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FRIDAY, June 4, 2010 Vol. 4 No. 253 • 16 pageswww.commuterexpress.ph
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ALL-STAR CASTThe Commuter EXPRESS family joins together in thanking all the readers, advertisers and friends for the unwa-vering support that propel the free newspaper to the top in just three years in circulation. Reaching its thirdyear, the Commuter EXPRESS promises to give more up-to-date news and entertainment to all the people whopatronize Metro Manila’s main rail system, the Light Rail Transit and the Metro Rail Transit. BBBBBENENENENENHHHHHUUUUUR ARCR ARCR ARCR ARCR ARCAAAAAYYYYYANANANANAN
NOYNOY URGEDTO PICK AGRARIAN
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BPO CONTINUESTO POWER ECONOMY
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JICA COMMITS US$700-M IN DEVELOPMENT LOAN TO RPPAGE 5
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C O M M E N T A R YAng kilabot na hulidaper!SI Rafael Layno, isang com-
pany helper, ay kalalabaslamang ng motorcycle storelulan ng bago niyang bilingmotorsiklo ng siya’y parahinng traffic enforcer na si ModestoManlongat noong May 31, 2010,bandang alas-kwatro ng haponsa Aurora Boulevard, QuezonCity.
Kinuha ni Manlongat anglisensya ni Rafael at sinabihanito na siya ay lumalabag sa “NoPlate, No Travel Policy”. Ipinakitani Rafael ang mga dokumentona patunay na kabibili lamangniya ng nasabing motor magingang clearance at certification nanagbibigay sa kanya ngkarapatan na maimaneho angmotor habang pinoprocess angplaka nito sa LTO.
Ipinasa ni Manlongat anglisensya ni Rafael kay PO3 JulitoLuardo na noo’y katabi lamangni Manlongat. Sinabi niManlongat kay Rafael nakailangan niyang makausapang pulis.
Balewala ang mga paliwa-nag ni Rafael sa pulis magingang mga dokumentong kanyangipinapakita dito. Ang tanginginteresado lamang si Luardona malaman mula kay Rafaelay kung may wallet ba ito atkung magkano ang laman.
Nang maipakita ni Rafael
ang kanyang wallet at bunutinang 200 pesos na tanging lamannito para ipakita sa pulis, tuladng hinihiling sa kanya, biglanghinablot ng pulis ang pera atsabay sigaw na “O, sinusuhulanmo ako, bribery ito.”
Tumawag si Rafael sa kan-yang pinsan na nakapag-aralpara magpasaklolo. Dumatingang nasabing pinsan at nakipag-diskusyon kay Luardo. Nagalitsi Luardo at pareho silang dinalasa kalaboso.
Pagdating ng kalaboso,inutusan ni Luardo si Rafael natumawag sa kamag-anak paramagparemedyo ng malakingpera. Dumating ang kapatid niRafael. Ibinigay ni Rafael angkanyang ATM card sa kapatidat hiniling niya dito na i-with-draw ang lahat ng laman nitona umaabot sa 4,500 pesos.
Para makasiguro, isinakayng pulis sa likod ng mobile carsi Rafael at ang kanyang pinsanna parehong nakaposas. Angkapatid ni Rafael ay nakauposa front seat samantalang si
Luardo naman angnagmaneho patungong BancoDe Oro malapit sa FarmersMarket sa Cubao.
Pagkatapos makapag-with-draw sa ATM, ibinalik niLuardo ang grupo ni Rafael sapresinto at muling ikinalabosoat binantaan pang ipapa-in-quest si Rafael at ang kanyangpinsan kinabukasan. Dahil sapananakot na iyon, hindi nanakapalag ang kapatid ni Rafaelmaging ang kanyang pinsanng pati sila ay kotongan niLuardo at simutin ang mga perana nasa kanilang mga wallet.
Bago pinakawalan ni Luardoang kanyang mga biktima, sinabinito kay Rafael at sa kanyangpinsan na “Kung ang Diyos ngaay nakakapag-patawad, ako pakaya.” Sa isang kapirasong papel,gumawa ng kasulatan si Luardona nagsasaad na pinapatawadniya ang dalawa sa kanilangkasalanan at pinapakawalanniya ang mga ito dahil sa awaat wala siyang tinanggap naanumang kapalit. Napilitangpumirma ang dalawa sa nasabingkasulatan para makauwi lang.
Bukas, Sabado, mapapa-nood ang kasong ito at angaksyon na ginawa ng inyongSHOOTER sa programangBITAG, sa IBC-13, alas-nuwebeng gabi.
SHOOTERSHOOTER
Ni Raffy [email protected]
OKAY ang ipinakitangrespeto ng mga dayuhang dip-lomat mula sa Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations(ASEAN), kung saan miyembroang Pilipinas, sa electoral pro-cess ng bansa nang hindigumawa ng ingay sa pagbati(in advance) kay Presidentapparent Benigno “Noynoy”Aquino III habang nasa prosesopa ng pagbibilang sa boto parasa presidential race angKongreso.
Kaya naman hindimatawaran ni Senate Minor-ity Leader Aquilino PimentelJr. ang respetong ibinigay ng
Asean diplomats may respeto sa halalan sa Pinasmga bansang BruneiDarussalam, Cambodia, Indo-nesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar,Singapore, Thailand at Vietnam.Okay din ang ginawangpagsaludo ni Pimentel ang mgadayuhang ambassador.
