Vol 2 No 247.pmd

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VOLUME 2
NUMBER 247
THURSDAY
MARCH 26, 2009
CDC, Phil
Science HS
sign lease
accord
CLARK FREEPORT –
Officials of the Clark
Development Corporation (CDC) and the Philippine Sciences High
School (PSHS) signed
a Memorandum of
Agreement (MOA) for
the establishment of
Central Luzon campus
based in this worldclass Freeport .
CDC President Benigno N. Ricafort and Department of Science and
Technology (DOST)
Secretary Estrella F. Alabastro signed the MOA
that establishes a PSHS
campus inside the Clark
Polytechnic here.
Ricafort said the
PSHS campus is a
“breakthrough” for the
Clark Freeport since it
not only serves as a venue for investments but
PAGE 6 PLEASE
Sports
complex too
expensive
– city dad
BY JOEY PAVIA
ANGELES CITY – A councilor here yesterday expressed alarm over the
city government’s plan to
build a P681 million sports
complex through a loan
saying the project “is exorbitant and not a priority
in these hard times.”
Councilor Willie Rivera,
head of the city council’s
minority bloc, said “such
PAGE 2 PLEASE
LOW PASSING RATE IN BOARD EXAMS
40 nursing schools
in C. Luzon under fire
BY DING CERVANTES
C
ITY OF SAN FERNANDO –
Some 40 out of 50 schools
offering nursing courses in
Central Luzon are under fire from
the Commission on Higher
Education (CHED) here for their
low passing rate in nursing board
examinations.
CHED regional director
Dr. Felizardo Francisco cited statistics from the Professional Regulations
Commission (PRC) showing this.
He said the poor performing schools are not
being monitored by CHED
and will be the subject of
a series of three evaluations before being confronted with the possibility of
abolishing their nursing
courses.
PAGE 6 PLEASE
BANTA. Ipinakikita ng isang manggagawa sa manggahan ang epekto
sa bunga ng mangga ng kakaibang sakit na tinatawag na ‘kurikong.’
KUHA NI ARMAND GALANG
APEKTADO NG ‘KURIKONG’
Industriya ng mangga sa
N.E. nanganganib bumagsak
NI ARMAND M. GALANG
JAEN, Nueva Ecija – Nanganganib na
bumagsak ang industriya ng mangga
sa Nueva Ecija matapos maapektuhan
ng kakaibang peste ang tinatayang 60
porsiyento nito, ayon sa provincial agriculture office.
Ang “kurikong” o cecid fly ay nakita
sa karamihan ng mga bunga ng mangga, ayon kay Andres Padilla, hepe ng
crop protection division ng PAO.
Kilala sa mga tawag na Saksak
Walis at Kurikong sa Luzon, ang peste
na nagpapaitim at bumubutas sa bunPAGE 2 PLEASE
Francisco
Macalintal: Chacha
likely to be aborted
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo’s election lawyer Romulo
Macalintal debunked yesterday fears that the President’s term could be extended through Charter
change amid lack of both
time and budget for any
plebiscite.
“Just like the case of
recall elections, the Commission on Elections
(Comelec) does not have
the budget and time for (the
processes needed) for
Charter change,” Macalintal said in a text message
to Punto.
At the height of the signature drive for a recall
petition against Pampanga Gov. Eddie Panlilio,
Macalintal also said the
petition would not prosper
amid lack of both time and
funds in the Comelec. Later, Comelec chairman
PAGE 6 PLEASE
DENR padlocks Chinese mining firm
‰ For violating environmental laws
dation of the separator machine.
The team also disclosed that the
NGHC is about one kilometer south of
Prime Peak Company whose magnetite
sand mining and processing operations
in the coastal village of Dampay were
also stopped late last year by the DENR
for the same violations.
“What we found out was that the
magnetite separator being installed on
the shores of Binabalian is the same
equipment we dismantled in Dampay,
proof that NGHC and Prime Peak are one
and the same company,” Uykieng revealed, saying the company is “playing
tricks” on the DENR.
He said the firm violated the provisions of Batas Pambansa Bilang 265
which prohibits the extraction of gravel
and sand, and such other activities as
would erode and diminish the natural
beauty of beaches.
ment which tops the agenda of Environment Secretary Jose “Lito” Atienza.
Last week, nine Chinese nationals
were also nabbed by local police in Aurora province for illegally hauling black
sand while aboard the ship MV Zheng
Zhou Hou in barangay Estevez along the
coast of Casiguran.
Under Republic Act 7942, or the Philippine Mining Act of 1995, theft of minerals is punishable by up to six years imprisonment and fine of up to P20,000.
Black sand is a shiny black mixture
of iron oxides, mostly of magnetite, found
in streambeds and beaches where
stream and wave energy is sufficient to
carry away low-density material but not
the heavy minerals.
Iron ores contained in black sand are
used for making metals and steels, and
placer mines also yield zircon, gold, platinum, and several gemstones, such as
garnet, topaz, ruby, sapphire, and diamond.
Economic team sees 6.9% growth in CL
BY MALOU DUNGOG
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT
— With the presence of
Subic Bay and Clark free
ports in Central Luzon, a
6.9 percent economic
growth is “highly attainable” in the region this year
despite the global economic slowdown, Philippine
economic managers said.
The economic forecast
was made during a recent
briefing at the Subic International Hotel where the
country’s top economic
officials held back-to-back
presentations on the government’s strategies to
override the effects of the
financial crisis.
Finance Sec. Margarito Teves said the government’s fiscal reform has
generated revenues that
are now being invested
into two economic sectors
— public infrastructure and
social services — to
pump-prime the national
economy.
But he specifically cited the Subic-Clark growth
corridor as “steps ahead”
compared to neighboring
areas because of major
infrastructure projects already in place in the area.
These include the modern seaport in Subic that
has given rise to a
600,000-TEU (twenty-foot
equivalent unit) container
terminal, the Diosdado
Macapagal International
Airport (DMIA) in Clark,
and the Subic-Clark-Tarlac
Expressway (SCTEx) that
now links the two free
ports.
“With this advantage,
Central Luzon, which
made the third largest contribution to the country’s
gross regional domestic
product (GRDP) at 8.3
percent in 2007, “can focus on other economic
arenas like attracting investments and streamlining the process of doing
business in the region,”
Teves said.
Remigio Mercado, National Economic and Development Authority
(NEDA) region 3 director,
said that the agriculture
and services sectors will
stay resilient and provide
avenues for regional eco-
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • MARCH 26, 2009 • THURSDAY
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amount will significantly
“deplete” the city coffer’s
funds.
“It will do more harm
than good to the government, notably in the long
run. What’s behind this
massive project near the
end of mayor’s term? I am
amazed as if the sports
complex is the savior of
the city and its people,”
said Rivera.
The lawyer-councilor
stressed that he was not
totally against the plan to
build a sports complex but
the city should not spend
a huge amount for the
project. “This could be another white elephant
project.”
Rivera also said members of the city council and
the local folk should have
been asked to comment
on the establishment of a
sports complex in Barangay Pandan “whether they
agree or not.”
ga ng mangga ay tinatawag rin bilang Buti, Armalite at Nora-nora sa
Visayas at Mindanao.
Ayon kay Padilla, sa
timog-Nueva Ecija lamang
ay may tinatayang
250,000 puno ng mangga
ang kasalakuyang namumunga.
“Marami nang gustong
bumalik sa pagtatanim ng
gulay ngunit mas marami
ang pagkalugi,” ani Padilla sa mga nangongontrata sa pagpapabunga o
nag-iispray.
Nabatid na unang nakita ang sakit na ito sa Batangas noong 1987.
Ayon kay Padilla,
hanggang sa ngayon ay
wala pang nakikitang eksaktong panlaban sa na-
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nomic growth amid the
global economic slowdown.
However, he added that
the industrial sector’s output in Central Luzon is
expected to go down further since manufacturing,
which employs 20 percent
of the people in the industrial sector, had been the
hardest hit by the financial
crisis.
“Manufacturing is still
expected to grow, but
comparatively lower than
that of 2007 figures,” Mercado added.
On the other hand,
Mercado said that growth
in the services sector —
now Central Luzon’s biggest sector at 40 percent
— may be pushed higher
if the region could take
advantage of the expanding industries in new
growth areas.
