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August 20-26, 2014 Volume XVI, No.22

CENTRAL LUZON

11 BAYAN SA TARLAC MAY KASO NG HIV-AIDS11 BAYAN SA TARLAC MAY KASO NG HIV-AIDS

Si Senior Board Member Cristy Angeles (gitna) kasamaang ilang Tarlac Media sa isang Press Conference naginanap sa Fortune Restaurant sa Tarlac City

Itaas: Ang mga kapulisan sa siyudad ng Tarlac na pinamunuan ni COP P/Supt.FelixVerbo kasama ang Tarlac Media sa isang Press Conference kaugnay sasunod-sunod na patayan sa Tarlac.

Si Baby Kristoff F. Santiago ng Tarlac City ay Isinilang noongJuly 27, 2014, na siyang nagtala ng isandaang milyong pinoy

Ang mga bumubuo ng Publishers Association of thePhilippines Inc. Tarlac Chapter sa isang pagpupulong.

SUNDAN SA P.4

2 CENTRAL LUZON BANAT AUGUST 20-26, 2014

Jess P. MalvarPublisher / Editor

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AGOSTO GAWAT

Malapit nang magtapos ang termino ng Panguloat ilang mga senador, nahaharap na naman tayo sa2016 pambansang halalan.

Sa ulat ng mga survey group lalo umanongdumami ang mga mahihirap at naghihirap sa atingbansa. Naalala ko ang mga katagang ito noon nabinigkas ni P’noy. “Pag may mahirap maramingkurap,” paano naman kaya ngayon, mas maramingnaghihirap, ibig bang sabihin nito na sandamukal nakurap ang mga nasa pamahalaan ngayon?

Kontrobersiyal na mga isyu ng kurapsiyon sagobyerno mula sa National at Local na pamahalaan.Paano na tayo aangat niyan kung maraming mgamandarambong na nasa pamahalaan. Maririnig mosa mga balita sa telebisyon ang kurapsiyon sa iba’t-ibang sangay ng pamahalaan.

Sana ibalik ang bitay at ipataw ito sa mgamagnanakaw sa pamahalaan ng maubos na ang lahing mga ito.

Sa isang kanta ni Gary Granada na may titulongMga Awit ni Goryo nakakapukaw ng atensiyon angKORO: at ganito ang nilalaman, “ Si Senador,Kongressman at Gobernor ay patuloy na yumayamanby serving the poor.”

Parang gusto na nating maniwala sa kantang ito,dahil walang mahihirap sa kanila at patuloy nalumalaki ang networth ng kanilang mga ari-arian.

Saan galing ito?Kaya sa susunod na eleksiyon, mag-isip-isip kayo!

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Buwang ng Agosto, gawat, ito ang maririnig mo kahit kanino.Ang gawa ay isang salitang ilokano na ang ibig umanong sabihin aytag-hirap. May termino pa silang ginagamit ang kalawit. Talagangtag-hirap ang mga tarlakenyo.

ooo000oooMay mga isyu na sinasakop na ng mga intsik ang pinag-

aagawang mga isla tulad ng spratley. Pati ang ilang isla na malapitsa Zambales ay tinayuan na rin ng istruktura ng mga intsik.

Di ba ninyo alam na ang Tarlac City public Market ay sinakopna rin ng mga intsik matapos na ito’y ma privatize na inaprobahanumano ng Sangguniang Panlungsod.

Kaya ang Tarlac City ay wala ng matatawag na public market.Ang masakit lang ginastusan ito ng milyon-milyong piso na

inutang ng pamahalaan bago ang privatization. Ngayon ito ay isa naraw Chinese Market.

Sabi nga nila, ang mga nakipag-laban noon at tumutol sa loanay siya namang nag-aproba ngayon nito! Talagang matalinghagaang buhay sa pulitika..

ooo000oooIsa sa matinding katuwaan ngayon ay ang ice bucket challenge

na klick sa buong mundo sa pamamagitan ng mga netizen.Ang Ice Bucket Challege na ito ay pinasimulan ng isang grupo

na nais bigyan ng kalutasan ang sakit na ALS o Amyotrophic LateralSclerosis.

