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SM supermalls launch Operation Tulong Express
HOT SEAT. Angeles City Administrator Dennis Pamintuan explains rationale of the proposed increase in real property taxes before stakeholders at the city council hearing. Presiding over the hearing are councilors Bryan Nepomuceno, Carmelo Lazatin, Jericho Aguas, Edu Pamintuan and Danica Lacson. PHOTO BY BONG LACSON
HELP REBUILD their lives. SM Foundation’s Operation Tulong Express (OPTE) booth has now been mobilized at SM City Pampanga located at the Main Building in front of Goldilocks. Imagine how far a donation can go, be it extra clothes and shoes, in helping people in dire need such as the victims of the Typhoon Yolanda in Tacloban, Leyte and help rebuild their lives. Little efforts, indeed, when put together make an overwhelming contribution especially when everyone has given their own little share to help others. Living by the motto “people helping people”, SM Foundation, the socio-civic arm of the SM Group of Companies, launched the Operation Tulong Express, a charity campaign which gathered donations from mall shoppers for the benefit of the victims of the typhoon Yolanda. The campaign is on-going at SM City Pampanga and all other SM malls in the country.
Landowners blast planned RPT hike BY ASHLEY MANABAT
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NGELES CITY – Stakeholders in the real estate industry here as well as ordinary landowners are up in arms against the proposed increased in valuation for the application of the Real Property Tax (RPT).
During the third public hearing of the Committee on Ways and Means of the City Council yesterday, Louie Reyes of the Metro Angeles Realtors Board, Inc. (MAREB) said the City Assessor should have made a gradual increase in the land valuation for RPT rather than what seemed to be as high as a 600 percent average increase. Reyes said his group is not opposed to an increase per se, but to the “unreasonable and exorbi-
tant one being proposed by the City Assessor.” “There should be a win-win solution so that even the ordinary taxpayers will not have a hard time coping with the increase,” he said. Metro Angeles Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (MACCI) President Tito Lazatin distributed copies of the proposed land valuation which showed that some barangays will have as high as a 957 perPAGE 8 PLEASE
Flash floods hit 13 Bulacan villages on a sunny weekend BY DINO BALABO MALOLOS CITY—At least 13 villages in San Miguel, Bulacan were hit by flash floods twice
on Sunday, and local officials blamed it on alleged mining operations in Sierra Madre mountains in the eastern part of the province.
The flash floods came on a sunny weekend, a day after Supertyphoon Yolanda moved out of the Philippine area PAGE 8 PLEASE
CDC shelves X’mas party
To give P1-M to Yolanda victims BY DING CERVANTES ALL AGLOW. With the lights and colors of Christmas is SM City Clark at its launch of “A Most Smurftastic Christmas. PHOTO BY BONG LACSON
CLARK FREEPORT — The state-firm Clark Development Corporation (CDC) announced yes-
terday the cancellation of its Christmas party and instead will donate some P1 million allocated for it to the victims of Supertyphoon Yolanda in the Vi-
sayas. CDC President-CEO Arthur Tugade said “the donation of P1 million is just an initial amount PAGE 8 PLEASE
Old Ecija Capitol eyed as IT hub BY ARMAND M. GALANG
CHRISTMAS AT DOWNTOWN SAN FERNANDO. Mayor Edwin Santiago joins SM San Fernando Mall Manager Lana Erroba in giving away gift bags and toys to special children during the mall’s grand Christmas launch. PHOTO COURTESY OF CSF-CIO
AMID YULETIDE CHEERS
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DURING the grand Christmas launch of SM City San Fernando, Mayor Edwin D. Santiago condoles with the nation over victims of the recent super typhoon “Yolanda” that struck Visayas. “Despite the hardships that we are encountering, I believe every Filipino should celebrate the Christmas season to somehow ease the pain. And in behalf of the City of San Fernando, we
share our grief to all Filipinos affected by Yolanda,” Mayor Santiago said in his opening statement during the unveiling of the mall’s “Smurftastic Christmas” celebration. Mall manager Lana Erroba and select city officials led the distribution of Christmas gift bags and teddy bears to special children with disabilities whom, she explains, are the beneficiaries of the event. “The Christmas season is
the most favourite time of the year. SM San Fernando Downtown participates in the Smurfstastic Christmas to appeal to all the kids,” Erroba added. Morissette Amon, Paolo Onesa, Myk Perez and Janice Javier from the reality TV talent search The Voice of the Philippines were also invited as special guests to serenade the crowd. –CSF-CIO
Alabang school studes conclude Bataan visit BY ERNIE B. ESCONDE BALANGA City – Students and some teachers of the PAREF Southridge of Alabang concluded on Friday their four-day visit in Bataan, promising to be back again to the historic and beautiful peninsula of more than 600,000 people. Benjie Torralba, school seminar director, headed the delegation composed of 64 students and four other teachers belonging to third year in high school. No less than Gov. Albert Garcia welcomed the group
who arrived November 5 at the Bataan Tourism Office. Vicky Garcia, the governor’s mother, is chair of the Bataan Tourism Council Foundation, Inc. “Thank you for coming. Please spread the word of what makes you and the school choose the province as one of your tour destinations,” the young governor said. The tour was the sixth, in as many years, that students from the prestigious school have so far made in Bataan. They visited the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant and the Pawikan Conservation
Center in Morong town and Limutan Falls in Bagac. They spent some time with youngsters and elderlies at the Bahay Puso, a Catholic-run institution for orphaned children and the aged in Balanga City. They saw and felt personally how natives live at the Aeta community in Morong. The group enjoyed playing friendly games of basketball and soccer with cadets of the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific in Alas-Asin, Mariveles. “We enjoyed our stay and we look forward to our next tour,” students said.
