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Biyaheng Pinoy sulongUMAANI ng papuri ngayon

ang isa sa mga bagong salangsa Party-list na Biyaheng Pinoydahil sa patuloy ng pag-arangkada ng kampanya nitosa pagtulong sa mgakaraniwang manggagawa nglokal na transportasyon.

Ang patuloy na pagsulongng Biyaheng Pinoy ay dahil narin sa pagbibigay ngimportansiya ng grupong itosa karapatan ng mga simplengmanggagawa ng lokal natransportasyon sa ating bansa.

Sabi nga sa atin ng ilangmanggagawa ng lokal natransportasyon sa ating bansana sa wakas ay mayroon naring party-list na magsusulongng kanilang karapatan samababang kapulungan ngkongreso.

Kabilang kasi sa ipinagla-laban ng Biyaheng Pinoy aymabigyan ng sapat nabenepisyo ang mga simplengmanggagawa ng lokal natransportasyon dahilkakarampot lamang angkinikita ng mga ito.

Alam naman nating lahat na

mahalaga ang ginagampananng mga manggagawa ng lokalna transportasyon sa atingbansa dahil simula sapagpasok natin sa paaralan,opisina at kumpanya ay sila angumaagapay sa atin upangmakarating tayo ng maayos saating patutunguhan.

Isa sa pinakamaliit namanggagawa ng lokal natransportasyon sa ating bansaay ang mga barker na angkinikita sa isang araw ay hindisumasapat sa kanilang araw-araw na pamumuhay.

Kaya naisipang itatag angBiyaheng Pinoy ay upangipaglaban ang karapatan ngmga simpleng manggagawa naito ng lokal na transportasyon.

Marami ang lumahokngayon sa party-list nanagsasabing ipaglalaban nila

ang karapatan ng mga driverat iba pang manggagawa nglokal na transportasyon ngunitkung ating iisiping mabuti aywala naman silangmagandang propaganda parasa kanilang mgainirerepresentang grupo.

Kaya’t bago sana tayobumoto ng party-list sanalalapit eleksiyon ay isipinnating mabuti kung ano batalaga ang magagawa ng atingibobotong grupo namagbibigay ng tulong sa atingmga mahihirap na kababayan.

Ang Biyaheng Pinoy lamangang nakikita nating party-listna may magandang layuninkaya’t atin sanang tulunganang grupong ito na malukloksa kongreso nang sa gayon aymay mangangalaga na sakarapatan ng ating mgasimpleng kababayan napatuloy na nagdarahop sakanilang pamumuhay.

* * *Sa mga kabarangay kong

gustong makilahok sa pitak naito, maari kayong mag-email sabarangayani_isko@yahoo.com.

SA Quezon City ginagamit ng isang kandidato na pampa-pogi ang resulta ng survey na tatlong buwan ng bahaw dahilsya ang nanguna sa ubod ng lumang survey na iyon. Itolang naman ang mali tungkol sa mga surveys, ang hinditamang pag-gamit at ang pag-abuso sa resulta nito ng mgamismong kandidato.

Unang-una, hindi dapatginagamit pang-impluwensya ang mga resultang surveys, pangalawa, ha-los araw-araw nagbabagoang ‘mood’ at kaalaman ngmga botante kaya ang surveyresult noong isang linggo ayhindi na angkop sa ngayon, ano pa kaya yung tatlong buwanng luma.

Maraming mga kaso, hindi lang dito sa atin, maging saibang bansa tulad ng Amerika, na napatunayang mali angresulta ng mga surveys. Ang ibang pagkakamali pa aynagpahamak sa kampanya ng ilang kandidato.

Mataas ang respeto ko sa mga poll surveys at naniniwalaako sa scientific basis nito. Maganda naman talaga kunglalabas ang isang kandidato na nangunguna sa mga pollsurveys.

Pero responsibilidad na rin ng mga nagpapa-survey nagamitin ito sa tamang konteksto at ‘proper perspective’ ikanga. Hindi dapat ginagamit na bala laban sa kalaban athindi dapat maging basehan para panghinaan ng loob angisang kandidato.

Sa halip magamit ito para malaman mo kung ano angstrategy na dapat na gamitin para ma-i-adjust mo ang iyongkampanya ayon sa pulso ng tao base na rin sa surveyresults. Katulad ko, sa buong panahon na tumakbo akohindi pa minsan man lang na nanguna ako sa surveys,pero tuwina naman ay number one ako sa resulta nghalalan.

Ang attitude ko lagi ay dapat manalo sa eleksyon hindisa survey. Para sa akin ang mga survey result na lumalabasmalayo pa ang eleksyon ay parang warm-up lang sa basket-ball. Sa warm-up nakaka-shoot na ang mga players perohindi kasama sa score.

Sa totoong laro na, kung saan mahigpit na ang bantayanat seryoso na ang laban ibang klase na ng kampanya angkailangan at dito na lalabas ang tunay na saloobin ng mgabotante.

Sabi sa huling survey para sa mga tumatakbong Mayorng QC, hindi ako kasama sa nangunguna. Binanggit dinkung ilang porsyento lang daw ang support base ko. Peroalam ko kung bakit.

Dahil gipit sa funds ang aking kampanya, hindi ko pamaabot ang karamihan ng botante para sabihhan man langna tumatakbo ako. Dahil artista at dating myembro ng gabineteni Pangulong Arroyo ang mga kalaban ko partida na sila sapromotion.

Pero hindi ako nangangamba dahil kung ano man yungporsyento na sinabi ng survey na akin, alam ko solidongakin, dahil hindi ko binili, hindi pinilit, at hindi ipinangakolang sa akin ng mga supporters at ka-partido ko. Ito angpasasalamat ko sa mga survey results. Binibigyan nila akong mas malawak na pagbasa sa kasalukuyang sitwasyonng pulitika sa QC habang nasa warm-up stage pa.

Mag-text po kayo sa akin tungkol sa usaping ito. O kayaay sulatan nyo ako sa 2nd Floor, Council building, QuezonCity Hall o email sa: ariel.inton@gmail.com. Pwede rin angtexts sa mga numerong: globe – 09272630741 o smart –09215186724

Salamat sa survey

OKEY ba ang ginawangbabala sa publiko partikularsa mga botante ni San JuanCity Mayor JV Ejercito nangsabihin nitong huwagpaloloko sa presidentialcandidate na hindi langnagsasabing siya ang tunayna oposisyon subalitginagamit din angmahihirap sa kanyangmapanlinlang na plano sahalalan?

Mukhang okey nga angpuntos ng anak ni datingPangulong Joseph Estradana standard bearer ngPwersa ng Masang Pilipino(PMP) nang sabihin nito namismong ang kandidato aysangkot sa malalakinganomalya.

