No rice crisis in CL--NFA

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Chinese multinational firm eyes Hermosa investment
business pagE 10
To solve perennial flooding
Pineda wants
study on river
sediments
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VOLUME II • NO. 65
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
TUESDAY
By Joey Pavia
The Most Widely Distributed Local Newspaper in Central Luzon
CDC: Directors’
bonuses legal
CLARK FREEPORT – Gov. Lilia
Pineda said on Monday that an “expert
study” on the source of water and sediments coming from Mt. Pinatubo should
be accomplished in order to drastically
reduce perennial flooding in Pampanga.
Pineda said multi-million flood mitigation projects, including the tail dike
in Sta. Maria, Minalin, which was damaged last month at the height of monsoon rains, “were destroyed and the
funds used for them were wasted because the projects could not withstand
the volume of water and sediments.”
The damaged project was reportedly
RIVER SEDIMENTS... pagE 9
PCSO LOTTO
DRAW
R E S U LT S O N P A G E 6
By Charlene A. Cayabyab
CLARK FREEPORT
--The Clark Development
Corporation said the Performance - Based Incentives (PBIs) released to
their officials are “in accordance with applicable laws,
rules and regulations.”
BONUSES LEGAL... pagE 9
SCHOLARS. Gov. Lilia Pineda awards a scholarship grant to a student during simple ceremonies at the municipal gymnasium in Lubao, Pampanga. With the governor are (from right) Board Members Arthur Salalila, Anthony Torres and Salvador Dimson, Jr. and Provincial Librarian Bessie
Makabali. --Photo by Leo Villacarlos
No rice crisis
3 farmers
HAU
union
demands
in CL--NFA budget share release killed in
By Marna Dagumboy-del Rosario
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO--A National Food Authority (NFA) official
has assured that there is no rice crisis
in the region, as the buffer stock is still
at 1.77 million bags and could last until
December 2013.
NFA-3 Director Amadeo B. De Guzman made the statement amidst reports of increased rice prices due to
the tight supply brought about by the
lean months.
De Guzman dispelled the possibility of a rice crisis in the region as he
confidently assured the public of sufficient supply of rice up to the end of
2013.
He said the NFA is prepared to
flood the market with government rice
in case commercial supply dwindles.
“NFA Central Luzon’s buffer stock
NO RICE CRISIS... pagE 9
• Employees push unfair practice case
By Charlene cayabyab
ANGELES CITY -The Holy Angel University Teachers and Employees Union (HAUTEU)
demanded the release
of their P20.9-million
incremental proceeds
share from the university without needing to
withdraw the unfair labor practices they filed
against them.
In a statement issued
Monday, HAUTEU said
the Holy Angel Univer-
sity management should
comply with Republic
Act 6728 and release
t hei r P20.9 -m i l l ion
share.
“The 70 percent incremental proceeds
(P20.9 million, if the
computation is correct)
share of teachers and
employees is mandated
by law. It should not be
used to blackmail the
union to withdraw the
unfair labor practice
(ULP) case,” the statement said.
“[The management’s]
insistence of us withdrawing the ULP case
is their way of admitting
HAUTEU... pagE 8
Pampanga
ambush
CAMP OLIVAS—Three farmers were
killed while two others--including a
woman--were seriously injured after
being attacked by unidentified gunmen along Ape Street in Barangay
Sta. Maria, Sta. Ana, Pampanga late
Saturday evening, authorities said.
Chief Insp. Paul Gamido, town police
chief, identified the victims as Rodel Romero,
46, and younger brothers Angelito, 39, and
Pedro, 33, all residents of Barangay Sta. Maria.
Injured were Bernabe Romero and Rowena Romero, wife of Pedro. Both are recuperating from gunshot wounds and are under
FARMERS... pagE 8
2NEWS
Headline
Gitnang Luzon
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
ANTI-RABIES ADVOCATES. Members of the media from Pampanga and Tarlac join organizers of an anti-rabies advocacy held in the City of
San Fernando to entice media participation in educating the public against the disease that is claiming dozens of lives in Central Luzon every year.
--Photos by Leo Villacarlos
Kolehiyo Ng Subic produces 7,000 graduates since 2002
By Joey Pavia
SUBIC, Zambales
– More than 7,000 young
people, most of whom
are among the poorest in
Central Luzon, have benefited from the Kolehiyo
Ng Subic (KNS) here established by former mayor and now First District
Rep. Jeffrey Khonghun
in 2002.
In an interview on Saturday, Khonghun said the
KNS in Barangay Wawandue pushed economic
growth and social development in their first-class town.
“As we can see now,
many of our people and
Subic are now progressive. It is a result of the
many who graduated at
the Kolehiyo Ng Subic.
They are now working
and bringing income in
Subic,” said Khonghun.
He lauded the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the
Technical Education and
Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for “really helping us establish and
improve the Kolehiyo.”
“Pushing education
as your priority in public
service is not really about
political
propaganda.
It’s really a program that
needs lots of hard work
and dedication for it to
succeed,” said Khonghun.
Khonghun, who was
Subic mayor from 2001 to
2010, said he had pushed
the KNS to meet the demands of locators and
investors at the Subic Bay
Freeport (SBF).
“The firms at Subic
Freeport are preparing
educated workers and so
the school is necessary,”
said Khonghun, whose
priority program on education was continued by
his son, two-term Subic
Mayor Jefferson Khonghun.
Khongsun said that at
least 2,300 students are
now enrolled at the some
two-hectare KNS campus.
“Their tuition fees are
all shouldered and what
they pay is their miscel-
laneous fees,” said Khonghun.
The KNS, a community college run by the
Subic local government
unit (LGU), offers twoyear and four-year courses, including Bachelor of
Science in Accountancy,
Bachelor of Science in
Business Administration,
Bachelor of Elementary
Education and Bachelor
of Secondary Education.
Jose Lawag, barangay captain of Batiawan,
Subic, said that at least 15
people from their village
are studying at the KNS.
His village is at a remote
and hilly area in Subic.
Lawag said that the
students are billeted in a
dormitory near the KNS
and they are not charged
by the school or the Subic
local government. He
added that the Khonghuns shoulder the fee.
“Their dormitory even
is air-conditioned,” said
Lawag. ●
Former Bataan solon Limay residents urge gov’t
seeks sponsors to
action on councilor’s case
reforest Mt. Malasimbu
By Michael Cigaral
By Michael Cigaral
DINALUPIHAN, BATAAN -- Former Bataan Congressman and
former Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA)
Chairman Felicito “Tong” Payumo has taken advantage of social
networking to seek sponsors in the bid to reforest Mount Malasimbu.
In his Facebook page “Usaping Pulitika ng mga Taga Dinalupihan (UPTD)” Payumo said: “Dito sa Dinalupihan, wala nang forest to absorb the rain water that flows down to the downtown area.
Ang report ay inuuling ang mga puno maliliit pa lang kaya nadadala
ang nagtatanim. I hope some other company will sponsor the
‘Adopt Mount Malasimbu’ project and join the Philippine Air Force
contingent in Basa Air Base in Pampanga which earlier adopted a
denuded area of Mt. Malasimbu.”
Payumo added that through the UPTD page, concerned citizens of Dinalupihan from here and abroad might respond and commit to protect a reforestation project in Mount Malasimbu which is
Dinalupihan’s main symbol as a town.
“My call involves convincing my kababayan in Barangays Pita,
San Miguel, Sapang Balas, Maligaya, and other villages around it
the value of protecting our heritage. It should be a continuing effort
and not ‘ningas cogon’ otherwise, nakakahiya sa mga company na
mag sponsor,” Payumo said in an exclusive interview with Headline
Gitnang Luzon.
Months ago, more than 200 volunteers responded from students to professionals during the first planting of oil firm, PTT which
was called “Adopt a mountain. Gas up for a tree” project in a denuded area in the town of Morong, Bataan.
The Thai petroleum giant was the first to respond to a video call,
via Youtube and Facebook, of Payumo to reforest the degraded
area of the Bataan National Park wherein an initial 55 hectares will
be expanded to 200 hectares. •
LIMAY,
BATAAN
--Concerned citizens and
women’s rights groups
are calling the attention
of the Department of
Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the
Department of Social
Welfare and Development (DSWD) to act on
an alleged sexual assault
case against a municipal
councilor of this town.
Police records state
that a complaint of “acts
of lasciviousness” was
filed last July of this year
against Limay Municipal Councilor Benigno
“Ninoy” Joaquin.
The report says that a
17-year-old victim filed
a complaint against Joaquin at the DSWD-Limay
and Limay Philippine National Police.
‘’Ang mga Limayano
ay nagtataka kung bakit
walang hakbang na ginagawa ang DILG sa naturingan pa namang lingkod-bayan at tila-pagong
na pagkilos ng DSWD,’’ a
resident said.