PALAYAN CITY – The provincial government expects a breakthrough that will create significant development in its bid to transform the 15-hectare public property at the heart of Cabanatuan City into an information technology hub before the year end, Gov. Aurelio Umali said over the weekend. “Very hopeful because I think it’s already 90 percent,” Umali said of processing legal requirements, including the passage of the provincial board of an authority for him to enter into contract with private proponents. “Tapos na ito at sa sanggunian nasa last stage na,” he said. Umali said that the venture will create job opportunities and generate taxes for the local government. Investors, he said are set to inject billions in the project. This, he added, is set to be duplicated in another government property in Palayan City. Some quarters have expressed concern over the transfer of all government offices in the area, including branches of the Regional Trial Court, National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Department of Education (DepEd), Commission on Elections (Comelec), among others, saying this will burden people who are supposed to transact with such offices. This city that was created in 1965, with the official political capital of Nueva Ecija in accordance with Republic Act 4475 situated over 15 kilometers east of Cabanatuan City. The new multi-million peso Capitol was erected at an identified government center here in 2002 under then Gov. Tomas Joson III. But Umali allayed fears on the effect of the project on two huge government learning institutions: the Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology (NEUST) and Nueva Ecija High School (NEHS), which campuses encompass the Capitol property. “Walang problema ang NEHS at NEUST. Yung madi-displace ay papalitan ng building,” Umali said, saying the project, being an IT hub, will even realize his dream of “transforming NEHS into a premiere high school not only in Nueva Ecija but in the country.” The main building of the old Capitol, Umali added, will be preserved due to its historical significance as well as
the Sen. Benigno Aquino, Jr. Freedom Park, acknowledged as the greenest portion of the city with huge acacia trees before Typhoon Santo wrought havoc in October. “It means jobs and opportunities,” he said. “We need to pave the way for investors, we should generate income by establishing businesses para magkaroon ng kapasidad ‘yung LGU (local; government unit) to provide opportunities to our people,” he added. The project, to be occupied mainly by business process outsourcing industries, has been implemented at the University of the Philippines (UP) and Southern Luzon areas. “UP has it. Ginagawa rin naman ito sa iba pang mga pamantasan. Tayo naman, gagawin din natin ‘yun,” he said, saying that clogging of similar establishments in Southern Luzon areas calls for its expansion in Central Luzon. The provincial board approved in June a resolution authorizing Umali to negotiate and sign with Antheros Corporation, a consortium, reportedly one of the biggest proponents, based in Muntinlupa City for the development of the IT hub. Eng. Jose Balite III, officer-in-charge of the Provincial Trade and Industry Office, has said the consortium will initially develop a 6.8-hectare portion of the old Capitol compound under a 25-year contract, renewable for another 25 years. The provincial government will receive P5.37 million a year on building rentals. The provincial government eyes at least 5,000 jobs for the local workforce from this venture. Reports said that the Antheros will infuse an initial capital of P206.4 million representing 75 percent of the total capitalization required for the site development of phase 1 and construction of strategic facilities. The remaining 25 percent will be the share of the provincial government, amounting to P68.6 million. Antheros is eyeing to construct modern office buildings, BPOs, call centers, a conference center and exhibition hall, business hotel, upscale residential facilities, medium-rise condominiums and shopping, entertainment, tourist and restaurant facilities. Umali said he hopes to have all these things done before his term ends.
Bata nasagasaan, patay NI JOHNNY R. REBLANDO CANDELARIA, Zambales --Dead on arrival sa ospital ang isang pitong taon na batang lalaki makaraan itong masagasaan ng Elf truck sa Barangay Uacon sa bayang ito. Kinilala ni Inspector Ramil Menor, hepe ng Candelaria police, ang biktimang si Cristian Badion, 7, grade ll pupil at residente ng Barangay Uacon. Sa imbestigasyon ng pulisya, nasa shoulder ng kalsada ang biktima at papatawid na ito nang siya namang paparating ang Isuzu Elf (RNW-321) na minamaneho ni Danilo Abarra, 49, residente ng Sto. Domingo, Sual, Pangasinan. Ang biktima ay kaagad na isinugod sa Candelaria District Hospital, subalit binawian kaagad ito ng buhay. Ang suspek ay detinido sa Candelaria Police detention cell at ipinagharap na sa kasong reckless imprudence resulting to homicide.
YAP CONTINUES DANDING LEGACY
Project FREE-Sulong Tarlac launched, MOA signed
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THE second batch of public school teachers, numbering more than a thousand graduated from Project FREE [Flagship for Reaching Educational Excellence] at the Tarlac State University [TSU] gymnasium last October 25, a program initiated by Ambassador Eduardo “Danding” Cojaungco Jr. and is now being continued by Governor Victor Yap. Renamed Project FREE-Sulong Tarlac, the Provincial Government of Tarlac headed by Yap signed a Memorandum of Agreement [MOA] with the president of the University of St. La Salle Bro. RaymundoSuplico, TSU president Priscilla Viuya, MarioDeriquito of the Department of Education and Eduardo Cojuangco Foundation general manager Walter Alvarez. Project FREE is aimed at providing free Masters and Doctorate Degrees to qualified public elementary and high school teachers. In Yap’s speech, he emphasized the importance of public school teachers attaining a masters and doctorate degrees and likewise underlined the efforts done by Cojuangco in his quest to make Tarlac public school teachers the most educated in the country. “Education for our teachers is very important that is why I accord my never ending gratitude to Ambassador Danding for starting this noble program,” Yap said. Suplico, Viuya and Deriquito for their part lauded Cojuangco for starting the program and Yap for continuing it. They all said that project FREE has put Tarlac in the upper echelon with regards to the quality of the teaching force in the province. “Tarlac has the most number of teachers with masters and doctorate degree titles in the entire country,” they uttered. In closing, Yap said that, “School building and other material investments depreciate in value while human resource investment always appreciates.” Also present in the affair were Vice Governor Enrique Cojuangco Jr. Board Member HarmesSembrano, Mayors Dennis Go of Gerona, CandidoGuiam III of Victoria, Roseller Toledo of San Clemente, Edgardo Felipe of Anao and Neil Agustin of Camiling. ---Arvin F. M. Cabalu/Media Affairs
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INTERAKSYON, THE news portal of TV5 reported: MANILA - President Benigno Aquino III on Sunday morning walked out of his own briefing in Tacloban City after being egged on by local businessmen to declare martial law in light of the looting in the city. According to a radio report by dzBB, the President was also miffed by Undersecretary Eduardo del Rosario of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) over the latter’s supposedly exaggerated figures and unpreparedness. Del Rosario was making his presentation as one local businessman was requesting to address the President. The local businessman said he and his fellow businessmen were being “slaughtered” by lawless elements in an orgy of looting and arson. The President lost his temper and stormed out of the meeting to cool off at the nearby Tacloban City police station, where he met with policemen. Ten minutes later, he returned to the briefing.
This is no way for the President to deal with the worst disaster to ever hit his country. Grow up, boy!
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Zona Libre
Bong Z. Lacson
Twin to tragedies DOES IT run in the family? Disasters. Calamities. Tragedies. However one calls them that cause widespread death and devastation, unimaginable pain, untold sorrow, unmitigated grief. Invariably inflicted upon the Filipino nation with an Aquino administration. At the time of the now-sainted Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino: A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Central and Northern Luzon wreaking full havoc in Baguio City and Cabanatuan City on July 16, 1990, killing 1,621 people. Less than a year later, in June 1991, Mount Pinatubo astride the tri-boundaries of Zambales, Pampanga and Tarlac erupted – killing some 800 people – in what was internationally recorded as the “second largest volcanic cataclysm of the 20th century” topped only by the 1912 eruption in some God-forsaken spot in the Alaskan Peninsula. In the wake of the eruptions came the lahar rampages that buried whole communities and added to the death toll. And then, there were the super typhoons: Sisang (international name: Nina) in November 1987, hitting the Bicol region with 240 kph winds and causing 979 deaths. Ruping (Mike) in November 1990, its 220 kph winds causing a swath of destruction in Central Philippines, killing 748. Uring (Thelma) unleashing flash floods in Ormoc, Leyte in November 1991, killing more than 5,100. And the maritime disasters: MV Doña Paz colliding with the MT Vector off Marinduque on December 20, 1987 resulting to 4,341 deaths in what has been recorded as “the worst peacetime sea disaster in the 20th century.” MV Doña Marilyn – sister ship of MV Doña Paz – sinking at the height of Typhoon Unsang on October 24, 1988 resulting to 77 fatalities. Man-made disasters – in massacres – abounded too: Mendiola, right at the very gates of Malacanang, in January 1987 with 13 demonstrating farmers dead. Lupao, Nueva Ecija in February 1987 with 17 killed. Digos, Davao del Sur in November 1989 with 39 killed, including women and children. Not to mention Paranaque, June 1991, with three members of the Vizconde family as victims. Now, onto the son – President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III:
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Bohol and Cebu just last October, grounding to dust heritage churches, toppling down buildings, creating sinkholes that swallowed houses, killing over a 100 persons. Last week, Supertyphoon Yolanda just about obliterated from the map Tacloban City and the rest of Leyte and flattened a host of other areas in the Visayas with some 10,000 people feared dead. Not even a year ago – December 3, 2012 – Typhoon Pablo (Bopha) smashed into Central and Northern Mindanao killing some 1,900. And the year previous to that – December 16, 2011 – Typhoon Sendong (Washi) struck the northern part of Mindanao killing at least 1,080 people. And the maritime disaster: MV St. Thomas Aquinas collided with the cargo ship MV Sulpicio Express Siete off Cebu on August 16. 2013, leaving 114 people dead. Massacre? How about the “Hostage Crisis Massacre” of eight Hong Kong tourists at the Luneta on August 20, 2010? Or the ambush-mutilation of seven Marine troopers in Sulu in July 2011? Yeah, we remember BS Aquino III raging: “Mark my words: To those of you who perpetrated this atrocity, know that you are now No. 1 on my radar. It might take some time, but make no mistake about it: you will be brought to justice to answer for your crimes.” And that was the least time we heard of it. Luckless coincidences, some hold these tragic parallels between the presidencies of the mother and her son. Castigo! So cry others, visiting some past sins of the clan upon their foremost members. The wages of some family’s sin impacting upon the whole nation? What sense of retribution is that? No debate on this though: The much worse tragedy inflicted upon the Filipino people by the Cojuangco-Aquino clan is some superstorm named Kris. That is one never-ending disaster, calamity, tragedy. Dear God, what grievous sin have we Filipinos committed to merit this punishment?
