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BY DING CERVANTES

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Asecond-hand car dealerdied instantly in front of his

store after three suspects usedtwo pistols to repeatedly shoot himat about 8:55 a.m. yesterday inBarangay Dolores here.

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Car dealer shot dead

DEFOLIATED. “Earthballing” said the posted notice but the trunks are all that’s left of twoacacia trees along MacArthur Highway in the vicinity of the Angeles University campus. Wherethe trees are to be replanted, the sign did not say. PHOTO BY BONG LACSON

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HAGONOY, Bulacan –Tampok ang malapit narelasyon ng yumaong siPapa Juan Pablo II at mgaparing Bulakenyo sa isina-sagawang eksibisyon ng

Relasyon ng Papa at mga paringBulakenyo tampok sa photo exhibit

larawan sa Lungsod ngMalolos simula noongMayo 2.

Kaugnay nito, inilahadng mga pari at iba pangBulakenyo ang kanilangpananaw at karanasan samaikling sandali na na-

kadaupang palad angyumaong dating pinuno ngsimbahang Katoliko.

Ang eksibisyon ngmga larawan ay pinasim-ulan sa Pastoral Center ngDiyosesis ng Malolos saloob ng bakuran ng Basil-

ica Minore na dating kila-la bilang Katedral ng Mal-olos.

Kabilang sa mgalarawan ay ang mgalarawang kuha ng mga parimula sa Diyosesis ng

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LUNGSOD NG ANGE-LES – Posibleng masiraang diplomatikong relasy-on ng Pilipinas at Tsinakung tuluyang guguho angkasalukuyang negosasy-on ng kontrata para sakonstruksyon ng proyek-tong NorthRail.

Ito ang babala ni May-or Edgardo Pamintuan nglungsod na ito na dati ay

KUNG ‘DI MATUTULOY ANG NORTHRAIL

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Ugnayan ng Pinas atTsina posibleng masira

nagsilbing taga-pangulo ngNorth Luzon Railways Cor-poration (NorthRail) naisang subsidiary ng BasesConversion DevelopmentAuthority (BCDA).

“It will hamper and willdefinitely result to not sogood diplomatic relation-ship between China andour country,” ani Pamintu-an.

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ang negosasyon ng kon-trata sa pagitan ng Pil-ipinas at Tsina para sakonstruksyon ngNorthRail sa pamamagi-tan ng Sinomach Group,isang kumpanyang pag-aari ng pamahalaang Tsi-no.

Ang negosasyon aytinatayang matatapos saMayo 28, mataposkanselahin ang kontrata

Ito ang mga kinakalawang na poste ng viaduct ng NorthRail na itinayo ngSinomach Group sa Malolos, Bulacan. KUHA NI DINO BALABO

BY JOEY PAVIA

CITY OF SAN FERNAN-DO – Gov. Lilia “Baby”Pineda yesterday orderedthe investigation of themassive fish kill at thePampanga River over theweekend, instructing the

Pineda ordersfish kill probe

Sangguniang Panlalawi-gan’s environment com-mittee chair to conduct ahearing on the case.

Pineda personally wit-nessed the tons of deadfish floating along Pam-panga River on her way tothe two coastal barangaysin Masantol town for amedical mission last April30.

The governor orderedFourth District BoardMember Nestor Tolentino,SP chair of the environ-ment committee, to con-duct a hearing immediate-ly with the concernedbarangay and municipalofficials, Bureau of Fisher-ies and Aquatic Resourc-es (BFAR), Department ofEnvironment and NaturalResources (DENR) andother concerned agenciesof the government.

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFFTarlac City

FILE NO. 2314

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135/1508, as

amended, filed by FIRST PROVINCIAL BANK against BERNADETTEBALBIN of Sunrise Subdivision Phase II, Maliwalo, Tarlac City to satisfythe mortgage indebtedness which as of February 28, 2011, amount/s toSEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FORTYNINE & 38/100 (P762, 649.27), PESOS, Philippine Currency, excludinginterests, attorney’s fees and other expenses such as expenses offoreclosure, the undersigned or his duly authorized Deputy will SELL atpublic auction on JUNE 14, 2011 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning, orsoon thereafter, at the main entrance of the Tarlac Court Building, RegionalTrial Court, Tarlac City, to the highest bidder, for CASH, PhilippineCurrency, the following described property, together with its existingimprovements, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 450139A parcel of land (Lot no. 87 Blk. 10 of the cons. subd. Plan

Pcs-03-006914, being a portion of the consolidated lots 1 to 9Blk. D, lot 1 to 14 Blk. E, 1 to 24, Blk. F, 1 to 30 Blk. G, 1 to 20Blk. H, 1 to 16 Blk. J, 1 to 12 Blk. K, 1 to 10 Blk. L, 1 & 12 Blk.M and street lots 9 to 13, all of (LRC) Pcs-8366, L.R.C. Rec.No. ), situated in the Bo. of Maliwalo, Mun. of Tarlac, Provinceof Tarlac x x x containing an area of SEVENTY TWO (72)Square Meters.

Prospective bidders/buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate forthemselves the titles/s and its encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Tarlac City, April 27, 2011.

COPY FURNISHED: ATTY. SHALANE T. GO-PALOMARAna Marie De Leon Provincial SheriffBranch ManagerFirst Provincial Bank, DANILO E. SALVADORMcArthur Highway, Ligtasan Sheriff-in-ChargeTarlac City

Bernadette De LeonSunrise Phase II, MaliwaloTarlac City

PUNTO! Central Luzon: May 4, 11 & 18, 2011

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of NIDA M. GUECO who died

intestate on June 17, 2007 in San Fernando, Pampanga executed anExtrajudicial Settlement of her estate more particularly described as aparcel of land (Lot 10, Block 17 of the consolidation & subdivision plan Pcs-03-00042, being a portion of the consolidated lots 74-F-2 & 74-F-3, (LRC)Psd-192797, L.R.C. Rec. No.__) situated in the Barrio of Capaya, City ofAngeles and covered by TCT No. 72240 of the Registry of Deeds ofAngeles City.

Punto! Central Luzon: April 20, 27 & May 4, 2011

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTWITH WAIVER/RENUNCIATION OF RIGHTSNotice is hereby given that the heirs of BELENCHITO L. POLICARPIO

who died intestate on September 26, 2010 in Angeles City executed anExtrajudicial Settlement with Waiver/Renunciation of Rights of his estatemore particularly described as a parcels of land namely: TCT No. 112766,Lot covered by Tax Declaration No. 96-05019-02247A, situated in theBarrio of Pulung Bulu, Angeles City; TCT No. 702492-R, Lot covered byTax Declaration No. 09-00021-03505, situated in the Bo. of Telabastagan,Mun. of San Fdo., Prov. of Pampanga; TCT No. 648232-R, Lot covered byTax Declaration No. 09-00021-00742, situated in the Bo. Telabastagan,Mun. of San Fdo., Prov. of Pampanga; TCT No. 40882, Land Improvementcovered by Tax Declaration No. 96-05019-01725R; and personal propertiesnamely: Hyundai Starex, 2002 Model with Plate No. XFA 505, Motor No.D4BH2-291823, Serial No. KMHWR81HP2U-425017, File 1312-245032;and Honda Accord, 1995 Model with Plate No. UBK-116, Motor No.PH20-3000893, Serial No. PHSV6-1B1677, File 1320-144058.

