VOLUME 5NUMBER 59WED - THUSEPTEMBER 21 - 22, 2011

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BY DING CERVANTES

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Analleged “gay” teener shothis “boyfriend” before

shooting himself inside a mall hereat about 11:45 a.m. yesterday. Bothwere reported to be in criticalcondition in a local hospital as ofpress time.

ANOTHER CRIME OF PASSION AT MALL

‘Gay’ shoots self afterfiring at ‘boyfriend’

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DARING. A bevy of beauties present birthday cake to City of SanFernando Mayor Oscar S. Rodriguez Monday evening during a banquetat the Heroes Hall. PHOTO BY RIC GONZALES

NI DINO BALABO

GUIGUINTO, Bulacan – Kung trabaho ang kailangan,technical vocation education ang sagot sa problema,ayon sa opisyal ng Technical Education and SkillsDevelopment Authority (Tesda).

Ngunit sa kabila nito, higit na tinututukan ng Tes-da ngayon ang self-employment kaysa wage employ-ment para sa kanilang mga estudyante.

Ayon kay Cenon Querubin, direktor ng Tesda saBulacan, higit na makakatulong ito sa ekonomiya nglalawigan na kilala sa dami ng mga entreprenyor atitunuturing na micro, small and medium enterprise(MSME) capital ng Gitnang Luzon.

Self-employment tinututukan ng Tesda“Technical vocational education is the answer

for immediate employment, pero hindi namin gustona manatiling empleyedo ang aming nga graduatehabang buhay” ani Querubin matapos isagawa angSkills Olympics sa Tesda Regional Training Centersa Barangay Tabang sa bayang ito.

Sinabi niya na kailangan ng bansa ang masmaraming entreprenyor sa mga probinsya upanghigit na umunlad.

“We need more entrepreneurs, that’s why we areencouraging our students to be self employed,” aniya.

Bilang paghahanda sa mga estudyante, nilahu-kan ng Tesda ang kanilang kurikulum ng mga

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MALOLOS CITY—Ilala-bas na sa buwang ito ngLand Transportation Fran-chising Regulatory Board(LTFRB) ang prangkisapara sa kauna-unahangelectric jeepney sa bansa.

Ito ay sa kabila ng pl-anong malawakang tigil

SUSI SA OIL PRICE HIKE

E-jeepney magkakaprangkisa napasada noong Lunes ngmga tsuper bilang protes-ta sa pagtaas ng presyong langis at paniningil ng12 porsyentong value add-ed tax (VAT) sa toll fee.

“Umaasa kami na ilal-abas na ngayong buwanng LTFRB ang commercial

franchise para sa e-jeep-ney,” ani Red Constantino,ang executive director ngInstitute for Climate andSustainable City (ICSC).

Sinabi ni Contantino naang prangkisa para sa e-jeepney ay isang tagump-ay para sa transport sec-

tor, mga mamamayan atkalikasan.

“This will prove to manyjeepney operators that e-jeepney is the answer.Mas malaki ang kikitainnila if they will switch to itfrom their diesel powered

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CITY OF SAN FERNAN-DO – The militant fisher-folk alliance PambansangLakas ng Kilusang Mama-malakaya ng Pilipinas (Pa-malakaya) has urged new-ly appointed PhilippineNational Police (PNP) Di-rector General NicanorBartolome to sack Oban-do police chief LorenzoPaynor for allegedly ha-rassing Fr. Vince Hizon,Obando parish priest foropposing the Obandolandfill.

“We challenge DirectorGeneral Bartolome to en-force his one strike policyby sending the Obandopolice chief out of policeservice. The town chief’sinspector is acting like atown-level dictator toplease the commercial

PNP chief askedto sack cop forharassing priest

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operator of Obando land-fill,” said Pamalakaya na-tional chair Fernando Hi-cap.

Hizon himself said hewas harassed when Oban-do policemen dismantledover the weekend a make-shift stage at the patio ofthe town church where hewas supposed to hold aconcert denouncing theconstruction of a sanitarylandfill in that town. Thecommercial landfill is be-ing put up in abandonedfishponds on the island vil-lage of Binuangan inObando.

Hicap noted that Hizonhas been campaigningagainst the project amidprospects that Binuanganfishermen, who rely on the

ANGELES CITY –Amid a curse vowed bya bishop on people whowould throw garbageinto the downtown Sa-pang Balen creek, May-or Edgardo Pamintuanissued yesterday astern warning to busi-ness establishmentsand households whichstill use waterway intoa dumpsite that eventu-ally flows into the Ma-nila Bay through otherPampanga towns.

Pamintuan has putup steel grills along thebridges across thecreek in barangays Cut-cut, Sta. Trinidad, Pam-pang, San Nicolas, Sto.Rosario, San Jose, Pu-lungbulo and Sto. Dom-ingo to prevent local folkfrom throwing wastesinto the channel.

But he noted that“there are still businessestablishments andeven residential houseswith sewerage systemsdraining into the creek.”

Amid bishop’scurse onpolluters

EdPam asksfor help

in cleanupof creek

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

BRANCH 54MACABEBE, PAMPANGA

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FORTHE CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THECERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF JONATHANSARMIENTO y CRUZ

JONATHAN SARMIENTO y CRUZ.,Petitioner,

-versus- SPEC. PROC. NO. 11-0749(M)

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OFMACABEBE, PAMPANGA, ANDTHE CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERALOF THE PHILIPPINES,

Respondents.X——————————————————————————X

ORDERThis is a verified petition filed by petitioner praying that after notice,

publication and hearing, an order be issued directing the respondents tomake the necessary correction in petitioner’s Certificate of Live Birthparticularly his date of birth from “November 4, 1982” to “November 4,1981.”

Pursuant to Section 4, Rule 108 of the Rules of Court, let this petitionbe set for hearing on October 21, 2011 at 11:00 o’clock in the morningbefore this Court located at the Hall of Justice, Macabebe, Pampanga.

All persons interested in the petition may appear at the aforesaid dateof hearing and show cause, if any, why this petition should not begranted. Let this order be published in a newspaper of general circulationin the Province of Pampanga for three (3) consecutive weeks at theexpense of the petitioner.

Let a copy of this order and the said petition be served upon theOffice of the Solicitor General (OSG), at 134 Amorsolo St., LegaspiVillage, Mkati City, the Civil Registrar General of the National StatisticsOffice (NSO), and the Office of the Local Civil Registrar (LCR) of Macabebe,Pampanga.

SO ORDERED.Macabebe, Pampanga, August 24, 2011.

LUCINA ALPEZ-DAYAON Presiding Judge

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age, Filipino widow and resident of 17-12 Hensonville Homes MalabaniasAngeles City is the surviving wife of the late JON CLAIRMONT whodied on September 8, 2011 in Dr. Armando L. Garcia Medical CenterAngeles City. Notice is further given that Sharon Clairmont executed anaffidavit of Self-Adjudication of Savings Account No. 374-2-37401457-3,374-3-37417345-7, 374-3-374-17346-5 at Metropolitan Bank and TrustCompany (Metro Bank), Balibago Branch, Angeles City.

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jeepneys that pollutes theenvironment,” aniya at ipi-naliwanag na patuloy angpagtaas ng presyo ng kru-do.

Bilang bahagi ng ini-syatibang Climate Friend-ly City na inilunsad ngICSC noong 2007, ang e-jeepney ay sumailalim samaraming pagbabago.

Kabilang dito angkakayahan na mas ma-raming pasahero angmaisakay at fast chargingo mabilisang pagkakargasa baterya.

Ayon kay Contantino,ang bagong unit ng e-jeep-ney ngayon ay maykakayahang magsakay ng23 hanggang 24 na pasa-hero; at may bilis na 40hanggang 50 kilometrobawat oras.

Maging ang chargingng baterya ng e-jeepneyna dati ay inaabot ng wa-long oras ay pinabilis nila.

