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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Shedding her gentle, nurturing Nanay persona, Gov. Lilia G. Pineda went virtually ballistic Wednesday over the “poor” conduct of the war against drugs in Pampanga.

Gov goes ballistic over anti-drugs war

RILED. Gov. Lilia G. Pineda vents her disappointment over the “poor conduct’ of President Duterte’s war against drugs in Pampanga at the peace and order council meeting. With her at the head table are (L-R) PML president Mayor Mylyn Pineda-Cayabyab of Lubao, Pampanga police director Senior Supt. Joel Consulta, BMs Fritzie David-Dizon and Cherry Manalo, DILG provincial director Myrvie Fabia, provincial administrator Jun Pangilinan, VG Dennis Pineda, and PDEA-3 head Juvenal Azurin. P!"#" $% B"&' L()*"&

ANGELES CITY - Mayor Ed-gardo Pamintuan has ordered the creation of a “special desk” in city hall for Korean residents and tourists in this city, even as he vowed to work for the relief of all cops at Police Sta-tion 5 which covers Koreatown where several Koreans have been victimized by rogue cops.

Pamintuan issued the order from Rome where he sits as adviser in the ongoing peace talks between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Phili-lippines (NDFP).

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ers of the large Korean com-munity in this city immediate-ly after arriving from abroad in order to assure the safety of expats and foreign visitors in Angeles following involvement of policemen in crimes against Korean nationals,” he said in a statement yesterday.

Pamintuan said: “I am dis-mayed and saddened by the alleged involvement of po-licemen in crimes against our friends from Korea who visit and have taken residence in our city.”

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ANGELES CITY – The axe fi nally fell on Se-nior Supt. Sydney Vil-lafl or who was relieved from his post as city police director after two kidnapping inci-dents involving Kore-an nationals allegedly perpetrated by rogue cops, seven of them his men. This, in the midst of a brutal police crackdown on illegal drugs.

Central Luzon po-lice director, Chief Supt. Aaron Aquino, cited “command re-sponsibility” in his re-lief order to Villafl or who is now assigned to the PNP Regional Holding Unit in Camp Olivas.

Villafl or was re-placed by Senior Supt. Jose Hidalgo, Jr.

Councilor Jay San-gil said Villafl or was summoned by the sangguniang panlung-sod on Tuesday to re-port on the reported kidnappings involving Korean nationals.

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ANGELES CITY- The Regional Trial Court (RTC) here has granted the petition of the Phil-ippine National Police (PNP) to retain “tokha-

AC court ok’s Crame detention of Jee kidnap-murder suspects

ng for ransom” suspect SPO3 Ricky Santa Isa-bel to remain under PNP at Camp Crame for se-curity reasons.

At the same time RTC Branch 58 Judge Percival Pangilinan set

on Monday afternoon the arraignment of Sta. Isabel, SPO4 Roy Vil-legas, Ramon Yalung, PO2 Ramon Baldovi-no and four other “John Does” listed only as “Pu-lis,” “Jerry,”, “Sir Dum-

lao,” and “Ding.”Despite the grant-

ing of custody at Crame, the Public Attorney’s Of-fi ce, which has provided Santa Isabel with coun-sel, said it would ask the

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ANGELES CITY – The ordinance imposing man-datory insurance coverage for all business owners with capitalization and gross income of more than P150,000 was met with another resistance from the Pinoy Gumising Ka Movement (PGKM).

This time, the PGKM insists that Ordinance No. 398 was “railroaded” by the present administration because of the absence of “an honest to goodness public hearing.”

It was learned that the city council conducted a public hearing on the ordinance in Barangay Sa-pang Bato last December.

But PGKM chair Ruperto Cruz assailed the said public hearing: “For such an ordinance of such importance and with a big impact on busi-ness, why hold it in Sapang Bato? They are hiding something.”

Cruz said they could have conducted the hear-

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CITY OF SAN FERNAN-DO - Farmers picketed here Wednesday the regional of-fi ce of the Department of La-bor and Employment (DOLE) in time for the hearing of the labor case they fi led against those who allegedly recruited “sacadas,” mostly Lumad trib-al folk from Mindanao, as virtu-al slaves for work in Hacienda Luisita.

Unyon ng mga Manggaga-wa sa Agrikultura (UMA) sec-retary general Danilo Ramos said that more sacadas or mi-gratory sugar workers fi led yesterday complaints of abuse against their recruiters and employers, Greenhand Labor Service Cooperative, Agrikulto Inc., and Central Azucarera de

Farmers picket DOLE-3 on ‘slavery’ cases in LuisitaTarlac.

Ramos said his group, to-gether with the Alyansa ng Magbubukid sa Gitnang Lu-zon (AMGL) and the Kilu-sang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and BAYAN-Central Luzon staged the picket-pro-test in front of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) of DOLE “in support of Mindanao sacadas exploited in Hacienda Luisita.”

“The picket coincided with the fi rst hearing of labor com-plaints initially fi led at the NLRC by 36 sacadas before leaving for Mindanao,” he noted.

In a statement, howev-er, Greenhand Labor Service Cooperative, the recruitment agency responsible for bring-ing the workers to Tarlac, de-nied the charges against them.

“It is totally untrue that their living conditions are inade-quate. We have four buildings with good running water and continuous electricity for ev-eryone,” explained Greenhand general manager Billy Baitus.

“In fact, DOLE Regional Of-fi ce 3 has approved and given us a Certifi cate of Adequate Temporary Dwelling Facility for those four buildings,” the statement said.

But Ramos recalled that “52 sacadas recruited from Bukidnon province were earli-er rescued by UMA and its lo-cal affi liate, OGYON or Onyon sa Yanong Obrerong Nagkahi-usa during the Christmas hol-idays.”

“On January 15, another 18 individuals – including women and infant children – escaped

from slave-like conditions in Hacienda Luisita. They were also recruited by Greenhand from diff erent Mindanao prov-inces – Davao del Sur, Davao del Norte, South Cotabato and Compostela Valley,” he said. The 18 also fi led yesterday abuse cases against the same respondents.

Ramos noted that “the new batch of sacadas corroborated earlier testimonies that there were 800 to 1,000 sacadas cramped into a bunkhouse in Mapalacsiao, Hacienda Lu-isita to cut and haul cane for Agrikulto Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the sugar mill Central Azucarera de Tarlac.”

They were paid only P9.46 per day of work that lasted into the night, on top of the require-ment for them to purchase

their own tools, contrary to at-tractive wages promised them during the recruitment pro-cess, he reported.

The sugar mill at the haci-enda is now jointly owned by the Cojuangco-Aquinos and Martin Lorenzo, a scion of the Lorenzo landlord family of Mindanao.

Meanwhile, OGYON sec-retary general Fructuoso Car-pentero said more complaints were also fi led last Monday by 18 sacadas before the NLRC in Malaybalay, Bukidnon. The complainants were among those who “escaped” from Hacienda Luisita even before UMA came to their rescue, he said.

No one among the respon-dents could immediately be reached.

CLARK FREEPORT – Clark Development Corporation (CDC) President and CEO

CDC, DOT ink MOA on accrediting tourism facilities in ClarkNoel F. Manankil acknowl-edged the importance of world-class tourism facilities and ser-

vices available to the visitors and residents of this Freeport and its contiguous areas.

This was learned after the Department of Tourism Region III (DOT III) signed a Memo-

randum of Agreement (MOA) with CDC on January 23 to en-force the accreditation of tour-ism enterprises in Clark that will be jointly undertaken by CDC and DOT Region III.

The MOA was signed be-tween Manankil and DOT III Regional Director Ronnie Tio-tuico.

The MOA is also in support of the DOT’s thrust to uplift the quality of tourism facilities and services in the country as mandated by R.A. 9593 other-wise known as the Tourism Act of 2009.

At present, Clark has over 2,000 hotel rooms, 63 con-vention and meeting facilities, 75 dining facilities, eight well-ness facilities and fi ve hos-pitals. The Freeport also has six casinos, eight golfi ng and other sports facilities, seven shopping centers, 20 banks, 12 convenience stores and six petrol depot.

