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VOLUME 9
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THU - SAT
JULY 16 - 18, 2015
PANANAW NG MALAYANG PILIPINO!
AC DAD DECLARES
‘Capilion site is ours’
BY ASHLEY MANABAT
JUST ASKING. The question of the hour posed, aesthetically.
PHOTO BY BONG LACSON
ANGELES CITY – “It is
ours!”
This was how Councilor Max Sangil described the three-hectare location of the P7-billion Capilion Corp. Pte.
Ltd. project accorded by
the Clark Development
Corp. (CDC) at the former main gate of the
Clark Freeport which is
diametrically
opposite
SM City Clark.
The site of Capilion
is owned by the city government, Sangil stressed
during the “Multi-Sectoral Consultative Meeting on Clark Issues” organized by the Pinoy
Gumising Ka Movement
(PGKM) at the Grand
Palazzo Royale here last
Wednesday.
Sangil accused the
CDC of “revising the
Clark master plan to suit
the needs of Capilion,”
a Singaporean compa-
ny established in 2006
to act as an international private equity and corporate finance advisory
firm. It is part of the Capilion Group of Companies, Capilion Financial
Ltd. and Capilion RE Engineering Ltd.
Sangil cited Republic Act (RA) 9400, which
is an act amending RA
7227, or the Bases Conversion
Development
Act, which exempts 29.5
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Election fever brews in AC,
Pamintuan elbows out rival
BY DING CERVANTES
A
NGELES CITY- The political
air of the 2016 polls has
permeated this city of at least
150,000 voters.
Pamintuan
Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan has asserted that
historically, only his administration has surpassed P1
billion annual revenues
mostly raised from local
sources, even as he elbowed aside criticisms
over his plans for a Heritage Park fountain and a
new public memorial park.
In his regular monthly press conference last
Wednesday,
PamintuPAGE 6 PLEASE
Women leaders reject Cabigting, Lapid
LEADERS of Angeles City grassroots women’s organizations
have rejected Senator Lito Lapid
and Vice Mayor Ma. Vicenta Vega-Cabigting, both of whom are
planning to run for mayor of this
city, stating that “these politicians
lack programs on the issue of
women empowerment and they
are not really known as advocates of women and children’s
democratic rights and welfare.”
“Mrs. Vega-Cabigting has
done very little to upgrade the
economic and democratic rights
and welfare of women and chil-
dren of Angeles City. In fact, the
few projects she implemented
were actually programs of the city
mayor’s office,” said Elizabeth Palasigue, president of Northville 15
Women’s Group.
“Lapid, on the other hand, is a
politician who has no known track
record relative to gender and development,” Palasigue added.
Sherylee Biscocho, president
of the Samahan ngKababaihan ng
Sapalibutad, said that, “Vice Mayor Cabigting had several terms as
city councilor and city vice mayor
but has not truly proven anything,
while Lapid is not from our city.
He should run in his hometown if
he really wants to serve.”
“We do not want the return of
traditional politics. Angeles City
deserves a good chief executive
and our present mayor is excellent and one of the best pro-development mayors in the world.
He is after all the number 8 city
mayor in the world,” said Jocelyn
Catchin, president of the Sunset
Nepo Women Empowerment.
Iderlina Valentin, president
of Salapungan Women’s Club,
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Lazatin as best AC mayor a lie, EdPam says
ANGELES CITY – Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan has disputed the claims of former councilor Willie Rivera that former Mayor Carmelo “Tarzan”
Lazatin is the best mayor the
city ever had giving him an aggregate score of 95 percent.
During a press conference
at the Museo ning Angeles
here on Wednesday, Pamintuan said the claims of Rivera
on Lazatin’s performance are
“all lies.”
Pamintuan said for the record, in the last year of Lazatin’s administration, as attested by the City Treasurer and
the City Accountant, the figure
is about P600 million (P553
million in 2006 and P562 million in 2007) and 70 percent
of it is from the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) and 30
percent from local businesses. “That’s poor because 70
percent is IRA dependent,” the
mayor said.
Rivera, who has announced his plan to run for
vice mayor, said it was during
the time of Lazatin that the city
revenue collection reached P1
billion from P300 million.
But Pamintuan said it was
during the last term of for-
mer Mayor Francis “Blueboy”
Nepomuceno that the city revenues reached P800 million.
But Nepomuceno’s administration was still very much IRA
dependent at 65 percent, he
said.
Pamintuan said it was
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New PRC facility
validates Subic’s
importance as
logistics hub
BY MALOU DUNGOG
A military truck is parked across the village road to block vehicles delivering chairs
and tables to protesting villagers. PHOTO BY ARMAND GALANG
Tension grips NE farming village
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JULY 16 - 18, 2015 • THURSDAY - SATURDAY
BY ARMAND M. GALANG
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PALAYAN CITY – Tension
gripped a farming village in
this city as farmers and their
families engaged in a faceoff with soldiers in full battle
gear who came with officials
from the Regional Trial Court
and the Office of Solicitor
General to enforce a court’s
eviction order in Barangay
Caballero Wednesday amid
the farmers’ pending petition
before the Supreme Court.
RTC Branch 40’s Rubentito Alomia declared the turnover of the parcels of land
being cultivated by local
farmers to the military officials, headed by Col. Emerito Pineda, camp commander
of the Philippine Army’s 7th
Infantry Division at about 10
a.m. resulting to a wave of
commotion between the two
camps.
Alomia said the order of
RTC Branch 40 Presiding
Judge Evelyn Turla dated
Dec. 9, 2014 which ordered
14 farmers to vacate the land
they occupy at Sitio Mindoro,
Barangay Caballero was final and executory.
He said the order has
been published as required
by the court.
But while the court order covered only 14 people, about two hundred poor
farmers were also threatened of dislocation as even
the sheriff could not pinpoint
what particular parcel of
lands are to be vacated, according to Barangay Chairperson Remedios Pascua,
63. Pascua noted that the
court order did not carry any
technical description of the
land.
“Paano sasabihin ng
sheriff na yun ang ipinababakanteng lupa ay wala
ngang technical description.
Paano basata na lang nila
paalisin kahit sino?” Pascua
said.
As non-uniformed men
reportedly hired by the Army
started clearing a space near
the road, supposedly to start
fencing off the properties,
farmers started to flock to the
place to show resistance.
This increased the tension
prompting armed personnel of
the city police and the Nueva
Ecija Police Provincial Office’s
Special Weapons and Tactics
to guard all over the place.
Alomia and Senior State
Solicitor General Ma. Lourdes
Leones had been meeting
with Pineda at an army detachment.