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Ocean acidification: Climate change’s evil twin F
IVE YEARS ago, during the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Dr. Simon Donner of the University of British Columbia embarked on a metaphor for climate change. “The climate is like this big ship. We are all on this big ship and the problem is once you hit the brakes it takes a long time for the ship to actually slow down and stop,” the climatologist says. “In our case the ship is the Titanic and we are going to hit the iceberg. It is going to be almost impossible for us not to hit the iceberg at this point. What we need to do is everything we can to put the brakes on, to slow the ship down and – to hope for the corals to help us – move the iceberg a little bit. The time for emission reductions isn’t so much now, it was 20 years ago.” The same concern was echoed by Janice Lough of the Australian Institute of Marine Science at last year’s ICRS at Cairns, Australia. Over the past century, she said, global temperatures have warmed by 0.7°C and those of the surface tropical oceans by 0.5°C. “Tropical coral reef waters are already significantly warmer than they were and the rate of warming is accelerating,” Dr. Lough pointed out. “With or without drastic curtailment of greenhouse gas emissions we are facing, for the foreseeable future, changes in the physical environment of present-day coral reefs.” Coral bleaching has been cited as one of consequences of the raising of baseline temperatures in the oceans. “If the current trends persist, 20 years from now roughly 50 per cent of reefs globally will experience severe bleaching in most years, and this number could jump to more than 95 per cent in 50 years,” says undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco. But what most marine scientists around the world are concerned most of is ocean acidification, global warming’s evil twin. “Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere eventually finds its way to and dissolves in the oceans, causing the water to become ‘acidic’… reducing the ability of the coral reefs to deposit calcium carbonate or calcify,” explained Dr. Edgardo Gomez, the founding director of the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute. Scientists say not all of the carbon dioxide emitted by human industrial activities remains in the atmosphere. Between 25% and 50% of these emissions over the industrial period have been absorbed by the world’s oceans, preventing atmospheric carbon dioxide buildup from becoming worse. But this atmospheric benefit comes at a considerable price. “As a result, the sea water becomes more acidic and the concentration of carbonate ions decreases,” explains Forest Rohwer, author of Coral Reefs in the Microbial Seas. “Carbonate ions are required by corals, crustose coralline algae, and other marine organisms for building their skeletons and shells. The increasing ocean acidification that lies ahead will affect even the most remote coral reef ecosystems.” Experts claim the average pH (the concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution) of the ocean has already decreased about 0.1 pH unit from pre-industrial values, a shift that corresponds to a 30 percent increase in the concentration of hydrogen ions and a decrease in carbonate ions. “This has decreased the rate at which reef-building corals build their skeletons (their rate of calcification) by 20 percent,” Rohwer writes. Ocean pH is projected to decrease another 0.3 to 0.4 pH units by the end of this century. This much change in pH is predicted to reduce coral calcification rates to 40-60 percent of normal. “This is a momentous change,” Rohwer notes. “Imagine dripping hydrochloric acid onto chalk,” says André Freiwald of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, one of the authors of a study that appeared in the professional journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
“The chalk would disintegrate immediately; the corals could face a similar fate.” Will it happen soon? “Two hundred years ago, the amount of carbon dioxide in the ocean was around 200 ppm (parts per million). Now it is nearly 400 ppm. If people continue their business as usual, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change… predicts that it will be more than 500 ppm at the end of the century,” said Dr. Gomez, who is the chair of the World Bank Coral Reef Targeted Research and Capacity Building for Management Program. The acidification, Dr. Gomez added, may be gradual but would happen simultaneously all over the world. He warned that it would be worse than the acidification of agricultural lands due to the use of chemical fertilizers. “Land is more manageable. With the use of organic fertilizer and chemicals, land can easily recover. But once the ocean becomes acidic, it would take millions of years to bring back their natural (state).” The current acidification may be worse than during four major mass extinctions in history when natural pulses of carbon from asteroid impacts and volcanic eruptions caused global temperatures to soar, according to a study which appeared in the journal Science. The international team of researchers from the United States, Great Britain, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands examined hundreds of paleoceanographic studies, including fossils wedged in seafloor sediment from millions of years ago. They found only one time in history that came close to what scientists are seeing today in terms of ocean life die-off – a mysterious period known as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum about 56 million years ago. “We know that life during past ocean acidification events was not wiped out – new species evolved to replace those that died off,” wrote lead author Dr. Barbel Honisch, a paleoceanographer at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. “But if industrial carbon emissions continue at the current pace, we may lose organisms we care about – coral reefs, oysters, salmon.” Dr. Honisch and colleagues said the current rate of ocean acidification is at least 10 times faster than it was 56 million years ago. “The geological record suggests that the current acidification is potentially unparalleled in at least the last 300 million years of Earth history, and raises the possibility that we are entering an unknown territory of marine ecosystem change,” said co-author Dr. Andy Ridgwell of Bristol University. The effects of acidification can be more dramatic, as observed by a natural longterm “experiment” in the Mediterranean. Just offshore from Italy are thriving communities on non-reef-building corals, beneficial low-growing algae, and abundant sea urchins. Scattered in the region are underwater volcanic vents that release enough carbon dioxide to lower the local pH by 0.2 to 0.4 pH units. “In these islands of acidity, the community is dramatically altered,” writes Rohwer. “There are far fewer sea urchins, the algae are mostly large seaweeds, and there are no corals. Might similar changes be in store for other coral communities as ocean acidification continues?” The Philippines has around 26,000 square kilometers of coral reef area, the second largest in Southeast Asia. Some 500 species of stony corals are known to occur, 12 of which are considered endemic. Today, poor coral cover is found in 40 percent of the country’s reefs, while areas with excellent cover have steadily declined to less than 5 percent from 2000 to 2004. “Despite considerable improvements in coral reef PAGE 8 PLEASE
Napaguusapan Lang Felix M. Garcia
