Vol 4 No 69.pmd

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VOLUME 4
NUMBER 69
FRI - SAT
OCTOBER 29 - 30, 2010
AMID CONGRESS PROBE
Lanuza
OFW seeks
Noy’s help
for freedom
Mangio justifies
Lakeshore anew
BY DING CERVANTES
C
ITY OF SAN FERNANDO – A
party-list lawmaker has
asked the House of
Representatives to look into the
allegedly illegal transfer of
hundreds of hectares of land
covered by the Comprehensive
Agrarian Reform Program (CARP)
in Mexico, Pampanga.
Marks 11 years
in Saudi jail
CLARK FREEPORT –
Rodelio
“Dondon”
Celestino
Lanuza
marked last Oct. 4 his
37thbirthday at the Damman Central Jail in Saudi Arabia where he has
remained jailed since
August, 2000 for the
killing of an Arab national.
Lanuza, whose two
children in Cavite have
relied mostly on donations for their education
since he was jailed, reiterated his appeal to
Pres. Aquino in whose
term he could be beheaded. The final verdict on his death penalty could depend, under
Muslim laws, on the
decision of eldest child
of his victim when the
latter turns 18 less than
four years from now.
He informed Punto
through email that only
recently, other Filipinos
had been beheaded after waiting for as long as
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Patas na bilang
ng boto, dadaanin
‘Plan your travel early’ sa palabunutan
GLIMPSE. Vehicles heading north form a bee line at the Balintawak
interchange of the NLEX yesterday. PHOTO BY DINO BALABO
TMC BRACES FOR ALL SAINTS DAY
BY DINO BALABO
MALOLOS CITY—The Traffic Management Corporation (TMC) braces for 10
to 15 percent increase in traffic volume
along the 87-kilometer North Luzon
Expressway (NLEX) starting today
(Friday) in preparation for the observance of All Saints’ Day.
However, they are also hoping that
newly opened Mindanao Avenue Link
from Quezon City will help ease traffic
volume on their Balintawak Interchange.
Benigno Valles, senior manager for
corporate communications of the TMC
that manages the NLEX, said they expect a 10 to 15 percent increase in traffic as more people will head to northern provinces of Luzon.
That is equivalent to 15,000 to
20,000 additional vehicles using the
NLEX with an average daily traffic volume of about 156,000.
“We will have a long week end which
will be highlighted by the observance
of All Saints Day on Monday and more
people are expected to use the NLEX
as they go home,” Valles said.
Valles said that to help ease traffic
at Balintawak interchange, they will
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Clark pet cemetery
intrigues visitors
CLARK FREEPORT –
Even on All Saints’ Day, a
small cemetery here is
totally ignored and is mentioned only occasionally
when tourism officials and
entrepreneurs meet to cite
it in passing as a potential tourist attraction.
It’s a cemetery locat-
ed at the controversial
Expo Pilipino theme park,
but was founded earlier by
Americans who used to be
stationed in this former
US Air Force base. For its
small size, the cemetery
intrigues visitors.
A bill board at its entrance says it as K-9 cem-
etery, apparently to single
it out as a burial place for
canines or dogs, although
a closer scrutiny would
cast doubt on this, as a
small tombstone nearest
the entry is marked “Pig”.
Some have thus preferred
to call it pet cemetery.
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The signboard describes a small cemetery at Clark Freeport as belonging
to canines or dogs, but tombstones indicate such intriguing names as Pig,
Tiger, Wolf and even Lobo, which is a Filipino term equivalent to werewolf.
PHOTO BY DING CERVANTES
MALOLOS—Tabla o patas
ang resulta ng halalan
para sa Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) sa isang
coastal barangay ng lungsod na ito noong Oktubre
25.
Kaya’t ito ay tatapusin
sa isang palabunutan.
Ayon kay Atty. Sabino
Mejarito, ang provincial
election supervisor ng Bulacan, ang palabunutan
para sa kandidato bilang
chairman ng SK sa barangay Caliligawan, isang
costal barangay ng lung-
sod na ito ay isasagawa
sa Sabado, Oktubre 30.
“Iyan ang itinatakda ng
General Instructions para
sa Synchronized Barangay and SK Elections,”
ani Mejarito sa isang
panayam sa telepono
noong Miyerkoles ng
hapon, Oktubre 27.
Sinabi pa niya na
dadaanin din sa palabunutan ang pagpili sa mga
kandidatong SK Kagawad
sa nasabing barangay
kung mayroon sa mga ito
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UNDAS FEATURE
Ang babaeng
walang mukha
NI NOLIE ROSS DE GUZMAN
(Si Nolie Ross ay isang mag-aaral ng Bulacan State
University (BulSU). Siya ay nasa ikatlong taon ng kursong
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism)
At night every All Saints’ Day, bright orbs are said to playfully hover over these tombstones
at the Clark cemetery which remains a lonely place even on Nov. 1, as most of its
remains belonged to people who died at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
PHOTO BY DING CERVANTES
ON ALL SAINTS’ DAY
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • OCTOBER 29 - 30, 2010 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
Will bright ‘orbs’ appear
at lonely Clark cemetery?
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CLARK FREEPORT – Since
the well manicured Clark cemetery here never really had a traditional “sepulturero”, no one
has really compiled ghost stories from it. Although there have
been nagging reports of socalled “orbs” that hover over
some of the graves, particularly those belonging to those who
died way back in the 19th century.
The orbs, or mysterious
lights believed to be manifestations of the departed, are said
to appear in parts of the 20,365acre cemetery particularly on All
Saints’ Day, when most of the
20,000 graves remain unvisited,
unlighted even as other cemeteries nationwide brighten up
with votive candles as relatives
gather to remember their dead.
But for the apparently discontented orbs, former US navy
officer Dennis Wright, president
and chief executive officer of
Peregrine, an international management company here, has
good news. This November, the
stolen steel fence of the cemetery will be replaced by a “stately” concrete wall with columns
that could make the otherwise
drab cemetery an interest for
tourists. The project will be funded by his firm and its associates
in the Global Gateway Logistics
City project in this freeport.
In an interview with Punto,
Wright said US military veterans, including prominent Filipinos, have already formed the
Clark Veterans Cemetery Restoration Association now registered in Oklahoma to “create
awareness” and lobby for US
federal funding for the cemetery
here.
He said information about
the non-profit association could
be accessed in the association’s website www.cvcra.org.
Members of the US Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
Post 2485 based in nearby Angeles City have deplored the
“neglect” of the US government
in preserving the cemetery
since the US Air Force left its
base here in 1991. At present,
the VFA maintains the cemetery through donations from its
members.
The VFW wants the US to
negotiate with the Philippine
government so the cemetery
could be administered by the
American Battle Monuments
Commission, a federal agency,
or the National Cemetery Administration, a branch of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The Clark cemetery is the
only place in this former US Air
Force base, which used to be
the biggest American military
base outside US mainland until 1991, where the US flag still
flutters alongside the Philippine
flag. A marker at the entrance
to the cemetery explains this,
noting that the cemetery “contains non-World War II related
remains” and that it is “the last
active US Armed Forces cemetery outside of the US.”
“Graves date back to 1900”,
the marker said, adding that the
remains under the tombstones,
made either of granite or marble, belonged to personnel “from
all branches of the US Armed
Forces, as well as the Philippine Scouts, Philippine Constabulary and citizens of other
nations.” Some of the remains
are relatively new, including a
Filipino-American soldier and a
civilian employee of the US Department of Defense who both
died in Iraq.
While the sight of uniform
tombstones could bore tourists,
markers on tombstones at the
Clark cemetery stir the imagination. Was German Harry Slater,
born Nov. 21, 1875 and whose
tombstone declares “He saw
World War I”, on the side of Allied Forces against his native
Germany in the first war? Was
John Callera actually a Spaniard
who was also on the side of
American forces, so that his
tombstone now notes simply
“Span-Am War” to denote this?
And as for obviously Chinese Kong Mah, Yao Ah, and
Foo Chan- were they fine cooks
for the US military at he turn of
the 19th century?
Have relatives in the US ever
known that at the Clark cemetery lie the remains of Wallace
Eligha Dowd of North Carolina,
Lester James Lawrence of
Michigan, Richard King of California, Charles Claude Hunman
of Maryland, Reuben Melvin
Austin of Illinois? Perhaps never, but cemetery visitors here
will always read their names at
every visit and perhaps pray for
them.
Meanwhile, motorists passing through Clark’s main Roxas highway will again probably
ignore the Clark cemetery on
their way to their own family
cemeteries outside on Nov. 1.
Unless their attention is called
by orbs that are said to hover
like colorful balls over the tombstones in an apparent bid of the
forgotten departed to be noticed.
And prayed for.
THINK
GREEN
KUMALABOG ang bisikletang pasan ni Jimbo ng kanyang
ibagsak iyon sa labas ng kanilang bahay pasado alas-10 ng
gabi. Humahagos siyang pumasok sa bahay, humihingal,
pawisan, at halos hindi makapagsalita.
Agad siyang inabutan ng isang basong tubig ng kanyang
nagtatakang ama, habang ang kanyang ina’y nag-aalalang
nakamasid. Kapwa nagtatanong ang kanilang mga matang
nakatuon sa anak
“Bakit? Ano ba ang nangyari,” halos magsabay na tanong
ng mag-asawa sa anak habang ibinababa nito ang baso sa
mesa.
“Mmmmmhultoooo, may multo,” ang hindi
magkadatutong sagot ni Jimbo.
Si Jimbo ay isa sa aking mga pinsan na nakatira sa
barangay. Macapsing, Bongabon Nueva Ecija kung saan
nagmula ang aming pamilya. Halos na beses bawat taon ay
bumibisita kami roon mula sa aming kasalukuyang tirahan
sa Bulacan.
Mapakaraming kakaibang kuwento sa barangay
Macapsing. May maganda, may pangit pero karamihan ay
kababalaghan, kaya’t minsan ay naitanong ko sa aking sarili
meron pa ba mga ganito sa panahon na ito o baka kwentong
barbero lamang.