Okay na okay din angnagawang paghihintay ngAsean ambassadors namaiproklama muna ng Con-gress, nakaupong nationalboard of canvassers para sa botong presidente at bise-presidente,ang dalawang pinakamataasna opisyales ng bansa bago angmga ito nagpadala ng kanilangpagbati at paggalang sa mga
nanalo.Pinakaokey ay ang
pasasalamat na ibinigay niPimentel sa Asean ambassa-dors dahil sa respeto ng mgaito sa proseso ng pamahalaanng Pilipinas at paghihintay ngtamang oras para sa kanilangpagbisita kay Aquino namaiproproklama din namankaagad.
Okray naman kung dahillang sa pagdalaw ng Europeanambassadors sa bahay niAquino sa Times St. sa QuezonCity ay magbabangayan athindi magkakaunawaan angating mga mambabatas.Nabatid na nagbigay ng “nega-tive reaction” sina Sens. Francis“Kiko” Pangilinan at JinggoyEstrada sa pananaw niPimentel kaugnay sa naginghakbang mga dayuhan opisyalmula sa European nation naanang huli ay maituturing napaglabag sa Philippine sover-eignty at pagbali sa protocol.
Okray din para kay Pimentelang maling pagkaunawa ninaPangilinan at Estrada sa
kanyang kritisismo sa mgadayuhang dumalaw kayNoynoy. Nilinaw ni Pimentelna hindi ang President apparentang kanilang binabatikossubalit ang mga dayuhanghindi makapaghintay satamang oras.
Okray na okray kung hindimagkakaunawaan ang mgamambabatas na sangkot sa
usaping pagdalaw ng mgadayuhan sa bahay ni Aquino.Dapat ay matapos na kaagadito. Kung itinuturing niPangilinan na ang pagdalaway “courtesy call”makabubuting hayaan na langat gayundin sa katwiran niEstrada na nais lang nga mgaambassador na pagtibayin angpakikipagkaibigan sa Pilipinas.
“KAWITANG palakol” and “gawat” are terms that referto times when food is scarce, usually the weeks before har-vest season when the farmers have spent all their money onfertilizers and pesticides and harvest time is still far away.The considerable increases in the prices of farm inputs andterribly low price of palay ((unmilled rice) have however madethe whole year a period of “gawat” for the Filipino farmers.
Celestino Ariel, 60, started farming at the age of 18. Hisfamily is a tenant, tilling a three-hectare farm in Barangay(village) San Roque, Naic in Cavite province, 39 kms southof Manila.
To work their land, Mang Celestino borrowed P12,000(US$214.29 at US$1=PhP56) from a local money lender. Thecontract he signed stated he should pay one cavan of palayper P1,000 he borrowed in addition to the whole amountloaned.
The amount he borrowed however was barely enough toshoulder all expenses: farm inputs at P6,230, labor cost fromplanting to harvesting at P 4,575, and rental of farm equip-ment at P1,500 – totaling P12,305.
When harvest season came, Mang Celestino’s one hect-are reaped a total of 80 sacks of palay. He used the 10 cavansto pay the thresher operator and another 15 cavans to paythe farm workers who helped harvest his products. He alsopaid P200 to the neighbors who helped him carry the prod-ucts home (hakot).
Less the 12 cavans he needed to give to the moneylenderin addition to the P 12,000 he borrowed, Mang Celestinowas left with exactly 33 cavans.
However, because of the very low farm gate price – P7 perkilo or P175 at 25 kilos per cavan – he was left with only atotal of P7,525. He was P4,475 short for his P12,000 loan.
Mang Celestino said he had to borrow money from his 80-year-old mother, Maria, to add to his loan payment.
LandlessnessMira Luna Varon, 50, a widow with four children, is a
former settler in the uplands of western Tarlac, 109 kms northof Manila. Her family used to till six hectares of land. In aninterview with Bulatlat, Aling Mira said she and her neigh-bors were given a stewardship of the land they occupied bythe local government in 1990. Harvests then were good be-cause they had enough land to till, she said.
In 1998, Aling Mira said the provincial government un-der Gov. Arturo Yap took around 200 hectares of land in themountains, including Aling Mira’s. Aling Mira and her familywere then driven out to look for land to till in the lowlands.Aling Mira found a hectare of idle land which, after beingcleared of tall grasses, has served as her family’s source oflivelihood and where their new home stands.
All of Aling Mira’s children have graduated from highschool and as much as she wants to send them to college,they are now all tied up in farm production. “Wala rin akongpera na ipampapa-aral sa kanila” (I have no money to sendthem to school), she said.
The fear of being evicted again from the land they aretilling is very intense for the family since they do not have aland title. “Wala kaming kasiguruhan dito” (We have nosecurity here), she said. BULATLAT.COM
Grains of truth: Food producerssuffer hunger, poverty
OK o OKRAY?Ni Lea G. Botones
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MANILA Police yesterday warned thepublic to be extra careful on motorcycle-riding men who rob their intended vic-tims after pretending to be asking for di-rections.
Investigators said this happened to AgnesCastro, 27, of 412 Malvar Street, Tondo, Ma-nila who cried for help after the suspects iden-tified as William Correa, 28, of 1337 MasinopSt., Tondo; and Loreto Pacheco, 36, of No.406-D Fabie Extension, Tondo held her up.The two suspects are now in police custody
Police warn public on motorcycle-riding robberspending the filing of robbery charges againstthem.
