VOLUME 5NUMBER 99WED - THUJANUARY 11 - 12, 2012

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BY JOEY PAVIA

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO –What’s delicious for you may notbe for them but Pampanga cuisinesimply defines what delicious foodis all about.

Students from the province whoenrolled in Metro Manila universi-

Pampanga cuisine defines delicious foodties often encountered reactionssuch as “food is very delicious inyour place” immediately after intro-ducing themselves as Capampan-gans.

“Where are you from in Pampan-

ga? They say tocino and longgani-za are good there,” said the fresh-man student who lives in Manila.

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LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS –Nakatakdang makinabangang Department of Educa-

tion (DepEd) sa Bulacan sa mgapinutol na punong kahoy sa loobng Angat Dam Watershed.

Pinutol na punong kahoy,pakinabang sa DepEd

Tiniyak ni Bulacan Gov. Wilhelmino Alvarado na paiigtingin ang kampanya laban sa timber poachingsa kabundukan ng Bulacan matapos masakote noong nakaraang linggo ang mahigit sa 2,580board feet ng tablon o tinistis na troso. Makikita sa larawan ang ilang piraso ng mga nasabingtablon na ipinakita sa mga mamamahayag noong Biyernes. KUHA NI DINO BALABO

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Ito ay dahil planongidonasyon ng kapitolyosa mga pampublikongpaaralan sa lalawigan angmga silyang magagawamula sa mga nakumpis-kang tablon o mga tinitis-tis na troso.

Ang planong ito ay in-ihayag ni Gob. Wilhelmi-no Alvarado sa isangpanayam sa kanyangtanggapan kamakailan.

Ayon sa gobernador,malaki pa ang kakulanganng mga silya sa mgapampublikong paaralansa lalawigan, at magingsa mga silid aralan.

“We will donate confis-

cated lumber to DepEdpara pakinabangan,” aniAlvarado.

Iginiit pa ni Alvarado naang mga nakumpiskangtablon na umaabot samahigit na 2,580 boardfeet ay nasa ilalim ngpag-iingat ng Departmentof Environment and Natu-ral Resources (DENR).

Nakipag-ugnayan nako sa DENR, at pag na-tapos ang adjudication samga nakumpiskang tablaay ibibigay natin saDepEd.

Ayon sa gobernador,halos hindi gagastos ang

BY DING CERVANTES

ANGELES CITY – Willthe impeachment of ChiefJustice Renato Coronaalso pave the way for theSupreme Court to reverseits decision last Nov. 22 todistribute Hacienda Luisi-ta to farmer-beneficiaries?

This fear was ex-pressed yesterday by theAlyansa ng Mang-gagawang Bukid sa Asy-ensa Luisita (Ambala) andthe Alyansa ng mga Mag-bubukid sa Gitnang Luson(AMGL) which, in a jointstatement yesterday,

CORONA IMPEACHMENT

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Farmers fear reversalof SC decision onland distribution

claimed that the Presidentwas “heavily scolded byhis relatives for (his) fail-ing to prevent the SupremeCourt decision favoring thefarm workers.”

Stressing that hisgroup “is the only legiti-mate organization thatcould represent the farmworker beneficiaries”, Am-bala chairperson FelixNacpil, Jr. said “we arenow facilitating the landdistribution” in the vastestate that used to beowned by the President’sfamily until the high court

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BY JOHNNY R. REBLANDO

OLONGAPO CITY – Police here nabbeda businessman after firing his gun tothwart fishermen at the Subic Bay Wa-ters, Friday morning.

Olongapo City Police Office Direc-tor, Sr. Supt. Christopher Tambungan,identified the suspect as Cesar Viacru-sis, 65, and resident of No. 23, Nation-

Trader nabbed for violating gun banal Highway, Barangay Barretto, this city.

Initial investigation disclosed thatabout 10:00 a.m., for no justifiable rea-son, the suspect fired his gun upwardupon seeing the group of six fishermenled by Alfredo Villamor, 63, also of Baran-gay Barretto laying their Beach Siene(fishing nets or pukot) within 150 metersaway from the shoreline of suspect pri-vate resort.

Report added suspect also aimed hisgun to said group of fishermen.

Lauraeno Artagame, chairman of theSubic Bay Integrated FARMC, said thatSubic Bay Waters was declared as fish-ing ground of small fishermen in the areaunder the City FARMC.

Suspect was arrested by PO2 Sher-win Tan, PO3 Alexander Severino andPO1 Stephen Domingo. Recovered from

the suspect was one Glock 37 Caliber45 pistol loaded with five live ammuni-tions.

Suspect is now in custody of PoliceStation 6 facing violation of the Comelecgun ban. Zambales and Olongapo Citywas declared under Comelec gun bandue to the schedule special election forthe House of Representative in the 2ndDistrict of Zambales on February 4, 2012.

BY MALOU DUNGOG

CANDELARIA, Zambales – Thesecond edition of the three-day“Kaligawan ha Mayanan” festi-val kicked off Thursday with Gov.Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. leadingparticipants in the first ever “AlayLangoy” swim event at the sce-nic Uacon Lake in this town.

At the same time, a 116-ki-lometer cycling event took offearly yesterday morning, bring-ing a total of 106 bikers and cy-cling enthusiasts pedaling alongthe picturesque Zambales coun-tryside from Subic town to Can-delaria.

“Kaligawan” is an annual fes-tivity organized by Gov. Ebdaneto promote tourism in the north-ernmost municipalities of Zam-bales.

Literally translating to “festiv-ities in the North”, Kaligawanwas created last year to attractvisitors here and in the nearbytowns of Sta. Cruz, Masinloc andPalauig and make them appre-ciate the eco-tourism sites, thelocal culture and products thatthese towns have to offer.

“The towns from Palauig toSta. Cruz need a little more boostin terms of tourism promotioncompared to the municipalitiesdown south, which already reaprevenues from tourists who flockto local beaches during sum-mer,” Ebdane said.

“With this festival, we’d liketo tell visitors to Zambales thatthere are also attractions upnorth where they could experi-ence and enjoy simple outdoorfun for the family or extreme ad-venture for the sports aficiona-dos,” he added.

Aside from the Kaligawanfestival, Ebdane has also orga-nized the Sta. Cruz-Mangatarem

Off-Road Challenge last Augustand the First Zambales DragonBoat Festival last month to helppush tourism in this part of theprovince.

At the Kaligawan event, thefirst day of the festival also fea-tured a kayak clinic and a kay-ak fun race that were handledby the Canoe and Kayak Asso-ciation of the Philippines at Ua-con Lake.

At night, the final bouts forthe Zamba Boxing Competitionwere held at the Candelaria townplaza.

For the second day, organiz-ers have scheduled several funevents at the Uacon Cove, whichis the staging area for trips towhite-sands island of Potipot.These include the “Pulayo” funrun, sibit-sibit banca race, 5-kmkayak race, beach volleyball,and “Extreme Challenge” fungames.

In the afternoon, the provin-cial government, along withsome volunteer groups, will con-duct a medical mission at baran-gay Sinabacan here.

Friday’s events will end witha variety show at the governor’sheadquarters also in Sinabacan.

