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CLARK FREEPORT – Amid estimates that the Philippine’s rice imports would reach a

record high of 3.12 million metric tons would outpace China’s 2.5 million metric tons, the blame on the Rice Liberalization Law rose in angry unison with fears that rice self-suffi ciency has gone down the drain.

PHL outpacing Chinain rice imports decried

MANYAMAN! Delighted over Kapampangan dishes are former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Vice Gov. Lilia G. Pineda at the opening of Mangan Tamu Pampanga Food Street. With them are (L-R) Mabalacat City Vice Mayor Geld Aquino, CDC president-CEO Noel Manankil and chef Sau del Rosario. P,"$" '- J".## M. V.0)#1&.#"

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CLARK FREEPORT — Com-mercio Central’s Mangan Tamu (Let’s Eat) held its grand open-ing on Tuesday with a sumptu-ous presentation of Pampan-ga’s best cuisine prepared by

Mangan Tamu opens in ClarkCommercio Central’s newest food park

Kulinarya Pampanga. The event also held its rib-

bon cutting ceremony and was graced by Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, for-mer President and Speaker Glo-ria Macapagal-Arroyo, Gov. Den-nis “Delta” Pineda, Vice Gov. Lilia

Pineda, CDC chair Jose “Ping” De Jesus, CDC president Noel F. Manankil, and Mabalacat City Vice Mayor Geld Aquino.

Puyat expressed her excite-ment for the newest food park in this Freeport as it will generate

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NEW CLARK CITY, Tar-lac-- The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the international governing body for the sport of ath-letics, has given a Class 1 certifi cation on the Ath-letics Stadium of the ris-ing metropolis here.

This means that the Philippines can now use the stadium to host “Tier-1 athletics competitions like the SEA Games, the Asian Games, and even the Olympic Games.”

The fi rst venue of such scale built in the country since the Rizal Memo-rial Sports Complex in 1927, the 20,000-seat-er Athletics Stadium boasts of a “nine-lane main track, and indoor and outdoor warm-up

New Clark City sports stadium fi t for Olympics

tracks equipped with the IAAF-approved Rekor-tan M sandwich synthet-ic surface system.”

“When I fi rst saw the new facility, I wanted to be an athlete again. During our time, we didn’t have this kind of equipment. I wanted to train again,” said Sean Guevarra, the nation-al athletics team coach who set the national re-cord in the high-jump category when he was still an athlete.

The stadium also showcases an Aquatic Center with a pool that is at par with what was used during the 2012 London Olympics. Other facilities in the area in-clude an Athletes’ Village

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CITY OF SAN FERNAN-DO – A Catholic priest who gained popularity with his “healing mass-es” is threatening to fi le charges in court if the Catholic Bishops Confer-ence of the Philippines (CBCP) will not act on a letter he sent the body.

In a press confer-ence Friday at the Ho-tel Gracelane here, Fr. Fernando Suarez said he wrote a letter to the CBCP asking for fi nal-ity on the allegations

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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- With the war already being waged against the Rice Lib-eralization Law, yet another battle has been launched, this time against plans to also lib-eralize the importation of sug-ar.

The Unyon ng Manggaga-wa sa Agrikultura (UMA) said yesterday stakeholders in the sugar industry have formed the Tanggol Asukal Network whose “main aim is to create a mass movement against sug-

Amid war against rice import lib,now comes battle vs. sugar imports

ar import liberalization.”UMA chair Antonio Flores

said his group formed the group together with the Nation-al Federation of Sugar Work-ers (NFSW) and other stake-holders in the sugar industry “to solidify our voices into one and call on the economic man-agers of the Duterte adminis-tration to totally abandon their plan to implement sugar im-port liberalization.”

The network was formed in a recent gathering attended mostly by sugar workers and small planters from Batangas,

Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac, Ne-gros, Cebu, and Bukidnon. It is expected to establish support-ing groups in Cagayan Valley, Flores said.

Flores noted that the net-work is also backed by the Federation of Free Workers, the Church Workers Solidari-ty (CWS), Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Re-search, Center for Trade Union and Human Rights, Amihan, Sugar Regulatory Administra-tion, Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns, and the In-stitute for Labor Studies.

CWS chair Bishop Gerar-do Alminaza of the Diocese of San Carlos sent a “solidar-ity message” in support of the move against sugar liberaliza-tion.

Flores said Alminaza “raised the concern that the proposed unlimited liberaliza-tion of the sugar industry will only worsen the already dire living condition of farmers and farm workers and their fami-lies.”

“Liberalization will only de-stroy the local sugar industry, leading to loss of livelihood

and jobs of local farmers and agricultural workers just like what happened to rice, gar-lic and onion farmers. Farm-er incomes and wages of farm workers are expected to be reduced further as price of lo-cal sugar will drop at the low-est price to compete with sug-ar coming in from other coun-tries,” Alminaza warned.

Flores said those who joined the network have vowed to “launch a wide range of ac-tivities and mass actions until the sugar importation liberal-ization plan is scrapped.”

DONATION. Former Angeles City First Lady Herminia Pamintuan receives, on behalf of Kuliat Foundation president Arch. Len Naguiat, a check in the amount of P1-M from Converge ICT Solutions president and CEO Dennis Anthony Uy as donation for various projects of the foundation.

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SAMAL, Bataan -- The Philippine Rice Institute (PhilRice) in Nueva Ecija on Monday distributed free certifi ed palay seeds to farmers, a mover that will be replicated in the whole province and other 56 provinces in the country.

“Ito ay programa ng PhilRice under the Rice Competitive En-hancement Fund. Ito ay libreng ipinamimigay sa mga magsasa-ka, mga magtatanim ngayong dry season,” said Frederick Sa-ludes, PhilRice regional coordinator.

He said that farmer benefi ciaries are entitled to a bag of free certifi ed seeds of 40 kilograms for every hectare planted to rice this planting season and the next dry season.

The palay varieties handed out in Samal were RC-402, RC-216, and RC-222.

“Mga 57 probinsiya sa bansa ang napiling bigyan ng libreng binhi na binubuo ng halos isang libong munisipyo,” Saludes said. Under the PhilRice program are 2 million hectares of rice-lands tilled by 1.2 million farmers in 57 provinces.

He said that in the case of Samal, farmers were given only a bag of 40 kilograms seeds each regardless of the area of rice-lands they cultivate per the decision of the municipal agriculture so that more farmers can avail themselves of the free seeds.

He said that only 756 hectares or 60 percent of the total rice-lands in Samal were included in the program this planting sea-son but he said that by next dry season, all rice lands in the town will become part of the project.

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CABANATUAN CITY - Farm-ers within the service area of the National Irrigation Admin-istration-Upper Pampanga River Integrated Irrigation Sys-tem (NIA-UPRIIS) particular-ly in tail-ends, were urged to plant rice earlier than usual for dry crop 2020 owing to slightly lower water elevation of Pant-abangan Dam.

In an advisory, UPRIIS ex-plained that “dryland or semi dryland preparation” saves up to 40 percent of water.

It also advised farmers to put up seedbeds two weeks before wetting and preparing the land or practice broadcast-ing or “sabog-tanim.”

Engr. Rosalinda Bote, UP-RIIS department manager, said they expected Pantaban-gan Dam elevation to reach at 210 meters above sea level by Oct. 31 but it happened only a

Farmers urged to plant early for dry crop

week later.On the same date of last

year, she said, the water lev-el of Pantabangan was at 217 masl.

Under this situation, UP-RIIS has now closed its gates to restore more water and in-stead utilizes local fl ows, es-pecially those of Atate Dam in Palayan City and Peñaranda Dam for some portions of Divi-sion 3 and 4, respectively.

“Ngayon mayroon kaming two division na may nag-e-early dry crop na sila katulad ng sa Division 3 na may 3,000 hectares na,” she said, add-ing Pantabangan is at fi lling up mode at present.

UPRIIS has six divisions including an interim one. The regular water delivery of UP-RIIS per schedule starts on Dec. 1. According to its pro-gram, UPRIIS will irrigate a to-tal of 128,014.53 hectares this dry crop.

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MARIVELES, Bataan -- lsa sa labing-apat na mangingis-da ang nakaligtas matapos hampasin ng nalalaking alon sa laot ang kanilang sina-sakyang fi shing boat dala ng sama ng panahon.

Batay sa ulat na nakarat-ing sa tanggapan ni Bataan provincial police director Col. Villamor Tuliao, pumalaot ang 14 na mangingisda sakay ng fi shing vessel na 3 Sister noong Oktubre 28 patungo ng Reed Bank nang abutan sila ng sama ng panahon sa laot at mawasak ang kanilang

13 mangingisda nawawala sa laotbangka.

Nasagip ng mga taga Zambales na mangingisda ang biktimang si Angelito Epi-tito, 25, ng Sisiman, Mariveles matapos itong makitang palu-tang-lutang sa laot.

Batay sa kuwento ni Epi-tito sa pamamagitan ng hand held radio kay Sisiman baran-gay chairman Dalisay Cruz, nagpalutang-lutang ito sa laot gamit ang styro foam habang ang 13 kasamahan nito ay magkakasamang nakata-li sa katawan na nagpapalu-tang-lutang habang hinaham-pas ng malalaking alon.

Nakatakdang ihatid ng

mga Zambaleñong mang-ingsida si Epitito sa Bataan habang nagpapatuloy naman ang isinasagawang search and rescue operation ng Phil-ippine Coast Guard sa 13 mangingisda na nakilalang sina Ronilo Epetito, 31; Bob-by Gabales, 32; Christian Gabales, 28; Don-Don Narci-so, 22; Jerry Mantoring, 27; Jerry Villaruel, 26; Ariel Epeti-to, 30; Frederick Falogme, 31; Jeff rey Abayin, 21; Alamat Binocan; Ruel Gueico; Joel Negrido at ang boat captain na si Lauriano Delos Santos, 59, pawang mga taga Marive-les, Bataan.

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IF A picture painted a thousand words, then a Christmas photograph draws out a thousand joys. As the weekend past well showed at the launch of the SM Sparkling Mallidays in the Christmas capital itself, and in nearby Angeles City.

Glitter-speckled red reindeer making like a carousel at the base of a giant Christmas tree is the centerpiece display at SM City Telabastagan. Its ceremonial lighting accompanied by ballet performances of young students of The Dance Conservatory and a Christmas medley by Kylene Alcantara.

Winter Woodland Forest at SM City Clark evokes cool, crispy, snowy air amid poplars and maples shorn of their foliage and, reindeer forlornly looking for grazing land. At the center, as though in a glade, rises a 35-foot, snow-laden Christmas tree.

The snow-eff ect heightened with the white confetti raining down on popular singer Darren Espanto and the Angeles University Foundation Concert Chorus alternately serenading the jampacked event center with Christmas carols.

More of reindeer, this time as though climbing up a giant Christmas tree at SM City Pampanga. Shrieks and the flashes of cellphone cameras adding to the festive airs as Idol Philippines grand winner Zephanie Dimaranan performed most-loved Christmas hits.

Finally, SM City Downtown – no one giant Christmas but a forest of them amid giant mushrooms, ladybugs, and butterfl ies and kids – real ones – dressed as fairies and leprechauns.

‘Twas not all tinsels and glitters in the Mallidays’ launches though, the reason for the season – the sharing of blessings – taking centerstage too.

Relaunched is the SM Bears of Joy program where mall shoppers can buy two teddy bears for P200, with one of the bears given to selected benefi ciaries while the other kept by the buyer. At SM City Telabastagan, SM senior vice president for mall operations Engr. Bien Mateo, AVP for North Luzon Junias Eusebio, regional operations manager Andrea Madlangbayan, and mall manager Bong Garcia were joined by San Fernando Councilor Tino Dizon in giving out gifts to Telabastagan Day Care Center pupils.

The SM executives with mall manager Jerwin Jalandoni reprised the gift-giving at SM City Clark with Angeles Vice Mayor Vicky Vega-Kabigting and Mabalacat City Vice Mayor Geld Aquino in handing out Christmas bags to Aeta children.

At SM City Pampanga, children of the Autism Society of the Philippines-Pampanga Chapter received their gifts from the SM executives and mall manager Aaron Montenegro joined in by City of San Fernando Mayor Edwin Santiago, Mexico Mayor Teddy Tumang, and board members Rosve Henson and Cherry Manalo, along with celebrity couple Jimmy Alapag and LJ Mreno and their children.

Mayor Santiago along with mall manager Lana Erroba distributed Bears of Joy to chosen children of families enrolled in the 4Ps Program of the Deopartment of Social Welfare and Development.

In all the gift-giving, there present was Santa Claus, naturally. Ah, that sparkle of SM Mallidays – sheer joy in the heart of

the eternal kid in everyone. Bong Z. Lacson

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Republic of the PhilippinesRegional Trial CourtThird Judicial Region

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTHall of Justice Building

City Hall Compound, Angeles City

BPI FAMILY SAVINGSBANK, INC., Mortgagee. EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE -versus- OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER ACT NO. 3135, AS AMENDEDSPS. IRENE V. GARCIA AND FC Case No. 2019-2073RODERICK O. TACLIAD, Mortgagors.

x---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xNOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as Amended fi led by the above-named Mortgagee, BPI FAMILY SAVINGS BANK, INC., a banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Philippines, with principal offi ce at Paseo de Roxas corner Dela Rosa St., Makati City and with branch offi ce at BFSB Retail Loans Center, BPI Bldg., Olongapo-Gapan Road, Brgy. Dolores, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, against the Mortgagors, SPS. IRENE V. GARCIA AND RODERICK O. TACLIAD, likewise of legal ages, Filipinos and are residents of No. 2257 Bonifacio St., Brgy. Dau, Mabalacat, Pampanga, in order to satisfy the mortgage debt therein which as of 9 October 2019 amounts to ELEVEN MILLION NINE HUNDRED FIFTY EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY TWO PESOS and 42/100 (Php11,958,582.42), Philippine Currency, excluding interests, penalties and additional daily interest and penalties up to the date of sale, in addition attorney’s fees and other charges all secured by this Mortgage, the undersigned Sheriff IV, hereby give notice and announces that on the 29th day of November 2019 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning at the Offi ce of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Hall of Justice, Angeles City, will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for CASH and in PHILIPPINE CURRENCY, the following parcel of land with all the improvement existing thereon, to wit:

TCT NO. 045-2017005637-Angeles CityA parcel of land (Lot 4, Blk. 77, of the subd. plan (LRC) Psd-

93371, (sheet 3), being a portion of Blk. 34-A-3, described on plan (LRC) Psd-64836, LRC, (GLRO) Cad. Rec. No. 124), situated in the Dist. of Cutcut, City of Angeles, Island of Luzon. Bounded on the NE., pts. 3-4 by Lot 5, Blk. 77; on the SE., pts. 4-1 by road lot 20; on the SW., pts. 1-2 by Lot 3, Blk. 77, all of the subd. plan and on the NW., pts. 2-3 by lot 630-A, Psd-1471 x x x containing an area of FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY TWO (582) SQUARE METERS more or less x x x

TCT NO. 045-2017005638-Angeles CityA parcel of land (Lot 3-B, of the subd. plan (LRC) Psd-03-

020648, being a portion of 3, Blk. 77, (LRC) Psd-93371, LRC Cad. Rec. No. ), situated in the Bo. of Cutcut, City of Angeles. Bounded on the SW., along line 1-2 by Lot 3-A, of the subd. plan; on the NW., along line 2-3 by Lot 630-A, Psd-1471; on the NE., along line 3-4 by Lot 4, Blk. 77; on the SE., along line 4-1 by road lot 20, both of (LRC) Psd-93371 x x x containing an area of TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY SIX (286) SQUARE METERS more or less x x x

Prospective buyers/bidder may investigate for themselves the above-mentioned parcel of land for their information and protection.

In the event that the scheduled public auction should not take place, the same will be conducted on 6 December 2019 at the same time and place without further notice.

Angeles City, 31 October 2019.

CLAUDE B. BALASBAS Sheriff IV Contact no. 09206373475Copy furnished:

1. BPI FAMILY SAVINGS BANK, INC. - BFSB Retail Loans Center, BPI Bldg., Olongapo-Gapan Road, Brgy. Dolores, City of San Fernando, Pampanga

2. SPS. IRENE V. GARCIA AND RODERICK O. TACLIAD - No. 2257 Bonifacio St., Brgy. Dau, Mabalacat, Pampanga

PUNTO! Central Luzon: November 4, 11 & 18 , 2019

The National Federa-tion of Peasant Women or Amihan and the Ban-tay Bigas rice watchdog group, in a joint state-ment, said Republic Act 11203 or Rice Liberaliza-tion Law has made the country “grievously food import-dependent and eons away from attain-ing self-suffi ciency and self-reliance.”

This, as Anakpaw-is Partylist leader Ari-el Casilao accused the Duterte government of “socio-economic crime against the Filipino peo-ple when it enacted Re-public Act 11203 or Rice Liberalization Law early

PHL outpacing China in rice imports decriedthis year.”

They were reacting to a report from the Unit-ed States Department of Agriculture that the Phil-ippines is set to import 3.2 metric tons this year, the biggest in the world and beating China’s 2.5 million metric tons. Phil-ippine population stands at about 104 million, while China has 1.4 bil-lion people.

Bantay Bigas spokes-person Cathy Estavil-lo said that “as we have decried repeatedly, RA 11203 will turn Filipinos into beggars of imported rice.”

“We all have wit-nessed this law cause bankruptcy to rice farm-

ers,” she said in a state-ment that also called for the scrapping of the Rice Liberalization Law.”

The statement said that the huge rice impor-tation scenario is an indi-cation of the failure of the government’s “food on the table agenda,” and that it has put “food avail-ability under the mercy of foreign countries and ac-cessibility in the hands of the private sector whose motive is profi t.”

“This is an epic fail-ure of the Duterte gov-ernment,” the statement said, adding that rice supply has been placed “under the discretion of foreign traders collud-ing with local big traders,

who will eventually dic-tate prices in the domes-tic market.”

The statement ex-pressed fears that such scenario “will hammer consumers, while dis-placing the rice-produc-ing sectors in the coun-try,” she added.

Estavillo said various groups are now signing a petition called “Petisyon ng Mamamayan para Ibasura ang RA 11203 Rice Liberalization Law” for submission to the House of Representa-tives.

Meanwhile, Casilao noted that when he was still congressman, he had opposed the Rice Liberalization Law as a

“violation of the provi-sions of the Internation-al Covenant on Econom-ic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and the United Nations Dec-laration of Human Rights (UNDHR).”

“The ICESCR and UNDHR recognize the right to adequate food as pillar of right to ade-quate standard of living,” he noted.