The tension heightened
when a military truck was
parked across the village road
to stop a private truck that delivers chairs and tables for
the farmers, earning the ire of
farmers.
Pescua then challenged
the Army to shoot her rather
than violating the rights of her
constituents.
“Sige barilin niyo ako,
pangha-harass ang ginagawa
ninyo,” she said, even noting
a soldier who takes her videos.
Barangay officials, including local peacekeepers from
at least ten other villages of
this city, rushed to the place.
“Gusto lang naming matiyak
na walang magiging gulo,” an
official said.
Supt. Leandro Novilla, city
police chief, proposed the creation of a crisis management
team to thwart any untoward
incident. “Nandito kami, nandito ang sundalo makabubuti kung magbuo tayo ng crisis
management team,” he said.
But to no avail.
City Councilor Julius Bautista who is among the parties in the court case, said the
Army should wait for the decision of the SC before implementing the order. “Nanalo
kami sa MTC (Municipal Trial Court) at hindi namin sila
pinaalis,” he said, referring
to the establishment of a detachment within the contested
property.
He said they will continue
in the area to prevent soldiers
from installing wired fences.
As of press time, there was
a stand-off as both the farmers
and soldiers held their ground.
Last week, the farmers
filed a 55-page petition for
certiorari with application for
the issuance of a temporary
restraining order and/or writ
of preliminary injunction to
stop the RTC from carrying
out its order.
Yesterday’s
incident
came four days after the retirement of Armed Forces
chief of staff, Gen. Gregorio
Pio Catapang Jr. who they
sued along with Lieutenant
Colonels Benito Doniego Jr.
and Alfredo Patarata.
Mayor Adrianne Mae
Cuevas, who was abroad,
expressed concern over the
incident. She said she felt
helpless because she was
not around to intervene.
Cuevas said she took pity
on the farmers as it was their
only source of livelihood and
it was taken from them,” she
said.
The farmers said they
have been tilling the lands
since the time of their ancestors in the 1930s, with government even providing them
irrigation support and a dam.
They added that the city
government, under Cuevas,
even built a farm-to-market
road in the site but the military took the farmlands from
them.
“They have been oppressing us when they are
supposed to protect us, being the soldiers of the people,” Bautista said.
The Supreme Court petition was filed by the farmers
after the 12th Division of the
Court of Appeals, in its June
16, 2015 Resolution, merely
noted and did not take action
on their petition for review
of the Palayan RTC Branch
40’s decision reversing and
setting aside the October 8,
2013 Municipal Trial Court in
Cities (MTCC) order which
ruled in their favor relative
to the case of forcible entry
they filed against Catapang,
Doniego and Patarata.
At the time the class suit
was filed, Catapang was a
major general of the Philippine Army and commanding
general of the 7th Infantry Division stationed at the Fort
Magsaysay Military Reservation here.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT —
The establishment by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) of its
logistics and training center in
the Subic Bay Freeport has
once again validated the importance of this freeport as a
domestic and international logistics hub.
Subic Bay Metropolitan
Authority (SBMA) Chairman
Roberto Garcia pointed this
out after the PRC formally inaugurated on Monday its logistics and training center at
a 1.6-hectare property along
the Corregidor Highway in the
former Naval Magazine area
here.
“Accessibility is the main
factor here, and of course
there is also the security aspect to it. It is just a few hours
away from Manila; it is accessible by land, sea and air, and
the place is as secure as it can
get. That’s why the Red Cross
is here,” Garcia said.
Garcia said the SBMA has
allowed the PRC rent-free use
of the property for 50 years.
“It’s our humble contribution to the noble mission that
the Philippine Red Cross has
been doing remarkably well,”
he added.
PRC Chairman Richard J.
Gordon, who led the inauguration ceremony on Monday,
said the PRC’s Subic facility
will serve as a hub for logistics support in local and international disaster response, as
well as a training facility and
operations center.
“We will preposition relief supplies here, both food
and non-food items; also our
equipment and our vehicles to
facilitate prompt and efficient
deployment in case of disasters, emergencies or mass casualty incidents,” Gordon said.
“We also conduct different
trainings here (because) in a
country with a buffet of disasters like the Philippines, we
should always be prepared,”
he added.
“(The facility) is also part of
our tenet: Volunteers + Logistics + Information Technology
= a Red Cross that is Always
First, Always Ready, Always
There,” Gordon also said.
The PRC facility has two
warehouses, a function room
that also serves as convention
center, two dormitory buildings, two classrooms, and a
mess hall. It will soon have a
hotel and trade school.
The facility, which had its
soft opening last March, has
already produced its first batch
of graduates for the Emergency Medical Technician and
Emergency Filed Hospital
courses.
During the inaugural rites,
Gordon also presented Garcia
a citation for the support that
SBMA has extended to the
PRC.
He also presented a similar award to the seven-man
contingent of fire and rescue
volunteers led by SBMA Fire
Chief Ranny Magno, which
participated in a recent rescue and relief mission in earthquake-devastated Nepal.
SBMA Chairman Roberto V. Garcia receives a citation
from PRC Chairman Richard J. Gordon in recognition
of SBMA support in the establishment of the Philippine
Red Cross Logistics and Training Center in the Subic Bay
Freeport Zone. PHOTO BY MALOU DUNGOG
SBMA partners with private firms for mangrove reforestation
BY MALOU DUNGOG
Members of the SBMA Ecology Center’s mangrove restoration team
harvest mangrove wildlings for transplanting at the Binictican-Malawaan
mangrove forest in the Subic Bay Freeport. PHOTO BY MALOU DUNGOG
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic
Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA)
has successfully harnessed the support of the private sector in implementing a project to restore mangrove forests here and increase public awareness on the importance of mangrove
ecosystems.
According to SBMA Chairman Roberto Garcia, five business locators
here and two schools from as far as
Manila and La Union, have already
participated in the agency’s mangrove restoration program since it was
launched by the SBMA Ecology Center
early this year.
The program has resulted in the
planting of about 300 mangrove propagules, as well as a total of 130 nipa
seedlings, with survival rates averaging at 70 percent in most planting areas in the Subic Bay Freeport.
Garcia said the program has gained
much support from local stakeholders
and visitors because the reforestation
project is complemented by an Information, Education and Communication
(IEC) campaign to help increase public appreciation of mangroves and their
role in biodiversity.
“Once people learn that mangroves
are not just putrid swampy areas, but
in fact serve as home and breeding
places for a large variety of fish, crab,
shrimp and shells, they volunteer their
help in planting and cleaning the mangrove areas here,” Garcia said.
“And because of the importance of
mangroves not only in food production,
but also in coastal protection and tourism, we hope to engage more and more
companies and private groups in keeping the mangroves in Subic healthy and
well,” the SBMA official added.
