VOLUME 5 NUMBER 73 WED - THU OCTOBER 26 - 27, 2011 P 8. P 8. P 8. P 8. P 8. 00 00 00 00 00 C ITY OF SAN FERNANDO – “No more (electoral) politics for me.” ‘I’m done with politics’ PAGE 8 PLEASE PANLILIO SA YS Thus, former Pampan- ga Gov. Eddie T. Panlilio debunked speculations that he was angling for an elective position in 2013. “I am still waiting for the Church’s action on my request to return to the priesthood,” said Panlilio during a novena Mass at the St. Jude parish church in Barangay San Agustin here last Saturday. Panlilio was the guest Panlilio Candaba Mayor Jerry Pelayo expounds to his fellow mayors the need to fully desilt the portion of the Pampanga river at Macabebe and Masantol towns to immediately address the flood problem in the province. Gov. Lilia Pineda (seated, left) sponsored the meeting at the Capitol extension office in Clark Freeport on Monday. PHOTO BY RIC GONZALES BY BONG Z. LACSON CLARK FREEPORT – The revival of the Pampanga River Control System (PRCS) can well provide the “most definitive solution” to the flooding problem in the province as well as in nearby Bulacan. MA YORS SEEK ST OP T O BIDDING OF INFRA PROJECTS PAGE 8 PLEASE P-noy asked to revive Pampanga River office So said Apalit Mayor Oscar Tet- angco Jr.as he enjoined the Pam- panga Mayors League and the pro- vincial government to come up with the necessary resolutions asking President Aquino to revive the PRCS. This came in the wake of the local governments’ quest for a “de- finitive solution” to the flooding problem in the province. On Monday at the Governor’s Staff House here, Candaba May- or Jerry Pelayo presented before the Pampanga Mayors League NI DINO BALABO LUNGSOD NG MALO- LOS – Pabor si Agricul- ture Secretary Proceso Alcala na ihiwalay ang Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) mula sa Depart- ment of Agriculture (DA). Ngunit, iginiit niya na marami pang gusot na dapat ayusin sa BFAR, at kapag kaya na nitong mag-isa ay irerekomen- da niya ang pagiging in- dipendyente nito. “Hangga’t marami pa silang problema ay aakayin ko sila, pero kapag nakita kong BFAR planong ihiwalay sa DA pwede na silang bitawan, saka tayo magdedesisy- on,” ani Alcala. Ang pahayag ni Alca- la ay bilang tugon sa ka- tanungan ng mga kasapi ng Integrated Services for the Development of Aquaculture (ISDA), kung maaaring ihiwalay ang BFAR sa DA. Ang ISDA ay isang samahan ng mga nama- malaisdaan sa mga la- lawigan ng Bulacan, Pampanga at Bataan. Ayon sa mga kasapi ng ISDA, madalas silang masalanta ng mga kala- midad katulad ng pagba- PAGE 6 PLEASE BY DING CERVANTES CLARK FREEPORT – In an unpainted, unnamed tomb in a cemetery near the highway in Barangay Lingsat in San Fernando City, La Union lie the remains of an un- known hero – Sgt. Jose Nisperos. Nisperos is the first Filipino to be awarded the US Congressional Medal of Honor, the highest military award from the American people, for his heroic fight against Muslim rebels in Basilan way back in 1911. After the US congress singled him out for “the high- est type of heroism at the risk of his life above and be- yond the call of duty” two years later in 1913, Nisperos died in 1992 and was buried without military honors, apparently forgotten by the Americans. His widow, Potenciana, and their three daughters are now already dead and buried in the same cemetery, amid their failure to get any pension from the US gov- ernment. Hero’s remains lie in unmarked tomb 1 st Pinoy to get highest US military medal for fighting Moro rebels in 1911 Sgt. Jose Nisperos PAGE 8 PLEASE
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VOLUME 5NUMBER 73WED - THUOCTOBER 26 - 27, 2011
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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO –“No more (electoral) politicsfor me.”
‘I’m done with politics’
PAGE 8 PLEASE
PANLILIO SAYS
Thus, former Pampan-ga Gov. Eddie T. Panliliodebunked speculationsthat he was angling for anelective position in 2013.
“I am still waiting forthe Church’s action onmy request to return to thepriesthood,” said Panlilioduring a novena Mass atthe St. Jude parish churchin Barangay San Agustinhere last Saturday.
Panlilio was the guestPanlilio
Candaba Mayor Jerry Pelayo expounds to his fellow mayors the need to fully desilt the portionof the Pampanga river at Macabebe and Masantol towns to immediately address the floodproblem in the province. Gov. Lilia Pineda (seated, left) sponsored the meeting at the Capitolextension office in Clark Freeport on Monday. PHOTO BY RIC GONZALES
BY BONG Z. LACSON
CLARK FREEPORT – The revivalof the Pampanga River ControlSystem (PRCS) can well providethe “most definitive solution” to theflooding problem in the province aswell as in nearby Bulacan.
MAYORS SEEK STOP TO BIDDING OF INFRA PROJECTS
PAGE 8 PLEASE
P-noy asked to revivePampanga River office
So said Apalit Mayor Oscar Tet-angco Jr.as he enjoined the Pam-panga Mayors League and the pro-vincial government to come up withthe necessary resolutions askingPresident Aquino to revive thePRCS.
This came in the wake of the
local governments’ quest for a “de-finitive solution” to the floodingproblem in the province.
On Monday at the Governor’sStaff House here, Candaba May-or Jerry Pelayo presented beforethe Pampanga Mayors League
NI DINO BALABO
LUNGSOD NG MALO-LOS – Pabor si Agricul-ture Secretary ProcesoAlcala na ihiwalay angBureau of Fisheries andAquatic Resources(BFAR) mula sa Depart-ment of Agriculture (DA).
Ngunit, iginiit niya namarami pang gusot nadapat ayusin sa BFAR,at kapag kaya na nitongmag-isa ay irerekomen-da niya ang pagiging in-dipendyente nito.
“Hangga’t marami pasi lang problema ayaakayin ko sila, perokapag nakita kong
BFAR planongihiwalay sa DA
pwede na silang bitawan,saka tayo magdedesisy-on,” ani Alcala.
Ang pahayag ni Alca-la ay bilang tugon sa ka-tanungan ng mga kasaping Integrated Services forthe Development ofAquaculture (ISDA), kungmaaaring ihiwalay angBFAR sa DA.
Ang ISDA ay isangsamahan ng mga nama-malaisdaan sa mga la-lawigan ng Bulacan,Pampanga at Bataan.
Ayon sa mga kasaping ISDA, madalas silangmasalanta ng mga kala-midad katulad ng pagba-
PAGE 6 PLEASE
BY DING CERVANTES
CLARK FREEPORT – In an unpainted, unnamed tombin a cemetery near the highway in Barangay Lingsat inSan Fernando City, La Union lie the remains of an un-known hero – Sgt. Jose Nisperos.
Nisperos is the first Filipino to be awarded the USCongressional Medal of Honor, the highest military awardfrom the American people, for his heroic fight againstMuslim rebels in Basilan way back in 1911.
After the US congress singled him out for “the high-est type of heroism at the risk of his life above and be-yond the call of duty” two years later in 1913, Nisperosdied in 1992 and was buried without military honors,apparently forgotten by the Americans.
His widow, Potenciana, and their three daughters arenow already dead and buried in the same cemetery,amid their failure to get any pension from the US gov-ernment.
Hero’s remains lie in unmarked tomb 1st Pinoy to get highest US military medal for fighting Moro rebels in 1911
Sgt. Jose Nisperos PAGE 8 PLEASE
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ANGELES CITY – At least70,000 people are expected tojoin the upcoming annual streetparty here started 19 years agoby Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan toliven up the businesses affect-ed by the eruption of Mt. Pinatu-bo in 1991.
Pamintuan, Vice MayorVicky Vega-Cabigting and Fi-estang Kuliat Committee ViceChairman Alexander Cauguiranwill lead the “Tigtigan, Terakankeng Dalan” festival alongMcArthur Highway, Balibago onOctober 28 and 29. The twonights of fun and party featuringtop bands in the country is aculmination of the month-longFiesta Celebration of this highlyurbanized city.
Pamintuan disclosed thatJapanese officials of the SanMiguel Corporation (SMC) ob-served the street party last yearand “wondered why our eventbroke all sales of beer and drinksrecorded by San Miguel.”
There were at least 70,000people last year and we expectmore this year, said Pamintuan.
Francis Sison, communica-
70K to join Angeles City’s street party
Mammoth crowd at the ‘Tigtigan’ festival in Angeles City last year.
tions officer of the SMB plant inthe nearby City of San Fernan-do, said the ‘Tigtigan’ “is indeedthe top seller of beer drinks com-pared to other popular festivalsin the country.” He declined tosay the exact volume of beersconsumed but said “it’s a mini-mum of 70 thousands bottlesbased on ticket sales last year.”
The entrance fee is P80 perperson and together with it isone free SMB beer.
Herminia Pamintuan, wife ofthe mayor, said they had invitedAllan Pineda Lindo Jr. of thiscity, better known as apl.de.apof The Black Eyed Peas, to per-form live either Friday or Satur-day.
Frankie Villanueva, presidentof the Metro Clark Chamber ofCommerce and Industry Inc.(MACCII), said “it’s pretty diffi-cult to create a signature festi-val such as the Tigtigan and wemust be happy to have one.”
“The festival is good for thetourism industry and it’s a wel-come development. We con-gratulate Mayor Pamintuan forstarting and continuing the pop-ular festival,” said Villanueva.
In an interview, Pamintuan
said he had designed the Tigti-gan in 1992 from the same streetparty in Olongapo City, whichalso affected by Mt. Pinatubo’seruption.
He added that Cauguiran andSison, who was then a CIO staffof the lawyer-mayor, had taught
about the name of the festival.“The Tigtigan has since
evolved from just a night of mu-sic and dancing. Other culturalevents have been introducedsince last year, which markedthe comeback of Pamintuan asmayor. Because of its success,
and to accommodate other cul-tural and fashion-related events,the festival has been held for twoconsecutive days, the last Fri-day and Saturday of October,capping the month-long Fi-estang Kuliat,” said the city gov-ernment in a statement.
CLARK FREEPORT – TheClark Development Corpora-tion (CDC) and the provincialgovernment of Pampanga havesigned a lease agreement forthe establishment of a marketinside the Clark Freeport thatwould showcase and sell var-ious agricultural and cottage-industry products made in theprovince.
