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Volume 8
Number 27
Thu - Sat
October 23 - 25, 2014
PANANAW NG MALAYANG PILIPINO!
Kamag-anak Inc. at Clark?
Hand of PNoy’s uncle seen
in movements within CIAC
C
By Ding Cervantes
LARK FREEPORT - Had
presidential
uncle
Jose
“Peping” Cojuangco lobbied
for the appointment of presidential
cousin Emigdio “Dino” Tanjuatco
as head of Clark International
Airport Corp. (CIAC) so as to
give way to a P500-million sports
complex project here?
Page 10 please
Clark stakeholders
growing impatient
with new CIAC prexy
By Ashley Manabat
ANGELES CITY – He’s
barely a month in office
but the Pinoy Gumising
Ka Movement (PGKM)
and other stakeholders
in the Clark International
Airport (CIA) are growing
impatient over the apparent silence and lack of
activity of newly-appointed Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) President-CEO Atty. Emigdio
Page 10 please
Class suit mulled vs.
DPWH, contractor
ANGELES CITY – The
business
community along the Friendship
Road here as well as
residents of Barangay
Anunas are up in arms
against the Department
of Public Works and
Highways (DPWH) as
well as the contractor of
the road project in their
area.
Ruperto Cruz, chairman of the Pinoy Gumising Ka Movement
(PGKM), said yesterday
that Filipino and KorePage 9 please
Artist Willy Layug presents clay model of the Crucified Christ at his studio.
Photos
by
Bong Lacson
Premier Kapampangan sculptor
crafts images for Pope Francis’ visit
By Bong Z. Lacson
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO –
Mater Dolorosa in Filipiniana.
Crucified Christ in excruciating pain. Two life-size images that will share center stage
with Pope Francis in his visit
to the country early next year.
No, make that three – with
an altar crucifix that shall be
in all the Masses the pontiff
will celebrate. All in the process of being crafted by foremost sculptor Willy Layug of
Betis, Guagua, Pampanga.
A
Presidential
Merit
Awardee for Ecclesiastical
Art, Layug has been asked by
the archdioceses of Manila
and Palo, Leyte to sculpt images of the Virgin Mary and
the Crucified Christ specifically for the papal visit. At no
cost to the Church.
“Gratis et amore,” said Layug. “The blessings from the
Almighty that shall pour upon
our land with the coming of
His Holiness is much, much
more than any material rePage 10 please
Mater Dolorosa in wood.
P7.6-M ‘crazy’ investment to rise along Clark main road
By Ding Cervantes
CLARK FREEPORT - A specialty
restaurant costing P7.6 million will
soon be up in this freeport to cater to
a growing number of foreign and domestic tourists arriving via the Clark
International Airport here.
Clark Development Corp. (CDC)
Vice President for Business Development Mariz Mandocdoc said the state
firm has signed an agreement with DC
Raanan Corp. (DCRC) for the restaurant to be called Crazy Pete’s.
“Raanan means ‘new beginning’
in Greek,” Mandocdoc explained, noting that DCRC is a family corporation
whose members are “seasoned and
experienced in the food and restaurant
business in the Philippines and the US.”
The restaurant will occupy 636
square meters along the main Roxas highway here. “It will serve different types of cuisines, from burgers to
steaks, and will use brick oven to cook
them,” Mandocdoc also said.
CDC Assistant Vice President
Evageline Tejada said the area allocated for Crazy Pete’s is within the
CDC’s new zoning map delineating a
strip for “restaurant operators catering to high-end clientele, casual dining or bistro, and family dining.”
Tejada said DCRC’s incorporators
include US and nearby Angeles City
restaurant business folk.
Gov’t mulls rationing prime
goods to farming families
threatened by El Niño
Punto! Central Luzon • October 23 - 25, 2014 • Thursday - Saturday
By Armand M. Galang
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PALAYAN CITY – The provincial government of Nueva
Ecija is eyeing the rationing
of rice and other basic needs
to thousands of farming families who will be affected by the
feared onslaught of El Nino
phenomenon during the dry
cropping season that starts in
November.
Gov. Aurelio Umali who
spearheaded the first water summit at the Nueva Ecija Convention Center here on
Wednesday expressed apprehension that some people who would lose livelihood
for a cropping season “maybe
forced to commit crimes such
as theft or robbery.”
Umali said the government
would coordinate with the Department of Agriculture on a
scheme to help farmers even
as the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) reported
that some 12,558 hectares of
ricefield under its service area
are in danger of El Nino.
Reynaldo Puno, operations
manager of the Upper Pampanga River Integrated Irrigation Systems which runs the
Pantabangan Dam, said the
affected areas are located in
four cities and 23 municipalities of the province.
Among the places threatened by the climate abnormality are portions of the cities of
Cabanatuan, Gapan, Munoz
and San Jose as well as some
villages in Aliaga, Cabiao. Natividad, Guimba, Jaen, Llanera, Licab, Lupao, Quezon, San
Leonardo, San Antonio, San
Isidro, San Leonardo, Sto. Domingo, Talavera, Talugtog and
Zaragoza.
Umali urged the local chief
executives and various stakeholders to come up with a blueprint to help mitigate the effects
of El Niño. “We need to find
solutions that’s why we convened this summit,” he said.
He maintained that planning is necessitated by the fact
that El Nino poses a threat not
only to the province’s agricultural production but also to the
Aquino administration’s food
sufficiency goal.
The governor said he has
earmarked a certain portion of
his confidential funds to help
improve the flow of water in
the Peñaranda River Irrigation
System (Penris) in southern
Nueva Ecija and cushion the
impact of prolonged drought.
The province would be able
to cope with the prolonged dry
spell if the water level at the
Pantabangan Dam would be
maintained at 210 meters, he
said, citing NIA reports. “Below that level, only 30 percent
of the 119,224.97 hectares
serviced by UPRIIS might be
irrigated.
NIA Administrator Florencio Padernal Jr., who graced
the summit, said the agency
has already laid out a strategy
against El Niño with the activation of a committee. “We’re
prepared to deal with El Niño,”
he said.
The summit is expected to
pave the way for the creation
of an inter-agency group that
will look for other alternative
sources of irrigation water to
lessen the province’s dependence on the Pantabangan
Dam.
Puno said the agency will
also maximize the use of Penris, the Tayabo Dam and other upstream water sources to
augment supply.
Purok lider
huli sa baril
NEW MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. Angeles City Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan (3rd L)
receives P5-M worth of medical equipment from Eredito P, Feliciano (2nd L), CEO
of CALFURN Mfg. Philippines, Inc. The equipment, consisting of a blood bank
refrigerator, oven, ultrasound and various medical carts will be used by the Ospital
ning Angeles. Joining them are (from L-R) Kag. Mario Operana, John Maniago,
CALFURN’s VP for Management Services, Councilor Jericho Aguas and ONA Director,
Dr. Antonio Dizon. Photo courtesy of Angeles-CIO
Coke’s STAR program benefits
250 Kapampangan women
ANGELES CITY --- AT least
250 Kapampangan women
recently completed their entrepreneurship training under
Coca-Cola’s Sari-sari Store
Access to Training and Resources (STAR) program.
During the STAR convention at the Holy Angel University (HAU) gymnasium last
Monday, the graduates of
STAR also received lanterns
and merchandise from Coca-Cola.
According to Atty. Adel Tamano, Coca-Cola’s vice president for public affairs and
communications, the women-beneficiaries will be given
access to business loan package from the company. Each
beneficiary can enroll to a minimum P5,000-loan.