Earlier, at least 21 village chiefs led by Balibago Barangay Rodelio
“Tony” Mamac signed a
resolution urging the nixing of the multi-million
project saying it will not
directly benefit the people.
Rivera said Mayor
Francis “Blueboy” Nepomuceno had not started
on the right foot because
of the lack of planning and
coordination with public
officials and private
groups.
“That’s the problem
with the mayor because
he doesn’t consult outside
of his circle,” said Rivera.
He added that Nepomuceno should have consulted his constituents
through a public hearing
which is mandatory under
the local government code.
Rivera vowed to “do all
he can” to stop the implementation of the project at
the six-hectare lot donated by the Jao family.
Industriya ng mangga sa N.E...
FROM PAGE 1
Honda Cars Pampanga
is urgently in need of the following:
Interested applicants should submit their resumes to Honda Cars Pampanga Inc,
Mc Arthur Hiway, San Agustin, San Fernando, San Fernando Pampanga
Look for Ms. Glenda Cunanan. Tel # 963-6614
Sports complex too expensive – city dad
FROM PAGE 1
Job Openings
turang peste.
Maaring subukan,
ayon sa kanya, ang pagpapalit-palit ng pestisidyo
upang maiwasang ma-immune ang peste.
Inire-rekomenda ni Padilla ang bagging o pagsu-supot ng mga bunga
ng mangga katulad ng ginagawa sa Zambales.
Aniya, sa Zambales ay
may mga kontratista sa
bagging ngunit magastos
ito.
Nauna nang nagpadala ang mga eksperto ng
DA sa Bulacan at Nueva
Ecija upang tingnan ang
naturang suliranin. Ngunit
ayon sa mga namimitas
ng mangga na nakausap
ng mga mamamahayag,
hanggang sa ngayon ay
malubhang suliranin ito
para sa kanila.
Finance Secretary Margarito Teves fields a
question during an economic briefing conducted
here last week by the country’s economic
managers. With Teves are NEDA Secretary
Ralph Recto, NEDA Region 3 director Remigio
Mercado, and Budget Undersecretary Laura
Pascua. PHOTO BY MALOU DUNGOG
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
THIRD JUDICIAL REGION
BRANCH 53
Guagua, Pampanga
IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION
OF ENTRY IN THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE
(REGISTRY NO. 2008-2878) OF
CLARITA S. FLORES,
SPECIAL PROCEDDINGS NO. G-09-2227
CLARITA S. FLORES,
Petitioner,
-versusTHE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF
GUAGUA, PAMPANGA, and the
CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL IN
MANILA,
Respondents.
X_____________________________x
ORDER
This is a verified petition having been filed by petitioner through
counsel praying that after due notice, publication and hearing, judgment
be rendered, granting the petition and ordering the Local Civil Registrar of
Guagua, Pampanga and the Civil Registrar in Manila to change/correct
the erroneous entry in her Birth Certificate with Registry No. 2008-2878
by changing her date of birth therein from “October 9, 1977” to “August
9, 1967”.
Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, the same
is hereby set for hearing on May 11, 2009 at 9:00 in the morning at the
courtroom of this Court
Let this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive
weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the province of
Pampanga, at the expense of the petitioner.
Let copies of this Order and the petition be furnished the Office of the
Solicitor General at 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City; the
Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Pampanga, City of San Fernando
(P); Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Office, Quezon City; and
the Local Civil Registrar of Guagua, Pampanga.
The civil registrars concerned and any person having or claiming
any interest under the entry where correction is sought may, within
fifteen (15) days from notice of the petition, or from the last date of
publication, file their opposition thereto, and appear on said date and time,
and show cause why this petition should not be granted.
SO ORDERED.
Guagua, Pampanga, March 2, 2009.
MARIA CONCEPCION A. YUMANG
Presiding Judge
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PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • MARCH 26, 2009 • THURSDAY
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Officials of
the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) here closed down
a Chinese-owned black sand mining firm
in Zambales for operating within 70
meters from the shores of Candelaria
town in violation of environmental laws.
Lawyer Danilo Uykieng, director of the
regional Mines and Geosciences Bureau
(MGB) of the DENR in Central Luzon,
slapped New Gian Hwa Company
(NGHC) a cease and desist order and
directed the mining company to immediately dismantle and pull-out all its equipment from the coastal village of Binabalian in Candelaria town.
A DENR fact-finding team deployed
in the area found the NGHC installing a
magnetite sand separator just within 70
meters from the shoreline and has already
excavated an area 15 meters wide and
two meters deep for the basement foun-
He also said NGHC also violated
Section 1 of DENR Administrative Order
No. 2007-15 which closes to mining operations onshore areas within 200 meters
from the mean low tide level along the
coasts.
Antonio Principe, executive director
of the regional DENR office appealed to
local executives of Candelaria town and
to the provincial government of Zambales
to help DENR monitor the province’s 173kilometer coastline to prevent illegal small
scale mining and processing operations.
He also urged the 12 coastal towns
and 76 coastal villages of Zambales to
be more vigilant and to report immediately any suspected illegal mining operation in their area to the nearest DENR
office and local government unit.
“Prevention and early detection are
effective deterrent to environmental
crimes,” Principe said, adding that public cooperation and vigilance is critical to
the success of environmental law enforce-
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A matter
of priorities
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • MARCH 26, 2009 • THURSDAY
“SECURING A huge loan of P681 million…to
construct a city sports complex that is a seasonal
infrastructure project will not redound to the direct
and lasting benefit of the poor, disadvantaged and
marginalized citizenry.”
So said a resolution of the Angeles City Liga
ng mga Barangay opposing Mayor Francis
“Blueboy” Nepomuceno’s grand project for sports
development.
“The city is already deeply indebted and
resorting to another loan will tie up the government
budget in monthly amortizations that will sacrifice
basic delivery of public service.” Feared the
resolution of the adverse effect of a new loan.
Perhaps the fears of the barangay chairmen
are misplaced. The approval of loans is after all
factored on the borrower’s capacity to pay. If
Angeles City is so burdened by previous loans,
no financing institution, in its right mind, will extend
more loans to it.
So there, be not afraid, Honorable Sirs.
“The city is suffering from various socioeconomic problems that need to be addressed
comprehensively such as the lack of medicines
and full-time doctors at the Ospital Ning Angeles
(ONA), the need for more school buildings, public
cemetery, low-cost housing for the homeless and
so many others.”
Now, that is a sound argument raised by the
resolution.
To many Angeleños, their city hospital has
reverted to its pre-Pinatubo status of being a
“Mona Lisa” hospital. That is in reference to the
passage in that song, “they just lie there, and they
die there.” The “many dreams” of the ditty
substituted to “many patients” at ONA.
School buildings? Perennial needs of an evergrowing school population.
Public cemetery? Yes, not even the ashes of
the city dead can find accommodation at the old,
old, small and overcrowded “patirik-tirik.”
Housing? Look at Abacan River from above
Hensonville Bridge and weep.
A loan of P680 million for a sports complex that
would “help save the youth from the illegal drugs
trade.”
As against the felt needs expressed in the village
chairmen’s resolution. Which should find
precedence?
The Angeleño needs to speak out here.
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Panlilio will run
Game na!
“MAGBUGO KU mu, ngeni aku nang kakasal da (I am just being
the go-between (in the selection of the candidates) but now I am
being chosen as the groom (the candidate)).”
So said Gov. Eddie T. Panlilio in the newspaper that has long
been prime pimping him to national prominence.
In yesterday’s Punto! Panlilio reiterated his “preference” to play
the role of convenor. This, he buttressed with the disclosure of his
being part of a group of civic and religious leaders initiating primaries
to select the “reform candidates” for national positions in the 2010
polls.
“We’re not starting with personalities,” Panlilio said of the
proposed primaries.
So, what’s all the buzz about him eyeing the presidency – as
bannered in his favorite paper – if not about his personality?
Yeah, right. So, of the hostile reactions to his possible
presidential run, Panlilio had this to say: “It’s a repeat of the 2007
elections on a larger scale this time.”
Yeah, right again. Panlilio could well be saying this with the socalled primaries for the “reform candidates” in mind.