“Since February this year, the
SBMA Ecology Center has undertaken
several mangrove planting, cleanups,
IEC tours, and species identification
projects in partnership with companies
and schools,” said Rhea Jane Mallari,
a senior forest management specialist
of the SBMA Ecology Center.
These include the International
School of Manila, which planted “busain” and “piapi” species of mangrove;
Subic Golf, which planted nipa seedlings for erosion control; Aikon Subic
and Orica, which both undertook planting and IEC activities; Petron Corp. and
Hitachi Mechatronics, both for planting
and cleanup; and Don Mariano Marcos State University in La Union, which
planted mangrove and helped in species identification and phenology.
The participants also donated tools
and equipment, and some seed bags
used in the planting activities.
Mallari said that most of the trees
planted by the program participants
had survived, although the Ecology
Center and its partners “are still in the
process of learning the best practices
in mangrove restoration.”
“There is so much to be done, and
in this regard we are seeking more
partners and supporters to help us establish and operate a mangrove nursery,” Mallari said.
Lilia Alcazar, chief of the SBMA
Ecology Center’s Protected Area Division, said the nursery project is important because nursery-raised mangrove
seedlings have better-established root
systems, and hence,higher survival
rates.
The Center is also hoping for assistance in patrolling the mangrove areas
here to discourage encroachment and
indiscriminate harvesting of mangrove
forest products.
Alcazar added that aside from raising public awareness on the importance of mangrove ecosystems, the
Center’s Mangrove IEC and Restoration Program seeks to encourage
stakeholders in joining the conduct of
mangrove management strategies, the
protection and maintenance of the integrity of mangrove forests, and the
conduct of research and ecologically-sound activities in mangrove areas
at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone.
BY ERNIE ESCONDE
MARIVELES, Bataan- Mayor
Jesse Concepcion on Monday
ordered the temporary stoppage of the delivery of coal
imported from other countries
in a port facility here due to alleged health and environmental hazard.
“While the Seafront Shipyard and Port Terminal Services Corp. have not yet undertaken mitigating measures
to address the problem of villagers, I asked the port operations manager to temporarily
cease the unloading of coal in
their port,” the mayor said.
Concepcion said he asked
the shipyard in the seaside
village of Lucanin to just consume the coal stock-piled in
their wharf and build the proper infrastructures and proper
storage facility before importing new products.
He said villagers complained of coal dust particles
in the area and the pollution of
the sea.
“The shipyard should build
a warehouse where coal dusts
will not be spreading in the
community like what GN Power Plant did in having its own
covered stockyard with wind
breaker,” the mayor said.
Concepcion said he will
ask Seafront Shipyard to also
construct two lagoons that
in case of seepage, the coal
leakage passes the lagoons
first before going to the sea.
“This is to prevent further
negative environmental and
health impact for the local residents,” the mayor said.
Carlo Ignacio, VP for operations of the shipyard, said
they will hire experts to build
structures as asked by Concepcion: “The safety of the
people is our main concern so
we will do what will be best for
them.”
The staff in the shipyard
said they also have regular
medical missions for residents
of Lucanin and nearby localities.
GN Power that operates
a 600-MGW coal-fired power
plant in Barangay Alas-Asin
has its own supply of coal.
Coal from the Seafront
Shipyard are delivered to
coal-fired power plants reportedly in other parts of Bataan
and in Bulacan.
“Coal from the shipyard is
supplied to power plants and
stopping the delivery may
cause brownout but if it is hazardous to the people, we have
to stop it until proper safety
measures are instituted,” Concepcion said.
Some 100 placard-bearing
rallyists asked the mayor to
stop the delivery and stockpiling of coal in the shipyard.
“We have cough and my
grandchild suffers from asthma,” complained one of the
rallyists.
She said that coal dust
particles darkened and dirtied
their houses when coal is unloaded from ships, from stock-
piles and loading in trucks for
delivery to power plants.
Ernesto Hatol, 68, claimed
their fish catch dropped. “Ang
katas ng coal tumatagas sa
dagat kaya humina ang huli
naming isda.”
Pieces of coal apparently pushed by the waves were
seen along the shore in the village.
Anita Bacli, 41, said she
knows of residents who have
already left for other villag-
es. “The owner of the house
we are renting transferred to
another village because their
children suffer from coughs
and fever. Even my two-year
old son has asthma,” she
said.
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Mayor stops delivery of imported coal in Bataan shipyard
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Editorial
EdPam says
“I DON’T mind. I don’t care. I don’t give
a damn.”
So spake Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan
dismissing the barrage of criticisms
hurled at him by Vice Mayor Vicky VegaCabigting as “early politicking” and
“propaganda of lies.”
The Angeleño deserves the best, in
life and in death.
So goes Pamintuan’s defense of the
P16-million fountain at the Heritage Park
and the P110-million people’s memorial
park his administration is committed to
put up.
And he would not allow anyone to
deprive the Angeleño of what he rightfully
deserves.
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JULY 16 - 18, 2015 • THURSDAY - SATURDAY
Vicky says
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“I MIND. I care. I give a damn.”
Where the interest of the Angeles City
constituency is at stake, Vega-Cabigting
said she would never be silent, she could
never be silenced.
“Exhorbitant. Indecent.” So she
considered the funds allotted to the
fountain and memorial park, saying the
money could be put to better use in
education, health, and livelihood.
Of Pamintuan, she furthered: “Many
are not satisfied with how things are
going in the current administration.”
Of her other rival, Sen. Lito Lapid:
“Angeleños cannot accept someone
who only bought a house in Angeles and
believes he is already an Angeleño.”
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Zona Libre
Bong Z. Lacson
The family that preys together
IT DID not start with the B and most certainly would not end with it either. It is even
far from exclusive to the B.
“…(T)hat incurable disease endemic in
the Philippine bureaucracy. That which is so
deeply rooted and pervasive that not a few
anthropologists hypothesized is an integral part
of Filipino culture.” As appeared in the piece A
culture of graft under Zona Libre, The Voice,
September 6-12, 1998 issue . Read on:
VALUES AND traditions define the culture of
a nation. Where lies graft there?
The family. The basic unit of Philippine
society. The font of love and unity, the binding
and bonding fabric of values. There is another
facet to the family though. It can likewise serve
as the breeding ground of all that is not true, not
good, not beautiful.
All in the family. It is often said and heard.
Of the conjugal dictatorship of the Great
Ferdinand and the Beautiful Imelda then. Of the
wife behind – in front, at the side, and just about
every which way of – dearest mayor, governor,
or congressman. Or haven’t you heard of
the wifey herself knocking at the doors of the
jueteng lord’s manor at every month’s end?