STAR is under the Coca-Cola Company’s 5by20
Program, a global initiative to
empower five million women
worldwide by the year 2020. It
was launched and piloted by
Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA) and Coca Cola in 2011.
Tamano said that Coca-Cola Company is committed to help address the most
common barriers women face
to succeed in the marketplace.
The initiative offers women access to business skills training
courses, financial services,
and connections with peers
or mentors—along with confidence that comes with building a successful business.
Violata
Manarang,
40
years old, a resident of Brgy.
San Pedro II, Magalang is one
of the beneficiaries of STAR.
A sari-sari store owner for
13 years, Manarang said she
completed the three months
training that included finan-
cial management, dealing with
customers or customer relations, inventory and store management, minimizing expense
and proper decision-making.
“Naging masaya po kami
sa buong training. Naging
isang way din po ito na matuto
kami sa pagnenegosyo. Nagpapasalamat po kami sa Coca-Cola para sa opportunidad
na ito na magagamit namin
para saming negosyo,” Manarang said.
There are 5by20 programs
launched in 12 countries: Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Egypt,
Haiti, India, Kenya, Mexico,
Nigeria, Philippines, South Africa, and Thailand. The STAR
Program will run in the Philippines from 2012 to 2020, targeting 100,000 women sari-sari store owners and operators nationwide.
–Press Release
Ni Johnny R. Reblando
OLONGAPO CITY- Kalaboso ang sinapit ng isang purok lider
matapos itong mahulihan ng di lisensyadong baril ng mga tauhan ng Police Station 1 ng Olongapo City PNP.
Kinilala ng pulisya ang suspek na si Antonio Farrales, 62,
residente ng 23rd St., Barangay East Tapinac.
Sa imbestigasyon ng pulisya, pinaalis ng suspek ang sidewalk vendor na si Elizabeth Belandez, 58, kasabay ng pagpapakita nito ng baril na nakasukbit sa kanyang baywang upang
takutin ang vendor.
Dahil dito nagsumbong si Belandez sa pulisya at nakuha sa
pagiingat ng suspek ang isang .22 revolver na walang lisensya
at Permit to Carry Firearm Outside Residence (PTCFOR).
Ang suspek ay detinido sa PoliceStation 1 at ipinagharap na
sa kasong paglabag sa RA 8294 o Illegal Possession of Firearm
and Ammunition.
Atty. Adel A. Tamano, VP-Public Affairs of Coca Cola Phils. pose with beneficiaries,
TESDA executives and other Coke officials. Contributed photo
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Punto! Central Luzon • October 23 - 25, 2014 • Thursday - Saturday
Concepcion town to use drones vs crimes, disasters
By Ding Cervantes
Punto! Central Luzon • October 23 - 25, 2014 • Thursday - Saturday
CONCEPCION, Tarlac - This town will be the
first in the country to have drones or unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAV) to monitor from the air local peace and order and threats from natural disasters.
“We will even beat the police in using
drones,” Mayor Andres Lacson told visiting journalist-members of the Capampangans in Media, Inc. (CAMI) led by the Star’s Federico Pascual.
Lacson initiated early in his term the use of
modern equipment, such as closed circuit television cameras (CCTV) installed along this town’s
main roads as a measure against criminality.
More sophisticated drones are used by the
US military in hitting Islamic States extremists in
Syria. In other parts of the world, UAV’s are not
being eyed for commercial purposes, although
some sectors have expressed fears drones
would invade privacies.
Only last Friday, a 12-year-old boy who was
kidnapped in this town was rescued within 24
hours by the police in Samal, Bataan after probers examined the videos recorded by the CCTV
system installed here.
Lacson said at least two drones are being
purchased by the local government, costing a
total of about P250,000. At the town plaza, he
showed CAMI members a replica of the AUV
which flew over the area.
He said that the drones are equipped with
cameras that relay images to a monitoring system in the town hall. Their batteries can last half
an hour and that they were built to fly back to
headquarters before their batteries drain.
“Local businessmen can buy cards that
could link up with the UAV’s which would then
fly to their establishments for monitoring,” he
added.
Lacson said “the drones are important not
only to track down criminals, but also to monitor
approaching floods at the Parua and Loong rivers which affect some 200 hectares of agricultural lands.”
He said the drones would be operational by
early next year, although he could not immediately say where the UAV’s were made.
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Mayor Andres Lacson shows members of CAMI a replica of one of two drones to be used in his town
next year. Photo by Ding Cervantes
No. 10 Most Wanted arestado
Ni Johnny R. Reblando
IBA, Zambales -- Matapos ang may
siyam na taon ng pagtatago sa mga
awtoridad, bumagsak sa kamay ng
mga tauhan ng Zambales Criminal
Investigation and Detection Team
(ZCIDT) ang No. 10 Most Wanted
Person sa lalawigan.
Ito ay nakilalang si Ariel de Guia,
alyas “Ar-R”, 44, dating miyembro
ng CAFGU ng Philippine Army at
residente ng Poblacion, Sta. Cruz,
Zambales.
Ang suspek ay dinakip sa
kanyang hide out sa Barangay San
Agustin, Iba, Zambales sa bisa ng
warrant of arrest na ipinalabas ni
Judge Clodualdo Monta ng RTC
Branch 70 sa kasong frustrated
murder.
Ayon sa ulat, taong 2005 nang
mabaril ng suspek ng isang tricycle
driver sa tuhod makaraan ang mainitang pagtatalo.
Ang suspek ay detinido sa
Zambales Provincial Jail at may
kaukulang piyansang P200,000
para sa pansamantalang kalayaan
nito.
‘I Love Pope Francis: The Musical’ set next month
By Ashley Manabat
ANGELES CITY – It was a
gathering of prominent business personalities, local talents, the members of the clergy including Archbishop Emeritus Paciano “Apu Ceto” Aniceto, the ArtiSta.Rita and the
media for the launching of the
musical on the life of Pope
Francis at the Javier Building
of the Holy Angel University
here last Tuesday.
Led by visionary musical
director and composer Andy
Alviz, the group was made of
prominent socio-civic personalities among them Tess Laus,
Abong Tayag, and Carmen
McTavish and Fathers Deo
Galang, Ted Valencia, Homer
Policarpio, Vic Lusung, Jon
Bartolome and Aries Maniago.
“I Love Pope Francis: The
Musical” is the latest artistic
collaboration of Alviz and writer-lyricist Randy Del Rosario,
the same partnership which
gave birth to the culturally rejuvenating ArtiSta.Rita zarzuelas and the highly-acclaimed
musicals Ima, Beauty Parlor,
Perry the Musical, Ciniong and
Tulauk: A Lenten Musical.
Based on the life of Pope
Francis, the project itself is the
first undertaking credited to
Aniceto as Archbishop Emeritus, according to Alviz.
Pope Francis, the musical is the maiden theatrical
venture of Teatru Kapampangan which is composed of the
ArtiSta.Rita,
Kapampangan
priests and lay artists headed by its president Fr. Deo
Galang and spiritual advisers
Bishop Ambo David and Aniceto.
The play’s executive producer is Laus; production
managers are Cindy Lapid and
Rhoda Mercado; and executive directors Teresita Guanzon, Butchie Lagman, Dr.
Leleng Santiago, Rina Alarcon, Bondee Dinio, Corito Tayag, Vina Tayag, Doren Tayag,
McTavish, Dr. Victoria Segundo, Dr. Elen Mangahas, Frieda
Dizon and Siobe Co.