Mas matindi pa sa cancer ang sakit na ito dahil walang gamotat sa halos 39 na buwan lamang ang nilalagi ng pasyente sa mundo.

Meron pang isang karandaman ng Ebola na marami na ringpinatay. Sabi nga nila, advance na ang medisina ngayon pero maslalong advance ang mga karamdaman.

Isa pang delikado ang dumapo sa isang sikat na komendyantena nagpakamatay dahil sa kalungkutan o talagang madali kangmamatay sa kalungkutan kung ikaw ay walang pera.

ooo000oooNakakalungkot ang mga balita sa telebisyon, kapag may

pinatay, ang suspek pulis. May hinoldap ang suspek pulis. Maykidnap for ransom ang suspek pulis.

May nawalang malaking volume ng droga sa mga raid, angsuspek pulis.

Bakit puro pulis na lang ang karaniwang suspek? di kayadumating ang panahon na may magpasa ng bill sa kongreso naalisin na ang mga mamang pulis upang walang krimen.

ooo000oooGalit na talaga ang kalikasan, kita n’yo halos baha, landslide,

sa iba’t-ibang lugar kahit na walang bagyo.Galit na ang kalikasan dahil na rin sa pag-abuso dito ng mga

tao. Ang mga nangyayaring disaster ay ganti ng kalikasan sasangkatauhan. Mag-isip-isp tayo. Lingapin nating muli ang inangkalikasan.

MRT/LRT basta may RT tren ‘yan sa kamaynilaan na arawaraw na lamang laman ng balita dahil sa ilang aksidente nakinasasangkutan nito..

Bakit sa ibang bansa tumatagal ang mga tren, baka namanmaid in china ang mga train natin dito.

Kaya laging sira, mahilig kasi tayo sa mura, kaya hayun yungmga nagpapatakbo ang laging minumura ng mga tao.

Mahilig tayong gumamit ng mga modernong kagamitan dilang tayo marunong sa maintenance.

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The various activities charted by the Tarlac City Water District for its 40th Anniversary concluded in a night filled with music,songs and dances on July 30, 2014. However, the highlight of the evening was the awarding of Plaques of Recognition to eighteen (18)pioneer employees, some of whom served the District for 38 years. Leading the list of awardees were General Manager Ester T. Vengcoand Department Manager Noel G. Esguerra who both entered the service in 1976. The night also reminisced the early years of theDistrict when glimpse of the past was flashed on the screen through old pictures during the Doxology that brought smiles and tearsfrom employees.

Tarlac City WD Commemorates40TH Anniversary

By: Raymond DC. Tipay

Pioneer Employees. Two of the 18 pioneer employees who received Plaque of Recognition from the TCWD Board of Directors led by ChairmanEmelito M. Buan during TCWD’s 40th Anniversary Ball were GM Ester T. Vengco and Dept Manager Noel G. Esguerra, both served the District for38 uninterrupted years.

Maliwalo, Tarlac City. As a way of giving back to its thousands of patrons, the Tarlac City Water District held its "Todo-Todong Papremyo,Para Sa Iyo 'To" 40th Anniversary Raffle Promo that gave away two (2) motorcycles with sidecars to two (2) lucky winners. The GrandDraw held at the TCWD Administrative Building Main Lobby was graced by General Manager Ester T. Vengco and Chairman Emelito M.Buan. Drawn also were forty (40) winners of gift certificates each worth P1,000.00 of groceries. These prizes were aside from the daily itemsdrawn by consumers every time they pay their monthly water bills like anniversary mugs, ballpens and umbrellas.

TARLAC CITY WD GIVES BACK TO PATRONSBy: Raymond DC. Tipay

GM Vengco said that the Raffle Draw is one way of giving back and an expression of gratitude to consumers who give breath to theTarlac City Water District sustain its operations in the span of forty long years. Winners of the tricycles were Mrs. Celia Cuyugan of BrgySan Isidro and Mrs, Marilyn Tamayo of Brgy Sapang Tagalog. Coincidentally, both are elementary public school teachers. Both teachersexpressed gratitude to the Tarlac City WD since they say the tricycles can be of great

Winners of Tricycles were TCWD patrons Celia Cuyugan and Marilyn Tamayo, both public school teachers, inthe Grand Draw drawn by GM Ester T. Vengco and Chairman Emelito M. Buan

see Tarlac on p.10


Tarlac City (CIO) – The City Government of Tarlac through the City Manpower and Development Office (CMDSO), in coordinationwith the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), has released the salaries of all participant-beneficiaries of the SpecialProgram for the Employment of Students ( SPES).