At the Kaligawan, visitorscould either participate, com-pete or just watch and enjoy dif-ferent events like the Kayak clin-ic and the Kayak fun race, theZamba boxing finals, Pulayomarathon, sibit-sibit banca race,beach volleyball and other funand challenging games and re-lays.

On the third day of the Kali-gawan festival, a beach partyhas been organized at the Ua-con Cove, with the various tour-ism establishments in the areaputting out shows and entertain-ment along the beach area.

Swim, bike eventskick off 3-day

Zambales festival

BY ERNIE B. ESCONDE

HERMOSA, Bataan – Less thantwo months after a 17-year oldgirl was reported missing, heralleged skeletal remains werediscovered by a boy tending toa carabao at a grassy portion inPulo, a secluded barangay herelast week (Thursday day after-noon).

Amihan Cachila, 42, of Pen-tor in Dinalupuhan, Bataan saidthey last saw their daughter onNovember 14, 2011 who left forher on-the-job training at theLighthouse Hotel and Restau-rant in the Subic Bay Metropol-itan Authority.

The girl, the couple’s onlydaughter, was a second yearcollege taking up Hotel and Res-taurant Services course at theEast wood College in Dinalupi-

han town.“Kung sino man ang may ki-

nalaman sa pagkamatay nganak ko, sana makonsensiyaka. At kung buhay pa naman anganak ko, maawa kayo, ibalik nin-yo siya sa akin,” the mother saidin tears.

She said she identified herdaughter from an earing and theT-shirt and blouse found with theskeletons. But she and her hus-band, Archie Perea, were still indoubt if the skeletal remainswere indeed of their daughter.

“Hindi pa rin kami makapani-wala na sa loob ng dalawangbuwan ay wala ng laman at bal-at ang bangkay at tanging mgakalansay na lamang. Sana, tu-lungan kami ng alinmang ahen-siya ng pamahalaan na talagangmakilala kung ito na nga anganak namin,” the father said.

Missing girl found deadNI ARMAND GALANG

CABANATUAN CITY – Sa halipna masayang, nais ng NationalIrrigation Administration-UpperPampanga River Integrated Irri-gation System (NIA-UPRIIS), napakinabangan ang tubig napatatapunin nito sa Pantaban-gan Dam ngayong 2012, alin-sunod sa flood control programng gobyerno.

Ayon kay Engr. JosephineSalazar, operations manager ngNIA-UPRIIS, humigit-kumulangsa 300,000 metriko toneladangpalay ang pwedeng matustusanng tubig na patatapunin.

Aniya, nagpulong nitongLunes ang lahat ng sektor nasangkot sa agrikultura, kabilangang mga local na pamahalaan,Kagawaran ng Agrikultura, bang-ko at pasiguruhan (insurance),at mga magsasaka, upang ta-lakayin ang planong third crop-ping o early wet season sa ikal-awang bahagi ng 2012.

Kasama rin sa programa angdalawang beses na ratooning, oang sistema ng pagpapabunga

Panahon ng pagtatanim,dadagdagan ng NIA-UPRIIS

sa pinag-gapasang puno ng pa-lay.

Ito, ani Salazar, ay karagda-gan sa regular na tanimangpang-araw o dayatan na kinapa-palooban ng 111, 689.24 ektaryana nangangailangan ng 1,439.30million cubic meters (mcm) ngtubig at wet cropping na106,591.63 ektarya at tubig na664.16 mcm.

May 25,000 ektarya namanmula sa ilang piling lugar saNueva Ecija at Bulacan ang iti-nakda para sa ratooning.

Ang Pantabangan Dam napangunahing nagsu-supply ngtubig-irigasyon sa lugar nasineserbisyuhan ng NIA-UPRIISsa Nueva Ecija, Pampanga,Bulacan at Tarlac ay kakay-anang mag-imbak ng tubig na3,000 mcm sa 230 meters wa-ter elevation nito.

Tinataya ng mga opisyal namaaabot ito lalo na sa pagdat-ing ng La Niña phenomenonngayong taon.

Pero sinabi ni Dr. FreddieToquero, dam and reservoir man-aged ng Pantabangan Dam, kai-

langang pababain sa 216 metersang tubig nito sa ikatlong linggong Agosto, alinsunod sa ipinat-utupad na bagong Dam Proto-col.

“Mapaparusahan tayo paghindi ito nasunod,” aniya.

Dahil dito ay kailangan aniy-ang pakinabangan ang pawawa-lang tubig sa pamamagitan ngthird cropping o early wet sea-son sa may 45,590 ektaryangnasasakupan ng NIA-UPRIIS,ani Toquero.

Sa lawak na ito ay bababasa 210.88 meters ng tubig sadam pero sapat pa rin aniya itosa susunod na taniman.

Kabilang sina DA CentralLuzon Dir. Andrew VillacortaNational Rice Program Dir. DanteDe sa mga nakilahok sa coor-dination meeting at kapwa silanagpahayag ng pag-asa sapositibong epekto ng naturangplano.

Ayon kay De Lima, nangan-gahulugan ito ng karagdagangmahigit sa 300,000 metrikotoneladang palay na produksiy-on.

SAFE AND CONVENIENT. Manila North Tollways Corp. (MNTC) President and CEORodrigo Franco answers queries from journalists after a media party at the CaféMesa at Clark Freeport on Tuesday (January 10). He said MNTC is expected to takecontrol of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac expressway this year. PHOTO BY RIC GONZALES

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CAPITALIZING on PLDT’s part-nership with ‘unli’ services lead-er Sun Cellular (Sun), wholly-owned subsidiary Smart Com-munications, Inc. (Smart) re-cently launched Trio 20—thefirst value for money call and textpackage available to Smart,Sun and TNT subscribers.

For only P20, Smart, Sun,and TNT prepaid subscriberscan send 200 texts and make15 minutes of calls to over 65million mobile users in the coun-try for an entire day simply bytexting “Trio20” to 2477.

According to Smart MobileMarketing Head Guido Zaballe-ro, Trio 20 is the only prepaidoffer of its kind in the Philippines.

“Nobody has ever done thisbefore because there has neverbeen a network like ours before,”said Zaballero. “Couple this withour nationwidest coverage andwe have a service that simplycannot be matched,” he added.

TRUE PIONEERSTrio 20 is the second service

which has been introduced fol-lowing the PLDT-Sun merger.

In December 2011, the con-glomerate introduced the Smart-Sun Dual Plan 549 postpaid of-fering which comes with unlim-ited Smart-to-Smart and Sun-to-Sun text messaging, 6 hours*of free voice calls, and a Nokia

1st Smart-Sun-TNTcall and text offer bared

C2-03 dual SIM smartphone.“Compared to similar offers

by the competition, both Trio20 and SmartSun Dual Plan549 give Filipinos the best val-ue for their hard earned mon-ey,” said Zaballero. “If our com-bined subscriber bases al-ready like what we’re offering,they’re going to love the otherservices we have in store for thefuture,” he added.

65-M STRONGAND GROWING

The combined infrastructureof Smart and Sun allows evenmore Filipinos to benefit from theP67.1 billion network moderniza-tion program of the PLDT group.With Phases 1 and 2 complet-ed, improvements in call quali-ty, signal reliability, and dataspeeds are already being feltnationwide.

