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VOLUME 6
NUMBER 28
FRI - SAT
AUGUST 3 - 4, 2012
An Aeta boy stands on his own share of paradise at the soon-to-be-completed housing area for some 600 Aeta families in Nabuklod, Floridablanca.
PHOTO BY RIC GONZALES
Gov bats for holistic plan on agri-tourism in Nabuklod
FLORIDABLANCA, Pampanga - Nabuklod, Pampanga’s fast-growing tourist attraction, has become the focus of Gov.
Lilia Pineda’s agri-tourism efforts in the
province.
Dubbed “Paradise in the Sky,” it is
perched on a hilly area at the edge of
this town. The area’s cool temperature
in most days of the year is like the
weather in the tourist cities of Baguio and
Tagaytay.
Nabuklod Barangay Captain Roger
Apang said Pineda is “sobrangmasaya
(very happy)” when she is in their
village.He added that she arrives as early as 5:00 a.m. and usually stays long
there despite her tight schedule for that
day.
BLUE and GREEN
Mountains of Bataan province and
nearby Porac town — whose colors turn
Search is on for
GMA challenger
BY DING CERVANTES
L
UBAO, Pampanga- Confirmation that former President, now Rep.
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo would seek reelection next year in this
province’s second district has fueled anew a search for her
opponent.
Architect Adonis Simpao, who was the official candidate of the Liberal Party (LP) against Arroyo in the
2010 congressional race in the district, said he would
not run again, but stressed he would help search for a
worthy opponent to Arroyo.
Kapampangan journalist Randy David, who initially
announced he would challenge Arroyo in the 2010 polls
but backed out later, said in a text message to Punto
that “I have no plan to run in Pampanga in the next
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to green or blue — are seen from Nabuklod. The view of the western portion of
Pampanga is also visible from the village
largely occupied by some 2,400 Aetas.
“You forget your problems when you
are here,” said Pineda in a jest during
one of several province-led tree-planting
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Experts eye 20%
BPO growth in
next 5 years
CLARK FREEPORT Experts expressed here
yesterday confidence
that the country’s business process outsourcing (BPO) industry will
grow at 20 percent yearly.
This, as the Clark
Development Corp.
(CDC), local investors
and BPO experts bared
yesterday this freeport
will host the 4th International Outsourcing Summit from Oct. 7 to 9.
Champion solon needed to push Clark as int’l gateway
ANGELES CITY – Vice Gov.
Joseller “Yeng” Guiao on Monday stressed the need for a
“champion congressman” from
Pampanga who will aggressively push for the full development
of the Clark International Airport (CIA) as the country’s
major gateway.
“The international airport
should be transferred from Manila to Clark,” said Guiao, who
was interviewed at the opening
of the Department of Foreign
Affairs (DFA) office at the Ayala-owned Marquee Mall here.
“Metro Manila is too crowded,” added the three-term vice
governor who will run for con-
gress as representative of Pampanga’s First District composed
of Angeles and Mabalacat cities
and Magalang town.
Guiao said if he wins, he will
immediately lay out his plan of
action to convince President
Aquino through the Department
of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to prioritize the
development of the CIA and the
construction of the high-speed
train linking Clark to Metro Manila.
He said Aquino “very much
favors the development of the
Clark airport but he is quite shy
because he is from Tarlac.” The
president’s hometown of Con-
cepcion in Tarlac is some 15
minutes travel time from the CIA
via the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx).
The CIA’s development as the
next international gateway, added Guiao, will “tremendously”
bring about economic progress
not just in Pampanga, Tarlac and
other provinces in Central Luzon
but in the entire North Luzon.
The some 4,500-hectare land
area of Clark Freeport sits mostly on Mabalacat and Angeles.
The Clark Aviation Complex,
whose runway was designed to
handle the US Space Shuttle
and the largest planes, is about
2,400 hectares.
MVP FACTOR
“Then there is MVP,” said
Guiao, referring to business
tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan
who openly expressed interest to invest billions of
pesos on Clark for
its airport and the
high-speed train
that will run
through the MVP
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Guiao
“It will be a three-day
activity to be attended by
at least 100 industry executives, significant analysts and top government
officials,” the CDC said.
“This is the right time
to declare Clark as the
country’s top IT and BPO
destination,” said Cybercity Teleservices president George Sorio during
a meeting here of top executives of foreign and
Filipino corporations
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PHOTO BY RIC GONZALES
BY JOEY PAVIA
CDC, Pisay ink lease
pact for Clark campus
CLARK FREEPORT – Officials
of the Clark Development Corporation (CDC) and the Philippine Science High School
(PSHS) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the
establishment of a PSHS Central Luzon campus here.
The agreement was signed
by CDC Chair and Officer-inCharge Eduardo Oban, Jr., CDC
Executive Vice-President Philip
Jose Panlilio, Department of
Science and Technology
(DOST) Secretary Mario Montejo, and PSHS System Executive Director Josette Biyo signed
the MOA for the construction the
school’s new permanent site
along a 30,000-square meter
area in Lily Hill Avenue here.
The agreement fulfills the
CDC’s guarantee to PSHS administration officials that education is among the topmost priorities of the state-owned corporation under the helm of Oban.
Oban, during the signing
rites, stressed before CDC and
PSHS officials that the MOA for
the Clark campus has transformed a dream “into a reality.”
Aside from industrial, commercial, and tourism-related
businesses here in Clark, Oban
further said that the Freeport is
also provides a conducive atmosphere for learning thus, a haven for educational institutions.
According to Oban, PSHS’s
permanent site here in Clark will
boast of the following facilities:
academic buildings, residence
halls, canteen, gym, administration building, grand stand, and
state-of-the-art laboratories.
Montejo, meanwhile, expressed his gratitude to the CDC
saying the DOST and PSHS
administration will make sure
that Central Luzon Campus
scholars “will get the best science and technology education
they deserve." –CDC-PRD
CDC Chair and Officer-in-Charge Eduardo Oban, Jr. (left) and DOST Sec. Mario Montejo
shake hands after signing a Memorandum of Agreement for the establishment of the
Philippine Science High School Central Luzon Campus new permanent site inside the
Clark Freeport. Looking on are (from left) CDC Executive Vice President Philip Jose
Panlilio and PSHS System Executive Director Dr. Josette Biyo.
PHOTO COURTESY OF CDC-PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
Casiño seeks probe of power firm
Protest leaders owe PAMES huge amount
BY ARMAND M. GALANG
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • AUGUST 3 - 4, 2012 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
PANTABANGAN, Nueva Ecija Rep. Teddy Casiño pressed for
a full dress investigation on the
condition of the Pantabangan
Municipal Electric System
(PAMES) even as power has not
been restored in the municipality as of press time.
But Casiño, who chairs the
House committee on energy said
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he motored to the town to personally hear the sentiments of townsfolk regarding the issue that the
local government is facing with the
power producer First Gen.
“Alam naman natin nagkaroon ng mukhang mismangement sa power distribution company,” he said. “Gayunpaman
ang importante para sa atin
ngayon, maibalik kaagad yung
kuryente.,”
He said the provincial government and the National Electrification Administration can
come up with a measure to immediately reconnect the electricity for the benefit of the residents
while an audit of PAMES transactions is being conducted.
He also said that the
PAMES franchise is already up
for renewal and this could be the
best time for a probe. He said
he will make sure the franchise
would not be renewed unless its
finances are properly audited
and accountable people are
made to pay.
“Managot ang dapat managot,” he said.
Tension rose when Vice
Mayor Romeo Borja, Jr., decided to face the crowd, which police estimated at about 120 people, and started enumerating the
names of those people and entities who owed PAMES, including the leaders who spoke prior
to his attendance.
He said naming them gave
him a heavy heart but had to do
it to prove that it was his father’s
fight for his constituents that resulted to the power cut-off.
He first mentioned villages
such as Malbang whose head,
Danilo Padilla, also belonged to
the picket speakers. Malbang,
he said, had P1.4 million debt.
Villarica, which host the power
plant, owed P2.3 million.
While doing it, however,
someone from the crowd shouted “bulaan” apparently referring
to the vice mayor.
Among those he named who
supposedly failed to settle bills
with PAMES were the protest
group La Solidad leader Bienvenido Reyes who allegedly has 10
months unpaid bills amounting
to about P25,000; a resort
owned by another protest leader Dr. Bernardo dela Merced
with some P268,000 debts for
18 months; Padilla has 31
months, P41,000; former Mayor Ruben Huerta, five months,
P11,000; Coun. Teodora Agustin, 47 months, P119,000,
among others.
The vice mayor admitted he
himself has an outstanding bill
for eight months.
In reaction, Reyes said he
will castigate his wife as soon
as he went home for no -paying
the bills.
But Borja said they did not
blame the people for failing to
pay their bills and instead run
after FGHPC with allegedly undervalued equipment declaration.
“What we are saying is that
it’s the billionaire company that
should pay properly,” he said,
adding that FGHPC enjoys a
five-month tax moratorium that
would amount to roughly P100
million.
NI ERNIE B. ESCONDE
maob ang bangka namin at
nalaglag ang tatay ko na tinamaan ng palo,” sabi ni James Angelo Vicoy, 25, anak na panganay ng biktima at kasamang
crew ng ama sa FB Joshua.
Wala diumanong malalaking
alon kundi malakas na hangin
nang oras na iyon. Hindi maintindihan ng mga crew kung
paanong nakarating ang bangka nila sa itaas ng batuhan na
malayo sa kinadadaungan nila.
Nasugatan umano ang batang Vicoy sa tuhod, kamay at
ulo. Ang walo niyang kasamahan ay nagtamo rin daw ng mga
sugat na ginamot sa Mariveles
Medics.
Tulad ng FB Joshua, ang
dalawa pang fishing boat ay humampas din sa batuhan na ang
isa ay nagkadurog-durog. Ang
isa pa ay hindi na rin pakikinabangan dahil sa matinding
pagkawasak.
3 fishing boats wasak
sa buhawi, 1 patay
MARIVELES, Bataan- Tinamaan diumano ng ipo-ipo o buhawi
ang tatlong bangkang pangisda
na tumaob at tinangay hanggang sa mga batuhan sa Barangay Sisiman, Mariveles sa
kasagsagan ng bagyong Gener
noong Linggo ng gabi.
Wasak na wasak ang FB
Joshua, FB Lady Jane at FB
John Mark na bago ang pangyayari ay nakadaong sa shoreline
sa tapat ng bundok ng Sisiman.
Nahulog si Arcanghel Vicoy,
59, ng Antique, mula sa FB
Joshua at Martes na ng hapon
nang natagpuan ang bangkay
nito malapit sa isang bahagi ng
dalampasigan ng Sisiman. Hindi
nakapagsagawa ng search and
rescue operations noong Linggo
ng gabi dahil sa sungit ng panahon, sabi sa report ng pulisya.
“Hinampas ng buhawi, tu-
Floods hit 11 towns in Pampanga;
putting 154 villages under floodwater
BY JOEL P. MAPILES
CITY OF SAN
FERNANDO --- Floods
hit 11 out of 19 municipalities and two cities in
the province putting 154
villages under flood
water, a report obtained
from the Provincial
Disaster Risk Reduction
and Management
Council (PDRRMC)
said.
This came as
Southwest monsoon
enhanced by tropical
storm “ Gener” brought
rains and moderate to
strong winds over Luzon
for several days now.
Typhoon Gener is
expected to be at 810
kilometer Northwest of
Basco, Batanes (tomorrow) this morning,
outside the Philippine
area of responsibility.
One to 4 feet Flooding persist in the 11
towns of Pampanga for
less than a week now
as flood waters overflow
from Pampanga River,
Abacan River, Guagua
River and Candaba
swamp.
The PDRRMC
reported that an estimated 5,822 families
equivalent to 31,287
individuals were affected
by typhoon Gener.
The PDRRMC
advised residents living
in the low lying areas
and high tide affected
areas adjacent to or
along the said waterways and the municipal
disaster risk reduction
coordinating centers
concerned to take
precautionary measures
against the river flooding.
The PDRRMC
identified the affected
flooded municipalities
as follows: Guagua (30
barangays), Lubao (26),
Sasmuan (12), Bacolor
(2), Apalit (4), Candaba
(2), Macabebe (25),
Masantol (26), Minalin
(15), San Simon (8) and
San Luis (4).
In Candaba, classes
for elementary school
was suspended in
barangay San Agustin,
while 10 feet more is
remaining in Pampanga
River before it will
overflow to barangays
Mandasig, Pasig,
Gulap, Lanang, Pansinao and Bambang.
In Masantol, 79
affected families equivalent to 325 individuals
are staying in evacuation sites in Bebe Anac
Elementary School,
Chapel, senior citizens
building, Bebe Matua
Chapel, barangay hall
and day care center.
In Lubao town, some
50 family-evacuees are
still in Barangay Bancal
Sinubli Chapel. In
Bacolor, one family
stays at the evacuation
tent in Barangay
Mesalipit,
ON IRRIGATED RICE
Some 590 farmers
from the towns of
Magalang, Candaba,
San Luis and the City of
San Fernando were
affected with 1,014.50
hectares. Six hundred
sixty-five (665) hectares
of which were totally
damaged while 349.50
were partially damaged.
ON ROADS
AND BRIDGES
In Guagua, the road
network in barangay
Bancal is no longer
passable to light
vehicles. Motorized and
paddled bancas are
utilized as form of
transportation in the
said village. The interior
road towards St.
Michael College in Sto.
Cristo village here is
under 8 to 15 inches
flood water and unelevated portion is not
passable to light
vehicles. Damage was
seen along Sapang
Maragul dike particularly the foot bridge at
Lawas (Pritil) measuring about 30 meters in
length due to strong
current and flood
overflow.
In Lubao, roads were
damaged in barangays
Balantacan, Baruya
and San Pablo 1. The
farm to market roads
eroded in Purok 1 of
Dela Paz and San Jose
Gumi particularly in
Purok Mabuhay.
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based in this freeport.
Business Processing
Association of the Philippines (BPAP) executive
director for industry affairs
Raymond Lacdao, in his
briefing during the meeting,
quoted studies by IBM
and Everest Group, citing
the Philippines as currently
the number one provider of
voice services in the world.
Lacdao, however, noted that the country’s nonvoice services sector is
also growing rapidly, and
is now number two worldwide.
Lacdao said the country’s BPO industry, de-
spite economic woes in
Europe, is expected to
grow by up to 20 percent
over the next five years.
“It is forecasted to produce 1.3 million direct jobs,
3.2 million indirect jobs and
US$25 billion dollars in revenue,” he added.
“Developments in technology, expanding de-
mand for services, and
shifts in public policy in
countries that provide ITBPO services as well as
those that contract these
services are creating major challenges and opportunities for the global ITBPO industry. How is, and
will, the industry respond,”
he said.
Lacdao said the summit “ will also help determine the country’s standing on the BPO Industry as
new competitions arise.”
He said this year’s
Conex summit will focus
on “amplifying the understanding of the new oars
of growth as well as the
challenges that comes
along with it. They will
identify the impact it has
towards the industry and
the country, and how the
industry will adapt to the
business models and
strategies.”
The CDC said the
summit will feature keynote presentations by industry and domain experts; panel discussions
with top industry executives from around the region and other respected
and influential resource
personas; gala dinners;
business matching sessions; exclusive briefings;
conferencing sessions;
and, a supplier exhibit.
Last year’s summit focused on providing a platform to assess progress
towards development
goals in the IT-BPO Road
Map 2011-2016.
Meanwhile, Metro Angeles Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc.
(MACCII) President Dr.
Frankie Villanueva, concurrent president of the
Metro Clark ICT Council
(MCICTC), said the event
is one of the council’s flagship projects geared to
make the Clark Freeport
as the country’s foremost
IT-BPO destination.
Villanueva said the
convention and expo also
aims to encourage IT/
BPO firms to locate in the
provinces to decongest
Metro Manila.
“It is being held to ensure that the activities to
be held during the event will
cater to the various needs
of the stakeholders from
the industry,” he noted.
Villanueva said some
4,000 jobs in the Clark
Freeport’s Information
Technology (IT) and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector are open
for employment.
Over 50 percent of
Clark’s workforce comes
from a mix of industries
from the IT, BPO, and
semiconductor sectors,
he added.
Villanueva also said
“the event will highlight
Metro Clark’s global tourist appeal because of its
convenient businessmeets-leisure environment, its rich culture, wide
array of entertainment and
recreational getaways,
and world-famous Filipino
hospitality.”
–Ding Cervantes
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • AUGUST 3 - 4, 2012 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
Experts eye 20% BPO growth in next 5 years
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Editorial
Bring it on,
Mr. President
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • AUGUST 3 - 4, 2012 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
NO HOLDING of punches against the
media.
“You can expect the President to be
always frank about his statements. The
President has always been forthright with
what he thinks is proper; what he thinks
should be; what is not proper.”
So presidential spokesperson Edwin
Lacierda told reporters. Read that:
Aquino’s bashing of media no matter the
occasion will be a matter of course,
protocol and propriety, not to mention
etiquette, be damned.
As was the case at the 25th anniversary
celebrations of ABS-CBN’s TV Patrol
where Aquino minced no words in taking
to task anchor and former Vice President
Noli de Castro for negativism and
“baseless” commentary in-between news
reports.
“We believe it was a proper moment to
inform ABS-CBN TV Patrol on the
actuations of their anchorman,” said
Lacierda.
“We believe the President was not in
error when he made and decided to make
that speech on the 25th anniversary of TV
Patrol,” furthered Aquino’s mouthpiece.
No fall-out in with media arising from the
TV Patrol incident, Lacierda is sure of: “And
will media, again, invite him? Of course,
you want the head of the country to be
invited to your occasion and there’s no
reason why you should cower in fear from
inviting the President.”
Cower in fear? Before Aquino’s “whine
and bash” routine?
Lacierda must be joking.
Media can very well take what they dish
out.
No quarters shall media ask for. No
quarters shall media give. Bring it on,
Mister President.
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Best airport?
Aww c’mon
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Zona Libre
Bong Z. Lacson
BEST, WE just cannot be.
So we make out the best even for just also-ran finishes.
Hence, the Filipino nation going gaga over Shamcey Supsup’s
3rd runner-up finish in the 2011 Miss Universe pageant.
Hence, finding major, major accomplishment in Venus Raj’s
placing 4th runner-up in the 2010 edition of the same contest.
Closer home, the 4th place ranking of City of San Fernando
Mayor Oscar S. Rodriguez is more than enough reason to append
to his name the honorific “world class.”
Worst, we have the penchant to be.
Topping the corruption and impunity indices in this part of the
globe, year after year.
Worst as worst can only be.
Setting the record for the most number of journalists killed in a
single incident, in all the world, in all of history.
Worst even in aviation facility.
The Ninoy Aquino International Airport voted
the world’s worst airport for 2011 in a global poll
conducted by The Guide to Sleeping in Airports,
a site that reviews the quality and facilities of the
world’s airports.
Mired in the worst-to-be, 4th and 3rd finishes
are indeed enough cause for revelry.
It takes no surprise thus for the salutatory and
congratulatory paroxysm that greeted the news
of the Clark International Airport ranking 3rd in the
“World’s Best Airport Freezone” list of fDi
Magazine contained in its “Global Free Zones of
the Future 2012/13” report.
Published by the Financial Times Business
Group of London, fDi Magazine is a bi-monthly
news and foreign direct investment publication.
Also cited in the same report was the Clark
Freeport Zone as the 8th best freeport zone in the
world, with Dubai Airport Free Zone being named
the best.
This is no denigration of the recognition given
the CIA. Nor is it to demean the giver. It is just to
put the citation in context.
By its very nomenclature – best airport
freezones – the recognition has little, if anything,
to do with infrastructure and facilities or services.
It has everything to do with location, location,
location.
And location is Clark’s best asset, its expanse,
its accessibility, aye, its equidistance to and from
major regional destinations, its being at the very
pith of a freeport. By accident of geography
therefore, the Clark International Airport is already
“it” when it comes to airport freezones.
So, what is there to celebrate in the recognition
of what has always been there?
If any, this is a cause for another barrage of
tirades against the Clark International Airport Corp.
for failing to tap the full potential of the Clark airport
to be not only the nation’s premier international
gateway, but among the Asia-Pacific region’s best.
That potential all obvious in the aforecited accident
of geography.
No other airport in the region is as centrally
located as Clark, spanning distances within 1.5
hours to 3.5 hours max, from Kota Kinabalu, Hong
Kong and Macau, to Bangkok, Singapore and
Kuala Lumpur.
Indeed, what is there to celebrate in the
recognition of what has always been a given fact?
If any, the only consolation we can get out of
this “World’s Best Airport Freezone” citation is
the public acknowledgment coming from
Malacanang that government is working to improve
the airport’s facilities.
“We welcome the assessment made by the
London Financial Times Group. Certainly, we are
in the process of improving our airport facilities...
That has been the commitment made by
Transportation and Communications Secretary
Mar Roxas to the President and, therefore, the
said agency will exert all its best efforts to improve
the facilities of not only Clark but also the other
airports.” So Presidential Spokesperson Edwin
Lacierda said.
On second thought, no consolation with Roxas
mentioned there.
So what is Roxas concretely showing at the
Clark International Airport for that “commitment
made to the President”?
So sorry to sound grouchy, but with Roxas,
there simply is no way for the Clark International
Airport to ever become what it is destined to be –
the Philippines’ premier international gateway.
Why, for over a year now as chairman of the
board of CIAC, has Roxas even attended just one
board meeting?
That just shows how (un)committed this loser
is when it comes to anything Clark.
As anything and everything good at the Clark
International Airport happen despite Roxas, so
anything and everything bad happen because of
Roxas.
Roxas is the albatross around the President’s
neck.
The earlier PNoy takes cognizance of this, the
better for the people of Central and Northern
Luzon.
The later PNoy realizes this, the better for
Jejomar Binay. You’re a dummy if you still ask
why.
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ON THIS DAY in 1949, after a
damaging three-year battle to
win both players and fans, the
rival Basketball Association of
America (BAA) and National
Basketball League (NBL) merge
to form the National Basketball
Association (NBA).
The BAA incorporated in
1946, challenging the hegemony of the nine-year old NBL. The
BAA established itself in bigger
cities than the NBL, which existed only in small Midwestern
cities like Fort Wayne, Sheboygan and Akron.
While the NBL held its
games in small gymnasiums,
the upstart BAA played its
games in large major-market
arenas such as the Boston Garden and New York City’s Madison Square Garden.
By the 1948-49 season, the
BAA had begun to attract some
of the country’s best players,
and four NBL franchises--Fort
Wayne, Indianapolis, Minneapolis and Rochester--moved to
the BAA, bringing their star players with them.
George Mikan, the biggest
attraction in either league who
by himself could virtually assure a team’s success, defected to the new league with the
Minneapolis Lakers.
On August 3, 1949, representatives from the two leagues
met at the BAA offices in New
York’s Empire State Building to
finalize the merger.
Maurice Podoloff, head of
the BAA since its inception,
was elected head of the new
league.
The new NBA was made up
of 17 teams that represented
both small towns and large cities across the country. Through
the 1950s, though, the number
of teams dwindled, along with
fan support, and by the 195455 season, only eight teams remained.
T h a t y e a r, t h e l e a g u e
transformed the game with
the creation of the 24-second
clock, making play fasterpaced and more fun to watch.
Fans returned, and the
league, now financially solvent, expanded throughout
the 1960s and 70s.
Today, the NBA has 30 franchises and attracts players—
and millions of fans—from countries around the world.
Source: www.history.com
Maging
Maalam,
Maging
Malaya
Ni Erin Tañada
BUKAS na pamamahala.
Ito ang prinsipyo ng Freedom of Information (FOI) bill na nagiging
kabalikat ng Judicial Bar Council sa pagsala ng mga nominado
para sa susunod na chief justice.
Ang kabutihan ng bukas ng pamamahala ay napatunayan sa
apat na buwang impeachment proceedings na natapos nitong Mayo
29. Hindi nga naman madaling makalulusot ang katiwalian kung
bukas sa publiko ang mga rekord ng mga opisyal, tulad ng
Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN). Ang
pagsumite ng SALN ay kinailangan ngayon sa nominasyon para
sa punong mahistrado.
Heto pa.
Dahil isina-publiko na ang dating “closed-door” na JBC
proceedings, nakibahagi na rin ang taumbayan sa panel interviews
sa pamamagitan ng twitter. Nakapagtanong ang taumbayan sa
mga nominado at natunghayan ang pagsagot nila sa TV. Ito ay
isang pag-angat sa karapatan ng mamamayan na makilahok sa
mga usaping pang-gobyerno. Ngayon ginagamit ng taumbayan ang
electronic media sa paghayag ng mga mithing pagbabago.
Dahil na rin sa pagsasa-publiko ng JBC
proceedings, nadaragdagan ang kaalaman natin
sa mga demokratikong prosesong kaloob ng
Saligang Batas. At nagiging mas matining ngayon
ang mga panawagan para sa patas at makataong
hustisya.
Mapapansing masugid ang taumbayan sa
pagsubaybay sa usapin hinggil sa pagpili ng
susunod na pinuno na Hudikatura, gayun din sa
mga dapat baguhin sa paggulong ng hustisya
upang mapabilis ito.
May mga nagsasabing kailangan ang
“Renewal From Within (The Judiciary).” Dito
pumapaimbulog ang mga kuru-kuro na dapat
manggaling ang susunod na chief justice sa
hanay ng mga “senior justices” upang magmula
mismo sa Korte Suprema ang mga pagbabago.
May mga opinyon ding makabubuting
“outsider” naman ang mamuno sa Hudikatura na,
kahit ‘di nakagawian, ay baka ito pa ang maging
susi sa ganap na pagbabago rito.
Pero ang tanong ng taumbayan: Ano ba ang
prayoridad sa ngayon?
Sinagot ito ng mga nominado. At ang simpleng
sagot nila ay pagbabago. May diin sa pagkakaloob
ng hustisya maging sa mga mahihirap na binubuo
ng 90% ng populasyon. Ngunit alam ng lahat na
bagamat madali itong sabihin, mahirap namang
tuparin. At ito ang malaking hamon para sa
susunod na chief justice.
Kaugnay nito, paano ba lilinisin at i-aangat ang
antas ng ating Criminal Justice System na binubuo
ng mga (1) hukuman, (2) prosekusyon, (3)
penolohiya (bilibid), at (4) law enforcement, sa
tulong ng (5) komunidad.
Paano maiiwasan ang “suhulan” sa mga
hukuman, ang pag-dismiss ng mga kaso pabor
sa akusado, ang pagbubulag-bulagan sa mga
ebidensya? O ang pagdiin sa akusado kahit ‘di
sapat ang ebidensya upang maitala ito bilang
“solved” at makataas sa crime solution efficiency.
Ano ba ang hitsura ng ating mga hukuman?
Ang mga piskalya? Maayos ba at malilinis ang
mga naturang tanggapan, lalo na sa mga lugar
na malayo sa mga kabisera? May sapat bang
mga pasilidad, tulad ng mga computer, telepono,
fax machine, at copiers na ginagamit sa pagdodokumento ng mga kaso?
Sa penolohiya: paano magiging makatao ang
kalagayan sa lahat ng piitan? Sapat ba ang pondo
para sa rehabilitasyon ng mga preso? Kumakain
ba sila ng tama at tama din sa oras? Pantaypantay ba ang pagtrato sa kanila? Maayos ba
ang seguridad dito?
Sa law enforcement: paano mai-aangat ang
teknolohiya sa pagtukoy, pagsuri, pagkalap, at
pag-iingat sa ebidensya? Paano makatitiyak na
hindi tatanggap ng pabor ang mga alagad ng batas
mula sa mga operator ng mga ilegal na aktibidad
sa kanilang mga nasasakupan?
Habang dinadaanan natin ang bukas na
prosesong ito, ang isang film documentary na may
titolong “Give up Tomorrow” tungkol kay Paco
Larrañaga, isang naakusahan at nasentensyahan
ng kamatayan dahil sa dalawang magkapatid sa
Cebu ang ginahasa at pinatay ang napag-uusapan
ngayon sapagkat ito ay isang malungkot ng
komentaryo sa ating sistema ng hudikadura.
Palagay ko, mapag-iisip talaga tayo at sinumang
bagong Chief Justice na uupo kapag napanood
ng buo ang pelikulang ito.
Pero mabalik ako, pasensya na mga kabalen
kung para akong sirang plaka, subali’t nais kong
ulit-ulitin, ang simbolo ng tunay na demokrasya
ay bukas na gobyerno. Sa ngayon, mas malaki
ang pag-asa natin na magiging karapat-dapat sa
posisyon ang susunod na Chief Justice, dahil na
rin masugid nating sinusubaybayan ang isyung
ito.
Ngunit para makatiyak na magpapatuloy ang
mga pagbabago – sa Hudikatura o maging sa
dalawa pang sangay ng gobyerno, sa Ehekutibo
at Lehislatura, sinuman ang mga susunod na lider
ng bansa – kailangan na ring isabatas ang FOI
bill. Ito ang magiging garantiya nating magiging
patuloy ang gobyerno sa pagtahak sa tuwid na
daan kahit sinuman ang maupo sa Malacañang,
Hudikadura o Lehislatura.
Ni Felix M. Garcia
Boking’s term
could be extended
to 2016 election
SA LAHAT ng naging Alkalde marahil
Dito sa Pampanga o saan pa mandin
Sa buong mundo ay di kayang talunin
Ang pagiging sobrang masuerte ni Boking
In his field of public services as Mayor
For the past 16 years of his beloved town;
In which no one I think by mere comparison,
Morales had the most outstanding of them all
At di hihigitan ng kahit na sino
Ang bilang at haba ng naging termino
Niya bilang Punong-bayang nagserbisyo
Sa kanyang Kabalen ng buong talino
At pagiging matapat sa katungkulan
Sa loob ng ilang taong nakaraan;
Kung saan lubos nitong pinatunayan
Ang kalinisan niya bilang lingkodbayan.
At maituturing din namang mapalad
Ang ngayon ay isa ng ganap na siyudad
Sa pagkakaroon nito ng katulad
Ni Boking na lubhang sa bayan malingap.
Kaya nga’t kung puede pa siyang humabol
Sa mga darating pang local election,
Liban sa term pa niyang nakatakda nitong
Harapin ‘next year’ o susunod na taon
Wala na talagang pinaka-masuerte
Sa lahat kundi ang butihing Alkalde
Ng naturang bayan – na ngayon ay city
Ng ganap at ito ay kanyang balwarte
At baka sa mga panahong darating
Ay pamuli’t-muli siyang tatangkilikin
Ng mga Kabalen bilang natatanging
Mabalaqueño sa husay nito’t galing.
Kung saan posibleng ano pa mang puesto
Ang hangaring maging katungkulan nito,
Ay si Boking pa rin ang muling iboto
Ng halos mahigit sa otsenta porsyento.
At sana rin ngayong itong Mabalacat
Ay kabilang na sa asensadong siyudad,
Higit sa dati ay lalo pang lalakas
Ang karisma niya sa mata ng lahat.
Pagkat tunay namang lahat na ng bagay
Na makabubuti sa kanilang bayan
Ay taos sa puso niyang ginampanan
Ng may sinseridad para sa kabayan.
Na nagtiwala sa kakayahan nito
Bilang punongbayan na nagpa-asenso
Sa nasabing lugar hangga ngayong ito
Ay tuluyan na ring maging lungsod mismo.
Aywan lang natin kung ang butihing mayor
Ay ‘entitled’ pa ng ‘3 successive terms’ ngayon
Pagkaraan nga ng ‘official conversion’
Nito bilang lungsod ‘from a progressive town’
But as to what we may call SC conclusion
Morales was serving a first term as mayor
And is entitled to a re-election for
Another two terms more based on existing rule.
So, Boking could still run again for mayor
In the next two local/national election;
Provided that he can keep going on and on
In his genuine service and noble intentions!
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • AUGUST 3 - 4, 2012 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
Prinsipyo ng FOI
kabalikat sa pagpili
ng susunod na CJ
Napaguusapan
lang
5
Search is on for GMA challenger
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elections or to embark on
a political career. Politics
is not my vocation.”
David, a native of
Barangay Betis in Guagua
in the second district, explained that “I thought of
opposing GMA (Arroyo’s
initials) in order to send her
a strong message: that it
was not right or fair for a
sitting president to seek a
lower office at the end of
her term so she could continue political power.”
But even now that Arroyo is no longer president, David indicated she
should already “step
aside.”
“Pampanga deserves
and needs the infusion of
new and young blood. Mrs.
Arroyo should step aside
now, graciously retire and
let the younger generation
have a chance at public
service,” he said.
Former governor Eddie
Panlilio, whose request to
be reinstated as a full time
priest has remained pending after his suspension
when he run and become
Pampanga governor in the
2007 elections, could not
be reached, but his brother Gerry said he was not
anymore interested in running for political office.
Panlilio was named LP
chairman in Pampanga
when he ran but lost in the
2010 gubernatorial race
against Gov. Lilia Pineda.
Despite his shying
away from politics, Simpao said he would remain
active in “civil society” concerns of the group Kapampangan Manalakaran, Inc.
(KMI) which he helped
found with Panlilio.
KMI, which advocates
Gov bats for holistic plan...
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activities at Nabuklod,in
cooperation with Philippine Army General Gregorio Catapang of the
703 rd infantry brigade
based in Pampanga.
“One of our future
projects is a hanging restaurant there,” added
Pineda in the dialect while
standing on Viewdeck 2
and pointing to a lower
portion of the site’s some
1,000-hectares.
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • AUGUST 3 - 4, 2012 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
TREE-PLANTING
The first-term governor
disclosed that she will
invite business tycoon
Manuel “MVP” Pangilinan
of Apalit, Pampanga for a
tree-planting program in
Nabuklod,
following
Pangilinan’spledge to
plant 66,000 trees all over
the country by his MVP
group of companies. He
made this commitment
during his recent 66th birthday celebration that Pineda attended in Apalit.
Pineda also said they
will urge Pangilinan to
open an access point to
Nabuklod from the SubicClark-Tarlac Expressway
(SCTex), to cut present
travel time in half. At
present, the only way to
Nabuklod from Porac is
through the western portion of the huge property
of Basa Air Force Base in
Floridablanca.
The SCTex is under the
management of the Pangilinan-owned Manila North
Tollways Corporation.
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HOLISTIC
Meanwhile, Fourth District Board Member Nestor
Tolentino said Pineda and
the provincial board led by
Vice Gov. Joseller “Yeng”
Guiao wants “holistic” development of Nabuklod.
He added that the P10
million allotted for Nabuklod would be used to make
it one of the top agri-tourism areas in Central Luzon.
But more importantly,
Tolentino stressed, the
governor is prioritizing the
social, economic and educational development of
every indigenous individual living there.
Pineda has plans to
raise funds for the Aetas
through an exhibit of paintings of young Aetas who,
among others, underwent
seminars on painting and
on massage therapy conducted by the Public Employment Service Office
(PESO).
Roy Imperial, consultant-adviser of the governor,
said Pineda has partnered
with various government
agencies, including the
Departments of Education, Health and Agriculture and the National
Housing Authority (NHA),
for coordinated delivery of
public services to Nabuklod. For one, a birthing station will be established
there by the DOH under its
regional director Dr. LeonitaGorgolon.