THE HEAT of the summer somehow aggravated the hot news
spewing over the national papers and the radio. Mancao and Dumlao
pinned Bigote and Lacson for the Dacer-Corvito murders; 3 Red
Cross volunteers still held captive by the Abu Sayaff; Nicole enjoys
life in the USA after retracting her testimony in court; Noli being
implicated as protector of the Legacy Group; Ombudsman under
impeachment; World Bank wondering why Ombudsman cannot
commence investigation on Bid Collusion; Katrina Halili being the
victim of Belo and lover’s propaganda; Teodoro for President; and
lately, Panlilio and Padaca to run in 2010 as President and VicePresident, respectively.
Of interest in this region is that Governor Panlilio may run for
President in 2010, together with Grace Padaca of Isabela as VicePresident. The movement is being spearheaded by their previously
organized Kaya Natin! Movement, composing of elected officials
known as graft free and truthful public servants and backed up by
moral, intellectual and civil organizations who aim for genuine reform
in government service.
A repeat of 2007. When Panlilio was one of
the convenors of a group of civil society and
religious leaders self-tasked to select the “moral
alternative” in an election being contested by the
so-called twin scourges of Pampanga – jueteng
and the quarry plunderers.
Yeah, right. A visioning of Pampanga freed of
evil provided the base from which sprang all
considerations of possible candidates with the
moral backbone, integrity, and record of
accomplishments.
The names that came up the convenors’ list:
UP Professor Randy David, former Public Works
Secretary and Manila North Tollways Corp.
President Ping de Jesus, and Pampanga
Chamber of Commerce and Industry President
Rene Romero, being the most prominent.
So what happened?
Panlilio, the convenor, became the candidate.
Panlilio, the bugo (go-between), turned out to be
the groom.
A repeat of 2007. Yeah, right. Only Panlilio
will meet the man-profile of the “reform candidate”
for president. The odds are heavily tilted to his
favor. What with the country’s most influential
newspaper as his prime pimp.
“Lunto ya mu rin (The candidate will surface in
time).” Again, Panlilio was quoted as saying.
Linto ne. (He has already surfaced.) Panlilio
himself said over Radio Veritas: “If people will
say that I can do it, if they will say I can make it,
yes (I will run.)”
So there. 2007 déjà vu. Panlilio will run for
president. That is pre-destined, er, pre-determined.
So Section 3 of Canon 285 of the Code of
Canon law (1983) commands: “Clerics are
forbidden to assume public offices which entail a
participation in the exercise of civil power.”
So Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz
carped: “How therefore could a priest be a politician
at the same time after no less than two separate,
official, and categorical Church prohibitions to be
such?”
So the Canon Law doctor and former president
of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the
Philippines carped more: “There is no such thing
in the Church as a ‘priest on leave’… The
insinuation of such a phrase is that the priest can
be anybody or anything as long as he pleases,
until such time when he finds it convenient, helpful
or secure to minister as a priest again.”
And therefore, Cruz said, Panlilio should first
secure a dispensation from all his clerical
obligations “definitively and permanently.”
“Then he is free to be and to do whatever he
pleases. But to be a hyphenated priest-politician
is a big anomaly in the Church and a dilemma, if
not a scandal, for many lay people.” Capped the
prelate in the media.
So what?
Canon Law failed to inhibit Panlilio from
pursuing the governorship in 2007. Canon Law
will fail not dissuade Panlilio from pursuing his
higher political ambitions.
So sanction him now? Panlilio himself said
over TV Patrol he would protest and contest any
move by the Church to defrock him should he
persisted in his political persona.
Yeah, right. For who would vote for Panlilio
devoid of the honorific Among?
TODAY IN HISTORY
Heaven's Gate
cult members found dead
ON THIS DAY in 1997, following an anonymous tip, police
enter a mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, an exclusive suburb of
San Diego, California, and discover 39 victims of a mass suicide.
The deceased--21 women
and 18 men of varying ages-were all found lying peaceably
in matching dark clothes and
Nike sneakers and had no noticeable signs of blood or trauma.
It was later revealed that the
men and women were members
of the "Heaven's Gate" religious
cult, whose leaders preached
that suicide would allow them
to leave their bodily "containers"
and enter an alien spacecraft
hidden behind the Hale-Bopp
comet.
The cult was led by Marshall
Applewhite, a music professor
who, after surviving a near-death
experience in 1972, was recruited into the cult by one of his
nurses, Bonnie Lu Nettles. In
1975, Applewhite and Nettles
persuaded a group of 20 people from Oregon to abandon their
families and possessions and
move to eastern Colorado,
where they promised that an
extraterrestrial spacecraft
would take them to the "kingdom of heaven."
Nettles, who called herself
"Ti," and Applewhite, who took
the name of "Do," explained
that human bodies were merely containers that could be
abandoned in favor of a higher
physical existence. As the
spacecraft never arrived, membership in Heaven's Gate diminished, and in 1985 Bonnie Lu
Nettles, Applewhite's "sexless
partner," died.
During the early 1990s, the
cult resurfaced as Applewhite
began recruiting new members.
Soon after the 1995 discovery of the comet Hale-Bopp, the
Heaven's Gate members became convinced that an alien
spacecraft was on its way to
earth, hidden from human detection behind the comet.
In October 1996, Applewhite
rented a large home in Rancho
Santa Fe, explaining to the owner that his group was made up
of Christian-based angels. Applewhite advocated sexual abstinence, and several male cult
members followed his example
by undergoing castration operations.
In 1997, as part of its 4,000year orbit of the sun, the comet
Hale-Bopp passed near Earth in
one of the most impressive astronomical events of the 20th
century.
In late March 1997, as HaleBopp reached its closest distance to Earth, Applewhite and
38 of his followers drank a lethal
mixture of phenobarbital and vodka and then lay down to die,
hoping to leave their bodily containers, enter the alien spacecraft, and pass through Heaven's
Gate into a higher existence.
Source: www.history.com
Insider’s
Info
by Bong Endona
At this early, and even before any confirmation
is relayed by Panlilio, the pros and cons started
their campaigns. Two bishops (Archbishop Aniceto
and Bishop Cruz) are against Panlilio’s bid for
the presidency. He should first relinquish his
priesthood to avoid the notion that he is using the
church as his platform for campaign. Guiao and
Rosve Henson warned the non-Kapampangans
against Panlilio.
Of course, Lolita Hizon has also a word or two
against the governor and so are the mayors and
local officials of Pampanga. Those who are on
the side of Panlilio and claim to be for good
governance and reform solidly sounded their
trumpets. The running priest Robert Reyes is all
praises for Panlilio and Padaca and asked
Filipinos to support the reform by contributing P1
peso for the cause. Senator Kiko Pangilinan is
very open to the idea of fielding them as candidates
and as alternatives to traditional politicians and
usual politicians.
Ordinary citizens, OFWs and Filipinos abroad
signified their financial and moral support. Several
personalities also sounded their campaign jingles
for the governor. In all these discussions and
media millage, Panlilio and Padaca are indeed
benefited. In politics, good or bad news are still
considered as publicities. And the more they talk
about the governor, the more non-kapampangans
would be informed about him and would then have
the opportunity to discern which side they would
believe.
I was in Cebu the other day and a taxi driver
asked me if I know Panlilio, having been informed
that I came from Clark airport (good that Cebu
Pacific now has daily flights for Cebu via Clark). I
told him both the positive and negative news and
information about the governor. But in all those
information relayed to him, he assured me that
he would vote for Panlilio as President.
I asked him why. He told me that in all what I
said, what struck him are the facts that Panlilio
defeated two financially and politically powerful
politicians despite not having a political party, has
no history of graft and corruption, and was able to
increase collection of quarry from a measly P29
Million a year to P26 Million a month. He also
mentioned that Panlilio does not have a first lady
or first gentleman to bring in Malacanang. Smart
driver, I said.
However, in an informal survey of Gladys Mae
G. Pamintuan (Punto! March 24, 2009 issue), it
was found that 7 out of 12 disagreed in considering
the governor as the next president. But out of these
7, there are those who disagreed because they
do not want the good governor to be involved in a
“messy life in politics”.