Senior Police Officer 2 Willy Ursua, of theMPD Station 7, said the incident occurredat 2:30 a.m. at the corner of Yuseco andAlmeda Streets in Tondo.
Castro told police she was waiting for aride home when the two suspects on board aHonda Mio motorcycle without license plateapproached her. The two asked for directionsbut later pulled out knives and announcedthe heist. Angelie Escandor
BPO continues to power economy
JICA commits US$700-M in development loan to RP this yearTHE government of Japan
has committed to replicate its2009 level of official develop-ment assistance (ODA) loan forthe Philippines this year, theNational Economic and Devel-opment Authority (Neda) said.
In a statement, Rolando G.Tungpalan, Neda’s InvestmentProgramming deputy director-
general, said the Japan Inter-national Cooperation Agency(JICA) will match and expandits 2009 level of ODA loans ofabout $700 million.
Tungpalan said this level ofassistance would also have totake into account the Philip-pines’ debt management strat-egy and fiscal space.
According to the Neda of-ficial, JICA is willing to sup-port more programs andprojects, especially in areas ofcapacity building, operationand maintenance, and climatechange.
Recently, Koki Hirota, Direc-tor-General of JICA’s SouthEast Asia 1 and Pacific Depart-
ment, visited the Philippines aspart of JICA’s undertaking todevelop its next regional andcountry strategies for the South-east Asian region.
Earlier, document from Nedashowed that the “soft pipeline”projects to be endorsed to theJapan’s new yen loan packageamounted to $734 million.
THE Bangko Sentral ngPilipinas (BSP) is not wor-ried on the impact of apossible wage hike in thecountry on this year ’s in-flation since this has beenincluded in its inflationforecast.
The regional wageboards are reportedly setto issue this week its de-cision on the wage hikepetitions, which is P75across-the-board in MetroMani la .
BSP Governor AmandoTetangco Jr. said the im-pact of a wage increase de-pends on how much andwhen the increase will beapproved.
“Depending on theamount as well as de-pending on the timing ofthe increase, we have tolook at the impact of suchan increase on inflationforecast, but we have in-corporated some in our as-sessment,” he said.
Wage hikeno big effect on2010 inflation
forecast
MALACAÑANG yester-day said the business processoutsourcing (BPO) sector inthe country continues toflourish, contributing tremen-dously to the growth of theservice industry.
Executive SecretaryLeandro Mendoza said theBPO industry is “giving theglow to the 6.1 percent firstquarter growth in the servicesector compared to the 1.9percent a year ago.
The first quarter gross do-mestic product (GDP) on to-tal goods, services and prod-ucts in the country grew by7.3 percent, according toMendoza , affirming the fig-ure given by economic agen-cies
The BPO sector alone gen-
erated over $7.2 billion lastyear, approximating earlierprojections which estimatedthe year end earnings withinthat range. In year 2000, BPOwas a mere $24 million indus-try.
Secretary Ray AnthonyRoxas-Chua III, chairman ofthe Commission on Informa-tion and CommunicationsTechnology (CICT), said de-spite the effects of the globaleconomic crisis, the BPO in-dustry grew by 19 percent andgenerated 440,000 employ-ment despite recession lastyear.
With the global economy re-covering as of late last year,Chua is expecting an indus-try growth of 26 percent for2010. Alex Balcoba
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Chiz urges Comelec to proclaim Ako Bicol, Cibac PartylistsSENATOR Francis “Chiz”
Escudero urged yesterday the Com-mission on Elections (Comelec) toproclaim at once Ako Bicol and Citi-zens Battle Against Corruption(Cibac) Partylist amid pending pe-titions against each group.
Escudero said the Comelec shouldproclaim the partylist separate fromany issues or pending case regard-ing the nominees saying allegations,
petitions against the nominees shouldnot hinder the proclamation of theparty itself.
"The party-list system was cre-ated to reflect program-based poli-t ics and not personali ty-based,therefore, these duly elected partylists which got top votes should havebeen proclaimed by now,” Escuderostressed.
Comelec, earlier, deferred pro-
claiming 11 partylist groups in-cluding Ako Bicol, the top winnerin the partylist election race, andCibac due to pending disqualifi-cation cases separately filed againstthe groups.
Both Ako Bicol and Cibac facepetitions for cancellation of regis-tration due to allegations that it hasclose links to the outgoing Arroyoadministration. Andres Garcia
NAVOTAS Mayor Tobias "Toby" Tiangcohas directed the city health office and all itsattached agencies to conduct a massive ef-fort against dengue disease this coming rainyseason.
Part of Tiangco’s order to Dr. LibertyDomingo is to implement an information driveto teach residents on how to mitigate thedreaded disease.
Effective measures to beat off dengue in-cludes destroying the breeding sites of AedesAegypti mosquitoes such as coconut husks,empty bottles, bottle caps, cans and other con-tainers where water may be collected. Thewearing of protective clothing to avoid mos-quito bites and the seeking of immediate treat-ment when symptoms set in are advised.
The plans will be disseminated in all cityschools and barangay halls in order to keepthe community informed on methods on howto avoid and control dengue.