City gov’t releases salaries to SPES beneficiaries

NAALARMA ngayon ang Sangguniang Panlalawigan matapos maulat ang paglaganap ng sakit na Acquired Immune DeficiencySyndrome (AIDS) or HIV sa lalawigan ng Tarlac.

11 BAYAN SA TARLAC MAY KASO NG HIV-AIDSIto ang nabatid mula kay Senior Board Member Cristy Angeles,

Chair Committee On Health sa isang Press Conference na ginanapsa Fortune Restaurant na dinaluhan ng ilang Media sa Tarlac City.Sinabi ni Angeles na nakarating ang ulat sa SP mula sa ProvincialHealth Office na sa 16 na bayan at isang siyudad, 11 umano rito angna monitor na may natalang kaso ng HIV-AIDS.

Ang HIV- AIDS ay isang nakamamatay na sakit na nakukuhamula sa pagtatalik ng babae at lalaki at homosexuals na may taglaynito. Ayon sa Senior Board Member, nakakabahala umano ang ulatna ito dahil ang mga na monitor na mayroon nito ay pawanghomosexuals at wala na dito sa Tarlac.

Ang mga nagkaroon ng sexual relation sa mga ito ay maaaringnahawa, na siyang magiging carrier ng nasabing sakit. Kailanganumanong magkaroon ng information campaign ukol sa bagay na itoupang makapag-ingat ang ating mga mamamayan.

Hindi naman tinuran ng Senior Board Member kung ilan angbilang ng na monitor na may HIV-AIDS sinabi lamang nito na 11bayan na umano sa lalawigan ng Tarlac ang mayroon at isa na ritoang Tarlac City.

Pinayuhan ni SBM Angeles ang mga mamamayan na magingmaingat upang hindi mahawahan ng nasabing sakit. Ipinayo niya nadapat isa lang umanong sexual partner ang narararapat upangmakaiwas sa nakamamatay na sakit na ito. jpm

Tarlac City – Tatlo lamang umano sa pitong sunod-sunod na patayan sa Tarlac City ang biktima ng riding in tandem. Ito ang mariingtinuran ni PSupt. Felix A. Verbo, Jr., Acting Tarlac City Police Chief sa isang Press Conference na ipinatawag nito sa siyudad.

Kumpirmado umano na tatlo lamang ang biktima ng summaryexecution na gawa ng riding in tandem at ito umano ay may kinalamansa droga. Ang mga naging biktima ay may kinalaman sa bentahan ngdroga ayon sa ulat.

Ang iba pa umanong napatay ay may iba’t-ibang kadahilananat di umano ito gawa ng riding in tandem. Sa pagtatanong ng Mediakung mayroon ng death squad sa Tarlac na tulad ng sa Davao,sinabi nito na wala umano silang namomonitor.

Hindi rin niya tuwirang sinagot ang tanong tungkol sa operation

ng Narco Politics sa Tarlac na siyang hinihinalang dahilan ngpaglaganap ng patayan at droga sa kanyang nasasakupan.

Ang Narco Politics ay ang mga puliitkong pumapasok sa negosyo ngdroga upang makaipon ng salaping pondo para sa nalalapit na halalan 2016.

Matatandaan na bulto ng shabu ang natimbog ng mga pulisya saQuezon City. Ang nahuling suspek umano rito na sinampal pa ni QC MayorBaustista ay napabalitang tiga Capas umano. Ayon pa sa source, sa Tarlacpa umano nagmula ang bulto ng droga na pinatatakbo ng ilang opisyal ngpulis at ilang pulitiko na umano’y nasa puwesto ngayon..