Hawak ni Mayor Boking ng Mabalacat ang alas (KARUGTONG NG SINUNDANG ISYU) KASI HINDI Bamban at Mabalacat lang Ang apektado sa ‘dispute’ na naturan Kundi pati na rin buong lalawigan Ng Pampanga’t Tarlac ay posibleng damay. Kaya sa puntong yan wala ng hihigit Na posibleng lunas sa isyung nabanggit Kundi magkasundo ang dalawang panig Sa paraang kapwa nila ninanais Na magamit, gaya ng ya’y pag-usapan Sa mabisa’t napakasimpleng paraan, Pagkat kung sa korte pa maghaharap yan Ay tiyakang aabutin din ng siyam-siyam; (Na kagaya r’yan ng nagtambak na kaso Sa ’ting bar of justice sa panahong ito, Na bago ma-‘resolve’ patay ng pareho Itong may asunto sa ilang husgado). Kaya nga’t kung yan ay sa korte dadalhin, Ay baka ang ‘Bamban town’ ay ‘city’ na rin; At ang ‘longest serving mayor’ na si Boking Ay Solon na’t muling ‘longest serving?’ Pagkat ang ‘track record’ ng butihing Mayor Bilang punongbayan ng Mabalacat town Ay kapuri-puri’t bumilang ng taon, Pagkat matapat siya sa kanyang posisyon). Papanong pati na bahagi ng Porac Ay parang kasama sa gustong mahatak At masakop din ng probinsya ng Tarlac, Gayong ito’y iba ng munisipalidad? At karatig man ng Mabalacat city Sa gawi ng Clark at ng Angeles pati, Yan ay malayo na sa ‘subject boundary’ Ng Bamban at nitong lungsod na nasabi. At kahit anhin man nating pakatingnan Sa cadastral survey ang lupang naturan, Napakaliwanag na lumampas na yan O nag-overlap sa nais makuha n’yan Kundi man ang parting hilagang-silangan Gustong masakop ng buo nitong Bamban, Kung saan naroon ang ilang industrial At iba pang negosyong pangkalakalan. Na aywan kung ito ang target kumbaga Ng Bamban, kundi man ng Tarlac talaga Kung saan dahil sa buwis na kinikita Ng isa, nagkarun ng interest po ba? Na masakop nga yan para maging parte Ng Bamban - at saka masakop din pati Ng ‘Province of Tarlac’ ang lupang nasabi, Kapag natalo ang Mabalacat city Sa pag-aagawan sa ‘disputed area,’ Na di matukoy kung alin sa dalawa Itong ika nga ay may sakop talaga Hangga’t di tuluyang yan ay maresolba? Pero kung tayo ang siyang tatanungin, Ay wala nang pinaka-the best marahil, Kundi pag-usapan ng ‘provincial council’ Ng bawat panig ang pinakamabuting Kaparaanan o posibleng solusyon Upang ang kaso ay hindi na humantong Sa sistemang kasabiha’y usad pagong Na kalakaran sa ‘Court of Justice’ ngayon!
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Republic of the Philippines Province of Pampanga City of San Fernando OFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD
EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE 19TH REGULAR SESSION OF THE 5TH SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF THE CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA HELD AT THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD SESSION HALL AT THE HEROES’ HALL, MAGDALENA SUBD., SAN JUAN, CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA, ON THE 5TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2013 PRESENT: Hon. JAIME T. LAZATIN …………………........... Hon. ANGELICA O. HIZON ……………….......... Hon. RALPH DANIEL M. HENSON ………......... Hon. NOEL T. TULABUT ………………….......... Hon. BENEDICT JASPER SIMON R. LAGMAN.. Hon. AYZEL MARI-GRACE N. MACALINO …... Hon. NELSON G. LINGAT ……………………..... Hon. JOSELITO R. OCAMPO …………..……..... Hon. HARVEY A. QUIWA……………………....... Hon. CELESTINO S. DIZON …………………….. Hon. ARNEL G. SICAT ………………………....... Hon. CARLA JEAN D. PANGANIBAN………......
Presiding Officer Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member (LBC Pres.) Member (SK Fed. Pres.)
ABSENT: Hon. JACKLYN RACHELLE G. CALIMLIM........
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ORDINANCE NO. 2013-004 (Sponsor: Honorable Angelica O. Hizon) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING S.P. ORDINANCE NO. 2010-004, OTHERWISE KNOWN “AS HELMET LAW”, PARTICULARLY ART. II, SECTIONS 1, 3 & 5 AND ARTICLE V THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES EXPLANATORY NOTE
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WHEREAS, the City of San Fernando, Pampanga through the Sangguniang Panlungsod has enacted and subsequently implemented SP Ordinance No. 20 10-004, otherwise known as “Helmet Law” within the territorial jurisdiction of the city government;
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WHEREAS, the implementation of this Ordinance has undeniably achieved its purpose to lessen vehicular accidents resulting to senseless deaths and the perpetration of crimes that are usually associated with riding in tandem criminals who go scot-free after victimizing people even in broad daylight; WHEREAS, while it is true that SP Ordinance No. 2010-004 or the “Helmet Law” particularly Article I, Sections 1and 2 penalize motorcycle drivers and back riders who do not wear protective helmets, these drivers and back drivers wear their helmets only superficially in order to comply with R.A. 10054 or the national Helmet Law and its enabling law embodied in SP Ordinance No. 20 10-004; WHEREAS, apprehension records of the city show that more often than not, motorcycle drivers just put on their helmets without locking their straps especially when they know, there are traffic enforcers conducting checkpoints and apprehending violators of the helmet law, setting aside the fact that the danger of not locking the straps of a protective helmet is just the same as not wearing a helmet at all; WHEREAS, records of the Philippine National Police and the City Health Office likewise show that majority of reported incidents involving motorcycle accidents were those from motorcycle riders whose helmets are not properly strapped; WHEREAS, the Committee on Peace and Order and Public Safety, after a series of committee and public hearings for the purpose, deemed fit to amend the foregoing Ordinance particularly Article I, Sections 1 and 2, and Article V thereof, to further strengthen the Helmet Law Ordinance in the city; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED as it hereby ordained by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, in session assembled to amend Sections 1, 3 & 5, Article II, as well as Article V, Sec. 1, of SP Ordinance 2010-004, which reads: Section 1. Art. II of SP Ordinance 2010-004, which previously read: “Section 1. Mandatory Use of Motorcycle Helmets - all motorcycle riders, including drivers and back riders shall at all times wear protective motorcycle helmets while driving, whether long or short drives, in any type of road and highway of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga” Shall now read as follows: Section 1. All motorcycle riders, including drivers and back riders, shall at all times wear protective motorcycle helmets and lock the helmets’ straps, while driving, whether on long or short drives and in any type of road and highway of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga. Section 3, Art. II of SP Ordinance 2010-004, which previously read: “Section 3. Speed limit - All motorcycle riders are required to observed the minimum 15kph and a maximum of 25kph when driving within the Poblacion area of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga,”
Shall now read as follows: Section 3. Requirement when driving within the Poblacion area, villages and subdivisions of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga. --All motorcycle riders are required to observe the minimum 15kph and a maximum of 20kph when driving within the Poblacion area, villages and subdivisions of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga. Moreover, motorcycle drivers must open their helmets to show their faces and be identifiable. Section 5, Art. II of SP Ordinance 2010-004, which previously read: “Section 5. Age Requirement of riders - Only persons ten (10) years and above accompanied by a person of legal age shall be allowed to ride in motorcycle of whatever type within the territorial jurisdiction of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga,” Shall now read as follows: Section 5. Limit on backriders – There shall only be one back rider, irrespective of age in any and all motorcycles operating within the territorial jurisdiction of the city, provided that when the backrider is a child, he or she shall be allowed to ride in motorcycles of whatever type within the territorial jurisdiction of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga if all of the following conditions concur: 1. 2. 3. 4.