Okey na okey ba ang mga

akusasyon ni Ejercito sapresidential aspirant naaniya ay nakabalatkayo naoposisyong subalitnakikipagsabwatan sakasalukuyangadministrasyon upangmakasiguro ng kanyangpanalo sa halalan sa Mayo?

Pinakaokey na binitiwangpahayag ng local chiefexecutive ng San Juan aymatagal nang ginagamit ngkandidatong ito sapagkapangulo angmahihirap upang palakasinang kanyang kandidatura.

“Sinasabi niya na galingsiya sa mahirap na pamilyaat makamahirap siya subalitwalang pakundangan sapaggastos ng kalahatingbilyong piso sa campaign

ads lamang sa nakalipas nahuling bahagi ng 2009.Ginawa niya ito hindi panaman nagsisimula angkampanya habang angmilyon-milyong Pilipino angnagugutom,” pagdidiin niEjercito.

Okray nga namanggumagastos ng bilyong pisopara sa campaign ads angkandidato sa pagkapangulogayung milyon-milyongPinoy ang nagugutom.Makabubuti sana kungipinambili na lang ng bigasat ulam ang perangginastos.

Mas okray nga ba ang isapang presidential candidatena ang slogang ginagamitupang makakuha ngatensyon ng mga botante ay“kung walang corrupt,walang mahirap.”

Okray na okray nganamang hindi batikusin angpresidential bet na ito dahilhindi nga namanmaluluklok sakapangyarihan si PangulongGloria Macapagal Arroyokung hindi rin sila kaisa atresponsable.

Okey ba o okray ang nais

Oras ng sisihan dahil malapit na ang halalanOK o OKRAY?

Ni Lea G. Botones

ng alkalde na managot angmga opisyales ngpamahalaan sapagpupuwesto nila samagnanakaw sa gobyerno?

Okray na okray dawngayon ang pinagdaraanan

ng mga responsable saillegal na pagluluklok kayArroyo sa Malacañang dahilngayon naisip ng mga itoang kanilangpinakamalakingpagkakamali.

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THREE-WAY BATTLE IN MANILAIncumbent Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim joins the two other mayoral candidates--former Manila Mayor Lito Atienza and former Philippine National Police chief Avelino“Kuya Sonny” Razon Jr.--i in the signing of a memorandum of agreement for apeaceful and honest conduct of the local election in Manila.MARVIN BUSTOS

ACTRESS and television host Kris Aquino-Yap vowed to cam-paign harder for her brother Senator Benigno Aquino II as she ex-pressed confidence that the rating of the leading presidential candi-date will improve.

For the first time, Kris joined in the campaign sortie of Aquino inZamboanga. In an interview with reporters, Kris said admitted thatshe was worried about the tight race between her brother andNacionalista Party standard-bearer Sen. Manny Villar.

“Kaplastikan naman kung sasabihin ko na hindi ako nag-aalalasa standing nila Noy pero naniniwala ako na aangat kami muli,”Kris said.

Kris said she was supposed to have a taping yesterday but shehad it postponed upon the request of her older sister Pinky, whoasked her to go with Noynoy.

“Alam ninyo siguro napakaespesyal ng Zamboanga para sa aminkasi di ba dito nagpunta si Noy para magdasal. At dito niya nabuo angkalooban niya para tumakbo para maging presidente ng Pilipinas. Itoyung first time na sasamahan ko siya dahil nga napakaespesyal ngZamboanga para sa amin,” the controversial actress said.

As expected, fans mobbed Kris upon her arrival at the airport.

STRESSING that emer-gency powers are notneeded, Deputy SpeakerArnulfo Fuentebella saidthe creeping power outagesthreatening the country, es-pecially Mindanao, couldhave been avoided had theEPIRA law passed in 2001been faithfully imple-mented.

Fuentebella, as early as2007, as co-chair of the JointCongressional Power Com-mittee, made several presen-tations on the possibility ofpower outages by 2010.

”I made this conclusionfollowing an analysis of thepower supply demand anddependable capacities atthat point in time and pro-

jected growth demand,”Fuentebella said in his letterto Speaker Prospero C.Nograles last March 4, 2010.

Fuentebellla’s concern wasbased on the “delays in theimplementation of EPIRA”which he co-authored in 2001.The delays, he addedstemmed from the “non-per-formance of the executiveagencies tasked toimplement the Electric PowerIndustry Reform Act (EPIRA).”

To start with, Fuentebella’sletter said, the first set of ERCofficial made several errone-ous decisions that affected thedistribution utilities’ financialviability. These include theimposition of the generationrate automatic mechanism

(GRAM) and incrementalcurrency exchange rate ad-justment (ICERA) whichdisallowed the recovery offull generation costs.

”This uncertain regulatoryenvironment discouragedpotential investors from com-ing in,” Fuentebella said.

As a result, privatizationwas delayed, when itshould have been com-pleted (at least 70%) by2004. It was only in 2006and until Mr. Jose Ibazeta’sappointment in Power Sec-tor Assets and LiabilitiesManagement Corporation(PSLAM) that privatizationgained momentum,Fuentebella said.

Maricel Cruz

Solon blames ERC for power hike, brownoutsKRIS JOINS NOYNOYCAMPAIGN SORTIES

Social Security coverage forwellness center workers pushed

A party-list lawmaker is push-ing for the inclusion in the So-cial Security System (SSS) law ofwellness center employees orthose employed in beauty par-lors, barbershops, gym, spa andother fitness centers to protecttheir welfare.

Rep. Raymond Democrito C.Mendoza (Party-list, TUCP) filedHouse Bill 7024 to removewellness center workers from thedefinition of self-employed un-der the SSS law.

Mendoza said a most recentgrowth industry is the wellnesscenter industry. “These centersare a combination of beauty andgrooming salons, fitness gyms,spas, massage parlors and otherinterrelated services, the size ofwhich range from micro that arefound in small communities tolarge enterprises located in veryaffluent areas.”

According to Mendoza, thewellness industry is the breadand butter of thousands of bar-bers, beauty professionals suchas hairstylists, manicurists, make-up artists, masseuse,reflexologists, gym trainers, dieti-cians and fitness instructors whoare experts in their field.

However, these wellness work-ers’ services are merelyoutsourced by said centers. Assuch, they are not employed butare treated as independent con-tractors according to him.

”The wellness center employ-ees’ compensation is based on a“per head” basis and they earncommission from payments oftheir clients. These workers arenot required to observe officehours or report for work every dayand they are free to work on anyother wellness facility,” he ex-plained. Maricel Cruz

HERE’s goodnews for unem-ployed Filipinos: TheMetropolitan ManilaDevelopment Au-thority (MMDA)needs more workersto fill up 200 job va-cancies in its differ-ent departments.

MMDA generalmanager RobertNacianceno saidthere are job vacan-cies for road workersaged 18 to 50 yearsold and no educa-tional attainment isrequired.

However, thoseintending to apply fortraffic enforcersshould have at leasttwo years of college.

