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ANGELES CITY -- Infra-
structure projects here are
now underway in preparation for the country’s hosting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
meet next year.
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CAPITOL CULINARY. Governor Lilia Pineda personally inspects the ingredients to be used for the soft
launch of the Capitol Culinary. Assisting her are Luningning Vergara of PESO, Promotion Officer Engr. Lulu Alingcastre and Eliza Yap-Muñoz of PACOC. --Jun Jaso, Pampanga PIO
Gov Pineda preps Capitol
Culinary for formal launch
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JUNE 25, 2014
Pineda lauds World Bank’s
capacity building projects
BY elaine mercado
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO
-- Governor Lilia Nanay Pineda yesterday lauded the World
Bank’s capacity building projects implemented in Candaba,
Lubao and Guagua towns.
In partnership with the
Institute of Environmental
Science for Social Change
(ESSC) and the Department
of Interior and Local Government (DILG), the World Bank
implemented the participatory mapping methods in the
said towns.
Catherine Vidar, World
Bank’s disaster risk management specialist, said the
project focuses on DILG’s responsibility to support local
government units (LGUs) in
preparing and formulating
risk-sensitive land use plans,
structural audits of public
infrastructure, and disaster
contingency plans
She also discussed the pilot implementation of Open
Street Map and its associated
tools in the rapid updates in
the said three municipalities.
Emmanuel Sambale, geomatics associates of ESSC, explained the two main features
of the project initiative.
“One is to support the
growth of the Open Street
Map (OSM) community and
broadening the collaborations
between
OSM-Philippines
and various stakeholders such
as LGUs, universities, civil
society groups. This will be
undertaken through a series
of capacity building and community mapping activities,”
Sambale said.
He added that the other
feature is to support the customization of the Indonesian Scenario Assessment for
Emergencies (InaSAFE) for
use in the Philippine context.
“InaSAFE is a GIS-based
risk information decision support tool that was developed
and implemented in Indonesia for contingency planning.
Pilot LGUs in the Philippines
will be selected where the InaSAFE program is thought to
have potential, and LGU selection is based on agreed criteria with DILG,” he said
Third District Board Member Rosve Henson said the
World Bank’s initiative of conducting participatory mapping activities and coming up
with local government deci-
sion support tools for disaster
risk reduction is a welcome
development for the province
especially in the three municipalities.
“Malaki po ang tulong nito
sa ating disaster risk reduction. Kayo po ay hulog ng langit para sa Pampanga,” Henson told the World Bank and
ESSC representatives.
The World Bank presentation was spearheaded by
Angie Blanco, head of the disaster risk reduction management office of the provincial
government. The presentation
was also witnessed by Lubao
Mayor Mylyn Cayabyab, Board
Member Cris Garbo, and officials of municipal planning
and development office and
municipal disaster action officers of the said towns. •
Body of
woman found
in Balibago
by Charlene A. Cayabyab
ANGELES CITY -- The body of a
woman was found along the streets
of Tarlac and Quezon in Balibago
the other day, reports said.
The body was found by Balibago village chief Rodelio Mamac,
along with local police and other
village officials.
The woman was later identified
as Roselyn Villalobos Estrella, 34, a
single parent from Mt. View Subdivision.
Police believe the victim was
abducted somewhere and left in the
area, where witnesses said they saw
several men onboard a white van.
Mamac appealed to the public
to contact him for any information
about the suspects. •
Cops nab
11 suspects
in Bulacan
drug raid
By Froilan E. Magtoto
COURTESY CALL. Mutya ng Pilipinas Central Luzon 2014 Shanice Aquino pays a courtesy call to Governor Lilia Pineda, accompanied by Mutya ng
Pilipinas Central Luzon Regional Director Avel Antonio. Also in photo are 1st District Board Member Cherry Manalo and Provincial Tourism officer Arwin
Lingat. --Photo by Jun Jaso, Pampanga PIO
Republic of the Philippines
Local Civil Registry Office
Province: PAMPANGA
City/Municipality: ARAYAT
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order
No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172). Notice is hereby
served to the public that NORA MAGCALAS TUNGOL
has filed with this office, a petition for correction of entry
in the sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the certificate
of live birth of WENCY MAGCALAS TUNGOL born on
MARCH 14, 1996 at Arayat, Pampanga and whose parents are RENE TUNGOL and RONA MAGCALAS.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may file
his written opposition with this Office not later than two
weeks upon publication.
(Sgd) GRETA P. DE ALA Municipal Civil Registrar
HEADLINE Gitnang Luzon: June 18 & 25, 2014
CAMP OLIVAS -- Police operatives and drug agents arrested
eleven persons during a raid on a
drug den on Monday in Bocaue,
Bulacan.
Authorities also recovered
loose firearms during the raid.
Chief Supt. Raul Petrasanta,
Central Luzon Police Regional
Director, identified the arrested
persons as Arlan Bantilan, a native of Navotas City and presently
residing at Barangay Poblacion,
Pandi, Bulacan; Rodrigo Roque,
a lineman of Barangay Corazon, Calumpit, Bulacan; Ricardo
Nicolas Jr., Caingin, Bocaue, Bulacan; Wilfredo Azurez, a laborer
from Borol 1, Balagtas, Bulacan;
Robin De Guzman of Caingin,
Bocaue; Jay Aldrin Dizon, a driver from Duhat, Bocaue; Jayson
drug raid... Page 7
Car stolen from shopping mall parking lot
by Charlene A. Cayabyab
ANGELES CITY -- A car
was stolen from a shopping
mall’s parking lot over the
weekend.
The owner of the stolen
car reported the incident to
the local police saying the car
thief was allowed to exit Marquee Mall even without the
mall issued parking ticket.
According to the owner,
who posted a photo of his
stolen car on Facebook, the
people who stole his car allegedly declared that their
parking ticket was lost.
Also, instead of presenting a
driver’s license, the suspects
only presented an ATM card
to the mall’s security and
they were allowed to leave.
The stolen car was a light
gold Mitsubishi Gallant 1999
model with plate number
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In a statement, Marquee
Mall said their security personnel immediately assisted
the owner of the vehicle and
accompanied him to the Angeles City Police Station for
proper documentation of the
incident.