Punto! Central Luzon: May 4, 11 & 18, 2011

BY JOEY PAVIA

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The QuotaInternational of Pampanga was adjudgedas overall champion in the Quota Inter-national District Conference held at TheApo View Hotel in Davao City over theweekend.

“We are proud and happy, especiallyfor the members of the group,” said Pam-

Laus-led group wins contest in Davao Citypanga Third District Board Member Mon-ina “Monz” Laus.

Laus is a founding officer and mem-ber of the Quota International Pampan-ga.

She said that Quota International ofPampanga bested other Quota Clubs fromall over the country with their cultural danceinterpretative of the folk song “Atin KupungSingsing” at “Mekeni Pampanga”.

The presentation competition is partof Quota International District Conferencehighlights held each year, it was learned.

Laus expressed gratitude to Gov. Lil-ia “Baby” Pineda for her support to thesuccess of the group. The governor is amember of Quota.

She also said that the district confer-ence is an annual event where QuotaClubs share “best practices” in socio-civic

service to the poor and less fortunatewomen and children

“We learn from each other during theconference. Then we bring home whatwe learn and apply it in Pampanga,” Laussaid.

Among those who were with Laus inthe annual conference were Quota Inter-national Pampanga President MyraManabat and fellow officer Malou Garbes.

B Y ERNIE B. ESCONDE

MORONG, Bataan – Ilo-cos Norte Rep. ImeldaMarcos on Monday lateafternoon led the inaugu-ration of the country’s firstshrine of the Blessed PopeJohn Paul II in the formerhome of thousands ofIndo-Chinese refugees inMorong, Bataan.

Imelda leads inauguration of Pope’s 1st shrine in PHLThe Memorial Shrine

for Pope John Paul II standssome 30 meters awayfrom the temporary papalstage that the late Polishpontiff used on February21, 1981. At the shrine isthe almost life-size imageof the newly-beatified popeon board a banca with afamily of refugees as ifbraving the stormy weath-

er.At the foreground are

some lush trees that usedto dominate the 365-hect-are former home of Aetanatives built into the PRPCand turned into the presentBataan Technology Park,Inc.

The former First Ladysaid the late pope in hisfirst visit in the Philippinesasked her to give him achance to hold mass forthe refugees upon learningof the then Philippine Ref-ugee Processing Center.

Marcos then Ministerof Human Settlements incooperation with the Unit-ed States and the UnitedNations Commission onRefugees built the centerthat became temporaryhome to 400,000 refugeesfrom Vietnam, Laos and

Cambodia between 1980and 1994.

Thousands of people ofdiverse cultures and reli-gion attended the mass forthe “boat people”. “You seeMrs. Marcos, if we arebelievers we are one,” shequoted the late pope astelling her after the massin February 21, 1981.

Marcos said the latepope has become a goodexample for all mankind.She believes the newly-beatified pope will becomea saint. “By making thisshrine a reality is alreadyone of his miracles,” shesaid.

The widow of the latestrongman intimated thatshe got the “best-best” andthe “worst-worst” in her life.“But I have overcome theinsults because of my

strong faith in the Lord,”she said while once in awhile glancing up the sky.

Bishop Ruperto San-tos of the Diocese of Bal-anga officiated the bless-ing of the center. The dio-cese, the Morong parishled by Fr. Fernando Lore-to with some sponsorscooperated with BTPI inbuilding the shrine.

Rep. Herminia Romanof Bataan’s First District,Chairman Felicito Payumoof the Bases ConversionDevelopment Authority,Dinalupihan Mayor JoelPayumo, Samal MayorGene dela Fuente andsome representatives ofagencies of governmentattended the inauguration.

Before the inaugura-tion, a long Marian pro-cession was held starting

from the St. Francis ofAsisi Chapel of BTPI to theshrine. A small Image ofthe Virgin Mary and awooden cross were thecenter images in the pro-cession. The bishop ofBataan and scores ofpriests joined the march.

The wooden cross wasmade by a Vietnameserefugee and presented tothe late pope in the 1981mass. Like in the formerpapal stage built in 1981,the cross stands adjacentto the image of the latepope in the new shrine.

Some meters awayalso in the compound ofthe shrine are Images ofthe Virgin Mary and SanLorenzo Ruiz. Devoteesoffered flowers at the footof the Image of Mary afterthe procession.

CITY OF SAN FERNAN-DO – The City Governmentof San Fernando reachesanother milestone as it re-ceives three major awardsfrom the Central LuzonGrowth Corridor Founda-tion Inc. (CLGCFI) for itsimplementation and bestpractices in the issuanceof Mayor’s Permit duringthe recognition rites held atHoliday Inn Hotel, ClarkFreeport Zone, last April 27.

One of the awards thatSan Fernando bagged isthe 1st place for the ex-cellent implementation ofdocumented streamlinedprocedures on the issu-ance of Mayor’s Permit forthe year 2010 under theCity Component category.

CSF best practice laudedThis award recognizes

cities that provide simple,effective, transparent andfast delivery of services toinvestors and businessapplicants. Such initiativemakes transactions withthe City of San Fernandomore customer-friendly,thus elevating the level ofcompetitiveness of CentralLuzon as an investmentdestination.

CLGCFI, the groupthat provides policy deci-sions and facilitates theplanning, coordination andmonitoring of investment-related projects for the re-gion, also cited this city forbeing a model local gov-ernment unit in the imple-mentation of reforms un-

der the NationwideStreamlining of BusinessPermits & Licensing Sys-tems in the Philippines.

The city was able toachieve this award by cut-ting the processing timefrom 2 weeks to only 25minutes.

Last year, the City ofSan Fernando adopted aunified form, one-time as-sessment, and one-timepayment in the issuanceof the Mayor’s Permit.

And for the first time,the Golden Eagle Award ofexcellence was given tothe City of San Fernandofor satisfactorily sustainingits feat as outstanding im-plementer of streamlinedprocedures even after at-

taining the Hall of Fameaward and for its exempla-ry implementation ofstreamlined procedureson the issuance of May-or’s Permit in the last sixyears.

The recognition wasdone in coordination withthe Department of Interiorand Local GovernmentUnit together with the De-partment of Trade and In-dustry, with the aim of ac-knowledging the efforts oflocal chief executives andtheir Business Permitsand Licensing Office(BPLO) staff to eliminatered tape and reduce thecost of doing business intheir respective municipal-ities and cities. –Pampu

AS IN THE PAST, WORLDPRESS FREEDOM DAY 2011is being commemorated after ayear (May 2010-May 2011) ofglobal and national turmoil.

Iraq and Afghanistan contin-ued to occupy media attentionand to subject journalists to theusual perils of covering conflictareas. Five journalists werekilled in Iraq in 2010, and two inAfghanistan. And while the un-rest in the Middle East andNorth Africa was among theunique characteristics of 2010-2011, the political crises inEgypt, Tunisia. Yemen, Bahr-ain, Syria and Libya did subjectjournalists to the same perils ofbeing killed, threatened, ha-

In defense of press freedomSTATEMENT OF THE CENTER FOR MEDIA FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY, MAY 3, 2011

rassed or abducted while doingtheir jobs. Four journalists werekilled in Libya, two in Egypt, andseveral others abducted.