The Navotas mayor has also ordered thecity's engineering official to expedite the clean-ing and de-clogging of canals.
Other anti-dengue activities to be carriedout by the Navotas local government includethe activation of barangay anti-dengue teamwhich will monitor and coordinate all reportsof dengue and other diseases to all 14barangays.
Navotas bracesfor dengue cases asrainy season sets in
P33 million fake Louis Vuittons seized
CALOOCAN City Mayor Enrico “Recom”Echiverri has directed the Department ofEducation’s (DepEd) Division Office (DO) to imple-ment the “no collection fee” policy on all localpublic schools.
Echiverri said parents of school-aged childrenenrolled at any public school in Caloocan shouldhave nothing to pay for once classes there are re-opened.
According to the local chief executive, payment ofso-called miscellaneous fees such as PTA (ParentsTeachers Association) fee, girl and boy scouts’ fee andthe likes should only be voluntary which means par-ents should not be forced or obliged to do so.
Consequently, the three-term mayor told CaloocanCity District Superintendent Corazon Gonzales tomonitor all schools in her jurisdiction in order tofind out if some of them are making the payment ofmiscellaneous fees compulsory.
Echiverri orders no collectionin Caloocan public schools AGENTS of the National Bu-
reau of Investigation (NBI) seizedP33 million worth of assortedcounterfeit Louis Vuitton (LV)products during raids in PasayCity .
The raids stemmed from thecomplaint of Mayank Vaid, di-rector of Brand Enforcementin Asia Pacific of Louis VuittonMalletier.
NBI agents raided StallsNo. S-54, S-58 S-59, S-63, 2ndfloor Baclaran Terminal Plaza2, Pasay City; Stalls A-01, StallD-69 & 71, Stall D-86 & 88,ground floor, Khatar RegionBuilding, Pasay City. The own-ers of the establishments were
charged with violation of RA8293.
Investigations revealed thatoperatives of the NBI Intellec-tual Property Rights Division(IPRD) conducted the raidarmed with search warrantsissued by Executive JudgeAmor R, Reyes, Manila Re-gional Trial Court (RTC)Branch 21.
Lawyer Dante Bonoan, chiefof NBI-IPRD, said the opera-tions resulted in the seizure of3,704 pieces of assorted LVproducts such as bags,pouches, leather case, andother accessories worthP33,439,712. Angelie Escandor
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RP looks at higher growth target in 2010THE National Economic Development
Authority (NEDA) sees better economicgrowth for the country in 2010.
In a news conference in Malacanang Wednes-day, Economic Planning Director Dennis Arroyosaid the Philippines is looking at a “sustainable”increase in its economic growth target this yearof between 2.6 percent and 3.6 percent.
Most multilateral funding institutions likethe World Bank and other foreign banks havealready upgraded the country’s growth tar-get to as high as six percent.
Arroyo said growth is "looking good" andnow "solid" mainly due to the booming glo-bal economy.
Arroyo said the government had "stoppedbeing conservative" after the gross domesticproduct (GDP) rose to 7.3 percent in the firstquarter this year. "We are now more confi-dent in our growth estimates," he said.
"What pushed growth were manufactur-ing which grew by 20 percent and exportsby 17.9 percent - the biggest export surge in15 years," Arroyo explained.
RP bans Italian poultryTHE Department of Agricul-
ture (DA) has temporarilystopped the entry of birds andpoultry, including their prod-ucts, from Bergamo in Lombardy,Italy to keep the Philippines freeof bird flu or Avian Influenza(AI).
DA Secretary BernieFondevilla said the ban wasimposed on bird and poultry im-ports from the northern Italiancity after official reports from theWorld Organization on AnimalHealth or Office Internationaldes Epizooties (OIE) confirmedoutbreaks of the AI virus in thearea.
Fondevilla directed its quar-antine officers and inspectors atall major airports and seaportsto stop and confiscate all ship-
ments of live birds, poultry andpoultry products into the coun-try originating from Bergamo .
He also ordered the immedi-ate suspension of the processing,evaluation of the application andissuance of veterinary quarantineclearances to all imports cover-ing these products from thebanned area.
As part of Avian Influenzaprevention, DA through the Bu-reau of Animal Industry hasimplemented the applied veteri-nary epidemiology training pro-gram to strengthen the capacityof the field veterinary services, es-pecially at the local level, in de-signing and managing diseasesurveillance and conducting out-break investigations.
Angela Nolasco
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SHOWBIZPIZZAZZBy Alex Brosas
NAAKSIDENTEsa taping ng“Magkaribal” sinaGretchen Barretto atDerek Ramsay.
Ang eksena,magkasakay samotorsiklo angdalawa. Mahabaang gown ni
Gretchen kayasumabit ito sagulong ng motorkaya naman biglangsilang nahuloghabang nakasakay.
Nalaglag siGretchen mula samotorcycle perowala naman itong
Gretchen Barretto naaksidente sa motorcycle scene
JAKE VARGAS
Actually, madalasna siyangmapanood sa TV.Gumanap na siyabilang young JohnEstrada (Hiram),young TV Trinidad(Gulong ng Palad),young Bodie Cruz(Love Spell). Oncena siyang na-nominate bilangbest child actor saMasikip sa Dibdib.
Saan niya masgusto, sa TV o sacommercials. “SaTV po kasimagiging famouska. Ang gusto kokasi, magingfamous actor,”walang gatol nasabi ni Zac.