“We are currently cooperating with police authorities as they conduct an
investigation on the matter.
Meanwhile, we continue to
extend the necessary assistance to the owner of the
vehicle as we await results
of the investigation. Rest
assured that security and
safety measures remain in
place at the mall,” the shopping mall management said.
Any information about
the lost vehicle may be reported to 09175051747 or
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JUNE 25, 2014
BUSINESS 3
CDC event collects P500T-worth of recyclables
By Charlene A. Cayabyab
CLARK FREEPORT — The
accredited collector of recyclable and hazardous waste materials tapped by the Clark Development Corporation during
the “11th Annual Recyclables
Collection Event (RCE),” has
collected P524,408 worth of
recyclables.
The event, in cooperation
with the CDC’s Environmental
Permits Department and the
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources-Environment Management Bureau
in Central Luzon (DENREMB 3) led by regional director Lormelyn Claudio, aims to
promote proper waste management through recycling or
materials recovery of recyclable materials.
The event was part of
CDC’s celebration of the Philippine Environment Month.
According to CDC’s Envi-
ronmental Permits Department officer-in-charge Roy
Magat, Dolomatrix Phils., Inc.
spent some P186,972 from the
15,581 pieces of busted lamps
collected from various locators
and residents of the Freeport
during the one-day event.
Magat said if not properly
disposed, the small amount of
mercury content of a broken
fluorescent lamp could contaminate the environment as
big as an entire Olympic-size
swimming pool.
Oriental & Motolite Marketing Corp., spent a total of
P268,927 on the 982 pieces
of used lead-acid batteries collected; Semirecycling,
Co. Inc. paid P48,894 for the
5,016 kilograms of used paper,
plastics, metals, and other Ewastes; Positive A Envirotech
Specialist paid P10,500 for
the collected 2,216 liters of
used oil from various motor
recyclables... Page 7
JUNIOR TENNIS CUP WINNERS. Malaysia Northern States tournament veterans Miguel Vicencio, Jed Labasano and Gabby Zoleta lead the winners during the recent 2014 MILO Junior Tennis Cup – Luzon at the Clark Development Corporation (CDC) tennis courts. Mabalacat City Tourism Head Guy
Hilbero awarded the trophies in the MILO netfest organized by Children’s Tennis group with Philta sanction, in cooperation with Wilson Balls, CDC Tourism
and the office of CDC President Atty. Arthur Tugade together with Mabalacat City Mayor Boking Morales. --CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Bataan SF Lions Club bags awards
town holds during Recognition Night
water
festival
By Froilan E. Magtoto
DINALUPIHAN, Bataan
-- A big number of people on
Tuesday filled the streets here
in celebration of the feast of St.
John the Baptist.
After the Holy Mass, the
Image of St. John was paraded
with devotees shouting “Viva
San Juan” while firemen train
big hoses from firetrucks dousing water on the game participants.
Street dancers danced with
gusto as they were showered
with water from the big fire
hoses.
Many participants brought
with them small branches from
different plants and waved
them while dancing or merely
walking elbow to elbow due to
the big crowd.
Town mayor Gila Garcia led
the festivity. (PNA)•
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO
-- The San Fernando Cabalen
Lions Club (SFLC) and its district mother organization, District 301-D2, took home almost
all the accomplishment awards
during the District Awards and
Recognition Night in Marikina
City.
Dubbed as the Governor’s
Awards and recognition award
night, the ceremonies was held
at the Marikina City Convention Center last June 21.
Republic of the Philippines
Local Civil Registry Office
Province: PAMPANGA
City/Municipality: ARAYAT
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
In compliance with Section 5 of RA 9048, a notice
is hereby served to the public that GINA MORENO
MIRANDA, has filed with this office a petition for
change of first name from “JEAN” to “GINA” in
the Birth certificate of JEAN GARCIA MORENO
who was born on OCTOBER 9, 1963 at Arayat,
Pampanga and whose parents are CARLOS
MORENO and LUZ GARCIA.
Any person adversely affected by said petition
may file his written opposition with this Office not
later than two weeks upon publication.
(Sgd) GRETA P. DE ALA Municipal Civil Registrar
HEADLINE Gitnang Luzon: June 18 & 25, 2014
According to Ponciano
“Jun” Dizon, the San Fernando
Cabalen Lions Club Secretary
and District 301-D2 Cabinet
Secretary, the SFLC received
an award for outstanding accomplishment as one of the top
lions club... Page 7
Republic of the Philippines
Province of Pampanga
Municipality of Santa Rita
OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
In compliance with Section 7 of RA 10172, a
notice is hereby served to the public that RUSSEL D. SANTOS, has filed with this office a
petition for correction of clerical error / typograhical
error particularly in her GENDER from “MALE” to
“FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of
RUSSEL D. SANTOS who was born on July 10,
1984 at San Basilio Sta. Rita, Pampanga and
whose parents are ORLANDO SIBAL SANTOS
and HERMINIA SANTOS DASIG.
Any person adversely affected by said petition
may file his written opposition with this Office not
later than JULY 09, 2014.
(Sgd) GRETA P. DE ALA
Municipal Civil Registrar
HEADLINE Gitnang Luzon: June 25 & July 02, 2014
NE town’s
‘Taong Putik’
fest draws
7,000 devotees
ALIAGA, Nueva Ecija
-- The number of faithful
who flocked on Tuesday to
join and witness the “Taong
Putik” festival in Barangay
Bibiclat here continues to
grow with authorities placing it to more or less 7,000
people.
Among them is a devotee
by the name Mary Domingo,
who suffered a numbing
sensation on the right side
of her face in 1999 that prevailed even after several sessions with quack doctors.
Domingo said she sought
the help of the John the Baptist, the patron saint, by joining “Taong Putik” Festival.
Now 78, she has never
missed a single festival
since.
Chief Inspector Roberto
Sena, town police chief, said
this year’s event, themed
“Ang Pamamanata,” drew
devotees from all walks of
life, with the youngest a
four-year-old girl Janaya
dela Cruz, a first-timer who
came over because of her
mom.
Another
participant,
Rodel Capalad, said he has
been gracing the event the
past eight years as his way of
thanksgiving for the fulfillment of a wish: to pursue his
studies.