Or the mistress of the house talking trusses,
divots and vibra-rollers with contractors? Of yet
another madame counting her footprints in the
quarried sands of time? And still another missus
who comes fortnightly a-visiting her husband’s
office to withdraw from “Treas” (that’s treasurer,
dummy) – sans vouchers and supporting
papers – the wages and allowances for the
cook, the driver, the gardener, the maids, and
above all, for herself and the kids?
To be politically correct and gender sensitive,
there is the case of the hubby too who skims
the fat off the honorable wife’s barrel of lard
and promptly forks it over to the oh-so-unwifelylooking pretty-pretty GROs.
Starting ‘em young saves time. The kids
have been initiated too. Oh, how they took to
the game like young alligators to the swamp.
One wife may have the jueteng fund but the son
holds everything else, from the contractor’s 30
percent SOP, to the grease from the amusement
tax. Uh-oh, there is another son – endowed
with his own sandy kingdom transcending
defined political boundaries. Then come the
other relatives, from cousins to in-laws, for the
remaining pittance.
From the family, the culture of graft spreads
to the circle of friends. “For the boys,” as
euphemized.
Whence rises cronyism. One compadre to
handle all medical supplies. Another confederate
for the most lucrative Q. A cohort for the small
contracts. The friend of a friend for the office
supplies. And hey, why not a long-time ka-kosa
as corporate partner in the numbers game?
Pakikisama (loosely translated to fellowship)
is one strong, prevalent Filipino virtue. Taken to
the extreme, it becomes redolent with pungent
meanings. A UP lecturer on Filipino values says
thus, “Mabuti ang pakikisama basta hindi ito
nagiging pakiki-sama.” The stress in the last
word is on the last syllable. Fellowship is good
so long as it does not end in something evil.
Very strong too among Filipinos is the
padrino or godfather syndrome. This works
with another value – utang na loob (debt of
gratitude). Political mentors and contributors
make the bulk of the public officials’ list of favors
to return or to be paid back. While a Pac-man
has yet to evolve on the local scene, a number
of gobblers, past and present, have made their
presence felt. Or have you forgotten the Voltes
Five, the Pajero Gang, the Chinese connection
that lorded it over Pampanga’s infrastructure
scene?
The first order of the day in any winning
official’s agenda after each election is the
repayment of all debts. Especially, those of
gratitude.
The primacy Philippine society puts on
material things as the yardsticks of success
further tightened the grip of graft among our
local officials and their families, both immediate
and extended. And with the grafters among
local officials apparently making more the rule
than the exception, graft in government has
become the “normal” way. To which our people
have fallen in resignation, in indifference.
But for the local officials who may have felt
alluded to here, who will raise a hoot over our
thesis of a deeply imbedded and expansive
culture of graft in the Philippines? Indeed, who
gives a damn over this our damaged culture?
TODAY IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY
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What says Lapid?
WANAKOSEY.
So what can be expected from the one
dubbed as the chairman of the Senate
Committee on silence?
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An earthquake with epicenter
near Cabanatuan City jolted Luzon
ON JULY 16, 1990, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake with epicenter located 10 kilometers
southeast of Cabanatuan City,
Nueva Ecija, jolted a wide
area of Luzon at 4.26 pm, with
its main shock lasting some
45 seconds, killing over 1,600
people and injuring hundreds
of others.
A state of calamity was declared in the cities of Cabanatuan, Baguio, Dagupan, San
Carlos, Palayan and San Jose
and in the provinces of Nueva
Ecija, Benguet and Pangasin-
an.
Baguio City was isolated
for days after the major highways to the mountain resort
collapsed, trapping thousands
of people, including local and
foreign tourists, within its confines.
Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which
everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great
deal less than themselves. – Jane Austen
The solution is to gradually become free of societal rewards
and learn how to substitute for them rewards that are under
one’s own powers. This is not to say that we should abandon
every goal endorsed by society; rather, it means that, in
addition to or instead of the goals others use to bribe us with,
we develop a set of our own. – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
PORAC EXECS APPEAL TO TAPANG
Felix M. Garcia
Tapunan
na lang ba tayo
ng basura?
KUNG NOON ay naging ika nga’y tambakan
itong Pilipinas ng lumang sasakyan
na galing sa bansang katulad ng Japan,
d’yan kahit papano ay may pakinabang
Sapagkat kumpara sa ‘brand new,’ di hamak
na mura ang kotse’t mga right hand drive truck;
Pero ngayon ang sa atin itinambak,
(Na galing Canada), kakaiba sa lahat
Na idineklara – as imported shipment
at naglalaman ng umano’y assorted
plastic scrap pero nang ito’y ma-inspect
Ng BoC, DENR, ya’y pawang unwanted
Na materials ang laman ng containers vans
na kinalalagyan ng basurang iyan;
(Kung kaya natengga nang mataga-tagal
sa Custom nang di man lamang nabawasan?)
Gayong tatlong taon itong naka-imbak
sa pier bago yata ‘tinapon sa Tarlac;
(Di gaya ng ibang ‘imported materials,’
na napakadaling sa Custom masikwat!)
Subalit sanhi nga ng kadahilanang
walang nag-claim hanggang sa inuod na yan,
Ay itinapon na sa ating bakuran
Nang di maibalik sa pinanggalingan.
Ano’t tikom lang ang bibig ng Pangulo
sa tila direkta ng pang-iinsulto
nitong Canada sa mga Pilipino
sa ginawa nila sa panahong ito
Na hayan, kahit na halos tapakan na
tayo riyan ng iba ( tulad nitong Tsina)
Ay tila kampante lang din sa tuwina
ang mga marapat kumilos kumbaga?
Lulunukin na lang ba natin kabayan
ang ginagawa sa atin ng mga yan,
Na kahit mali ay todo pasa lamang
sa nakararaming bulok na opisyal?
Ano sa palagay n’yan sa Pilipinas?
tapunan na lang ng basura at lahat?
Komo sa akala nila’y walang lakas
itong ating bansa gagawin at sukat
Ang bawat naisin ng mga yan dito
sanhi lamang nitong akala siguro
ng Tsina’t Canada madaling maloko
ang lahat-lahat ng mga Pilipino?
Gabundok nga riyan ang ating basura,
na sa araw-araw ay di makolekta,
Ay itatapon pa rito ng Canada
ang ‘toxic waste’ nila, pang-aabuso na!
At pang-aargabya ng maituturing
kung paulit-ulit pa nilang gagawin;
Kung kaya sa puntong ya’y makabubuting
ang bansang Canada’y dapat pagmultahin.
Sapagkat ang pagka-tengga ng matagal
sa pier ng limampung mga ‘container vans,’
Ay millions of pesos din ang halaga niyan
na kinakailangang sa atin bayaran.
Maliban sa pagka-tapon n’yan sa Tarlac
na may kaukulan ding singil o bayad,
ang pagkatapon ng basurang di hamak
na hazardous compared with our waste products.
At upang sila ay hindi pamarisan
ng ibang wala na ring mapagtapunan,
Lahat ng possible means para atasan
silang magbayad ng danyos, ipairal!!!
Set aside personal interests
Gov’s projects in town derailed
PORAC – Mayor Condralito
“Carling” Dela Cruz and Vice
Mayor Dexter David appealed
to the members of the opposition in the town council, including Councilor and Board
Member Mike Tapang, to set
aside “much politicking and
personal interests” for the
benefit of their constituents.
De La Cruz and David said
Tapang and four other councilors – Regine Clarete, Remberto Lapid, Rafael Canlapan
and Ronaldo Gamboa – are
allegedly delaying the approval of the supplemental budget
requested by the mayor for
projects on health care service, peace and order and education. One of the projects
derailed is the planned construction of a “bigger” local police office and Bureau of Fire
Protection (BFP) building to
be funded by Pampanga Gov.
Lilia Pineda, Dela Cruz disclosed.
“We are appealing to
Tapang and the four other
councilors to approve the budget because the projects are
for the people, especially the
poor ones and deserving students. Besides, the municipal
government has savings last
year,” said Dela Cruz. “Let’s
not sacrifice the people just
to entertain our political ambitions.”
Tapang earlier expressed
his intention to run for mayor
in 2016 and challenge the twoterm Porac mayor. His group
could prevent the approval of
the budgets requested by the
mayor because they have the
numbers or majority votes.
“The governor is asking
us to buy some 1,000 square
meters of lot for the new police building. It’s the Porac officials’ counterpart for the facility pushed by Pineda to maintain peace and order in our
town,” said Dela Cruz.
Dela Cruz said he and David were supposed to recommend the buying of the some
2,000 square-meter-property
near the district hospital in Barangay Babo Sacan. It will cost
about P6 million at P3,000 per
square meter.
Dela Cruz said he and the
vice mayor looked for other options to maximize public funds and begin their plan
to “decongest” the municipal
building in Barangay Poblacion.
Dela Cruz said he had spoken to an owner of a property in Barangay Cangatba. He
added that they will get some
10,000 square-meter-property near the Subic Clark Tarlac Expressway for the same
price of P6 million.
”I personally asked the
owner to lower the price because it’s for Porac and its
people. He readily agreed
because he has love for his
town,” said Dela Cruz, adding
that they will get the property
for at least P550 per square
meter – or about 80 percent
lower compared to the property in Babo Sacan. He said the
property in Cangatba, which is
also near the Ayala-owned Alviera township project, is being sold for at least P1,000 per
square meter.
Dela Cruz said they want
a big property to allow them
to transfer the municipal agriculture office, quick response
team, engineering office and
other offices from the municipal hall to the planned site in
Cangatba.
“Our area at the town hall
is too crowded already. Sometimes, the fire truck would almost hit a parked car when it’s
going out for an operation,”
said Dela Cruz. “The property will also be an asset to the
town considering its location
and size.”
Dela Cruz said the planned
site is near the motor pool
and Porac Manpower Training
Center of the municipal government.
Aside from P6 million requested by the mayor for the
purchase of the land, Dela
Cruz is also asking P1 million
for the “Iskolar ng Bayan” and
P6,380,000 million for the establishment of a dialysis center
and an additional P1,670,000
for the Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses of the
same center.
“It’s clear that the two of
major priorities of the governor are health care service
dedicated to help the majority and education for all,” said
Dela Cruz.
Dela Cruz said “poor but
deserving” students would
benefit from the scholarship
program.
He thanked David, Councilors Meynard Lapid, Ronie
Mercado, Mark Valencia and
Rudy Enriquez for supporting
his “pro-people projects.”
David said they an expert
to come up with a feasibility study on the establishment
of the dialysis center. He added that “we just don’t ask for
budget without the necessary
study.”
David said they are waiting for the availability of the
expert who is set to appear in
the session of the council. He
has yet to give the name of the
expert who is reportedly connected with the Don Honorio
Ventura Technical State University (DHVTSU)
“We understand check and
balance in government. But
Tapang’s group is already delaying projects needed to render necessary and urgent basic services to the people,”
said David. He added that “we
have done everything to explain and justify the projects
but it seems politics is lording
over genuine public service.”
“Tapang’s group would either
not attend sessions or not approve the requested budget
under strange circumstance
and the use of irrational reasoning,” said David.
David said the supplemental budget requested by
the mayor was referred to the
town council since early May.
David said Tapang, Clarete, Canlapan, Gamboa and
R. Lapid had not attended regular sessions on July 2 and
special sessions on May 19,
June 8 and 9 and there was
no quorum on May 28 further
derailing the approval of the
supplemental budget.
PROJECTS UNDER DILG
The two-term vice mayor said Tapang’s group “finally approved” on June 25 the
Bottom-Up Budgeting (BUB),
which is under the implementation of the Department of Interior and Local Government
(DILG). He said school principals and teachers had insisted on attending the session
last June 25 because they
are adversely affected by the
non-approval of the BUB.
Last March, DILG Secretary Mar Roxas announced
that a total of P240.3 million
was allocated to Central Luzon for the anti-poverty program of the department under
the BUB in 2015.
David said the that funds to
be given by the national government through the DILG is
about P12.5 million. He added
that the BuB is designed to finance “grassroots projects.”
“The BuB project is already
being implemented in many
towns in Pampanga and the
rest of the country. In Porac, it
has just been approved,” said
David. “The mayor and I are
not the ones really hurt and affected but the people.”
David said Tapang’s group
earlier authorized the mayor to enter to an agreement
with the DILG and other government agencies. He added
they disallowed the mayor last
June 18 to accept the funds
for the same BuB program.
“They disallowed the mayor last June 18 when they authorized him earlier to pursue
the BUB. Then they approve
the BUB after the teachers
and principals were at the session the following week,” said
David.
He said a local representative of the DILG had earlier
attended the council’s regular
session to appeal to Tapang
and the four other councilors
to authorize the mayor to pursue the BuB program.
“The modified supplemental budget and BuB are related and necessary to bring the
government service down to
the barangay level.”
“It has been months since
the mayor asked them to approve the budget. Public service is denied due to too much
politics. I hope they finally
agree for the benefit of the
majority of the people in Porac,” said David.
