DA gets praises for P40-M projects in Pampanga

Gov, Philhealth distribute
4,028 MDRs in Bacolor, CSF
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By LIEZEL CAYANAN
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO –
Gov. Lilia “Nanay” Pineda
and Philippine Health
Insurance Corporation
(PhilHealth) officials distributed members’ data
records (MDRs) to some
VOLUME IV • NO. 172
MARCH 03, 2016
THURSDAY
4,028 indigent residents
from Bacolor town and
Northville Calulut in this
city.
The distribution is
aimed at providing help
for the poorest of the poor
which is being carried out
CIAC: Airlines to look
at Clark Int’l Airport
GOV, PHILHEALTH...page 7
By Marna Dagumboy-del Rosario
CLARK FREEPORT – Clark International Airport Corporation
(CIAC) President and CEO Emigdio Tanjuatco III announced
yesterday that seven airlines have expressed their intentions
“to look” at the Clark International Airport (CRK).
The seven airlines, mostly
low-cost carriers, are part of the
17 airlines who will attend the
Asian Routes to be held at Mall
of Asia SMX Convention in Manila on March 6 to 9, 2016. The participants are set to
visit Clark International Airport on March 5, wherein CIAC
will showcase Clark Airport’s
facilities and infrastructure in
a bid to lure more flights at the
2,367 hectare Civil Aviation
Complex.
The seven airlines are VAir, a Taiwanese low-cost carrier; Jet Star of Singapore; Thai Smile, a regional
carrier in Thailand; Rayani
Air, a full service airline in Ma-
laysia; Express Air of Indonesia; Air India; and Airline
4.0, which is a new carrier in
the United States.
“At the very most, these
airlines can now see Clark Airport on paper and hopefully
we can lure some of them to
try Clark as well as to increase
CIAC...page 7
DA gets praises for P40-M
projects in Pampanga
By Angelique Tuazon-Eliseo
INTERNATIONAL INTEREST. Clark International Airport Corporation
(CIAC) President and CEO Emigdio P. Tanjuatco III stresses a point during his update
of developments at the Clark International Airport at the monthly Pampanga Press
Club (PPC) Talk Widus kapihan at the Widus Hotel and Casino. --CIAC-CCO PHOTO
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Governor Lilia “Nanay” Pineda
has lauded Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala for
the more than P40 million
worth of projects awarded to
several municipalities of this
province yesterday.
“We are very fortunate
and grateful for the funds
provided by the national government through the leadership of President Aquino for
the Kapampangan farmers,”
Pineda said.
Some 3,200 agriculture
stakeholders such as farmers,
livestock owners, fishpond
operators, irrigators’ association officers, municipal and
city agriculturists and techDA GETS...page 7
NPC endorsement
boosts voters’
preference for Poe
By JESS MALABANAN
ANGELES CITY – The voters’ preference
for presidential frontrunner Sen. Grace
Poe is expected to soar further because
of the endorsement of the top leadership of the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) for her bid in the May 2016
elections, her partymates from the Partido Galing ng Puso (PGP) said.
Sen. Chiz Escudero, PGP vice presidential candidate, and Sen. Tito Sotto,
one of the candidates running for Senator under the PGP ticket, said Poe’s
popularity in the coming surveys would
skyrocket because of the endorsement.
For her part, Poe said she is very
much elated by the NPC endorsement
as this is expected to create a bandwagon effect among local independents as
well as NPC candidates.
BUB FUNDS. Macabebe Mayor Annette Balgan receives a check under the Bottom-up Budgeting Program from Governor Lilia ‘Nanay’ Pineda and DA
“Dati noong wala pa kaming NPC Sec. Proceso Alcala. Also in photo are DA regional director Andrew Villacorta, Butil Partylist Rep. Agapito Guanlao, 3rd District Rep. Oscar Rodriguez, and
NPC ENDORSEMENT...page 7
Broadcaster Korina Sanchez-Roxas, spouse of Presidential Aspirant Mar Roxas.
--JUN JASO
2NEWS
Headline Gitnang Luzon • march 03, 2016
CL police nets 36
hoods in One Time
Bigtime ops By JESS MALABANAN
SOLAR FARM. Citicore Power President Oliver Tan, former senator Migz Zubiri, Gov. Abet Garcia and Mariveles Councilor and mayoral candidate Atty. AJ Concepcion share insights during the inauguration of the 18 MW solar farm in Mariveles. Butch Gunio . --CIAC-CCO PHOTO
Mayor: ‘Our town has no dump site’
By Froilan Magtoto
SAN SIMON – This town’s
mayor Leonora Wong clarified that her municipality
has no dump site, following
reports that this town was
among those charged by the
Environmental
Management Bureau (EMB) before
the Environment Ombudsman for violation of Republic
Act 9003 otherwise known
as the Ecological Solid Waste
Management Act.
“What we have here are
Material Recovery Fascilities (MRF) in the different
barangays,” Wong said.
The
EMB
earlier
said that aside from filing
charges, the government implemented the forced closure
of dumpsite of the town.
Wong, however, insisted
that the dump site in ques-
tion is a private property.
“The people who dump
the garbage mistakenly
thought that area was a
dumpsite. They saw garbage
piled up in the area,” the lady
mayor said.
These people are even
not from our town, she added.
“Ang mga nagtatapon na
mga basura na to ay nagkukunwaring dadaan lang sa
1 dead, 5 others nabbed
in Bulacan buy-bust ops
By Froilan Magtoto
CAMP OLIVAS – A suspected drug dealer was
killed while five others
were arrested yesterday morning in a drug
bust operation in San
Miguel, Bulacan.
Killed was Ferdinand Sanguyo Jr., alias
“Camote”.
Police said Sanguyo tried to escape
after selling a plastic
sachet containing sha-
bu by firing at the authorities, prompting the
cops to fire back which
resulted in the suspect’s
death.
Meanwhile, those
arrested were identified as Gerald Peñaflor
of Barangay Tunsuya,
Malabon City; John
Oliver Gonzales, 22, of
Barangay Partida, San
Miguel, Bulacan; Dennis Salvador, 27, of Barangay Sta. Ines, San
Miguel, Bulacan; Ryan
Sanguyo, 25, of Barangay Camias, San
Miguel,
Bulacan;
and Roselyn Peñaflor,
26, of Tunsuya, Malabon City.
Confiscated
from the suspects
were six plastic sachets
of suspected Methamphetamine Hydrochloride, also known as
shabu; (1) caliber .38
revolver with ammos,
and (4) assorted shabu
paraphernalia.•
PHLPost invites studes to join
UPU int’l letter writing contest
By Charlene
A. Cayabyab
ANGELES CITY – The
Philippine
Postal
Corporation
(PHLPost) is inviting students 15 years old
and below to join the
45th Universal Postal
Union (UPU) International Letter Writ-
ing Competition for
Young People.
To
select
the
country’s official entry to the international competition, PHLPost has organized
a nationwide letter
writing contest inviting young people to
focus on the theme”
“Write a letter to
your 45 year old self”.
Children around the
world are encouraged
to take a flight into
their
imagination,
while writing a letter
to themselves in the
future. The competition also coincides
with the 45th edition
of the international
PHLPOST... Page 7
Quezon Road at pagdating sa
area, tatapon na lang doon
ang kanilang basura. Ito ay
ayon po sa report na pinadala sa akin,” Wong said.
“What we did was to
secure the place to prevent
these people from dumping
their garbage,” Wong said,
as she warned them that
they will be arrested once
caught throwing garbage in
the area.•
CAMP OLIVAS – A total
of 36 persons, mostly engaged in illegal
drugs peddling, were
arrested by authorities
in separate One Time
Big Time police operations in Bataan and
Nueva Ecija Tuesday,
police said yesterday.