“For as long as I can, I
will attend the festival every
year,” he vowed.
By their own estimate,
Sena said, the crowd was
easily at least 5,000, including 2,000 mud people.
Every 24th of June, Bibiclat, a rustic town some 30
kilometers from Cabanatuan City, welcomes hundreds
of tourists and devotees of
St. John.
They were welcomed by
a uniquely dressed group of
devotees whose faces and
bodies were smeared with
mud and covered with dried
banana leaves, a form of religious ritual of humility, penance and vow.
Father Carlos Padilla,
parish priest of the St. John
the Baptist Church, a declared diocesan shrine, officiated Tuesday’s morning
mass here which was attended by third district Rep. Czarina Umali and town mayor
Elizabeth Vargas.
Padilla said the tradition
originated in 1944 when a
group of Japanese soldiers
were ambushed by guerrilla
rebels.
taong putik... Page 7
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Gitnang Luzon
JUNE 25, 2014
EDITORIAL
Of Language and People
(For Language Teachers of All Ages)
Benefit from waste
THE 11th Annual Recyclables
Collection Event (RCE) initiated by
the Clark Development Corporation recently was a success in its
own right, after collecting more
than P500,000 in recyclables.
The amount may not have been
that substantial, according to
CDC’s Environmental Permits Department officer-in-charge Roy
Magat, but the waste generated
from the event will be properly
disposed or recycled, which could
help save the environment.
Magat said that if not properly
disposed, some wastes could be
very hazardous to the environment.
A small amount of mercury
from a broken fluorescent lamp
could contaminate an entire
Olympic-sized swimming pool, he
said.
Meanwhile, some wastes, like
used lead-acid batteries can be
processed to recover oil, and the
residual toxic components of lead
metal can be recycled, treated and
disposed of eventually.
This just goes to show that
wastes are not merely wastes,
but can be put to good use, and be
money-makers in the process.
Because of the event’s success,
the DENR-Environmental Management Bureau led by Lormelyn
Claudio hopes the RCE will be duplicated in other areas -- even outside of Clark and Angeles City.
Not a bad idea, considering that
this may be the answer to reducing the number of accumulated
garbage in the province.
I
AM fascinated with the word
“here”. It has this great duality of
purposiveness and meaningful
sense. On the one hand, it’s so resolute and persistent: Where?
Here! On the other hand,
it’s so kind and munificent:
Here, I baked you some tasty
cookies! This play of persistence and munificence runs
through all of language. The
truth is I want to suggest that
it is this play that permits,
enables, and forms meaning,
creating the remarkable occurrence of linguistic nous,
all those things words do.
Language is odd and peculiar. It’s a kind of structure
that encompasses all these
varying rudiments and essentials
— words, punctuation, meanings
— and the way the fundamentals
combine, that is, grammar. From
one vantage point, language is an independent system. It appears that it
is coming more or less whole, ready
to be used, a sense pret-à-porter. Or
one of those hardy toolboxes I’d see
at ACE Hardware with these fold out
drawers filled with tools of different
scopes, dimensions, forms and figures, acuity, and use.
And yet language never exists outside of its use. Never. Which is to say,
our every encounter with language
is an encounter with something —
a person, book, song, film, dog. It’s
always an occasion, a surmising, a
manifestation, an event, a meeting.
There’s always a speaker or a writer.
Lexicons try to be the Word on high,
bereft of body, the transfer or conveyance of pure meaning. But that’s
ridiculous. Lexicons have a voice,
tone, and style. They have a body.
The structuralists tried divorcing these two properties of language
— the structure, or what they in the
French manner, called langue; and
the instantiation of language, its
function, which they called parole.
But of course langue and parole,
structure and function, were never
distinct. There was not first language
and then people using language. The
who has to attribute his sources. I
have the unlimited extravagance of
writing submerged in myself.
Indexicals are very fascinating.
They are words that are
devoid of set referents, no
fixed meaning. They only
take on a referent in their
use. Dog has a referent
outside of any particular
dog; it summons the idea,
appearance, and concept
dog. But the word here —
as well as now, here, this,
that, I — have no referent
other than within a speTowards
cific condition or contexthe Light
tualization.
ABEL SOTO
This can make matters
complex.
Of course, we can talk about the
and an actuality which has always
already begun and which, like hu- “now” and the “I,” and turn them
manity, is always evolving, chang- into nouns and concepts and iming, transforming. (This drives my ages that we can argue and debate
niece crazy. She is an English major on. But that’s something else. As
student.) She conceives, like many, indexicals, they refer to this or that
that there must be a first — a first “I,” this or that location, this or that
person, a first universe. To which I “now.” What Jakobson was pointalways say: Nope. The universe has ing at, amongst other things, is that
always existed. So has language.) language is structurally circumAnyway, for those who care, show- stantial…Which is odd. It’s an open
ing how the function is co-existent structure, a moving structure, a
with the structure (of language) is temporal structure. It’s kind of like
our civil law. Yes, there’s a code of
what we call deconstruction.
But I don’t want to discuss that rules but there’s always — always
here. Not really. Well, I take that — the particular negotiation of that
back. I do want to talk about that as code, of those laws.
By way of their persistence on
well as about this, here, now…And
about you and I, among other things. condition, by only having meaning
(Does it drive you crazy that I don’t in a particular time and place, inuse quotation marks to mark the dexicals present a kind of play into
distinction between the use of the the structure of language. Which
word and the word as an object? Are is what I always really liked about
you sure there’s always a clear dif- all this and that. For Jakobson, indexicals are liberal, a threshold into
ference between them?)
The linguist Roman Jakobson the structure of language. They are
called these words indexicals. Other these changing places into which the
people might also have called them user — writer or speaker — trips and
indexicals, but I discovered the term becomes an agent of language. When
reading Jakobson so Jakobson it is. I say I, for Jakobson, I moves in the
All knowledge, all assertions, all ar- sphere as all of language borders me
guments are compelled by the con- and I become at once animator and
dition of those concerned, in this animated, user and used, operator
case me. I read Jakobson nearly 20 and operated.