Marilyn Tigas, the
Provincial Social Welfare Development Office
(PSWDO) chief, said that
based on their inquiry
from Limay DSWD, the
incident happened last
July 13 in a cemetery
LIMAY RESIDENTS...Page 9
2 illegal fishing boats intercepted in Bataan
By Butch Gunio
CAMP TOLENTINO --Two fishing
boats engaged in poaching in the waters
off Mariveles were apprehended by authorities here on Friday afternoon.
Joint operatives of Mariveles police
and Mariveles Anti-illegal Logging and
Fishing Task Force apprehended baby
trawls with names “Simon” and “Jessica”
prowling in the sea off Barangay Alasasin.
Boat Captain Noel Abigar, 38, resident
of Navotas, Metro Manila and six crew
members of “Simon” were apprehended
in the act of illegal fishing.
Police said “Simon” is owned by a certain Alfredo Cagayan.
Boat Captain and owner of “Jessica”,
Danny Cruz, 37, resident of Masantol,
Pampanga, and six crews were caught
using fine mesh nets and active fishing
gear.
Authorities confiscated six boxes of
crabs from the two fishing boats.
The arrested boat captains and crews
were placed under the custody of Mariveles BJMP.
A case for violation of Section 89 (fine
mesh net) and Section 90 (active fishing
gear) of Republic Act 8550 is being readied against the suspects.•
C. Luzon far from
‘rabies-free’ status
By Joelyn G. Baluyut
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -Central Luzon is still far from being declared a “rabies-free” region
while the Philippines is aiming to
rabies-free country by 2020.
Dr. Milagros Mananggit, Department of Agriculture-Bureau
of Animal Industry (DA-BAI) regional rabies coordinator, said during a press conference on Monday
that “there is so much that needs
to be done for us to be a rabies-free
region starting from political will,
local government units’ initiative to
address the problem, and the communities’ involvement to stop this
disease.”
Mananggit spoke before media
practitioners in Pampanga and
Tarlac in an advocacy workshop on
rabies awareness and prevention in
this city.
According to 2012 data, the region is top 6 among regions with
high animal rabies cases nationwide.
Among the top 10 provinces in
terms of number of rabies cases is
Bulacan.
Misamis Oriental topped the list
with the most cases in the country
with 49 cases; followed by Cebu,
37; Bulacan, 28; Cavite and Pangasinan, 26; Muntinlupa City, 22;
RABIES FREE...Page 9
Robbers ransack
AC school
By Froilan E. Magtoto
CAMP OLIVAS -- Unidentified suspects carted away computers and accessories from an
elementary school in Angeles
City on Saturday.
According to police investigation, the robbery took place
between 1:30 p.m. of Saturday
(Sept. 7) and 8:45 a.m. the following day at the Cutud Elementary School in Barangay
Cutud, Angeles City.
The suspects, police said, gained
entry by destroying the padlock of
the steel door of the room and took
away two sets of desktop computers, two Acer computer monitors,
two keyboards, two mouse, one
uninterruptible power supply and a
computer projector.
Police said Jerwin and Carlo,
both surnamed Mallari, and pupils of the said school discovered
the incident at 8:45 a.m. of Sunday.
Police also learned that all
doors and windows were properly locked and closed before the
incident. •
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EDITORIAL
KILLING OF JOURNALISTS
AND CULTURE OF IMPUNITY
Mostly unremarked in these times of corruption and other scandals
is the continuing killing of journalists. Eighteen have been killed for their
work in the three years of the Aquino III administration, or an average of
six per year. Seven of the most recent killings took place in the last three
months.
The record of the Aquino III administration as far as the killings are
concerned still falls below that of the Arroyo regime, which, even without
the inclusion of the 32 journalists killed in the 2009 Ampatuan Massacre
came up to a total of 80 killings over a nine-year period, or an average of
nine killed per year. But the number of slain journalists in this administration has surpassed those of the administrations of Fidel Ramos (11 killed
over six years, or an average of two per year), and of Joseph Estrada (six
over three years, or an average of two per year).
And yet the Aquino administration has three more years to go. There
is a danger that by 2016, the continuing violence against journalists will
not abate and may show up a huge failing on the part of President Aquino,
the failure to do something about these attacks against the press. It is
linked to the larger culture of impunity, when wrongdoing of all kinds
goes unpunished.
The undeniable escalation of the number of killings is disturbing
enough. But just as troubling is the increase and variety of harassments to
which journalists have been subjected.
Since 2012, death threats and physical attacks as well as attempts
on the lives of journalists have visibly risen. The Center for Media Freedom
& Responsibility (CMFR) has documented 50 such incidents of intimidation in 2013 alone.
Some practitioners have been accused of using the press for purposes other than that of providing their audiences the information and
interpretation on matters of public interest citizens need. Press abuse of
the freedom protected by the Constitution and unprofessional and unethical conduct do occur, and have not escaped the attention of the press
community and media advocacy groups such as CMFR, that among other
related efforts, regularly conduct seminars and conferences on upholding and defending ethical and professional values. Violence is hardly the
commensurate response to journalistic and media lapses; criticism and
exposure as well as bringing them to the attention of the mechanisms of
media and press self- regulation, are.
Indeed the latter has been the response of those who have such legitimate complaints against the media as bias, inaccuracy and lack of fairness—and who, in seeking to correct these, bring them to the attention
of editors, journalism and media practitioners, and such self-regulatory
bodies as the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP). Criticism,
discussion and debate as means of arriving at corrective measures are
after all the legitimate means of redress in a democracy.
But democracy is hardly the concern of those who mastermind and
carry out the killings, physical attacks and death threats as a first response
against journalists. They are not interested in correcting press and media
errors, but in silencing criticism. These are the individuals and groups involved in the corruption and criminality that most of those killed—90
percent of them, as a 2006 CMFR study found—were exposing through
their news reports, columns and analyses.
CMFR has long argued that attacks on individual journalists are also
acts of violence against the entire press as a pillar of democracy, and that
the continuing killings damage the capacity of the press to help create the
enlightened public crucial to a democratic society. The violence against
journalists is as much an expression of the culture of violence as the extrajudicial killings that have claimed the lives of lawyers and judges, local
officials, political activists, nuns and priests, and those other sectors and
individuals engaged in exposing corruption, defending human rights, and
protecting the environment, among other advocacies.
The culture of impunity that fosters the culture of violence is deeply
destructive of our development, of our country and of our people. But it
also inflicts damage on the Aquino administration because it erodes the
hopes raised by its rise to power. Various media groups networked as the
Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists, Inc., including the CMFR, the KBP,
the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, the Philippine Press
Institute, and the Center for Community Journalism and Development,
had started a dialogue with Department of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima
and a team of communication officials during its first year, obtaining their
commitment to take concrete steps to address this issue.
These necessary steps include, among others, constituting a quick
response team of government officials, journalists and media NGOs to
investigate and report each case as it happens—a multi-sectoral approach that would go a long way to dramatize the political will to stop the
killings. Other measures call for efforts to cause the review of the Rules
of Court which have enabled interminable delays in the resolution of the
cases against the accused killers of journalists; the strengthening the Witness Protection Program; and improving the forensic and investigative
capacity of the police.
No society can survive for long if its citizens, including journalists,
are in their daily lives perennially under siege from the forces of violence.
The administration has to address this problem—it has to prioritize it as
one of its most vital tasks—as its gains in the struggle to address both
violence and impunity will result in the greater safety and security, not
only of journalists, but of all citizens.
Citizens themselves, as they are demonstrating in the current campaign against corruption, must bear in mind that the perpetration of corruption results from the same culture of impunity which allows the guilty
to go free. The advocacies against corruption and against violence against
journalists are thus joined in the common struggle to end impunity.
(Statement of the Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility on the
Continuing Killing of Journalists September 9, 2013)
Penalizing a top performer
million pesos was slashed from
the 2014 budget of the Region 3
DA Office. It was not clear if the
deduction was from the proposed
budget for next year or computed
from the budget total of the current
year. But it really does not matter now. The message was Central
entral Luzon was the top re- Luzon agriculture will be getting
gional producer of the staple less than what it needs next year.
food of Filipinos in 2012. Ac- The budget cut recording to the Bureau of Agricultur- portedly affected the
al Statistics, the region produced ongoing farm mecha3.2 million metric tons of palay or nization program, a
more than 17 percent of the total 18 much needed support
million metric tons harvested na- to boost further rice
tionwide. That performance would production where it is
be better appreciated if one will already doing well but
take into consideration the series can still do better.
Despite the recent
of calamities the region was still
damages
suffered
recovering from just before these
from
f
looding
in 2012,
statistics were recorded. It is safe
to assume that the budget for the Central Luzon was
current year, 2013, was a ref lection only overtaken by
of how the national government as- the Cagayan Valley in Leny Manalo
sessed the effort of Central Luzon terms of rice producfarmers and the Department of Ag- tion for the first quarriculture Regional Office the pre- ter of 2013. According to BAS the
region still produced 16 percent of
vious year.
