The best things in life are Libre

VOL. 10 NO. 84• WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2011

KAHIT SI BEBE BIKTIMAMATANDA o bata, maging mga sanggol, sinusuri para sa radiation exposurelevel sa Nihonmatsu sa Fukushima prefecture sa Japan kahapon mataposang ikatlong pagsabog sa Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex.Basahin sa page 4. INQUIRER WIRES

Ayon sa pamahalaan, haloslahat sa 800 manggagawa saplanta ang pinalikas na, atnaiwan ang may 50 mangga-gawa sa pagtatangkang ma-palamig ang mga core ng tat-long reactor sa pamamagitanng tubig-dagat na binobombang mga gamit pambumbero,habang sinisikap ng mgakawani na maapula ang apoysa No. 4 reactor, na nagawaumano nila Martes ng hapon.

Pinatay na ang ika-apat nareactor at kinukumpuni ilangbuwan bago tamaan ng lindolat tsunami ang planta noongBiyernes.

“We are making utmost ef-forts to prevent further explo-sions and radiation leaks,” pa-hayag pa ni Kan.

NAPIPINTONG SAKUNANG NUKLEYAR SA JAPAN

T OKYO—Napipinto ang isang sakunang nuk-leyar sa Japan noong Martes makaraangmawasak ng isang pagsabog ang isang sisid-

lan ng nuclear core sa isang reactor at maglabas sahangin naman ng maraming materyal-nukleyar angsunog sa isa pang reactor.

Sa isang maiklingtalumpati bago mag-tanghali,nanawagan si Prime MinisterNaoto Kan ng hinahon ngunitnagbabalang kumalat na angradiation mula sa mga reactorat mayroon nang “very highrisk” ng higit na pagtagas.

Nagkaroon na ng tatlongpagsabog sa loob ng apat naaraw sa Fukushima DaiichiNuclear Power Station. Tinu-turing na ang krisis bilangpinakamalubhang sakunangnukleyar mula nang naganap

ang trahedya sa Chernobylnoong 1986.

“We are on the brink. Weare now facing the worst-casescenario,” ani Hiroaki Koide,isang senior reactor engineeringspecialist sa Research ReactorInstitute ng Kyoto University.

“We can assume that thecontainment vessel at ReactorNo. 2 is already breached. Ifthere is heavy melting insidethe reactor, large amounts ofradiation will most definitely bereleased,” dinagdag ni Koide.

Babala itinaas

www.libre.com.ph

2 NEWS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2011

Editor in ChiefChito dF. dela Vega

Desk editorsRomel M. LalataDennis U. EroaArmin P. AdinaCenon B. Bibe

Graphic artistRitche S. Sabado

INQUIRER LIBRE is pub-lished Monday

to Friday by the PhilippineDaily Inquirer, Inc. with busi-

ness and editorial officesat Chino Roces Avenue(formerly Pasong Tamo)

corner Yague andMascardo Streets, MakatiCity or at P.O. Box 2353

Makati Central PostOffice, 1263 Makati City,

Philippines.You can reach us through

the followingTelephone No.:(632) 897-8808

connecting all departmentsFax No.:

(632) 897-4793/897-4794E-mail:

libre_pdi@inquirer.com.phAdvertising:

(632) 897-8808 loc.530/532/534

Website:www.libre.com.ph

All rights reserved. Subject tothe conditions provided for

by law, no articleor photograph published by

INQUIRER LIBRE may bereprinted or reproduced, inwhole or in part, without its

prior consent.

RESULTA NG L O T T O 6 / 4 205

LL OO TT TT OO 66 // 44 22

EZ2EEZZ22

(In exact order)

P23,762,775.60

SIX DIGITSSIIXX DDIIGGIITT

SUERTRESSS UU EE RRTT RR EE SS5

(Evening draw)

RESULTA NG L O T T O 6 / 4 9LL OO TT TT OO 66 // 44 99

Get lotto results/tips on your mobile phone, text ONLOTTO and send to 4467. P2.50/txt

08 11 21 27 42

5 4 19 25

6 6 3 6 3 0

01P47,763,392.40

07 12 19 42 44

OFW sa Bahrain pinauuwi na ng PinasPINAYUHAN kahaponng pamahalaan angmay 31,000 Pilipino saBahrain na umalis nasa Gulf state mataposdumating ang mgasundalo mula sa ka-lapit na mga bansaupang tumulong sap a g s u p i l s a m g aprotesta roon.

“ We a r e u r g i n g

31,000 Filipinos to re-strict movements to on-ly those absolutely es-sential and to voluntar-ily depart the country,”ani Foreign Undersec-retary Rafael Seguis.

Sinabi ni Seguis nakinausap na ng staff ngembahada sa Manamaang mga pinuno ng pa-mayanang Pilipino sa

Bahrain at sinabihanng mga plano sakalingmagkagulo.

“We are hopefulthe political situationwill stabilize, but pre-cautionary measuresare in place,” aniya.

Dumating ang mgasundalo mula SaudiArabia at United ArabEmirates noong Lunes

upang tumulong sapuwersa ng pinuno ngBahrain.

May siyam na mil-yong Pilipino na nagta-trabaho sa ibang bansaat malaking tulong saekonomiya ng Pilipinasang ang ipinadadalanilang dolyar. Maramisa kani la ang nasaMiddle East. AFP

5 pulis-Maynila na suspek biglang nagpakitaISANG araw makara-ang ilabas ni ManilaMayor Alfredo Lim angshoot-to-kill order la-ban sa kanila, nagpaki-ta sa city hall ang li-m a n g p u l i s u p a n gitanggi ang paratangna nagbulsa sila ng mil-yun-milyong piso mulasa ransom na binayadng isang negosyantengMalaysian sa mga du-mukot dito.

