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A TASTE OF MASANTOL CUISINE. Pampanga
Gov. Lilia G. Pineda tastes Masantol’s seafood cuisine like
steamed crabs, mantis shrimp (alupihang dagat), tilapia,
prawns and other dishes during the 1st Seafoods Festival of
Masantol Town yesterday. Also in photo are Board Member
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The trees were cut agreement include Yuonly after an agreement mul, Executive SecreANGELES CITY -- At was signed by the nation- tary Paquito Ochoa Jr.,
least 12 trees along Ma- al government and local DPWH Secretary RogcArthur Highway here environmentalists group elio Singson, Environment Secretary Ramon
have been cut by the De- in 2013.
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EMPLOYEE. Quality supervisor Juan C. Aquino Jr. receives his award as SBMA Employee of the Year from SBMA Chairman and Administrator Roberto V. Garcia during the awarding ceremonies held at the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center. -- REY GARCIA
CHR: PMA cadet Cudia innocent
By Marna Dagumboy-del Rosario
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO –
The Commission of Human Rights
(CHR) in Manila said Philippine
Military Academy (PMA) cadet Aldrin Jeff Cudia is innocent and
wrongfully convicted by the Honor
Committee.
According to the CHR, Cudia
should be allowed to graduate from
the academy.
Findings by CHR investigators
show members of the Honor Committee were the ones who committed
violations.
The commission said the committee vioated Cudia’s rights to due
process, non-discrimination, dignity, education, privacy and access to
genuine justice.
Based on their findings, CHR
recommended Cudia be proclaimed
“full-pledged graduate and alumnus
of PMA.”
Chairman Loretta Rosales of
CHR wants President Aquino, Defense Secretary Gazmin and other
top PMA officials to conduct a comprehensive review the Honor Code.
There should be a new code, the
CHR said, which is more “human
rights-based”.
It also urges Congress to pass a
bill penalizing ostracism and discrimination especially in the PMA. •
Body of man Water level at Pantabangan
found floating in damupdueto occasionalrains
Pampanga River
By Froilan E. Magtoto
CAMP OLIVAS - The body of an unidentified man was found floating by a boatman
at the Pampanga River in Masantol town on
Tuesday.
Police said the victim was about 5’ 3” to 5’
4” in heigh, with medium build and fair complexion. He has a tattoo in his arm and chest
with a mark “Topheng Mendoza”.
The victim was also described as wearing
a sando and maong shorts.
When found, police said the victim’s feet
were tied with steel wire and packaging tape
was around his mouth.
The body of the victim was discovered by
Joseph Yabut, 32, a boatman from Sitio Putat, Barangay Bebe Anac, Masantol at around
5:35 pm.
Police also said the body bore several
gunshots wounds in the body.•
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of the Pantabangan watershed,
have caused a slight increase in
the water level of the reservoir,
a ranking irrigation official said
on Thursday.
Engineer Josie Salazar, operations manager of the National
Irrigation Administration-Upper Pampanga River Integrated
Irrigation System (NIA-UPRIIS), said the water level at the
Pantabangan dam was recorded
at 181.59 meters above sea level
as of 8 a.m Thursday, a bit higher than Wednesday’s 181.51 meters.
“The increase was noted
even after the system released
an average of nine cubic meters
per second on Wednesday for irrigation purposes,” Salazar said.
She said the improvement in
water reserve brought about by
the rains increased the inflow to
29 cubic meters per second from
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – A quality
management supervisor responsible in initiating quality management systems in the
Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA)
has been named SBMA Employee of the
Year for 2013 in a ceremony held at the
Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center.
In a statement, the SBMA announced
that Juan C. Aquino, Jr., officer in charge
of the agency’s Total Quality Management
office, bested five other finalists in the annual search for the agency’s outstanding
employees.
SBMA Chairman Roberto Garcia congratulated the finalists and said they have
the admiration of their peers and the recognition from the whole agency.
Aquino, who has been with the SBMA
since 2000, helped the agency achieve the
ISO 9001:2008 certification, the international standard for quality management
systems. He also set up the “Voice of the
Customer” system, which allows customers
to give feedback, thus making it possible
for the SBMA to further improve customer
service.
The other five finalists were shipping
operations specialist Florence Basobas, investment analyst Marie Elaine Gonzales,
utility worker Renato Ching, heavy equipment operator Nestor Manuel, and Ecology
Center clerk Febie dela Cerna. They were
also named Employees of the Year for their
respective strategic business units.
Basobas, a licensed public accountant
who represented the Aviation and Maritime Operations Group, was responsible in
auditing liquidation reports of companies
engaged in importation inside the Freeport.
Gonzales, who represented the Business
and Investment Group, was nominated for
her work in pulling in investments worth
US$18 million for the SBMA. She was also
responsible for handling investor concerns
within the Freeport.
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9 cubic meters per second in the
preceding day.
Earlier, Salazar said that
there was no cause for alarm
despite the drop in the water
level at the Pantabangan dam
the past days since it is a normal
occurrence during this time of
the year.
She said all the agency’s
measures have already been
programmed.
“The dam can manage all
irrigated areas until the end of
May and farmers are advised to
maximize the use of water from
the dam,” she said.