BIKTIMA NG RIDING IN TANDEM 3 LANG AYON SA CITY PNP

of which 60 percent comes from the host agency. The remaining 40percent is paid by the DOLE after 20 working days.

SPES is mandated under Republic Act No. 9547 otherwise knownas “An Act To Help Poor But Deserving Students Pursue their Educationby Encouraging Their Employment During Summer and/or ChristmasVacations, Through Incentives Granted to Employers, Allowing Themto Pay only sixty Per Centum of their Salaries or Wages and the Fortyper centum Through Education Vouchers to be paid by the Government,Prohibiting and Penalizing The Filing of Fraudulent and Fictitious Claims,and For Other Purposes”. Under this law, the Secretary of Labor andEmployment is designated as Program Director of the SPES.

Tarlac City (CIO) – The City Government of Tarlac and partner agencies once again conducted a clean-up drive along Masalasa Creekin the portion of Fairlaine Subd. in San Vicente, Melting Pot Rites, Binauganan, Matadero, Tariji and Matatalaib.

City gov’t, partners conduct clean-up drive anew

The 56 beneficiaries who recently completed SPES summer jobwere trained on how government agencies function.

The CMDSO headed by Ma. Victoria Espinosa implemented SPESto give students the opportunity to work in the government serviceduring vacation break and receive wages, which they can use to financetheir studies.

SPES is open to students or out-of-school youth who are at least18 years old and whose family annual net income does not exceed P143,000. A copy of their grades during the last semester or the last schoolyear they attended has to be submitted.

Under SPES, participants are entitled to the daily minimum wage,

The undertaking aims to clean the creek and removal ofblockages that causes the clogging of the creek.

The activity is in line with the celebration of the EnvironmentWeek and in abiding by the order of the Supreme Court Mandamusto the different government agencies concerned to initiate clean-upand clearing of water ways that spill this waste water into the Manila

Bay.Mayor Gelacio “Ace” R. Manalang headed the city government

officials and employees to show their constituents of their activecooperation to maintain the cleanliness and beautification projectsof the city.

SEE CITY GOVT. ON P.5


TARLAC CITY (CIO) – Mayor Gelacio Manalang, in his opening message at the meeting of the City Peace and Order Council, saidthat although the city’s peace and order situation has improved in the past three years, it should be further strengthened and maintainedso that the city can attract more investments and tourists pointing the impact of peace and order in the economic and tourism sectorof the city.

MANALANG VOWS TO MAINTAIN IMPROVEDCITY’S PEACE AND ORDER SITUATION

The CPOC meeting chaired by Manalang was held at the HuatChan Tea House in Brgy. Ligtasan and participated in by the LocalCouncil for the Protection of Children (LCPC) and the InteragencyTask force for the monitoring of the LCPC.

The mayor discussed different issues which includes thecleanliness and orderliness in the city especially the demolition andclearing activities being conducted in Masalasa Creek pursuant tothe Manila Bay Clean Up Project, the situation in the city’s marketand the transfer of the Motorpool section which is planned to be theimpounding area of confiscated vehicles for traffic violationscommitted.

He also pointed out that the neutralization and reduction ofcrimes brought back the trust and confidence of the Tarlaqueñosand that efforts and initiatives should be sustained. Heacknowledged the participation of stakeholders and non-governmentorganizations in helping to strengthen the peace and order programsand mechanisms.

Manalang also thanked the support of the Philippine NationalPolice, Bureau of Fire Protection and the Bureau of Jail Managementand Penology in the success of the peace and order initiatives of thecity government.

Mayor Ace said that his administration will continue implementthe peace and order policies citing its strict implementation andvows to give more support or subsidies to the PNP, BFP and BJMPto further boost their mechanisms and address their capability needsalthough they are supported by the Department of Interior and LocalGovernment.

In the meeting, the Tarlac City PNP, 3rd Mechanized InfantryBattalion of the Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM), BJMP andBFP reported to the council their current status, accomplishments,drives in addressing peace and order problems including their currentneeds and deficiencies in their capabilities.

Also present during the meeting and who also gave their reportswere DILG Tarlac City headed by Dir. Danilo Rillera, City HealthOfficer Dr. Ma. Carmela L. Go and George Banta of the Departmentof Education.