Like “Neo,” when we utter “I,” we
years ago. I have not read it again. I
am so happy that I’m not a theorist become part of the language.•
existence of language is the existence of humans simultaneously…
all at the same time. Or, better yet,
the beginning of both is a presence
“Language is odd and peculiar. It’s a kind of structure that encompasses all
these varying rudiments
and essentials — words,
punctuation, meanings
— and the way the fundamentals combine, that
is, grammar.”
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First operational flight of
new German fighter plane
On June 24, 1915, young Oswald Boelcke,
one of the earliest and best German fighter
pilots of World War I, makes the first operational flight of the Fokker Eindecker plane.
The years of the First World War, 1914 to
1918, saw a staggering improvement not only
in aircraft production, but also in technology, on both sides of the conflict. The war
began just a decade after Orville and Wilbur
Wright made their historic 12-second flight
at Kittyhawk, North Carolina; by 1918, fighter airplanes had been developed that could
serve purposes of observation and reconnaissance, tactical and strategic bombing,
direct attack on ground and air targets and
use in naval warfare.
The Fokker Eindecker, a plane equipped
first with one and eventually with two machine guns that could fire straight ahead
through the aircraft’s propellers, would have
a huge impact on air combat in the Great
War and would put the Luftstreitkrafte, the
German Air Service, far ahead of the Allied air forces for several months during the
summer of 1915. The British referred to this
as the Fokker Menace or the Fokker Scourge.
The plane’s designer, Anton Fokker, had
based the concept of synchronization, or
the precise timing of the propeller blades
to avoid being struck by the machine gun
bullets, on an aircraft designed by France’s
Morane-Saulnier corporation and flown by
the famous French ace Roland Garros when
he was shot down in April 1915 by the Germans. The Fokker Eindecker, or Fokker E,
plane made German pilots like Boelcke and
Max Immelmann into national heroes, as
the number of their kills increased exponen-
tially.
By the end of the sum
Allies had managed to d
planes to rival the Fokk
was restored. Another Ge
reared its head in early 19
new German Albatros plan
British Royal Flying Corps
France. Soon, however, All
nology and production beg
the German efforts, as a
came less a question of ind
heroic pilots than a matter
tion capability. In the last
Britain, France and the Un
produced an average of 11
14,500 engines per mont
nancially struggling Germ
managed below 2,000 of e
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The untouchables
A
FTER the long wait of to show encouragement and
seeing a bigwig in the support to the senator. It was
pork barrel scam be like a family reunion. There
put in jail, finally, justice is was media frenzy over the arserved even in a slow phase. rest. From the time he boarded the vehicle to his
The arrest of Senaarrival at the court,
tor Ramon “Bong”
the media was there
Revilla last Friday
was the first on
the scandal that
rocked the entire
nation. We expect
that two of his colleagues and other
people
involved
will be arrested
to give every detail
soon enough to
to the Filipino peoconclude that we ELLEZ J. DAVIO
ple. Even with his
are on the edge of
arrest, the senator
winning the battle. However, in my opinion, proved his box-office mojo.
Remember his privilege
the arrest was full of dramatspeech in the Senate? He endic appearances.
From the moment that ed it with a song that could
there was a hearsay of the in- be used in the next election.
coming release of the arrest Amid the evidence presented
warrant, the senator main- and the witnesses’ testimotained a high profile docu- nies, the senator maintained
mentary of his righteous self. his innocence. He probably
Vigils and prayer brigades underestimated the ability of
were seen on television. Cry- the Filipino people to undering ladies appeared on screen stand the dimension of truth
to profess their undying love and justice. The graft-weary
and support to the senator. public had enough excuses
I was astonished to see such and pretensions. What we
climactic scene. It was like want is a country free from
watching a movie full of melo- leeches that keep on sucking
dramatic display of emotions. our blood and money.
Last Friday’s arrest may
Even his surrender to
the anti-graft court proved be the start of something
to be full of reverence. The positive, both in our politiwhole Revilla clan was there cal and justice systems. Our
Now We
Know!
Panawagan sa DPWH
quest in fighting corruption
has begun and I have the
confidence that it will have
no end. The untouchables are
not invisible after all. Soon,
we will see the next scene
to unfold, as we will witness
again the arrest of some big
“Our quest in fighting corruption has
begun and I have the confidence that it
will have no end. The untouchables are
not invisible after all.”
shot politicians, government
officials and private individuals. Camp Crame needs to
add more detention cells and
refurbish them to accommodate all the guilty. Footages
of the detention cells for the
three senators are publicly
seen.
I think the cells are conveniently special compared
to the prison cells used by
convicted criminals. A request has already been made
by the family of Senator Revilla to put an air conditioning unit in his cell for health
reasons. The senator even in
his detention does not want
to leave the comfort of living.
The shadow of fame and power still remains in his nature.
Secretary of Justice Leila de
Lima said the arrest was a
milestone in our history. I
could not agree more.•
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AGSABI kamakailan na hindi raw mag-aatubiling
magsampa ng kaso si Angeles City Mayor Edgardo
Pamintuan sa korte laban sa Department of Public
Works and Highways (DPWH) dahil sa usad-pagong nitong
pamamaraan sa paggawa ng mga kalsada sa lungsod na
talaga namang nakakaapekto na sa mga negosyo, sa mga
manlalakbay at sa mga residente ng mga lugar na may ginagawang mga kalsada.
Sa kanyang pahayag, halatang dismayado ang naturang
lokal na opisyal sa mabagal na usad ng trabaho sa paglalawak at pagsemento ng mga kalsada. Bilang kinatawan ng mga lungsod, siya ay
hindi natutuwa sa hindi matapos-tapos
na pagsasa-ayos ng mga kalsada lalo
pa’t yung mga nagkokonekta sa mga
pangunahing mga kalsada ng siyudad.
Ang pagbabanta ng posibleng pagsasampa ng reklamo sa hukuman ng
punong lungsod ay bunsod na rin ng
mga reklamo galing sa mga mamamayan na apektado sa mga pagsasa-ayos
ng mga kalsada dahil sa matinding
trapik na idinudulot nito.
Dahil ang dating two-lane na kalsaKa Dencio Pacheco
da gaya ng Angeles-Magalang road ay
kasalukuyang ginagawa, naging onelane na lamang ito at naging one-way
pa. Nangangahulugan lamang na ang
mga ibang mga sasakyan ay kailangang
dumaan sa mga re-route na mga daan.