On-going projects include the improvement of
the road leading to Nabuklod from Basa and construction of a path with at
least 240 steps down to
the “virgin areas” in the
Central portion of the adventure park.Also, an untouched fish-rich body of
water will soon be shown
to the public to re-awaken
in people’s hearts love for
the environment, revealed
Imperial.
As project coordinator
of the Nabuklod Eco-Tourism Adventure Park, he
reported 60 percent completion of the projects in
the area that is the ancestral domain of the Floridablanca-based Aetas.
A zipline and cable cars
are now the major attractions at Nabuklodthat now
has ready water supply
due to the “aggressive but
caring” drive of the governor. “The Aetas used to
walk for many hours just to
be able to get one pail of
water in Nabuklod’s lower
portion,” he said.
The provincial government spent at least P1
million for the water tank
and other related equipment to bringfor the first
time potable water to Nabuklod.
Imperial also said modern farming has been
taught to the Aetas who
have since used it to plant
corn, rice and bananas.
Construction of “safer
and better” houses for
more than 600 Aeta families is going on under the
NHA.
Pineda is also meeting
with private companies for
the aggressive production
of in-demand fruits and
crops, including strawberries used for ice cream
products.
Bikers and local and
foreign tourists have begun to flock to Nabuklod
for its magnificent view that
comes for free but has
much returns for the longmarginalized Aetas living
there.
ATTAP backs gov’s tourism efforts
FLORIDABLANCA, Pampanga — “The
governor of Pampanga has an ‘eye’ for
potential development in tourism.”
Thus said members of the Angeles
City Library staff led by Agnes Gomez
after their recent team-building in barangay Nabuklod here.
Gomez, member of the Alliance of
Travel and Tour Agencies of Pampanga
(ATTAP) and owner of the D Travel Shop
in Angeles, said Pineda has foreseen
the development of Nabuklod way before others did.
“The place will attract tourists from
all walks of life regardless of their age.
The governor really has taste and her
eyes are wide open when it comes to
beauty yet to be fully discovered,” said
Gomez, whose group led by ATTAP
president Gilda Padua has vowed to
help the provincial government promote
Nabuklod and other premiere destinations, including the old Roman Catho-
lic churches in Pampanga built by Spanish priests way back in the16th and 17th
centuries.
Gomez and Padua are excited for
Pampanga’s future in tourism as international and local flights at the Clark Airport now number at least 300 weekly.
Pampanga Capitol officials, including General Services Office (GSO) chief
Royce Pring, said the governor is “very
passionate “in the over-all development
of Nabuklod as a tourist destination and
agricultural area.
“If you want to make the governor
happy, talk about Nabuklod or anything
about Aetas,” said Provincial Administrator Andres “Jun” Pangilinan in his
conversations with journalists.
The provincial government is batting
for a holistic approach in the development of Nabuklod, Pampanga’s newest
tourist attraction and home of Floridablanca-based Aetas. –Joey Pavia
Champion solon needed to push Clark...
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group-controlled North Luzon Expressway, the latter as suggested by Pinoy
Gumising Ka Movement
(PGKM) Ruperto Cruz.
Guiao said he will rally
other congressmen, governors and local officials to
make a common stand in
pushing for the development of the airport named
after the former US military
base.
“As I said, it will benefit all. So it’s teamwork we
need,” said Guiao, coach
of Rain or Shine which is
leading, 3-1, against BMeg in the on-going Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) best-of-seven
championship series.
There are at least 300
flights weekly at the CIA
and its officials say they
expect some 1.4 million
THINK GREEN
passengers this year. It
registered a growth of at
least 54 percent in passenger volume in the first
few months of 2012 compared to the same period
last year.
Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) President and CEO Victor Jose
Luciano announced that
Zest Airways Inc. will go
back to Clark on October
28 and initially offer flights
to Hong Kong. Other airlines offering most flights
at the CIA are Philippines
AirAsia and Cebu Pacific
Air.
The Gokongwei-owned
Cebu Pacific made
Clark its 4 th hub in the
country in 2006, offering
flights to Cebu. Two years
later, it included Macau,
Hong Kong, Singapore
and Bangkok in Thailand
as regional destinations.
Last year, AirAsia
made Clark its hub in the
country. They now have
daily flights to Palawan,
Davao City and Kalibo in
Aklan (Boracay) and daily
international flights to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
Hong Kong and Macau.
–Joey Pavia
good governance and responsible citizenship in
Pampanga, backed charges against Arroyo who recently posted a P1-million
bail on charges of electrical sabotage before a
court in Pasig City.
“We are still looking for
somebody who can challenge GMA. We are not
short of qualified Kapampangans, although as of
the moment, there is no
one person we can yet
name,” Simpao said.
In the 2010 elections
when she was still president while campaigning
for the congressional
post, Arroyo was accused of using the resources of her administration to woo voters in the
second district.
Political observers in
her district noted that while
she no longer has access
to the same powers in
2010, Arroyo still has
enough resources to win
the support of her constituents in the 2013 polls.
They noted that Arroyo
is the biggest recipient of
pork barrel in Congress,
with a P2.2-billion lump
sum pork barrel from the
Department of Public
Works and Highways budget, on top of her P70-million PDAF pork, the P50million extra infrastructure
pork, another P28 million
on top of that, and the P25million windfall from the
Road User’s Tax.
This was uncovered
last year when Akbayan
Rep. Walden Bello revealed that Arroyo had
used her influence when
she was president to
make sure that her district
would get a lot of projects
funded by “multilateral
lending agencies” from
Japan and South Korea.
Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson later
said that the huge funds
secured by Arroyo were
committed by foreign aid
agencies like the Japan
International Cooperation
Agency and the Korea
Development and Cooperation Fund, and that the
government could violate
these commitments.
Republic of the Philippines
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
THIRD JUDICIAL REGION
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT
& EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF
City of San Fernando, Pampanga
BALIKATAN PROPERTY HOLDINGS, INC.
Mortgagee/Assignee
-versusE.J.F. No. 98-12
(Punto Central Luzon)
SPS. VICENTE M. DAVID and
JOSEPHINE C. DAVID,
Debtors/Mortgagors.
x——————————————————————x
NOTICE OF EXTRA – JUDICIAL SALE
Upon Extra-Judicial Petition for Sale under Act 3135 as amended,
filed by BALIKATAN PROPERTY HOLDINGS, INC. Mortgagee/
Assignee, with principal office at 24th Floor, BPI Buendia Center, Sen.
Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City and at the 8th Floor, BDO Plaza, Paseo
de Roxas Avenue, Makati City, against SPS. VICENTE M. DAVID and
JOSEPHINE C. DAVID, Debtors/Mortgagors, with known address at
Mercedes Village, Quebiawan, San Fernando, Pampanga and Lot 4-A,
Blk. 7, Magsaysay Street, DAVSAN SUBD, 1, BO. SINDALAN, SAN
FERNANDO CITY, PAMPANGA, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness
which as of September 26, 2011. Amounted to PESOS:FOUR HUNDRED
SEVENTY NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ONLY (Php.479,500.00)
Philippine Currency, plus interest and penalty to date of the foreclosure
sale, cost of publication, expenses of the foreclosure, and other expenses
allowed by law, the undersigned Ex-Officio Sheriff, and/or her duly
authorized Deputy Sheriff, will set at public auction on August 28, 2012
at 9:01 A.M. to 12:00 N.N. and from 1:00 P.M. to 3:59 P.M at the Main
Lobby of the Regional Trial Court Building at the City of San Fernando,
Pampanga, to the highest bidder/s for CASH or MANAGER’S CHEQUE
and in Philippine currency, the following property with all the improvements
thereon, to wit;
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE No. 332616-R
“A parcel of land (Lot 4-A of the cons. &subd. plan, Pcs035416-050017, being a portion of lot 4, Blk. 7 (LRC) Psd29510 L.R.C. Rec. No. ), situated in the Bo. of Sindalan, Mun.
of San Fdo., Prov. of Pamp. Bounded on the NW., along line 12 by lot 3, blk. 7 (LRC) Psd-29510; on the NE., along line 2-3
by lot 4-B of the subd. plan; on the SE., along line 3-4 by Road
lot 12; on the SW., along line 4-1 by lot 2, blk. 7, both of (LRC)
Psd-29510 x xx containing an area of ONE HUNDRED
FORTY THREE (143) Square Meters, x xx
Prospective buyers/bidders are hereby enjoined to investigate for
themselves the title to said property/ies and encumbrances thereon, if
any there be.
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the
stated time and date.
In the event that the Public Auction should not take place on the
said date, it shall be held on September 03, 2012, at the same time
and place without further notice.
City of San Fernando, Pampanga, June 29, 2012.
ATTY. JOSELEA Y. FLORIA
Clerk of Court VI & Ex- Officio Sheriff
GENEROSO YULO FERNANDEZ
Sheriff In- Charge
cc:
BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.
24th Floor, BPI Buendia Center,
Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City
8th Floor, BDO Plaza
Paseo de Roxas Ave., Makati City
SPS. VICENTE M. DAVID AND
JOSEPHINE C. DAVID
Mercedes Village, Quebiawan,
San Fernando, Pampanga
Lot 4-A, Blk. 7, Magsaysay Street
DAVSAN Subd. 1, BO. SINDALAN,
SAN FERNANDO CITY, PAMPANGA
PUNTO! Central Luzon: July 27, August 3 & 10, 2012
Gerald Anderson sinabotahe ng
parents ni Sarah Geronimo
SA NAKARAANG episode ng Sarah G. Live, sinagot ng ina ni Sarah Geronimo na si Mommy Divine ang tanong kung totoo bang pinatigil
niyang manligaw si Gerald Anderson sa anak niya.
Guests ang parents ni Sarah last Sunday at nagkaroon ng interview portion sa tatlo kung saan ay si Ai-Ai de las Alas ang naginterview.
Sa unang bahagi ng interbyuhan, nagtanong ang fans ni Sarah at isa sa mga tanong ay kung sino ang nagpapatibok ng puso niya
ngayon.
Matagal na hindi nakasagot si Sarah kaya nag-butt-in na si Ai-Ai at sinabing, “hindi n’yo pa ba alam, ano ba kayo? Para naman
kayong mga ewan, alam naman ng lahat ’yun.”
Tumugtog sa background ang kantang It Might Be You at tanong ulit ni Ai-Ai, “’yan ba ang theme song n’yo ni Babe?”
Habang nagkakantiyawan, hindi naman namin maipaliwanag ang expression nina Mommy Divine at Daddy Delfin (father ni Sarah)
although we can tell na parang hindi sila natutuwa.
Finally, sumagot na rin si Sarah.
"Siguro, ano, kung sino man siya, kailangan ng konting panahon para mapatunayan ko sa sarili ko kung totoo ang tinitibok ng puso
ko o kung totoo rin ang tinitibok ng puso niya.
"Sabi nga, time will tell and ang gusto ko ay kung sino ang gusto ng
Diyos para sa akin."
Ang hinihintay ng lahat ay nang tanungin na nga ni Ai-Ai kay
by Cesar Pambid
Mommy Divine kung totoo ba ang mga naglalabasang isyu na
pinatigil niya si Gerald sa panliligaw kay Sarah.
Gerald Anderson
“Actually, kami nga ni Daddy ang nagbigay ng permiso na ligawan siya (Sarah) sa bahay,” sagot
& Sarah Geronimo
ni Mommy Divine. "Kinausap namin talaga siya (Gerald) nang pormal, na sabi ko, sa bahay lang
puwede ligawan ang anak ko, hindi sa labas o sa text.
"Sabi ko, ‘kung mapapasensiyahan mo ang patakaran namin, ganito kami, nirerespeto ka namin,
pero respetuhin mo rin kami. Kasi babae ang anak ko.'
"But ewan ko lang kung dapat sabihin, pero mukhang..." At this point, parang pinipigil ni Sarah ang
nanay niya na magsalita at say nga ni Ai-Ai, “Parang kinukurut-kurot na ni Sarah ang nanay niya.”
"Pero kung hindi mapagtiyagaan ’yung ganu’n, wala kaming…,” patuloy ni Mommy Divine.
Pero hanggang dito na lang ang nasabi ng ina dahil hinalik-halikan na siya ni Sarah at
halatang pinigilan na sa pagsasalita.
Mabilis namang nag-follow-up si Sarah at sinabing, "Hindi po, sa totoo lang talaga,
hindi po ang mommy ko ang nagpatigil kay Gerald na manligaw. Wala.”
Well, sa mga sinabing ito ng mag-ina, malinaw na tumigil na nga ng panliligaw si
Gerald.
Anyway, sa closing number ng show, kumanta si Sarah kasama ang mga magulang
at dito ay humingi ng tawad si Sarah sa parents at sinabing sisikapin niyang sundin
ang mga gusto ng magulang dahil alam niyang para sa kabutihan lang niya ang
hangad ng mga ito.
“Darating din ’yun, anak, ’wag kang mag-alala, ibibigay sa ’yo ni Lord ’yun,”
say ni Mommy Divine.
“Hindi naman ako nagmamadali, Ma, eh. Muntik lang,” say ni Sarah sabay
yakap sa ina at napaiyak na.
What a touching scene. Mabait talagang anak si Sarah at ito ang labis
naming hinahangaan sa kanya. May point din naman ang mommy niya sa
pagsasabing darating din ang tamang lalaki for her.
The
Gossipmiller
Sarah Geronimo walang karapatang umibig?
SA TWITTER, mainit na topic ang episode ng Sarah G Live! nu’ng Sunday night
sa ABS-CBN at ang pigil na pag-iyak ni Sarah Geronimo sa harap ni Mommy Divine.
Pa-blind item kung banatan nila ang nanay ni Sarah tungkol sa mga naging pahayag
nito na ang hangad lang niya ay ang kaligayahan ng anak.
’Yung iba, pinangalanan talaga si Mommy Divine at inakusahang hinahadlangan ang
kaligayahan ng anak, huh!
May nag-comment pa nga na kung talagang mahal daw ni Mommy Divine si Sarah,
hahayaan niya itong lumigaya.
Ang nanay din ni Sarah ang nagbuking na hindi kaya ni Gerald Anderson ang
patakarang gusto nila sa style ng panliligaw kay Sarah kaya ito umatras.