The Philippine media situa-tion has resisted change de-spite the change of administra-tion in July, 2010. The Ampatu-an Massacre trial is continuing,but in terms of results has vir-tually come to a standstill,bogged down in the tedious pro-cesses involved in resolvingtechnical issues, even as thekilling of journalists has contin-ued, with nine cases of journal-ists killed, of which six werework-related (May 2010 – April2011).

The same ethical and pro-

fessional shortcomings thathave made the media the sub-ject of citizen skepticism andeven scorn still haunt mediapractice, with the performanceof the media, whether print,broadcast or online, being uni-formly problematic. Plagiarismwas a nagging problem, togeth-er with sensationalism, lack offairness and balance, biasedreporting, and corruption. Prob-lems related to job security, aswell as the usual issues of lowsalaries and limited or non-ex-istent benefits were also prom-inent during the May 2010 toMay 2011 period.

Attempts to legislate a free-dom of information act are con-

tinuing even as the 15th Con-gress pursues efforts to pass aright of reply law initiated by the14th Congress despite mediaand press opposition.

While the Aquino adminis-tration had pledged to respectpress freedom and to stop thekilling of journalists, Mr. Aquinohas not taken the concretesteps needed to create the con-ditions necessary to end theculture of impunity. Neither hashe been reticent in criticizingthe media, at one point accus-ing them of criminal behavior,later of sensationalism, focus-ing on his love life, and ignor-ing the achievements of his ad-ministration, while at the same

time urging advertisers to adver-tise only in “responsible mediaorganizations”.

In these circumstances, thetasks of the media advocacyand journalists’ organizationsremain as urgent as ever: it isto defend press freedom in diffi-cult circumstances through self-examination, self -regulationand reform. The process hasbeen difficult and as glacial inpace as everything else hasbeen in the Philippine setting,but it is essential that the effortat self criticism and self regu-lation for the sake of bettermedia and the defense of pressfreedom are pursued with re-newed vigor and commitment.

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, 02MAY 2011 – The city govern-ment led by Mayor Oscar S.Rodriguez commemorated the69th Death Anniversary of oneof its local heroes and the firstFernandino chief justice, JoseAbad Santos y Basco duringthe flag raising rites held at theHeroes Park.

Rodriguez, together with themembers of Sangguniang Pan-lungsod headed by Vice May-or Edwin Santiago, barangayofficials, city employees andthe descendants of the hero,laid a wreath at the monumenterected at the Heroes Park.

Jose Abad Santos, a nativeof San Fernando, was born onFebruary 19, 1886 and waskilled by the Japanese militarygovernment on May 2 1942. Hewas a martyr and a patriot whorefused to pledge allegiance tothe Japanese government dur-ing their invasion of the Philip-pines in the early 40’s.

He was tasked by then Com-monwealth President Manuel L.Quezon, who sought asylum inAustralia during the Japaneseinvasion to lead the country inhis absence.

Abad Santos then went toMindanao even as he declinedto collaborate with the Japa-nese and thus was considereda fugitive. When he refused,he was sentenced to death byfiring squad.

During his speech, Rodrigu-ez said that his advocacy tohonor the life and works of he-roes like Abad Santos and suchactivity is a simple act to rec-ognize the contributions of ourheroes to the democracy thatwe enjoy today.

“Ang siyudad ay nakikiisasa pagbibigay ng parangal saating mga bayani. Ipinatayonatin ang Heroes Park upangipakita ang pagtanaw ng atingutang na loob sa mga bayani,”he said.

Joey Abad Santos III, de-scendant of the Fernandinohero, also expressed his grati-tude to the city government forits efforts in giving recognitionto his great grandfather.

“It is an honor for us to be-come his descendants but it’sa greater honor for us to receivethis kind of recognition from thecity,” he said.

Also, a highlight of the pro-gram was the poetry readingabout Abad Santos rendered bysome members of the AgumanTagasulat Kapampangan (AG-TAKA). –Pampu

CSF commemoratesJose Abad Santosdeath anniversary

SANTO PAPA. Animo'y kinakawayan ng rebulto ni Pope John Paul II na pumasok ang mgamananampalataya sa replica ng kanyang bahay na matatagpuan sa bakuran ng parokya ngNational Shrine of Divine Mercy sa Brgy. Sta. Rosa 1, Marilao, Bulacan. KUHA NI DINO BALABO

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ThinkAND NOW, from the new president and chief executiveofficer of the Clark Development Corp., – roll the drums,please — Atty. Felipe Antonio B. Remollo:

“I’d also like to emphasize on the fact the ClarkDevelopment Corporation is a global corporation. Wemust think big; we must think global so we could impressupon other people, with investors or locators that we reallyaim to be global and competitive not only in the SoutheastAsian region but the entire world.”

Global. Global. Global. And as if that were not yetenough, the entire world.

Duh! Duh! Duh!

DreamNO BACKING out.

That is 4th District Board Member Ricardo Yabut ofhis aspiration to sit in the House of Representatives come2013.

This, a payback to his townmate, Mayor Jerry Pelayotelling Yabut – before a gathering of Candaba’s barangayleaders at a recent disaster preparedness forum – tocease and desist from his congressional ambition ashe – Pelayo – had already the advantage to put a definitivend to the Bondoc dynasty in the district.

Now riposted Yabut: “I am very positive about my bid.Wala nang atrasan ito. Siguro, kung meron pa akongalam na mas mabait sa akin o mas mayap kaku (betterthan me) then I will reconsider. But as now of, I am settingmy sights at Congress in 2013.”

What was it that Board Member Cris Garbo said ofsome early runners for 2013? Either dead on the spot ordead on arrival.

Anyways, dream on, Sir.

Dare“CHANGE ME and the board members if we are noteffective.”

So dared Gov. Lilia “Nanay Baby” Pineda the parentsof honor students, graduates, school principals andteachers as the provincial leadership distributededucational assistance of P20,000 each to the top threegraduates of Pampanga’s 105 national and public highschools.

At the rate things are going now in the province, wewonder if there is anyone other than you-know-who thatwill take the governor’s dare.

Yeah, 1st District Rep. Carmelo Lazatin said it all lastweek when he named Pineda the “Most OutstandingGovernor of the Philippines” and the “Best GovernorPampanga Has Ever Had.”

MaydayYET ANOTHER Mayday passed. Yet another day celebrated inpaeans to the working man. Yet another day of unfulfilled dreamsfor labor, of broken promises from capital.

Marx’s Das Kapital rings as true today – the death ofCommunism be damned – as it did in 1867: “Capital is dead labor,that, vampire-like, only lives by sucking blood from living labor.”

Closer to the Filipino proletariat’s heart is the poignancy of thelines of poet-patriot Ka Amado V. Hernandez in his epic BayangMalaya:

“Bisig ng nagsaka’y siyang walang palay,Nagtayo ng templo’y siyang walang bahay,

Dumungkal ng minaNg bakal at ginto ay baon sa utang;

Lingcod sa pabrikaNg damit ay hubad ang mahal sa buhay.”