The NIA-UPRIIS is set to
irrigate some 114,025 hectares
this year, higher by 2,772 hectares against 111,253 hectares irrigated in 2013.
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SBMA, ‘Gapo back PHUS security agreement
BY REY GARCIA
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay
Metropolitan
Authority (SBMA) and Olongapo
City Mayor Rolen Paulino have both expressed
full-support to the newly
signed Enhanced Defense
Cooperation Agreement
(EDCA) that would allow
the increased presence of
American troops in the
country.
In a press briefing,
SBMA Chairman Roberto
Garcia told reporters belonging to the Samahan
ng mga Mamamahayag sa
Subic Bay Freeport (SMSBF) that the Subic agency
managing the former US
military base is in favor
of the new agreement as
this would strengthen na-
tional security.
Garcia,
however,
stressed that although
there is no detail coming
from Malacanang as yet,
“clearly, no US bases will
be put up in Subic.”
The pact merely allows increased presence
of US military troops,
ships and planes on rotation basis, Garcia added.
The briefing was held
while US Pres. Barrack
Obama and Pres. Benigno
Aquino III met in Malacanang on Monday. The
EDCA was signed by Defense Secretary Voltaire
Gazmin and US Ambassador Philip Goldberg.
In a separate interview, Paulino said that he
is also supporting EDCA
because of the socio-economic benefits that “dol-
lar-spending” US troops
will be bringing to the
city.
“We have learned our
lessons very well during
the presence of US base.
This time we will treat
them as tourists wanting
to enjoy our attractions
but we will also maintain
good friendship as our
allied country,” Paulino
said.
Earlier, Paulino met
US Ambassador to the
Philippines Philip Goldberg as both discussed
the continued support of
the city to the presence of
US troops.
Goldberg
clarified
that they will not reopen
another United States
military bases in the Philippines.
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--- Cebu Pacific Air celebrated Labor Day with
a P1 systemwide seat sale
until May 2, 2014 or until
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from June 1 to December
15, 2014.
“We hope guests can
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the 2nd half of the year. It
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EDITORIAL
Transformed AC
WE have to give it to Mayor Edgardo
Pamintuan for promising that the city
will be ready for the APEC summit in
2015.
Preparations are right on schedule,
he told mediamen during his monthly
kapihan.
We are witness to how the good
mayor keeps true to his word. He
never wavers in his promises to his
constituents.
Expect to see a transformed Angeles
City by 2015, we kid you not.
Innocent
THE Commission on Human Rights
found PMA cadet Aldrin Cudia “innocent”, finding fault instead on the
Honor Commitee which violated tje
cadet’s rights.
The CHR has recommended for
Cudia to graduate, and the filing of
charges against the 13 members of
the committee.
The commission also recommends
for the President and other concerned
agencies to conduct a comprehensive review of the Honor Code.
Is this a vindication for Cudia who
was kicked out of the academy? Will
he finally graduate? Will he finally be
a PMAer?
This, we have to see.
Oh writers!
(For writers who labor to write day by day)
I
WAS at Urban Hub in Balibago,
Angeles City the other night –
one of the best entertainment
and party “hubs” in Angeles City
– to meet a friend whom I have not
seen for many years now, since she
decided to pursue her writing career thousands of miles away from
PH. And I asked her why she chose
to become a writer. Well, she said
she did not want to talk about it.
But I have a good guess. Perhaps
it’s the all-encompassing hipster
movement of premeditated accidental coolness, where record players
and typewriters and oversized
glasses reign supreme. Or,
sadly, perhaps it’s the death of
tangible literature itself, creating a supply and demand that
can romanticize even the most
painful of professions. And
what did she say?? “Oh writers!” Either way, let us all accept the fact that the vocation
of being a “writer” has been
glamorized ad nauseum. Everyone, from the occasional blogger
to website journalist to fantastically impressive list creator seeks
the now-coveted title of “writer”, as
if it holds any sort of societal and
political weight. People don’t read
past 140 characters anymore, remember? Remember?!?! And it is
this poignant phenomenon, this astounding need to be perceived as a
troubled-yet-delightfully complex
contributor to literature that has
me thinking, “Wђ@+. Tђ€. Hell.
Why?” And what do I say? “Oh writers!” Writing is, for lack of a more
eloquent or a more politically correct description, a horrible, painful, downright-effin-awful obsession which rarely, if ever, passes as
a lucrative profession. Why anyone
would want to be a writer is beyond me and for those who do, they
clearly suffer from an extreme case
of carefully calculated delusion or
morbid masochism. Writers cannot
fathom or express the world without the crutch of a metaphor or simile or fiction. They need synonyms
to describe their stinking synopses
and sensible satire to dissect significant sadness and hypocritical
hyperbole to hide their hallow happiness. While others can adequately articulate their feelings via silver tongues and hypnotic mouths,
writers need a few endless freaking hours, staring at a
computer screen while
punching a keyboard,
a frail friend and then they realize
why punishments are called sentences. And what would they say??
“Oh writers!” Writing is all about
process. Learning how you write,
or how you create, is just as important as what you’re actually writing about. Writers are condemned
to the confines of their vernacular,
living vicariously through figurative descriptions of literal events.