Chief Supt. Rudy
Lacadin, Director of
the Police Regional
Office 3 (PRO3), said
the suspects’ arrest
came in the wake of the
higher headquarters
directive to hit hard on
criminals, including illegal drugs personalities in the region.
Lacadin said he
earlier directed all police units in the region
to be more aggressive
in combating lawless
elements
especially
those involved in the
illegal drugs trade.
On Monday alone,
one suspected robbery
hold-up suspect was
killed during a shootout in City of San Fernando, while 18 suspected traffickers of
unlawful substances
were rounded-up in
different areas in Bulacan.
“You will notice
that your PNP is more
aggressive nowadays
in stamping out crimi-
nals on the streets, not
because it is our mandate but because of the
active involvement of
communities against
criminality,” said Lacadin over the phone.
Citing
statistics,
Lacadin said Central
Luzon police recorded
a 50-percent decrease
in crimes for the past
two months, as compared to previous
years of the same period. He attributed the
achievement to various
anti-crime strategies,
including Lambat Sibat and One Time Big
Time operations.
“If we have reduced
the crime volume, it’s
because of aggressive
efforts by our policemen in running after
criminals through the
Lambat Sibat and One
Time Big Time,” said
Lacadin, adding more
criminals would be
brought behind bars in
the coming days.
Meanwhile, Supt.
Julius Mana, newly
designated director of
the PNP Regional Anti-Illegal Drugs Task
Force (RAID-TF), officially assumed Monday as support unit
head of PRO3 in the
campaign against the
unlawful substance in
the region.
BIGTIME OPS... Page 7
Tapang reiterates to Dela Cruz: Show
detailed reports of 2015 expenditures BY jess malabanan
CLARK FREEPORT – Porac
town mayoralty candidate
and concurrent councilor
Mike
Tapang
yesterday
dared Mayor Carlito “Carling” dela Cruz to explain
before the Sangguniang
Bayan or through the State
of the Municipality Address
(SOMA) the P250-million
expenditures for last year’s
budget.
“De la Cruz is accountable to the people of Porac
and he should submit a detailed report on the 2015
expenditures,
specifically
funds allocated to non-office
and the mayors’ office,” Tapang told reporters during
the March edition of Talk
Widus, a regular monthly forum held at the Widus Hotel
and Casino in this Freeport.
Tapang said Dela Cruz
has a lot of explaining to do
to the people of Porac, especially on the appropriation
of funds for a non-existing
and non-operational project
aside from the bloated proposed 2016 budget apparently intended for various
services of the town’s local
government.
The ex-officio Board
Member mentioned some of
the budget allocations which
he finds highly questionable,
including the P14-million
donations and grant; P41million development fund;
calamity fund amounting
to P13.5 million; solid waste
management funds, P3 million; non-office, P170 million; mayor’s office, P25
million; and P3 million for
the non-operational satellite
campus of Don Honorio Ventura State University (DHVSU).
“DHVSU satellite campus is non-operational but it
has an annual budget of P3
million since last year,” Tapang pointed out.
A check with the Metro
Clark Sanitary Land Fill in
Kalangitan, Capas, Tarlac,
Tapang said that the Porac
LGU funded P3 million for
its solid waste management
program, but in truth it is
only paying P500,000 only
for every year.
Tapang said Dela Cruz’s
SOMA must be interactive
where audience can freely
raise questions on issues
relative to their welfare and
government fund expenditures.
Dela Cruz and local budget officers have approved
the 2016 budget amounting
to P270 million but it has to
pass the Sangguniang Bayan
before it will be enacted.
Tapang said he is not
questioning the increase of
budget as long as it served
the purpose and went down
to the greater majority in
terms of basic services.
“However, if Dela Cruz
failed to explain satisfactorily the expenditures, we’re
going to give him zero budget for selected operating
expenditures such as miscellaneous, travel allowances,
representation and donatapang... Page 7
march 03, 2016 • Headline Gitnang Luzon
BUSINESS 3
SBMA earnings increased by 12% to P1.7B in 2015
By Dante M. Salvana
ings last year represented an
increase of 11.89 percent over
the P1.5 billion record in 2014.
“This positive inflow permitted us to undertake several infrastructure projects
that were designed to improve
the attractiveness of the Freeport to investors,” Garcia said.
“The more we improve
the Freeport, the more we
earn; and the more we earn,
the more we can afford further developments,” he added.
Garcia said that the 2015
earnings of P1.7 billion was
derived from a total of P2.75
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT —The Subic
Bay Metropolitan Authority
(SBMA) has posted a total of
P1.7 billion in earnings before
interest, tax, depreciation and
amortization (EBITDA) in the
previous year, thereby allowing the Subic agency not only to
sustain its operations but also
to fund more development projects in the Subic Bay Freeport.
SBMA Chairman Roberto
Garcia, comparing the agency’s
EBITDA in the last two years,
said that the P1.7-billion earn-
billion in operating revenue, less the P1.05 billion
total in operating expenses.
He attributed the increase
to the 12.8 percent increase in
operating revenues despite the
14.4 percent increase in total expenditures in the same period.
According to a year-end report from the SBMA Finance
Group, the SBMA posted operating revenues of P1.34 billion derived from leases; P933
million from port services;
P12.6 million from tourism
services; and P466.2 million
from other operating incomes.
Meanwhile,
the
agency incurred operating expenses of P266.4 million in
manpower; and P784.3 million in maintenance and
other
operating
expenses.
As of December 31, 2015,
the agency’s net income after depreciation and ​
FOREX
stood​ at ​
P​
1.6 billion. However, a 109 percent loss on
foreign exchange pulled the
income before tax down to
P1.1 billion, Garcia explained.
In 2013, the SBMA under
Garcia shattered its all-time
record by posting P1.2 billion
in net profit, along with the
highest gross revenue of P2.1
billion and the highest EBITDA
of P992 million in the 21-year
history of the Subic institution.
The present SBMA administration headed by Garcia has
been largely credited for turning around the agency’s financial standing from several years
of non-profitability to attaining
record earnings starting 2012.
Garcia said the SBMA continues to equal, if not surpass,
its previous financial condition by attracting more investments into the Freeport.•
2 BPSU campuses
to get info-rich
kiosks from DOST
By Butch Gunio
VIETNAM CONFERENCE. Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) Vice President for Research, Extension, and Auxiliary Services Prof. Rudy
Flores (L) and BPSU Director for Extension Services Dr. Hermogenes Paguia (C) attend as paper presenters in the International Conference on Environment
and Renewable Energy at Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. --CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Bataan Freeport up 29% in workforce
by Jose Mari M. Garcia
MARIVELES, BATAAN – The Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB) created over 5,000 jobs in 2015,
with more companies opening
up and spawning thousands of
employment inside the Freeport, touted as the country’s
emerging economic dragon.
The number of FAB employees hired by registered locators and manpower agencies
last year increased to 25,803
or 28.91% higher compared to
the 20,017 workers recorded in
2014.
This surge in employ-
ment contributes hugely to the
growth of local economy with
people having more to spend,
and with establishments getting more revenues, Authority
of the Freeport Area of Bataan
(AFAB) Administrator Deogracias Custodio said. “The investments pledged
by the locators are felt by the
people on the ground through
the opening of more job opportunities. We assure the
national government and the
people that we will continue to
work hard and bring more investments to contribute to the
growth of the local economy,”
Custodio said.
Adding to the employment
boom, international and local
companies in FAB are still in
need of over 2,600 employees
as new companies start operations and existing locators expand bases.
AFAB stated that the newly
registered locators in 2015 are
expected to open at least 4,900
jobs in the next three years.
“Since 2010, the administration has been working hard
to bring more investors and
big manufacturing corporations to the Freeport,” Custodio said, referring to the year
when AFAB took operations of
the Freeport from then Bataan
Export Processing Zone.
