Vol 4 No 36.pmd

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VOLUME 4
NUMBER 36
MON - TUE
AUGUST 9 - 10, 2010
Malaysian envoy ‘Pinoy
First’
in
DMIA
backs BriSteel projects
SIDEBAR
‰ For $150-M DMIA project; appeal to Malacañang slated
on “anomalous” preference of airport execs
BY DING CERVANTES
C
LARK
FREEPORT
–
Malaysian ambassador to
the Philippines Dr. Ibrahim
Saad openly endorsed here on
Friday the bid of a Malaysian
consortium to fund and build a new
$150-million passenger terminal at
the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) here, as
project airport officials are poised
to award to another firm chosen
during the last days of the Arroyo
government.
PAGE 6 PLEASE
ANOTHER DOUBLE
MURDER CASE FILED
RUN FOR A CAUSE. Angeles City Sports Development officials and
staff pose with Aeta children during the "Takbo Para sa Katutubo"
held on Sunday (August 8) at the Parade Grounds in Clark. The event
was spearheaded by the Clark Development Corp. and ABS-CBN
Pampanga. PHOTO BY JOEY AGUILAR
ANGELES CITY – “All
things being equal, the
Filipino must prevail.”
The Pinoy Gumising Ka Movement
(PGKM) yesterday
urged Clark airport authorities to give Filipino companies or consortia “favored status”
in the bidding of
projects for the development of the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA).
“The Filipino firms
should be given first
shot at negotiations,
foreign ones should be
considered only when
the locals fall short of
the terms of references for the projects,”
said Ruperto Cruz,
PGKM chair.
Cruz made the call
in the wake of developments “or the lack of
it” in the Passenger
Terminal 2 Development Project of the
DMIA.
Information from
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Ex-GF testifies
vs. ‘serial killer’ Local leaders support MVP’s bid
ANGELES CITY – Already facing multiple
murder and theft before
a court here, suspected
serial killer Mark Dizon
was charged with yet another double murder
case, the local police
said yesterday.
This, even as Dizon’s
former girlfriend FilipinoAmerican Czarina Mitchell, daughter of the suspect’s alleged last victims – retired US air
force MSgt. Albert
Mitchell and Janet
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to develop DMIA, railway system
LOCAL LEADERS in
Pampanga have expressed their support to
the plan of Metro Pacific
Investments Corporation
(MPIC) and San Miguel
Corporation (SMC) to fully develop the Diosdado
Macapagal International
Airport especially its pas-
senger terminals.
Mabalacat Mayor
Marino “Boking” Morales
has welcomed the move
of MPIC chairman Man-
uel V. Pangilinan and
SMC President Ramon
Ang to undertake the construction of DMIA TermiPAGE 6 PLEASE
PINEDA SAYS
Modern MRF needed
for Pampanga towns
BY JOEY PAVIA
TALKING TRASH. Mayor Tumang shows Gov. Pineda and Apalit Mayor
Jun Tetangco conveyor belt where garbage will be sorted at the materials
recovery facility in Mexico. PHOTO BY BONG LACSON
MEXICO, Pampanga –
Gov. Lilia “Baby” Pineda
has urged mayors to use
a Material Recovery Facility (MRF) similar to solid
waste
management
project here, saying it had
been proven effective in
other areas in the country.
Pineda said the P15million MRF in Barangay
Suclaban will begin to operate this month after the
installation of three-phase
electricity.
The governor expressed confidence that a
“modern MRF such as this
project” would solve the
problem on waste management in every town.
“The technology to be
used in Mexico is environment-friendly,” said Pineda in the dialect. The MRF
uses a composite technology which will turn biodegradable materials into fertilizer.
Mayor Teddy Tumang,
who toured Pineda and
other mayors at the faciliPAGE 2 PLEASE
DENR to put up 280 land monuments in C. Luzon
‰ Correct survey to settle land
dispute cases
ENVIRONMENT OFFICIALS
here are set to establish additional land monuments in a bid
to help settle land dispute cases and help local governments
in their land valuation and taxation efforts.
About 280 land monuments
called geodetic control points
(GCPs) or “mojons” shall be established this year under the
Philippine Reference System of
1992 (PRS92), reported deputy
director Romeo Verzosa of the
Land Management Service of the
regional Department of Environment and Natural Resources
(DENR) here.
“The establishment of these
mojons shall be guided by Global Positioning System (GPS)
technology using satellite-fed
information. Land surveys have
never been as accurate and precise as they are now,” said Verzosa, adding that correct survey
is the key to settling bitter
boundary disputes and land conflict cases that clog the local
courts each year.
For this year alone, the DENR
is set to settle at least 120 land
claims and conflict cases as part
of its land administration mandate, records showed.
Verzosa said part of the
PRS92 activities is the recovery
of 480 old control points that
have been established as early
as the 1930s, mostly found inside titled properties and isolated farmlands.
“These old control points must
be recovered and converted into
PRS92 format so that they can
still be used as reference and tie
points for land surveys,” said
Engr. Artemio Almazan of the
Regional Composite Survey Team
(RCST) tasked with the implementation of PRS92 activities.
Recovery of old monuments
involved re-establishing or restoring those that have been destroyed or moved to another
place as a result of being overtaken by development.
“What is important now is for
local governments, corporate
organizations, and ordinary citizens to take an active part in the
effort to protect these land monuments so they remain to be
accurate tie points in land surveys,” Almazan said.
Last year, the DENR entered
into a Tripartite Memorandum of
Agreement with President Benigno Ricafort of Clark Development Corporation (CDC), and
President Victor Jose Luciano of
Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC), for the “Adopt-amojon” program to preserve at
least 62 “mojons” within the
28,000-hectare Clark Freeport
and Clark Special Economic
Zone.
A total of 29 local government
units of Pampanga, Bataan, and
Aurora have also signed a memorandum of agreement with the
DENR under the “Adopt-a-mojon” program since 2008, placing under adoption 102 GCPs in
these areas.
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • AUGUST 9 - 10, 2010 • MONDAY - TUESDAY
Mexico’s MRF eyed to
help solve garbage woes
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MEXICO, Pampanga – The P15-million Material Recovery Facility (MRF) here is set to operate this month and seen to address the problem on solid waste management in one of the
biggest municipalities in the province.
Mayor Teddy Tumang over the weekend toured Gov. Lilia
“Baby” Pineda and other mayors at the composite MRF facility
in Barangay Suclaban, as the governor pushed for the segregation of waste and use of MRF facility in every town to solve the
province-wide problem on garbage.
Tumang said the MRF facility copied the ones used in Bulacan province and Tagaytay City. This, he said, could “easily
handle” the garbage disposed by the 43 barangays in this first
class municipality. He added the MRF facility uses conveyor to
separate biodegradable from the non-biodegradable materials.
“We will use the composite MRF which was the first to be
used in the country. It proved effective as we have seen through
the years,” said Tumang in the dialect. He disclosed that the
installation of three-pace electricity at the .9-hectare facility will
allow them to begin operating the MRF.
“We have to tighten our expenses and save some funds to
raise P12 million for the realization of a modern MRF facility in
Mexico. The last we have to budget is the electric connection
set to be installed in a few days,” said Tumang.
He disclosed that the funds used for the project were locally
generated.
Tumang thanked then President and now Pampanga 2nd District Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for giving P3 million to the
town’s waste management facility project.
“They say many things about Tumang but one thing is certain: He makes things happen and not mere talking about it,”
said one of the mayors who accompanied Pineda in the ocular
inspection. –Joey Pavia
METRO’S DONATE A BOOK CAMPAIGN. Metro Department Store @ MarQuee mall
donated 200 books to Enrica Sandico Elementary School last Friday, August 6, as
part of their recently concluded promo entitled “Book Expo.” Customers were
encouraged to donate books in exchange for raffle coupons wherein they will get a
chance to win 1 set of Twilight Saga and 1 complete set of Harry Potter Books. The
grand draw was held last July 31 at Metro Ayala Cebu wherein Abigail Policarpio from
San Fernando won the Set of Twilight Saga Books and Maria Franchesca Franciso
from Arayat got the Set of Harry Potter Books. Donate a Book Campaign was held
simultaneously in all Metro stores nationwide.
Pagbubulgar sa basurahan sa BMC
ikinagalak, pero solusyon mali-mali
NI DINO BALABO
LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS – Ikinagalak ng mga opisyal ng kapitolyo ang pagkakabulgar ng
operasyon ng basurahan sa
likod ng Bulacan Medical Center (BMC) dahil mabibigyan na
umano ito ng solusyon.
Ngunit sa pagmamadaling
masolusyunan ang nasabing
basurahan ay nagbunga ng ilang pagkakamali.
Ang nasabing basurahan ay
mahigit dalawang taon ng inirereklamo ng Bulacan State University (BulSU) ng makunan ng
mga larawan at video ng Punto
noong Hulyo 26.
Ayon kay dating Bokal Vicente Cruz, kung hindi nabulgar ang nasabing dumpsite ay
hindi pa ma-sosolusyunan dahil sa mahigit dalawang taon na
ang operasyon noon.
Si Cruz ay isa sa mga consultant o tagapayo ni Gob. Wilhelmino Alvarado.
Ayon kay Cruz, ang pagkakabulgar ng operasyon sa basurahan ng BMC ay isang palantandaan na kailangan ang
pakikilahok ng mamamayan at
ng iba pang organisasyon sa
pamamahala.
Sinabi pa niya na nakikipagugnayan na ang kapitolyo sa
SafeWaste Inc., isang pribadong kumpaya na binigyan ng
akreditasyon ng Environmental
Management Bureau (EMB)
para humakot at magtapon ng
mga hospital wastes.
Kaugnay nito, si Cruz ang
itinuro ng mga opisyal ng Lungsod ng Malolos na nakipag-ugnayan sa kanila sa pagtatapon
ng basura sa Material Recovery Facility (MRF) ng lungsod
ilang araw matapos mabulgar
ang operasyon ng basurahan ng
BMC.
Inamin naman ito ni Cruz na
minsan ay nagsilbi ring bise alkalde ng lungsod bago nahalal
na Bokal noong 2007 ngunit natalo nitong Mayo.
Gayunpaman, pinabulaanan
niya sa isang panayam sa telepono na mga hospital waste o
basura ng ospital ang kanilang
itinapon sa MRF ng Malolos.
Ngunit batay sa ulat ng
City Environment and Natural
Resources Office (CENRO) ng
Malolos, tatlong beses na nagtangkang magtapon ng basura ang kapitolyo sa kanilang
MRF.
Noong una at pangalawa ay
pinayagan ito, ngunit sa ikatlo
ay hinarang na dahil natuklasang ang unang dalawang truck
ng basurang itinapon doon ay
may mga kasamang hospital
waste.
Dahil dito, ibinalik ng Malolos MRF sa kapitolyo ang basurang itinapon sa kanilang
MRF.
“Pumayag kami noong una
kasi ay nakausap na raw ni
Bokal Centi (Cruz) si Cenro
Mayin (Bernardo), pero huli na
ng makita naming hospital
waste ang ibinuhos ng kanilang
dump truck,” ani Bessie
Fernandez, isa sa mga nagbabantay sa MRF ng Malolos.
Sinabi naman ni Bernardo
na bukod sa tumawag sa kanya si Cruz at nagtungo sa pa
sa kanyang tanggapan ang
anak nitong si Vince na siyang
kapitan ng Barangay Canalate,
kaya’t sa buong akala niya ay
basura ng Barangay Canalate
ang itatapon.
Batay sa kanyang ulat na
isinumite sa Cenro, sinabi ni
Fernandez na ang basura sa
unang truck na nagtapon sa
MRF ay nasa ilalim at natatabunan ng buhangin, at ang
ibabaw ay mga putol na sanga
ng kahoy.
Ang ikalawang pagtatapon
ay hindi nila napigilan, ngunit
ayon sa ulat ng CENRO, kalahating dumptruck lamang daw
iyon, ngunit pawang hospital
waste.
“Kaya nung ikatlo, hinarang
na sila at yung ikalawang delivery ay ibinalik namin sa kanila,”
ani Bernardo.
Tinangka pang itanggi ng
mga opisyal ng kapitolyo at
BMC na hospital waste ang kanilang itinapon.
Modern MRF needed for Pampanga towns
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ty, said the facility will use
a conveyor to effectively
separate biodegradable
materials from the non-biodegradable.
Tumang said the conveyor will be run manually.
“It’s efficient as seen in
the first areas it was used
in the country,” he said.
Pineda vowed to help
members of the Pampanga Mayor’s League (PML)
put up their respective
MRF. She asked the mayors for a meeting with
them every Tuesday to
address the problem on
garbage which reportedly
derails her priority project
on health.
Mayor Joselito “Jun”
Naquit disclosed that their
garbage in Sto. Tomas is
manageable considering
they “only have seven
barangays.” He disclosed
that they have an MRF in
Barangay Poblacion run
by the municipal government and the Parish Pastoral Council (PPC).
Naquit also said he will
put up another MRF similar to the one in Mexico
because of the technology used.
“We are preparing for a
bigger population creating
more waste. We also want
to effectively handle garbage with two MRF,”
Naquit said.
Apalit Mayor Jun Tetangco, for his part, said he
wants to see Tumang’s
MRF operate first before
using it.
”I just want to make
sure, but this MRF looks
effective,” said Tetangco in
the dialect.
The MRF in Mexico
will operate once the
three-phase electricity is
done. It will operate by
August, said Tumang.
Marquee: Mall with class
BY JOEY PAVIA
around the mall, you will discover delicious food varieties
available at affordable prices.
Don’t miss Marquee’s activity center and civic plaza
where fine food and leisure
shopping exist.
Residents said they enjoy
going to Marquee because the
stores in the mall are a combination of the best ones in the
country and international market.
Marquee offers the ‘merchandise mix’ offering traditional, popular and specialty
stores.
The mall sitting on a 9.3hectare area celebrates the region’s arts, crafts and cuisine
serving as a source of pride for
the people. It also serves as the
social and civic center for the
community highlighting various
activities.
Marquee Mall is fast becoming the favorite gathering
place in Central Luzon.
What are you waiting for?
Experience the mall with class
and everything good in between
now.
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • AUGUST 9 - 10, 2010 • MONDAY - TUESDAY
ANGELES CITY – Shopping
and everything in between
should be fun. Visit the fastrising Marquee Mall in Barangay Pulung Maragul near the
exit of North Luzon Expressway here.
The Ayala-owned mall primarily targets the well-to-do
families in Pampanga and nearby areas. The developer has redefined shopping, dining and
entertainment in the region with
the mall’s unique design.
Dave Blas, senior architect
of the Ayala Land’s Innovation
and Design Group, said Marquee’s design was conceptualized to provide “something contemporary and atuned to the
culture of the people of Pampanga and Central Luzon.” He
added that the mall “boasts of
a distinct architecture and people-oriented spaces highlighted
by beautiful landscapes.”
Columnist Ashley Manabat
of Mabalacat, Pampanga said
“there is more of everything being at Marquee than other malls
in Pampanga.”
He said the four cinema
movie houses are the best
available North of Metro Manila.
“In other cinemas, they prevent you for bringing in ketchup
inside. At Marquee, they don’t
just allow your tasty ketchup
but even provide you with a tray
for your food,” said Manabat,
who writes his columns for at
least five newspapers.
Manabat said “it’s indeed
quite expensive to enjoy a day
at Marquee.” But if you just go
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Editorial Opinion
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • AUGUST 9 - 10, 2010 • MONDAY - TUESDAY
Clark’s top
income earner
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SO NANOX Philippines recorded $493 million in
exports in the first semester of 2010.
So Yokohama Tires Phil. Inc. posted $106
million output for the same period.
Still, the top individual net income earner in the
Clark Freeport is neither one of the two locators
but the president of the Clark Development Corp.
himself.
Published reports from the Commission on Audit
showed that in 2009, CDC President-CEO Benigno
N. Ricafort earned P2.078 million in salary;
P832,400 in per diem for sitting on the boards of
CDC and Clark International Airport Corp.;
P606,056 in representation and transportation
allowance; and P396,344 in bonus and incentives
or a total compensation of P3.912 million.
Over and above that, Ricafort – the COA report
furthered – also received P10 million in
extraordinary and miscellaneous expenses and
P497,441 in “other expenses.”
A whopping P14.4 million, or P1.2 million a
month. By contrast, the President of the
Philippines’ gross monthly salary is a measly
P95,000.
In a recent media release, Ricafort hailed the
“hard work” of the CDC workers, thus: “Had it not
been for the unrelenting commitment and strong
resolve of the CDC workers to implement our EightPoint Agenda, Clark would not have become what
it is today — an economic haven in the Asia Pacific
region.”
He identified the components of the agenda
which he initiated upon his assumption of the CDC
presidency two years ago as: International
Standard Business Center, Parallel Development
Program, Pro-active Coordination with DMIA,
Clark-Subic Synergy, Tourism Development,
Strengthening of After Sales Support Services to
Investors, and Corporate Social Responsibility.
Yes, and possibly last but not least, Increased
Earning of the CDC President.
Now you know why some blokes running the
Clark Freeport spare no effort in trying to epoxy
themselves to their posts.
Mahiya naman kayo!
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NOT ONLY head, but even heels, over his peers is Mexico Mayor
Teddy Tumang.
While other local government units agonize over the disposal of
garbage and wastes, faced as they are with the prospect of legal
entanglement arising from continued use of uncontrolled and open
dumpsites, Tumang has marshaled enough resources within his
municipality and gathered the necessary know-how to put up his
own materials recovery facility (MRF).
“We adhere to the environmentalist view that even sanitary
landfills have adverse effect in the long run, with the ever-present
danger of leeching, hence Mexico went the MRF way,” Tumang
enthused over his initiative to clean up his town.
Not your usual partitioned shed where deposited and sorted
recyclables, Mexico’s MRF sits on a 9,000-square-meter lot in
Barangay Balas, amid a sugarcane field. Enough to address the
garbage problem of the whole town – Tumang assures.
It has two large conveyor belts where the waste is sorted by
hand, the recyclable and reusable is separated from the
biodegradables that proceed to shredders and “ovens” to be heated
before taken to a composting area.
The MRF has its own greenhouse and nursery
that will make use of the organic fertilizer from
the composted wastes.
Scavengers that once thrived in the town’s
dumpsite will be tapped to do the sorting.
“There will be a continuity to their livelihood,
with the recyclable given to them to be sold to
the junk dealers and recycling companies. Plus,
we intend to give them some transportation
allowances,” Tumang said.
So impressed was Gov. Lilia “Nanay Baby”
Pineda of Mexico’s MRF that she has enjoined
all Pampanga mayors to set it as a model for
their own MRFs.
It did not escape the governor’s notice too that
Tumang has already established his own MRF
without any call for assistance from the provincial
government while the other mayors are already
crying for their Nanay’s support even when they
have yet to conceptualize their MRFs.
Doing things on his own, never waiting for
outside help. That is Tumang’s signature
administrative style.
Tumang’s empty braggadocio – so the
naysayers labeled the mayor’s promise a year or
so ago that he would put up a community hospital
using locally-sourced funds.
Indeed, a tall order if not a seeming
impossibility there, given that no local municipality
in the province, not even the resource-rich,
financially able City of San Fernando has done it.
Today, the Mexico Community Hospital stands
tall and ready in Barangay San Carlos, shaming
not only Tumang’s critics but even Pampanga’s
own patched-up provincial and dilapidated district
hospitals.
With three operating rooms, a separate
delivery room, nursery and neo-natal intensive care
unit, three emergency rooms, a dialysis center
with 10 machines, x-ray room, laboratory and
diagnostics center, and a garden square at its
foyer, the Mexico Community Hospital takes its
place alongside the best private medical centers
in the province.
The hospital is worth every cent of its cost of
P45 million for its main building and another P12
million for its doctors’ and diagnostics’ wing.
Medical equipment and supplies, including
medicines, Tumang sourced from various nongovernmental organizations and foundations,
notably the Michigan-based World Medical Relief
Mission of compatriot George Samson.
The structure finished, the equipment and
facilities being set in place – so far solely borne
by the Mexico local government – it is now time
for Tumang to call “Nanay!” For the hospital’s water
pump and storage tank.
Friday last week, visibly impressed by
Tumang’s initiative in the field that is closest to
her heart – health – Nanay may well be obliged to
grant Tumang’s wish.
Now, were the other mayors as pro-active, as
visionary, as concerned for their constituency as
Tumang…
In a league all his own, a grade of E for
Excellence – VG for Very Good at the least – in
local administration, Tumang is truly deserving of
another VG – Vice Governor – in partnership with
the incumbent governor in the next elections.
May my Kuyang Jerry Pelayo forgive me.
TODAY IN HISTORY
Atomic bomb
dropped on Nagasaki
ON AUGUST 9, 1945, a second
atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan's unconditional surrender.
The devastation wrought at
Hiroshima was not sufficient to
convince the Japanese War
Council to accept the Potsdam
Conference's demand for unconditional surrender. The United States had already planned
to drop their second atom
bomb, nicknamed "Fat Man,"
on August 11 in the event of
such recalcitrance, but bad
weather expected for that day
pushed the date up to August
9th. So at 1:56 a.m., a specially adapted B-29 bomber, called
"Bock's Car," after its usual
commander, Frederick Bock,
took off from Tinian Island under the command of Maj.
Charles W. Sweeney. Nagasaki was a shipbuilding center, the
very industry intended for destruction.
The bomb was dropped at
11:02 a.m., 1,650 feet above the
city. The explosion unleashed
the equivalent force of 22,000
tons of TNT. The hills that surrounded the city did a better job
of containing the destructive
force, but the number killed is
estimated at anywhere between 60,000 and 80,000 (exact figures are impossible, the
blast having obliterated bodies
and disintegrated records).
General Leslie R. Groves,
the man responsible for organizing the Manhattan Project,
which solved the problem of producing and delivering the nuclear explosion, estimated that another atom bomb would be
ready to use against Japan by
August 17 or 18-but it was not
necessary.
Even though the War Council still remained divided ("It is
far too early to say that the war
is lost," opined the Minister of
War), Emperor Hirohito, by request of two War Council members eager to end the war, met
with the Council and declared
that "continuing the war can
only result in the annihilation of
the Japanese people...." The
Emperor of Japan gave his permission for unconditional surrender.
Source: www.history.com
We can learn nothing except by going from
the known to the unknown. –Claude Bernard
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PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • AUGUST 9 - 10, 2010 • MONDAY - TUESDAY
Malaysian envoy backs BriSteel
FROM PAGE 1
This, even as Bill Chee
of the Malaysian consortium Bristeel Overseas
Ventures, Inc. (Bristeel)
told Punto Central Luzon
his firm wants the government-owned Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC)
to “drop” its decision to
hold “detailed negotiations” with the Koreanbacked local consortium
Philco Aero Inc. in the construction of the new passenger terminal known as
Terminal 2.
“How can the Philippines attract foreign investors if it will continue to violate its own rules and regulations?” asked Chee,
amid allegations that
Philco Aero failed to comply with the guidelines issued by CIAC’s Joint Venture-Special Committee
(JVSC) for companies interested in the terminal
project.
The Malaysian ambassador, in his speech during Bristeel’s “presentation
and manifestation” forum
held here yesterday, echoed this sentiment by noting that Bristeel is determined to follow all laws and
legal requirements in its
plan to put huge investments in this freeport.
“I understand you have
rules and regulations here
and Bristeel is determined
to follow them,” Saad said,
adding that the new administration of Pres. Aquino has built up the confidence of foreign investors.
“This (Bristeel proposal) is an endorsement of
Malaysian investors in the
stability of the Philippines
under Pres. Aquino,” he
said.
Chee said Bristeel has
made arrangements for
meeting with presidential
spokesperson Edwin Lacierda, Vice Pres. Jejomar
Binay and Transportation
and Communications Sec.
Jose de Jesus so that they
would cite the irregularities
in the CIAC favoring Philco
Aero.
Meawhile, Bristeel’s
architect Ron Gaudiel said
during the forum that the
$150-million terminal
project is only one of the
investments planned by
his company at Clark. He
presented a master plan
that included a “global city”
that could cost as much
as $`1.5 billion within the
aviation complex here.
While Bristeel can still
“challenge” Philco Aero’s
standing under the guidelines of the CIAC’s JVSC,
Chee said his firm wants
Philco Aero “dropped” for
its failure to comply with
several requirements.
Chee said his firm is
ready to finance the $150
million for the new terminal which he referred to as
a mere extension of the
present passenger terminal. The proposal is for a
joint venture with Bristeel
owning 70 percent of
shares and CIAC having
30 percent.
In a document citing
these violations, Bristeel
noted that “when the CIAC
board accepted Philco
Aero’s proposal on May
17, 2010, there was no
resolution from the JVSC
that recommended such
acceptance.”
Bristeel also noted that
Philco Aero’s consortium
“had ceased to exist at the
time the CIAC board accepted the proposal” as
indicated by a document
signed by consortium
members. They said that
their consortium would dissolve should the terminal
project not be awarded to
it by March 31, 2010, unless the deadline was extended.
“Based on the report
submitted by JVSC,
Philco Aero did not submit
such an extension as of
May 17, 2010,” Bristeel
said.
It noted that “this is in
contrast with the memorandum of agreement dated March 25, 2010 submitted by Bristeel indicating the membership of
their consortium as UM
Construction SDN BHD,
Temokin Holdings SDN
BHD and Bristeel Development SDN BHD was valid
for three months.”
Bristeel also noted that
the “financial capability of
Philco Aero to undertake
the project and its track
record and experience to
undertake and operate the
project were not established.
Chee noted that the
CIAC’s decision to shelve
Bristeel and opt for Philco
Aero for “detailed negotiations’ was made when
there was even no talk
that San Miguel Corp. and
Metro Pacific Investments
Corp. were interested in
the passenger terminal
project.
A month ago, CIAC
president and chief executive officer Victor Jose
Luciano said Metro Pacific Investments Corp. has
already linked up with San
Miguel Corp. in a bid to
construct a new modern
Terminal 2 building at the
DMIA.
Pampanga Vice Gov.
Joseller Guiao reported to
the Pampanga Chamber of
Commerce and Industry
(Pamcham) that he, other
incoming provincial officials led by governor-elect
Lilia Pineda and outgoing
Pres. Arroyo met recently
with Metro Pacific business magnate Manny
Pangilinan who also bared
to them plans to construct
a new high-speed railway
to connect DMIA and
Metro Manila.
“The plan is to construct the new railways
between the lanes of the
North Luzon expressway
to link Clark to Manila. The
proposal to construct it
parallel to the railway now
being done by the North
Luzon Railways Corp. was
scrapped because the latter’s path is already too
narrow to accommodate
another track,” Guiao
said.
Guiao said Pangilinan’s investment in the
railways is expected to be
forged through his Landco
Pacific Corporation (Landco).
planes and trains. Which
to choose is no brainer,”
Cruz said, admitting that
his opinions are based on
what he reads in reports
attributed to the CIAC as
he is not privy to the negotiations.
“The integrity, stability. corporate social responsibility and the track
record of San Miguel
Corp. and Manny Pangilinan are more than
enough insurance to see
the realization of Clark
Airport’s full develop-
ment,” Cruz said. “So,
why still bother with the
petty nitpicking of a relatively unknown Malaysian
entity?”
Cruz lamented what
he called the “anti-Filipino posturing” of local government officials and the
so-called “Pampanga
Media Group” that have
taken to make endorsement of the BOVI proposal.
“Going against the Fil-
ipino proposal which is
superior, at least from
what has been reported
from CIAC, is a betrayal
of the national interest.
Maybe the foreign proposal had complementary clause to the development of the Clark airport
in the enrichment of
some private pockets
that is why it is still being endorsed by some
groups,” Cruz said.
– Punto I-Team
‘Pinoy First’ in DMIA projects
FROM PAGE 1
the Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) which
manages the DMIA said
that on May 17, 2010, the
CIAC Board “resolved to
accept for detailed negotiations” the proposal of
the Philco Aero Inc.
which was “deemed superior” over that of the
Bristeel Overseas Ventures Inc. (BOVI) after a
comparative presentation
of submitted proposals
before the board by the
joint venture selection
committee (JVSC).
The Malaysian-owned
BOVI has since engaged
in a media campaign and
lobbying among local government units around the
Metro Clark area claiming its proposal “is best”
for the development of
DMIA.
Philco Aero Inc. is reported as a consortium of
Filipino companies that
included giant San Miguel
Corp. and the Manny V.
Pangilinan group.
Media releases said
that Philco Aero Inc.
would complement the
expansion of the DMIA
terminal with an airportto-airport rail system
from Clark to the Ninoy
Aquino International Airport that shall run through
the North Luzon Expressway which is managed by
a Pangilinan-owned company.
“Down to brass tacks,
it is like the Malaysians
offering only planes, and
the Filipinos offering
Local leaders support MVP’s bid...
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • AUGUST 9 - 10, 2010 • MONDAY - TUESDAY
FROM PAGE 1
6
nal 2. The consortium of
the two Filipino business
giants under Philco Aero
has the capability to develop the airport.
“Why should we give
the development of the
Clark airport to foreigners?
This is a major public
transport infrastructure
and we are more than happy to see Filipino businessmen leading the
way,” according to Deng
Pangilinan, chairman of
Mabalacat Water District.
“This is a positive development,” according to
Morales noting that any
development at the Clark
airport will also redound
to the overall development
of the Central and Northern Luzon area.
“Mr. Ang and Pangilinan’s plan for the Clark
airport and the construction of a modern railway
at the middle of the North
Luzon Expressway will
bring more development
in Luzon area,” said Morales.
Local leaders in Pampanga such as Pampanga Governor Lilia Pineda
and Vice Governor Yeng
Guiao had also expressed
their support to the proposal of Philco Aero.
The Metro Clark Advi-
sory Council (MCAC) in
which Morales is a member had earlier urged
President Noynoy Aquino
to pursue development of
the Clark airport as the
country’s premier airport.
In a resolution passed
by the MCAC, it called for
the development of the
Clark airport following the
spate of diversionary
flights from the Ninoy
Aquino International Airport going to the Clark airport which had been the
refuge of incoming international and domestic
flights this month.
Morales said the government should now look
into the development of
the Clark airport because
“it had been proven several times that it can accommodate the entry of
wide commercial aircraft
plus the fact that it will
bring in more development
to the countryside.”
Morales said the
country cannot do with
only one airport and that
it must have several airports just like those in
neighboring Asean countries such as Hong Kong,
which is a leader in the
logistics and services industry.
Morales said the full
operationalization of the
Clark airport will bring in
limitless opportunities not
only to Pampanga province but to the entire
country particularly Central and Northern Luzon.
Earlier, the Department of Transportation
and Communication
(DOTC) and the Department of Tourism (DOT
have both signified their
support to the full development of DMIA.
Neighboring Asian
countries such as Singapore and Hong Kong
had built their new airports
in vast tracts of reclaimed
land. Both countries are
now the leaders in airport
and logistics services in
Asia.
The Clark International Airport Corporation
(CIAC), the operating arm
of DMIA has already infused P338 million on the
expansion of the existing
DMIA Terminal 1 increasing passenger capacity to
2.7 million annually.
The new two-storey
DMIA Terminal 1 will have
two Aero Bridges, Flight
Information Display, Close
Circuit Television, Background Music, Public Address System, X-Ray Machines, Escalators and
Elevators.
The expansion also
paved the way for the installation of additional im-
migration counters, airlines offices, concessionaires area, and five airline
ticketing offices, baggage
conveyors and among others.
Morales said the presence of the Clark airport,
the modern Subic-ClarkTarlac Expressway (SCTex), North Luzon Expressway (NLex), and the
eventual construction of
the high-speed railway will
speed up the development
of the northern part of Mabalacat as “Makati of the
North.”
DMIA plays host to foreign and local carriers
such as Tiger Airways of
Singapore that flies ClarkSingapore, Air Asia of Malaysia via Clark-Kuala
Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu, Asiana Airlines via
Clark-Incheon in South
Korea with connecting
flights to the US, China
and Japan, Cebu Pacific
Air via Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok and
Macau while South East
Asian Airlines (Seair) via
Clark-Caticlan at the
world famous Boracay
Beach Island Resort.
Other carriers include
Spirit of Manila Airlines via
Clark-Taiwan and Jin Air a
subsidiary of Korean Air
with chartered flights to
Incheon in South Korea.
NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT
Notice is hereby given that the heirs of ENRICA DAVID MIRANDA
who died intestate on July 4, 2009 in Bacolor, Pampanga executed an
Extrajudicial Settlement of her personal properties. That the personal properties
in this estrajudicial settlement are those deposited in the safety deposit box
No. J-183 in the Banco De Oro, Ongpin – T. Alonzo Branch, Sta. Cruz,
Manila.
Punto! Central Luzon: July 27, August 3 & 10, 2010
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
THIRD JUDICIAL REGION
Branch 63
Tarlac City
IN THE MATTER OF PETITION
FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRY
IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE
BIRTH OF NATHANIEL C. FRISCO
Spec. Proc. No. 4643
TERESITA C. FRISCO,
Petitioner
x——————————————————x
ORDER
Petitioner filed a verified petition for Correction of Entry in the Certificate
of Live Birth praying that, after due notice and hearing, an Order be
issued directing the Local Civil Registrar of Tarlac City and the National
Statistics Office to correct the gender of the Petitioner’s son, Nathaniel C.
Frisco in his Certificate of Live Birth from “Female” to “Male” and to
furnish the National Statistics Office (NSO) the corrected entry in the
Certificate of Live Birth of the Petitioner’s son.
It appearing that the petition is sufficient in form and substance, the
court hereby sets the hearing of the petition on August 26, 2010 at 2:00
o’clock in the afternoon. All persons who may have interest on the
petition may appear on the said date, time and place and show cause,
why the petition should not be granted.
Let a copy of the Order be published at the expense of the petitioner
in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Tarlac once a
week for three (3) consecutive weeks prior to the August 26, 2010.
Let copies of the petition, together with this Order, be furnished to the
Office of the Civil Registrar General (National Statistics Office), the Office
of the Local Civil of Tarlac City, the Office of the Solicitor General, the
Office of City Prosecutor of Tarlac City, to petitioner Teresita C. Frisco
and her counsel Atty. Arturo Serrano for their information and guidance.
SO ORDERED.
Tarlac City, July 12, 2010
CESAR L. AGANON
Presiding Judge
PUNTO! Central Luzon: July 27, August 3 & 10, 2010
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
THIRD JUDICIAL REGION
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT
ANGELES CITY
Pagbabalikang
Luis-Angel tinuldukan na
RURAL BANK OF PORAC (PAMP.) INC.,
represented by its President and General
Manager Lourdes Connie C. Tayag
Mortgagee,
FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE
LAGI NA lang kuwento yung kesyo magbabalikan sina Luis Manzano at
Angel Locsin. Yun bang para may maisulat lang , yun na ang topic ng mga
writers. Sa true lang, pampralala lang naman ang laman ng mga write up.
But this time, true na. Hindi na talaga magbabalikan pa’ng dalawa. For
reasons we really don’t know, nagkanya-kanya ng lovelife ang dating
magsing-irog.
Sinabi raw ni Luis Manzano sa isang talk show na may pag-uusap na
magaganap sa pagitan nila ni Angel.
Pagkatapos nu’ng araw na ‘yun wala na ring nabalitaan tungkol doon.
May mga nagtatanong nga kung ano raw ba ang nangyari.
Naunsiyami na ang balikang Luis-Angel?
Well, malay natin baka napag-usapan ng dalawa na they just stay friends.
Puwedeng ito na lang ang pinagkasunduan nila.
Hindi na rin nagsasalita pa si Luis about Angel. Ang aktres naman ay
balitang abala ngayon sa proyekto niya with John Lloyd Cruz kaya hindi
siya masyadong visible paras interbyuhin.
Sa tingin namin, tanggap na rin ni Luis na ganoon na lang din sila ni
Angel.
Bongga pa rin naman ang career nilang dalawa kahit sabihin pang
-versus-
MORTGAGE UNDER ACT NO. 3135
AS AMENDED
SPS. JESUS/SUSAN ANGELA NACPIL,
Mortgagors.
F.C. Case No. 2010-614
x—————————————————————————x
NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE
Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended
filed by the Mortgagee, RURAL BANK OF PORAC (PAMP.) INC.
against the Mortgagors, SPS. JESUS/SUSAN ANGELA NACPIL with
residence and postal address at 129 Catherine St., Villa Angelina Subd.,
Angeles City in order to satisfy the outstanding mortgage debts which as
of January 15, 2010 amounts to THREE MILLION SIX HUNDRED
FORTY TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY PESOS only
(P3,642,350.00), Philippine Currency, including unpaid interest and
penalty but excluding the attorney’s fees, the expenses of the foreclosure
and other charges allowed by law, the undersigned Sheriff IV hereby
gives notice and announces that on August 24, 2010 at 10:00 o’clock
in the morning, at the Office of the Clerk Court, Regional Trial
Court, Angeles City located at the 2 nd Floor Hall of Justice, Brgy.
Pulung Maragul, Angeles City will sell at public auction for CASH and
in Philippine Currency, the following parcel of land with all the
improvements existing thereon, to wit:
TCT NO. 102401
A parcel of land (Lot 3, Block 3 of the consolidation
subdivision plan, (LRC) Pcs-6916, being a portion of the
consolidation of Lots 1-D-1 to 1-D-10, (LRC) Psd-49760, LRC
(GLRO) Rec. No. 8715), situated in the Barrio of San Jose,
City of Angeles, Island of Luzon. Bounded on the NE., points 1
to 2 by lot 4, Block 3 of the consolidation-subdivision plan; on
the SE., points 2 to 3 by Lot 2, Pcs- 4920; on the SW., points
3-4 by Lot 2, Block 3 and on the NW., points 4 to 1 by Road Lot
2, all of the consolidation-subdivision plan x x x containing an
area of SIX HUNDRED (600) SQUARE METERS, more or
less. x x x
TCT NO. 102402
A parcel of land (Lot 4, Block 3 of the consolidationsubdivision plan, (LRC) Pcs -6916, being a portion of the
consolidation of Lots 1-D-1 to 1-D-10, (LRC) Psd-49760, LRC
(GLRO) Rec. No. 8715), situated in the Barrio of San Jose,
City of Angeles, Island of Luzon. Bounded on the NE., points 2
to 3 by Lot 5, Block 3 of the consolidation-subdivision plan; on
the SE., points 3 to 4 by Lot 2, Pcs- 4920; on the SW., points
4 to 1 by Lot 3, Block 3 and on the NW., points 1 to 2 by Road
Lot 2, both of the consolidation-subdivision plan. x x x containing
an area of SIX HUNDRED (600) SQUARE METERS, more or
less. x x x
Prospective buyers/bidders may investigate for themselves the
above-mentioned parcel/s of land for their information and protection.
In the event the public auction should not take place on the said
date, it shall be held on August 31, 2010 at the same time and place
without further notice.
Angeles City, July 21, 2010.
CARLO ROBERTO C. MEDINA
Sheriff IV
Copy Furnished:
MS. LOURDES CONNIE C. TAYAG
President and General Manager,
Rural Bank of Porac (Pamp.), Inc.
Sto. Rosario St., Angeles City
The
Gossipmiller
by Cesar Pambid
hindi na sila magkasama.
Well, sana nga ay maka-tagpo rin si Luis ng babaing mamahalin siya nang tapat.
Naalaala namin kung paano siya maghintay sa isang taong minahal niya nang lubos.
So, sa tingin namin this time, it’s all worth the wait kapag may dumating na sa kanya. Siguradong ito rin
ang hangad ng inang si Governor Vilma Santos para sa anak.
Kabadingan ni Rustom nabuking ni Carmina
kaya inayawan niya ito?
OUT OF THE BLUE, napapag-usapan na ikakasal na sina Carmina Villaroel at Zoren Legaspi. After living in
at magkaroon ng kambal na anak, ayan nga, ikakasal na raw sila.
Isinabay pa ito sa publicity ng kanilang bagong tv show. This could mean that everything is a hoax.
Imbento lang kumbaga.
Anyway, nagsalita naman sina Carmina tungkol sa kasal nilang dalawa.
“Kahit hindi mag-imbita ng marami, ang importante, ma-solemnize lang ‘yung marriage namin.”
Nothing like the grand wedding she had with former husband Rustom Padilla who’s now reborn as BB
Gandanghari? “Tama na, naranasan ko na ‘yun so okay na. In the end, it’s not how grand the wedding is
naman kundi how much each party is willing to work on their relationship as husband and wife.”
Totoo ba na noon nabuking niayang bading si Rustom kaya siya umayaw na sa relasyon? “Ay hindi.
Honestly, I had no idea as never ko naman siyang nakitaan ng anuman that will make me suspect that he’s
gay. So I was really surprised when he came out. Pero matagal na ‘yun at matagal na rin akong naka-move
on. Ten years na kami ni Zoren and 8 years old na ang kambal namin. Maligaya naman ang family namin. Mas
matatag pa nga ang relationship namin ni Zoren kaysa ibang couples na nagpakasal nga but nag-split agad.”
May sikreto ba yung tagal na nilang magkasama bilang mag-asawa? “Ang maganda kasi, we started as
friends so by the time naging kami, we really know so much of each other at mas mature na rin kami.”
Bakit di sumisikat si Rayver Cruz?
BINASTED NA ni Cristine Reyes si Rayver Cruz. Magkaibigan lang daw sila.
Muntik na talagang maging isang relasyon ang namagitan kina Cristine at Rayver. Masaya ang kanilang
barkadahan. Nasa puso at isipan na ng dalaga, na kung mayroong isang lalaki na sobrang malapit sa
kanyang puso, si Rayver na talaga iyon. Kaya lang, sobrang masakit para sa kapatid ni Ara na matuklasan
niya na mayroon pa palang ibang babae sa pagmamahal ng binata. Bigla rin ang pagkagising ni Cristine, na
hindi siya magiging maligaya sa piling ni Rayver kung mayroon palang ibang babae na masasaktan.
Kung ganyang hirap pala si Rayver na maging maayos ang kanyang lovelife, dapat sigurong movie career
na lang muna niya ang kanyang ayusin. Sa totoo lang, puro lovelife niya ang napag-uusapan ngayon, pero
ang kanyang kasikatan ay hindi umaabante. Hindi na siya bumabata. Magaling siyang sumayaw, dahil sa
ngayon ay maganda pa ang kanyang katawan. Pero hanggang kailan siya magsa-sayaw? Sayang, nawawalan
ng direksiyon ang kanyang kasikatan. Sinasabi noon na siya ang susunod na Richard Gomez ng showbiz.
SPS. JESUS/SUSAN ANGELA NACPIL
29 Catherine St., Villa Angelina Subd.,
Angeles City
PUNTO! Central Luzon: July 27, August 3 & 10, 2010
FROM PAGE 1
Adraneda Mitchell –
showed up at the Regional Trial Court Branch
58 here to testify against
him.
The RTC, presided by
Judge Philip Iturralde, finished yesterday its pre-trial and pave the way for the
trial of the multiple murder case as well as theft
against Dizon. This is in
connection with the killing
of the Mitchell couple, together with their househelps Isabel Fajardo,
Marissa Prado, and Yulberto Catli in their home
in Hensonville Court subdivision in Barangay Malabanias here last July 22.
The cases were filed last
July 28.
Chief Inspector Luisito Tan, chief of police
Station 4 in this city, told
Punto Central Luzon that
last Friday, his investi-
gators also filed double
murder case against Dizon. This after enough
evidences were gathered
to pin him on the murders of British James
Bolton Porter, 51, and
his live-in partner, Melissa Madarang, 22, in their
house at 4-11A Nicolas
St. in Sta. Maria subdivision in Barangay Balibago here last July 16.
Dizon arrived on time
for his trial at 8:30 a.m.
at the RTC Branch 58
with 10 fully armed security men from the Bureau
of Jail Management and
Penology (BJMP) from
the Angeles detention
center. We stayed handcuffed during the trial and
complained to his lawyers from the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO)
about red marks caused
by bed bugs on his arms
and legs.
Czarina, clad in black
shirt and denims, arrived
with two police security
men at about 10:30 a.m.
and set behind the bench
occupied by Dizon. She
looked reserved and angry but never looked at
Dizon.
Pasamonte told the
court that Czarina and
Dizon reportedly had romantic relationship way
back in 2002 and that,
citing Czarina, their relationship ended in the
same year. Although Dizon continued to visit the
Mitchell’s house to repair computers.