The child’s legs reaches the motorcycle’s foot pegs; The child is big enough to hold his arms around the driver’s waist ; The child wears a helmet during the ride; and The length of the drive is no longer than one hour.
Sec. 4. Section 1, Art. V of SP Ordinance 2010-004, which previously read: Article V. PENALTIES Section 1. Penalties - Any person whether natural or juridical who violates this Ordinance shall be meted the following penalties: 1.1 Any person caught not wearing the protective motorcycle helmet as required of thisOrdinance shall be punished with (a) a fine of three hundred pesos (PH300.00) for the first offense; (b) a fine of five hundred pesos (PH500.00) for the second offense; (c) a fine of one thousand pesos (PH1,000.00) for the third offense; and (d) one thousand five hundred pesos (PH1,500.00) plus confiscation of the driver’s license for the fourth and succeeding violation thereof; and 1.2. Any motorcycle driver who drives in excess of the prescribed limit as required of this Ordinance shall be punished with (a) a fine of three hundred pesos (PH300.00) for the first offense; (b) a fine of five hundred pesos (PH500.00) for the second offense; (c) a fine of one thousand pesos (PH1,000.00) for the third offense; and (d) one thousand five hundred pesos (PH1,500.00) pIus confiscation of the driver’s license for the fourth and succeeding offenses, in addition to the abovementioned fines and penalties. Shall now read as follows: Sec. 1.1 Penalty - Any and all violators of this Ordinance shall be issued Traffic Citation Tickets by the Traffic Management Unit (TMU) and fined in the following amounts: P300.00 for First Offense, P500.00 for Second offense and P 1,000.00 for Third offense. Section 1.2 Administrative fines shall be collected by the City Treasurer’s Office or any authorized agents through the Traffic Citation Ticket to be issued to the violators of this Ordinance.
Sec. 5. Repealing Clause. All Ordinances, Rules and Regulations or parts thereof which are in conflict with or contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby modified and repealed accordingly. Sec. 6. Non-impairment Clause. If for any reason, any provision, section or part of this Ordinance is declared invalid, suspended or revoked by any competent authorities concerned, such judgment shall not affect nor impair the remaining provisions or parts thereof which shall remain to be in full force and effect. Sec. 7. Effectivity. This Ordinance shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its approval, its required publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Pampanga, and the posting of the same in conspicuous places in the Poblacion area and the city’s 35 barangays. ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY this 5th day of November 2013 x-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------x I hereby certify to the correctness of the foregoing Ordinance adopted by the 5th Sangguniang Panlungsod of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga during its 19th Regular Session held on November 5,2013. AVELINA M. LACANILAO-LAGMAN Secretary to the Sanggunian ATTESTED TO BE DULY ADOPTED: Hon. NOEL T. TULABUT Temporary Presiding Officer
APPROVED: Hon. EDWIN D. SANTIAGO City Mayor
November 8, 2013 Date
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • NOVEMBER 13 - 14, 2013 • WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY
Secion 2. Impounding of Vehicles - Violators who shall fail to pay the fines with the City Treasurer’s Office within a period of 72 hours from the date of issuance of the Traffic Citation Ticket, the motorcycle subject of the apprehension shall be impounded. In addition, if after the period to claim the impounded motorcycle has lapsed, and the violator still failed to claim the subject motorcycle, the violator shall be required to pay P500.00 per day as storage fee.
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Misa ng pasasalamat sa pagkaligtas sa bagyo isinagawa sa dagat NI DINO BALABO HAGONOY, Bulacan— Isang araw matapos manalasa sa Visayas ang bagyong Yolanda, matagumpay na naisagawa ang taunang pagdiriwang ng Pistang Dagat sa bayang ito. Ang pagdiriwang na nilahukan ng mahigit 100 residente ng mga Barangay Pugad at Tibaguin ay bilang pasasalamat sa pagkakaligtas ng Bulacan partikular ng mga baybayin ng Bulacan sa mapaminsalang epekto ng bagyo. “Magpasalamat po tayo dahil hindi tayo
nasalanta ng bagyong Yolanda, pero patuloy nating ipanalangin ang mga kapwa nating Pilipino na napinsala at naapektuhan samga bayan at lungsod sa Visayas, Bicol at iba pang bahagi ng bansa,” sabi ni Padre Efren Basco sa pagsisimula ng misa para sa taunang Pistang Dagat. Ang misa ay isinagawa habang nakasakay sa mga bangkang naka-angkla di kalayuan sa parola ng Pugad ang pari, mga deboto at maging mga imahe nina Sta. Elena, San Rafael, San Ignacio, San Nicolas,
Sta.Ana, at Sagrada Familia. Bukod sa nasabing pasasalamat, ipinagpasalamat at ipinagdasal din sa misa ang karagatan ng Maynila at katubigang nasasakop nito na pinagkukunan ng kabuhayan ng mga residente. Sa kanyang sermon, binigyang diin ni Basco ang pangangalaga sa kalikasan partikular na sa karagatan at katubigan. Sa huling bahagi ng misa, ipinaalala niya sa mga lumahok sa Pistang Dagat na magsisikain habang nakasakay sa bangka na sinupin ang
kanilang basura. Bago tuluyan matapos ang pagdiriwang sa baybayin ng karagatan, binasbasan ng pari ang mga bangka at kagamitan sa pangingisda ng mga lumahok. Una rito, halos isang oras ding nagprusisyon sa bunganga ng ilog ng Pugad ang mga residente. Ito ay tinawag nilang “ligid”kung saan ay tampok ang pag-ikot o pagligid ng mga mas maliliit na bangkang de motor sa mas malaking bangka kinasasakyan ng mga imahe ng mga patron.