Ang mga ginawang mga kalsada naman para sa re-routing ay may kalayuan
kung kaya’t napapalayo ang mga pampribadong mga sasakyan at nawawala
naman sa mga normal nilang ruta ang
mga pampasadang mga sasakyan.
Apektado naman ang mga negosyong
mga nasa tabi ng mga kalsadang ginagawa sa dahilang tinatamad ang kanilang
mga kostumer na pumunta sa mga ito
dahil sa kadalasang matinding trapik.
Sa totoo lang, maraming mga negosyo ang humina ang kita partikular sa
nabanggit na kalsada dahil hanggang
sa kasalukuyan, ito ay ginagawa pa rin.
Naging matumal nga daw ang kanilang
mga negosyo pero mas matumal ang
pag-usad ng trabaho ng mga kontraktor
na gumagawa dito.
Hindi natin masisisi si Mayor Pamintuan kung bakit
siya nagsabing siya daw ay maghahabla dahil sa mabagal
na proseso ng paggawa ng mga kalsada. Ito ay para sa kapakanan ng kanyang mga nasasakupan pati na ang mga
motoristang dumadaan lamang sa mga kalsada sa nasabing
lungsod.
Sa hindi maipaliwanag na dahilan, bakit nga ba napakabagal ng trabaho gayung mayroon naman itong nakalaan
na pondo na galing sa bulsa ni Juan Dela Cruz?
Marami sa ating bansa ang magagaling na mga inhinyero na hindi natin masasabing hindi nila alam ang kanilang
mga trabaho. Sa katunayan, kapag sila ay nasa ibang bansa,
hindi sila ganyan kabagal magtrabaho.
Isa pa sa inibabahala ng punong lungsod ay ang nalalapit na Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit
na gaganapin sa nasabing lungsod sa Enero ng susunod na
taon.
Dahil sa pagpupulong na ito ng mga iba’t-ibang leader ng
mga bansa sa Asya, puspusan ang paghahandang ginagawa
ng mga nasyonal at mga lokal na pamahalaan upang walang
magiging aberya pagdating ng araw ng nasabing aktibidad.
Isa din sa mga naririnig kong reklamo madalas sa radio,
TV at sa mga peryodiko ay ang mabagal na paggawa ng tulay sa bayan ng Mexico, lalawigan ng Pampanga na kung
saan ang nasabing tulay ay isang mahalagang imprastraktura na kumokonekta sa Jose Abad Santos Avenue.
Maraming mga bayan ang apektado sa paggawa ng nasabing tulay dahil sa matinding trapik na nararanasan ng
mga motorista sa isang detour patungong kabayanan ng nasabing bayan.
Maraming mga nago-opisina at mga mag-aaral ang
madalas na nahuhuli sa kanilang mga klase at sa kanilang
mga trabaho dala ng mabagal na usad ng trapiko sa nasabing detour road. Marami na rin ang mga nanawagan sa
DPWH n asana nama’y bilisan ang kanilang trabaho sa
nasabing tulay upang maibsan na ang matinding trapik na
nararanasan sa pagkakasara ng nasabing tulay na ilang buwan na ring ginagawa.
Pakibilisan naman po.•
Walang
Biro!
“Sa hindi maipaliwanag
na dahilan,
bakit nga ba
napakabagal
ng trabaho
gayung mayroon naman itong
nakalaan na
pondo na galing sa bulsa
ni Juan Dela
Cruz?”
6 SHOWBIZ
Headline
Gitnang Luzon
JUNE 25, 2014
Pag-amin ng Popstar…
Yes, yes, boyfriend ko na si Matteo!”-- Sarah G.
M
ATAPOS ang mahabang espekulasyon at
pangungulit kina Sarah Geronimo at Matteo
Guidecelli, sa wakas
ay umamin na ang
Popstar Princess na
boyfriend na niya ang
aktor. Sa programang
“Aquino and Abunda
Tonight” ipinalabas ang
nasabing
pag-amin.
Naganap ang pagkumpirma sa victory party
ng pelikulang “ Maybe
This Time,” na pinagsamahan nila ni Coco Martin na
tumabo nang mahigit P100 million sa takilya.
Tinanong si Sarah sa naunang pag-amin ng aktor na ang
term of endearment nila ay “mahal.” Hindi raw ito mabubuko
kung hindi na wrong send ng
message si Matteo na imbes kay
Sarah maipadala ay kay direk
Wenn Deramas napunta ang
mensahe. Pinost naman ng director ang tungkol dito sa Facebook.
“Oo naman ganoon po ang
tawagan namin… Sige, sabihin
ko na po, boyfriend ko na po
si Matteo. Kasi marami ding
nagsasabi na paligoyligoy… So, gano’n po,”
sabi ni Sarah.
Dagdag kuwento
naman ng host na si
Kris Aquino, “Nakasabay ko si Matteo sa
plane going to Cebu.
Last year pa ‘yun, My
Little Bossings pa, nakatabi ko siya at marami na siyang kuwento
sa akin about Sarah
na they’re dating. At least from
December from now, ang haba
ng progression and now they’re
together. Tama naman yung
timing na hindi sinapawan yung
movie.”
Reaksyon naman ni Sarah
sa term of endearment nila,
“Hindi naman maganda na
magtatawagan kaming ‘mahal’
kung wala kaming relasyon, ‘di
ba? So, opo.”
Going strong daw ang relasyon ng dalawa. Sa hiwalay na
interview, sinabi ni Sarah na
happy siya at hanga sa pagiging
consistent ni Matteo. Lahat daw
kasi ng mga dates nila ay ipinapaalam nito sa kaniyang parents. Marespeto daw ang aktor.
Sa promo pa lamang ng
pelikula ni Sarah with Coco ay
kinukulit na siya tungkol sa relasyon nila ni Matteo pero naging mailap ang Popstar dahil
respeto na lamang daw sa mga
kasama niya sa nasabing pelikula na labas sa kaniyang personal na buhay.