Czarina was staying
in the US at the time of
the murder and went
home for her parents’
wake and burial last Friday.
While Czarina was
one of the 12 witnesses
of the prosecution, she
was not able to testify
yesterday due to lack of
time. Pasamonte, however, presented two witnesses, namely Olivia
Vergara-Catli, wife of
victim Yulberto Catli, and
Joner Adraneda, brother
of Janet Mitchell.
Mrs.
Catli
and
Adreneda were asked by
the court to point to the
suspected killers of their
relatives, and both pointed to Dizon.
Defense lawyer Leila
Navarette Angulo, chief
of the Public Attorney’s
Office in this city, dismissed their testimonies
as hearsay, noting they
did not actually witness
the crime.
While Pasamonte
said he would present at
least 12 witnesses, Angulo said she would
present seven including
Dizon’s parents Troadio
and Ether, and brother
Mario, one Dexter Supan
as well as persons she
identified only as Cris
and Au.
Iturralde ordered a
speedy but fair trial of Dizon as he cited the “seriousness and international impact” of the
case.
Earlier, Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan turned
over the P100,000 reward
to the local citizens’ anti
crime group volunteer
Rey Malig for his role in
the arrest of Dizon in San
Fernando, La Union last
Tuesday. The mayor
handed out the cash reward to Malig during the
morning flag ceremony at
city hall here.
The amount was reportedly raised by the local expatriate community, but Pamintuan did not
cite any name.
During his arraignment last week on the
case of the Mitchells,
Dizon pleaded not guilty.
Pasamonte said in an
interview that Dizon
could no longer use insanity as part of his defense since he did not
cite this during his arraignment. There had
been reports that Dizon’s relatives claimed
the suspect was mentally unstable and had been
taking anti-depressants
for years.
Meawhile, Tan also
said Dizon’s murder cases are expected to pile
as, as more evidences
are being gathered to also
tag him in the murder of
f South African national
Geoffrey Allan Bennun,
60, and his live-in partner,
Abegail Helina, 20,
whose decomposing bodies were found inside their
house at Oasis Hotel and
Villas in Clarkville Compound in Barangay Anunas here last July 12.
–Ding Cervantes
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • AUGUST 9 - 10, 2010 • MONDAY - TUESDAY
Ex-GF testifies vs. ‘serial killer’
7
1 patay, 1 sugatan sa barilan
NI ERNIE B. ESCONDE
ORANI, Bataan – Isa ang patay
at isa ang sugatan sa barilan
Linggo ng hapon sa loob ng
isang bahay sa barangay Maria
Fe sa Orani, Bataan.
Kinilala ni SPO3 Albert
Manabat, chief investigator ng
Orani police, ang napatay na si
Jessie Rodill, 50, ng sityo Talahib, barangay Mulawin, Orani. Nagtamo diumano ito ng
isang tama sa likod mula sa
kalibre .45. Nakalagak ang
katawan nito sa morgue ng Funeraria Punzalan kung saan
binabantayan ng mga nagdadalamhating kaanak
Isinugod naman sa Orani District Hospital ang tricycle driver
na si Alberto “Benjie” Payumo,
dating barangay Tanod ng barangay Pantalan Luma, Orani. May
tatlong tama ito sa dalawang
hita mula rin sa baril na kalibre
.45.
Nakakuha ang pulisya ng
apat na basyo at isang slug
mula sa kalibre .45 sa pinangyarihan ng barilan sa loob ng
bahay ni Danny Nebre. Butas
ang isang bahagi ng refrigerator
ng mga Nebre mula sa tama ng
baril.
Sinabi ni Payumo na kasalukuyan siyang namamasada ng
kanyang tricycle sa Maria Fe
nang paputukan siya ng dalawang taong biglang sumulpot na
sakay ng motorsiklo. Tumakbo
umano siya at pumasok sa
isang bahay. Wala diumano siyang dalang baril.
Nag-abang diumano siya sa
likod ng pinto at nang pumasok
ang isa na may dalang baril ay
nagpambuno sila. Sa pag-aagawan diumano nila sa baril ay
biglang pumutok ito at tumama
sa biktima. Hindi niya umano
kilala ang dalawang humabol sa
kanya.
“Wala akong alam na motibo,” pahayag ng tricycle driver.
Ayon sa Orani police investigator, batay sa kanilang pagtatanong sa may-ari ng bahay,
parehong may baril ang nasugatang tricycle driver na si
Payumo at ang napatay na si
Rodill.
Patuloy pa umano ang kanilang imbestigasyon upang
matukoy ang dahilan ng habulan at ng barilan.
Philippine National Red Cross Pampanga Chapter receives laboratory and hospital
equipment from the World Medical Inc. headed by George Samson based in Detroit,
Michigan USA. The equipments according to PNRC will be used mainly for their blood
bank but in the future they are yet to decide if they will donate some of the
equipment to a deserving hospital. In photo are Chapter Administrator Augusto Ocampo
and Councilor Jimmy Lazatin who is also a member of the Red Cross.
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • AUGUST 9 - 10, 2010 • MONDAY - TUESDAY
Barangay
livelihood
program
launched
8
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO –
Some 80 housewives were
taught how to make rags out of
old clothes as part of the livelihood project launched by the
Barangay Quebiawan council
and the city government here on
August 5, 2010.
According to Dr. Eloisa Aquino, city health officer, the project
is an example of the “holistic
services” given by the city to its
constituents.
She said that the beneficiaries were originally intended to
undergo seminar on good parenthood but when the city government found out that majority
of them are unemployed, the
rag-making seminar was instead
introduced.
“Magsisilbi itong source of
extra income sa mga mommies
natin, kahit nasa bahay lang sila
at habang nag-aalaga ng bata,
maari silang kumita,” said Aquino.
“Gusto kasi ni Mayor [Oscar
Rodriguez] na lahat ng pangangailangan ng mga Fernandino
ay maibigay—magmula sa
edukasyon, kalusugan hanggang sa hanap buhay” she added.
All raw materials and equipment will be provided by the city
and Barangay Quebiawan.
“Mayroon na tayong market
para sa magagawang rags. Nakipag-tie-up na tayo sa mga big
companies like malls, so siguradong kikita ang mga kababayan natin,” said Barangay Quebiawan chairman Nestor Reyes.
For a minimum capital of
P900, a rag-making business
can be started. Each rag can be
sold as high as P70 in the market.
Aside from the livelihood program, the beneficiaries also received lectures on health awareness including proper nutrition,
importance of breast feeding,
responsible parenthood, and
family planning.