CDC President Felipe An-tonio B. Remollo and Gover-nor Lilia “Nanay Baby” Pine-da signed the lease agree-
ment at the governor’s exten-sion office here on Friday.
According to Remollo, theCDC has allotted a 20,337-square meter area along Clark’sC.M. Recto Avenue and B.Fernando and Panday PiraStreets for the Provincial Gov-ernment’s livelihood project,which has an initial investmentof P5 million.
Pineda said the “Market,market” project aims to promotethe various products offered bythe province’s agricultural and
MARKET, MARKET. Gov. Lilia "Nanay Baby" Pineda signs with Clark Development Corp.President-CEO Felipe Antonio Remollo lease agreement for a market and commercialarea to be put up by the provincial government to sell local products. Signing aswitnesses are Lenny Baluyut, provincial director of the Department of Trade and Industryand Philip Panlilio, CDC executive vice president. Looking on are Board Members FritzieDavid-Dizon, Ric Yabut and Nestor Tolentino. PHOTO BY BONG Z. LACSON
CDC, gov sign P5-M market lease projectcottage-industry sector. Shesaid fresh and low-priced veg-etables and other agriculturalproducts will be sold in the mar-ket.
“Market, market” will alsofeature internationally-knownproducts like the Christmaslanterns of the City of SanFernando or the “Parul Sam-pernandu,” pottery from Sto.Tomas town, sculptures andfurniture from Betis, and gui-tars from San Antonio inGuagua.
NI JOHNNY REBLANDO
SAN FELIPE, Zambales –Pormal ng sinimulan ngKorean delegates at ng lokalna pamahalaan ng Zambalesang ground-breaking ceremo-ny sa pagpapatayo ng P2-milyong multipurpose hall saBarangay Sto. Nino, SanFelipe, Zambales.
Matapos ang ground-breaking, isinagawa namanang ritual ng mga ilokano,ang pag-aalay ng puti at itimna manok para maitaboy angumano’y masamang espiritusa pagpapatayo ng gusali.
Malaki ang pasasalamatni San Felipe Mayor CarolynFarinas sa mga Koreandelegates sa pagbibigay ngprayoridad sa bayan ng SanFelipe para maitayo angmultipurpose hall.
Sinabi pa ng alkalde naang proyekto ay nagkakahal-aga ng P2-milyong piso atinaasahang ito ay matatapossa kalagitnaan ng 2012.
Ayon kay ZambalesGovernor HermogenesEbdane, Jr., isa itong pal-atandaan na matatag parinang relasyon sa pagitan ngKorea at ng Pilipinas nanagsimula pa ng ka-panahunan ng dating Pangu-long Fidel Ramos.
Kasunod nito, nagtungosa Sitio Cabaroan, BarangayFeria, dito ang mga Koreanopara mamigay ng pagkain,blangket, damit at bigas samga aeta.
Nagtungo din ang mgaKorean delegates sa Castille-jos, Zambales at namigay ngrelief goods sa mga aeta atsa panimula ng kanilangprogramang nagpakita namanng gilas ang mga aeta sapagsayaw gaya ng “monkeydance at crocodile dance”upang bigyan ng kasiyahanang mga Koreano.
Kasunod nito ang pam-amahagi ng mga Koreandelegates ng relief goods samga aeta.
At bilang pasubali pi-naabot naman ng mga aetaskay Castillejos Mayor JoseAngelo Dominguez angmunting ala-alang souvenirs.
Sinabi ni Eddie Kim,interpreter ni Park Mong Yongng Gyeong Sangbuk-Do nasimula pa lamang ito ngkanilang pagtulong sa mgaZambalenos.
Nauna ng nagsagawa ngfeeding program sa BarangayRabanes, San Marcelino,Zambales sa mga aeta at angground-breaking sa pagpap-atayo ng high school buildingat palenke doon.
P2-M multipurposehall, ipapatayo ng
Koreano sa Zambales
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Regis-tered nurses under the city govern-ment’s Outreach Community Advo-cate Nurses Assigned in RuralService (OCA-NARS) program areready to serve the public.
OCA-NARS is an initiative ofMayor Oscar “Oca” Rodriguez thataims to improve the delivery of healthcare services in the city by assigningand deploying nurses to all 35
OCOCOCOCOCAAAAA-NARS t-NARS t-NARS t-NARS t-NARS to be deploo be deploo be deploo be deploo be deployyyyyed in barangaed in barangaed in barangaed in barangaed in barangaysysysysysbarangays here.
“It is also a way of protectingnewly registered nurses from exploi-tation of some private hospitals whichdemand fees for training,” saidRodriguez in a statement.
This is the fifth batch of OCA-NARS that will be deployed in variousbarangays in the city. They arecomposed of 81 nurses who willassist in the city’s health advocacies.
The mayor said the program isalso part of the city government’shealth agenda dubbed “Beinte KwatroOras, sa Sakit Walang Atras”.
Meanwhile, during the culminatingrites for the 4th batch of OCANARS,nurses thanked the city governmentfor giving them the chance to learnand serve Fernandinos.
“The lessons and experience weacquired from this training will
always stay in our hearts. Thetraining as a whole gave us themotivation to strive to becomesuccessful in the future,” said Elainede Jesus, program coordinator ofOCA-NARS batch 4.
“With this program, we allow themto get the necessary experience theycan use for their future endeavor plusgiving them allowance as well” saidRodriguez. –Pampu
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ANGELES CITY – The Philippine RiceResearch Institute (PhilRice) in Munoz,Nueva Ecija has revealed every Filipinowastes an average of three tablespoonsof cooked rice daily.
“If rice is not wasted,” said PhilRice,“import savings can reach up to P10billion and 4.3 million hungry Filipinoscould be saved in a year.”
In a statement, Philrice, one of the
Each Pinoy wastes 3 tablespoons of rice dailycountry’s leading rice research arm,said it is “encouraging the public to eatthe right amount of rice and to try othersources of good carbohydrates” in alltheir meals.
This, it said, would lead to rice self-sufficiency which it defined as the abil-ity to locally produce and meet the to-tal rice requirement of Filipinos.
Philrice urged Filipinos to rely notonly on rice as staple, but also on oth-er products such as banana, corn,
sweet potato, potato and cassavawhich, it noted, “offer comparable ca-loric values or provide similar contentat lesser quantity.”
It noted that by adopting these al-ternatives and reducing food wastage,consumers would also be healthier whileat the same time help achieve rice selfsufficiently in the country.
Philrice also noted a study of theBureau of Agricultural Statistics indicat-ing that In 2010, each Filipino con-
sumed an average of 113 kilos of rice.This November, which has been
dubbed as National Rice AwarenessMonth, Philrice will conduct a nation-wide campaign to prevent rice wastage.
Some of the activities this Novem-ber include ceremonial harvesting ofpalay at the Rizal Park in Manila to beled by PhilRice Los Banos and thelaunching of the Rice Manga, a storybook for teenagers on rice conserva-tion.
HANDS ON THE BALL. AirAsia Inc. CEO Maan Hontiveros joins hands with CDCPresident Felipe Antonio Remollo and PBA legend Billy Ray Bates for the promotion ofsports at the grassroots level at the launch of the AirAsia Jam basketball clinic forKapampangan youngsters at Clark. Joining them are members of the Philippine Patriotsteam and flight attendants of the world's best low cost carrier.
PHOTO BY BONG Z. LACSON
CLARK FREEPORT – TheClark Development Corporation(CDC) will be providing a facili-ty inside this Freeport to beused by members of AirAsia’sPhilippine Patriots team for theirtraining and basketball games.
CDC President Felipe Anto-nio B. Remollo made the an-nouncement during the freebasketball clinic launched byAirAsia last Saturday with noless than the “Black Superman”Billy Ray Bates leading thetraining of more than 100 chil-dren at the Air Force Gym here.
“Once AirAsia’s basketballfacility is ready to be used herein Clark, I am hoping that theywould not only play regulargames inside the Freeport but
CDC to provide basketballfacility to AirAsia Patriots
also they would be conductingregular basketball clinics for thebenefit of thousands of childrenwho could be the country’s nextbig thing in Philippine sports,”Remollo said.
AirAsia President and CEOMaan Hontiveros welcomed thegesture by thanking the CDC forits support to the airline’s sportsprogram and for its bid to trans-form the Clark airport into its in-ternational aviation hub.
Jacque Ruby, Marketing Of-ficer of AirAsia, said the airlinehas tapped the expertise ofBates, who will serve as thePatriots’ training coach.
Once noted as the best im-port of the Philippine BasketballAssociation (PBA) in the 1980s,
Bates said he is optimistic thathe could develop and bring outthe best of the Patriots in thehope of clinching a champion-ship title in the future.
Since his assumption tothe CDC presidency, Remollohas been at the forefront of pro-moting the Clark Freeportthrough various sports activi-ties.
Recently, Remollolaunched the Clark Star program– a project that aims to trans-form Clark’s Sacobia Valleyinto sports tourism destinationthat would feature various sportstraining facilities, complexesand stadia, and a commercialarea to attract more tourists tothe Clark Freeport.
CLARK FREEPORT – TheClark Development Corporation(CDC) has beefed up its secu-rity measures inside this Free-port in preparation for the influxof more tourists here this com-ing Yuletide Season.
CDC President Felipe Anto-nio b. Remollo said he has in-structed Ret. Sr. Supt. NicanorTarga, manager of the CDC Pub-lic Safety Department, to con-duct regular meetings with therespective security officers ofClark’s more than 420 investorsand locators.
According to Targa, the CDCrecently held the first of a se-ries of quarterly coordinatingconferences involving all secu-rity managers and chief securi-ty officers at the Sorio Hall ofthe Clark Polytechnic Schoolhere.
Targa said at least 60 par-ticipants listened to the intelli-gence briefing conducted byCol. Isaias Espino, chief of staffof the Philippine Air Force’s 1stAir Division, and Lt. Col. EnricoChavez, ACDS for Intelligenceof the 1st Air Division.
Also present during the brief-ing was agent Jason Pagala ofthe Philippine Drug Enforce-ment Agency, Region 3.
The highlight of the securityconference, Targa added, wasthe briefing of CDC Vice Presi-dent for Operations and Tech-nical Services Franco Alejo J.Madlangbayan on the ongoingtourism-related activities at theClark Freeport.