Samantala, angsister naman niya siSkevie ay papasokna rin sa showbiz.Ita-try nyangkumanta muna.Nakatakda siyanggumawa ng album.Nag-vocal trainingna siya sa isang
kilalang vocalteacher before.Mostly ay R n’ B atpop ang type ofmusic ni Skevie.Idol niya sinaBeyonce at BritneySpears.
Maganda siSkevie at starmaterial. Actually,puwede ring magingbeauty queen angdalagitang ito dahilmay katangkaranrin siya. Sapasukan ay firstyear college studentsi Skevie sa CEU.
Nakuha kamibilang isang jury saTalentadong Pinoykasama ang ilangkapatid sa panulat.
Hindi pala biroang maging judgelalo pa’t mahaba-haba ang taping.Anyway, magandanaman ang nagingexperience namin atna-enjoy namannamin ang amingstint.
sasabihin kungmagkano kasi hindiko pa nababayaran.Siyempre, sad akona nasira ang gownko,” sabi niGretchen.
* * *Tapos na raw
ang issue betweenJake Vargas anddirek Andoy Ranay.Hindi na rawmauuwi sademandahan angaway nila.
Nasulat nanagtatalak si direkAndoy at nagbitawpa raw ito ngmalalaswang salitahabang nasa OBvan. Hindi kasimakuha ni Jake angtamang acting.Kaso, nagkataonnaman na nasa gilidlamang ang ama niJake na siyangnagsumbong kayKuya Germs namanager ng aktor.Sumugod si KuyaGerms sa taping attinalakan si direkAndoy.
Nag-sorry na sidirek Andoy kayJake kaya namanwala nangdemandahangmagaganap.
Say ng amingsource, pikang-pika
na pala si direkAndoy dahil palagiraw late itong siJake sa taping ngFirst Time. Tuluyannang sumabog anggalit ni direk andoynang late na nga itoay hindi pa maka-arte nang tama.
Speaking of FirstTime, ipinagtanggolsi Direk Andoy ngartista niyang siZac Zaguirre nakasama sa FirstTime. Siya ‘yungnambu-bully kayJoshua Dionisio.Guwapo na,matangkad pa siZac na isangGreek. Filipina angmadir niya at Greeknaman ang fatherniya.
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gown ni Gretchendahil sinasabingnagkaka-halaga itong P80,000. De-signer gown kasiang suot ng aktressa eksenang iyon.
“Hindi ko
“Mabait namanpo si direk Andoy.Cool siyangdirektor. Hindinaman po akonakatikim ng sigawsa kanya,” tsika niZac na nakikitangayon sa TV ad ngAMA ComputerCollege.
Actually, sevenyears old lang siZac nang ma-discover siya sacommercials. Angdami na nga niyangnagawang TVcommercialshanggang sa nag-TV na rin siya.
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ACOUSTICsensation JohnMayer has can-celed gigs acrossEurope after fallingill in Copenhagen,Denmark.
The singer andsongwriter per-formed at the city'sForum Copenhagenvenue on Sundayand was due to playthere again onMonday, but he wasstruck down with amystery illness andhas jetted back tothe U.S.
A statement on
his website reads,"After a sold-outperformance inCopenhagen, JohnMayer was forcedto cancel hissecond showthere... due toillness. Regrettably,the illness hascaused his remain-ing European showsscheduled throughthis week to becanceled as well(Amsterdam, Madridand Manchester).Mayer is returninghome to the Statesand a full recovery
is expected under adoctor's supervi-sion.”
Mayer's nextscheduled show isin North Carolina onJuly 17. No furtherdetails of therocker's illness wereavailable as WENNwent to press.
* * *He's considered
one of Hollywood'shottest leading menby the ladies, butBradley Cooper saidthat he still hasinsecurities in aninterview with
Details Magazine.It started when
he was younger,revealing that hesported a dorkybowl cut and wassometimes mis-taken as a girl.
Speaking of girls,the A-Team starwas tight lippedwhen it came toRenee Zellweger,but was ready witha few jokes when hewas questionedabout JenniferAniston.
“I’m readingabout me takingJennifer Anniston tomy Bel-Air mansionand having acandlelit dinner," hesays. So he ap-proached her andsaid "We shouldhang out - it soundslike that other datewent so well.
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Noynoy urged to pick agrarian reform chief wiselyVARIOUS farmer-based organiza-
tions have urged presidential frontrunner Benigno “Noynoy” AquinoIII to carefully choose the one whowould take the helm of Departmentof Agrarian Reform (DAR) since itwould be crucial in eliminating pov-erty and pursuing development inrural areas.
Manila Auxiliary BishopBroderick Pabillo, convenor ofSulong CARPER Movement, saidAquino must pick the next DAR sec-
retary who knows and understandsthe agrarian reform law and willingto steadfastly implement it to achievesocial justice.
“The incoming administrationneeds someone who will uphold eq-uity reform through land distributionand propel DAR to complete the Com-prehensive Agrarian Reform Program(CARP) within the five-year extensionset by Republic Act 9700,” said Pabillo.
Pabilllo is one of several Catholicbishops who joined the farmers’ cam-
paign last year for the passage ofthe law on CARP extension withreforms (Carper).