“Now, it will only take10 minutes for a full chargethat can run up to 115

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E-jeepney magkakaprangkisa nakilometers,”ani Constanti-no.

Ipinaliwanag niya naang kanilang inobasyonsa charging ng baterya aybatay sa kaugalian ng mgaPilipino sa pagbili ng beersa tindahan.

Ito ay nangangahu-lugan na ibibigay lang ngdriver ang gamit na bat-erya sa dealer at papali-tan iyon ng bagong chargena baterya.

“Madali lang ngayon,isa-swap lang yung bat-erya at within 10 minutespwede na uling bumiyahe,”aniya.

Bukod sa mabilis napagpapalit ng baterya, sin-abi niya na mas maliit anggastos dito kumpara sapaggamit ng krudo.

Ito ay dahil sa ang fullcharge sa anim hanggang12 baterya ay nagkakahal-aga lamang ng P250 atmakakabiyahe ng 115 ki-lometro, kumpara saP1,100 na krudo na gag-amitin sa kasing layongbiyahe.

Sa ibang bahagi ng

bansa, ang P250 chargepara sa 115 kilometrongbiyahe ay sapat na gamitsa loob ng isang linggo.

Ngunit sa Bulacan,partikular na sa mga jeep-ney na bumibiyahe sa 11kilometrong ruta sa pagi-tan ng Malolos atHagonoy, ito ay katumbasng limang round trip.

“Imagine running fiveroundtrips for only P250 onyour usual route, this willbe more beneficial to ourjeepney drivers and oper-ators because they canearn more with little ex-penses,” ani Contantino.

Sa kasalukuyan, angICSC ay may 25 e-jeep-ney na bumibiyahe saibat-ibang ruta sa Lungsodng Makati; bukod pa samga e-jeepney sa PuertoPrincesa City sa Palawan.

Ayon kay Constantino,kapag lumabas ang ka-nilang prangkisa, mak-ikipag usap na rin sila samga Lungsod ng ng Que-zon, Mandaluyong, Pasigat maging sa Bulacanpara sa operasyon ng e-

jeepney.Ang e-jeepney ay isang

imbensyon ng Pilipinongsi Ariel Torres. Ito ay na-kakatulad ng mga regularna jeepney sa bansangunit sa halip na krudoang gamit sa pagapap-atakbo ay kuryente angginagamit.

Ang jeepney ay nag-mula sa salitang “jeep” oang pinaikling bigkas samga letrang “GP” na angibig sabihin ay “generalpurpose” vehicle.

Ang mga general pur-pose vehicle ay nilikha ngChrysler Corporation atginamit ng hukbong Ameri-kano sa ikalawang dig-maang pandaigdig.

Matapos ang digmaan,ang mga general purposevehicle na nasira ay ini-wan sa bansa ng mgaAmerikano ngunit kinum-puni ng mga Pilipino at pi-nahaba ang chassis.

Hindi nagtagal, isini-lang ang jeepney na itinu-turing na hari sa lansan-gan ng bansa.

–Dino Balabo

BY ERNIE B. ESCONDE

BALANGA CITY – Bataan on Sunday held its 1st Invita-tional Airsoft match with participants coming from Pam-panga and Bataan who engaged in combat at the BataanNational High School here.

Jimmy Mangalindan, organizer of the event, saidthat more than 100 players from Pampanga and Bataanthat included students from the Maritime Academy ofAsia and the Pacific in Mariveles, Bataan joined thegame.

The Bataan group is a member of the Bataan Ex-treme Airsoft Special Troops while those from Lubao,Florida Blanca and Sasmuan in Pampanga belong toBalasik.

“Magandang libangan ito na nagtuturo ng disiplinaat responsableng paghawak ng tunay na baril at nagla-layo sa droga at iba pang bisyo,” Mangalindan said.

He said that only a handful started the hobby inBataan some 10 years ago. “There are now more than100 of us in the province,” he said.

“Kapag hindi nasaktan, hindi enjoy sa laro,” saidBalasik president Lito Limpin as he showed the markson his stomach hit by Airsoft pellets in close combat.Other players showed marks of pellets on their hands.“Mahapdi ng kaunti,” they said.

Limpin said they have been playing the game in Pam-panga for seven years. “Magastos,” he said in a jest.

Erza Tanciongco was the youngest player fromBataan at 13 years old. He has been playing Airsoft forsix months. “I enjoy the game,” the boy said.

The rule of the game is honesty. One who got hitraises his hand with the rifle and leaves the combatarea.

Bataan holds 1st Invitational Airsoft match

NANGANGAMBA ang mga coaches, trainors at atletang Angeleño na makakaapekto sa kanilangpagsasanay ang pagtatayo ng gusali ng Angeles City College sa mismong Agyu Tamu SportsComplex na nasa Barangay Pampang. Ito ay dahil umano sa mawawalan sila ng lugar napageensayuhan. Ang sports complex ay ginawa noong 1995 sa pangalawang termino ni MayorEdgardo Pamintuan kung saan nag-overall champion ang Lungsod ng Angeles at tinalo angBulacan sa ikalawang pagkakataon. KUHA NI JOEY AGUILAR

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NOTICE TO CONSUMERSThere will be a jurisdictional hearing, expository presentation

and pre trial conference and evidentiary hearing of ERC case no 2011-122RC “IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION FOR THE APPROVAL OFTHE TRANSLATION INTO DISTRIBUTION RELATED RATES OF DIFFERENTCUSTOMER CLASSES FOR THE FIRST REGULATORY YEAR OF THE ERCAPPROVED ANNUAL REVENUE REQUREMENT FOR SAN FERNANDOELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY INCORPORATED UNDERPERFORMANCE BASED REGULATION FOR THE REGULATORY PERIOD2012-2015” on September 28, 2011 (Wednesday) at nine o’ clock in themorning (9:00 am) at the Domus Mariae International Center, 3rd Floor,University of the Assumption, Unisite Subdivision, City of San Fernando,Pampanga. Said application was filed by San Fernando Electric Light &Power Co., Inc. to translate into distribution charges its ERC approvedannual revenue requirement for Regulatory Year 2012.

BY MALOU DUNGOG

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT– To pay tribute and honorin recognition of his invalu-able contributions to theSubic Bay MetropolitanAuthority (SBMA) for thepast six years as admin-istrator and Chief Execu-tive Officer, the manage-ment, staff and employeesof this agency held asend-off rites dubbed“Salamat-Mabuhay” forAdministrator Armand C.Arreza during a specialflag-raising ceremonyMonday morning.

Selected personnelcomposed of the 1st and2nd platoons of the SBMALaw Enforcement Depart-ment (LED) led by PoliceGeneral Orlando MaddelaJr., honored Arreza with a“pass and review” accom-panied by a marching per-formance of the SBMABrass Band.

In his message, Arre-za thanked the more than3,000 employees of SBMAfor all the support accord-ed to him during his six-year stint as administratorin this institution.

“I considered myselfprivileged and very lucky,and indeed I am humbledto thank you for all thesupport you have given

SOME 30 health workers in BarangayGraceville in San Jose del Monte City,Bulacan can now use their mobilephones to screen amputee patients inneed of prosthetics.

Smart Communications, Inc.(Smart) recently conducted a trainingon the use of ASCENT (AmputeeScreening via CEllphone NeTworking),an application that allows health work-ers to key in patient information on acell phone and send the data to a cen-tralized web-based database via mul-timedia message, along with photostaken with the cell phone camera.

The application, developed by theAteneo Java Wireless CompetencyCenter for Smart, enables doctors toevaluate cases and give advice on theuse of prosthesis for amputees evenbefore seeing the patients.