The plebeian’s nothingness of being findssimilar manifestation in another poet of anothertime and clime, closer to the very spring of itsorigin – the Industrial Revolution. Thus, PercyBysshe Shelley’s Song to the Men of England:

“Men of England, wherefore ploughFor the lords who lay ye low?

Wherefore weave with toil and careThe rich robes your tyrants wear?The seed ye sow, another reaps;

The wealth ye find, another keeps;The robes ye weave, another wears;The arms ye forge, another bears.

Sow seed, — but let no tyrant reap;Find wealth, — let no impostor heap;Weave robes, — let not the idle wear;

Forge guns, — in your defence to bear.”

Further back into history, St. Ambrose, the 4th

century Bishop of Milan, took the Parable of theDives with this censorious swing at the rich: “Theearth was established to be in common for all,rich and poor; why do ye rich alone arrogate it toyourselves as your rightful property?”

“You crave possession not so much for theirutility to yourself, as because you want to excludeothers from them. You are more concern withdespoiling the poor than with your own advantage.You think yourself injured if a poor man possessesanything which you consider a suitable belonging

for a rich man; whatever belongs to others youlook upon as something of which you aredeprived.”

Deprivation is the eternal state of the worker.That is fated in capitalist societies, engrossed asthey are in “…production not merely the productionof commodities…(but) essentially the productionof surplus value.”

Marx furthered: “All surplus value, whateverparticular (profits, interests, rent) it may crystallizeinto, is in substance the materialization of unpaidlabor.”

So at it was shall ever be: On May 1, the cryfor emancipation rang anew. All media are filledwith hallelujahs to the workingman from just aboutevery political lip freed for that day, and only thatday, from the lock of the capitalist kiss.

On May 2, it’s back to the salt mines for laboranew. Until the next Mayday.

Sometime, the vicious cycle comes tobreaking. Labor can only take so much. Then itis the tale of the askal retold:

“Sa bawa’t latay, kahit aso’y nag-iiba.Sa una, siya’y magtataka.

Sa ikalawa, siya’y magtatanda.Sa ikatlo, siya’y mag-iisip.Sa ikaapat, humanda ka!

Workingmen unite! Mabuhay ang uring anak-pawis.

IT IS DANGEROUS, if not fatal, tobelieve that winning an election oreven especially - losing one - alsobestows a monopoly on virtue andgood intentions.

I used to be more widely knownas the bayaw of Ninoy. Then asthe husband of Tingting. Then asthe brother of President Cory. Thenas the Dad of Mikee. And nowcourse, as the uncle of PresidentAquino.

I also know that my name isone of those inevitably mentionedwhenever critics of our family bringup their well-worn smear word astheir all-purpose demolition device- Kamaganak, Inc.

The notion of a Kamaganak Inc.is as revolting and repulsive to meas it is to everyone, and even moreso to all of our family members whohave had to bear this unfair andunfounded burden that has comewith the territory of having a Pres-ident in the family. And now, twoPresidents.

The fact is that we Filipinosoverwhelmingly elected Cory’sonly son because we want hercourage and honesty to continueguiding our leaders in governingthe country, regardless of the qual-ifications, experience, or abilitiesof her senator child. Voting him inwas a resounding rejection of thecorruption of Gloria and her allies,and a very clear declaration thatwe have had enough of the dis-honesty, deception, and duplicity

through Gloria’s remaining ap-pointees or her anointed succes-sors.

The Filipinos also decisivelyproclaimed their distate for nakedpartisan politics, emphatically re-jecting unacceptable candidates ofthe Liberal Party, including MarRoxas for Vice President - some-thing that the Liberals premature-ly crowed over as a “done deal”when for a brief period, he enjoyedbetter projected poll numbers thanNoynoy Aquino.

So again, I have been singledout as the convenient scapegoatfor the embarrassing losses of theLiberal Party. If their candidate forVice President cannot hang on tothe coattails of the overwhelminglandslide victory of his runningmate, why of course, this canonly be the work of none other butthat wily and crafty Peping. Un-doubtedly, he orchestrated anddeployed all his political resourc-es and allies to ensure his neph-ew’s win, and the spectacular andstunning triumph of the well-knownCory loyalist, Jojo Binay, over thehapless, shocked, and over-matched Mister Palengke and Mis-ter Tricycle.

When the expected crush forpolitical appointments materializedimmediately after the election, I didnot sponsor anyone for any high-ranking position in the new admin-istration. But instead of beinghailed for not meddling in the fren-

zy of new appointments, I wascharacterized as being “outside theloop”, toxic, and persona non gra-ta. Ironically, it has been the los-ing Liberal Party candidates whohave feverishly inserted themselvesat the feasting trough, cleverly guilt-ing the winning President into bal-atos and consuelo de bobos, un-mindful and spiteful of their whole-sale rejection by the electorate.

Not wishing to distract from thenew President’s efforts and pro-grams, I have tried to avoid anypublic back and forth about the continuous and well manipulateddefamation designed to keep medistant from and unwholesome forhis image. I have accepted this asthe expected strategy of thosewanting to preserve and entrenchtheir influence within the new ad-ministration.

But my silence has only em-boldened the desperate and thegreedy, as the end of the one yearban on the appointment of losingcandidates approaches.

Recently, columns, articles,and programs have renewed theconcoctions and fabrications atmy expense. One has me lead-ing a “United Opposition as theadvisor and convenor of politicalforces disgruntled by PNoy’s per-formance”. Another claims outrightthat I have refurbished myLABAN movement for no foresee-

able purpose than to fight the cur-rent administration.

The innuendoes have becomeshrill enough to openly announcethat I resent being ignored by thecore groups of President Aquino.That I am being coldly treated bythe Presidential sisters. That thePresident and his sisters distancethemselves from me in politicalmatters, especially in appoint-ments to the government.

One miserably misleading re-port even floated the unthinkable“prospect” of my meeting with Glo-ria for a proposed coalition as anactual event that is being passedaround as fact instead of fantasy.

Never mind that one such as I,supposedly powerful enough tostage the defeat of a sure winnerin the Vice Presidential poll is, onthe other hand, being deridedas not only completely undesir-able but a disgraceful political lia-bility to the election’s biggest win-ner and his sisters?

That my entire direct familyworked nonstop for the President’selection is undeniable and onrecord. In particular, my daughterMikee, along with her husbandDodot, toiled with my wife Tingtingand all my other children through-out the campaign. Tirelessly. Inde-fatigably. And as it has turned out,thanklessly as well.

There is no rift between the

President and myself, in spite ofthe accurate statements in thepress that none of our followerswho worked endlessly for his elec-tion have been rewarded withchoice government positions. Allof the volunteers in my various re-form movements labored freelywithout remuneration, and unmo-tivated by gaining any governmentposition or reward, unlike so manyin the President’s own Liberal Par-ty who had to be reimbursed ex-travagantly before they would evenbegin to “support” President Aqui-no.