Various farmer-based groupsalso called on Aquino to completethe distribution of the remainingCARP backlog of 1.2 million hect-ares, saying that the success ofCARP is linked to ending povertyin the countryside and would be along-lasting legacy that Aquinocould offer the Filipino farmers.
Kim Pascual
THE “AQUINO-ROXAS BANTAYBALOTA” (ARBB) group yesterday de-clared that it would push for the Joint Can-vassing Committee to look into the ques-tionable and alleged fraudulent electionreturns from Maguindanao and Lanao delSur so as not to disenfranchise the millionsof Filipinos whose votes were either de-clared null or not counted due to the low-ering of the canvassing threshold in vari-ous provinces.
ARBB through Education Secretary andLiberal Party Vice President Florencio“Butch” Abad said the null votes should becounted citing irregularities in the transmis-sion of elections returns such as the case ofthe municipality of Datu Odin Sinsuat inMaguindanao which was the first to elec-tronically transmit the results of the electionson May 10, about an hour before the votingis officially to be closed at 7 p.m.
There were 464 registered voters in the clus-tered precincts covered by the PCOS machine.Of this, 463 voted for the same candidate forvice president. There were no null votes.
Abad said that this is just one of the in-cidents why the Aquino-Roxas BantayBalota vote protection volunteer group hasbeen pressing for an exhaustive look intothe 2.6 million null votes and more than300,000 other votes for the vice presiden-tial race that face nullification if the JointCanvassing Committee continues to stone-wall appeals to include them in its jointcanvass of the presidential and vice presi-dential elections.
Abad said a study conducted by IT expertsshowed that between 5 p.m. and 5:59 p.m. ofMay 10, before election precincts closed at 7p.m., ARMM had transmitted 1,064 votes forvice president – all from Maguindanao. By 12midnight, ARMM had transmitted 393,196votes for vice president, which includes 196,626votes from Maguindanao and 72,005 votes fromLanao del Sur.
Abad said ARMM did not only transmitits electronic returns early. Since May 10 untilMay 17, ARMM is the only province that trans-mitted its election results everyday. Vote-richprovinces such as the National Capital Re-gion (NCR), the Calabarzon and Western andCentral Visayas completed their transmissionsby May 11, while the Ilocos Region and Cen-tral Luzon was done by May 13.
The LP-ARBB found the rate of votes de-clared as “null” by the Comelec unusuallyhigh for the position of Vice-President, es-pecially those in areas considered as Roxas’bailiwicks where an exhaustive study bythe ARBB showed that 10% to 15% of totalvotes are considered null in Roxas’ strong-holds.
In Regions 6 and 7 where Roxas wonoverwhelmingly over other vice presiden-tial bets, there are more than 500,000 “nullvotes”. If 50% to 60% of these votes are forRoxas, which is the voting trend in the tworegions, this would be equivalent to about250,000 to 300,000 votes.
Manual countfor null votes
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Helping people carry on with educationLORRAINE Ledesma, 20, of
Taytay, Rizal, had to repeat a year inhigh school. But the thoughts oganother year inschool plus othersreasons prompted her to stop herstudies. However, years later sherealized she ought to go back toschool. It’s a must.
Lorraine is just one in, perhaps, anumber of demotivated boys andgirls who have realized the impor-tance of education. After all, it is, asthe elders say, the only treasure thatcannot be taken away from you.
Thank heavens, there’s theDepartment of Education (DepEd)-administered Philippine EducationalPlacement Test (PEPT), the principalinstrument used in the Accreditationand Equivalency Program (AEP) thataims to get the out-of-school youthsback in the formal school system. Thisgave Lorraine a choice. And yes,there’s an institution that MakesSuccess Achievable to help her acethe said exam!
With a vision to help make everyperson the best that he/she can bethrough education, MSA AcademicAdvancement Institute offers thePEPT Review program, whereLorraine found herself engrossed inprior to taking her exam in May.
“I enrolled in MSA’s PEPT
Review program because it offeredme a one-on-one approach inlearning about the things that Ineeded to know for my level, all inone sitting and without having toget myself into a classroom,”Lorraine shares. “And the paymentwas worth every peso of it. Theyhave got the best text and workbooks, plus the most awesometeachers! I really learned a lot!”
For high school drop outs,elementary graduates who cannotattend formal high school, celebri-ties, and working individuals,there’s also the MSA Home School-ing Assistance program for achance to go back to school afterquitting sans the hassle, onlyflexibility.
The Dep-Ed-recognized HomeSchooling Program (HSP) – alsocalled home education/homelearning – enrolls the learner at aschool or any education institutionoffering such a program, just likeany other student in the regularprogram. Studying and teaching aredone anytime, anywhere by thelearner, mother, guardian or pro-vider.
“The learning process is a kindof developmental motion that thelearner has to undertake as he/she
goes from one learning activity tothe other. He can go slow or fast,depending on his capability asinfluenced by his personaldisposition and other factors orsurrounding variables,” explainsMSA Academic AdvancementInstitute Director Merle S. Alferez.
Upon completion of the require-ments prescribed for the coursebased on a Checklist of LearningSkills for all subjects, the learnerwill be eligible for graduation.
“The MSA Home SchoolingAssistance aims to support home-schooled students with theirmodules and exams,” says Alferez.“Through our PEPT Review andHSA programs, we at MSA feel thatwe are able to perform a bigger,essential role of helping people,like Lorraine, who have got thedesire to carry on with theireducation.”