Pero sinalo naman agad ni Sarah ang ina at sinabing hindi ang mommy niya ang
dahilan kung bakit huminto sa panliligaw si Gerald.
May mga tweet kaming nabasa na awang-awa kay Sarah. Twenty-four years old na
nga naman ang dalaga, pero parang hindi pa rin ito puwedeng magdesisyon tungkol sa
kanyang lovelife.
“Eh, ano naman kung masaktan si Sarah at mabigo? Bahagi ’yon ng buhay. Do’n siya
matututo at magiging mas matatag bilang tao. Ang dapat gawin ng parents niya ay
suportahan ang kanyang mga desisyon at ipakitang kahit anong mangyari, nandiyan sila
for her,” comment ng isang taga-showbiz.
MATAPOS ang breakup nila ni Gerald Anderson two years ago, wala pa ulit nagiging
boyfriend si Kim Chiu.
Although maugong ang balitang sila na ni Xian Lim, wala
pa ring opisyal na pag-amin mula sa kanila at kung totoo mang hindi pa nga sila,
mukhang doon na rin papunta ang lahat.
Sa interview ni Carmina Villarroel kay Kim na inere sa Showbiz Inside Report
last Saturday, inamin ng young actress na ready na siya to fall in love again.
"Two years na kasi, two years ago na ’yun and I think I'm ready,” say ni Kim.
Natanong din siya kung may naging regrets ba siya sa nangyari sa kanila ni
Gerald at ani Kim ay wala naman.
“Kasi feeling ko, enough na ’yung naibigay ko. Wala akong regrets sa nangyari
before because I’ve learned a lot. Sobra,” she said.
Inamin din niya na nang time na ’yun, kay Gerald lang umikot ang mundo
niya kaya naman nang maghiwalay sila ng landas (the loveteam and the
relationship), hindi niya alam kung paano ito iha-handle.
“Hindi ko talaga alam kung paano iha-handle ang ganu’ng problema. Sa
public, and sa dami ng fans. Malaking bagay din ang Star Magic family and
’yung friends ko.”
From 2006 to 2010, magka-loveteam sila ni Gerald at hindi raw siya talaga
bumitaw. Kaya naman nang maghiwalay sila, aminado siyang kinabahan
siya.
“Kinabahan ako na, ‘naku, baka mawala ’yung mga fans, magmo-mall
show ako nang mag-isa, baka wala nang tao.’ Pero hindi, nandoon pa rin
naman sila."
Ngayon, totally naka-move-on na raw siya, hindi lang sa breakup ng
relasyon nila, kundi pati na rin sa loveteam dahil ipinakita naman ng fans
ang suporta nila kahit iba na ang kanyang kapareha, lalung-lalo na nga sa
loveteam nila ni Xian.
After My Binondo Girl, muling mapapanood sina Kim at Xian sa
teleseryeng Ina, Kapatid, Anak na malapit nang iere.
Pero ang pinakaaabangang reunion ng Kimerald loveteam is just around the
corner dahil may plano ang Star Cinema na pagsamahin sila sa isang pelikula next year
bilang isa sa mga anniversary offering ng produksyon.
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • AUGUST 3 - 4, 2012 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
Kim, Gerald nagkabalikan
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TO PUSH ICT EFFICIENCY AMONG LGUS
First nationwide eGov Awards launched
BY DING CERVANTES
Cebu Pacific Ad
CLARK FREEPORT - In a
bid to make more efficient
and transparent the business and public sector’s
transactions with local governments nationwide, the
Cyber City Teleservices is
launching the first eGov
Awards of the Philippines.
Cyber City president
George Sorio said the
project, in partnership with
the Department of Interior
and Local Government and
the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines, is
open to all provincial, city
and municipal government
units.
“It’s a way of encouraging local governments to
take full advantage of the
benefits of the advances in
information and communications technology to
make transactions with
them faster and more
transparent, especially for
the business sector so
that the country would be
able to attract more investors,” Sorio said in a press
conference here.
He explained that there
would be no established
parameters for the awards
which would be based on
the “ICT initiatives of local
government units in two
categories, namely, best in
eGov customer empowerment or G2C and best in
eGov business empowerment or G2B.”
Sorio said the G2C
award would recognize the
“measurable effect of an
LGU’s outstanding practices in applying ICT solutions
in the education and engagement of the public in
the use of electronic facilities or channels towards
providing improved, timely
and relevant delivery of public services.”
On the other hand, the
G2B award would measure
the LGU’s “responsiveness
to the needs of business
enterprises, thereby creating business opportunities,” he also explained.
Sorio, who is also an
officer of the NICP, said the
eGov Awards would also
“commend, collate, and
document the best practices of LGU’s in integrating
ICT in their processes to
serve as models for other
LGU’s.”
“This will improve the
business ecosystem of
LGU’s and motivate the
private and business sectors to actively support the
LGU’s advancement to become more ICT-enabled,”
he added. Cyber City is
reputed to be the leading
business process outsourcing and call center
firm in this freeport.
He said that nominations could be done online
via www.egov.com.ph, adding that there would be three
winners in each of the two
awards categories.
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • AUGUST 3 - 4, 2012 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
Fontana hosts cocktail party for card holders
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FONTANA Hot Spring Leisure Parks, one of the premiere luxury and business
destinations located in Clark
Freeport Zone, astounded
hotel privilege card holders
with an elegant cocktail party recently held at Café Fontana. This made an effort to
strengthen camaraderie and
establish good working relationship among card holders
in line with the Fontana Hotel Privilege Card Program;
as well as venue for management team to mingle
with the local media and promote the new culinary team.
Along with almost one hundred card holders who
graced the event were Clark
By Ning V. Cordero International Airport president and chief operating officer Victor Luciano, Department of Tourism Region 3 regional director Ronaldo “Ronnie” Tiotuico, National Bureau of Investigation director Nonnatus Ceasar Rojas with Region 3
director Ricardo Diaz, Clark Development Corporation officerin-charge for regulatory services group Maricris Mandocdoc,
airline officials from Zest Air and Aisiana, friends from the
media and other guests.
Everyone enjoyed the free-flowing wine and superbly prepared cocktails like avocado shrimp canapé and salmon roulade, painstakingly dished up by Fontana culinary team headed by internationally affirmed executive chef Vinz Karlsen.
While everyone was dining and exchanging business cards,
program started with a jazzy entertainment shortly ceded by
inspiring message of Fontana chief operating officer Manuel
Sequeira, followed by the presentation of Fontana Casino and
Resort hard-working management team, dazzling sales team
and master chefs. In bringing the celebration to great excitement, Fontana raffled off eight bottles of high-end wine, two
units of 2-bed room deluxe villa and five deluxe overnight hotel
rooms.
After the short program, free-flowing drinks and cocktails
continued for more partying.
Call Fontana hotline (045) 599-5000 for reservation and
upcoming events (heard exciting Halloween event is cooking
up…)
Love to hear from you please write me thru
[email protected].
Festive
Flair
Fontana general manager Dennis Pak welcomes guests together with management team
Sweet centerpiece on
cocktail tables
Fontana sales team
Array of delicious cocktail
treats