In fact, the Cojuangco familiesare very thankful that the Abads(we have an Abad as the secre-tary of the DBM, an Abad as Sec-retary to the PMS, an Abad asVice Chairman of the House Com-mittee on Appropriations, andan Abad as chief of staff of theSecretary of Finance. The Abadnepotism has so metastasizedthrough the body of this adminis-tration that they have even man-aged to be included in the plundercharges recently filed against Glo-ria and her known galamays -these Abads have, faster than onecan scream “magkakamaganakbang lahat ito?” now quicklysnatched the label of “KamaganakInc. for their own families’s use -shamelessly, insensitively, anddefiantly - regardless of the lackof delicadeza and basic decency.

Apparently, the dictates againstthe appearances of nepotism onlyapply to my family members, whichsadly have not been fortunateenough to be named Puno, Ochoa,Abad, or Roxas. Obviously, we canalso dismiss any smirks over thestigma of charges about Kabarka-das were we lucky enough to benamed Alvarez.

I, and my children, are so hon-ored and humbled to be able tosay that my wife preferred to stepdown from her career post at thePPSC, rather than cause even theslightest appearance of publicbickering within the President’sfamily (though she was appointedby GMA not by BCA, and is alsotechnically not a direct relative),taking the high road over petty anddistasteful public rows. She hasset a sterling example of honor inpublic behavior that does me andall our children proud, not to men-tion continuing with the high stan-dards of behavior and principlesinspired by my sister Cory andNinoy.

In closing, let me be clear thatI have never been involved in anyway with any opposition forceagainst my nephew.

But I will always be in fierce andunyielding opposition to any andall self-serving partisan efforts andcharacters who put their interestsbefore and above those of our peo-ple.

Corrupt nila o corrupt ninyo, pare-pareho ba lahat kayo?C O M M E N TC O M M E N TC O M M E N TC O M M E N TC O M M E N T A RA RA RA RA R YYYYY

BY JOSE ‘PEPING” COJUANGCO, JR.

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Henrylito D. Tacio

Living is worthdying for

“LIFE IS a hard fight, a struggle, a wrestling with the principle ofevil, hand to hand, foot to foot. Every inch of the way is disputed.The night is given us to take breath, to pray, to drink deep at thefountain of power. The day, to use the strength which has given us,to go forth to work with it till the evening.”

That statement comes from the mouth of Florence Nightingale,the woman who was credited for starting the nurse profession. Shehad lived a life worth emulating. She cared for people in order forthem to go on living.

“We may not prefer a world in which sorrow always seems tobe so close to joy; in which heartbreak always seems so close tohappiness; in which doubt always seems to be so close to faith.But this is the kind of world we’re in,” Jerold Savory notes.

A man is born into this world with nothing – “birthday suit” asthey call it. Parents take care of the child, feed him, and guide himeach day. They also teach him how to interact with other peopleand ask for help from the Almighty.

Then, he becomes his own person. He goesto school, looks for job, and gets married. Beforehe knows it, he has his own child. Just like hisparents before, he has to guide his own kid. Suchis the circle of life.

“Life becomes an exciting adventure when weexpect at least one pleasant surprise each day;when we show our gratitude freely and unasham-edly; when we strive to do at least one anony-mous act of kindness to someone who needs itmost; when we seek to discover the beauty andgoodness in every person we meet,” William A.Ward says.

A priest, speaking to college students, askedthe leader of group: “What are you living for?”

The student leader answered, “I am going tobe an engineer.” The priest said, “I understandthat is how you are going to earn your livelihood,but what are you living for?”

After thinking about the question for a moment,the student leader replied with both honesty andbewilderment: “Father, I am sorry, but I haven’tthought that through.”

The priest then asked the rest of the groupwith the same question. Only two out of the 30students had seriously faced the central issue ofexistence: the reason for living.

Of course, each of us a reason for living: lovedones, family, work, ambition, fame, money, etc.Each strives to get what they want in life. Othersmay succeed in getting the prize, but there arethose who also fail.

While there are those who want to continueliving, there are also those who don’t want to liveanymore. They think life is not worth living foranymore. A man consulted American author Nor-man Vincent Peale and complained that he wasjust fed up with everything. “You sound like you’resick of living,” Peale said.

“Yes,” the man replied promptly. “I’d just assoon like down and die.”

That remark suggested the use of a little ex-periment. “I’ll tell you what to do,” Peale said.“Tomorrow morning when you get up, imagine andpretend that it is the last day you are going tolive. As you lie there, trying to decide to get out ofbed, tell yourself that it is the last time you areever going to lie in that soft bed and that this isthe last sleep you are ever going to wake from.”

Peale also told the man to think that every-thing he will do that day would be his last – fromhome to work to meeting people. In addition, Pealealso suggested to “take a last glimpse of all the

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Napag-uusapanlangNi Felix M. Garcia

Pagbuhay sa‘death penalty,’

posiblengmakabuti

NGAYONG KAHIT saan man yata ng dakoNg Pilipinas ay di na biru-biroAng kriminalidad na biglang lumago,Saan na nga kaya tayo patungo?

Kundi sa posibleng lalo pang paglalaNg krimen maging sa labas ng Maynila,Partikular na riyan ang panggagahasa,Na araw-araw ay laman ng balita.

Kung saan pati mga batang musmosAy hindi ligtas sa gawang maka-hayopNitong ibang ‘rapist’ na lango sa gamot,Kung kaya mas grabeng krimen ang kabuntot!

Pagkat nagagawa pa nilang patayinAng biktima para lang patahimikin,Suerte itong huli ay may nakapansinKaya nakaligtas sa kamay ng tiyuhin.

Yan ay isa lang sa halos di mabilangNg kaso ng panggagahasang naturan,Kung kaya sa ganang amin ay dapat langNa ibalik natin ang parusang bitay!

Upang mabawasan kahit papaanoAng masasama sa ibabaw ng mundoNa kagaya nitong minsan ay tiyoO kaya naman ay ang ama pa mismo.

Ang may kagagawan, kung kaya’t madalasAy di na lang n’yan isinisiwalat;Dahilan na rin sa kahihiya’t sukatNg pamilya nila kung ya’y ihahayag.

At kaya lang napipilitan ang ibaUpang isiwalat sa mata ng masaAng di magandang nangyari sa biktimaAy kung ito ay grabe o pinatay na.

Maliban sa kaso ng panggagahasa,Ay nakawan itong sumusunod yataSa pinaka-grabeng krimen sa ‘ting bansa,Bukod sa ‘carnapping’ na lalong malala

Kaysa ano pa mang krimeng nangyayariDito sa ‘ting bansa o sa ibang ‘country’Pagkat lahat na ng pinakamatindiAt pinaka-‘high tech’ ay pawang posible.

Na kagaya nitong ang iba’y sundaloAt pulis pa mandin ang kasabwat mismoSa ilang serye ng holdapan sa bangkoAt panloloob sa establisyemento.

Aywan nga lamang kung bakit karaniwangPulis o sundalo lang ang sangkot kung minsan,Sapagkat mas malalaki ang nakawangNakasanayan ng ilang heneral diyan.

At di daang libo lamang kundi milyonAng kita ng ilang heneral sa ngayon,Mula sa anila’y tawag ay “pabaon,”At sa tinagurian yatang “pasalubong”

Kung saan sa ganang sariling opinyonNi ‘yours truly’ yan ay lantarang pag-kotongSa pondo ng ating ‘military’ ngayon,Partikular na sa kawawang sundalong

Marapat tumanggap ng malaking sahodPagkat sila itong nakikipag-hamok,Sa gitna ng digma, at di itong halosNakaupo lang at siyang nag-uutos!