Landowners blast planned RPT hike FROM PAGE 1
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • NOVEMBER 13 - 14, 2013 • WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY
cent increase. Leony De Leon who identified herself as an ordinary taxpayer proposed that the City Assessor should have considered “the paying capacity of the landowners.” She complained that her property of 8.6 hectares in Barangay Cutud, which is classified as an agricultural land, is unproductive because of lack of irrigation among others and is also infested with informal settlers. She said the barangay even uses it for its activities without giving her any compensation. But City Assistant Assessor Lea C. Dizon said that the landowner can
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opt for a remedy via the “tax option” during the assessment level and could even request for a moratorium as in the case of De Leon who complained of informal settlers on her property. She said there are 122,000 Real Property Units (RPU) in the city which include individual and corporate land titles, buildings and machineries. Dizon explained that before they arrived at the present valuation, they gathered data and consulted with banks as well as private appraisers, property developers and even the MAREB and other stakeholders. She added that the City Assessor used opinion
values to determine the lowest valuation and not the actual Deed of Sales of RPUs which could definitely yield a much higher valuation. However, Councilor Brian Nepomuceno said the City Assessor should not be adamant in its proposed increase in valuation which averages about 400 percent from his view but should opt to have a staggered or gradual increase even if the last increase in valuation was made in 1995. On the other hand, City Administrator Albert Dennis Pamintuan said the pressure to implement the increase is from the national government, particularly from the Department of Finance
(DOF). He said the Aquino administration is very strict and the city government is mandated to follow the law. He said the DOF has been informing them to implement a general revision of the land valuation which is “mandatory” under the law. Jericho Aguas, chair of the Ways and Means Committee, explained that the increase in RPT will redound to the benefit of the people in terms of 100,000 city scholars, and 10 to 15 kilometers of concrete roads among others. Another public hearing is set next Tuesday to determine the final valuation for the RPT application.
Flash floods hit 13 Bulacan villages... FROM PAGE 1 of responsibility. Mayor Roderick Tiongson of San Miguel said they were surprised by the flash floods because it was sunny in Bulacan since Saturday morning. “We believe it is due to on-going mining operations in Sierra Madre,” he said referring to a company involved in extraction of iron ore in Barangay Camachin in the mountain town of Donya Remedios Trinidad (DRT). Tiongson also lamented the sorry state of Sierra Madre on the east side of his town noting that for years it has
been subjected to marble quarrying, and iron ore mining. “The damage has been done and our kababayan in San Miguel are suffering, especially the farmers,” he said referring to flash floods from Sunday morning to evening. He said that 13 of the 49 villages of San Miguel were inundated by flash floods which reached chest high deeep. The flooded villages included Baritan, Cambio, Maligaya, Barias, Salacot, Balite, Bantog, Sta. Lucia, King Kabayo, Penambaran, Ilog Bulo, Pulong Duhat and Bagong Silang. Meanwhile, the Pro-
vincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) of Bulacan allayed fears over possible flood with the water discharges from Angat, Ipo and Bustos Dams. Raul Agustin, head of special operations of PDRRMO, said that its effect would be minimal noting that there is no back flood coming from Pampanga, while sea water rise is low. He also said that since Saturday, they recorded little or no rainfall in most parts of the province. As of Monday morning, Angat Dam increased its water discharge to 265 cubic meters per second through
its spillway, while Bustos Dam is discharging a total of 285 cms. Agustin said there is nothing to worry over the water spilled from the dams. “If they are spilling 600 cms and above, we should start to worry,” Agustin said. On Sunday, Angat Dam started spilling 130 cms as water elevation climbed to 213.65 masl. Yesterday morning, water elevation dropped to 213.51 masl. Engineer Rodolfo German said they will continue to spill water until the water elevation dropped to 210 masl which he described as “comfortable level.”
CDC shelves X’mas party FROM PAGE 1 which will be handed over to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).” “This is CDC’s way to show concern for the afflicted families in Visayas, especially those in Tacloban City, Leyte
and Samar,” he said. CDC Public Relations Department Manager Angelo Lopez, Jr. noted that several investors and locators in Clark are sending donations to the tyhpoon victims. “Coordination is now being arranged with the Philippine Air Force
based inside the freeport zone so that relief goods and other in-kind donations can be airlifted to the affected areas,” he said. Last year, CDC workers also donated some of their benefits and cancelled their annual Christmas party for the victims of Typhoon Pablo
in Mindanao. Instead of a Christmas party, CDC initiated “human chain” fund-raising project at the CDC parade grounds here. A similar human chain was also held in Dec. 2011 also to raise funds for victims of Typhoon Sendong.
ERRATUM That the type of application filed by Abner A. Comandante – applicantvendor/ Rubelito R. Gamboa should be Application for Sale and Transfer. Likewise, the date of hearing should be on Nov. 18, 2013 and not as published in our Nov. 8-9, 2013 issue. Punto! Central Luzon: November 13, 2013
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ANGELES CITY ATTY. VENANCIO Q. RIVERA III Notary Public RURAL BANK OF MABALACAT, INC., Mortgagor, -versus-
NFC CASE # 2013-998
MA. SOCORRO ESFELITA D. TIONGQUICO, Mortgagee. x-------------------------------------------------------x NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER ACT 3135, AS AMENDED BY ACT 4118 Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Deed of Real Estate Mortgage executed on March 11, 2009, by the Mortgagor/s, MA. SOCORRO ESFELITA D. TIONGQUICO, with residence and postal address at # 76 Luciano Rd. San Francisco, Magalang, Pampanga and as Atty-in-fact of MODESTO C. TIONGQUICO & FELICITAS D. TIONGQUICO in favor of the mortgagee, RURAL BANK OF MABALACAT, INC. with piostal address of Dau, Mabalacat, Pampanga in order to satisfy the principal mortgaged debt in the amount of FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P400,000.00) Philippine Currency, excluding stipulated interest, penalty charges, attorney’s fees in accordance with the stipulation in the said mortgaged contract, additional daily interest and penalties up to the datre of sale, expenses in the sale thereof and other charges allowed by law, ATTY. VENANCIO Q. RIVERA III, Notary Public for Angeles City and in the Municipalities of Porac, Mabalacat and Magalang, Province of Pampanga having been authorized by the Mortgagee hereby gives notice and announces that on the December 5, 2013 at 10:00 in the morning at the Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Magalang and Mabalacat, Pampanga, located at 1st Floor Municipal Hall, Xevera Subd., Tabun, Mabalacat City, Pampanga, will SELL at Public Auction to the highest bidder for CASH and in Philippine Currency the following real properties with all the improvements existing thereon, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 326208-R “A parcel of land (Lot 51, Blk. 2, of the cons-plan, Pcs-03003364, being a portion of the cons. Lots 123-B-1-A, 123 B-1-B, 123-B-1-C, 123-B-1-D, (LRC) Psd-214026 & Lot 1 (LRC) Pcs-20945, L.R.C. Rec. No. ) situated in the Bo. of San Francisco, Mun. of Magalang, Province of Pampanga. x x x x x x x x containing an area of TWO HUNDRED TWENTY TWO (222) Square Meters”. TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 326208-R “A parcel of land (Lot 52, Blk. 2, of the cons-plan, Pcs-03003364, being a portion of the cons. Lots 123-B-1-A, 123 B-1-B, 123-B-1-C, 123-B-1-D, (LRC) Psd-214026 & Lot 1 (LRC) Pcs-20945, L.R.C. Rec. No. ) situated in the Bo. of San Francisco, Mun. of Magalang, Province of Pampanga. x x x x x x x x containing an area of ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY ONE (181) Square Meters”. Notice of Sale will be posted in three (3) public places of Mabalacat, Pampanga and will be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Pampanga and Mabalacat, Pampanga for three (3) consecutive weeks, the first publication to be made at least twenty (20) days before the sale. Prospective buyers/bidders may examine the title of the above-mentioned parcel of land for their information and protection. City of Mabalacat, October 30, 2013 VENANCIO Q. RIVERA III Notary Public-Angeles City Until December 31, 2013 Commission No. 2011-341 PTR No. 045875/01-02-13/Angeles City IBP No. 903883/01-02-12 Roll No. 41204/Page No. 241/Book No. XVII Villa Rivera-Jocson, Mabiga, Mabalacat, Pampanga Copy Furnished: MA. SOCORRO ESFELITA # 76 Luciano Rd. San Francisco, Magalang, Pampanga PUNTO! Central Luzon: November 6, 13 & 20, 2013
NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that the heirs of MARIA LEAH Q. SANCHEZBUERGLER who died on March 25, 2013 in Switzerland executed an Extrajudicial Settlement of her estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 8, Blk. 9 of the subdivision plan Psd-59710, being a portion of Blk. 3 described on plan Pas-4534 (LRC) (GLRO) Cad. Rec. No. 124) situated in the Bo. of Balibago, Angeles City and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 129306, before Notary Public Reydon P. Canlas as per Doc No. 405, Page 48, Book LV, Series of 2013. Punto! Central Luzon: November 6, 13 & 20, 2013
Regarding Henry FROM PAGE 5 management, the country’s coral reefs remain under threat,” said Dr. Theresa Mundita S. Lim, the director of the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau. “The situation will get worse but it’s not too late to stave off disaster,” Dr. Gomez said. “The government should take concrete steps to reduce fossil fuel use and unnecessary production of greenhouse gases, stop deforestation, and switch to alternative sources of energy like geothermal, wind power, solar power, even nuclear power. Using hybrid cars will also help.” What about you? Reef specialist Meaghan Johnson of the Nature Conservancy said individuals can make a difference. “Anything we can do to reduce stress on coral reefs is a step in the right direction, and there is definitely a role for the public,” she pointed out.