So, as caution to those who are against the
governor, it is better to focus on certain factual
things that would impress upon the mind of the
Filipinos that Panlilio does not deserve to be the
country’s President.
Specific and brief but strong accusations
against the governor are needed to immediately
impress upon the people that he does not deserve
to be voted as President of this country. It should
be as simple as the atmospheric increase in
quarry collections. Absence that, you cannot put
the priest down and destiny would catapult him
to that coveted throne.
To all supporters, non-supporters, and
destroyers of the governor: GAME NA!
Sen. Ping Lacson,
takot nga ba sa
sariling multo?
SUMABOG ang balita noong
March 4, 2009 na ang isang
dating pulis na nasasangkot sa
DACER-CORBITO CASE ang
handa na ngayong tumestigo
laban sa mga iba pang sangkot
sa pagpatay kina Salvador
“Bubby” Dacer at ang kanyang
drayber na si Emmanuel Corbito noong 2002.
Ito ay matapos na magpaabot ng plano si CESAR MANCAO ll mismo sa abogado ng
mga DACER na si ATTY. DEMETRIO CUSTODIO
at
diumano’y nagbigay ito ng listahan ng mga pangalan na may
kinalaman sa sinasabing pagpaslang sa mismong anak ni
Bubby na si Karina.
Magandang balita naman ito
para sa pamilya ng mga naulila
dahil mahigit sa walong taon
ng naghihintay ng hustisya at
pagkalutas sa kaso. Ngunit ang
nakakalungkot ang hustisyang
kanilang matagal ng inaasamasam ay may posibilidad pa na
muling maglaho dahil ito ngayon ay nababahidan ng masalimuot na PULITIKA.
Hindi pa man pinapangalanan ni MANCAO ang mag
sangkot sa kaso ay nagpalabas
na umano ng pagkpntra iton si
SENADOR PING LACSON. At
dahil dito wala pa naming katiyakan ang pagpapauwi kay MANCAO ay unti-unti ng winawasak
ng Senador ang kridibilidad ni
MANCAO dahil sa inalok umano
ang nasabing pulis na tumistigo
lamang ay mare-“reinstate” at
mapo-“promote” ito.
Bago pa man madawit ang
pangalan ng Senador, nagsalita
na ito at tahasang sinabi na siya
ay hindi kasama at walang kinalaman sa nasabing kaso.
SENADOR LACSON, hindi
mo panga nasisilip o nakikita
man lamang ang listhan ng sinasabi ni MANCAO, aga mo
yata maghugas kamay a!
Tulad ng iba pa mang kaso
aya dapat sa korte ito pinapa-
Castigador
Johnny Reblando
tunayan ng lahat at doon magiging patas ang laban dahil batas na mismo ang uusig sa
nagkasala.
Sana naman huwag nang
gamitin pa ang kaso para magpalapad pa ng husto ng imahe
sa publiko.
Hindi ito dapat na usapin
pulitika, pero lumalabas na napupulitika dahil lamang sa palitan
ng patutsada ng ibat-ibang grupo.
Let’s Talk
About it
Minerva Zamora-Arceo
16 years and
still growing
HE IS the eight president of the Clark Development Corporation
(CDC). And comes April, as the CDC celebrates its 16th
anniversary, President and CEO Benigno Ricafort likewise
celebrates his eight month as head of the freeport zone. He
was also appointed on the eight month of the year 2008.
Coincidence? Luck? A good omen? Name it. But Ricafort is a
person who seems to be enchanted with superstitions although
he is wise enough not to depend on his beliefs alone.
He always says “I am not here to undo what my
predecessors have done.” He said he is at the CDC to get things
done. And true enough, the government-owned corporation
continues to grow despite the current global meltdown. Clark’s
active locators are recorded at 434 with commitments of new
capital investments of P36.51 billion. Meanwhile, current
investment have already reached P68.63 billion generated from
industrial, garments manufacturing, tourism, IT and electronics,
and Business Process Outsourcing industries.
Resiliency, determination and passion will best describe
Clark Freeport Zone today under the stewardship of Ricafort.
Ricafort’s strategy of involving key personalities and groups
in the community, particularly the private sector, is working well
for the refocused development at the freeport zone. The new
CDC leadership is maximizing its resources and efforts in
developing the 10,000-hectare sub-zone now named as the Next
Frontier.
In the next few years, CDC is eyeing major development in
tourism, light industries and institutional investments at the Next
Frontier. The projected yield from such investments is pegged
at P144.78 billion and is expected to create about 47,000 jobs.
The only challenge to CDC is how to address the social
costs brought by the planned developments. I learned that the
existing Aeta communities, about 10 of them, will be redesigned
by the management into two large communities with full
amenities, service facilities like hospitals, schools and local
government offices. I wish CDC the best in this endeavor
because we all know that the hardest part of development is
the initial phase where you encounter a lot of opposition. Once
you’ve got over it, growth is inevitable.
Given its proximity to the Subic Clark Tarlac Expressway
and its low 5 percent tax rate to investors, Clark Freeport Zone
has the biggest edge against other industrial zones in the
country. From NEDA;s projections, Central Luzon’s population
will probably increase by 5 million in the next 10 years. This is
mainly due to economic activities in the area, particularly at the
Clark Freeport Zone.
More and more sunshine industries are likewise seen to put
up within Clark’s perimeter complementing the progress inside
the Freeport zone. This is not withstanding the parallel
developments at the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport
(DMIA).
Learning these anticipated scenarios, Ricafort is genius
enough to accept proposals and recommendations from active
private sector groups like ADCL, Pampanga Chamber of
Commerce and Metro Angeles Chamber of Commerce and
Industry.
In the latest meeting at the Metro Clark Advisory Council
(MCAC) in Capas, Tarlac, ADCL President Renato S. Tayag Jr.
formally presented the concept paper for the need to establish
a bulk water system at the sub-zone in anticipation of the growing
demand on water within the metro Clark area.
This is team play at its best. You have a government entity
focused on its mandate and a very participatory private sector
working in tandem with the bureaucracy for the overall welfare
of the citizens.
This is exactly what Ricafort is talking about — the privatepublic sector partnership that will bring CDC into greater heights,
thus providing more income for the government, more jobs for
the people and more opportunities for the investors.
Si LACSON ay nagbibintang
na dahil sa kanyang planong
pagtakbo kaya siya nadadawit
– siya lang ang nagsama sa
sarili niya.
Ano ba talaga ang kinakatakutan mo PING? Baka
naman natatakot ka sa pinaggagawa mo?
Ang usapin sa pagpatay kina
DACER at CORBITO ay isang
krimen at nararapat lamang na
maparusahan ang sino man
gang may sala, maging ito man
ay isang mataas na opisyal ng
pamahalaan o di kaya kasapi ng
pambansang pulisya.
Sa kabilang banda naman,
marami rin ang nagnanais na
mawala sa kanilang paningin
ang SENADOR lalo na yung
mga SABIK at MAKAPANGYARIHANG mga nagnanakaw
sa gobyerno dahil na rin sa matindi nitong pakikipaglaban sa
CORRUPTION.
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • MARCH 26, 2009 • THURSDAY
Editorial
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Francisco said CHED
has already implemented
a similar policy among
schools whose accountancy graduates did poorly in board examinations.
He lamented that in
nursing, only few schools
in Central Luzon have been
consistently doing well in
board examinations.
Francisco said that
among schools which
graduate more than 100
nursing students annually
in Central Luzon, the top
performing include the Angeles University Foundation in Angeles City whose
passing rate in the last
nursing board examinations was 90 percent; the
Nueva Ecija University of
Science and Technology
in Nueva Ecija with a 58
percent passing rate; and
the Araullo University in
Cabanatuan City with a 41
percent passing rate.
He said that among
smaller schools with less
than 100 nursing graduates, the top performers
include the Jose Feliciano
College in Mabalacat,
Pampanga which, at least
in the last board examinations, had a passing rate
of 53 percent and Nazareno College in Baliuag,
Bulacan with 49 percent.
This, even as Francisco also revealed that
only some five out of 165
private tertiary level
schools in Central Luzon
are slated to increase their
tuition fees in the next
school year.
Francisco noted that
the Bataan Heroes Memorial Colleges in Bataan
province was among those
which initially sought tuition fee hike, but it reversed plans and decided
to even lower its tuition by
10 percent amid decrease
in its enrollment.
