DPWH to meet contractors on lack of warning devices

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DBM: DAP funds
subsidized LGUs
vol. xiii No. 087
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Western Visayas, Philippines = 16
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= Thursday, July 24, 2014
By F. Allan L. Angelo and
Louine Hope Conserva
Disbursement Acceleration
Program (DAP), according to
the Department of Budget and
LOCAL government units Management (DBM-6).
in Western Visayas received
It is also possible that DAP funds may
subsidies from the national have been used during the 2013 elecgovernment via the controversial tion season in the form of assistance to
indigents, pupils and students.
Citing their own data, DBM-6 Regional Director Alfonso Bedonia said
some of the DAP releases were intended
as financial subsidies to priority programs and projects of the LGUs.
“Most of the provinces (in Western
Visayas) have DAP releases. These are
Casino
shakedown
continues
By Louine Hope Conserva
MORE questions are being
raised against the operation of
the Philippine Amusement and
Gaming Corp.’s (PAGCOR)
casino in Iloilo City despite
having secured a temporary
business permit.
Iloilo City Councilor Lyndon
Acap, committee on games and
amusement chairman, said they
might issue a Resolution of
No Objection (RONO) to the
casino operating out of Amigo
Terrace Hotel if it complies with
all the requirements.
The Iloilo City Business
Permits and Licensing Office
(BPLO) recently issued a temporary business permit to the
PAGCOR casino.
But Councilor Plaridel Nava
said the council cannot issue the
RONO to PAGCOR for violating the city’s zoning ordinance.
“There is no way we can
issue the certificate. The zoning ordinance requires that a
casino should be put up 200
meters away from schools or
other religious institutions. We
found out that the Iloilo Central
Commercial High School is
located 175 meters away from
the casino,” he said.
Nava offered two possible
cures to the casino’s predicament – it could relocate or the
City Council can amend the
zoning ordinance by changing
the distance requirement from
200 meters to 150 meters.
“They should follow the
ordinance. It’s either they close
the casino or relocate to other
areas. If they pursue their operations, someone might complain
and they may face a criminal
case,” he added.
used to augment their existing programs
for scholarship, hospitalization of indigent patients and other health services,”
Bedonia said.
Bedonia said they cannot yet ascertain the specific nature of the projects
in Western Visayas which were funded
DBM /p7
DPWH to meet contractors on lack of warning devices
By F. Allan L. Angelo and
Wenceslao E. Mateo Jr.
THE Iloilo City District Engineering Office (ICDEO)
of the Department of Public Works and Highways
(DPWH) will meet contractors of road projects in
the city following complaints of construction areas
that lack early warning devices (EWDs).
Engr. Rodney Gustilo, ICDEO chief, said he
always reminded the contractors to use proper
EWDs to avoid accidents involving pedestrians and
motorists, especially at night.
Ideal EWDs include blinkers and enclosures that are
visible to drivers and pedestrians. The contracts of government infrastructure projects stipulate that funds must
be allocated for the installation of warning devices.
But the most common warning implements
used by contractors are yellow tapes and bamboo
contraptions with a sign.
Gustilo said the usual excuse offered by contractors is that residents steal their EWDs, thus they
resort to makeshift warning signs.
“But I will remind them again during our meeting
on Thursday that they must deploy the proper kind of
warning devices which will not warn people but will
also restrict access to their project areas,” he added.
On Tuesday Iloilo City councilors ganged up
on negligent contractors for causing trouble to both
motorists and commuters.
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DANGER ZONES Many road projects in Iloilo City pose hazard to motorists and pedestrians for lack of proper
early warning devices and enclosures. (Angelica Tapalla)
Central market TOR Mayor, SB member in near ‘fistfight’ over plastic factory flak
up for vendors’ review
By Jennifer Ponsaran-Rendon
By Wenceslao E. Mateo Jr.
ILOILO City Mayor Jed Patrick
Mabilog said Wednesday that
the revised Terms of Reference
(TOR) for the proposed revitalization of the Iloilo Central
Market is ready for submission
to the market vendors for their
review and suggestions.
Copies of the TOR were
being prepared noontime yesterday for distribution to the
market vendors through OIC
market in charge Ely Sumaray.
Mabilog said copies of the
TOR could be released to Sumaray
before the end of office hours yesterday or today, July 24.
“The market vendors have until Friday (July 25) to express their
concerns (which were not aired
during the two meetings days
back), that may be considered for
inclusion in the draft TOR. I will
already submit this TOR to the
City Council by that time (July 25)
for approval,” the mayor said.
Under the revised TOR, the
city government will retain the
management and operation of
the ground floor of the revitalized market.
The ground floor will be
reserved to the vendors, including those from the peripheral
area and the second floor of the
Central Market.
The rest of the building will
be managed and operated by the
private investor.
The mayor assured that every
legitimate stallholder and transient vendor will have a space
in the revitalized market.
Mabilog also stressed that
the rental fees will still be the
same and any increase later will
be decided and implemented by
the city government.
A DIALOGUE on the establishment of a plastic container factory
in Oton, Iloilo led to a near fistfight between two elected municipal
officials over the weekend.
In an interview over Bombo Radyo, Theodore Britanico, Sangguniang Bayan member of Oton, said Mayor Vincent Flores apparently got irked when he questioned the status of the application
of Oro Plus Plastic Industries.
Oro Plus plans to open a factory at Brgy. Buray, Oton which is
a residential area. The lot on which the proposed factory will be
constructed is owned by a relative of Mayor Flores.
Britanico claimed Flores rolled up his sleeve and made a Manny
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BM decries ‘unfair’
distribution of projects
Defensor
Garin
A MEMBER of the Iloilo provincial board is
crying her heart out for “unfair” distribution of
projects among congressional districts.
Board Member Ninfa Garin of the 1st district
said her constituency has a smaller project allocation from the provincial government compared
to the other four districts.
Garin is the matriarch of the political clan in
the 1st district which includes two representatives
(Oscar Richard Jr. of the 1st district and Sharon
Garin of party-list AAMBIS-OWA), a mayor
(Christine Garin of Guimbal) and a cabinet of-
2 men nabbed over mall CR scandal
By Jennifer Ponsaran-Rendon
A MAN and an alleged homosexual were
arrested after they were caught in a “compromising position” Tuesday evening inside a
mall’s comfort room in City Proper district,
Iloilo City.
Police reports said Edwin, 36, of Carles, Iloilo,
was caught fondling the genitals of Ariel, 35, of
Badiangan, Iloilo.
According to Antonio Rodriguez, Mary Mart
Mall security guard, the two attempted to flee
from interrogation and arrest.
The two pleaded to be let go saying that Ariel
is a family man.
They were caught after security personnel
checking the comfort room were surprised to see
two sets of legs inside one of the cubicles in the
men’s section.
Edwin later said that he did not personally
know Ariel and their CR confrontation was their
first meeting.
The two were detained in the lock-up cell of
Iloilo City Police Station 1 for grave scandal
complaint.
Many scandalous acts are common in public
CRs but few were caught in the act.
In 2011, a man and his alleged gay lover were
also caught inside a comfort room of Andok’s
restaurant in Luna St., La Paz district.
The security guard caught the 25-year old
man kneeling and “doing it” with his 24-year old
homosexual friend.
Two weeks later, a woman and his alleged
lover were arrested after they were caught having
sex in the same restaurant.
The woman is 25 years old and a resident of
Brgy. Dungon-B, Jaro, Iloilo City while the man
is a 28-year-old resident of Brgy. Sto. Tomas,
Barotac Viejo, Iloilo.
ficial (Health Undersecretary Janette Garin, wife
of Rep. Richard Garin.)
BM Garin’s husband, Oscar Sr., is a former
congressman and head of the Philippine Coconut
Authority.
BM Garin said most of the projects from the
capitol are allocated to the 3rd district, the political
base of Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr.
“The province of Iloilo has five congressional
districts. We in the first district also belong to the
province of Iloilo. Sometimes galain man pamatyag namon kay kumbaga aman lang kami ya
amon (We feel bad because we get scraps),” Ninfa
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Coast Guard
heightens
port security
By Jennifer P. Rendon
THE Philippine Coast Guard –
Western Visayas has intensified
its pre-departure inspections
(PDIs) amid reports that roll
on-roll off (RoRo) vessels and
passenger ships are used to
transport illegal drugs.
Lt. Commander Dominador
Senador III, PCG-WV public
information officer, said they
will increase the frequency of
PDIs not just to intercept illegal
contrabands but also to ensure
maritime safety and security.
“We have been doing PDIs
but we would be keener because
of the reported illegal activities,”
he added, citing that RoRo vessels are allegedly used as the
prime transportation mode for
contrabands, particularly shabu.
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Pa arrested for Ministop opens first
‘raping’ daughter two stores in Iloilo
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By Angelica L. Tapalla
A FATHER was arrested in Miag-ao, Iloilo Wednesday for allegedly raping
his 16-year-old
daughter.
According
to Insp. Ceferino Gelpe Jr.,
Miagao police chief, said the
victim claimed that her 56-yearold father threatened to harm
her if she refused his sexual
advances.
Gelpe said the daughter
complained to her mother after
being raped again last June 29.
Police said suspect “Nonnie” (not his real
name) may have
been abusing
and maltreating
his daughter
since 2009.
The victim’s mother testified that she grew suspicious
when she noticed changes in
her daughter’s behavior.
Police said the suspect was
immediately arrested after the complaint was filed with their office.
Further investigation is being
conducted by the Miagao police
on the suspect who is currently
detained at the police station.
The victim will undergo
medical check up to help verify
claims.
Drunken man
wounded in melee
A 28-year-old man was
wounded in a drunken melee
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Bacolod toddler dies after
free heart surgery in Texas
REDWOOD CITY, California
– Dave Gabriel, a two-year-old
from Bacolod City, Philippines,
who was recently brought by
HeartGift Foundation to Houston, Texas so he could undergo
free heart surgery, has died.
A report by asb-cbnnews.
com has confirmed with HeartGift Foundation executive director Rachel Wright that baby
Dave has passed away.
But for now, Wright and her
group have not released the reason
why the boy – who suffered from
a heart defect – lost his life.
Baby Dave and his mother, Mary Grace, arrived in the
United States on July 12 so he
could undergo heart surgery at
Children’s Memorial Hermann
Hospital in Houston on July 17.
Members of the Filipino
community welcomed the
mother and son as they arrived
at the Houston airport.
Baby Dave reportedly went
through pre-operative visits
before his actual surgery, which
took longer than expected –
about six hours.
His heart was repaired during
the surgery. He was recovering
at a pediatric intensive care unit
prior to his death.
The mother of baby Dave,
along with the sponsors, nurses and
members of the Filipino commu-
Dave Gabriel
nity, will have a prayer vigil for the
little boy in Sugar Land, Texas.
Dave Gabriel had a rare condition called Tetralogy of Fallot.
The hole in his heart led to lack
of oxygen in his blood stream and
he would sometimes turn blue because of his condition. (ABS-CBN
North America News Bureau)
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inistop, one of the country’s leading and fastest-growing 24/7 convenience store chains, continues
to expand its presence across the country with
the opening of its first two stores in Iloilo City
at Robinson’s Place Iloilo and La Paz, Iloilo.