Hindi ako masyadong kumbinsido sa kuwento ng iba dahil
hindi ko alam kung sino ang pinagmulan ng kuwento. Pero
kuwento ni Jimbo ay kakaiba, dahil siya ay pinsan ko at
alam kong hindi siya magsisinungaling.
Ilang sandali pa, nahimasmasan din si Jimbo at
ikinuwento ang makatindig balahibong karanasan na muli
at muling kong naaalala kapag sasapit ang Nobyembre 1
kung kailan ginugunita ang Undas.
Kagagaling lang niya sa bahay ng kanyang kasintahang
si Lyn sa katabing barangay ng San Vicente. Napasarap
ang kuwnetuhan nila kaya’t halos alas-10 na ng gabi ng
siya ay magpa-alam na umuwi.
Dahil gabi na, pinahiram siya ni Lyn ng isang bisikleta
upang hindi masyadong gabihin si Jimbo. Nasa pagitan ng
barangay Macapsing at barangay San Vicente si Jimbo ng
makaramdam siya ng kakaiba, pero hindi niya pinansin iyon.
Palibhasa’y probinsiya madalang ang bahay at ang ilaw
sa lansangan; at dahil gabi na, madalang na rin ang mga
tao sa kalsada. Sa magkabilang bahagi ng kalsada ay
malalawak na taniman ng sibuyas, ang pangunahing
produkto ng bayan ng Bongabon.
Nagpatuloy sa pagpedal si Jimbo at habang papalapit sa
isang matandang puno ng sampalok di kalayuan sa kantong
paliko sa kanilang bahay ay kinabahan siya. Marami kasing
kuwento sa nasabing punto at karaniwan ay kababalaghan
katulad ng babaeng nakaputi na diumano’y nagpapakita di
kalayuan sa punong sampalok.
Palibhasa’y lalaki, nagtapangtapangan si Jimbo. Itinuloy
ang pagpedal at pigil hininga habang padaan sa tapat ng
punong sampalok. Nakahinga naman siya ng maluwag ng
makalampas siya sa puno dahil wala namang nagpakitang
multo.
Ngunit pagkalampas sa punong samapalok, may
nabanaagan sa dilim si Jimbo. Isang babeng mahaba ang
buhok, balingkinitan ang katawan at nakasuot ng puti na
inakala niya na kanyang kapitbahay na si Amy kaya’t
tinawag niya ito.
“Ate Amy, Ate Amy,” ang halos na pasigaw na tawag ni
Jimbo sa babae. Ngunit nagtaka siya dahil hindi lumilingon
ang kanyang tinawag. Naisip niya, baka hindi siya narinig
kaya’t binilisan niya ang pagpedal ng bisikleta.
Pagtapat ni Jimbo sa babae ay nilingon niya ito at sa
pagkakataong iyon, tumindig ang lahat ng balahibo niya sa
katawan.
Walang mukha ang babae na inakala niyang si Amy, at
hindi nakasayad sa kalsada ang mga paa nito.
Parang bumaha sa isipan ni Jimbo ang mga kuwento ng
kababalaghan na kanyang narinig sa mga nagdaang
panahon, at sa pagkakataong iyon ay kanyang
nakumpirma. Totoo ang multo at iyon ay nakita ng kanyang
dalawang mata.
Balot man ng takot ang kanyang buong katauhan,
binilisan niya ang pagpedal sa bisikleta ipinahiram ni Lyn
hanggang halos masira ang kadena nito. Ngunit
pakiramdam niya ay hindi siya umuusad.
Kaya’t agad siyang bumaba sa bisikleta, pinasan iyon
at dali-daling tumakbo pauwi.
Nagulantang pa ang kanyang ama ng kumalabog sa labas
ng bahay ang bisikletang pasan ni Jimbo, saka siya
humahagos na pumasok.
Ilang araw pa, kumalat din sa barangay Macapsing ang
kuwento ng karanasan ni Jimbo kaya’t marami ang umiwas
magpagabi sa lansangan.
Hindi nagtagal, pinutol ang puno ng sampalok at
pinabendisyunan sa pari at abularyo ang lugar na iyon.
Ngunit isang katanungan ang naiwan sino ang babaeng
iyon? At bakit wala siyang mukha? Saan napunta ang mukha
ng babae?
Brgy, SK polls reshape
N. Ecija’s polical image
BY ARMAND M. GALANG
CABANATUAN CITY –
Ranking government security officials involved in
maintaining peace and order in the recent synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections expressed confidence that a better image
shaped up for the provinces as a result of an orderly polls.
Major Gen. Ireneo Espino, commander of the
Philippine Army’s 7th Infantry Division based in
Fort Ramon Magsaysay,
Palayan City and Nueva
Ecija police director, Senior Supt. Roberto Aliggayu, also said that this
elections, said none of
their personnel was
charged of violating election laws, including gun
ban.
“Hopefully with the general peace and order situation na naging maganda
during the last elections, I
think this will be the start
of an new image of the
province of Nueva Ecija as
far as elections are concerned,” said Aliggayu.
He said that an Air
Force personnel is being
investigated over alleged
indiscriminate firing in
Pantabangan town on
Oct. 25. This as a special task force, Aliggayu
said, was created to conduct a “full-dressed investigation” on the electionday killing of former Gapan City councilor Elpideo Rueda.
This election, according to Espino, went better
than the May 2010 local
and national elections
when three of his men
were charged of gun ban
violations.
“That was very unfortunate and they were all discharged (from service),”
Espino said.
“That should have
served a warning to our
men,” he stressed.
But Aliggayu could not
say if the orderly conduct
of Barangay ans SK elections, on top of the May
2010 national and local
elections, was enough to
delete Nueva Ecija from
the list of the perennial
election hot spots.
“I have no parameters
and it would be self-serving for me to say that
since I am the provincial
director,” he said.
At least 28 villages
were placed under tight
watch with the deployment
of soldiers and police personnel in Nueva Ecija last
Monday.
Festive
Flair
By Ning V. Cordero
CREATIVITY and excitement
reigned supreme at the recent
SM City Clark United Nations
Day celebration last October 25.
Another successful event organized by the dynamic marketing team of SM City Clark headed by vibrant brand manager Jeff
Suarez.
This year’s event themed as
“It’s a small world after all at SM
Supermalls” was participated by
famous schools in Pampanga
namely Bloomingfields School,
Heaths Montessori, Angeles University Foundation Integrated
School and Narciso School Incorporated. The UN Day kicked
off with a grand opening Parade
of Nations accompanied by Dareen Bonson Drum & Lyre band.
Parade of Nations toured around
the mall and showcased creative
national costumes like Ms. China, Mr. Philippines, Ms. Africa
and Mr. Japan, among others.
All representatives from participating schools confidently
waived their flags and happily
wore costume of the country
they represent.
The parade ended at the SM
City Clark entertainment center
and followed by the colorful costume contest. Judges, owner of
Obra Manika Jen Magana, SM
Department Store FAS manager Wilma Baltazar and Florshiem manager Rolly Buencuchillo, really had a tough time in
choosing the winners for school
most number of countries represented by its students won by
AUF Integrated School received
10k worth of SM Gift Certificates
as prize, school with the most
number of students in UN costume won by Narciso School Inc.
received 10k worth of SM Gift
Certificates as prize and the
grand prize winners won by Narciso School student Mr. China
and AUF Integrated School student Ms. Philippines for Best in
UN Costume each winner received 3k worth of SM Gift Certificate, P400 worth of Mister
Softy GC and Obra Manika item.
To further entertain the audience, various performances
staged by participating schools
included: “Someone’s Waiting
For You” solo singing by
Franchezka Gomez of AUF Integrated School, “The Descent
of the Dragon” Chinese song
number by Fan Zhangyi of AUF
Integrated School, group dance
number with the tune of Waka
Waka by the students of Narciso School Inc., “Reflections”
solo singing by Bea Dizon of
Heaths Montessori and Malaysian dance number from grade
1 students of Heaths Montessori. The UN Day culminated
by singing “It’s a small world
after all” performed by all participants. Acknowledgment to
event sponsors Picture City official photographer and Mister
Softy.
Join SM City Clark grandest Halloween celebration on
October 31. For inquiries call
SM City Clark marketing department at (045) 499-0198 to
99.
Thank you for your comments. Please write me at [email protected].
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • OCTOBER 29 - 30, 2010 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
Colorful parade of nations at SM City Clark
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Editorial Opinion
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • OCTOBER 29 - 30, 2010 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
Holy days
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IT’S THOSE days of candles and flowers
again. And once more we dust off an
editorial that has come to be a permanent
fixture for these days, its relevance
undiminished through the years.
So, do we still pray on All Saints’ Day?
On All Souls’ too?
It’s picnic time. With all those baskets of
food and chichiria edging out the flowers
and candles atop the whitewashed tombs.
It’s a family feast. Catered culinary
delights in stainless food warmers laid out
atop linened tables inside grand, at times
even chandeliered, mausoleums.
It’s the kids’ gimmick time. Swinging,
swaying, oohing, aahing to the beat of boom
boxes blaring all that ear-splitting noise
called rap.
It’s the casino, a la pobre, not royale.
Pekwa, pusuy, tonghits, sakla – the tombs
again serving as convenient tables. For the
sosyal, it’s mahjong, complete with the felttopped four-drawered mesa.
And for the devotees of both San Miguel
and markang dimonyo, it’s libation time –
in a clear parody of the moment, given the
drinks’ representation of heaven and hell,
the very core of the celebration of the feast
of all saints and all souls. The Pinoy banal
transformed into the English banal. The
spirituous diluting the spiritual.
Truly, with the loss of campo santo in
favor of the sementeryo in our local
vocabulary, the holiness of the ground upon
which we lay our dead to rest lies now
blasphemed in cemented edifices to
vanities of material wealth.
Really now, pray, tell do we still invoke
the intercession of the saints and offer some
prayers for our beloved dead on these holy
days?