Tumungo sa tang-gapan ni Lim kahaponang limang kasapi ng

Manila Police District( M P D ) S t a t i o n 5kasama ang mga abo-gado nila.

Ito ang una nilangpaglabas mula noongBiyernes ng hapon sai s a n g p a g d i n i g s aMPD headquarters nainutos ni Lim upangmatuklasan ang nang-yari sa may P12-mily-ong halaga ng ransomna nabawi sa isangfollow-up operation.

“We were not hid-ing. We asked [for] per-

mission to leave the[MPD] General Assign-ments Section,” ani Se-nior Insp. Peter Nerviza,isa sa limang pulis nainiimbestigahan.

Nagbayad ng P16.2milyong ransom angMalaysian na si EricSim Chin Tong angransom sa pangkat nadumukot sa kanyanoong Marso 6. NgunitP4.2 milyon lang angnabawi sa follow-upoperation na ginawanina Nerviza. JTG

ENERO PA LANG

Remittance umabot ng $1.48Bworkers in differentdestinations world-wide,” ani Tetangco.

Batay sa paunangdatos mula sa Philip-pine Overseas Em-ployment Administra-tion (POEA), maykabuuang 99,926 angaprubadong job orderng Enero at Pebrero.

Ayon kay Tetang-co, natulak din angpagpasok ng peradahil sa patuloy na

pagpapahusay sa ser-bisyong pananalapi sabuong mundo sa pa-mamagitan ngpakikipag-ugnayan samga institusyongpampinansya, pag-tatalaga ng mga re-mittance center atmarketing office saibayong-dagat, atmatatag na ugnayansa mga bangko o ki-natawan sa ibangbansa. RW Domingo

UMABOT sa $1.48 bilyon ang puma-sok na perang pinadala ng mga mang-gagawang Pilipino sa ibayong-dagatnoong Enero, tumaas ng 7.6 porsyen-to mula noong isang taon, ayon saBangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.

Ayon kay BSP Gov-ernor Amando M.Tetangco Jr., nasalaminng pagtaas ang pag-unlad sa padala mulasa nagtrabaho sabarko—na tumaas ng13.3 porsyento—at sa

kalupaan na tumaasng 6.2 porsyento.

“Remittance flowsinto the country re-mained resilient onthe back of sustaineddemand for skilledoverseas Filipino

Banco Filipino nag-bank holidaySARADO kahapon ang lahat ngsangay ng Banco Filipino Savings& Mortgage Bank sa Kamaynila-an, Cebu at Dumaguete City naikinagulat ng mga kliyente nito.

Humingi ang bangko ng aga-rang tulong sa Bangko Sentral ngPilipinas (BSP) dahil sa marami-han at malakihang pag-withdrawng pera ng mga depositor.

Pero ang BSP rin ang sinisi ngBanco Filipino dahil sa pagkaka-

lat ng “inaccurate and maliciousimputations” laban sa bangko.

Sinabi ng BSP na nakatanggapito ng mga ulat at reklamo mulasa mga kliyente ng Banco Filipinona nag-aalala umano sa kakaya-han ng bangko na patuloy namaglingkod sa mga depositor.

Pero ayon kay Perfector Yasay,abogado ng Banco Filipino, aybinubweltahan lang sila ng BSP.

JN, ISC, DCD, DLL

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2011 3FEATURES

Five other Maria Aragonvideos you must watchBy Pam Pastor

C AN’T stop cryingwatching this. Thisis why I make mu-

sic. She is the future.”With this one tweet, Lady

Gaga helped the world discoverthe musical talents of MariaLourdes Aragon, a 10-year-oldFilipina based in Canada.

Maria’s cover of Lady Gaga’snewest single Born This Way hasgotten over 11 million views onYouTube—and the video has on-ly been up for a week. ButYouTube hits aren’t the onlything Maria Aragon has beengetting these days. She’s flownto the US to appear on The EllenDeGeneres Show (where she per-formed Born This Way) andGood Morning America. Maria al-so guested on radio shows inCanada, and, by the time youread this, she would have per-formed with Lady Gaga in herToronto concert last Thursday.

The future isbright for thisyoungsinger,

who has been posting videos ofherself on YouTube for over twoyears now.

And while we wait to seewhat happens next, here are fiveother Maria Aragon videos youshould watch:

1. Jessie J’s Price Tag (cov-er)

Before Born This Way, it wasMaria’s cover of Jessie J’s PriceTag that was getting the hits.Now up to over half a million,and with over 11,000 likes, thisvideo shows Maria in her ele-ment, just having a blast playingher keyboard and singing.

2. Michael Jackson medleyThe video shows Maria per-

forming Michael

Jackson’s This Is It and The WayYou Make MeFeel at hercousin’swedding re-ception lastyear. She

gives a complete performance,playing the keyboard, singing,and dancing. She should includethis number in her first concert.

3. Telephone cover by MariaAragon

Yes, Charice Pempengco andLea Michele sang this LadyGaga/Beyonce song on Glee. But

in this video posted ninemonths ago, Maria

sings the entiresong alone,

showing

flair not just for singing but forrapping, too. No wonder peoplehave started calling her BabyGaga.

4. Part of Your World fromThe Little Mermaid

In this video which she post-ed one month ago, Maria talksabout how she only watchedThe Little Mermaid recently andhow she fell in love with thesong Part of Your World. Afterhearing her sing love song afterlove song, it’s refreshing to hearMaria sing a song that wasmeant for kids. She is a kid, af-ter all—a kid with an incrediblevoice.