The Gossipmiller Cesar Pambid
Alice Dixson nilalandi si Derek Ramsay HUMANGA si Alice Dixson sa ganda ni Andi Eigenmann na lumabas na anak niya sa When The Love Is Gone na comeback movie niya after ilang taon. Nadagdagan ang papuri niya sa young actress nang mapanood niya ang mga eksena nito sa dubbing. “Napaka-natural niyang mag-acting. Mana sa mom and dad, ’di ba?” sambit ni Alice nang iharap sa pocket interview ng Viva. May offer rin ang Star Cinema sa kanya na gumawa ng isa pang movie na makakasama sina Richard Gomez at John Lloyd Cruz. Sa ngayon, napapanood siya sa For Love or Money sa TV5 kung saan todo ang paglalandi niya kay Derek Ramsay. “I like the role. It’s very empowering!” saad ng aktres. Sexy ba sa tingin niya si Derek? “Derek has a really nice body! Pero for me, ang type ko kasi matangkad eh! Mas matangkad sa akin!” tugon ni Alice. Paano niya minu-motivate ang paglalandi kay Derek, eh, loveless siya? “Ha! Ha! Ha! I try hard! Ha! Ha! Ha! I have my ways!” rason niya. Kung sa movie ay nakikipaglaban siya sa mas batang si Cristine, sa tunay na buhay ba, kaya niyang makipaglaban sa mas batang babae? “Hindi! Ibibigay ko na siya!” sagot niya.
Pokwang naglalaway kay Jestoni Alarcon
Gabby Concecpcion suwerte sa mga anak NATUTUWA NAMAN si Gabby Concepcion na lahat ng kanyang mga anak na babae ay may mga maga-gandang disposisyon sa buhay lalo na nga pagdating sa pag-ibig. Hanggang ngayon nga naman kasi ay wala pang nag-aasawa sa mga ito at mukhang malayo pa sa isip ang pag-aasawa lalo na nga ang panganay na si KC Concepcion na nasa ta-mang edad na. Wala rin sa mga ito na nabuntis nang maaga or ’yung tipong nabaliw na sa pag-ibig. “I’m glad that they have a good head on their shoulders. I’m glad that whatever their decisions are, they are happily living with it. I’m happy that my children do not commit things that are scarier. Normal sila, in other words.” Ang talagang ikinatatakot lang daw niyang mangyari ay magkaroon ng World War III dahil nga marami siyang anak na babae. “Kasi kapag nagka-giyera, kawawa naman ang mga anak kong babae. Ang mga lalaki, kaya nila. Ang mga babae kasi, para sa akin, they are very fragile. I want to be there all the time for them,” say ng isa sa bida ng When The Love Is Gone. Masaya rin daw siya na napaka-responsableng panganay ni KC lalo na sa mga nakababatang kapatid na sina Garrie, Chloi, Samantha at Savannah. Kahit pa sabihing half-sisters niya ang mga ito, napakabait daw nitong ate and mahal na mahal ang mga kapatid. Anyway, showing din sa Nov. 27 ang When The Love Is Gone under Viva Films at kasama ni Gabo in this film sina Alice Dixson, Andi Eigenmann, Jake Cuenca and Cristine Reyes. Did she get to see the original movie? “Direk Andoy Ranay said there’s no need and I prefer it that way na rin para hindi masabing ginaya ko lang siya,” she says. “I want to bring something new to the role na sarili kong interpretation.” In a scene in the film’s trailer, she is shown having a fierce confrontation with Cristine Reyes, who plays her dad’s mistress. How was it? “Actually, konti lang scenes namin ni Cristine. Most ofmy scenes are with Gabby Concepcion and Alice Dixson as my parents, and newcomer Anton Revilla who’s my love interest, also with Ms. Dina Bonnevie who has a surprise role. But kinabahan ako in my scene with Cristine kasi I know she’s one of our best young actresses today and it’s my first time to work with her. Sa eksena, hihiyain ko siya sa harap ng maraming tao at tatapunan ko siya ng pie sa mukha. It’s good na game siya at okay lang sa kanya ang ginawa ko sa kanya.” So how’s her lovelife after being implicated in the Billy Crawford-Nikki Gil break up? “Well, I’m glad Billy cleared up my name na wala talaga akong kinalaman doon. As for now, aside from work, ang focus ko lang is my daughter Ellie. Okay na ‘yun.” “When The Love Is Gone” will have two premiere nights on Nov. 26, Glorietta Cinema 4 and SM Megamall Cinema 10.