Among the locators hiring are Mitsumi Phils, Inc.,
Perpetual Prime Mfg., Inc.,
Essilor Mfg. Phils., Inc. and
Dong-In Group of Companies’
Mountaineering Instruments
Corp. and Edge Soft Good Solutions, Inc.
There are 114 registered locators in the FAB as of December last year. The enterprises
include Korean, Taiwanese,
Chinese, American, Japanese,
British, Bahrainese, French
and German businesses. •
BALANGA CITY – Two campuses of
the Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) will get standalone, info-rich kiosks from the
Department of Science and Technology (DoST).
The DoST recently forged a
memorandum of agreement with
BPSU to digitize the library of
the university’s campuses via
Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based OpenlyOperated Kiosks (STARBOOKS)
Technology.
BPSU President Greg Rodis
expressed gratitude to the DoST,
saying the project will provide
their students in the two campuses access to information they
need in broadening their knowledge. The kiosks will be installed
in the libraries of BPSU Bagac
and Abucay campuses. The university has six campuses. Operating without the use of
internet, the STARBOOKS is a
user-friendly, standalone kiosk
which serves as a compendium
of science and technology information gathered from all over
the world.
DoST Bataan Director Rosalie Ona said STARBOOKS contains hundreds of thousands of
digitized science resources such
as journals, serial publications,
reference materials, annual reports, theses and dissertations,
and technical and project reports.
The university is the third
academic institution in Bataan
to receive STARBOOKS.•
Bataan PHO asks folk: Destroy mosquito sites, stop dengue rise
By Jose Mari M. Garcia
BALANGA CITY – Bataeños are
urged to step up their efforts
in crushing mosquito breeding sites both in and out their
homes as dengue cases doubled
this start of the year.
The Provincial Health Of-
fice (PHO) reported that 443
dengue cases were recorded in
Bataan from January 1 to February 6, or 50% higher compared to the same period last
year that tallied 222 cases.
All of the 11 municipalities
and one city of Bataan recorded
dengue cases, with Bagac ac-
counting for the most number
with 77, followed by Limay with
70, and Balanga City with 60.
One fatality was recorded
coming from mountainous
Bagac town.
With this surge in dengue
cases, PHO has been on high
alert to curb the deadly mos-
quito-borne disease as they
conducted preventive fogging
operations in Bagac and Dinalupihan.
An immediate investigation
was carried out on areas with
impending clustering of dengue
cases, hotspots, outbreaks and
dengue death.
Emergency meetings were
staged in rural health units in
barangays and district hospitals to scale up monitoring and
active surveillance of cases,
health education for municipalities, and house-to-house campaign on search and destroy
BATAAN PHO... Page 7
4 OPINION
Headline Gitnang Luzon • march 03, 2016
EDITORIAL
Women power
THE month of March marks the
Women’s Week (first week) and
National Women’s Day on March
8, with both celebrations seeking
to emphasize gender equality and
the importance of women’s role in
society.
This year’s theme “Kapakanan ni
Juana, Isama sa Agenda!” calls
for gender-balance in leadership
and decision making positions
both in public and private sector;
inclusion of women’s concerns in
leadership platforms and the government’s development agenda;
and capacitating and preparing
women and girls to reach their
ambitions.
With 2016 as an election year, the
theme is but apt in giving due recognition to the rights of Filipino
women in today’s society. This year
also creates an avenue for womenleaders to show their worth. It can
be noted that two women – Senators Grace Poe and Miriam Defensor-Santiago – are running for the
highest position in the land, while
another, Leny Robredo, is seeking
the vice presidential post.
For years, we have been trying to
close the gender gap by prioritizing programs for women and by
women, as well as women empowerment. There are still women’s
issues that need to be addressed,
especially when it comes to domestic abuse, because there are
still women out there who choose
to keep quiet despite the personal
turmoil they are experiencing.
The voice of the women-leaders
should be heard, which has been
a long time coming.
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Elusive Peace
T
HE PHILIPPINE Embassy in
Riyadh has downplayed the
drumbeat of war between the
Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia and
Shiite Iran that was already being
played out in war-torn Syria – land
of the Ottomans and last refuge of
the Knights Templar.
In an advisory issued by the Philippines Embassy, it said there is no
cause for concern urging “Filipinos
to remain calm.” It further noted that
“There is currently no reason to be
concerned about the safety and secu-
plar unsheathed the sword of God
under the command of Pope Urban
II and tainted them with the blood of
Muslims and Jews. For 88 years, the
Crusaders held the Kingdom of Jerusalem in relative peace until 1187
when the Muslims – both
Sunnis and Shiites united
under the leadership of Saladin, a Kurdish sultan who
brought the Ayyubid Caliphate, took it back from the
remaining Knights Templar.
Back in Muslim hands,
thermore unless the military powers stop them. If the ISIS continued
its campaign successfully, it could
take its war in Saudi Arabia and Israel but that is unlikely because the
Christiandom will never surrender
the Holy Land back to
the Muslims. It was
already 99 years since
Gen. Allenby made a
triumphant arrival at
the Gates of Jaffa in Jerusalem and only history will tell us if the
Holy Land will capitulate to another power.
In the Phillippines,
the Philippine military
has renewed the war
against our Muslim
Arnel San Pedro
brothers in the South
after the failure of the
the Crusaders were not able to wres- Bangsamoro Basic Law. The death of
tle control of the Holy Land until 1917 the 44 members of the PNP Special
during World War 1 when the victori- Action Force has put the final nail to
ous British General Edmund Allenby the coffin derailing the peace accord.
entered the old City on foot and in- The appalling incident had been
advertently reclaimed the Holy Land played out in the Holy Land when
for the Christiandom.
Raynald of Châtillon, the capricious
Peace will remain elusive in the Lord of Trans-Jordan, attacked the
Holy Land and throughout the Mid- caravan of Muslim Saracens killing
dle East. In modern times, the ani- all travelers effectively ending the
mosity of the past was prevalent four-year truce with Saladin.
between warring Muslims, between
Saladin personally beheaded
Muslims and Christians and between Raynald after the Battle of Hatnon-Middle Eastern powers who tin with countless Knights Templar
seek to implant their personal inter- warrior-monks having suffered the
ests in the war-torn region. Syria as same fate – and the barbaric beheadan example was a complete mess and ings in modern-day Iraq and Syria
thousands of innocent lives had al- already graced the TV networks and
ready been lost in the ongoing war.
the Internet as hostility continues
The Muslim Caliphates of the old, up to this day with no end in sight.
at one time or another, had their Perhaps when the last drop of oil had
firmed grip on Syria, Israel, Egypt been taken out of the ground, peace
and Saudi Arabia. The dreaded ISIS will finally reign. The Pyrrhic victohas declared a similar caliphate from ries achieved by the belligerents simIraq to Syria – and could expand fur- ply serve no purpose.•
“Perhaps when the last drop of oil had
been taken out of the ground, peace will Check and
Balance
finally reign.”
rity of Filipinos in Saudi Arabia. The
Embassy shall provide regular updates on the situation in Saudi Arabia as the need arises.” Given so, it
should protect the interests of some
5,000 OFWs in war-torn Najran in
KSA.
The animosity between and Sunni
tribe and the Shiite tribe was ominous and deeply embedded in time
immemorial when the diatribe that
divided the Muslims caused the First
Crusade of European nobles to set
their sights toward the Holy Land
and wrestled it from the Fatimid Caliphate. Absolution in the service of
Christiandom pushed the Knights
Templar to wade in crimson blood –
from Syria’s Edessa, Tripoli and to
Antioch and then on to the final objective -- Jerusalem.
Non nobis Domine, non nobis,
sed nomini tuo da gloriam (Not unto
us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy
Name give glory) – the Knights Tem-
Ing Kapakanan nang Juana, Iyabe ya king Adyenda!
