Vol 4 No 17.pmd

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VOLUME 4
NUMBER 17
FRI - SAT
JUNE 25 - 26, 2010
Negosyante
inilibing
sa darak
NI ROMMEL RAMOS
Inilibing sa darak ang
isang negosyante
matapos itong patayin
sa pamamagitan ng
pagpalo ng tubo sa kanyang ulo na ang mga
suspek ay pinaniniwalaang mismong kanyang mga tauhan sa
isang feeds factory sa
bayan ng Marilao, Bulacan.
Ang biktima ay kinilala ng Marilao PNP
(Philippine National
Police) na si Emmanuel Guillermo y Dedoyo, 50, tubong Metro
Manila at may-ari ng
Max pro feeds factory.
Ayon kay Angelo
Nicanor Concepcion,
pamangkin ng biktima,
tinawagan sila noong
Lunes ng gabi ng biktima at sinabing pauwi
na ito ng alas-siete ng
gabi ngunit matapos
niyon ay hindi na ito
nagtext o sumagot sa
kanilang mga tawag.
Dahil dito ay nagaalala na ang pamilya
ng biktima kayat pinagpasyahan nilang
tunguhin ang factory
nito sa barangay
Sta.Rosa Dos sa naturang bayan.
Dito nila nakita ang
kotse ng kanyang tiyuhin at ng pagpasok nila
sa loob ng factory ay
hindi naman nila ito
matagpuan maliban sa
briefcase, bakal na tubo
at nagkalat na dugo sa
paligid ng factory.
Sila ay naghinala
na may nangyaring
masama sa kanilang
PAGE 6 PLEASE
OGCC eyed to probe
Clark scrap scandal
BY DING CERVANTES
C
LARK FREEPORT – A factfinding committee headed
by Clark International
Airport Corp. (CIAC) chairman
Nestor Mangio has sought “at the
very least a reprimand” of CIAC
president and chief executive
officer Victor Jose Luciano over
controversies on scraps worth
some P33.5 million supposedly for
Aeta tribal folk.
PAGE 6 PLEASE
5 DAYS BEFORE
LEAVING PRESIDENCY
GMA to open
upgraded terminal
PamCham sees economic at Clark airport
boom in Pineda leadership
PARTNERS. Pamcham chairman Laus (left) applauds as Governor-elect
Pineda and Vice Gov. Guiao receive a copy of written investment
report from Pamcham president Romero (right). PHOTO BY JOEY PAVIA
Now equipped with tubes
BY JOEY PAVIA
CLARK FREEPORT – “Unification
needed to push for development in the
province.”
This was the message of Pampanga Chamber of Commerce and Industries Inc. (PamCham) President Rene
Romero yesterday as the business sector expressed confidence on the leadership and governance of incoming Gov.
Lilia “Baby” Pineda and her vice gover-
nor, Joseller “Yeng” Guiao.
The two were the guests of honor at
the general membership meeting and
induction of new members of
PamCham at the Holiday Inn Clark.
Romero urged Pineda to create a
body which will draw the master plan
for the economic development in the
province. He added that “Pineda will be
a better and different leader.”
“Priming countryside business is
PAGE 3 PLEASE
ON OUSTER MOVE VS. LUCIANO
Who is telling the truth at CIAC?
CLARK FREEPORT –
There are three sides of
the story about the reported ouster move
against Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC)
President-CEO Victor
Jose Luciano over the alleged illegal demolition of
17 buildings at the aviation
property here.
In an interview with reporters on Wednesday,
Luciano said he had been
informed that there was a
proposed board resolution
asking for his resignation
presented at the CIAC
board meeting in Manila on
June 22. It was signed by
only one member, Luciano
said but did not identify the
supposed signatory.
“I didn’t see it but I was
told there was,” said Luciano of the resolution.
PAGE 6 PLEASE
WAR PATH. CIAC EVP and COO Cauguiran (left) shows documents about
the fact-finding report prepared by himself and CIAC Chairman Mangio
during a press conference at his office on Wednesday. On the same day,
CIAC President and CEO Luciano says there was a move to oust him but
failed. PHOTOS BY JOEY PAVIA
CLARK FREEPORT –
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo gets to finally
inaugurate this Saturday
the delayed P308.8-million
Phase 1 expansion of the
passenger terminal at the
airport here named after
her late father, ex-Pres. Diosdado Macapagal, five
days before she steps
down from her nine-year
presidency.
Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) executive vice president Alexander Cauguiran said
Phase 1 of the terminal
expansion project at the
Diosdado Macacapagal International Airport (DMIA)
here will increase the airport’s capacity to accomPAGE 6 PLEASE
CDC launches ‘2nd Clark
Interlocator Amazing Race’
CLARK FREEPORT – “Face
your fear. Test your limits. Conquer the challenges.”
The Clark Development Corporation (CDC) is inviting all
sports enthusiasts and health
buffs to witness the “2nd Clark
Interlocator Amazing Race” on
June 26.
The CDC Tourism and Promotions Office (TPO) said the
race begins exactly at 6 a.m.
Participants of the race are advised to register an hour earlier at the CDC Parade Grounds
where the race will be held.
CDC President Benigno N.
Ricafort said the race is anoth-
er event that places the Clark
Freeport on the map as one of
the country’s top sports tourism destinations in the country.
Ricafort said the CDC is
working closely with the Greater Clark Visitors Bureau
(GCVB) and the Clark Freeport
Tourism Association (CFTA) to
further boost tourism, to prop
up business and to promote
Clark as among the best alternatives for sports and family
leisure activities.
For further details contact
the CDC-TPO at (045) 5993222; and (045) 599-2635.
PGKM pins hope on P-Noy to end suffering of people
Flies, diseases come from Porac piggeries
BY JOEY PAVIA
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JUNE 25 - 26, 2010 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
ANGELES CITY – When Ballsy
Aquino-Cruz was asked about
the favorite hobbies of his brother, incoming President Benigno
“Noynoy” Aquino III, over live
television she said: “Eating outside.”
Aquino III would not enjoy his
food if he decides to eat here or
in nearby Porac town due to the
existence of at least 11 piggeries which were blamed by the
Pinoy Gumising Ka Movement
(PGKM) for the “invasion” of flies
and other deadly diseases in the
area.
PGKM Chairman Ruperto
“Perto” Cruz said no less than
the late President Corazon “Cory”
Aquino, mother of Noynoy, experienced eating at his house in
Barangay Cutcut here “with all
the flies around.”
Cruz’s residence is at the
boundary of Barangay Sta. Cruz,
Porac where there are huge piggeries blamed for the flies and
deadly diseases affecting residents in the area.
“Our good friend Cory was
using one hand to eat and the
other to shoo away the flies while
eating in our dining table. There
was a time Noynoy personally
saw the irritating flies while visiting with his mother,” said Cruz,
who was a good friend of the late
president during and after her
term which ended in 1992.
Cruz expressed confidence
that Aquino III would “end the
long suffering of the people and
even businesses.” His property
now has a European-inspired
golf course, restaurants, function halls and hotel rooms.
“The previous president (referring to Pres. Arroyo) had done
nothing for her own people. It will
be different this time,” said Cruz.
Citing international studies,
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FLUVIAL PARADE. Faithfuls celebrate the Feast of San Juan de Bautista (Saint
John the Baptist) in Calumpit Bulacan. PHOTO COURTESY OF DENG PANGILINAN
Cruz said the long-term exposure to foul smell emitted by piggeries in nearby Porac could
cause “sudden death.”
The PGKM disclosed that
there are at least 11 prominent
piggeries in Barangays Sta. Cruz
and Manibaug Paralaya, Porac.
Citing the study of the USbased Hilton Kalusche of the
Mississippi Safety and Environment Management Office, Sonny Dobles, head of PGKM’s environmental desk, said the piggeries release hydrogen sulfite
in the air which instantly enters
the body of human beings.
Dobles added that the harmful chemical accumulates “in the
human body until you die or get
sick of various deadly ailments.”
”Among the diseases
caused by hydrogen sulfide are
those that affect the nervous
systems and respiratory problems,” he said.
Dobles, still citing the study,
said “the extremely toxic, irritating gas” emitted by piggeries
also reduces the oxygen-carry-
ing capacity of human blood.
The PGKM, who also made
a research on backyard and
commercial piggeries in the
country, disclosed that the waste
of pigs “is ten to 100 times deadlier” than human waste.
The pathogen-based pig
waste with high nitrogen content
“enters the body and affects the
hemoglobin of red blood cells
that carry oxygen throughout the
body,” said the PGKM. It added
that the “it also causes gastrointestinal diseases.”
AUF to honor
DOST exec
ANGELES UNIVERSITY
Foundation is conferring Science and Technology secretary Dr. Estrella F. Alabastro
with the distinguished University Medal of Honor on June
26 during the commencement
exercises of the AUF Graduate School, it was announced
by AUF president Atty. Joseph Emmanuel L. Angeles.
Alabastro is being cited in
recognition of her exemplary
achievements as a scientist
and researcher, and in praise
of her sterling leadership qualities, management acumen
and outstanding performance
in public service.
Alabastro will address 73
candidates for graduation who
will be conferred their doctorate and master’s degrees in
business, education, public
administration and nursing.
The Distinguished University Medal of Honor is the
highest form of recognition
which AUF confers upon individuals who have displayed
sterling leadership qualities,
integrity and commitment to
duty, in their service to the
community and its disadvantaged sectors. Past recipients include Canadian Ambassador Robert Collete in
2002; then Senator and now
Philippine President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo in 1993;
Senator Manuel A. Roxas II
in year 2000; Dr. Daisaku Ikeda of Sokka Gakkai University, Japan in 1999; Dr. Young
Seek Choue of Kyung Hee
University, Korea in 2003; Japanese Ambassador Makoto
Katsura in 2009, and a host
of other deserving recipients
from the diplomatic corps, government, business and education sectors.
BAGO MATAPOS
ANG TERMINO
PGMA,
dumalaw sa
2 baranggay
sa Lubao
NI ROMMEL RAMOS
LUBAO, Pampanga – Ilang araw
bago matapos ang termino ni
Pangulong Arroyo bilang pangulo
ng bansa ay binisita pa nito ang
ikalawang Distrito ng Pampanga kamakailan upang bisitahin
ang kanyang mga natitira pang
mga proyekto.
Bandang 2:30 ng hapon
noong Lunes ng dumating ang
pangulo.
Nag-iisang dumating ang
pangulo at wala itong kasama
ni isang cabinet member o mga
local na opisyal dito.
Ininspeksyon ng pangulo ang
tatlong bagong tayong silid
aralan sa San Mateo Elementary School sa baranggay San
Matias, Lubao, Pampanga.
Kinumusta rin ng pangulo
ang mga elementary pupils na
nag-aaral dito.
Inispeksyon din ng pangulo
ang apat pang luma at sira-sirang mga paaralan sa naturang
eskwelahan na sumasailalim sa
rehabilitasyon.
Ang rehabilitasyon nito ay sa
ilalim naman ng 355th Airwing
ng Philippine Airforce.
Manual count ordered in Ecija
BY ARMAND M. GALANG
Greetings from
Councilor Maricel “Marang” Morales
ground for the filing of
election protest.
He mentioned alleged
malfunctioning of PCOS
machines and compact
flash cards as among
claims that warrant the
revision of ballots.
Ongsiako said the
revision would even
“show the pattern of vote
buying.”
“I see that the grounds
that justify,” Baguio said.
He added that the
breakdown of CF cards,
for instance, will show the
“correctness or falsity of
computerized elections.”
In the midst of
opposition from Congco’s
party, Baguio said the
only issue to be settled
is to determine “who
actually won.”
The revision committees, Baguio ruled, will
be headed by a court
employee with members
from each party. The
revision will be held at
the office of the clerk of
court starting June 29 at
10 a.m.
David said he will
bring the issue to the
Supreme Court.
PamCham sees...
FROM PAGE 1
PamCham’s mission and
we take this very seriously. We promote economic
development simply because it is the lifeblood of
business. A vibrant and developed economy indicates flourishing industries
which signifies relatively
high employment rate,”
said Romero in his speech.
He stressed that inves-
tors will be interested in
putting up businesses in
a province where local government units (LGUs) are
in a “harmonious relationship with traders.”
“We hope to maintain
a consultative relationship
with our partners (LGUs)
and be assured that our
lines of communication
will remain open. We shall
commend excellent and
efficient administration,
and in the same breath
shall not hesitate to criticize and censure actions
countering what we have
now declared and defined
as good and effective governance,” added Romero.
For his part, PamCham
chairman Levy Laus said
“visions need actions.” He
also expressed confidence in the leadership of
Pineda and Guiao.
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JUNE 25 - 26, 2010 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
CONG. CARMELO ‘TARZAN’ LAZATIN
A caring father,
A true friend,
A beloved leader
MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY.
GAPAN CITY – The
Regional Trial Court
Branch 34 here ruled for
the opening of ballot
boxes and manual count
of votes for at least 56
clustered precincts from
the municipality of
Cabiao, Nueva Ecija on
Tuesday.
The ruling, which also
provided for the creation
of four revision committees, was rendered by
presiding Judge Celso
Baguio on the election
protest filed by incumbent Mayor Abundia
Garcia of Unang Sigaw
Partido ng Pagbabago
(USPP) of Cabiao
against proclaimed
winner Gloria Congco of
Bagong Lakas ng Nueva
Ecija (Balane).
Congco, who had to
rest last 2007 elections
on the strength of the
mandatory tree-term limit
for an elective local
official, was proclaimed
winner by the municipal
board of canvassers
(MBC) after she garnered
16,278 votes against
Garcia’s 14,446 in the
last May 10 automated
elections.
But Garcia, in filing
her protest docketed as
EPC-0510 at Baguio’s
sala, alleged that the first
automated poll was
attended by massive
fraud such as vote buying
and intimidation on top of
alleged malfunctioning of
precinct count optical
scan (PCOS) machines
in some precincts,
particularly in Barangay
San Roque.
Some candidates for
town councilors also filed
protests.
Conco’s lawyer, Atty.
Petronilo David, opposed
the re-opening of ballot
boxes arguing that
ballots would not show
proof on the allegation of
massive fraud, especially
vote buying.
“The case must be
dismissed, the ballots
cannot determine the
fraud,” David said.
But Atty. Ramon
Miguel Ongsiako who
represented Garcia
during the pre-trial said
vote buying was the only
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Editorial Opinion
Officer and
gentleman
“NO ONE holds a title to this position.”
So spake Chief Supt. Arturo Cacdac Jr., Central
Luzon police director, of the possibility of his relief,
fanned by reports that the Camp Olivas rank-and-file
are already awaiting a new director after June 30.
A revamp, Cacdac holds, is a routine part of the
dynamics of working and accomplishing
organizations like the Philippine National Police.
“We must be prepared,” said Cacdac , making like
a Boy Scout: “The PNP hierarchy has to choose the
right people for the right job.”
Hence, appointed as Central Luzon’s top cop only
last March, Cacdac is able, willing, and ready to leave
at any moment’s notice. Measuring up to the standard
of the true gentleman-officer of the corps there,
disgracing the many in the rank who think they hold a
Torrens title to a PNP post, especially one as
“lucrative” as Camp Olivas.
“It’s not the length of stay but the quality of service
that counts, “ the Philippine Military Academy Class
’87 member underscored, walking his talk there with
his 16 years of accomplished service in different
areas of Central Luzon, notably Pampanga and
Angeles City.
Now, were more police officers like Cacdac…
Pipeline
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JUNE 25 - 26, 2010 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
THE PAMPANGA mayors may be feeling like “outside
the kulambo” with the incoming administration, betting
on a losing horse in the recent presidential derby.
Even as the their league spokesman has made
public pronouncements of unconditional support to the
next president, the apprehension of being shut out of
the kitchen is overwhelming them.
Comes now this bright idea of getting City of San
Fernando Mayor Oscar S. Rodriguez, the sole yellow
standard bearer among the victors in the local
government contests here, as conduit to the Aquino
administration.
It is not in character for Mayor Oca to be a courtier.
But for the sake of the local communities, he would
go out of his way to help.
“Alam naman ninyo ang ugali ko. Hindi ako
mahilig maglalapit. Pero kung ano man ang
maitutulong ko sa liga, sa probinsiya at sa mga
localities, bakit ko naman ipagkakait? I will help with
my little relationship with the President, I can perhaps
be the vehicle or the conduit at least.” So declared
Mayor Oca.
So are the mayors assured now of a pipeline to
the new administration.
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Demolished truth
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Zona Libre
Bong Z. Lacson
“BOARD JUNKS ouster move vs. Luciano.”
So read the text message I received late afternoon of June 22.
With the newsman’s nose for intrigues, I naturally raised the
issue the following day at the media conference called by Clark
International Airport Corp. Executive Vice President Alexander
Cauguiran.
“Nothing of that sort happened,” was the EVP’s curt reply.
No junking? But was there a move during the board meeting to
oust Victor Jose “Chichos” Luciano from the CIAC presidency? I
persisted.
“Absolutely nothing,” a visibly irked but definitive Cauguiran
insisted.
At the subsequent media interview with Luciano – a spit away
from Cauguiran’s office, the beleaguered CEO said there indeed
was a document calling for his ouster that was passed around the
members of the CIAC board during their meeting but it did not
prosper as only one member signed it.
So did Luciano see the document and the lone signatory?
“I did not see it but I was informed about it.” That was his pained
reply.
So who was the lone signatory?
“You should have asked EVP Cauguiran.”
Worse than a chicken-or-egg proposition
there, Luciano affirming what Cauguiran was
absolutely negating.
So Punto’s ace reporter Joey Pavia called
CIAC Board Chairman Nestor Mangio.
“Yes, there was a resolution calling for the
resignation of President Luciano. I signed it. So
did EVP Cauguiran,” Mangio told Pavia.
“Yes, it was not pursued after CIAC Board
adviser General Abaya proposed that an
independent body be requested to thoroughly
investigate the case before such resolution could
be addressed,” Mangio furthered.
One incident. Three versions. Obviously
someone – if not everyone – is lying here.
It is not only in that account of the CIAC board
meeting that truth was apparently demolished.
Even the power point presentation (PPP) of
Cauguiran during the media conference was shot
full of apparent lies.
The fifth frame of the PPP read: 4.
Documents submitted by PPGS and EMD
reveal that 3 Aeta organizations sought the
intercession of high-ranking officials in the
Office of the President of the Philippines in
requesting P/CEO VJIL to donate to them preidentified scrap materials and the demolition of
17 old structures within the Civil Aviation
Complex in order to generate funds for their
various livelihood programs.
The tenth frame read: CDC issued the
corresponding Demolition Permits to the following
aeta organizations:
Bamban Aeta Tribal Association or BATA for
the demolition of 4 structures (Bldgs. 7140, 7246,
7257, 7208)
Association of Barangay Chieftains of the
Aetas in Pampanga for the demolition of 8
structures (Bldgs. 7247, 7288, 7289, 7300, 7191,
7252, 7253, 7235)
Aeta Tribal Community Vendor Group for the
demolition of 2 structures (Bldgs. 7190 and 7268).
Clearly, four structures to BATA, eight to the
ABCAP, and two to the ATCVG total to only 14
demolished structures. As there were “17 old
structures” recorded as having been demolished,
where did the remaining three go?
A staff at the CIAC engineering department
was hurriedly summoned and hurriedly wrote on
a torn leaf from a notebook additional three
buildings going to the ABCAP. An act worthy of a
Mandrake pulling a rabbit out of his top hat.
Truth again was apparently scrapped in the
accounting of the proceeds from the sale of scrap
materials from the demolished buildings.
One Josie Gomez, the self-appointed “agent”
of the Aetas said she had already given the
tribesmen some P9.5 million from the proceeds.
The fact-finding committee headed by Mangio
himself gathered that the “appraised value of the
buildings from the prices that were quoted by the
contractors and the advances given to the Aetas”
reached about P33,518,009, “excluding
contractors’ profit.”
The total receipted amount given to the Aetas
was a measly P344,750. Add the cost of the 300
sacks of rice also given to the tribes at P1,500
per sack totaling to P450,000 and the sum total
would only be P794,750.
A total of P32,723,259 is missing. A whopper
there! Somebody’s made a killing!
And Luciano since Day One has been saying
the buildings had “absolute zero value in the CIAC
books.”
It looks to me that it is Truth that has absolute
zero value in the CIAC books. So where lies Truth
then? At the rubble of those demolished buildings.
Shame.
For the sake
of delicadeza
PRESIDENT ELECT Noy Noy
Aquino is expected to announce
the members of the cabinet next
week, a report said.
The concern of many people
is not entirely the new appointees but the appointees of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
These include those whose term
of office is fixed by law.
If only for the sake of delicadeza all the appointees of the
Arroyo administration should resign. But how many of these people have the good sense to resign and let the new administration make their replacements.
In many national offices
there are career employees and
officials who should be given opportunity to head their respective departments or offices. Before looking for outsiders to fill
the vacancies they should be
given priority.
Special attention and study
should be made in the selection
of officers in the foreign service
particularly ambassadors and
the officials and officers of the
Department of Foreign Affairs
who are representing the country in the host nations where they
will be assigned.
Our embassies and consulates should also assign personnel to look into the welfare of
overseas workers.
This is another appeal to the
President and all the Congressmen of the district covered by
the franchise of Pampanga Electric Cooperative II or PELCO II.
Please look into the operation of the Cooperative, more particularly the rate it charges its
subscribers.
At last the amended Senior
Citizens Law will be effective
starting July 6. Obviously the
implementing guidelines have
been finalized. However, there
should be an extensive information drive on the provisions of law
and the guidelines. This should
be posted in a drug stores for
The
Bottomline
Hector P. Soto
ready reference when buying
medicines.
It is interesting to know who
will refile the Freedom of Information Bill that has been shelved
by the 14th Congress.
The bill, important as it is,
should be given priority by the
15th Congress.
As earlier said the bill if it become a law will minimize graft
and corruption or in the least
minimize it.
Opinion
In times of troubles
Henrylito D. Tacio
The father brought her closer and asked her
to feel the carrot. She did and noted that it was
soft. He then asked her to take the egg and break
it. After peeling it, she observed that it was now
hard-boiled.
Finally, he asked her to sip the tea. She smiled
as she smelled its aroma and tasted its
sweetness. Then she wondered, “What is the point
you want to drive, Papa?”
Her father explained that the carrot, egg and
tea had each faced the same adversity – boiling
water – but each reacted differently. The carrot
went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. But after
being subjected to the boiling water, it softened
and became weak. The egg had been fragile; its
thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior.
But in the boiling water, it hardened. The tea and
sugar, however, were unique – they changed the
water.
“Which are you?” the father asked his
daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door,
how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or
tea and sugar?”
Now, in your situation: Does pain and adversity
cause you to wilt and loose enough strength? Or
do you start off with a malleable heart, but then
become hardened and stiff after a death, a breakup, a separation, or a lay-off?
Or are you like the tea and sugar that changed
the hot water – that which is bringing the pain? If
you are like the tea and sugar, when things are at
their worst you get better and make things better
around you.
Edmund Burke was right when he said, “He
that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and
sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.”
To which Max Lerner added, “The turning point in
the process of growing up is when you discover
the core of strength within you that survives all
hurt.”
Some people consider adversity an enemy.
An unknown author penned these words: “If you
have some enemies, you are to be congratulated,
for no man ever amounted to much without
arousing jealousies and creating enemies. Your
enemies are a very valuable asset as long as you
refrain from striking back at them, because they
keep you on the alert when you might become
lazy.” Dr. Jose Rizal puts it in a different
perspective: “We need criticism to keep us
awake.”
To others, adversity is sort of a friend. Norman
Vincent Peale said it succinctly: “The trouble with
most of us is that we would rather be ruined by
praise than saved by criticism.” In Snow on the
Wind, Hugh Miller wrote: “Problems are only
opportunities with thorns on them.”
Leslie Grossman stated, “When you’re feeling
your worst, that’s when you get to know yourself
the best.” In his Literary Essays, James Russell
Lowell pointed out, “Mishaps are like knives that
either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by
the blade or the handle.”
There is a legend about a German nobleman
who had a castle in the hills along the Rhine.
Being a music lover, he stretched some wires
between the towers of his castle with the hope
that the winds might vibrate them and make music.
But the gentle Rhineland breezes produced no
sounds.
Then one night a great thunderstorm swept
up the valley. Furious winds beat against the
castle. Even the mountains roundabout seemed
to shake. The baron opened a sheltered window
to watch the progress of the storm and – to his
astonishment! – he heard the trains of beautiful
music. Now those wires were humming like guitar
strings. It had required a windstorm to bring out
the music!
The same is true with our lives. “God uses
suffering as a whetstone, to make men sharp with,”
Henry Ward Beecher reminds.
(Kaugne ning pamagmasusi king pang-149 Aldo nang Beitan
Dr. Jose P. Rizal, a merapat king Heroes Hall ning Siyudad
San Fernando, keng pamanimuna ning mapuri, bantug, maganaka at metenakan a “World Class City Mayor,” Hon. Oscar S.
Rodriguez; at nu’ ing mesabing okasyun tegunan da ring mialiwang sektor ning lipunan, at metung ya ing maluka yung talasuyu karing mitulduan mamarangal, ipaintulut yung ing poesia
nang Rizal a mipamansagan “A La Juventud Filipina,” a kepampanganan na’t ginale para king mesaglawe selebrasyun ya pamung ipalual na.
Iti metung ya karing kawatasan a sinulat nang Dr. Rizal inyang
kabayangnan na’t salukuyan pang magaral king Unibersidad
ning Sto. Tomas, at nung nu’ king merapat a ligligan pamanyulat poesia kanita, a tinatag ning Liceo Artistico Literario,
aguman a kabibilugan ding panatiku keng arte’t panitikan,
iting poesia a misulat king salitang Kastila ing migkamit mumunang galal. Kastila la’t katutubu ding pesilauk king merapat a ligligan dapot ing lupun ding tala-atul a kabibilangan ding
Kastila kesantingan lang bina king poesia nang Rizal inyasa’t
keya re apisanmetung binye ing primera premyu.
King kayaduanan nang Ms. Ching Pangilinan, ning City Tourism Office, linikas ne king Amanung Sisuan ning malugud
yung talasulat bilang dake ning kulturang Kapampangan.).
‘Karing
kayanakan
a Pilipinu’
NENG DR. JOSE P. RIZAL
YATNA ME’ING kanwan mung malinis at maslag
Suging kayanakan king kekang panlakad;
King pigkalam ning Dios a magsolung aslag
Ing kekang ipakit, Pagasa ning Bukas.
Kuldasan mu na la, O gintung kabiasnan
Ding kekaming pusu a manayang tipan;
Mapus ka king angin ban ing kaisipan
Kekang asulagpo karin king katasan.
Idala ing anggang masampat tangalan
A maslag nang yata ning arte at beluan
Kimut ka’t patluran mu ne kayanakan
Ing gapus ning kekang diwa at panamdam.
Umasdan ing putung makasilo bina,
Busal na ning dulum ampang a dakila
Ing putung a iti iyampang neng kusa
King Indung Balen a mibalut palyasa.
For comments, write me at [email protected]
Ing tagulele ning pun akasya
(Pamanutul laban king pamangutud karing pun akasyang makahilera king Dalan MacArthur.)
King samula ning panaun
ding gamat ning Mayupaya
Hinubug no king kaburyan
ding pun dutung ampong sabla
Kalupa kung pun akasya
a karin na sadyang gewa
at kebit na ketang mula
ban mawili ka pelangga.
Anti murin kasaup na
King mabilug a masala
Ban iti nang kalikasan
Lubusan yang e matatda
Anya ika o lelangan,
Sukat mu sang abitasa
Pepatubwan na kung sarya
Ban mantabe keyang diwa.
Ni Felix M. Garcia
Ngeni aku murin itang
babye angin a kaylangan.
Ing malinis at dalise
makakayap king katawan.
Ngeni aku mu rin itang
sasabat ban mibawasan,
Pamipali a babalut
keting yatu tang karinan.
Ngeni aku mu rin itang
epektibung sasalangsang,
King insanu mang sakuna
darala ning kalikasan
Ngeni aku mu rin itang
magpanatili king legwan
Maging ketang mawawalang
amlat na ning kalabwaran.
Dapot bakit o pelangga
nanu itang kasangkanan?
Nanu wari ing depat ku
A e mu sadyang aburyan?
Darala me ing pangutud
para kening kamatayan?
Ban matapyus nemg malaus
Iting labwad tang santungan?
Akalingwan mu na wari
keyang kekang kaisipan?
Itang sabla-sablang depat
Pemangawa kung kayapan?
E sukat yan! Ali mu ku!,
e mu ku sa tatagkilan!
Paburen mu kung kumabye
ban kumabye ka mu naman!
Romeo S. Rodriguez
Junio 10, 2010
Del Carmen, San Fernando , Pampanga
O, ika a maki pakpak ning tagimpan
At andang sulagpo king banuang katasan
Ban keta ing yumu ning sunis akamtan
Karin king Olimpo, katmu keng pibandian.
Ika, a ing bosis bina king kasampat
Dalit nang Filomel king lungkut panaplak;
Panulung masampat, king dusa’t pagsalbat
Ning alipan kirut a kaladuang paldas.
Ika, a ing diwa dirinan neng kule
King marmol a batung sidsad keng katibe,
At ing panalalang wagas at dalise
Keka maging alang kapupusan a bie.
At ika, o Diwang kang Apelles mal
King salitang maslag nitang Febo siywan,
O king kaputut a lonang pitabasan
Miglipat kule at leguan ning katasan.
Ume na ka keni at palablaban mu
Ing api ning kekang isip at talentu
Ing malagung lagyu isalbag king yatu
At ipamansag ing kapuryan ning tau.
O dakilang aldo ning tula’t sagakgak
Magpakasaya ka, sintang Pilipinas!
Puryan ing balayan a keka liningap,
At tinaid keka a malagung palad!
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JUNE 25 - 26, 2010 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
Regarding
Henry
“NO MAN ought to lay a cross upon himself, or to adopt tribulation;
but if a cross or tribulation come upon him, let him suffer it patiently,
and know that it is good and profitable for him,” so said Martin
Luther.
That statement came to my mind while reading an e-mail
forwarded to me by a friend. I really don’t know who wrote the story
below but I believe it has some lessons to convey which would
benefit anyone.
A daughter complained to her father how hard her life was. She
didn’t know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up.
She was tired of fighting and struggling; it seemed that whenever
she solved one problem, a new one arose.
Her father, a chef, took her to his kitchen. He filled three pots
with water and placed each on high heat. When they were boiling,
he place a carrot in the first one, an egg in the second, and a bag
of herb tea in the third, to which he added a teaspoonful of sugar.
In about 20 minutes, he turned the burners off. He fished the
carrot out and placed it in a bowl. He pulled the egg out and placed
it in a bowl. And the he ladled the tea into a bowl. Turning to his
daughter, he asked, “What do you see?” The daughter replied, “A
carrot, an egg, and tea.”
Napaguusapan
lang
5
OGCC eyed to probe Clark scrap scandal
FROM PAGE 1
At a press conference
here on Wednesday, CIAC
executive vice president
Alexander Cauguiran said
the CIAC board has also
asked the Office of Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC) to investigate
the case, although he himself had proposed a probe
by the National Bureau of
Investigation (NBI) instead.
Luciano, who authorized the demolition of 17
unused buildings here for
scraps to be donated to
Aetas, welcomed the
move, although he insisted that Mangio’s fact-finding committee “did not follow due process” before it
came out with its final report submitted to the CIAC
board.
He also deplored the
fact-finding’s objectivity,
noting that Mangio “was
the one who asked the
board to establish a factfinding committee and
then he headed the committee.”
“I have never been queried by the committee
since I arrived from the
US last June 8,” Luciano said. He went to the
US to attend a family affair.
He said he supported
“an independent probe by
the OGCC” which he de-
scribed “as the most logical agency” to dig into the
controversy.
Luciano and Mangio
had reportedly been at
odds over another controversy over the contractor
for a proposed $100 million new terminal at the
Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA).
The controversy prompted
Pres. Arroyo to order the
scrapping of a Kuwaiti firm
supported by Mangio for
the project.
Mangio said he asked
Luciano to account for
some P23 million of the
funds raised from scraps.
Luciano, in an interview in
his office yesterday, said
he would be able to do so.
Earlier, scrap dealer
Josie Gomez, who acted
as intermediary between
Aetas and buyers of scrap
from the demolished buildings, said she raised P9.5
million from the sale of
scraps from only 11 buildings.
She claimed to have
used P4.5 million of this
amount for a day care center construction and jetmatic pumps in Aeta villages in Bamban Tarlac. The
rest she gave in cash to
Aetas on installment basis since the demolitions
started last year.
This leaves some P23
million unexplained out of
the total P33,518,809 estimated worth of all the
scraps derived from all 17
buildings, Mangio said.
Oscar Rivera, head of
the Bamban Aeta Tribal
Association (BATA), however, insisted he got only
P15,000 and 100 sacks of
rice from Gomez from
scraps from only two demolished buildings. Gomez also acted as agent
for the group of Oscar Dizon, head of the Association of Tribal Chieftains
(ATC) to whom she
claimed to have turned
over P9.5 million.
Another supposed
beneficiary was Aeta Catalino Saplala who requested Malacanang for the use
of two of the unused buildings.
He said, however, that
he was surprised when
told by one Roger from the
CIAC that the two buildings he requested for was
already demolished and
had a buyer of scraps.
He said he got only
P50,000 from the deal.
In its report, the Mangio committee urged the
CIAC board to “at the very
least reprimand” Luciano
on three grounds. It said
Luciano violated the “rules
and regulations of the Department of Budget and
Management (DBM) and
the Commission on Audit
(COA) in the disposal of
government properties and
fund assistance” for the
Aetas.
The report also noted
that Luciano failed to give
“complete accounting of all
the proceeds of the sale
of the 17 buildings demolished,” Mangio said.
He added that handwritten receipts from Gomez
indicated an amount worth
P344,758 turned over to
the Aetas.
It also noted that the
demolished buildings still
had “commercial value”
and were “economically
repairable.”
Despite this, however,
the CIAC board admitted
that the “matrix” of the
CIAC on the powers of
Luciano to donate is silent
on limitations on donations.
Luciano insisted he did
not violate the circular of
the DBM on donations
which, he noted, covers
only government agencies
with funds from the general appropriations. He, however, admitted that COA
rulings might have applied.
He also said that the
Mangio committee’s estimate of the value of the
scrap materials was largely “guesswork” and that he
did not have any idea of
their worth when he approved the demolitions.
Negosyante inilibing sa darak
FROM PAGE 1
tiyuhin kaya’t agad silang
nagsumbong
sa
kapulisan.
At ng siyasatin ng
PNP ang paligid ay
natuklasan na ang
bangkay ng biktima ay ibinaon sa malalim na tam-
bakan ng darak.
Napag-alaman din na
may mga palo sa ulo ang
biktima at sugat sa ibatibang bahagi ng katawan.
Hinala ng pulisya, pinagpapalo sa ulo ang biktima gamit ang tubo mula
sa jack ng sasakyan.
Ayon sa ulat, nawawa-
la rin ang celfone, iba
pang mahahalagang
gamit at pera na nagkakahalaga ng P70,000.
Dahil dito ay isang
malawakang manhunt operation ang inilunsad ng
PNP laban sa mga suspek na umanoy tauhan din
ng biktima.
Ayon parin sa ulat, ang
mga suspek ay nakilala
lamang sa mga pangalang
Richard Marcelo at Joie
Lanosa pawang mga tubong Negros Province.
Ang bangkay ng biktima ay dinala sa Flavel
Funeral Homes para sa
kaukulang awtopsiya.
GMA to open upgraded terminal...
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JUNE 25 - 26, 2010 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
FROM PAGE 1
6
modate 500,000 more passengers annually, on top
of two million it presently
processes every year.
Phase 1of the terminal
upgrading project was
supposed to have been
completed last March 31
by its contractor A.G. Araja Construction and Development Corporation, but
problems with sub-contractors reportedly delayed
the project.
Phase 1 is composed
of building a two-storey terminal facility with two passenger boarding bridges
equipped with flight infor-
mation monitor, closed circuit public television, public address system, x-ray
machines, and elevators
and escalators.
Cauguiran said this
phase will allow large aircraft to load and unload passengers through tubes at
door level. This enhances
comfort and convenience
since passengers will no
longer use stairs in alighting or boarding aircraft.
In 2008, the DMIA terminal, which was constructed by the Americans
during their occupation of
this former US air force
base, was already expanded to increase its ca-
pacity to accommodate
passengers from 500,000
to two million yearly.
The expansion also
paved the way for additional immigration counters,
airlines offices, concessionaires’ area, and five airline ticketing offices and
baggage
conveyors
among others facilities.
Phase II, which CIAC
officials hope to be implemented also this year,
would call for the expansion of the pre-departure
and arrival areas and the
construction of a domestic flight terminal, airline offices, check-in counters,
and passenger baggage
conveyor belt. An outlay of
P200-million is required for
this phase.
DMIA is host to foreign
and local carriers such as
Tiger Airways of Singapore, Air Asia of Malaysia, Asiana Airlines whose
flights to Incheon in South
Korea has connecting
flights to the US, China
and Japan, Cebu Pacific
Air, and South East Asian
Airlines (Seair).
The Spirit of Manila Airline and Jin Air, a subsidiary of Korean Air with
chartered flights to Incheon in South Korea are
also based here.
–Ding Cervantes
Who is telling the truth at CIAC?
FROM PAGE 1
In an earlier press conference at his office, CIAC
Executive Vice President
Alexander Cauguiran,
strongly denied that there
was an ouster move
against Luciano during the
last CIAC board meeting.
“There was nothing,”
said Cauguiran to Punto
when asked about the proposed board resolution.
In a telephone interview
late Wednesday afternoon, CIAC Board Chairman Nestor Mangio said
there was a board resolution calling for the resignation of Luciano.
Mangio disclosed that
he himself and Cauguiran
had signed the proposed
resolution.
He added that they
were supposed to ask others to sign it. There are
seven members of the
CIAC board.
“The other directors did
not sign it anymore after
there was a suggestion to
ask a third, independent
body to investigate the
demolition,” said Mangio.
He disclosed that Bases
Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA)
Chairman and CEO Narciso Abaya proposed to the
CIAC board during Tues-
day’s meeting an independent body to investigate the
alleged illegal demolition.
The BCDA head is not
a member of the CIAC
board but acts as an adviser. The members include Mangio, Luciano,
Cauguiran, Clark Development Corp. (CDC) President-CEO
Benigno
Ricafort, Raffy Angeles,
Jess Nicdao and Alfonso
Cusi. –Joey Pavia
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
THIRD JUDICIAL REGION
BRANCH 60
ANGELES CITY
IN THE MATTER OF CORRECTION
OF ENTRIES IN THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE
OF MARVIN CLARK BAYKER ATIENZA,
SPS. MARIO C. ATIENZA AND MA.
CONSUELO D. BAYKER – ATIENZA
HEREIN REPRESENTED BY THEIR
ATTORNEY – IN – FACT, SOFIA BAYKER
JIMENEZ,
Petitioners
-versus-
SP. PROC. CASE NO. 8203
THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF
MABALACAT, PAMPANGA AND
NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE, SPS. WILSON
ATIENZA AND MARIA ATIENZA AND
SPS. ELIAS A. BAYKER (DECEASED) AND
CARMELITA D. BAYKER,
Respondents.
x—————————————————————————————x
AMENDED ORDER
In the verified Amended Petition for Correction of Entries in the Birth
Certificate of Marvin Clark Bayker Atienza filed by the Spouses Mario
C. Atienza and Ma. Consuelo D. Bayker – Atienza through their
representative Sofia Bayker – Jimenez, they pray that after publication
and hearing, judgment be rendered directing the Local Civil Registrar of
Mabalacat, Pampanga and the National Statistics Office to correct the
Birth Certificate of their minor son Marvin Clark Bayker Atienza, so that
the entry under Date and Place of Marriage of Parents would read as
not married.
The Amended Petition, being sufficient in form and substance, is
hereby given due course. The Court sets the hearing of said
Amended Petition on July 29, 2010 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning at
Session Hall of this Court, 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
petitioners.
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.
Serve copies hereof, together with copies of the Amended
Petition and its annexes, upon Office of the Solicitor General at 134
Amorsolo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City; Civil Registrar
General, National Statistics Office at Edsa cor. Quezon Avenue City;
Office of the City Prosecutor of Angeles City; and Office of the Local
Civil Registrar of Mabalacat, Pampanga.
Furnish Atty. Ronaldo P. Duro and the petitioners with copies of
this Order.
SO ORDERED.
Angeles City, Philippines, June 4, 2010
OFELIA TUAZON PINTO
Presiding Judge
Punto! Central Luzon: June 25, July 2 and 9, 2010
PAUNAWA NG PAGBABAHAGING
LABAS SA HUKUMAN NA MAY
PAGTALIKOD SA KABAHAGI
Ang Paunawa na ito ay para ipaalam sa madla na ang mga
tagapagmana ni MERCY PALOS ABIAN na namatay noong ika-27 ng
Nobyembre, 2009 sa Siyudad ng San Fernando, Pampanga ay
nagsakatuparan ng Pagbabahaging Labas sa Hukuman na may Pagtalikod
sa Kabahagi ng kanyang Time Deposit sa Plantersbank (Siyudad ng San
Fernando, Pampanga) na may halagang Dalawang Milyong Piso
(P2,000,000.00) na may Katibayan Blg. 056002.
Punto! Central Luzon: June 11, 18 & 25, 2010
NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT
Notice is hereby given that LETICIA OMYAN-FELDT, heir of WILLIAM
NELSON FELDT who died intestate on November 13, 2009 in Angeles
City, executed an Extrajudicial Settlement invoking the provision of Section
1, Rule 74 of the Rules of Court and hereby adjudicate unto herself his
entire estate more particularly described as monies and deposits in the
Security Bank, Balibago Branch and Bank of Commerce, Balibago Branch.
Punto! Central Luzon: June 25, July 2 & 9, 2010
ERRATUM
In the story “Angat Dam’s water elevation further drops” in our
June 23-24, 2010 issue, we erroneously published that Vicente
Paragas is the acting executive director of the National Water
Resources Board. It was brought to our attention that he is, in fact,
the executive director. Our apologies for the oversight.
Dingdong at Marian may
lovenest sa Rockwell!
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
THIRD JUDICIAL REGION
BRANCH 57, ANGELES CITY
IN THE MATTER OF CORRECTION
OF ENTRY IN THE CERTIFICATE OF
LIVE BIRTH OF ALISON G. DE LEON,
ALISON G. DE LEON,
Petitioner,
SPEC. PROC. 8419
OMAR T. VIOLA
Judge
PUNTO! Central Luzon: June 11, 18 & 25, 2010
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
THIRD JUDICIAL REGION
BRANCH 49
GUAGUA, PAMPANGA
IN THE MATTER OF THE CORRECTION
OF ENTRIES IN THE CERTIFICATE
OF LIVE BIRTH OF LEONY MACASPACCRUZ,
Petitioner,
– versus –
SP. PROC. NO. 10-2316
THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OF
LUBAO, PAMPANGA AND THE
OFFICE OF THE CIVIL REGISTRAR
GENERAL (National Statistics Office),
Respondents.
x————————————————————x
ORDER
On May 17, 2010, petitioner, through counsel, Atty. Edgardo M.
Vitug, filed the instant petition praying that after due notice, publication
and hearing, an Order be issued directing the Local Civil Registrar of
Lubao, Pampanga to make the necessary correction/cancellation on
the record of birth of petitioner relative to the entry of her sex or gender
and the same be changed from Male to Female.
WHEREFORE, finding the petition to be sufficient in form and
substance, the Court hereby:
(a) sets the case for hearing on August 24, 2010 at 1:30 o’clock
in the afternoon;
(b) orders petitioner (1) to serve within seventy – two (72) hours
from receipt hereof copies of the petition and its annexes to the Office
of the Solicitor General of the Philippines at 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi
Village, Makati City, Office of the Provincial Prosecutor, City of San
Fernando, Pampanga; and the Local Civil Registrar of Lubao,
Pampanga; and (2) to show proof of said service to this Court;
(c) orders all persons interested in this petition: (1) to appear on
said date and time before this Court – Regional Trial Court, Branch 49,
Guagua, pampanga; (2) to show case, if any, why the petition should
not be granted;
(d) orders the Solicitor General to enter his appearance in this
case for the State seventy-two (72) hours from receipt of this Order;
(e) orders the Officer-In-Charge of this Court to furnish copies of
this Order to the petitioner, her counsel, the Solicitor General, the Local
Registrar of Lubao, Pampanga, the Provincial Prosecutor of
Pampanga, the Civil Registrar General of the Philippines and the
National Statistics Office who are given fifteen (15) days from notice of
the petition or from the last date of publication of such notice, within
which to file their comment/opposition thereto, if any.
Further, let the petitioner at her expense, publish this order before
the date of hearing for three (3) consecutive weeks in newspaper of
general circulation in the Province of Pampanga in accordance with
P.D. 1072. Likewise, the petitioner is directed to pay the amount of
Five Hundred (Php500.00) Pesos to the Office of the Provincial
Prosecutor, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, as appearance fee of
the Public Prosecutor and through whose office the Solicitor General
shall be represented in the proceedings, and to show proof to the
Court of such payment made on or before the scheduled hearing.
SO ORDERED.
Guagua, Pampanga. May 25, 2010
JESUSA MYLENE C. SUBA – ISIP
Presiding Judge
Punto! Central Luzon: June 25, July 2 and 9, 2010
The
Gossipmiller
Gretchen Baretto ganado sa mga
sex scenes nila ni Derek Ramsay
ARIBA ANG publicity ng Magkaribal nina Gretchen B at Bea Alonzo. Si
Gretchen, lalo na, dami ng publisidad.
Lumabas halos ang lahat ng kanyang branded na gowns, damit at bags
sa teleserye.
Say ni Greta, walang damit na ibinibigay ang ABS-CBN kaya “may I bring” siya ng sarili niyang stuff.
Kaya super nanghinayang siya na nasirang gown na suot niya habang sakay sa motorsiklo with leading
man Derek Ramsay.
Ayaw banggitin ni Gretchen kung magkano ang amount ng nasirang gown kasi baka raw masabihan
siyang mayabang.
At dahil nagkaroon sila ng word war ng GF ni Derek na si Angelica Panganiban, giit ni Greta, good girl na
raw siya at sinusunod ang promise sa boyfriend ni Angelica.
Kaya lang hindi itinanggi ni Gretchen na nag-init siya sa love scene nila ng hunk actor.
“Ang init pa ng mga ilaw kaya lalo pa akong nag-init because of the brandy,” natatawang kuwento ni Greta.
Pero, take one lang daw ang love scene nila ni Derek, huh!
Ganado nga kasi si Greta.
Guwapo kasi si Derek na talaga namang nakapaglalaway.
Nakaka-el na nakagigil.
by Cesar Pambid
Lilipat ba si Sarah Geronimo sa GMA 7
MAY NAGTSIKA sa amin na kaya hindi na lumalabas sa ASAP XV si Sarah Geronimo dahil tapos na ang
kontrata niya sa ABS-CBN at pinag-iisipan daw ni Boss Vic del Rosario, bilang manager ng singer-actress,
kung papi-pirmahin pa ulit ng kontrata si Sarah sa Dos.
Diumano’y may offer ang GMA7 kay Sarah and five times higher daw ang magiging talent fee (TF) ng
young singer/actress.
Pero sa kasikatan ngayon ni Sarah (if ever na totoo nga na may offer ang Siyete kay Sarah), posibleng
tapatan ng Dos ang talent fee na hinihingi diumano nito sa GMA7. Anyway, hihintayin
namin ang reaction ng GMA7 management kung totoong may pag-uusap
between Vic del Rosario and Kapuso Network.
Right now, ang alam namin, Viva big boss Vic del Rosario is closely
monitoring ang Hating Kapatid movie nina Judy Ann Santos at Sarah Geronimo
dahil ito ang first team-up ng dalawang sikat na aktres.
Boss Vic is excited, lalo na sa kanyang
alagang si Sarah dahil dito mapatutunayan
kung sadyang magaling na aktres ang
alaga. Ito rin ang unang pagkakataon na
makakapareha ni Sarah si Luis Manzano.
Ayon nga sa mga taga-Viva, base raw
sa rushes ng napanood nila, the new
team-up has the making of a winner dahil
may kilig factor ang dalawa.
Samantala, wala sa bansa si Sarah
at sa June 28 pa ang dating kaya hindi
siya nakarating sa awarding ceremony
ng Guillermo Mendoza Memorial
Foundation last June 22 para tanggapin
ang second Box Office Queen award para
sa pelikula niyang You Changed My Life.
Tsika pa sa amin, pagdating ni Sarah
ay may sisimulan siyang teleserye sa
ABS-CBN kasama sina Sam Milby at
Matteo Guidicelli,
Kung totoo ito, tila hindi nagkasundo ang Siyete at
Viva big boss Vic del Rosario para maging Kapuso si
Sarah.
“Di naging kami ni Rich
Asuncion!” –ALJUR ABRENICA
NAGSALITA NA si Aljur Abrenica sa mga negatibong
akusasyon sa kanya kaugnay sa pagdi-deny sa naging
relasyon nila ng co-Starstruck alumni na si Rich Asuncion
at sa pagiging pasaway daw nito sa set ng kanyang
show.
Ayon kay Aljur wala naman daw talagang
katotohanan na naging sila ni Rich Asuncion , kaibigan
lang daw nito ang dalaga at wala ng mas malalim pang
relasyon silang pinagsasamahan. Hindi rin daw totoo
na magkasama sila ni Rich ng minsang magkasama
sila ni Rich sa isang resort sa Bohol.
Hamon pa ng GMAAC Star na ilabas nila ang proof na
magkasama sila ni Rich noong mga panahong nagshoshooting sila ni Kris Bernal ng kanilang pelikula na kinunan
sa Bohol. Aminado daw ito na nasa Bohol noon si Rich
para pasyalan at bisitahin ang kanyang pamilya pero hindi
para makipagkita sa kanya.
Nais din daw ipaliwanag ni Aljur ang kanyang side sa
isyung kesyo nagiging problema na siya sa set ng kanilang
show, dahil wala daw itong katotohanan. Mahal na mahal daw ni
aljur ang kanyang trabaho kaya naman bakit siya magpapasaway.
Masuwerte na nga daw siya na nabibigyan siya ng magagandang
proyekto ng GMA 7 , kaya naman daw sinusuklian niya ito ng 100%
ng maayos na pagtatrabaho.
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JUNE 25 - 26, 2010 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
OFFICE OF THE CIVIL REGISTRAR
OF PORAC, PAMPANGA, and the
NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE,
Respondents.
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ORDER
A verified petition has been filed by the petitioner praying that after
due notice, publication and hearing this Court renders judgment ordering
the respondents Local Civil Registrar of Angeles City and the National
Statistics Office to correct the entry in the Certificate of Live Birth of the
petitioner particularly the gender from MALE to FEMALE.
Finding the petition to be sufficient in due form and substance, the
Court hereby sets the hearing thereof on July 8, 2010 at 2:00 o’clock
in the afternoon to be held at the Session Hall of this Court, 2/F Hall of
Justice, Pulung Maragul, Angeles City after this Order shall have been
published in a newspaper of general circulation in Angeles City and
Pampanga at the expense of the petitioner for three (3) consecutive
weeks.
All persons interested in the said petition may appear before this
Court on or before the scheduled date and show cause, if they have
any, why the prayer thereof should not be granted.
Let copies of this Order and of the petition be served upon the Civil
Registrar of Porac, Pampanga, the Civil Registrar General, National
Statistics Office, Quezon City, the Office of the Solicitor General and
Office of the City Prosecutor, Angeles City, the other named respondents,
the petitioner and her counsel.
Also, furnish a copy hereof the Office of the Clerk of Court, RTC,
Angeles City.
SO ORDERED.
Angeles City, May 31, 2010.
Marian Rivera
-versus-
A WELL-PLACED source revealed Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes
are living in already. “Matagal na, nagsasama na sila sa isang condo,”
ayon sa source.
“Sa isa sa mga Joya condo sa Rockwell sila nakatira,” dugtong pa ng
source.
Sigurdo, this piece will be denied by the two pero may maniniwala pa
ba sa kanila? Alam naman ng lahat that the two are real life lovers at
talagang sa mga showbiz lovers, ordinary na lang ang live in.
“Sige, mag-deny sila, alam naman ng lahat ditto sa Rockwell na may
lovenest sila. Sila nga, kahit na saang parte ng Rockwell, nagtutukaan,”
salaysay pa ng kausap namin.
O well, may bago pa ba?
7
City of San Fernando Mayor Oscar Rodriguez leads a tree planting
activity recently at the Lara Integrated School and on the
Himlayang Fernandino grounds.
Fernandinos urged to
protect environment
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – “Let us
save and protect our environment.”
This was the call of Mayor Oscar S. Rodriguez to all Fernandinos,
particularly to the youth during the
launching of a tree-planting activity
at the Lara Integrated School and on
the Himlayang Fernandino grounds,
as part of the city’s observance of
Environment Month.
Rodriguez said that environmental awareness is an important part
of education and all stakeholders
must become proactive in saving the
environment, doing simple acts like
planting and recycling.
Around 100 students and teachers participated in the activity, together with representatives of the CocaCola Company and the Boy Scouts
of the Philippines.
Rodriguez noted that the local
government and the private sector
have become partners in all environ-
mental programs in the city.
“Ito ay isang magandang indikasyon na lahat ay nakikiisa at
nagtitiwala, at nagiging involved ang
lahat sa mga hakbang patungo sa
pagpapaganda ng antas ng buhay
ng mamamayan” he said.
Environment protection is a priority project of the city government
in line with its Eight-Point Agenda
that includes “Malinis na kapaligiran,
pamahalaang makakalikasan”.
Most of the 35 barangays of the
city have their own material recovery facility where different kinds of
wastes are properly segregated and
recycled. Lectures on environment
protection are also being held to increase public awareness.
Meanwhile, to cap the monthlong celebration, the city also conducted a poster-making contest
among elementary and high school
students.
2 drug pushers
fall in Bataan
27 sachet of shabu confiscated in buy-bust
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JUNE 25 - 26, 2010 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
BY ERNIE B. ESCONDE
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BALANGA City, Bataan – The
Bataan Police Provincial Office on
Wednesday announced the arrest of
two suspected drug pushers and confiscated 27 sachet of shabu during a
buy-bust operation in Orani, Bataan.
Senior Supt. Arnold Gunnacao,
Bataan police director, said the arrest busted a family-run business of
the illegal drug trade in the town
where relatives reportedly participated.
Police identified the suspects as
Armando Caladiao, 42, and his stepson John de Guzman, 31, both tricycle drivers from barangay Pantalan Bago, Orani.
The suspects were scheduled for
inquest at the Bataan prosecutors’
office for a non-bailable offense in violation of Section 5 & 11, Article II of
Republic Act 9165 or the Anti-illegal
Drugs Act.
Gunnacao said the duo were under surveillance for a week. Joint el-
ements from the Provincial Intelligence Branch under Chief Insp. Allan Macapagal, the Provincial Intelligence and Detection Management
Bureau and the Orani municipal police station effected the arrest in
Noraville Subd., barangay Tugatog
in Orani.
Intelligence Officers SPO2 Danilo Nazareno and SPO1 Ferdie Flores
said they confiscated from the suspects 15 small heat-sealed sachet
and 12 medium heat-sealed sachet
containing white powder during a
buy-bust operation at 3:45 in the afternoon.
A police officer posed as a seaman interested in drugs, the intelligence officers said.
Also impounded were a motorcycle and a tricycle allegedly used
by the suspects in the illegal drug
trade.
The Police Crime Laboratory in
Balanga City after examination reported that the white substance were
indeed shabu.
THINK GREEN