it was re-raffl ed to this court

due to the voluntary inhibition of Ma. Josephine M. Rosario-Mercado, Presiding Judge, Branch 55, Regional Trial Court, Macabebe, Pampanga per Order dated February 24, 2017.

Insofar as the verifi ed petition fi led by petitioner through counsel praying that after due notice, publication, and hearing, judgment be rendered granting the petition and declaring the adoptee Angelina Rose delos Santos, for all legal intents and purposes, as the child of herein petitioner, is concerned, the court fi nds the same to be suffi cient in form and substance and sets the same for hearing on June 16, 2017 at 11:00 in the morning before this Court located at the Hall of Justice, Macabebe, Pampanga.

All persons interested in said petition may appear at the aforesaid date of hearing and show cause, if any, why this petition should not be granted. Let this order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Pampanga for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. The court social worker is directed to conduct counseling session/s with the biological parent/s on the matter of adoption of the adoptee and to prepare the child and study reports before the aforesaid date of hearing pursuant to A.M. No. 02-6-02 (Rule of Adoption).

Furnish (a) the Offi ce of the Solicitor General (OSG), (b) the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), (c) Local Civil Registrar (LCR) of Macabebe, Pampanga, (d) the court social worker, (e) the petitioner, and (f) her counsel with a copy of the petition and this order.

SO ORDERED.Macabebe, Pampanga, March 17, 2017.

LUCINA ALPEZ-DAYAON Presiding Judge

Punto! Central Luzon: March 27, April 3 & 10, 2017


OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTANGELES CITY

HOME DEVELOPMENTMUTUAL FUND, Mortgagee, FC Case No. 2017-1549 -versus- Extra-Judicial Foreclosure of Real Estate Mortgage underANTONIO L. LAFUENTE married Act 3135, as amended by Act 4118to DJOANNA S. LAFUENTE, Mortgagors.

x--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xNOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended by Act 4118 fi led by the Mortgagee, HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND with their branch offi ce at Suburbia Commercial Complex, Mc Arthur Highway, Maimpis, City of San Fernando, Pampanga against the Mortgagors, ANTONIO L. LAFUENTE married to DJOANNA S. LAFUENTE with residence and postal address at 1945 19th St., Lakandula, Mabalacat, Pampanga or Lot 59 Blk. 3 Kristine St., Xevera Subdivision, Tabun, Mabalacat, Pampanga in order to satisfy the outstanding mortgage debt which as of August 31, 2016 amounts to SEVEN HUNDRED SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY THREE PESOS AND SIXTY SIX CENTAVOS (Php 706,223.66), Philippine Currency, principal inclusive of insurance fee, accrued interest receivable and penalty charges but excluding the attorney’s fees, foreclosure expenses and other charges allowed by law, the undersigned Sheriff IV hereby gives notice and announces that on June 6, 2017 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning, at the Municipal Trial Court of Mabalacat and Magalang, Pampanga located at the Mabalacat City Hall, Xevera Subd., Brgy. Tabun, Mabalacat, Pampanga will sell at public auction for cash and in Philippine Currency, the following parcel of land with all existing and future improvements thereon, to wit:

TCT NO. 172019A parcel of land (Lot 59 Block 3 of the consolidation-subd. plan,

Pcs-03-016531 being a portion of consolidation of Lot 5 & 6, Pcs-03-000950, Lot 546-A (LRC) Psd-217854, Lot 544-B-2-A-3 Psd-03-169696, Lot 4-D Psd-03-170954, L.R.C. Rec. No. ), situated in the Barangay of Tabun, Municipality of Mabalacat, Province of Pampanga, Island of Luzon. Bounded on the SW., along line 1-2 by Lot 57, Block 3; on the NW., along line 2-3 by Road Lot 15; on the NE., along line 3-4 by Lot 61, Block 3; and on the SE., along line 4-1 by Lot 60, Block 3, all of the cons.-subd. plan. x x x containing an area of THIRTY FIVE SQUARE METERS (35), more or less. x x x

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on June 14, 2017 at the same time and place without further notice.

Angeles City, April 10, 2017. VICENTE S. SICAT, JR.

Sheriff IV Copy furnished:

ATTY. JOSEPH P. QUIBOLOYDepartment Manager IIIHOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUNDSuburbia Commercial Complex,Mc Arthur Highway, Maimpis,City of San Fernando, Pampanga

ANTONIO L. LAFUENTE married to DJOANNA S. LAFUENTE1945 19th St., Lakandula, Mabalacat, Pampanga or Lot 59 Blk. 3 Kristine St., Xevera Subdivision, Tabun, Mabalacat, Pampanga