5. Maria Aragon talks to La-dy Gaga

The video shows Maria atHot 103, a radio station in Win-nipeg, talking to Lady Gaga onthe phone while on the air. In aconversation that movesMaria to tears, Lady Gagatells her how her BornThis Way cover cheered

her up on a bad day. Lady Gagainvited Maria to perform withher at her concert, and the twosing a quick duet. We tried notto cry while watching this video,and we failed.

Pinoy launchestee in NYNEW York-based Filipino design-er Robin Tomas will launch hiswinning T-shirt design on March19 at Bloomingdale’s depart-ment store in New York City, intime for the spring season kick-off.

Tomas won the Supima T-shirt design competition lastyear. His winning design is a V-neck tee in layered tonal Supi-ma cotton knit.

The Tomas T-shirt will besold as a special-edition shirt inthe Bloomingdale’s flagshipstore in Manhattan.

As its inspiration, Supimalooked to the legendary Wool

Secretariat competition,which had launched thecareers of designers YvesSaint Laurent and KarlLagerfeld.

Tomas is a graduate ofParsons School of Design in

New York, and has internedfor Anna Sui and Valentino.

4 NEWS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2011

Jobless. Looking. Waiting. MAY TRABAHO DITOTuesdays & Thursdays sa INQUIRER LIBRE • Never ka na bibili linggo-linggo kasi ‘May Trabaho Dito’ sa INQUIRER LIBRE

Pinoy rescue team tutulak pa-JapanN A K A H A N D A a n gPilipinas na magpadalang 41-kasaping searchand rescue (SAR) teamsa Japan kapag pinata-wag ito ng pamahala-ang Hapon.

“We ’ r e r eady tosend whatever help

that we can send. Itonly requires the as-sent of Japan,” aniCommunication Secre-tary Ricky Carandang.“Japan has been verygenerous to the Philip-pines. This is in a smallway paying them back

for their generosity.”Ngunit wala pang

tugon sa alok na itong Pilipinas.

“This is the firsttime we’ll be sending asearch and rescue teamabroad,” ani ConsulElmer Cato sa tangga-pan ng National Disas-ter Risk Reduction andManagement Councilsa Camp Aguinaldonoong Martes. DZP

Testing ng pagkainSUSURI IN ng P i l i-pinas, South Korea,Hong Kong at Singa-p o r e a n g m g a i n-angkat na pagkainmula Japan para saradiation, sinabi ngmga opisyal noongLunes. At maaaringpaigtingin ng iba pangmga bansa ang pagba-bantay habang bin-ubuno ng Japan angisang krisis nukleyar.

Reuters

138.00 / DayATTENTION: PAG-IBIG MEMBER

FLOOD FREE SUBDIVISION1 RIDE MRT/LRT STATION

BIANCALA: 63 sqmFA: 25 sqm

4,100.00/mo. (for 8 mos.) EQUITY

LEONOR - 0919-3183269ELVIE - 0912-8803763

BELEN - 0918-7843700BETH - 0922-2010841

ALSO AVAILABLE: ROWHOUSE - 378,200 EQUITY - 2,199.00/mo. (for 7 months) M.A. 2,544.00/mo.

Along Daang-Hari Extensionvia Aguinaldo Hiway

P3,321 per monththru Pag-ibig

Reservation – P5,000Down – 3,706

For 18months

Call:Lorenz – CP 0948-3105244Tags – CP 0908-6904699

IMMEDIATE HIRINGRECEPTIONIST /

SECRETARY /OFFICE CLERK

w/ 13th mo. pay,bonus + allowance

+ holiday payText/call 09203524730

Feed hungerfor messagingNOKIA is tapping intothe demand for afford-able and easy-to-usephones, especially foryouth, with its latestQWERTY device. The“little sister” to Nokia’shighly successful andaffordable QWERTYphone, the Nokia C3,the new Nokia X2-01is designed to appealto youth with its lowprice, colorful designsand optimized mes-saging performance.

Nokia PhilippinesG e n e r a l M a n a g e rBeno i t Na l in sa id ,

“QWERTY isthe fastest-growing mo-bi le phonecategory inthe wor ld ,with its pop-ularity surg-ing becauseof the rise inmes sag inga n d s o c i a l

media.”With the Nokia X2-

01, it’s easy to checkyour favorite emailservices and IM com-munities. It also pro-v ides l i ve updatesfrom social networkssuch as Facebook andTwitter directly fromthe homescreen.

The new Nokia X2-01’s full QWERTY key-board, combined withthe 2.4” landscapeQVGA display is idealfor typing, readingand editing e-mail andoffers quick access toe-mail via a dedicatedmessaging key.

The Nokia X2-01 isa Series 40 2G phonewith VGA camera andFM radio. It has one-click access to the mu-sic player and a 3.5mmAV connector ideal forheadphones or speak-ers. It also has Blue-tooth and can supportup to an 8GB microSDmemory card and hasa standby battery timeof up to 20 days.

The Nokia X2-01 i savailabale at P4,950in al l Nokia Storesand authorized retail-ers nationwide.

Gawing extra-specialang special day niya!