Central Luzon has 11
state colleges and universities, 165 private tertiary
level schools, and eight
local government colleges.
Meanwhile, public
schools in Central Luzon
are expected to graduate
191,542 Grade 6 pupils
and 130,540 high school
students as the present
school year ends.
A report prepared by
Feliciano Lambus, officerin-charge of the regional
planning unit of the Department of Education
(DepEd) here, indicated
that at the elementary level, 98,202 boys outnumber
the 93,340 girls graduating
this year.
At the high school level, more girls than boys are
graduating. The report
said 66,988 fourth-year
high school girls outnumber only 63,988 boys.
Bulacan topped the list
in the number of elementary pupils graduating from
elementary with a total of
38,391 expected to graduate this school year, as
well as in the number of
high school graduates estimated at 26,139.
Pampanga came next
with an expected 33,533
elementary and 22,118
high school graduates, followed by Nueva Ecija with
14,246 elementary and
21,139 high school graduates. Lowest in graduating
figures was Aurora with
only 4,443 elementary and
3,014 high school graduates.
Among Central Luzon’s 10 cities, Tarlac City
had the most number of
expected elementary graduates 6,397, but San Jose
del Monte City in Bulacan
is expected to graduate
the most high school students, placed at 5,504.
Balanga City in Bataan
was lowest in figures, with
only 1,792 expected elementary and 1,492 high
school graduates.
Macalintal: Chacha likely to be aborted
FROM PAGE 1
Jose Melo confirmed this.
Macalintal said that
expenses for a plebiscite
would run to “hundreds of
millions of pesos”.
He noted that a plebiscite on a proposed Charter could not be incorporated into the automized
elections expected in
2010. Some P11.3 billion
has been allocated for the
full automation of next
year’s polls.
“Otherwise, it will be
too complicated. Also, a
plebiscite should always
come before any elections,” he stressed.
Macalintal said the
Comelec would not have
the time to prepare plebiscite ballots, certificates
of canvass, voting booths,
appointment and training
of three teachers for each
of the 250,000 precincts or
750,000 teachers nationwide to be needed for
such a plebiscite.
He noted that for such
a plebiscite, “each precinct
nationwide would have to
be staffed by two or an
additional 500,000 more
personnel who are to work
for two days with a pay of
P1,000 per day, overtime
pay for police personnel
and other workers of government agencies deputized by the Comelec, and
information materials,
among other needs.”
He said those who
claim that the President’s
term could be extended
through changing the Constitution “must be reading
the wrong Constitution, as
there’s nothing in the 1987
Constitution nor in its transitory provision that shows
that the terms of office of
elective officials can be
extended via Chacha,” he
said.
Earlier, Pampanga’s
1st district Rep. Carmelo
Lazatin revealed plans of
pro-administration lawmakers to finish a proposal for a new Charter that
will pave the way for the
establishment of a parliamentary form of government.
He said such proposed Charter would then
be presented in a plebiscite to coincide with the
2010 elections.
At the Senate, Sen.
Manuel Villar said that only
20 votes are needed at the
Lower House to convene
a constituent assembly
(Con-ass) to amend the
1987 Constitution through
a resolution.
Earlier, Camarines Sur
Rep. Luis Villafuerte, president of the pro-Arroyo
Kabalikat ng Malayang
Pilipino (Kampi) drafted the
resolution.
Villar said there are
moves to give way to a
parliamentary or federal
system which, he claimed
was being backed by presidential sons Reps. Mikey
and Deodato Arroyo.
Lazatin also said he
believed the President is
interested in running for
congresswoman in Pampanga’s second district in
the 2010 elections so that
she could be absorbed as
member of the parliament
should the new Charter be
approved by the people in
a plebiscite.
Under a parliamentary
system, the prime minister and members of her
cabinet are chosen by
members of the parliament from among their
ranks.
But Macalintal insisted
“there is no chance for
Charter change to extend
the term of Pres. Arroyo or
any elective official whose
term expires in 2010.
There’s no chance for that
because they were elected under the 1987 Charter.”
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • MARCH 26, 2009 • THURSDAY
CDC, Phil Science HS sign...
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FROM PAGE 1
also a host for a center of
excellence.
The CDC president
added that the presence of
the PSHS inside the Freeport “has great potential of
encouraging the youth to
aim high in terms of academic excellence.”
The PSHS campus,
once established, will be
the second educational
facility inside the Freeport
since the Americans abandoned Clark in 1991. The
first government public
school here is the University of the Philippines
Clark campus.
Alabastro, meanwhile,
said the government is
looking forward to collaboration with the UP Clark
administration in terms of
the sharing of educational
resources and faculty.
She said the country
currently has a total of nine
PSHS campuses. The
government, she added,
expects to have 11 campuses once the Clark and
Cordillera Autonomous
Region (CAR) campuses
are established.
“We have six more
[campuses] to go in our bid
to have one campus in the
country’s 17 regions,” Alabastro noted.
Ricafort also noted that
establishing a PSHS campus in Clark is an indication of the Central Luzon
region’s “readiness for the
great industrial revolution.”
“The PSHS campus in
Clark is an indication of
Central Luzon’s readiness
for the great industrial revolution because we are
not only preparing our children’s future through quality education but we are
likewise preparing the
manpower needs of the
companies here and those
in the periphery of the
Freeport ,” Ricafort said.
The signing of the
MOA, held at the CDC
Corporate Offices, was
also graced by PSHS Executive Director Filma
Brawner, DOST Undersecretary Fortunato Dela
Pena, and other CDC executives led by Executive
Vice President Philip JB
Panlilio, and Vice President for Business Development Group Ernesto Gorospe. –CDC/PRD
“When we voted for
them and wrote their
names on our ballots
which served as our contract with them, our intent
was to elect them for
terms lasting only up to
2010 without any condition,” he said.
“Otherwise, all elective
officials in the future would
just amend laws or the
Charter to extend their
terms, and this would become a vicious cycle,” he
added.
“There’s also no budget
in the Comelec (for processes needed for
Chacha such as a
plebiscite),” he also said.
“To say that Pres. Arroyo will extend her term
via Chacha is an admission by Villar and company of the weakness of their
argument against Chacha
and inconsistent with their
claim that the President is
unpopular,” Macalintal
added. –Ding Cervantes
HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL
FUND (HDMF)
Mortgagee,
-versus-
FREM CASE No. G-09-1824
CESAR C. ROSARIO married to
FE C. ROSARIO,
Mortgagors.
x—————————————————————————————x
NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE
Upon Extra-Judicial Petition for Sale under Act 3135 as amended,
filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-Ibig), with
principal office address at Suburbia Commercial Center, McArthur
Highway, Maimpis, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, against CESAR
C. ROSARIO married to FE C. ROSARIO, with postal address at 410th
Clark Air Base 2009, Angles City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness
which as of August 15, 2008 amounts to FIVE HUNDRED TEN
THOUSAND TWENTY TWO & 77/100 (Php 510,022.77) PESOS
Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest and penalty charges thereon
and likewise the mortgagor/s shall pay the mortgagee attorney’s fees
equivalent to TEN (10%) PERCENT of the total indebtedness plus the
expenses of the foreclosure, the Clerk of Court & Ex-Officio Sheriff of
the Regional Trial Court, Guagua, Pampanga thru Sheriff FLORENCIO
S. RAZON will sell at public auction ON THE 29 TH OF April 2009 at
10:00 o’clock in the morning or soon thereafter at the courtroom, Municipal
Trial Court of Floridablanca, Pampanga to the highest bidder/s for CASH
or Manager’s Check and in Philippine Currency, the following property
with all the improvements thereon, to wit;
TRASFER CERTIFICARE OF TITILE NO. 554541-R
“A parcel of land (Lot 1-C-1-B-5-J of the subd. Plan Psd03-132049, being a portion of Lot 1-C-1-B-5-I, Psd-03-129918,
LRC Rec. No.), situated in the Bo. Of Santol (San Jose now),
Mun. of F’blanca, Prov. of Pamp. Bounded on the SE., along
line 1-2 by Lot 1-C-1-B-5-I of the subd. Plan; on the SW., along
line 2-3 by Rd. Lot 1-c-1-B-10, Psd-03-129918; on the NW.,
along line 3-4 by Lot 1-C-1-B-5-K of the subd. Plan; and on the
NE., along line 4-1 by Lot 1-B Psd-33668. Containing an area
of FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY (420) Square Meters more or
less x x x.
This NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE will be posted for a period of
twenty (20) days in three (3) conspicuous public places in the
municipality where the subject property is located at Floridablanca,
Pampanga where the sale should take place, and likewise a copy will
be published for the same period in the PUNTO Central Luzon, a
newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Pampanga, once a
week for three (3) consecutive weeks before the date of auction sale.
Prospective buyers/bidders are hereby enjoined to investigate for
themselves the title of the said property and encumbrances thereon, if
any therebe.
All sealed bids with its accompanying transmittal letter addressed
to this office must be submitted to the undersigned on or before the
above stated date and hour at which time all sealed bids thus submitted
shall be opened.
In the event that the Public Auction should not take place on the
said date, it shall be held on May 06, 2009 also at 10:00 o’clock in the
morning and at the same place mentioned above without further notice.
Guagua, Pampanga, March 09, 2009
LORD FRANCIS D. MUSNI
Ex-Officio Sheriff
FLORENCIO S. RAZON
Sheriff IV
Punto! Central Luzon: March 12, 19 & 26, 2009
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Department of Transportation and
Communications
LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING
AND REGULATORY BOARD
Regional Office No. III
City of San Fernando, Pampanga
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Department of Transportation and
Communications
LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING
AND REGULATORY BOARD
Regional Office No. III
City of San Fernando, Pampanga
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Department of Transportation and
Communications
LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING
AND REGULATORY BOARD
Regional Office No. III
City of San Fernando, Pampanga
Application for Approval of Sale and
Transfer of a Certificate of Public
Convenience to operate with Extension of
Validity and Dropping and Substitution of
units to operate a PUJ service.
Application for Approval of Sale and
Transfer of a Certificate of Public
Convenience to operate with Dropping and
Substitution of unit to operate a PUJ
service.
Application for Approval of Sale and
Transfer of a Certificate of Public
Convenience to operate with Dropping and
Substitution of unit to operate a PUJ
service.
CASE NO.RFRO-III-94-00582
CASE NO.RFRO-III-2001-1255
CASE NO.RFRO-III-2003-00072
ADOR CUEVAS
Applicant-Vendor
ANGEL DE JESUS
Applicant-Vendee
x————————————————x
NOTICE OF HEARING
Application-vendor in this case is a
grantee of a Certificate of Public Convenience
to operate a PUJ Service for the transportation
of passengers and freight on the route:
CHECKPOINT – HOLY ANGEL via
HENSONVILLE (Angeles City) and vice versa
with the use of one (1) unit which certificate is
valid up to July 24, 2009. In the Application
filed on March 17, 2009, Applicant-Vendees
request authority for the Approval of Sale and
Transfer of said Certificate and extend the
validity of same in her favor including the unit
authorized therein.
NOTICE is hereby given that this
Application will be heard by this Board on March
31, 2009 at 9:00 A.M at the above address.
Applicant-vendee is hereby ordered to
publish this Notice at least TEN (10) days before
the above date of hearing once in a weekly
newspaper of general circulation in REGION
III.
Parties opposed to the granting of the
Application must file their written oppositions
supported by documentary evidence on or
before the above date, copy of the same be
furnished to the applicant, and may if they so
desire appear on the said date and time.
This application will be acted upon by
this Board on the basis of the records and the
documentary evidences submitted by the
parties unless the Board deems it necessary to
receive additional documentary and or / oral
evidences.
WITNESS the Honorable Atty. ROBERT
D. PEIG, Regional Director, this 17th day of
March 2009, in the City of San Fernando,
Pampanga.
ANGEL DE JESUS
Applicant-Vendor
ORLANDO LICUP
Applicant-Vendee
x————————————————x
NOTICE OF HEARING
Application-vendor in this case is a
grantee of a Certificate of Public Convenience
to operate a PUJ Service for the transportation
of passengers and freight on the route:
ANGELES CITY – CITY OF SAN FERNANDO
via MAC ARTHUR HIGHWAY and vice versa
with the use of one (1) unit which certificate is
valid up to May 24, 2011. In the Application
filed on March 18, 2009, Applicant-Vendees
request authority for the Approval of Sale and
Transfer of said Certificate and extend the
validity of same in her favor including the unit
authorized therein.
NOTICE is hereby given that this
Application will be heard by this Board on March
31, 2009 at 9:00 A.M at the above address.
Applicant-vendee is hereby ordered to
publish this Notice at least TEN (10) days before
the above date of hearing once in a weekly
newspaper of general circulation in REGION
III.
Parties opposed to the granting of the
Application must file their written oppositions
supported by documentary evidence on or
before the above date, copy of the same be
furnished to the applicant, and may if they so
desire appear on the said date and time.
This application will be acted upon by
this Board on the basis of the records and the
documentary evidences submitted by the
parties unless the Board deems it necessary to
receive additional documentary and or / oral
evidences.
WITNESS the Honorable Atty. ROBERT
D. PEIG, Regional Director, this 18th day of
March 2009, in the City of San Fernando,
Pampanga.
CALIXTO V. CAPULONG
Applicant-Vendor
RODOLFO E. RAMOS
Applicant-Vendee
x————————————————x
NOTICE OF HEARING
Application-vendor in this case is a
grantee of a Certificate of Public
Convenience to operate a PUJ Service for
the transportation of passengers and freight
on the route: MALOLOS – STA. ISABEL –
CAPITOL (Bulacan) and vice versa with the
use of one (1) unit which certificate is valid up
to April 25, 2013. In the Application filed on
March 18, 2009, Applicant-Vendees request
authority for the Approval of Sale and Transfer
of said Certificate and extend the validity of
same in her favor including the unit authorized
therein.
NOTICE is hereby given that this
Application will be heard by this Board on March
31, 2009 at 9:00 A.M at the above address.
Applicant-vendee is hereby ordered to
publish this Notice at least TEN (10) days before
the above date of hearing once in a weekly
newspaper of general circulation in REGION
III.
Parties opposed to the granting of the
Application must file their written oppositions
supported by documentary evidence on or
before the above date, copy of the same be
furnished to the applicant, and may if they so
desire appear on the said date and time.
This application will be acted upon by
this Board on the basis of the records and the
documentary evidences submitted by the
parties unless the Board deems it necessary to
receive additional documentary and or / oral
evidences.
WITNESS the Honorable Atty. ROBERT
D. PEIG, Regional Director, this 18th day of
March 2009, in the City of San Fernando,
Pampanga.
Atty. JONATHAN V. JAVATE
Attorney IV
Atty. JONATHAN V. JAVATE
Attorney IV
Atty. JONATHAN V. JAVATE
Attorney IV
Punto! Central Luzon: March 26, 2009
Iniisahan sa talent fee???
Sarah Geronimo gusto nang kumawala
sa Viva Films?
Punto! Central Luzon: March 26, 2009
Punto! Central Luzon: March 26, 2009
POSIBLENG di na mareresolba ang kuwestiyon sa talent fee ni Sarah Geronimo mula sa Viva Films. As we all know, lumalabas na
sobrang liit lang pala ang inia-assign ng Viva Films bilang talent fee ng kanilang alaga sa dalawang pelikula niyang blockbuster sa
kanila. Minus their 30% commission, bale 140k at 210k respectiveley ang bayad sa kanya ng Star Cinema para sa dalawang
blockbusters na ginawa ni Sarah na katambal si John Lloyd Cruz. Ipinamarali ng Star Cinema na nakadalawang daang milyong piso
sa takilya yung latest pero di sila nahihiya na amining ganoon lang kaliit ang ibanayad nila sa magaling na singer.
May palusot ang Star Cinema, sabi nila ang Viva raw ang nagsasabi sa kanila na ganoon lang ang dapat ibayad kay Sarah.
Consider these excepts from an article written about the issue.
Alam naman daw ng marami na si Sarah ay mina-manage ni Vic del Rosario ng Viva Entertainment. Dahil talent ng Viva si
Sarah, sila ang nakakaalam kung magkano ang talent fee na dapat ibigay sa Pop Princess.