Espino, for his part, deliv-ered a short lecture on “CNNatrocities.” He revealed that
IN PREPARATION FOR ‘BER MONTHS’
Clark’s securitybeefed up
CNN stands for CommunistParty of the Philippines, NewPeople’s Army, and the Nation-al Democratic Front. Mean-while, Pagala informed the par-ticipants of the current activitiesof PDEA inside the Clark Free-port.
Targa said he deliveredcrime situation updates andthe security measures beingimplemented by the CDC-PSDhere.
According to Targa, the CDChas allotted P10 million for theprocurement and installation ofClosed Circuit Television(CCTV) cameras which will beinstalled in all security gates ofthe Freeport, intersections, andmajor thoroughfares in Clark.
Also, the state-owned cor-poration has allotted another P1million to enhance the rescuecapability, training, and logisti-cal support for the CDC-SFDpersonnel. Included in the bud-get is the procurement of rub-ber boats to aid the CDC in res-cue and relief missions duringtimes of disaster.
Meanwhile, the CDC hasassisted police operatives in theMunicipality of Mabalacat thataverted the attempted suicideof a 24-year old man fromNavotas City.
Targa said Robinson Sar-suela was recently terminatedfrom his job and attempted tokill himself by jumping from thetop of a billboard of KentuckyFried Chicken in Barangay Dau.
Police operatives were ableto reach Sarsuela through theCDC’s fire truck, which isequipped with an aerial ladder.
BY JOEY PAVIA
ANGELES CITY – A 19-year-old marketing student of the JoseRizal University (JRU) topped the 2nd Fiestang Kuliat Mayor Edgar-do Pamintuan Chess Tournament on Sunday at the Marquee Mallhere.
Michael Punzalan of Sto. Tomas, Pampanga won the top prizeof P7,000 after scoring 6.5 points in the tournament joined by 114players.
Robert Halili of Barangay San Joaquin, Mabalacat scored 6points to get the second top prize of P5,000. Clement Valledoralso scored six points but was adjudged third placer under the 7thRound Swiss System.
Alexander Cauguiran, chief of staff and vice chairman of Fi-estang Kuliat committee, Marquee’s marketing officer DanielleGuiwan and Councilor Alfie Bonifacio presented the cash prizes,trophies and medals to major and minor winners.
Rosever Pascua, head of the Angeles City Sports Office, saidthe tournament’s rules disallowing top players in the country boostedthe confidence of aspiring and non-ranked chess players.
“The tournament is designed to develop new great players inchess where the Filipinos can excel in world competitions,” saidPascua in the dialect.
Cauguiran thanked the participants and sponsors of the tourna-ment which attracted players from Metro Manila and Pangasinan.
JRU stude wins all in EdPam’s chess tourney
GRAND CHAMPION Michael Punzalan (right) receives his cash prize and trophy fromChief of Staff Alexander Cauguiran during the awarding ceremony of the mayor’s cupchess tourney. With them are (L-R) Marquee Mall’s Danielle Guiwan, Councilor Bonifacioand Angeles City Sports Office Head Rosever Pascua. PHOTO BY RIC GONZALES
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Yeng’s rightDEMAND-DRIVEN. That appears now thequarry industry in Pampanga.
Tropical storms Pedring and Quiel mayhave inundated a large part of the provincebut they did not prevent trucks from gettinginto the quarry areas.
It was business as usual – and as useful –in the quarry lands of Porac, Bacolor andMabalacat.
In a report to Gov. Lilia “Nanay Baby”Pineda, provincial environment and naturalresources officer Art Punsalan said dailyquarry collections in September averagedP330,000 even at the height of TyphoonPedring, totaling to P17,595,000 at month’send.
Punsalan said the run rate total at P302million going into October is another “record-breaking achievement of the Pinedaadministration.”
“The benchmark of P20 million per monthaverage is now solidly established,” Punsalanadded.
A vindication of Vice Gov. Joseller “Yeng”Guiao here, who has been “saying all alongeven during the past administration that ourquarry industry is not at all affected by rainsand typhoons and is not seasonal as theyinsisted before.”
It could be remembered that rains andstorms provided the in-stock justifications ofthe then Panlilio administration for even thesmallest dip in the quarry collections.
Consistently contradicted by Guiao whoinsisted that with the demand for Pampanga’ssand ever on the increase, the shortfalls inPanlilio’s quarry collections could only meanthe re-emergence of shenanigans in thecollection scheme.
To prove his point, Guiao commissioned atime and motion study that showed the localquarry industry will move on despite adverseconditions.
Yes, over P300 million in the provincialcoffers now make Guiao damned right.
And the people of Pampanga could not beany happier. For this abundance that theirgovernor constantly turns into benefits forthem.
MetallicaBOY TANSO takes off where Boy Bakal got scrapped.
All pun intended there, the metallic elements so seemingly highlyprized – and steeply priced – at the Clark airport findingincorporation, aye, alloyed in the leading dramatis persona of anever-ending parody.
So it came to pass that the fearless – some say fearsome, ashis family name means in Kapampangan – former Capas MayorReynaldo Catacutan, now Clark International Airport Corp. vicepresident for operations, cried thievery, letting loose a media feedingfrenzy on his own president-CEO, Victor Jose “Chicos” Luciano.
Catacutan, brandishing volumes of documents as evidence,claimed he himself “caught in the act” four persons in the employof one ACP Manpower and in possession of Luciano’s handwrittenletter allowing them access to “highly sensitive” – and thereforerestricted – areas at the airport where he allegedly caught themdigging up underground cables.
Even as some of the cables were recovered, the bulk of theloot, estimated to be worth P2.6 million, has reportedly remainedmissing.
Catacutan could not help but express rage at the pilferage,given that the cables were supposed to serve as back up in casethe primary cables lighting the runway and taxiway of the Clarkairport are rendered inoperable.
“Luciano should be held administratively andcriminally liable for qualified theft.” So declaredCatacutan. So bannered the local papers,including this one.
So at the CIAC came into being Boy Tanso.The copper from the pilfered cables now in thehands of junk dealers.
On Monday, Luciano tendered his leave ofabsence – until November 6 – in his bid to allowan impartial investigation of Catacutan’sallegations.
This, even as a team of “experts” from theOffice of Transportation and Safety of theDepartment of Transportation andCommunications and the Civil Aviation Authorityof the Philippines is set to look into the status ofcables at Clark’s two runways, taxiway and otherparts of the aviation complex. If only to be assuredthat the safety of the airport has not beencompromised.
“We welcome any investigation as to thealleged missing power cables. What is importantis that safety and security of the Clark airportwas not compromised. The airport operatessmoothly,” said Luciano.
Nothing is compromised. Luciano has saidso much, insistent that the missing cablesconnected only the electric posts at the aviationcomplex’s periphery. “They are old cablesinstalled way back in 1995 and must have beenstolen over these years, not just at one time,”Luciano said.
Luciano’s very demeanor and rationalizationsremind us of the times of Boy Bakal at the CIAC.Some déjà vu now with this column that appearedhere in June 2010.
Demolition derbyFRENZIED. THAT is the demolition of 16buildings at the Clark civil aviation complex, 14in a period of one month.
“Dilapidated derelicts thoroughly ransacked.With absolute zero value in the CIAC books.”
So rationalized Clark International AirportCorp. President-CEO Victor Jose “Chichos”Luciano of the demolition, further ennobling hisrationalization with the declaration that all theproceeds from the scraps went to the livelihoodprograms of the indigenous Aeta tribes ofBamban, CIAC not seeing a single cent of it.
But zero value? The scraps from thedemolished buildings may not have any value inthe CIAC books but, aside from the sentimental,they absolutely have million-peso value in someother books. Go, Chichos, ask any junk shopdealer.
Yes, in our banner story here yesterday, thevalue of the scrap derived from the 16 demolishedbuildings was put at between a low of P30 millionto a whopping P192 million. There is money inthose dilapidated derelicts, Chichos.
But he Aetas, the intended beneficiaries,claimed having received practically nothing. Atleast the president of the Bamban Aeta TribalAssociation, Oscar Rivera, went on recordsaying: “What we got was P15,000 and 100sacks of rice, and that was in 2009.”
So where did the rest of the money go?Loose lips at the CIAC itself let loose rumors
of P1- million cold cash finding its way to theindividual campaign chests of six very fortunate
mayors. The monetized scraps personallydelivered by a ranking CIAC thief, er, chief ofoffice.
No hearsays now but in a story here today,one Josie Gomez, a purported scrap dealer,introduced herself as the very “agent” of the Aetasin dealing with scrap buyers, and claimed shehad turned over about P9.5 million to the Aetassince the demolitions began last year.
A total of P4.5 million of that amount, Gomezclaimed, was spent for various projects, suchas water pumps, scholarships and distributionof relief goods in the Aeta villages in Bamban.
Gomez also disclosed that contrary toRivera’s claim of only P15,000 and 100 sacksof rice, he actually received “no less than P3.5million” share of the proceeds from the sale ofscraps of two demolished buildings.
Gomez’s declarations virtually exoneratedLuciano from all allegations of anomalies arisingfrom the demolition job he authorized.
We have to point out though that Rivera hascalled Gomez an “associate of Luciano.”
The same Gomez was exposed by CandabaMayor Jerry Pelayo – in a report to CIAC BoardChairman Nestor Mangio – as having offered hisson Patrick the amount of P450,000 just to allowthe demolition of a building he wanted to use.
Pelayo has earlier accused Luciano of havingordered the demolition of two buildings in hisleased area for a food hub.
Luciano may have found some solace in thedeclarations of Gomez but he would find nocomfort but all misery in the continuingdemolition job swirling about him.
Now labeled as the “Demolition Man” – that’swhat the monikers “Boy Scrap and “Boy Bakal”sum up to, Luciano has to contend with thevitriolic ink of those poison letters and thevenomous innuendoes and verbal assaults onhis persona.
Already, a Ford Escape and a Toyota Fortunerare being tagged as “katas ng scrap, handogni Boy Manyak.”So, ignorant us could only ask:Who own(s) those SUVs? Can they afford to payfor such pricey vehicles with their salaries, bethey from CIAC or CDC?
It would be silly to still ask who “Boy Manyak”is supposed to be.
Yeah, it is not only the derelict and dilapidatedbuildings that are currently being demolished atCIAC, even characters – not necessarilydilapidated and derelict – are objects of thewrecking ball.
Yeah, demolition derby is the name of thegame in Clark. Especially with this frenzy to holdon to positions, to clutch at straws, in theirreversible change of administration.
Irreversible? I maybe wrong there, what witha “Boy Kapit” or a “Boy Sipsip” at CIAC reportedlyhaving already ingratiated himself with theincoming Aquino administration.
Oh boy!
Of the scraps, Luciano got off unscrapedbefore the Ombudsman, subsequently becomingthe “last man standing” at the CIAC. His vicepresidents, the directors and the chairman of theCIAC board himself having all been replaced.
Lucky Luciano there. He must have someamulets. Of iron and copper? I wonder.
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Napag-uusapanlangNi Felix M. Garcia
CSFP bagsmajor awardsHUMAKOT uli ng mga ‘major awards’Ang kinikilalang isa sa maunladNa lungsod dito sa bansang Pilipinas,Sa pamamahala nitong ating ‘World Class
City Mayor’ Atty. Oscar Rodriguez,For being Most Business-Friendly Local Unit’;Gawad Pamana ng Lahi at ‘Best PublicEmployment Service’ ng tanggapang nabanggit.
Kung saan pang-tatlong pagkakataon naPara sa siyudad ang magawaran siya,‘As the country’s most business-friendly’ kumbaga,Sa ilalim ng nasabing kategorya.
And it’s the second time this component cityHas been awarded on the same category,As best PESO unit all over the countryUnder said component city category.
At pinaka-bago: ‘Seal of Good Housekeeping’Na nagpapamalas ng husay at galingNg isang ‘local chief executive’ natinSa pagmantine ng pondo at gastusin.
(Kumpara sa isang ama ng tahananAy modelo siya ng di nagsusugal,Nag-iinom at/o naliligaw minsanSa patay-sindi ang ilaw sa labasan.
Kaya naman, hayan imbes na mabaonSa utang ng hanggang leeg ang ‘city hall,Gawa ng iba riyan ay di nagka-gan’onKahit marami ang naipatapos ngayon
Kumpara sa dati, base na rin sa ‘tingMasusi’t matamang pag-obserba mandin;Kung saan kahit pa lang sa unang tingin,Ang pagkakaiba ay kapansin-pansin)
Na pinagkaloob nitong DILGFor winning the 1st place on said categoryIn the regional sector by the same city;Dahilan na rin sa husay ng Alkalde.
At kasanayan n’yan sa pamamahala,Kaya naman kahit sa labas ng bansaAy talaga namang saludo kay OcaAng sa kanya ay may lubos na paghanga.
Na mabibilang sa daliri ang tulad niyaPagdating sa puntong serbisyong pang-masa;Kung kaya marahil tagumpay lagi naAng lahat ng kanyang magandang programa.
At mga naisin sa ikauunladNg ngayon ay lalong lumalagong siyudad;Kaya naman di na mabilang ang ‘awards’Ang sa puntong ito ay kanyang natanggap.
At pinaka-huli, “Pamana ng Lahi”At itong nabanggit sa unang bahagi;Na kung saan itong ‘good governance’ lagiNi mayor Rodriguez ang parating sanhi
Kung bakit hayan at nagkasunod-sunodPat natanggap na papuri ng lungsod,Na lalo pang sadyang nagpatingkad lubosSa kahusayan sa gawang paglilingkod.
“Ito ay isa pang malinaw na hamonPara sa aming nasa administrasyonUpang lalo pa po naming maisulongAng serbisyong pambayan,” ayon kay Mayor.
MEDIOCRITY- it is everywhere.That is why it is mediocrity. Themediocre abound. They are themajority, the average, the mean,median, mode of the normal dis-tribution. After having taught incollege and graduate school fora period of more than 40 years(generally part-time and havingstarted at a young age, 19 yearsold to be exact), I remembersome of my former students,now numbering in the thousands.I remember the brilliant, intelli-gent and the superior ones. Ialso remember the poor, dumbor the “mentally challenged” (indiplomatic terminology). I do notremember the average, the me-diocre and the bulk of the popu-lation. They are consigned notonly to being mediocre but alsoto being forgettable.
Even at the level of the supe-rior groups, which have been in-tentionally selected or are natu-rally existent, my freshmanclass in college was intention-ally grouped to be composed ofthe top of the freshman students.We were the FABA (Freshmen,AB [ Bachelor of Arts ], SectionA), composed of less than 40students out of a total of around350 freshmen. Half of the classwere valedictorians of their highschools. The others were like-wise brilliant. This was manifest-ed in their speech, analyticalprocesses and general demean-or. I belonged to the so called “naughty ones”, who could havedone better and excelled, only ifwe were not so mischievous andlazy. It was initially a very inse-cure start, being among brilliantstudents in an already brilliantsection of a university reputedfurther for more brilliance andsuperiority.
However, we all easily be-came friends and proud of beingin FABA!. Except for one or twowho were “weirdos” in a batchwhich was already acceptable tobe “nerdy”, Where are the FA-BANs now? Well, the brilliantwho were at the top of the classwhen we graduated becamepriests, professors, academi-cians, and activists. One evenbecame a member or head of thecommunist politburo. The aver-age ones became entrepreneurs,businessmen, corporate leadersand professionals. The lower end
Mediocrity by ExampleBY ROMEO DYOCO
of the class, well, they becamepoliticians, congressmen, sen-ators and government bureau-crats. These results must signi-fy something.
I think I experienced belong-ing to all these groups, at onetime on the other, in my profes-sional life. I do not know wheth-er I have been becoming supe-rior or deteriorating towards themediocre. One basic learningthat I have derived is that one’sperformance and competencetends to gravitate towards thequality and standards of thegroup wherein one belongs orworks. If the quality and com-petence of the playing field ispoor, than performance will bepoor and below standard. Thisis also the case in the corpo-rate world.
Those who engage in sportsunderstand the need for superi-or competition and a quality play-ing environment. If you continueto play basketball in the boon-docks in your barangay or limityour tennis to playing in yourclub SWAT ( Samahan ng mgaWalang Asenso sa Tennis), thenyou will be entrapped in a lowlevel of skills and performance.You need to be exposed to theso-called “big time”, to majorcompetition and tournaments inorder to raise the quality of yourskills and performance. That iswhy we send players to moresuperior and competitive expe-riences. That is also why weimport world-class coaches andplayers. In academe and hope-fully even in the corporate world,we need to recruit outside tal-ent. Limiting ourselves to the “lo-cals” promotes “in-breeding”.And soon, we will in-breed our-selves to stupidity. The greatertragedy is that we do not recog-nize it. Mediocrity is catching,like a disease.
What does an employee whofinds himself locked into a me-diocre playing ground do? Whenthe corporate leaders are medi-ocre, generally this results in aculture of “mediocrity by exam-ple”. The best teaching modehas always been “by example”,whether it is good governance,the correct core values, compe-tence or emotional intelligence.A dissonance between speechand action regarding behavior is
plain hypocrisy. Leaders have towalk the talk.
The employee may strive forexcellence within his job func-tion and sphere of influence. Hecan try. Still, more often than not,his actions will be delimited anddevalued or “regress to the low-est common denominator” by theculture of mediocrity surround-ing him. Soon, he becomes frus-trated. Or he may undertakeprojects or change initiatives to-wards a culture and processesof excellence and good gover-nance. Great and good luck!This, however depends for itssuccess on the sincere supportof the top management and along gestation period. Again,leadership by example.
Mediocrity in terms of learn-ing and competence can be ad-dressed by the proper trainingand development. There is nowa movement in most corporateenterprises to undertake andprovide the training and devel-opment requirements of theirhuman resources. In fact, thisis now a proliferating businesswith many consultancies, sem-inars, management gurus, sys-tems and theories. Still it is upto top management on how theright kind of training and devel-opment is selected, handledand allocated. The use of train-ing for “kaizen” (continuous im-provement) may be nothing buta pro-forma political ploy or wordplay. Training and seminarsmay just be excuses for a re-wards allocation among the topmanagement favorites and syn-cophants who are given hollowcredentials and expensive jun-kets. The end result is howthese trainings become inte-grated and operationalized with-in the enterprise culture andway of life. This requires topmanagement support and in-volvement. There must be realand serious commitment in or-der that the trust and confidenceof the whole organization maybe secured. Then and only thencan the organization and its peo-ple rise above mediocrity andattain superiority towards its vi-sion-mission-a superioritythrough the example of its lead-ers. Or else we will continue tobe lost in a virtual journey of in-competence and lunacy.
AFTER FOUR DAYS of furiousfighting, the World War II Battleof Leyte Gulf, the largest air-na-val battle in history, ends with adecisive American victory overthe Japanese.
With the U.S. liberation of thePhilippines underway, the des-perate Japanese command de-
Battle of Leyte Gulf endsTODAY IN HISTORY
cided to gamble their combinednaval fleet to repulse the Ameri-cans. On October 23, the ene-my fleets collided, and hundredsof warships and thousands ofaircraft battled for control of theGulf of Leyte in three simulta-neous battles. On October 26,what remained of the devastat-
ed Japanese fleet retreated,leaving the Allies in control of thePacific Ocean.
After the Battle of Leyte Gulf,the Allies waged an escalatingbombing campaign against theJapanese home islands, finallyforcing Japan's surrender in Au-gust 1945.
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a singlemoment before starting to improve the world. –Anne Frank
To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere withoutmoving anything but your heart. –Phyllis Theroux
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NOTICEALEMART CORPORATION for its protection
and that of its wholesalers and customersannounces that the following official receipts:155601-155650 issued to its San FernandoSales Office cannot be accounted by theSales Office. Any payment evidenced by theabove receipts will not be honored by theCompany pending investigation
PEDRO S. TAN President
Punto! Central Luzon: October 21-November 16, 2011
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTANGELES CITY
BALIKATAN PROPERTYHOLDINGS, INC.,
Mortgagee, FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATEPROCEEDINGS OF MORTGAGED
-versus- PROPERTY UNDER ACT 3135, AS AMENDED
SPS. LEOPOLDO M. PABLOAND GLORIA A. PABLO,
Mortgagors. F.C. Case No. 2011-723x———————————————————————x
NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended
filed by the Mortgagee, BALIKATAN PROPERTY HOLDINGS, INC., withpostal address at 24th Floor, BPI Buendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue,Makati City against the Mortgagors, SPS. LEOPOLDO M. PABLO ANDGLORIA A. PABLO with residence and postal address at # 115 DelaCruz, Bamban, Tarlac and Lot 18-A, Ph. II, Ferdinand, Green MeadowsSubd., Bo. Mabiga, Mabalacat, Pampanga in order to satisfy theoutstanding obligation which as of August 18, 2011 amounts to FOURHUNDRED SIXTY SIX THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY ONE PESOSAND SEVENTY SEVEN CENTAVOS only (Php466,861.77), PhilippineCurrency, the undersigned Sheriff IV hereby gives notice and announcesthat on November 23, 2011 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning, at theMunicipal Trial Court of Mabalacat and Magalang, Pampanga, located at2nd Floor Marina Arcade, Dau, Mabalacat, Pampanga will sell at publicauction for CASH and in Philippine Currency, the following parcel of landwith all the existing and future improvements thereon, to wit:
TCT NO. 267845-RA parcel of land (Lot 18-A of the subd. plan Psd-03-025449,
being a portion of Lot 18, Blk. 2, Pcs-03-000868; LRC Rec. No.), situated in the Bo. of Mabiga, Mun. of Mabt., Prov. of Pampanga.Bounded on the SW., along line 1-2 by Lot 8, Blk. 2, Pcs-03-000868; on the NW., along line 2-3 by Lot 18-B of the subd.plan; on the NE., along line 3-4 Road Lot 4, Blk. 2, Pcs-03-000868; and on the SE., along line 4-1 by Lot 17, Blk. 2, Pcs-03-000868; x x x containing an area of ONE HUNDREDNINETY NINE (199) SQUARE METERS, more or less. x x x
Prospective buyers/bidders may investigate for themselves theabove-mentioned parcel/s of land for their information and protection.
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.
In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,it shall be held on December 1, 2011 at the same time and place withoutfurther notice.
Angeles City, October 3, 2011.JOVENCIO A. HIZON
Sheriff IVCopy Furnished:
ATTY. LLOYD ALLAN CUDALCounsel for the MortgageeBALIKATAN PROPERTY HOLDINGS, INC.,24th Floor, BPI Buendia Center,Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City
SPS. LEOPOLDO M. PABLOAND GLORIA A. PABLO#115 Dela Cruz, Bamban, Tarlac andLot 18-A, Ph. II, Ferdinand, Green MeadowsSubd., Bo. Mabiga, Mabalacat, Pampanga
PUNTO! Central Luzon: October 19, 26 & November 2, 2011
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION
Branch 63Tarlac City
IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FORCORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THECERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OFROAN DAVID DE LEON
ROAN DAVID DE LEON Spec. Proc. No. 4775Petitioner
-VERSUS-
CIVIL REGISTRAR OF TARLAC ANDNATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE,REP. by CARMELITA N. ERICTA,Administrator and Civil Registrar
Respondentx————————————————————————x
ORDERPetitioner, through counsel, filed a verified petition for Correction of
Entries in her Certificate of Live praying that, after due notice and hearing,an Order be issued directing the Local Civil Registrar of Tarlac City, andthe Civil Registrar General (NSO): (1) to correct the gender of the petitionerin her Certificate of Live Birth from “Male” to “Female”, and (2) orderingthe LCR of Tarlac City and the National Statistics Office to correct the dateof marriage of the petitioner’s parents which was erroneously written as“January 08, 1980”. It should be “January 07, 1980”. Petitioner furtherprays for such other reliefs and remedies just and equitable in the premises.
It appearing that the petition is sufficient in form and substance, thecourt hereby sets the hearing of the petition on November 17, 2011 at2:00 o’clock in the afternoon. All persons who may have interest on thepetition may appear on the said date, time and place and show cause,why the petition should not be granted.
Let a copy of the Order be published at the expense of the petitionerin a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Tarlac, once aweek for three (3) consecutive weeks prior to the November 17, 2011.
Let copy of the petition, together with this Order, be furnished to theOffice of the Civil Registrar General (National Statistics Office), the Officeof the Local Civil Registrar of Tarlac City, the Office of the SolicitorGeneral, the Office of the City Prosecutor of Tarlac City, to petitionerRoan David De Leon and her counsel Atty. Arturo L. Serrano for theirinformation and guidance.
SO ORDERED.Tarlac City, September 27, 2011.
CESAR L. AGANON Presiding Judge
PUNTO! Central Luzon: October 19, 26 & November 2, 2011
NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of REMEDIOS L. PANLILIO
who died on July 5, 1980; CRISTINO S. LAZATIN on February 17, 1991;CONSUELO L. MADRIGAL on September 17, 1994; CORAZONLAZATIN on April 5, 2005; ESTER S. LAZATIN on July 17, 1999; JESUSS. LAZATIN on February 17, 2003; and ANITA S. LAZATIN on September9, 2004, that all said deceased died intestate, executed a SupplementalExtrajudicial Settlement of their estates more particularly described as: Aparcel of land (Lot 3521 of the Cadastral survey of San Fernando CadastralCase No. 9 G.L.R.O. Cadastral Rec. No. 145) with improvements thereon,situated in the Municipality of San Fernando and covered by TCT No.49222-R of the Registry of Deeds of Pampanga; A parcel of land (Lot 3208-C-7 of the subd. plan Psd-03-003732, being a portion of Lot 3208-C, (LRC)Psd-209005 LRC Rec. No.__) situated in the Municipality of San Fernandoand covered by TCT No. 171543-R of the Registry of Deeds of Pampanga;and A parcel of land (Lot No. 3642 of the Cadastral Survey of San Fernando)with all buildings and improvements, situated in the Municipality of SanFernando and covered by TCT No. 79087-R of the Registry of Deeds ofPampanga.
Punto! Central Luzon: October 19, 26 & November 2, 2011
ha at fishkill o pagka-matay ng mga isdang al-aga.
Ngunit laging kaposang ayudang ipinagkaka-loob sa kanila ng goby-erno dahil sa maliit napondo ng BFAR.
Binigyang diin namanni Alcala na sa taong itoay tinanggap ng BFARang pinakamalakingalokasyong pondo sakasaysayan nito.
Gayunpaman, hindiniya binanggit kung mag-
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BFAR planong...kano ang nasabing pon-dong alokasyon.
Bilang isang ahensiy-ang nasa ilalim ng DA,ang BFAR ay ang nama-mahala sa pagsusulongng mga polisiya at pala-tuntunan sa produksyonng isda at mga pangis-daan sa bansa.
Ayon kay Alcala, pa-bor din siya na ihiwalayang nasabing ahensiya saDA, ngunit kailangan paniyang matiyak na kayanitong tumindig bilangisang bagong kagawaranng pamahalaan.
BY DING CERVANTES
CLARK FREEPORT –Hunting for the haunted onAll Saints’ Day?
Mabalacat town tour-ism chief Guy Hilbero findsnothing wrong with it andeven thinks that in this his-toric freeport, “ghost tour-ism” can even be pack-aged in the overall touristplan of the state-ownedClark Development Corp.(CDC) which runs this free-port.
This is nothing new foryoung folk in nearby An-geles City and other townsaround Clark, especiallyon the eve of Nov. 1 whensome dare themselves toventure into known haunt-ed places here.
“There are areas inClark that are definitelyhaunted,” said Hilbero, cit-ing the old site of the FortStotsenburg cemeterywithin Mimosa LeisureEstate as being one of themost haunted. This formerUS Air Force base usedto be known as Fort Stot-senburg when the
Americans moved hereat the turn of the 20th cen-tury.
“That’s the site of build-ing has never been com-pleted some meters awayfrom the Veranda Restau-rant. Security guards therewill tell you of frequent vi-sions and sounds ofghosts there,“ he said.
Apart from adventurousyouths, security guardsare among the frequentwitnesses to ghostly en-counters in this freeport.
Security guard Arman-do Flores, who roams thearea of the abandonedClark hospital in the areaof duty free shops here,said he often heard En-glish conversations in thedead of the night in thehospital whose basement
All Saints’ Day trend: ghost hunting at Clark’s haunted groundsreportedly used to containa morgue for American vic-tims of the Vietnam Warin the 1960’s before theirbodies where flown to theUS.
“Sometimes I wouldhear sounds coming for apart of the hospital butthere would be no onethere when I check,” hesaid.
Hilbero also cited thecurrent building of the tour-ism department of theCDC as another hauntedplace. The small building,he noted, used to be thepost office of the US airforce which abandonedClark in 1991 amid threatof eruption from Mt. Pi-natubo.
Retired police officerEfren Alamares would of-ten recount one timewhen, while jogging at 4a.m. near the building, heheard noises of some peo-ple apparently partyingthere. He stopped joggingnear the area after he wastold that the house at thattime was padlocked andhad been unused for some-time.
One ghostly manifesta-tions here made it toYouTube.com and contin-ues to get hits from thou-sands of viewers world-wide. This was recorded incellphone video by Kapam-pangan employees of acompany here sometimein 2007.
The 1.7-megabyte vid-eo lasts three minutesand 27 seconds andshows several translucenthuman forms walkingback and forth in a stor-age room, amid the terri-fied comments of thegroup which recorded it.It can be accessed onYoutube by searching forClark ghosts.
Also said to be haunt-ed is the Clark cemetery,
which was establishedhere between 1947 and1950 by moving the re-mains and headstonesfrom at least four other UScemeteries in the Philip-pines.
Covering 23.3 acres,the 12,000 plot cemeteryhas always remained oneof the loneliest but welltrimmed cemeteries in thecountry during all Saints’Day.
The oldest remains, asindicated by the tomb-stone, belong to CharlesEhrnberg, a quartermastercorps saddler who died onNov. 11, 1897.
Keepers of the ceme-tery said that there aretimes they would see aball of light travelling overthe cemetery, althoughthey said this happenedonly a few times.
Hilbero said thatghostly manifestationshave ceased in some ar-eas previously known ashaunted, because prayerswere said for them.
Such is the case of LilyHill where manifestationsof Japanese soldiers usedto be frequent. “Many Jap-anese soldiers died there
as they fought off theAmericans who had re-tured to regain their formerbase at Clark at the endof World War II. You’d
Security guard Armando Flores points to an area of the abandonedhospital at Clark freeport where ghostly manifestations are often observedduring the night. The hospital becomes a favorite ghost hunting groundfor youths in towns near Clark during All Saints’ Day.
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hear the ghosts of the Jap-anese soldiers marchingafter that,” Hilbero said.
The manifestations,however, ceased after
Bhuddist monks startedyearly prayers for thedepartment Japanesesoldiers at the site, henoted.
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A MEDICAL relief and feedingmission was conducted recent-ly by the ABS-CBN Sagip Ka-pamilya/Bantay Bata and Syn-genta in Barangay Sta Maria,Licab, Nueva Ecija.
The village was one amongthose badly affected by heavyflood spawned by Typhoons“Pedring” and “Quiel”.
According to Richell Reco-ter, senior coordinator of the Cor-porate Social Responsibility ofSyngenta Foundation, Inc.,about 3,500 people coming fromfive villages of Licab, includingSta. Maria, were served by the
Syntena, ABS-CBN hold medical,relief, feeding mission in Ecija
one-day mission.The other barangays served
were San Jose, Sto. Cristo, Aqui-no and San Juan.
ABS-CBN is the leadingmedia network in the Philippineswhile Syngenta is one of theworld’s leading biotech and agri-business multinational compa-ny based in Basel, Switzerland.
A total of 1,000 relief goodswere distributed to affected fam-ilies while 900 patients were giv-en medical attention that includ-ed ECG, ultrasound and RBSprocedures and medicines.About 1,500 children benefitedfrom the feeding activity.
This mission was supported
by several organizations. Theseinclude Alay Bayan, Inc., NuevaEcija Medical Society, Radyo-Natin Guimba, CBHP-NE, Dr.PJGMRMC Mobile Clinic Team,Office of Rep. Joseph Violago ofthe 2nd District of Nueva Ecija,local government units, munici-pal health office of Licab, munic-ipal agricultural office of Licab,and the office of Mayor WillyDomingo of Licab.
Mayor Domingo said that theeffort was a big help to the af-fected communities and peoplein his town.
“I am grateful to ABS-CBN,Syngenta and all the participat-ing organizations,” he said.
THE QUEZON CITY government and its hospitals are set to usethe Secured Health Information Network and Exchange (SHINE)of Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) to maximize access tohealth service resources and provide better care for tuberculosis(TB) patients.
Under an agreement signed with the Quezon City Govern-ment, the Center for Health Development-Metro Manila, LungCenter of the Philippines, East Avenue Medical Center and thePhilippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), Smart will im-plement SHINE initially in the 10 health centers of the city’sLegislative District 4 and in the three major TB catchment hos-pitals for the fight against TB in QC .
TB is an infectious disease caused by the “tubercle bacilli”bacteria which affect the lungs but may also attack any part ofthe body like the bones, intestines, and kidneys.
The World Health Organization’s Global TB Report revealsthat the Philippines is ranked ninth among 22 countries highlyburdened by TB around the world. As many as 75 Filipinos dieof the disease every day, making TB the 6th leading cause ofdeath among Filipinos.
In Quezon City, the disease reportedly ranks eighth amongthe 10 leading causes of illness.
Mayor Herbert Bautista said Quezon City’s participation inthe project will enable the local government to provide betterservice to the residents of the city, as well as improve gover-nance.
“Infusing the right information and communication technolo-gy tools into our city’s health care system will help us improvethe services we provide, and eventually empower TB patients torecover from their illness. Our participation in this project willalso help us in governance, as it can create cost-efficient mea-sures for us to address our residents’ health issues,” Bautistasaid during the signing of the agreement held recently at theQuezon City Hall.
“For our community service initiatives in health, we speciallylooked into the United Nations Development Program Millenni-um Development Goals including that of reducing infectious dis-eases such as TB. The beauty of this project lies in the use ofappropriate web and mobile technologies with an ecosystem ofwilling stakeholders to make it happen. ” said Ramon R. Isber-to, Smart public affairs group head.
Project SHINE is the flagship mobile health initiative of Smartunder its corporate citizenship program Kabalikat that aims toraise the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare facilitiesthrough the innovative use of mobile and ICT technologies.
Through the SHINE platform, health care facilities are givenaccess to an electronic information management system thataccommodates the registration of patients, recording of consul-tations, filling up and sending of referral, acknowledgement andfeedback forms, search for a healthcare specialist or facility,reports generation for governance, setting of appointments aswell as the sending of text message notifications and remindersto the patient. All these features can be used for TB cases.
Because it is cloud-based, SHINE can be accessed byhealthcare personnel and organizations anywhere via the Weband/or a mobile phone.
With SHINE, healthcare organizations can improve informa-tion exchange, enhance patient care continuity and end thecostly, time-consuming and error-prone chore of faxing, photo-copying and filing paper referral documents.
The implementation of SHINE in Quezon City is part of theLinking Initiatives and Networking to Control Tuberculosis (TBLINC), a project funded by the United States Agency for Interna-tional Development (USAID) and the Global Fund to improveaccess to comprehensive quality TB care. PBSP is the primecontractor of the TB LINC project and the primary recipient ofthe Global Fund.
Under the agreement, Smart will oversee the implementa-tion of SHINE, including the training of health workers with basicPC skills and use of the SHINE system. Smart will also providefree internet connection for six months as well as 20 mobilephones to front liners/provider-users in the 10 health centers ofQuezon City’s Legislative District 4. The telco will also providefree one-year Internet connectivity to the three major TB catch-ment hospitals – Quezon City General Hospital, Lung Center ofthe Philippines and the East Avenue Medical Center. The use ofthe SHINE system is free for one year.
SHINE was launched earlier in July this year with its initialimplementation in the Province and City of Iloilo.
Smart, QC partner one-referral system forhealth care services
MEDIA-TECH. Jose Rosete, media relations officer of Smart Telecom, explains tojournalists on how fast technology has evolved in the Philippines during the media-techbriefing in Clark recently. He also explains how 2G, 3G and 4G work in various areas inthe country.
THE PHILIPPINES’ largest national flag carrier,Cebu Pacific (PSE:CEB) launches its web check-in service with free seat selection, in anticipationof high passenger traffic at the airport this No-vember and December travel peak. Passengersautomatically get assigned a seat for free duringthe web check-in process.
The airline also added flights and seat capac-ity in the last quarter of 2011 to cope with de-mand.
“Passengers on Airbus flights can check-inonline from 48 hours up to 4 hours before theirflight, and get assigned a seat for free. We hopethis added service will help minimize lines at theairport and provide added convenience to ourguests,” said CEB VP for Marketing and Distri-bution Candice Iyog.
CEB was the first airline in the Philippines tooffer web check-in services, which allows gueststo check-in online and print boarding passes be-fore the flight. This can be done through the “Man-age Booking” section in the CEBwebsite, www.cebupacificair.com.
Passengers on international flights with nocheck-in luggage need to drop by the web check-in counter for verification of travel documents atleast 45 minutes before departure time.
Meanwhile, those on domestic flights with nocheck-in luggage may go straight to the boardinggate. These guests should be at the gate at least30 minutes before departure time.
Passengers with check-in luggage have todrop their bags off at the web check-in counter atleast 45 minutes before the flight.
“Guests who check in online can cut downtime spent in queues, from the usual 5-7 minutesin a regular check-in counter to only 1-3 minutes,
CEB launches free web check-inin time for Nov.-Dec. travel peak
depending on whether they have check-in lug-gage,” Iyog said.
Aside from the web check-in service, Iyog alsohas some reminders for passengers who wish tohave hassle-free travel this upcoming peak sea-son.
BEFORE YOUR FLIGHT
Remember that CEB allows only one handcarry bag (maximum weight is 7 kilos).
Purchase your baggage allowance upon book-ing, with options ranging from 15 to 30 kilos. Thislets you save up to 44% as compared to payingexcess baggage fees at the airport.
Place easily identifiable markers on yourcheck-in luggage, and hand carry valuable items.
DURING CHECK-IN
Make time for expected long lines at the se-curity scanners, check-in counters and immigra-tion. We encourage guests to be at the airport 2-3 hours before the flight. CEB counters will close45 minutes before the scheduled time of depar-ture.
Those with no check-in luggage for domesticflights can fall in line at the Express Counter.
BEFORE BOARDING
Be at the boarding gate 30 minutes before theflight’s published time of departure.
Guests will pass through another securitycheck before getting to the boarding gate, so wearshoes that can be easily removed and avoid wear-ing belts with metal buckles. Don’t forget that liq-uids, aerosols and gels should be 100 ml or less,and that they should be placed in a clear, re-seal-able plastic bag.
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homilist in the Mass cel-ebrated by Rev. Fr. Raulde los Santos, the parishpriest.
In his introduction ofthe suspended priest-turned governor, De losSantos hailed Panlilio for“answering a higher call” inrunning for the governor-ship and winning in 2007,as well as in seeking, butlosing, re-election in 2010.
The priesthood re-mained “manifest” in Pan-lilio, De los Santos said,even in the field of politicswith his innate “sense of
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‘I’m done with politics’self-sacrifice and serviceto the people.”
Panlilio said that out ofpolitics, he would contin-ue in his various advoca-cies.
These included the en-vironmental preservationwith the Save the TreesCoalition that preventedthe wholesale cutting of alltrees along MacArthurHighway being pursuedby the Department ofPublic Works and High-ways and endorsed by thePampanga Chamber ofCommerce and Industryand the city governmentof San Fernando.
“Thanks to the STC,we can still enjoy the coolshade of the trees,” Pan-lilio said.
The campaign for goodgovernance, he said, con-tinues with nationwidetalks being undertaken bythe Kaya Natin group thatincluded himself, formerIsabela Gov. Grace Pada-ca and now Interior Sec-retary Jesse Robredo.
Jueteng politicsIt was in the anti-
jueteng advocacy thatPanlilio was most em-phatic in his homily.
“As long as jueteng
politics exists, there willbe no chance for goodgovernance to t6akeroots,” he said, lamentingthat some priests andpastors regularly receivejueteng money.
Panlilio claimed that inthe last elections, a Chris-tian pastor intimated tohim that a group of pas-tors were offered “asmuch as P100,000 indi-vidually” with a number ofthem accepting the bribe.
Delving on the mes-sage of the gospel for theday – of love of God aboveall, and love of neighbouras the greatest of com-
mandments, Panlilio saidthese were the same at-tributes that moved theItalian priest Rev. Fr.Fausto “Pops” Tintorio tolive with the Manobos inthe hinterlands of Cotaba-to, fight for their rights anddie a martyr’s death.
Panlilio made Tinto-rio’s “self-sacrifice” as a“ray of hope” in thesetimes of scandals hound-ing the Catholic clergy,specially that in Pampan-ga, for whom he askedthe congregation to pray.
Vice governorAs early as the first
quarter of 2011, Panlilio isbeing bruited about as apossible running mate ofCity of San FernandoMayor Oscar S. Rodrigu-ez in his supposed run forthe governorship.