The activity was part of the “FreeTraining and Screening for Personswith Disabilities” organized by the Uni-versity of the Philippines – PhilippineGeneral Hospital (UP-PGH), Physi-

cians for Peace (PfP) -Philippines andBarangay Graceville in coordinationwith the office of Interior and LocalGovernments Secretary Jesse Robre-do through San Jose del Monte Dis-trict Rep. Arthur B. Robes and his wifeRida.

ASCENT is Smart’s contribution tothe Walking Free Program of the PfP–Philippines and partner UP-PGH.Since 2005, the program has beenserving indigent amputees nationwidethrough screening and prosthesis ser-vice missions, and by making prosthe-sis more affordable to the beneficiaries.

In providing ASCENT, Smart hopesto highlight the breakthrough benefits ofmobile phone technology to health care,particularly in remote, underserved com-munities where there are few doctorsand specialists and patients have to trav-el far and spend for the trip.

Smart’s efforts to provide wirelesssolutions to help improve health ser-vices are part of its corporate socialresponsibility program Kabalikat.

Smart app to screenamputees in Bulacan

SBMA employees holdsend-off rites for Arreza

me. I was given rare honorand privilege of being ableto serve with all of you herein this institution, and I amsure you will continue yourbest so that SBMA willcontinue to shine in the fu-ture,” Arreza said.

In behalf of the agen-cy, SBMA Chairman Rob-erto V. Garcia presentedArreza a plaque of appre-ciation in recognition of hisextraordinary leadershipas administrator and CEOof SBMA for the past sixyears.

“The agency recog-nized an extraordinaryleader and guide who hasinstilled in our mind andpassion to innovate, toexcel and to serve withoutloosing sight our commonvision and goal,” Garciasaid.

“In gratitude to a manwhose concern for ourwelfare and that of our fam-ilies, whose compassionand care to our people, hisrandom and consistentacts of kindness touchedmany lives. In apprecia-tion of a dynamic chiefexecutive, his vision andcounsel have illuminatedour path, a major signifi-cant impact in the growthand transformation of ourbeloved agency and insti-tution, the development of

our stakeholders and com-munities and our journeyas individuals and as ateam,” Garcia added.

Arreza assumed officeas SBMA administrator onSeptember 19, 2005, buthe started working as avolunteer on May 3, 1993under then Chairman Rich-ard Gordon.

“If I was appointed in2005, I don’t think I couldhave done a better job ashe (Arreza) did. Before histerm, SBMA is begging peo-ple to come here and investbut nobody was interestedat SBMA. Now, SBMA hasbeen transformed into athriving, successful free-port,” Garcia said.

He also sought thesupport of the employeesin building the success ofSBMA.

“As we bid to the suc-cesses of Arreza andformer Chairman FelicianoSalonga, the new board ofdirectors and I ask you, ifyou gave 110 percent tothem in the past, I will askyou to give 120 percent sothat we can even bringSBMA to a better place,”Garcia added.

As to who will be thenew administrator ofSBMA, the employeesexpect the announcementanytime this week.

ANGELES CITY – TheAngeles University Foun-dation Repertory Theater(AUF Repertory) underthe leadership of seasonedactor and director Profes-sor Emeritus Tony Mabe-sa is staging “Rizal - Re-cuerdos de Amor” to cele-brate the 150th birth anni-versary of Dr. Jose Rizal,it was announced by AUFPresident Atty. JosephEmmanuel L. Angeles.

The AUF Repertoryopens its 7th theater sea-son with Recuerdos fea-turing two one-act plays:Allan Palileo’s “Nellie” andIsagani Cruz’s “Jose-

AUF Repertory to stageRizal-Recuerdos de Amor

phine.” These two playsfocus on the two greatloves of Rizal, the Englishgirl, Nellie Boustead andthe Eurasian JosephineBracken.

“This production is cer-tain to bring to a new levelour appreciation and un-derstanding of our nation-al hero, not only as a pa-triot but as a person aswell,” says Angeles.

The play runs from Sep-tember 26 to October 5,2011 at the AUF St. Cecil-ia’s Auditorium, AngelesCity. For ticket reserva-tions, please contact (045)625-2888 local 746 or

0915-663-2973 and lookfor Ms. Ardellen Alair. Jo-sephine Bracken. Perfor-mances will be held at St.Cecilia’s Auditorium, in theAUF Main Campus. Thescheduled play dates andtime are as follows: Mon-day, Sept 26, 2011, 3pm& 6pmTuesday, Sept 27,2011, 3pm & 6pm Mon-day, October 3, 2011, 3pm& 6pm Tuesday, October4, 2011, 3pm & 6 pm,Wednesday, October 5,2011, 3pm & 6 pm. Fortickets and information,please contact Alair at(045) 625-2888 local 746/0915-663-2973.

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT– A coastal clean-up, asearch for its first tourismambassador, and a tour-ism job fair – these arejust some of the diverseevents highlighting the cel-ebration of National Tour-ism Week in this premiertourist destination.

Subic Bay celebratesNational Tourism Week onSeptember 17-27, 2011,joining the nation and theentire globe in observingthis year’s internationaltheme, “World WetlandsDay – Forest for Waterand Wetlands.”

Kicking off the cele-bration on September 17is the International Coast-al Clean-up, spearheadedby The Lighthouse Mari-na Resort. Observed ev-ery third Saturday of Sep-tember, the Subic BayFreeport community joinsthe entire world in a beachclean-up drive to protectSubic Bay’s environment.

On September 21, amotorcade from the water-front road in Subic Free-port to nearby OlongapoCity marks the onset ofeven more fun-filled activ-ities for this celebration,starting off with the tour-ism jobs fair at the Subicgym, simultaneous withthe Tourism Statisticstraining for hotels at theSubic Bay Exhibition and

Subic Bay Freeportcelebrates National

Tourism WeekConvention Center(SBECC).

Also on the 21st is theopening of the trade fair,food fest and photo exhibitin an area fronting theGym, which will run up toSeptember 27.

Part of the series ofactivities is “WAGI” (WowArtistang Gapo Ito), a lo-cal talent search, whichwill kick off on the 23rd,bringing to the fore the ar-tistic talents of the resi-dents of Subic Bay andOlongapo City, followed bya gay boxing match at themain gate stage.

On September 24, thefirst ever Ms. Subic BayTourism Pageant will beheld at the LighthouseMarina Resort. Open toall young women who areresidents of OlongapoCity, Zambales or Bataan,whoever wins the crownwill be the tourism am-bassador of Subic Bay fora year.

Other exciting activi-ties during the weeklongcelebration include an an-imal show courtesy ofZoobic Safari, live bands,entertainment presenta-tions and music mixing atthe main gate stage, aswell as free familiarizationtours to be conducted bythe SBMA tourism depart-ment.

The National Tourism

Week celebration isspearheaded by the Sub-ic Bay Metropolitan Au-thority (SBMA) in cooper-ation with Treetop Adven-ture, Segara Villas andSuites, the LighthouseMarina Resort and Travel-ers Hotel & Event Center.

This year’s theme“World Wetlands Day –Forest for Water and Wet-lands” was chosen by theRamsar Convention onWetlands in line with thedeclaration of 2011 as theUnited Nations Interna-tional Year of Forests.

The MediterraneanWetlands Initiative web-site (www.medwet.org)noted that every year, theRamsar Convention, as itis called by most peoplenowadays, selects atheme and raises aware-ness on specific types ofwetlands or aspects ofwetland management.