EDGAR V. MOVIDO
Founder
LLL Trimedia Coordinators
Publisher
General Manager Atty. Gener C. Endona
Editor Joey R. Aguilar
Editorial Consultant Caesar “Bong” Lacson
Marketing Manager Joanna Niña V. Cordero
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Defining Ricafort
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Zona Libre
Bong Z. Lacson
IT’S THE end of October, the supposed-to-be end-of-day for the the
top tenant of the Clark Development Corp. Didn’t Malacanang say
in July yet that appointive officials of government-owned and –
controlled corporations were tenured until the end of October?
So what has Benigno N. Ricafort to show for his watch at the
CDC?
As the then booming duty-free shops were to Tito Henson; the
massive infra development including the Expo Filipino and the
Sacobia Bridge, the maiden Hongkong-Clark flight, to Romy David;
the Mimosa Estate take-over by the CDC to Rufo Colayco; SM
City Clark and Bayanihan Park to Manny Angeles; Texas
Instruments to Tony Ng; the central business district on civic aviation
grounds – a brilliant idea shot down by President GMA herself – to
Levy Laus, so what event, project or investment would best define
the Ricafort presidency?
Unkindly now, Ricafort may well be best
remembered not for any investment-generating
prowess, the mind taxed to tediousness thinking
of any investment of worth that came to the Clark
Freeport through Ricafort. But for the social welfare
programs of a non-government organization woven
with, and later subsumed to, nay, assumed as
the CDC’s own corporate social responsibility
(CSR) programs.
Ricafort, being both president-CEO of CDC and
president of the Kapampangan Development
Foundation (KDF), in effect wears two hats, not
in but as one.
How? One on top of the other. See how the
KDF’s accomplishments find ample space in
the CDC publications and body of press
releases. Why, they get more column inches
in the local newspapers than purely CDC
accomplishments – maybe, just maybe, KDF’s
are higher in quality and heavier in quantity than
CDC’s.
Why, only last week, photos of Ricafort with
the KDF executive officer Sylvia Munoz beaming
beatific smiles at two kids getting artificial legs
were splashed in the local papers.
The following day, appeared in the papers
stories about the same activity portrayed in the
earlier photos, to wit:
Pursuant to the KDF’s “Walking Free
Pampanga” program, new sets of prosthesis
(artificial legs) were distributed to 11 disabled
indigent Kapampangans. This, even as 18 other
potential beneficiaries were measured (for artificial
legs).
Ricafort, so the story went, reported that the
KDF has already served close to 500 amputees
from the province since the start of its program.
When? The story did not say though.
A needless detail, given the nobility of KDF’s
purpose, as per Ricafort: “This is one of our
continuing advocacies and we hope to cater to
more amputees as weeks progress. Prosthesis
is currently assembled here at our laboratory at
the Clark Polytechnic through the generous help
of our supporters and partner organizations.”
Now, were generating investments at the Clark
Freeport as continuing, if not pressing, advocacies
to Ricafort, he could have had a sound economic
legacy for Clark as great as the KDF charity…
But aren’t we conveniently forgetting something
creditable to Ricafort here? How about the Next
Frontier project drumbeaten to ear-splitting
decibels at its launch sometime in…So who cares
to remember?
Yeah, just about the only project attributed to
the Next Frontier was that Ricafort signed with
Philippine Tourism Authority head Mark Lapid
carving a mountainside to be transformed into a
wakeboarding paradise ala Cam Sur.
It turned out the dogs of the Aetas living in the
PTA-leased area had more brains than the project
proponents, howling as they did at the prospect
of utter degradation to the environment
wakeboarding by the mountainside would caused.
Not to mention the grave danger to lives and
property – the highest probability of an Ormoc
tragedy clear and present there.
The Next Frontier proved to be Ricafort’s
undoing, the bridge leading to it breaking the CDC
bank, so to speak when the private contractor,
Ciriaco Corp. and the Philippine National
Construction Corp. that built it won their case
seeking full payment, moving banks to garnish
CDC’s P214-million assets.
Ah, the things that define Ricafort’s CDC
presidency!
Purgatory (V)
PRIESTS ARE usually busy on
All Saints’ Day, a holy day said
to be characterized by the flight
of so many souls from the fetters of Purgatory towards Heaven. But priests are in relax mode
during election days, such as
last barangay elections, because those belong to the devil,
periods that see demons busy
planting conflicts in hearts and
pushing victory for people whose
election words defy the quality
of their souls.
Leaving elections to their
devices, I am going on with this
series on Purgatory, especially
now that All Saints’ Day is here.
If we see a ghost one of these
days, take it from Maria Simma,
as Austrian who had spent most
of her time with ghosts seeking
her prayers and other favors. The
question we ask is not “Who are
you?” but “What do you want?”
Of course, we should prepare for
a reply.
My concern about Purgatory is gathered from a statement
from the Blessed Virgin Mary in
some of her modern-day apparitions: not many go directly to
Heaven when they die; most
pass through Purgatory.
Not that it’s okay for us to
pass through Purgatory- we’d
rather go straight to Heaven- but
it would be of some help for us
to know a bit about Purgagory,
just in case…
So here is a continuation of
the transcript of what the Catholic Church considers a historical document on the conversation between then living Sister
M. de L.C. and her deceased
fellow non Sister M.G. from
1874 to 1890.
Where is Purgatory situated?
It is in the center of the earth,
close to Hell, as you saw one
day after Holy Communion. The
large number of souls there are
confined to a limited space.
There are thousands and thousands of souls there. But then
what space does a soul occupy? Each day thousands of
souls come to Purgatory and
most of them remain thirty to
forty years, some for longer periods, others for shorter. I tell you
this in terms of earthly calculations because here it is quite
different. Oh, if people only knew
and understood what Purgatory
is and what it means to know
that we are here through our own
fault. I have been here eight years
and it seems to me like ten thousand. Oh my God!
What is the distance between Purgatory and the earth
we inhabit?
Purgatory is in the center of
Halo-halo
By Ding Cervantes
the globe.
Is not the earth itself a Purgatory?
Amongst the people who
dwell there some, by voluntary
or accepted penance, do their
Purgatory on earth because it is
truly a place of suffering, but
these souls, not having sufficient
generosity, go to the real Purgatory to finish what was begun
on earth.
Are sudden and unprepared
deaths acts of God's justice or
of His mercy?
Such deaths are sometimes
an act of justice, sometimes one
of mercy. When a soul is timid
and God knows it is well prepared to appear before Him, He
PAGE 6 PLEASE
Opinion
Mr. Bean at
Primadona
ng city hall
Joey Aguilar
Naturingan siyang sekretaryo, ngunit
madami ang nagrereklamo; ngayo’y
nangangako, bukas napapako.
Imbes sistema sa city hall ang ayusin, si
Mr. Bean kalaguyo ang “Kina-Kalisin.” Kaya’t
sa bawat sulsol ng Primadonang irog,
disapproval ni Mr. Bean mabilis pa sa bubuyog.
Kaya puso ng madaming empleyado, tunay
na nag-sisintimyento.
Dahil sa mali-maling mga desisyon,
implementasyon ay laging na-ku-question.
Hindi nakapagtataka, sa dami ng kapalpakan
ng Primadonang burara, siya’y binigyan pa ng
kapangyarihang gaya ng isang tala.
Kahit Primadona’y makasira sa alkalde, ang
kanyang pananatili ang importante.
Dahil alindog ng kanyang pagkababae, ang
tila kanyang “ibinibyahe”.
KAMPEON. Congratulations kay Carlo Puno,
community relations assistant ng National
Housing Authority, matapos niyang masungkit
ang kampeonato sa nakaraang Mayor Edgardo
Pamintuan Cup, Pampanga Invitational Table
Tennis Tournament, Men’s open category na
isinagawa sa Marquee mall noong nakaraang
Biyernes (Oct. 22) sa lungsod ng Angeles.
Tinalo ni Puno si Joselito Abedoza, coach ng
Holy Angel University, na siya namang
pumangalawa.
Kahanga-hanga din ang ipinakitang galing
ni Ariel Pamintuan ng Angeles University
Foundation (AUF) na nasungkit ang kampeonato
sa Men’s singles college category.
Pumangalawa si Mhelkie Gautane na isa ring
mag-aaral ng AUF.
GLOBE. Naging matagumpay lahat ang mga
sports activities ng Angeles city hall sa
pagdiriwang ng Fiestang Kuliat. Ito ay dahil narin
sa tulong ng Globe Telecom at ng Ants@work
sa pangunguna ni Tina Pineda.
Nagkaroong muli ng pagkakataon ang mga
atletang Angeleño na maipakita ang kanilang
galing sa paglalaro ng chess, table tennis,
skateboard, at iba pang mga patimpalak kasama
na ang 4x4 off-road challenge at Tagalan
Pulayan King Dalan (Funrun with a cause).
Nagkaroon din ng Children’s Olympics sa
Marquee mall na dinaluhan ng mga batang
estudyante at kinagiliwan ng kanilang mga
magulang at kamag-anak.
CIAC delaying
vital and viable
DMIA project?
LAST OCTOBER 8, reliable
sources said that the members of the CIAC Board decided to notify PhilAero’s Consortium, the favored Bidder about
its offer being found disadvantageous to the government on
top of its non-compliance to
minimum requirements as
stipulated by NEDA guidelines.
All the directors saved for one
pulled well together and ran
with the grain of a formal
thumbing-down letter. Since
then however, no such letter
or notification had been transmitted.
Of course, the talented and
well-paid men of the Clark Airport understood what Tourism
Secretary Alberto Lim meant
when he said the “Open Sky”
policy is a must. They also
obviously knew there is no use
for an open sky policy without
an international airport to
speak of in the first place. Still
they ignored the urgent need
for DMIA’s expansion and development and seemed to be
grasping about it. Was Malacanang blind or else were
there too many “Compadres:”
to please or whose favor have
to be returned?