Send EQ packspara manalo ng

285 PARTIES TO BE GIVEN AWAY!Promo Duration: January 16 - April 15, 2011

Per DTI-NCR Permit No. 7853, Series of 2010

www.eqdiapers.com.phFind us at and

A. PURCHASE REQUIREMENTS:1) You can participate in the nationwide raffle promo by submitting the required number of EQ

packs such as EQ Plus with soft cottony cover, EQ Colors and EQ Dry with magic tapes in anenvelope, together with the following information: name, address, contact numbers, e-mailaddress if any, signature and your baby’s name and birthday on a piece of paper.

2) You can submit your entries through a) major Jollibee Party Stores; and b) mailing or hand-carryingto JS Unitrade (JSU) Office at the following branches:

a) For GMA, North and South Luzon Entries JS Unitrade Merchandise, Inc. – Main Office 31st Floor Raffles Corporate Center, Emerald Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City 1605

b) For Visayas EntriesJS Unitrade Merchandise, Inc. – Cebu Lot 1-6, Block 11, ML Quezon Avenue, Mandaue North Central (Castilex Compound), Cabancalan, Mandaue City, Cebu 6014

c) For Mindanao EntriesJS Unitrade Merchandise, Inc. – CDO Warehouse # 4 Pride Rock Business Park GusaHighway Cagayan de Oro City 9000

3) One (1) RAFFLE ENTRY is equivalent to any of the following EQ packs:

3) All entries will be drawn at the following JSU Offices at exactly 9AM and will be attended by JSU andDTI representatives.a) For GMA and Luzon entries - JS Unitrade Manilab) For Visayas entries - JS Unitrade Cebuc) For Mindanao entries - JS Unitrade CDO

4) For the 1st and 2nd Monthly Draws, 15 winners of Free Jollibee Birthday Party Packages will be drawnper area. For the Grand Draw, 27 winners of Free Jollibee Birthday Party Packages will be drawn per area.

5) Promo Participants can only win once within the entire promo duration. Non-winning entries in the 1stdraw will be carried over in the 2nd Monthly Draw. While the non-winning entries in the 1st and 2ndMonthly Draws will still be included in the Grand Draw.

D. CLAIMING OF PRIZES:1) Winners in the 1st & 2nd Monthly Draws and Grand Draw will be announced in the Philippine Daily Inquirer.2) Within a week after each draw, all winners will be informed through a notification of registered mail.3) Winners can claim their Jollibee Birthday Party Certificates within 60 days from receipt of the

registered mail at any JSU office near their location. For winners from remote areas, JSU will arrangefor the delivery of the prizes through registered mail. All unclaimed gift certificates after theredemption period shall be forfeited in favor of JS UNITRADE with prior DTI approval.

4) Winners will be asked to present their notification letter plus 2 valid IDs (e.g., driver’s license, SSS/GSIS card,passport ID, student ID, company ID) for verification purposes.

5) Winners can use their birthday party certificates at their chosen participating Jollibee Party Store fromMarch 18, 2011 to December 31, 2012 only.

6) Prizes are transferable but not convertible to cash.7) Employees of JS UNITRADE and JOLLIBEE, their advertising agencies and suppliers, including their

relatives up to second degree of consanguinity or affinity are disqualified from joining the raffle promo.

E. CONTROL MEASURES: 1) For the 1st Monthly Draw, drop boxes shall be collected one day after the deadline for dropping of

entries by a 3rd party agency of JS UNITRADE and brought to respective warehouses (GMA, Cebu andCDO) for safe keeping under custody of a JS UNITRADE personnel. A DTI representative will be invitedto be present during the opening of the drop boxes and drawing of winners.

2) For the 2nd Monthly Draw, drop boxes shall be collected twice – after the 2nd week and one day afterthe deadline for dropping of entries by a 3rd party agency of JS UNITRADE and brought to respectivewarehouses (GMA, Cebu and CDO) for safe keeping under custody of a JS UNITRADE personnel. A DTIrepresentative will be invited to be present during the opening of the drop boxes and drawing of winners.

3) For the Grand Draw, drop boxes shall be collected twice before the deadline of entries and one dayafter the deadline for dropping of entries by a 3rd party agency of JS UNITRADE and brought torespective warehouses (GMA, Cebu and CDO) for safe keeping under custody of a JS UNITRADEpersonnel. A DTI representative will be invited to be present during the opening of the drop boxes anddrawing of winners.

PROMO MECHANICS

A. EQ Plus Baby Diapers with soft cottony cover No. of Packs Required

B. EQ Colors Baby Diapers

C. EQ Dry Baby Diapers with magic tapes

EQ Plus Mini Packs (4s)EQ Plus Budget Pack (12s)EQ Plus Big Pack (36s, 32s, 28s, 24s)

EQ Dry Mini Packs (4s)EQ Dry Travel Pack (22s, 20s, 18s, 16s, 14s, 12s)EQ Dry Econo Pack (40s, 36s, 32s, 28s, 24s)EQ Dry Jumbo Pack (60s, 54s, 48s, 42s)EQ Dry Mega Pack (84s, 72s, 60s)

21111

EQ Colors Budget Pack (18s, 16s, 14s, 12s)

211

1

Only EQ Plus with soft cottony cover and EQ Dry with magic tape wrappers will be accepted.

1st Monthly Draw

2nd Monthly Draw

Grand Draw

February 16, 2011

March 16, 2011

April 15, 2011

DEADLINE OFSUBMISSION

March 2, 2011 9AM

March 30, 2011 9AM

April 29, 2011 9AM

DRAW DATE

75 winners

75 winners

135 winners

NO. OFWINNERS

*All entries received after the deadline (for Jollibee Party Stores and JS Unitrade offices) will be included in the succeeding draws.

*Mailed entries for Grand Draw will be accepted until 5PM of April 28, 2011 only.

4) Your entry should contain the number of corresponding EQ packs. Chosen entry with incompletenumber of packs will be disqualified.

Only entire wrappers will be accepted.Entries containing soiled wrappers (wrappers contaminated with feces or mud, discolored or faded wrappers) or wrappers with erased number points will NOT be honored.

B. RAFFLE PRIZES:Each winner will receive one (1) Jollibee Birthday Party Certificate worth Seven Thousand Pesos( 7,000) and one (1) Birthday Party Cake Certificate worth Five Hundred Pesos ( 500).

C. DRAW SCHEDULES:1) Entries will be classified into five (5) areas: GMA, North Luzon, South Luzon, Visayas and

Mindanao.2) Deadline for submission of all entries, the corresponding draw dates and number of winners are as

follows:

P P

6 FEATURES WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2011

modelSunrise:6:04 AMSunset:6:06 PM

Avg. High:31ºC

Avg. Low:24ºCMax.

Humidity:(Day)68%

topThursday,Mar. 17

JIM

GU

IAO

PUN

ZALA

NPAU Quiogue,22, ComputerEngineeringgraduate saPLM

Major, major beauties

in the Miss Universe contestraised such an interest in theBinibining Pilipinas pageant thatit even attracted former contes-tants in rival beauty contests.

Among this year’s aspirantsare resigned Mutya ng Pilipinaswinner Zephorah Mayon, run-ners-up Arabellah Hanesh,Suzette Hernandez and PaulaFigueras and semifinalists Car-olyn Ty and Jenn Roe Gubat.

Miss Philippines-Earth alum-nae Patricia Tumulak, KrystleAnn Grant and Monique Manuelhave also joined the fray.

Cluster of returneesThat the Binibining Pilipinas

crown is apparently highly cov-eted is evidenced by the partici-pation again of last year’s run-ner-up, Diane Necio. The 18-year-old Bicolano gave up herrunner-up spot, along with herprizes, so she could join again.

Former runners-up waitedone to two more years beforeenlisting anew.

Necio is joined by returneesDiana Arevalo and Maria BiancaPaz, who both participated inthe pageant’s 2009 edition.

Campus beauty queens Kristi-na Marasigan, Janine Tugononand Sabrinne Al-Tawil, and for-mer Deal or No Deal briefcase la-dy Chloe McCully have also laidclaim to the prestigious title.Challenge from newbies

But these more experiencedwomen face tough competitionfrom newbies, who include Uni-versity of the Philippines magna

cum laude graduate ShamceySupsup (who also topped the ar-chitecture licensure examination)and statuesque Jet Noguchi, whostudied in the United States.

Other competitors, IsabellaMajon and Luzelle Felipe, pos-sess impeccable faces, whileMary Jean Lastimosa has an en-viable figure and arguably thebest body in the competition.

Binibining Pilipinas selects

the country’s representatives tothe Miss Universe and Miss In-ternational pageants.

The more notable productsof Binibining Pilipinas are MissUniverse winners Gloria Diazand Margie Moran, Miss Inter-national titleholders Aurora Pi-juan, Melanie Marquez and Pre-cious Lara Quigaman, and MissUniverse runners-up MiriamQuiambao and Raj.

The winners will be pro-claimed on April 10 at the Arane-ta Coliseum in Quezon City.

By Armin AdinaPhotos by Niño Jesus Orbeta

A RE there many more Venus Rajs out there? Or-ganizers of the Binibining Pilipinas beautypageant believe so.

If in recent years only 24 can-didates were selected by pageantorganizers, 40 candidates werepresented last March 8 to mem-bers of the media at the SofitelPhilippine Plaza in Pasay City.

Jose “Pitoy” Moreno, cochairof the Binibining Pilipinas Chari-ties Inc. (BPCI), said the organiz-ers increased the number of par-ticipants this year “to give chance

to more deserving applicants.”Gines Enriguez, spokesper-

son of BPCI’s parent companyAraneta Group, said: “Therewas an influx of beautiful appli-cants this year, perhaps becauseof Venus’ exceptional perfor-mance in the Miss Universe.”

Enriquez added: “There werea lot of deserving applicantswho should be given a shot atthe title.”

A challengeRaj made a splash in August

last year when she finished fifthin the 2010 Miss Universepageant, bringing her not onlyinstant fame but also glory tothe Philippines.

Her victory had apparentlyposed a challenge to other Fil-ipino women to duplicate, if notsurpass, her “major-major” ac-complishment.

Earlier editions of the Philip-pine pageant, particularly thosebefore the mid-1990s, had 40candidates as well. Then camethe tradition to select only 24candidates, with the exception of2007, when the competition drewa number of formidable aspirants.

Enriquez said BPCI founderand chair Stella Marquez deAraneta considered reverting tothe 40-candidate format whenthe pageant moved to ABS-CBNfrom the rival GMA Networkthis year.

Good for TV, tooThe move to select 40 candi-

dates was justified by the bevyof competitive aspirants whofiled their applications, En-riquez said.

The deadline for applicationwas even extended twice be-cause of the high quality ofwomen declaring their intentionto participate in the annualbeauty pageant.

Seeing the strong crop of ap-plicants, the BPCI pushedthrough with its plan to increasethe number of candidates.

“Having more ladies couldalso contribute to a more enter-taining [television] production,”Enriquez said.

Swarm of beautiesRaj’s fourth runner-up finish

BIANCA Paz CAROLYN Tan

PATRICIA Tumulak

JENN Roe Gubat

DIANE Necio

ARA HaneshLUZELLE Felipe

QUEENIE Rehman DIANA Arevalo

SABRINNE Al-Tawil

ISABELLA Manjon, impeccable face SHAMCEY Supsup, magna cum laude

MARY Jean Lastimosa has thebest body in the competition

SUZETTEHernandez

PAULAFigueras

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2011 7

Surf and text combo in mobile broadbandGLOBE Telecom hasintroduced the firstsurf and text comboo f f e r a v a i l a b l e i nGlobe Tattoo, its flag-ship mobile broad-band product.

Tattoo SURFTXT60is a combined surf andtext promo availablefor Globe Tattoo Pre-paid Broadband sub-scribers giving themaccess to an entire dayof surfing and textingfor only P60.

Tattoo SURFTXT60is the only combo of-fer of its kind avail-a b l e i n a p r e p a i dbroadband stick al-lowing subscribers tosurf the Internet andsend text messages allt h e y w a n t f o r o n eday.

W i t h T a t t o o

S U R F T X T 6 0 , s u b-scribers can surf andtext all they want toany Tattoo, Globe Pre-paid, Globe Postpaidor TM number.

The Globe SIM canbe used in connectingto the Internet using aGlobe Tattoo stick andsending text messagesusing a Globe-pow-ered mobile phone.

To reg is ter, textSURFTXT60 to 8888.After registration, atext message will besent to the subscribernotifying that the of-fer can be availed al-ready.

A minimum of P65prepaid load is re-quired for a subscriberto register and use thepromo.

E n j o y T a t t o o

S U R F T X T 6 0 u n t i lApril 30.

For more informa-t i o n a b o u t Ta t t o o

SURFTXT60 and otherbroadband services ofG l o b e , v i s i twww.globe.com.ph.

SHOWBUZZ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 20118ROMEL M. LALATA, Editor

Jobless. Looking. Waiting. MAY TRABAHO DITOTuesdays & Thursdays sa INQUIRER LIBRE • Never ka na bibili linggo-linggo kasi ‘May Trabaho Dito’ sa INQUIRER LIBRE

Tsunami alert: Whatwould celebs do?

It’s a wake-up call for all ofus. MJ’s song, Heal The World,sums it all up.

But what would celebritiesdo if they had only a few min-utes before a tsunami hit them?I would hug my kids tightly andwe’d pray together. I’d keeptelling them I love them untilmy last breath.

May the tragedy in Japan re-mind us that we should make itsecond nature to care for Moth-er Nature every single day of

our lives. Let’s take comfort inthe thought that God is in con-trol and He is more powerfulthan all the tsunamis combined.

Vicki Belo: “When newsbroke out about the tsunami, Ispent the day like it was the lastday of my life. I was huggingand kissing Cristalle, Quark,Atom, Hayden and my mom. Ithanked them for being in mylife and told them how much Iloved them.”

Ogie Alcasid: “I would stayclose to my loved ones and pre-pare to meet our Creator.”

Amy Perez: “Of course I’dgather my loved ones, prayhard and go up a building if

possible.”Marco Alcaraz: “I’d try to

outrun it, but if I can’t, I’d callmy loved ones and close myeyes and pray to God for a mir-acle.”

Aiko Melendez: “ I wouldrecite my last-minute prayer. I’dcall on God for me and my fam-ily, especially my kids, not tofeel any pain even if wedrown.”

China Cojuangco: “I’d bepraying while running. I’d savemy dogs, look for my familyand make sure they are in asafe place, then I’ll say Amen.”

Drew Arellano: “I’d try toreach higher ground but if ithad to be the end of me, I’dspend the last few minutes re-membering happy memorieswith loved ones. I might evenhave the time to call Iya to saygoodbye.”

Luis Alandy:“I would pray

and call my parents to tell themwhere I am. Then I’d take pic-tures of the last few minutesleft.”

Medwin Marfil (TrueFaith): “I’d run to higherground with my family and allmy loved ones. I’d bring my petdog Theodore and my cat Cocowith me, too.”

Hayden Kho: “If a tsunamiwere to hit and wipe us out, I’dhold my beloved’s hand and in-vite her to spend the last fewminutes in meditation to thankGod for the life and love we ex-perienced together.”

‘Little Stars’ searchCalling cute and smart kids

ages 4-7. Join Sta. Lucia Mall’s“Search for Little Stars 2011”audition on March 20 at 11a.m. at the mall’s EntertainmentCenter Phase 3.

Call 6815401 loc. 118 or vis-it www.staluciamall.com.

By Dolly Anne Carvajal

I AM still in a state of shock after watching on TVthe aftermath of a massive earthquake and tsuna-mi that hit Japan on Friday afternoon. Even a

country so hi-tech can be helpless in the face of na-ture’s wrath.

Now showing, now naMars Needs Moms

Directed by Simon Wells;with the voices of Seth Dusky,Joan Cusack, Tom Everett Scott,Mindy Sterling, Dan Fogler,

Kevin CahoonSpoiled kid (Dusky)

hides in a spaceship to savehis mom (Cusack) whowas abducted by aliens.ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’sLisa Schwarzbaum as-serts: The “screenplay isdelightful, by turns fun-ny and emotional.” VIL-LAGE VOICE’s NickSchager agrees: It “isn’tout to disturb, merely tostimulate through light,

sound and sentimentality.”THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER’s

Kirk Honeycutt thinks “motion

picture capture animation isgetting better all the time.”

World Invasion:Battle Los Angeles

Directed by JonathanLiebesman; stars Aaron Eck-hart, Bridget Moynahan,Michelle Rodriguez, Ne-Yo,Michael Pena, Will Rothhaar

Alien invaders attack and

it’s up to a marine sergeantand his platoon to defend theplanet. VARIETY’s Brian Lowrycalls it “the cinematic equiva-lent of a first-person shootergame.” VIEWLONDON’s MatthewTurner says it’s a “rabidlygung-ho action thriller thatplays like Black Hawk Downwith aliens.”

Fil-Am singerwins over‘AmericanIdol’ votersLAST week, Fil-Am ThiaMegia gathered enough votesto continue her quest onAmerican Idol, despite less-than-glowing reviews after herrendition of Michael Jackson’sSmile.

AI viewers saved her andbooted out Ashton Jones, 24,from Valdosta.

This week, the Top 12 takeon songs from the year theywere born. In the Philippines,the show airs on GMA NewsTV Channel 11. Catch the per-formance night tomorrow, 6p.m. (replay at 10 p.m.). An-other contender will be elimi-nated on Friday, 6 p.m. (re-play at 10 p.m.). Guest per-formers on results night areThe Black Eyed Peas and AISeason 9 winner Lee DeWyze.LUIS Alandy

MARCO Alcaraz

MARS Need Moms

10 ENJOY WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2011

LIBRA

VIRGO

LEO

CANCER

GEMINI

TAURUS

ARIES

PISCES

AQUARIUS

CAPRICORN

SAGITTARIUS

SCORPIO

Kapalaran PUGAD BABOY P.M. JUNIOR

UNGGUTERO BLADIMER USI

Love: Y Career: PMoney:‘

SOLUTION TOTODAY’S PUZZLE

YYYHanda na siya peromag-aatubili ka pa

‘‘Baguhin lifestyle

para di mahirapan

PPPNape-pressure ka

sa sarili mo no

YYYHuwag kalimutan

kung sino ka

‘‘‘Bumili nang kotse,

yung maliit lang

PPPPSimple lang yan

kung hahayaan mo

YYYTanungin ang sarili

bago ka mag-desisyon

‘‘Sa hassle pa lang,

kulang na bayad sa iyo

PPPMalilimutan mo ID moandun sa isang bag

YYYYI-blowout mo

magpakilala sa inyo ha

‘‘‘‘Oras na makabentatuluy-tuloy na yan

PPTalo ang mahinangboses sa debate

YYYFamiliar name at face

niya, nakita mo na

‘‘‘‘Ayusin ang paglatag

ng mga tinda mo

PPPPNaunang dumating,

siyang magde-decide

YYUmuwi’t magsumbong

ka kay nanay

‘‘‘Kapkapin ang cel

bago bumaba ng dyip

PPPPPMakakaintindi sa iyo

yung mga right people

YYYYIba na ang feeling mo

kapag nakilala siya

‘‘‘‘Ikaw ang solusyon saproblema niya sa pera

PPPUgaliing uminom

ng buko juice

YKapag nanood ng sine,sa ibang row siya uupo

‘‘‘‘Bigyan ng allowance

ang nanay mo

PPPPHindi ka bully pero

ikaw ang hari

YYMaiiwasan mo sampalpero hindi ang kurot

‘‘Hindi mo pa sinweldo

ginagastos mo na

PPPSa iba ka na lang

magpatimpla ng kape

YYYYMagmumog before and

after makipag-kiss

‘‘‘Ngayong taon, sumalisa isang kooperatiba

PPIpaalam two months

ahead ang pag-resign

YYYManlalamig siya,as in giginawin

‘‘‘‘Tumulong sa iba

para maging ok karma

PPPPHindi ka maiipit kahit

nasa gitna ka

YHindi niya ginugupit

kuko niya sa paa

‘‘Mahal pa-sex change.Pabakuna ka na lang

PMasasagasaan ka

ng kariton ng fishball

ACROSS1. Tale5. Band9. Moray10. Goodbye

11. Cease14. Currency16. Inventor Whitney17. Tasks19. Extinct bird

21. Currency22. -- Colores23. Before25. Pigpen27. Argon symbol29. Sunlight hours31. Leak34. Respected37. Collection38. Notion39. Tower41. Every43. ---- Fernandez44. Dance45. Annoying

DOWN1. Discolored2. Alongside3. Garland4. Other5. Antimony, abbr.6. Dictators7. Bridle8. Beat12. Chess rating

13. Attempt15. Plus18. --- judicata20. Trials24. Organ26. Craves27. Zodiac sign28. Crimson30. So far32. Direction, abbr.33. Lackey35. Mutton36. Abandon40. Fish egg42. Note

CROSSWORD PUZZLE BY ROY LUARCA

OOOOMAYAMAN vs MahirapANG ulam pang-mayaman ESCARGOTAng ulam pang-mahirap KUHOL

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2011 SPORTS DENNIS U. EROA, Editor

sabi ni coach Bo Perasol napinalitan si Russel Cartermatapos bumagsak angTigers sa Barangay Ginebra,107-92.

May 1-4 marka ang Tigersat nanganganibmagbakasyonnang maaga kunghindi babalik sa‘‘winning way.”

Samantala,susugal ang Gine-

bra kay Nate Brumfeld sapagharap ng Kings kontra Air21 Express.

‘Every game is going tocount from this day on.There’s no time to relax andtake things for granted,’’ aniGinebra coach Jong Uichico.

May 1-3 marka ang Express.

MAGSASAGUPA ang mga ko-ponan nasa ilalim ng stand-ing ngayon sa PBA Commis-sioner’s Cup sa Cuneta As-trodome.