Kaya, kung marapat bitayin ang ‘rapist,’At iba pang sa lipunan ay panganib,Ito pa bang huli na ating nabanggitAng ligtas sa bitay sa puntong nabanggit?

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In theKnowBy Voltaire Zalamea

(PHOTOS BY MICHELLE PINEDA-PASTORIL)

YOU KNOW love is right when you find it in the least expected place and time. ForJeremy Sun and Clarise Limjoco, this proved true. They were not introduced asmost are, their paths crossed in the most usual way, a chance meeting.

Jeremy and his friends frequented a coffee shop own by a couple of friends in nearthe Clark Amusement Center. Their almost daily visits would see Jeremy’s life changein the most fascinating way. He saw of a glimpse of her, Clarise was working in herpizza store just a few stalls away and Jeremy was instantly smitten by the pretty girl.So much so that he went running back to his friends and told them about her. So theyall ended up watching her and they all agreed that she was pretty. So they all plannedto formally introduce themselves to her that night, they waited for her to close shopand actually followed her and one of her friends to Balibago. There they finally got thechance to meet the lovely lass.

This of course was just the start of the whole story. Like any love affair it has itsups and down but this couple weathered it all beautifully. Till Jeremy decided to endtheir boyfriend – girlfriend relationship, he wanted something more permanent with thepretty Clarise. So he orchestrated a elaborate plan to get her to Fontana, thinking it

Finding the One: The MariaLourdes Clarise D.Limjocoand Jeremy Sun Love story

was a Christmas party she would be attending. When she arrived Jeremy was ready to sweep her off her feet completely.He had the entire villa set up with rose petals at the driveway, candlelight everywhere, white balloons, a slide show oftheir pictures together and “When God Made You” for background music. Jeremy went on one knee and told Clarise,“Will you make me the happiest man and marry me?” Of course, given the ambience and the sincerity of the moment,Clarise said ye and she went home with a diamond engagement ring on her hand that night.

Now the bride was pretty busy herself being the Marketing and Sales Manager of Viewmont Homes and a businesswoman too. The groom is the president of Suncare lending Investors Inc. And a Engineer consultant. They also spentsome time looking for the caterer they wanted and they took some time off to find they’re choice. They went as far asMarikina but both said they didn’t get lost in their search and got to their appointment on time with a help of a map. Sothis couple can definitely join The Amazing Race and just might win!

But being both super busy they asked me to handle their wedding. This big day could not have happened without agreat team of experts beside me. We pow wowed with their caterer, JOSIAHS CATERING. The fabulous gown of thebride was created by JOJO MACAPINLAC while the barong of the groom was done by PRINCE ALBERT.

They were both made incredibly gorgeous that day by the hair and make-up team of COIFFEUR by Rolan “Bok”Cayanan. Styling the Lewis Grand Hotel Ballroom and the St.Joseph the Worker Chapel was florist/ event stylistMICHAEL “BADANG” RUEDA. Our amazing photographer, MICHELLE PINEDA-PASTORIL OF SPLIT IMAGE wasalso enchanted with the entire night that it brought back memories of her own wedding day. She was so inspired that thephotography was breath taking. The videographer, IAN CRUZ had so much material to used and so many great clips thathis video wowed the crowd and the couple. The invitations the couple sent their guests were crafted by QP DESIGNS.The souvenirs & stationery were made for the couple by Karen Flores of OOOPS SHOP. The fantabulous cake wasdesigned by artist JUDY USON. The music during the ceremony was provided by the STRING MINSTRELS while theFORT REPUBLIC & CHOCOLATE FACTORY let it loose for the reception and after party.

JANUARY 29, 2011 will be fondly remembered by their principal sponsors as it was something spectacular in theirlives. The ninongs and ninangs, Mr. Wilfredo M. Ng, Mr. Primo L. David, Engr. Enrico M. Limjoco, Mr. Edgardo P.De Guzman, Dr. Florante M. Magalang, Mr. Judy S. Sun, Mrs. Anita T. David, Mrs. Eloisa D. Sarmiento, Mrs.Arleen M Manuson, Sr. Eloisa L.David, O.S.B., Mrs. Teresita L. Reyes and Ms. Myrna S. Pamintuan enjoyed thenight just as much as the happy parent of both the bride and the groom, ALMA DAVID LIMJOCO & NAPOLEONMAGLALANG LIMJOCO and WILFREDO SISON SUN & ELEANOR MUSNI SUN

The couple had one thing in mind in our conversations about what they wanted for their wedding they were verydefinite in that since its a once in a lifetime event, they wanted to make the most out of it by making it something out ofthe ordinary to make it memorable. And I think with the help of all the suppliers, Events and Concepts managed to giveJeremy and Clarise what they envisioned. Congratulations to the happy couple!

For comments and suggestions, email us at eventsandconcepts@yahoo.com or visit our website atwww.eventsandconcepts.com. Events and Concepts by Voltaire Zalamea is a proud member of the Philippine Associ-ation of Wedding Planners (PAWP)

Chief InspectorRomeo Balubal, head ofthe Dolores police station,identified the victim asRuel Mallari, 30, who sus-tained bullet wounds indifferent parts of his bodyafter he was shot soon

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Car dealer shot deadafter he opened his sec-ond-hand car store alongthe busy Jose Abad San-tos Avenue in Dolores.

Based on their inves-tigation, Balubal said assoon as the suspects ar-rived on board a white Mit-subishi FB van, three ofthe suspects alighted

and approached the vic-tim.

“Two of the three hada .45 calibre pistol each,and both of them usedtheir arms in shooting thevictim,” Balubal said.

He said 11 emptyshells and two slugs from.45 calibre pistol were

found in the crime scene.As of late yesterday, nowitness had surfaced togive any information on theplate markings of the ve-hicle used by the sus-pects.

Balubal noted that thesuspects did not wearanything to conceal theirfaces. They sped towardsthe area of SM and Rob-inson’s malls after theshooting. He said the ve-

things you dislike, because soon you will be throughwith them for good and all.”

The man promised Peale that he would try theexperiment and later he would tell the author of I’mOK, You’re OK, We’re OK the results.

The man didn’t even wait for the next day; he start-ed at once imagining that every day was his last. Onthe way home, he looked out the window instead ofreading the evening paper and was fascinated by thelights of the city. He really found that trip a pleasantone. Then, under a star-lit sky, along moon-bathedstreets, he walked home.

Instead of using his key when he reached his door,he rang the bell. When the door opened, there in thatgolden light was the sweetheart he had married 35years before.

“I just grabbed her and gave her the biggest kissof our lives,” the man told Peale the following day.“Right then and there, I determined I was going to bealive tomorrow and the next day and as long as Godwould grant me.”

“We dribble away our life, little by little, in smallpackages – we don’t throw it away all at once,” Rob-ert A. Cook reminded. “I have found life an enjoyable,enchanting, active, and sometimes terrifying experi-ence, and I’ve enjoyed it completely. A lament in oneear, maybe, but always a song in the other,” SeanO’Casey rhapsodized.