T
HE YEARLY observances of ebrate the gains of the current adthe Women’s Role in History ministration with regards to closing
Month mandated by Proc- gender gap, as well as to call on the
lamation No. 227 s. 1988, the first next administration to continue supweek of March as Women’s Week porting the advocacy and prioritize
and March 8 as Women’s Rights and women’s issues in various agenda;
International Peace Day mandated presenting the achievements of the
by Proclamation No. 224 s. 1988, Aquino administration in promotand March 8 of every year as Nation- ing gender equality and women’s
al Women’s Day manempowerment, through the
dated by Republic Act
Report on the State of the Fili(RA) 6949 s. 1990,
pino Women; gathering public
seek to emphasize
perception on what women’s
gender equality and
issues should be prioritized
further bring to fore
the significant and
indispensable role of
the women in the society.
According to the
Philippine Commission on Women or Michelle CatapPCW, the theme of Lacson
the 2016 National
Women’s Month Celebration “Kapakanan ni Juana, Isa- by the next administration through
ma sa Agenda!” reiterates “the call crowdsourcing of “agenda ni Juana”;
for gender-balance in leadership and and strengthening public advocacy
decision making positions both in on National Women’s Month, with
public and private sector; inclusion emphasis on women’s issues that still
of women’s concerns in leadership need to be addressed.
platforms and the government’s deOn a more personal point of view,
velopment agenda; and capacitating the call to intensify women’s particiand preparing women and girls to pation, more so their credible qualireach their ambitions.” fications to occupy crucial roles as
This year’s celebration of the Na- leaders, policy makers, and impletional Women’s month aims to give menters should be given emphasis
due recognition to the contributions in this coming election. Senator Pia
of Filipino women in our society by Cayetano, Chair of the Senate comspecifically creating an avenue for mittee on women, gender and family
women and women advocates to cel- relations, noted that women remain
Brainwaves
to be “grossly underrepresented in
the realm of politics.” She pointed
out that in the Philippines, there are
only six women out of 24 members in
the Senate, or 25 percent, and 79 out
of 289 members in the House of Representatives, or 27 percent. Cayetano added that at the local
level, women’s representation is even
lower with women occupying only
22 percent of gubernatorial posts, 18
percent of vice-gubernatorial posts,
18 percent of provincial board seats,
21 percent of mayoralty posts, 20
“As a woman, I join the plea in strengthening the inclusion of women as leaders
and decision makers in our nation. It is
most probably the right time to consider
this call and give it a shot.”
percent of city council seats and 20
percent of municipal council seats.
She stressed that on the average,
“only one in five elected local executives is a woman.”
As a woman, I join the plea in
strengthening the inclusion of women as leaders and decision makers in
our nation. It is most probably the
right time to consider this call and
give it a shot. Who knows, when we
have more women in the government, we will be able to gradually
eradicate the various problems and
issues that make our lives seemingly
miserable and hopeless. •
march 03, 2016 • Headline Gitnang Luzon
Danao at Daya
M
INDANAO at Magindanao,
nanu mo ing pamitayid
dang ibatan? Parewu lang
makiyamut amanung “danao” o
“lake” keng amanung Inglis. Iti ati
ya naman keng matwang salitang
Kapampangan – ing danao o lawa.
Anya naman keng Kapampangan,
Pangasinensi at Ilokanu antindyan
deng antindyan iti karing peka-am-
“Anya matulid mung mayawus
ya ping “danao” ing lugal uling
magmistula yang lawa ing dakal a dake niti ning Mindanao –
magin danao ya potang panaun
ning pamanuran!” Magbalawe
ut nang ibatan – ing “danum”.
Bakit ya meyawus a Mindanao,
o Magindanao ing dake na niti ning
kadwang pekamaragul a pulutung
dng kapulwan keti Pinas? Iti pauli
ning pakauyat ya iti keng kabilyang
pang-topograpiya na niti lalu na
ketang mumunang aldo. Ing Mindanao metung yang lugal a mababa at
dakal mu naman kapatagan. Anya
makanyan ya iting sensitibu keng
pamanalbug. Lalu na at ing kadwang pekamakabang kailugan keti
Pinas ati keti – ing Ilug Agusan.
Iti maragul yang tutu anya adwang
lalawigan keti deng mipalagwan
mu naman pakatuki keng maragul
a ilug a iti, ing Agusan del Norte at
Agusan del Sur.
Balang kauran at karing mipapaliling bagyu keti, makanyan yang
daragul ing ilug keti. Maragul a pamanalbug ing daranasan da ring tau
keti. Keti ya kakabye ing maragul a
kapinakan na mayayaus Pinak Aguman. Anya matulid mung mayawus
ya ping “danao” ing lugal uling magmistula yang lawa ing dakal a dake
niti ning Mindanao – magin danao
ya potang panaun ning pamanuran!
Ing leparan ning pinak a iti tutu
yang makasalesayan. E mu uling
keti la magdatun deng metung karing katakutan dang mangaragul
a dapu anti itang arakap da kanitang dapung i Lolong. Keng pinak
a iti ya pakasantung ing metung
karing pekamatwang kabalayan da
ring minunang menuknangan ning
kapulwan anti deng keng matwang
balen ning Butuan. Katunayan keti,
ketang panaun 10 dilanwa (o siglu)
ati ne ing mala-balen ning Butuan
kambe ning Sulu at Lusung (dng
kasalungsungan
kapangpangan
Parnasong
Kapampangan
ning Luzon ngeni) karing mekipagkalakalan na kng matwang labwad
ning Tsina agpang na murin karing lumang tala dng Isik na misulat ketang panaun dng dinastiyang
Sung at Ming. Iti misuportan ya
pang lalu karing datus ibat karing
report da ring arkiolojis. Iti anyang
akulkul dong mitukituki
deng tagan da ring mat-
keng amlat niti, i Sultan Kudarat
ing metung karing tawling mangatapang a datu keti ing linaban karing pwersang Español-Kpampangan
a ikwa dang asambut at ikwa gabun.
Keng kontemporaryung amlat ta
ngeni, ing labwad ning Mindanao
megin yang sakit buntuk karing
miyaliwang administrasyun o gubyernung
nasyunal. Ing dating
Presidenti Ramon Magsaysay alimbawa ing
mikaprograma
kanitang managkat karing
Kristianung
Pilipinu
ning Luzon na manuknangan kng Mindanao ban makanyan
deng a-neutralize ing
maka-muslim a kimutang pangkultura at
Aleesus Manarang
pulitika. Panaun nang
Presidenti Marcos mawang balanghai o barangay – deng kanyan dong binulus detang amanmetung karing minunang bangka wan dang “red army” ba mung labakanita. Katunayan kaniti, ing pe- nan deng mibansagang “ribelding
ka-matwa karing bangkang adis- muslim” etcetera etcetera.
kubri da ring dalubasa atin yang
Ing labanan keng lugal a iti
petsang radiocarbon a 320 AD. tutu nang malambat at makapagal.
Maknayan munaman anyang akwa Makapanikal karing tau a keti made munaman akulkul itang awsan nuknangan. Ing labwad a iti iyang
dang “golden tara” metung yang meging ugsyanan da ring bayung
malating Buddha nap aka-displey o gradweyt a PMAer o bayung sunpakabuntalag keng metung a museo dalus. At maging deng bayung pulis,
kng Chicago.
marinu, etcetera deng keti da babalNanupata, atin yang dapat ipag- ugse ban ilang marap karing mamaragul ing mesabing kapulwang gribelding tau ning Mindanao.