Pope Francis, the musical
has 24 original songs that tell
his life from the point of view of
a fictional Filipino youth ministry. The musical begins with
Teatru Kapampangan artists sing the finale of Pope Francis The Musical during the
presscon last Tuesday at the HAU. Photo by Ashley Manabat
the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and flashes back to
Jorge Mario’s holy calling up to
his unexpected ascent to the
papacy and his fictional visit to
San Felipe, a parish that symbolizes the Philippines.
The musical shows the Su-
preme Pontiff not only as an
unprecedented global figure
of inspiration and humility but
also as a subject of opposition
and bashing.
The musical is co-presented by the HAU in cooperation
with the San Miguel Corp. and
will have its initial run at the
HAU Theater on November
29 and on December 12 and
January 10, 2015 all starting at
7:30 pm.
The musical is timed for the
coming visit of Pope Francis to
the country in January.
Binay distributes
wheelchairs,
inaugurates
seniors’ centers
ABUCAY, Bataan- Vice-President Jejomar Binay on Saturday night distributed wheelchairs and medical equipment
for senior citizens in this town.
The vice-president also inaugurated senior citizens’ centers in the two villages where
he gave two wheelchairs each,
stethoscopes and other medical kit.
Gov. Albert Garcia told the
big crowd of the assistance of
Binay and family to senior citizens and the less-fortunate in
the country.
The vice-president made
old men and women mostly
wearing Binay T-shirts laugh
with his jokes as he enumerated the various benefits the senior citizens in Makati City get.
Binay started his day with
more than an hour of walking-exercise at 7:30 in the
morning in a multi-purpose
center in Olongapo City and
boodle fight in the city’s public market. He then motored
to the Department of National
Defense Arsenal in Lamao, Limay, Bataan.
He acted as sponsor in the
wedding of a son of Pilar Mayor Alice Pizarrro and Metro
Bataan Development Authority General Manager Charlie
Pizarro.
After the wedding, he interacted with vendors at the
modern Balanga City public
market where he ate his lunch
at 5 in the afternoon. Gov.
Garcia, Balanga City Mayor
Jose Enrique Garcia III, Orani
Mayor Benjie Serrano, Orani
Vice-Mayor Bong Galicia and
some city officials joined him
in the late lunch.
He then proceeded to Abucay and at past 7 p.m. went to
Las Casa Filipinas de Acuzar
in Bagac, Bataan.
Punto! Central Luzon • October 23 - 25, 2014 • Thursday - Saturday
By Ernie Esconde
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Mayor’s in-law collared
for illegal guns, ammo
By George Hubierna
Gov Pineda engages the municipal/city environment and natural resources officers
in discussion of the waste problem in the province. With her is PGENRO Arthur
Punsalan. Photo courtesy of Jun Jaso
Gov wants all sectors involved
in waste management
Punto! Central Luzon • October 23 - 25, 2014 • Thursday - Saturday
By Joel P. Mapiles
Pampanga PIO
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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO
--- The provincial government has already achieved
40 percent of its solid waste
management target within
the last four years
This was reported by the
Provincial Government and
Environment and Natural
Resources Office in a meeting held at the Executive
House of the Capitol yesterday attended by the focal persons and municipal/
city government and natural resources officers (M/
CGENRO).
However, Governor Lilia
“Nanay” said she is not satisfied with the accomplishments presented as she
pointed out that there are
still more things and more
projects and programs that
should be implemented to
fully manage the solid waste
in the province.
She also expressed her
appeal to the municipal solid
waste management board
to take all the necessary undertakings needed in making Pampanga the cleanest
province to achieving zero
waste management.
“The provincial, municipal and city governments
cannot do it alone, we need
the active and full participation of all stakeholders in our
campaign for zero waste.
Let us involved everybody,
every entity as everyone is
producing garbage everyday” the governor said.
Hence, he urged the M/
CGENRO to invite all sectors such as vendors association, homeowners association, businessmen, religious groups, private and
government hospitals, pri-
vate schools, bankers, manufacturers, corporations –
big and small to be part and
members of the municipal/
city solid waste management
board to effectively and comprehensively implement the
Republic Act 9003 or the solid waste management act of
2002.
The MENRO presented
their compliance on the solid waste management which
shows that most of them are
now using material recovery
facilities (MRF) for their solid
waste collection and segregation.
The governor said she is
partly happy with Floridablanca, Lubao, Sta. Rita, Porac,
Mabalacat, Guagua, Arayat,
Apalit, Minalin, Sasmuan,
Mexico and City of San Fernando who presented the flow
of their waste disposal, proper
composting and their compliance to RA 9003
“I am happy but not 100
percent as I am still seeing garbage on the road. We
must act together to achieve
zero waste in Pampanga and
I want that as a legacy,” she
said.
With this, the governor
vowed to continue its full support to the municipalities and
cities who are most compliant
on solid waste management
through the provision of additional dump trucks, baler machines, shredder and among
other equipment needed for
the operation and management.
Governor Pineda suggested that there should be a cluster MRF in every town to save
energy and gasoline in collecting the garbage.
The governor has also
thanked the Holcim Philippines for collecting the holcimable materials from the
MRFs in the province.
“Napakalaking tulong ng
Holcim dahil sa malaking
kabawasan ang nahahakot
niyong holcimables sa mga
MRF natin. Asahan ninyo
ang aming suporta sa tulong
na ginagawa ninyo sa Pampanga,” the governor said in
the vernacular.
The governor said she
will urged the mayors to enter into a memorandum of
understanding with the Holcim and encourage them to
make the MRFs more accessible through construction of concrete roads going
to the solid waste facilities.
She also acknowledged
the support of Metro Clark
Sanitary Landfill on garbage
disposal in the province.
However, she said that
the Metro Clark should not
only think of their income
that could be gained from
the collected and delivered
garbage.
“They should also give
utmost priority to what they
could support to the local
government units (LGUs)
through lowering the amount
of tipping and hauling fees
they are asking from the
LGUs,” the governor said.
She said that it is a winwin approach to the problem
on solid waste.
“With the minimal fees,
the LGUs could deliver garbage to Metro Clark regularly as scheduled and they
could also comply with the
solid waste management
law and enjoy the clean and
green environment in their
respective towns,” she said.
An MRF is a place where
garbage generated by the
barangay is sorted out into
recyclables, organic waste
and non-recyclables or residual waste.
CAMP MACABULOS, Tarlac
City—“Nobody is above the
law.”
That saying proved to be
true after the alleged untouchable brother-in-law of a town
executive was arrested for
possessing illegal guns, ammunitions and explosives in
his residence at Barangay
San Gavino, Victoria town
Wednesday morning.
Tarlac Criminal Investigation and Detection Group provincial officer Chief Inspector
Luis Ventura, Jr. said the suspect identified as Paquito Paguia, 46, single, of the place
of incident, was arrested by
virtue of the Search Warrant
No. 114-14 issued by Judge
Ramon D. Pamular of the Regional Trial Court Branch 32,
Guimba, Nueva Ecija dated
October 21, 2014.
Paguia is the brother-inlaw of Victoria Mayor Candido
Guiam III.
Ventura added that prior to
the arrest, Paguia has been
subjected to a weeklong surveillance before the operating
team proceeded at the place
to implement the search which
yielded several kinds of firearms including a Colt .45 pistol with Serial Nos. 7790314
(slide) and 12152198 (lower/frame) marking “GQC ”, a
12-gauge AKKAR shotgun
with serial number 8552805
marking “GQCI”, a 32mm pistol Deutsche Werke Erfut with
SN 182463, two magazines
for .32 and .45, eight pieces
live ammunitions for .45, four
pieces live ammo for shotgun,
two plastic boxes containing
22 pieces of live ammo for .45
and 100 pices empty shells for
.45, three magazines for M-16
rifle, one magazine for M-14 rifle, and a rifle grenade.