Alice Dixson REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT THIRD JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH 51 GUAGUA, PAMPANGA ROSALIE QUIRON-SURMIENDA Petitioner -versus-
SP. PROC. CASE NO. G-13-2510 FOR-Correction of the Birth Certificate of Rosalie Quiron-Surmiendo
THE CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL AND THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF FLORIDABLANCA, PAMPANGA. Respondents. x---------------------------------------------------x ORDER Before this court is a petition praying that the date of birth of the petitioner Rosalie Quiron-Surmienda be corrected from June 23, 1968 to December 1, 1967, the true and correct one. Petitioner alleges that (1) since the time she came to reason, she knew her birthday to be December 1, 1967 as intimated to her by her parents; and (2) in her belief that December 1, 1967 is the true and correct date of her birth, she used the same in all her personal and scholastic records as well as records in government agencies. The petition is sufficient in form and substance. Set the same for hearing on December 3, 2013 at 9:30 in the morning before this court, at the Hall of Justice, San Matias, Guagua, Pampanga. Let this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Pampanga, expenses to be borne by petitioner. The Municipal Civil Registrar of Floridablanca, Pampanga and any person having or claiming any interest under under the entry where cancellation or correction is sought may, within fifteen (15) days from notice of the petition or from the last date of publication of such notice file his opposition thereto, and appear on the date and time mentioned above to show cause why the petition should not be granted. Let copies of the petition, its annexes, and this Order be furnished the Solicitor General, the Provincial Prosecutor of Pampanga amd the Municipal Civil Registrar of Floridablanca, Pampanga. The Officer-in-charge of this court is directed to furnish the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Guagua, Pampanga with a copy of this Order so that the same may be published in accordance with the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 1079. SO ORDERED Guagua, Pampanga, October 25, 2013. MERIDETH D. DELOS SANTOS-MALIG Presiding Judge PUNTO! Central Luzon: November 6, 13 & 20, 2013
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • NOVEMBER 13 - 14, 2013 • WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY
NABUKING sa presscon ng pelikulang Call Center Girl na matagal na palang crush ni Pokwang si Jestoni Alarcon. Ang term nga na ginamit ng co-star nilang si John Lapus ay “naglalaway” daw ang komedyana sa guwapong aktor na dati ring heartthrob ng showbiz industry. Ibinuking din ni John na hindi pa raw artista si Pokwang ay talagang crush na crush na nito si Jestoni to the point na bwisit na bwisit daw ito kay Rachel Lobangco na noo’y girlfriend ng aktor. “Hindi niya matanggap noong araw, noong bata pa siya na bakit daw si Rachel Lobangco ang dyowa ni Jestoni,” pagbubulgar ni John. Inamin naman ni Pokwang na talagang naglalaway siya kay Jestoni noon pa. “Sino ba naman ang hindi maglalaway do’n (kay Jestoni)? Totoo naman ’yun, bata pa ako, crush ko na talaga si Jestoni. Kaya nang malaman ko na siya ang magiging tatay ni Jessy (Mendiola) sa pelikula, oh my God, sabi ko kay Direk (Don Cuaresma), ‘Direk, okay lang ako, hindi ako choosy, okay lang sa akin may kissing scenes.’ Pinipilit ko talagang magkaroon ng kissing scene kahit wala,” say ni Pokwang. Pagbubuking naman ni kasamahang Ogie Diaz na kasama rin sa movie, may cut-off daw si Pokwang ng 2 a.m. pero nang malamang kukunan ang kissing scene with Jestoni, pumayag daw ito hanggang 5 a.m. Ha-ha-ha! Anyway, nagbabalik si Pokwang sa pagpapatawa via Call Center Girl kung saan ay kasama niya rin aside from Jessy, John, Ogie and Jestoni sina Enchong Dee, Ejay Falcon, Dianne Medina, Chokoleit, K Brosas, Alex Castro and Aaron Villaflor. Bukod sa pamilyang tema nito, tinatalakay din ng pelikula ang tungkol sa mga nagtatrabaho sa call center na kung tutuusin ay maihahalintulad daw sa ating mga OFW. Ang maganda pa raw sa mga kumpanyang nagpa-patakbo ng call center, suportado nito ang LGBT (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgender) community dahil napakarami raw talagang gays and lesbians na empleyado rito. Ipalalabas na ang Call Center Girl sa lahat ng mga sinehan nationwide simula ngayong Nobyembre 27.
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AT SM CITY OLONGAPO
‘Smurftastic Christmas’ benefits Ayta kids, PWDs
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • NOVEMBER 13 - 14, 2013 • WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY
OLONGAPO CITY -- It’s more than a month to go till Christmas but the Aeta children and elders of Cabalan, the differently abled and the people with disabilities from Pag-Asa Center received their early Christmas treats when SM Olongapo launched the event dubbed “Smurftastic Christmas” last Saturday. Gracing the launch were City Mayor Rolen Paulino and wife Cynthia, members of the city council and SM Regional Operations Manager Rheybie Nipas. Paulino said the people of Olongapo have something to be thankful for, despite the city’s recent devastation brought about by massive flooding in all but one of the 17 barangays in the city and the outbreak of a flood-borne disease called leptospirosis. Paulino said 641 people were hospitalized and a number of people died due to the outbreak of the bacterial infection. “Now is a time to celebrate. We are very thankful to SM
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management for hosting this event and for being always the first to response in time of disasters,” Paulino said. SM Olongapo Assistant Mall Manager Bong Garcia said every year Christmas in SM is being anticipated. “It has been said the Christmas is for children but for us, it is a celebration of gift-giving, music, food and laughter,” he added. The Smurftastic Christmas launch is part of SM Supermall’s effort in reaching out to the communities specially those who are in need, Garcia added. During the launch, guests and mall clients were serenaded by amazing talents such as the finalists of the Voice of the Philippines and the much applauded appearance of Papa Smurf and Smurfette. Mayor Paulino, assisted by SM executives and Olongapo City councilors, distributed gift bags to the Aeta children and elders of Sitio Mampweng, Cabalan in this city. –Malou Dungog
PRETTY IN PINK. Gov. Lilia “Nanay” G. Pineda gets a briefing from the officers of Quota International-Pampanga on their various projects. PHOTO COURTESY OF JUN JASO, PAMPANGA PIO
Smurfs at SM City Clark too ANGELES CITY – The SM City Clark successfully surprised the Duyan ng Maria children and mall-goers as they unveiled their seventh-year Christmas Giant Display featuring the cutest fictional blue people Smurfs last Sunday. Filled with Smurftastic Christmas stuffs and colorful lights, the event was opened with the showcasing of skating talents of SM Skating performers with the special participation of their penguin mascot. After which, the much awaited first appearance of the wide display took place in front of the excited audience who jampacked the Event Center. Together with the Papa Smurf and Smurfette, the Angeles University Foundation Concert Chorus in their Smurflike costumes performed their Christmas repertoire, starting with “Smurfing around the Christmas Tree,” onto “Christmas Alphabets” and the alltime favorite “Jingle Bells.” Right after the performance, the AUFCC members dispersed to give out their Smurfs hats and Smurf Berry balloons to children in audience which painted smiles on their faces. Angeles City Vice Mayor Vicky Vega-Cabigting shared her appreciation of SM Clark’s “grandiloquent display,” as she enthused: “Kids from one to 92 ay nag-eenjoy because, at the forefront and foremost, ang iniisip ng SM ay kung paano po nila mabibigyan ng karagdagang katuwaan at kasiyahan ang ating mga mamamayan dito po sa ating siyudad.” In her message, Vega-Cabigting also hailed the SM Clark management led by Anna Datu, SMC Manager, in coming up with a very creative theme. “Ang tsismis po sa akin ni Ma’am Anna, they had to go to Singapore just to ask for the license po ng Smurfs,” Vega said. Datu for her turn announced they will be opening a skating rink soon in SM Clark. The Christmas Smurfs Giant Display is open for free visit and photo opportunity for all SM Clark’s goers. – Joan Galang - AUF OJT