“With base stations alreadyin place, we no longer have tolease additional areas and buildmore cell sites just to improveour coverage,” said PLDT Tech-nology Group Head Rolando G.Peña. “This allows us to delivernothing but the best productsand services to all of our cus-tomers,” he ended.

For more information aboutTrio 20 and other Smart and Sunservices, visit www.smart.com.phor www.suncellular.com.ph

BY DING CERVANTES

CLARK FREEPORT – Theslump in Western economies hasnot dented on the export perfor-mance of investors here, as theClark Development Corp. (CDC)which runs this freeport reportedyesterday that exports of freeportinvestors have soared to at least$1.8 billion worth in 2011.

The estimate was as of lastNovember, amid expectationsthat foreign demand for productsproduced in this freeport evenpeaked during the holiday sea-son last December.

CDC president and chief ex-ecutive officer Felipe Antonio B.Remollo noted that the partial$1.8 billion estimate was al-ready higher than the $1.4 bil-lion export record in 2010.

“This signals not only the re-covery of Clark’s top exportingsectors in electronics, tires, gar-ments, and other industrialgoods, but also the increasinglevel of optimism in the globaleconomy,” Remollo said.

The CDC noted that the Jap-anese firm Nanox has remainedClark’s top exporter at $693 mil-lion, with the newly establishedKorean firm Phoenix Semicon-ductor Philippines Corporation(PSPC) coming second withexports worth $ 404 million.

The other top exporters in-cluded Yokohama, L&T Int’lGroup Philippines, Inc., andSMK Electronics (Phils.) Corp.

This, even as the CDC notedthat while Nanox has consistent-ly been Clark’s top exporterssince it established in this Free-port in 2000, PSPC overtook itlast November.

Clark export soars despite slump in Western economiesIn a report, the CDC Enter-

prise Operations and Manage-ment Department (EOMD) indi-cated that Korean firm PhoenixSemiconductor Philippines Cor-poration (PSPC) posted exportsworth over 98.5 million last No-vember.

Export figures in Novemberindicated Nanox came in sec-ond for that month, with some$62.8 million exports.

“From August to October lastyear, Nanox, a Japanese firm,was consistently topping the ex-port statistics, but by November,exports of PSPC overtook Nan-ox with a difference of $35.7 mil-lion between them,” the CDCnoted.

The CDC said Nanox “cus-tomizes display format andelectro-optic properties whichare used for home appliances,audio and healthcare equipment,medical equipment, meters forelectricity, gas, water facilities,and automotive products,among others items.

On the other hand, PSPC,which moved into Clark only inJanuary last year, is a facility forSTS Semiconductor, which isKorea’s leading provider of semi-conductor packaging.

“It provides turn-key-solu-tions, a wide range of productswith DDR3, NAND, Flash Cardsand also offers a full range ofmemory modules for PCs, note-books, among others. NANDFlash is a special form of Flashmemory. Flash memory is amemory technology that keepsdata even when the power sup-ply is cut off; this is known as anon-volatile memory type,” theCDC said.

BY MALOU DUNGOG

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT —While most companies andagencies were partying duringthe holiday season, the Sub-ic Bay Metropolitan Authori-ties (SBMA) and some busi-ness locators and concernedgroups in this freeport werebusy reaching out to indigentcommunities in the area.

SBMA Chairman RobertoGarcia said the annual gift-giv-ing activity recently was partof the continuing commitmentof SBMA and various groupshere to share with indigentfamilies the blessings theyreceive each year.

“This is not any other do-nation or relief operation. Thisis sharing in our humblestway the blessings that SubicFreeport has received and willbe receiving in the future,”Garcia said.

He added that aside fromthe SBMA, many locator-com-panies in Subic coordinatedwith the agency to identifybeneficiary communities fortheir gift-giving projects in linewith their corporate social re-sponsibility program.

Some of the recipients ofthe outreach projects by theSBMA and Subic locatorswere Aeta communities atSitio Tralala in Olongapo City;Mampweng and Pastolan vil-lages in Hermosa, Bataan;and Timac in Morong, Bataan.

Meanwhile at the Nagbay-

SBMA, Subic stakeholders bringholiday cheers to indigent communities

an Elementary School inCastillejos, Zambales, a 600-liter water tank was installedand turned over by the BusanNational University of Educa-tion (BNUE) in Korea to thepublic school to help ensure aclean and potable water sys-tem for its 300 students andteachers.

On behalf of Garcia, SBMAdeputy administrator for admin-istration Robert Martinez ac-knowledged the Korean stateuniversity for its benevolenceand SBMA deputy administra-tors Knette Fernando and RaulMarcelo, public relations man-ager Armie Llamas, and Kore-an Freeport locator VincentChun for their efforts in tappingkind-hearted organizations forthe benefit of poor communitiesnearby.

“They are the people whoare responsible in getting ourgift-giving program going. Weshould thank them for their ef-forts in inviting good Samari-tans in our community to helpthe poor,” he said.

For his part, BNUE presi-dent Dr. Kim Sung Yon ex-pressed his commitment inhelping local communities, es-pecially school children whomhe described as future leadersof the country, as a gesture ofgratitude for the heroism of Fil-ipinos.

“Our history tells of a spe-cial relation between the Phil-ippines and South Korea. Wewill not forget the (Filipino)

troops who fought with us dur-ing the Korean War,” he said.

Kim added that with theassistance of the SBMA andlocal government units, BNUEwill continue with its commu-nity projects to help improvethe system of education forthe benefit of the children andtheir future.

In Nagyantok, Subic, Zam-bales, teachers and studentsof the College of Subic Mont-essori (CSM) visited theNagyantok ElementarySchool Annex to distributeassorted toys, school suppliesand food packs to 290 pupils.The Montessori groups alsoconducted fun games and pre-sented some song and dancenumbers to cheer the less for-tunate children.

CSM president SoledadManingding said that theschool’s gift-giving projectwas made possible throughthe initiatives of students.

“Instead of having an ex-pensive Christmas party, theCSM high school and elemen-tary students opted to collectused and new clothes, cannedgoods, toys, and even somepersonal savings to donate tothe students in Nagyantok,”Maningding added.

She noted that CSM stu-dents and their parents are al-ready planning to make thegift-giving project a yearlycommitment as a way of shar-ing blessings to the less-priv-ileged.

Dr. Kim Sung Yon, president of Busan National University of Education (3rd from left)and Castillejos Mayor Jose Angelo Dominguez inaugurate a water tank donated tothe Nagbayan Elementary School in Castillejos, Zambales. Assisting in the ceremonyare SBMA deputy administrator for corporate communications Knette Fernando (right),officials of the Castillejos-Department of Education and representatives of BusanUniversity. PHOTO BY MALOU DUNGOG

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Nanay and Oca“MAGALING SI Mayor Oca at hindi natin matatawaranang kanyang karanasan at kahusayan bilang isang publicservant. Mas maganda na tumakbo siyang gobernadorpara mayroong pagpipilian ang mga kababayan natinkung sino ang gusto nilang mamuno sa kanila bilanggobernador sa 2013. Welcome siya at kahit sinonggustong magsilbi sa probinsya. I hope he will join (thegubernatorial contest).”