Idiniin din ng aming source na sa Viva lang daw may kontrata si Sarah at wala sa Star Cinema. Kaya paano raw sasabihin na
P200,000 at P300,000 lang ang in-approve na budget ng Star Cinema para kay Sarah.
Nagulat pa nga raw ang Star Cinema nang malaman nila na sa kontrata ni Sarah sa Viva ay P50,000 lamang diumano ang nakaspecify na talent fee ng singer-actress sa lahat ng pelikulang gagawin niya sa Viva, na
tatakbo ng marami pang taon.
Sabi ng aming source, “It was only Malou Santos, managing director of Star
by Cesar Pambid
Cinema who said, ‘Ang liit naman niyan. Lakihan n’yo naman.’ And then, si Vic
said, ‘Sige, gawin nating P200,000.’
“Actually, nagba-backout na nga raw ang ina ni Sarah [Mrs. Divine Geronimo] at ayaw gawin ang A Very
Special Love. Kasi nga naman, kayang kitain ni Sarah sa mga show niya ang P200,000 kesa sa pagsu-shoot
ng ilang linggo para sa movie.
“Kumbaga, it’s Viva’s ball pagdating sa talent fee ni Sarah. Walang say ang Star Cinema. Ang Star ang
producer ng pelikula. Pero pagdating kay Sarah, Viva ang nagha-handle noon.”
Pagdating naman daw sa bonus, si Ms. Malous Santos daw ang nag-push na bigyan si Sarah ng P1
million. At dito, nag-agree ang Viva at nakihati sa bayarin bilang co-producer ng pelikula.
“Actually, sinabi pa ni Malou, ‘Uy, huwag na ninyong bawasan ng 30-percent commission ang bonus
ni Sarah.’ Kasi kinakaltasan si Sarah ng Viva ng 30-percent commission as part of their agreement
siyempre. So, kung P200,000 ‘yon, less 30 percent, so mga P140,000 siya sa first film at P210,000
naman dun sa second movie,”
pagkukuwenta pa ng aming source.
Nais linawin ng Star Cinema ang isyu tungkol sa talent fee ni Sarah Geronimo para sa mga
pelikulang A Very Special Love at You Changed My Life.
“Si Sarah ay isang Contractual Talent ng Viva Films, na co-producer ng mga nabanggit na projects.
Ang pakikipag-negosasyon para sa kanyang Talent Fees ay katulad ng kay Anne Curtis para sa mga
pelikulang When Love Begins at ‘Wag Kang Lilingon. Ang mga talent fees nina Sarah at Anne para sa
kanilang mga pelikula ay rekomendasyon na nanggagaling sa Viva Films. Sa kaso ni Sarah, tumupad lamang ang Star Cinema sa kanyang Contractual Agreement sa Viva Films.
“Nirerespeto ng Star Cinema ang Talent-Manager relationship ni Sarah Geronimo at ng Viva Films.
Ang Viva ang namamahala sa kanyang Talent Fees at walang kinalaman dito ang Star Cinema.
So there!
Malinaw na inisahan ng Viva Films si Sarah Geronimo. Komo nga part producer, sila ng mga
pelikula ni Sarah, ginawa nilang ganoon lang kaliit ang budget para kay Sarah para higit na mas
malaki ang pumasok sa kanilang kaban. Kumbaga, interes lang ng Viva ang kanilang inisip at
never yung kay Sarah G.
Kaya hindi na kami magtataka kung hindi na mareresolba ang isyung ito at tatapusin na lang ni
Sarah ang kanyang kontrata at tuluyan nang lumipat sa ibang management.
The
Gossipmiller
Joey de Leon ayaw nang patulan ni Willie Revillame
SA HALIP na matuwa at nasali siya sa top 50 most powerful celebrities ng Yes Magazine survey si Joey
De Leon, nagbigay pa siya ng maahang na komento nang matanong tungkol sa reaction niya. Halata na di
masaya si Joey dahil number one sa survey si Willie Revillame at siya ay pang sampu lamang.
“Sa akin sana, nabigyan ng weight yung power na... Naguluhan ako, e. Ito ba ay power sa pera,
power sa kung anu-anong bagay? Yung power ba rito ay kasali yung respeto ng tao? Ikaw ba ay walang
dinaya sa buhay mo sa pagiging powerful mo? Ikaw ba’y walang ginoyo? Naging malinis ka ba o
pantay sa pakikisama sa mga tao? ‘Yan ang hinihiling ko. Kasi you cannot equate power with
respect. So, ‘yon. Respeto ang number one. Kaya sa akin, okay lang, no thanks. Thank you, but no
thanks,” pahayag ni Joey.
Kahit hindi nagbanggit ng pangalan si Joey, halata na may pinatatamaan siya. At base sa
opinyon ng marami, ang tinutukoy ni Joey ay walang iba kundi ang nakaalitan niyang host ng
Wowowee na si Willie Revillame.
Nakarating na kay Willie yung komento ni Joey at aniya ‘wag na lang patulan yun.
Katwiran niya, hindi naman siya ang namili at nagbigay sa kanya ng recognition.
Pangalawa, hindi naman daw pumasok sa isip niya na powerful nga siya.
“I believe also na bago nila inilabas ‘yan, meron silang ginawang masusing pag-aaral
para diyan. Ni hindi ko nga alam ‘yan, pati ang criteria nila,” pangwakas na pahayag pa
ni Willie Revillame.
So there!
Magkaibigang imoral
NASA HOT WATER ngayon ang isang former beauty queen na
sisnabihan daw na immoral ng kanyang mga peers sa showbiz. Marami raw kasi silang nabuking na sideline nito
kaya di maiwasang pangalanan siyang imoral.
Pero hindi po sa kanya nakasentro ang ating blind
item ngyong araw na ito.
Ang focus natin ay sa kanyang best friend na
isang certified imoral. You see, this starlet has
been the mistress of a very rich LPG tycoon.
Yes, matagal na naging kabit si starlet ng sinasabi naming mayamang businessman.
Actually, naging kandidata siya noon sa
isang national contest pero di naman siya nakakuha ng puwesto during the contest. Sa local scene, sa kanilang siyudad sa Southern
Luzon, naging title holder yata siya at ito ang
nagging daan niya para maibugaw siya ng mga
baklang barubal sa naturang businessman.
Yes, she played fire at saksi ang ilang reporters tungkol
sa imoral niayng gawain.
Ang balita namin, wala na sila ni LPG tycoon, pero marami
yatang DOM ang pinagsasalit-salit niya sa kanyang buhay. We
heard na kakutsaba nga niya sa mga krimen niya ngayon ang
inaakusahang imoral ng kanyang mga beauty contemporaries.
Getz n’yo na o kailangan pa si Gossipmiller para lang ma-identify siya?
Ay, naibigay na namin ang principal clue.
Hulaan na ninyo!
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • MARCH 26, 2009 • THURSDAY
FROM PAGE 1
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Regional Trial Court
THIRD JUDICIAL REGION
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT
& EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF
Guagua, Pampanga
Sarah Geronimo
40 nursing schools in C. Luzon under fire
7
Employment summit isasagawa ngayon sa Bulacan
NI ROMMEL RAMOS
MALOLOS CITY – Isang employment summit ang isasagawa sa Bulacan ngayon na dadaluhan ng daan-daang lider
mula sa ibat-ibang sektor.
Ayon kay Provincial Administrator Pearly Mendoza, layunin ng summit ang maipon ang
suporta mula sa mga ahensiya
ng gobyerno at maging mula sa
mga pribadong sector, simbahan, mga paaralan, at non-government organization upang
mapigil ang epekto ng pandaigdigang resesyon.
Sinabi pa ni Mendoza na ilalahad din sa summit ang resulta ng kanilang isinagawang
pre-summit workshop noong
Marso 17.
“Bahagi ito ng resiliency
program ng pamahalaang panlalawigan at nag-imbita kami ng
mga tagapagsalita mula sa
National Economic Development Authority (NEDA), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
Ayon naman DOLE-Bulacan at Bulacan Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (BCCI)
ilan sa mga inimbitahang
tagapagsalita ay sina Labor
Undersecretary Lulu Trasmonte at dating Labor Undersecretary Susan Ople, ang pangulo
ng Blas Ople Policy Center
and Training Institute.
Kaugnay nito, patuloy namang nararamdaman sa Bulacan ang epekto ng pandaigdigang krisis sa kabila ng mga
pahayag ng mga opisyal na
hindi masyadong apektado ang
lalawigan.
Batay sa tala ng DOLE-Bulacan, umabot na sa 1,128 ang
apektadong manggagawa dahil sa krisis pang-ekonomiya
kung saan ay 380 manggagawa ang nasisante, 411 ang nabawasan ng oras ng trabaho,
at 286 naman ang pinabalik sa
trabaho.
Ayon pa sa ulat ng DOLE,
umabot sa 91 manggagawa
ang sumailalim sa retrenchment o binayaran sa pagreretiro.
Ito ang ay mga maggagawa mula sa Republic Cement
Corporation sa Bigte, Norzagaray (68), Vitarich Corporation
sa Abangan Sur, Marilao (14),
at Complex Project Electors
Inc., sa Pio Cruzcosa,
Calumpit (19).
Gayunpaman, tanging ang
mga manggagawa pa lamang
ng Republic Cement ang iniulat na tumanggap ng separation pay at iba pang benepisyo
mula P40,000 hanggang
P2,000,000.
Ayon kay Efren Reyes, ang
hepe ng DOLE-Bulacan, nanatiling matatag ang ekonomiya
ng Bulacan sa kabila ng krisis.
Nagpahayag din siya na
hindi magtatagal ay huhupa rin
ang krisis, ngunit hindi niya
masabi kung hanggang kailan.
“We will survive, sanay ang
mga Pilipino na mag-adjust sa
sitwasyon at matiisisin tayo,”
nai Reyes.
Ipinayo din niya na “kailangan ng bawat isa ang magtipid
ng sabihin niya na iyang luho
natin bawasan muna.”
Angeles University Foundation recently conferred the distinguished University Medal
of Honor upon Professional Regulation Commission chairperson Nicolas P. Lapeña, Jr.
(center) during the 34th commencement rites of the AUF College of Nursing held at
Expo Filipino. The conferment was led by AUF president Ricardo P. Pama (left) and
CHED chairman Emmanuel Y. Angeles.
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • MARCH 26, 2009 • THURSDAY
Exec: Sports Complex’s
planning ‘above board’ Foreman binaril ng shotgun, patay
8
ANGELES CITY – City Administrator Mark Allen Sison denied
allegations of an opposition councilor that Mayor Francis “Blueboy” Nepomuceno failed to consult the public and other groups
in connection with the planned P681 million sports complex
project in Barangay Pandan here.
Sison, in a phone interview yesterday, said a consultation for
the sports facility had been held in Baguio City last September.
He added that village chiefs, non-governmental organizations
and officials had attended the meeting organized by the city
planning office.
Sison said the mayor had tackled the project with the Development Council of Angeles City while the members of the city
council had been properly informed.
He added that the city government had consulted the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) in connection with
the loan for the project.
“The DBM approved it based on our borrowing capacity. Everything was done above board,” said Sison, reacting to statements of Councilor Willie Rivera that the multi-million loan for
the project would deplete the finances of the city.
He disclosed that the facility will have a 4000-seat gym, multipurpose hall, 2000-seating capacity grandstand, oval, Olympic
swimming pool, two basketball courts, two volleyball courts and
two sepak takraw courts and parking spaces, among others.
Sison said they had to use the six-hectare lot donated by
the Jao family in Pandan in one year’s time otherwise it will be
forfeited.
Last Friday, Barangay Captain Rodelio “Tony” Mamac sponsored a resolution asking for the junking of the project. It was
signed by at least 21 village chiefs.
Sison said some of the signatories of Resolution 33 had
signed the documents without “knowing its content.” He added
that they vowed to retract their support to the resolution against
the sports complex sponsored by Mamac.
“Others had apologized,” he added. –Joey Pavia
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Applicants must have a driver’s license and can
ride a motorcycle. Interested parties may apply
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NI ERNIE B. ESCONDE
HERMOSA, Bataan – Binaril at
napatay ng hindi pa kilalang foreman sa loob ng kanyang silid
malapit sa malaking tulay na
kanyang pinangangasiwaan sa
Palihan, Hermosa madaling
araw noong Miyerkules.
Ayon kay SPO2 Danilo
Dayao, imbestigador ng Hermosa police, namatay ang foreman
na si Rogelio Miranda, 50, ng
Pasig, Metro Manila mula sa
tatlong tama ng baril sa dibdib,
kaliwang kamay at paa.
Naka-rekober naman ang
Scene of the Crime Operatives
at pulisya ng Hermosa ng tatlong basyo ng bala mula sa 12gauge shotgun.
“Wala pang matibay na motibo sa pagpatay pero may tinitingnan tayong isang anggulo
tungkol sa napaalis na mga trabahador dahil medyo may kahigpitan diumano ang nasawi,” sabi
ng imbestigador.
Pinatay ang foreman sa loob
mismo ng tinutulugan nitong
quarters sa pagitan ng alas-12
at ala-una ng madaling araw ni-
tong Miyerkules batay sa report
ng ilang nakarinig ng putok subalit takot bumangon, sabi ni
Dayao.
Sinabi naman ng ilang tauhan na pipirma sila sa kanilang
time sheet bago mag-alas-8 ng
umaga nang malaman nilang
patay na pala ang kanilang foreman.
“Mabait naman siya at wala
kaming alam na kagalit,” sabi ng
isang trabahador na ang iba’y
patuloy sa pagputol ng mga
bakal sa ilalim ng ginagawang
higanteng tulay.
Cebu Pacific offers more than 1-M seats on sale
‰ ‘Go Lite’ fares for as low as P188 all-in for domestic; P799 int’l flights
GOKONGWEI-OWNED airline
Cebu Pacific (CEB), the Philippines’ leading carrier to South
East Asia and largest domestic
airline, is offering more than one
million seats on sale from March
25 to 31, 2009. The system-wide
seat sale is valid for travel from
June 1 to December 31, 2009.
CEB is offering a P188 all
inclusive one-way ‘Go Lite’ promo fare for its services from
Manila to Busuanga (Coron),
Cauayan (Isabela), Cebu, Iloilo,
Laoag, Legaspi, Naga, San
Jose, Tuguegarao, and from
Cebu to Dumaguete. All other
domestic destinations are on
sale for as low as P488 (i.e.
Manila-Bacolod), P788 (i.e.
Cebu-Siargao) and P1,388 (i.e.
Manila-Davao).
“We hope that despite the
tough economic situation, this
seat sale will encourage many
Filipinos to travel around Asia
and within the Philippines. This
is our way of helping the economy by stimulating business and
tourism activity in all destinations we fly to.” said Candice
Iyog, CEB vice president for
marketing and distribution.
In addition, CEB is also offering a P799 one-way ‘Go Lite’
promo fare for its services from
Clark to Bangkok, Hong Kong,
Macau, and Singapore; and for
its flights from Manila to Kota
Kinabalu (Sabah), Kaohsiung,
and Taipei.
Furthermore, ‘Go Lite’ fares
for services from Manila to
Macau and Hong Kong; and from
Cebu to Singapore start from
P1,299 one-way. Meanwhile,
flights from Manila to Bangkok,
Singapore, Ho Chi Minh, Guangzhou; and from Cebu to Hong
Kong are on sale for only P1,799
one-way.
CEB services from Manila to
Shanghai, Jakarta and Kuala
Lumpur have a ‘Go Lite’ seat sale
fare of only P2,799 one-way
while the Manila-Osaka service
is on sale for P2,999 one-way.
Promotional fares are nonrefundable. Passengers booking
international flights will only need
to pay for applicable government
taxes.
“This is also proof of our commitment to all Filipinos and travelers to the Philippines that CEB
will continue to make air travel
affordable and convenient for every Juan,” Iyog said.
Now on its 14th year, CEB
operates flights to 15 international and 31 domestic destinations.
It has the youngest aircraft fleet
in the Philippines, comprised of
11 Airbus A320, 10 Airbus A319,
and seven ATR 72-500.