In fact, the necessity of upgrading DMIA as an alternate
airport became all the more
pressing when the same reliable sources told on the Ninoy Aquino International Air-
port (NAIA) Terminal 3 to be
turning deficient in function.
They disclosed that the building and the tarmac of NAIA’s
Terminal 3 are slowly sinking
and the possibility of it being
out of use in six months or
less time seems very likely.
Worst yet, the government
had quietly appointed foreign
consultants to do extensive
technical investigation on the
matter. What Open Skies and
Tourism had the Department of
Tourism meant after all with
this arising issue on our International Airport? Were the
people behind it stooping to
acts of hypocrisy tending to
bullshit foreign Investors and
even our own selves? Or had
we become all calloused and
be numbed to it?
Given that NAIA trembled
in the balance, DMIA should
take up the cudgels for it and
accommodate all would-bestranded passengers no matter how big their number is.
But though the need for DMIA
to tilt the scale in its favor
arose, the CIAC management
nevertheless went swimming
against the current of expediency for one reason or another
Little wonder then that the
CIAC Board eventually
dropped PhilAero out of contention and set about calling
the next-in-line proponent for
Ni Felix M. Garcia
Personal na
interes lang ng
ilan ang pakay
(KARUGTONG NG SINUDANG ISYU)
AT KAMAG-ANAKAN, kahit batid nilang
Ang kaanak nila’y walang nalalaman;
Kung saan personal na interes naman
Ang pakay ng iba sa puntong naturan.
At may kapamilya rin namang kapagka
Ang nangibabaw ay ibang interes na,
Ay humahantong sa puntong sila-sila
Ang nag-aagawan laban sa isa’t-isa.
At sumisira sa magandang ugnayan
Ng dati ay napa-kabuting samahan
Ng makapamilya o iisang angkan,
Dahil sa inggit na posibleng umiral.
Ng isa o ng sinumang nagnanais
Humabol para siya itong makapalit
Nitong naka-upo, na siyang malimit,
Mangyari kapag ang iba’y nagpumilit.
Na humabol gayong ang isa ay di pa
Nakatatapos ng takdang termino niya;
Kaya puno’t dulo nito’y ano pa ba
Kundi kasiraan ng magpapamilya?
At mitsa ng pagkasira nang lubusan
Ng relasyon nila sa lahat ng bagay,
Na siyang nakikita nating umiiral
Sa alin mang lugar sa kasalukuyan.
Kung saan ang iba ay makapatid pa
Itong magkalaban kung di man mag-ama
Ang nag-aagawan sa puestong iisa,
Pagka-alkalde o anumang target na,
Posisyong hangad na mapasakamay n’yan
Kahit ano nito ang masagasaan,
Bunsod ng personal na interes nga lang
Ng nakararaming gustong manungkulan.
Na mas inu-una ang pagkakitaan
Kaysa sila’y maging matapat sa bayan
At gawin ang nararapat na gampanan
Habang sila’y nasa palingkurang bayan
Que Sio
Que Tal
At di ‘yung kung kailan lang gustong pumasok
Ay doon natin yan masilayang lubos;
Kung saan wala pang tatlong oras halos,
Sa paglabas nito ay nagkukumahog.
the long-overdue negotiation.
It was necessary to reject an
unqualified bidder and that its
invalid offer to be thrown to the
dust bin of history even as
there’s no need to hold such
an important decision in
abeyance for about five
months.
Sufficed it to say the immediate negotiation between
CIAC and next-in-line proponent meets the expectation for
the expansion and development of the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport to start
before Christmas 2010 as it
augurs well for the mushrooming of foreign investors and locators inside the Clark Special
Economic Zone in no time at
all.
At ang bulsa nila itong patuloy na
Lumolobo habang pipis ang bituka
Ni Juan dela Cruz sa gutom at dusa
Dala ng mabigat na pasanin niya.
Ed Aguilar
At pagkakitaan para sa sarili
Ang ina-atupag na nakararami
Kaya suma total ang ‘official duty’
Itong kadalasan naisasantabi.
Humigit-kumulang, d’yan naguumikot
Ang daloy sa ngayon ng sistemang bulok
Sa pamahalaan, at kung saan halos
Ang lahat na yata ay nangungurakot.
At gaya ng ating nasabi’y personal
Na interes lang ng nakararami r’yan,
Ang nangingibabaw sa puntong naturan
Kaya gusto nilang makapanungkulan.
Pero kung alisan natin ng sahod yan,
Sa palagay kaya ninyo ay mayrun pang
Magkukumahog na hahabol man lamang
Bilang Kapitan o Kagawad kaya riyan?
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • OCTOBER 29 - 30, 2010 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
Hard to Get
SA UNANG tingin, tila magaling. Ngunit kapag sila’y iyong pinansin,
magngangalit ang iyong mga ngipin. Mr. Bean at ang kanyang ka“live in,” sa city hall in na in.
May opisina na pala si Mr. Bean, ito’y sa city hall nga at siya’y
may ka-“live-in”.
Oo, sa loob ng kanyang opisina’y, may isang Primadonang
“mahalay”; lahat inaaway, lahat sinasaway. Kapag sa opisina’y
nagkulong na, mga karatig manggagawa’y nagdududa na.
Manggagawa ng city hall, galit sa Primadonang pulpol; akala
kasi niya’y siya’y reyna, kaya’t empleyado’y kaniya ng dinededma.
Pondo ng lungsod, si Primadona ang “umaaprub” dahil si Mr.
Bean na hindi taga-Pampanga, umaasa lamang kay Primadona.
Napaguusapan
lang
5
Smart reports most Internet users
on broadband and cellular networks
Over 8.3 million Filipinos now have access to the Internet through the nationwide broadband and cellular networks of
leading wireless services provider Smart
Communications, Inc. (Smart) — the
most number served by a Philippine mobile network operator.
Smart Broadband, Inc. (SBI), the telco leader’s broadband unit, serves over
1.3 million subscribers while about 7 million Smart subscribers surf the Web and
access other Internet-native services
through their mobile subscription, whether post- or prepaid.
This is expected to help hike the number of Internet users in the country —
pegged at about 29.7 million as of June
2010, or about 30% of the country’s estimated 2010 population of almost 100
million Filipinos, according to
www.internetworldstats.com.
“We are seeing more Internet users
in the Smart network than ever before.
This helps us track the progress of our
‘Internet for All’ vision – that of bringing
the benefits of the Internet more quickly
to more Filipinos,” said Danilo Mojica,
head of Smart’s Wireless Consumer Division.
Smart offers various connectivity options under its Smart Bro portfolio, whether fixed wireless broadband technologies
such as ‘canopy’ and Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access or Wimax,
or portable or ‘nomadic’ broadband options, such as USB dongle-style modems
and data SIM cards, that may be used
for mobile devices such as laptops or
tablets. Even television sets were turned
into an Internet appliance, when Smart
launched early this year a device that can
connect a TV set to the Web.
Mobile subscribers of the telco leader, both pre- and postpaid, also enjoy
mobile Internet, or access through cellphones that can connect to Smart’s nationwide, high-speed cellular network. A
recent promo called TGIFreeday, which
offered all mobile Internet services free
for eight consecutive Fridays, triggered
a three-fold jump in first-time users of
mobile Internet among its 45.3 million
cellular subscribers, according to Smart.
Smart’s low-end prepaid brand Talk
‘N Text also offers a service called
‘Koneknet’, which provides the lowestever mobile Internet rate of only P30 for 5
hours of browsing.
“We continue to expand this array of
options in order to deliver as many access points to our subscribers as possible, at costs that are within their means,
regardless of the device that they have in
their homes or in their hands,” added
Mojica.
While its various offers are helping
drive Internet take-up among its subscribers, Smart is also fortifying its nationwide broadband and cellular networks,
in anticipation of the sheer volume and
cost of providing the requirements of a
growing Internet-savvy population, with an
equally growing appetite for speed and
capacity.
“The good news, our networks are set
up to cope, evolve with technology, and
deliver more and more ways for people to
connect. We have made and continue to
make substantial investments to ensure
that we have a robust backbone infrastructure to provide not just coverage – so that
Filipinos in rural and remote areas now
have the means to access the Internet –
but also speed and capacity, in order for
our subscribers in the urban areas, who
have the more powerful devices, to have
access to vast amounts of data transported wirelessly,” ended Mojica.
Marquee Mall gets into the groove
CENTRAL Luzon’s upscale and classy Marquee
Mall in Angeles City recently got into the groove
as it let the moves out with
Campus Groove 2010, a
showcase of the best modern, hip hop and jazz
dancers from all over the
region’s campus dance
floors.
The Marquee campus
showdown, swinging in
four days of dazzling display of never-before-seen
dance moves, was participated in by 19 registered
contestants coming from
16 schools in Central Luzon.
The opening program
at the Marquee Activity
Center featured the Pop
Girls as guest performers
while the grand finals, witnessed by thousands, had
Chris Lawrence as guest
performer, who grooved to
the beat of the music while
serenading the crowd with
his songs.
Participating schools
included Holy Angel University, Bonifacio Romero
High School, Angeles City
National Trade School,
Don Bosco Academy (Mabalacat), Clarkfield Christian School, Northville Integrated School (City of
San Fernando), Pablo Roman High School, F. G.
Nepomuceno Memorial
High School, Holy Family
Academy, Jose C. Feliciano College, Chevalier
School, Cogic Montessori
Center Foundation, Inc.,
Limay National High
School, Republic Central
Colleges, Saguin Integrated School and St. Vincent
Quebiawan Integrated
School.
After burning up the
dance floor, Don Bosco
Academy’s Intensity 8
bagged the championship
plum and pot prize of
P10,000 while Holy Angel
University’s High Intensity
Performers and Angeles
City National Trade
School’s Dance Troupe
trooped away as first and
second runners-up, respectively, winning trophies and cash prizes of
P5,000 and P3,000.