The operation was undertaken in a peaceful and orderly manner in coordination
with the Victoria police being
witnessed by Barangay Chairman Ramon Palomo, Barangay Councilors Emily Caluya
and Elvira Bulatao and a media personality.
The suspect is now detained at the CIDG detention
cell facing charges for violation of RA 10591.
The said accomplishment
is in line with the CIDG Flagship project Oplan “SALIKOP”
and Oplan “Paglalansag Omega.”
CIDU3 Regional Officer
Senior Supt. Ismael Fernandez lauded the operating team
composed of SPO4 George
Cruz, SPO2 Gerardo Manuel,
SPO1 Edwin Pagsibigan, PO3
Cherry Vicente, PO1 Jyselle
Chan, PO1 Sonny Clemente,
PO1 Gilbert Dumpao and PO1
Mike Angelo Gabay for a job
well done.
Watsons named Asia’s No. 1
pharmacy-drugstore brand
Watsons, the flagship health
and beauty retail brand of the
A.S. Watson Group, has been
selected as Asia’s No. 1 Pharmacy / Drugstore brand in
the “Asia’s Top 1,000 Brands”
survey 2014 by Campaign
Asia-Pacific.
This is the sixth consecutive year that Watsons has
been named Asia’s No. 1
Pharmacy Retail Brand, proving the brand’s leading position in Asia’s health and beauty market since 2009.
Watsons is Asia’s leading health and beauty retailer,
currently operating over 4,000
stores and more than 1,000
pharmacies in 12 Asian and
European markets, including
China (Mainland China, Hong
Kong, Taiwan and Macau),
Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Korea, Indonesia, Turkey and Ukraine.
It continually sets the standards in the health, wellness
and beauty market, providing personalized advice and
counseling in health, beauty
and personal care on top of its
market-leading product range,
making customers LOOK
GOOD, FEEL GREAT every
day.
In the Philippines, Watsons
has a joint venture with the
SM Group, and presently has
more than 370 stores around
the country.
Having Watsons stores all
around the country, shows its
full support to the Filipino families by bringing affordable
and quality health into Filipino
homes. It recognizes the Filipino families as a large group
to benefit from affordable medicines and supplements.
Watsons, the number one
pharmacy retail brand in Asia,
gives families more options
for high quality but affordable
generic medicines with the recent launch of its own generics line, the Watsons Generics. Watsons Generics line
was first launched in Asia in
the Philippines.
“With the launch of Watsons Generics, we aim to help
families by giving them more
healthcare options and the
ability to purchase affordable,
high-quality medicines. This
will not just give them access
to quality healthcare products,
they will also be able to focus
their finances on other important matters,” says Mr. Danilo
Chiong, Health Business Unit
Director of Watsons.
Watsons Generics offers
up to 80% savings vs. the leadings brands, with the same effect and quality.
The Watsons Generics line
includes maintenance medicines for diabetes, hypertension and cholesterol, antibiotics to fight off the common
bacteria, dietary supplements
for skin enhancement, anti-ageing and over-all wellness, basic vitamins, oral analgesics, and other over the
counter medicines. This is just
the first phase, and Watsons
aims to continuously launch
generic medicines to provide
wider healthcare solution.
SBMA to consult stakeholders on growing port traffic
By Malou Dungog
establishing a Subic-Singapore route.
He also added that there were reports about a
planned Shanghai-Subic route, which will open China on a more direct basis, instead of passing through
Khaoshiung, Taiwan.
“Subic is really lucky because we are the only port
on the Western seaboard of the Philippines that has
the capacity at this point in time. Manila is congested. Batangas is congested. I hope we get congested
soon, but that will be a happy problem,” Garcia said.
Punto! Central Luzon • October 23 - 25, 2014 • Thursday - Saturday
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is planning to host a consultation meeting with firms engaged in shipping and other port-related businesses to discuss measures on
ensuring efficient traffic flow of container trucks in the
Freeport and avoiding congestion.
SBMA Chairman Roberto Garcia said with the
expected arrival of ships that will unload container
vans, it is very important that the Port of Subic does
not get congested or it will defeat the purpose of promoting Subic as an alternative port to Manila.
To avoid the problem, Garcia said the SBMA will
host a “Traffic Summit” with operators and drivers
of cargo-hauling companies, truckers’ groups, concerned units from the Bureau of Customs, and the
Subic Bay International Terminal Corp. (SBITCI),
which operates Subic’s New Container Terminal 1
and 2.
“We’ve been informed that within the next two
weeks or so, there will be ships that will be coming to
unload and use Subic as an extension port,” Garcia
said during a recent SBMA management committee
meeting here.
Garcia added that because of this development,
Subic’s container port intake is expected to grow
from 38,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) last
year to 70,000 TEUs this year.
While the increase in volume would mean a significant increase in Subic port revenues, Garcia emphasized the importance of the Subic Port not to get
congested just like what happened to Batangas after just one month of serving as an extension port to
Manila.
He said that the Batangas problem had led Toyota
(Philippines) to unload its shipment in Subic because
its ship could not berth in Batangas. However, the
firm had to drive its cargo containers all the way to
Sta. Rosa, Laguna.
“I don’t want the same thing to happen to Subic,
so we need to be very efficient with the inflow and
outflow of containers,” Garcia said.
Garcia also stressed that Subic has to be prepared for more cargo traffic because of reports that
it was not only the Port of Manila that is congested,
but also some major Asian ports like Shanghai, Hong
Kong, and Singapore.
“This is going to have a ripple effect,” Garcia said.
The SBMA official also revealed that another
shipping company, the NYK, is seriously thinking of
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O pinion
Editorial
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Zona Libre
Bong Z. Lacson
Disgrace to the uniform,
threat to our freedoms
THE NATIONAL Union of Journalists of the Philippines wishes to voice its
opposition to the pending confirmation of Army Col. Medardo Geslani to brigadier
general.
TODAY IS one
month
short of five years since
the Ampatuan Massacre.
Punto! Central Luzon • October 23 - 25, 2014 • Thursday - Saturday
The worst single, wholesale
slaughter of media workers –
32, of the 58 victims – in all
the world, in all of history.
Four years and 11 months
after, still NO JUSTICE.
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To promote Geslani would be to reward him
for his role in wilfully failing to prevent one of the
most heinous crimes in Philippine history – the
Nov. 23, 2009 Ampatuan massacre, which saw
58 persons mercilessly slaughtered, 32 of them
our colleagues.
It is a fact that, before the convoy of now
Maguindanao Gov. Esmael Mangudadatu set
out on its ill-fated journey to Shariff Aguak to
file his certificate of candidacy, Geslani and his
former commanding officer, then Major General
Alfredo Cayton, were among those whose help
had been sought to provide security because
of the very serious threats of violence that had
already been floating about days before. These
requests were ignored.
It is also on record that, in the immediate
aftermath of the carnage, Geslani and Cayton
claimed that they had no inkling that anything
was amiss. This could be nothing but a brazen
lie since it is also on record that, at least three
days before the massacre, the provincial police
of Maguindanao, whose leadership was clearly
in collusion with those who ordered and carried
out the mass murder, had set up checkpoints
on the highway through which the convoy
was expected to pass. Surely, the vaunted
intelligence network that the military never fails
to boast of would have known of this.