BRANCH 60ANGELES CITY

HOME DEVELOPMENTMUTUAL FUND (PAG-IBIG), Mortgagee,

-versus- FC Case No. 2017-1536

ANTONIO A. RAZON JR.MARRIED TO EMILIA M. RAZON,

Mortgagor.x----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------x

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALEUpon Extra-Judicial Petition for Sale under Art. 3135, as amended fi led by

the above-named Mortgagee against the mortgagors ANTONIO A. RAZON JR. married to EMILIA M. RAZON with postal address at 249 San Antonio St., San Angelo Subd., Angeles City in order to satisfy the mortgage debt which as of July 29, 2016 amounted to ONE MILLION SIXTY SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHT PESOS & 12/100 (P1,066,708.12) Philippine Currency, including penalties and other charges incurred in the fi ling of this foreclosure aside from expenses of collection and other charges allowed by law, the undersigned Sheriff IV hereby gives notice and announces that on April 26, 2017 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning at the Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Mabalacat, Municipal Hall, Xevera, Mabalacat City will sell at public auction for cash and in Philippine Currency, the following parcel of land with existing improvements and future improvements thereon, to wit:

T.C.T. No. 172027A parcel of land (Lot 60, Block 4 of the cons.-subdivision plan

Pcs-03-016531, being a portion of consolidation of Lots 5 & 6, Pcs-03-00950, Lot 546-A (LRC) Psd-217854, Lot 544-B-2-A-3- Psd-03-169696, Lot 4-D Psd-03-170954, LRC Record No. ), situated in the Barangay of Tabun, Municipality of Mabalacat, Prov. of Pampanga, Island of Luzon. Bounded on the NW., along line 1-2 by Lot 59, Block 4; on the NE., along line 2-3 by Lot 62, Block 4; on the SE., along line 3-4 by Road Lot 15; and on the SW., along line 4-1 by Lot 58, Block 4, all of the cons.-subd. plan. x x x containing an area of THIRTY FIVE (35) SQUARE METERS.

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on May 3, 2017 at the same time and place without further notice.

Angeles City, March 17, 2017.

PEPITO G. PAMINTUAN Sheriff IV cc:

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUNDSuburbia Commercial Complex,Mc Arthur Highway, Maimpis,City of San Fernando, Pampanga

Antonio A. Razon Jr. & Emilia Razon249 San Antonio St., San Angelo Subd.,Angeles City, Pampanga


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BAGAC, Bataan -- A famous theme park adjacent to the West Philippines Sea here which is known for its ances-tral houses opened an exhibit about the Death March on the 75th year of Araw ng Kagitin-gan on Sunday.

“Bataan Death March Re-membered in Las Casas Filipi-nas de Acuzar” reads a mark-er at the entrance to the Casa Candaba, one of the ancestral houses. Casa Candaba was built in Candaba, Pampan-ga in 1780 and re-built in the Bagac theme park.

Death March exhibit opens at Las Casas“Sa exhibit, naaalaala na-

tin ang nakaraan. Malaking bagay ang nakaraan. Kapag nakakakita ako ng beterano, naaalaala ko si Gen. Douglas MacArthur at mga sundalong lumaban sa mga Hapon,” Las Casas owner Jerry Acuzar said when asked why the ex-hibit was opened.

In the same way, he said, that he remembers Rizal, Bon-ifacio and other heroes when seeing the old houses in the park.

“By doing this develop-ment, nare-refresh sa mga kabataan ang history na nar-aramdaman nila physically,

hindi sa libro lang. Nakikita at nararamdaman kaya madaling ikuwento at nagugustuhan ng mga kabataan,” Acuzar said.

Dexter Manansala, head of the park’s tour guides, said it was fi tting to open the exhibit on the 75th year of the “fall” of Bataan and in Bagac that he said played a big role in hold-ing back the Japanese forces.

“Sa Orion-Bagac de-fense line nahirapan ang mga Hapon. Ang sabi ng mga Hapon, kaya nilang pabag-sakin ang Bataan sa loob ng isang buwan lang ngunit in-abot sila ng mahigit dalawang buwan,” the tour guide said.

In the exhibit are pictures, write-ups and newspaper clip-pings about the Japanese at-tack on Pearl Harbor on De-cember 7, 1941 that started the war in the Pacifi c, the Bat-tle and Resistance of Bataan and its “fall” on April 9, 1942.

Pictures show the hard-ships encountered by 60,000 Filipino and 15,000 Ameri-can soldiers when they were forced to join the Death March from Mariveles and Bagac on April 10 and 11, 1942, respec-tively, reaching Capas, Tarlac on April 17, 1942.

Mananasala said that the pictures and newspaper clip-

pings are merely copies with the originals preserved.

Helmets and water holders (canteen) used during WWII by Japanese, Filipino and Ameri-can soldiers as well as Japa-nese samurai and American bayonet were also on display.

“Very moving, very rele-vant,” a male visitor said when asked on what he can say about the exhibit.

Among the guests were 89-year-old Apolonio Labog and wife from Bagac. Labog said he was 14 years old when he became a soldier with the rank of private and fought the Japanese using a Garand rifl e.

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SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — “There’s a lot more at the Subic Bay Freeport for every-body to appreciate and enjoy. There are lots of things to do here in Subic Bay.”

This was the statement of Subic Bay Metropolitan Au-thority (SBMA) administrator Wilma Amy T. Eisma as she assured the public of their safety following the recent in-cident involving top offi cials of the Subic Bay Marine Explor-atorium Inc. (SBMEI).

“The incident at the Ocean Adventure is an isolated

SBMA assures public safety amid latest Ocean Adventure rowcase,” Eisma said. “Subic Bay Freeport is not Ocean Adven-ture only.”

“I already endorsed to the [SBMA] Board that we have to fi le an action with the courts, possibly, an interpleader to ask the court to resolve this because we cannot let the freeport suff er,” Eisma said.

The SBMA administrator also condemned the opposing parties’ use of undue force in resolving their intra-corporate dispute, saying the actions taken by both were clearly not in accordance with prop-er and lawful procedures that are strictly being enforced in

the freeport.She said that it is sad that

the image of the Subic Bay Freeport is being dragged down because it paints a bad picture of what Subic Bay Freeport is very well-known for – a safe tourist destination.

“Our concern here is for the good of the many. This is bigger than all of us. This is not about Ocean Adventure. This is about Subic Bay Free-port as a whole,” she said, with an assurance that com-mitment to peace and order is still the top priority in the Free-port.

An offi cial statement from

the SBMEI said that on Feb-ruary 13 this year, then SB-MEI president and chief ex-ecutive offi cer Arthur Tai was ousted by Scott Sharpe as “majority shareholders of the SBMEI have chosen (Scott) Sharpe, one of the founding owners, to become Chairman and President of the compa-ny as part of a change in top management.”

The same SBMEI state-ment said that Arthur Tai was removed from his post due to “breach of trust and loss of confi dence.”

In the late afternoon on April 3, a group of employ-

ees supportive of Tai came back to oust Sharpe causing damage to properties and po-tential harm to animals at the ocean park.

The April 3 fray was dif-fused with the help of SBMA offi cials and the agency’s Law Enforcement Depart-ment along with the Philippine National Police, ending the standoff before midnight.

Meanwhile, Robert Gon-zaga, SBMEI corporate com-munications director, said that at the park and the resort it is “business as usual” and that normalcy has been restored in the area.

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NEWPOINT MALL, the newest and most acces-sible shopping, dining, and wellness hub in the heart of Angeles City, re-cently kicked off summer with its shopping souks and events!

Reach for the Sky at Newpoint Mall!This month, the mall

launched the fi rst ever inverted cinema expe-rience dubbed as Indie Sky.

Featured Indie Films were Migrante, Area, and Magkakabaung – all with

Kapampangan themes. The mall also show-

cased a good deal of great fi nds from fash-ion to food with its Sky High Fair and Sunny Sky Souk.

–Press Release

THE PHILIPPINES’ leading airline, Cebu Pacifi c (PSE: CEB), strengthens its domestic route network with four new routes to and from its Clark and Cebu hubs. The routes are geared to-wards making inter-island travel more accessible to residents outside Metro Manila.

Starting May 15, 2017, CEB’s whol-ly owned subsidiary, Cebgo, will be fl y-ing daily between Clark and Caticlan (Boracay); three times weekly (Mon-day, Wednesday, and Friday) between Clark and Busuanga; and three times weekly (Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-day) between Cebu and Busuanga. Cebgo will also begin fl ying between Cebu and Cotabato four times week-ly (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday) on May 16, 2017.

“We believe that by opening these new routes, we are enabling more res-idents from Central and even North Luzon to travel to Palawan and Bora-cay—two of the world’s best islands, without having to make the trip to Met-ro Manila to catch their fl ights. Even guests from the Visayas who would like to explore Northern Palawan have to fl y via Manila to get there. With a di-rect Cebu-Busuanga route, the islands

CEB launches four new routes from Cebu and ClarkNew routes off ered at introductory price of Php599

of Coron and Culion are easier to get to. Aside from boosting domestic tour-ism, our new routes will also enhance trade and investment as we also make available our cargo services,” said Al-exander Lao, Cebgo President and CEO.

CEB is launching the four fl ights with an introductory, all-in seat sale of PHP599 from April 6 to April 9, 2017, or until seats last. Travel period is from May 15 to November 30, 2017.

“CEB has remained true to its com-mitment of making air travel safe, af-fordable, reliable, and fun-fi lled for ev-eryjuan. Rest assured, we will continue expanding our network to enable even more of our kababayans to travel with our trademark lowest fares, not only within the Philippines, but also to inter-national destinations,” added Lao.

Aside from Cebu and Clark, CEB also operates fl ights out of four other strategically placed hubs in the Philip-pines: Manila, Davao, Kalibo, and Il-oilo. The airline’s extensive network covers over 100 routes and 66 desti-nations, spanning Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and USA.

For bookings and inquiries, guests can visit www.cebupacifi cair.com.

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