Mindanao. Ketang tawling panaun
Ing kutang? Masosolusyunan ya
ning pang-19 a dilanwa, ing Mindan- ba ing malalam na pangayamut ning
ao mibansagan yang “Labwad ning prublema keti? Ing kanser a sasyo da
Pangaku”. Bakit kaya? Metung kar- ring pilan nang sapin ning salindaya
ing sangkan ing lugal a iti tutu yang keti meyakit ne ba ing panulung malmabandi keng pibandiang natural yaring itapal? Metung ya ba ing suning kalikasan at ating mangalapad sulung dangBangsamoro Basic Law
a gabun a malyaring pitamnanan at o BBL karing magsilbing solusyon?
pituknangan dng tau.
Panaun na naman ning pamangamMupin, ing labwad ning pangaku panya, ninu mo kaya karing kakanbalamu melili ya kabaldugan. Iti didatu ing atin tututu at siryosung
megin kabaligtaran ya kabilyan. Uli apag a plataporma na atin mayap a
ning deng pangaku keti mipalipit ya parikil ning pamanyolusyun keng
keng paninanapan da ring tau keti mesabing prublema ning Mindanao?
lalu na reng etnolingwistikung gruMasyadu neng magusut ing sitpu a tubu keti. Mula ketang panaun wasyun keti. Metung mu ing siguradu,
da ring Español, keti ne megumpisa mas maralas tamung daramdaman
ing dakal a pamakipamuk, pamip- ing panig ning gubyernu, ing panig
ate, pamanyakup karing gabun da da ring Pinoy a darayu mu kng Mindring katutubu. Iti megsilbi nang anao. Dapot ing daing, ing sumbung,
“karaniwan” a mitsa ning kagul- ing kabilyan, ing gugulisak, ing rirwan keti. Ing labwad ning pangaku ibeldi da ring taung tubu tagana kng
megin yang labwad a mepaku at ma- labwad a iti ning Mindanao ing e pa
paku. Dakal nong paku deng mikut- tutung meramdam. Anya ing labwad
kut keti. Keta mung panaun da ring a madanum neng kauran e mu magin
Español, bista man e re agad asakup danao, nunge magkule ya pang malutu
ing lugal a iti, e la pinatugut deti ban iti mangga na ngeni – magindaya ya
akwa de ing Mindanao kapamilatan pa na daragus kambe da ring lua na
na pamo ning kasawpan dng man- manibat karing mangasakit a tangis
gatapang a Kapampangan kanita da ring memalen a biktima keti.
ba mung asakup de iti. Agpang pin
Dumali!•
OPINION 5
Neng Capa M. Pangan
Ing pamagtawu
neng Fiesta
Ing pamagtawu neng daratang ing fiesta,
E ra balung sabian maging ding makatua
Nung ninu at kenu iti megumpisa,
Subali king ngara ing Santa Iglesia
At nu’t e aliwa ing bansang Espanya,
A pigmulan niting makabusbus bulsa.
Tabalu nung baket dela ra pa keti
Ing anti kaniting ritual a mesabi.
Natural mu agiang manutang ka ngeni
E mu papaliarian ing e maki-anti;
Burian mu mo waring ikang bukud dili
Itang e magtawu, lunto mainang klasi?
Iting pamag-tawu a meging piugalian
King kalulung tau pasakit nung misan;
Makanano agiang misan ya manutang,
Ulining dine na kimut ya’t kimut yan;
At keta, kaibat ning tawu na megisan
Atin pang mamintas karing mekipangan!
Uling gawan mu man ing anggang agiu mu,
Makarandam ka pang matsurang amanu;
Kesyo, e maniaman ngara’yng kekang tawu,
At magadtu pati nasing inapag mu.
(Mekad mu, e me man kakilala’yng loku,
Akayagnan diamu retang bisita mu).
Nung supisyenti ka’t katalaksan a beer
Atilu ngan keka ding anggang kalasing;
King anti kaniti ing masulit mupin,
Potang kargadu no’t papase keng lasing,
Atyu na rugu ken itang e masanting
A pamangawan ding makasnuk lalasing.
(Atin yang kasuglung)
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headline in history
First indoor game of ice hockey
O
n March 3, 1875, indoor ice hockey
makes its public debut in Montreal, Quebec. After weeks of training at the Victoria Skating Rink with his
friends, Montreal resident James Creighton advertised in the March 3 edition of the
Montreal Gazette that “A game of hockey
will be played in the Victoria Skating Rink
this evening between two nines chosen
from among the members.” Prior to the
move indoors, ice hockey was a casual outdoor game, with no set dimensions for the
ice and no rules regarding the number of
players per side. The Victoria Skating Rink
was snug, so Creighton limited the teams
to nine players each.
Hockey, traditionally played on grass
with a stick and a ball, has its roots in
ancient Greece, Egypt and Persia. In this
form, the game spread north to Europe
and then west to the Americas, and is
still popular in the Southern Hemisphere
as well as in North America, where it is
called field hockey. North America’s indigenous people were playing games with
a stick and ball long before the French
and English crossed the Atlantic. Cherokee, Ojibwe and Mohawk tribes all had
different names for what the French
branded “lacrosse,” as did the Iroquois
native to Quebec. Meanwhile, ice skating
was popularized by skating on sharpened
animal shinbones in Europe in the 17th
and 18th centuries, and games played
on ice included a Dutch version of golf
and an on-ice version of hurling, an Irish
stick-and-ball game.
Ice hockey was initially thought too
dangerous a game to play, as the ball was
difficult to control on the ice. For the 1875
Montreal game, the ball was replaced
with a wooden disc, now known as a
puck. The disc was less likely to fly off the
ice, and was less dangerous to both players and spectators. Creighton also instituted an early off-sides rule, mandating
that there be no forward passing ahead
of the player with the puck. The Montreal
Gazette reported the next day that the
first ice hockey game at Victoria Skating
Rink attracted 40 spectators. Ice hockey
then caught fire in Montreal, and in 1877
Creighton published rules to the game,
known as Montreal Rules. Canada’s now
legendary national passion for ice hockey
was ignited, and the new sport began to
spread across the country.
Years later, in 1994, bill C-212, making ice hockey the official winter sport of
Canada, was made law by Canada’s parliament. Lacrosse—which had been Canada’s national sport since 1859—remained
the country’s official summer game.
--HISTORY
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Arci Munoz, next biggest
thing in showbiz
INIALAY ni Arci Muñoz ang malaking tagumpay ng pelikula
niyang “Always Be My Maybe”
sa kanyang dakilang ama na
inilibing na
noong Linggo. Kinailangan
ding
mag-promote
sa ASAP si
Arci
bago
ang
libing,
at alam ng
dalaga
na
natuwa rin
ang kanyang
ama bago namatay dahil natupad ang pangarap niya na magtagumpay sa showbiz. Tulad ng leading man niyang si Gerald Anderson, 10
taon na rin pala sa showbiz si
Arci. Naging bahagi na siya ng
GMA7 at ng TV5. Narating na ni Gerald ang
rurok ng tagumpay, samantalang si Arci ay ngayon pa lamang nakakatikim ng ika nga’y
fruit of her labor sa bakuran ng
Star Cinema at ng Kapamilya
network na siyang nasa likod
ng “Always Be My Maybe” at ng
“Pasion de Amor.”
“You’ve heard about ‘Pasion’ na inabot ng 9 months,”
litanya niya. “Malaking tulong na mayroong Jake Cuenca na tumutulong sa akin, lalo na sa mga
mada-drama naming scenes. I
also had a good time with Ellen
Adarna and Coleen Garcia na
‘sisters’ ko sa serye. Siyempre,
may contribution din sina EJ
Falcon at Joseph Marco na mga
‘brothers’ naman ni Jake.” Itong “Always. . .” naman
ay masyadong pinag-uusapan,
lalo na ng mga taong naka-relate sa story. “I can’t believe na kumita
ito ng more than P8 million sa
first day showing,” bulalas ni
Arci. “Even at the start, when
the movie was offered to me,
grabe ang nangyari sa bahay.