The story is told of a man who set out with apilgrim’s staff to find a certain saintly hermit to ask ofhim a question. When he found the hermit, he in-quired, “If you had just one day to live, how would youspend that day?”

The old hermit stroked his long white beard andanswered, “Well, first I would say my morning prayer.Afterward, I might fix a bit of tea and go out and weedthe garden. Then, I might go down the road to visitmy neighbor. Then I might take a nap.”

“Wait,” the pilgrim interrupted, “that’s the way youspend every day.”

“Of course,” replied the hermit. “Why should thelast day be any different from the rest?”

“Life is currently described in one of four ways: asa journey, as a battle, as a pilgrimage, and as a race,”J. Richard Sneed explained. “Select your own meta-phor, but the finishing necessity is all the same. For iflife is a journey, it must be completed. If life is a battle,it must be finished. If life is a pilgrimage, it must beconcluded. And if it is a race, it must be won.”

For comments, write me at henrytacio@gmail.com

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hicle used might havebeen carnapped.

“We still don’t haveany clue on the suspectsbut police forces in theirescape route were alert-ed. We expect to find thesuspects’ vehicle aban-doned somewhere,” hesaid.

This city hogged head-lines last June when po-lice raids revealed at leastthree hideouts of the

Dominguez carnappingsyndicate in this city.

Brothers Roger andRaymond Dominguezwho headed the syndicatewere earlier arrested afterthey were linked to themurder of second handcar dealers Venson Evan-gelista and Emerson Lo-zano. The victims’ burntbodies were recovered invarious areas in CentralLuzon.

alarm and dismay on theapparent lack of action onthe part of other local gov-ernment units.

“Gusto kong malamanang tunay na dahilan kungbakit lumulutang angdaan-daang patay na isdaat kung ano ang ginaga-

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Pineda orders fish kill probewa ng mga lokal na opisy-al,” Pineda said.

“Lalong lumalala angpolusyon ng PampangaRiver sanhi ng mga patayna isda at mga sari-saringbasurang itinatapon dito.”she added.

Bernie Guevarra, pres-ident of Association ofBarangay Captains (ABC)

in Masantol town, said thefloating dead fish werekilled by the “sudsud”, animplement used by the lo-cals in catching fish andwere thrown back into theriver by the fishermen.

Meanwhile, Pinedaspearheaded the deliveryof much needed medicalservices to barangay folks

of Balibago and Palimpi,two coastal areas ofMasantol town.

“Pineda did not mindthe 20-minute banca rideand the six-kilometerrough road travel under thesweltering heat of the mid-day sun to bring similarservices of her medicalconsultants and medi-cines from barangay Bali-bago to barangay Palim-pi,” said Board MemberYabut.

Hundreds of residentsin the said barangays ben-efited from the medicalmission as they ex-pressed their gratitude tothe governor for personal-ly bringing to their far-flungcommunities the said ser-vices, he added.

“Kahit malayo, naabu-tan ang aming barangayng serbisyo ng Kapitolyo,”one resident was heardsaying as she added that“pati ang gobernador ay

hindi nag-atubiling puntah-an kami dito”.

The provincial capitolteam traveled all the wayto Calumpit in the nearbyprovince of Bulacan toreach barangay Balibagoin Masantol town, a proofof the sincerity and com-mitment of the officials tobring the government ser-vices to far flung commu-nities in Pampanga, astatement from the gover-nor said.

Malolos at mga larawangnagpapakita na kasamang Papa ang mga pari.

Bukod dito, ilang mgasouvenir items or gamitpang-alala at iba pangmaliliit na bagay na maykaugnayan sa Papa nainipon ng mga pari ang ip-inakita sa nasabing eksi-bisyon.

Ayon kay Father Pros-pero Tenorio, ang kura ngparokya ni San AntonioDe Padua sa Barangay IbaO’este sa bayang ito, angeksibisyon ay naglalayonna ipakita sa madala angmalapit na relasyon ngPapa sa mga paring Bu-lakenyo.

“It’s a big event and arare opportunity to seehow the Pope John Paul IIused to welcome us andhow he touched our lives,”ani Tenorio na siyang nag-sisilbing tagapangulo ngCommission on Formationng Diyosesis ng Malolos

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Relasyon ng Papa at mga paring...na binubuo ng mga sim-bahang Katoliko sa lalawi-gan ng Bulacan at magingsa Lungsod ng Valenzue-la na dating bahagi ng la-lawigan.

Ayon kay Tenorio, hin-iling sa kanila ng Diyose-sis sa pamumuno ni Obis-po Jose Francisco Oliv-eros na hanapin at ilabasang mga lumang larawanna kanilang naipon pa-tungkol sa Papa upangiyon ay maibilang sa ek-sibisyon.

“Nakakatuwa rin dahilsa marami sa amin aynaghanap pa sa mga lu-mang baul,” ani Tenorio atiginiit na muling nagbaliksa kaniyang alaala angkaranasan kasama siPapa Juan Pablo II ngmakita niya ang kanilanglumang larawan.

Bilang isang pari, ikinu-wento niya na minsan aynakasama niya at ng 12pang paring nakaklaseniya sa San Carlos Semi-nary ang Papa.

“We were celebratingour 10th year as priests in1998 ng bigyan kami ngpagkakataon ni Pope JohnPaul II na makasama siyasa kanyang vacationhouse in Castel Gandolfo,Italy,” ani Tenorio.

Sa panahon ng ka-nilang pakikipag-usap saPapa, inilarawan niya itobilang isang masayahin o“jolly person.”

Bukod sa pagigingmasayahing kausap ngPapa, sinabi ni Tenorio nanagdiwang din sila ngisang misa kasama angPapa.

Sa kabila naman ngpagiging masayahin ngPapa, sinabi ni Tenorio naang katangian nito na hig-it na nagbigay impresyonsa kanya ay ang pagigingmadasalin, at mga panan-aw na tapat kay Kristo atsa simbahan.

“He also gave impor-tance to conversion whichtranslates to charity andhis charisma,” ani Tenorio.

Sinabi pa ng pari naang katangian naman ngPapa na naging dahilanupang higit itong mapam-ahal sa mga Bulakenyo ayang natatanging pag-mamahal at paggalangnito kay Birheng Maria.

Ito rin ang katangian ngmga Pilipino na napama-hal sa Papa kaya’tinilarawan daw ng Papaang bansa bilang “PuebloAmante De Maria” o angbansang nagmamahal kayMaria.

Para naman kay Fr.Rolando De Leon, angkura ng Parokya ngBirhen ng Fatima namatatagpuan sa bayan ngMarilao, ang mga katan-gian ng Papa na tu-mawag ng pansin ng mgaPilipino ay ang pagigingsimple niya at larawan ngisang ama.

“Filipinos will alwaysremember the simplicity ofPope John Paul II and hisfatherly image,” ani DeLeon.

ng Sinomach Groupnoong Marso 28, na nag-ing dahilan naman ng pag-sibak sa 70 kawani ngNorthRail.

Ayon kay Pamintuan,kailangang apurahin ngmga kinatawan ng Pilipi-nas ang pakikipag-negosasyon para matuloyang proyektong NorthRaildahil matagal na itongnaantala.