The dance battle was
strictly graded by renowned judges Janice
Halo-halo
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • OCTOBER 29 - 30, 2010 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
FROM PAGE 4
6
takes it out of this world suddenly to spare it the terrors
it might experience at the last moment. Sometimes,
also, God takes souls in His justice. They are not for
this reason eternally lost, but their Purgatory is much
more severe and prolonged than it would otherwise have
been, since they were either deprived of the Last Sacraments or received them hastily and so were unprepared for their passage into eternity. Others having filled
up the measure of their crimes and having remained
deaf to all inspirations of Divine Grace are taken by
God out of this world so that they may not excite His
vengeance still more.
Is the fire of Purgatory like that of earth?
Yes, with this difference, that the fire of Purgatory is
a purification prescribed by God's justice and that of
earth is very mild compared to that of Purgatory. It is a
shadow compared to the furnace of Divine Justice.
How can a soul burn?
By a just and express permission of God, the soul
which is the real culprit (for the body only obeys the
soul) suffers as if the body were suffering. Have you
ever seen any evil committed by a dead body?
Tell me what happens during the agony and after.
Does the soul find itself in light or darkness? Under
what form is the sentence pronounced?
I had no agony as you know, but I can tell you this,
that at the last decisive moment, the devil lets loose all
his rage against the one that is dying. God permits souls
to go through these last trials in order to increase their
merits. Souls that are strong and generous, in order that
they may have a more glorious place in Heaven, have
often had, at the end of their lives and in the moment of
death, terrible combats with the angel of darkness. You
Chinky Ramoso, a member of the Philippine Hip
hop Federation and The
Crew (elite group of the UP
Streetdance Club); Bubbles Encarnacion, a
trained dancer and teacher at the Royal Academy
of Dance in London and
Ballet Philippines; Boyet
Gagui, a professional choreographer for the past 20
years and a DJ of big
clubs in Angeles City
since the ’80s; and Jayson
Pabalan, Angeles City’s
representative in the theatre alliance network and
the Director of The Dance
Conservatory.
Greenwich, a major
sponsor of Campus
Groove, also conducted
pizza-eating contests during the entire program series to entertain the crowd.
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
THIRD JUDICIAL REGION
OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF
TARLAC CITY
FILE NO. 2260
have been witness to this. But they always come out
victorious. God never allows a soul that has been devoted to Him during life to perish at the last moment. Those
souls who have loved the Blessed Virgin and invoked her
all their lives receive from her many graces in their last
struggles. It is the same for those who have been really
devout to St. Joseph, to St. Michael, or to any of the
saints. I have already said one is glad to have an intercessor with God in those dreadful moments. Some souls
die quite tranquilly without experiencing any of those trials. God has His designs in everything. He does or permits all for the good of each particular soul.
How can I describe what happens after the agony?
It is impossible really to understand it unless one has
passed through it. When the soul leaves the body it is
as if it were lost in or, if I may say so, surrounded by
God. It finds itself in such a bewildering light that in the
twinkling of an eye it sees its whole life spread out, and
at this sight, it sees what it deserves, and this same
light pronounces its sentence. The soul does not see
God but is annihilated in His presence. If the soul is
guilty as I was and, therefore, deserves to go to Purgatory, it is so crushed by the weight of the faults that still
remain to be blotted out, that it hurls itself into Purgatory. It is only then that one understands God and His
love for souls and what a terrible evil sin is in the eyes
of the Divine Majesty. St. Michael is present when the
soul leaves the body. I saw him only, and he is the only
one that every soul sees. (Later) I also saw my Guardian Angel. From this you can understand why it is said,
‘St. Michael conducts souls to Purgatory’, for a soul is
not taken, but he is there at the carrying out of each
sentence. All that happens in this other world is a mystery for yours.
(To be continued)
NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE
Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135/1508, as amended,
filed by LORETO PANGILINAN, married with residence postal
address at Purok 4, Brgy. San Josef Sur, Cabanatuan City against
PRISCILLANO M. GARCIA, MORTGAGOR as Atty-in-Fact of Ricardo
Pascual V and Mercy Pascual of Camiling, Tarlac to satisfy the
mortgage indebtedness which as of October 20, 2009 amount/s to
THREE HUNDRED SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED PESOS
(P307,200.00), PESOS, Philippine Currency, excluding interests,
attorney’s fees and other expenses such as expenses of foreclosure,
the undersigned or his duly authorized Deputy will SELL at public auction
on November 16, 2010, at 10:00 o’clock in the morning, or soon thereafter,
at the main entrance of the Tarlac Court Building, Regional Trial Court,
Tarlac City, to the highest bidder, for CASH, Philippine Currency, the
following described property/ies, together with all the its existing
improvements, to wit:
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 182212
A parcel of land (Lot 4030-A-33 of the subdivision plan
(LRC) Psd-151602, being a portion of Lot 4030-A, Psd-64341,
LRC Rec. No. H. Pat.), situated in the Barrio of Sapang Maragul,
Municipality of Tarlac, Province of Tarlac, Island of Luzon.
Bounded on the NE., points 4 to 5 by Lot 4030-A-49 (Road), of
the subdivision plan; on the SE., points 5 to 1 by Lot 4030-B,
Psd-64341, on the SW., points 1 to 2 by Lot 4030-A-32, and on
the NW., points 2 to 4 by Lot 4030-A-49 (Road), both of the
subdivision plan. Berginning at a point marked “1” on plan x x
x x cotaining an area of NINE HUNDRED NINETY (990) SQUARE
METERS, more or less.
NOTE: That the herein mortgagor is the Atty-in-fact of Ricardo Pascual V
and Mercy Pascual by virtue of Special Power of Attorney
Prospective bidders/buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for
themselves the title/s and its encumbrances thereon, if any there be.
Tarlac City, October 5, 2010.
ATTY. SHALANE T. GO-PALOMAR
Provincial Sheriff
COPY FURNISHED:
1. Mr. LORETO PANGILINAN
Purok 4 Brgy. San Josef Sur,
Cabanatuan City
JULIUS G. GUIANG, SR.
Sheriff IV
2. Mr. PRISCILLANO M. GARCIA
Camiling, Tarlac
3. Mr. RICARDO PASCUAL V
& MERCY PASCUAL
Tarlac, Tarlac
PUNTO! Central Luzon: October 22, 29 & November 5, 2010
100 days report ng Gob, kauna-unahan sa Zambales
NI JOHNNY R. REBLANDO
IBA, Zambales – Sulong,
Zambales! Sulong, Zambaleño!.
Ito ang magiging “motto” ng lalawigan ng Zambales, ayon kay Gov. Hermogenes Ebdane.
Sa ika-100 araw mula
ng manungkulan siya,
kanyang iniulat ang kanyang mga nagawa.
Sa pambungad ng
kanyang mensahe, sinabi nito na sa istorya ng
Zambales, ito ang kaunaunahang pag-uulat ng
gobernador sa kanyang
mga nagawang proyekto
sa lalawigan at gagawin
pa batay na rin sa tiwala
ng taumbayan.
Isa sa mga pinagtuunan ng pansin ng
gobernador ay ang Health
and Welfare sa mga
malalayong mga barangays kung saan nagpatayo ito ng potable
water system sa barangay Batiawan, isang
mountain village sa bayan ng Subic, Zambales
at Sitio Lupang Pangako,
Iba, Zambales.
Dinagdagan din sa taong ito ni Ebdane ang
pondo sa tatlong ospital
dito para mapagawa at iupgrade ang mga kagamitan ng mga ito.
Binigyan ng P5.3 million ang Iba Provincial
hospital; P3.3 million ang
San Marcelino district
hospital at P7.7 million
ang Candelaria district
hospital.
Sinabi ni Ebdane na
tumaas din ang koleksyon ng buwis ng lalawigan.
Batay narin sa ulat ng
Provincial Treasurer’s of-
fice, umabot sa P2.2 million ang koleksyon sa
loob lamang ng tatlong
buwan mula July hanggang September kung
ito’y ikukumpara mula
buwan ng January hanggang June 2010 na P2.23
million.
Bumaba din ang budget deficit ng lalawigan sa
dating P48.6 million ay
naging P34.9 million sa
loob ng tatlong buwan.
Hinigpitan din ng provincial government ang
pagbibigay ng permits at
fees sa mining at quarry-
ing operations matapos
na ipag-utos ni Ebdane,
batay sa Executive Order
No. 5, ang pagsuspinde
sa lahat ng mining at
quarry permits sa buong
lalawigan.
Matapos ang talumpati ng gobernador, nagsagawa ito ng inspection sa
dike sa Bocao river, kasunod ng pagpapasinaya
sa Bocao Bridge kasama
ang mga opisyales ng
DPWH at local government units.
Pinasinayaan din ng
gobernador kasama si
Col. Patarata, commanding officer ng Philippine
Army ang motor pool bay,
asphalted road at water
system sa Headquarters
ng 24th Infantry Battalion,
7th Infantry Division ng
Philippine Army sa Tent
City, Barangay Bulawen,
Palauig, Zambales.
Duamalo sa okasyon
sina Chief Supt. Allan
Purisima, region 3 police
director, Senior Supt.
Rafael Santiago, Jr.,
Zambales police director,
at iba pang matataas na
opisyal ng kapulisan.
AUF Christmas album out in the market soon
sible the commercial release of the album. We
dedicate the songs to all
Filipinos here and around
the world, and join them in
praying for peace, prosperity and love this Christmas
season.” Says Angeles.
The nine songs were
composed by Boron A.
Garcia, Director of the
AUF Center for Culture
and the Arts, and conductor of the AUF Concert
Chorus. AUF employees
Glicel de Guzman, Malay
Dizon, Tere Paras, Gwen
Oronce, Joel Pine, and
student Michael Joseph
Nogoy composed the lyrics. The songs were interpreted by the AUF Concert
Chorus, and AUF students
and alumni Marie Joyce
Tañaña, Emee Sunga,
Arvie C. Vitente, Rheign
Jeuelin Ponce and Dexter
Nicolau.