He said collegegraduates on a four-year course could beupgraded to trafficofficers who are en-titled to higher pay.

The applicantsshould go to theagency’s office onOrense Street cornerEDSA in Makati Citywith their resume sothat they could checkout what jobs wereavailable.

As for skills re-q u i r e m e n t s ,Nacianceno pointedthat the agency offersfree training so thisshould not deter un-skilled workers fromapplying.

NPC prexy dares lawyerto pursue raps vs. Ampatuans

NATIONAL Press Club (NPC)president Benny Antiporda onWednesday challenged LawyerHarry Roque Jr.,legal counsel ofthe journalists who were killedinthe Maguindanao massacre, toensure the success of the pros-ecution of the murder chargesagainst the Ampatuan family.

Ampatuan, Jr., who is theprime suspect in the gruesomekillings, is now detained at theNational Bureau of Investigation(NBI) Detention Cell in Taft Av-enue, Manila.

Roque, a professor at the Uni-versity of the Philippines (UP)College of Law and legal coun-sel to Bong Reblando, one of thevictims, is a member of the pros-ecution panel in the

Maguindanao massacre case.Antiporda, however, admon-

ished Roque to avoid “grand-standing” and instead focus onthe case.

Among the victims were thewife and two sisters of Buluan,Maguindanao Vice MayorEsmael “Toto” Mangudadatu,who were on their way to file thecertificate of candidacy (COC)for governor of Mangudadatuwhen they were killed inAmpatuan town, Maguindanaoon Nov. 23, 2009.

Quezon City Regional TrialCourt (RTC) Branch 221 Presid-ing Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes isnow hearing the petition for bailfiled by Ampatuan, Jr. through hislegal counsel Atty. Sigfrid Fortun.

THE Court of Appeals (CA) dismissed yesterday the petitionfor writ of habeas corpus filed by the relatives of the so-called“Morong 43” who were arrested by the military last month onsuspicion of being members of the communist New People’s Army(NPA).

The military said the 43 suspected communist supporters werearrested last February 6 while in possession of firearms, ammu-nition and materials in bomb-making in Morong, Rizal.

The suspects denied the accusation, saying they were healthworkers who were training for rural medical missions when theywere arrested.

Finding probable cause, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filedcriminal charges against the “Morong 43” before the MorongRegional Trial Court (RTC). They are now detained at CampCapinpin in Tanay, Rizal.

CA Associate Justice Portia Alino Hormachuelos, in dismiss-ing the habeas corpus petition, said she did not allow the “Morong43” to be released from detention because the petition shouldhave been filed before the Supreme Court (SC) and not with theAppellate Court. Ampie Galpo

CA junks petition of ‘Morong 43’

MMDAneeds 200

new workers

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Gina Pareño kumampi kay Kris Aquino

POSIBLE ngabang buhayin angtambalang NoraAunor at TirsoCruz III nasumikat noong70’s.

Ang tanong aykung tatangkilikinpa ba sila ngkanilang mgatagahanga okikiligin pa ba angmga ito sakalingmuling magtambalsa pelikula angdalawang matineeidol noongkanilang kabataan.

Nakatakdangumuwi sa Pilipinassi Nora mataposang ilang taongpamamalagi atpaninirahan saEstados Unidos.Kamakailan aynapabalitangnagtungo sa Japanang Superstarupang sumailalimsa beauty en-

hancement nasinasabing nagbigayng panibagongitsura sa ina ninaLotlot, Ian, Matet atKiko de Leon.

Mas bumata siLa Aunor matapossumailalim saenhancement ngdalawang kilalangkumpanya ngpagpapaganda saJapan.

Sa ngayon, nasaVancouver, Canadana si Ate Guy parasa kanyangnakatakdangkonsiyerto sanasabing lugar.

Ayon kay LitoSabonga, isa samga avid fans niNora, enjoy daw siAte Guy sa bawatminutong pag-staynito sa Canada.

“Hindi nagbagoang reception ngmga kababayannatin sa pagdating

ni Nora sa Canada.Lalo na ngayon nafresh na fresh anditsura ni Nora,walang masabi angmga Noranians saCanada,” aniSibonga.

Sinasabingmaraming lugar saCanada ang naispuntahan ni Nora sabuwan ng Marso.

Sa ngayon aynasa Vancouver naito, at tsakapupunta sa Alberta,isa sa mgamalalakingprobinsya ngnasabing bansa;gayundin saToronto, na siyangfinancial capital ngCanada; at panghulisa Calgary, angpinakamalakingsiyudad saprobinsya ng

Alberta.Inaasahan na sa

March 23 ay babalikna ito sa Amerikaupang dumalo saisang dinner na maykaugnayan sa 2010Green Globe Awards(GGA) kung saansiya aypaparangalan dahilsa kanyangkahanga-hangangperformance sapelikulang “Himala.”Gaganapin ang GGAsa isang hotel saLos Angeles.

Matatandaang sa

Abril aynakatakdang ngbumalik sa Pilipinasang batikang aktres.

Samantala, angnaging ka-loveteamni Nora na si TirzoCruz III o kilala satawag na Pip aykasama sa cast ngindie film na The

Red Shoes.Sa press

conference ngnaturang pelikula,hindi nito nagawangilarawan kung anoang eksaktongpapel na kanyangginagampanan.

Sinabi ngactor,mas maganda

Tambalang Guy & Pip bubuhayin? raw na kilalaninang bawat castkapag pinapanoodna ang kabuuanng pelikula nanagsimula angregular showing samga sinehalkahapon, March10.

Entry sana saCinemalaya noong2007 ang The RedShoes, pero hindiito umabot. Atngayon nga, angUnitel Productionsna ang nagpatuloyng paggawa nitowith MarvinAgustin and NikkiGil as lead stars.

Sa dami na ngpelikulang nagawani Pip, ano angmasasabi niyangkaibahan sa kanyang The RedShoes?

“Well, yun nga,I would dare tosay, it is really forthe young,” sabing veteran actor.

KALORKAYNi Yvette Lo Gin

“Hindi nagbagoang reception ng

mga kababayannatin sa pagdatingni Nora sa Canada.Lalo na ngayon nafresh na fresh and

itsura ni Nora”

NAKAKUHA ngtagapag-tanggol siKris Aquino sa mgabatikos na inaani ngQueen of Talk ukolsa kanyang actingtalent.

Sa ula na inilabang PhilippineEntertainment Portal(PEP), ipinagtanggolni Gina Pareño angco-star niya sa“Kung Tayo’yMagkakalayo” na siKris dahil sa mgapuna na “bano” rawitong umarte. Mayibang televiewers panga raw napinapatay ang TVnila dahil naiinisdaw sila sa acting niKris.