OPLAN SITA NG PNP AT TRAFFIC ENFOCERSSA TARLAC CITY UPANG MAPABUTI ANGPEACE AND ORDER SA LUNGSOD.

Aside from Manalang, ViceMayor Miguel Tañedo, CityCouncilors Anne Belmonte, FrankDayao, Noel Soliman, GlennCaritativo, Jojo Briones, TopeyDelos Reyes, Abel Basangan andABC Pres. Manchoy Manalangwere also present during the saidoperation.

Participating agencies

City gov’t. include the Department of PublicWays and Highways (DPWH),Department of Interior and LocalGovernment (DILG), Departmentof Environment and NaturalResources (DENR), Departmentof Education (DepEd), Tarlac CityPNP, National IrrigationAdministration (NIA) and 3RD

Mechanized Infantry Battalion.The said clean-up drive was

also participated in by

representatives from the differentstakeholders, barangay officialsfrom San Sebastian, San Roque,

Binauganan, Matadero,Matatalaob, Tariji, San Vicente,Amucao and Maliwalo.

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TARLAC CITY (CIO) – The City Government of Tarlac was visited by the Department of Interior and Local Government Region IIIthat conducted assessment and validation held on June 3, 2014 which aims to evaluate the status of governance practices in the localgovernment unit in order to achieve the Seal of Good Local Governance or Pagkilala sa Katapatan at Kahusayan ng PamahalaangLokal.

City Government undergoes assessmentfor DILG’s Seal of Good Local Governance

The Regional AssessmentTeam was composed of Lydia M.Baltazar of DILG Bulacan,Aldrich M. Livelo of DILGHagonoy, Omar James Gabriel ofDILG Tarlac, and for third partyvalidation, Atty. Maria Amalia T.Cayanan of PCCI-Tarlac.

Mayor Ace Manalangwelcomed the members of RATat his office and presented hisadministration’s effort todevelop the facilities and othermechanisms of the citygovernment to improve itsservices to the constituents suchas the construction of the newBusiness One Stop ShopBuilding; purchase of newrescue vehicles to be used fordisaster operations; operationsagainst traffic violators, illegalvendors, orderliness in thepublic market; the provision ofrelocation sites to informalsettlers being relocated fromMasalasa creek and others.

DILG Tarlac City DirectorDanilo Rillera also welcomed andassisted the group of evaluatorsin visiting the different officesand other locations in the city.

The city governmentdepartment heads including theheads of the Bureau of JailManagement and Penology,Bureau of Fire Protection, andTarlac City Police Stationpresented their documentsneeded by the evaluators for theassessment and validationprocedures.

SGLG came through as anupdated version of the formerSeal of Good Housekeepingunder the administration of DILGSecretary Mar Roxas in whichLGUs are now assessed not only

Ang Regional Assestment Team ng DILG habang kausap si City Mayor Gelacio Manalang, kabilangang Tarlac City sa isinasagawang assessment ng DILG para sa Seal of Good Governance. Sa itaasna larawan ipinapakita ni Mayor Manalang ang kanyang mga accomplishments sa grupo.

SEE CITY GOVT. ON P.10


CitCitCitCitCity Government answers Ong’sy Government answers Ong’sy Government answers Ong’sy Government answers Ong’sy Government answers Ong’sclaims on billboard issueclaims on billboard issueclaims on billboard issueclaims on billboard issueclaims on billboard issueTARLAC CITY (CIO) – The city government answered the complaints and claims of Wilfredo Ong, owner of the WNO EquipmentRental and Services and currently renting the billboard structure which has been the subject for the release of an ex parte TemporaryRestraining Order last May 7, 2014 from the Regional Trial Court, Third Judicial Region, Branch 64.

The TRO was released in favour of Ong which prevented thecity government and its employees from continuing its assistanceto the removal of the billboard located at the Spillway, San Roque,Tarlac city, also known by many as the Masalasa Creek.

Ong sought help from the court to prevent the city governmentin removing the billboard through the TRO claiming it as an unjustand illegal act which caused great damage and prejudice to him. Thecity government cleared that it only provides assistance in whichthe DPWH is the primary initiator of the demolition activities.