The album includes the
following songs: Pasko sa
AUF; What’s Christmas
Oh Christmas, Paskong
Para Sa ‘Yo, Hiling Ngayong Pasko, It’s Christmas
Time Again, Barkada Trip
Ngayong Christmas Eve,
I’m in Love with the Snowman, Paskuhan, and Diwa
ng Pasko. It also includes
minus-one tracks for Hiling Ngayong Pasko,
Paskong Para Sa ‘Yo and
Diwa ng Pasko.
The album launch is
set on Sunday, November
6, 2010, 6:00 pm at the
Events Centre of SM City
Clark.
Balanga to stage unique Halloween celebration
BALANGA CITY, Bataan –
Scarecrows, black and
white crosses, tombstone
of saints on Tuesday began lining-up the perimeter of the Plaza Mayor de
Balanga in preparation for
the celebration of Halloween.
The scarecrows hang
on lamp posts standing on
clay pots or balanga near
palm trees beside the plaza, which is still undergoing finishing touches.
Black cloth sway with
the blowing of the wind
dominated the frontage of
the cityhall and the two
center islands in the commercial district. Tombstones of saints near
black and white crosses
seemed to create an eerie feeling.
The tombstones and
black and white crosses
and the signboard of a crematory and memorial park
at a low building nearby
seemed to blend with each
other.
Not far from the plaza
is the elegant St. Joseph
Cathedral with life-size
statue of saints lining the
frontage.
Organizers of the Halloween project said on
October 30 – 31, seven
horror booths of various
schools and “trick or treat”
will also be presented in
the plaza. –E. Esconde
‘Plan your travel early’
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field ambulant tellers who
will hand out toll tickets.
“In the past, umaabot
hanggang SM North Edsa
ang haba ng traffic sa
Balintawak Interchange,
but last year, more motorists decided to get hourly
updates through radios
and Twitter and they were
able to plan their trip,
kaya hindi masyadong
nagtraffic,” Valles said.
With 17 toll booths, he
said that Balintawak interchange is capable of handling at least 4,500 vehicles transactions every
hour, and it will dramatically increase starting today if motorists will plan
their travel.
However, aside from
ambulant tellers and hourly update on traffic situation at Balintawak and the
whole NLEX stretch, the
TMC said they are hoping
that newly opened Mindanao Avenue Link will help
ease traffic.
Nicolas Manalo, TMC
vice president for traffic
operations said that the
Mindanao Avenue Link
has a total average daily
traffic volume of 19,000
since it opened last June.
He said that traffic volume along the Mindanao
Avenue Link is also expected to increase by 10
to 15 percent.
“We will make sure that
our service will be proportionate to the number of
motorists using the
NLEX,” Manalo said.
This includes deployment of additional patrol
vehicles, and ambulances.
Manalo noted that
road works along the
NLEX will be suspended
starting today to give way
to increase traffic.
However, maintenance
works along the expressway where safety repairs
are required will continue.
For her part, Ella Francisco, TMC assistant
manager for toll collection, said traffic volume
will further increase on
Saturday and Sunday.
She said that starting
Monday, they have anticipated increase of south-
na patas ang bilang ng
boto.
Ayon kay Ega Cabigao, ang bagong proklamang kapitan ng barangay
Caliligawan, umabot lamang sa 16 na kabataan
ang nagparehistro sa kanilang barangay para sa
SK elections.
Lahat sa mga ito ay
kandidato at nahati sa dalawang grupo. Dalawa ang
kandidato bilang SK chairman at ang nalalabi ay
pawang kandidato bilang
kagawad ng dalawang
kandidato bilang SK chairman.
Ang dalawang kandidato bilang SK chairman
ay sina Gretel Ann Antonio at Nina Marie Sevilla.
Dahil sa pawang kandidato nila ang iba pang
registradong botante ng
SK, lumabas na tabla ang
kanilang boto dahil sila rin
ang ibinoto ng kanilang
mga SK kagawad.
Ayon sa ulat, tig-walong boto ang natanggap
nina Antonio at Sevilla.
Dahil dito, walang iprinoklamang panalo ang
Board of Election Inspector sa nasabing barangay,
nagsumite naman ng kanikanilang protesta ang dalawang kampo.
Ayon kay Mejarito,
matatapos na sa Sabado
ang usapin kung sino ang
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MY SOUL TO TAKE 3D (R13)
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PETRANG KABAYO (GP3)
bound traffic volume as
people will go back to
work on Tuesday.
The TMC said that
same level of service can
be anticipated along the
94-kiolometer Subic Clark
Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX).
Traffic buildup on the
SCTEX is expected at the
Tipo Exit in Zambales and
Tarlac Exit starting today.
Traffic build up at the
SCTEX is expected this
Monday at that Mabalacat
Interchange that connects
with the NLEX.
TMC advises motorists to get regular updates on traffic situation
on the radio, Facebook,
and Twitter accounts to
plan their travel.
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WHITE HOUSE (PG13)
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THE SOCIAL NETWORK (R13)
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MY SOUL TO TAKE 3D (R13)
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Patas na bilang ng boto...
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TILL MY HEARTACHES END (PG13)
nanalo sa mga kandidato.
Ito ay gagawin sa pamamagitan ng palabunutan.
Isang pamamaraang
maaring gawin ng Comelec
ay maghanda ang dalawang pirasong papel kung
saan ay susulatan ng mga
numerong “1” at “2”.
Ayon kay Mejarito,
kung sino ang makabunot
ng papel na may nakasulat na numero “1” ay idedeklarang panalo.
–Dino Balabo
TILL MY HEARTACHES END (PG13)
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PETRANG KABAYO (GP3)
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PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • OCTOBER 29 - 30, 2010 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
ANGELES CITY – The alloriginal Christmas album
of Angeles University
Foundation (AUF) entitled
Hiling Ngayong Pasko will
soon be available in popular record stores, it was
announced by AUF president Atty. Joseph Emmanuel L. Angeles.
“We are immensely
grateful for the support of
GMA 7 Chairman, President and CEO Atty. Felipe
L. Gozon and GMA
Records for making pos-
7
Mangio justifies Lakeshore anew
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In Resolution 446, Rep.
Rodante Marcoleta of the
party-list group Alagad
said aside from the illegal
transfer and violation of the
CARP law, the House
should also look into the
angle of possible tax evasion on the part of the buyers of the high-end property known as Lakeshore
Subdivision
owned
by Central Country Estate,
Inc. (CCEI) along the
North Luzon Expressway
in Mexico.
But Nestor Mangio,
CCEI chairman, debunked
the allegations which he
blamed on one Luisito
Hipolito who, he recalled,
had at one time already
filed a collection case
against CCEI alleging
that the estate owed him
commissions from a failed
joint venture between CCEI
and Sta Lucia Realty.
Mangio is also the
chairman of the Clark International Airport Corp.
which runs the aviation
complex where the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport is located at
Clark Freeport.
“But the Regional Trial
Court, after protracted
hearing, dismissed the
case for failure to state a
cause of action. That was
in August 2006 and a certificate of finality of the
decision had long been
issued by said court,
“Mangio recalled.
“The allegations that
CCEI had illegally acquired
and converted 48.6 hectares properties of farmers
are old and stale allegations,”
said
Edel
Morales, CCEI vice president for administration.
Marcoleta said the government, through the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), had awarded
rice and sugar cane lands
in Mexico near the town’s
border with San Fernando
to farmer-beneficiaries,
who were issued Certificate of Land Ownership
Award or CLOA.
A CLOA serves as the
title of an agrarian reform
beneficiary to the land or
lot the government has
awarded to him. It replaced
the emancipation patent,
which the government issued up to the time of the
late President Corazon
Aquino.
Marcoleta said two
years after the Mexico
farmers received their
CLOAs from DAR, employees and sales agents
of businessman Nestor
Mangio bought the lands
from the beneficiaries in
violation of the CARP law.
“Section 27 of Republic Act 6657, or the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Act of 1988, expressly provides that lands acquired by farmer-beneficiaries may not be sold,
transferred or conveyed,
except through hereditary
succession, or to the government or to the Land
Bank of the Philippines or
to other qualified beneficiaries for a period of 10
years,” he said.
He said Mangio,
through CCEI, which the
businessman formed with
some Chinese partners
based in Binondo, Manila,
acquired ownership and
possession of the CARP-
covered lands.
Subsequently, the
lands were transferred to
another Mangio corporation, Nobleman Properties, Inc., he added.
Marcoleta pointed out
that the conveyance of the
properties from one Mangio company to another
“effectively hid the illegal
cancellation of the CLOA
titles without paying the
necessary capital gains
tax and documentary
stamps tax to the Bureau
of Internal Revenue, the
transfer tax in the treasurer’s office of Mexico and
registration fees in the
Registry of Deeds in San
Fernando.”
He estimated that the
two real estate firms
should have paid at least
P700 million in various taxes and local fees.
The two companies
have reportedly transformed the lands near the
North Luzon Expressway
in Mexico town into the
high-end Lakeshore subdivision.
Mangio was close to
former president and now
Pampanga Rep. Gloria
Macapagal Arroyo, who
had appointed him chairman of Clark International
Airport Corp.
He reportedly still
clings to his post, though
he is supposed to be covered by President Aquino’s executive order voiding the former president’s
“midnight” appointments.
But Morales recalled
that almost simultaneously with the filing of a court
case on his alleged dues
in 2006, Hipolito also filed
a case against CCEI with
the Housing and Land Use
Regulatory
Board
(HLURB) alleging unsound business practice
and violation of the agrarian reform law.
“After due hearing and
submission of evidence,
HLURB also dismissed
the case for lack of cause
of action and for forum
shopping. HLURB even
awarded CCEI damages
against Hipolito in the
amount of P 350,000.00.
This was in January 2008,”
Morales noted.
“Next, Hipolito filed a
complaint against CCEI
with the Department of
Agrarian Reform (DAR) alleging
illegal
conversion. After several
hearings and filing of position papers, DAR likewise
dismissed the case in
December 2008, while affirming that department’s
earlier conversion order in
favor of Lakeshore,” Morales also said.