It is also a fact that an Army intelligence unit
that had actually witnessed the convoy being
stopped and then taken to the killing grounds
in Sitio Masalay had been reporting back to
Geslani’s headquarters as events developed.
It is clear from all these that there is no
way he can claim ignorance and that the only
conclusion that can be drawn is that he, too,
had a degree of involvement in the Ampatuan
massacre.
Sadly but not surprisingly, a military
investigation cleared Geslani and Cayton and,
in fact, Cayton was later promoted to lieutenant
general and has since retired.
Confirming Geslani’s promotion would add
another injustice to the long string of injustices
visited on the victims of the Ampatuan massacre
and their families.
We would also like to point out that, only
around two months before the massacre,
a convoy of 50 journalists covering the
mass evacuations caused by the fighting in
Maguindanao at the time were summarily
detained at a military outpost in the province.
When the journalists asked why they were being
prevented from traveling freely and performing
their duties, the soldiers told them they were
ordered by their commander, who happened to
be Geslani, to stop specifically the media.
Officers such as Geslani are not only a
disgrace to the service and their uniform but are
clearly a threat to our freedoms.
RENDERED MOOT and academic was the
22 October 2014 statement of the NUJP signed
by its chair, Rowena C. Paraan, for that very
day Geslani’s promotion, along those of 89
other military officers, was approved by the
Commission on Appointments.
Coming as it is on the eve of the 59th
month of the Ampatuan Massacre, Geslani’s
promotion is yet another addition to the growing
injurious insult to the massacre victims and
their families – the long, loong time it has taken
for justice to be still unserved, the granting of
bail to hundreds of the accused, and above all,
the indifference and insensitivity, the amorality
and apathy of the Aquino administration toward
the killing of journalists in the country.
Or have you not read BS Aquino III sneering:
“Did they die because they were investigative
journalists? Were they exercising their
profession in a responsible manner, living up to
journalistic ethics? Or did they perish because
of other reasons?”
Still wonder why the culture of impunity in
this country has not only persisted but even
flourished in the BS regime?
And this BS has still the gall to tell media to
“fulfil its obligation of protecting the truth”!
Weep.
Better yet, damn.
Today in Philippine history
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On October 23, 1857, Juan
Luna y Novicio, one of the first
internationally-recognized Filipino painters, was born from
well-off parents in Badoc, Ilocos Norte.
Don Lorenzo Guerrero,
the first painting tutor of Juan
Luna, easily recognized the
young man’s natural talent
and persuaded his parents
to send him to Spain for advanced painting lessons. Luna
left for Barcelona in 1877, together with his elder brother
Manuel, who was a violinist.
While there, Luna widened his
knowledge of the art and he
was exposed to the immortal works of the Renaissance
masters. One of his private
teachers, Alejo Vera, a famous
contemporary painter in Spain,
took Luna to Rome to undertake certain commissions.
His artistic talents was established in 1878 with the
opening of the first art exposition in Madrid, which was
called the Exposicion Nacional de Bellas Artes. From then
on, Luna became engrossed
in painting and produced a col-
lection of paintings that he exhibited in the 1881 Exposition.
The famous masterpieces
of Luna include the Spolarium,
La Batalla de Lepanto (The
Battle of Lepanto), El Pacto de
Sangre (The Blood Compact),
Don Miguel de Legazpi, which
was burned during the war,
Governor Ramon Blanco.
In 1885, Luna’s Odalisque
made Luna officially accepted
artist of the annual art exhibition in Paris, the “Salon of Paris”. Odalisque was part of the
painting collection of Philippine national hero Jose Rizal.
On December 8, 1886,
Luna married Maria de la Paz
Pardo de Tavera, a sister of his
friend Felix and Trinidad Pardo
de Tavera, the couple traveled
to Europe and settled in Paris.
They had one son, whom they
named Andres, and a daughter
who died in infancy. Luna who
was fond of painting his wife,
frequently accused Paz of
having an affair with a certain
Monsieur Dussaq. On September 23, 1892, the jealous
Luna, killed his wife and mother-in-law and wounded his
brother-in-law, Felix. He was
arrested and murder charges
were filed against him. Luna
was acquitted of charges on
February 8, 1893, on grounds
of temporary insanity; the “unwritten law” at the time forgave
men for killing unfaithful wives.
Five days later, Luna went to
Madrid with his brother, Antonio Luna, and his son, Andres.
Luna returned to Manila in
time for the outbreak of the revolution against Spain. Unfortunately, on Sept. 16, 1896, he
and his brother Antonio Luna
were arrested by the Spanish
authorities and accused of organizing a revolution together with the Katipunan Secret
Society. While in prison, Luna
was still able to produce a
work of art, “Ecce Homo.”
When he was pardoned by
the Spanish monarchy on May
27, 1897 he immediately went
to Europe. His sentiments for
the Philippines and the Filipinos made him decide to travel
back to the Philippines in December 1899. However, he suffered a severe heart attack and
died on December 7, 1899.
Felix M. Garcia
Selective Justice
Kung magsalita si Senador Trillanes
akala mo’y ubod ng tino at linis
pero kung matamang suriin, kaparis
din siyang kawatan ng mga sumabit
Sa PDAF Scam na kinasasangkutan
ng ilang Senador at mga Congressman
na itinuturong nakipagsabuwatan
kay Janet Napoles na Reyna ng Scam
Na ngayon ay nasa piitan na sina
Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy, Bong Revilla;
At siyempre pati na ang kanilang Reyna,
(Aywan lang kung sino ang isusunod pa).
Dala na rin nitong sa dinami-dami
nitong nasasangkot sa isyung nasabi
ay ang di kasangga lang ng Presidente
ang nakakulong na’t si Napoles pati.
Pero sa kakampi ng Administrasyon
ay ni isa’y wala pang ikinukulong,
kaya di malayong anino ni PNoy
ang ika nga ay posibleng kumakanlong?
Gaya halimbawa nitong si Trillanes,
na asa nga natin ay ubod ng linis,
pero sa kabila naman pala’y higit
ang pag-gawa rin ng di kanais-nais
Pilit nitong hinahanapan ng butas
si Jejomar Binay para mailaglag,
ngunit siya pala ay kahalintulad
din ng mga sabit sa kanilang PADAF
Na tinututulang ‘isuko’ kumbaga,
sa dahilang aniya’y kailangan talaga
na ma-‘re-align’ sa iba pang programa
ng gobyerno, tulad ng sa pang-eskwela
at binabatikos ang ibang kampo riyan
sa aniya’y “overpriced” na pagkabili n’yan
ng anumang bagay, gaya ng sasakyan,
pero siya man pala ay may gawang ganyan?
Eh, bakit nga hindi natin masasabi
Na kawatan siya sa puntong nasabi,
Kung ‘overpriced’ din ang umano’y binili
Nitong ‘multi-cabs’ na ang presyo’y dumoble?
Na pinalabas niyang tatlong daang libo
ang presyo ng bawat isa, gayong ito
ay tig-isang daan anim-napung libo
lang ang bawat isa, ang tunay na presyo?
Di ko inaalis na posibleng siya
ay sinisiraan lamang nitong iba,
pero kung totoong malinis nga siya
aba’y harapin ang akusasyon nila.
At di sa batuhan na nga lang parati
ng putik at ibang paninirang puri
itong sa atin ay palaisipan pati,
kaya maglubay na hangga’t maaari.
Pagkat sawa na nga itong taongbayan
sa pinag-gagawa n’yong kabulastugan
at walang habas na pagbulsa sa yaman
nitong ating bansa sa galing n’yong taglay.
Kaya lang kung ganyang tila ay “selective
justice” yata itong umiiral labis
sa kamay ni PNoy at kasanggang dikit,
ang di kabagang lang ang tiyak mapipiit
Sa dina-dami nitong akusado
sa ‘graft & corruption’ ng nasa gobyerno;
Na basta kakampi ng ating Pangulo
ay pihong ligtas sa anumang asunto.
Kung kaya marahil itong si Trillanes
ay kampante lang sa isyu ng ‘overpriced’
nitong ‘multi-cabs’ na umano ay muntik
nang dumoble ang presyo ng bawat unit!?
Ghost hunting season
looms at Clark Freeport
By Ding Cervantes
CLARK FREEPORT - The
coming All Saints’ Day on Nov.
1 is ghost hunting season
here.
This former US Air Force
base has become a favorite of
ghost hunters since the Americans abandoned it in 1991.
But there are actually more
haunted sites here than what
has been so far featured in local and international media.
“Ghost hunters have frequented the abandoned hospital that is really haunted, but
there are also ghosts in other
areas,” said half-Aeta Josie
Gilbert, 35, who has spent her
entire life so far within Clark
and surrounding mountainous
areas.
Gilbert, whose American
surname is derived from an
American couple who had
adopted her late father, cited the case of the Japanese
ghost who plays accordion by
a huge mango tree in Sitio Kalapi where she spent her childhood.
Kalapi is a hilly area not far
from the mothballed Philippine
Expo theme park at the northern portion of this freeport.
“I was a child then when I
myself would hear the accordion whenever I passed by that
mango tree. The Japanese
ghost is known to all who lived
in Kalapi,” she said. The tree,
she noted, has always yielded
bad fruit.
Gilbert said that one of her
cousins who now lives in Sitio
Hadwan has kept a tape recording of the accordion music.
“It was my father who told
me and my siblings that the
ghost belonged to a Japanese
who was fond of playing his
accordion under the mango
tree during the last world war,”
she recalled. Her father Carlito, who died only four years
ago, used to be a jungle survival and herbal medicine resource person for US soldiers
at Clark.
Japanese forces occupied
Half-Aeta Josie Gilbert points to the branch of a mango
tree where the ghost of a Japanese soldier is frequently
heard playing the accordion. Photo by Ding Cervantes
Clark during the last world
war. Clark was one of the most
heavily bombed areas in the
country as the Japanese forces invaded the Philippines.
Thousands of both Japanese
and American soldiers died
here during the war.
Gilbert also cited a tunnel
dug up by the Japanese in
Sitio Hadwan, also in the periphery of northern Clark, as
among the most haunted.
She said that foreign ghost
hunters are usually brought
by Aeta guides to that tunnel
where a “white lady” is not only
felt but also seen gliding in the
darkness. “Those who want to
see ghosts will not be disap-
pointed there,” she added.
A cellphone video of ghosts
loitering in a stockroom of an
old building here has become
one of the most visited videos
on YouTube. The video can
be found by searching “Clark
ghosts.”
The video was taken by a
group of employees whose
terrified voices in Kapampangan could be heard as they
witnessed several transluscent ghosts moving around a
stock room from the other side
of a glass panel. The building
where the video was taken
was demolished three years
ago to give way to a more
modern structure.
Class suit mulled vs. DPWH...
From page 1
an businessmen as well as
residents in the area are now
contemplating of filing a class
suit against the DPWH and
RZ Roncal Construction Corp.
(RZRCC) for allegedly delaying the completion of the
Friendship-Anunas Road.
Cruz said the businessmen
are reeling over their business
losses due to the ongoing road
construction which is “taking
too long.”
Residents of upscale subdivisions along the Friendship road including Friendship Plaza subdivision, Sunset Estates, Sunset Valley and
Timog Park are also complaining of the seemingly slow and
arduous road construction.
Cruz said the contractor
(RZRCC) has promised to
finish the road construction
in front of the Grand Palazzo
Royal in two weeks but two
months had passed and the
road is still unfinished.
“Being a project of the national government, and specifically purposed for the APEC
meeting, they have the funds
but why is it delayed?” Cruz
asked.
“Pinitna ne, enaneman
gagawan two months na.
Ninung makinabang nung
emu ing kontratista. (He divided (the road) but did not work
on it for two months now. Who
is benefitting from this except
the contractor),” said Cruz.
Cruz also decried the lack
of warning signs in the construction area citing numerous
accidents.
He also said the road is
flooded during heavy rains
and nothing is done to warn
motorists of the dangers and
as a result not a few vehicles
have fallen into deep excavations and embankments.
The construction should
be non-stop to finish it in time
for the Asia-Pacific Economic
Conference (APEC) summit in
January but it seems that the
construction is being intentionally delayed by the contractor,
Cruz observed.
Roncal
Construction
should
consider
working
during the night to expedite
the construction and serve to
warn motorists passing in the
area, he said. Obviously, there
will be fewer disturbances if
the road construction is done
at night time like what they do
in the US and other countries,
he added.
Meanwhile, Cruz also
scored the Pandan road construction which is the bane of
businessmen in the area, motorists and residents who are
greatly affected by the work.
Cruz also noted that the
road widening in the Balibago
district, the city’s business district, has remained unfinished
and some sections like the
portion in front of Didi’s restaurant “is an accident waiting to
happen” because of the deep
embankment where only a yellow plastic ribbon was placed
as a warning sign.
There seems to be a pattern of delay, Cruz said. The
contractor seems to be oblivious to public safety, he added.
“Is the contractor untouchable? Is there corruption
here?” he asked.
–Ashley Manabat
Punto! Central Luzon • October 23 - 25, 2014 • Thursday - Saturday
Napaguusapan
Lang
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Hand of PNoy’s uncle seen in movements within CIAC
From page 1
Cojuangco, younger
brother of the late Pres.
Corazon “Cory” Aquino, was seen here over
a week ago in an area
near this freeport’s exit
gate in Mabalacat City,
reportedly to inspect a
site for a huge sports
complex.
A reliable source
who asked not to be
named for lack of authority to give out details
on the matter said Cojuangco was with Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chair Richard Garcia during the inspection.
Business leaders in
cities and towns around
Clark were recently surprised by Pres. Aquino’s
appointment of Tanjuatco as replacement for
long-time CIAC head
Victor Jose Luciano this
late in his administration.
Tanjuatco is a second
cousin of the President
on the maternal side of
Cory Aquino.
Local leaders said
they were perplexed by
the unexpected change
in CIAC leadership at
this time in the Aquino
government which ends
in 2016. Saying they had
no objection to this development, they also felt
intrigued by the qualifications of Tanjuatco who
never had any background in aviation.
Remollo
“The sports complex would be similar to
the so-called Star sports
center proposed by former Clark Development
Corp. (CDC) President
Felipe Remollo who had
wanted the site somewhere near the Bamban River in the Sacobia area which Peping
did not want,” the source
said.
He also said some
P500 million would initially be available for the
project, but he could not
give further details on
this.
He said that Cojuangco wanted a site in the
vicinity of the park near
Clark’s exit to Mabalacat
City and that some 100
hectares are being eyed
for the sports project, although not necessarily
contiguous.
Cojuangco is president of the Philippine
Olympic
Committee
(POC) which is a private,
non-governmental organization composed of all
National Sports Associations (NSA) in the Philippines. The POC is recognized by the International Olympic Committee
(IOC) as having the sole
authority for representation of the Philippines
in the Olympic Games,
the Asian Games, the
Southeast Asian Games
and other multi-event
competitions.