A virtual endorsement was given by incumbent Gov.Lilia “Nanay Baby” Pineda when asked what she had inmind on reports that three-term City of San FernandoMayor Oscar S. Rodriguez may contest her post in 2013.

Any other politico saying the same thing would haveamounted to nothing more than hypocritical civility. Butnot with Pineda, given her storied sincerity and innatehumility – what you see in her is what you get; what youhear from her is what it is.

“Hindi ko muna iniisip ang pagtakbo sa 2013, ang saatin ay trabaho muna bago ang pamumulitika. Kapagnagtrabaho tayo ng tama at maayos, karagdagan na langang panalo sa halalan.” Spoken like the true hard-workingpublic servant that governor is.

For his part, Rodriguez says he remains as a goodsoldier ready to obey the order of his commander, in thiswise, the Liberal Party. Spoken like the loyal partymanthat the mayor has always been.

Pineda and Rodriguez. They raise the level of politicalmaturity in Pampanga.

Yeng vs. Tarzan“IS THAT an issue? Is it wrong? Tarzan also gave hams.Why not ask him? Balu ku naman bata nakang Tarzan .”

Thus texted Vice-Gov. Joseller “Yeng” Guiao to thispaper’s reporter Joey Pavia in response to the latter’srequest for his comments on reports that he – Guiao –distributed hams in Angeles City last Christmas season.

“You are not looking for news, that’s your excuse forraising irrelevant issues against me. Wag na tayongmaglokohan. Kilala daka.” Guiao texted a second time,in response to Pavia texting it was perennialcongressional candidate and once presidential aspirantChito Bacani and former Magalang Mayor Pablo Davidthat raised the ham issue.

“You know what I mean. It’s political propaganda. Youare allowing yourself to be used.” Guiao texted a third,and last, time.

Meanwhile, incumbent 1st District Rep. Carmelo“Tarzan” Lazatin reported to his constituents that his billseeking to establish a stem cell center in the country hasbeen approved by the House Committee on Science andTechnology.

Field of dreamsYOU HAVE to give it to Victor Jose “Chichos” Luciano, still – or issteeled more apt? – president-CEO of the Clark International AirportCorp.

Since Day One of his watch, Chichos has remained steadfast,if not obstinate, in his faith in the potential, aye, the destiny of theClark International Airport to be a truly international airport if notthe premier global gateway of the country. A cursory scan of allthose pressed releases churned out of the CIAC public affairs officeis all it takes to believe in Chichos’ vision for the CIA.

Some vision that, with but a little reading of those same CIACreleases, will prove to be way too long in verbalization but utterlyshort in materialization.

A case in point is the “terminal fever” that has afflicted CIACsince the mid-point of the Macapagal-Arroyo administration. Sostill remember the Terminal 2 project promised to be finished beforeGMA stepped down?

In September 2006, GMA presided over thelaying of the time capsule for the construction ofTerminal 2. It was announced then that the sum ofP3 billion, to come from the Manila InternationalAirport Authority, the Philippine Amusement andGaming Corp., and the Bureau of Immigration,among other agencies will be allotted for the project.

That was the first and last time we heard ofthat.

Then came the $1.2 billion proposal from anALMAL Investments Co., a subsidiary of theKuwaiti mega developer M.A. Kharafi Projects,“to cover all civil components of the DMIATerminals 1, 2 and 3 plus the adjacent 1,500hectares in the aviation complex strictly followingthe CIAC original master plan.”

Travels to Kuwait and Egypt by CIAC officialsand even GMA herself yielded nothing but loosetalks of Rolexes and Patek Philippes findingthemselves on non-Arab wrists.

Thereafter followed the CIAC report of a groupof major government-linked and private firms inMalaysia called Bristeel Overseas Ventures, Inc.(BOV) offered to infuse at least $150 million inforeign direct investment to immediately undertakethe much-needed expansion of the passengerterminal of the Clark International Airport.

And then we came to read that in a regularmeeting on May 17, 2010, the CIAC Board“resolved to accept for detailed negotiations” theproposal of the Philco Aero Inc. on the PassengerTerminal 2 Development Project of the DMIA, asit was deemed “superior” to the BOVI proposal.

A year and eight months after, not a singlehollow block for the Terminal 2 project is in placeat the CIA.

Last week, CIAC was high with terminal feveragain.

Chichos announced that “they” are pushingfor the construction of a budget terminal that willhandle about 10 million passengers a year at theCIA.

According to the press release, “The newfacility, amounting to P12 billion, will take threeyears to complete and make (the CIA) the secondlargest airport in the country, next to Manila’s

Ninoy Aquino International Airport.”“This budget terminal is the kind of terminal

that meets the requirements of our airport in Clark.Our terminal right now can only accommodate2.5 million. So we need a budget terminal toeffectively say that DMIA is the next budget airlineairport of the country.” So was Chichos quoteddirectly.

Hyping further: “AirAsia is seen to carry some800,000 passengers every year and an additionalincrease of 500,000 each year. AirAsia alone isexpecting to have five million passengers out ofClark in the next four years.”

Great, if not unreasonable, expectations fromAir Asia there, Mr. Luciano. If we may be so blunt.

Why, Air Asia – its Philippine subsidiary thatis — only last August brought in its brand newplane with the declaration that starting Decemberit would be flying from Clark to Bangkok, HongKong and Singapore, plus “maybe” PuertoPrincesa and Davao.

It is now January and the only Air Asia-Philippines flights we heard of – again throughChichos – were those to Cagayan de Oro bringingrelief goods to the victims of Typhoon Sendong.

Indeed, this same Air Asia Phil. asked anumber of local mediamen to block off three dayslast November for a fam-trip to Kuala Lumpur. IfBusinessweek’s Peter Alagos had not been sodirect as to ask Air Asia Phil. about the trip a daybefore the scheduled departure, the mediamenwould not have known that the trip was cancelled.

As Air Asia Phil. could not be relied upon on asimple cancellation of a scheduled trip, how canit be expected to deliver on such a gargantuanundertaking as bringing in 800,000 passengersto Clark each year?

Still we indulge in Chichos’ wet dream for CIAand hear him on: “The airlines are already here.So the budget terminal is timely.”

Yeah, we are reminded here of the memorablemisquote from the Kevin Costner 1989 baseballmovie: “If you build it, they will come.” Albeit inreverse.

They are here – the airlines. So we build theterminal. Ah, what dreams – to Chichos – do come.

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Napag-uusapanlangNi Felix M. Garcia

Inyang datangya i Sendong

MILYARING sakuna nyang datang ya’y SendongUling pemutut do ding dakal a dutung,Darala nang danum ala nang magkanlungInagus nong’ trosu king baba dinulung,Balang delanan da anting mepagulungDakal la ring mete, tinangis daralung.

Detang mengamate libu kabilanganAntimurin detang karelang payntunan,Maka-ale-ale kekang atangalanBalita keng T.V. at dyaryung pamasan,Dapot king milyari ninung dapat sisyan,Ding memalen kaya o ring manungkulan?

E wari ‘ting batas deti sasabyan daIting kalikasan dapat protektan ya;Bakit karing bunduk ‘logging’, pamagminaAlang maka’bawal agyang lantaran na,King libutad dalan dakal magprotesta,Pamagmina’t ‘logging’ iti pabawal da.

Ing karelang adwan at matning gulisakDing bunduk ban e la masira’t malasak,Ding mangayntuliran anti la’mong maklakEra darandaman, masikan a gulyak,Inya ustung datang trahedyang maglasakKalulung memalen ding manga-pahamak.

Detang dagat ngara king balang sagipanDing ilug at sapa kekatang linisan,Kanita ing dinat era na daralanKanyang libutad ning kadayatmalatan,Ngana ning gagkas da iti ya ing sangkanInya ating albug king bandang kababan.

Ing sasabyan dang yan ya kaya ing tutu?Ing bandi ning dagal o piglati ra mu?Karelang timbakan king ba’lang mibubuTelakad dang ‘building’ a anting tinubu;Ing danum king dagat uling e mipagyuMaglapo, maglagpas, miras king marayu.

Ing makabalita ‘tin muring programaIng kapamahalan ya ing pairal naDing dakal a dutung ngara itanam la;Ing pamananaman nanung ulaga naNung ‘ting pamag-‘logging’ saka pamagmina,Sisira king bunduk at naturalesa.

Aliwa mu’y SENDONG kekatang akakitIndat ating bagyu, dakal manasakit;Ating mangamate at era na ikit,Inagus ning danum… iti ulit-ulit;Mekad ing sangkan na, kelan malasakitDing sablang memalen ampon ding mumugit.

Neng ADORA GIGANTE-FERRERBarangay Anunas, Angeles City

EO 64 (s 2011)Quo Vadis CIAC?

THE CLARK International Airport Corporation (CIAC) has in thevery short span of time of its existence been subjected to variouscorporate formats and organizational relationships. Like anunwanted orphan which nobody knew what to do with. This resultedin boards and top management which did not receive the correctand consistent signals from whoever was in charge in theadministration. However, one direction has always been clear- thatCIAC is destined and to be developed as the premier internationalairport of the Philippines.Even during those years, just a little overfive years ago, when the majority of flights were mainly birds, Whenthe budget flights became the focus of CIAC during these last fiveyears and the number of international passengers reached morethan 700,000 per year to the major destinations in South Asia, thisfocus became much clearer in terms of the airport’s vision=mission.The CIAC governance may have been misaligned, misguided, misledand “did not walk the talk.” There were too many interests and toomany cooks.

CeterisParibusRomeo N. Dyoco, Jr.

EO 192(s1994) created CIAC to be agovernment owned and controlled corporation asa wholly owned subsidiary of Clark DevelopmentCorporation to manage the Clark Civil AviationComplex. In 1996, EO 360 transferred CIAC tobe a subsidiary of BCDA, to be consistent withRA 7227 creating BCDA to manage and developthe baselands.

In 2001, CDC and CIAC were merged with CDCas the surviving corporation. In 2003, EO 186reestablished CIAC as a subsidiary of BCDA. EO193 then repealed EO 186 to make CIAC again asubsidiary of CDC. EO 341(2004) made MIAA haveadministrative supervision over all internationalairports in the Philippines, which includes DMIAof CIAC. Finally, EO 716(s2008) transferred backCIAC from CDC to be the subsidiary of BCDAwith policy supervision of DOTC. A total of 2,200hectares plus 166.9 hectares of the IE will be underCIAC management as its benefit and logistics areaand support to the aviation complex.

Confused? Don’t feel bad. I still am and I wasthere. Now get ready for the next development.

Last December 21, 2011, President BenignoS. Aquino signed EO 64 (2011) “Transferring theCIAC from the Office of the President to the DOTC,making CIAC an agency attached to the DOTC,and further transferring the shares of stock ofCIAC.” DOTC will exercise administrative controland supervision over CIAC. The DOTC Secretarywill be the Chairman of CIAC’s Board, theSecretary of Tourism, the Vice Chairman, the

General Manager of MIAA and the Director Generalof CAAP will be members along with seven otherdirectors to be appointed in accordance with theprocesses of the new guidelines on the selectionand appointment of GOCC Boards. The shares ofstocks will be transferred from BCDA to theNational Government.

EO 64(2011)—quo vadis CIAC? Where do yougo from here? Is this the final and necessary stepand financial and operational commitment towardsstrategically making CIAC the premierinternational airport of the country? Or is it anotherone of those political manueverings which divertus from the real issues and the lack of politicaland economic will in the aviation industry?

Let me provide unsolicited advice. Theconsequent impact of EO 64 on CIAC, itsoperations, management, manpower, finances,stakeholders and strategy is going to be verycomplicated and tedious. To quarterback itsimplementation will require right brain and leftbrainmix supported by “cojones”. Do you seethem around? Sorry, so far, I only see “showbiz”types. There is a lot of learning and decisionmaking to be done. At the beginning. I just hopethat there will not be another EO in the near futurewith another bright idea. Or is that too much toexpect.

We will discuss the resulting issues andcomplications in the next few columns. Pleasebear with us and just wonder how suchphenomena can happen.

It is curious that physical courage should be socommon in the world and moral courage so rare.

–Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

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NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTWITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS

Notice is hereby given that the heirs of SOLEDAD ESTEVES whodied intestate on October 15, 1978 in Angeles City executed an ExtrajudicialSettlement with Waiver of Rights of her estate more particularly describedas a parcel of land (Lot 17, Block 1 of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-166666 being a portion of Lot 83 of the cadastral survey of Angeles, LRC(G.L.R.O.) Cad. Rec. No. 124) with existing improvements thereon, situatedin the Barrio of Pandan, City of Angeles.

Punto! Central Luzon: January 5, 12 & 19, 2012

kapitolyo sa pagpapaga-wa ng silyang idodonasy-on sa DepEd.

Ito ay dahil may kon-tratista na gumagawa ngmga silya.

“Ibibigay na lang natinsa kanila yung matery-ales o tabla at sila na ba-hala ang magpagawa,” aniAlvarado.

Gayunpaman, sinabiniya na dapat bantayanang pagpapagawa upangmatiyak na ang mga na-kumpiskang tablon aymakakarating sa DepEd.

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Sa kasalukuyan, nan-atiling mataas ang kaku-langan ng silya at silidaralan sa mga pampub-likong paaralan sa lalawi-gan dahil sa patuloy napaglobo ng populasyonng lalawigan na tinatay-ang umaabot na sa 3.2-milyon.

Batay naman sa pro-jected population growthrate ng National StatisticsOffice (NSO) noong 2000,umaabot sa 4.98 percentang population growth rateng lalawigan.

Ito ay hindi lamang saregular na panganganak

ng mga residente, kundidahil na rin sa migrationo pagdami ng lumilipat ngtirahan sa lalawigan.

Matatandaan nanoong nakaraang linggoay nadiskubre ng mgakasapi ng National Pow-er Corporation Angat Wa-tershed Area Team(Napocor-Awat) ang mgatinitistis na tablon di kal-ayuan sa Ipo Dam Water-shed sa bayan ng Norza-garay.

Ang mga nasabingtablon ay tinatayang pinu-tol at tinistis noong mgabuwan ng Oktubre at No-

byembre ay sinimulanghakutin upang tuluyangmaipuslit noong Disyem-bre.