(Unless you’re a trying hard editorin-chief who got fired and
you’re still basking on its
gory glory every now and
then.) Believe it or not,
writers are not naturally
joyous people. Mundane
affirmations of positivity
and optimism, promising
some heightened sense
of existential merriment,
make them want to pound
five shots of whiskey and
Towards
vomit. They’ll roll their
the Light
eyes as happy people go
ABEL SOTO
about happy things thinkbefore they know how
ing happy thoughts, conto feel about a certain situation, vinced that sad people are blind to
subject or person. And what do the excruciating necessity of sadthey say?? “Oh writers!” Their ness. Writers will bask in the melemotions are a blurred water col- ancholy of life, ignoring the genuour and until they have the keen ine cries of the perpetually upbeat
eye of a perfect passage to explain to the point of annoying self-pity in
the picture to them, it’s all just wet the name of their craft…completely
crayons thrown at a canvass. Ka- convinced that misery is the backleidoscopic!! And what could they bone of worthwhile literature. And
say?? “Oh writers!” Writers never all they could say is, “Oh writers!”
completely embrace one moment A writer fears what most strive to
in time. Their minds are constantly achieve, constantly anxious that
floating between past present and their need for a gratifying existence
future, noting the seemingly forget- will destroy their ability to describe
ful or the quietly important or the it. Writers are continually scrutiinsignificantly hopeful. They’re one nized. They either write too often
step removed from the present, liv- or not enough or in a way that caning in an alternate universe where not be fully digested by a profitable
people are characters, feelings are audience. They should break gramstories and moments are unwrit- matical rules and call it art but
ten novels. That perfect string of they should continue to be gramwords stands between them and a matically correct because rules
planned party or a moaning lover or
towards the ligh... Page 7
“Writers are continually scrutinized. They
either write too often
or not enough or in a
way that cannot be
fully digested by a
profitable audience.”
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Osama bin Laden killed by U.S. forces
May 2, 2011
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On this day in 2011, Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks
in the United States, is killed by U.S. forces during a
raid on his compound hideout in Pakistan. The notorious, 54-year-old leader of Al Qaeda, the terrorist
network of Islamic extremists, had been the target of
a nearly decade-long international manhunt.
The raid began around 1 a.m. local time, when
23 U.S. Navy SEALs in two Black Hawk helicopters
descended on the compound in Abbottabad, a tourist and military center north of Pakistan’s capital,
Islamabad. One of the helicopters crash-landed into
the compound but no one aboard was hurt. During
the raid, which lasted approximately 40 minutes, five
people, including bin Laden and one of his adult sons,
were killed by U.S. gunfire. No Americans were injured in the assault. Afterward, bin Laden’s body was
flown by helicopter to Afghanistan for official identification, then buried at an undisclosed location in
the Arabian Sea less than 24 hours after his death, in
accordance with Islamic practice.
Just after 11:30 p.m. EST on May 1 (Pakistan’s time
zone is 9 hours ahead of Washington, D.C.), President
Barack Obama, who monitored the raid in real time
via footage shot by a drone flying high above Abbottabad, made a televised address from the White
House, announcing bin Laden’s death. “Justice has
been done,” the president said. After hearing the
news, cheering crowds gathered outside the White
House and in New York City’s Times Square and the
Ground Zero site.
Based on computer files and other evidence the
SEALs collected during the raid, it was later determined that bin Laden was making plans to assassinate President Obama and carry out a series of additional attacks against America, including one on the
anniversary of September 11, the largest terrorist attack ever on U.S. soil, which left nearly 3,000 people
dead. Shortly after the 2001 attack, President George
W. Bush declared bin Laden, who was born into a
wealthy family in Saudi Arabia in 1957 and used his
multi-million-dollar inheritance to help establish al
Qaeda and fund its activities, would be captured dead
or alive. In December of that year, American-backed
forces came close to capturing bin Laden in a cave
complex in Afghanistan’s Tora Bora region; however,
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The pack leader
M
EET Cesar Milan, the
famous dog trainer in
the US and the star of
the “Dog Whisperer” and the
“Leader of the Pack” in the National Geographic channel.
Probably his name does not
ring a bell to many us, only
people with cable channels
have access to see his shows
and learn at least a few tricks
on how to train our canine
friends especially dogs.
I am one of his avid fans
here in the Philippines. I love
watching
his shows
since I gain
some information on
how to deal
with
my
two dogs,
“Kiko” and “ Basti.” I sometimes useD his tricks on my
old dog “Basti” but frustration was all I got since I cannot teach new tricks to my old
dog.
Cesar is a Mexican raised
in the US. He became known
for being an animal activist
and for adopting stray dogs by
giving them shelter and food
to eat. His shows are amazingly interesting. The fact that
he could turn a once wild and
beastly dog into a submissive
and amiable pet is utterly fascinating. He is the 911 of all
dogs problems. Even Hollywood stars ask his advice on
how to deal with their shaggy
and half-witted dogs.
He recently visited our
country to teach dog owners how to rehabilitate their
canine companions as well
as address their behavioral
problems.He also paid tribute
to the Aspin (Asong Pinoy)
dog hero “Kabang,” who lost
her snout while saving two
children from being hit by a
motorcycle in 2012. “Kabang”
has proven that a dog is indeed
man’s best friend.