While the POC is financially
independent
and does not receive any
subsidy from government, its member NSAs
receive some financial assistance from the
government’s Philippine
Sports Commission.
The POC supports its
own activities with funds
generated from sponsorships, licensing fees on
the use of the Olympic
marks, IOC subsidy and
proceeds from special
projects and donations.
While no official announcement on the
sports project has been
made, militants are expected to raise some
questions on the participation of Peping Cojuangco and Tanjuatco,
both presidential relatives, in it.
Clark stakeholders growing impatient...
From page 1
“Dino” Tanjuatco, Jr.
PGKM Chair Ruperto Cruz said Tanjuatco
is taking too long to announce his plans for the
Clark airport. “What’s his
mission?” asked Cruz.
“What now? We need
to know what direction
we are headed? Nanung
asahan tamu kaya?
(What can we expect
from him?),” asked Cruz.
“We don’t want taxpayers money to be wasted,” he said.
“Will he be the messiah or just a much ballyhooed appointee coming
in with unparalleled mediocrity?” Cruz asked.
“If he remains on his
seat at CIAC, he will only
lay eggs,” Cruz said.
More
than
three
weeks into his appoint-
ment as president and
CEO Tanjuatco have yet
to announce his plans
for the CIA. Tanjuatco, a
second cousin of President Aquino, was nominated as president and
CEO during the CIAC
board meeting in Makati on September 30 and
immediately
assumed
his new post.
“We have yet to hear
anything from him (Tan-
juatco) considering the
impact of Clark on the
lives of the people here
not only in Pampanga
but also in the progress
of Central Luzon and the
country,” said Cruz.
“What’s going on? It’s
been 23 years waiting
for the airport to be fully
developed and it seems
it won’t be done in the
administration of PNoy,”
lamented Cruz.
Premier Kapampangan sculptor...
Punto! Central Luzon • October 23 - 25, 2014 • Thursday - Saturday
From page 1
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ward for my work.”
While the particular
images were prescribed
by Church officials, the
interpretation is totally
left to Layug’s creative
genius.
The local color on
the Mater Dolorosa goes
beyond the Filipiniana
dress and her Malay features. Teardrops, a signature hallmark of the
image, will be limited to
three to represent the
country’s main islands of
Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
From local, the image
goes international with
the globe upon which the
Virgin stands, traditionally covered with clouds,
is now buffeted by waves
– “representative of the
storm surge that devastated Leyte, as well
as the threat of global warming and climate
change,” said Layug.
The infusion of the
Mother of Perpetual Help
icon into Layug’s Mater
Dolorosa interpretation
comes in the young Jesus cradled in her arm –
“tightly holding her hand,
one sandal slipping off
his foot, looking down as
though in fright of the tid-
al waves about to engulf
the children of Leyte.”
The seven-foot image
– inclusive of its base
– will be installed at the
Palo Metropolitan Cathedral for the papal Mass.
The Crucified Christ
image will hew closely to
historical records of actual crucifixions at the time
of the Roman Empire.
“There will be ropes
to support the body, the
way it was done in those
times, as studies show,”
said Layug. The image
will be five feet and nine
inches in height.
A break from the traditional representation
of the Crucified Christ –
with stretched bloodied
legs and one foot nailed
over the other – in Layug’s interpretation is
that one leg is bent at
the knee and the feet
nailed separately.
“Pain at its most excruciating level is evoked
there,” Layug said.
The Crucified Christ
image will provide the
backdrop in the pontifical
Mass in Manila.
Both images of the
Mater Dolorosa and the
Crucified Chirst have already been modelled in
clay, with the former having already a finished
smaller version in wood
and its full size already
50 percent sculpted.
To accompany Pope
Francis in all his Masses
in the country will be the
altar crucifix Layug has
yet to model in clay.
“I am thinking of that
instant right after the
Lord uttered ‘It is consummated’ as my representation of the image,”
said Layug.
The crucifix will not
be taller than two feet including base, he added.
Kapampangan pride
Having been chosen
by the Church to craft
the religious images exclusive to the papal visit is “first and foremost
a blessing, and second,
a celebration of Kapampangan artistry and ingenuity.”
“It’s not all about me,
the sculptor. My name
may not even merit a line
in the news accounts. It
is all about our deep faith
as a people, as Kapampangans and our art and
culture,” said Layug.
He furthered: “It will
go a long way too in inspiring our young artists
and artisans, particularly
here in Betis, to take to
their mallets and chisels
with more vigor and enthusiasm to revive our
art and livelihood and
take it to even greater
heights of glory as well
as productivity.”
Once the town’s
most thriving enterprise,
woodcarving – a heritage industry passed on
from generation to generation – has contracted with local folk seeking
other “easier and more
financially
rewarding”
means of livelihood.
Layug’s
advocacy
of the preservation and
promotion of the woodcarving industry, dubbed
at its height as “Betis Baroque” gained national
and international attention with masterpieces
like the restored Matamoros on the pediment of
the Intramuros Gate, the
baldacchino of the Sto.
Domingo Church, and
retablos of some of the
country’s major cathedrals and churches.
Layug’s opus has
found a niche in Rome
itself – the San Lorenzo Ruiz and San Pedro
Calungsod altar at the
Pontificio Collegio Filippino which sawali and
bamboo designs highlight its unique Filipino
character.
Danding
Earlier, the partylist
group Anakpawis Partylist lambasted the planned
MRT 7 project initiated by
yet another presidential
uncle, business tycoon
Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco to link San Juan
del Monte City in Bulacan
to Metro Manila.
Anakpawis said the
project would be a “of
brazen plunder of public funds amounting to
about P62.7-billion or
$1.44-billion.”
It noted that the President , as board chairman
of the National Economic
Dev’t Authority (NEDA)
approved the project in
November of 2013 and
is now promoted by the
Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center.
The group said that
the Universal LRT Corp.
(ULC), MRT 7 project
proponent,
controlled
by Danding Cojuangco, through San Miguel
Holdings Corp. (SMHC).
“The MRT 7 project
under the Build-Gradually-Transfer-Operate
and Maintain (BGTOM)
scheme is to be funded by the Japan Bank
of International Cooperation (JBIC), to be paid
for 15 years, guaranteed
by the Philippine gov’t.
PPP projects, as stipulated in their contracts,
guarantee gargantuan
profits their private partners which in the case of
MRT-7 are Aquino relatives, allies and election
benefactors,” Anakpawis
said.
The group also said
the project would displace 40,000 residents
of Pangarap Village in
Caloocan City and thousands more in other
parts of Caloocan and
Quezon City.
The group called for
other sectors to oppose
the MRT 7 project and
support the People’s Alliance Against MRT 7,
mainly composed of sectors from affected communities.
Notice of Extrajudicial Settlement
Notice is hereby given that the heirs of Amanda Y. Fabrigas who died
intestate on September 23, 2014 in Mabalacat City, Pampanga executed an
Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights of her estate, more
particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 28, Block 9 Psd-25565, GutierrezMorales Project) located at Mabalacat, Pampanga, before Notary Public
Conrado T. Danan as per Doc No. 374, Page No. 76, Book No. LIX, Series
of 2014.
Punto! Central Luzon: October 17, 24 & 31, 2014
Republic of the Philippines
Regional Trial Court
Third Judicial Region
Branch 59
Angeles City
In the matter of the adoption of the
minor Ysaid Allaine Vergara-Martinez
Sp. Proc. Case No. 9183
Sps. Delbert B. Pingol and Daisy
Vergara-Pingol,
Petitioners.