The city, represented by City Mayor Gelacio Manalang andCity Engineer Jose M. Dungca, said that the claims or petition ofOng should be dismissed due to lack of merit because the twocontracts of lease between Ong and the National IrrigationAdministration, Tarlac-Zambales Irrigation Management Office (NIA-TARZAM-IMO) have been terminated by NIA, being the lessor,through their letter dated September 12, 2013, prior to the release ofthe TRO.

The two contracts include the first contract which covers theperiod Nov 1, 2009 to Nov 30, 2019 and the other one in January 4,2013 which both contain same stipulations except the provision onthe ownership of the billboard listed in section 14 of the first contract.The city government is puzzled with the execution of the secondcontract which was extended until the year 2027.

The city government also stressed that the reason of NIA-TARZAM in terminating the contract is due to its specific provisionthat whenever the leased property is needed in the implementation-prosecution of a certain government program or project, the lessor

may call for the termination of the contract with the lessee.The city government is currently implementing the order of the

Supreme Court through a mandamus in connection with the ManilaBay Clean-up Project that directs all concerned government agenciesto initiate the clean-up, preservation, restoration and rehabilitationof all waterways which includes the clearing of structures that blockthe flow of water in the waterways which spill their waste water intothe Manila bay.

It also implements the concreting of San Roque-San Vicentebypass road which goes along the area where the billboard is located.

Moreover, the city also said the TRO should be set aside andvacated because it violated the Rules of Court in which the ex parteTRO was not issued by the executive judge.

It said that the application was neither raffled nor anynotification of a raffle was made and that no summary hearing wasconducted within 72 hours.

Meanwhile, Ong also requested for a writ of preliminaryinjunction from the court to restrain the city government and itsagents in engaging primarily on the demolition activities pendingthe resolution of the case.

The city government, on the other hand, clarified that its rolewas to assist the DPWH and NIA in the conduct of removing thebillboard and any other similar structures in the area.

Meantime, the family of City Councilor Diosdado Briones hasre-filed with the City Engineer’s Office the request that the permitsof Mr. Ong be cancelled because their family owns the lot were thebillboard is erected.

City ready to form multisectoral alliance against TB diseaseTARLAC CITY(CIO) – The city is now ready to form its own strategy especially the Multisectoral alliance (MSA) to fight thetuberculosis disease after the conduct of the two-day Strategic Planning Workshop held at the Widus Hotel in Clarkfield, Pampanga.

The workshop was participated in by the City Health Officedoctors led by Dr. Ma. Carmela L. Go, Chairman of the Committee onHealth and Sanitation and City Councilor Anne Belmonte, BarangayHealth Workers, Representatives from the Tarlac Women’sOrganizations and Senior Citizens Groups, pharmacists and otherhealth practitioners who were stakeholders of the fight against TBdisease.

It was organized by the Innovations and MultisectoralPartnerships to Achieve Control of TB (IMPACT) headed by AndreDaniel E. Villanueva and managed by the Philippine Business forSocial Progress (PBSP) and also a grantee of USAID.

It centered on the formation of partnerships of differentstakeholders to successfully and smoothly implement the NationalTB Control Program (NTP).

The NTP aims to reduce the incidence and deaths caused byTB until 2015 and the goal will be achieved through the detection of

at least 85% of the projected number of TB cases and to cure at least90% of the new sputum smear-positive TB cases detected throughthe use of Directly Observed Treatment, Short Course Strategy(DOTS).

In the workshop, participants, were able to learn the context ofstrategic planning such as the legal bases for engaging MSAs andFive Areas of Health Promotion and the Strategic Planning Processwhich includes the formulation of vision/mission, environmentalscanning, strategy formulation, implementation, evaluation andcontrol, which were all part of creating and forming a strong allianceto implement the NTP in the city.

According to the Quarterly Report on All TB cases in the year2013 from the City Health Office, in all age group and sex, that thereare 361 for new positive smear TB cases, 22 in relapse, 8 in tran-in, 5in Return After Default (RAD) cases; 11 positive cases in other

SEE CITY READY ON P.9


TARLAC CITY (CIO) – Around 513 indigent patients here benefitted from the Medical and Dental Mission held at the City Hall Lobby.