The inaugural ceremonies commemorating the opening of the stores will be held
on July 24 at the Ground Floor, Ledesma
Wing, of Robinson’s Place Iloilo at 12NN
and IPSTA Building, Luna Street, La Paz,
Iloilo at 3PM.
Iloilo is the second province in the Visayas
region where Ministop will have stores.
Ministop first entered the province of Cebu in the Visayas region last
2012. It now has twelve stores in Cebu.
Having been in partnership with Japan’s
Ministop Co. Ltd. for 14 years, Ministop
Philippines is now ranked as the second largest convenience stores in the country both in
terms of store count and systemwide sales. It
takes pride of its wide variety and range of
affordable quality food products and excellent customer service. Ministop, managed by
Robinsons Convenience Stores, Inc. (RCSI),
now boasts of its over 400 stores to date. It is
set to open around 100 new stores this year.
Known for offering a wide assortment of affordable groceries and ready-to-eat products
such as fried chicken, Kariman, Chillz, rice
toppers, soft serve ice cream, dimsum, sandwiches, pastas, pastries, salads and cakes,
Ministop sets itself apart from its competitors
with its in-house kitchen facility that churns
out freshly cooked ready-to-eat products 24/7.
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Ministop’s best-selling and well-loved products
include Uncle John’s Fried Chicken and Ham and
Cheese Kariman.
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Reality check 1
O
N M O N D AY,
July 28, the country (or whoever is
interested) will be glued
once again to the State
of the Nation Address
(SONA) of their number
one public servant, President Benigno Aquino
III.
Aside from the usual servings of good
news and positive figures, we expect the
President to use the SONA as a venue to defend his pet fiscal project, the Disbursement
Acceleration Program (DAP).
We can also expect to hear more missiles
from the President directed at the judiciary
after the Supreme Court declared the DAP
partially unconstitutional. The “assault” could
be one heck of a show as we expect lawmakers to clap and cheer as the salvos fly.
Of course, we will never miss the fashion
show at the Batasang Pambansa as female
legislators and the wives of congressmen and
senators sashay their glittering gowns before
the eyes of their downtrodden constituents.
But before we drown ourselves in the glitz
and color of the SONA, let us review how
much we have really gained four years into
the Aquino administration.
The infrastructure projects are there, no
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question about that. But has this construction
boom really made a dent in our dire poverty
situation?
We refer to the views of former budget
and management secretary and foremost
economist Benjamin Diokno.
In one of his articles published in BusinessWorld, Diokno said that the Philippines’
competitiveness ranking nosedived in 2014,
reversing last year’s gains.
Mr. Diokno said out of 60 countries in
the 2014 IMD World Competitive Yearbook
(WCY), the Philippines ranked 42 this year,
four notches down from 38 in 2013.
“The decline in ranking was complete,
falling in all four dimensions. In economic
efficiency, its ranking plummeted by six
notches, from 31 to 37; in government efficiency, its ranking plunged by nine notches,
from 31 to 40; in business efficiency, its
ranking dropped by six notches, from 21 to
27; and in infrastructure, its ranking declined
by two places, from 57 to 59,” Mr. Diokno
wrote in his article.
He added that the grim numbers contradict
an image of an economy that is on a strong,
steady growth path “the image that President
Aquino and his men projected in the WEF
(World Economic Forum) meeting. The falling competitiveness ranking suggests a country that remains deficient in many areas.”
Mr. Diokno said the 2014 IMD report also
cited less impressive export growth, cooling
down of the stock market last year after a
bullish run in 2012, poor infrastructure, the
worsening power crisis, and high-profile allegations of corruption involving high-level
public officials “have affected perception of
government and business efficiency.”
“Compared to its ASEAN-5 peers, the
Philippines placed last in overall ranking,
unchanged from last year, but four notches
lower. Meanwhile, Singapore, Malaysia, and
Indonesia improved their rankings by two,
three, and two notches, respectively,” Mr.
Diokno added.
“On economic performance, the Philippines’ ranking in the last five years has been
erratic, though on a downward trajectory. It
was 34 in 2010, up to 29 in 2011, worsened
to 42 in 2012, up again to 31 in 2013, and
then sharply down to 37 in 2014. In its latest
ranking, Philippines ranked miserably in international trade: 55 in 2013 and 57 in 2014.”
‘CHILDISH’
Perhaps the most frank assessment of the
Aquino administration came no less from
one of his allies in the Senate, Sergio “Serge”
Osmeña III.
In a TV interview, Senator Osmeña called
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No politician will declare war vs sidewalk vendors
“Illegality will never solve the problem of political lawlessness.” Emanuel Celler
E
FFORTS to clear the sidewalks of Calle
Real in downtown, City Proper with vendors almost succeeded in 1989 and in the
early 90’s when no less than then Mayor Rodolfo
“Roding” Ganzon led the campaign to eradicate
the “eye sores” that blocked the way and occupied
almost 80 percent of the space intended for shoppers and pedestrians.
Ganzon created a city hall task force to deal
with the problem, but when the task force failed to totally drive
away the vendors, the mayor personally settled the matters by his
own self by literally kicking the fruits and other items displayed
in the sidewalks by recalcitrant vendors.
He was like Hercules cleaning the Augean stables. The only
difference was the king of Elis did not retaliate against Hercules,
while the vendors hauled Ganzon, touted as the “prince of the
Timawa”, to court for “harassment and abuse of authority.”
Ganzon was so decisive and ruthless that even in the sidewalks
of Iloilo central market and Iloilo terminal market, he kicked the
obstacles and fruit stands like a FIFA World Cup ball and toppled
the grapes, oranges, apples and mangoes to the ground.
DEFIANT
For awhile, defiant vendors, who had earlier tried to resist by
firing diatribes against Ganzon in radio interviews, decided to
cool down and stayed away from Calle Real sidewalks for fear of
another wrath from the city hall soccer player.
“The law must be applied to everyone—rich or poor,” boomed
Ganzon, then the No. 1 enemy of the late President Cory Aquino.
Ganzon, whose favorite quote was Abraham Lincoln’s “God
must love the poor, He created many of them,” justified his gungho approach on the problems with illegal vendors by insisting that
they destructed the flow of business in Calle Real because aside
from blocking the sidewalks, they also paralyzed businesses in
nearby and adjacent shops that paid taxes and operated with valid
business permits.
Ganzon had neither fear nor hesitation to deal with illegal vendors with iron hands because “I wanted to be fair with everyone,
including the Filipino-Chinese traders who operated legitimate
businesses in Calle Real.”
CRITIC
His number one radio critic, the late former city councilor
Melchor Nava, called him “Iloilo City’s Hitler.”
Ganzon, with all pun intended, replied by ribbing Nava: “Akig
lang ining si Melchor Nava sa akon kay pati ang baligya sang
kirida ya sa sidewalk gin pakakas ko man (Melchor Nava is just
mad at me because I removed from the sidewalks the items sold
by his mistress).”
Nava said he had no mistress who was an illegal vendor. Irked,
he challenged Ganzon to a fistfight in his blocktime program over
the defunct DYRP Radio Tagring.
When Ganzon and Nava accidentally met in the demolition area
of squatters at Brgy. Rizal Estanzuela, City Proper several weeks
later, Ganzon, surrounded by bodyguards that included his tough
son, Freeman, loudly confronted Nava about his braggadocio:
“Oh, ano?” (What now?)
“Wala na to meyor ah. Politika lang ni ang aton ya hehe (Forget about it, mayor. This is only politics),” Nava quickly replied
smiling.
When Ganzon was suspended from office for 60 days, Vice
Mayor Mansueto “Mansing” Malabor, took over the reigns of
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Carabao stories
T
here’s an old popular
story of a man who
was brought before the
judge accused of stealing a
carabao. He pleaded innocence
explaining that he stole only
a rope but did not know that
there was a carabao at the other
end of the rope.
There is another version of this story. A man
asked the priest whether it is a sin to steal a rope.
The priest told him, of course it is a sin and he
should return the rope. The man thanked the priest
saying, that he will indeed return the rope. At least
he does not need to return the carabao.
Try to apply these stories to the Priority Development Assistance Fund and the Disbursement Program that the Supreme Court declared
unconstitutional and the defense of the Aquino
government, the senators and congressmen who
invoked good faith.
But here is a real life carabao story with grave
moral and political implications.
Last week’s news and radio reports cited the
illegal slaughter of a carabao. In the newspaper
report, there was an innocuous statement by the
barangay chairman. I heard it first on radio and
read about it the next day on the newspapers.
One newspaper item says the barangay chairman Leonilo Colegado said he heard from the
meat vendors that “they do not want their animals
slaughtered at AVM Bernardo so that its business
will shut down.”
It was an innocent remark and in fact ignored
by media commentators who focused on the
carcass. But the statement carries grave implication on what’s going on in the Bacolod City
Government Center and why the slaughter house
has become a major issue in the governance of
the city. It even strengthens reports of a hidden
agenda.
I was listening to the radio on the spot report
at about 4:30 in the afternoon of July 17. The
stations were reporting on the apprehension of
the illegal butchering of the carabao in Barangay
41 at the vacant lot across the BCGC. This lot is
owned by the Bacolod-Murcia Milling Company
that has already shut down. Carabaos graze there
but there are also residents nearby so there were
many people who flocked there that afternoon.
All radio stations spent over five hours on the
subject.
One of the radio reporters quoted someone
saying the words I quoted above. But there was
an addition by one of those apprehended. This
was not carried in the newspaper stories.
The man admitted that there had been several
illegal slaughters there but that butchering has
“clearance from the top.”
The radio anchor quipped: diin nga taas
(which top)? The field reporter joked back, “basi
sa atop sang balay” (Maybe at the roof of the
house).
It is coincidence perhaps that the new city
government renamed the BCGC as the “House”?
Were the radio reporters talking in metaphor?
The barangay officials were forced to bury
the spoiled meat because Task Force Botagoy,
tasked to catch illegal slaughterhouses, did not
come despite calls since 1:30 in the afternoon.
The City Veterinarian also did not come although
it has the duty to ensure that meats sold in the
markets are properly inspected and slaughtered
and fit for human consumption.
Later reports said that Task Force Botagoy
did not come because they operate only at night.
Does the dusk to dawn schedule of the task force
prevent them from responding when the illegal
Regarding Henry
slaughter takes place during daylight hours?
I have not heard the explanation of the City Vet
but probably Councilor Carl Lopez should ask the
vet to explain his absence or failure to respond
promptly. A similar explanation should be asked
of the task force. Maybe it is a task purse?
The task force was recently reorganized. It
was headed by the City Veterinarian but now it
is headed by Monico Puentevella, unusually taking over even its administrative and operational
management.
Is there truth to the story that an order to allow
illegal butchering was issued directly from the top
to put AVM Bernardo out of business?
Link this with Puentevella’s stance to deny a
business permit to the legally established slaughterhouse and a picture emerges that the carabao
story is part of the scheme to force AVM Bernardo
to give in to the publicly declared intention of
Puentevella to have another contractor for a
slaughterhouse.
The city is playing around with the people’s
health to feed an ego or a pocket. This could
have been a comedy but it developed into a tragic
farcical carabao story – there’s something at the
other end of the rope.
Henrylito Tacio
Coral reefs: going, going, gone?
HE Coral Triangle Initiative, founded
in 2009, is composed of six countries,
namely: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and
Timor Liste. Covering 5.7 kilometers of oceans
and coast, it is considered the epicenter of marine
biodiversity as it is home to an incredible 76
percent of the world’s coral reef fish species. Among the six members, the Philippines leads
as one of the most devastated country in terms of coral reef destruction. “Poor coral cover is found in 40 percent of the country’s
reefs, while areas with excellent cover have steadily declined to
less than 5 percent from 2000 to 2004,” deplored Director Theresa
Mundita-Lim of the Biodiversity Management Bureau. Lim said that the country’s remaining coral reefs are under
threat from overfishing, destructive fishing practices, unsustainable coastal development, sedimentation, and pollution. “In 2002,
overfishing was considered the largest threat (about 40 percent)
to coral reefs in the Philippines, followed by destructive fishing
practices (approximately 36 percent),” she pointed out. A report released by the Washington-based World Resources
Institute (WRI) has agreed with Lim’s observation. “Overfishing
and destructive fishing are the greatest threats, affecting 98 percent
of reefs,” said Reefs at Risk Revisited in the Coral Triangle. The report, authored by Lauretta Burke, Kathleen Reytar, Mark
Spalding, and Allison Perry, said that destructive fishing methods
T
alone – referring to dynamite and cyanide fishing – account for
nearly 70 percent of the coral reef destruction. Decades of dynamite fishing, for instance, have wiped out many
of the reefs and fish populations, according to the United States
Agency for International Development. “Numbers of fish caught
have plummeted over the last years,” the agency said. The rapid growth of population living in coastal areas exacerbated the problem. “The growth has amplified the threats, compromising food security and socioeconomic stability in coastal
areas,” Lim deplored. More than 60 percent of the country’s total population lives in
coastal areas. “Increasing population is a serious concern,” Lim
said, adding that it “could lead to the overexploitation of coastal
and marine resources.” The Philippines is located at the northern tip of the Coral Triangle. Consisting of 7,100 islands, it has around 26,000 square
kilometers of coral reef area, which represents 9 percent of the
global total. It is considered the second largest in Southeast Asia
– after Indonesia’s. Of the 500 species of corals found in the Philippines, 12 of them
are considered endemic. “The country’s reefs yield 5 to 37 tons
of fish per square kilometer, making them very important to the
productivity of fisheries,” the WRI report said. The fisheries sector provides employment to about one million
people, including fishers, middlemen, traders, fish processors, and
those involved in fish transport. “Fish is still the major source
of protein for Filipinos, accounting for 70 percent of the total
animal protein intake and 30 percent of the total protein intake,”
Lim said. Despite the economic importance of coral reefs, they are
continuously being destroyed at alarming rate. Aside from those
mentioned earlier, other causes of the decimation of coral reefs,
according to the WRI report are: coastal development (threatens 60
percent of reefs), and watershed-based pollution (also 60 percent),
marine-based pollution (6 percent). Coral reefs are one of the most productive and biologically rich
ecosystems on earth. They extend across about 250,000 square
kilometers of the ocean – less than one-tenth of one percent of the
marine environment – yet they may be home to 25 percent of all
known marine species. “About 4,000 coral reef-associated fish species and 800 species
of reef-building corals have been described to date, though these
numbers are dwarfed by the great diversity of other marine species
associated with coral reefs, including sponges, urchins, crustaceans,
mollusks, and many more,” notes Reefs at Risk. “The Philippines has 22,500 square kilometers of coral reef
area, which represents 9 percent of the global total, making it the
country with the third-largest reef area in the world (after Australia
and Indonesia),” Reefs at Risk reports. “All major reef types are present in the Philippines; most are
fringing reefs along the coastlines, as well as some area of barRegarding Henry/p7
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Melinda Quintos De Jesus
Constitutional Crisis? Did it not start with the SC Ruling?
ONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS would
be the outcome,
some say, of President
Aquino’s decision to file a
motion for reconsideration
of the High Court’s ruling
on DAP.
Old and new media
served as platforms for vehement criticism of
the president’s decision, describing this as defiant and arrogant. Of the nine that CMFR scans
and reviews, only two newspapers refrained
from using the word “defy” in its various forms:
BusinessWorld and Manila Bulletin stuck to
“appeal.”
The social media, the platform for more
bullying speech, raised the hype as usual: The
president was taking the ruling personally, he
was bratty and autocratic; and there was more
of this to be heard on radio. He should just take
this like a man and move on.
In an attempt I think to raise themselves above
the fray, other critics warned gravely that his deci-
C
sion would move government to the brink.
But the motion for reconsideration is written
into our legal system, even on Supreme Court
decisions. Why should the Chief Executive be
denied this prerogative?
As for the impending clash between the equal
and separate branches of government, hello, it
is already in full swing. And those afraid of it
should work on tempering the rhetoric because
such speech tends to sideline reason.
The Supreme Court decision involves itself in
judging the implementation of the budget which
is an executive task. The legislative actually has
the function of oversight of that implementation.
That decision then was as much a direct strike
that tilted the balance in the exercise of government powers.
And yet we have no choice but to accept clash,
contestation and sometimes crisis as part of the
system. Otherwise, there can be abuse of political
power, with elite groups conspiring in harmony to
hold power through all the three branches.
The executive has responded with a decision
to appeal, which serves to restore some balance
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in the exercise of power. Maybe, this has never
been done before; but it is well within the system
built on the principle of checks and balance.
Having said this, I am concerned that we may
not yet be possessed of enough political maturity
that would allow such contestation to proceed
without deepening the lines that already divide
our society. We seem to be talking without wanting to seek common ground. I am afraid that there
is too much corruption, too much patronage, too
much politicization and partisanship to actually
achieve the delicate balance of separate but equal
powers in government.
The immediate call for impeachment proceedings against the president raised the level of crisis.
And the partisanship operating through our free
media has aggravated the situation.
Note that the hue and cry that met the president’s decision to appeal is in direct contrast to
quick acceptance of the Court’s decision. No
one saw crisis writ in 13 justices striking down
aspects of DAP. No one saw the withholding of
the doctrine of operative fact on the remaining unfinished projects that were operating on received
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funds as excessive of the limits of judicial review.
While bridges which were built need not be destroyed; the decision said that no more activities
should continue, even on those that had already
been started. No one complained of impending
paralysis when the Supreme Court struck down
an executive policy: even when the ruling granted
that it had wrought so much public good.
Was this halting of ongoing executive action
not an over-reach of the power of judicial review?
The late political scientist, Joseph M. Burns,
wrote about the rising power of the Supreme
Court in the US and called for term limits for Supreme Court justices. Ours, like that of the US, is
also a presidential system, where the chief executive is the only official who is responsible for the
entire government all the time, as a lawyer argued
in defense of DAP in the SC. He was asked, “Is
this a new doctrine of government?”
I say, it is hardly new. In the Philippines, this
has been the popular view of presidential responsibility when, indeed, everything was centralized
in Manila and in Malacañang. It continues to be
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BM Lacson snubs manifesto
of support for PNoy
By Dolly Yasa
Bacolod City – All Sangguniang Panlalawigan members signed the manifesto of
support for President Benigno Aquino III
except Board Member Patrick Lacson of
3rd district, Negros Occidental.
Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson led
the signing of the manifesto during the SP’s
regular session yesterday.
The manifesto of support for the beleaguered President was initiated by Governor
Alfredo Marañon Jr.
The body also passed and unanimously
approved a resolution expressing support
for Aquino, who is being criticized for
the Disbursement Acceleration Program
(DAP), which the Supreme Court ruled
unconstitutional.
BM Lacson said he did not sign the
manifesto for he does not want to pry on
the issue.
“I believe that President Aquino has
good faith in everything and that he is not
corrupt, but I did not sign the manifesto of
support because I believe it is not appropriate for me to dip my fingers in what is
happening now between the three branches
of the national government,” the Board
Member said.
Though he respects the public sentiments
and the stand of his colleagues, he said
that he will just wait for the result of the
outcome of the motion for reconsideration
the President’s camp filed before the SC
relative to the DAP.
Rebels
admit killing
4 persons
EXHIBIT. Negros Occidental Provincial Planning and Development Coordinator Dr. Ma. Lina Sanogal
and Provincial Health Officer Dr. Ernell Tumimbang open the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Council Exhibit at SM City Bacolod, July 23, 2014. (Capitol photo)
Coast Guard...
from p.2
Senador attributed the report
to information from local government units (LGUs) and the
Philippine Drug Enforcement
Agency (PDEA).
“We are also mandated to support other government agencies
and LGU’s in the enforcement of
applicable laws” he said.
To boost their campaign, PCG
will fully utilize their K9 dogs
that are trained to sniff explosives
and narcotics and other illegal
and dangerous cargo.
Senador said PCG personnel
have been instructed to thoroughly
checked baggage and vehicles
loaded onboard vessels, particularly in RoRo ports.
Also, all five PCG stations and
22 sub-stations in the region were
ordered to conduct mandatory
boarding and inspection of all
vessels departing various seaports
to make certain that only seaworthy vessels are allowed to sail.
The Coast Guard will also
assess the capability of the ship’s
crew to handle crisis situations
through the Emergency Readiness Evaluation (ERE).
“The PCG safety evaluators
will determine if the ship’s officers and crew are knowledgeable
and skilled in handling shipboard
emergency evolutions such as
fire, collision, man-overboard,
steering casualty, and abandon
ship (procedure),” he added.
Senador said that PCG personnel are also empowered to hold or
suspend the sea voyages during
bad weather in their localities.
5th Governor...
from p.8
for co-hosting the tournament.
Verdeflor said hundreds of
boxers from across the province
will vie for titles in different
weight categories.
Last year’s final was held in
La Carlota City.
District 1, which includes
Escalante City, San Carlos
City, Toboso, Calatrava and
Salvador Benedicto, was declared the overall champion
after winning most of the titles.
(PNA)
By Dolly Yasa
Bacolod City – The Leonardo Panaligan Command of the
New People’s Army admitted
they have executed four persons
whom they believed committed
crimes.
The group sent a recorded
statement of a certain JB Regalado, who claimed he’s the
group’s spokesperson.
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Murcia receives lot donation
for teachers’ village
BACOLOD City – The Municipality of Murcia
in Negros Occidental received a 4.6-hectare lot
donation from the Cuadra family that will be used
as the site of the “Good AM! Teacher’s Village”
in Barangay Cansilayan.
Mayor Andrew Montelibano and donor Jesus
Ramon Cuadra signed the deed of donation in
rites held at Murcia National High School.
The area will be developed into a residential
village for more than 350 teachers who Montelibano referred to as “modern day heroes worthy
of decent and affordable homes.”
Montelibano said he has been looking for
land donors for another housing project of his
administration, and the Cuadra family responded
to his call.
BM
decries...
from p.2
said during the regular session of
the Sangguniang Panlalawigan
last Tuesday.
Garin based her contentions
on the annual investment program funded by the province’s
20 percent internal revenue allocation (IRA) for 2014.
Records show that P8.2 million
was given to the 1st district, P10.5
million for the 2nd district, P11.3
million for 3rd district, P14.5 million for the 4th district and P5.5
million for the 5th district.
The 20 percent IRA totalling
P50 million was intended for the
construction and rehabilitation of
provincial roads and bridges.
During their previous session,
1st district Board Member Dennis
Valencia, committee on infrastructure chairman, asked for the
approval of road projects in Lambunao and Janiuay in the 3rd district
and Batad in the 5th district.
But the questions raised by
Garin stalled the approval.
Provincial Engineer Gracianito Lucero explained that the projects and programs implemented
by his covers all districts.
“It will depend on which projects are necessary for implementation such as provincial roads
that are connected to ports and
airports. Since we have limited
funds, we identified section of the
Processing of the local housing program’s paper works and site development will start before
the end of July.
A program plan has been submitted by Municipal Assessor Randy Gamboa. Recipients of
the housing program will be financially supported
by Pag-Ibig.
“We will make sure that everything is in place
and will be done fast. We are excited to provide
good housing spaces to our people,” Gamboa
said.
The housing project is expected to be completed in four months, and Montelibano said he
will invite Vice President Jejomar Binay to lead
the inauguration in time for the town’s fiesta early
December. (PNA)
provincial roads that are usually
damaged,” Lucero explained.
Lucero added that for 2014,
they will undertake road concreting projects in the 1st district which
are already up for bidding.
Garin also hit the issue of
“fairness” on the part of the
governor.
“We have to be fair. Indi man
na siling nga tanan nga bagay pabor ta gid sa ila just because the
governor is from the third district
(We have to be fair. I’s not to say
that all things are in their favour
because the governor is from the
third district),” she added.
Defensor denied Garin’s allegation saying that the province
gives priority to the concreting of
provincial roads.
“Daw indi man ina husto
kag wala gakaigo (That’s not
right and correct). Due to lack of
funds, we prioritized the provincial roads. I have already talked
with the barangay captains on the
concreting of barangay roads,”
Defensor said.
Defensor also explained that
the 1st district has shorter provincial
roads compared with other districts.
The road in Oton was already
converted into a national road.
“The longer provincial road is
in Miag-ao and it has allocation
every year from the 20 percent
IRA fund,” Defensor added.
“The fourth district has 60 ki-
lometers of provincial road. They
have many provincial roads which
are very important,” he added.
Defensor also denied that politics are in play in road concreting
projects.
“The one managing the infrastructure, roads and bridges program is the provincial engineer’s
office. They try to allocate it as fairly
and equitably as possible,” he said.
Defensor also added that the
allocation is also made on the
basis of need and request of municipalities.
“One example is the hospital
in Guimbal. It is the only hospital
in the first district which caters to
many municipalities. There is an
ongoing construction worth P100
million for the improvement,
rehabilitation and upgrading of
that hospital,” he said.
“Board Member Ninfa should
not just say that. If you ask the
mayors in the first district, you
would know that I am also attending to them. If she wants she can
ask for list of the fund allocated
for the first district since I started
with my term in 2010.”
Defensor said he still maintains good relationship with the
Garin family.
“I am not new in politics. In
politics, there are no permanent
friends, no permanent allies and
no permanent political adversaries,” he said.
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7 Police Gallery...
at Brgy. North Fundidor, Molo,
Iloilo City Tuesday evening.
Police identified the victim as
Freddie Yulo who suffered contusions in various parts of his body.
According to police investigation, Yulo was having a drinking spree with some friends
when a commotion happened.
Yulo said he had an argument with his group when
someone pummelled a bottle
In Medias Res...
DAP FUNDED? These photos published by The Daily Guardian on April 22, 2013 show Liberal
Party stalwarts led by Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. and former governor Niel Tupas Sr. handing out cashfilled envelopes to elementary pupils and their parents at Brgy. Gemomua Agahon, Passi City. The
cash distribution was done on March 18, 2013, two months before the May 2013 polls.
DBM...
from p.1
by DAP. They are also tracing the
exact years that the DAP funds
were released to the LGUs.
“Most of the amounts are
directly released from the central
office and downloaded by the
agencies,” he added.
Bedonia said they are still reconciling their data and are awaiting reports from the agencies that
served as DAP fund conduits.
The report will detail how
much in DAP funds was released
to an LGU and if there are still
unspent money.
The DAP was implemented in
October 2011 and terminated in
December 2013. During the said
period, an estimated P144.3 billion was released to fund a total
of 116 projects in the country in a
bid to spur public sector spending
and the economy.
CASH GIFTS
It remains unclear what particular year the DAP subsidies to LGUs
in Western Visayas were released.
But the DBM report may have
links to the financial assistance
given to graduating students in
Iloilo province two months before the May 2013 polls.
TDG reports last year cited
Governor Arthur Defensor Sr.
Mayor...
from p.1
Pacquiao-like pose.
But Flores brushed aside Britanico’s allegations saying he
arrived a few minutes late in
a dialogue called by the homeowners’ association of Florville
Subdivision at Buray.
Britanico, who was already
speaking on the microphone when
Flores arrived, even acknowledged the mayor saying, “Ari na
naman ang sa isa ka Flores (Here
comes another Flores).”
“I just let it pass,” Flores said.
The mayor said it was a “very
smooth” dialogue among the village officials of Buray, members
of the subdivision’s homeowners’
association, representatives from
the Department of Environment
and Natural Resources (DENR)
and Oton municipal officials.
After two hours, Flores said he
asked the chairman of the homeowners’association if he can talk as he has
to leave for another appointment.
While Flores asked if there
DPWH...
from p.1
Councilor Joshua Alim pointed out a project at Commission
Civil Street in Jaro where the
contractor practically closed the
entire road.
Alim said the contractor has
yet to finish one section of the road
re-blocking work but was already
digging another section which
fouled up vehicular traffic.
“I also wonder why they have
not finished that project for so
long a time already,” he added.
The road project at Commission Civil St. was previously
suspended to give way to the road
re-blocking project in front of St.
Clement’s Church in LaPaz and to
avoid traffic jams.
Alim also cited the case of
saying that Malacañang allocated
P5.7 million for the cash incentives of 11,400 graduating high
school students in the province’s
second and fifth districts. Each
student received P500.
Another P4.3 million was also
given as educational assistance
to college students in the fourth
district.
Each of the 1,720 students
of ISCOF and two campuses of
Western Visayas College of Science
and Technology (WVCST) also received P2,500 in cash assistance.
TDG also secured photos of
politicians identified with the ruling Liberal Party distributing cashfilled envelopes to graduating elementary pupils and their parents
at Brgy. Gemomua Agahon Passi
City on March 18, 2013.
The photos even also showed
a person man wearing a shirt
emblazoned with the name of a
candidate for the provincial board
representing the fourth district
under the LP ticket.
Defensor denied that party
politics is behind the disbursement of the P10-million educational aid.
The governor said they did not
make distinction nor did they compel the students and their parents to
vote for any candidate during the
distribution of the financial aid.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT?
The national government is
forced to recall unspent DAP
funds with the recent ruling of
the Supreme Court declaring the
program unconstitutional.
Bedonia said DAP-funded
projects will be included in a supplemental budget to be requested
from the Congress to continue the
funding and implementation.
“There are some ongoing projects that have yet to pay the contractor. These are still commitments of
the government. There is a contract,
therefore, there is a need for Congress to appropriate funds from the
supplemental budget,” he said.
Bedonia also said records of
these projects were passed to
the DBM so they can check how
much of the projects were implemented or will be implemented
out of the DAP releases.
The Daily Guardian earlier
reported that more than P700
million from DAP were released
to state universities and colleges
in Western Visayas.
Bedonia said DBM started releasing DAP in 2012 until it was
terminated in Dec. 28, 2014.
He also said that it was released prior to the election ban.
“The process is that we send it
to the account of the LGUS. The
local chief executive only approves
the disbursement,” he said.
are other concerns that need to
be addressed, Britanico allegedly
butted in.
Flores quoted Britanico as saying,
“Mayor, waay pa kita naklaruhan
(Mayor, we are yet to be clarified).”
As Britanico was purportedly
setting the premise of his argument,
Flores said, “Indi ko ka-intiende sa
imo (I don’t understand you).”
This allegedly irked the SB
member.
“I think he got insulted,” Flores
said even as he denied that he
made a Manny Pacquiao stance.
Britanico then told the mayor
not to be emotional.
But Flores’ reply incensed
Britanico even more: “Nga-a ga
kiwi gid baba mo kag daw ma
gwa ka sa panit mo? (Why the
crooked mouth? And why do you
look like you are about to jump
out of your skin?)”
Flores likened Britanico’s reaction to that of a child throwing
tantrums because he did not get
what he wanted.
Flores admitted, though, that he
was preparing for a physical attack
from Britanico whom he claimed
to have two bodyguards.
The mayor said he went to the
dialogue with his wife.
Last week, Flores admitted to
have issued a temporary permit
to Oro Plus Plastic Industries for
its factory just outside Florville
Subdivision.
But he clarified that no business
permit was issued to the company
pending compliance with other
requisites from the DENR.
Earlier, subdivision residents
complained that the Buray barangay council issued a Certificate of
No Objection without calling for
a public hearing.
Residents claimed that only a
wall separates the factory from
their houses.
They fear that factory operations would have hazardous effects on their health.
an elderly couple who fell into
a drainage project digging at
Tanza, City Proper last Saturday.
The couple landed in the hospital
because of injuries.
Alim also reported the complaints of residents along Diversion Road where massive road
work is going on.
“The contractors have practically closed the passageways
from the populated areas to the
main road with their debris yet
they failed to provide alternate
passageways,” he observed.
City Councilor Jason Gonzales
has already passed an ordinance
requiring contractors to clear their
project sites of debris. But many contractors still ignore the ordinance.
Alim also said that majority of
the road projects were not coordi-
nated with the city government,
which DPWH and the contractors
are supposed to do.
Councior Plaridel Nava also
pointed to a drainage project at
the corner of Mabini-Gen. Luna
Streets in the City Proper.
“They simply proceeded with
their work without first securing
an enacting ordinance for the
closure and rerouting of traffic.
We require the ordinance on
these projects to assure public
convenience,” he said.
Councilor Lyndon Acap raised a
personal complaint against a road project near their residence in Arevalo.
“Their use of water there has
turned the road into a mud pool.
Half my car’s running wheels
get stuck in the mud because of
this,” he said.
FACTORY
Regarding Henry...
rier, atoll, and patch reefs,” says
the Washington-based World
Resources Institute. In addition, the country is home to 464
species of hard corals. But it’s not only coral reefs
that are being threatened in the
country. Over 75 percent of
mangroves have disappeared
since 1920. The Philippines is
home to 42 mangrove species,
representing 18 families, according to Lim. Sixteen species of seagrasses
Stateside...
from p.4
the city hall and pampered the
sidewalk vendors.
‘STAY PUT’
Egged by then Cory’s executive secretary and now Senate
President Frank Drilon to “stay
put” during a tense city hall
standoff after Ganzon refused
to step down and defied the
suspension order meted out by
then Department of Interior and
Local Government (DILG) secretary Luis T. Santos, Malabor
was supported by vendors with
ax to grind against Ganzon,
tagged during his heydays as
Adspectum...
from p.4
the President “disrespectful and
childish.”
The Cebuano lawmaker (who
happens to be part Negrense on
his mother side) said he was
also shocked by President Aquino’s defiance of the Supreme
Court and even blamed Palace
functionaries and spin masters
for the “lousy handling” of the
DAP controversy.
“I was shocked, as a matter of
fact, when he said it two days in
a row. It was a disrespect of the
constitutional arrangement that
we have. We have three co-equal
branches of government. That
is how our democracy has been
working. That is how it is supposed to work. Hindi maganda
yung ginawa niya,” he said over
ANC’s Headstart Wednesday.
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from p.6
Regalado said the NPA People’s Court has executed four
persons, who were allegedly
involved in illegal activities.
Regalado claimed his group
also recovered high-powered
firearms in recent encounters
with government troops.
He stressed that contrary
to the claims of the Philippine
in the past. Why then should
we prevent another chance to
defend his good faith?
More to the point of his appeal, I feel, is that the ruling
also withheld the application
of the doctrine of operative fact
on the “authors, proponents and
implementers of the DAP, unless there are concrete findings
of good faith.” These words presume the absence of good faith,
as it seeks concrete evidence for
proof of the same.
After hearing President
speak, I went back to re-read
the decision to absorb the implied judgment in these words
and understood fully the need
for his appeal.
The Motion for Reconsideration is part of the judicial system.
It is given as part of process
of defense. Let’s hear him. He
deserves it. Former Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban has
presented options for the justices
to consider in hopes to restore
balance to institutional powers.
In the meantime, the media
should be fair, and provide
time and space for opposing
views to continue to be heard
on this issue; so the debate and
discussion can reflect genuine
discourse. So far, there has been
only a preponderance of critics
ready to condemn.
As for ordinary citizens,
they should be ready to do
their part and listen to all sides.
(http://www.cmfr-phil.org/inmediasres/constitutional-crisisdid-it-not-start-with-the-scruling/)
Melinda Quintos de Jesus
is the executive director of the
Center for Media Freedom and
Responsibility. She worked as
a freelance journalist in the
1970s, starting out in the field
of television documentary film.
Her experience in journalism
has since included print, radio,
and television. She also wrote
columns for leading newspapers in the Philippines such as
the Philippine Daily Inquirer,
The Philippine Star, and The
Manila Times.
Corpse found in Pavia
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so, even after the Local Government Code was passed during
the presidency of Corazon
Aquino devolving powers down
to cities, provinces and towns.
We criticize President Aquino for not expressing his displeasure at the glacial pace of
the Ampatuan Massacre trial.
We blame him for the failure
of Congress to enact the law for
Freedom of Information. Critics
call the president to explain the
recurring failure of local government to respond to disaster
and calamity.
Why then do we take as arrogant his desire to get a second
chance to argue his case in interpreting the legal provisions
for DAP’s validity. This mechanism, among others adopted
by this administration, was
intended to reform one of the
most dysfunctional systems that
actually, with little notice from
anyone, especially from the media, to support corrupt practices
A decomposing body of a
still unidentified person was
found in a cornfield at Purok II,
Pavia, Iloilo Tuesday.
Insp. Dante Dumaguing,
Pavia police chief, said a certain
Angelo Asis, 35, of Purok II
found the body.
Asis told the police that he
was about to throw garbage in
the cornfield when he stumbled
on the corpse.
Authorities said the victim is
estimated to be 30-35 years old
and about 5 feet in height.
A report from the Scene of
the Crime Operations said the
victim may have been stabbed
dead more than two weeks
ago.
on his head.
Yulo fought back three attackers who immediately fled.
Citizens in the area saw the
victim and rushed him to the
hospital for treatment.
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inhabit the country’s 978 square
kilometers of seagrass beds. “In spite of the ecological and
economic value of seagrasses,
between 30 to 50 percent of
the country’s seagrass beds
have been lost due to industrial
development, ports, and recreation in the last 50 years,” Lim
decried. Currently, an estimated 50
million Filipinos are now dependent on “the coastal ecosystem.” The PAWB head de-
scribed the Philippines as “one
of the 34 biodiversity hotspots
in the world.” “This recognition highlights
the urgent need for marine
biodiversity conservation,”
she urged. “While considerable gains have been made,
challenges remain as a result
of increasing population and
growing urban and rural development. If these ecosystems are
damaged beyond restoration,
these would have profound
consequences for Philippine
society.”
senator as “the stormy petrel of
the south.”
In Malabor’s three full terms
as city mayor after Ganzon,
sidewalk vendors were back
with a vengeance! They mushroomed with alacrity in every
nook and cranny in downtown,
City Proper; many of them built
shanties and wooden stalls to
store their unsold items. They
became unstoppable.
When the Filipino-Chinese
community called his attention to the “growing” number
of illegal sidewalk vendors in
Calle Real, Malabor refused
to touch the vendors, a powerhouse sector of voters, with a
ten-foot pole.
In others words, he pampered and tolerated them. They
were mostly “poor” and they
delivered votes that gave him
overwhelming mandates in
every mayoral contest.
Pro-sidewalk vendor Malabor massacred the “elitists”
Nene Consing and Victor Facultad in two successive mayoral
jousts. Malabor’s populist stand
on the sidewalk vendors issue
bore fruits.
The “victorious” sidewalks
vendors remain to be the kings
and queens of Calle Real until
today under Mayor Jed Patrick
Mabilog.
Osmeña also described as
“childish” President Aquino’s call
for people to wear yellow shirts or
ribbons to show their support for
his position on the DAP.
“That was childish, in the
first place. Why? Because a
legal decision is not subject to
a popularity vote. A referendum
cannot overrule the Supreme
Court. The Supreme Court is the
final arbiter of what is legal or
not legal, what is constitutional
or not constitutional. There is
no higher authority than the
Supreme Court. We must learn
to respect that,” he said.
While he was satisfied with
some of the Mr. Aquino’s gains
since 2010, Sen. Osmeña criticized the President for failing
to make a dent in the country’s
unemployment and underemployment numbers.
“The anti-corruption campaign has borne fruit and the
whole world has taken notice of
that but the economic program
has not really taken off. We
have what is known as noninclusive growth which does
not augur well for future years.
Industrial sector should be
ramped up...Underemployment
and unemployment numbers
seem stuck at 30-35% and this
is unforgivable. So many people
are hungry or if they have jobs,
they are not earning enough, or
are working two days a week.
That is unacceptable,” he said.
In the next edition, let’s
discuss if President Aquino’s
reforms indeed made an impact
on our daily lives, aside from
the rabid exchanges in the traditional and social between hacks
of all kinds.
Army that the rebels’ membership is declining, the NPA forces
has increased by 40 percent.
Meanwhile, the provincial
government of Negros Occidental has stepped up its
“Marching for Peace, Serving
the Countryside” program to
end insurgency in the province.
Under the program which
involves various government
agencies and the private sector,
basic services are brought to
rebel-infested or rebel-affected
areas with the hope that the
residents will not be lured to
join the more-than-three-decade
movement.
The Army, on its part, supports the provincial government
and at the same time, steps
up the implementation of its
“Bayanihan” program.
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5th Governor
Cup Boxing
tilt set
BACOLOD City – The City of
Bacolod and the province of
Negros Occidental will co-host
the championships of the 5th
Gov. Alfredo G. Marañon Jr.
Open Boxing Tournament on
October 8 to 12 at the Bacolod
Arts, Youth and Sports (BAYS)
Center.
The boxing championship will be part of the 2014
MassKara Festival in Bacolod
City.
Mayor Monico Puentevella
said he has invited Filipino boxing icon and Sarangani Rep.
Manny Paquiao to attend the
opening of the tournament.
Angel Verdeflor, provincial
sports coordinator head and
president of Association of
Boxing Alliances of the Philippines Inc.-Western Visayas,
said he is thankful to Bacolod
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Batang Pinoy National Finals
BACOLOD City – The 2014 Philippine Youth Games
(PYG) Batang Pinoy National Finals will be hosted
anew by Negros Occidental and Bacolod City on
December 9 to 13.
This was confirmed by the Provincial Sports Development Office headed by Manuel de Oro.
Oro also said that Kalibo, Aklan will host the Batang
Pinoy Visayas Leg on October 21 to 25.
It was earlier announced that Iloilo Province will
host the National Games, but Philippine Sports Com-
missioner Jose Luis “Jolly” Gomez said that it will be
transferred to Bacolod as the track oval and football
field in Iloilo City will be refurbished for the hosting
of the Iloilo Province of the National Private Schools
Athletic Association (PRISAA) Meet on April 12 to
18, 2015.
The Mindanao Qualifying Leg of Batang Pinoy will
be held in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur on September 10 to 14 while the Luzon Qualifying Leg will
be hosted by Naga City on November 11 to 15.
Gomez said there will be no Batang Pinoy activities
from September 19 to October 1 as the Asian Games is
scheduled from September 19 to October 4 in Incheon,
South Korea.
Batang Pinoy events include arnis, athletics,
swimming, triathlon, cycling, boxing, dance sport,
cheerdance competition, volleyball, lawn tennis, table
tennis, badminton, chess, softball, taekwondo, futsal,
basketball 3-on-3, sepak takraw, weightlifting, karatedo
and wrestling. (PNA)
Exhibition game
between Gilas and
NBA stars cancelled
PLDT chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan apologized for the cancellation of the planned series between Gilas Pilipinas and NBA stars. (KC Cruz via GMA News)
Clippers would lose players,
sponsors if Sterling stays – CEO
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Clippers could face
an exodus of players, sponsors, fans and their coach
if embattled owner Donald Sterling is still associated
with the team, Richard Parsons, the franchise’s interim
chief executive, said on Tuesday at a trial over the NBA
team’s $2 billion sale.
Parsons, the former Time Warner CEO who was
installed by the NBA to run the Clippers in May, testified that the team would likely lose profitability and its
overall value if sponsors, one of its top revenue streams,
leave because of Sterling.
“We have a bunch of sponsors who are sitting at
the edge of the pool and they don’t want to go into
the water,” Parsons told Los Angeles Superior Court a
day after failed settlement talks between Sterling and
former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who won the
bidding for the team.
The 80-year-old real estate billionaire has been banned
for life by the NBA for taped racist remarks that were
made public. He has vowed to block the NBA-record sale
that his estranged wife brokered with Ballmer because of
the way the league treated him, his lawyers said.
Parsons said it was imperative that a new owner
be in place before the start of the upcoming season
in October or it could throw the team into a “death
spiral.” (Reuters)
ORGANIZERS cancelled the
charity game between Gilas
Pilipinas and a selection of
NBA stars on Tuesday.
Gilas coach Chot Reyes
made the announcement at
SMART-Araneta Coliseum,
saying that fans in attendance
will be treated to a scrimmage
featuring the national team
instead.
NBA players James Harden,
DeMar DeRozan, Brandon
Jennings, Kyle Lowry, Damian
Lillard, Terrence Ross, Kawhi
Leonard, Tyson Chandler, Matt
Barnes, Ed Davis, and Nick
Johnson were supposed to take
the court against Gilas in the
event.
But according to organizers,
the NBA threatened sanctions
on players if they performed in
the event.
Fans at the SMART-Araneta
Coliseum booed lustily after it
was announced that the anticipated match between Gilas and
NBA players would not push
through.
PLDT quickly offered refunds to ticket-holders amid the
cancellations.
The exhibition series was
expected to be the last look
for local fans for Gilas, whose
members will fly to Miami,
Florida later this month for
their training camp ahead of the
World Cup.
Meanwhile, officials of
PLDT, which bankrolled the
event, said that the company
is ready to provide refunds to
fans who are unhappy over the
development.
The cancellation comes on
the heels of a no-show from
Blake Griffin and Paul George,
who were at the center of promotions for the event.
PR NIGHTMARE
The cancellation has turned
into a public relations nightmare for PLDT.
Manuel V. Pangilinan, who
chairs the telecommunications
firm, has already publicly apologized after the expected matchup
between the Philippine team and
the NBA players fell through on
Tuesday night, with the second
night of the series on Wednesday also being cancelled.
But Pangilinan, who also
serves as president of Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas,
expressed hope that the fiasco
would not dampen the support
of Filipino fans for Gilas, which
is set to compete in the FIBA
Basketball World Cup next
month. (GMA News)
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SSS assets
hit P415-B
as of May
The total assets of the
Social Security System (SSS)
reached an estimated P415 billion as of May 2014 on the back
of a solid financial performance
due to investments growth.
Its assets grew by over P30
billion from its P385 asset level
in December 2013.
The growth was attributed
to the 6 percent growth in investment level, which stood at
P401 billion as of May 2014,
compared to P371 billion as of
end of last year.
Nearly all of SSS assets,
around 97 percent of SSS, are
in the form of investments.
“The growth in assets augurs
well for SSS’ drive to improve
the system’s long-term viability
and regain a perpetual fund
life of 70 years, in line with
international social security
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Many Pinoys are hungry - IBON
MANY Filipino families could barely afford to meet
their basic food needs despite the decline in Philippine poverty incidence last year, according to IBON
Foundation.
IBON Foundation executive director Sonny Africa
claimed the government may have “low standards” in
determining the poverty incidence in the country.
“Para sa gobyerno, kung may P52 sa isang araw – nakakabili lamang iyan ng isang kilong bigas at apat na pandesal – hindi ka na mahirap,” he said in the same report.
Annual Poverty Indicator Survey (APIS) findings
showed that 24.9 percent of Filipinos were considered
poor – based on their average income in the first semester of 2013 – down from 27.9 percent in the same
period in 2012.
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said this
development means the family poverty incidence declined to 19.1 percent from 22.3 percent.
On the other hand, a recent Social Weather Stations
survey indicated that the hunger rate in the country has
also declined to 19.5 percent in 2013, down from 19.9
percent in 2012, Saksi reported.
However, Africa noted prices of commodities continue to rise and that may impact on the living condition
PHL to import additional 500,000 tons rice
MANILA - The Philippines will import an extra
500,000 tons of rice to increase its thin stockpiles
after a typhoon damaged crops last week, in a
deal that could help boost export prices in key
producers such as Vietnam.
Food Security Chief Francis Pangilinan announced the fresh demand, which brings the
country’s total rice purchases for this year’s needs
to nearly 2 million tons, the highest in four years,
making the country one of the world’s biggest
rice buyers.
“We have agreed that we will import an additional 500,000 metric tons of rice,” Pangilinan
told local radio. “There will be a tender and (the
shipment) is expected to come in by end of August, first week of September.”
Pangilinan said the country lost half a million
tons of rice after typhoon “Glenda” battered the
country recently.
“We lost some 50,000MT from the typhoon
and local harvest is not expected to start until end
of September,” Pangilinan said.
Inventories at the National Food Authority
showed stocks are good for 82 or 83 days of
national consumption, below a requirement for
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of many Filipinos.
“Across the board ‘yung pagtaas ng mga bilihin
nitong unang semestre, at lahat ‘yan magpapatongpatong at talagang mahahatak pababa ang kalagayan
sa buhay,” he said.
According to an IBON survey, around three of every
five Filipinos have had difficulty buying enough food
for the past three months.
IBON Foundation said its survey of 1,500 respondents from April 24 to 30 showed 59.3 percent claimed
having difficulty buying food during that period.
(Amanda Fernandez/VS, GMA News)
PHL assumes
chairmanship of G77
The Philippines assumed the chairmanship of the Group
of 77 (G77) in Vienna last July 16, the Department of Foreign
Affairs said Tuesday.
In a statement, the DFA said the Philippines took over from Sri
Lanka, which chaired the Group from January to June 2014.
Philippine Ambassador to Vienna Lourdes Yparraguirre, the
Philippines’ Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the
UN in Vienna, officially assumed the post, it added.
The DFA said the Philippine chairmanship was welcomed
by the Group, with ambassadors expressing confidence in the
Philippines.
“Yparraguirre affirmed that the Philippines has always been
committed to the ideals and principles of this venerable institution which is commemorating its 50th Anniversary this year,
and conveyed her acceptance of her role with great sense of
responsibility and humility,” it said.
G77 was established on June 15, 1964 by 77 developing countries during the first session of the United Nations Conference
on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva.
It now has 132 country-members.
Meanwhile, Yparraguirre said China is an important actor in the
pursuit of world order that is just, equitable, peaceful and stable.
She said she will lead the Group in advancing its interests
within the framework of the different UN and other international
organizations in Vienna such as UN Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO), International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA), and UN Office on Drugs (Joel Locsin /GMA News)
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Nutrition Month
VISIT. Capiz Turbo Shark Swimming Club pays Gov. Victor A. Tanco Sr. a courtesy visit at the Capitol
recently. The Capizeño tankers will participate in an international swimming competition in Singapore
on July 31. (CPPB photo)
ROXAS City – The local government of Tapaz
will culminate its Nutrition Month activities
with a program and awarding ceremony to recognize the winners of various nutrition-related
contests.
Led by Mayor Rosemarie Gardose, the LGU
spearheaded a poster-making contest which
was participated by elementary and high school
students.
Gardose said the involvement of schools in
the Nutrition Month increases the awareness of
the students and teachers on the importance of
proper diet and healthy lifestyle.
The LGU also staged a nutri-jingle and “biggest gainer” contests, among others.
The biggest gainer is for toddlers who were
provided with nutritional packs as supplement
to their daily food consumption.
Those who gained the highest weight and
height in a period win the contest.
The winners will be awarded on July 31. (Alex
A. Lumaque/PIA Capiz)
New police assistance City Hall supports PNoy’s ‘Tuwid na Daan’
center inaugurated
By Felipe V. Celino
ROXAS City – Officials of the
Roxas City government inaugurated last Tuesday the new
Barangay Assistance Center in
Barangay Cagay, here.
Present during the inauguration were Mayor Angel Alan
Celino, Roxas City PNP Director Supt. Julio Gustilo, and
Cagay barangay officials led
by Barangay Captain Moreno
Gonzaga.
The center was formerly the
station of Civilian Volunteer
Organization.
Two police officers will man
PHL to...
the center, to be assisted by
CVO and barangay watchmen.
Village officials said the
center is strategically placed as
commuters and vehicles from
Ivisan and 2nd district of Capiz
pass by the area.
Gonzaga said the center will
boost the peace and order in the
village.
Meanwhile, Gustilo said
five more police and Barangay
Peacekeeping Action Team outposts will be established here.
These outposts will be located in Barangays Culasi,
Libas, Loctugan, Baybay and
Tanza.
ROXAS City – The Roxas City government
responded to President Benigno Aquino
III’s call for support by decorating the City
Hall, plaza and main thoroughfares with
yellow ribbons.
Mayor Angel Alan Celino said that with
the continued robust and sustained growth
of the Philippine economy, Aquino will
work harder to rid the government of graft
and corruption.
He said he believes in the President’s “Tuwid na Daan” call of governance, which will
help alleviate the plight of poor Filipinos.
After the Supreme Court ruled that the
controversial Disbursement Acceleration
Program is partially unconstitutional, the
President has been under attack for blatantly attacking the SC’s decision.
The President defended that DAP is
not illegal, and even refused to accept the
resignation of DAP mastermind, Budget
Secretary Butch Abad.
Recently, various groups called for the
impeachment of the President by implementing the controversial DAP funds and
projects, through some congressmen and
senators. (Felipe V. Celino)
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a 90-day buffer stock, he said.
“We need to augment our stocks,” he said. “If we don’t intervene, local rice prices will remain high or even rise further.”
The latest purchase will add to a series of deals from last November to import a total of 1.5MMT of rice from Vietnam, the
country’s traditional supplier.
Prices of Vietnamese low-quality 25-percent broken rice were
quoted at $385-$390 a ton a week ago, up around 5 percent from
the week before and the highest in nearly seven months amid
limited supply and regional buying.
The country was Asia’s fourth-biggest rice importer in 2013
and the world’s eighth-largest. The government approved a total
705,000 tons of rice imports last year, of which about 300,000 tons
arrived early this year.
The Philippines recently shifted away from setting a target date for
a plan to be completely self-sufficient in the production of rice likely
keeping its doors open to imports beyond the current goal of 2016.
The United States’ Department of Agriculture has forecast that
the Philippines may need to import as much as 2 million tons of
rice this year and 1.8 million tons in 2015. (Reuters)
TUWID NA DAAN. Yellow ribbons are seen from the façade of the Roxas City Hall and plaza in support to the “Tuwid na Daan” slogan
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LJK
FISH DEALER
B 14, L 11 Arguelles St., St. Joseph Subd. Phase 2
Brgy. Cubay Jaro, Iloilo City
Tel # 320-9728 / 0917-3030597 / 0917-3050597
Dealer of High Quality Fry & Fingerlings
BANGUS l MANGROVE SNAPPER (Mangagat)
SEABASS (Bulgan) l PRAWN, CRABS ETC.
We Also Supply And Deliver:
Quality: Fresh, Frozen & Live Seafoods
HOLIDAY BOUND
Travel & Tours
Rm 148 Marymart Mall 3
Valeria St.,Iloilo City
Tel No. (033) 396-4238
Telefax ( 033) 338 -0747/
508- 4399
Mobile No. 09189400980/
0917634799/09228558271
Email:
[email protected]
sure-go
travel & tours
educational services
OFFERS:
* Ticketing (Domestic & International)
* Educational Tours
* Lakbay Aral/Exploratory learnings
(LGU Officials & Students)
Telefax: (033) 329-5794 * (033) 396-7040
Mobile: 0917-986-9087 * 0932-705-5891
Foot & Body
Massage
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Philippines
Immediate Hiring!
UNIT HEADS
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39 Lopez Jaena Street, La Granja Lapaz, Iloilo City
Tel. No. 508-0365
TEL. NOS.: 509-9530, 396-6742
CP NO.; 0917-7980-370
My Sanctuary
Wellness
Center, Inc.
Lower Ground Floor
SM City, Iloilo
0917-5892371
MULTI-STAGE PURIFICATION PROCESS
MULTI-MEDIA SEDIMENT PROCESS
ACTIVATED CARBON  WATER CONDITIONING & SOFTENING PROCESS

5 MICRON FILTRATION  REVERSE OSMOSIS  POLISHING PROCESS 
GRANULATED CARBON  ULTRA VIOLENT LIGHT
For Deliveries Call. 337-5645/5080365
RUSCEL PHOTOGRAPHY
5083034
Mr. ROMEO G. CAHILGAN, JR.
Manager
Emerald
Finance Corp.
Iznart St. Iloilo City
336-1840 l 336-9723
l VIDEO
EDITING (VCD/DVD)
HOPE
LENDING
CORPORATION
Quezon St.,
Iloilo City
Tel no. 337-6703
320-4581
FOOD WEALTH
AGRO-VET
TRADING
NORKIS GROUP OF COMPANIES
TAPALES
NORKIS 5R SERVICES, INC.
tronghold Mr. Gaspar Igona
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S
“SELLING SLIGHTLY USED MOTORCYCLE’’
VETERINARY CLINIC
INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.
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Offered:
Proprietor
“Your complete New-Life Insurance Company”
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Cash or installment basis
DR. REYNALDO S. TAPALES
ILOILO BRANCH:
• Low Down payment for only P 1,000 pesos.
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Veterinarian
Tabuc
Suba,
Jaro
• 24 months installment plan
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• Sells volume of motorcycles with a minimum
Brgy. San Rafael, Mandurriao, Iloilo City
399
Huervana Street
of 5 units.
Iloilo City
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09173043777 l 09088954768
La Paz, Iloilo City
VISIT
US
@
COM.
CIVIL
JARO
ILOILO
CITY
Fax No. (033) 508-1490 Monday-SatTel. No.
Tel. No. 320-1383
OR CALL ( 033 ) 329-1646/509-3020
urday Tel # (033) 396-5743 l 396-5744
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8:00am to 5:30pm
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329 6001
SILVER & U
FASHION
22 AMA Bldg., Delgado St., Iloilo City
Tel. Nos.
(033) 5086871 ) 3381229
Tel. no. 396-7139
Smart no. 0920-877-5290
Sun no. 093211857400
[email protected]
SERVICES OFFERED:
• Risograph • Calling Cards • Photo and Video
coverage • Tarpaulin • PVC ID •Personalized ID
•Streamer • Banners • Stamp Engraving • Key
Duplication• Hardbound, softbound,
ringbind • T-shirt printing • Embroidered logo
• Computer Lay-out, Encoding, Scan & Edit •
Wedding • Baptismal • Birthday • Invitation •
Flyers •Brochures, • Labels • Tags • Letterhead
• Stickers • Rush ID • Photo Printing • Lamination
• Receipts, Invoices • Office Supplies Supplier
•Corporate Giveaways
CONVENIENCE
STORE
CJP BLDG.,
BALANTANG,
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JARO,
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ILOILO
CITY
LGF SM CITY, ILOILO
TEL.
NO.
(Near Toy Kingdom)


INC.
NCI
(033) 301-2161
GLASS
CAR TINT
Buhang Taft North, Mandurriao, Iloilo City
Smart - 0939-939-0690
Tel. Nos. (033) 501-6093 * (033) 857-7053
l AUTO GLASS l CAR TINT
l ALUMINUM
AMA Computer Learning Center
@ UR
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SERVICES OFFERED:
2nd Floor, Sun Yat Sen Bldg.
Mapa Street, Iloilo City

ILOILO
MASTER
TRADERS
Q. Abeto St., Mandurriao,
Iloilo City
Tel. # (033) 321-1735
SkinStation
ELEANOR P. BRITO
Iloilo Interior, Diversion Road
Telefax: 321-3801 to 03
Cellular: 09081090939
Lydia Songano Bldg., Brgy. Tagbak,
Jaro, Iloilo City • Tel. # 300-3272
ROXAS BRANCH:
Km. II Lawa-an, Roxas City
(Infront of Rusi)
Tel. # (036) 522-7818
Mobile No. 0917-300-1210
NEW VISTAMAR
Triple C
A PRODUCT OF WATER WARE INTL.
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Tel. No. 338-0655
Cel. No. 0928-5019744
Life Insurance Company, Inc.
Printworx
SIMPLY RELIABLE
PURIFIED DRINKING WATER
Tel No. 321-3272
2nd Level, Robinson’s
Place Iloilo City
Prudential
COSMOPOLITAN
G/F RSVP RESIDENCES II,
WEST TIMAWA AVE.,
ILOILO CITY
Brgy. Buhang
Taft North, Mandurriao,
Iloilo City
CORPoration
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• Tarpaulin printing
• Sticker Printing
• Panaflex Sign
• Stailess Sign
• Neon Sign
• Brass Sign
• Directional Sign
• Billboard Sign
• Menu Board
Contact
RJV
“Iloilo’s beauty &
wellness haven!”
Repair Shop
335-1280
BUILDERS,
PC/Based (Point of Sale Systems)
Front-End & Back-End
Software
(BIR ACCREDITED)
Aircon
HOPEWELL
FINANCE
For your Financing
Contact: Mr. Vic Mina, Jr.
WEDDING/BAPTISM/
We sell:
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c/o Asian Lumber Bldg. Door 5 & 6
Needs
BIRTHDAY/DEBUT/
Electrical & Construction Materials
144 M.H. del Pilar St., Molo Iloilo City
ANNIVERSARY/SCHOOL
Accept
Real Estate
Tel.
No.
33-33399/
ACTIVITIES/FUNERAL
Owned & Managed by:
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CP No. 0920-911-5708
&
Chattel
Mortgage
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Website:www.ruscelphotography.multiply.com
Mr. Bonito L. Robiso
1. Cookery NC II (316 hrs.)
2. Food and Beverage Service NC II
3. Bread and Pastry Production NC II
4. Bread and Pastry Production NC II
+ Singapore
We’re open at 11:00am - 11:00pm everyday
R&L
J&R Family
Digital
Studio
monthly subsidy of P20,000,
DIGITAL PHOTO/VIDEO PRODUCTION
P30,000,P50,000 for 1 year
190
COMMISSION CIVIL ST.,
-30 to 50 years old
JARO, ILOILO CITY
-At least two years sales experience,
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with managerial background
0927-8262049,0928-3462762
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-With good communication skills
SERVICES:
-People Oriented
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Mabini St., Iloilo City
-Self Motivated
Tel. #
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l PHOTO & VIDEO COVERAGE
-Passion for Success
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SHORT COURSES OFFERED
RESTAURANT
(FINE DINING/FASTFOOD)
SUPERMARKET
COLLECTION/BILLING SYSTEM
DEPARTMENT STORE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
SPECIALTY STORE
DRUGSTORE
WHOLESALE
Tel # (033) 3213413
Fax No. 508-9069
E-mail: [email protected]
(Branch Manager)
G/F CCC Finance Bldg.
M.H. Del Pilar St., Molo, Iloilo City
Tel# 300-11-78 / 0949-805-1870
LARGE FORMAT DIGITAL PRINTING
2F, Cischo Bldg., Brgy. Mabolo
Delgado, Iloilo City
Tel. # 508-6714 l 8570704
Cell # 0908-9289284
Come and Enjoy the Pleasure of Relaxation.
Ave. Brgy San Rafael,
Philippine
RESTAURANT SERVICES INSTITUTE
LAPAZ ( 320-8870
SARABIA ( 335-8680
DIVERSION ( 508-7750
AXA
Dra. RIZALINA V. BERNARDO
Ledesma Street Iloilo City
Sales: (033) 337-6140
Service: (033) 337-2083
Telefax: (033) 337-0132
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20 MH Del Pilar St., Molo, Iloilo City
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Since 1963
Tel. No.: 338-3758
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community
Guardian
the daily
Read and Respected
P49M-DOLE projects
for Yolanda survivors
More than P49 million worth
of projects were approved and
funded by the Department of
Labor and Employment (DOLE)
for the first half of the year for
the survivors of super typhoon
Yolanda.
A total of 147 projects under
the Yolanda Reconstruction and
Rehabilitation Program (YRRP)
were distributed to 34 typhoonstricken municipalities in the
region.
Aklan got the biggest number
of approved projects with 66,
which totalled to P7.83 million.
These are aimed to provide
short-term employment to 1, 632
unemployed workers including
the out-of-school youths.
Capiz has 29 DOLE-funded
projects worth P10.87 million
which includes the establishment of
a community bakery, shielded metal
arc welding cum production project,
communal swine breeding and
organic fertilizer production, hog
dispersal project and rehabilitation
of various infra projects.
These will benefit a total of
1, 948 unemployed citizens,
marginalized farmers, workers in
the informal economy as well as
vulnerable workers.
For Antique, DOLE funded
a total of P8.76 million for 23
livelihood projects which include
seaweed farming, banana and goat
production, cattle fattening and
provision of fishing boats.
These will offer jobs to 818
marginalized fisher folks and
farmers, sugar migratory workers
or sacadas and parents of child
laborers.
In Iloilo, a total of 1, 617
displaced workers, marginalized
farmers and fisher folks benefited
from 16 projects worth P10.88
million. These include restoration
and rehabilitation of various infra
projects, restoration of native
chicken project, swine fattening,
goat-raising, re-stocking of farm
animals and provision of cargo
vessels and small fishing boats.
For Negros Occidental, 1,
190 marginalized fisher folks
and unemployed in the coastal
barangays of Sagay, Escalante
and Cadiz cities benefit from 18
projects worth P10.86 million.
These include provision
of fishing boats as well as the
reconstruction and rehabilitation
of community infrastructure
projects.
The YRRP also constitutes
the biggest allocation in the total
P78 million livelihood assistance
released by DOLE in the first half
of 2014.
“DOLE is the number one
agency in the region that has
released the biggest amount of
financial assistance for Yolanda
victims,” DOLE-6 Regional
Director Ponciano Ligutom said.
Ligutom also added that their
agency has a total budget of
P400 million set to be released
this year.
Iloilo Supermart-Molo:
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district.
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your carts and enjoy lots of fantastic discounts
and surprises. 3-Day Fiesta Sale only at Iloilo
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Fiesta!!!
Mobilization of 61st ID in Panay
U
nder the
overall war
plan, the defense strategy of the
entire Philippines
was to defend Luzon
and Mindanao only.
The 61st Inf Division in Panay together with the 81st
Inf Division of Cebu
and the 101st Inf DiAtty. Rex Salvilla vision of Mindanao
had the mission to
defend Mindanao.
On other hand, the
71st Inf Division
of Negros and the
91st Inf Division of
Samar and Leyte together with the 11th
Inf Division of Ilocandia, 21st Inf Division of
North Luzon, 31st Inf Division of Central Luzon,
41st Inf division of Manila and Southern Tagalog
and the 51st Inf Division of Bicolandia, were all
task to defend Luzon.
As war loomed at the horizons, on Aug. 28,
1941, the 61st Inf Regt under Col Carter McClennan was mobilized at Camp Adriano Hernandez
at Dingle, Iloilo with Capt William S Nostram as
executive officer.
The battalion commanders were: Capt Richard
Jones (1Bn), Capt Clyde Childress (2Bn), Maj
Ernest McClish (3Bn) and Lt Alfredo Andal
(Hq Bn).
On Oct. 10, 1941, the 62nd Inf Reg under Lt
Col Allan Thayer was mobilized at Camp Francisco del Castillo at Panit-an, Capiz with Maj
ANYTHING
UNDER
the sun
Leodegario Orendain as executive officer.
The battalion commanders were: Maj McCartney (1Bn), Maj Woodrow (2Bn), Maj Masuero
(3Bn) and Lt Eriberto Castillon (Hq Bn).
On November 17, the 61st Inf Div was organized under Col Bradford Chynoweth atr Fort
San Pedro, Iloilo City. the division staff officers
were: Col Julian Quimbo (chief of staff), Maj
Lope Quial (G-1), Capt Ignacio Capili (G-2),
Capt Macario Peralta, Jr. (G-3) and Maj Nicanor
Velarde (G-4).
On November 24, the 61st Field Artillery
Regt was mobilized at Camp Hernandez under
Col Hiram Tarkington with Maj John Lewis
as executive officer. Two of its battalion commanders were Capt Juanito Gavino and Lt Senen
Cleofe. This was followed on December 2 by the
mobilization of the 61st Signal Company under
1Lt Amos Francia.
On December 15, the 63rd Inf Regt was mobilized at Camp Fullon under Capt Lyle Fitzpatrick
with Lt Tomas Fadulfasa as executive officer.
The battalion commanders were: 1Lt Burgos
Lytton – 1Bn; 1Lt James Bakerton – 2Bn; 2Lt
Harry Harding – 3Bn and 1Lt Adriano Samulde
– Hq Bn.
On December 18, the 64th Inf Regt was
mobilized at Camp Hernandez under Col Julian
Quimbo with Capt Antiquio Janairo as executive
officer. Three of its battalion commanders were
1Lt Alfonso Palencia, 2Lt Guillermo Ortaliz and
Maj Eustaquio Lumontad.
Lastly, on December 18, the 65th Inf Regt was
mobilized at Camp Fullon under Lt Col Mariano
Griño with Lt Angel Salazar as executive officer.
Its battalion commanders were 1Lt Silverio Nietes, 1Lt Alfredo Andal and 1Lt Andres Clemente.
(To be continued)
PARALEGAL SERVICES. Inmates of Metro Bacolod District Jail with Special Intensive Care Area
avail of paralegal services from local parole and probation officers for the speedy disposition of their
cases. (Jimmy Britanico/BJMP6-CRS)
B7
Why Kris wanted PBA
finals to end right away
ReymundoSalao
Just Another
Film Junkie
World Premieres Filmfest
continues at Cinematheque
T
h
e
Film
Development Council
of the Philippines’ Iloilo Cinematheque continues this
week its celebration of the First World
Premieres Film Festival with the screening
of additional movies this week for free.
The FDCP Cinematheque is located
at B&C Square Bldg., corner Iznart and
Solis Street, Iloilo City (near BPI Iznart
Branch).
Partes de Una Familia (Parts of a Family)
Gonzalo and Gina live in a world of
their own in their magnificent villa at the
outskirts of Mexico City. Walls with barbed
wire keep the outside world far away. It’s
their son, filmmaker Diego Gutierrez who
tells their story. Parts of a Family is a
portrait of how a relationship between two
people after many years can change from
great love into a strangling imprisonment.
It’s a bittersweet and universal love story.
Screening dates: July 24, 5:30PM and
July 25, 3:30 PM
Las Sufragistas (The Suffragettes)
In 2008, indigenous woman Eufrosina
Cruz Mendoza claimed her right to vote and
to be a candidate for mayor but she was rejected. Eufrosina’s struggle revives Mexican
women’s fight for their right to vote. More
than fifty years after they won it, the suffragettes still have to defend women’s rights. This
documentary is directed by Ana Cruz.
Screening dates: July 24, 3:30PM and
July 25, 1:30PM
over the years, he has developed a complex
inner world. The camera follows him on one
of his days working in the fields. The rhythm
in the rice fields depicts the typical lifestyle
of Southern Morelos in Mexico.
Screening dates: July 26, 11:30AM and
July 27, 1:30PM
Magic Words (Breaking a Spell)
Moncada lived in Nicaragua for 18 years
and, as a child in 1979, witnessed the triumph of the Sandinista revolution. In this
documentary, she uses Lake Managua as a
metaphor for what her beloved Nicaragua
has gone through, and has become, since
this pivotal and promising moment in the
country’s history. Her relationship to the
revolution is intense and personal and so her
feelings about it progress as it does, “from
a childhood in which death is romantic and
heroic to the deepest and most beautiful
love, the pain of loss, betrayal and finally
a void.” A poignant and engaging personal
perspective on the Nicaraguan revolution.
Screening dates: July 25, 5:30PM, July
26, 1:30PM and July 27, 11:30PM
Espantapájaros (Scarecrow)
“Scarecrow” is the film’s main character’s job. An ancient occupation on the brink
of extinction. Alejandro Tapia Catalan, or El
Sapo, as he is known in the town, lives alone
in a small cane house in the hills. His days
tend to be lonely and contemplative and,
Cry, The Beloved Country
Based on a novel by South African author Alan Paton (the novel was also adapted
in a 1951 film of the same title), this film is
directed by Darrell Roodt, and stars James
Earl Jones, Charles S. Dutton, and Richard
Harris. The protagonist is Stephen Kumalo,
a South-African priest from a rural Natal
town, who is searching for his wayward
son Absalom who has committed a crime
in the city of Johannesburg.
Screening date: July 27, 3:30PM
Über Wasser (About Water)
Documentary film-maker Udo Maurer
takes us to the outskirts of human civilization and the stories of the dealings with
the “wet element”. From inundated Bangladesh, where houses turn into boats, to
the steppe of Kazakhstan, where fishing
villages lie in the middle of the desert, and
finally to the densely populated slums of
Nairobi, where drinking water becomes a
matter of life and death.
Screening date: July 26, 3:30PM
Have you hugged your kids today? Demonstrating
your affection physically is a good idea. Get a little
TLC yourself too.
Today you can be rational and logical, detached
and objective. You listen more to your intellect than
to your emotions.
You want to improve your financial circumstances,
but are unsure what to change. A small alteration in
habits reaps large results later.
Express yourself verbally today. Your mind, tongue
and general coordination are keener. Use your
mental alertness wisely.
You make a breakthrough regarding an old family
pattern. You may backslide a bit, but you’re on the
path to health.
Rose-colored glasses loom large today. Take
another look at reality lest you fool yourself by
overlooking a significant fact.
You’re a source of warmth and may carry the
troubles of other people. Get your share of tender,
loving care as well.
Let loose! Footloose and fancy free activities are
accented. Laugh, play and have a good time.
Sales people don’t want to hear “No” today. Stand
firm and don’t purchase items you don’t need.
More communication than usual is likely at work.
Family may be involved. Make sure everything is
okay at home before departing.
Your efficiency brings positive notice from others.
You shine through capability and prompt solution to
problems which arise.
Fun with friends is in focus. Your children (and/or
your inner child) enjoy lighthearted activities with
other people today.
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from p.B1
standards,” said SSS vice president for management services and
planning May Catherine Ciriaco.
Total revenues, meanwhile, reached P64 billion during the first
five months of 2014, an increase of 8 percent from the P59 billion
posted in the same period last year.
Contribution collections jumped by 16 percent to P49 billion,
mostly coming from employees. Contribution collections represent
77 percent of revenues.
SSS opened five new branches and launched seven satellite
offices from January to May this year.
“We plan to open additional SSS offices in other key locations
to reach out to more workers and widen members’ access to our
services,” Ciriaco said.
SSS has a total of 239 offices as of June 2014. (ABS-CBNnews.
com)
from p.B8
Manille by Robinsons to do the hard task, were Edlene Cabral, a
former style assistant of Project Runway Philippines Season 1 and
the Style Editor of fashion and lifestyle magazine (for men) in the
Philippines, Garage; Patrick Galang, Project Runway Philippines
Season 2 finalist and one of the stand-out participants of the 2008
Philippine Fashion Week, cited by Mega magazine as one of “8
Designers You Should Know” and by Preview magazine as one
of “11 Best New Designers” and currently the fashion editor of
Mega Magazine; and Jerome Lorico, 48th Japan Fashion Design
Contest 2010 winner, and participant of Singapore Fashion Week,
London Fashion Week and International Fashion Showcase by
the British Fashion Council and who worked as an apprentice for
Alexander McQueen.
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MANILA -- Television-host Kris Aquino congratulated
her former husband James Yap for being named Finals MVP
trophy during the recently concluded the 2014 PBA Governor’s Cup.
In her morning show “KrisTV” aired on Wednesday, Aquino
also clarified why she wanted the best-of-five finals series
between Yap’s San Mig Coffee and Rain or Shine to end.
“Nag-congratulate ako kay James. Sabi ni James, ‘Thank
you sinabi ng fans pinag-pray mo ako.’ Tapos sinabi ko, ‘Hello
pinag-pray ko na matapos na no para hindi na kayo makabawas
sa rating ng A&A (Aquino & Abunda Tonight),’” Aquino told
her guest co-host Pokwang.
“At mali pa pala ako. Kasi that
day nung nagpi-pray ako, wala na
pala, last na pala talaga ‘yon,”
she continued.
“Tapos sinabi niya (Yap),
‘Na-touch pa naman ako na
nag-pray ka.’ Yeah, tapos sa
dugout niya lang natandaan
na i-greet si Bimby but it’s
okay,” Aquino added, referring to their son James
“Bimby” Yap Jr.
After receiving his
MVP trophy, Yap initially
thanked God and dedicated his trophy to his fans,
his manager, his coach
Tim Cone, his teammates and girlfriend
Michela Cazzola.
He also dedicated
their victory to his
son during an interview while he
and his teammates
were celebrating
at the dugout.
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B8 Thursday, July 24, 2014
Ma. Cristina Sy
Daryl Amar - Runner Up
Nikki Monares - Runner Up
Ma. Cristina Sy - Grand Winner
M
A. CRISTINA Sy wowed the judges with her minimalist approach in the highly contested Design
Lab 8 of Robinsons Place Iloilo held recently at
the mall’s Fountain Area, dahlings.
The Design Lab is an avenue for aspiring fashion designers in Iloilo City to showcase their original creations.
With this year’s theme “Iloilo: The Past, The Present and
The Possibilities”, the grand finalists presented to the scrutinizing judges their original creations inspired by heritage
landmarks, structures and latest developments with the
Dauson Bermtay Creation - Robinsons
Design Lab 7th Run Grand Winner
Ditas L. Taleon, Edlene Cabral, Patrick Galang, Jerome Lorico,
Robinsons Design Lab 8th Run Grand Winner - Ma. Crsitina Sy
Stella Mae Hembra, Patrick Galang of Mega
Magazine, Fashion Designer Jerome Lorico, Edlene
Cabral - Garage Magazine
Daryl Amar, Ma. Cristina Sy, Nikki Monares
Backstage with the judges
Calle Real as stage backdrop.
Sy’s designs were definitive 90’s look and are up for
reprise this season.
Runners up, Nikki Monares, clearly delineated the transition from the 80’s madhouse – overly opulent and too
much new wave cut-outs which to some extent borders to
a grungy fashion style while Daryl Amar showcased the
minimal, bordering the techno-street style.
The board of judges, who were flown from Cosmo
Pagemaker /pB7
Jet Salcedo and Bo Parcon with Iloilo’s Fashion Stylists
Robinsons Design Lab 8th Run Grand Calle Real Stage
Grand winner trophy

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