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TOURISM BOOST. Clark Development Corp. president-CEO Noel F. Manankil and Department of Tourism III regional director Ronnie Tiotuico show the copy of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on the Accreditation of Tourism Enterprises in Clark Freeport Zone. P!"#" )"1+#0*% ", CDC-CD

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO - The Department of Health (DOH) said here yesterday it would take two months at most for laboratories in Japan and Australia to fi nd out whether water and soil samples from Limay, Bataan contained toxic elements from Petron’s Bata-an refi nery which residents blame for their skin and respi-ratory ailments.

“We are looking for possi-ble dioxins which is associated with oil refi neries,” said DOH regional epidemiologist Dr. Jesse Fantone. He said there are no laboratories in the Phil-ippines capable to tracing di-oxin elements in the samples.

Residents of Lamao, Limay have blamed the refi nery for their skin and respiratory ail-ments which allegedly started when the refi nery started to operate in 2013.

But Fantone said that so far, experts have found no cor-relation between the ailments and the refi nery. He cited a Bataan-wide study done by specialists from the DOH’s en-vironmental and occupational bureau, the epidemiology bu-

reau, the national reference laboratory, and the toxicology section, as well as the Bata-an provincial health offi ce and the Limay rural health offi ce, showing “no clustering” of skin and respiratory ailments in Li-may.

“We did a morbidity study in Limay and the rest of Bata-an but we saw no clustering (of skin and respiratory ailments). It was supposed to be a val-idation survey done last Jan. 13,” he reported.

Fantone said that despite this, “just to be sure, the team which conducted the study gathered water and soil sam-ples from the area and these were brought to laboratories in Japan and Australia where the results are expected after two months at most.”

He also said blood sam-ples were also taken from 10 residents of Limay who had complained of respiratory and skin rashes which, he noted, appeared to be simple “galis.”

“A team of epidemiologists have been staying in LImay since last Monday for a more extensive study,” he said.

DOH regional director Dr. Leonita Gorgolon said “we are concerned with the health of the people. If we fi nd connec-tion between the ailments and the refi nery, we will make the necessary recommendations.”

Earlier, Environment Sec. Gina Lopez vowed to get to the bottom of the issue. Under the initial sanction imposed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, oil re-fi ner Petron will be allowed to transfer an ash stockpile said to be causing the environment and health problems.

“Right now, it’s the moun-tain. The mountain is causing all the health problems. The mayor didn’t give the permit. I’ll give their permit and they are gonna take it out,” Lopez said. “They’re gonna silo it so it doesn’t go out at all and we’ll see it happening,” she added

Ramon Ang, president of San Miguel Corp. which owns the refi nery, denied that the plant was causing health prob-lems, but nonetheless prom-ised to cover medical expens-es for aff ected residents.

– Ding Cervantes

Water, soil samples from Limay fl own to Japan, Australia for study on toxics

MABALACAT natives David Parcel and Marie Joyce Mar-fori have conquered Malolos City after being crowned as Ginoo at Binibining Republica de Filipinas 2017 and Best in Costume during the corona-tion night on Saturday at Ma-lolos Sports and Convention Center in Bulacan.

Ginoo at Binibining Re-publica de Filipinas, a nation-al pageant, is in celebration of the Fiesta Republica in the renaissance city of Malolos.

Marfori, 20, from Baran-gay Dolores is taking up Bachelor of Science in Busi-ness Economics at the Uni-versity of the Philippines at Diliman, Quezon City. She represented the city in Mutya ng Pilipinas 2016 and is Miss Mabalacat City 2016-1st prin-cess and Miss Silka Pampan-ga 2016 2nd runner up.

“The competition was re-ally tough as the 17 other candidates are really experi-enced when it comes to pag-eantry,” the beauty queen said.

Likewise, Parcel, 19, from

Barangay Mabiga is a nursing student at Angeles University Foundation in Angeles City. He holds the titles Mr. Mabiga 2015 and Mr. Mabalacat 2016 1st runner up.

“All I did was give my best and I think God did the rest. Masaya po ako na nakapag-bigay kami ng karangalan sa Mabalacat,” the young gent added.

The titlists extend their sincere gratitude to Dionisio Magbalot, director for the Ma-balacat City’s Culture and the arts, members of the Pow-er Mabalacat City Center for the Culture and Arts, Ermie Dizon, Arnold Dungca and the creative team composing of Ralph Sapno (make-up), Binibining Jheng Aban (hair), Rhoy Pineda and Jasvin Su-arez (assistants), JC Medina (grooming), Santino Rivera (costume) and Frederick Poli-carpio (gown) for their unwav-ering support all throughout the journey to the crown.

Indeed, Mabalacat City is home of world-class beauty and talent. –Press release

Mabalaqueños hailed as G. at Bb. Republica de Filipinas 2017

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FISH SPA. Lubao Mayor Mylyn Pineda-Cayabyab plays with the “fi sh spa” tank at the Lubao Bamboo Hub and Eco Park before the management committee meeting on Wednesday. P!"#" )"1+#0*% ", A2$0+# B. L()(&2(20

LUBAO, Pampanga--Mayor Mylyn Pineda-Cayabyab on Wednesday convened the management committee to increase safety and securi-ty measures, among other concerns, at the Lubao Bamboo Hub and Eco Park in Barangay Sta. Catalina here.

The mayor has instructed the committee to review the existing rules and regulations at the bamboo hub and recommend ways to further improve the services at the park that is fast becoming one of the premier tourist destinations in Pampanga.

Hundreds of tourists visit the park especially during the weekends to relax under the shade of bamboo trees; and, enjoy boat rides and family bonding at its picnic grounds.

“Warning and precautionary signs should be installed to guide visitors on proper and safe use of the facilities. We want the public to have a fun and memorable time while inside the park,” Mayor Pine-da-Cayabyab told the committee.

Cleanliness is also one of the major concerns at the hub, the mayor added.

As the place is also home to the model materials recovery facility (MRF) in Pampanga, the mayor underscored the need for both per-sonnel and visitors to observe proper garbage disposal.

Roaming guards and uniformed police personnel will be deployed on a regular basis to prevent untoward incidents.

Road networks leading to the bamboo hub are being improved for better accessibility. Once all the roads minor roads are paved, the park will just be a mere fi ve-minute drive from the Jose Abad Santos Avenue.

The mayor has also called on residents of nearby communities, along with fi shermen and farmers tending the fi elds around the hub to observe park regulations for the safety of visitors and sound up-keep of the whole premises.

Mayor Pineda-Cayabyab said the park is generating income for the municipal government and has created jobs for locals who are employed for the maintenance of the facilities and thus should be a responsibility for all stakeholders.

The provincial government, under the leadership of Gov. Lilia “Nanay” Pineda, is also supporting the project by providing funds for the construction of other facilities inside the park.

“This park is a property of the people of Lubao and it is the re-sponsibility of everyone to help maintain it,” the mayor added.

–Press release

Lubao LGU to beef up security, safety

at Bamboo Hub

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Opinion

Ridiculous ‘libel’

THE NATIONAL Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) decries the harassment of Digos City broadcaster Ednar “Jun” Panerio and the radio station where he works as news anchor and commentator by a Davao del Sur provincial offi cial.

Around 3 p.m. Jan. 20, Davao del Sur deputy governor Arvin Malaza sought out Panerio at the station of 105.3 Radyo Kastigo in Barangay Cogon, Digos City, accompanied by Flor Sardido, a lawyer of Gov. Douglas Cagas, and several police offi cers. Radyo Kastigo, which started operations two weeks ago, carried public aff airs programs critical of Cagas’ governance.

According to Radyo Kastigo technician Weng Torrecampo, Malaza’s group insisted on entering the station but backed off on learning that he had informed radio owner Rick Torrecampo of their presence. Panerio was no longer in the radio station when Malaza and company came. Weng Torrecampo said Malaza and Sardido mentioned that their search for Panerio was related to allegations in a police blotter that he committed libel during his radio commentaries.

Upon learning of the incident, Panerio said he went to the Digos police station on Saturday and “off ered myself to be arrested,” a gesture laughed off by the police offi cers present. There, the police offi cials recounted to Panerio how they argued with Malaza and Sardido about the basis for having him arrested; the police maintaining there was none and Malaza insisting they just have to arrest him. Panerio said he was shown the police blotter containing the libel allegations that proved short on details like the specifi c comments deemed injurious to a particular person and when these were uttered in his radio program.

Panerio added that the Digos police--tired of the constant badgering--eventually dispatched several offi cers to accompany Malaza to Radyo Kastigo.

If he had good faith, Malaza--himself a broadcaster using the pseudonym Jun Blanco--should have known better: a police blotter cannot be used as basis to have Panerio, or anyone for that matter, arrested for libel. That should be ordered by a competent court just like his arrest last year for six counts of libel. Malaza’s badgering of the police to do an illegal act-- the warrantless arrest of Panerio--can only be driven by ill-will.

When Malaza did not get what he wanted, he tried another trick on Radyo Kastigo. On Monday afternoon, he convinced a National Telecommunications Communication (NTC) personnel to conduct an inspection of the radio station, supposedly to probe some complaints.

Malaza seems hell-bent on moving heaven and earth to defend the public reputation of his principal, Governor Cagas he would muzzle a fellow broadcaster and even a radio station.

But we also note that his attempts to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the operation of Radyo Kastigo could have business underpinnings. Malaza is Chief Executive Offi cer of Muews FM, for which Panerio worked for some eight months in 2016, handling roles in news production and administrative support, as well as being program anchor, compensated only by commissions from advertisements placed on his daily two-hour broadcast slot.

(NUJP statement signed by Ryan Roasuro, chairman)

Busting BoomtownKOREATOWN, Angeles City – This place hosts the biggest concentration of businesses and commercial establishments of South Korean nationals hereabouts, hence the moniker.

At the enclave’s early stage over some 15 years ago, Friendship Highway which runs through it was dubbed the 38th Parallel: establishments on its west side alleged to be devoted to South Korea, and those on the east side partial to Kim’s North. Brawls were a nightly occurrence for sometime, until the hustle of trade and the bustle of commerce invested a more serene business climate there.

Koreatown thrives. Witness the volume of vehicular traffi c there, which the one-way scheme the city government imposed has failed to contain.

So much has Koreatown fl ourished that it has assumed the proportion, nay, the very fullness of the fabled El Dorado of the Old West that, naturally, drew in droves the infamous desperadoes.

Thus, sans sworn statements, even absent blottered names, the verity in the collective lament: “Open season: Koreans fair game” to just about every crook, conman and criminal, local or Korean, civilian or…ay, many times uniformed.

Extortion was rampant. Victims though kept their quiet, understandably afraid of the extortionists – especially when uniformed – upping their ante from six digits to seven, to dear life itself. Still, a few cases surfaced. One can fi nd them in the web.

There was the all-too-common modus “girl-baiting” whereby, in Jan. 2015, a Korean was “framed-up” with human traffi cking after he paid a “bar fi ne” to take out a sex worker from a Fields Avenue nightspot.

Two cops “arrested” the Korean but took him to their safe house instead of the police station and demanded P1 million. The victim managed to cough up P200,000. It was when the rogue cops collected the balance of P800,000 that they were pounced upon by their own colleagues.

WeedsThen-police RD Chief Supt. Roland Santos

proudly declared: “We are weeding out police scalawags victimizing foreigners [in Angeles City],” referencing to a campaign he initiated in December 2014. Santos has since moved on to Calabarzon and subsequently retired. And the scalawags, like the bad weeds that they are, thrived.

“I ‘wuz raped” was the game played by scalawags on eight Koreans in January 2016. A woman, accompanied by police, accused the eight of gang-rape. The alleged victim though was seen in CCTV recordings while happily hopping from one eatery to another with a Korean companion at the time of the alleged rape.

The Koreans cried “police extortion” in a protest rally, and no case was ever fi led.

One “shakedown” – a Korean businessman and his employee fi led a complaint against the then Police Station 5 offi cer-in-charge for allegedly searching their business premises without any warrant in Dec. 2015.

SuicidesA phenomenon – not necessarily involving

the local police but as devastating to the Korean

community – was the case of questionable suicides.

In August 2012, two South Koreans were found dead, both apparent suicides, in the city.

Kim Song-hee, 27, is said to have fallen from the 5th Floor of Hotel Vida. There were no witnesses to her fall. No suicide note too. A CCTV footage though showed her husband dragging the victim outside their room at 12:05 a.m.!

Hyeokyeob Kwon, 37, resident of Diamond Subdivision in Barangay Balibago “apparently committed suicide” by drinking a ferric chloride solution inside his hotel room in nearby Barangay Malabanias. A note written in Korean was found in the room.

Two other cases of suicide of Koreans we remember – alas we cannot just fi nd the news stories about them – were both males who hang themselves using electrical cords with their feet touching the ground, reportedly for having squandered money entrusted to them for investments.

Then the killings, as listed in our banner of Wednesday.

One Her Tae Suk, 65, shot dead while walking with three other Koreans toward Prism Hotel in Clarkview Avenue on Feb. 19, 2014.

Indeed, as early as 2014, crimes committed against Koreans particularly in Angeles City have provoked the Korea Times to headline Philippines turns into death trap for Koreans in a three-part series.

And the killings have not stopped.Park Youn Jae, 60, owner of Royal Hotel in

Barangay Cutcut, shot dead inside his offi ce at the Koreatown along Friendship Highway here on Sept. 17, 2015.

Then on Oct. 12, 2016, the discovery of the bodies of three Koreans – two males and one female – with gunshots to their heads found in a sugar cane fi eld by the FVR Megadike in Bacolor town. The victims came from Angeles City.

Most heinous, unarguably, the kidnap – from his home in Friendship Plaza – and the killing – right at Camp Crame – of Jee Ick Joo perpetrated by policemen last October 18.

Friendship Plaza the locus anew of police-perpetrated crime in the warrantless “arrest” and illegal detention of three Koreans by seven cops belonging to notorious Station 5, fi lching P300,000 from them at the station, aside from carting away shoes, golf clubs, jewelry and P150,000 cash from their house.

These scalawags have been placed under restrictive custody, as administrative cases and summary dismissal proceedings are being set against them.

As of this writing, Wednesday evening, TV Patrol reported the sacking of Angeles City police director Senior Supt. Sydney Villafl or by PRO 3 director Chief Supt. Aaron Aquino.

A source in Koreatown called to say that the community welcomes “these positive developments.”

“To an extent, we have been relieved of the tension that gripped us these past weeks,” he said. “But still, we hope to hear a word from our mayor.”

ON JANUARY 27, 1867, Juan Crisostomo Soto, journalist, poet, playwright and known as the Father of Pampanga Liter-ature, was born in Santa Ines, Bacolor, Pampanga.

Soto, under the pen name of Crissot, wrote a number of lyrical poems, historical dra-

mas, humorous plays and phil-osophical essays, and “sarsu-welas,” the most famous of which is “Alang Dios” or There is no God (1901).

He translated some Span-ish literature into Pampan-go, including Lovers of Teruel Faust and Nero and the Glad-

iators. Soto married twice. His fi rst

wife was Julia Amaida who bore him 6 children. Julia died in 1903. His second wife Ro-sario Palma bore him 4 chil-dren. Juan Crisostomo Soto died on July 12, 1918 at the age of 51.

Juan Crisostomo Soto is born in Bacolor

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Napag-uusapanLangFelix M. Garcia

Ano ngakaya talaga?

KAUGNAY ng isyung ating tinalakay

sa nakalipas na dalawang araw lang,

narito ang ilang mahalagang bagay

na kinakailangang mabigyan ng linaw

Upang higit nating maipaunawa

sa nakararaming ating mambabasa,

itong kung bakit ang aking paksang diwa,

sumentro sa ‘Vested interest’ nga kaya?

Ang hinggil dito sa mga pangyayaring

nakapaloob sa nabanggit na natin,

kung saan pabor sa ‘accused’ itong ating

naging komento at naging pananaw din.

At yan ay kung bakit tila ang PDEA

ay nagmadali sa ginawang pagsampa

ng kasong ’graft’ sa Ombudsman nang di muna

sila dumaan sa tamang S.O. P. ba?

Kung bakit anila ay pinakialaman

ni Mayor Lacson ang laman ng babuyan

na nagsilbing pangtakip ng may-ari n’yan

sa ‘underground’ nitong komersyong iligal?

At bakit di nila kinordon noon pa

ang lugar upang di magalaw ng iba?

At saka dapat ay kumuha rin sila

ng ‘caretaker’ upang lahat mapreserba.

Gaya ng dapat ay may mag-papakain

sa mga baboy kung yan ay gagamitin

nilang ebidensya o kakailanganin

sa anumang ‘lawful action’ na gagawin.

Subali’t hanggang sa halos ay maubos

mamatay ang mga baboy d’yan sa loob,

ang PDEA ay di minsan man sumipot

kundi nang si Mayor na nga ang kumilos

At ibenta na nga ‘thru a lawful action’

ang lahat ng mga natitirang baboy,

kung saan pati na rin masamang amoy

sa kapaligiran nabigyang solusyon?

At pagkaraan nga ay biglang pumasok

sa eksena itong PDEA, at halos

magkandarapa sa ginawang pagkilos

upang sa Ombudsman ito’y ipaabot?

Na sina Mayors Lacson at Hizon nga

ng Magalang at Bacolor nakagawa

ng ‘unlawful action’ o sabwatan kaya

humantong sa ‘graft’ ang ikinasong bigla?

Anong basehan ng PDEA kung bakit

kasong ‘graft’ agad ang kanilang naisip

na ikaso gayong ang pera o ‘proceeds’

ay sa ‘trust fund’ nga ng bayan na-‘deposit?’

At lalo nang walang dapat panagutan

si Bacolor (Pampanga) town mayor Jomar,

gayong hindi rin ang kanyang katungkulan

bilang ‘public servant’ ang ginamit nga n’yan

Kundi ang personal nitong kapasidad

bilang negosyante at isa sa anak

ng ‘owner’ ng isa sa pinakasikat

Na ‘meat/food processor’ sa kilalang siyudad.

Kaya ano pa ngang butas ang posibleng

masilip ng ating PDEA sakaling

i-push thru’ man nito ang sa ganang atin

ay ‘vested interest’ na maituturing?

(sa panig n’yan at di sa mga alkaldeng

sa isyung nasabi ay gustong ipitin?!)

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SUBIC BAY FREEPORT- Newly appointed Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Administrator Atty. Wilma Eis-ma disclosed her priority pro-grams in running the agency as she urged SBMA offi cials and employees to begin with her a new chapter in revitaliz-ing Subic and chart its future.

“I came here alone with no entourage because I have each and every one of you who are experts in this place. Let us work together for a big-ger, better, brighter Subic,” Eisma told SBMA employees following last week’s turnover of the SBMA helm to the new administrator.

Eisma emphasized that strong work ethic, reason-able use of resources, hones-ty, transparency and following the law will mark her leader-ship and will serve as a com-mitment to what she described as a standard each employee should adhere to profession-alize SBMA services towards regaining and sustaining the confi dence of the investors.

She said her leadership is challenged to increase the container traffi c and get the airport running by improving its equipment and intensifying its port marketing campaign by utilizing its P553 million al-located budget.

Among her priorities in-

clude targeting zero complaint by eliminating “red tape and waiting time” through stream-lining of the process fl ow in applying for business permits, registration and other neces-sary documents related to the business needs of investors in compliance to President Dute-rte’s guidelines to issue all necessary permits, and oth-er similar documents in three days or less.

Eisma exhorted the SBMA Law Enforcement Department to step up in making the Subic Freeport the safest place for locators, tourists and residents by intensifying to professional-ize all security offi cers through trainings and refresher cours-es.

She also called on the Ecology Center to make the Freeport clean and green by spearheading clean and green initiatives, such as serving tap water, instead of bottled wa-ter, during meetings, keep-ing the surroundings clean of trash and imposing strict laws against litterers.

Introduction of policy re-forms and good governance programs, as well as amend-ing Republic Act 7227, if nec-essary, and intensify programs for a drug-free work place by applying zero tolerance on ille-gal drugs are also among Eis-ma’s priority programs.

The new SBMA administra-tor also cited the importance of

professionalizing and develop-ing personnel to bring SBMA to the modern and developed world. She said meritocracy will be the norm where pro-motion and recognition will be based on capacity on how an employee met his objectives.

Eisma again expressed her gratitude to President Ro-drigo Duterte for trusting her to serve again the country as she expressed her delight in coming back to Subic Freeport saying, “I’m glad that I am fi -nally back home.”

I would like to thank Presi-dent Duterte for trusting me to serve again our country. I nev-er thought I will get this job, that is why I am very thankful that he believes in me,” she said.

Eisma started her career as a volunteer during the ini-tial years of the SBMA. She worked at the House of Repre-sentatives and joined the pri-vate sector as a corporate af-fairs professional with the Phil-ippine affi liate of Philip Morris International.

On December 21, the President appointed her to the position of administrator and CEO of SBMA replacing former chairman and admin-istrator Roberto Garcia. She assumed offi ce Monday, Jan-uary 16 and attended her fi rst fl ag raising ceremony with employees and offi cers of the agency.

SBMA administrator buckles down to work, cites priority programs

THE OWNER of a publish-ing company is now in jail for non-payment and non-re-mittance of employees’ so-cial security and Employees’ Compensation contributions to the Social Security System (SSS) after the agency started an intensifi ed campaign with the Philippine National Police (PNP) to run after delinquent employers for violation of the Social Security Act of 1997.

“Together with the PNP, we served warrants of arrest last week against two erring employers due to a fi nal and executory judgement and fi ndings of probable cause. This is to warn all employers that no one is above the law and SSS will no longer toler-ate blatant disregard for so-cial security protection of its member-workers,” said Social Security Commission (SSC) Chairman Dean Amado D. Valdez.

The Makati Regional Tri-al Court convicted Victor A. Caluag, his 83-year old moth-er Conchita and Ma. Antoniet-ta R. Henson, Board of Direc-tors of Silver Stream Publish-ing Corporation, for non-remit-tance of contributions. How-ever, accused Antonietta Hen-son remains at large and the case against accused Realiza G. Henson was sent to the ar-chives since she has not been arraigned.

SSS starts crackdownon delinquent employers

Based on the decision, the three accused jumped bail and failed to attend hear-ings despite due notice hence bench warrants were issued against them. On January 19, the Caluags were arrested at their residence in Bel-Air Vil-lage, Makati City. They will both serve a minimum of six years and 1 day to 8 years im-prisonment, and were ordered to pay SSS the amount of P1,608,837.45 million for un-paid contributions and penal-ties as of December 15, 2011.

On the same day, a war-rant of arrest was supposed to be served on Dominador I. Lim Florencio I. Lim, Rufi -no Tan Manuel L. Lopez and Jose Fernandez, Jr., owners of Paladin Protective & Secu-rity Services, Inc. for non-re-mittance of loan repayments to SSS. However, they are no longer residing in their last known address at San Antonio Village, Makati City.

“The SSS will use the strength of the law to fi nd de-linquent employers against whom criminal cases have been fi led, so we can pros-ecute them for non-registra-tion, non-reporting of em-ployees, non-production of records and the correspond-ing non-payment and non-re-mittance of contributions and loan amortization repayments of their employees,” said Atty.

Stella Berna Valentona-In-acay, Offi cer-In-Charge, NCR South Operations Legal De-partment.

Early this month, Dean Val-dez announced that SSS will conduct operation tokhang as a contribution collection mech-anism. Under this mechanism, SSS will issue a show cause order among delinquent em-ployers to give them a chance to comply with the SS Act. Otherwise, a legal case would be fi led against them.

“The warrants of arrest against the Caluags and Lim is only the beginning of our crackdown against erring em-ployers. We will not stop un-til employers learn the value of registering and reporting their employees and paying their monthly contributions with SSS, otherwise, face civil and criminal charges for viola-tion of the SS Law,” said Dean Valdez.

Dean Valdez added that names of the top delinquent employers will soon be pub-lished in media.

From 2010 to fi rst semes-ter of 2016, SSS has initiated legal actions such as issuance of demand letters and fi ling of cases against 34,000 delin-quent employers. The SSS was able secure 41 employer convictions with a correspond-ing collectible delinquency pf P61.66 million.

Owner of publishing company jailed

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NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of Spouses DIOSDADO SICAT and

CAROLINA G. SICAT who died intestate on April 19, 1994 and July 17, 2016, respectively, both in Mexico, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Power of Attorney of their estate, more particularly described as parcels of land, to wit:

Transfer Certifi cate of Title 175139-RLot 2-A of the subd. plan Psd-03-004386, being a portion of Lot

2, (LRC) Pcs-6121, L.R.C. Rec. No. ), situated in the Barrio of San Antonio, Municipality of Mexico, Province of Pampanga;

Transfer Certifi cate of Title 56662-RLot 1 of the consolidation subdivision plan (LRC) Pcs-6121,

being a portion of the consolidation of Lots 1437-A, 1437-B and 1431-C, described on plan Psd-20807, LRC Rec. No. ), situated in the Barrio of San Antonio, Municipality of Mexico, Province of Pampanga;

before Notary Public Gener C. Endona as per Doc No. 405, Page No. 82, Book No. 55, Series of 2016.

Punto! Central Luzon: January 12, 19 & 26, 2017

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of JUANITO C. PANLAQUI a.k.a.

JOHNNY PANLAQUI who died intestate on July 13, 2009 in San Vicente, Tarlac City executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of Sale of his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 5, Blk. 13 of the subd. plan (LRC) Psd-176795 being a portion of Lot 1, (LRC) Pcs-15135 LRC Rec. No. 132), situated in the Bo. of Dau, Mun. of Mabalacat, Prov. of Pamp. and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 279401-R, before Notary Public Jerry C. Perico as per Doc No. 1721, Page No. 15, Book No. XXXVIII, Series of 2011.

Punto! Central Luzon: January 12, 19 & 26, 2017

NOTICE OF SELF ADJUDICATIONNotice is hereby given that DANILO A. PARAS, of legal age, Filipino

citizen, married, with residence at 3599 Eugenio St., Sta. Maria Village II, Balibago, Angeles City and sole heir of AURORA A. PARAS who died intestate six years ago in Angeles City executed an Affi davit of Self Adjudication with Sale of her estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 16-B of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-244647, being a portion of Lot 16, Block 3, (LRC) Psd-97370, LRC Cad. Rec. No. 124), situated in the Barrio of Balibago, Angeles City and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 83285 in the Registry of Deeds of Angeles City, before Notary Public Adrian T. De Guzman as per Doc No. 201, Page No. 80, Book No. II, Series of 2017.

Punto! Central Luzon: January 26, February 2 & 9, 2017

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of FREDDIE DALISAY who

died intestate on May 15, 2013 in Camiling, Tarlac executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale of Rights of his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 1078-B-10, of the subdivision plan Psd-03-005291, being a portion of Lot 1078-B (LRC) Psd-44000, LRC Rec. No. 372), situated in the Barrio of Mancatian, Municipality of Porac, Province of Pampanga, Island of Luzon and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 202282-R, before Notary Public Eric V. Mendoza as per Doc No. 245, Page No. 70, Book No. 76, Series of 2017.

Punto! Central Luzon: January 26, February 2 & 9, 2017

FOR PEACE. Punto GM Atty. Gener Endona, representing the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, sits among provincial heads of government agencies at the peace and order council meeting. P!"#" $% B"&' L()*"&

“President Duterte has all the right and rea-sons to be dismayed, even to be angry with us in local government and in the police forces as we fall short of our duty to give him all-out support in this war,” Pineda said at the provincial peace and order council meet-ing at the Kingsborough International Convention Center here.

Pineda noted that in his recent meeting with the governors, the Pres-ident pleaded for their support to “win the war against drugs and save our nation from perdi-tion.”

“Bakit kailangan pang makiusap ang Presiden-te sa atin na tumulong sa drug campaign e trabaho natin yan, tapos Pangulo lang ang binabanatan sa media. Dapat tayo ang pinupuna (Why is there a need for the President to appeal for our support when that is our obliga-tion, then only he gets the brunt of criticism from media when it is us that deserves such criti-cisms),” Pineda said.

“There are certainly lapses on our part that we have to acknowledge, learn from them and re-

Gov goes ballistic over anti-drugs warnew our determination to fi ght illegal drugs and all the problems that come along with it,” she fur-thered.

According to her, “there was little if any correct information on the illegal drug problem at ground level being shared from the baran-gay to the municipality and up to the provincial levels.”

“This is compounded by the lack of coordina-tion among stakeholders such as the barangay and town offi cials on one hand, and the police on the other,” she added.

Noticing only a few mayors were present at the meeting, Pineda de-cried the “apparent lack of interest or indiff er-ence of some local ex-ecutives” in the anti-drug campaign.

“We need the may-ors themselves, not their mere representa-tives to actively pursue this campaign to an ac-complished conclusion,” she said, reminding De-partment of the Interior and Local Government provincial director Myr-vie Fabia to ensure the presence of all mayors in subsequent meetings of the council “under pain of administrative sanc-

tions, if need be.”Among the mayors

present in the meeting were Pampanga Mayors League president My-lyn Pineda-Cayabyab of Lubao, Peter Nucom of Apalit, Bon Alejandrino of Arayat, Jomar Hizon of Bacolor, Dan Baylon of Candaba, Condrali-to de la Cruz of Porac, Ross Gamboa of Sta. Ana, Venancio Macapa-gal of San Luis, and Ed-win Santiago of the City of San Fernando.

Also in attendance were the provincial po-lice offi ce headed by Senior Supt. Joel Con-sulta, heads and repre-sentatives of the provin-cial offi ces of the Philip-pine Drug Enforcement Agency, Department of Justice, National Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, Public Attor-ney’s Offi ce, Integrated Bar of the Philippines, among others.

SurrendereesReacting to a briefi ng

by the Pampanga pro-vincial police offi ce which highlighted the voluntary surrender of 11,000 con-fessed drug pushers and users, Pineda expressed dissatisfaction over their alleged “reformation.”

She said that many of the so-called surren-derees have reverted to their nefarious ways with illegal drugs.

“Tama si President Duterte, napakalaking halaga ng ginagastos ng gobyerno sa rehabil-itastyon na parang na-sasayang lamang kapag hindi naman puspusan ang kanilang kagustu-han na magbago (The President is right, gov-ernment spends a lot funds for their rehabilita-tion which is only wasted by their unwillingness to change),” Pineda said.

For his part, Vice Gov. Dennis Pineda urged the police to conduct fol-low-up random screen-ing among surrenderees to ensure that they do not go back to using or selling illegal drugs.

Drug testing kits were allocated for the continu-ous monitoring of those who are undergoing or have passed the refor-mation program.

The provincial gov-ernment, though, was puzzled why of the 40,000 kits made avail-able, only around 6,000 have been utilized.

“If the towns need the kits, all they have to do is make a request and we can dispense anytime of

the day,” the vice gover-nor said.

He also reminded the provincial police to turn over to another compo-nent of the Dalan king Pamagbayu (Road to Change) program those surrenderees who will test positive for drugs anew during or after their reformation program.

LamentOn the sidelines of

the meeting, Gov. Pi-neda raised indigna-tion over the kidnap and killing of Angeles City-based South Korean businessman Jee Ick-joo even as she expressed her personal sympathies to his family.

“Much as I would like to engage the Korean community in my offi cial capacity, I may be mis-

construed of encroach-ing upon the political au-thority of Angeles City, being independent from the province,” she said.

Pineda lamented though that the distinc-tion of Pampanga and Angles City as separate political units has been blurred in the reportage rising out of the Jee kill-ing and in the subse-quent case of extortion and illegal arrest of Ko-reans by members of the city police.

“Those involved have been generalized as ‘pulis-Pampanga’ not specifi ed as Angeles City policemen, there-fore smearing the im-age of the provincial po-lice force which is most unfair to them,” Pineda rued. With report from Albert Lacanlale

ing at the sangguniang panlungsod hall as they did during the proposed real property tax in-crease.

“Meging habit yune itang manyalikut para i-railroad ye ing buri yu (It has become your hab-it to hide it just to railroad what you want),” Cruz said.

“This can be gleaned from the Capilion project in Clark which is shroud-ed in mystery too,” he said.

When the city coun-cil came up with a reso-lution against the estab-lishment of the Capilion project at the main gate of the Clark Freeport Zone, Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan herded the city council who met with Tugade at his offi ce in Clark.

“What happened in that meeting?” Cruz asked. “Now the city council is silent on the Capilion project,” he not-ed.

Cruz said Ordinance No. 398 could not even

pass the four-way test of the Rotary Club. “Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and bet-ter friendship? Will it be benefi cial to all con-cerned?”

“We don’t need a mo-ro-moro public hearing just to comply with the law,” he charged.

Cruz said the PGKM is calling for another public hearing on the or-dinance with the busi-ness sector properly rep-resented in the city coun-cil building where it is ac-

Mandatory insurance ordinance...F��� ���! 1 cessible for everyone.

Meanwhile, Vice Mayor Bryan Nepomu-ceno has yet to respond. The vice mayor has not replied to text messages sent to his cellphone.

Ordinance No. 398 series of 2016 requires mandatory public legal liability insurance cov-erage of said business-es in the city except those within public mar-kets, medical and den-tal clinics, accounting of-fi ce and law offi ces and those with existing insur-ance.

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SpotlightRey Pineda

Republic of the PhilippinesRegional Trial Court

THIRD JUDICIAL REGIONCity of San Fernando (P)

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND,Petitioner-Mortgagee,

~ versus ~ Extra Judicial Foreclosure No. 290-16MARK JOSEPH V. SIOCO, (Punto Central Luzon)

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

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALEUpon Extra-Judicial Petition for Sale under Act 3135 as amended, fi led

by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND, Petitioner-Mortgagee, with postal address at Suburbia Commercial Center, Maimpis, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, against MARK JOSEPH V. SIOCO, Respondent-Mortgagor, residing at 80 Bancal, Guagua, Pampanga, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of May 31, 2016, amounted to ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED NINETEEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTEEN PESOS & 36/100 Centavos (P1,219,215.36) Philippine Currency, excluding penalties, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned Deputy Sheriff will sell at public auction on February 16, 2017 at 9:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, at the Main Lobby of the Regional Trial Court, Capitol Compound, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to the highest bidder/s for CASH or MANAGER’S CHEQUE and in Philippine Currency, the following property/ies with all the improvements thereon, to wit;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 696620-R“A parcel of land (Lot 92, Blk. 56 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, L.R.C. Rec. No. 151), situated in the Bo. of Calibutbut, Mun. of Bacolor, Prov. of Pamp. x x x containing an area of FORTY FIVE SQUARE METERS & FIFTY SQUARE DECIMETERS (45.50) more or less. x x x”

Prospective buyers/bidders are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title to the said property and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

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

In the event that the Public Auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on February 26, 2017, at the same time and place without further notice.

City of San Fernando, Pampanga, 6th day of January, 2017.

ANGELITO B. DOMINGO Sheriff in-Charge

cc: HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND MARK JOSEPH V. SIOCO Suburbia Commercial Complex, Maimpis, 80 Bancal, Guagua, Pampanga City of San Fernando, Pampanga, 2000

PUNTO! Central Luzon: January 19, 26 & February 2, 2017

Republic of the PhilippinesOFFICE OF THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR

Province of PampangaMabalacat City

RA Form 10.1

NOTICE TO THE PUBLICIn compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to

the public that JENETTE L. SAMSON has fi led with this Offi ce a petition for Change of First Name from MA. JENETTE to JENETTE in the Certifi cate of Live Birth of MA. JENETTE LLONA SAMSON who was born on September 27, 1975 at Mabalacat, Pampanga and whose parents are Genaro C. Samson and Nenita N. Llona.

Any person adversely aff ected by said petition may fi le his/her written opposition with this offi ce not later than seven (7) days after the completion of the publication period.

VICTOR TERRY A. MEDINA City Civil Registrar

FOR THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR:

Punto! Central Luzon: January 20 & 27, 2017

NOTICE OF INITIAL HEARING ON PETITION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP

CASE# JS517246

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MARICOPA

IN THE MATTER OF:

JOSH MATTHEW R. GUTIERREZ DOB 11/29/05 A MINOR CHILD

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE PETITIONER: SARAH J. PLATTEN fi led a Petition for Termination of Parent-Child Relationship with the Juvenile Court in Maricopa County regarding the above named child(ren).

TO: Gian Karlo L. Angeles and John Doe (a fi ctitious name), name of parent(s) whose rights are to be terminated. AN INITIAL HEARING HAS BEEN SET TO CONSIDER THE PETITION:

DATE: March 3, 2017

TIME: 9:00 AM

BEFORE: Honorable Abe

At the Maricopa County Juvenile Court located at: Durango Juvenile Court; 3131 W. Durango Street, Phoenix, AZ 85009 USA

NOTICE: You have a right to appear as a party in this proceeding. The failure of a parent to appear at the Initial Hearing, the Pretrial Conference, the Status Conference or the Conference or the Termination Adjudication Hearing may result in a court order terminating the parent-child relationship of that parent.

Failure to appear at the Initial Hearing, Pretrial Conference, Status Conference or Termination Adjudication Hearing, without good cause, may result in a fi nding that the parent, guardian or Indian custodian has waived legal rights and is deemed to have admitted the allegations in the Petition. The hearings may go forward in the absence of the parent, guardian or Indian custodian and may result in the termination of parental rights based upon the record and evidence presented.

Punto! Central Luzon: January 19, 26, Feb. 2 & 9, 2017

Kylie Padilla andAljur Abrenica are engaged

TO END all the speculations about Kylie Padilla, her management posted on instagram the engagment of the real and reel couple.

Kylie Padilla and Aljur Abrenica are engaged to be married.Kylie, who will turn 24 years old tomorrow, January 25, is now three months

pregnant with her fi rst child with Aljur.The short but offi cial statement, posted on Vidanes Celebrity Marketing’s

Instagram, read: “The Vidanes Celebrity Marketing would like to announce to the great

public the engagement of Ms. Kylie Padilla and Mr. Aljur Abrenica.”For her part, Kylie also took to Instagram to express her happiness

over this new chapter in her and Aljur’s lives.The Encantadia actress said: “I know these past days have

been rough but I can’t wait for the day people get to know you like I know you. can’t wait to share how it happened I’m just happy I am sharing it with you.”

Kylie and Aljur fi rst became a couple in 2011. They broke up in 2014 following infi delity rumors that

plagued their relationship.However, early last year Aljur admitted that he and Kylie

have reconciled in September 0f 2016.q q q

KAPAMILYA ACTOR Luis Alandy is set to marry his non-showbiz fi ance Joselle Fernandez next month.

Luis and Joselle fi rst met in an event in a gym where both of them visit frequently.

“Oo, e, sobrang parang... very clich.“Pero yung hinahanap ko na someone to be with, siya

yun, e.“Very good family values, sobrang bait niya rin, so siya

na talaga.”Joselle grew up in tondo,Manila and transferred to Sta.

Rosa, Laguna.Luis talks about their wedding plans...“Sa Tagaytay kami ikakasal.“Garden wedding, kasi Christian siya, ako din.“Mostly non-showbiz ang invited, konti lang sa showbiz.“Hindi siya engrandeng wedding. Hands-on kami

pareho, pero may events organizer naman.”Luis admits that he is excited about his marriage.“Oo, sobra! Ilang tulog na lang... less than a month na lang.”Luis is 36, despite their age gap the actor says it doesn’t matter.“Hindi namin kami halata na may gap, yun ang biro ko sa kanya.“Magkasundo naman kami sa lahat ng bagay.“Sa ugali, hobbies, yung mga likes and dislikes namin, halos

pareho.“So it was easier for us, the adjustment part.”He also said that he will continue with his showbiz career even after

his marriage.Yun din ang isa sa maganda kasi yung family nila ay very artistic

din, e.“Saan ka makakakita, yung ginawa kong fi lm two years ago, yung

Anino sa Likod Ng Buwan na very controversial because of its nudity, biro mo, buong family nila, nanood sila…

“Then she recommended it, kaya she’s really very supportive.“Alam naman niya na ito ang work ko for how many years.“And she knows naman na I’m very responsible to accept and do

fi lms na hindi lang basta-basta.“Alam niyang namimili ako and she knows my artistic goals naman.”“Naiintindihan naman niya yung demands ng work ko.“Ganun din naman ako sa kanya dahil nasa sales siya, e.”Is there any plans of having a baby?“Ano muna, enjoy muna kami sa aming dalawa.“If we are blessed by God na magkaroon, siyempre tatanggapin

namin.“Pero ang ano muna namin is to enjoy each other fi rst.“Maybe travel together ‘cause she loves travelling, gusto niyang

maka-travel and see the world.“So, sabi ko, sige, kasi ako naman, nakailang travels na rin ako.”

Kylie Padilla

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OLONGAPO CITY---Eleven drug personalities were arrest-ed by operatives of the Olon-gapo City Police and Zambales CIDG in week-long separate drug operations in Barangay Barretto and West Bajac-Bajac here.

Senior Inspector Walter Primero, Station 6 Commander, identifi ed the suspects as Jes-sie Alipio, 36, of No. 16-23rd East Bajac-Bajac, Olongapo

11 nabbed in drug opsCity; Anlyn Abellar, 27, of Baran-gay Pundakit, San Antonio, Zam-bales; Erickson Bautista, 27, of Purok 12; Laurente Galas, 35, of Elane Street; Ellen Simpao, 33, of National Highway; Jason Arcena, 26, of Elane Street; Khin Francis Maxx, 19, of Baloy Long Beach; Carina Busbus, 54, and Malou Capones, 56, all residents of Barangay Barretto, Olongapo City; and Jacqueline Dela Cruz, 32, of Sawmill, Subic, Zambales.

Police operatives recovered the P600 marked money and

eight sealed transparent plastic sachets of shabu from the sus-pects.

In Barangay West Bajac-Ba-jac, operatives led by Zambales CIDG provincial offi cer Chief Inspector Rommel Labalan ar-rested Maricel Caparida, 30, of Purok 1, Dumpsite, Barangay West Bajac-Bajac selling sha-bu worth P500 to a police po-seur-buyer.

All the suspects are now in jail facing charges for violation of RA 9165.

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CLARK FREEPORT – “A fi rst in the local hotel industry and we are most proud, indeed, blessed, to host it.”

Thus hailed Dr. Irineo Alvaro, president of BB International, of the novel program opening job opportunities to deaf at the fi ve-star Midori Clark Hotel and Casino, a subsidiary of BBI.

Spearheaded by the Department of Tourism Region 3 offi ce in co-operation with the Angeles City Deaf Association, the program dubbed “A Diff erent Language of Service” initially covered 23 deaf individuals provided with skills training at the Systems Plus College.

Past the classroom phase, the trainees will undergo their on-the-job training at the Midori Hotel from Jan. 30 to the end of March, assigned to housekeeping, stewarding and gardening tasks.

Just like the regular hotel employees, the trainees will undergo per-formance evaluation with the top three or fi ve among them shall be hired as regular employees.

For tourism director Ronnie Tiotuico, the program is “yet another stride in the empowerment of the diff erently-abled to contribute their share to society.”

“This is a recognition of an innate ability in them, notwithstanding their hearing impairment,” Tiotuico said, citing a quote of John Milton: “They also serve those who just stand and wait.”

A memorandum of agreement was signed last Tuesday to defi ne responsibilities among Midori Hotel, ACDA and DOT 3 and signal the implementation of the program. -- Bong Z. Lacson

A different language of service opens at Midori Clark Hotel5-STAR OJT. Signing the MOA are (L-R) ACDA president Jesus Jhuvey Guevarra, Midori Hotel general manager Vic Chan, DOT-3 director Ronnie Tiotuico, and BBI president Irineo “ Bong” Alvaro. P!"#" $% B"&' L()*"&

AFFILIATE RESERVE UNIT. Clark Development Corp. president-CEO Noel F. Manankil shakes hands with deputy commander of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) Col. Luis Marciano after the opening ceremony of the Military Orientation Training at the board room of CDC recently. CDC, through a memorandum of agreement with AFRC, will conduct basic military training for some of the employees of the state-run fi rm. P!"#" )"1+#0*% ", CDC-CD

ANGELES CITY- The Confucius Institute at the University of the Philip-pines – Diliman (CI-UPD) and the City College of Angeles (CCA) through the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) are set to celebrate the chi-nese new year through the Chinese Spring Fes-tival on January 27 to February 3.

Dubbed as “Redis-cover Filipino-Chinese arts, culture and heri-tage”, the festival aims to showcase and to share the diff erent cultures and traditions using diff erent art forms.

CI-UPD and CCA mutually agree to col-laborate in designing programs that will pro-vide Chinese language and culture learning in the institution, upgrade the quality of Chinese language instruction through immersion pro-grams in China, capaci-ty-building for teachers, and students and faculty scholarship grants in the Chinese language.

According to Dr. Richard Daenos, CCA President, the cultural exchange activity aims to recognize the impor-

UP Confucius, CCA all set for Chinese Spring Festival 2017

tance of preparing stu-dents to become profes-sionals who are ready to meet the challenges of global education in the new millennium.

“The City College of Angeles has been iden-tifi ed by the League of City of the Philippines as an institution capa-ble of delivering the Chi-nese language and cul-tural programs of the CI-UPD,” said Dr. Daenos.

“This cultural ex-change will give more access to the students on the job opportunities outside the Philippines and will also give them the edge to excel in their chosen fi eld,” he added.

In celebration of the Spring Festival, activi-ties were lined-up for the said festival.

To welcome the Chi-nese Spring Festival 2017, a concert will be held in UP Town Center Amphitheater and Mar-quee Mall, Angeles City on January 27 and 28 re-spectively. The UP Film Institute Diliman in Que-zon City has prepared a fi lm festival showing the culture of the Filipino-Chi-nese heritage on January 30 and February 1.

Meanwhile, CCA will have a back-to-back workshop on Calligra-phy and Kulitgraphy, the mastering of Brush Script featuring Manda-rin teachers from Xia-men University and Agu-man ning Sulat Kapam-pangan on the fi rst day of February.

A Lecture on Kapam-pangan: “The Forgotten Chinese” will also be giv-en on February 2 at the Angeles City Library and Information Offi ce fol-lowed by a Chinese fi lm festival showing docu-mentary fi lms about the diff erent secrets and mysteries of China on February 3 at the CCA Library.

On the last day of the festival, the organi-zation will have a tour in the famous Chinatown, Binondo and Intramuros as part of the heritage tour and a Chinese Film Showcase featuring “Joy Luck Club” will be shown at the Plaza Angel, Mu-seo Ning Angeles.

Chinese Spring Fes-tival is a celebration that promotes culture, heri-tage, and tradition in the modern era.

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left for Rome last Jan. 6, I met with key offi cers of the Philippine National Police (PNP) precisely to warn them that I will not tolerate wrongdoing in-volving local policemen.”

Some policemen from the ACPO’s Station 5 in Barangay Cuayan in this city were implicat-ed in the illegal deten-tion, extortion and rob-

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three Korean nationals last December 30 at the Friendship Plaza subdi-vision.

It was also in the same area where Kore-an businessman Jee Ick-joo was abducted and killed in Camp Crame by a police team allegedly led by SPO3 Ricky Sta. Isabel of the PNP Anti-Il-legal Drugs Group in a “tokhang for ransom” op-

court to transfer Santa Isabel to the custody of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).

Pangilinan issued a warrant of arrest last week against Sta. Is-abel and the others for the kidnapping and murder of Korean Jee Ick-Joo in October last year. The suspects were arrested by the

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Group (AKG), led by Senior Supt. Alan Ma-capagal and AKG coun-sel Dennis Wagas.

The Clerk of Court offi ce’s Socorro Garc-es said the Department of Justice is expected to fi le amended information once the identities of the John Does are estab-lished.

Sta. Isabel and the other respondents are

facing kidnapping for ransom and homicide charges victimizing Jee whom they forcibly took from his home at the posh Friendship Plaza near this city’s so-called Koreatown in Barangay Anunas on October 18 last year.

Jee was reported killed on the same day in PNP’s Camp Crame headquarters in Quezon City. His remains were

then brought to a funeral parlor owned by a retired policeman in Caloocan City, then cremated in a nearby crematorium.

After killing Jee, the abductors still demand-ed ransom from his wife, who gave P5 million.

The Angeles RTC Executive Judge Omar Viola has prohibited me-dia from covering hear-ings on the case within the sala of Pangilinan.

Sangil said Villafl or even presented an en-hanced security mea-sures at the Koreatown to assure the safety of Korean nationals.

But shortly after that, he got his walking pa-pers, Sangil said.

On Tuesday, Villa-fl or refused to release the names of his subor-dinates involved in the kidnapping of Korean nationals last December 30. “Let’s hold the names fi rst because they are still under investigation,” he said.

However, his superior offi cer, Chief Supt. Aqui-no, released the names of the erring policemen and axed him.

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news surfaced on the abduction of three Ko-rean nationals here last December 30 allegedly in the hands of Villafl or’s subordinates.

CCTV footage showed policemen in plainclothes arriving in two unmarked cars at a residence in Friendship Plaza Subdivision here where the three South Koreans were staying.

The policemen raided the house under the pre-text of conducting an ille-gal online gambling raid.

When they found no evidence, the cops then took computers, jewel-ry, golf clubs, golf shoes and P10,000 cash from the house and held the Koreans at the ACPO 5

for eight hours.A friend of the vic-

tims then paid the police P300,000 to free them.

According to Aquino, the seven policemen al-legedly involved in the robbery-extortion were: Police Offi cers 3 Arnold Nagayo, Roentjen Domin-go, and Gomerson Evan-gelista; Police Offi cers 2 Richard King Agapito and Ruben Rodriguez; and Police Offi cers 1 Jayson Ibe and Mark Joseph Pi-neda. All of them have been sacked.

Also relieved from their posts were Ange-les City Police Station 5 commander Chief Insp. Wendel Arinas and his deputy commander Se-nior Insp. Rolando Yutuc.

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nessman Jee Ick-joo was abducted by PNP Anti-Illegal Drugs Group cops also at the Friend-ship Plaza Subdivision and extorted P5 million from his family before he was killed inside Camp Crame last October 18.

Before Jee and his househelp were taken by the cops, they told Jee and his family that they were carrying out a drug raid.

PNP chief Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said they are looking into the possi-bility that Jee’s abduc-tors, led by SPO3 Ricky Sta. Isabel who is now detained in Crame, are connected with the sev-en policemen here.

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erations.Pamintuan said he

will set-up a desk with-in the Mayor’s Offi ce to look into the welfare of Koreans in Angeles City. “I will also seek the help of the Korean communi-ty in setting up measures and mechanisms to en-sure the safety of their nationals.”

“I will seek the relief of all police offi cers man-ning Station 5,” he add-

ed, although the chief of the station and six others implicated in the extor-tion case were already relieved the day after he left for Rome.

He lamented that “scalawags and rogue policemen are derailing the anti-illegal drug war of the President, and should be treated “in manners harsher than drug criminals.”

–Ding Cervantes

TWO ADDITIONAL do-mestic routes to the southern Philippines are set to be launched by Philippine Airlines at Clark International Airport (CRK) in Pam-panga, an offi cial of the Clark International Air-port Corporation (CIAC) announced on Thursday, a development seen to further strengthen oper-ations at the premier air-port north of Manila.

CIAC President and CEO Alexander Cau-guiran said that the na-tion’s fl ag carrier will launch in formal ceremo-nies the CRK-Cebu-CRK fl ights on January 30 and the CRK-Davao-CRK routes on February 1.

PAL will fl y to Cebu four times weekly and thrice in a week to Davao.

“Travelers and tour-ists from the Northern and Central Luzon who wish to travel to Cebu and Davao will surely choose Clark (airport)

PAL to launch Cebu, Davao fl ights from Clark

because of its proxim-ity, convenience and world-class facilities,” Cauiguiran said, adding

that Clark Airport is now bustling with new fl ights this year as CIAC is making a strong foothold

for its operations in the north of the Philippines.

Clark-Cebu PAL fl ight PR 837 will depart

at Clark Airport at 7:00 a.m. beginning Janu-ary 30 and every Mon-day, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, thereaf-ter. Davao PAL fl ight PR 831, on the other hand, will depart at 10:50 a.m. starting February 1, 2017 and regularly on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. PAL will use Airbus321 with a passenger capacity of 199 in their domestic op-erations at Clark Airport.

“Travelers from the north and the peripher-al provinces near Clark may now enjoy fl ights going to the Queen City of the South (Cebu) or bask in the sun at Davao’s pristine beach-es,” Cauguiran said.

The Duterte adminis-tration laid several proj-ects under the “Build, Build, Build” infrastruc-ture spending program of the government that include Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tu-gade’s initiatives to de-velop the Clark Interna-tional Airport, particular-ly the transfer of fl ights from the crowded Ninoy Aquino International Air-port (NAIA) as part of ef-forts to decongest Metro Manila, and the develop-ment of a new Passen-

US TRADE ENVOYS VISIT CLARK AIRPORT. Offi cials of the Commercial Service of the US Embassy pay a visit to CIAC to meet airport offi cials, learn more about the priorities for the airport and discuss economic and commercial concerns related to US investments. CIAC president-CEO Alexander Cauguiran (left) discusses the possibility of bringing in Delta Airlines and United Airlines to Clark with Diana Jones (right), US Embassy counselor for commercial aff airs, CIAC marketing manager Jay Punzalan (partly hidden); operations manager Hilarion Ritche Nacpil and Legal Department manager Atty. Cynthia Dungca. With Jones on the US Commercial Service group are (R-L): deputy economic counselor Lynne Gadkowski; commercial attaché Devin Rambo; commercial specialist Yna Quiambao; economic assistant Keith Detros; and commercial assistant Jeanne Santiago.

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ger Terminal to accom-modate a yearly capacity of eight million passen-gers.

The DOTr is sched-uled to release an initial P2.8-billion for the con-struction of the new Pas-senger Terminal which is scheduled to be con-structed within the next three years. The project will have the capacity of 8 million passengers per anum.

“Essential to the de-congestion of Metro Ma-nila is to further develop Clark Airport,” the CIAC chief added.

Other fl agship proj-ects include a railway system from Manila to Clark, the Subic-Clark railway, and Clark Green City.

On December 16, 2017, PAL commenced its daily fl ights to the world-famous Boracay Island via the CRK-Cat-iclan-CRK while dai-ly international fl ights to Incheon in South Korea began last January 1. Based on the PAL news advisory website, the fl ag carrier is also set to launch the CRK-Puerto Princesa-CRK fl ights on March 26 and at least 122 fl ight operations at the “Airport of the North.”

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SAN LEONARDO, Nueva Ecija -- A 41-year-old al-leged peddler of illegal drugs was killed in a brief exchange of fi re with police operatives who were out to implement a search warrant in Barangay Nieves this town at around 6 p.m. Thursday.

Police said Vincent Soliman, married and a resident of the said village, was standing in front of his house when the lawmen approached him to enforce the warrant issued by the Regional Trial Court in Gapan City.

“But without apparent reason the suspect drew a .38 revolver tucked on his waist and fi red con-secutive shots towards the raiding team,” said Chief Insp. Ranny Casilla, town police chief.

A fi refi ght ensued, he said, and Soliman sus-tained multiple gunshot wounds. Policemen rushed the suspect to Gonzales General Hospital here but was declared dead upon arrival, Casilla said.

Police recovered from his residence ten plastic sachets of suspected shabu, aside from the hand gun, police added.

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