Ayon sa Napocor-Awat, karaniwang isina-sabay ng mga timberpoachers sa Angat Water-shed ang paglalabas ngmga pinutol na kahoykung Disyembre o Christ-mas vacation.

Ito ay dahil sa iilan la-mang sa pitong forestguard ng Napocor-Awatang nagsasagawa ng mgapagpapatrulya sa 55,000ektaryang Angat Water-shed.

ordered land distribution ofhacienda lands last Nov.22.

Ambala and AMGLhave initiated hacienda-wide consultation amongfarmers “to consolidateour ranks in replying tothe motion filed by the Co-juangco-Aquinos lastDec. 19.” Lawyers fromSentro para sa Tunay naRepormang Agraryo(SENTRA) serve as legalcounsels of the farmers inthe case.

“As our lawyers ex-plained, the motion was nodifferent from their (Cojua-ngco-Aquino party) oralarguments. They still wantoffer ‘stocks’ to the farm-ers and keep control overthe vast lands of the haci-enda. They sound like abroken record and we arehopeful that the high courtwould find nothing new oftheir argument and keepthe essence of their No-vember 22 decision,” saidNacpil.

AMGL chairman Jo-seph Canlas said linkedthe hacienda case to the

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Farmers fear reversal of SC decision...impeachment moveagainst Corona. “We knowthat the Chief Justice isaware that he is being im-peached mainly becauseof the Hacienda Luisita is-sue… but we call on thehigh court to immediatelyjunk Cojuangco’s motionand continue with the dis-tribution of the haciendalands,” he said.

Canlas warned that asuccessful impeachmentof Corona would “backfire”if Corona’s successoreventually reverses thehigh court’s verdict to dis-tribute hacienda lands tothe farmers. “We all knowthat ‘betrayal of publictrust’ is a legal and moralbasis for impeaching apresident,” Canlas said.

This, even as the Am-bala and AMGL challengedCorona to “keep his foot-ing on the decision favor-ing the farm workers andnot succumb to politicaloffensive launched by theAquino governmentthrough his impeach-ment.”

Ambala and AMGLsaid that the Cojuangcosare again pushing for a ref-

erendum among the farm-ers in their bid to reimposethe so-called stock distri-bution option (SDO)scheme which gives themshares of stocks in the Ha-cienda Luisita Inc. (HLI) in-stead of actual lands in thehacienda. The two groupsalso said the Cojuangcoshad also petitioned for thelifting of the 10-year mora-torium on selling hacien-da lands, and for the Su-preme Court to refrain fromusing the minimum valueof P1 million per hectarerate used in selling partsof the hacienda for theSubic-Clark-Tarlac Ex-pressway (SCTEx)project.

Canlas said the motionfiled by the Cojuangcosindicated that the Presi-dent’s family had “no in-tention of giving up thehacienda” and pictures thePresident as “the wardenof Cojuangco-Aquino inter-est.”

At the same time,Nacpil also said that in-side the hacienda, farmerare “gearing up for broad-er implementation of their‘bungkalan’ or cultivation of

the remaining agriculturallands.”

“More and more farm-workers are consultingwith Ambala on how tocarry out the bungkalan,such as the meeting lastJanuary 3 at BarangayBalete attended by about700 farmworkers. Farmworkers from almost all ofthe barangays inside thehacienda are very eager tostart cultivation,” Nacpilsaid.

Last January 5, Amba-la also filed a petition forcancellation of the conver-sion order at the Depart-ment of Agrarian Reform(DAR) of 500 hectares ofhacienda lands from beingagricultural to industrial.The lands include 184hectares turned over asloan payment to the RizalCommercial BankingCorp. (RCBC) at BarangayBalete.

”The conversion orderis deemed void as therewere no improvement forfive years since 1996 in thearea of RCBC, so we aredemanding RCBC’s pull-out from the hacienda,”Canlas said.

CEBU PACIFIC Air (PSE: CEB), thePhilippines’ largest national flag carrier,and CAE (NYSE: CAE; TSX: CAE), worldleader in aviation training, today an-nounced that they have signed a jointventure agreement to establish an avia-tion training center for airlines in the AsiaPacific region. The joint venture will alsobe responsible for type-rating training ofCEB pilots.

The aviation academy is scheduledto start operations in the third quarter of2012 in Clark Freeport Zone, northwestof the national capital of Manila, and rep-resents an approximate US $40-50 mil-lion joint investment.

“We are proud to partner with CAE tosupport CEB’s growing fleet, expansionplans, and training requirements. This willalso help make Asia Pacific’s vibrant avi-ation industry more appealing in the faceof growing competition for well-trained avi-ation professionals,” said CEB Presidentand CEO Lance Gokongwei.

“Airbus’ Global Market Forecast pre-dicts more than 34% (9,160) of total glo-

Cebu Pac, CAE to establish newaviation training center in PHL

bal airplane orders until 2030 will go tothe Asia Pacific region, of which 5,770 ofthese will be single-aisle planes like theA320.”

“By partnering with CAE, CEB onceagain underscores its commitment toenhance the Philippines’ tourism and avi-ation potentials by producing world-classpilots and crew,” Gokongwei added.

Jeff Roberts, CAE’s Group Presidentof Civil Simulation Products, Training andServices, said, “We are excited about thisnew relationship with CEB and the op-portunity to help meet the increasingdemand for high-quality pilots and othercommercial aviation professionals in thePhilippines and throughout the region.The new training center will be a world-class, one-stop training center for CEBand a hub for training services for otherairlines.”

The joint venture will initially cater toAirbus A319/320/321 series pilot type-rating training requirements and will pro-vide “wet” instructor-led type-rating train-ing for Cebu Air’s current and new-hire

pilots. Initial, recurrent, conversion andjet indoctrination training will be availableto other Airbus operators.

The state-of-the-art training center willbe developed in consultation with CAE’straining facilities design team. It will ini-tially be equipped with two Airbus A320FFSs with capability to expand by twoadditional simulators.

The aviation academy is expected toprovide training for other aviation person-nel in the future, such as cabin crew, dis-patch, ground handling personnel andcadets.

Cebu Air Inc. is the largest carrier inthe Philippine air transportation industry,offering its low-cost services to more des-tinations and routes with higher flight fre-quency within the Philippines than anyother airline.

CEB currently operates 10 AirbusA319, 19 Airbus A320 and 8 ATR-72 500aircraft, a fleet of 37 aircraft with an aver-age age of 3.6 years – one of the mostmodern aircraft fleets in the world. Be-tween 2012 and 2021, Cebu Pacific will

take delivery of 23 Airbus A320 and 30Airbus A321neo aircraft orders, and 2Airbus A320 aircraft on operating leaseagreements.

CAE is a world leader in providing sim-ulation and modeling technologies andintegrated training solutions for the civilaviation industry and defense forcesaround the globe. With annual revenuesexceeding C$1.6 billion, CAE employsmore than 7,500 people at more than 100sites and training locations in more than20 countries.

“We have the largest installed baseof civil and military full-flight simulatorsand training devices. Through our globalnetwork of 33 civil aviation, military andhelicopter training centers, we train morethan 80,000 crewmembers yearly,” CAEsaid in a statement.