Sobra ang excitement ng lahat.
They told me not to waste my
time at tanggapin ko agad dahil Gerald Anderson daw iyan.
Kinulit-kulit ko rin si direk Dan
Villegas. “I kept asking him kung
totoong siya ang pumili sa
akin dahil tamang-tama raw sa
character ko ang role ko. “Basta, everytime may
shooting, I had to report to
them at home kung ano ang
mga nangyari sa shoot. I can’t
blame them. Ganun din kasi
ako ka-excited. “Sa mga sexy scenes namin,
I told Gerald na bahala na siya
sa akin.
“Ingat na ingat siya sa akin
at napaka-gentleman. Me, I
don’t know kung napagsamantalahan ko siya. I did, ganun. I
think, I took advantage of him
sa shoot namin, Gerald yata
‘yan, so why not? “He really allowed me to
take advantage of him!” paulitulit niyang sigaw. Masasabi ba ni Arci na siya
ang tipong pa-fall kapag may
relasyon? “Hindi po,” sagot niya.
“Hindi rin kasi ganun ang
boyfriend ko. Pero, walang
problema sakaling kailangan
magpa-fall. Kasama iyon sa uso
ngayon. Mag-ingat lang tayong mga babae sa mga mahilig
magpa-fall. Kilatisin na lang
natin para hindi tayo maloko.”
Hindi napigilan ng kaibigang Boy Abunda na sabihin:
“She has strong, excellent performance. Yes, she’s the next
big thing (female) in showbiz
today.”•
Carrot man, ilusyunado?
HUWAG na lang bigyan ng ilusyon
ang Carrot Man na si Jeyrik Sigmaton na maging artista. Naihayag sa guesting niya sa Unang
Hirit ang pagnanais na pumasok
sa showbiz. Marami mang sumunod na
mga “man” sa social media, si
Jeyrik ang winner sa lahat dahil
sa pag-feature sa kanya sa Kapuso Mo Jessica Soho last Sunday.
Hindi pinatulan ang ibang
“man” na sumunod sa kanya. Sa pahayag ni Jeyrik, Grade
6 lang ang inabot niya. Kaya siya
pumasok sa pag-aani ng carrot,
para makatulong sa pamilya niya. Eh, marami ring buwitre sa
showbiz na mapagsamantala sa
kainosentehan ng ilang kapos sa
pag-aaral. Hangga’t maaga, dapat maligtas ang pride ng Igorot sa mga
kamay ng mapanlinlang na mga
tao. Saka marami pang dapat
gawin sa kanya bago isabak sa
showbiz. Total overhaul ang
dapat gawin ng GMA kung gagawin siyang Kapuso artist.•
DRAW DATE
JACKPOT
WINNERS
3/1/2016
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0
3/1/2016150,000.00
0
3/1/2016
4,500.00
920
3/1/2016
4,500.00
1134
3/1/2016
4,500.00
730
3/1/2016
4,000.00
650
3/1/2016
10,362,860.00
0
3/1/2016
4,000.00
252
3/1/2016
4,000.00
189
Piolo Pascual leads 32nd PMPC
Star Awards for Movies
HANDANG-HANDA na ang Philippine Movie Press
Club (PMPC) sa pagkakaloob ng mga natatanging parangal para sa 32nd PMPC Star Awards For
Movies. Gaganapin ang awards night sa March 6,
2016, 7 p.m., sa Newport Performing Arts Theatre,
Resorts World Manila, Pasay City.
Magsisilbing hosts sina Piolo Pascual, Kim
Chiu, Xian Lim, Alex Gonzaga, Bela Padilla at Robie Domingo.
Sa Opening, bilang pagpupugay sa ‘Love
Teams And Love Themes Of Philippine Cinema,’
maghahandog ng awitin sina Jed Madela, Yeng
Constantino, Christian Bautista, Morisette Amon,
Mark Bautista at Juris.
Hahataw naman sa nakakakilig na dance
number ang Hashtags na kinabibilangan nina
Zeus Collins, Jon Lucas, Jameson Blake, Ryle Santiago, Luke Conde, Jimboy Martin, Ronnie Alonte,
McCoy de Leon, Nikko Natividad, Tom Doromal at
Paulo Angeles.
Sa pagbibigay ng tribute sa namayapang Master Showman German Moreno, mag-aalay ng awitin ang Concert King na si Martin Nievera.
Ang tambalang Angeline Quinto at Erik Santos naman ang magduduweto para sa ‘Love Teams
Of Today.’
Ngayong taon, ipagkakaloob kay Ms. Amalia
Fuentes ang Nora Aunor Ulirang Artista Lifetime
Achievement Award at kay direk Mel Chionglo ang
Ulirang Alagad ng Pelikula sa Likod ng Kamera
Lifetime Achievement Award.
Sa pamunuan ng kasalukuyang pangulong
Fernan de Guzman, ang 32nd PMPC Star Awards
For Movies ay mula sa Airtime Marketing Philippines at sa direksyon ni Bert de Leon. Mapapanood ang kabuuan ng palabas sa ABS-CBN Sunday’s Best sa March 13, 2016. Narito ang mga opisyal na nominado:
MOVIE OF THE YEAR:
· A Second Chance (Star Cinema)
· Crazy Beautiful You (Star Cinema)
· Etiquette For Mistresses (Star Cinema)
· Felix Manalo (Viva Films)
· Heneral Luna (Artikulo Uno Productions)
· Honor Thy Father (Reality Entertainment)
· The Love Affair (Star Cinema)
· Walang Forever (Quantum Films, MJM
Productions, Tuko Films, and Buchi Boy Films)
MOVIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR:
· Mae Czarina Cruz-Alviar (Crazy Beautiful You)
· Cathy Garcia Molina (A Second Chance)
· Joel Lamangan (Felix Manalo)
· Erik Matti (Honor Thy Father)
· Nuel Naval (The Love Affair)
· Chito Roño (Etiquette For Mistresses)
· Jerrold Tarog (Heneral Luna)
· Dan Villegas (Walang Forever)
INDIE MOVIE OF THE YEAR:
· Anino Sa Likod Ng Buwan (IdeaFirst Company,
Octobertrain Films, and APT Entertainment)
· Bambanti (Sinag Maynila and Centerstage
Productions)
· I Love You, Thank You (The Grit Project and
Noel Ferrer Productions
· Imbisibol (Sinag Maynila and Centerstage
Productions)
· Old Skool (‘Til I’m 90 Film Productions and
Bonfire Productions)
· Silong (SQ Film Laboratories and Black Maria
Pictures)
· Taklub (Centerstage Productions)
· Tandem (Tuko Films and Buchi Boy Films)
INDIE MOVIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR:
· Zig Dulay (Bambanti)
· Lawrence Fajardo (Imbisibol)
· Charliebebs Gohetia (I Love You, Thank you)
· Cia Hermosa-Jorge (Old Skool)
· Jeffrey Hidalgo and Roy Sevilla Ho (Silong)
· Brillante Mendoza (Taklub)
· King Palisoc (Tandem)
· Jun Robles Lana (Anino Sa Likod Ng Buwan)
MOVIE ACTOR OF THE YEAR:
· John Arcilla (Heneral Luna)
· John Lloyd Cruz (Honor Thy Father)
· JM De Guzman (Tandem)
· Richard Gomez (The Love Affair)
· Daniel Padilla (Crazy Beautiful You)
· Piolo Pascual (Silong)
· Jericho Rosales (Walang Forever)
· Dennis Trillo (Felix Manalo)
MOVIE ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
· Bea Alonzo (A Second Chance)
· Nora Aunor (Taklub)
· Iza Calzado (Etiquette For Mistresses)
· Sarah Geronimo (The Break-Up Playlist)
· Rhian Ramos (Silong)
· LJ Reyes (Anino Sa Likod Ng Buwan)
· Meryll Soriano (Honor Thy Father)
· Dawn Zulueta (The Love Affair)
MOVIE SUPPORTING ACTOR
OF THE YEAR:
· Gerald Anderson (Everyday I Love You)
· Nonie Buencamino (Heneral Luna)
· Mon Confiado (Heneral Luna)
· Tirso Cruz, III (Honor Thy Father)
· Anthony Falcon (Anino Sa Likod Ng Buwan)
· Dan Fernandez (Honor Thy Father)
· Buboy Villar (Old Skool)
MOVIE SUPPORTING ACTRESS
OF THE YEAR:
· Shamaine Buencamino (Bambanti)