“A Rodriguez-Panlilioteam will give a Pineda-Arroyo tandem a run fortheir money,” a Panliliosupporter said then. “Itwould be a morality playall over again, the forcesof good against the evilsof jueteng and corrup-tion.”
Ang Galing PartylistRep. Mikey Macapagal-Arroyo has made no se-cret his plans to run forvice governor, a positionhe held from 2001-2004in tandem with then Gov.Lito Lapid.
Other possible vicegubernatorial wannabesbeing talked about areMexico Mayor Teddy Tu-mang, Candaba MayorJerry Pelayo and 4th Dis-trict Rep. Anna York Bon-doc-Sagum.
–Bong Lacsonand Gov. Lilia “NanayBaby” Pineda situation-ers currently obtaining inthe Pampanga River andproposed measures tocheck flooding in thearea.
Before the assembledlocal executives, Pelayomoved for a stop of all in-fra projects “for a thoroughreview, and to channel re-sources on flood mitiga-tion priorities.”
Pelayo’s motion wassubsequently amended tospecify “stop to the bid-ding of projects” ratherthan a stoppage of allprojects as this could de-rail those already underimplementation whichcould result to wastage,“as well as court casescoming from the affectedcontractors.”
It was at that juncturethat Tetangco presentedhis own motion for the re-
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P-noy asked to revive Pampanga River...vival of the PRCS.
The PRCS was an “au-tonomous” office of theDepartment of PublicWorks and Highways withits office located mid-stream the PampangaRiver in Barangay Sulipan,Apalit
A DPWH insider whoasked for anonymity ashe had no authority to talkon the matter told Punto!that among the PRCS’ re-sponsibilities were themaintenance of theArnedo Dike, the dredgingof heavily silted portionsof the river, prevention ofencroachments and themaintenance of check-gates in Masantol. .
The PRCS “faded intoirrelevance” according tothe DPWH source, in “thepost-Pinatubo period of la-har rampages, the priori-ties shifting to the riversin western Pampanga,notably Pasig-Potrero,Porac-Gumain, Abacan,
Gugu, Pasac, and DalanBapor.”
“With the PRCS re-vived and in full operation,we will not be here think-ing of how to solve theflooding emanating fromthe Pampanga River,” Tet-angco said. “The PRCSwill be on top of the situa-tion.
GonzalesA similar call for the
PRCS revival was made inJuly this year by Pampan-ga 3rd District Rep. Aure-lio Gonzales Jr.
Gonzales said thePRCS could undertake to“rehabilitate the tributarysystems and address theflooding situation” in hisdistrict.
He identified the tribu-taries as the Mapalad Riv-er in the City of SanFernando, Inuman Bakariver system in Sta. Anaand Mexico towns, andthe Betis River in Bacol-
or-Guagua.“After the Mt. Pinatu-
bo eruption in 1991, theconcentration of watershifted to the major chan-nels which gave rise to theMt. Pinatubo Mitigationprojects. However, aftermost of the projects werecompleted, there is aneed now to focus our at-tention to the spillwayswhich will absorb thefloodwaters from the ma-jor channels,” Gonzalessaid.
While the DPWHagreed to the proposal ofGonzales, no action hasyet been taken on the re-vival of the PRCS.
“The good congress-man’s concern for his dis-trict as being addressedto by the PRCS should beconsolidated in my call forthe office’s revival,” Teta-ngco said. “Thereby, wecan come up with a holis-tic solution to our flood-ing problems.”
But it is not yet toolate, said Lt. Guy Hilberoof the Philippine ScoutsHeritage Society based inthis former US air forcebase.
Hilbero, backed bythe US Veterans of For-eign Wars (VFW) Post2485 in Angeles City, arearranging for the transferof Nisperos’ remains tothe Clark cemetery hereand be given full militaryhonors before reburial, inthe presence of US civil-ian and military dignitar-ies.
The Clark cemeterywas established here be-tween 1947 and 1950 bymoving the remains andheadstones from at leastfour other US cemeteriesin the Philippines. Cover-ing 23.3 acres, the 12,000plot cemetery also con-tains the remains of 800members of the PhilippineScouts which used to beunder the US Army.
The cemetery is theonly area within thisformer US military basewhere the American flagstill remains hung from aflagpole, alongside thePhilippine flag. It is main-tained by the VFW al-though there are propos-als for it to be funded bythe US federal govern-
ment.Hilbero noted that Nis-
peros was the first Filipi-no to be awarded the USMedal of Honor, alsocalled the US Congres-sional Medal of Honor be-cause it was establishedby an act of the US Con-gress in 1861.
He recalled that Nis-peros was enlisted as aprivate with the 34th Com-pany of the PhilippineScouts when he was toldto join combined forces ofthe scouts and the USnavy, led by Navy EnsignCharles Hovey, in pursu-ing Moro rebels in Basi-lan on Sept. 24, 1911.
Accounts of that dayindicated that Hovey’sgroup was overwhelmedthe rebels who werearmed with guns, bolosand spears. Nisperos’ leftarm was hacked and hitby a bullet, while his bodysustained spear wounds.
“Leaning on hiswounded left arm, heused his right arm to fireand hold at bay the rebelsuntil reinforcements ar-rived,” Hilbero noted. OnlyHovey turned out to bethe only fatality in the in-cident.
Nisperos’ left arm waslater amputated, and afterbeing released from thehospital, he was appoint-ed deputy sheriff of the
district of Zamboanga onMarch 16, 1912. Twomonths later, he was hon-orable discharged frommilitary service amid de-teriorating health and wasentitled to a monthly pen-sion of $55.
On Feb. 5, 1913, a pa-rade was held in his hon-or at Luneta Park in Ma-nila and Maj. Gen. Frank-lin Bell, then chief of theArmy in the Philippines,pinned on him the Medalof Honor which had hisname engraved at theback. There were at leastnine military men who tes-tified to his heroism, in-cluding Brig. Gen. JohnPershing.
When he died in 1922,there was no military hon-ors during his burial. Thefirst Filipino Medal of Hon-or awardee was apparent-ly already forgotten andefforts of his widow andthree daughters to getpension from the US gov-ernment even failed.
“It was a situation thatwas aggravated by theloss of the Medal of Val-or. Somebody who waswell meaning borrowed itfrom the family so that itcould be used as evidencethat Nisperos’ familyshould be entitled to ben-efits,” Hilbero said.
Records showed thatin 1922, one Dr. Jose Ban-
tug of the Philippine Mu-seum borrowed the med-al from a granddaughter ofNisperos to help them ne-gotiate for US pension.The medal was never re-turned. Hilbero cited re-ports that the medal wasrecently auctioned off atthe cost of some $1,100dollars. He said his groupand the VFW are workingout ways to retrieve themedal.
Nicolas’ remains willlikely still be tended to byrelatives at the cemeteryin San Fernando, LaUnion this All Saints’ Dayon Nov. 1, but Hilbero ishopeful that by next year,the remains would alreadybe at the Clark cemetery.
While Nisperos’ rela-tives have never failed tolight candles for him ev-ery Nov. 1, his tomb in SanFernando, La Union hasremained unpainted andeven without any identify-ing mark.
Hilbero said, however,that Nisperos would befinally be given his right-ful graveyard and epitaphonce his remains aremoved to Clark during thePhilippine Scouts Heri-tage Society 28th reviewday slated on April 8 nextyear. A gun salute iseven expected for thehero, 90 years after hisdeath.
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TheGossip-millerby Cesar Pambid
Nora Aunor nakipag-ayos na sa ABS-CBN?TAPOS NA ba ang di magandang sitwasyon ni Nora Aunor sa ABS-CBN?
Does this mean, okey na uli si Nora para magtrabaho sa naturang network?You see, isang senyal yung pagbibigay ng honorary award kay Guy ng Cinema One. It is just like saying, bati na tayo!Kasunod kaya nito ay offer na sa kanila pumirma ng kontrata si Nora Aunor?Is this the reason kaya di pa natuloy ang contract signing niya supposedly with TV5? Ito rin ba ang dahilan kung bakit di na muna
tinuloy ni Mother Lily ang Hototay?Pakilinaw lang po!Meanwhile, Nora’s legions of fans are clamoring for more. Sa ngayon bitin ang Sa Ngalan Ng Ina dahil after this sterling miniseries,
wala pang naka-sked para sa kay Guy. Di na nga matutuloy ang MMFF movier niya kaya walang fare sa Pasko para sa fans. Yungkanyang El Presidente movie with Laguna Governor ER Ejercito, bagamat very well publicized ay sa next year pa mapapanood.Sana lang, kahit na isang special lang may ‘pagsaluhan’ ang mga fans tungkol kay Nora Aunor.
Apat nagpapasalamat!WALANG HANGGAN ang pasasalamat ni Jake Vargas sa lahat ng mga taong sumusuporta sa kanyang career. Aniya, sila yungnandito simula pa lang nang mag-start siya.
Una sa lahat, sa showbiz tatay niyang si Kuya Germs, for doing all the things para nga siya makarating sa itaas. Pangalawayung pamilya niya na ayon kay Jake ay inspirasyon niya. Pero di raw niya basta makalilimutan ang parangal na binigay sa kanya ngPhilippine Movie Press Club nang tinanghal siyang Best New Male singing discovery ngayong Star Awards for Music. Para kay Jake,isa ito sa pinakamtaas na punto ng kanyang buhay. As we very well know, may matinding pinagdaraanan ngayon si Jake pero yunay nalampasan niya na kahit hirap na hirap na siya, pinipilit niyang tanggapin ang katotohanang naghihintay na lang talaga ng sandalang nanay niya. Kumbaga preparado na si Jake pero kung masusunod lang ang wish niya mas, gusto pa niya ng mahaba-habang
panahon para makasama nila ng pamilya ang nanay niya.You see, Jake;s mom is afflicted with fourth stage colon cancer at talaga namang daw hirap na hirap na ito.Pero sa ngayon, nagpapasalamat naman si Jake na kahit paano, na naitataguyod niya ang magastos na gamutan sa sakit ng kanyang ina.Si Marc Cubales naman ay nagpapasalamat naman sa magandang kapalarang laging dumarating sa kanyang buhay.Sa ngayon kasi, Marc is temporarily staying in Manchester, UK para pamahalaan ang ipinamanang kayamaman sa kanya ng amang kailan lang sumakabilang-
buhay. As next of kin, sa balikat niya lahat naiatang ang mga responsibilidad na naiwan ng nasirang ama.“Nasa mabuting kalagayan ako rito. Thank you sa lahat ng mga sumusuporta sa akin, wait lang sila, I am coming back, sosorpresahin ko silang lahat.”So there!Gerald Santos, this year’s Star Awards winner ng Male Pop Singer of the year, is also endlessly thanking all the
people na sumusuporta sa kanya, foremost dito ay ang manager niyang si Doc Rommel, who never leaves him.Siya yung parang ama niyang lagging nakaalalay sa lahat ng bagay tungkol sa kanyang career.