Isasabak ng PoweradeTigers ang bagonilang import nasi Martin Zeno la-ban sa San MiguelBeer 5 p.m.

Lumaro saTexas Tech siZeno noong kolehiyo. Betera-no rin si Zeno ng Erie BayHawks sa National BasketballDevelopment League.

“Martin is an energy typeof player. But we know ourresponsibilities. Not one ortwo players can make us win.It should be a team effort,’’

Tigers, Express gutom

Donaire gustolayasan si Arum

Ni Jasmine W. Payo

MALAKI ang posibilidadna magharap sa korte siFil-American boxing starNonito Donaire Jr. atang Top Rank na pina-mumunuan ni BobArum.

Bagamat matipidmga sagot, sinabing WBC/WBObantamweightchampion na ba-

hala na ang kanyang abo-gado sa usapin.

Ayon sa mga usapan, nais niDonaire na layasan na ang TopRank at lumipat sa Golden BoyPromotio ni Oscar De La Hoya.

“My lawyer, siya ang nag-aasikaso,” sabi ni Donaire ka-hapon sa PSA Forum sa Shakey’sUN Avenue sa Maynila.

Ang mga kinatawan ni Don-aire kung promosyon angpinag-uusapan ay sina CameronDunkin at Jerry Bailey na dat-ing hepe ng Nevada boxing

commission.“[Golden Boy] never really

approached us, it’s unprofes-sional for them to do so,” sabing asawa ni Donaire na siRachel. Dumalo rin si Rachel satalakayan.

Ganunpaman, tinira ng mag-asawa Donaire ang Top Rank nadi-umano’y hindi sumunod sakontrata napagkasunduannoong Hunyo 26, 2008.

Binalikan ni Arum sa isanginterbyu ang sinabi ng mgaDonaire at sinabing may bisa paang kasunduan.

“The contract is very muchin place,” wika ni Arum. “I hopethey come to their senses.”

Nauna ng sinabi ni Arum namatatapos ang kontrata Hunyo28, ngunit may bahagi angdokumento na sinasabing maykarapatan ang promoter para sa12 buwan pagpapahaba ng kon-trata.

Kabilang sa kliyente ni Arumsi Pinoy boxing icon Manny Pac-quiao.

GOAL SCORERNAGBUBUNYI ang Pinoy Azkals matapos lusutan ni James Younghusband si Mongolian goalkeeperTseveensuren Ganbayar sa ika-4 minuto. Nagawang magwagi ng Blue Wolves, 2-1, ngunit hindi ito sapatupang pigilan ang abante ng Azkals. RICHARD PACANA

MUNTIK MAGING MONGOLIAN BARBECUE

Azkals ligtaspercent to our potential,” sabini Azkals’ German coach HansMichael Weiss na inialay anglaro sa mga biktima ng lindol saJapan.

“The performance of theteam should also be judgedbased on the harsh conditionshere. It’s difficult when there’s a50 degree difference in theweather you are used to playingin.”

Pinuri ni Philippine FootballFederation president Mariano“Nonong” Araneta ang katata-gan ng Azkals.

“I’m happy because we pro-gressed to Myanmar, and I thinkthat’s the most importantthing,” ani Araneta.

Pinanood ni Araneta angsagupaan sa VIP box malapit saupuan ni Mongolian PresidentElbegdorj Tsakhia.

Ni Cedelf P. Tupas

U LAN BATOR—Muntik ng maging bangungot angmala-panaginip na simula ng Philippine Azkalssa mala-repridyereytor kapitolyo ng Mongolia.

Maagang umiskor si JamesYounghusband sa ika-4 minutongunit matindi ang balik ngBlue Wolves na pinoste ang 2-1panalo sa ikalawang yugto ngAsian Football ConfederationChallenge Cup Martes sa Mon-golian Football Federation field.

Salamat sa goal ni Younghus-band at ang 2-0 baon ng Azkalsna mula sa kanilang panalo saBacolod City nagawang puma-sok ng bansa sa group qualify-ing tournament sa MyanmarMarso 21.

Sasagupain ng Azkals angMyanmar, Bangladesh at Pales-

tine kung saan ay papasok satorneo ang unang dalawang ko-ponan.

Manipis ang laro ng Azkalssa gitna ng napakalamig natemperatura. Apektado rin silasa hindi paglalaro nina NeilEtheridge, Jason de Jong at RobGier.

Nilusutan ni Chieffy Calig-dong ang dalawang defender saleft flank bago tirahin si Mongo-lian goalkeeper TseveensurenGanbayar na nasalag ang bolangunit agad itong sinipa niYounghusband, 1-0.

“I think we played just 60

Spurs tustado sa Miami HeatMIAMI—Binura ng Miami Heat ang memorya ng pinakapangit na pagkatalo nga-yong season sa San Antonio matapos tustahin ang Spurs, 110-80. Pinagyelo ngSpurs ang Heat, 125-95, noong Marso 24 ngunit nagsilbi itong motibasyon upangiposte ng Heat (46-21) ang ikatlong sunod tagumpay matapos ang five-game los-ing streak. Kumpletong resulta: New Jersey 88 Boston 79; Oklahoma City 116Washington 89; Denver 114 New Orleans 103; Miami 110 San Antonio 80; Mem-

phis 105 LA Clippers 82; Houston 95 Phoenix 93; Utah 112Philadelphia 107 (OT); Sacramento 129 Golden

State 119; LA Lakers 97 Orlando 84. Reuters

MGA LARO NGAYON(Astrodome, Pasay City)5 p.m. – San Miguel vs

Powerade7:30 p.m. – Ginebra vs

Air21