· Alessandra De Rossi (Kid Kulafu)
· Mylene Dizon (Heneral Luna)
· Bela Padilla (Felix Manalo)
· Rochelle Pangilinan (Tandem)
· Pilar Pilapil (Etiquette For Mistresses)
· Lorna Tolentino (Crazy Beautiful You)
NEW MOVIE ACTOR OF THE YEAR:
· Pepe Herrera (Walang Forever)
· Jon Lucas (#Ewankosau Saranghaeyo)
· Francis Magundayao (#Ewankosau
Saranghaeyo)
· Marlo Mortel (Haunted Mansion)
· Dino Pastrano (Baka Siguro Yata)
· Jerome Ponce (Haunted Mansion)
· CJ Reyes (I Love You, Thank You)
NEW MOVIE ACTRESS OF THE YEAR:
· Elora Espano (Tandem)
· Elisse Joson (#Ewankosau Saranghaeyo)
· Maine Mendoza (My Bebe Love,
#KiligPaMore)
· Kim Molina (Walang Forever)
· Sarah Pagcaliwagan (Walang Forever)
· Sue Ramirez (Just The Way You Are)
· Janella Salvador (Haunted Mansion)
MOVIE CHILD PERFORMER
OF THE YEAR:
· Krystal Brimner (Honor Thy Father)
· Micko Laurente (Bambanti)
· Marco Masa (The Beauty and the Bestie)
· Alonzo Muhlach (The Beauty and the Bestie)
· JR Velasco (Mandirigma)
· Miguel Vergara (Just The Way You Are)
· Bimby Yap (All You Need Is Pag-Ibig)
DARLING OF THE PRESS (Special Award):
· KC Concepcion
· Sheryl Cruz
· Anne Curtis
· Kaye Dacer
· Dan Fernandez
· Vice Ganda
· Alden Richards
march 03, 2016 • Headline Gitnang Luzon
Samal enforces ‘I5’ in solid waste management
By Mhike R. Cigaral
SAMAL, BATAAN – The municipal government here led by Mayor Generosa
Malibiran-Dela Fuente yesterday officially enforced Municipal Order
no.06-003 that intensifies the no
segregation, no collection policy or
the “5 ways to ecological solid waste
management plan.”
“We already informed and educated our constituents during our
week-long Dalaw Barangay to educate our constituents about this policy starting March 1,” Dela Fuente
told Headline Gitnang Luzon.
Aside from using social media
on their campaigns and advocacies,
Dela Fuente, along with the municipal council headed by Vice Mayor
Aida Macalinao and the department
heads, brought basic services in all
14 villages of the municipality to explain this new ordinance that will
be enforced starting March 1 of this
year.
Under the new ordinance, every
household in this town is required to
follow the I5 scheme or “5 solid ways”:
Ihiwalay (segregate), Isulit (recycle),
Ibigay (give or donate), Ibenta (sell)
and Itapon (throw away).
“Ihiwalay” speaks about the segregation between biodegradable and
non-biodegradable waste. “Isulit”
means recycle garbage such as cans,
bottles, straw and doy packs, papers,
cartons, tires, coconut husks.
“Ibigay” pertains to garden and
yard wastes, food or kitchen wastes,
and animal wastes that can be processed and converted into organic
fertilizer. “Ibenta” is about wastes
that can be sold such as plastic bottles, metal wastes, cans, etc.
“Itapon” means to throw away
for garbage collection such as health
care wastes, sachets, tetra packs,
wrappers, diapers and sanitary napkins, worn out shoes and bags, light
bulbs and electronics appliances.•
“Malaking bagay yung March 5 visit, kase itong mga airlines na sasali sa
Asian Routes siguradong pag-uusapan
ang Clark Airport, at malay natin magdecide yung ibang airlines na makita
nila ang Clark para sa kanilang flights,”
Tanjuatco told reporters during the
Pampanga Press Club Talk Widus held
at the Widus Hotel at Clark Freeport.
Clark is host to several airlines including Qatar Airways, Asiana Airlines,
Dragonair, Jin Air, CEBGO, Tiger Air of
Singapore, Air Asia Berhad and Cebu
Pacific Air.•
Edwin Paningbatan of the DA’s Regional Planning Division also bared
the actions taken by the department
to mitigate the effects of El Niño such
as the construction of small water impound, diversion dams, small farm
reservoir, improvement of canal linings, and provision of irrigation equipment and planting materials to the
municipalities of Floridablanca, Porac,
Arayat, City of San Fernando, and Sta.
Rita and the construction of Automated Weather Stations in Candaba, Floridablanca, and Mexico.
More than P14 million was awarded
to the Dampe Mamatas Farmers’ Association of Floridablanca for the construction of a water impound in said
barangay, as well as P3,600,000 for a
tramline in Sitio Nabuclod, Barangay
Camachile of the same town.
Farmers groups from the municipalities of Lubao, Macabebe, Mexico,
San Luis, Magalang, Arayat, and Candaba also received varying amounts under the Bottom-up Budgeting Program
ranging from P387,000 to P1,000,000
per project.
A total of P12,348,500 worth of
projects were also awarded to fishpond
operators from the Bureau of Aquatic
Resources.
Several stakeholders were also given
a chance to have a dialogue with Pineda and Alcala at the end of the program
to air their needs and concerns in behalf of the group or association they
represent.
Said event was organized by the
Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction
and Management Office led by Angie
Blanco and was graced by Butil Partylist Representative Agapito Guanlao,
Third District Representative Oscar
Rodriguez, and DA Regional Director
Andrew Villacorta.•
CIAC... from Page 1
flights,” Tanjuatco said.
Tanjuatco said that CIAC will host
the visit of the 17 airlines and will make
a tour at the Passenger Terminal Building of the Clark Airport as well as a tour
at the Puning Hot Spring in Bamban,
Tarlac.
DA GETS... from Page 1
nicians, among others, convened for an
El Niño Summit at the Bren Z. Guiao
Convention Center wherein the status
of said phenomenon and its effect on
agriculture was discussed.
According to PAGASA Weather Specialist Remedios Ciervo, the El Niño
phenomenon is expected to persist until the end of March and the amount
of rainfall expected within said period
would be little or close to none until
the month of July wherein one to three
tropical cyclones are expected to enter
the Philippine Area of Responsibility.
However, Engineers Prudencio
Santos and Olympio Penetrante of the
National Irrigation Authority assured
the stakeholders that the several dams
providing for the need of Kapampangan farmers have sufficient supply and
are closely monitoring the water levels
particularly of the Pantabangan Dam
in Nueva Ecija.
NPC ENDORSEMENT... from Page 1
endorsement, ang mga naglalakas loob na tulungan
kami ay mga independent
candidates. Pero ngayon, nakakagaan at malaking bagay
talaga na yung aming mga
nakaayos na mga rally at
pagbisita sa mga probinsya
ay lumalabas na ang suporta
ng mga local governments na
tumatakbo mula sa NPC,” she
explained.