Anyway, very successful ang play ni Gerald kung saan lumabas siyang si Dr. Jose Rizal. Very patrioticang tema na tamng-tama lang sa kanyang personalidad. Na-delineate ni Gerald nang tamang-tama angrole na Dr. Jose Rizal.
Pang-apat na nagpapasalamat sa suporta ay si Mark Alain. pinakabago sa Sony Music Corporation.Not necessarily a newcomer, Mark Alain has been part of a group called the Frio but he decided togo solo this time. Kailan lang na-release yung album niyang simply titled Mark Alain which hascuts like Maghihintay, Sa Piling Mo, Loving You at Binibini. Surprisingly, Maghihtay although,galing sa isang baguhan, was nominated Song Of the year nitong nakaraang 3rd Star Awards forMusic. For that, gustong pasalamatan ni Mark Alain ang lahat ng taong may kinalaman samaaga niyang tagumpay.
Ang bagong inspirasyon ni Enchong Dee…bow!MAY BAGONG inspirasyon daw si Enchong Dee, kaya naman iisa ang tanong ng lahatng entertainment press na nakakausap niya, sino ang babaing ito?
Pero kahit anong pilit ay ayaw sabihin ni Enchong ang identity ng kanyanginspirasyon.
“Huwag na muna,” natatawa niyang sabi.Si Julia Montes ba ito?“Basta ang masasabi ko lang, masaya ako. Not necessarily having a girlfriend
or having a relationship naman ’yun, eh. Basta ’yung inspirasyon lang na paranguuwi ka, masaya ka, ’yung mga ganu’n lang,” nakangiti pa niyang sabi.
Pero si Julia nga?“Hindi ko masasabi kung siya, eh,” say niyang tumatawa.Kumusta na ba sila ni Julia?“We’re happy, hindi lang kami nagkikita for a while.”Hindi ba dati, sinabi niya na gusto lang muna niyang palakihin si Julia
bago niya ligawan?“Oo, hindi naman palaki, pero siguro, mas padalagahin pa natin siya.”Type ba niya si Julia?“Oo, crush, definitely, there’s an admiration, hindi mo naman maaano ‘yun, sino ba
naman, ’di ba?”Nakailang girlfriend na ba siya?“One sa swimming, one nu’ng college, one ngayon.”So, ilang months na sila ni Julia?“Wala pa nga. Siguro, kung dati natuloy, siguro mahaba-haba na ngayon. Eh, bata pa
siya, eh. Siguro kapag, 18 na siya. Sinabi ko naman sa kanya na may crush ako sakanya.”
Samantala, si Enchong ang napili ng Nutrilite vitamins para maging endorser dahilclean living daw ang young actor. Hindi raw ito naninigarilyo, hindi umiinom at lalonghindi nagda-drugs.
Nabanggit nga pala ni Enchong na birthday niya sa Nov. 5 at sa U.S. siya magse-celebrate dahil aalis siya sa Thursday para sa teleserye tour kasama sina Gerald Anderson,Rayver Cruz, Sam Milby and Pokwang.
Birthday wish daw niya ay gusto niyang mag-sky dive. Matagal na raw niyang gustonggawin ’yun dahil once in a lifetime experience raw ’yun.
“Or siguro, kung hindi ako papayagan ng mga tao sa paligid ko, siguro ’yung ano,’yung sa Subic, ’yung langoy with the dolphins.”
Lovi Poe sobrang exploited ni Mother Lily!AGAD PALANG inokeyan ni Lovi Poe yung pagdagdag at pagre-reshoot ng additionalscary scenes para sa kanyang movie na Aswang. Isang sabi lang daw ni Mother Lily sakanya, wala ng problema. Alam naman daw ni Lovi na higit itong makagaganda para samga nakatatakot na eksena sa Aswang.
Pero ibang usapan daw ang ang tungkol naman sa additional sexy love scenes nilani Paulo Avelino ang gustong kunan. Tutmuol daw si Lovi Poe dahil feeling niya, masaydona siyang exploited.
“‘Yung scary scenes, dapat lang namang dagdagan as this is a horror movie atkailangan talagang matakot ang audience,” paliwanag niya. “But ‘yung sexy scenes,sabi ko, baka naman maging sobrang daring at hindi na puwede sa mga bata. But MotherLily and our director, Jerrold Tarog, explained to me na pambalanse lang ito sa horror scenesin the movie at nang magkaroon naman ng lighter moments of romance. So I consented to do itpara sa ikagaganda ng movie. I just trusted Direk Jerrold and Mother Lily.”
Pumayag din pala si Lovi Poe?Kumikilala raw kasi siya ng utang na loob kay Mother Lily dahil sa malalaking projects na ibinigay
sa kanya lately. Matagumpay nga naman yung My Neighbor’s Wife at Temptation Island, tapos gagawindin niya ang MMFF entry na Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow. In this movie, no less than superstars angkasama. Lovi Poe
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NI ARMAND GALANG
SAN JOSE CITY – Nag-ing sentro ng pagbatikosmula sa sektor ng mag-sasaka ang National FoodAuthority (NFA) sa isangpagpupulong na dinaluhanni Agriculture Sec. Proce-so Alcala sa lungsod naito kamakailan.
Ayon sa ilang lidermagsasaka, bigo umanoang NFA na tulungan si-lang makaahon mula sapinsalang idinulot ng kala-midad, partikular ng mgabagyong “Pedring” at“Quiel” sa kanilang pa-nanim at sa halip aynapipilitan silang ipagbiliito ito sa pribadong man-gangalakal na kadalasannaman “ay halos gustonghingin na lang.”
“Hindi binibili ng NFA.So pag bibilhin naman poito ng traders, walong pisopo ang isang kilo at kungminsan halos hingin nalang,” ayon sa isang lidermagsasaka.
Dahil sa mga reklam-ong ito ay inatasan namanni Alcala ang mga opisyalng NFA na magpaliwanagat hinggil sa pinaiiral napatakaran sa pamimili sagitna ng pagbibigay-diin sakautusan ni PangulongAquino na bumili angahensiya ng “storm-dam-aged” na palay.
Sa ulat ni Engr. Sera-fin Santos, provincial agri-culturist, tinatayangumaabot sa 1.1 milyongmetrong tonelada ng palaysa Nueva Ecija ang malub-hang nasalanta ngnagdaang kalamidad.
Ang reklamo ng mgamagsasaka sa pulong ayumayon sa naunang pa-hayag ni Board MemberRaminito Juatco ng ika-4na distrito, na hindinararamdaman ng mgamagsasaka sa kanyangdistrito ang suporta ngNFA.
Sa pagdinig ng sang-
NFA, inirereklamong mga magsasaka
guniang panlalawigan, sin-abihan ni Juatco ang NFAprovincial manager na siGeorge Roca na pala-wakin ang serbisyo atmagpadala ng mobile pro-curement teams sa mgabarangay upang matulun-gan ang mga nagdurusangmagsasaka.
Ang ika-apat na distri-to ay iniulat na pinaka-malubhang nasalanta ngpagbaha, lalo na ang mgabayan ng Zaragoza, Jaen,San Antonio, San Leonar-do at Cabiao.
“Hindi talaga silanararamdaman ng mgamagsasaka,” ani Juatco.
Ayon kay Roca, may-roon lamang silang dala-wang trucks na umiikot saprobinsya upang mamili.
Ang Nueva Ecija nasentro ng produksyon ngbigas at pangunahing nag-su-supply ng butil saMetro Manila at Region 4ay binubuo ng limang lung-sod at 27 bayan.
Kaugnay nito ay ipina-liwanag ni Asst. RegionalDir. Angel Imperial angsistema sa pamimili ng“storm-damaged” na palay.Kalalabas lamang aniyanoong nakaraang Lunesang guidelines sa pamim-ili ng nasirang palay.
Sa ilalim ng patakaran,aniya, ang mga butil namay pagkasirang 7.1hanggang 40 percent (dry)ay bibilhin ng NFA sa hal-agang P11 kada kilo; ang14.1 percent hanggang 60percent, P9 bawat kilosamantalang ang 60.1percent hanggang 80 per-cent ay P7 bawat kilo.
“Below that po, hindina natin kayang bilhin,” aniImperial.
Hindi pa rin matanggapng mga magsasaka angganitong pamantayan da-hil nangangahulugan dawna “patukang-itik na la-mang” o walang pakina-bang ang karamihan sakanilang mga ani.
THE CONFUCIUS Institute at Angeles University Foun-dation (AUF-CI) in partnership with the Department ofEducation is staging the “National Conference on Teach-ing Chinese Mandarin as a Foreign Language”with Chinese Cultural Counselor Chen Yongshan askeynote speaker, from October 26-28, 2011 at the AUFMain Campus, Angeles City, it was announced by AUFPresident Atty. Joseph Emmanuel L. Angeles.
The three-day event will see the gathering of 200mandarin teachers from public and private high schoolsnationwide who will be trained on how to optimize Chi-nese teaching resources.
The conference is an off-shoot of the agreemententered into by DepEd and CI-AUF to improve the com-petency of Mandarin teachers. Mandarin is now amongthe five foreign languages taught in selected high schoolsacross the country.
The conference will begin with the opening of theExperience China Exhibit which will be followed by theprogram where Counselor Chen, Atty. Angeles andDepEd Assistant Secretary Jesus Lorenzo R. Mateowill speak.
AUF-CI Philippine Director Dr. Lourdes T. Nepo-muceno will give the statement of purpose while DepEdforeign language specialist Rose Ligaya Domingo willgive the program orientation.
Plenary speakers include CI-AUF Chinese DirectorDr. Zhang Shifang, Philippine Normal University Con-sultant Dr. Angelita D. Romero, and Chinese profes-sors Lai Lindong, Yang Yang and Huang Dai. The AUFPerforming Arts will also stage a cultural extravaganzawith a repertoire of Chinese and Filipino classics.
CI-AUF, DepEd to hold nat’lconfab on Mandarin teaching