Morales
said
“a disturbing note about
the claim of Hipolito that
the acquisition by Lakeshore of some of its properties was illegal is that it
was Hipolito himself who
helped CCEI obtain the
legal conversion of those
properties, and was paid
millions of pesos. It was
really his own actuations
that he was in effect questioning.”
“Not satisfied with the
dismissal of his case by
the DAR, Hipolito questioned the same in the
Court of Appeals. But unfortunately for him, the
Court
of
Appeals
8th division, after studying
the case, also dismissed
OFW seeks Noy’s help for freedom
FROM PAGE 1
17 years for the children
of their victims to turn 18,
after the children refused
them pardon.
Lanusa
initially
claimed self defense in the
murder case, but has
since admitted his fate in
the hope that the Philippine
government would negotiate with the Saudi government so that the Saudi
Court of Cassation, which
is equivalent to the Supreme Court, would overturn previous rulings made
by lower courts, or convince relatives of his victim
to forgive and grant him
pardon.
He noted that his case
has remained under appeal before the Court of
Cassation which has yet
to act on it.
Lanuza’s wife, Meribeth, is also in Saudi Arabia working as a nurse.
However, her small salary
has been insufficient to
fund the schooling of their
children in the Philippines.
His sympathizers have put
up a Facebook group account called “Help Save a
Life” to lobby for his pardon and raise funds for his
children. –Ding Cervantes
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • OCTOBER 29 - 30, 2010 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
Clark pet cemetery intrigues visitors
8
FROM PAGE 1
The names on other
tombstones- which look
like short, narrow obelisksalso trigger wonder on
what pets could have been
given such special place
in the rather tiny but neat
cemetery that occupies a
lot of about 100 square
meters. Other tombstones
are marked with such
names as Tiger, Wolf, and
Lobo which is a Filipino
term equivalent to a werewolf.
But there are also others that could suggest
to new pet owners a
good name with which to
christen their pets: Roxanne, Restus, Storm, Raleigh.
Unlike the Clark cemetery some three kilometers
away within this former US
Air Force base, the pet
cemetery here is no longer
active. Every now and
then, duty free shoppers
notice it and drop by to
scrutinize it, but always
end up with some disappointment, for the concrete
marker at its entrance had
long been deprived of its
metal plate that provided
some details on how the
cemetery came about.
Also unlike the Clark
cemetery that contains the
remains of folk dating
back to the 19thcentury, no
ghostly manifestations
have ever been reported at
the pet burial grounds,
founded by pet-loving
Americans who had
stayed in this former US
military base founded way
back in 1901 but abandoned by the US in 1991.
“Neither the Bible nor
the Catholic church says
anything about the souls
of animals surviving death
like the spiritual souls of
humans, “ Fr. Rafael de la
Cruz, parish priest of
barangay Sta. Teresita in
nearby Angeles City not-
ed in an interview.
De la Cruz said that
without any such assurance, humans are obligated to treat animals well, as
he described them as
“also reflecting God’s glory.” He cited saints, particularly St. Francis of Assissi who, during their lifetime, were known to be
close to animals.
Author Susi Pittman, a
devout Catholic who works
with animal organizations
in Florida in the US, even
considered the possibility
that souls of animals do
have a place in Heaven, in
his book, ”Animals in
Heaven? Catholics Want
to Know!”.
De la Cruz stressed,
however, that the Catholic
Church has not decided
on the answer to that
question. He noted, however, that modern-day
popes had exhibited affection for mere animals or
brutes.
The late Pope John
Paul II had once said
that animals possess the
“spark of God”. On the other hand, Pope Benedict
XVI when he was still cardinal, was known to have
taken care of injured cats
whom he also sheltered
where he used to live.
The Catechism of the
Catholic Church says
that ”[God] surrounds
them (animals) with His
providential care” and that
“by their mere existence
they bless Him and give
Him glory.” It also prohibits exploitation of animals.
Meanwhile, Clark Development Corp. president
and chief executive officer
Benigno Ricafort said that
the pet cemetery will always be preserved, if only
to provide tourists with yet
another point of interest in
this Freeport. Efforts are
being exerted, he said, to
dig up the cemetery’s history. –Ding Cervantes
it in March 2009. Hipolito’s motion for reconsideration was similarly denied
by said Court of Appeals
in January 2010,” he also
said.
Morales also noted
that “still not satisfied,
Hipolito filed a petition for
review before the highest
court of the land, the Supreme Court. But the
Highest Tribunal did not
agree with Hipolito’s
claims and DENIED his
petition for review in March
2010.”
“All told, the RTC, the
HLURB, the DAR, the
Court of Appeals and the
Supreme Court had been
involved in passing upon
the
claims
of
Hipolito against CCEI. He
lost them all,” he said.
Morales said that the
Joint Venture between
CCEI and Sta Lucia Realty never was consummated, and even assuming it
was consummated, Hipolito signed an agreement to
get whatever commissions
he might have had in the
joint venture from Sta Lucia Realty.
NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT
Notice is hereby given that the heirs of DONATA PALMA who died
intestate on August 30, 2010 in Angeles City executed an Extrajudicial
Settlement of her estate more particularly described as a sum of money in
the amount of Four Thousand Eight Hundred Eight and 14/100 US Dollars
($4,808.14) deposited in the Chinabank, Angeles City Branch, under Account
No. 271-700971-6 in the name of the deceased and/or Luzviminda Maniti.
Punto! Central Luzon: October 22, 29 & November 5, 2010
NOTICE OF SELF-ADJUDICATION
Notice is hereby given that ROWINA R. LAPID of 31 Embassy
Road, Villa Angela Subdivision, Sto. Domingo, Angeles City executed an
Affidavit of Adjudication on the Savings Account No. 20020049501 with
Philippine Veterans Bank, Camp Aguinaldo Branch, Quezon City, in the
amount of Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Pesos (P550,000.00) of
GORGONIA S. RODRIGUEZ who died intestate on October 03, 2008.
Punto! Central Luzon: October 22, 29 & November 5, 2010
NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT
Notice is hereby given that the heirs of REMEDIOS D. GUANLAO
who died intestate on December 15, 1996 in Capitol Medical Center,
Quezon City executed an Extrajudicial Settlement of her estate more
particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 37-E of the subdivision plan
(LRC) Psd-32205, being a portion of Lot 37 II-4413-N, LRC Rec. No.
10602) situated in the Barrio of Sta. Monica, Municipality of Sta. Rita,
Province of Pampanga, Island of Luzon and covered by TCT No. 66505R of the Office of the Register of Deeds of Pampanga.
Punto! Central Luzon: October 15, 22 & 29, 2010
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
THIRD JUDICIAL REGION
BRANCH 62
ANGELES CITY
IN RE PETITION FOR THE CORRECTION
OF ENTRIES IN THE CERTIFICATE OF
LIVE BIRTH OF CHEMIELYN ROBAN McCOY
CHEMIELYN ROBAN McCOY
Petitioner.
SP. PROC. NO. 8495
-versusLOCAL CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR OF
ANGELES CITY, THE CIVIL REGISTRAR
GENERAL (NSO) AND REPUBLIC OF THE
PHILIPPINES represented by the OFFICE OF
THE SOLICITOR GENERAL,
Respondents.
x———————————————————————————x
ORDER
In the verified Petition for the correction of entries in the Certificate of
Live Birth of Chemielyn Roban McCoy, the petitioner prays that after due
notice, publication and hearing, judgment be rendered ordering the Local
Civil Registrar of Angeles City and the National Statistics Office in Quezon
City, to correct the following entries in her Birth Record to wit:
a). Entry No. 1. Name: From “Chemie” to “Chemielyn” and her
middle name from “Lyn” to “Roban”
b). Entry No. 3. Date of Birth: From October 9, 1983 to October 9,
1982
c). on the Affidavit of Delayed Registration under paragraph 2 Date of
Birth: from October 9, 1983 to October 9, 1982.
The petition being sufficient in form and substance, the same is
hereby set for hearing on November 18, 2010 at 2:00 o’clock in the
afternoon at the Court Room of this Court, 2nd floor, Hall of Justice, Pulung
Maragul, Angeles City, after this Order shall have been published in a
newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Pampanga and Angeles
City, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the
petitioner.
Notice is hereby given that anyone who objects to the petition
should file on or before the date of hearing his/her opposition thereto with
a statement of his/her ground therefore. The Local Civil Registrar of
Angeles City is hereby given a period of fifteen (15) days from receipt of
this Order and a copy of the petition within which to submit its comment/
opposition thereto.
Serve copies hereof, together with copies of the petition and its
annexes, upon the National Statistics Office, the Office of the Solicitor
General and the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Angeles City.
Furnish Atty.Jerry Perico, the Office of the Clerk of Court, Prosecutor
Ramon Tomas, and the petitioner with copies of this Order.
SO ORDERED.
Angeles City, September 17, 2010.
GERARDO ANTONIO P. SANTOS
Judge
PUNTO! Central Luzon: October 15, 22 & 29, 2010
Hayden Koh bounces back
TILA INIWANAN na ni Hayden Kho ang madilim niyang nakaraan sa launch ng Hayden, ang kanyang bagong perfume business noong
isang araw.
Noong nakaraang taon, nalagay si Hayden sa matinding kontrobersiya matapos kumalat sa Internet ang ilang mga sex video na
nagtatampok kay Hayden at sa iba’t ibang mga babae, kasama ang sexy actress na si Katrina Halili.
Nag-file si Katrina ng criminal case laban kay Hayden. Nagkaroon pa ito ng Senate investigation kung saan ilang oras ding nilagay sa
hot seat si Hayden sa harap ng ilang mambabatas na interesado umano sa kaso.
Natanggal din ang lisensiya ni Hayden bilang doktor, at tuluyan na rin siyang nawala sa mundo ng showbiz. May mga umugong na
balitang nagtangka raw magpakamatay si Hayden.