“Alam mo, youcannot pleaseeverybody.Siyempre, meronghindi maka-sa ‘yo,merong maka-sa‘yo. May kanya-kanya tayongcharacter, di ba?Lulusot ba ‘yan kayDirek? Okey namansiya. Take onenaman siya,” saadni Gina nagumaganap bilangbiyenan ni Kris saprimetime series ngABS-CBN.

Dagdag pa ngveteran actress,“Alam mo kasi siKris Aquino,pagdating saemcee, only KrisAquino. Kaisa-isa‘yan sa babae. Salalake, sina WillieRevillame at Boy

Abunda. ‘Yangtatlong ‘yan, walangmakakadikit sahosting.

“Sa actingnaman, si Kris, verynatural na bumigayng linya. Nasa roleniya yun, e. Pagdumarating siya saset, alam niya angmga linya at se-quences. Para saakin, okey namansiya. Siyempre,wala pa kami sahighlight. At sakaakala ko nung una...Hindi pa kami closemasyado, ngayonpa lang.

“Nungnapapanood ko langsiya sa TV, parangako pala siya. Pagsinabi, sinabi.Matabil din. Ako rin,ganun din, e. At thispoint in time banaman, tayo pa ba’ymagbobolahan?Millenium nangayon, pare! SiKris kasi pag gustoka niya, humandaka, pakikitaan kaniya na gusto ka

niya. Ngayon pagnagustuhan ka niya,hindi ka niyapipintasan. ‘I likethat,’ ganun. Gustoniya baguhin ka.Magaling siya, hindisiya echosera.Dapat makilala mosiya talaga. Noongsecond day, thirdday, patag na angloob ko sa kanya,”saad ni Gina saPEP.

May mga balitaring kumakalat namay gap daw sapagitan ni Kris atisa pa nilangkasama sa KungTayo’y Magkakalayona si Coco Martin.Aware ba si Gina saisyung nababaduyandaw si Kris sapananamit ni Coco?

“Saan yun? Walaakong alam,”nagtatakang sabi ngaward-winningactress. “Hindinagsasalita sa akinsi Coco. Si Kris aynapakadisentengtao, hindi namanmagsasalita yun nacheap manamit angisang tao. Edukadaang babaeng ‘yan.Hindi ganun ‘yan.

Happy kami dito saset.”

Close si Cocokay Gina mula nangmagkasama silabilang mag-lola saTayong Dalawa atsa ilang indie filmsgaya ng Serbis.

NORA AUNOR.Welcome namankay Gina angpagbabalik ngsuperstar na si NoraAunor sa showbiz atwish niya namakasama ito saproyekto.

“Oo naman!”bulalas niya.“Definitely, as indefinitely. Buti nga‘yan, makumpletotayo. Gusto kosiyempremakasama niya akosa unang pelikulanggagawin niya.”

Naniniwala basiya na makakabalikpa ang isang NoraAunor sa industriya?

“Alam mo, bastamagaling ka,magagawa mongmaibalik yun. Atkinakailangan aypanindigan mo kasitutulungan ka saTaas, di ba? At sakakung magaling ka,nandoon talagayung natural natalent mo,” saad ngmulti-awardedactress.

Ano naman angmasasabi niya sapagpaparetoke ngmukha ni Ate Guy?

“Why not? Muntikna nga akong

bata sa Bakal Boysna si Meljun “Utoy”Guinto.

“Dapat. Sa lahatng mga bata saBakal Boys, siyaang pinakamagaling.Pero lahat dunmagagaling. Salahat ng mga batadun, siya angparang DindoFernando. Yungmata, gumalaw,pansinin niyo. Anggaling ng mata ngUtoy na yun,” sabiniya.

sila sa bulsa, salikuran ng pantalon.Namumutok talaga!”natatawa niyangkuwento.

“Sabi ko kay,‘Utoy, hoy anak,ikaw ha!’ Sagot saakin, ‘Para bukas kopo ito.’ Di ba,marunongmabuhay?Siyempre, ganoonang nakalakihannila, e. Minsan langmag-Coke in can.Kung pipintasan moyun, pangit yun.Pero kunghahalukayin mo samalalim, hayaan mona. Kasi naman angtao, hindi natututobigla. Sa Lunes,tuturuan mo, saMartes perfect na.

“Alam mo,natuwa ako sakanya. Sabi ko,‘Matinggero ito!’”tawa ulit ni Gina.“Tanungin mo siUtoy, sinita konoon. Pero nungfirst, secondshooting namin,nagdadala ako ngcrackers, nauubostalaga. Kahit limangsupot o sampungsupot dala mo atihagis mo sa kanila,ubos-ubos yun!

“Si Utoy,nagpaalam pa saakin, ‘Tita, mag-uuuwi ako para sakapatid ko.’ Di ba,cute? Gusto rinniyang matikman ngmga kapatid niyaang nakakain niya.Gusto niya mag-share. Pero nungmga third day kami,may mgasotanghon, maymga noodles kami,hindi na silamasyadong nae-excite.

“Pero alam moyung kay Utoy, hindiarte, e. Very, verynatural. Sana huwagsiyang mag-last-lastna pelikula. Sanamay mga producersna kunin pa rin siya.Gusto kong umartesiya. Magaling yungbata. Outstandingkasi atribido,magaling magnakawng eksena,”kuwento ni Gina.

Gina Pareño kumampi kay Kris Aquino

magparetoke rin, e.Nag-umpisa langako agad ng serye.Inabutan na ako ngKung Tayo’yMagkakalayo.Gusto ko, e.Malandi ako, e!”tawa niya.

BAKAL BOYS.Kasama si Gina saacclaimed indie filmna Bakal Boys,kung saan nomi-nated siya bilangBest SupportingActress sa UrianAwards.

Naniniwala angaktres na dapatmasundan angpelikula ng bidang

May mga balitaring kumakalatna may gap dawsa pagitan niKris at isa panilang kasama saKung Tayo’yMagkakalayo nasi Coco Martin

Tinuruan ba niyaang mga batahabang umaarte?

“Naku,matuturuan mo ba,mga mahadero!Bago pa lang kaminoon, ang ginawa saamin ni Direk[Ralston Jover]bago mag-shoot,pinapunta ako saBaseco para mag-merienda with theboys. Dinala kamisa isang restorandun at pinakilalakami. Naku,maniwala ka, di ba,may mga Coke incan? Naglalagay

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THE King of Pop Michael Jacksontrusted his three bodyguards with his life,kids and secrets.

Jackson enjoyed spending time with hischildren, cruising the Vegas strip and evenordering fast food through a drive through,according to three of his former bodyguards.

But the men also said Jackson's lifestylewas isolated and lonely and described itas full of "stress, paranoia and pain."

In an exclusive interview with "GoodMorning America," Mike Garcia, BillWhitfield and Javon "BJ" Beard spoke outabout Jackson's secretive life, describingsome moments as just plain "sad."

For instance, when Jackson held a birth-day party for one of his children, only Jack-son, the teacher, the nanny and the threebodyguards would attend, the men said.No other children were there.

"None," the three men said.Jackson died June 25 following a lethal

cocktail of prescription drugs andpropofol. The three men said they first metthe pop star more than two years earlierin 2007.

"He's got his little doctor's mask on andhe says, 'BJ, hi, I've heard so much aboutyou. Go ahead and have a seat,'" Beardsaid.

The three men signed up for personalprotection, but the job became much more,they said. Jackson trusted them with hislife, his children and his secrets.

"We were with Michael Jackson the per-son, not the entertainer," Garcia said.

In fact, the bandages Jackson wore fre-quently in public were not concealing se-cret surgeries, Whitfield said. Instead, thesinger was using them as a disguise.

"That disguise to him was the burn vic-tim look," Whitfield said.

Although the men wondered what wasgoing on, they never asked Jackson aboutthe mask.

"He's coming down with the kids andwe can't say, 'What the hell you got on, sir?'"Beard said. "How could you tell him that?"

Prior to his death, Jackson was staginga comeback tour in London. When the fam-ily was not on the road, Jackson called arented Las Vegas mansion his home. Buthis bodyguards said the singer did notenjoy being there.

"For you and I, it's a great house…butfor security for MJ and his kids…[it's a]horrible house," Whitfield said.

The men said Jackson was always para-noid about security.

The men described Jackson as an "awe-some" dad who loved to spend time withhis children and took them to fast fooddrive-throughs for Big Macs and friedchicken. Often, Jackson would insist onordering himself, the guards said.

"The kids were constantly saying, 'I loveyou, Daddy…They were like four buddies,"Garcia said.

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Gina Pareño kumampi kay Kris Aquino

POSIBLE ngabang buhayin angtambalang NoraAunor at TirsoCruz III nasumikat noong70’s.

Ang tanong aykung tatangkilikinpa ba sila ngkanilang mgatagahanga okikiligin pa ba angmga ito sakalingmuling magtambalsa pelikula angdalawang matineeidol noongkanilang kabataan.

Nakatakdangumuwi sa Pilipinassi Nora mataposang ilang taongpamamalagi atpaninirahan saEstados Unidos.Kamakailan aynapabalitangnagtungo sa Japanang Superstarupang sumailalimsa beauty en-

hancement nasinasabing nagbigayng panibagongitsura sa ina ninaLotlot, Ian, Matet atKiko de Leon.

Mas bumata siLa Aunor matapossumailalim saenhancement ngdalawang kilalangkumpanya ngpagpapaganda saJapan.

Sa ngayon, nasaVancouver, Canadana si Ate Guy parasa kanyangnakatakdangkonsiyerto sanasabing lugar.

Ayon kay LitoSabonga, isa samga avid fans niNora, enjoy daw siAte Guy sa bawatminutong pag-staynito sa Canada.

“Hindi nagbagoang reception ngmga kababayannatin sa pagdating

ni Nora sa Canada.Lalo na ngayon nafresh na fresh anditsura ni Nora,walang masabi angmga Noranians saCanada,” aniSibonga.

Sinasabingmaraming lugar saCanada ang naispuntahan ni Nora sabuwan ng Marso.

Sa ngayon aynasa Vancouver naito, at tsakapupunta sa Alberta,isa sa mgamalalakingprobinsya ngnasabing bansa;gayundin saToronto, na siyangfinancial capital ngCanada; at panghulisa Calgary, angpinakamalakingsiyudad saprobinsya ng

Alberta.Inaasahan na sa

March 23 ay babalikna ito sa Amerikaupang dumalo saisang dinner na maykaugnayan sa 2010Green Globe Awards(GGA) kung saansiya aypaparangalan dahilsa kanyangkahanga-hangangperformance sapelikulang “Himala.”Gaganapin ang GGAsa isang hotel saLos Angeles.

Matatandaang sa

Abril aynakatakdang ngbumalik sa Pilipinasang batikang aktres.

Samantala, angnaging ka-loveteamni Nora na si TirzoCruz III o kilala satawag na Pip aykasama sa cast ngindie film na The

Red Shoes.Sa press

conference ngnaturang pelikula,hindi nito nagawangilarawan kung anoang eksaktongpapel na kanyangginagampanan.

Sinabi ngactor,mas maganda

Tambalang Guy & Pip bubuhayin? raw na kilalaninang bawat castkapag pinapanoodna ang kabuuanng pelikula nanagsimula angregular showing samga sinehalkahapon, March10.

Entry sana saCinemalaya noong2007 ang The RedShoes, pero hindiito umabot. Atngayon nga, angUnitel Productionsna ang nagpatuloyng paggawa nitowith MarvinAgustin and NikkiGil as lead stars.

Sa dami na ngpelikulang nagawani Pip, ano angmasasabi niyangkaibahan sa kanyang The RedShoes?

“Well, yun nga,I would dare tosay, it is really forthe young,” sabing veteran actor.

KALORKAYNi Yvette Lo Gin

“Hindi nagbagoang reception ng

mga kababayannatin sa pagdatingni Nora sa Canada.Lalo na ngayon nafresh na fresh and

itsura ni Nora”

NAKAKUHA ngtagapag-tanggol siKris Aquino sa mgabatikos na inaani ngQueen of Talk ukolsa kanyang actingtalent.

Sa ula na inilabang PhilippineEntertainment Portal(PEP), ipinagtanggolni Gina Pareño angco-star niya sa“Kung Tayo’yMagkakalayo” na siKris dahil sa mgapuna na “bano” rawitong umarte. Mayibang televiewers panga raw napinapatay ang TVnila dahil naiinisdaw sila sa acting niKris.

“Alam mo, youcannot pleaseeverybody.Siyempre, meronghindi maka-sa ‘yo,merong maka-sa‘yo. May kanya-kanya tayongcharacter, di ba?Lulusot ba ‘yan kayDirek? Okey namansiya. Take onenaman siya,” saadni Gina nagumaganap bilangbiyenan ni Kris saprimetime series ngABS-CBN.

Dagdag pa ngveteran actress,“Alam mo kasi siKris Aquino,pagdating saemcee, only KrisAquino. Kaisa-isa‘yan sa babae. Salalake, sina WillieRevillame at Boy

Abunda. ‘Yangtatlong ‘yan, walangmakakadikit sahosting.

“Sa actingnaman, si Kris, verynatural na bumigayng linya. Nasa roleniya yun, e. Pagdumarating siya saset, alam niya angmga linya at se-quences. Para saakin, okey namansiya. Siyempre,wala pa kami sahighlight. At sakaakala ko nung una...Hindi pa kami closemasyado, ngayonpa lang.

“Nungnapapanood ko langsiya sa TV, parangako pala siya. Pagsinabi, sinabi.Matabil din. Ako rin,ganun din, e. At thispoint in time banaman, tayo pa ba’ymagbobolahan?Millenium nangayon, pare! SiKris kasi pag gustoka niya, humandaka, pakikitaan kaniya na gusto ka

niya. Ngayon pagnagustuhan ka niya,hindi ka niyapipintasan. ‘I likethat,’ ganun. Gustoniya baguhin ka.Magaling siya, hindisiya echosera.Dapat makilala mosiya talaga. Noongsecond day, thirdday, patag na angloob ko sa kanya,”saad ni Gina saPEP.

May mga balitaring kumakalat namay gap daw sapagitan ni Kris atisa pa nilangkasama sa KungTayo’y Magkakalayona si Coco Martin.Aware ba si Gina saisyung nababaduyandaw si Kris sapananamit ni Coco?

“Saan yun? Walaakong alam,”nagtatakang sabi ngaward-winningactress. “Hindinagsasalita sa akinsi Coco. Si Kris aynapakadisentengtao, hindi namanmagsasalita yun nacheap manamit angisang tao. Edukadaang babaeng ‘yan.Hindi ganun ‘yan.

Happy kami dito saset.”

Close si Cocokay Gina mula nangmagkasama silabilang mag-lola saTayong Dalawa atsa ilang indie filmsgaya ng Serbis.

NORA AUNOR.Welcome namankay Gina angpagbabalik ngsuperstar na si NoraAunor sa showbiz atwish niya namakasama ito saproyekto.

“Oo naman!”bulalas niya.“Definitely, as indefinitely. Buti nga‘yan, makumpletotayo. Gusto kosiyempremakasama niya akosa unang pelikulanggagawin niya.”

Naniniwala basiya na makakabalikpa ang isang NoraAunor sa industriya?

“Alam mo, bastamagaling ka,magagawa mongmaibalik yun. Atkinakailangan aypanindigan mo kasitutulungan ka saTaas, di ba? At sakakung magaling ka,nandoon talagayung natural natalent mo,” saad ngmulti-awardedactress.

Ano naman angmasasabi niya sapagpaparetoke ngmukha ni Ate Guy?

“Why not? Muntikna nga akong

bata sa Bakal Boysna si Meljun “Utoy”Guinto.

“Dapat. Sa lahatng mga bata saBakal Boys, siyaang pinakamagaling.Pero lahat dunmagagaling. Salahat ng mga batadun, siya angparang DindoFernando. Yungmata, gumalaw,pansinin niyo. Anggaling ng mata ngUtoy na yun,” sabiniya.

sila sa bulsa, salikuran ng pantalon.Namumutok talaga!”natatawa niyangkuwento.

“Sabi ko kay,‘Utoy, hoy anak,ikaw ha!’ Sagot saakin, ‘Para bukas kopo ito.’ Di ba,marunongmabuhay?Siyempre, ganoonang nakalakihannila, e. Minsan langmag-Coke in can.Kung pipintasan moyun, pangit yun.Pero kunghahalukayin mo samalalim, hayaan mona. Kasi naman angtao, hindi natututobigla. Sa Lunes,tuturuan mo, saMartes perfect na.

“Alam mo,natuwa ako sakanya. Sabi ko,‘Matinggero ito!’”tawa ulit ni Gina.“Tanungin mo siUtoy, sinita konoon. Pero nungfirst, secondshooting namin,nagdadala ako ngcrackers, nauubostalaga. Kahit limangsupot o sampungsupot dala mo atihagis mo sa kanila,ubos-ubos yun!

“Si Utoy,nagpaalam pa saakin, ‘Tita, mag-uuuwi ako para sakapatid ko.’ Di ba,cute? Gusto rinniyang matikman ngmga kapatid niyaang nakakain niya.Gusto niya mag-share. Pero nungmga third day kami,may mgasotanghon, maymga noodles kami,hindi na silamasyadong nae-excite.

“Pero alam moyung kay Utoy, hindiarte, e. Very, verynatural. Sana huwagsiyang mag-last-lastna pelikula. Sanamay mga producersna kunin pa rin siya.Gusto kong umartesiya. Magaling yungbata. Outstandingkasi atribido,magaling magnakawng eksena,”kuwento ni Gina.

Gina Pareño kumampi kay Kris Aquino

magparetoke rin, e.Nag-umpisa langako agad ng serye.Inabutan na ako ngKung Tayo’yMagkakalayo.Gusto ko, e.Malandi ako, e!”tawa niya.

BAKAL BOYS.Kasama si Gina saacclaimed indie filmna Bakal Boys,kung saan nomi-nated siya bilangBest SupportingActress sa UrianAwards.

Naniniwala angaktres na dapatmasundan angpelikula ng bidang

May mga balitaring kumakalatna may gap dawsa pagitan niKris at isa panilang kasama saKung Tayo’yMagkakalayo nasi Coco Martin

Tinuruan ba niyaang mga batahabang umaarte?

“Naku,matuturuan mo ba,mga mahadero!Bago pa lang kaminoon, ang ginawa saamin ni Direk[Ralston Jover]bago mag-shoot,pinapunta ako saBaseco para mag-merienda with theboys. Dinala kamisa isang restorandun at pinakilalakami. Naku,maniwala ka, di ba,may mga Coke incan? Naglalagay

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THE King of Pop Michael Jacksontrusted his three bodyguards with his life,kids and secrets.

Jackson enjoyed spending time with hischildren, cruising the Vegas strip and evenordering fast food through a drive through,according to three of his former bodyguards.

But the men also said Jackson's lifestylewas isolated and lonely and described itas full of "stress, paranoia and pain."

In an exclusive interview with "GoodMorning America," Mike Garcia, BillWhitfield and Javon "BJ" Beard spoke outabout Jackson's secretive life, describingsome moments as just plain "sad."

For instance, when Jackson held a birth-day party for one of his children, only Jack-son, the teacher, the nanny and the threebodyguards would attend, the men said.No other children were there.

"None," the three men said.Jackson died June 25 following a lethal

cocktail of prescription drugs andpropofol. The three men said they first metthe pop star more than two years earlierin 2007.

"He's got his little doctor's mask on andhe says, 'BJ, hi, I've heard so much aboutyou. Go ahead and have a seat,'" Beardsaid.

The three men signed up for personalprotection, but the job became much more,they said. Jackson trusted them with hislife, his children and his secrets.

"We were with Michael Jackson the per-son, not the entertainer," Garcia said.

In fact, the bandages Jackson wore fre-quently in public were not concealing se-cret surgeries, Whitfield said. Instead, thesinger was using them as a disguise.

"That disguise to him was the burn vic-tim look," Whitfield said.

Although the men wondered what wasgoing on, they never asked Jackson aboutthe mask.

"He's coming down with the kids andwe can't say, 'What the hell you got on, sir?'"Beard said. "How could you tell him that?"

Prior to his death, Jackson was staginga comeback tour in London. When the fam-ily was not on the road, Jackson called arented Las Vegas mansion his home. Buthis bodyguards said the singer did notenjoy being there.

"For you and I, it's a great house…butfor security for MJ and his kids…[it's a]horrible house," Whitfield said.

The men said Jackson was always para-noid about security.

The men described Jackson as an "awe-some" dad who loved to spend time withhis children and took them to fast fooddrive-throughs for Big Macs and friedchicken. Often, Jackson would insist onordering himself, the guards said.

"The kids were constantly saying, 'I loveyou, Daddy…They were like four buddies,"Garcia said.

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Complete the grid so every row, columnand 3 x 3 box contains every digit

from 1 to 9 inclusively.

Previous puzzle solution

Ni McJoe PALAISIPAN Thelma Onego

SAGOT SA NAKARAAN

PAHALANG

1. Plano 6. Kasuutan11. Ipinaalipusta13. Dakip14. Relos15. Lisan16. Parte ng bahay17. Unlaping

panghambing18. Kulit19. Anno Domini20. Panghalip paari21. Tipo ng dugo23. Osama Bin ——

24. Depende25. Alipustahin27. Leksiyon28. Magpumilit;

Ingles29. Pangkuskos30. Katunayan32. Awit ng

pagpupuri33. Totoy

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3. Anino 4. Pampalasa 5. Ikaw 6. Pulbusin 7. Traydurin 8. Obserba 9. Kosa10. Pangkulay12. Papeles18. Malupit20. Bansa;

Ingles21. Hintayin22. Tipaklong23. Tala24. Sangkap ng

tinapay25. Lihis26. Bulong27. Talos31. Ano

VICTORIA DE MAKATI LAUNCHNew San Jose Builders, Inc. recently launched its latest property to grace theMakati skyline. Strategically located at Washington, cor. Dela Rosa St., MakatiCity. Victoria De Makati offers an electric array of residential units ranging insize from 39sqm. -60sqm. for the discriminating city dweller. Present at thelaunching ceremonies were (second from left to right): engr. Felicimo Isidoro-president, NSJBI; Ms. Norma Triumfante-head of HR, NSJBI; (Mr. MannyAgoncillo-project director, Victoria De Makati; Mr. Dan Garcia-head of sales,Victoria De Makati and Isabelle De Valenzuela.

OUR Lady of Fatima University’s College of Phar-macy was awarded seven times as Top PerformingSchool by the Philippine Regulatory Commission (PRC)for five consecutive years (Jan 2010, Jan & June2009, Jan & July 2008, July 2007 and Jan 2005).

The College admits that being a Top PerformingSchool has instilled a sense of pride among stu-dents, employees and faculty members and helpsthe College to be known as one of the best schoolsof Pharmacy in the country. Parents are secure withthe knowledge that their children are getting excel-lent education and proper training; and that theirchildren have an advantage over others in securing

a job immediately after passing the licensure exami-nations.

“The University provides students with a strongacademic curriculum and develops proficiencies indifferent areas of Pharmacy practice by offering rel-evant curricular activities,” College of Pharmacy DeanOlive de Vera said.

OLFU is keeping up with an emerging trend in thepractice of Pharmacy which is the ‘Patient-FocusedClinical Pharmacy’ which focuses on patients andconsumers purchasing medicines. With the new trend,pharmacists will be ready to inform consumers aboutthe medicine, their use and properties.

College of Pharmacy awarded top performer

Languages Internationale: Your decisive language advantageWE live in an increasingly competitive world. Glo-

balization, the Internet, and rapid advancements intechnology have all changed the rules of the game. Inorder to achieve success in your career or busi-ness, possessing a firm grasp of the English lan-guage has become an imperative, while having theability to speak a second or third language puts oneat an even greater advantage. Selecting the right partnerin language learning can therefore spell the differ-ence in getting that desired promotion or in closing amajor business deal.

Since 1965, Languages Internationale hasbeen leading the way in language education here inthe country. And the thousands that have enrolledand graduated from its courses—from English, Spanish,French, German, Italian, Mandarin to even so-calledrare languages such as Arabic and Iranian—couldnot have been wrong: proof is the success that theyhave garnered here and abroad as well as the rosterof companies, both local and multinational, that haveturned to LI to better equip their organization with the

necessary communication skills to keep them aheadof the game.

According to Mr. Raffy Pefianco of LanguagesInternationale, the secret lies in the LI Method ofInstruction developed by their founder Mrs. FannyR. Diploma, which makes use of the conversationalstyle of language learning as opposed to the morerigid, pedagogical system. “For example, we’veencountered people who come from the bestUniversities who can write in English but can-not speak it well,” Raffy relates, “And the reasonis that they don’t get to practice speaking thelanguage because they don’t have anyone toconverse with regularly.”

Moreover, the proper student to teacher ratio as wellas the length of the modules play an important part inensuring the effectivity of their programs. “Our mod-ules span 30 hours and through experience—we’ve tried it in 45 hours and other lengths in past—this has shown to be most effective. Also, the classsize is kept to 4 to 5 on average,” he shares.

Thursday, March 11 , 2010 7Our Daily BreadOur Daily BreadOur Daily BreadOur Daily BreadOur Daily Bread

You may be familiar with the list of seven deadlysins that was formulated during the sixth century:lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, vengeance, envy, and pride.But you may not know that the original list compiledduring the fourth century also included the sin ofsadness. Over the years, that emotion was omittedfrom the inventory.

Some people are blessed with a cheerful disposi-tion. They always seem to be happy. They wear aperpetual smile almost as if they were advertising tooth-paste. But then there are others who seem to be chroni-cally sad. They continually complain about life and itsburdens. And who can deny that afflictions are dis-couraging?

While we acknowledge that not everybody is blessedwith a bright outlook on life, we need to remember thatjoy is one of the gifts Jesus promised to His followers.And we need to resist any tendency to let sadness domi-nate our emotional lives.

Jesus promised His disciples on the night Judasbetrayed Him, “Your joy no one will take from you”(John 16:22). Remember that joy is the fruit of theindwelling Holy Spirit (Gal. 5:22). Let’s ask the Lordto help us look beyond our sorrowful circumstancesand encourage our hearts by the vision of joy thatawaits us (Heb. 12:2). — Vernon C. Grounds

You alone, Lord Jesus, can true joy impart,For You know the sorrow of the human heart;You came here from glory many hearts to winAnd in love for sinners suffered once for sin. —Anon.

Joy is a fruit of the Spirit that’s always in season.

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Exports grow 15-year high in JanuaryTHE Philippine merchandise

exports rose at their fastest pacein 15 years due to strong sales inelectronic products abroad, thegovernment reported yesterday.

The National Statistics Office(NSO) said exports grew by 42.5percent to $ 3.58-billion from $2.51-billion in January last year.

On a monthly basis, exportsrose by 8 percent from $ 3.312-billion.

“This is the highest year-on-year growth rate posted sinceApril 1995. Most major commod-ity groups supported this growthin January 2010,” Acting Socio-economic Planning Secretary

Augusto B. Santos said.Electronics, which accounted

for 56.8 percent of the total exportrevenue in January went up by51.2 percent to $ 2.034-billion.

Month-on-month, electronicProducts grew by 8.1 percent from$ 1.345-billion recorded in Decem-ber last year.

“The rebound in electronicproducts sustained the 40.9 per-cent increase recorded in the pre-ceding month,” Santos said.

The Semiconductor and Elec-tronics Industries in the Philip-pines Inc. is expecting electronicexports to grow by as high as 20percent for this year.

Declaration of state of calamityin Mindanao likely – NDCC

DEFENSE Secretary and Na-tional Disaster CoordinatingCouncil chairman NorbertoGonzales recommended yester-day to President Arroyo to declarea state of calamity in the entireMindanao due to the prevailingpower crisis.

Emerging from a meeting withthe Chief Executive at the NDCCoffice in Camp Aguinaldo,Gonzales said: “I think it’s reallynecessary that we declare a stateof calamity in Mindanao so weare recommending (that) to thePresident...”

He said the proposed state ofcalamity will be in effect until the

power situation “normalizes” orif the source of power in Mindanaowill be “stable.”

“The state of calamity is reallyjust authorizing the Departmentof energy to pursue certain mea-sures because we cannot get thesefrom Congress at this time becausethey’re not in session,” he said.

Gonzales said he will be inDavao to further evaluate thepower problem in the area. “We’llevaluate whether there are stillpower supply from the privatesector and we will see how wecan tap the private sector, insteadof just consuming they may be ableto help in the generation,” he said.

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Lapid visits Z GorresSen. Lito Lapid, Senate committee chairman on games, amusement and sports,visits the ailing boxer Z “The Dream” Gorres who is recuperating after slipping intocomatose following his win against Luis Melendez of Colombia. Gorres and his wifeDatches thanked Lapid for extending assistance to fallen athletes who needed helpin getting back to their normal lives. ROBERT GINES

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MOST of the fans watchingManny Pacquiao and JoshuaClottey face off this weekend willbe hoping for a spectacular knock-out.

The vast majority that theknockout will be inflicted byManny Pacquiao, and will even-tually lead to a showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr. later on inthe year.

Whether that fight ever happens will depend on a number ofdifferent factors, although the outcome of the Clottey fight is chiefamong them.

Mayweather though seems to be clearly intimidated by Pacquiao,who will have torn through two of the best welterweights in theworld if he knocks Clottey out.

This being the case Mayweather may well find some reasonnot to take the fight, knowing as he does that he is getting olderand slowing down.

There isn’t any shame in getting older and diminishing as afighter of course, its something every single man to ever lace upgloves has to face at some point.

The fact that Mayweather wants to regain his pound for poundnumber one ranking and that he seems to despise Pacquiao how-ever leads him into making all kinds of inflammatory statements.He has claimed to be the best fighter to ever have lived, accusedPacquiao of steroid use with his backhanded statements aboutextra testing, and even compared himself to the civil rights move-ment and American soldiers.

If Pacquiao tears through Clottey the same as he has withthe likes of Hatton and Cotto, then it might just be enough toconvince Mayweather to avoid the Filipino powerhouse alto-gether. Assuming he can get past Shane Mosley in May,Mayweather and Pacquiao will again be the fight everyone istalking about.

If Pacquiao struggles with Clottey, or at the very least is takento a decision by the defense minded African, then Mayweathermight be a lot more interested in the fight. A decision to the untilnow largely anonymous Clottey wont be what the fans will wantto see, but it might be the only way of securing a showdownbetween the best and second best fighter of this era.

Pacquiao can easilyKO Clottey – analysts

FILIPINO-Australian MichaelAlfio “Mike” Pennisi, erstwhileplayer for the Red Bull Team inthe Philippine Basketball Asso-ciation (PBA), is a Filipino citi-zen.

The Supreme Court has deniedthe petition of former Departmentof Justice (DOJ) Secretary Raul M.Gonzalez,et al. and affirmed theSeptember 30, 2005 decision ofthe Court of Appeals that hadfound Mike Pennisi a Filipinocitizen.

In a 16-page decision pennedby Senior Justice Antonio T.Carpio, the Court ruled “to sus-tain the Court of Appeals that theevidence presented before the[Bureau of Immigration] BI andthe DOJ….have more probativevalue and must prevail,” theCourt said.

Among the said evidence pre-sented is the certified true copy

THE PhilippineBasketball League(PBL) officials andrepresentatives onMonday are baffledover the 41-year-oldCommissioner ChinoTrinidad’s plan tostep down as PBLhead.

Trinidad earliershowed signs ofwanting to resignwhile the ongoing2010 PGFlex-ErasePlacenta Cup at TheArena, San Juan Cityis at its peak.

Trinidad report-edly said he’s think-ing of resigning fromthe PBL and considerlooking at other op-tions, even as he iswith GMA 7 as itssports anchor in theday-to-day happen-ings of boxing iconManny Pacquiao.

ChinoTrinidad

wants outof PBL?

of Mike Pennisi’s birth certificateindicating the birthplace of hismother, Anita Tomeda Quintos,as Philippines. Mike, who wasborn on March 13, 1965 inQueensland, Australia, has sinceleft the country.

Other documents show thatMike’s mother Anita is a Filipinowhen she married his fatherAustralian Alfio Pennisi. One ofthe documents is the certified truecopy of the July 14, 1999 letter ofthe Australian Department ofImmigration and MulticulturalAffairs stating that as of saiddate, Anita T. Quintos has notbeen granted Australian citizen-ship.

In 1999, Pennisi filed petitionfor recognition as Filipino citizenbefore the Bureau of Immigration(BI), which the BI granted in anorder issued the following year.

Ampie Galpo

SC upholds Filipino citizenshipof PBA cager Mike Pennisi

AGAIN, here weare in our secondnight of action in thegame of a thousandthrills held nightly atSports Valley Jai Alaiin Sta. Ana CagayanValley.

The games areshown live at localtelevision networkIBC TV Channel 13from 12:00 midnightto 1 a.m.

Seeing action inthis game are 10pelotaris belonging toSenior B Category.They are:1-Eduardo,2-Madrigal, 3-Alex*,4-Benavente, 5-Jaime,6-Zabala* 7-Ronron, 8-Richard, 9-sandoval,10-Jonathan* Reservesare: Cunanan andFernandez.

Last night, youhave witnessed thegames comprises ofour Senior A pelotaris.Our line-up last nightare: Merson, Fernan-dez, Gorostola*,Daniel, Ugarte*,Estipona, Arkiaga*,Eric, Gingone andSolaun.* Those withasterisks are Spanishpelotaris.

Senior Bpelotaris

take centerstage