“When I started aschair of North Rail in 2008,we were five years behind,and we were able to moveon after I renegotiated it,”aniya.

Sa panahon ng pamu-muno ni Pamintuan saNorthRail, ipinakita niya naintresado ang Pilipinas namakumpleto at mapaandarang NorthRail.

Ito ay naghatid din ngsigla at pag-asa sa mganegosyante at ibang ma-mumuhunan dahil nakitanila ang masigasig na pag-papatuloy ng proyekto natinampukan ng pagtatayong mga poste para sa via-duct ng NorthRail mula

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Ugnayan ng Pinas at Tsina...Guiguinto hanggang Lung-sod ng Malolos, na ngay-on ay kinakalawang na.

Itinuloy ng mga kon-traktor na Tsino ang nas-abing proyekto mataposnila itong abandonahin il-ang buwan bagomanungkulan si Pamintu-an bilang tagapangulo ngNorthRail.

Ngunit sa unang wa-long buwan ng administra-syong Aquino, mulingbumagal ang konstruksy-on ng NorthRail dahil sapagrerebisa ng gobyernosa proyekto na nagbungang pansamantalang pag-kansela sa kontrata ngSinomach Group noongMarso 28.

Dahil dito, pinayuhan niPamintuan ang adminis-trasyong Aquino na mag-ing maingat sa mga desi-syon hinggil sa NorthRailupang magpatuloy angrelasyon sa pamahalaangTsino.

“Para di masira angrelasyon natin sa China,ngayon pa lang pag-usa-pan na natin kung bibi-tawan o hindi kasi we arepaying the interest of the

loan,” aniya.Idinepensa din niya

ang mga Tsino sa pagsas-abing, “harapin natin angkatotohan kahit napama-hal na ng konti, hindikasalanan ng China, pag-papahiram lang ng peraang ginawa nila, at nirere-speto ng administrasyongnito kung anumang kon-trata at kung mayroonmang amendment sa mganaunang kontrata. I thinkit is justified dahil fiveyears after tumaas bilihin,at yung exchanges sacurrency nag-iba.”

Iginiit pa niya na sery-oso ang Tsina na ituloy attapusin ang konstruksyonng NorthRail dahil sa itoang kanilang kauna-unah-ang overseas developmentassistance (ODA).

“NorthRail is their big-gest project in the Philip-pines, gusto nilang gawingbenchmark ito for otherprojects. They want toshowcase Northrail thatChina can do much betterthan other countries incoming up with thisproject,” ani Pamintuan.

Ang konsepto ng

NorthRail ay nabuo noongkalagitnaan ng dekada 90na naglalayong makapag-latag ng riles para sa pang-maramihang sistema ngtransportasyon sa pagitanng Maynila at Gitnang Lu-zon.

Ang unang bahagi ngproyekto ay may habang32.2 kilometro sa pagitanng mga lungsod ng Ca-loocan at Malolos.

Ang NorthRail at kasa-lukuyang itinatayo sa ina-bandonang riles na pag-aari ng Philippine Nation-al Railways (PNR), kungsaan ay mahigit sa 27,000pamilyang iskwater nanamahay ngunit inilipat ngtirahan noong 2005.

Ang riles ng PNR ayitinayo ng mga Kastilanoong hloing bahagi ng1800, at ang unang linyana pinasiyaan ay mula saTutuban hanggang sa bay-an ng Calumpit.

Ito ay pinasinayaannoong Marso 24, 1891, il-ang taon bago sumiklabang digmaan sa pagitanng mga Pilipino at Kasti-la.

Noong 1996, ang pam-

ahalaang Kastila ang kau-na-unahang nagpahayagng interes para mulingitayo ang riles na tinawagna proyektong NorthRail.

Ngunit hindi ito natuloyat noong Nobyembre 2004ay lumagda si dating Pan-gulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo na isang kasundu-an ng pag-utang sa mgaTsino ng Halagang mahig-it sa $500-milyon para sakonstruksyon ngNorthRail.

Ito ay sinundan ng re-lokasyon ng mahigit sa27,000 pamilyang iskwa-

ter na nakatira sa gilid ngriles at ng paghahanda ngmga Tsino sa konstruksy-on.

Noong unang bahaging 2008 ay inabandona ngmga Tsino ang proyekto,at nagsipagbalik lamangmatapos makipag-negosasyon si Pamintuan.

Sa kasalukuyan, ma-higit 15 taon na ang lumi-pas matapos magsimulaang konsepto ngNorthRail, ngunit hang-gang ngayon ay wala pangnailatag na riles kahitisang pulgada.

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THE PHILIPPINES’ largest national flag carrier, CebuPacific (PSE:CEB) holds a seat sale to three popularinternational destinations from May 3 to 4, 2011 or untilseats last.

For travel from June 1 to September 30, 2011, pas-sengers can buy P799 seats from Clark to Hong Kongand Macau. P1,499 seats are also available from Cebuto Hong Kong, and from Manila to Macau.

Those going to Bangkok can also avail of P1,999seats from Manila and Clark. These are up 44% lessthan the year-round Lite Fare for the Manila-Bangkokroute.

Meanwhile, for travel from July 1 to September 30,2011, P699 seats are also available Manila to Luzonand Visayas destinations. These are: Bacolod, Cal-bayog, Catarman, Caticlan (Boracay), Cauayan, Cebu,Coron (Busuanga), Dumaguete, Iloilo, Kalibo, Laoag,Legazpi, Naga, Puerto Princesa, Roxas, San Jose,Tacloban, Tagbilaran, Tuguegarao and Virac.

“CEB offers the lowest possible fares in all the routesit operates, including Hong Kong, its most popular in-ternational destination. We hope guests can take ad-vantage of this seat sale for their leisure and businesstravel,” said CEB VP for Marketing and DistributionCandice Iyog.

For bookings and inquiries, guests can go towww.cebupacificair.com or http://funtours.cebupacificair.com (for Fun Tours packages),or call the reservation hotlines (02) 7020-888 or (032)230-8888. The latest seat sales and promos can alsobe found on CEB’s official Twitter and Facebook pag-es.

Iyog also encouraged guests to avail of their Pre-paid Baggage Allowances upon booking, for travel sav-ings as much as 63% on domestic flights compared tobuying baggage allowance at the airport.

“Guests can also do web check-in for a faster andhassle-free airport experience, or avail of our paymentcenter options such as over-the-counter bank and LBCtransactions, online banking and mobile banking,” sheadded.

CEB operates the most number of routes and flightsin the Philippines, using the youngest aircraft fleet inthe country. This is composed of 10 Airbus A319, 15Airbus A320 and 8 ATR-72 500 aircraft. By the end of2011, CEB will be operating a fleet of 37 aircraft – withan average age of 3.5 years – one of the most modern

CEB slashes Hong Kong, Macau, Bangkok fares to P799Also offers P699 Luzonand Visayas seat sale

aircraft fleets in the world. Between 2012 and 2014,Cebu Pacific will take delivery of an additional 16 Air-bus A320 aircraft.

Cebu Air Inc. is the largest carrier in the Philippine

air transportation industry, offering its low-cost servic-es to more destinations and routes with higher flightfrequency within the Philippines than any other air-line.