“We also offer modeling and simula-tion software to various market segments,and through CAE’s professional servic-es division we assist customers with awide range of simulation-based needs,”it added.

THINK GREEN

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TheGossip-millerby Cesar Pambid

Pakpak ni Kim Chui muling bumubukaKAY TAGAL na ng drama ni Kim Chui na nabailian siya ng pakpak nang umasim ang kanilang relasyon ni Gerlad Anderson. Kumbaga,she hasn’t move on ever since, pero ngayong mukhang may mangyayari na sa kanila ni Xian Lim, ayan at muli na namang bumubukaang mga pakpak niya. Kumbaga, sa tulong ni Xian, nakalilipad nang muli si Kim Chui.

Si Xian ang naging pakpak niya, na sa halip na ligawan agad ang bida ng My Binondo Girl, inaalalayan muna nito ito.Nasabi ito ni Xian nang malamang parang nabalian ng isang pakpak si Kim magmula nu’ng mag-break sila ni Gerard Anderson.“In time, she can fly again but still I will be there for her forever,” sabi pa nito.Malaking pressure kay Xian ang paulit-ulit na pagsasabi sa kanya na si Kim, on top of her career. At baka nakikisakay lang si Xian,

sakaling tuluyan nga niyang ligawan ang dalaga.Kaya lang, noong Huwebes at Biyernes episode ng MBG, hindi maitatago sa “kissing at bed scenes” nila ang kanilang tunay na

nararamdaman. Bigay na bigay si Kim at alalay na alalay naman si Xian. Parang ayaw ni Xian na masabing sinasamantala niya angpagkakataon. Pero kilig na kilig ang mga manonood at nag-trending talaga ito sa Internet.

Pigilan man ni Xian ang sarili, hindi maikakailang mahal na niya ang leading lady. Meanwhile, dalawang Linggo na lang at matataposna ang MBG. Mauudlot ang kilig na napapanood sa TV at mabibitin ang lahat ng masugid na sumusubaybay sa serye.

Kailangan sigurong sundan agad ang project nilang ito para ma-sustain ang init ng kanilang pagmamahalan.

Maraming blessings ang dumarating kay Willie RevillameBAGO PA man mag-birthday si Willie Revillame sa Enero 27, isang magandang pangyayari ang naganap.

Kumbaga, kahit blessed na si Willie, ayan at marami pang blessings ang dumarating sa kanya.Isa sa mga ito ay ang pagbabati nila ng radio host-columnist-writer na si Jobert Sucaldito.Yes!!!“All’s well that ends well” na kina Willie at Jobert na hindi naman sinadyang magbati kundi nagkataon lang.

Ang nasa likod ng pagbabati ng dalawa ay ang Nanay ng showbiz na si Cristy Fermin.Masayang ikinuwento rin ito ni Jobert nu’ng magkita-kita kami sa Zirkoh-Morato last Saturday para manood ng show ni Allan K, na produced nina Lito Alejandria

(Zirkoh’s part-owner), Roldan Castro, Rommel Placente at Boy Romero.“Masarap makipagbati sa taong nakasamaan mo ng loob in God’s perfect time. Nangyari sa amin ni Willie Revillame ‘’yun last night sa Anabel’s Resto habang

hinihintay namin ni ’Nay Cristy Fermin si Gov. ER Ejercito for her one-on-one interview with him (Gov. ER) na ipapalabas sa Paparazzi. Sa phone lang kami nag-usap niWillie who’s currently in Macau. Sa loob ng 2 years and 8 months, humilom na ang sugat sa amin ni Willie kaya masaya kaming naghalakhakan sa phone. And we’ll havelunch when he comes back next week. Hay buhay, parang life. Hahaha!”

Tanong ko tuloy, ‘di kaya magalit ang ABS-CBN sa kanya (Jobert) kapag nalaman ng network na wala nang problema sa kanilang dalawa ni Willie?“Hindi naman siguro, noh! It’s personal. Ako ang involved at hindi sila,” sagot ni Jobert.Ipinaalala rin ni Jobert at ng co-host niyang si Ahwel sa followers ng kanilang radio program na Mismo na inilipat na ang kanilang timeslot. Hindi na ito sa alas-3 ng

hapon kundi sa alas-10 na ng gabi, Lunes hanggang Biyernes.

Vice Ganda tinanggihan sa GMA 7INSULTO BA yung pagtanggi ng GMA 7 na i-guest si Vice Ganda?

Kung kami ang tatanungin, hindi.Nakiusap kami sa isang radio broadcaster ng DZBB kung puwedeng papuntahin ang mga taga-

Fontana Leisure Parks para i-plug ang Party…Party with Vice Ganda concert nila, pero tumanggisila. Kesyo, hindi raw puwede si Vice Ganda dahil obviously nga naman, prime talent itong ABS-CBN na kalaban nilang network. Siyempre, we can easily understand yungalibi, pero ngayong super hit ang naturang concert, yes dami ng taong nanood, aynaisip naming kawalan yun ng GMA 7. Imagine, Vice Ganda, pinalampas nila?

Sa ngayon, premier artist si Vice at karangalan nino mang magkaroon ngconnect sa kanya. Pero kung sadyang inayawan dahil sa insecurity, okey lang,sila ang nawalan ng kinang at hindi si Vice Ganda.

They will never have a single talent na puiwedeng puamtay sa kanya. Sangayon, lahat ng talent nila ay starlet kapag ikinumpara sa number one talentng ABS-CBN.

Lest we forget, kung tumanggi ang GMA 7, open heart namang nagbukasng pintuan ang iba pang radio shows sa iba’t ibang radio networks in Pampangaand in the mainstream. Unang bumisita’ng Fontana staff sa GV FM and AMsa Angeles City where we also maintain a radio show as the Boy Abunda ofPampanga (thank you to Congressman Tarzan Lazatin for this verywonderful and catchy monicker). Thank you, Mr. Deo Sambilay and Mr.Arnel Panganiban for giving precious time to the Fontana staff.

Also to DZMM, through the MISMO show of Jobert Sucaldito and AhwellPaz who took time to share sa plug ng concert ni Vice Ganda, talagang ibaang pakikipagkaibigan ng mga friends naming ito. Also to Fernan de Guzmanaka Ms. F, dahil sa oras na ibinigay niya para matalakay sa programaniyang Wow, Ang Showbiz sa DWIZ.

Welcome po kayo sa Fontana anytime you wish to relax. Welcomedin naman ang mga taga-GMA 7 para maipakita namana naming saFontana, hindi nagdaramot ang mga tao rito.

Anyway, tungkol sa Fontana Leisure Parks, marami silangnaka-line up na activities ngayong summertime, and of course,thorughout the year. At dahil nga big hit yung kanilang ViceGanda concert, inspired sila to feature popular artists parasa kanilang mga regular na parukyano at sa iba pa nilangclientele, but of course.

To plug the place, very ideal po to sa mga corporate affairs,lalo na yung mga outings at taem building events.Napakaganda ng surrounding, kumpleto sa facilities, may hotel,may mga plush but affordable villas, may casino at leisure watertheme park na merong amenities gaya ng hot spring at Olympicsize swimming pool.

But of course, andiyan ang mga mababait na staff katuladnina Alvin Wong, Jennifer Eligio, Lai Valiente, Christian Angelesat Clarence Mandap.