513 Tarlaqueños benefit from Medicaland Dental Mission

It was organized and sponsored by Filipino-Chinese CharitableAssociation, Inc., Central and Northern Luzon Filipino-Chinese HiapHo Grand Masons, Inc. and the Chinese General Hospital MedicalTeam in partnership with the City Government of Tarlac.

The patients consisted of 188 children, 225 adults who receivedmedical services; and 100 patients for dental services including freemedicines.

The CGH provided five doctors for pedia, four for internalmedicine, four dentists, four nurses and 31 helpers.

For its part, the city government provided doctors and nursesfrom the City Health Office. The City Social Welfare and DevelopmentOffice informed and selected indigents in the different barangays.The Public Order and Safety Office and the City Environment andNatural Resources Office provided security and other assistance.The City Information Office organized the short program anddocumented the activity.

Personalities present during the activity were City AdministratorNecito Ng Chua who represented Mayor Ace Manalang, City HealthOfficer Dr. Ma. Carmela L. Go, CENRO head Joel Lagonilla; Dr. JamesDy, Honorary President Emeritus of the FCCAI and Mr. Philip Lee ofthe Hiap Ho Grand Masons, Inc.

Tarlac City (CIO) – City Mayor Gelacio “Ace” R. Manalang and Association of Barangay Chairmen President Allan “Manchoy”Manalang led the awarding ceremonies for winners of Inter-Barangay Men’s Baketball & Volleyball Tournament at Tarlac StateUniversity Gymnasium.

2014 ACEMAN Cup awardingAthletes from 76 barangays joined in the competition.City Sports Development Division Head Roberto Manalo

assisted the Manalang’s in the awarding ceremony.The Women’s Volleyball Team of Brgy. San Isidro was

proclaimed Champion and Jasmine Nabor was chosen Most ValuablePlayer (MVP).

Barangay Tibag took the championship for Basketball KiddiesDivision with their MVP Gian Luanzon.

For Midgets and Junior Division Barangay San Manuel andMatatalaib were proclaimed champions with their finals MVP VinzCanlas and Ryan Nuqui while in Seniors Division, barangay SanSebastian was declared as Champion with their MVP RobbieMarcelo.

Aside from for trophies the Champions also received P15, 000each P10, 000 for first runner-up and P7, 000 and P5, 000 for second

SEE 2014 ACEMAN ON P.9


forms of TB and 48 in negative;294 in New smear negative and 4in Extra-pulmonary TB (EPTB)and zero for treatment failurecases.

Meanwhile, Mayor GelacioManalang said that hisadministration is prioritizing thehealth sector in order to combatand prevent different diseaseswhich can spread incommunities especially TBthrough the conduct of medicalmissions in different barangays,improvement of the 10 RuralHealth Units (RHU) in the cityand including the plannedconstruction of another one inBrgy. Burot.

The activity was alsoattended by the group from themunicipality of Pantabangan,Nueva Ecija.

CITY READY...from p.3

and third runner-up while MVP’sreceived P1, 000 each.

ACEMAN Cup is an annualsummer sports activity amongbasketball and volleyballaficionados in the city and toinculcate among the youth theimportance of physical fitnessand to encourage them to honetheir skills in sports.

2014 ACEMAN...from p.8

ooo000oooKahit tag-ulan, ginagawa

ang mga kalsada, kaya purohukay ang ating mga highways,delikado ito sa mga motoristadahil wala man lamang ilaw angmga hukay.

Bakit kaya hindipinagsasabihan ng DPWH o nglocal government ang mgakontratista? Pag maynaaksidente doon pa lamang batayo kikilos?

Dapat preventive angating approach. Kumilos namuna tayo bago pa may malalangaksidenteng kahantungan angmga motorista.