Now comes the Headline report the total yield nationwide for that
over the weekend saying that 220 period or just one percent less from
its 2012 annual performance. That
is not bad at all. If you
will just see the images of
devastation in Central Luzon last year before farmers started planting again,
that is actually great! Just
look where Central Luzon
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tares involving more than
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announced deletion of the
pork in the 2014 budget?
“Central Luzon must produce
surplus crops in order to help
not only the region but the
country as well.”
C
This time farmers all over Central
Luzon will have reason to rejoice if
they came out unsuccessful on the
last one.
The good director added that the
budget cut from his region was intended to help the poorest provinces improve their agricultural
sector. I do not think we can find
any quarrel over that purpose. But
a budget cut that hits a longidentified support program
for top performing producers
is counterproductive. And
during this time when people
are very sensitive about how
taxes are spent I have the
gut feeling that this kind of
budget cut might be delivering the wrong message again
to our hard-working farmers
in Central Luzon.
Even the reported assurance made by Director Villacorta that Central Luzon will
have enough supply of rice to
eat did not sound reassuring
enough. His estimate was based on
a decreased per capita consumption of 140 kilograms from 190 kilograms. He said that what the people in the region are consuming is
what the region is yielding. It will
be hard to convince the people that
we are just okay and the reason is
that we still have enough to eat because we are now eating less and
what we are producing, if we just
maintain that kind of eating habit,
will be sufficient. That would be
the wrong message.
Central Luzon must produce
surplus crops in order to help not
only the region but the country as
well. Director Villacorta was quoted as saying that the decrease in
the volume of imported rice from
2.4 million metric tons in 2010
to 187,000 metric tons at present
indicates the success of President
PNoy’s rice sufficiency program.
Self-sufficiency is 100 percent
sufficient and even if that has
been reached it should not deter
Central Luzon or any other region
to aim for surplus yield. Central
Luzon needs the farm mechanization program in order to turn out
surplus. The slashed 220 million
is just pork scraps compared to
the billions lost in fake agricultural assistance! •
gut feel
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Of sex scandals and machismo
I
t seems that people never real- terviewed in a TV morning show
ly learn their lesson. After the explained the various motivations
for this act. First, the video
leak of Hayden
will be used as a souveKho’s sex videos
that went viral in
2009, here comes
one sex scandal after another. No offense meant, but
who would think
someone like a gaylooking TV comedian is capable of such
an act? Shocked is
an understatement Brainwaves
to describe how I Michelle Catapfeel upon learning Lacson
of the latest Internet
nir or memorabilia of the
craze.
The latest sex scandal victim couple especially if they have to
blames the exposé on the iCloud temporarily part ways from one
technology, saying that this pri- another. Second, with or without
vate video was illegally acquired consent of the female involved,
from the cloud storage service for men usually want to document the
music, photos, documents and ap- sexual act as a form of self-exaltaplications. If this really is possible, tion, and can be used for bragging
then users must be wary of their with friends and other people. The
personal files captured using their third reason is seen from having
iPhones, iPads, iMacs, iTouch and more gadgets that can be used to
capture video, which is now one
other devices using cloud servers.
The most logical question to ask of the most basic features of cellis, why do people decide to cap- phones, tablets and other devices.
The capturing in video of an inture their intimate moments in
video? A sociologist who was intimate act between a couple for
“This phenomenon
of sex scandals
and videos is best
seen as an evidence
of machismo still
prevailing in our
society. ”
whatever motivation, and either
with or without consent from the
female tends to confirm the double
standard for the male and female
genders. This phenomenon of sex
scandals and videos is best seen as
an evidence of machismo still prevailing in our society. While these
scandals can portray the men involved in these scandals as machos
who can walk away as if nothing
happened, the women are seen as
objects of pleasure and subjects of
exploitation. Just look at Hayden
Kho vis-à-vis Katrina Halili? I can
insist that the decline, or should I
say demise, of her showbiz career
came as a direct result of her involvement in the sex video scandals leaked in 2009.
And so, this should serve as a
compelling reminder to all my
fellow women out there. As much
as I can say that we should be
responsible for all our actions,
we must always think of all the
consequences first before doing
something. If this piece of advice
can further elaborate my cause for
tackling this issue, it is to strongly
remind women, especially unmarried ones, to love and protect
yourself from different kinds of
harm at all times.•
Premature campaigning (again)
T
his early, there are again those
streamers and tarpaulins posted on strategic places where
people would easily see them and
perhaps get the “message” they impart. Well, one needs not to have a
high Intelligence Quotient to see and
decipher what’s in them.
***
There are those ubiquitous congratulatory messages where the name of
the one who congratulates is much bigger than
the name of the one being congratulated. From
board passers to birthday
celebrants, they are lucky
enough to be given the accolades. The truth is, they
are merely being used by some who
want to try it out this coming October as part of their efforts to become
popular and made known in the barangay.
their names and sometimes face on
such campaign materials disguised
as part of some advocacies.
gay, a known mileage when election
comes.
***
This early, there are those who directly announce their candidacies
to their fellow residents in the barangay, engaging themselves in discourses, debates or in
simple street discussions. They usually
call for changes or reforms if they are not
re-electionists.
***
There are many
ways to wage political
campaigns and people are imaginative
and creative at that.
Although the camwritten in big bold letters
paign period hasn’t
that can be distinguished tomas m. garcia
started yet, some are
from other letters. They
getting the mileage
sometimes use their initials, too, a by making themselves “closer” to the
cue that they will be battling it out in people they wanted to woo.
the polls next month.
***
***
We often see some of those with
There are those who simply ex- the ambition of holding elective pubpress their “love” to the barangay lic office “coming out” when election
and to the people of said local gov- season nears. Then some go back
ernment unit by way of doing some to their hibernation, after the polls,
civic activities like medical missions, win or lose.
feeding programs or relief-giving
endeavors. The would-be candidates
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Some would-be aspirants are quite
creative that they use the word “kap”
as a prefix or suffix to the word they
use as a name or a slogan.
The word “kap” is usually
Some would-be aspirants are
quite creative that they use the
word “kap” as a prefix or suffix
to the word they use as a name
or a slogan. ”
***
Others, meanwhile, share their
advocacies on everything that is
something good and beneficial to
the public like those instant environmental advocates who give reminders to the public through their
posters or tarpaulins on how to take
care of the environment. Of course
these won’t be complete without
iWrite
Organic foods and my ninang
“Studies show that most human antibiotics are also being given to farm
animals to ensure their productivity and wellness.”
J
ust recently, I visited my
“Ninang” to know her condition and how well she was
coping with it. It saddened me
that one of the kindest persons I
have known was diagnosed with
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cancer. Instead of enjoying her
life, she is confined to her bed
and, as per the doctor’s advice,
she needed to restrain herself from moving here and there.
I know my Ninang. Being a working mom since time immemorial, she totally despises the idea of staying in bed for
a long period. Her usual routines (she loves shopping so
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much and cooking) are now out of her vocabulary.
Having a cancer patient in the family is a big deal. I
know because my mom is a cancer survivor. I have seen
the agony of my mom during those days and it pained us
deeply. Luckily, she won the battle and graduated with flying colors.
And now, my Ninang suffers the same fate and, I am
hopeful, she will overcome the stumbling block and win
the struggle just like my mom.
During my visit to her, I noticed her pantry. It was full
of fruits, leafy vegetables and nuts. And all of them were
labelled as organic. I could not suppress my thoughts so I
asked her daughter about it. She said that was their alterna-
Ang Giant Lantern Festival
K
amakailan, inilunsad ng siyudad ng San Fernando
ang “countdown” o ang pagbibilang ng mga araw
bago idaos ang taunang labanan ng mga nag-gagandahan at naglalakihang mga parol na sadyang ipinagmamalaki ng mga Fernandino.
Sinimulan ang paglulunsad ng “countdown” sa
pamamagitan nang pagpipirma nang Memorandum of
Agreement ng siyudad sa Robinsons Starmills na kung
saan gaganapin ang nasabing okasyon.
Taon-taon ginaganap ang paligsahan ng mga parol na
galing sa ilang mga barangay ng siyudad na kung saan ay
may mga premyo at tropeo ang nasabing labanan. Matapos naman nito ay ang pagdi-“display” ng mga ito na tila
baga nagpapakita ng galing at talento ng mga taga-San
Fernando sa paglikha ng magaganda at naglalakihang
mga parol.
Ang nasabing pasimula ay pinangunahan ng Giant Lantern Festival (GLF) Executive Committee sa
pamumuno ni Engr. Marni Castro
na nagpahayag na gagawing mas
bongga ang taunang patimpalak ng
mga parol.
Ang mga parol ng San Fernando
ay sadyang “world-class” dahil sa
magagandang pagkakagawa ng
mga ito. Iba’t-ibang kulay ang nagniningning sa iba’t-ibang disenyo
ang mga likha ng mga Fernandino
mula sa mga iba’t-ibang barangay
Ka Dencio Pacheco
ng nasabing siyudad.
Mula pa noon, angkin na ng mga
Fernandino ang galing sa paggawa
“Marami ang
ng mga parol kung kaya’t naging
mga namaisang industriya na ito bagama’t
“seasonal” lamang, ika nga.
mangha kung
Maliban pa sa ito ay naging isang
papaano
magandang hanapbuhay sa maraming mga taga-San Fernando, ito naidi-disenyo at
ay naging isang magandang atraksiyon sa mga turistang nagnanais napapakislap ng
masaksihan ang paggawa at pag- mga Fernandino
ningning ng mga parol na talaga
ang nasabing
namang nakakabighani sa mga
mga parol. ”
mata ng marami mula sa ibang
mga lugar dito sa ating bansa, pati
na rin sa iba’t-ibang mga banyaga.
Ang mga parol ng San Fernando ay isa sa mga nagbibigay ng “identity” at “trademark” sa siyudad. Dahil sa mga
parol na ito kung kaya’t naisip ng mga Fernandino na
magkaroon nga ng festival upang bigyang diin at pansin
ang galing ng mga taga-San Fernando sa paglikha ng mga
“works of art”.
Marami ang mga namamangha kung papaano naididisenyo at napapakislap ng mga Fernandino ang nasabing
mga parol. Para sa Giant Lantern Festival, marami ang
mga napapabilib dahil sa laki ng mga ito at ang ibayong
hirap at tiyaga sa paggawa ng higanteng mga parol.
Matatandaang mahigit na sa sandaang taon nang gumagawa ng mga parol ang mga Fernandino. Ilang henerasyon na rin ang naging saksi sa industriyang ito mula
sa simpleng mga parol na gawa lamang sa kawayan at
“Japanese paper” hanggang sa mga parol natin ngayon na
gamit ang iba’t-ibang materyales.
Noong nakalipas na mga taon, sinasabing may mahigit
sa 300 libong mga turista ang dumalo sa taunang paligsahan ng mga higanteng parol. Hindi ito biro para sa
isang okasyon na talaga namang nakakaayang saksihan
sa panahon na kung saan ay malapit na ang pagdiriwang
ng Pasko.
Ang Giant Lantern Festival ay isang okasyon na dapat
paghandaan hindi lang ng mga nakikisaksi dito kundi
pati ang mga organizer na namumuhunan ng kanilang
mga panahon at talento upang gawing mas lalong kaayaaya at kasiya-siya taon-taon ang okasyong ito.
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tive way of fighting cancer. Instead of chemotherapy and
manufactured medicines, organic foods must be fed to my
Ninang’s body to combat the cancer cells and totally eradicate the disease.
I was flabbergasted and kept my objections in my
thoughts. I could not insist my belief in science since their
faith in organic foods could not shaken by a mere opinion. And so I left with a confused mind and just mumbled a
prayer dedicated to her.
To widen my knowledge about organic foods, I sought
the help of the net. Now, I know that organic is in. Organic
foods or crops are generally grown without synthetic pesticides, artificial fertilizers, radiation or biotechnology.
In a more simple explanation, organic foods are free
from all chemicals that man created to increase the supply of food to the growing demand for human consumption. Even animals on organic farms eat organically grown
feeds or grass and are raised without antibiotics or synthetic growth hormones. The demand for organic foods
is now seen in our market. The reason is simple: We want
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SM PAMPANGA | Cinema 6
OTJ (On The Job)
MTRCB Rating: R-16
12:00 PM | 2:30 PM | 5:00 PM
| 7:30 PM
SM CLARK |IMAX
Elysium
MTRCB Rating: PG-13
1:15 PM | 4:00 PM | 6:45 PM | 9:30 PM
SM CLARK | Cinema 1
The Conjuring
MTRCB Rating: R-13
11:40 AM | 2:00 PM | 4:20 PM |
6:40 PM | 9:00 PM
SM CITY SAN FERNANDO
Downtown | Cinema 1
The Diplomat Hotel
MTRCB Rating: R-13
11:00 AM | 1:00 PM | 3:00 PM
| 5:00 PM | 7:00 PM | 9:00 PM
One Direction: This Is Us in 3D
MTRCB Rating: GP
12:20 PM | 2:30 PM | 4:40 PM | 6:50 PM
| 9:00 PM
SM CLARK | Cinema 2
Elysium
MTRCB Rating: PG-13
11:00 AM | 1:30 PM | 4:00 PM |
6:30 PM | 9:00 PM
Downtown | Cinema 2
Elysium
MTRCB Rating: PG-13
11:00 AM | 1:30 PM | 4:00 PM
| 6:30 PM | 9:00 PM
Streetdance All Stars
MTRCB Rating: GP
12:15 PM | 2:30 PM | 4:45 PM | 7:00 PM
SM CLARK | D- Cinema
One Direction: This Is Us
MTRCB Rating: GP
10:35 AM | 12:40 PM | 2:45 PM
The Mortal Instruments:
City of Bones
MTRCB Rating: PG-13
6:25 PM | 9:00 PM
SM CLARK | D- Cinema
MTRCB Rating: GP
4:40 PM | 6:50 PM | 9:00 PM
The Conjuring
MTRCB Rating: R-13
10:40 AM | 12:55 PM | 3:10 PM
SM CLARK |Cinema 4
Dark Skies
MTRCB Rating: PG-13
12:00 PM | 2:15 PM | 4:30
PM | 6:45 PM | 9:00 PM
The Colony
MTRCB Rating: R-16
5:10 PM | 7:05 PM | 9:00 PM
SM CLARK |Cinema 5
City of Bones
MTRCB Rating: PG-13
11:00 AM | 1:30 PM | 4:00 PM | 6:30 PM
| 9:00 PM
SM PAMPANGA| CINEMA 5
The Diplomat Hotel
MTRCB Rating: R-13
12:40 PM | 2:45 PM | 4:50 PM | 6:55 PM
SM CLARK |Cinema 6
The Colony
MTRCB Rating: R-16
12:20 PM | 2:30 PM | 4:40 PM
| 6:50 PM | 9:00 PM
SM PAMPANGA
| Cinema 1
56. Couples
Elysium
57. Place for cogitation
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PG-13
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212 degrees
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PM | 9:00 PM
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MTRCB Rating: GP
11:40 AM | 2:00 PM | 4:20 PM
| 6:40 PM | 9:00 PM
MARQUEEMALL | Cinema 1
The Diplomat Hotel
MTRCB Rating: R-13
1:15 PM | 3:15 PM
Lovelace
MTRCB Rating: R-16
5:15 PM | 7:15 PM | 9:15 PM
One Direction: This Is Us in 3D
MTRCB Rating: GP
12:50 PM | 3:00 PM | 5:10 PM | 7:20 PM |
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The Conjuring
MTRCB Rating: R-13
1:30 PM | 4:00 PM | 6:30 PM | 9:00 PM
Elysium
MTRCB Rating: PG-13
12:30 PM | 2:45 PM | 5:00 PM | 7:15 PM |
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Robinsons Starmills |Cinema 1
Elysium
MTRCB Rating: PG-13
12:45 PM | 3:10 PM | 5:35 PM | 8:00 PM
Robinsons Starmills | Cinema 4
Elysium
MTRCB Rating: PG-13
1:45 PM | 4:10 PM | 6:35 PM
Robinsons Angeles | Cinema 2
Elysium
MTRCB Rating: PG-13
12:20 PM | 2:50 PM | 5:20 PM | 7:50 PM
The Conjuring
MTRCB Rating: R-13
12:30 PM | 2:50 PM | 5:10 PM |
7:30 PM
OTJ (On The Job)
MTRCB Rating: R-16
12:30 PM | 3:00 PM | 5:30 PM | 8:00 PM
OTJ (On The Job)
MTRCB Rating: R-16
12:30 PM | 2:50 PM | 5:10 PM | 7:30 PM
The Diplomat Hotel
MTRCB Rating: R-13
11:35 AM | 1:40 PM | 3:45 PM
City of Bones
MTRCB Rating: PG-13
12:00 PM | 2:40 PM | 5:20 PM | 8:00 PM
Robinsons Angeles Cinema 4
The Call
MTRCB Rating: R-16
1:00 PM | 3:10 PM | 5:20 PM | 7:30 PM
Lovelace
MTRCB Rating: R-16
6:00 PM | 8:00 PM
The Conjuring
MTRCB Rating: R-13
12:30 PM | 2:50 PM | 5:10 PM | 7:30 PM
( Cinema schedules are subject to
change without prior notice.)
HOROSCOPE
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20 - FEB. 18)
You are ready for work and there is much to do today. There is a push to accomplish what you set
out to do and to complete any job at hand. You may find it exasperating when interruptions happen.
If there is a job, you can do it! You pour yourself into any task with absolute determination. Family
talks are favored tonight. This is a favorable time for making domestic and financial decisions.
Take care not to go overboard in spending on the home. Make sure all persons are allowed their
opinions on whatever changes they want to see happen. You are quite disciplined, perhaps too
sober, especially with family members. Sprinkle your conversations with your very own special
sense of humor. Loved ones will respond in like form.
ARIES (MAR. 21-APR. 19)
You could be most persuasive with others and eloquent in speech and communication. If you are
in the sales profession you will find a lucrative business day. This is also a great time to be with
others and to work together. You have new ideas and the knowledge that goes with the ability to
make your ideas known will lead to success. You may have been thinking about involving yourself
in some humanitarian group, perhaps greenpeace. Now is a good time to pursue those avenues
and exert your emotions along some humanitarian or world ecological improvement. Some of your
friends may have had those same desires and in your communications today, you may gain some
focus along this line. This is a good day--much can be accomplished.
CANCER (JUN 22- JUL 22)
Improved powers of concentration insure that you will get a lot accomplished, especially at work.
Your intuition is strong and can guide you accurately in making forecasts or decisions. Your sensitivity makes you recoil from aggressive types. Circumstances can throw you into positions where
you must use your mind and deal with communications, service or enclosed hidden interests.
You may deal with education, psychology, spiritual enlightenment or teaching principles and techniques. Your dreams and ideals are the ideal components for action in your chart. This evening is
a good time for surrounding yourself with friends and young people and for having a good time. It
may be time to purchase a new pet: puppy, bird or duck.
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22 - JAN 19)
You set your sights high and today there are opportunities to move into directions that will help
you realize your goals. New ideas and new ways to express these ideas play a major role in your
day. New technology can change things forever--make sure you develop your highest potential in
these areas. In-depth thinking brings you success. Your positivism lets you get right to the point
and you have plenty of enthusiasm and warm up to things and people quickly. You have an inner
self-confidence that burns with its own light. There is a lot of eagerness behind what you say and
think. You communicate with feeling and strength. This is a good day to pace yourself in all of your
activities. What fun is it to run a race and not really enjoy it as you move along?
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUN 21)
This is not a good day to ask requests of authority figures. However, you and a partner or co-worker will be on the same wavelength and can communicate well when you search for the answers
you need. Thinking in more practical terms takes on a special importance now. Taking care of life-health, work, et cetera--becomes a greater preoccupation. You are in good health and you perform
at your best. Sorting things out and getting them organized to the utmost efficiency will keep you
busy. Expect a sense of support and goodwill from those around you. You may be motivated to
express your appreciation for this good day and your satisfaction in your life and those around you.
Keep within your budget; you could be tempted to purchase unneeded items.
LEO (JUL 23 - AUG. 23)
Compromise and negotiations may require some new thinking today. It does not matter if you are
good at negotiation or not; there are new projects that could require some changes in your work
habits. You are willing and able to take on new experiences in the workplace and have been known
to enjoy an adventure. This may mean you agree to take a class apart from work in order to learn
more about some new techniques that you may have to take on soon. There is an opportunity for
growth as well as a raise in pay. Being prepared for anything is one of the things you like to take on
in your life and you may find yourself helping others do the same thing. This is a good time to plan
or enjoy get-togethers with friends or neighbors.
LIBRA (SEP. 23 - OCT. 23)
Budgeting, investments and all that brings profit are on your mind during this workday. You seem
to shine when it comes to practical matters or those involving work. You enjoy your work and look
for ways to move up the corporate ladder. Expand your thinking and show off your talents to those
that can help your career move forward. If you need dental work done--now is a time to have that
work done. A good friend is hard to find but you seem to magnetically attract people and they seem
to enjoy staying in your life for a very long time, if not always. You are a busy person and you love
catching up on the activities of your friends and this may be just what you do this evening; talk and
visit with friends. A busy person is a healthy and happy person.
PISCES (FEB. 19 - MAR. 20)
There is a natural instinct to be powerful and in control. Be careful that you do not become too
pushy right now--things may not happen on your time schedule. You will find that you are valued for
your feelings or your ability to act and get things done. Someone understands how you feel and is
sympathetic. Your time spent toward making things work instead of worrying about past mistakes,
is well spent. You keep your mind on your work and stay at the top of your field in what you do.
You could teach others the methods of your work so as to create more business, whether you are
in business for yourself or working for others. Concentrate on achieving a balance between work,
play and interaction with family and friends and exercise.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22 - DEC. 21)
This is a time to be patient and let someone else take the lead. You surpass all who go before you
but it may be difficult to follow your lead. Help others to learn and advance as you do. You should
soon be receiving the rewards of your hard efforts. Your discipline has been very strong in the past
and through discipline you will be able to finish a project that you have left undone for too long.
Work now to help others advance and complete unfinished business. After work today, you may
decide to shop for a special item to compliment a dinner this evening. You and your loved one
may be talking about taking a fun class together. Perhaps you will both learn how to cook special
recipes, or learn couple’s exercises. Whatever the case, you can enjoy it together!
SCORPIO (OCT. 24- NOV. 21)
You are at your mental best with sharp ideas and clear thoughts. This is an excellent time to make
decisions and take care of mental work. Your fine verbal skills and a natural sense of justice make
legal work a distinct possibility. Working with laws, natural or manmade, amounts to a real talent.
You are able to guide superiors through some sensitive situations today. You also have a great
interest in ideas, the truer the better. You may discover the feelings of another this evening. This
leaves you free to move forward. This is a full day with much communication in the workplace and
in the home. You enjoy working with your mind and can usually find solutions quickly. Tonight you
have a fun time with family members.
TAURUS (APR. 20-MAY 20)
You could be seen by others as just the person to be put in charge of some project requiring a
conservative mind. Consider passing some of your mundane chores on to others, in order to free
up some time. You will help another person learn and give yourself time for some well-deserved
rest. You will gain the rewards for your hard work, whether it is from some speculation or from the
time you put in on some past project. You may, however, have to be assertive and claim those
gains. Beating the odds through cleverness is appealing and this may lead to an interest in all kinds
of financial speculation. Don’t be afraid to project your ideas at every opportunity in order to make
your dreams a reality. There are opportunities to be with your friends this evening.
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEP.22)
You may be in a quandary over a co-worker’s story. It would be better for you to move past the “storytelling,”
and tend to the business of the moment. Becoming distracted from your work may not be helpful for the
future of your profession, so do not be afraid to excuse yourself and return to whatever work is your responsibility. When you exercise your common sense you lead others in matters of importance. This afternoon,
you may find yourself being put to good use by your friends, or it could be that circumstances force you to reorganize and be more conservative. All of this should go rather smoothly. You radiate eagerness and knowledge and have to just accept that people like to feel your warmth. Enjoy some relaxation time this evening.
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SHOWBIZ 7
7th Star Magic Ball gabi ng
mga totoong magsising-irog
K
ani-kaniyang date ang
mga Star Magic artists
sa ginanap na 7th Star
Magic Ball sa Fairmont Hotel
last Satuday.
As expectCentral Buzz
ed,
magkaka-date nga Noel Montes
ang mga Star
Magic
couples na sina
Bea Alonzo
at
Zanjoe
Marudo, Gerald Anderson
and Maja Salvador, Kaye
Abad
and
Guji Lorenzana, John Lloyd
Cruz and Angelica Panganiban, Kim Chiu and Xian Lim,
Gretchen Ho and Robi Domingo at sina Daniel Padilla
and Kathryn Bernardo.
Hindi pa officially couple
pero magka-date rin sina
Empress and Joseph Marco,
Enrique Gil and Julia Montes, Jasmine Curtis Smith
and Sam Concepcion and
yes, maging sina Piolo Pascual and Shaina Magdayao.
Hindi lang para sa mga
dalaga’t binata ang ball of
course dahil dumalo rin
ang mag-asawang Kristine
Hermosa and Oyo Sotto,
Maricar Reyes and Richard Poon at si Dawn Zulueta kasama ang kanyang
asawang si Rep. Anton
Lagdameo.
Magka-date rin sina
Angeline Quinto and Eric
Santos, Mat Evans and Melissa Ricks at ang nakakashock, si Enchong Dee with
Gretchen Barretto’s daughter, Dominique Cojuangco.
Base sa mga nakita naming larawan sa social networking sites, nagpatalbu-
gan talaga ang mga female
celebrities sa kani-kanilang
gowns.
Takaw-pansin ang gown
ni Kim dahil nagmistula talaga siyang prinsesa. Sobrang
fabulous din ni Julia Barretto that night at mukha ring
prinsesita.
Solo naming nakita ang
larawan ni Coco Martin at
mukhang walang ka-date.
Si Kim at si Xian ang
nanalong Fabulous Pair
Award habang si Maja naman ang hinirang na Best
Dressed Female Star of the
Night at ang boyfriend naman niyang si Gerald Anderson ang Best Dressed Male
Star of the Night.
Si Joseph Marco and Empress ang nanalong O+ Stars
of the Night at ang Kathniel
naman ang hinirang na Couple of the Night. •
gerald anderson
with maja salvador
Paolo Ballesteros ayaw
nang pa-pressure sa
isyung isa siyang bading
Charee Pineda di raw karelasyon
si Cong. Sherwin Gatchalian
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NG cross-dresser actor na si Paolo Ballesteros, isa sa regular mainstays ng
long-running noon time show na “Eat
Bulaga” ay isang unwed father to four-yearold Keira Claire sa kanyang ex-GF, Kaye na
naka-base ngayon sa
Amerika. Sa kabila
ng hindi nauwi sa
kasalan ang relasyon
nila ng dating kasintahan, maganda ang
kanilang relasyon dahil sa kanilang anak.
Paolo admits na
ang magandang kinabukasan ng kaniyang
anak ang isa sa mga
dahilan kung bakit
siya nagsisipag sa
kaniyang trabaho.
Pamangkin
si
Paolo ng aktres na si
Eula Valdez at great
grandson ng national
artist na si Fernando
Amorsolo kung kanino minana ng kaniyang amang si Elito Amorsolo Ballesteros at ni Paolo mismo ang husay sa
pagpipinta. Ang lola Virginia (ina ng kaniyang
amang si Elito) ay anak ni Amorsolo.
Mag-isang anak na lalake si Paolo (Paolo
Elito Ballesteros IV) at bunso sa tatlong magkakapatid ng mag-asawang Elito at ng dietician na
si Danielida Macapagal. Ang dalawang kapatid ni Paolo ay sina Lailyn (Lolerai Morales) at
Chiqui (Ma. Roxanne). Ayon kay Paolo, tomboy
ang kanilang panganay na kapatid na si Lailyn.
Anim na taong gulang pa lamang noon si
Paolo nang umalis patungong Amerika ang
kanilang ama at naiwan silang magkakapatid
sa kanilang ina.
Aminado si Paolo na mahiyain siya as a
young boy pero unti-unti niya itong na-outgrow
nang siya’y mag-high-school dahil naging active member siya ng iba’t ibang school groups
tulad ng glee club, dance troupe at iba pang
school activities. Naging aktibo rin si Paolo
sa kanilang church kung saan din nahasa ang
kaniyang pagkanta.
Bago napunta sa “Eat Bulaga” si Paolo, ay
SHOWBIZ... Page 9
ala kayang kontrata sa ABS si Charee Pineda
kaya madali siyang nakalipat papuntang GMA
7? Si Charee kasi ay nagbida na sa kabila opposite JM De Guzman sa Angelito, bakit bigla siyang
naging kontrabida ngayon sa Akin Pa Rin Ang Bukas?
“After ‘Angelito’, wala akong bagong show,”
depensa niya. “Then I ran sa election sa
Va le n zuela
noong
M a y
and I won
as
councilor.
Nakatapos
din
ako ng isang
movie
for
CineFilipino
Filmfest, ‘Bingoleras’ with
Eula Valdes, Liza
Dino and Mercedes Cabral. Then
my manager told me
m ay
offer ang GMA, three year c o n t r a c t ,
tapos heto nga, okay naman ‘yung project, so I signed up with them. As for playing a villain role, okay lang naman ‘yun
kasi nagkontra na rin naman ako before.
I consider ‘yung character ko rito as a big
challenge kasi masama talaga siya. Kami ni
Rocco Nacino ang tunay na may relasyon dito.
Pero paiibigin niya si Lovi Poe at ako naman,
paiibigin ko ang dad ni Lovi, si Gary Estrada,
para makuha ang kayamanan nila.”
Sasabak daw siya sa mga maiinit na eksena kasama si Rocco Nacino. “Okay naman ang treatment at
saka TV naman ito, so nothing bastos or malaswa in
it dahil tiyak, di palulusutin sa ere.”
Who among today’s contravidas would she like to
be her peg? “Maraming magagaling like Alessandra
de Rossi and Glaiza de Castro, but I don’t want to use
anyone as my peg kasi ayokong masabihang nanggagaya ako. I want to have my own style in attacking a villain role. They ask me nga if I’m not scared
na ma-typecast ako’t di na makapagbida uli. Hindi
naman ako natatakot kasi ang importante, yung
maipakita mong magaling ka, bida man o kontra
ang binibigay na role sa’yo.”
About her lovelife, she admits having just broken up
with her non-showbiz BF. “It just didn’t
work out. We have our personal differences.”
She’s now being linked to Valenzuela Cong. Sherwin Gatchalian.
“Tsismis lang ‘yan. Magkasama
kasi kami noon sa SONA. But
never siyang nanligaw sa’kin,
never kaming lumabas together.
Mag-usap man kami, strictly
politics. At saka, gusto ko munang
ipahinga muna ang puso ko. I don’t
want to rush into another relationship.” •
charee
pineda
8 FEATURE
Headline
Gitnang Luzon
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
Going to the San Fernando
Cathedral
Rafael Maniago (in orange shirt), with fellow artists like Willy Layug; Danny Pangan; and Danny and Andy Ramos
The Realism of the Paintings of
Rafael Maniago
R
afael Maniago arranges the world by intertwining smudges
and dabs of paints to create an impression of reality. The
way his brush defines reality is based on the organization
of patches of colors and shapes put together through his eye and
mind. His eye and mind can see clearly the ugliness of a slum area
against the beauty of a scene of a Venetian alley. But his heart,
directing the strokes of his brush, can equate these two opposite realities through his colorful pallets of aesthetic experience.
I met Rafael Maniago in 2007. Although he is based in the
United States, the cyberspace made us neighbors—neighbors
who shared ideas and idealism about art. And my friendship with
this artist who is more than four decades older than me exists
in equilibrium when I treat him respect not by his age—but by
sharing all his knowledge in painting just like a best friend who
unselfishly gives everything without condition.
Maniago left the Philippines for the United States in the late
part of the 1980s. He was just like any other Filipino who wishes
to work abroad for a better life. Early that period, he was an active
player on the art trade along Friendship Road in Angeles City
where clients of his genre paintings of still life and everyday street
scenes were mostly Americans. His art then was dictated by the
commercial demand with a repeated subject matter on a regular basis. Through this, Maniago was able to establish a better
life, something better compared to his former life in Masamat,
Mexico where the source of livelihood is farming and tilling the
soil. His roots are actually from this town.
Maniago took his degree in Painting at the University of the East
College of Fine Arts. He has been drawing since he was a child and
said that he favors more on investing his time making doodles or
sketching through his notebooks rather than listening to the discussion of his teacher in class
when he was in elementary years.
He took his further education in
the states, where he learned a lot
after he entered the PASADENA
ART Center in California. He is
now a member of Portrait Society
of America, American Society of
Portrait Artists, California Art Club
and Laguna Plain Air Painter Association.
Maniago always shares his
knowledge in painting to me every time he has a new discovery
in painting style or applications.
His focus is on the portrait painting. He has been into many parts
of the world, visiting museums
and galleries just to see how the
FARMERS from Page 1
HAUTEU from Page 1
that their defense against the [labor strike]
is weak,” they added.
Members of the HAUTEU went on
strike after the management’s refusal
to release their budget share. The strike
started 25 days ago and is still ongoing.
According to the union, a technical
working group (TWG) was created to do
the re-computation during a conciliation meeting between the HAUTEU and
the university’s management on September 3 before the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) office.
The TWG is composed of three representatives from both parties.
However, the TWG was not able to do
the re-computation as HAU University
Registrar Renato Santiago presented an
overview of the computation. The re-computation was scheduled on September 5.
According to HAUTEU, the re-scheduled re-computation did not push through
classical masters rendered their masterpieces.
He has analyzed the works of Peter Paul Reubens, the Flemish Baroque Painter who is a master of history and allegorical subjects as well as
the Dutch Painter Rembrandt, who is popularly
known for his painting that has chiaroscuro (light
and dark) effect. Rafael Maniago was actually
the one who painted most of the portraits of the
governors of Pampanga hanged along the lobby
of the Capitol of the Provincial Government of
Pampanga. And if you go to this place and analyze the stylistic tendencies that is physically apparent on every painting, you may say that the painting style of
Maniago tremendously evolved for the span of more than three
decades, where the latest is the portrait of current governor of
Pampanga, Honorable Lilia “Nanay” Pineda.
Yesterday, Maniago took time to visit us in Betis, Guagua
to enjoy a painting session with fellow artists like Willy Layug,
Danny Pangan and Andy Ramos--all Kapampangans. The session painted a live portrait of a lady, a task and discipline which
I, myself, as a formally taught painter, is still having hard time to
execute. Maniago told me that doing a live portrait painting is almost the same as photography—you need a mastery of the craft.
Maniago said that any art needs a mastery of technique in
order to execute what you have in mind. In the case of portrait
painting, photographic memory on how the subject looks like that
frequently moves while simulating her/him is a major factor to
the lifelikeness of the end product. And he said that only passion
could actually make that possible.
When asked about his retirement in painting, Maniago replied:
“I won’t stop with what I love to do. Imagine that when you really
fall in love with a woman, usually that is forever. Falling in love
with painting has the same effect. And I will take this until the
end of time.” •
as well because the university’s representatives did not show up.
“Instead of the original TWG members,
the management sent four lawyers who
had nothing to do with the re-computation,” the HAUTEU statement said adding
that, “The lawyers only reiterated that the
incremental proceeds share will not be
released if the ULP case will not be withdrawn.”
HAUTEU President Edmond Maniago
called on his fellow teachers, students and
their parents to take a stand on the issue.
“Sa mga kasamahan po namin sa picket
line, magpakatatag tayo. Sa mga nasa loob,
hinihintay po namin kayo tutal, lahat naman tayo ay makikinabang dito,” he said.
“Sa mga estudyante, magulang at lahat
ng stakeholders, dapat po ay gumawa kayo
ng sarili niyong stand, manindigan. Alam
naman po ninyo ang tama, ‘wag po kayong
matakot,” Maniago said. ●
heavy guard at the Jose B.
Lingad Memorial Hospital
in the City of San Fernando.
Gamido said the victims were walking home
after a drinking session at
the place of Ireneo Miclat
and Mario Salas when they
were fired upon by gunmen
using a 12-gauge shotgun.
Investigation
showed
Rodel was hit in the head
and other parts of the body;
eldest Romero sustained
gunshot wound in the head
and other parts of the body;
while the rest sustained
shrapnel wounds.
According to Gamido,
the victims were about 300
meters from their residence
when they were attacked.
Residents told policemen that the victims are
being implicated in the series of robbery break-ins
and theft of livestock.
“Kapag may nawawa-
lan ng hayop sa lugar, sa
magkakapatid ibinibintang (Whenever animals
are missing, the brothers
get the blame),” said Gamido, quoting information
from community leaders.
But he wondered why no
complaint has been entered
in the station’s blotter nor
was there anyone stepping
forward to accuse them before the barangay. ●
--Marna D. Del Rosario
power plant from Page 10
initiatives, statutes and laws relative to the energy sector such as the ER1-94 otherwise known as the
Benefits for Host Communities, and several components of the Renewable Energy Act of 2008 and Oil
Deregulation Law of 1998 concerning the LGUs.
The energy forum was in cooperation with the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).
Also present in the forum were local government officials across the country, representatives from
DILG, and industry leaders. •
Headline
Gitnang Luzon
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
BONUSES LEGAL from Page 1
IWRITE from Page
In a statement, the CDC
maintained that the amount
of the PBI that were released
to some of its Board of Directors and other officials
is in line with Governance
Commission for Government-Owned and Controlled
Corporations (GCG) Memorandum Circular No. 2012-14
or the “Interim PerformanceBased Incentive (IPBI) system for appointive Directors/
Trustees of GOCCs covered
by the Republic Act 10149.”
RA 10149 is otherwise
known as “an act to promote
financial viability and fiscal
discipline in GovernmentOwned or Controlled Corporations and to strengthen the
role of the state in its governance and management to
make them more responsive
to the needs of public interest
and for other purposes.”
According to the GCG
memorandum, “Section 23
of R.A. 10149 mandates the
Commission to determine
the ‘compensation, per diem,
allowances and incentives
of the members of the Board
of Directors/Trustees of the
Since many wouldbe barangay election
candidates are now
sending feelers to the
people in their respective barangays on
their likely bids, we
might as well evaluate
them early whether
they are qualified or
not, whether they have
realistic political platforms or otherwise.
GOCCs…, using as a reference, among others, Executive Order No. 24 dated February 10, 2011.’”
The CDC clarified that EO
24, or the “prescribing rules
to govern the compensation of
members of the Board of Directors/Trustees in Government-Owned or Controlled
Corporations including government financial institutions,” was the basis for the
amount of the PBI released to
some of its officials.
“It was not the CDC, but existing government laws, that
had determined the amount
of the PBI given to our directors and other officials,” the
CDC said.
In the item 1.1 (a) of the
GCG memorandum, or the
Conditions Precedent to Entitlement to PBI, the PBI shall
only be allowed if, “The GOCCs have met the requisite 90
percent rating in their MFOs
(major final output) for Year
2012, which shall be validated
pursuant to certifications issued by the GOCCs under
the sworn signatures of their
Chairpersons and Presidents,
to be submitted not later than
30 November 2012.”
In relation to this, Item 2
(Entitlement), states that,
“The grant of the PBI shall be
based on a percentage of the
Total Actual Annual Authorized per diems as provided
under Sections 9 and 10 of EO
24 (s. 2011) received by a Director/Trustee. . .”
According to Item 2, if the
major final output (MFO)
target achievement is 100
percent, the incentive entitlement per director/trustee is
100 percent of the total actual
annual authorized per diems
received; for a 95 percent
MFO rating, the incentive given is 90 percent; a 90 percent
MFO corresponds to only 80
percent.
No incentive entitlements
would be given to those who
got an MFO rating which is
below 90 percent.
As for the CDC, the corporation’s MFO rating is 96.82
percent, which allows its officials to get a 90 percent incentive entitlement.
Aside from the 96.82 percent MFO rating, the other
CDC performance targets include employment, 94.29 percent; economic development,
132.85 percent; Corporate Social Responsibility, 63.33 percent; support to operations,
97.50 percent and general
administration and support
services, 830.76 percent.
On the Key Result Area of
National Government, the
CDC accomplishments rated
105.27 percent in economic
development and 98 percent
on human development and
poverty alleviation.
Not w it hstanding t he
MFO ratings, the CDC also
stressed that the corporation
has submitted documents
required by EO 24, which
includes a “Board resolution authorizing the grant of
IPBI to the GOCC’s appointive Directors/Trustees in
accordance with applicable
laws, rules and regulations,”
among others.
The CDC’s statement came
after a group of employees hit
the huge bonuses of directors
while workers’ bid for higher
salary and more benefits have
yet to be settled. ●
NO RICE CRISIS from Page 1
stands at 1.77 million bags which is
good to last until the end of the year,”
he stressed.
The food agency said the public
shouldn’t fear of a rice shortage as the
coming months will be the harvest
season for palay which would ease the
pressure on the prices of commercial
rice.
The lean months began late June
and will last up to early September,
which is the traditional planting season for farmers. During these months
there are no harvests, thus, causing
commercial rice supply to dwindle
and prices to rise from P36 to P42 per
kilogram.
To prevent this, the government,
RIVER SEDIMENTS from Page 1
worth P9 million.
“Yearly, we experience heavy flooding and the anti-floods done at the
lower stream portions are damaged.
We must make a thorough study of
the source at the upper stream portion,” said Pineda in the dialect.
Pineda said that the provincial
government will ask the services of
LIMAY RESIDENTS from Page 2
wherein the incident was even reportedly
witnessed by the victim’s siblings when
the crime was being committed by the official inside his van.
The case against Councilor Joaquin
was filed at the Prosecutor’s Office on
July 15, 2013.
Tigas denied that the said agencies do
not do their functions for this kind of case.
Limay Mayor Lilvir Roque, reportedly, was the one who asked DSWD-Limay
to look deeper into the said case.
thru the NFA, intervenes by releasing a greater volume of its P28 per
kilogram of rice thru its distribution
outlets.
In intensifying its efforts to ensure the availability of affordable rice,
the food agency deploys its Palengke
Watch teams in order to monitor the
actual situation in public markets and
to check on the operation of NFA accredited retailers on a daily situation
including weekends.
The NFA, with its mandate to stabilize the price and supply of rice, reported that the government’s market
intervention in Central Luzon was able
to prevent the prices of commercial
rice from increasing at unreasonable
levels during the lean month period.
The food agency also reported that
the supply and prices of commercial
rice are expected to normalize with
the onset of the main cropping harvest
season as palay deliveries from the
provinces started arriving at the Intercity in Bocaue, Bulacan, one of the
biggest rice trading centers in Luzon.
The NFA furthered that it shall continue monitoring the public markets to safeguard the supply and prices of the staple.
The NFA encouraged all consumers
to be vigilant and to report any irregularities in the market situation at telephone nos. (044) 600-2539 and 9580142, or thru e-mail address nfaclro@
yahoo.com. ●
“experts” to make a study of the movements of sediments and water in the
upper stream portion. Both water and
sediments are coming from western
mountain ranges near Mt. Pinatubo
and they pass along Gugu River.
Pineda said that the study will be
presented to the DPWH main office
“and this may help in ensuring the vi-
ability, durability and efficiency of the
agency’s anti-flood projects.”
“We want to be proactive and suggest well-studied solutions. It’s a suggestion and so the DPWH will decide if
it will use it or not,” said Pineda.
“I am for the permanent and effective solutions to our problem on floods,”
Pineda said. ●
“Hindi ganoon ka-cooperative ang
victim na i-pursue ang kaso. Napag-alaman namin na may ka live-in partner na
pala siya at nasa Pangasinan na ngayon,”
a staff of DSWD-Limay office said.
The Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO-Limay) reportedly offered temporary shelter under
the intervention program of the PSWDO
but the victim allegedly declined to accept
the offer.
A text message was even sent by a con-
cerned citizen to some local media practitioners here in Bataan saying, “Ipinagyayabang pa niya (Councilor Joaquin) na
untouchable siya dahil protektado daw
siya ni Vice Mayor Feming Roxas, Bokal
Jerry Roxas at ng isang mataas na pulitiko sa Bataan. Tahimik din ang Sangguniang Bayan ng Limay sa issue na ito.
Iwas pusoy?”
As of press time, Headline Gitnang
Luzon tried but failed to get Councilor
Joaquin’s statement about the case. ●
RABIES FREE from Page 2
Laguna, 20; Albay, 19; Zamboanga del Sur, 16; Camarines
Norte, 14; and Taguig City, 13.
In the region, 50 animal
rabies cases were recorded,
while 10 human rabies cases
were noted from January to
August 2013.
Professor Sherwin Joseph
Felicidario, of the University
of the Philippines Los BañosCollege of Development Communication, said that we could
achieve the goal of the country
through “behaviour change”
and “science communication”
which is a science-based approach for communicating
effectively to enable audiences
to “think critically, participate
and make the right decision.”
He also underscored the
importance of the media in
achieving the objective.
“Media plays a critical role
in shaping the future. They
can influence how people
think and act,” Felicidario
said.
“Rabies is a public health
threat to the communities.
Rabies is 100 percent preventable and eradication is possible,” he explained.
To fully support this project of the DA, Department
of Health, South Asia Field
Epidemiology and Technology
Network, and Global Alliance
for Rabies Control, a signing
of pledge commitment was
conducted in support to the
national rabies elimination
program.
The commitment signing
solicits media support to work
towards a rabies-free Central
Luzon.
Government and nongovernment organizations
also signed the commitment
wall. ●
showbiz from Page 7
naging in-demand commercial model
siya.
Dahil sa pagi-impersonate ni Paolo
sa iba’t ibang popular international
and local female celebrities tulad
nina Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Mariah Carey, Nicole Kidman,
Tyra Banks, Anne Hathaway, Angelina Jolie, Britney Spears at ang 2011
3rd runner-up ng Miss Universe na si
Shamcey Supsup, hindi na nahinto ang
mga ispekulasyon na siya’y isang gay.
“Bahala na sila kung ano ang gusto
nilang isipin. Kung sasabihin ko ba na
hindi ako bakla maniniwala sila? Ayokong i-stress ang sarili ko at gusto ko
na lamang pagbutihin ang trabaho ko
to entertain people,” ani Paolo na masaya sa kaniyang pagiging Kapuso at
“Eat Bulaga” Dabarkads for the last 12
years. •
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5
***
We may challenge
them, too, this early
that they need to show
their sincerity and
honesty to the people
even before they will
commence their campaigning activities, officially or not.
***
For other opinions, comments, suggestions or adverse
reactions, you may
reach iWrite at 09195107665. ●
WALANG BIRO! from Page
5
Nawa’y maging matagumpay hindi lamang
ang mismong okasyon kundi pati na ang kanilang mga preparasyon.
***
Kung kayo po ay may mga reaksiyon, suhestiyon o iba pang opinion, maaari po kayong mag
email sa [email protected]. •
NOW WE KNOW! from Page
5
all natural food that is good for our body and our
environment. The only problem I see in buying
organic food is the price. It is expensive compared
to commercial products in the market because organic foods have higher nutritional value than the
conventional food we usually consume.
The absence of chemicals in plants and trees
expand their production of phytochemicals (vitamins and antioxidants) that strengthen their
resistance to bugs and weeds. On animals, scientists are concerned about the antibiotics being injected to most animal farms. Studies show
that most human antibiotics are also being given
to farm animals to ensure their productivity and
wellness. The irony of it is that when these drugs
are overused, bacteria would develop resistance
thus rendering the drugs less effective in fighting
infections which in effect cause harmful diseases
in humans.
Another thing we need to consider in buying organic foods: it is environmental friendly. Organic
farming reduces pollution and prevents erosion of
soil. Farmers are encouraged to go organic since it
is much cheaper compared to conventional farming. However, most farmers in our land still prefer the use of chemicals to increase their income.
I could not blame them for that reason. So, if you
can afford to buy local and organic foods, then
take the splurge. The benefits will be reaped by
your own system. If not, try to rinse your fruits
and vegetables many times to lessen the effect of
chemicals.
In buying commercial meat products, make
sure to cook them properly to minimize the damage of chemicals in your body. I know now the
reason why my dearest Ninang chose to go organic rather than chemotherapy. Keep the faith
Ninang. You will win your battle and I am very
sure of it. •
new a330 from Page
10
Cebu, but also features Airbus’ fuel-saving technology that allows us to keep our fares low,” said
CEB VP for Marketing and Distribution Candice Iyog.
Starting October 7, 2013, CEB will utilize its
Airbus A330 aircraft on direct daily ManilaDubai flights, its first long-haul service.
Meanwhile, CEB further strengthens its domestic network with more flights from Manila
to Dumaguete (additional Monday, Thursday
frequency) and to Roxas (additional Friday,
Sunday frequency). This is from September 16
to October 4, 2013, using a 156-seater Airbus
A319 aircraft.
From September 24, 2013, CEB adds an additional weekly frequency between Iloilo and
Hong Kong, now offering a total of three weekly
flights. CEB pioneered international flights out
of Iloilo late last year, with direct services to
both Hong Kong and Singapore.
In October, CEB also adds three weekly
flights between Cebu and Zamboanga, and upgrades its four weekly flights from Manila to
Virac from a 72-seater ATR to an Airbus A319
aircraft.
“Cebu Pacific’s expansion means more flight
options and low fares available to our guests.
It is always rewarding for us when these additional flights and seats contribute to the tourism and trade in the destinations we fly to,” Iyog
added.
For bookings and inquiries, guests can go to
www.cebupacificair.com, or call the reservation
hotlines (02)7020-888 or (032)230-8888. The
latest seat sales can also be found on CEB’s official Twitter and Facebook pages.•
BUSINESS
VOLUME II • NO. 65 • SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 • TUESDAY
Chinese multinational firm
eyes Hermosa investment
By butch gunio
HERMOSA, Bataan
-- A Chinese international
company engaged in telecommunications, IT infrastructure, and manufacture
of solar energy instruments
and materials is eyeing to
invest in this town.
Retired Commodore and
BOOMING
TOWN.
Hermosa
Mayor Danilo
Malana, along
with prospective investors,
during a recent
inspection inside
the Hermosa
Economic Zone
Industrial Park
wherein almost
5,000 job applicants will soon
be employed
when new investors finished
constructing
their new factory
buildings here.
--Photo by
Michael
Cigaral
former Bataan Technology
Park Incorporated administrator Amado Sanglay personally accompanied last
week the Chinese investor
to Hermosa Mayor Danny
Malana at the town hall and
discussed the company’s
possible investment in the
area.
The Chinese international
company is particularly interested to build a factory
for making solar energy instruments and materials like
solar panel at the Hermosa
Ecozone Industrial Park.
The presentation of the
Chinese investor to Malana
was also witnessed by Bataan First District Congresswoman Herminia Roman,
whose district covers Hermosa.
Sanglay recommended
for the Chinese investor to
establish the business at the
Hermosa Ecozone.
A company, Sumi Philippines Wiring Systems
Corporation, is already operating inside the Hermosa
Ecozone. •
CEB to fly 2nd
A330 to Cebu, HK
The Philippines’ leading low-cost carrier,
Cebu Pacific took delivery of its second brandnew Airbus A330 aircraft last September 5, 2013.
The 436-seater aircraft will be utilized in select
flights to Cebu and Hong Kong from September
16 to October 4, 2013.
On these dates, CEB will mount an additional
Manila-Cebu-Manila service (5J 8553/8580), departing Manila at 10 a.m. and departing Cebu at
12:30 p.m. Similarly, CEB’s Manila-Hong KongManila flights 5J 118/119 will be upgraded from a
180-seater Airbus A320 to an A330 aircraft.
“Cebu Pacific is proud to continue offering
flights on the lowest fares, utilizing the newest
aircraft. Our 2nd brand-new Airbus A330 aircraft from Toulouse, France not only increases
the number of seats available to Hong Kong and
new a330... Page 9
DOE asks LGUs to support
power plant constructions
By Charlene A. Cayabyab
MABALACAT CITY --The
Department of Energy has
asked local government units
(LGUs) to support the construction of power plants and
energy facilities in their areas.
Secretary Carlos Jericho
Petilla made the statement
during the “National Government - Local Government
Energy Forum” in Pasay City
last week.
As host communities,
Petilla emphasized that LGUs
have an overriding role in
approving the construction
of power plants and energy
facilities. He also said DOE
would explore and offer op-
tions through energy policies
to help the LGUs.
Moreover, Petilla also encouraged the LGUs to extend
their utmost cooperation as it
is vital to the realization of the
energy plan for the country.
During the forum, Petilla
stressed that the DOE continuously crafts and implements
programs to address the energy needs and requirements
of the country. He also highlighted the different committed and indicative power projects that would respond to the
growing energy demand in
the Philippines.
Other officials from the
DOE also discussed several
power plant... Page 8

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