Go na kayo and experience the treat the Fontana way.

Babae raw…Kris Aquino aanakan ni Coco Martin

TUMBLING, as in naloka ang mga nakarinig sa hula ng isang psychic na Bumbaysa programang Mismo nina Jobert Sucaldito at Ahwell Paz sa DZMM the past fewdays. By the way, before anything else we would like to announce that startingJanuary 9, nasa ten pm slot na ng naturang radio station ang Mismo ng dalawa. Yes, sa halip na sa 3 pm slot,the program will be regularly heard sa ganuong oras ng gabi.

Going back sa Bumbay na manghuhula, ang pangalan niya ay Robert Das, mabubuntis daw ngayong 2012 niCoco Martin si Kris Aquino. At sa 2013 daw ito manganganak ng isang babae.

Very unlikely, hindi po ba?Pero talagang mapilit si Robert kahit na anong kontra sa kanya. Yun daw ang vibration niya at sobrang

napakalakass daw ng feeling niya na magkakatotoo ito.Well, ang tanging connect nina Kris at Coco ay yung pareho ang kanilang management. Dito lang mag-uugat

ang closeness ng dalawa.So far ngayon, hindi man lang nali-link sina Kris at Coco.Pero malay nga natin, puwedeng maging totoo, but at this point, marami’ng kumokontra dahil nga sa true

lang, very unlikely na magkatotoo ito.Kung sa amin ngayon, stupid ang hulang ito, pero kapag angkatotoo raw, ayon sa friends naming sina

Jobert at Ahwell, sasambahin na raw nila nang todo ang Bumbay na psychic.So there!

Kim Chiu

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“I am from Mabalacatand we have what you arelooking for in our publicmarket,” answered backhis classmate of the firstclass Pampanga munici-pality.

WE SAY PASSIONPunto Central Luzon

spoke with true-bloodedCapampangans who triedtheir best to explain thereasons why Capampan-gan food is superb to thetaste buds of both foreign-ers and locals.

City of San FernandoTourism Office head ChingPangilinan-Gonzales,Nineteen-year old restau-rant manager Erle Cruz ofAngeles City and veteranbroadcast journalist Dios-dado “Deng” Pangilinan ofMabalacat share and ex-plain why “Pampanga cui-sine has always been de-scribed as delicious.”

Ching, Erle and Denghave one common state-ment when asked aboutthe secret of Capampan-gan food makers.

“The passion applied incooking is the key,” theysay.

CAKES GALOREErle is a Hotel and

Restaurant managementstudent at the Holy AngelUniversity. After school,between 5 p.m. to 12 a.m.or until 1:00 a.m. on week-ends, she runs the family-owned Ciocollo Restau-rant and Café at Friend-ship, Cutcut, Angeles City.

Opened by Chef Froil-an Cruz and her motherTeresita in 2007, Ciocolloinstantly became a hitlargely due to their cakesbaked by Teresita.

They have Salted Car-amel Chocolate, SophiaCake, Truffle Chocolate,

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Pampanga cuisine defines delicious foodFerrero Cake, VelvetyCrème Brulee Cheese-cake, among others.

But the must-try is Cio-collo’s best seller: Pista-chio Sansrival.

“We have customershere that buy cakes inbulk,” said Erle who wasinterviewed at Ciocollo ona Monday but the café wasalmost full of customers.The price of one wholecake ranges from P1,200to P1,500.

She says that over thenext few months after itsopening, Ciocollo becamea haven for people lookingfor great ambience andmore importantly, “high-quality” meals.

But the price is truly af-fordable, Erle adds. Shepointed the lechon kawaliorder costing just little overP200. Ciocollo’s RoastBeef Belly Au Jus is oneof the best selling recipesof Chef Froilan, who stud-ied at the Culinary Schoolof America in the USA.The beef meal is priced justover P300 pesos.

“I say passion is thesecret in making greatPampanga food. But atCiocollo, we make surewe improve over the yearsto satisfy our growing cus-tomers,” she added.

FAMOUS ONESJerry Santos said “I re-

ward myself by eating atCiocollo.”

“When I have visitors, Ibring them here as thecafé caters to people fromall walks life,” he said

Jerry, a resident of Ba-color, Pampanga, says“Ciocollo is the newer al-ternative” to other famousrestaurants and food out-lets such as Everybody’sRestaurant in San Fernan-do established more than50 years ago by the fami-ly of Pocholo Jorolon.

“Of course, they musttry Everybody’s and otherfamous food outlets. Butpeople look for affordablebut superb food served ina cool and not-so-crowd-

ed ambience,” says Jerrywho was one of the manycustomers.

Everybody’s is famousfor its morcon, tocino da-mulag and seasonal reci-

pes borne out of frogs andthe exotic camaro, whichlooks like insects at firstglance.

Deng recently enrolledat the MOST Institute cu-linary school in Balibago,Angeles City “just to cookwell”, which is expected ofboth Capampangan menand women.

He said Capampanganfoods are “simply irresist-ible and unforgettable be-cause our cooks used thebest ingredients and at nolimit to bring out the best.”

Deng, who loves to ex-plore food from all over theprovince, says longganizasold at any stall at theCandaba, Pampanga pub-lic market “are also great.”

No less than CandabaMayor Jerry Pelayo rec-ommends them as “pasa-lubong” to his visitors, in-cluding journalists.

Deng recommends vis-itors to try Cabalen restau-rants at SM City Clark andSM City Pampanga andthe newly-opened BinuloRestaurant at Clark forauthentic Capampanganfood.

“We really have othergreat restaurants in Ange-les City and Pampangabut I can’t mention themall in one sitting,” saysDeng, also board chair-man of the MabalacatWater District.

PROMOTIONCity of San Fernando

Mayor Oscar Rodriguezrecently included “Fi-estang Pamangan Ca-pampangan” in the annualSinukwan Festival held

December to promotePampanga foods and prod-ucts, says Ching.

She says the annualFrog Festival of SanFernando promotes thecooking of frogs in variousways.

Parents of Ching areboth from Pampanga. Buther mother has roots fromBataan.

She stressed that Ca-pampangan food “are dif-ferent and more deliciouscompared to meals pre-pared in other regions andprovinces, includingBataan.”

“No offense meant. Buteven my mom agrees,”she adds.

According to Pangili-nan, “suklati di batirul” orwarm chocolate drink in-troduced by the Spanish inthe 1700s is readily avail-able in Sta. Rita. Thesame town also createsduman – a rice varietycosting P1,200 per kilo –and made from it aresuman.

In nearby Guaguatown, Galan’s chicharonproducts are selling likehot cakes at any giventime.

Try halo-halo made byCabigting’s of Arayat,Corazon’s of Angeles Cityand Razon’s of Guagua.

Pabalan’s delicacies inMagalang town is knownfor its pastillas de leche.

The list doesn’t endhere.

Just visit Pampangaand get to happily experi-ence eating – or what de-licious food really meansfor the majority.

Sta. Rita folk prepares suman.

Everybody's Pocholo Jorolan shows how theycooked frog.

Ciocollo’s Lechon Kawali and Pistachio Sansrivalcake. PHOTOS BY RIC GONZALES

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