For inquiries about MSA’s PEPTand HSA programs, contact theMSA Academic AdvancementInstitute Main Branch at 315Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights,Quezon City through tel. nos. 929-9145, 929-9159 and 925-4602, emailat [email protected] or logon to www.msa.edu.ph. (Leo O.Laparan II)
COCA-COLA is committed to improve en-ergy efficiency within the Company’s manu-facturing and distribution processes globally.This is achieved by using the best possiblemix of energy sources, and improving thepotential direct climate impact of its opera-tions. Sustainability being a key part of pro-viding lasting solutions, Coca-Cola looks tothe communities where it is present to uti-lize home-grown technologies.
Since 2009, Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines,Inc. (CCBPI) has started using a renewablesource of energy for its plants. Pioneered inits Meycauayan Plant in Bulacan, the tech-nology uses discarded rice hull or ipa. Thisnot only decreases non-renewable energyusage but helps reduce solid waste as well.
The technology being utilized in this caseis a patented steam-boiler fired by gasifi-cation method, which utilizes renewableenergy biomass. It was invented by JaymeB. Ancla, owner and president of AmertechIndustrial Ventures and National Directorof the Filipino Inventors Society. The Com-pany provides renewable energy technolo-gies in steam generation, power generation,CO2 captured plants and methane capturedplants.
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Frazier to present award to PacquiaoFORMER world heavyweight champion “Smokin” Joe Frazier will present
the coveted “Fighter of the Year” award of the prestigious Boxing Writers Asso-ciation of America (BWAA) to pound-for-pound king and “Fighter of the De-cade” Manny Pacquiao in a gala dinner at the Roosevelt Hotel on 45th Street inNew York on Friday.
Pacquiao, his wifeJinkee and their entou-rage are already inNew York for theawards dinner andBWAA president JackHiirsh told us thatPacquiao is reportedly“excited about theevent.”
Hirsh noted that itis “extra special forhim (Pacquiao) beingboth ‘Fighter of theYear’ and ‘Fighter of the Decade.”
The respected BWAA president informedus that it was 38 years ago , at the same ho-tel, the Roosevelt, that Frazier received his“Fighter of the Year” award from the BWAAfor defeating Muhammad Ali.
Ali came out of forced retirement becauseof the draft issue and lost a unanimous deci-sion over 15 rounds in a terrific battle at NewYork’s famed Madison Square Garden onMarch 8, 1971 in which Frazier dropped Aliwith a tremendous left hook in the final roundto retain his WBC and WBA heavyweight titles.
Ali won their rematch at the same venueto grab the North American Boxing Federa-tion title over 12 rounds on January 20, 1974and in a third fight Ali scored a sensational
14th round stoppage when over Frazier didn’tcome out of the 15th round in the memorable“Thrilla in Manila” at the Araneta Coliseum,the “Mecca of Philippine sports and enter-tainment” on October 1, 1975.
Hirsch told us that “although Filipinosare buying tickets they were hoping theywould come out in greater force to supportPacquiao. To date, not as many Filipinos arebuying tickets as hoped.”
Hirsch said the tickets are priced at $200or a little less than P 10,000 which he indi-cated “might have a bearing on things beingthat we are living in a tough economy.”
He said they “expect a good crowd” andstated that tickets could still be bought at thedoor. PHILBOXING.COM
LOOSE BALLJay-R Reyes of Rain or Shine blocks the path of Talk 'N Texter Ryan Arana as JirehIbanes dashes to get the loose ball during the two team's match up at the Big Dome.TUNYING PEÑAREDONDO
Independence Day run for the marginalized A GROUP of non-governmen-
tal organization is holding a 21-k half marathon on June 12 to com-memorate the country’s celebra-tion of Independence Day.
Dubbed the `Philippine Indepen-dence Day Marathon (PIDM),’ thefootrace will be run at the BonifacioGlobal City next Saturday, with simi-lar contest involving 5k and 3k runsalso in the offing.
Teacher Nelia Cruz Sarcol, or-ganizer of the PIDM, the proponentof the Iniibig Ko ang Pilipinas Move-ment, said this year’s inaugural meetis the start of the annual staging ofthe runfest with a cause.
“The day has come when allthat we do have to be practicedfirst effectively--including run-ning," she announced in theweekly Tuesday PSA Forum atShakey’s in U.N. Avenue, Manila.
“Let us show our countrymenhow to love this country by pur-posely and mindfully exerting ourefforts in creating new traditionsfor the 21st century generation toimbibe celebrations that will re-inforce this great moment in ourhistory, not just to know, but todeepen our love for country, dis-cover our true identity and ulti-mately, our true destiny.”
Subicemerges aseco-sports
havenMORE than just be-
ing a popular traveldestination and asports hot spot in thecountry today, theSubic Bay Freeport isalso emerging as a fa-vorite center for envi-r o n m e n t - f r i e n d l ysports activities.
Over the weekend,the Philippine Kaya-king Series 2010kicked off here with the25-kilometer kayakingmarathon from theAnvaya Cove Beachand Nature Club inMorong, Bataan to thisfree port.
The marathon, aswell as the five-kilo-meter novice race,was part of the two-day “Kayak ExploreAnvaya Cove-SubicBay” event.