Cesar shared some of his
wise words and some dog tips
for us to learn and understand
the importance of having a
pet dog. I have picked a few of
his nuggets of (dog) wisdom
(thanks to the net) which I
think are more flexible in our
society of dog-eaters.
1. In the modern world; everything is fast-paced,everyone
“Dogs don’t look at each
other and check out each
other’s breed. Only humans do that to dogs.”
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is in a hurry. Dogs behave differently. They need only two
things: balance and harmony.
2. Dogs never follow unstable pack leaders. Only people
follow unstable pack leaders.
3. Dogs can sense fear, anger, anxiety and insecurity.
They are so sensitive that 3
days before the 2004 tsunami
hit Thailand, they left the area.
4. Instinct is a very basic
concept. If you understand
simplicity, you can talk to a
dog.
5. Trust, respect and loyalty
should be the basis of the re-
ed and would conelude U.S. authoriears.
ak in the hunt for
n came in August
en C.I.A. analysts
the terrorist leadier to the Abbotompound, located
ll security walls in
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as hiding there unid took place.) The
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ing in the remote
eas along the Afkistani border, so many Americans were surlearn the world’s most famous fugitive had
nt the last five years of his life in a well-popea less than a mile from an elite Pakistani
academy. After the raid, which the U.S. recarried out without informing the Pakistani
lationship between a man and
a dog.
6. Dogs don’t look at each
other and check out each other’s breed. Only humans do
that to dogs.
7. In a dog’s world,energy
is everything. Energy has two
components: emotion and intention.
8. Don’t treat your
dogs as your children.
They have their own
identity.
9. Saying goodbye
to dogs should not be
emotional. First, give
him a comfortable
space, then go.
10. Food can mean
calm or excitement to
a dog. The human tells
him ( which one it is).
11. A hyper mind
is a mind that doesn’t
understand rules. So
when a dog is hyper, he
comes across as disrespectful.
12. Separation anxiety happens in a dog when we keep
him in an intimate and small
space. It doesn’t happen when
a dog is in an open space.
13. What you feel becomes
energy, and this is what your
dog knows about you.
14. Human emotion is what
triggers the instinct of a dog.
If the human is afraid, the dog
feels unsafe.
15. Dogs need 3 basic
things;exercise for the body,
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Wrong application of
the rules of engagement
L
ATE last week, a family survived an “attack” from policemen who most probably have mistaken a car to be
their target’s vehicle that they have peppered it with
bullets. The occupants of the car were a husband and wife
and their children who were traumatized by the incident.
Although the family members were unhurt, they now suffer trauma and fear as a result of what they consider an “ambush” that turned out to be a mis-encounter.
Thirty two policemen of the San Antonio, Zambales Police
Station, who were on a buy-bust operation have, without any
provocation, fired upon a car carrying the couple and their
two children.
The family’s patriarch turned out to be a member of a barangay intelligence network but the said mis-encounter has
nothing to do with the said circumstance. He and his family fortunately
evaded death or injury when he sped
up his car that resulted into a hot pursuit.
The policemen took the man’s licensed gun without any apparent reason. The family was taken to the Subic
police station where the policemen involved in the indiscriminate shooting
simply said sorry to the members of
the family.
Subic policemen later on disclosed Alvin H. Arceo
that the supposed drug buy-bust operation was coordinated with their
station. It turned out that the car was
tipped off by a person as a big time
drug pusher but resulted into a mistake in identity of the car and its occupants.
It could have been a major tragedy
where an innocent family could have
been massacred. There were instances
in the past involving police operations
that turned out to be cases of mistaken
identity. A number of innocent civilians were made victims of wrong application of the rules of engagement.
Although the supposed drug buybust operation was legitimate, the involved policemen made
a serious blunder in firing upon a wrong car without any
slight provocation. What made them shoot at it was a mere
tip regardless whether it was a confirmed one or otherwise.
The policemen merely relied on suspicion and false information. They should have confirmed and verified the identities of the occupants of the car and the vehicle’s description
properly. The operation could have taken innocent lives if
not for the right and quick judgment of the family’s head who
was driving the car when the incident happened.
There are certain rules of engagement that policemen
should faithfully comply with. As far as I remember, there
are instances that they should not fire their weapons until
fired upon by their targets or their enemies.
There are instances too that they need to positively identify their subjects before using their firearms to effect their
apprehension or police operations. The policemen in this
case merely relied on a tip of their informer without properly
identifying their subjects. It was likewise an overkill on their
part to discharge their firearms even without any provocation from their supposed targets.
While it may be a case of an honest mistake, still the operating policemen should have flagged down first the vehicle and properly identify its occupants and determine if they
have the positive identification of their suspects. As a consolation to the family, they admitted their faults when they said
sorry to their victims.
Nevertheless, the couple filed administrative charges
against the policemen including their chief of police. The latter should now face the consequences of their mistakes and
their wrong application of the rules of engagement. We cannot blame the family for filing their complaints due to the
trauma they suffered with the incident. They in fact cheated
death when they were fired upon by trigger-happy policemen
who seemed to be excited in firing their weapons on a car
that turned-out to be the wrong one.
As of this
writing
“It was likewise
an overkill on
their part to
discharge their
firearms even
without any
provocation
from their supposed targets.”
***
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Headline
Gitnang Luzon
MAY 02-04, 2014
Kris Aquino kakasuhan ni Oprah Winfrey
A
LL over ang
balitang
idedemada
ni
Oprah Winfrey si
Kris Aquino. Ito ay
ayon sa balita ng Adobo
Intenational
which is in
Los Angeles,
C a l i for n i a .
Ayon dito di
nagustuhan
ni
Oprah
ang
isang
statement ni
Kris Aquino
na ikinukunmpara nito
ang sarili kay Oprah.
Narito ang kabubuang balita:
Oprah Winfrey,
America’s
undisputed queen of television and host extraordinaire is suing
the Philippines’ presidential sister and
television host Kris
Aquino for defamation.
The lawsuit is in
response
to a recent
televised
inter view
conducted
by Aquino
with American
actor
and singer
Jamie Foxx
aired on the
Philippines’
ABS-CBN television
network.
Aquino,
who makes no secret
that she is an avid fan
of Foxx, told the actor
that she is the Oprah
of the Philippines.
Lawyers
for
Oprah, who has her
own cable network,
OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network), said
that the American
host and actress was
not happy about the
comparison.
“In fact, there is
no comparison at
all,” the lawyers said.
“Oprah’s breadth of
experience and interviewing skills are not
even a close match to
the neophyte Aquino,” the suit alleged.
The Adobo Chronicles has not been
able to reach either
the Winfrey or Aquino camps for comment.
Pipilitin
nating
makuha ang panig ni
Ms. Aquino in our future columns.•
JC De Vera, one of the
nicest guys in showbiz
H
INDI kapani-paniwala
na inisnab ni JC de
Vera ang presscon ng
pelikulang “So It’s You” nina
Mother Lily at Roselle Monteverde ng Regal Entertainment.
Mas
katanggap-tanggap
kung may iniiwasan si JC na
“gulo” na posibleng mangyari
nang araw na iyon. Kaya naman, hindi siya pinayagang
makaalis sa taping niya ng “The
Legal Wife” o “Moon of Desire”
na parehong mula sa Kapamilya network.
JC is one of the nicest guys
in showbiz. Tulad ni Tom Rodriguez, ayaw na ayaw niyang
may nagagalit sa kanya o nagtatampo. Sa dami ng suwerteng
dumarating sa career niya
ngayon, ang tanging magagawa
niya ay pasalamatan ang nasa
Itaas at ang mga taong nakatulong sa kanya noon at ngayon.
Naitawid na rin ni JC, I’m
sure, ang paghingi niya ng pau-
Dion Ignacio lumutang
ang galing sa akting
L
manhin sa dati niyang manager
sakali mang may tampo pa rin
ito sa kanya hanggang ngayon.
Nakausap din ng inyong
lingkod si Madam Roselle ng
Regal Entertainment at sinabi
niyang: “Bibigyan ko si JC ng
jc de vera... Page 7
ABIS na ikinatutuwa
ni Dion Ignacio ang
mga komentong humusay ang kanyang acting
na ipinakikita sa ngayon.
Sa “Innamorata”, where
he plays the role of a butcher in love with Max Collins,
Dion is showing better acting.
“Nakakatuwa nga kapag
naririnig kong sinasabi
nilang may lalim na raw
ang acting ko,” he tells us
when we visited the set of
“Innamorata” in Sumulong
Highway in Antipolo.
Paano raw ang ginawa
niya?
“More than anything
else, siguro dahil sa nag-mature na rin ako. Marami na
akong naging experiences sa
buhay. Unlike noong bagong
pasok ako sa StarStruck,
teenager pa lang ako at wala
pang masyadong alam. Also,
mas naging serious din ako
sa outlook ko sa buhay, sa
career ko. Gusto ko talagang mapagbuti ang trabaho
ko. Kaya nakatulong din ang
workshops na kinuha ko,
mostly kay Direk Gina Alajar, para mag-improve ang
acting techniques ko. Una
kong natutuhan, ang tamang
paraan ng pagde-deliver ng
dialogue. Kasi dati, sinasabi nila, parang wala akong
emosyon. Ngayon, hindi na.
Mas nahasa na ako.”
Nakatulong din daw yung
mahusay ang mga kaeksena
niya.
“Kasi kapag magaling
ang kaeksena mo, mas inspirado ka sa harap ng kamera,
gaya kay Bela Padilla nang
maging
magkapareha
Heart Evangelista
pakakasalan na
ni Senator Chiz
B
AGAMA’T lantaran
ang pagtutol ng mga
magulang ni Heart
Evangelista sa relasyon
nila, kinumpirma ni Sen.
Francis “Chiz” Escudero na
pakakasalan niya ang aktres.
“Gusto ko siyang pakasalan. May inaayos lang
akong konti pang gusot sa
akin. Sana, sa hindi malayong hinaharap, maayos na
’yon, para maging ganap na
’yung aming ugnayan,” pa-
hayag ni Sen. Chiz sa interview ng Tapatan ni Tunying
na mapapanood ngayon,
May 1.
May mga balitang sa
susunod na taon na magaganap ang kasal ng dalawa.
Ibinahagi ng senador na
nilalakad pa ang church
annulment niya sa asawang
si Christine Flores.
Ayon pa kay Sen. Chiz,
matindi ang pagmamahal
niya kay Heart, GF niya ng
heart... Page 7
kami before sa ‘Magdalena’.
At ngayon, ‘yung mga kasama ko rito sa ‘Innamorata’,
sina Max Collins, Jackie
Rice, Luis Alandy, pati sina
Pinky Amador at Lovely
Rivero. Malaki talaga ang
nagiging tulong nila sa akin
to be a better actor.”•
Headline
Gitnang Luzon
MAY 02-04, 2014
SUPERVISOR from Page 2
CDC BONUS from Page 1
Greg del Prado of the Alliance
of Hotel and Restaurant workers
raised the issue during the prelabor day dialogue with the President the other day that while
government workers and other
employees of the Government
Owned and Controlled Corporations (GOCCs) already received
their PBB and Personal Economic Relief Allowance (PERA),
the 700 workers of CDC-Mimosa
have not enjoyed the bonuses
from the government.
President Aquino immediately asked Budget Sec. Florencio
Abad on the problem and found
out that the CDC as a GOCC submitted late the compliance with
good governance conditions
which is a pre-requisite for the
PBB.
“Iba kasi ‘yong katatayuan
ng mga GOCCs. Meron kayong mga GFIs na napakalalaki
ng kinikita at meron namang
maliit na GOCCs. So hindi sila
pwedeng ituring katulad ng national government employees. So
hiniwalay namin po sila at sila
ngayon ay nasasaklaw ng GCG,
‘yong commission that takes
care of GOCCs, at meron silang
pag-aaral na ipinagawa sa Tower Watson—isang private company—para ng sa ganoon, ‘yong
kanilang performance-based incentive system ay naayon doon
sa kaanyuan, kalikasan ng mga
GOCCs, at natapos na ho ‘yon at
ngayon ho inuumpisahan nang
ipatupad. Nahuli nga kasi nga
dahil nga kailangang pag-aralan,” DBM chief Abad stressed.
“Ang naging problema lamang kasi ‘yong compliance with
good governance conditions at
‘yon po ay naipabatid na ho doon
sa Clark Development Corporation para ‘yong... Alam ninyo
‘yong good governance condition, halimbawa, ‘yong posting
sa PHILGEPS ng kanilang mga
procurement ay dapat po ay nire-report ‘yon. So ‘yon lamang
ang kulang. Kapag nakapag-ulat
na po ‘yong inyong ahensiya ay
ready na hong i-release ‘yong inyong performance-based bonus,”
Sec. Abad explained to Del Prado
during the dialogue.
President Aquino initiated
a pre-labor day dialogue with
the different representatives of
workers group both from the
government and private sector
the other day.
The President decided to hold
an open-forum instead of giving
the crowd his pre-labor day message to hear their grievances and
problems that could be immediately addressed by the government.
Del
Prado
immediately
thanked the President for the
quick action and response for the
problems of the CDC-Mimosa
workers. •
ening project.
Under the agreement, the
DPWH will inform the complainants of the schedule of
the cutting and earth-balling
of the identified trees at least
one week before the operation.
A lso, the DPWH will need to
post a signage near the identified trees announcing the
schedule of the cutting or
earth-balling.
The trees cut shall be donated to the Department of Education for the construction of public schools, chairs, and table and
also to the city government of
Angeles for public use. •
TREES from Page 1
for earth-balling.
Meanwhile, in Mabalacat City,
76 trees are scheduled to be cut.
“The trees were identified by
foresters and engineers as necessary for cutting and cannot be
avoided. The identified trees list
was submitted in court through
the signed MOA in court to
[Judge Ma. Angelica ParasQuiambao]. As early last year
2013, the trees were marked in
red numbers if to be cut, and
with letter E if for earth-balling,” Yumul said.
The cutting of trees is part of
the Manila Northrail road wid-
Agreement
The agreement between the
national government and local
green groups came after Yumul
filed an injunction with prayer
for temporary environmental
protection order case against
Ochoa and others to block the
cutting of trees cities of Angeles
and Mabalacat and to nullify the
memorandum issued by Ochoa
in July 2012 and the Environmental Compliance Certificate
issued by the EMB in 2005 in
favor of the cutting of the trees.
jc de vera from Page 6
solo presscon niya. Hindi puwedeng hindi. Nakikita
n’yo naman siguro ang billing niya sa poster (nauna
ang namesung niya kina Tom at Carla Abellana at
nasa itaas pa, solong-solo). Ganun siya ka-importante sa amin at sa pelikula.”
Wala tayong narinig ni kapirasong pagtutol kina
Tom at Carla dahil JC deserves such billing. Hindi niya
hiningi iyon kundi kusang ibinigay ng mga producer.
Magkaagaw sina JC at Tom kay Carla sa pelikulang dinirek ni Jun Lana. Ipinagtapat din ni direk
Jun na masayang-masaya ang atmosphere sa shoot
nila, kaya, pagkaganda-ganda ng kabuuan nito. Tulad ng sinabi natin, magagaling na aktor at parehong
mababait sina JC at Tom. Kung may kaartehan man
si Carla dati, behaved na siya ngayon. She learned her
lessons well.•
heart from Page 6
halos dalawang taon.
“’Yung hinahanap ko, nakamit
at naabot ko ngayon. Kaya wala
pang kapantay o wala pa ’kong
naranasang ganitong pakiramdam,” anang senador.
Sa hiwalay na panayam, naging bukas naman ang celebrity
stylist na si Liz Uy sa kontrobersyal na pagkakaugnay niya kay
Pangulong Noynoy Aquino.
Itinanggi ni Liz na nagkaroon
sila ng relasyon ng pangulo.
Bukod sa kontrobersyal nilang
buhay pag-ibig, magbabahagi
rin sina Sen. Chiz at Liz ng mga
bagay-bagay tungkol sa kanilang
karera at pamilya. •
towards the light from Page 4
are rules. And, oh writers, just because they’re
writers! I love FB but I
like hate FB, too. Do you
know what I mean? It
wastes SOOOOO much
of our time. But at the
same time, it’s like crack,
you know? Every piece
of written work needs
to have ignored meaning so readers can assign their own. Writers
need to be interesting
enough to have a story
to tell or imaginative
7
enough to just pull one
out of their ass, yet understanding enough to
know every story they
tell is not just their own.
Oh writers! Honestly,
being a writer is, for
lack of a more eloquently pompous description, a horrible, painful,
dow nr ight-ef f in-aw f ul
existence which rarely,
if ever, passes as a lucrative profession. A profession that, at times, I wish
wouldn’t have picked me.
There are days I long for
an analytical mind hellbent on solving tangible
problems with a click
of a mouse or turn of a
wrench or a “whatever
the hell else”. Clearly,
however, that mind is
out of my reach. Can’t
you tell? I just spend a
ridiculous amount of
time elaborating on the
pains of a now-glorified
profession when others
would have simply said:
Oh writers!•
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He was recognized for doing tasks outside his job
description, such as providing assistance during
production work, and serving as alternate videographer and photographer for the department.
Manuel represented the Public Services Group
and was responsible in implementing a system to
make garbage collection inside the Freeport more
effective.
Dela Cerna, from the Regulatory Group, served
as clerk for the Ecology Center and provided assistance during project implementation done by her
department.
During the awarding ceremony, Chairman
Garcia also took the opportunity to recognize the
contribution of the employees in achieving SBMA’s
record-breaking income last year.
He proudly said that because of the employee’s
collective efforts, the SBMA is now recognized as
one of the best government agencies in the country.
“This brings back the pride in our work, because
it is important that you take pride in your work,
regardless of your position, especially if you are
working in a company worth working for,” he said.
Garcia also assured the employees that the
SBMA has a bright future ahead despite the challenges the agency faces, as the management is doing everything it can to improve its employees’
working conditions.
“The prospects for SBMA are exceedingly
bright, and I promise you we will take advantage of
these opportunities and make SBMA a much better
place in the years to come,” he said.
The SBMA Employee of the Year Awards is a
project of the SBMA Human Resources Management Department to recognize and reward exemplary services rendered by employees, in line with
the Civil Service Commission’s PRAISE program. •
AGREEMENT from Page 3
“It will not reopen US bases. It is an agreement to
enhance our defense relationships,” Goldberg said.
Paulino likewise asked Goldberg to provide more
community relations projects particularly mosquito
defogging and other health related programs which
the Ambassador gave assurance to provide to the
city.
Obama arrived in Manila on Monday as part
of his Asian tour that sought for the rebalancing of
power in the region.
Garcia also noted that even without the EDCA,
the Subic Bay Freeport already plays an important
role in national security because it is now the home
port of frigates BRP Alcaraz (PF-16) and BRP Gregorio Del Pilar (PF-15), the newest additions to the
Philippine Navy fleet.
One squadron of combat planes of the Philippine
Air Force (PAF) is also expected to be stationed at
the former Federal Express (FedEx) terminal inside
the Subic Bay International Airport, Garcia said.
The SBMA official also contended that the new
security agreement became necessary because of the
series of incidents in the West Philippine Sea, especially in the area of the Scarborough Shoal, where
Filipino fishermen were barred by Chinese Coast
Guard vessels.
Garcia said, however, that he remains optimistic
that the agreement will be a temporary arrangement
that will serve the purpose of benefiting most Filipinos.
Meanwhile, some protesters staged an anti-US
rally in front of the main gate of the Subic Bay Freeport to denounce the visit of Pres. Obama.
Garcia said the Subic authority let them finish
the rally at their own time.
“We allowed them to express their sentiments, as
that is their right. We did not disperse them, but we
did not allow them to come inside the Freeport, as
this is a rally-free area,” Garcia added. •
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VOLUME II • NO. 218 • MAY 02-04, 2014 • FRIDAY - SUNDAY
SM Downtown
launches job fair
By Joselito Salazar Jr.
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO
– SM City San Fernando Downtown together with the Department of Labor and Employment
(DOLE), Public Employment
Service Office (PESO) and City
Government of San Fernando
launched yesterday a job fair in
celebration of Labor Day 2014.
Job seekers flocked the SM
City San Fernando Downtown
Event Center for the jobs fair
with this year’s theme “Sa Sipag, Tiyaga at Talino, Buong
Mundo, Saludo sa Manggagawang Pilipino”.
The jobs fair offers around
600 vacancies for 16 local locators who joined the fair. Most
of the locators are manpower
agencies including mall tenants, fast food corporations, supermarket and overseas firms.
In her speech, Councilor
Angelica O. Hizon, said “it is
not just a matter of working...
you have to put your heart
there.”
Hizon also expressed that
job seekers should choose the
jobs they really want, love and
enjoy what they’re doing.
She added that though Pampanga’s Best is not present in
the fair, the food corporation is
open to accept applicants. Hizon is of the Hizons who founded the said food corporation.
The fair is open for new
graduates and other qualified
applicants.
The event is also celebrated
in all SM super malls nationwide.
Also present in the event
were Ma. Lana O. Erroba,
Mall Manager of SM City San
Fernando Downtown, Maylyn
Evangelista, Supervising LEO
– DOLE RO3 and Donny M.
Sayre, Manager, PESO San Fernando. •
EAGER APPLICANT. An applicant fills up a registration form during the Job Fair held yesterday at SM City
San Fernando Downtown. --Joselito Salazar Jr.
SM San Fernando to hold sale
by Charlene A. Cayabyab
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO-A shopping mall here is set to
hold a sale starting today (Friday).
SM San Fernando Downtown (SMSFD) will have its
much-awaited three day sale
starting today until May 4.
Scarlet Pagdanganan, public relations officer of SMSFD,
said SM affiliated stores will
offer up to 70 percent on great
selections from 9AM to 9PM
during the sale period.
SM affiliated stores include The SM Store, SM Appliance, Ace Hardware, Watsons and SM Supermarket.
Pagdanganan said shoppers may also get a chance
to win one of the two Suzuki
Shooter 115Fi motorcycle in
every P500 single or accumulated purchase.
“You can also get one additional coupon upon buying one set of SM Eco Bags
and three additional coupons when you show your
SM Global Pinoy card. Aside
from that, upon showing
your ‘I Love Downtown Privilege Card’ gives you another
coupon,” Pagdanganan said.
Raffle draw will be on
Sunday at 8:30PM at the
ground level of SMSFD.
“Now make a list and
grab your shopping bag and
make your way to the favorite
hidey-hole in town because
it’s SM City San Fernando
Downtown’s 3 Day Sale,” Pagdanganan said. •
Lamao acquires new ambulance
By Butch Gunio
LIMAY, Bataan -- Putting premium on the health
of the village folk, Barangay
Lamao has acquired an ambulance for fast transport
of patients needing medical
services.
Capt. Restituto “Bart”
Reyes said they acquired a
new ambulance recently for
better health services of his
constituents.
“We have an existing one
ambulance plus the other one
we acquired will make better
service to our constituents
especially patients who need
to be immediately transported to hospitals,” said the
captain.
Lamao is the most populated village in the industrial
town of Limay.
The captain said they also
recently acquired a compactor truck to be used in the
village.
Lamao has also its own
penetrator firetruck, which
the village can immediately
use in times of emergency fire.
A penetrator firetruck is
smaller compared to a regular firetruck. •
BPSU clean cookstove
presented in
Cambodia, China
By Butch Gunio
ABUCAY, Bataan -- The
clean cookstove developed by the
Bataan Peninsula State University
(BPSU) that responds to the problem of pollution has been presented to Cambodia and China.
Engr. Jonathan E. Lacayanga,
chairman of research and development of BPSU Abucay, invented
the improved vertical fed biomass
cookstove that responds to the
problems of household air pollution or indoor air pollution.
BPSU Abucay campus Director Herminio Miguel, BPSU faculty member Engr. Walter Valdez,
and Reynan Calderon, secretary
general of consultancy firm WRJ
Agriboize Incorporated, collaborated with Lacayanga to develop
the cookstove.
“We have already presented
this biomass cookstove in Cambodia and China. We have also been
invited to present in Cameroon in
South Africa”, Lacayanga said.
“Several non-government organizations in Africa wanted the
technology transferred to them
but we prefer our countrymen to
first benefit from this invention,”
he divulged.
The cookstove has been recognized by the Global Alliance
for Clean Cookstoves (GACC), a
United Nations initiative, making
BPSU one of the about 430 institutions in the world belonging to
the alliance and the first in the
Philippines.
As member of GACC, BPSU
becomes an implementing partner in realizing the vision of the
alliance to provide and distribute
100 million clean cookstoves for
biomass dependent households
worldwide by the year 2020.
According to the World Health
Organization 2009 report, 2.5 billion people in over 500 million
homes worldwide use dirty and
inefficient cookstoves.
In developing countries like
the Philippines, the use of open
fire stove that burn biomass fuel
inefficiently are noted to caused
hazards to human health, environment, and problems on household energy requirement.
Lacayanga whose invention
is patented with the Intellectual
Property Rights of the Philippines,
has been seeking for the commercialization of the cookstove. •