He said Tapang’s group recently approved the “counterpart” funds of P1.3 million for
the P12.5 BUB funds from the
DILG. – Porac Information
Group
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JULY 16 - 18, 2015 • THURSDAY - SATURDAY
Napaguusapan
Lang
5
Election fever brews in AC, Pamintuan elbows out rival
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an also cited a survey
of 4,000 respondents
showing him leading by
a wide margin his potential challengers in the
2016 mayoral race.
“It’s an 80-20 fight
showing many peo-
ple like what we’re doing,” he said. The survey
which ended last week,
allegedly indicated that
while his percentage ratings “remained in double figures,” that of Vice
Mayor Vicky Vega-Cabigting, who will reportedly also run for mayor,
plunged from 9 percent
to only 2.9 percent.
Pamintuan is slated to run for reelection
in 2016 for his last mayoral term. “It will be a
mopping up operations
during my last term. We
will build small roads and
also seek ways to raise
more revenues,” he said.
VM statement
Reached for her reaction, Vice Mayor Vega-Cabigting said: “First,
my question to the Mayor. If according to ‘their
survey’, I am at the lowest of low, how come
they are attacking me on
all sides. Ang kulelat po
di na pinpansin. You do
that to people who are a
‘threat’ to you. I already
made my statement a
few days ago, that even
if I am the last woman
standing for my pro-people cause, I will be at
peace. I heard that they
paid millions for the survey and yet they are not
releasing the true results.
They are threatened with
the result of their own
survey and are now in
panic mode. A case of
being frightened by the
ghost they created.”
‘Capilion site is ours’
FROM PAGE 1
hectares from the Clark
Freeport, including the
Capilion area.
But Sangil clarified
that, “we are not against
Capilion. We are against
where it will be located
because there are other
areas in Clark where it
can be located.”
He said if the CDC insists on granting Capilion the controversial site
which is a “buffer zone,”
it will unfairly compete
with the local businesses in the city because it
will enjoy tax free importation and other tax privileges within their vicinity.
Playing field
Ruperto Cruz, PGKM
chair, also stressed
on “levelling the playing field” because the
consultative meeting is
about “the plight of our
investments and businesses…”
He said the promise
of the national govern-
ment for the full and immediate development of
the Clark International
Airport (CIA) remains to
be seen even after more
than two decades of the
enactment of the law
(RA 7227) to accelerate
the sound and balanced
conversion into alternative productive use of
former baselands.
“Clark airport remains
a promise land after 24
years,” Cruz said adding
that the Capilion project
could be part of the sabotage against the full development of the Clark
airport.
Cruz also said the
Capilion project is illegal
because “it has no public
consultation and no bidding.”
He said the Capilion
project is “a desperate
attempt to show a semblance of accomplishment” for the CDC leadership whom he accused
of having “bankrupt of
ideas.”
But Cruz said if Cap-
ilion is a legitimate company, it won’t mind moving into the much ballyhooed Clark Green City
in the Clark subzone, the
Clark centennial, or at
the former Clark hospital or at the Global Gateways Logistics City at the
back of SM City Clark.
Subtle
Vice Mayor Vicky Vega-Cabigting was subtle
and said it is now time for
CDC to clear the air.
“I hope we can hear
from CDC and Capilion
soon,” she said.
The vice mayor said
she attended the consultative meeting because
“I mind, I care and I give
a damn to every issue affecting Angeleños.”
On the sidelines,
Cabigting said CDC and
Capilion should seriously
consider the “Traffic Impact Ordinance” of the
city government before
making any plan of putting up a seven-storey
building on the contro-
versial site.
PCCI
Earlier,
Marc
Nepomuceno, regional
governor of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said
he is also voicing his opposition to the Capilion
project on its present site
at the former main gate
of Clark.
He said local businesses will be greatly
affected by the Capilion project and the city
government will be burdened by its social costs.
Hotel and restaurant
owners led by ABC Hotel owner Gerard Heinan
Jr. were present in the
meeting as well as representatives from the Clark
Investors and Locators Association (CILA),
Pampanga Chamber of
Commerce and Industry,
Inc. (Pamcham), Metro Angeles Chamber of
Commerce and Industry,
Inc. (MACCII), and Korean business association.
Women leaders reject Cabigting, Lapid
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JULY 16 - 18, 2015 • THURSDAY - SATURDAY
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even criticized Cabigting,
saying that, “Bakit niya
nilalabanan ang Php110
Milyon na pampublikong
senentoryo na mayroong
crematorium, apat na
chapels para pagburulan, maayos na kalsada,
columbarium at mga nitso para sa namayapang
kamag-anak ng mga mahihirap. Dahil ba mahihirap hindi na pwedeng
maiburol at mailibing sa
magandang
memorial
park? Pinapakita lamang
niya ang kanyang tunay
na kontra-mahihirap na
karakter.”
Valentin also scored
Lapid, “Hindi nga niya
mapasuko ang anak ng
dati niyang provincial
administrator na si Fidel Arcenas, na siyang
pangunahing
suspect
sa pagpatay sa dati niyang asawa, paano siya
magiging maka-mamamayan?”
“Batay po sa kanyang
ipinapakitang pagkontra sa aming mayor, masasabi po namin na hindi dapat na iboto si Vice
Mayor Cabigting sa kahit anong posisyon, kahit pa mayor o konsehal.
Pinapakita po niya ang
kawalan ng prinsipyo,”
said Vilma Manao, president of the Samahan
ng mga Kababaihan ng
Cutud. “
“Si Lapid naman po,
di po ba may kaso siya
sa fertilizer scam? Harapin po muna niya yun at
doon po siya kumandidatong mayor sa bayan
niya sa Porac. Hindi
naman siya taga Angeles,” Manao added.
Elvira
Maglalang,
president of the Cuayan Women’s Club, stated that, “Ang kailangan
ngayon ng Lungsod ng
Angeles ay ang ipagpatuloy ang mga nasimulan na ng kasalukuyang
Mayor Ed Pamintuan.
Hindi namin kailangan
ang mga kandidatong
gustong maging mayor
na wala namang tunay
na programa para sa
mga kababaihan, mga
bata, at mga mamamayan.”
Julieta Nacu, president of the Samahan ng Anunas Women’s Group, said that,
“Mrs
Vega-Cabigting
is not pro-people and
pro-women, and she has
no genuine and realizable program for women and children. Kung
meron siyang programa,
bakit wala pa siyang
nagawa?”
Cabigting is seeking to be the first woman mayor of Angeles City
and has asserted that the
city “is ready for a woman mayor.” However, the
latest survey showed
that only 2.7% or around
4,000 of the more or less
150,000 registered voters of Angeles City will
vote for her if elections
are held this month.