Medwet.org said thisyear’s theme and sloganbring attention to the rolethat forests have in ourlives. Forested wetlandsare biologically diverse ar-eas, which not only helpfreshwater managementbut also provide carbonstorage- a very importantproperty in a world threat-ened by rising GreenHouse Gas (GHG) emis-sions and climatechange.–Malou Dungog

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The dayFreedom died

…WHEREAS, the rebellion and armed actionundertaken by these lawless elements of thecommunist and other armed aggrupations organizedto overthrow the Republic of the Philippines by armedviolence and force have assumed the magnitude ofan actual state of war against our people and theRepublic of the Philippines;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS,President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powersvested upon me by Article VII, Section 10, Paragraph(‘2) of the Constitution, do hereby place the entirePhilippines as defined in Article I, Section 1 ofthe Constitution under martial law and, in mycapacity as their commander-in-chief, do herebycommand the armed forces of the Philippines, tomaintain law and order throughout the Philippines,prevent or suppress all forms of lawless violence aswell as any act of insurrection or rebellion and toenforce obedience to all the laws and decrees, ordersand regulations promulgated by me personally or uponmy direction.

In addition, I do hereby order that all personspresently detained, as well as all others who mayhereafter be similarly detained for the crimes ofinsurrection or rebellion, and all other crimes andoffenses committed in furtherance or on the occasionthereof, or incident thereto, or in connection therewith,for crimes against national security and the law ofnations, crimes against public order, crimes involvingusurpation of authority, rank, title and improper use ofnames, uniforms and insignia, crimes committed bypublic officers, and for such other crimes as will beenumerated in Orders that I shall subsequentlypromulgate, as well as crimes as a consequence ofany violation of any decree, order or regulationpromulgated by me personally or promulgated uponmy direction shall be kept under detention untilotherwise ordered released by me or by my dulydesignated representative.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set myhand and caused the seal of the Republic of thePhilippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 21st day ofSeptember, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundredand seventy two.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOSPresidentRepublic of the Philippines

Nunquam iterum. Never again.

History unlearnedIF WE accept life as struggle, and history as the continuing strugglefor freedom, we realize the necessity of revolution, and for that,the imperative of a militant creed.

I believe, therefore, in the necessity of Revolution as aninstrument of individual and social change, and that its end is theadvancement of human freedom.

I believe that only a reactionary resistance to radical changewill make a Jacobin, or armed revolution, inevitable, but that in ademocratic society, revolution is of necessity, constitutional,peaceful and legal.

I believe that while we have utilized the presidential powers todismantle the violent revolution and its communist apparatus, wemust not fail our people; we must replace the violent revolutionwith the authentic revolution – liberal, constitutional and peaceful.

I believe in democracy as the continuing revolution; that anyother revolution is unjustified if it cannot meet the democraticcriterion.

I believe that even if a society should becorrupted by an unjust economic or socialsystem, this can be redressed by the people,directly or indirectly, for democracy has the powersof self-rejuvenation and self-correction.

I believe that in this troubled present,revolution is a fact, not merely a potential threat,and that if we value our sacred rights, our cherishedfreedoms, we must wrest the revolutionaryleadership from those who would, in the end turnthe democratic revolution into a totalitarian regime.

I believe that in our precarious democracy,which tends towards an oligarchy because of thepower of the wealthy few over the impoverishedmany, there remains a bright hope for a radicaland sweeping change without the risk of violence.I do not believe that violent revolution is eithernecessary or effective in an existing democracy.

I believe that our realization of our commonperil, our complete understanding of our nationalcondition, will unite us in a democratic revolutionthat will strengthen our democratic institutions andoffer, finally, our citizens the opportunity of makingthe most and the best of themselves.

I believe that democracy is the revolution, thatit is today’s revolution. This is my fighting faith.

CRAFTED ON September 7, 1971 in hisToday’s Revolution: Democracy, that credo servedas the foundation of a New Society established ayear after by Ferdinand Edralin Marcos. And therest, as clichéd, is history.

September 21,1972. Martial Law. Never again,so easy to say. But come to think of it, aren’t theabove premises as true today as they were 39long years ago?

Santayana calls out from the grave: “Thosewho do not remember the past are condemned torepeat it.”

Duly seconded by Hegel: “What experienceand history teach is this – that people andgovernments never have learned anything fromhistory, or acted on principles.”

And Marx for the closing: “History repeatsitself, first as tragedy, second as farce.”

The postscript though in an Irish saying: “Thereis no present, there is no future. Only the pasthappening over and over.”

Dumb as we are, so damned shall we ever be.

BUT who ever takes the devilseriously?

Most people say they be-lieve in God, regardless of wheth-er they have carved some otherdiety they have suited to theirconvenience or passions, butthey’re likely to shrug shoulderswhen asked about the devil. Theimpression is that’s for Hollow-een with its cheers over cos-tumes and television shows andcartoons of mischievous but cuteblack-costumed creatures withhorns and tails.

My favourite Padre Pio web-site, however, warns: WatchOut. “ It seems the mentality ofpeople today is to relegate thefigure of the Devil into ancientmythology and folklore. Baude-laire justly affirms that ‘The Mas-terpiece of Satan in the ModernTime’ is to have people believehe does not exist.”

Is denial of hell any fartherfrom one who says the devil ismere fiction? If both devil and hellare fiction, should not mortal sinalso be up for the shredder?

Alas, historical accounts leftby many saints attest to the re-ality of the devil.

Take a look at the lives ofsaints when they were still earth-trapped. Many of them had ac-tual encounters with devils, evensatan himself, the kind of stuffthat horror movies could land inbox office list. Their experienc-es, however, were real.

Let’s consider Padre Piowhose clashes with the devil attimes turned out violent andbloody. Many of these encoun-ters were related by Padre Pioin his letters to his spiritual fa-

Halo-haloBy Ding Cervantes

What the devilthers.

One night in 1906 in the con-vent of Saint Elia of Pianisi, Pa-dre Pio could not fall asleep andheard the footsteps of someonecoming from a nearby room. Hethought it was Friar Anastacio’ssteps but when he peeked outthe window to call out for him,he saw a monstrous dog of thewindow ledge. Smoke ensuedfrom the dog’s mouth and, as itespied the Padre, remarked “Itis him, it is him.” The dogjumped to Padre’s windowledge, then to the roof and thenvanished.

"The Devil appeared asyoung girls that danced naked,as a crucifix, as a young friendof the monks, as the SpiritualFather or as the Provincial Fa-ther; as Pope Pius X, a Guard-ian Angel, as St. Francis and asOur Lady,” Padre Pio wrote.

At other times, Padre “wastroubled with deafening noisesand covered with spittle, etc.”But “ Padre Pio succeeded infreeing himself from these at-tacks of the Devil by invoking thename of Jesus,” said one web-site.

In a letter to Padre Agostino,dated January 18, 1912, PadrePio said, “The Devil does notwant to lose this battle. Hetakes on many forms. For sev-eral days now, he has appearedwith his brothers who are armedwith batons and pieces of iron.One of the difficulties is that theyappear in many disguises. Therewere several times when theythrew me out of my bed anddragged me out of my bedroom.I am patient, however, and I know

Jesus, Our Lady, my GuardianAngel, St. Joseph and St. Fran-cis are always with me.”

In yet another letter to PadreAgostino dated November 5,1912, he said: “Dear Father, thisis, by the mercy of God, mysecond letter to you, and is sim-ilar to the first. I am sure thatPadre Evangelista has alreadyinformed you about the new warthat the demons, impure apos-tates, are making on me. Myfather, they cannot win becauseof my constancy. I must tell youabout the traps they set for me,and how they tempt me to ig-nore your suggestions. I findyour letters to be my only mycomfort; and I glorify God thatthey serve to confuse them. Icannot explain to you how se-verely they are attacking me.Sometimes I think I‘m going todie. Saturday I thought they re-ally wanted to kill me, I didn’tknow which saint to ask for help.I turned to my angel, but he de-liberately delayed. At last hecame flying around me and sing-

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Ni Erin Tañada

Talo ang bansasa VFA

“AN HISTORIC opportunity awaits the Philippines. The Filipinopeople, reinforced by the mandate of their Constitution, now seekto remove the last, most visible vestiges of colonialism in the country,the US military bases. Upon the powers vested in us by the will ofthe people, let us be a beacon of the long-shackled hopes of ourmartyrs and our nation.”

Ito ang sinabi ni Tatay, dating Senador Wigberto Tañada, nanginisponsor niya ang Senate Resolution 1259 na nagpaalis sa mgasundalong Amerikano sa kanilang mga base military sa ating bansa.

Naging makasaysayan ang araw na iyon — ika-16 ng Setyembre,1991 — kung saan sa botong 12-11 sa Senado, tinapos ng Pilipinasang pamamalagi ng mga sundalong Amerikano sa ating bansa.

Sa isang desisyon ng Senado, ang lahing Pilipino ay nagwagiat inangkin na ating lahi ang tunay na soberenya.

Samakatwid ang desisyong maging tunay na malaya ay nasaating mga kamay pa rin!

Makaraan ang walong taon, noong ika 27 ng Mayo, 1999,nagkasundo ang Pilipinas at Amerika upang magsagawa ng jointmilitary exercises, tinaguriang Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA)sa ikabubuti diumano ng kapwa kasundaluhan, lalo na sa Pilipinas.

Subalit batay sa mga kaganapan, para bang naisahan ang mgaPilipino sa kasunduan. Tila kumagat muli sa nakaumang na painang mga Pinoy. Di na tayo natuto.

Dahil sa VFA, narito na naman sa bansa ang mga sundalongAmerikano para sa joint military exercises, wala na nga lang silasa Clark at Subic subali’t pwede silang palipat-lipat ng lugar.

Ilang taon pa lang ang nakalipas, nalimutanna natin ang dinanas na hirap ng mga makabayannating lider sa pagpapaalis sa base military ngUS noon. Ang pagpapatalsik sa kanila 20 taonna ang nakaraan ay resulta ng ilang dekadangpakikibaka upang tuluyan nang mawaksi ang mgapalatandaan ng kolonyalismo sa bansa.

Naging mahalaga ang papel na ginampananng aking lolo Lorenzo M. Tañada sa naturangpakikibaka. Sa mahabang panahon, mula noong1950s hanggang 1990s, nakilala si lolo bilangisang palaging kinakalaban ang interes ng mgaAmerikano pati na rin ang ibang dayuhan. Kungtutuusin, hindi talaga ito “anti-America o foreignintervention”. Bagkus, ang postura at angpagpoposisyon ng aking Lolo ay bunga ngpagmamahal sa ating bayan at pagsulong ng atingtunay na kalayaan.

Ano pa nga ba, gaya nina Lolo at Tatay, lumakina rin akong kumikilala sa mga lansangan bilangmga kanlungan ng mga makabayan na walangtakot na magpahayag ng nilalaman ng kanilangpuso, isip, at damdamin.

At ngayon, sa mga balikat ng atingkasalukuyang henerasyon nakasandig angpakikibaka tungo sa pag-angkin muli ng atingintegridad at soberenya bilang bansa.

Kaya inihain ko ang House Joint ResolutionNo. 17 na naglalayon na iwaksi ang VFA.

Ako ay naniniwala na dahil sa VFA, bumaliktayo sa pagkakagapos sa mga kagustuhan ngUS.

Kung noon, habang nandito sila ay nasa loobsila ng kanilang kampo, at doon sila namamalagi,ngayon sila ay narito muli, nasa labas nga langng dating kampo.

Totoo tayo nga ang nag-okupa sa dating mgaUS facilities. Ngunit sa pamamagitan ng VFA,pinayagan natin silang bumalik sa bansa atmagsagawa ng mga pagkilos bilang mgasundalong Amerikano.

Kasabay ng mga obserbasyong nabanggit,narito ang ilang paglalabag ng US sa atingsoberenya at integridad:

Ang US soldier na si Reggie Lane ay iniugnaysa pagbaril kay Buyong Buyong Isnijal, isangmagsasaka sa Tuburan, Basilan noong 2002.Ayon sa mga eyewitnesses ng massacre saUmapoy, Island, Tawi-Tawi noong ika-25 ng Mayo,2004, di kukulang sa apat na sundalong Amerikanoang naging bahagi sa isinagawang joint police-military raid.

Sino ang makakalimot kay Lance CorporalDaniel Smith, isa ring sundalong Amerikano naconvicted sa kasong rape sa isang hukuman saMakati City. Makaraan ang kanyang conviction,siya ay naditini lamang sa US Embassy, at dinaparusahan sa ilalim ng mga batas sa bansa.Makaraan ang ilang buwan siya’y na-acquit ngCourt of Appeals at nakabalik na sa kanyang bansa.

Mapapansin ding walang malinaw sa VFAhinggil sa dami ng sundalong Amerikano namaaaring pumasok sa bansa, maging anglimitasyon kung gaano sila katagal maaaringmanatili sa bansa sa panahon ng kanilang mgapagsasanay. Sa pananaw ko ito ay paglalabagsa ating territorial integrity.

At nakababahala din ang mga balitangnakikibahagi sa ilang combat operations ang mgaUS soldiers, kahanay ang AFP at PNP troops.

Sa pagtatapos, mainam na banggitin angsinabi ni Tatay hinggil sa usaping ito: “What needsto be re-stated is that we did not boot out USmilitary bases in 1991 only to invite our oldmasters back on our shores. We did not reclaimSubic and Clark and make them boom withbusiness and economic activity only to turn backthe clock to a shameful past of inequality andmendicancy.”

Hinihikayat ko ang aking mga kasama saKongreso na suportahan ang ating layunin nagawing buong-buo ang ating kalayaan, soberenya,at integridad bilang bansa sa pamamagitan ngpagwaksi sa Visiting Forces Agreement. Talo angbansa sa VFA.

Ang pagiging tunay na malaya ay kaya natingisagawang muli. Pagkat ito’y nasa ating mgakamay pa rin!

(Bisitahin ang www.erintanada.com o kaya ay lumiham sa tanada.erin@gmail.com)

Napag-uusapanlangNi Felix M. Garcia

Quarry collectionsteady at P20-M

KUNG ANG ‘yearly collection on quarry’ noongSi Lito Lapid ang ‘incumbent governor’Ay katumbas lang ng buwanang koleksyonNang ang punong lalawigan ay si Among;

At lalong lumaki ang buwanang kitaNg lalawigan nang si ‘Nanay Baby’ naAng maupo sa Capitol ng PampangaBilang bagong gobernador ng probinsya

Yan ay malinaw na pagpapahiwatig,Na ang hinala kay Ex-governor Lapid,Hinggil sa isyung siya ay posibleng sabitSa ‘lahar scam’ ay di lang isang tsismis.

Kundi higit pa sa posibleng totooAng maliwanag na basehan sa isyu;Sa kadahilanang kung ikumpara mo,Ang alin man kina ‘Nanay’ at Panlilio

Ay lubhang malayo itong kina Lapid,‘In terms of millions’ ang perang ipinanhikNg ‘quarrying’ sapol nang sina Among EdAt ‘Nanay’ ang magkasunod na umugit

D’yan sa ‘provincial government’ ng Pampanga,Na kung saan nag-‘multiply’ nga ang kitaNg kabang-bayan ng naturang probinsya,Bunsod ng malinis na ulat at kwenta

Ng ‘daily collection’ na higit ang lakiKung ikumpara sa dating yan ay ‘weekly’Ng kita, nitong lalawigang nasabiMula sa kung ating tawagin ay ‘quarry’

Na di na kagaya marahil nang una,Ang ngayon ay sinusunod na sistema,Kung kaya ang ‘per truck load’ na ikinakargaNg mga ‘haulers’ ay bilang na talaga.

At nawala na ang dati’y hokus-pokusNa pagmanipula nitong taga-loobAt ng kakutsabang mga taga-hakot,(Na naitatago n’yan noon ng lubos).

Mantakin mo namang ang ‘yearly collection’Ng mga Lapid nang sila ang GovernorAy kwenta ‘monthly’ lang sa koleksyon ngayonNi Nanay Baby (at ng ‘priest-turned-governor’?)

Kung walang himala sa likod ng lahatNg pangyayaring ang 90 percent dapatKitain ng Kapitolyo ay lumigwakAt napasa-kamay ng kung sinong ‘corrupt?’

Na taga Capitol nang panahong iyon,Kung kaya imbes na kumita ng milyonSa araw-araw ang ‘provincial capitol’Ay wala pang ‘thirty million’ sa isang taon;

Ang pinaka-mataas na naging koleksyonNg Bida ng Masa sa buong panahonNg panunungkulan niya bilang governor,(Pinaka-mababa noong 2004).

Sapagkat ni hindi umabot man lamangNg ‘twelve million pesos’ ang ‘collectibles’ niyan;Na katakataka kung ikumpara yanSa ‘average collection’ sa kasalukuyan.

Di ko ninanais sabihing ninakawNg sinuman ang koleksyon noong araw;Pero, yan sa aming sariling pananawAy di maikakailang grabeng pagnanakaw

Salamat, matapos ang kung ilang taonAy may magkasunod na naging Governor,Na kagaya nga ni Pineda at ni Among,Na nakatuklas sa anomalyang iyon;

Na ang ‘Capitol quarry collection’ palaAy ‘ 5 million a week’ ang ‘average’ na kita;Na kung kina Lapid natin ikumpara,Ya’y baka katumbas na ng ‘6 months’ nila?

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

BRANCH 57, ANGELES CITY

IN THE MATTER OF CORRECTION IN THECERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF ANDREACONCEPCION QUIZON

ANDREA C. QUIZON,Petitioner,

-versus- SPEC. PROC. NO. 8660

SPS. RANOLFO and ESTRELLA QUIZON,OFFICE OF THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OFANGELES CITY, and THE CIVIL REGISTRARGENERAL/NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE,

Respondents.X—————————————————————————————X

ORDERA verified petition has been filed by the petitioner praying that after

due notice, publication and hearing, this court renders judgment orderingthe respondents, Local Civil Registrar of Angeles and the Civil RegistrarGeneral, to correct the entry in petitioner’s Certificate of Live Birthparticularly the gender from male to female.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in due form and substance, thecourt hereby sets the hearing thereof on October 18, 2011 at 2:00 o’clockin the afternoon to be held at the Session Hall of this Court, 2/F Hall ofJustice, Pulung Maragul, angeles City after this Order shall have beenpublished in a newspaper of general circulation in Angeles City andPampanga for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of thepetitioner.

All persons interested in the said petition may appear before thisCourt on or before the scheduled date and show cause, if they haveany, why the prayer thereof should not be granted.

The petitioner is hereby directed to furnish copies of the Petition andiits annexes the Office of the City Prosecutor, Angeles City, Office of theSolicitor General, Makati City, the Civil Registrar General, the CivilRegistrar of Angeles City within ten (10) days upon receipt hereof and tosubmit to the court proof of compliance.

Furnish copies of hereof the respoindents, the Office of the Clerk ofCourt, RTC, Angeles City, the petitioner and her counsel.

SO ORDERED.Angeles City, August 3, 2011.

OMAR T. VIOLA Judge

PUNTO! Central Luzon: September 14, 21 & 28, 2011

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO (P)

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTAND EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,,Mortgagee/Assignee,

-versus- EJF No. 202-11PUNTO CENTRAL LUZON

SPS. CEZAR G. TIMBOL andELIZABETH G. TIMBOL

Mortgagors.x————————————————————x

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE(Real Estate Mortgage under Act 3135, as amended)

Upon extra judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended,filed by BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., mortgagee/assignee,with address at 24th Floor, BPI Buendia Center, Sen. Gil PuyatAvenue, Makati City against SPS. CEZAR G. TIMBOL andELIZABETH G. TIMBOL, Mortgagors, with known address at 1174Peralta St., Angeles City, and Lot 28, Block 7, cor. Road Lot 6,Dona Nene Subd., Brgy. Gatiawin, Arayat, Pampanga to satisfy themortgage indebtedness which as of February 18, 2010, amounts toTWO HUNDRED FIFTY THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDREDTWENTY FIVE (PhP253,125.00), exclusive of interests, penalties andother charges, the undersigned Clerk of Court & Ex-Officio Sheriff and/orher duly authorized Deputy Sheriff will sell at public auction on October18, 2011, from 9:01 AM to 12:00 NN, and from 1:00 PM to 3:59 PMat the main entrance of the Regional Trial Court Building, City of SanFernando (P), to the highest bidder for CASH or MANAGER’S CHECKand in Philippine Currency, the foregoing properties with all theimprovements thereon, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE No. 2432-RP“A parcel of land (Lot 28, Blk. 7 of the cons. and subd.,

plan Pcs-03-003449, being a portion of cons. lots. 2352-B,2352-C, 2352-D, 2352-E, 2352-F and 2352-G (LRC) Psd-46422,and lots 2348 and 3210., cad 231, Arayat. Cad., LRC Rec No.), situated in the Bo. of Gatiawin, Mun. of Arayat, Prov. ofPamp. xxx containing an area of TWO HUNDRED THIRTYONE (231) Square Meters. x x x”

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the saiddate, it shall be held on October 25, 2011, without further notice.

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

City of San Fernando, (P) September 6, 2011.

ATTY. JOSELEA Y. FLORIA RODRIGO P. DEL ROSARIO, JR. Clerk of Court VI Sheriff IV & Ex-Officio Sheriff

Copy furnished:1. BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., 24TH Floor, BPI Buendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat

Avenue, Makati City2. SPS. CEZAR G. TIMBOL and ELIZABETH G. TIMBOL, (1) 1174 Peralta St., Angeles

City, and Lot 28, Block 7, cor. Road Lot 6, Dona Nene Subd., Brgy. Gatiawin, Arayat,Pampanga

3. PUNTO CENTRAL LUZON

PUNTO! Central Luzon: September 14, 21 & 28, 2011.

Halo-haloFROM PAGE 4

ing hymns to God with his angelic voice. Then one ofthose usual scenes happened: I harshly scolded himabout his delay, when I had called to him so earnestlyfor help. To punish him, I deliberately did not face him,wanting him to keep his distance. But the poor thing

finally got my attention by crying, and when I facedhim, I perceived that he was sorry.”

Some church authorities insist that the existenceof the devil be taken seriously. Because this is sup-posed make us realize the dangers of complacency,so that, knowing the wrong way, he tread the path toGod.

Pampanga PoliceChief Senior Supt. Edgar-do Tinio identified the al-leged gay as JonathanEmerson Perez of Ma-bayawan in OlongapoCity and his alleged boy-friend Jonathan Salvadorof Meycuayan, Bulacan.

Perez allegedly shotSalvador twice in thehead before turning his

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‘Gay’ shoots self....22 calibre pistol to shoothimself also in the head.They were rushed to theSan Fernandino Hospitalwhere they were said tobe in critical condition.

It was the second“crime of passion” to oc-cur in malls, followingthe shooting of a man byhis spurned wife lastweek at a mall in Que-zon City.

The source said that

Emerson used a .22 cal-ibre gun in the shooting.Two spent shell of the pis-tol was found in the siteand reports that a suicidenote was also found inthe pocket of his pants.

A public relations of-ficer of the mall could notimmediately provide de-tails on the incident, butsaid that as of 1:30 p.m.the situation normalizedin the mall which is often

crowded with peopleeven on usual work days.

The PRO referred que-ries to the police of Mex-ico town which was inves-tigating the case, as theincident happened infront of a restaurant onthe ground floor on theside of the mall withinMexico town. The otherpart of the mall is withinthe jurisdiction of SanFernando.

In 2009, local AuxiliaryBishop Virgilio Pablo Dav-id put a curse on local folkwho would continue to pol-lute the Sapang Balencreek. He announced thecurse on a megaphone ashe walked along the banksof the creek, together withvolunteers in his clean-updrive.

“Magmula sa araw naito, binibigyan ko ng sum-pa ang Sapang Balen. Si-numan ang lalapastangannito ay magiging malas sabuhay (From this day on,I am putting a curse onSapang Balen. Whoeverdares to show disrespect

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EdPam asks for help in cleanup of creekto it will be unlucky in life),”said David who has re-mained involved in the anti-pollution drive in this city.

A blog put up by Dav-id’s Holy Rosary Parishthen asked: “Why woulda bishop go to this extentto help revive a waterway?”and then quoted the bish-op’s answer: “The river haslife and anyone who dumpsgarbage without compunc-tion is killing it slowly. Lawsand ordinances do notseem to work at all; peo-ple just ignore these. Letus see how they will reactto a curse from a bishop.”

Since then, pollution ofthe creek was significant-ly reduced.

“This must be stoppedand we need to implementthe law at its fullest. Thecreek has become adumping site of pollutantsand this has to be ad-dressed immediately,”Pamintuan stressed.

He urged all Angeleñosto join him in his effort to“rid the said creek of filth,effluents and other pollut-ants. We must act andmove together to save ourwaterways.”

“It will be volunteerismagain just like what we didin 1992 when lahar threat-ened us here. That time,25,000 Angeleños got to-gether to pack 250,000protective sandbags,” the

mayor said.Pamintuan had served

three terms as mayor inthe 1990’s soon after Mt.Pinatubo erupted in 1991.

He also appealed tobarangay officials and res-idents along SapangBalen to be “vigilant and bemore caring of the creekthat was once crystalclear.”

Earlier this month, thecity governments of Ange-les and San Fernandosigned a commitmentagreement on the clean-up of waterways and trib-utaries in lined with theSupreme Court’s order torehabilitate Manila Bay.

–Ding Cervantes

town’s rivers for livelihoodand food, would be ad-versely affected by pollu-tion that could result fromthe landfill.

Hizon as well as oth-ers involved in the concert,was threatened with arrestby the cops, promptingorganizers to hold the con-cert inside the church.

Pamalakaya describedPaynor as a “self-pro-claimed super cop ofObando who should be giv-en his walking papers forcreating terror among theanti-landfill folk.”

The Obando policesaid Hizon and membersof the church choir did nothave a permit for the con-

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PNP chief asked to sack cop...cert at the church patio.

Hicap said his groupand the umbrella allianceNetwork Opposed toObando Landfill or the Noto Obando Landfill hadsupported the anti-landfillfight since 2005.

He recalled that thegovernment had eventhreatened to file criminalcharges against 13 lead-ers of his group in 2007when they led the commu-nity blocking of a bargeused to ferry Metro Manilagarbage to the Obandolandfill.

Hicap recalled thatsometime in September2005, the 13 Pamalakayaleaders blocked the bargeused by contractor PHI-LECO when it tried to

pass the Binuangan Riv-er on its way to NavotasControlled Disposal Facil-ity also known as Oban-do landfill.

He recalled that fisher-men and local residentsthen used 20 motorizedboats to block the bargefrom passing through theBinuangan River and suc-ceeded in forcing the gar-bage contractor to go backto Manila.

The militant group like-wise asked the influentialCatholic Bishops Confer-ence of the Philippines(CBCP) to protest the ha-rassment of Hizon byObando police and con-duct its own investigationon the incident.

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archbishops and bishopsof the CBCP to come tothe picture and unleashdivine intervention to stopbad people like the Oban-do chief of police from ter-rorizing anti-landfill folks.The Obando top cop isundeniably working for thecommercial profiteers be-hind the dumpsite,” saidPamalakaya.

Pamalakaya said theObando landfill is one ofthe controversial yet mostprotected landfills in thecountry. The group notedthat in 2006, Orlando deVera, a local Pamalakayaleader who had opposedthe landfill, was gunneddown by alleged membersof the military inside hishouse. –Ding Cervantes

pagsasanay na kailanganng mga entreprenyor.

Bukod dito, nakipag-alyansa rin ang Tesda atmga kasapi ng Bulacan

Self-employment tinututukan ng TesdaFROM PAGE 1 Association of Technical

Schools (BATS) sa mgalokal na negosyante nakinatawan ng BulacanChamber of Commerceand Industries (BCCI).

Hinggil naman sa isi-

nagawang Skills Olym-pics, sinabi ni Querubin naito ay isang paraan upangmapataas ang antas ngkakayahan ng mga ka-bataang Bulakenyo.

Bukod dito, sinabi niya

na mula sa mga nagwagisa katatapos na SkillsOlympics ay pipili sila ngmagiging kinatawan ngbansa para sa nalalapit naAsian Skills competi-tions.

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TheGossip-millerby Cesar Pambid

Hayden Kho turned offsa usapang Katrina Halili atbp.!

HINDI tinanggihan ni Hayden Kho ang imbitasyon Philippine Movie Press Club sa kanilang Stars For A Cause na ginanap sa Skydomeng North SM noong isang araw. Isa si Hayden sa mga special guests na nagpaunlak din ng interview sa mga press at tv crew nanakisaya sa naturang okasyon.

Game si Hayden sa lahat ng mga katanungan puwera lang yung tungkol kay Katrina Halili, at yung sa kasal nila ni Dr. Vicki Belo.“Wala po kayong makukuha sa akin pagdating sa kasal namin, secret nga po ‘yun at hanggang maaari, ayaw naming parehong

magsalita tungkol diyan. I am happy, at last, sa kasal magsisimula ang aming bagong buhay, pero pasensya na kayo, hindi kopuwedeng pangunahan ang mga pangyayari. Sapat na po siguro yung pareho naman naming inaaming pakaksal na kami in due time,hanggang doon lang po, sana you can be happy with that.

“Hindi naman talagang sikreto, it’s just that we are not flaunting it. Tama na yung simple lang, may mga taong sasaksi, ‘yung mgakaibigan at mga kamag-anak namin, pero talagang bilang sila, kokonti lang, ‘yung mga ka-close lang namin,” sabi pa niya.

Barado naman agad ang mga reporters tungkol dun kay Katrina Halili who they say has not moved on sa ginawang pambabastos sakanya ni Hayden. “Wag na po ninyong ituloy ang inyong tanong, ‘di ko na sasagutin ‘yan, I would like to do other topics, kahit anosasagutin ko, ‘wag lang yan, ilibing na natin sa limot ang lahat ng tungkol diyan,” pakiusap pa ni Hayden sa tonong talagang turned offnga siya’t tinatanong pa sa kanya si Katrina Halili.

Pero nagpakita naman ng lungkot si Hayden sa pagkabanggit ng tungkol sa pagkansela ng kanyang lisensya bilang medicalpractitioner. As we know, bilang parusa sa kasong isinamapa sa kanya ni Katrina Halili, tinaggalan na siya ng karapatang magduktor.

Hindi sinagot ni Hayden ‘yung tungkol sa puwede pala siyang magsampa ng appeal sa Court Of Appeals na supposedly ay ayonmismo sa Philippine Regulation Commission.

Kung ganoon nga naman, tiyak na alam ng kampo ni Hayden kung ano ang eksaktong gagawin. Sa rami ng kanyang pera, hindititigil ang kampo ni Hayden at Vicki Belo hangga’t di nababawi ang lisensyang binawi dahil sa pambabalahura niya ng maraming babaesa showbiz.

So there!

Toni Gonzaga makikipag-show-down sa kapatid na si Alex!SA SEPTEMBER 30 na ‘yung Toni@ 10 sa Araneta Coliseum ni Toni Gonzaga and in connection with this,nagpahayag ng katuwaan si Toni na nagsabing isa ito sa pinakahihintay niyang selebrasyon ng kanyang buhay.

“This concert is very important. Ito ‘yung kasaysayan ng career ko sa lahat ng mga taong nagpunyagi ako.Marami akong investment in these ten years, kaya nga ngayong puwede kong i-cebrate ito, natuwa ako dahilkasama ko lahat ng mga taong sumusoporta sa akin,” sabi pa ni Toni Gonzaga.

Sa ngayon, ayon kay Toni, very saleable daw ang mga tickets nila and nasa halfway through na sila, at punona ang Araneta Coliseum.

This is just like saying na kampante lang si Toni na kaya na niyang punuin ang Araneta Coliseum.“Sa tulong po nila, sa tulong ng mga friends ko na pumayag mag-guest sa concert ko. Hindi ko na sila iisa-

isahin, alam naman nila kung sino yun.Nagpapsalamat din si Toni sa mga producers niyang nagsakrispisyo, lalo na ‘yung Erase Placenta manufacturer

na si Loiue Gamboa. Salamat na lang sa tiwala nila sa akin.”At dahil nga pangsampung taon anibersayo, specaial guest ni Toni ang kapatid na si Alex Gonzaga.“Abangan nila, may showdown kami, malalaman na talaga kung sino ang sino. Kabugan kung kabugan

talaga.”So there!

Rocco Nacino pinagmukhang laossi Mark Herras sa Cosmo Bash!

PAREHONG rumampa sa Cosmo Bash sina Rocco Nacinoat Mark Herras at iisa ang opinion ng marami na talaganamang argabyado si Mark Herras.

“Obvious na pinaghandaan talaga ni Rocco angpagrampa niya,” sabi ng isang baklita. “Kasi at 5’8”,kulang siya sa height compared doon sa mga 6 footerna models. But what he lacks in height, pinupunuanniya through his eyepopping performance. He dideverything to please the crowd. He just didn’t dance, healso gyrated like an exotic dancer, he made acrobaticmoves, flexed his well-toned muscles and teased thecrowd na gumapang pa siya sa rampa at nanghalikng fans kaya grabe ang positive response sakanya.

“Someone should have adviced Mark nadapat hindi na lang siya rumampa kasi he’snot prepared,” sabi pa nito.

“Unang-una, hindi naman buff ang katawanniya like kina Rocco, Enzo Pineda and AljurAbrenica. Naturingang siya ang most seniorsa kanila, pero siya ‘yung hindiinaalagaan nang husto ang katawanniya. Even his performance whenhe danced, kulang sa libog atenergy. Tanggalin na sa kanya’yung titulong Bad Boy of theDance Floor at ibigay kay Roccona siyang mas kagulat-gulat angpagsayaw ng gabing ‘yun.”

At sana wag namangmaapektuhan ang bonding ninaRocco at Mark dahil sa ginwanaming kumparasyon.

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CARRANGLAN, NuevaEcija – Matapos ang ha-los siyam na buwan, tang-gap na ni Benido Vidal, Sr.,33, na ipinagpalit siya ngkanyang maybahay na siCristy, 28, sa isang 28-ta-ong gulang na ka-baran-gay.

Ngunit hindi ang maki-ta silang nagsasama mis-mo sa kanilang lugar.

Sa ulat na nakaratingkay Senior Supt. RobertoAliggayu, direktor ng Nue-va Ecija police provincialoffice (NEPPO), nagtungosi Vidal, nakatira sa Baran-gay Bunga ng bayang itosa himpilan ng pulisya ni-tong ika-17 ng Setyembreupang pormal na maghainng reklamong “concubi-nage” at “adultery” o pak-ikiapid laban kay Cristy atsa sinasabing kinakasamanito na nakilalang si Lore-to Esteosta, residente rinng naturang lugar.

Ito ay matapos mapag-alaman na hanggangnoong Sept. 15 ay nan-anatili pa rin ang dalawasa kanilang lugar sa kabi-la ng umano’y kasunduanna hindi na sila hahabulinpa ni Vidal sa kondisyonglilisanin nila ang BarangayBunga.

Sa inisyal na imbesti-gasyon, ayon sa pulisya,noong ika-5 ng Enero ayisinama ni Cristy angisang anim na taong gu-lang na nak na lalaki up-ang magtungo umano saCarranglan Public Marketsubalit hindi na bumalikmula noon.

Isang araw nitong Ag-osto, isang kapatid ni Cris-

Asawang sumamasa iba idinemanda

DAHIL AYAW LUMAYO NG TIRAHAN

ty na nakilalang si alyasKiko ang nagtungo sa ka-nilang bahay at inihatidang bata kasabay ng pag-amin na ang kanyang ka-patid ay nakikisama nakay Loreto sa BarangayUnsad, Villasis, Pangasi-nan.

Batay pa rin sa imb-estigasyon, noong ika-30ng Agosto, isang anak ngmag-asawa ang nagsabikay Vidal na nakita niyaang kanyang ina, si Cris-ty, na naglalakad patun-gong Sitio Silvana, Baran-gay Bunga ng bayang ito.

Sinabi ni Vidal sa puli-sya na kaagad siyang nag-tungo sa lugar kung saanumano patungo ang babaeat inabutan niya ngaumano itong yakap-yakapni Estoesta sa tahanan ngisang Ruby Estoesta, ka-patid ng lalaki.

Sinabi ng pulisyanoong ika-6 ng Setyembreay nagharap umano angtatlo sa presensya niBarangay Kapitan JacintoSantos at nagkasundo si-lang hindi na maghahabolsi Vidal basa’t lilisanin la-mang nila ang kanilanglugar.

“They were given thetarget date of up to Sep-tember 15, 2011 to moveto another place,” ayon saulat kay Aliggayu. Gayun-paman, sa halip umanonglumayo ay lumipat lamangng bahay sa sitio ringyaon sina Cristy at Es-toesta.

Paniwala umano niVidal, hindi dapat makitang kanyang mga anak angginagawa ng kanilang inakaya napilitan siyang mag-sampa ng kaso laban dito.

THE PHILIPPINES’ larg-est national flag carrier,Cebu Pacific (PSE:CEB)adds four more weeklyflights to its direct Manila-Kuala Lumpur service,making it double dailystarting January 8, 2012.

CEB currently operatesa daily service that leavesManila at 8:55pm, and aTuesday, Thursday, Satur-day service that leavesManila at 10:10am.

The additional four timesweekly Manila-Kuala Lum-pur-Manila flights will departManila at 2:00pm everyMonday, Wednesday, Fri-day and Sunday. The returnflight will depart Kuala Lum-pur at 6:30pm.

“We are happy to final-ly increase our flight fre-quencies to Kuala Lumpur,given the strong demandfor direct flights from Ma-nila, not Clark which is twohours away. CEB flightswill offer more flight sched-ule options to businessand leisure travelers fortheir convenience in Janu-ary,” said CEB VP for Mar-

keting and DistributionCandice Iyog.

Iyog said that CEBholds a Malaysia seatsale from September 20-21, 2011 or until seats last.

For travel from October15, 2011 to February 29,2012, passengers can buyseats as low as P488 fromManila to Kota Kinabalu.Meanwhile, they can alsobuy Manila-Kuala Lumpurseats for P1,488, for trav-el from October 15 to De-cember 31, 2011.

“Flights from Malaysiato Manila are also on sale,for as low as MYR 134(from Kuala Lumpur) andMYR 94 (from Kota Kina-balu). CEB will continue toboost tourism and trade inthe destinations it flies towith its trademark lowestfares,” she added.

International seats toMacau, Taipei, HongKong, South Korea, Osa-ka, Beijing, Brunei,Guangzhou, Jakarta,Shanghai and Singaporeare also on sale until Sep-tember 21, 2011.

CEB goes double dailyto Kuala Lumpur

Offers seat sale as low as P488to Malaysia