On claims by some NPC
members that they were not
consulted on the decision to
endorse her, Poe said it would
be best for them and their
leaders to internally settle
that row.
“Pagdating sa mga party
decision, hayaan na natin ang
liderato ng partido na makipag-usap sa kanila pero taliwas
sa sinasabi ng iba, marami sa
NPC ang noon pa namin nakakausap pero iginagalang
nila ang desisyon ng kanilang
partido,” she said.
When asked if she would
seek the help of NPC members, who earlier expressed
affiliation or support to other candidates and convince
them to follow the NPC’s
party line, Poe said she would
rather not.
“Siyempre, sa kahit naman
anong organisasyon mayroon
namang mga iba na nagkakaroon ng salungat na pananaw.
Ayaw naman natin magyabang katulad ng iba pero may
mga galing din sa partido nila
na dati pa namang tumutulong sa amin,” she said.
NPC president and Isabela
Rep. Giorgidi Aggabao announced the NPC decision in
a press conference on Monday, and this created confusion among some of its party
members, particularly those
who had expressed their affiliation or support to presidential candidates other than
Poe.
In mid-2015, the party
formed by businessman Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco
went through the motions
of organizing meetings with
other presidentiables to help
make their choices. But no official endorsement came until
Monday, February 29.
Poe yesterday held a
meeting cum public consultation at the covered court in
Apalit, Pampanga and Bgy.
Calulut in San Fernando City
and later in a famous local
restaurant in Angeles City
where she, her VP running
mate Chiz Escudero, and
other PGP senatoriables held
a press conference.•
GOV, PHILHEALTH... from Page 1
by the Department of Health (DoH), PhilHealth and the provincial government
headed by Gov. Pineda.
A total of 1,028 MDRs were distributed in Northville Calulut Covered Court
while 3,000 MDRs were distributed in
Cabambangan Covered Court in Bacolor.
The Governor urged the beneficiaries
to maximize their MDRs which were given to them at no cost.
“Just show your MDRs so you could
avail the free hospitalization from government hospitals in the province and
anywhere in the Philippines,” Pineda
said.
Gov. Pineda also mentioned that
non-PhilHealth members can avail of its
services through PhilHealth’s “Point of
Care” program.
The Governor said the provincial
government allotted P50 million for the
point of care program.
Also present during the activity were
3rd district Rep. Oscar Rodriguez; Board
Members Crisostomo Garbo, Rosve
Henson and Ferdinand Labung; Bacolor
Mayor Jomar Hizon and Vice Mayor Jun
Canlas; former board member Fritzie
David-Dizon; PSWDO Elizabeth Baybayan; and other local officials.•
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operations with proper waste disposal and
management.
PHO advised the public to conduct a regular clean-up drive in the barangay through
mobilization of volunteers, residents and
Barangay Tanod members.
In homes, citizens were cautioned to
cover water drums and water pails at all
times to prevent mosquitoes from breeding,
replace water in flower vases once a week,
and to clean all water containers weekly to
remove eggs of mosquitoes sticking to the
sides.
Also, PHO enjoined citizen groups to
conduct information campaign on dengue
with emphasis on its prevention and control,
as well as the local officials to establish and
activate Barangay Dengue Task Force. •
TAPANG... from Page 2
tions and grants,” Tapang said.
Dela Cruz is seeking another term as
chief executive. He is being contested by Tapang whose main political agenda is focused
on urban planning, being a first class municipality.
Tapang also favors the gradual transfer
of the town’s hog industry, which is the object of complaint by residents and visitors
due to obnoxious odor coming from piggeries, should he emerge winner in the May
elections.
Headline GL tried to reach Dela Cruz for
comment but failed.•
BIGTIME OPS... from Page 2
Mana, formerly assigned as Provincial
Chief of the Pampanga Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), paid a
courtesy call to Governor Lilia Pineda.
Mana vowed to join the war against drug
trafficking gangs operating in Region 3.•
PHLPOST... from Page 2
contest.
The national winner will be sent by
PHLPost as the Philippines’ official entry
in the worldwide letter writing contest organized by the UPU International Bureau.
The top winner will receive a gold medal
and a certificate, as well as other prizes to
commemorate their win. The gold medalist will also be offered a trip to the UPU
headquarters in Berne, Switzerland.
Entries for the national competition
must be recent and original letters written
in English according to the theme of the
competition. It must not exceed the limit
of 1000 words in length. The composition
must contain the elements of a letter, place
and date, addressee’s address, opening
and closing salutation and signature.
On a separate sheet of paper, the participant must indicate the following information: Number of words of the letter, complete name and address, Gender
of Candidate, Age and /or Date of Birth,
Colored 2×2 Photo, Name and Address of
School/Grade or Year Level and Contact
Numbers (Telephone/Cellphone Number).
The first prize winner will receive
P20,000 cash; second prize, P15,000 and
third prize, P10,000.00. All winners will
also be awarded medals, plaques and albums of Philippine stamps. The top three
winning school will also received cash
prizes and a plaque from PHLPost.
The criteria for judging are structure as
a letter -20%; adherence to the theme- 30%;
creativity -30%; and Use of language-20%.
All entries must be mailed at any post
offices nationwide by Domestic Express
(DEMS) or Registered Mail only, not later
than March 11, 2016 to: UPU 45TH International Letter Writing Competition for
Young People (2016), Post Shop, Philately
and Museum Division, Philippine Postal Corporation, 3/F, Central Post Office
Building 1000 Liwasang Bonifacio, Manila.
For more information, please call Ms.
Arlene Tiquia Labao, Project Officer of the
Post Shop, Philately and Museum Division
at tel. no. 527-01-08 or 527-01-32. Please
visit PHLPost website at: www.phlpost.
gov.ph., Facebook account @PHLpost,
Twitter account @Ppostofficial and Instagram account @phlpostofficial.•
special feature
VOLUME IV • NO. 172 • MARCH 03, 2016 • THURSDAY
By aleesus manarang
Guagua’s
Chicharon
P
FILIPINOS’ love to
munch and crunch
cracklings of pork
is already a part
of their tradition
of lazy eating. And
surely among the
stuff they love to
eat include the various preparation of
crunchy pork skin
that is toasted and
deep fried.
Pork lover’s favorite market table, with packs of chicharon, Guagua local longaniza and pindang
babi (pork tocino) and locally made hotdogs.
Repacking of pitityan
or chicharon at a local
Guagua chicharon stall.
Photo by: thepurpledoll.net
ork crackling is usually
made with two major
steps. Firstly, it is prepared by having it sundried
before having it deep fried
with cooking oil like the
famed chicharon we know.
The method is generically the
same throughout the Philippines, although regional
variations can be found in
several places in the country.
In most cases, the preparation is a cross between having it instantly fried like that
of a crispy pata or of a lechon
kawali, but the pre-frying
method of having it sun dried
first before dipping it in boiling cooking oil is what makes
it different from the latter
two famed fried pork dishes.
If the Ilocanos have the
favorite bagnet version which
is made of large chunks of
pork cuts, in Pampanga,
countless styles of cut sizes
can be seen. From the long
strips of pork skin, square
bite sizes, or to the bigger ones having laman or
crunchy meat varieties, every
chicharon eater will find his
match of choice.
And among the different
towns of Pampanga and Tarlac, the southern Pampanga
town of Guagua as they claim
produces one of the most
requested chicharon versions.
In fact, most barrio folks of
this old Kapampangan community know how to fry good
chicharon and can readily tell
if a chicharon is made from
their town.
To date, this pork crackling which is locally called
pitityan, can be bought
in almost all of the stalls
of Guagua public market,
food souvenir shops and or
peddled in major streets and
highways of the province.
Hence, Galan’s, Lapid’s,
Pabustan’s, among others
made their name a byword
for chicharon lovers in and
around the province.
Chicha!•