“The latest survey
showed that Cabigting
and Lapid were rejected by majority of the voters of Angeles City,” the
women NGO leaders
said.
In the same survey,
Lapid trailed incumbent Mayor Pamintuan
by a double digit margin or between 25,000 to
30,000 votes.
–Press release
Lazatin as best AC mayor a lie...
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during his time when it
reached P1 billion and
now P1.5 billion. He said
his IRA is only 40 percent and 60 percent is
generated from the local revenues at that time
even before the implementation of the adjusted real property taxes.
Bayani Ng
Maralita award
Pamintuan said he
was a recipient, together with Mabalacat City
Mayor Marino “Boking”
Morales, of the Bayani
Ng Maralita award in
the aftermath of the Mt.
Pinatubo eruption from
the Presidential Urban
Poor Commission which
was two years ahead of
Lazatin.
Earlier, Rivera said
“we were able to solve
the urban poor issue
from 1998 to 2007 where
more or less 15,000 families were given houses and lots who were
former squatters. This
is unprecedented that
is why Tarzan was an
awardee of the Presidential Commission on
Urban Poor for his ac-
complishment on urban
poor twice.”
On the city hall
Pamintuan said it
was during his term as
vice mayor when the
new city hall was constructed. “I was the vice
mayor then and I was
the one who negotiated
for the land,” Pamintuan
said. “I was the one who
built the third floor,” he
added.
Rivera said it was
during the time Lazatin
that the city government
transferred to its present
location.
“But what has Lazatin
done? He was always in
the casino where he
signed official documents for the city while
his promises of benefits
to city hall employees,
who were already then
rallying, were not given,”
Pamintuan said.
“We want a mayor
who is focused and who
delivers basic services
and the needs of the
people. That is the job of
the mayor,” he said. “You
should not allow your ilk
to do the job for you,” he
added.
–Ashley Manabat
PGKM’s Pert Cruz scores uneven playing field.
PHOTO COURTESY OF LEO VILLACARLOS
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
THIRD JUDICIAL REGION
ANGELES CITY
SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM
Mortgagee,
-versus-
FC CASE NO. 2015-1181
Extrajudicial Foreclosure
of Real Estate Mortgage
under Act 3135 as Amended
by Act No. 4118
FEDERICO G. GERNAN
married to LEILA B. GERNAN
Mortgagor.
x---------------------------------------------------------------------------------x
NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE
Upon extra judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended, filed by
the above-named Mortgagee against the Mortgagor FEDERICO G. GERNAN
married to LEILA B. GERNAN, with residence and postal address at L27 B8
Fil-Homes Subd., Mabiga, Mabalacat City, Pampanga, to satisfy the mortgage
debt which as of July 1, 2014, amounts to TWO MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED
EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FOUR PESOS AND 59/100
(P2,785,604.59) Philippine Currency, including interest thereon, penalties and
other charges, plus daily interest and expense thereafter, the undersigned
Sheriff IV will sell at public auction on August 7, 2015 at 10:00 o’clock in the
morning or soon thereafter at the Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Mabalacat,
Mabalacat City, Pampanga, to the highest bidder, for cash or manager’s check
and in Philippine Currency, the following parcel of land with all the improvements
existing thereon, to wit;
TCT NO. 218841-R
“A parcel of land (Lot 27, Blk. 8, of the subd. plan, (LRC) Psd84450, being a portion of Lot 229-A, described on plan (LRC) Psd82150, LRC (GLRO) Cad. Rec. No. 132), situated in the Bo. of
Mabiga, Municipality of Mabalacat, Province of Pampanga. Bounded
on the NE and NW., pts. 2 to 4 by Rd. Lot 8; on the NE., pts. 4 to
5 by Rd. Lot 10; on the SE., pts. 5 to 1 by Lot 28; and on the SW.,
pts. 1 to 2 by Lot 26 both of Blk. 8, all of the subd. plan. x x x x x x
x x. Containing an area of TWO HUNDRED ONE (201) SQUARE
METERS, more or less x x x”.
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated
time and date.
In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it
shall be held on August 14, 2015 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning without
further notice.
Angeles City, July 1, 2015.
GLENN P. CARLOS
Sheriff IV
Copy furnished:
ENGR. MYLENE NONNETTE M. ZAMORA
DEO-HAMS
SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM
Macabulos Drive, San Vicente,
Tarlac City
FEDERICO G. GERNAN married to
LEILA B. GERNAN
L27, B*, Fil-Homes Subd.,
Mabiga, Mabalacat City
Pampanga
PUNTO! Central Luzon: July 10, 17 & 24, 2015
The Gossipmiller
Cesar Pambid
Dating Kuya lang, ngayon karomansa na
JASMINE Curtis-Smith is paired with Derek Ramsay for the first time in “Wattpad Presents Unwanted Girlfriend”. “Nagkasama na kami before in the action series,
‘Undercover’, but not as love interest,” sabi ni Jasmine. “This time, kami talaga ang magkapareha.”
“He plays Mikael, a top photographer who can’t get over the fact that he was dumped by his girlfriend, si Stephanie, played by Carla Humphries. Ako naman
si Mica, a fashion model na maraming nanliligaw pero di ko pinapansin kasi si Derek lang ang gusto ko. I proposed to him na gawin niya akong pretend girlfriend
para he can forget his devastating heartbreak with Carla. Pumayag naman siya, but he treats me
like dirt. Lagi akong kino-compare sa ex niya, pati sa pagtimpla ko ng coffee for him, sa lahat.
The story becomes complicated when it’s discovered that I have heart disease. Nagalit ang
dad at brother ko, played by Toby Alejar and Justin Cuyugan, kay Derek, accusing him of
exploiting me. But later on, silang makikiusap sa kanya to convince me na magpaopera
ako para gumaling ako sa aking heart problem.”
“Unwanted Girlfriend” is a special episode to celebrate the 4th season of “Wattpad
Presents”. Instead of the usual one week, it will run for two weeks. “Mahaba kasi
‘yung book on which this was based,” says TV5
entertainment head Wilma Galvante. “We don’t
want to compress the story kasi more than 8.9
million ang readers nito. So mapapanood nila
ito ng buo for two weeks. We’re really happy
with ‘Wattpad Presents’ kasi marami talagang
sumusubaybay rito, even on other platforms.
May regular advertisers kami na nagpapalagay
pa ng product placements within the show kasi
marami talagang followers ang aming kilig miniseries.”
So how is it working with Derek in “Unwanted
Girlfriend”? “It’s always fun to work with him kasi kahit
pagod na kayo, madaling araw na, pero mataas pa rin
ang energy niya, nagpapatawa pa rin siya. Maganda
agad ang naging rapport namin kasi we’ve known each
other for a long time na, since nung bata pa ko, friends na sila
ng sister ko (Anne). That helped a lot para maging comfortable
kami sa isa’t isa. Pero siyempre, noong una, medyo weird kasi
nga I consider him my Kuya, tapos magkapareha na kami, but after
a while, we were laughing about it na. We really have to thank our
director, Ricky Rivero, for helping us to nail our roles and the material the
way he wants us to.”
What’s the reaction of her Ate Anne about it? “When she called me, I
was in Tagaytay taping with Derek at nang sabihin ko ito sa kanya, sigaw
siya nang sigaw ‘What? With Derek? That’s so weird.’ Kasi nga, napanood
ko ‘yung movie nila with him even showing his butt. So the biggest challenge
for me to overcome is ‘yung lumaki akong big brother ang tingin ko sa kanya.
Tapos, baliw-baliwan ‘yung role ko, tanga sa pag-ibig, so challenging talaga.
Pero sa tingin ko, naitawid naman namin.”
Vilma-Angel movie sinimulan na
Shaina Magdayao loveless
LOVELESS pa rin hanggang ngayon ang nakababatang kapatid ni Vina Morales na si
Shaina Magdayao magmula nang sila’y magkahiwalay ng nobyong si John Lloyd Cruz
na nobyo naman ng kapwa niya Kapamilya actress na si Angelica Panganiban.
There was a time na pilit na na-link sa isa’t isa sina Shaina at Piolo Pascual pero
lumabas na hanggang sa pagikakaibigan lamang ang kanilang relasyon.
May mga lumulutang namang balita na nagkakamabutihan daw sila ngayon ng exboyfriend ni Maja Salvador na si Gerald Anderson, bagay na itinatanggi ng young star.
Very close si Shaina sa ex-boyfriend niyang si Rayver Cruz at barkada nitong
si Gerald kaya minsan ay magkakasama silang nagha-hang out along with other
friends.
Pero kung totoo mang nagkakaigihan ngayon sina Shaina at Gerald, wala
naman sigurong masama dahil pareho naman silang unattached ngayon.
Maja, hindi nagmamadaling magka-BF muli
LOVLESS pa rin ang magkaibigang Kapamilya actors na sina Gerald
Anderson at Rayver Cruz na parehong na-link noon sa pop princess na si
Sarah Geronimo.
Huling nakarelasyon ni Rayver si Cristine Reyes habang si Maja
Salvador naman ang last girlfriend ni Gerald. Bago kay Maja, naging
karelasyon ni Gerlad si Kim Chiu na ex-best friend ng una.
Kung tutuusin, hindi lamang sina Kim, Sarah at Maja ang na-link
noon kay Gerald kundi sandali rin silang nagkaroon ng relasyon ni Bea
Alonzo na nobya ngayon ni Zanjoe Marudo.
Magkaibigang muli sina Kim at Maja pero hindi na naibalik ang
kanilang pagiging mag-best friend. In good terms din si Sarah kina
Kim at Maja at sinabi rin ng pop princess na okey na sila nina
Rayver at Gerald.
Hindi nagmamadali si Maja na magkaroon ng bagong karelasyon
although may lumulutang na balita linking her sa kanyang co-actor
sa “Bridges of Love” na si Paulo Avelino. Sa ngayon ay mas gusto
muna ni Maja na mag-focus sa kanyang trabaho.
Happy naman si Gerald para kay Sarah dahil alam niya
kung gaano ito kasaya ngayon sa piling ni Matteo.
Dahil sa liit ng mundo na kanilang ginagalawan, hindi
talaga sila puwedeng mag-dedmahan forever.
Maja Salvador
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JULY 16 - 18, 2015 • THURSDAY - SATURDAY
NGAYONG araw na ito ang first shooting day ni Governor Vilma Santos-Recto ng
Star Cinema movie nila ni Angel Locsin.
Dapat sana ay last week pa niya ito sinimulan. “Na-cancel last week dahil dumating
si Sec. (Mar) Roxas sa Batangas,” rason ni Gov. Vi.
Nasa Lipa City si Ate nu’ng aming tinext at papunta sa Rosario, Batangas.
“Hataw rin sa trabaho sa Batangas para maka-shoot ako ng movie. Ganyan ang tayo
ko muna ngayon,” sabi niya.
Si Binibining Joyce Bernal ang director ng movie at dahil nakansela ito, lumagare
muna siya sa GMA series niyang dinidirek, ang My Faithful Husband.
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Widus signs MOA on
responsible gaming
BY ASHLEY MANABAT
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JULY 16 - 18, 2015 • THURSDAY - SATURDAY
CLARK FREEPORT – In a bid to instil responsible gaming to its clientele, Widus International Leisure, Inc., operator of Widus Casino, has signed a
memorandum of agreement with Life Change Recovery Center (LCRC) at the hotel’s Prism Lounge on
Wednesday.
Agnes “Neki” Liwanag, Widus director for business development, said the Philippine Amusement
and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) has mandated all casinos to develop a program for responsible gaming.
“We are not only promoting gambling but we also
have to know the responsibility of the casino in helping our clientele,” Liwanag said during the signing of
the MOA.
“We have to be sensitive with the needs of our clients,” she added.
Liwanag explained that LCRC will guide them to
identify players who have problems and how to approach them because a lot of them are in denial.
“They don’t want to acknowledge that they have a
problem,” she said.
LCRC is a counselling and training center, located at 105 Scout Rallo St., Timog, Quezon City, which
caters to persons with psychological problems including addiction.
Agnes Agbayani, LCRC executive director, said
clients will first undergo assessment to determine
what kind of intervention will be made.
LCRC founder Dr. Randy Dellosa said there is
individual and family counselling. “But what is really
important is the rehabilitation which can change the
mind,” he said.
Dellosa said “it is always better to spend time inside the center because while outside, the temptation
will always be there to play so they have to be taken
away first.”
He said in some cases medication is introduced
because patients don’t sleep or eat well. “They become psychotic, depressed and even suicidal,” he
said.
The problem starts when the gaming becomes
addictive and an obsession, he said. “So when these
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problems develop, patients have no disregard for the
consequences anymore,” he added.
“Wala na silang pakialam (They don’t care anymore) even if they lose everything including their
wives,” Dellosa said.
He said tips on how to prevent gambling addiction
include setting your limits by sticking to the budget,
make sure to monitor or watch the time while you’re
playing or have somebody to remind you it’s time to
go.
Meanwhile, Liwanag said for Widus, they will start
training their staff especially on how to spot and approach potential individuals with problems.
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