Nagsimula ang espekulasyon
na may namumuong pagtitinginan sa dalawa ng mag-guest ang
aktor sa series of shows ni Sarah
last year sa Amerika. Lalo pang
tumibay ito nang si Matteo lamang ang showbiz celebrity na
na naroon sa kaarawan ni Sarah last July 2013. Last March
naman ay very sweet at nakaholding hands pa ang dalawa sa
birthday naman ng aktor. Ayon
pa sa aming source, January
daw naging official na naging
mag-on ang dalawa.•
Jackie Rice iniwan ng
BF; pinagalitan ng ama
dahil sa daring scenes
sa pelikula
K
UNG merong isinasama ng loob ang
aktres na si Jackie Rice
na kasama sa pinauulanan ng
palakpak sa aabangan sa July
9, 2014 na “Kamkam” (Greed)
ni Joel Lamangan at sa kabila
nga ng mga papuri ay dalawang tao naman ang nasaktan
-- ang kanyang ama at ang
boyfriend.
“Maganda nga ang feedback pero ang mga taong
malalapit sa akin ang nasaktan ko. Pero I’m 24 na. Hindi
ko na actually kailangan na
magpaalam sa kanila but just
the same ginawa ko.
“Hindi naman kami totally
nag-away ng boyfriend (Andrew) ko and that time hindi
rin kami gaanong nakakapagusap dahil pareho kaming busy.
Marami rin ako ginagawa, ‘Innamorata’, ‘Bubble Gang’ pero
ngayon nag-uusap na kami.
“Hindi niya lang gusto
‘yung may kissing scenes.
Ayaw niya tanggapin ko.
Selos? Siguro. Nung nakuha
ko kasi ‘yung script, sabi ko,
‘Bebe ganito ‘yung mangyayari. Hindi niya maintindihan.
“Eh, kaya ko naman
tinanggap ang ‘Kamkam’,
una dahil si direk Joel. Nung
malaman ko okay agad ako.
Binasa ko naman ang script.
Nakita ko nga kaiba naman
ang role ko. Maganda ang istorya kaya okay. Go sa akin.
“Tapos, sa Dad ko naman
ganun din pala. Nung iniupload ‘yung 3-minutes trailer
ng movie, I showed it to him
sa phone ko. Tapos ibinalik
sa akin ang phone ko. Sabi, ‘I
don’t want to see you doing
this’. Until now, ‘di na namin
pinag-uusapan.
“But sa mga naririnig ko
na positive reviews, kinakalma ko na lang ang sakit ng
loob ko. Kasi, ‘pag binabalikan ko ang mga ginawa
kong scenes, hindi ‘yung
kissing ha, ‘yung salpukan ko with the two other
wives (Jean Garcia and
Sunshine Dizon) plus
the nanay (Elizabeth
Oropesa) grabe! Parang
hindi ko na uulitin ang
eksena. Totohanan ang
sampal, sabunot, sakit
na inabot ko sa kanila.
But it’s worth it!”•
Bong Revilla di iniwan
ng mga supporter
N
jackie
rice
AGPAMALAS
muli
ng katapangan si Senador Bong, Revilla
Jr. kahapon nang personal
na pumunta sa Sandiganbayan upang isumite ang sarili
kaugnay ng warrant of arrest
na inilabas ni Associate Justice Efren de la Cruz ng First
Division.
Sinamahan siya ng pamilya at daan-daang supporters
upang ipadama ang pagmamahal sa kanya.
Bago pumunta sa korte,
bumuhos ang luha sa Cavite
dahil sa pahayag ng senador
at pagpapaalam sa amang
may sakit na si Ramon Revilla Sr.
Kaantig-antig
ang
eksenang ’yon na napanood
namin sa mga news program
na umiiyak si Mang Ramon.
Wala namang palag si
Sen. Bong nang sumailalim sa
finger prints at mug shots sa
Camp Crame kung saan doon
siya ididetine.
Sa sobrang init sa PNP
Custodial Center, sinumpong
ng migraine si Sen. Bong.
Matatandaang pareho sila ng
anak na si Jolo na malala ang
pag-atake ng migraine.
Buti na lang, present ang
misis niyang si Rep. Lani
Mercado, na agad bumili ng
gamot para sa asawa.
Samantala, bukod sa
pamilya, namataan din sa
Custodial Center ang kaibigang matalik nina Sen. Bong
at Sen. Jinggoy Estrada na si
Phillip Salvador.
Handa rin daw magpuyat
sa labas ang mga supporter ng
senador bilang sukli sa tulong
na ibinigay nito sa kanila.
Hindi mangyayari ang
iskandalo kay Senator Bong
kung hindi niya piniling mas
paglingkuran ang sambayanan kesa maging malaking
artistang iniidolo ng publiko.
Subalit nanaig sa kanya ang
mapanglingkod niyang puso
kesa manatili sa pedestal ng
kasikatan.
Gayunpaman, umaasa pa
rin si Senador Bong na gugulong pa rin ang hustisya para
sa ikaaabsuwelto niya.
Sa kalagayan niya, malalaman ngayon ni Sen. Bong
kung sino talaga ang totoong
mga kaibigan niya.•
bong
revilla
Headline
Gitnang Luzon
JUNE 25, 2014
Work crew uncovers grenade, ammo in Nueva Ecija town
ALIAGA, Nueva Ecija, June 24
(PNA) -– A handgrenade and several
high-caliber ammunition were dug
up Monday by a construction crew
at the compound of a businessman
here.
Chief Inspector Roberto G. Sena,
town chief of police, said dug up were
explosive materials such as a hand-
grenade and 43 pieces of caliber 7.62
mm ammunition.
Sena said the construction workers doing some works at the compound of businessman Boyet Solis in
barangay Poblacion dug the materials in the area.
A team of specialists from the
Explosives and Ordnance Division
(EOD) stationed at the army’s 7th
Infantry (“Kaugnay”) Division, Fort
Magsaysay, Palayan City, took possession of the explosives for proper
disposition.
There was no explanation given
as to the circumstances surrounding
the presence of the deadly objects in
the place. (PNA)•
APEC INFRA from Page 1
Among the joint development projects being
undertaken by the city
government and the Clark
Development
Corporation (CDC) are the ClarkAngeles perimeter fence,
the proposed Clark roundabout, among others.
Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan said Angeles will
support any CDC undertakings as long as “it is for
the good of the majority”.
“When we talk about
Clark, we instantly think of
Angeles. This is why we are
more than willing to partake on this endeavor since
it will practically benefit
not only Clark but Angeles
City as a whole,” the mayor
said in a statement.
According to Pamintuan, the city government
performed onsite inspections and tagging of illegal
structures such as eateries,
sari-sari stores, and tricy-
cle and jeepney terminals
along the Don Juico Avenue in Barangay Anunas
and Malabanias.
He said 90 out of 93
illegal structures have already been demolished in
preparation for greening
and beautification.
The CDC led by president
Arthur
Tugade,
meanwhile, presented an
architectural design and
a walkthrough visual presentation of the proposed
Clark-Angeles perimeter
greening and beautification.
The project includes
parking areas, loading
and unloading bays for
PUVs. The development of
the Clark rotunda, which
is said to be the biggest
roundabout in Central Luzon, is currently up for bidding, the mayor said.
The roundabout will
feature beautiful landscape
designs to complement the
soon-to-rise sundial garden/mini-cultural center
of the city at the Bayanihan
Park.
Displacement and relocation of jeepney terminals
surrounding the Bayanihan Park (Hensonville,
Friendship-Main
Gate,
Checkpoint-Highway and
Balibago) is currently under study for a better traffic
situation and public transportation depot, according
to the mayor.
“Political will is important. Some may get angry
with all the inconvenience
these projects are bringing.
But, years from now, people will see how beneficial
it is for a fast-growing city,”
Pamintuan said.
Months from now,
Clark will be hosting the
first leg of APEC 2015 in
the country before Boracay,
Cebu, Iloilo and Manila.
According to Tugade,
Clark will also be a home
to more than 1,700 senior
ministers of finance and
tourism from 21 attending
countries for two weeks.
“This is not just Angeles
or Pampanga or Clark. It is
the Republic of the Philippines hosting the APEC
2015 that we are talking
about,” Tugade said.
Pamintuan and Tugade
targeted all infrastructure projects to be accomplished by November just
in time for the APEC 2015
dry run. •
CULINARY from Page 1
trainings for the beneficiaries, who
will serve as cooks for the culinary.
The beneficiaries will also be
given a start-up capital to start a
small business in their area, once
they finish the training and acquire
the skills they need.
This opportunity, said Vergara,
is open for all willing Kapampan-
gans, especially those who belong
to OFW families.
With the help of the Pampanga
Action Center for OFW Concern,
PESO shall help these OFW families maximize the utilization of
their family income.
Aside from this, the Capitol is
also planning to conduct a pastry
making seminar and training by
the end of the year for the holiday
season.
The provincial government
will finish other preparations and
completion of other cooking tools
before they formally open it in the
middle of the year, disclosed Vergara.•
went to the nearest rice paddies
to smear mud on their bodies and
wore grass or dried leaves.
Then they walked around the
community and begged for candles
or money to buy candles, which they
lit before praying.
Afterwards, they proceeded to
the chapel for a mass.
The saint’s statue is then paraded around the community with the
devotees carrying lit candles and
roses.
By turning themselves into mud
people, participants emulated St.
John the Baptist, who appears in
most biblical tales dressed like a
beggar.
From the village’s rice field,
groups of taong putik roamed the
village and asked for alms.
House owners gave them money
or candles, believing that this gesture would be paid back with blessings.
After the ritual, participants
gathered at the church yard to hear
mass.
They lit candles and offered
prayers before they wash themselves and join their families for the
fiesta celebration later in the day.
Vice mayor Alfredo Domingo
and his wife Leny also went to
church in the morning shortly after
the mass was heard.
The vice mayor said the event
not only enhanced the town’s image
as a pilgrimage site but also its tourism potentials.
Devotees are also known as
“San Juan or nag-sa-San Juan” by
the townsfolk because they imitate
John the Baptist who hid his role
as the chosen one to baptize Jesus
Christ by wearing animal skin to
deceive those who were after his
head.
Edwin Dizon, 47, said today’s
event was a subdued because there
was no rain, unlike the previous
years.
”It was merrier when it rains,”
he said. (PNA)•
taong putik from Page 3
In retaliation, the Japanese officers ordered all the men of the community arrested and brought to the
chapel grounds.
The Filipinos were about to be
shot at noon when their relatives
went to the church and prayed hard
for their safety.
Suddenly, it rained hard and the
Japanese officers, interpreting this
as a sign of disapproval from heaven, ordered the execution stopped
and set the men free.
The people then danced in jubilation and played in the mud. They
attributed the miracle to St. John
the Baptist.
Village elders said people who
attended the unique celebration
also fulfill a “panata” (vow) for a
family member’s good health.
One of them was Eugenio Alamon, 62, who suffered three
strokes and could not walk.
As in the past, the ritual started
before the crack of dawn at 4 a.m.
when participants woke up and
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recyclables from Page 3
vehicles; and Inkline Trading spent P9,115 for the
empty and used ink cartridges of computer printers
during the one-day collection.
Magat said the amount is not as substantial, but
the waste generated from the event will be properly
disposed or even recycled which could help save the
environment.
“Waste oil and ULAB (used lead-acid batteries)
can be processed to recover oil. Meanwhile, lead
metal which can be recycled while its residual toxic
components can be properly treated and disposed
of,” Magat said.
A brief ceremony was held to start the event led
by Claudio. She expressed appreciation with the efforts of CDC in organizing the recycling event.
Claudio also hoped that RCE will be duplicated
in other areas, particularly in Metro Clark areas, to
promote and encourage proper waste management
with the help of CDC, environment groups and
waste collecting firms.
“Proper recycling must be done regularly and
should start within our households to reduce the
volume of garbage being disposed to landfills or,
unfortunately, elsewhere,” Claudio said. •
lions club from Page 3
3 Lions Club; Dream achiever award for membership and growth; award on public awareness and
relations; for reading action program; manpower
and livelihood; award on environment program;
sight for kids award, sponsoring new clubs award;
and Most Outstanding Lions Club.
In the individual awards, Dizon was selected
the Male Lion of the year 2013-2014, the highest
award among Lions Club members; Remigio Pangan was chosen at the most outstanding club president; Corolina Pangan received the most outstanding club treasurer; and Noel Lim took the most
outstanding region chairperson.
Dizon, Lim and the two Pangan are all officers
of the SFLC.
Lawyer Elmo Ocampo, the San Fernando Cabalen Lions Club charter president in 1999, steered
the SFLC to be the most outstanding lions club in
the same year of his stint.
Dizon said he is very happy with the awards and
vowed to strive more to give more service to the
community.
“This will inspire us more,” Dizon added.
Also, Dizon said the SFLC has donated 500
books to the library of the far-flung Mawakat Elementary School in Floridablanca, Pampanga, which
benefited at least at least 260 pupils from kinder to
grade 7. It is part of the outreach program of the
SFLC, Dizon said. •
drug raid from Page 2
Nicolas, a plumber and resident of Barangay Bigaa,
Balagtas, Bulacan; Richard Soliman, a plumber of
Caingin, Bocaue; Eduardo Tapang, a vulcanizer, a
native of Pampanga and resident of Caingin, Bocaue;
Gary Nicolas, a resident of Baranagy Antipona,, Bocaue; and Raul Nicolas of Caingin, Bocaue.
The raid was joint operation of the Bocaue Police
Office and agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency based here.
Petrasanta said the operation in the drug den
located in the house of Raul Nicolas resulted in the
seizure of 23 plastic sachets containing suspected
shabu, drug paraphernalia, marked money used in
the operation, one caliber .38 revolver, one Norinco
pistol and assorted ammunition.
The arrested suspects together with the confiscated pieces of evidence were taken to the Bulacan
Provincial Crime Laboratory Office for confirmatory
test and examination.
Appropriate charges against the suspects are
now being prepared for filing before the Office of the
Provincial Prosecutors, City of Malolos, Bulacan.•
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VOLUME III • NO. 10 • JUNE 25, 2014 • WEDNESDAY
The Women of Malolos food station
featured the ‘Pamanang Kaluto ng Kababaihan ng Malolos’ where guests had
a sample of regional specialties such as
Gurgurya, Pinaso, Empanada De Kaliskis, Kurbata De Sebo, Pastillas Tostado,
Pastillas De Leche, Yema, Suspiros De
Mani, Inipit, Ensaimadang Malolos and
assorted traditional biscuit of Bulacan.
matteo guidicelli
& sarag geronimo
Filipino heritage recipes
featured in one cookbook
M
ARILAO, BULACAN
-- The My City, My
SM, My Cuisine
book, which celebrates the
history, diversity and rich
tradition of Philippine cooking as well as the exciting
f lavors of regional cuisine
and treasured heirloom
recipes of some of the country’s most prominent personalities, was launched at
the Event Center of SM City
Marilao recently.
It was one celebration, a
joint publicity effort of SM
City Baliwag and SM City
Marilao, which brought foodies in the region together.
During the launch, some
of Bulacan’s prominent personalities who contributed
their recipes to the book
were on hand to present
their respective dishes to the
guests, as part of the formal
launching rites. These include highly acclaimed food
historian Dez Bautista, tourism advocate and son of food
historian Vicente ‘Bong’ Enriquez with Puni De Malolos
founder Rheeza Hernandez,
legendary pastillas wrapper
maker Nanay Luz Ocampo,
Marcelo H. Del Pilar descendant Corina Unson and Dr.
Mariano Ponce descendant
JJ Ponce-Gonzales.
Highlight of the launch
was the presentation of a
copy of the book by Senior
Vice President for Marketing
Communications Group of
SM Millie F. Dizon to Marilao
Vice Mayor Andre Favian
Santos and Marilao Tourism
Council. A special tribute was
also given to Mila Enriquez
for her untiring promotion
of Bulacan cooking and for
her book that documented
the cooking of her province
through the various stages of
Philippine history.
With food as its center,
three exciting food show-
cases spread around the
event center as it gave guests
the opportunity to sample
recipes from the revolutionary times through ‘The Food
of the Heroes Station’, the
heirloom recipes from the
unique tableau of Bulacan’s
prominent families as well as
the regional specialties such
as Gurgurya, Pinaso, Empanada De Kaliskis, Kurbata
De Sebo, Pastillas Tostado,
Pastillas De Leche, Yema,
Suspiros De Mani, Inipit,
Ensaimadang Malolos and
assorted traditional biscuit
of Bulacan from ‘Pamanang
Kaluto ng Kababaihan ng
Malolos’ food station.
A musical performance
by 14-year-old soprano Alliyah completed the festivity, as she sang all Filipino
classics from the collection
of songs of Celeste Legaspi,
Leah Navarro, Tillie Moreno
and Leah Salonga.
Formally launched at SM
Aura Premiere last February
25, the My City, My SM, My
Cuisine book was published
by People Asia and is a
compilation of both winning
and participating recipes
from the My city, My SM, My
Cuisine campaign that SM
spearheaded from 2011 to
2013 in key cities around the
Philippines where SM malls
are located. Because it is a
take-off from the previous
My City, My SM campaign
which highlights tourism,
the My City, My SM, MY Cuisine campaign sparked interest in the featured cities as it
made more than 20 stops in
SM’s host cities that spanned
from as far North as Baguio
to as far as South as Davao.
As remembered, it was in
2011 that SM City Marilao
launched its first leg of My
City, My SM, My Cuisine
campaign where the ‘SM’
team discovered the heirloom recipes and treasure
trove of culinary gems from
prominent families who
opened their homes and
shared their prized recipes
as well as heartwarming stories in the process. Following the success at SM City
Marilao, SM City Baliwag
unravelled the favourite
dishes of a number of Philippine heroes that include
Dr. Jose Rizal, Gen. Emilio
Aguinaldo, Marcelo H. Del
Pilar and Mariano Ponce as
well as the Women of Malolos in 2012.
“My City, My SM, My
Cuisine” is one of many
ways SM celebrates Filipino
culture in its malls. Limited
edition copies of My City,
My SM, My Cuisine book are
available for sale at Kultura
Filipino brances in SM Aura,
SM Megamall, SM Makati
and SM Mall of Asia.•