Casilao said “the move to liberalize the rice industry is an out-right assault to the peo-ple’s freedom to deter-mine our own nation-al food and agricultural system, as dictated by the World Trade Orga-nization–Agreement on Agriculture (WTO-AoA).”

“The 3.2 million met-ric ton rice import is equivalent to almost a quarter of the country’s rice production in 2017 and 2018. Around 86 percent of rice imports came from Thailand and Vietnam last year, at more than 1.5 million metric tons. There were also imports from India, China, Pakistan, Myan-

mar, Cambodia, Spain and Italy,” he noted.

“Rice imports eating up a signifi cant share in the gross supply in the domestic market is a bane to local rice farm-ers and synonymous to depressed farm gate prices and bankruptcy. It is what we are witness-ing now,” he said.

Casilao pushed for a nationalist and dem-ocratic rice program as expressed by House Bill 477 Rice Industry Devel-opment Act fi led by law-makers under the Maka-bayan bloc.

“The bill is aimed at attaining national food security that is based on self-suffi ciency and self-reliance, and not on rice imports. This rec-ognizes the Filipino’s right to food and securi-ty of tenure of rice farm-ers. This is a pro-Filipi-no and pro-peasant bill, a total opposite of the Rice Liberalization Law. We urge the people to support this bill as solu-tion to the chronic rice crisis in the country,” he said.

and a River Park, both completed and tested by Filipino athletes.

The Bases Conver-sion Development Au-thority (BCDA) said the materials in the main track were manufactured and installed by Polytan, which also provided the synthetic surfaces for the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil and other inter-national sports competi-tions. Polytan is a part of Sportgroup brands ded-icated to sport surfaces with the most installed running tracks globally, 350 of which are in Asia Pacifi c.

To get their state-of-the-art materials, MTD Philippines commis-sioned Filipino-owned E-Sports Internation-al, a Sportgroup distrib-utor, as a subcontrac-tor for the installation of both the competition and warm-up tracks to en-sure that both the base preparation and surface system installation met the IAAF Class 1 stan-dards, BCDA said.

“I really hope that Fil-ipino athletes can excel on these surfaces. That would really be the ic-

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see them starting to set world records or at least national records on the track,” said Shaun Goud-ie, Sportgroup Asia gen-eral manager.

To further enhance the already world-class track, MTD Philippines donated the SmarTracks digital diagnostics tech-nology, which provides accurate time registra-tion and performance analyses. The package includes 99 SmarTracks timing gates, which E-Sports International in-stalled on the stadium’s warm-up track to pick up the precise measure-ments of runners who would wear sensor belts.

“All athletes, espe-cially ours, deserve to compete on a level play-ing fi eld -- and it all starts with quality surfaces.” said Audris Romualdez, E-Sports International managing director. “We thank MTD Philippines for enlisting us as part of this endeavor.”

House Speaker and Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organiz-ing Committee chair-man Alan Peter Cay-etano along with Philip-pine Olympic Committee

president Bambol Tolen-tino and MTD Philippines president Patrick Nich-olas David formally re-ceived the IAAF certifi ca-tion on October 16.

“We demand excel-lent output from our ath-letes when they compete for world championships. But if we don’t give them a facility that they can use, how do we expect them to actually compete at the elite level?” said Patrick David of MTD Philippines, the BCDA’s partner in developing the National Government Administrative Center in New Clark City, where the stadium is located.

With the new world-class facility, Filipinos can look forward to more international sports com-petitions being hosted in the Philippines, as well as more record-breaking performances and med-als from national ath-letes.

MTD is a Malay-sia-based infrastructure conglomerate actively present in 13 countries, notably in the Saudi Ara-bia, UAE, USA, United Kingdom, Australia, In-donesia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Philippines, Chile and

China. Its Construction and Engineering division has extensive experi-ence in the development of mountain roads, high-ways, bridges, building geotechnical works, ero-sion control and highway maintenance. MTD has successfully completed, among others, the con-struction of the 36-kilo-metre South Luzon Ex-pressway in the Philip-pines.

E-Sports is a sports architecture and well-ness solutions enterprise that aims to support, em-power, and expand the culture of wellness and active living in the Phil-ippines. The compa-ny aligns itself with the world’s market leaders and innovators in the in-dustry. Together, they outfi t the Philippines’ top commercial gyms, pro-fessional teams, prop-erty developers, univer-sities, and condomini-ums. E-Sports builds high-quality, safe, and sustainable spaces of the same global quality as those used by the in-dustry’s biggest names, including the Olympics and the UEFA Champi-ons’ League.

–Ding Cervantes

tourism for its gastro-nomic experience.

“Nakaka-excite po ang lugar na ito, lahat ng wonderful dishes ng Pampanga is in one roof. This gastronomy tourism is the central part of the tourism expe-rience,” said Puyat.

“Purposely posi-tioned in Pampanga which is known as the

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Philippines, I would like to commend CDC and the local and provincial governments of Pam-panga,” Puyat added.

Kulinarya Pampanga prepared a wide array of Kapampangan heir-loom dishes from lutung ulam (main entrees) to Kapampangan des-serts and refreshments to showcase the best of Kapampangan cuisine.

“The essence of to-day’s event is the grand launch of this place called Mangan Tamu which showcases the best of Kapampan-gan cuisines. We (Culi-narya Pampanga) were tasked to present heir-loom recipes, especially Kapampangan recipes that up to now people continue to savor,” said renowned chef Sau del Rosario.

“It’s a culmination of everything, the best of Pampanga’s cuisine. Some are also gawa sa bahay (homemade),” del Rosario added.

Commercio Cen-tral’s Mangan Tamu has almost a hundred food and non-food mer-chants. Located in front of the Parade Grounds, it is open every Friday to Sunday from 5 p.m. to midnight.

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THE HOUSE that Fried Chicken Built has set shop in Bacolor, adding its signature “sarap to the bones” dish to the town’s fa-mous asado, tamales and puto seco.

On Friday, Metro Central Luzon Foods Inc. (MCLFI) opened its fi fth Max’s franchise along the Jose Abad Santos Avenue (Ga-pan-San Fernando-Olongapo Road) in Barangay Makabakle.

“We wanted to continue serving Kapampangans from all corners of the province with our ‘sarap to the bones’ chicken, which is only one of the variety of sumptuous food included in our menu and of course, complemented by the trademark hos-pitable service and relaxing ambience of the restaurant,” said MCLFI president Ma. Teresa Lau Laus.

Other Max’s Restaurant branches under the MCLFI fran-chise are located in SM City Pampanga, SM City Clark, SM City Telabastagan, and in Cabanatuan City.

The Laus matriarch dedicated the new branch’s opening to the memory of her late husband, local business magnate Levy Laus. She was joined in the opening festivities by her children, Pampanga First Lady Yolly Pineda, Mayor Diman Datu, and ex-ecutives of Max’s.

For his part, Datu thanked the Laus family for taking the Max’s franchise to his town.

“This is yet another manifestation of investor confi dence in our beloved Bacolor that shall greatly contribute to our continu-ous rising from the Mount Pinatubo devastations.”

The mayor was referencing to his town, especially in the very place where now Max’s stands, being virtually obliterated by the lahar rampages in the wake of the volcano’s eruptions.

The two-storey Max’s Bacolor has four function halls that can accommodate 300 guests.

It stands adjacent to Baic Group and Changhe Motors show-room which are also under the Laus Group conglomerate. – Bong Z. Lacson

Bacolor to the Max’s

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The staff that adds up to Max’s delightful experience.

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SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Offi ce of the Ombuds-man has dismissed three oth-er cases fi led by then Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) chairman Martin Diño against two other senior of-fi cials amidst the leadership row in the Subic agency two years ago.

In a consolidated joint res-olution approved by Ombuds-man Samuel R. Martires last June and released by his of-fi ce on October 23, the graft court cleared now SBMA chair and administrator Wilma T. Eisma and SBMA senior dep-uty administrator for support services Ramon O. Agregado of falsifi cation, usurpation of authority, conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the ser-vice, grave misconduct and

Ombudsman clears top SBMA offi cials of Diño rapsserious dishonesty.

The charges fi led by Diño were dismissed for lack of probable cause and lack of substantial evidence.

Diño, who is now under-secretary at the Department of the Interior and Local Govern-ment (DILG), fi led the cases in August and September 2017 at the height of his squabble for leadership with Eisma, who was then SBMA adminis-trator and CEO.

Diño alleged that Eis-ma usurped the power of the SBMA Board of Directors when she authorized Agrega-do to sign on her behalf term sheets for Management Ap-proved Proposals (MAPs). He also claimed that Eisma there-after issued an offi ce order to cover up Agregado’s purport-ed usurpation.

In its ruling, however, the

Ombudsman said it found no probable cause to indict the respondents for any of the

complaints fi led by the former SBMA offi cial.

“As such, it cannot be said that respondent Eisma usurped the authority of the Board when she designated respondent Agregado to sign the subject MAPs in her be-half,” the Ombudsman ruled. “It cannot likewise be said that respondent Agregado usurped the authority of re-spondent Eisma.”

As to the charge of falsifi -cation, the Ombudsman said the offi ce order issued by Eis-ma to authorize Agregado to sign the MAPs “was genuine and validly issued” and that even if the order was num-bered much later due to errors in assignment, “it does not aff ect the truthfulness of the contents thereof.”

The Ombudsman also quashed charges of grave

misconduct, conduct prejudi-cial to the best interest of the service, and serious dishon-esty, and pointed out that the complainant failed to establish that respondents violated any law, or tarnished the image or integrity of their offi ce.

Diño also “failed to sub-mit any other compelling evi-dence to eff ectively assail the genuineness and due execu-tion of (Eisma’s) offi ce order,” the resolution stated.

This was the second time that the Offi ce of the Ombuds-man dismissed charges fi led by Diño against offi cials of the Subic agency.

Last July, the anti-graft court also ruled against Diño in a complaint he fi led two years ago against fi ve senior SBMA offi cials in connection with his claim for salary as SBMA chairman.

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E d i t o r i a l

LLL Trimedia Coordinators, Inc.Publisher

General ManagerEditor

Marketing ManagerLayout

Circulation

Atty. Gener C. EndonaCaesar “Bong” LacsonJoanna Niña V. CorderoDondie B. VenturaLacson Macapagal

Business & Editorial offi ce at Unit B Essel Commercial Center,McArthur Highway, Telabastagan, City of San Fernando

Tel. No. (45) 625•0244 Cel. No. 0917•481•1416puntogitnangluzon@yahoo.com or marketing@punto.com.ph

http://www.punto.com.ph

acaesar.blogspot.com

Zona Libre Bong Z. Lacson

Opinion

Word warVICE PRESIDENT Leni Robredo has barely warmed her seat as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) and already the war against illegal drugs has just turned from violent to…well, verbal.

House Speaker Allan Peter Cayetano fi red the fi rst broadside, denigrating Robredo’s call to end drug killings as “all talk.”

“I’ve been monitoring for the last three days, and parang from ‘Operation Tokhang’, parang naging ‘Operation All-Talk’ eh. Well, nagulat ako. I guess it just so happens that the Vice President is the favorite [of the] media, or she likes media exposure,” said Cayetano.

Robredo had raised the suggestion that there might be a need to scrap Operation Tokhang, which had become contentious for the killings associated with it.

Even Robredo’s reaching out to various sectors and setting a meeting with UN offi cials for insights on winning the war against drugs did not sit well with Cayetano.

“Pag-upo pa lang, ‘UN papasukin daw, tokhang tanggalin mo, etc.’ So, it’s hard to know... why already all of these ideas and criticisms?” bitched Cayetano.

To Cayetano’s tat, the VP spokesperson’s tit.

“If Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano cannot help in the Vice President’s task, he can at least refrain from maligning,” volleyed Barry Gutierrez, Robredo’s spokesperson.

Furthered he: “The Vice President has just started with her job that was passed on to her by the President. She has not even been in offi ce for a week.”

Citing the imperative of a united stand among government agencies and offi cials in the campaign against illegal drugs, Gutierrez warned: “If we are fi ghting among ourselves this early, the drug lords will rejoice.”

Of course, it is not diffi cult to comprehend where Cayetano’s hugot against Robredo is coming from. The Vice President is one insurmountable obstacle to the co-sharing Speaker’s presidential delusions, er, ambitions, in 2022.

Or haven’t you heard of alleged fund-raising, principally through the Build, Build, Build program, already at full throttle this early for Cayetano?

MANGAN TAMU – let us eat in the Mequeni language – has opened at the Clark Freeport off ering the widest variety of Capampangan gustatory delights. It is the latest celebration of the best that the province can off er.

Indeed, Pampanga has long been celebrated – and still is – as Culinary Capital of the Philippines. Food though is but – to me – one of the three things that not only celebrate but verily defi ne the Capampangan.

At this, surfaced anew a book-in-mind conceived seven years ago but has remained in gestation.

Celebrating PampangaSUB-HEADED: Faith. Food. Fiesta. It’s a dream – grand, but hopefully, unimpossible – of encapsulating the Kapampangan character, if not the very soul, in a coff ee table book.

Faith. Sermons in stone, searing the heart, stirring the soul. So, we wrote of the churches in Pampanga in an accompanying verse to our photo exhibit Visita Iglesia in March 2012.

As much as edifi ces of faith, our centuries-old churches have become tourist attractions with the grandiosity of their façades, with the magnifi cence of their retablos, evoking in the beholder the grandest cathedrals of Europe.

It was in 1572 that the Augustinian friars planted the faith in Lubao, spreading throughout the province and up and across the expanse of the central and northern regions of Luzon.

Consecrated to St. Augustine, the Lubao parish church though damaged in the last war and in some calamities has been restored to its old glory and assumes its place among the so-called legacy churches of Pampanga.

Two of these old churches have been declared by the National Museum as National Cultural Treasures — the Sta. Monica Parish Church in Minalin in August 2011, and the St. James the Apostle Parish Church in Betis, Guagua in November 2001.

The other “churches of antiquity” attracting pilgrims and tourists alike are the Holy Rosary in Angeles City; Sta. Lucia in Sasmuan; Sta. Rita in Sta. Rita; San Guillermo in Bacolor; San Luis Gonzaga in San Luis; St. Peter the Apostle in Apalit; San Bartolome in Magalang; and the Metropolitan Cathedral in the City of San Fernando.

A brief essay on the churches – to be penned by Lord Francis Musni, foremost Kapampangan scholar on the subject – will make the most appropriate introduction to the Faith section of the book.

Food. Pampanga prides itself as the culinary capital of the Philippines. There’s just some ingredient in the Kapampangan food that distinguishes it from any other in the country, be it from the Spanish heirloom recipes for morcon and galantina to the exotic adobong camaru, betute, sisig and binulo to the ambrosiac buro.

Already, the mouth waters at the mere thought of these dishes, how much more with the photographs of Peter Alagos and Deng

Pangilinan illustrative of a most delectable essay from Robbie Tantingco!

Fiesta. The resultant mix of faith and food. Of all the provinces, arguably, Pampanga has the most towns, barrios and sitios named after saints, not to mention subdivisions and housing developments.

The feast days of the saints make joyous celebrations of thanksgiving – for good harvests, for salvation from calamities – and cause for homecomings and family reunions, necessitating grand banquets, that usually last for days – from the start of novenas, to ante-vesperas, to the day of the fi esta itself.

From there evolved festivals that celebrate each the town’s peculiarity or product.

Thus, the Giant Lantern Festival in the City of San Fernando – and the Tugak Festival and Good Friday crucifi xion rites too; the Ibon-Ebon in Candaba; Duman and Suman in Sta. Rita; Sampaguita in Lubao; Aguman Sandok in Minalin; Caragan in Mabalacat; Tigtigan, Terakan King Dalan and Sisig Festival in Angeles City.

Religious-themed festivals have remained though in Apalit with the fl uvial procession on St. Peter’s feast day; Sabuaga honouring the Virgin Mary in Sto. Tomas on Easter Sunday; Kuraldal in Sasmuan on the feast of Sta. Lucia; and Makatapak in Bacolor, as a form of purifi cation in the wake of the devastation wrought on the town by the Mount Pinatubo eruptions.

Faith. Food. Fiesta. Pampanga, but of course, is more than that.

So, I have in mind a separate section for Etcetera, in the language: At Miya-yaliwa Pa.

Eco-Tourism takes principal stage here: the Nabuclod highlands of Floridablanca with the magnifi cent view all-around. The wetlands of Candaba for bird watching. Majestic Mount Arayat and its cold springs. Mount Arayat. Miyamit Falls in Porac. Haduan Falls in Mabalacat City. Puning Hot Springs in Sapang Bato, Angeles City.

There. Celebrating Pampanga: Faith. Food. Fiesta. More than an interesting read, it is a journey through the Kapampangan character.

Time to look for some kind Kapampangan souls to make the project roll.

AND I am still looking, and hoping.

PAMUKLATAmanung Austronesayanu Ing salita da (their

language) ausan ya namang Austronesyanu. Deng pantas atin lang ausan a “Austronesian family of languages” o “Malayo-Polynesian languages.” Migit kumulang, 1,200 la ngan. Kayabe ya keng pamilyang iyan ing Tagalog, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Bicol, Kapampangan, Balinese, Achenese, Javanese, at Malay. Atin no mang ausan a “Indo-European family of languages”. Kabilang no man keng pamilyang iyan deng Spanish, English, Portuguese, Italian, French, Russian ampon

Ing kasalesayanning Kapampangan

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German. (Bellwood and Dizon 2008: 23-25. Wikipedia).

Pagumasdan ta saguli ing pamialiua da ding aduang pamilyang den:

I. Austronesian or Malayo-Polynesian

Kapampangan Dakal a salamat

Tagalog Maraming salamat Ilokano Agyamanac unayMalay Terima kasihJavanese Matur nuwumII. Indo-EuropeanEnglish: Thank youSpanish: Muchas gracias.French: Merci beaucoup. German: Danke schön. (Wikipedia)Pagumasdan ta no man

ngeni dening apat a kambal-kambal a reni:

1. The Pampangan language of the Pampangan people of Pampanga Province.

2. Ang Kapampangan ng mga Kapampangan sa Kapampangan. Language. People. Place.

3. Ing Kapampangan da ding Kapampangan king Kapampangan. Language. People. Place.

4. La lengua Pampanga de los Pampangos en Pampanga. Language. People. Place.

Keni ya mayayari ing Pamuklat. Abatan la ngeni ding tuki-tuking Kabanata.

(Abatan ya ing kasuglung)

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Halo-haloDing Cervantes

OpinionNapag-uusapanLangFelix M. Garcia

Those Messages from a GhostONE OF my most loved publications ever is titled An Unpublished Manuscript on Purgatory which in my view is one of the greatest blessings given humankind. It affi rms the existence of a place of just purgation, gives good details about how it is there, and, most importantly, tells us how it can be avoided altogether.

My interest in Purgatory revolves around two points: those who are there rely on us earthling for faster entry into Heaven, and the need to familiarize ourselves with what could be in store for us, so that we would not be too confused and shocked when we land there. Remember, the Blessed Mother had said that only a few do directly to Heaven after death; most have to be purifi ed fi rst in Purgatory.

This is assuming, of course, that we have exerted enough eff orts to make sure that Divine Mercy saves us from plunging into hell.

The publication, coming in paperback booklet, has become rare as hard copies in inexpensive brown paper as they used to be churned out by St. Paul’s. Hard copies have disappeared

on bookstore shelves for reasons I don’t know, but it can be had via Kindle at low cost. Unfortunately, at least in the Philippines, not many are even aware that Kindle exists. So, I share some most interesting excerpts from the publication for my readers.

Some introduction on the booklet: It revolves around a Church-recognized conversation in the 18th century between Sister Mary of the Cross who was then living in a convent, and the soul of another nun Sister Mary Gabriel over a number of years as God had permitted, until the latter assumed into Heaven. This provided rich information about Purgatory, as Sister Mary of the Cross satisfi ed her curiosity about the afterlife.

Here are excerpts:“It is so beautiful in Heaven. There is a great

distance between Purgatory and Heaven. We are privileged at times to catch a glimpse of the joys of the blessed in Paradise, but it is almost a punishment. It makes us yearn to see God. In Heaven, it is pure delight; in Purgatory, profound darkness.

“You do well to pray to St. Michael and to urge others to do so. One is indeed happy at the hour of death when he has had confi dence in some of the saints. They will be his protectors before God in that terrible moment.

“Yes, I suff er very much, but my greatest torment is not seeing God. It is a continuous martyrdom. It makes me suff er more than does the fi re of Purgatory. If later on you love God as He wants you to, you will experience a little of

the pining, which makes one long to be united to the object of one’s love, to Jesus.

“Yes, we sometimes see St. Joseph, but not as often as we do the Blessed Virgin.

“You must become indiff erent to everything except what is for God. Thus you will reach the height of perfection to which Jesus calls you. Mother I— did not benefi t by the Masses off ered up. Religious have no right to dispose of their goods. It is contrary to holy poverty. If you say your prayers well, the souls confi ded to your care will be benefi ted by them. God never refuses graces which are asked of Him during prayers well said.

“Have no fear of fatigue when it is a question of serving God. Sacrifi ce everything for Him.

“We do not see God in Purgatory. That would make it Heaven. When a soul seeks God, and out of pure love desires nothing else, He never lets that soul be deceived.

“Note well, that whenever a storm rages against a soul, it quietly dies down again. The devil has his agents everywhere, even in convents. No, I do not see God when He is exposed (in the Holy Eucharist), yet I am conscious of His presence like you are with the eyes of faith. Our faith, however, is very diff erent from yours. We know what God is. Always walk in the presence of God. Tell Him everything. Talk to Him as you would talk to a friend.

“Guard your interior life carefully. In order to prepare well for Holy Communion, you must love God not only before and after receiving Him but always and at all times. God desires you to think only of Him. your mind, your eyes, your tongue; that will be far more agreeable to God than corporal penances. These (corporal penances) all too often proceed from one’s own will.

“You must treat God as your Father, as a dear friend, as a beloved spouse. You must pour out all the tenderness of your heart on Jesus alone and on Him wholly and entirely. During all eternity you will sing of His infi nite mercy in your regard.

“Watch carefully over your interior life. Keep all your small troubles for Jesus alone. He is well able to make up to you for whatever He takes from you. Your life must be one of unceasing interior acts of love and of mortifi cation, but God alone must know of it. Do nothing extraordinary.”

Has AQbeen given

power of God?ITONG naging ‘viral’ sa tinatawag na

‘facebook ,’ (kabilang ang social at ‘tri-media’),

ang hinggil sa Pastor na ang hangi’y sobra,

umani ng di lang kakaunting intriga.

At ng pagbatikos din sa kapalaluan,

kung magpahayag ng imposibleng bagay

na gaya ng aniya’y kaya niyang utusan

pati ang lindol sa isang kumpas lamang.

Tulad ng tinuran nitong “Stop lindol!”

Sa akala ba ni Apollo Quiboloy,

paniniwalaan siya ng matinong

tao, na kaya nga niyang gawin iyon?

Di ko sinasabing may banto sa ulo

ang ‘talk-of- the-town’ na si pastor Apollo,

kaya niya nasabi ang bagay na ito,

pero di maganda ang dating sa tao.

Pagkat bilang pastor na tagapaghayag

nitong nilalaman ng Banal na Aklat,

marapat lamang na siya’y maging maingat

sa sinasalita upang di mapintas.

Ipagpalagay na nating kayang gawin

ni Quiboloy ang napaka-imposibleng

bagay na tanging Diyos lang ang maaaring

makagawa, bakit di agad pinigil?

At hinayaan pang itong kabuoan

halos ng Mindanao ay masalanta riyan

sa napakalakas na yugyog, kung tunay

ngang kaya niyang gawin ang naturang bagay?

Kung aniya’y isa lang na katagang “Stop”

ang lindol titigil, bakit di kaagad

pinahinto upang hindi mapahamak

ang binayo r’yan ng grabeng kalamidad?

At saka bakit ang malakas na bagyo

na palaging sa ‘tin nagdaraan dito,

di rin pigilin n’yan kung kaya nga nito

ang magpatigil ng anumang delubyo?

Kung talagang itong si Pastor Quiboloy,

‘appointed son’ nga ng ating Panginoong

(Diyos), ano’t itong problema sa ngayon

ng bansa di niya gawan ng solusyon?

Gaya kung paano niya mapahinto

ang korapsyon, at kanya ring mapatino

itong sa gobyerno natin namumuno,

na ang karamihan ay plastik ang puso.

At mas maigi na kay Quiboloy natin

iatang ang lahat ng mga tungkulin

na hawak ni Digong itong pangunahin,

pababa, nang makatipid sa gastusin.

Kasi, aanhin pa natin ang katulad

ng ipupuesto sa pinakamataas

na ‘seat of offi ce’ kung kaya rin lang lahat

nitong isang tao ang pamamalakad?

Na isang kumpas lang o ng pag-uutos

ay tatalima ang dagat at ang bundok

at itong iba pang dapat ay sumunod

kay Apollo, kaya’t medyo menos gastos.

At mahihinto na pati ang anumang

di kanaisnais at mapaminsalang

mga kalamidad sa isang kumpas lang

ay mapahinto r’yan ng nag-diyos-diyosan?!

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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Beauté-derm has opened its 94th store with its exclusive distributor BeautéHub by Beautéderm at Robinsons Starmills on Monday.

Beautéderm is nearing its comple-tion on its “Road to 100” journey as it continues to shine as one of Philip-pines top skin care company.

A store blessing and ribbon-cutting

BeautéHub by Beautéderm opens at Robinsons Starmills

Beautéderm CEO Rhea Anicoche-Tan and BeautéHub by Beautéderm distributor Jill Nepomuceno (center) lead celebrity endorsers and ambassadors during the ribbon-cutting ceremony. P,"$" '- J".## M. V.0)#1&.#"

ceremony was held to mark its grand opening together with Beautederm Corp. CEO Rhea Anicoche-Tan and several celebrity endorsers and am-bassadors.

“This store is our 94th. Pero bago matapos ang taon ay magiging 100 na sila. We are very happy na we’re get-ting bigger,” said Tan.

“And just recently we were approved by New Zealand FDA. So, we’re look-ing for a store there and luckily naman

ay worldwide na ang Beautéderm,” Tan added.

One of Beautéderm’s top distribu-tor, Jill Nepomuceno, decided to open its third BeautéHub by Beautéderm branch for its highly coveted products.

“It is very eff ective. I am using it my-self. I’ve been using Beautéderm since 2013,” said Nepomuceno. “I believe in the product.”

BeautéHub by Beautéderm’s other branches are located at Maligaya 168

shopping center and Vista Mall Pam-panga.

“San Fernando is a business-friend-ly community. Due to very high request from clients we put up three branches here in San Fernando,” said Nepomu-ceno.

Beautéhub by Beautéderm is an ex-clusive distributor of Beautéderm prod-ucts. Its Robinsons Starmills branch is open daily following mall hours from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

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CLARK FREEPORT – If the color red symbolizes love and the rose symbolizes passion, then the giant Midori Christmas tree truly represents the spirit of the Christmas season.

On Friday, the Midori Clark Hotel and Casino launched the Angels’ Dream Year 4 in time, once again, for the Yuletide Season.

The yearly tradition kicked off with the lighting of its giant “Rose-Themed” 25-foot Christ-mas tree at the hotel lobby sig-naling the start of the month-long Angels’ Dream Year 4 project and the celebration of the hotel festivities themed: A blooming whimsical holiday at Midori.

Angels’ Dream is the corpo-rate social responsibility (CSR) program of Midori Clark Hotel and Casino every Yuletide sea-son which started in 2016.

The program aims to pro-vide a Christmas celebration that is brighter and more mean-ingful and something that has always left a jolly mark in the heart of every Angel.

For this year’s campaign in order to make it bigger and merrier, 1,000 wishes from un-privileged children from com-munities in the province will be fulfi lled.

Aeta children, being the main benefi ciaries for the past years of the campaign, were joined by new angels coming from persons with disabilities, orphans, mentally-challenged, people with special needs, and also abandoned kids.

On Friday, 25 children from the new additions to Angels’

Love, passion adorn Midori Christmas treeDream pinned their wish cards on the giant Christmas tree as the highlight of the event.

Aside from the kids who’ll at-tend the Christmas tree lighting ceremony, company represen-tatives will be visiting schools and communities around the province to get the wishes of the “Angels” and to check the communities on what Midori can off er.

A few days before Christ-mas, the little angels’ dream will come true with Santa Claus visiting as the gift-giving day will take place on December 10 at the hotel lobby.

Midori Clark Hotel and Ca-sino employees, subsidiar-ies, sponsors and even guests will also make the wishes and dreams of the benefi ciaries come true.

“Now we are granting the 1,000 wishes of little angels. This is a way of giving back to the community as Midori became fruitful for the past years,” said general manager Vic Chan.

“Now, we are adding new angels in the breakthrough as we have the persons with dis-abilities, orphans and persons with special needs. We are thrilled on how our partners, employees and guests support this breakthrough,” he added.

The Angels’ Dream Year 4 is in partnership with The Gaming Beat Charity, Eagle Sky, Midori Casino, BBI Foundation, Aqua Planet, New Cyber Elite Secu-rity and Investigation Services, and Future Living Development and Construction Corp.

Chan said anyone can also be heaven-sent and be a bless-ing by giving this Christmas!

Midori Hotel GM Vic Chan helps kid pin her wish on a Christmas Tree.

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SpotlightArci Pineda

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ROMEO L. CANCIO and ANGELA

M. CANCIO who died intestate on December 21, 2000 in Angeles City and November 19, 2013 in Lubao, Pampanga, respectively, executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Total Waiver of Rights on their estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 14, Block 5 of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-27625, being a portion of the parcel of land described in TCT No. 33946, LRC (CLEO) Rec. No. 8714), situated in the Barrio of Telabastagan, Mun. of San Fernando, Province of Pampanga, before Notary Public Jose Floro P. Crisologo as per Doc No. 400, Page No. 89, Book No. 30-A, Series of 2019.

Punto! Central Luzon: October 28, November 4 & 11, 2019

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of CARLITA DUNGCA CRUZ

who died intestate on June 20, 2004 in Angeles City executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights and Deed of Donation on her estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 18-Q of the subdivision plan Psd-03-004056, being a portion of Lot 18, Block 8, (LRC) Psd-23928, LRC Rec. No. ), situated in the Barrio of Pandan, City of Angeles, before Notary Public Marcelino A. Pineda Jr. as per Doc No. 1152, Page No. 103, Book No. 8, Series of 2019.

Punto! Central Luzon: November 4, 11 & 18, 2019

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESS U P R E M E C O U R TREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

City of San Fernando, PampangaOffi ce of the Clerk of Court & Ex–Offi cio Sheriff

RURAL BANK OF PORAC(PAMPANGA), INC., Representedby LOURDES CONNIE C. TAYAG, Petitioner–Mortgagee, E.J.F. No. 74-19 ~ versus ~ Real Estate Mortgage Under Act 3135 as Amended by Act 4118 FLOREMA I. ARROZAL and herAttorney-in-Fact FLORDELITA I. ARROZAL, Respondents–Mortgagors.

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Upon extra–judicial petition for sale under Act 3135/15O8 fi led by RURAL BANK OF PORAC (PAMPANGA), INC. represented by LOURDES CONNIE C. TAYAG, mortgagee, with its postal address at Priser Bldg., Sto. Rosario St., cor. Flora Ave., Angeles City, against FLOREMA I. ARROZAL and her Attorney-in-Fact FLORDELITA I. ARROZAL, mortgagor, with postal address at Atis corner Caimito St., Hensonville Plaza Subd., Angeles City, Pampanga, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of June 7, 2019 amounts to ONE MILLION NINE HUNDRED SIXTY SIX THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR PESOS & 29/100 (iPhp1,966,374.29) excluding penalties, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned duly authorized deputy sheriff will sell at public auction on November 28, 2019 at 1O:OO A.M. or soon thereafter at the main entrance of the Regional Trial Court, Capitol Compound, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to the highest bidder for CASH or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all improvements, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 042-2010010849“ x x x A PARCEL OF LAND (LOT 33, BLK. 1 OF THE

CONS. AND SUBD. PLAN PCS-03-010184; BEING A PORTION OF CONSOLIDATED LOTS 1967-L & 1967-M, PSD-57198; LOTS B & C, BSD-035413-003338 (AR), L.R.C. REC. NO. ), SITUATED IN THE BO. OF SABANILLA & MASAMAT, MUN. OF MEXICO, PROV. OF PAMP. BOUNDED ON THE NE., ALONG LINE 1-2 BY LOT 34, BLK. 1 OF THE CONS. & SUBD. PLAN; ON THE SE., ALONG LINE 2-3 BY LOT 1967-N, PSD-57198; ON THE SW., ALONG LINE 3-4 BY LOT 32, BLK. 1, AND ON THE NW., ALONG LINE 4-1 BY ROAD LOT 8, BOTH OF THE CONS. & SUBD., PLAN. BEG. AT A PT. MARKED “1” ON PLAN X X X CONTAINING AN AREA OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY SEVEN (157) SQUARE METERS. x x x “

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 042-2010010851“ x x x A PARCEL OF LAND (LOT 32, BLK. 1 OF THE

CONS. AND SUBD. PLAN PCS-03-010184; BEING A PORTION OF CONSOLIDATED LOTS 1967-L & 1967-M, PSD-57198; LOTS B & C, BSD-035413-003338 (AR), L.R.C. REC. NO. ), SITUATED IN THE BO. OF SABANILLA & MASAMAT, MUN. OF MEXICO, PROV. OF PAMP. BOUNDED ON THE NW., ALONG LINE 1-2 BY LOT 8, ON THE NE., ALONG LINE 2-3 BY LOT 33, BLK. 1, BOTH OF THE CONS. & SUBD., PLAN. ON THE SE., ALONG LINE 3-4 BY LOT 1967-N, PSD-57198; AND ON THE SW., ALONG LINE 4-1 BY LOT 31, BLK. 1 OF THE CONS. & SUBD. PLAN. BEG. AT A PT. MARKED “1” ON PLAN X X X CONTAINING AN AREA OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY SEVEN (157) SQUARE METERS. x x x “

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 042-2010010852“ x x x A PARCEL OF LAND (LOT 31, BLK. 1 OF THE

CONS. AND SUBD. PLAN PCS-03-0101 84; BEING A PORTION OF CONSOLIDATED LOTS 1967-L & 1967-M, PSD-57198; LOTS B & C, BSD-035413-003338 (AR), L.R.C. REC. NO. ), SITUATED IN THE BO. OF SABANILLA & MASAMAT, MUN. OF MEXICO, PROV. OF PAMP. BOUNDED ON THE NE., ALONG LINE 1-2 BY LOT 32, BLK . 1 OF THE CONS. & SUBD. PLAN; ON THE SE., ALONG LINE 2-3 BY LOT 1967-N, PSD-57198; ON THE SW., ALONE LINE 3-4 BY LOT 30, BLK. 1; AND ON THE NW., ALONG LINE 4-1 BY ROAD LOT 8 BOTH OF THE CONS. & SUBD., PLAN. BEG. AT A PT. MARKED “1” ON PLAN X X X CONTAINING AN AREA OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY SEVEN (157) SQUARE METERS. x x x “

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on December 5, 2019, without further notice.

City of San Fernando, Pampanga, October 25, 2019.

PILIPINAS P. CAMBA Sheriff IV

RTC–OCC, CSF(P)

CC: 1. RURAL BANK OF PORAC (PAMPANGA), INC. - Sto. Rosario St., cor. Flora Ave., Angeles City

2. FLOREMA I. ARROZAL - Riverside Subd., Balibago, Angeles City - #1325 Jr. Diamond Subd., Balibago, Angeles City

3. FLORDELITA I. ARROZAL - Atis corner Caimito St., Hensonville Plaza Subd., Angeles City

4. FLOREMA I. ARROZAL rep. by FLORDELITA I. ARROZAL #464 G. Nepomuceno St., Bagong Silang, Cutcut, Angeles City, Pampanga

5. PUNTO CENTRAL LUZON

PUNTO! Central Luzon: November 4, 11 & 18 , 2019

Triple Treat at Robinsons StarmillsROBINSONS STARMILLS, home of the two biggest festivals in Pampanga recently held its Tree Lighting Ceremony at the ground level of Robinsons Starmill.

Together with the event is the launch of The Sinukwan Festival and the annual Giant Lantern Festival.Sinukwan Festival is a week long festival started after the tragic eruption of Mt Pinatubo in 1991, wherein

more than a thousand were killed, 1.5 million residents were displaced, while billions worth of public and private infrastructure were damaged by the avalanche of ash and volcanic debris and the mudfl ows (lahar) that fl ooded the plains. The festival is one celebration to show the resiliency of the kapampangans.

This year’s Sinukwan Festival will kick off on November 23 at Robinsons Starmills Pampanga with the opening of a trade fair showcasing the best of Kapampangan cuisine, Fashion, arts and crafts and will end on November 30 with a Street Dancing Parade and Interpretative Dance Competition to be participated by various schools in Pampanga.

The much awaited 2019 Giant Lantern Festival Competition shall be held on December 14 at 6pm at the grounds of robinsons Starmills Pampanga.

The new venue prepared by Robinsons Land Corporaiton will be able to accommodate over 100,000 spectators.

There will be 12 barangays participating in this year’s competition. There will also be nightly displays from December 15, 2019 tilll January 1,2020 (except on December

31,2019) at 630pm.In his speech City of San Fernando Pampanga Mayor Edwin D. Santiago said:”The Christmas Tree Lighting

event at robinsons Starmills has become a tradition in the Christmas Capital of the Philippines to signal the start of the Christmas Season in the City. We should thank Robinsons Starmills in bringing Christmas early to our city and for being the venue of our Giant Lantern Festival for 12 years and the Sinukwan Festival for 15 years now.

We thank them for sharing their love and blessings to the less fortunate of the Children’s of Joy foundation for an afternoon of fun, games and gift giving.

Regional Operations Manager of Robinsons Land Corporation Ms. Jodee Paulette Arroyo also added, “supporting these two big festivals in Pampanga is part of the thrust of Robinsons Land Corporaiton (RLC) in promoting cultural heritage to bring in both local and foreign tourists to the province and tfor the tradition to be passed on to the next generations.”

“I also humbly ask for the assistance of our friends from the media to help us promote these festivals especially with the forthcoming SEA Games, so the Foreign and local tourists can witness and be amazed with our own festivals.

“This is one way of sharing RLove to the people. “We also thank the city of San Fernando, the Foundaiton for Lingap Kapampangan, Inc, and the Giant

Lantern Festival Foundation for entrusting these two big events to RLC and now we can claim that we are the Home of Kapampangan Festivals, not only the Home of the Giant Lantern Festival”

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TOURISM has been consid-ered as one of the most im-portant sectors providing vast opportunities for econom-ic growth and is fundamen-tal in generating employment, boosting industry revenues, developing infrastructures, im-proving the Philippine brand of image, and increasing for-eign exchange earnings. The tourism industry is vital for the benefi ts it brings and due to its role as a commercial activ-ity that creates demand and growth for many more indus-tries. It not only contributes to-wards more economic activ-ities but also produces more employment, revenues, and even plays a substantial role in holistic socio-economic de-velopment.

The Department of Tour-ism (DOT) Regional Offi ces 1, 2, 3, and Cordillera Adminis-trative Region (CAR) together with the private sector united together in creating the North Philippines Tourism and Trav-el Expo (North Phil Expo). For years, DOT partnered with the Association of Tourism Offi cers of Central Luzon (ATOCEL) and the Philippine Exhibitions and Trade Corporation (PET-CO) in organizing this travel show that has been boosting the tourism sector of the diff er-ent regions of the country.

Included in what has be-

NORTH PHIL EXPO 2019

Tourism and jobs: A better future for allNovember 15 - 17,

10:00am to 9:00pm daily at the Event Centre in SM City Clark

come the largest tourism and travel show in the North are tourism exhibits and special events. There will be a show-case of tourism and travel des-tinations, Philippine provincial pavilions, corporate and trad-er booths, tourism estates and properties showcase, corpo-rate game shows, cultural pre-sentations, and crafts and arts demonstrations.

In addition to the usual, and in partnership with Pam-panga Agents Travel Soci-ety (PATS), contestants from diff erent schools in Northern Luzon will be participating in the North Phil Expo Quiz Bee Challenge. This feature ex-cites both contenders and viewers as it aims to magnify the importance of knowing the historical, cultural, and tourism aspects of North Philippines.

North Phil Expo is the lon-gest running travel trade be-cause of the partnership of government and private sec-tors. The expo is supported by the provinces of Aurora, Bata-an, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, Clark Development Corpora-tion, Philippine Retirement Au-thority, TIEZA, NLEX Corpo-ration, Cebu Pacifi c Air, Busi-ness Mirror, Sun Star Pam-panga and Punto Central Lu-zon . –Press release

THE CEREMONIAL lighting of the magnif-icent Christmas display signals the #Spar-klingSMallidays at SM City Tarlac on Nov. 10, 2019 which is open for viewing and photo until Jan. 5, 2019.

With the theme “Christmas Herd”, this year’s centerpiece of superworld of lights and magic is indeed a wonderful ride on the sleigh of merriment. At 32 ft. and surrounded by sparkling gold reindeers and ornaments, the Chrsitmas Tree is not only an extravagant display, but also a blissful experience. It has a tunnel of lights in the middle where shoppers may take instagrammable shots, capturing the heart both the young and the kids at heart.

The Little Steps Ballet School Dancers set the mood of a total celebratory atmosphere for the evening’s sparkling celebration. The event was graced by Vice Gov. Atty. Carli-to “Casada” David, Arvin Chua from Provin-cial Tourism Offi ce, and City Tourism Council chair Ton Sicangco.

No other than Father Christmas, Santa Claus himself joined the Christmas Launch. Along with him to make the celebration even more exciting are special guests Reese Tay-ag, a beauty vlogger, youtuber and social me-dia infl uencer, together with the rest of RFAM, Ryan and Rance Regua.

Speaking of gifts, Cesar P. Bondoc, re-gional operations manager of North 3, en-couraged shoppers to share their blessing by purchasing SM Bears of Joy where they could keep one and the other to be donated to the mall’s chosen charity.

San Pedro Chorale, a church choir in San Sebastian Cathedral Parish, Tarlac City treat-ed the audience with Christmas carols.

There was also an extravagant lightshow that majestically lit up the sky at 8pm at the

Sleigh of merriment unfolds in SM City Tarlac

East Parking Drive of SM City Tarlac. Yuletide season is fi nally here and every-

one welcomes it to their homes. Filipinos are known for having the longest Christmas cele-bration in the entire world that truly showcas-es our love for festivities and inedible seal of religiosity making us one of a kind. –PR

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTANGELES CITY

SAVIOUR RURAL BANK, INC., FC Case No. 2019-2070 Mortgagee,

-for-

-versus- APPLICATION FOR EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGEJEANETTE V. JIANORAN MALCOLM UNDER ACT NO. 3135, Mortgagor. AS AMENDED BY ACT 4118

x------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xNOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended fi led by the Mortgagee, SAVIOUR RURAL BANK, INC., with postal address at Sta. Cruz, Lubao, Pampanga against the Mortgagor, JEANETTE V. JIANORAN married to JAMES BEST MALCOLM with residence and postal address at #306 Ventura Street, Marisol Subdivision, Angeles City in order to satisfy the outstanding mortgage debt which as of July 30, 2019 amounts to FIVE MILLION SIX HUNDRED THIRTY ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THIRTEEN PESOS & 21/100 (Php 5,631,913.21), Philippine Currency, principal including interest, penalty, plus publication expenses, litigation and other expenses but excluding the attorney’s fee, all other expenses incurred in the fi ling of this foreclosure and other charges allowed by law, the undersigned Sheriff IV hereby gives notice and announces that on December 4, 2019 at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Regional Trial Court, Offi ce of the Clerk of Court, Angeles City, Pampanga located at 1st Floor, Jose Abad Santos Bldg., City Hall Compound, Pulung Maragul, Angeles City will sell at public auction for CASH and in Philippine Currency, the following parcels of land with all existing and future improvements thereon, to wit:

TCT NO. 045-2016005512A PARCEL OF LAND (LOT 17, BLOCK 12 OF THE

SUBD. PLAN PSD-46477, BEING A PORTION OF LOT 779-C, DESCRIBED ON PLAN PSD-32788, LRC CAD. REC. NO. 124), SITUATED IN THE MUN. OF ANGELES, PROV. OF PAMPANGA. BOUNDED ON THE SE., ALONG LINE 1 TO 2 BY LOT 12, BLK. 12; ALONG LINE 2 TO 3 BY LOT 16, BLK. 12; ALONG LINE 3 TO 4 BY ROAD LOT 13; AND ALONG LINE 4 TO 1 BY LOT 18, BLK. 12, ALL OF THE SUBD. PLAN. X X X CONTAINING AN AREA OF THREE HUNDRED FORTY EIGHT (348) SQUARE METERS. X X X

Prospective buyers/bidders may investigate for themselves the above-mentioned parcel/s of land for their information and protection.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on December 11, 2019 at the same time and place without further notice.

Angeles City, October 23, 2019.

RONALD A. ESPERAS Sheriff IVCopy furnished:

ACE M. VERGARAGeneral ManagerSAVIOUR RURAL BANK, INC.Saviour Bank National Road, Sta. Cruz,2005 Lubao, Pampanga

JEANETTE V. JIANORAN MALCOLMMortgagor#306 Ventura Street, Marisol Subdivision2009 Angeles City

PUNTO! Central Luzon: October 28, November 4 & 11, 2019

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of RONALDO R. CASTAÑEDA who

died intestate on February 26, 2018 in Angeles City executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights on his estate, more particularly described as parcels of land, to wit:

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 83517(One-half (½) undivided share)

Lot 1, Block 12, of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-36149, being a portion of Lot 86-B-3-C, LRC Psd-20963, LRC Cad. Record No. 124), situated in the Barrio Pandan, City of Angeles, Island of Luzon;

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 045-2011002516Lot 6-F-1, of the subdivision plan Psd-03-187526, being a

portion of Lot 6-F, Psd-03-152078, L.R.C. Rec. No. ), situated in the Barrio of Mining, City of Angeles, Island of Luzon;

before Notary Public Leila Mae M. Estabillo as per Doc No. 285, Page No. 58, Book No. 5, Series of 2019.

Punto! Central Luzon: November 4, 11 & 18, 2019

Republic of the PhilippinesProvince of Bataan

MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF ORANIMUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE

RA Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATIONIn compliance with Section 3 of RA Act No. 9048, a NOTICE is hereby

served to the public that BENJAMIN DE LEON CAPULI has fi led with this Offi ce a Petition for re: Change of First Name from “BAYANI” to “BENJAMIN” in the Birth Certifi cate of BAYANI CAPULI who was born on JANUARY 1, 1956 at ORANI, BATAAN and whose parents are JOSE CAPULI and RAQUEL DE LEON.

Any person adversely aff ected by said petition may fi le his written opposition with this Offi ce not later than November 18, 2019.

VIRGILIO S. DIONISIOMunicipal Civil Registrar

Punto! Central Luzon: November 4 & 11, 2019 issue

ERRATUMIn the Notice of Extra Judicial Settlement of Estate of deceased Eduardo

Lingat Esguerra in our October 14, 21 & 28, 2019 issues, the “Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights on his estate” should be “Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement on his estate” and “LOT : 2, Osd-035403-04960 (OLT)” should be “LOT : 2, Psd-035403-04960 (OLT)” and not as earlier published.

Punto! Central Luzon: November 11, 2019

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of JOSELITO F. HERNANDEZ who

died intestate on November 18, 2007 in Angeles City executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale on his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 9, Blk. 18, of the subdivision plan Psd-03-028713, being a portion of Lot 86-B-3-D-9, Psd-03-006412, L.R.C. Rec. No. ) with improvements thereon, situated in the Barrio of Pandan, City of Angeles and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 89881, before Notary Public Angela T. Abrea as per Doc No. 2764, Page No. 70, Book No. LXII, Series of 2019.

Punto! Central Luzon: November 11, 18 & 25, 2019

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of EUFROCINO P. GARCIA who

died intestate on November 29, 1993 in Lubao, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of Sale on his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 4, NEW-Z of the consolidation-sub plan Psd-03-01334, being a portion of Lot 4-NEW, Psu-2172, Amd.; LRC Rec. No.) situated in the Barrio of San Roque, Municipality of Lubao, Province of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 276344-R in the Register of Deeds of Pampanga, before Notary Public Miguelito S. Pama as per Doc No. 40, Page No. 9, Book No. 7, Series of 2019.

Punto! Central Luzon: November 11, 18 & 25, 2019

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of CONRADO P. ANTONIO who

died intestate on November 28, 1991 in Mabalacat City, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights and Deed of Donation on his estate, more particularly described as parcels of land with improvements thereon, to wit:

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 287800-RRegistry of Deeds for Province of Pampanga

Lot 4, Blk. 9 of the subd. plan Psd-25799, Sht. 2, being a portion of Lot 2, Blk. 9, described on plan Psd-16067, G.L.R.O. Cad. Rec. No.) situated in the Bo. of Dau, Mun. of Mabalacat, Prov. of Pamp.;

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 145443-RRegistry of Deeds for Province of Pampanga

Lot 8, Block 10 of the subd. plan Psd-25790, Sheet 2, being a portion of Lot 2, Blk. 9, described on plan Psd-16067, G.L.R.O. Cad. Rec. No.) situated in the Barrio of Dau, Mun. of Mabalacat, Province of Pampanga;

before Notary Public Anthonie K. Langit as per Doc No. 2453, Page No. 44, Book No. XLIV, Series of 2019.

Punto! Central Luzon: November 11, 18 & 25, 2019

ERRATUMIn the Notice of Self-Adjudication of the estate of deceased Spouses

Samuel Cortez and Felisa Sigua in our September 19, 26 & October 3, 2019 issues, the “Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 35668-R” should be “Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 35663-R” and not as earlier published.

Punto! Central Luzon: November 11, 2019

Republic of the PhilippinesOFFICE OF THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRY

Province of PampangaMabalacat City

NOTICE TO THE PUBLICIn compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048 a notice is hereby served to the

public that APOLINAR MARVELLA GARCIA has fi led with this Offi ce a petition for Change of First Name from “HENRY JR.”(MISPLACED) to “APOLINAR” in the birth certifi cate of HENRY MARVILLA GARCIA JR. who was born on March 08, 1959 at Mabalacat, Pampanga and whose parents are HENRY GARCIA and LILIA MARVILLA.

Any person adversely aff ected by said petition may fi le his/her written opposition with this offi ce not later than seven (7) days after the completion of the publication period.

VICTOR TERRY A. MEDINA CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR

Punto! Central Luzon:November 11 & 18, 2019

against him. He was ac-companied by the Spir-it of Love-Angeles City Chapter led by its presid-ing elder Architect Nestor Mangio.

“Nakatangap uli ako ng sulat galling pa mis-mo sa CBCP president last week. Noted lahat, puru noted lang, hindi ko na alam ang gagawin ko (I received a letter com-ing from the CBCP pres-ident himself last week. All noted, all was noted, I don’t know what I’ll do now),” said an obviously exasperated Suarez.

He said he was told by Bishop Antonio Tobi-as of Novaliches that he was already acquitted of whatever case fi led against him but he has an issue with the bish-ops and they want to dia-logue with him.

“Tapos ako mag re-quest sa sulat kung pwede ba yung dia-logue? Ito pala ang gus-to niyo dahil may issue ako sa mga bishop kaya hindi ako pag misa-mi-sahen. Alam mo ang pinadala? Bank account. Mag-donate ka na lang sabi nila. Papaano ako magdo-donate hindi ito ang usapan natin (Then I requested in a letter if we can dialogue since this is what you want because I have an issue with some

Healing priest mulls suit...F$%' *+<= 1 of the bishops and they

don’t want me to say Mass. Do you know what they sent me, a bank ac-count, I was told to just donate, but I told them how can I donate since this is not what we talked about),” he said.

“I have all the letters. I have all the correspon-dence. Isang libro na nga yan e (It’s one book already),” he added.

“Sina-psywar nila ako. Bina-ban nila kami kung saan-saan tapos lahat ng mga ito through their words huwag niyo yang iimbitahin (They use psywar campaign against me. They ban me everywhere then all of this through their words, don’t invite him),” he lamented.

“Ang sabi nila humin-gi ka ng permit kasi yung naawa ako sa mga lay. Ang nahingi naman po sa akin ng request ay mga taong may sakit (They advised me to ask for a permit because I pity the lay. The one that ask for a request are people that are sick),” he said.

Rome sojournFr. Suarez said he

went to Rome to verify if indeed a case was fi led against him there since, “they (bishops) don’t an-swer my queries.”

“So, what I did, I went to Rome. Kase ginag-

amit nila ang Rome. May kaso daw ako sa Rome ay alam ko naman na ang pinapadala ng su-lat nila sa akin, common sense, fake dahil kalian ang kanilang address ay mali, Vatican City, Italy, Europe (Because they use Rome against me. I was told I have a case in Rome when I knew that the letter they sent, com-mon sense, was fake be-cause the address was wrong, Vatican City, Italy, Europe),” he narrated.

“How could Rome make a mistake in writ-ing their address?” he asked. “And how can Rome commit a mistake under the dates they put 2015 when what we are talking about is 2018?”

“So, I was given a chance to go to the Vati-can” he said, adding that he verifi ed if there was in-deed a complaint against him but there was none.

He said he was told upon his return to the Philippines, Archbish-op Oscar Cruz has al-ready resigned. Suarez said Cruz came up with a press release that he is dying and he cannot be seen except with Arch-bishop Soc Villegas.

“It’s like a conspira-cy they are creating a mafi a,” he cried. “This is very sad, the bishop themselves know how to fake a signature.”

“Obispo pa mismo kaya nilang mag fake ng signature. Kaya nil-ang mag forge ng doc-uments para lang I sup-press kase gusto nila ako i-torture, psychologi-cal torture and gusto nila I keep on receiving ha-rassment forcing me da-hil may kaso daw ako,” Suarez said.

He said two months ago he received a text message informing him that he was already ac-quitted. But he said there was a request. The bish-ops told him where to charge the expenses they incurred on him.

“Ako ay nagbiro na lang o singilin nyo si Pope,” he said, claiming that he has all the text messages and told them that he will double the amount.

Suarez said he sent

his secretary to them so that it will fi nally bring fi -nality to the issues be-cause it was torturing him.

However, Suarez said Bishop Tobias told him that the real con-cern is the issues he had with the bishops. Suarez said that was the rea-son he wrote a letter to the CBCP last month ap-pealing his case.

In response, he said, the CBCP wrote noting everything he said.

In February 2008, then Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz banned Suarez from holding healing Mass-es in his diocese in Pan-gasinan province, citing the Catholic Church’s Congregation of the Doc-trine of the Faith, which requires a local bishop’s permission for Church-re-lated activities conducted by those who do not be-long to the diocese.

Malolos Bishop Jose Oliveros also barred Su-arez from his diocese as well as San Fernando Archbishop Florentino

“Dong” Lavarias.Published reports

quoted Cruz as saying that too many questions had hounded Suarez’s “miraculous healing,” particularly on the claims of raising people from the dead. He said only Jesus Christ could raise people from the dead.

Meanwhile, a Catho-lic priest who requested anonymity for lack of au-thority to speak in behalf of the Church said the problem with Fr. Suarez is his disobedience to his superiors in Ottawa, Canada where he was ordained.

He said Suarez must have been confused when he interpreted the intentions of the bishop as asking for donations when all they wanted was an accounting of do-nations that he got.

Suarez must have also been confused whether the money was for stipend or donation since a lot of people are donating because he has the gift of healing, he said.

PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • NOVEMBER 11 - 13, 2019 • MONDAY - WEDNESDAY

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