Itinuturing na malaking event ang naganap na launch ng perfume business ni Hayden dahil ito ang unang pagkakataon na muli siyang
humarap sa publiko isang taon matapos magsimula ang iskandalo.
“The thing is, a few years ago, I got myself into trouble. I faced the darkest moment of my life. And it was very, very difficult for me... But
then again there’s a saying, ‘Every cloud has a silver lining...’
“I’m the type of person who’s very kinesthetic. You know, I’m never satisfied with just looking at things. I always feel compelled to touch
and smell things. I guess that’s what got me into trouble before.”
Pinaliwanag din niya kung bakit ang paggawa ng pabango ang naisip niyang gawing negosyo.
“When I was in med school, I read a scientific study that fragrance is linked to emotions. I became intrigued and I wanted to know why.
But I had too many things to study and I kinda put that on the back burner. And then there was my medical career... and then my
showbiz career, and things got chaotic...
“What I wanted to do was to find a new inspiration. I wanted something that could excite me, something very special. I wanted a
fragrance like that... I guess when I couldn’t find it, I decided to make it myself,” saad ni Hayden.
Dumalo sa perfume launch si Dra. Vicki Belo, na nagsabing “very proud” siya para sa kanyang partner na si Hayden.
Kasama rin sa mga bisita ang ilan sa mga kaibigan ni Hayden sa mundo ng showbiz—Richard Gutierrez, Anne Curtis, Solenn Heusaff,
Erwan Heusaff, Chris Cayzer, Raymond Gutierrez, Bubble Paraiso, Matteo Guidicelli, Toni Rose Gayda, Cacai Velasquez, Ramon
Mitra, at Tessa Prieto-Valdes.
Nandun din ang dating asawa ni Dra. Vicki na si Atom Henares, ang ina ni Hayden na si Irene, ang kanyang lawyer na si Atty. Lorna
Kapunan, at ang kanyang perfume-making mentor na si Arnaud Rochet.
The
Gossipmiller
by Cesar Pambid
PMPC to honor to television’s best
NARITO ang official list of nominees ng 24th Star Awards for Television na produced nina Joed Serrano at Cora Rodrigo under Camera Entertainment Productions. Ang
awards night ng Philippine Movie Press Club ay gaganapin sa November 13, 2010 sa Resorts World, Pasay City.
BEST NEW FEMALE TV PERSONALITY:
Alyna Asistio (Lokomoko U / TV5)
Carla Abellana (Rosalinda / GMA-7)
Cathy Remperas (PHR Presents: Love Me Again/ ABS-CBN)
Melai Cantiveros (Melason/ABS-CBN)
Princess Velasco (ASAP XV / ABS-CBN)
Sabrina Hann (Panday Kids/GMA-7)
Xyriel Manabat (Agua Bendita/ ABS-CBN)
BEST DRAMA MINI-SERIES
Precious Hearts Romances Presents: Love Me Again (ABS-CBN)
Your Song Presents: Gaano Kita Kamahal /ABS-CBN)
Your Song Presents: Love Me, Love You (ABS-CBN)
SRO Cinemaserye Presents: Exchange Gift (GMA-7)
SRO Cinemaserye Presents: The Eva Castillo Story (GMA-7)
BEST DRAMA ANTHOLOGY:
MMK (ABS-CBN)
Maynila (GMA-7)
5 Star Drama Special (TV 5)
BEST MUSICAL /VARIETY SHOW:
ASAP XV (ABS-CBN)
Party Pilipinas (GMA 7)
Master Showman Walang Tulugan (GMA 7)
Sharon (ABS-CBN)
BEST GAG SHOW:
Banana Split (ABS-CBN)
Bubble Gang (GMA 7)
Goin’ Bulilit (ABS-CBN)
Laff En Roll (GMA-7)
WOW Mali (TV 5)
BEST MALE TV HOST:
Allan K (Eat Bulaga/ GMA-7)
Joey de Leon (Eat Bulaga/ GMA-7)
Luis Manzano (ASAP XV / ABS-CBN)
Martin Nievera (ASAP XV / ABS-CBN)
Ogie Alcasid (Party Pilipinas/ GMA)
Piolo Pascual (ASAP XV / ABS-CBN)
Vic Sotto (Eat Bulaga / GMA-7)
BEST SHOWBIZ-ORIENTED SHOW:
E-Live (ABS-CBN)
Juicy (TV 5)
SNN (ABS-CBN)
Showbiz Central (GMA-7)
Startalk (GMA-7)
The Buzz (ABS-CBN)
BEST FEMALE TV HOST:
Lucy Torres (PO5/ TV 5)
Pia Guanio (Eat Bulaga / GMA 7)
Pokwang (Wowowee /ABS-CBN)
Regine Velasquez (Party Pilipinas/ GMA-7)
Sarah Geronimo (ASAP XV /ABS-CBN)
Sharon Cuneta (Sharon/ABS-CBN)
Toni Gonzaga (ASAP XV / ABS-CBN)
BEST MALE SHOWBIZ-ORIENTED SHOW HOST:
Boy Abunda (The Buzz / ABS-CBN)
Joey de Leon (Startalk / GMA-7)
Luis Manzano (E-Live / ABS-CBN)
Raymond Gutierrez (Showbiz Central / GMA-7)
Tim Yap (Tweetbiz / Q11)
BEST PRIMETIME TV SERIES:
Agua Bendita (ABS-CBN)
Dahil May Isang Ikaw (ABS-CBN)
Ikaw Sana (GMA 7)
Kung Tayo’y Magkakalayo (ABS-CBN)
Habang May Buhay (ABS-CBN)
Tanging Yaman (ABS-CBN)
BEST FEMALE SHOWBIZ-ORIENTED SHOW HOST:
Bianca Gonzales (E-Live)
Cristy Fermin Juicy (TV 5)
Kris Aquino SNN (ABS-CBN)
Pia Guanio (Showbiz Central (GMA-7)
Toni Gonzaga (E-Live )
BEST COMEDY SHOW:
Darling Kong Aswang (TV5)
Everybody Hapi (TV5)
George and Cecil (ABS-CBN)
Pepito Manaloto (GMA-7)
Show Me The Manny (GMA-7)
BEST COMEDY ACTOR:
Jason Gainza (Banana Split/ABS-CBN)
Michael V. (Bubble Gang/GMA-7)
Ogie Alcasid (Bubble Gang/GMA-7)
Pooh (Banana Split/ABS-CBN)
Vic Sotto (Darling Kong Aswang /TV5)
BEST COMEDY ACTRESS:
Angelica Panganiban (Banana Split/ABS-CBN)
Judy Ann Santos (George and Cecil (ABS-CBN)
Nova Villa (Everybody Hapi/TV 5)
Pokwang (Banana Split/ ABS-CBN)
Rufa Mae Quinto (Bubble Gang/GMA-7)
BEST DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES:
Impostor (ABS-CBN)
Kambal Sa Uma (ABS-CBN)
Kung Aagawin Mo Ang Lahat Sa akin (GMA-7)
Magkano ang Iyong Dangal (ABS-CBN)
Nagsimula Sa Puso (ABS-CBN)
Rosalka (ABS-CBN)
BEST DRAMA ACTOR:
Coco Martin (Kung Tayo’y Magkakalayo/ABS-CBN)
Dingdong Dantes (Stairway To Heaven/GMA 7)
Gerald Anderson (Your Song Presents: Isla/ ABS-CBN)
Jericho Rosales (Dahil May Isang Ikaw/ ABS-CBN)
John Estrada (Dahil May Isang Ikaw/ ABS-CBN)
Piolo Pascual (Lovers In Paris/ABS-CBN)
Sid Lucero (Dahil May Isang Ikaw / ABS-CBN)
BEST DRAMA ACTRESS:
Angelica Panganiban (Rubi/ ABS-CBN)
Cherry Pie Picache (Florinda / ABS-CBN)
Chin-Chin Gutierrez (Dahil May Isang Ikaw/ ABS-CBN)
Judy Ann Santos (Habang May Buhay/ ABS-CBN)
Kim Chiu (Kung Tayo’y Magkakalayo/ABS-CBN)
Lorna Tolentino (Dahil May Isang Ikaw/ ABS-CBN)
Maricel Soriano (Florinda / ABS-CBN)
Susan Roces (Sana Ngayong Pasko/GMA-7)
BEST SINGLE PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR:
Dominic Ochoa MMK (Kuwintas/ ABS-CBN)
Gerald Anderson (MMK/Lubid/ABS-CBN)
Jolo Revilla ( MMK/Gitara/ABS-CBN)
Lester Llansang (MMK/Musiko/ ABS-CBN)
Martin Del Rosario (MMK/Headband/ABS-CBN)
Ronaldo Valdez (MMK /Bisikleta/ABS-CBN)
Zanjoe Marudo (MMK/Bag/ABS-CBN)
BEST SINGLE PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS:
Aiza Seguerra (MMK/Kuwintas/ ABS-CBN)
Angel Locsin (MMK/Litrato/ABS-CBN)
Dawn Zulueta (MMK/Tsinelas/ ABS-CBN)
Gina Alajar MMK/Car/ ABS-CBN)
Gretchen Barretto (MMK/ Larawan/ ABS-CBN)
Irma Adlawan (MMK/Sulo/ABS-CBN)
Maricel Soriano (5 Star Special Presents: Maricel / TV5)
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • OCTOBER 29 - 30, 2010 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
BEST NEW MALE TV PERSONALITY:
CJ Caparas (Kroko/IBC 13)
Elmo Magalona (Party Pilipinas/GMA)
Jason Francisco (Melason/ABS-CBN)
Johan Santos (Precious Hearts Romance: Love Me Again/ABS-CBN)
Julian Trono (Panday Kids/GMA)
Hermes Bautista (Your Song Presents: Isla/ABS-CBN)
Paul Jake Castillo (Your Song Presents: Isla/ABS-CBN)
Tom Rodriguez (Your Song Presents: Isla/ABS-CBN)
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PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • OCTOBER 29 - 30, 2010 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY