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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO –“The worst violation of alllaws governing environ-

mental protection.”

RODRIGUEZ SCORED ANEW

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CSF dumpsite consists‘worst violation of laws’

So charged Alfonso“Sonny” Dobles, head ofthe environment commit-tee of the Advocacy for theDevelopmnent of CentralLuzon, of the city govern-ment of San Fernando forits “continuing operation ofits open dumpsite” in

Barangay Lara.This developed even as

San Fernando AuxiliaryBishop Pablo Virgilio Dav-id renewed his call forMayor Oscar Rodriguez tostop denying the dump-site.

ISSUE OF THE DAY. To show the currency of thepictures, environmentalist Sonny Dobles holds Feb.11-12 Punto issue by a creek running through thedumpsite which imperils the aquifer with leaching.

PHOTOS BY BONG LACSON

STILL AT IT. A dump truck unloads non-segregated waste at the City of San Fernando open dumpsite in Barangay Lara.

BY JOEY PAVIA

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – “Don’t just be a moth-er but a governor as well invoking political will toaddress the garbage mess in Pampanga.”

Thus said environmentalist Sonny Dobles as heurged Governor Lilia “Nanay Baby” Pineda to closeall illegal dumpsites in Pampanga following the fail-ure of mayors and barangay captains to follow theprovisions set by the Ecological Solid Waste Man-agement Act, otherwise known as Republic Act9003.

“It’s not just taking care of the people like ahardworking mother. But she should deal with thegarbage problem like a determined public official

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BY DING CERVANTES

CLARK FREEPORT –Two down, three more togo.

The arrest of theDominguez brothers re-cently and the leader andmembers of the Bonifaciogroup in August last year PAGE 6 PLEASE

Cops targeting 3 more carnap groups in CLmay have neutralized theircarnapping operations,but three other groups alsobased in Central Luzonhave yet to be dismantled.

This was what CentralLuzon police director ChiefSupt. Alan Purisima re-ported during the recentpeace and order summit

attended here recently byall governors of his region’sseven provinces, as wellas other local governmentofficials who signed cove-nant to unite effortsagainst criminality.

This, even as Purisimanoted that brothers Rogerand Raymond Dominguez,

identified as the leaders ofthe Dominguez carnappinggroup, have been knownas capable of continuingoperations even when theyare behind bars.

The two are alreadyunder police custody afterRoger was collared by the

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LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS –Maraming nagtatalumpati angkinaiinipang matapos, ngunitito’y taliwas kapag ang 89-taonggulang na dating gobernador ngBulacan na si Tomas Martin angnagtalumpati.

Pinananabikan ang bawatsalitang namumutawi sa kan-yang labi at ang bawat nakikinigsa kanya halos gumulong sakatatawa.

Ito ay dahil hindi pa rin ku-mukupas ang kanyang galing sapagtatalumpati kung saan aymasasalamin ang kanyang mganapapanahong komento atpananaw.

Ang kagalingang ito ng dat-ing gobernador ay muling ipina-malas noong Pebrero 3, Hu-webes sa bakuran ng kapitolyokung saan ay isinagawa angpaggunita sa ika-84 nakaarawan ng yumaong datingSenador Blas F. Ople, na katu-lad ni Martin at ng kasalukuy-ang Gob. Wilhelmino Alvarado aynagmula sa bayan ng Hagonoy.

“Bago ako magtapos sa ak-ing mensahe,” bungad ni Martinsa kanyang talumpati na tinugonng tawanan at palakpakan ngmga tagapakinig.

Ito ay pasimula lamang ngkanyang talumpating umabot nghalos 16 na minuto, na ang ba-wat pangungusap ay umaliw sakanyang mga tagapakinig.

Ngunit ang mensahe ni Mar-tin ay hindi lamang nagpatawasa kanyang mga tagapakinig saaraw na iyon.

Ang totoo, makahuluganngunit simple ang kamyang ta-lumpati kung saan mababakasang kanyang malawak napananaw na naka-ugnay sakasalukuyang panahon.

“Ibang klase talaga, magal-ing,” ani Provincial Administra-tor Jim Valerio.

Simple ang basehan ng pa-ghanga ni Valerio kay Martin naipinakilala ni Bokal Felix Oplebilang “Pilosopo Tasyo” ngHagonoy.

Ito ay dahil sa walang kini-kilingan ang pananalita ni Mar-tin kung saan maging ang mgataong nag-imbita sa kanya ayhindi niya pinangilagang ba-tikusin.

Ngunit dito mababakas angpagiging henyo ni Martin sa pag-

TOMAS MARTIN: Henyo at ‘Pilosopo Tasyo’ ng Hagonoy

Inilarawan ni Bokal Felix Ople (kaliwa) bilang “Pilosopo Tasyo” ng Hagonoy si datingBulacan Governor Tomas Martin (gitna) dahil sa kanyang matalas at malalim na pananawat nakatutuwang mga talumpati. Kasama nila sa larawan ang beteranong mamamayahayagna si Ben Gamos (kanan) na kilala sa pagiging masiste at itinuturing din bilang alamat sapamamahayag sa Gitnang Luzon. KUHA NI DINO BALABO

tatalumpati dahil na rin sa ha-bang bumabatikos siya ay tawapa ng tawa ang taong kanyangpinatutungkulan.

Isa rito ay ang pamunuan ngProvincial Youth, Sports, Educa-tion Arts and Culture Office (PY-SEACO).

“Hanggang dito na lang angpagsasalita ko, nagugutom naako dahil hindi pa ko kumakain,”ani ng dating gobernador dahilna rin sa bago magsimula angpalatuntunang itinakda sa ganapna alas-8 ng umaga ay nandoonna siya, ngunit ang palatuntunanay nagsimula pasado alas-9 atng magtalumpati siya ay halosalas 10 na ng umaga.

Sa edad na 89, si Martin aymaagang kumakain ng agahan,ngunit hindi siya nakapag-aga-han noong araw na iyon dahilmaaga niyang nilisan ang kan-yang bahay sa Hagonoy upangmakarating sa takdang oras sakapitolyo.

Maging si Gob. Alvarado ayhindi rin nakaligtas sa matalasngunit nakakaaliw na komen-taryo ni Martin.

“Wala ba kayong napapansinkay Gob. Alvarado, nananaba,”ani Martin na tinugon ng mala-kas na tawanan.

Ngunit mas malakas angsumunod na tawanangumugong ng bitiwan niya angmga katagang “kakakain ngwalang bayad” na maging si Al-varado at napatawa ng malakas.

Sa kanyang talumpati, sina-bi Martin na hindi niya matawagna “Ka Blas” si Ople dahil masmatanda siya sa dating sena-dor, ngunit “mas mukha namansiyang matanda sa akin.”

Bilang kababayan, ipinag-malaki niya si Ople na isanghuwarang lingkod bayan at hin-di nabahiran ng anomalya dahilsa tapat na paglilingkod.

Pinatunayan din ng datinggobernador na siya ay lagingnakasubaybay sa mga balita ngsabihin niya na si Ople ay dikatulad ng ibang opisyal ng go-byerno na matapos ang paglil-ingkod ay nababalitang may in-iuwing “pabaon” patungkol samga akusasyon sa mga hener-al na kumuha ng pondo ng pam-ahalaan.

“Yung iba, kapag umalis sagobyerno ay tiyak na may pab-aon, mayroon pang naglalaki-hang oto (sasakyan),” ani Mar-

tin at pabirong binalingan si Al-varado.

“Pero kapag si Willy ang na-katapos sa panunugkulan, hin-di lang oto sasakyan paalis ngkapitolyo, baka eroplano pa,”aniya na muli ay tinugon ngtawanan.

Agad din niyang sinalo angkanyang pahayag na hindimangyayari iyon dahil sa “na-niniwala ako na tapat sa paglil-ingkod si Willy.”

Nakahalintulad din ng isangpropeta ang sumunod na pahay-ag ni Martin na, “at matataposnito ang siyam na taong termi-no, hindi pa ipinapanganak angtatalo kay Alvarado, siyam nataon ninyong magiging goberna-dor si Willy.”

Binanggit rin niya ang kan-yang tanging kahilingan pa-tungkol kay Alvarado,” hiling kolang ay buhay pa ako sa pag-tatapos ni Willy ng siyam nataon bilang gobernador.”

Sa edad na 89 na taong gu-lang, muli ay kanyang binanggitang lihim ng kanyang mahabangbuhay, “wala akong planongmamatay at hindi ako nangura-kot.”

Sa kanyang pagtatalumpati,inaliw din niya ang kanyang mgatagapakinig sa paglingon sanagdaang panahon.

“Noong una akong kumandi-

datong Bokal, tinukso ako ngmga bata sa San Ildefonso na“kalbo, kalbo, kalbo” dahil akoay kalbo, pero sabi ko sa kanilabaligtarin ang kalbo at ibotoakong Bokal,” ani Martin.

Ikinuwento rin niya na noongdekada 50 ay dalawa lamang angBokal sa lalawigan, ngunit ngay-on ay” sampu na, may kasamapang tatlong Hudyo,” patungkolsa mga kinatawan ng mga Kap-itan ng Barangay, Konsehal ngmga bayan at lungsod, Sanggu-niang Kabataan sa SangguniangPanlalawigan (SP).

Ang tatlong huling posisyonng mga kinatawan ay karagda-gan sa 10 regular na posisyonng Bokal sa SP. Ang mga ito aytinatawag ding “ex-officio mem-bers.”

Ayon kay Martin, noong siyaay Bokal, P25 lamang ang ka-nilang tinatanggap mula sa kap-itolyo sa bawat sesyon.

Dalawa ang sesyon nilanoon bawat linggo, kaya’t P50ang kanilang tinatanggap bawatlinggo at P200 bawat buwan naayon sa kanya ay “kulang pangpamasahe ngayon.”

Sa kanyang paghahayag ngkalagayang ito ay pinasaringanniya ang mga kasalukuyangBokal sa SP kung saan ang ilanay napabalitang humihingi ngmalaking halaga sa gobernador

na diumano ay gagamitin ngmga Bokal bilang “communitydevelopment fund.”

Ayon kay Martin, ang paglil-ingkod sa pamahalaan sa kan-yang panahon ay nangangahu-lugan ng sakripisyo, ngunitngayon ay iba na at ayon sa il-ang tagamasid, ito ay isa nangnegosyo.

“Noong panahon namin,kapag umakyat ka sa kapitolyong naka-de-ilo, pagbaba mo aynaka-karsunsilyo ka na lang,”ani Martin.

Si Martin ay nagtapos ngabogasya sa Ateneo de ManilaUniversity at sa murang edad aynahalal na Bokal noong 1950kasama ni dating Gob. AlejoSantos at yumaong Bokal Mag-tanggol Guigundo.

Noong 1954, nahalal siya bi-lang senior board member at pi-nalitan si Santos noong 1957bilang gobernador matapositong italaga sa War ReparationCommission.

Noong 1958 nahalal si Mar-tin bilang unang gobernador nanagmula sa bayan ng Hagonoy,matapos talunin si dating Kina-tawan Erasmo Cruz ng Bocaue.

Noong 1961, tinalo si Martinni Jose Villarama ng Guiguintosa labanan bilang gobernador, atmula noon ay hindi na siya nag-balik sa pulitika.

BY DING CERVANTES

MARIVELES, Bataan – Adventurers fromthe Ayala Mountaineering Club Inc. (AMCI)and their local counterparts said they have“rediscovered” the potential of the historicMt. Tarak Ridge in this town as a majorattraction for its “unusual beauty.”

This town’s Mayor Jesse Concepcion,himself a mountain climber, said asidefrom its unique environment for having coldweather and crystal-clear waterfalls, Mt.Tarak Ridge is 1,288 meters high abovesea level and afford a panoramic view that

includes skyscrapers of Metro Manila.“The ridge is also historically signifi-

cant as one of the fiercest battles duringWorld War II was fought there,” he alsosaid.

“Standing at the peak of Mt. TarakRidge is exhilarating as you could seethe whole view of Bataan, Manila Bay andthe tall buildings in Metro Manila. Thisplace is unique in our country,” Concep-cion said.

Businessman and mountain climberDennis Cuarto, who led recently themountain climbing all the way to the Tar-

Trekkers rediscover historic ridge of virgin forest, waterfallsak Ridge, also cited the ridge’s virgin for-est and cold environment. He said heplans to hold the first Tarak peak tradefair in the area this April to promote thearea for tourism.

Recently in the virgin forest of theridge, an American and Japanese expe-dition led by American national SpikeNasmyth found the wreckage of a WorldWar II Japanese Tora-Tora bomber planeand the skeletal remains of its pilot whoengaged in a historic dogfight with anAmerican aviator during World War II.

The skeletal remains were later iden-

tified to be that of Sgt. Toshishada Kuru-sawa whose relatives later flew into thecountry to get the remains.

The remains of the Japanese pilot wasonly accidentally discovered by the ex-peditionary group which was actuallysearching for the remains of Americanpilot 2nd Lt. Earl Stone who was con-firmed to have been killed in the dogfightwith Japanese forces on Feb. 9, 1942.

The discovery confirmed historicalaccounts that the area was the site of afierce airborne battle between Japaneseand American forces in the last world war.

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LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS –Walang nilabag na batas angkapitolyo sa pagsisinop ng mgainabandonang bloke ng tea rosemarble sa bayan ng San Miguelat ang akusasyon sa pagsisinopnito ay may bahid pulitika.

Ito ang buod ng pahayag ngkapitolyo kaugnay ng inihaingreklamong Abuse of Authority saOffice of the President at Om-budsman laban kay Gob. Wil-helmino Alvarado dahil sa pag-lilipat ng mga inabandonangbloke ng marmol mula sa Baran-gay Sibul, San Miguel patungosa Provincial Engineer’s Office(PEO), Barangay Tabang,Guiguinto noong Oktubre 20 at21, 2010.

Ang mga nasabing bloke ngmarmol na tinatayang nagkaka-halaga ng P1.5-milyon ay hina-kot ng kapitolyo at pansaman-talang isinailalim sa kanilangpangangalaga at upang masig-uro ang kaligtasan ng mgamamamayan matapos itongabandonahin sa lansangan ngBarangay Sibul sa San Miguelnoong 2008.

“Ang pagkuha sa mga naka-hambalang na marmol ay ayon

‘Akusasyon sa pagsisinop ng marmol, pulitika lang’ANI ALVARADO:

sa batas yamang ayon sa Lo-cal Government Code Section465 at Section 16 ay pinahihin-tulutan ang Punong Lalawiganna gumamit ng police powerupang maiwasan ang posiblengkapahamakan at panganib sabuhay at ari-arian ng mga resi-denteng nasasakupan nito,” aniAlvarado.

Sa kanyang counter-affidavit,ipinaliwanag niya na hindi nakailangan pang kumuha ng OreTransport Permit (OTP) ng Pam-ahalaang Panlalawigan dahilnakasaad sa DENR [Depart-ment of Environment and Natu-ral Resources] AdministrativeOrder No. 96-40 Series of 1996:Revised Implementing Rulesand Regulation of The PhilippineMining Act of 1995 na tangingmga permit holders, contractors,accredited traders, retailers, pro-cessors at iba pang miningrights holders ang kinakailanga-ng kumuha ng OTP mula sa re-gional director ng DENR.

“The transfer of marbles toPEO by the Bulacan Environ-ment and Natural ResourcesOffice (BENRO) does not requirethe securing from the DENR ofan OTP. Needless to say, theBENRO is not in any manner

engaged in mining activity,” aniAlvarado.

Kaugnay ng isyu sa OTP,ipinaalam din ni Alvarado na bagoang paglilipat, nakipag-ugnayanang BENRO sa DENR anupa’ttumugon si Provincial Environ-ment and Natural ResourcesOfficer Elizardo Alberto sa isangsulat noong Oktubre 8, 2010 nanagsasaad na hindi na kailan-gan pa ng transport permit ngBENRO yamang ang mga ito ayabandonado at walang idinek-

larang nagmamay-ari.Bukod dito, nilinaw pa ni Al-

varado na “properly document-ed and accounted ang pagkilosna ginawa ng BENRO” kungsaan mayroong inspection teamna binubuo ng mga kinatawanmula sa PENRO, BENRO, puli-sya, media at iba pang NGOsna nakibahagi sa imbestigasy-on at inspeksyon ng mga ito.

Ayon naman kay AbogadoRustico de Belen, pinuno ngBENRO na batay sa resulta nginspekyon, mahigit dalawangtaon nang nakakasagabal angmga abandonadong marmolkung kaya’t nararapat lamang nasinupin ang mga ito upangmaprotektahan ang kaligtasanng mga naninirahan doon.

“Sinunod namin ang lahat ngitinagubilin ng batas kung kayawalang basehan ang inihaingreklamo,” ani De Belen.

Sinabi pa ni Alvarado na pat-uloy pa rin niyang isusulong angkapakanan ng mga Bulakenyoat susugpuin ang mga iligal natransaksyon sa kabila ng mgahamon at isyu na kinakaharapng lalawigan.

Nagpahiwatig pa ang guber-nador na malaki ang posibilidadna pulitika ang layunin sa likod

ng pagsasampa ng demanda sakanya.

“May mga taong hindi ma-tanggap na ang ating pamama-hala ngayon sa Bulacan ay tu-mutugon sa mga bagay na hin-di nila natugunan sa nagdaangpanahon katulad ng pagpapatigilsa illegal na pagmimina,” ani nggobernador.

Iginiit pa niya na “napakaa-ga namang akusasyon nito, ha-los pitong buwan pa lang ako sapuwesto.”

Hindi man niya tinukoy angpulitikong hinihinhalang nasalikod ang pagsasampa ng de-manda sa kanya, tiniyak namanni Alvarado na hindi na rinmakapagmimina ang nasabingpulitiko at mga kaalyado nitokung hindi susunod sa batas.

Sinabi pa ng gobernador nailang marble processor ang nag-kumpisal sa kanya na sila ayinudyukan ng isang pulitiko salalawigan na kasuhan si Alvara-do, at kung hindi ay hindi namakakaakyat sa bundok atmakapagmina.

“Sabi ko doon sa processorna sabihin sa nag-udyok sa kan-ya na kasuhan ako na hindi narin makakapagmina ang nag-udyok sa kanya,” ani Alvarado.

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“THAT’S VERY politics.”I remember the ungrammatical rant of the once-and-forever-future

mayor of Mexico fondly monikered “Tigas” over a phone patch ondwRW appending political motives to the allegations of graft exposedby his then vice mayor.

And I remember once writing on that subject too in the defunctPampanga News circa 2006 thus:

Politically motivated: the omnibus catch phrase that hasbecome a convenient and uniform, albeit foolhardy, escape clauseofficials haled to the Ombudsman or the courts on charges ofgraft and corruption.

Politically motivated, in thus mintage, makes a mockery ofreason, if not a negation of logic. For it seeks to compensate withtrivialized emotions what it sorely lacks in intellectual discourse,opting for high drama over cold reason.

So rather than reasoned arguments to disprove the chargesagainst them, the accused resort to all means of (ir)rationalizationsthat comprise the body of Material Fallacies of Reasoning anystudent of my day learned in Philosophy 101…

Deconstructing Oca

No, City of San Fernando Mayor Oscar S.Rodriguez has not been haled to the Ombudsmanor to any court. Not yet, anyway.

No, neither graft nor corruption has ever beenalleged against Rodriguez. Not yet, anyway.

But already, Rodriguez is going the way ofMayorTigas and other politicos in dire strait, withhim in effect invoking political motivation for cryingout loud “Demolition!” This in the face of mediaexposés – principally, if not solely Punto’s – onthe continuing operation of his city’s opendumpsite in Barangay Lara, putting the lie toRodriguez’s obstinate claim that he had orderedits closure soon as he sat as mayor.

“A bit too early as it is still far from 2013.” Sowas Rodriguez quoted by Sun-Star Pampangaas having said “in a jest” of the “attacks by somesectors, including some members of media.”

“The demolition job is there. Palagi namaniyan sa politika. Iyung mga kaibigan natin nanagiging instrumento ng mga ganyangdemolition, eh ngitian pa rin natin. Mga kaibiganyan (That’s a constant in politics. We will stillsmile to our friends who are being used asdemolition instruments. They remain our friends).So was again Rodriguez quoted as having saidthat with laughter.

It was no laughing matter, not even put-onsmiles, though when Rodriguez castigated once-editor-now-columnist-for-five-newspapers AshleyManabat in a call on his office.

“Bala yu galang e da kayu alben Bong kengTV? Nanu sasabyan yung e na ku puedeng tagalgobernador uling maina na ku? (You thought I didnot watch you and Bong on TV? So why wereyou and Bong saying on TV that I could not runfor governor?)” So Manabat related to me hisencounter with Rodriguez.

“I told the mayor henceforth I would report thathe is stronger than a carabao but his very gravemien bordering on controlled rage, did not relax abit.” So Manabat told me.

Laughing on the outside. Raging on the inside.And Rodriguez could have raged all the morewhen his allegations of the “demolition job” putout on him exploded in his very face.

So we ran photographs of a fully operatingBarangay Lara dumpsite – unsegregated garbageby the truckful dumped right there with scavengersthemselves doing the messy, stinking recoveryof whatever can still be used or sold.

No dumpsite but a “residual waste storage”so Rodriguez responded, averring that “SanFernando has the most proper practice ofdisposing residual waste because we already have

a structure. We are just waiting for our partnerfirm to collect enough residual waste that can betransformed into energy or electricity.”

(In a subsequent story, bannered in our Feb.11-12 issue, a self-conflicted Rodriguez blamedthat “partner firm,” Spectrum Blue Steel Corp. forthe delay of the biosphere facility which shouldhave operated last year. “Properly reprimanded”Rodriguez said of the firm).

Woe unto Rodriguez though, there is the MostRev. Pablo Virgilio David, auxiliary bishop of SanFernando, to admonish him: “Don’t deny thedumpsite.”

The pictures Punto published clearly showedthat “it is a dumpsite,” Among Ambo said in aninterview. And there is no such thing as “residualwaste storage” in Republic Act 9003 or theEcological Solid Waste Management Act of 2001,the prelate hastened to add. So what wasRodriguez saying?

Now, will Rodriguez simply shrug off – as hewas reported to have done with our exposés here– these pronouncements of the highly respectedAmong Ambo as “early demolition job by criticsof his administration”?

If I may, there is no demolition job onRodriguez. Rather he is in the process of beingdeconstructed. Not by anyone other than himself.

Anyone who has read Punto these past fewdays, moreso anyone who has passed by thatstretch of the FVR Megadike in Barangay Lara,is witness to the lie in Rodriguez’s claims of anon-existent dumpsite there.

As an environmentalist said: If it looks like adumpsite with all those heaps of mixed garbage,if it is infested with flies, rats and scavengers alikelike a dumpsite, if it stinks like a dumpsite, then,by God!, it cannot be a residual waste storage –whatever that means, it can only be a dumpsite.

By attempting to reconstruct an illegal opendumpsite into the euphemistic “residual wastestorage,” Rodriguez has only succeeded indeconstructing himself as a living monument togood governance, and – Yes! – in unwittinglydemolishing that farce of performance governancesystem (PGS) in things environmental.

The cascading effects to the people of thechainsaw massacre of the trees along MacArthurHighway, the city’s industrial wastes devastatingthe fishing industry in Macabebe, and the opendumpsite of Lara serving as indubitabletestaments to PGS failure.

Or maybe, just maybe, the City of SanFernando experience morphed a new – and fitter– meaning to the PGS – perpetual garbage site.

Stop babying...THEY’RE EVERYWHERE.

So the Most Rev. Pablo Virgilio David, auxiliarybishop of San Fernando, has said of open andcontrolled dumpsites in the province of Pampanga.

They’re everywhere, truly.So every Kapampangan knows: that of the City

of San Fernando as far as the eye can see bythe side of the FVR Megadike; Porac’s in the laharwastelands of Mancatian; Mabalacat’s in laharareas too of Tabun; off the Gapan-Olongapo Roadin Guagua: by the rivers in Macabebe andMasantol; the Pampanga River itself, one whole.continuous open dumpsite to just about every townit traverses.

So prevalent are the dumpsites in the provincethat Pampanga has maintained its unenviable postas Number 8 in the whole Philippines in terms ofwaste generation and flagrant violation ofenvironmental laws.

So alarming has the environmental degradationof the province that the Honorable Governor Lilia“Nanay Baby” Pineda needs to initiate draconianmeasures to arrest its further decline.

As environmentalist Alfonso Dobles said, it isincumbent upon Pineda to impact strong politicalwill on the local government units to effect adefinitive solution to the waste disposal problemin the province.

“If the governor is not playing politics, we dareher administration to exercise a strong resolveand political will to save the people from thedegrading environment due to indiscriminatedumping of waste; for her to close the dumpsitesand bring to jail those who deliberately violate thelaws.” So Dobles challenged Pineda.

We find Dobles correct in throwing the gauntletof “command responsibility” at the governor inthe solution of the waste problem.

It is high time that the governor made theviolators of Republic Act 9003 or the EcologicalSolid Waste Management Act among the localgovernment units to answerable for their actsinimical to the environment and in turn devastatingto the general welfare of their constituencies.

In plain terms, Madame Governor, stop babyingand start governing your mayors and barangaychairmen.

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TheGossip-millerby Cesar Pambid

IT’S DJ Mo’s fault kung nilaglag siya ni Hayden Koh sa February 13 episode ng Paparazzi ng TV5. Nag-Valentines Day leave kasi si Moto plan and execute a special day with true-to-life girlfriend Rhian Ramos for Valentines Day. Best friend kasi ni Mo si Hayden kaya siyaang napili ng TV5 to pinch hit for him. Kaso nga, sobrang galing din pala ni Hayden kaya ayun, may laglagan portion sa kanyanghosting.

Sabi ni Hayden obsessed daw si Mo kay Rhian na kulang na lang talaga, sabihin niyang sina Mo na nga at Rhian sa ngayon. Butof course, in some portion, very safe naman si Hayden na di sinobrahan ang paglalaglag sa kaibigan.

Did you know, kahit pala magkahiwalay ang dalawa, say, nasa kani-kanilang bahay, the two are using a webcan kaya para rin silangmagkasama. Matiyaga raw si Mo na nakabantay sa webcan habang nagluluto si Rhian. And yes, nagdi-dinner sila nang sabay natipong candlelight pa and they usually have a toast to complete the candlelight dinner.

At kung magkahiwalay naman sila, talaga naming pinauusok nila ang mga linya ng telepono nila na halos din a umaalis sa cellupang mag-usap.

Did we hear Mo right when he said something like na nakakukunsumo siya sa tawag sa cellphone ng mahigit na isang daang libongpiso buwan buwan?

Wow!Dahil kay Hayden, it is now confirmed na sina Rhian at Mo na nga.Isa nga pala sa mga revelations ni Hayden ay yung bago pala si Rhian, dami ng mga magagandang artista ng nagparamdam kay

Mo. Pero dahil kay Rhian talaga siya na lovestruck, kaya ito nga ang pinursige niya.Going back to Hayden, ang galling niyang mag-host. Aba, any moment, puwede na siyang ipalit kay Mo sakaling ayaw na nitong

bumalik. O baka naman puwedeng may maibigay na program kay Hayden ang Tv5 kasi nga ang galing galling niya.Hayden really shone sa kanyang Paparazzi |day at puwedeng sabihing big break na ito. Lalo na ngat sinabayan pa niya ng humility

Webcam andcell phone romancefor DJ Mo and Rhian Ramos!

nang ipagsigawan niyang siya ay maraming pagkakamali sa buhay pero aniya di na niyang gusting maulit pa yun.“I promise the people around me that I will change and shall never do the same I did,” sabi pa ni Hayden.Yung mga kasama ni Hayden sa Paparazzi na sina Nay Cristy Fermin, Ruffa G at Dolly Ann at talagang puring-puri siya dahil bihira nga naman yung mga taong

puwedeng tumanggap ng kamalian at magsisi sa harap ng publiko.Kami man, at alam naming maraming kasamahan sa panulat ang humanga sa humility na ipinakita ni Hayden Koh!And yeas, on the same episode, na-interview rin si Rhian Ramos na talagang ilang beses nadulas tungkol sa relasyon nila ni Mo. Halata na talagang maligaya si Rhian

at tanggap na tanggap na niya sa kanyang buhay si DJ Mo.And for that, puwede na sigurong mismong si Mo ang mag-share ng kanilang love affair kay Rhian. That way, titigilan na siyang mga kasamahan sa paglaglag sa mga

bagay na itinatago niya.Kami rito, we congratulate DJ Mo na sana matikman na niya’ng tunay na kaligayahan sa piling ni Rhian Ramos.

Dinumog ng fans…Jhake Vargas nagkagalos-galos!

SAKSI KAMI kung paano dinumog si Jhake Vargas sa dalawang magkasunod na show noong Pebrero 11.Una sa SM Clark where there was a special show kasama nina Ynna Asistio at Mark Herras. Nandun din

si Pekto kasama ng isang grupo ng dancers who hosted the show. Kami talaga, halos sumuot kami sabutas ng karayom para makalampas sa mga fans na talaga namang sobrang damin a lumusob sa SMClark.

Unang tinwag sina Mark at Ynna at talaga naming masigabo ang palakpakan sa kanila. But when it wasJhake who was called on stasge, pandemonium broke loose at talagang di magkamayaw ang sigawan.

A gurd at SM Clark informed us na everytime na si Jhake ang nasa stage nila, kinailangan nilangmagdagdag ng mga guards to control the crowd. “Crowed drawer talaga si Jhake Vargas,” kuwento pa ngguard.

Ayaw nang magsalita ni Kuya Germs na talagang nakangiti na lang all along dahil sinabi niya, ayawniyang magmukhang mayabang kapag nagkuwento siya. Kuya Noli, ang assistant ni Kuya Germs na ngayonay official driver ni Jhake ang excited na nagkuwentong saan man sila magpunta ay talagang nahihirapansilang mkalusot.

Totoo nga, Kuya Germs, Jhake and company, kasama po ako, had to wait ng mga alas nuwebe ng gabipara mailigaw ang mga fans na hanggang labas na naghihintay pa kay Jhake.

From SM Clark, tumuloy kami sa Lourdes, Minalin kung saan special guest si Jhake sakapistahan ng naturang barangay.

Believe it or not, sa bahay pa lang ng hermana, nilusob na kami ng mga fans at halos dina nakakain si Jhake dahil kailangang magpa-kodak siya sa mga kababaihang fans nasumugod sa bahay.

Ang mas mahirap, sa venue ng show, it took us several minutes bago nakasampa sastage. Sigawan, hiyawan, at halos umakyat na sa stge ang mga fans makamayan langsi Jhake Vargas.

And yes, mahirap na pinagdaanan ng grupo bago kami nakaalis sa entablado.Kinailangan talagang koberan naming si Jhake na nagkagalos-galos sa mga kamay dahilpanay ang hablot ng mga fans.

Anyway, nakalabas kami nang buo pero laking pasasalamat namin at nakalayo kamisa show.

Kami rito, we didn’t realize na ganun na kasikat si Jhake. Na talagang di na siyapuwedeng maglakad sa publiko dahil dinadumog talaga siya.

“Mabait ang batang ‘yan, “ sabi ni Kuya Germs. Saan ka naman kasi nakakita nainambisyon niyang mag-artista dahil gusto niyang maipagamot ang nanay niyang maykanser.

“May ibang manager yan, pero dahil di niya kayang tustusan ang mga gastusin ngmanager, ibinigay siya sa akin. Nang magkausap kami, naawa naman ako sakanya dahilmarami pala siyang problema.

“Ngayon naman, kahit paano, kumikita na siya, naipapagamot na niya’ng nanay niya,nasusupotahan pa niya’ng kanyang pamilya. Mabait ang batang yan kaya puspusan attalagang di ko titigilan ang pagtulong sa kanya,” seryosong kuwento pa ni Kuya Germs.

Paano naman ang kalagayan niya sa GMA 7? Hindi kaya priority ng network yungmga artistang alaga na nakakontrata sa kanila?

“We are satisfied. Hindi naman siya pinababayaan. Malaki ang tiwala nila kay Jhakekaya kampante lang kami. Natutuwa ako sa magandang pakita nila sa alaga ko.”

Milyones ni Willie Revillame di maubos ng publikoWILLING WILLIE of TV 5 is going great guns. It is number one on its time slot natalagang dapa ang mga kalaban niya.

But of course, Willie has just but one secret. Ito ay dahil sa mga milyones naipinamimigay niya. Maraming taong nagmamahal kay Willy dahil sa kanyanggenerosity at kahit na yung mga nasa bahay na hindi naman nabibigyan ng pera niWilly ay nag-aabang ng mga kuwento ng buhay na pinasasaya ni |Willie Revillame.

Hindi nauubos ang mga biyayang galling kay Willie. Naniniwala nga kasi siyanganumang tulong na ibibigay niya ay para sa mga kababayan at isang pagdakila saMaykapal kung kaya wal ng katapusan ang daloy ng biyayang naipapamigay niya.

Puwedeng sabihing di naman talaga galings a kanya yung mga bahay, kotse atperang ipinamimigay ni Willie. Pero malinaw na nakisama, nagpagod at mamuhunansi Willie to get these from sources para maibigay sa publiko.

Nag-iisa lang si Willie sa pagkakaroon ng ginintuang puso na nangangalap ngbiyaya at ipamahagi iba.

At this point in his life, mayaman na si Willie. Di na magugutom kumbaga.Pero sumusuong pa rin siya sa maraming intriga upang makapagbigay sa mgataong nangangailangan. “Hindi po ako titigil, misyon ko na ang makatulong samga kababayan nating salat sa buhay. Dito po ako maligaya at habambuhaykong gagawin ito,” sabi pa ni Willie.

So there!

Rhian Ramos

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NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTWITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS

Notice is hereby given that the heirs of JESUS T. CASTAÑEDA whodied intestate on April 14, 2003 in Angeles Medical Center Inc., Rizal Street,Angeles City executed an Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights ofhis estate more particularly described as a parcels of land under TransferCertificate of Title No. 99541 with existing improvements, situated in theBarrio of Pandan, City of Angeles, Province of Pampanga; and TransferCertificate of Title No. 117085, situated in the Barrio of Pulung Maragul, Cityof Angeles, Province of Pampanga..

Punto! Central Luzon: February 1, 8 & 15, 2011

Republic of the PhilippinesRegional Trial Court

THIRD JUDICIAL REGIONCity of San Fernando (P)

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT& EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

BPI FAMILY SAVINGS BANK, INC.,Mortgagee,

-versus- E.J.F. No. 295-10 (Punto Central Luzon)

SPS. ALMA V. YUTUC/ NOMER M. YUTUC,Mortgagors.

x——————————————————————xNOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

Upon Extra-Judicial Petition for Sale under Act 3135 as amended,filed by BPI FAMILY SAVINGS BANK, INC., Mortgagee, with branchoffice at BPI Bldg., Dolores, City of San Fernando, (Pampanga),Philippines, and with principal office at and placeof business at Paseo deRoxas corner Dela Rosa Street, Makati City, Philippines, against SPS.ALMA V. YUTUC/ NOMER M. YUTUC, Mortgagors, with residenceand postal address at 139 ACLI MEXICO, PAMPANGA, to satisfy themortgage indebteness which as of September 06, 2010 amounted toONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND TWO HUNDREDSIXTY TWO PESOS and EIGHTEEN CENTAVOS (Php1, 680,262.18)Philippine Currency, plus interest and penalty to date of the foreclosuresale, cost of publication, expenses of the foreclosure, and other expensesallowed by law, the undersigned Ex-Officio Sheriff and/or her dulyauthorized Deputy Sheriff will set at public auction on March 22, 2011 at9:01 A.M. to 12:00 N.N. and from 1:00 P.M. to 3:59 P.M. at the MainEntrance of the Regional Trial Court Building, City of San Fernando,Pampanga, to the highest bidder/s for CASH or Manager’s Check and inPhilippine Currency, the following property with all the improvementsthereon, to wit;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE No. 602273-RA parcel of land (Lot 2, Blk. 2 of the cons.-subd. plan Pcs-

03-008635, being a portion of cons. of Lots 36-B, Psd-03-008635, Lot 22-A-1, 22-A-1, 22-A-2, Psd- 035404-056255, Lot22-B, 22-C Psd- 03-028019, Lot 21, 20, Rd. Lot 40, Psd-03=021394, LRC. Rec. No. 151), situated in the Bo. of Calibutbut,Mun. of Bacolor, Prov. of Pamp., Is. Of Luzon. Bounded on theSE., along line 1-2 by Blk. 2; on the SW., along line 2-3 by Rd.Lot 15; on the NW., along line 3-4 by Lot 3, Blk. 2; on the NE.,along line 4-1 by Lot 25, Blk. 2; all of the cons-subd., plan. xx x containing an area of ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY (180)SQUARE METERS, more or less. x x x

Prospective buyers/bidders are hereby enjoined to investigate forthemselves the title to the said property and encumbrances thereon, ifany there be.

All sealed bids must be submitted to undersigned on the stated timeand date.

In the event that the Public Auction should not take place on the saiddate, it shall be held on March 29, 2011, at the same time and placewithout further notice.

City of San Fernando, Pampanga, 25th day of January, 2011.

ATTY. JOSELEA Y. FLORIAClerk of Court VI & Ex-Officio Sheriff

GENEROSO YULO FERNANDEZ Sheriff in-Charge

cc: BPI FAMILY SAVINGS BANK, INC., SPS. ALMA V. YUTUC/ NOMER M.YUTUCBPI Bldg., Dolores, City of San Fernando, 139 ACLI MEXICOPampanga Pampanga

BPI FAMILY SAVINGS BANK, INC.Paseo de Roxas corner Dela Rosa Street,Makati City

PUNTO! Central Luzon: February 14, 21 & 28, 2011

“Call a spade a spade,what you have in Lara is adumpsite” the prelate said,“admit the problem andseek help.”

On a tour of the dump-site last Saturday (Feb.12), Dobles told mediaphotographers: “This verydumpsite is a flagrant vio-lation of the EcologicalSolid Waste ManagementAct.”

He noted the mixedgarbage of biodegradableand non-biodegradablematerials, mostly plastic,dumped there. At leastthree garbage trucks from

the city’s barangays wereseen unloading non-segre-gated wastes there duringthe media tour.

A blackened portion ofthe dumpsite where wispsof smoke and the pungentsmell of burnt garbage wasstill evident was pointed byDobles to as “a violation ofthe Clean Air Act.”

A small creek runningthrough the dumpsite withheaps of garbage along itsvery bank “makes a viola-tion of the Clean WaterAct,” charged Dobles.

“Through this creek, theleaching of garbage findseasier access to the aqui-fer from where we draw our

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CSF dumpsite consists ‘worst violation of laws’potable water supply, thusgravely endangering thehealth of our people,”Dobles said.

In a bid to counter Ro-driguez’s claim that thephotographs earlier pub-lished in Punto were “oldpictures,” Dobles himselfheld Punto’s issue for theday as he posed in differ-ent areas of the dumpsite.

Dobles lashed at Rod-riguez for “denying the ob-vious” and blaming theSpectrum Blue Steel Corp.for the delay in the opera-tions of the gasifier facilitynear the dumpsite whichthe mayor said would ad-dress the city’s problem

in solid waste manage-ment.

“The higher, and moresubstantial contract is notbetween Rodriguez andSpectrum but between Ro-driguez and his constitu-ents whose interest,whose rights to a cleanenvironment he has failedto protect,” Dobles said.

“Mayor Oca is a law-yer but he fails to under-stand the law. Worse, hekeeps on denying andblaming instead of accept-ing and working,” Doblesadded.

In an interview last Feb-ruary 10, Rodriguez saidthe alleged open dumpsite

tasked to apply the lawwhen it’s blatantly violat-ed,” said Dobles, head ofthe environment commit-tee of the Advocacy for theDevelopment of CentralLuzon (ADCL).

Pineda has prioritizedhealth care service in heradministration.

Dobles said to achievea healthy community is tosimultaneously deal withthe environmental prob-lems affecting the healthof people.

“Pineda may spend allher personal and publicfunds for health and thesick. But the only way tobe effective in the field ofhealth is to close all gar-bage dumps which are themajor source of illness,”

Gov dared to close dumpsitesFROM PAGE 1 said Dobles.

Dobles said the gover-nor has no option but tofile administrative andcriminal charges againstall mayors and barangayofficials for “utmost disre-gard” of RA 9003 signedinto law ten years ago. Headded that the law specif-ically tasks mayors andbarangay captains to im-plement it, starting withsegregation of waste atsource and setting upmaterial recovery facility.

“If the governor is notplaying politics, we dareher administration touse strong resolve andpolitical will to save thepeople from the degradingenvironment due to indis-criminate dumping ofwastes and bring to jailthose who deliberately vi-

olate the laws,” Doblessaid.

Pampanga is reported-ly Number 8 in the coun-try in terms of waste gen-eration and flagrant viola-tion of environmental laws.

Dobles said the protec-tion and preservation of theenvironment is imperativeand the governor should bereminded that this is be-yond patronage politicsand friendship among lo-cal officials.

The governor has initi-ated several consultationsand meetings on environ-ment among the 5,370barangay officials and allmunicipal mayors and oth-er stakeholders.

However, the governorhas expressed “disap-pointment” on the non-compliance of the local

officials particularly thebarangays on her call toput up material recoveryfacilities (MRFs) in theirrespective villages and herconstant appeal to practicewaste segregationscheme in every house-hold has fallen in deaf ears.

Pineda said that asidefrom the illegal dumpsites,the tributaries, canals andthe Pampanga River itselfremain to be the biggestdumpsites of the province.

Dobles said “commandresponsibility and pru-dence dictate that the pro-vincial chief executive asgovernor of the provinceshould act now and showstrong resolve before thewaste dilemma may turninto a tragedy that we mayregret to happen in the fu-ture.”

police in a traffic incidentin Quezon City the otherday and was held after hisidentity was established.

Raymond earlierturned himself over to thepolice following allegationsboth brothers were involvedin the recent killing of cardealers.

Purisima said that theLagman group, anothernotorious carnappinggroup led by one WendelLagman, is affiliated withthe Dominguez group andalso operates in CentralLuzon and Metro Manila.

But unlike theDominguez group which isknown to have used forcein carnapping, records in-dicated Lagman group

Cops targeting 3 more carnap groups...FROM PAGE 1 members limited them-

selves to parked vehicles.With the Dominguez

group likely neutralized bythe arrest of Roger andRaymond, the Lagmangroup and two others,identified as the Laxama-na and Santos groups, re-main active among suchgroups based in CentralLuzon, Purisima said.

He noted that the San-tos group, headed by oneRuperto Santos, operatesin various parts of CentralLuzon, but mostly in SanRafael and San Ildefonsoin Bulacan. It is knownto use force in its opera-tions and is believed tohave been responsible forthe killing of a barangayofficial in San Rafael, hesaid.

The Laxaman group,headed by one Henry Lax-amana, is also known touse force in carnappingand operates mostly inTarlac and Pampanga.

Purisima reported thatthe Bonifacio group hasalready been neutralizedwith the arrest of its lead-er Eduardo Bonifacio andhis members in Augustlast year.

Of these groups, theDominguez group hasbeen the “most orga-nized and active,” he not-ed. The Dominguezbrothers had been jailedbefore on various carnap-ping cases but have al-ways obtained liberty byposting bail.

Purisima noted thatmost of the carnapping

cases in Central Luzonlast year happened inPampanga, while the mostnumber of hijackings werenoted in both Pampangaand Bulacan.

“The most carnappedvehicle is Toyota Fortuner,followed by Toyota Innovaand Mitsubishi Estrada,while the most stolen mo-torcycles are of the Yama-ha brand, followed by Hon-da,” he reported.

He also noted thatmore cars were taken byforce from their drivers thanthose stolen while unat-tended at parking areasbecause of the need forcar keys. The case is re-verse in the case of mo-torcycles which weremostly carted off whileparked.

in Lara is a “residualwaste storage” area. Healso blamed the SpectrumBlue Steel Corp. for thedelay of “biosphere facili-ty” seen to address theproblem on solid wastemanagement.

‘Scavengingcenter’

“It’s a scavenging cen-ter,” Bishop David calledthe Lara dumpsite. “Theysay they give employmentto scavengers to justify theexistence of dumpsites.”

David though was em-phatic that the waste prob-lem is not just in this com-ponent city but in all mu-nicipalities in Pampanga.

“We are not singlingout Mayor Oca here, the

problem being present inall local government units,”David said. “But he mustact, as the other mayorsalso should.”

The bishop is the con-venor of the Sagip Sapa-ng Balen Movement whichprimary advocacy is theclean-up of the that creekthat runs through AngelesCity.

The group has alsopartnered with the PinoyGumising Ka Movementand the Krusada KontraAmoy in the fight againstthe pollution caused bypoul t ry and piggeryfarms in Barangays Sta.Cruz and Manibaug-Paralaya in Porac and inBarangay Cutcut in An-geles City.

borne by the couple’s ap-plication for marriage li-cense and the certificateof live birth. The couple’srelationship, however,went sour and they laterseparated.

Sometime last year,Bonifacio went to the Na-tional Statistics Office torequest a copy of theirauthenticated marriagecontract and DavisMandy’s certificate of livebirth.

To her surprise, thecopy of the marriage con-tract could not be foundand the certificate of herson’s live birth was forgedthrough false entries.

A copy of the certifi-cate of live birth of DavisMandy showed that theboy’s middle name andsurname Afable wereerased. The same docu-ment, however, clearly in-dicated that Davis Mandywas “legitimated” throughthe subsequent marriageof his parents on June 28,

2002.Due to the forged cer-

tificate of live birth, Boni-facio said it would appearthat Davis Mandy was anillegitimate child and wasdeprived of benefits.

In her complaint-affi-davit, she also attacheda copy of certificate oflive birth signed by citycivil registrar Danilo Tanand Dimacale dated July5, 2002 showing thatshe and Afable got mar-ried.

But in another certifi-

cate of live birth dated Jan-uary 21,2011 also signedby Tan and Clerk 2 ArthurMerle, there were no en-tries opposite the lines“date and place of mar-riage of parents.”

Bonifacio said whenshe confronted Dimacaleabout the falsified certif-icate of live birth and themissing marriage con-tract, the latter admittedshe pulled out the au-thentic documents onthe request of the elderAfable.

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ANGELES CITY – Thecity government posted a20 percent increase in rev-enues during the firstmonth of 2011 comparedto last year of the sameperiod.

Mayor Edgardo Pamin-tuan reported that the citytreasurer’s office (CTO)collected a total ofP191,248,188.25 in Janu-ary this year compared tolast year’sP160,989,724.28, an in-crease of P30,258,463.97.

“With reenergized rev-enue generating measuresvia a vigorous tax informa-tion campaign and inten-sified and honest-to-good-

City revenues up by 20% in Januaryness tax collection efforts,we were able to surpasslast year’s collection,”Pamintuan said.

According to the may-or, there was a consider-able increase in all reve-nue generating sources ofthe city government.

Based on last month’stax receipts, the city col-lected P105,964,638.03on business taxes whichis 26 percent higher thanlast year’s figures of thesame period, real proper-ty tax collection amount-ed to P80,086,241.87 or10%, community taxP3,620,254.18 or 17 per-cent, and P1,577,054.17

or 45 percent increase ineconomic enterprise.

Pamintuan attributedthe improved revenue col-lection on the restoredtrust and confidence to thecity government of the An-geleños.

Last year, the city gov-ernment has implementedstringent fiscal manage-ment and streamliningmeasure to meet its goalsto sustain the delivery ofbasic social services andother priority programs.

Pamintuan said thecity government had exert-ed strategies aimed atmaximizing revenues frombusiness taxes, fees,

charges, and economicenterprises. The taxpay-ers had been encouragedto pay taxes on time.

“We can better serveour people if they pay theright taxes and if they do,the Angeleños ought toreceive quality service fromus, and this shall be deliv-ered”, Pamintuan added.

The mayor lauded thebusiness community fortheir support and cooper-ation and at the same timecommended the offices ofthe City Treasurer, Asses-sor, Business Permit andLicensing Office and oth-er revenue generatingagencies. –Angeles CIO

COURTESY CALL. Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan along with the members of the SangguniangPanglungsod present the key to the city to His Excellency Lee Hye-Min (3rd from right), SouthKorea’s Ambassador to the Philippines during his recent visit at the city hall.

PHOTO COURTESY OF ANGELES CIO

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BY JOEY PAVIA

ANGELES CITY – The Nepomuceno family hasexpressed their desire for an amicable settle-ment with owners of an international golf coursein Barangay Cutcut here, stressing they aim fora “win-win solution” to end the land row whicherupted last January 16.

In a press conference on February 11, Coun-cilor Atty. Bryan Nepomuceno, legal counsel ofthe Neplum Incorporated (NI), said they are“definitely open” for negotiations with Ruperto“Perto” Cruz and his family, owners of the RoyalGarden Golf and Country Club (RGGCC).

Neplum closed the RGGCC’s access roadfrom Cutcut for the second time on February 8after Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 56 JudgeIrin Zenaida Buan denied the application of theCruz family for a writ of preliminary mandatoryinjunction on February 8.

At the wee hours of January 16, Neplum,owned by the Nepomucenos, built two concretewalls on their 1,000 square-meter propertyblocking the road to the 18-hole golf course runby Cruz and his Korean partners.

Atty. Nepomuceno said “price is not ofimportance” when asked how much will they sellthe property to Cruz.

“What is important is that there will be anagreement that will be acceptable to our family.Selling the portion of the property for profit is notthe primordial consideration in the negotiations,”said Nepomuceno in the press conference atOasis Hotel attended by his cousins and otherNeplum officials – Gerard Nepomuceno and hisbrother Christian, Dennis Nepomuceno Antonioand his brother Dale.

For his part, Dale said they are “in businessand for business” and they will exhaust allmeans to reach an amicable settlement benefi-cial to both parties. His brother Dennis said “it’sokey” if the Cruz will make an offer or not to buythe property.

Christian and Gerard echoed the sentimentsof Atty. Nepomuceno, saying they are open tonegotiations for a win-win solution.

Atty. Nepomuceno stressed to Punto that“hindi mahirap kausap ang mga Nepomuceno”.

The Nepomucenos urged the media and theCruz family to “double check” their informationbefore releasing it publicly.

They denied that there was hostage-takingduring the 40-standoff last month when Neplumclosed the property for two days but was orderedopen after the issuance of a writ of demolition.

In report by Station 5 commander Chief Insp.Ronaldo Lorenzo, he said “as earlier reportedand personally checked by the team of policeofficers of this station (5), precisely refuting thereport that no Koreans guests and employeesincluding the residents were being harassedneither detained inside.” Lorenzo’s report wasprovided in a press kit from Atty. Nepomuceno.

The councilor-lawyer said the Koreans andother RGGCC employees could have passed atthe back portion of the golf course in PulongMaba, Porac town at the height of the stand-offlast month.

It was reported by Punto on January 20 thatsome Koreans, including a 76-year-old womanand children, were trapped at the golf course andprevented from leaving the premises but laterreleased after the intervention of the Commissionon Human Rights (CHR).

Atty. Nepomuceno said “politicians in thefamily should be spared.” He added that thetopic should be focused on the disputed property

The Nepomucenos said “the case was stillbeing heard in court then”. ‘This is the reason iswhy it was only last Friday that we called for apress conference.”

Asked how come Cruz was able to constructa cemented road at their property, Atty. Nepo-muceno said “we don’t know how that road wasconstructed.”

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EXPANSION. Yokohama President Tadanobu Nagumo and Clark Development Corp. PresidentBenigno Ricafort seal with handshake the agreement for the Japanese firm’s $600-million expansionproject at the Clark Freeport. Witnessing the event are Yokohama Tire Phil. Inc executiveTomohiro Yoneko, Yokohama Managing Corporate Director Hikomitsu Noji, YTPI President TakayukiHamaya, CDC manager Mariz Mandocdoc and Vice President Ernesto Gorospe.

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BY ARMAND GALANG

GAPAN CITY, Nueva Eci-ja – Mayor Christian Tiniohas formed a grievancecommittee to investigateand conduct summaryhearings against appoint-ive officials and employ-ees after a governmentworker here allegedly fal-sified the birth certificateof an eight-year-old boyand for the mysteriousdisappearance of the mar-riage contract of his par-ents.

Tinio designated hisexecutive assistant Dani-lo Padiernos as chairman

Faking of birth docus probedof the five-man grievancecommittee.

The other members ofthe committee includeHuman Resource Man-agement Officer CesarMendoza, City Adminis-trator Eduardo Almera,City Engineer Carl Antho-ny Alfaro and AssistantCity Treasurer Mauro Mar-celo.

Tinio said he formedthe committee after hisoffice received numerouscomplaints against ap-pointive local city officialsand employees. Hestressed that its formationwas in line with Section

86 of Republic Act 7160,otherwise known as theLocal Government Codewhich provides that ad-ministrative investigationmay be conducted by aperson or a committeeduly authorized by the lo-cal chief executive.

The committee’s cre-ation came after theSangguniang Panlung-sod, presided over by ViceMayor Rodel Matias,opened its probe on Joce-lyn Dimacale, clerk of theoffice of the city civil reg-istrar following a com-plaint-affidavit lodged be-fore the council by De-

siree Bonifacio of Baran-gay San Nicolas here.

Tinio said whoever wasresponsible for the anom-aly will be held responsi-ble once proven guilty.

Bonifacio is the moth-er of Davis Mandy Afable.Afable was born last May28, 2002 to Bonifacio andManuel Afable, an Ameri-can citizen. Exactly amonth later, the elder Afa-ble and Bonifacio got mar-ried.

Bonifacio said in theprocess, Davis Mandywas “legitimated throughsubsequent marriage,” as

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