OFF D’AIR... fromp.2

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TARLAC... from p.3GM Vengco in her Opening Remarks acknowledged the

guidance and help of the God Almighty that brought the TCWDwhere it is today. She also thanked the past and present members ofthe Board of Directors who she said are always supportive and gavetheir approval to various works and programs of the District. GMVengco likewise gave credence to the work and contribution doneby past and present employees which she said will be forever etchedin the rich history and existence of the Tarlac City WD. GM Vengcoconcluded that 40 years is long enough not to recognize the District'ssuccess as she encouraged every employee to continue giving theirbest and dedication since the water district has undeniably been thesource of livelihood and instrumental in supporting the educationof the children of TCWD employees.

The TCWD started in 1974 inheriting from the Tarlac ProvincialGovernment the old and dilapidated Tarlac Provincial WaterworksSystem (TPWS). From mere seven barangays and about 700 houses,the TCWD now serves 45 of the Tarlac City's 76 barangays andprovides safe adequate and affordable water to more than 28,000households and business establishments. It maintains twenty one(21) active and operational wells, which are producing a combinedtotal of 23,200 cubic meters of water daily and ten (10) storage facilities

that can store a total of 7,500 cubic meters of water in a given singletime. It also boasts of 306,404 linear meters of operational pipelinein servicing its concessionaires. To constantly monitor water qualityand provide water test requirements for other water districts, waterrefilling stations and other businesses, the TCWD put-up its ownWater Laboratory. The TCWD Water Laboratory gained DOHAccreditation (Accreditation No. 258) for Physical and BacteriologicalAnalysis of Water in January 2010. In 2013, the TCWD Water Labhas also acquired accreditation as DOH Accredited Water Laboratoryto conduct Chemical Analyses on drinking water.

TCWD Board of Directors Chairman Emelito M. Buancongratulated the Management and the employees as he re-echoedthe statements of GM Vengco and added that with what the TCWDachieved in the last forty years, it is just fitting that a celebrationwas prepared. The Chairman was ably assisted in giving out Plaqueof Recognition by Bishop Florentino F. Cinense, TCWD BOD ViceChairman; and BOD Members Myrna B. Dungca, Wilfredo A.Antimano and Elicita L. Del Rosario. The night also gave time forthe awarding of two (2) motorcycles with sidecar won by two (2)concessionaires in the grand draw of the "Todo-Todong Papremyo,Para Sa Iyo 'To" Anniversary Raffle Promo" held earlier in the day.

on their good financialhousekeeping but also on theareas of Disaster preparedness,social protection, businessfriendliness andcompetitiveness, peace andorder and environmentalmanagement.

An LGU will only be SGLGrecipient if it passed the threecore assessment areas-GoodFinancial Housekeeping, SocialProtection and disasterPreparedness and it also need topass at least one of these areas-Business Friendliness andCompetitiveness, Peace andOrder or EnvironmentalManagement.

If the city government getsthe SGLG, it will have an accessto the Performance ChallengeFund and incentives such asaccess to loans, continuingcapacity development andaccess to the programs of thenational government agencies.

The findings andrecommendations of RAT will besubmitted to the DILG centraloffice and the results of the SGLGassessment will be released bythe central office on October2014.

CITY GOVT.... fromp.6


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CENTRAL LUZON

Tinanggap ni Jess Malvar Publisher ng Banat at Founding President ng Tarlac MediaAssociation (TAMA) ang plake ng pagkilala ng Red Cross Tarlac at Provincial Blood Councilsa proyekto ng TAMA na Blood letting o operasyon dugtong buhay, na mismong si CityCouncilor Anne Belmonte ang siyang nag-abot nito. Isa lamang ito sa maraming proyekto ngTAMA sa loob ng 17 taon mula ng matatag ito. Kabilang sa mga proyekto ay ang Medical,Dental,Libreng Tsenelas, libreng gupit, libreng books, feeding programs at marami pang iba.Layunin ng TAMA na makatulong sa gobyerno at sa mga mamamayan ng Tarlac sa abot ngmakakaya nito.

KLICK INNagbigay ng mensahe si Vice Governor KIT Cojuangco sa isangprograma nito na Klick In Tarlac, isang photography contest nabukas para sa mga mamamayan sa lalawigan. Binigyan ngparangal ang mga nagsipanalo na ginanap sa SM Tarlac.

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