Some 150 paddlersfrom the Philippinesand other Asian coun-tries joined the watersports event that alsoserved as venue inpromoting kayakingas a new sports chal-lenge among localresidents.
Subic Bay Metropoli-tan Authority (SBMA)deputy administratorfor business RaulMarcelo described theevent as an activity forsports-minded and en-vironment-consciouspeople who wish tohelp in protecting theenvironment and sav-ing planet Earth whileindulging in their favor-ite sports.
So leads‘Battle ofGMs’ inTagaytayTHERE’S no way
to go for chess whizkid Wesley So exceptto grab the overallleadership compa-triot GM John PaulGomez in the 10thround of the 2010Phoenix Petroleum‘Battle of GMs’ na-tional chess champi-onships Wednesdayat the Character Ho-tel in Tagaytay City.
Gomez exited thegame before So sub-dued IM OliverDimakiling for thelead.
With one roundleft to go in the 11-man player ’s fieldtournament, Soraised his total out-put to 7.5 points, halfpoint ahead ofGomez and GMRogelio “Joey” Anto-nio Jr.
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Our Daily BreadOur Daily BreadOur Daily BreadOur Daily BreadOur Daily BreadWhen I have asked suffering people, “Who helped
you?” not one person has mentioned a PhD from aprestigious seminary or a famous philosopher. All ofus have the same capacity to help those who hurt.
No one can package or bottle the “appropriate”response to suffering. If you go to the sufferers them-selves, some will recall a friend who cheerily helpeddistract them from their illness. Others think such anapproach insulting. Some want honest, straightfor-ward talk; others find such discussion unbearablydepressing.
There is no magic cure for a person in pain. Mainly,such a person needs love, for love instinctively detectswhat is needed. Jean Vanier, who founded the L’Archemovement for the developmentally disabled, says: “Woundedpeople who have been broken by suffering and sicknessask for only one thing: a heart that loves and commitsitself to them, a heart full of hope for them.”
Such a love may be painful for us. But real love,the apostle Paul reminds us, “Bears all things, believesall things, hopes all things, endures all things” (1 Cor.13:7).
As is so often His pattern, God uses very ordinarypeople to bring about His healing. Those who sufferdon’t need our knowledge and wisdom, they need ourlove. — Philip Yancey
O brother man, fold to thy heart thy brother!Where pity dwells, the peace of God is there;
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PGMA cites agencies in anti-poverty programPRESIDENT Arroyo on
Wednesday awarded Presi-dential citations to governmentagencies which have success-fully implemented poverty al-leviation programs that ad-vanced the development andprovided greater access to ba-sic services, particularly forthe poor and marginalized sec-tor of the country.
Arroyo gave the citationsto the Department Social Wel-fare and Development(DSWD), Department ofHealth (DOH), Department ofTrade and Industry (DTI),Department of Agriculture(DA), National Anti-PovertyCommission (NAPC), Techni-cal Education and Skills De-
velopment Author-ity (TESDA) andPhilippine HealthInsurance Corpora-tion (Philhealth).
One of the out-standing accom-plishments of theDA is the continu-ous implementa-tion of anti-povertyprograms and projects underthe Agriculture and FisheriesModernization Act (AFMA).
The DoH was cited for itsestablishment of 15,024Botika ng Barangays, DSWDfor its Pantawid PamilyangPilipino program which ben-efited about a million poor,DTI for expansion and access
to funds by micro,small and mediumenterprises, TESDAfor skills scholarshipprogram for morethan one million un-employed, displacedworkers and return-ing overseas work-ers.
NAPC was hailedfor improving the welfare ofthe poor including peoplewith disabilities andPhilhealth for the enrolmentof 85 percent of the popula-tion under the NationalHealth Insurance Programwhich also extended P23 bil-lion to claims by members.
Alex Balcoba
WHILE the call forPresident apparentBenigno “Noynoy”Aquino III to quitsmoking is not get-ting a positive re-sponse, the Civil Ser-vice Commission(CSC) has encour-aged all governmentemployees to adopt ahealthy lifestyle start-ing with avoidingtobacco smoke.
Civil Service Com-mission (CSC) chair-man Francisco DuqueIII said governmentagencies should ob-serve a 100 percentsmoke-free workplaceat all times and en-couraged governmentworkers to activelyparticipate in and or-ganize week-long ac-tivities starting May31, known as WorldNo Tobacco Day.
“A healthy body isimperative for gov-ernment workers todeliver the highestquality of service tothe public,” Duquesaid in a briefing toCSC employees aboutthe harmful effects oftobacco use.
Duque, a doctorand former HealthSecretary, affirmedthat smoking is a se-rious health hazardthat can lead to heartdisease, differenttypes of cancer,chronic bronchitis,and emphysema.
Last year, the CSC,through Memoran-dum Circular No. 17,series of 2009, or-dered an absolutesmoking ban in allgovernment pre-mises that providehealth, education,and social welfareand development ser-vices such as hospi-tals, health centers,schools and univer-sities. Thus, ‘smok-ing areas’ are not al-lowed to be desig-nated in such places.
Also included inthe CSC policy arethe removal of ash-trays and other recep-tacles for dispensingcigarette refuse innon-smoking areas,and the prohibition ofsmoking in govern-ment vehicles.
Kim Pascual
CSC wantsgov’t workersquit smoking
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