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Order
The petitioners “Compliance” dated October 7, 2014 with attached
Certificate of Enrollment filed pursuant to the Order dated September 30, 2014
is hereby NOTED.
In the verified Petition for the Adoption of Minor Ysaid Allaine Vergara
Martinez, the material allegations are as follows:
Petitioners-spouses Delbert B. Pingol and Daisy Vergara-Pingol are of
legal age, Filipino citizens and residents of #187 Pisces St., Doña Adela Subd.,
Sta. Cruz, Porac, Pampanga; they were lawfully married on August 9, 2010
in Tarlac, Tarlac; petitioners desire to adopt the minor Ysaid Allaine Vergara
Martinez, who was born on September 15, 2004 in Bulacan, Bulacan; and said
minor is the legitimate daughter of petitioner-wife and her late husband Allan
A. Martinez.
The minor sought to be adopted has been in the care and custody of the
petitioners since the time they got married up to the present; petitioners, and
particularly petitioner-husband, have developed love and emotional bond with
the subject minor; and they have been providing the minor with moral, physical
and material needs, and education. Petitioners possess all the qualifications
and none of the disqualifications to adopt the subject minor as provided for
by law on adoption. Petitioner-wife executed an Affidavit of Consent to this
adoption while the minor Ysaid Allaine Vergara Martinez executed an Affidavit of
Consent in favor of her adoption. Joshua Ezekiel R. Pingol, son of the petitionerhusband, executed an Affidavit of Consent for the adoption of the subject minor.
Petitioners and the subject minor are physically fit for adoption purposes.
The petitioners-spouses are mentally fit to adopt; they are financially capable to
support the minor sought to be adopted; they are earning lucrative income from
their employment in Dubai, U.A.E.; they have savings in banks, motor vehicles
and real properties; they have no derogatory records; and they are persons
of good moral character. They have undergone Pre-Adoption counseling as
well as the Home and Child Study interviews. This adoption will serve the best
interest and well-being of the minor child sought to be adopted.
This court finds the Petition sufficient in form and substance and therefore
sets it for hearing on March 26, 2015 at 9:00 in the morning, on which date and
hour any person who may have an interest in or may be affected by the Petition
is ordered to appear and signify his/her opposition thereto and show cause why
it should not be granted.
Let this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks
in “Punto Central Luzon”, a newspaper of general circulation in the province of
Pampanga and Angeles City, which was selected by raffle under the supervision
of the Executive Judge, at the expense of the petitioners.
Serve copies of this Order upon the Office of the Solicitor General; Office
of the City Prosecutor of Angeles City; petitioners and their counsel; Department
of Social Welfare and Development; National Statistics Office, Civil Registrar
General; Local Civil Registrar of Bulacan, Bulacan; SWOII Alberto B. Abanes;
and “Punto Central Luzon”.
SO ORDERED.
Angeles City, Philippines, October 7, 2014.
Ma. Angelica T. Paras-Quiambao
Presiding Judge
Punto! Central Luzon: October 17, 24 & 31, 2014
The Gossipmiller
Cesar Pambid
Angelica Panganiban diring-diri sa kanyang katabaan
“Mapapahamak po ako, so hindi ko po siya puwedeng sagutin,” deklara ni Angelica Panganiban nang kunin ang kanyang reaksyon sa presscon ng pelikulang
“Beauty In A Bottle” dahil sa pagkakadawit niya sa kasong ‘concubinage’ ni Derek Ramsay. Ang naturang reklamo ay isinampa ng dating asawa ng aktor na si Mary
Christine Jolly.
Anyway,ginagampanan ni Angelica sa “Beauty in a Bottle” ang role ng isang aktres na tumaba at binabatikos siya dahil dito.
Bagamat malaki na ang ipinayat ng aktres nang makita namin siya sa taping ng ‘Banana Split: Extra Scoop,” nagamit pala niya sa naturang pelikula ang katabaan
niya dati.
Hindi ba siya na-offend na ibinenta sa istorya ng pelikula ang mabigat niyang timbang?
Nagbiro siya na nagpataba siya para sa role at wala siyang ka-effort-effort na ginampanan ito. Mas naging hamon sa kanya kung paano ang magpapayat.
“Kasi, ‘yun ako, eh. Ako ‘to, e. Choice ko ‘to. I mean, ngayon gusto kong kumain, mag-enjoy, ayokong mag-makeup, eto ang gusto ko.
Katawan ko ‘to. So, kung hindi mo ‘to trip, kung hindi mo gusto, eh ano naman? Hindi rin naman kita gusto. Ha! Ha! Ha! So pantay lang, ‘di ba? It’s a tie,” deklara
niya na kung saan ay binibigyan daw niya ng pagkakataon ‘yung iba na i-bash siya.
“So, kapag nag-ayos ako, teh, sobra ko namang ganda. Parang next to God na ‘yung kagandahan. So medyo binibigyan ko lang ‘yung iba na medyo i-bash ako.
So, ‘yun ang ginagawa ko, nagpapakumbaba lang ako. Pinapakita ko lang na God is fair. Kaya minsan, hindi talaga ako nag-aayos, nagde-dress down ako. Kasi,
‘pag tinodo ko day, inggit kayong lahat.”
Aminado rin si Angelica na minsan nasasaktan siya at may impact ‘pag pinupuna ang katabaan niya. Nagpasalamat pa nga siya na may pelikulang “Beauty In A
Bottle” dahil nalulusutan niya ‘yung katabaan niya.
Actually, nandiri rin siya sa katabaan niya nang makita niya ang sarili niya kaya nagpapayat din siya.
“Nu’ng nakita ko naman ‘yung sarili ko, nandiri na ako. ‘Ay shit, ang taba!’ Ha! Ha! Ha!Napamura ka talaga na, ‘Ano ‘yan?? Anong nangyari??!’ Ganu’n!,” sambit
pa niya.
Kasama pa niya sa “Beauty In A Bottle” sina Angeline Quinto, Assunta De Rossi , Tom Rodriguez,Ellen Adarna at Empress . Handog ito ng Quantum Films at
Skylight Films. Showing na sa October 29. Ito ay sa direksyon ni Antoinette Jadaone.
Si Kris Aquino na???
Pinay ang gustong mapangasawa ni Daniel Matsunaga
Nabibigyan ng malisya ang friendship nina Kris Aquino at Daniel Matsunaga. Madalas nga ay sinasama ni Kris si Daniel sa mga out of town coverage ng KrisTV.
Mabait daw si Kris sa kanya simula mag-guest siya sa naturang programa.
“Talagang I’ll never forget. I will never forget such a great opportunity na binigay niya sa akin and I’m very thankful to Kris, you know. I have all the respect to Kris
and the entire family, you know, I’m really, really thankful,” deklara ni Daniel na bagong commercial model ng San Marino Tuna
Flakes.
Pero ang sabi ng hunk actor, Si God na raw ang bahala kung kailan darating ang tamang babae sa kanya. Likas na
mabait si Daniel dahil wala rin siyang bitterness sa ex-girlfriend na si Heart Evangelista. Kung bibigyan daw siya ng
imbitasyon, dadalo siya sa kasal nito with Senator Chiz Escudero.
Open din si Daniel na sana ay Pilipina ang mapangasawa niya. Iba raw kasi ang ugali ng ng Pinay. Makapamilya, mabait, maganda, maka-Diyos, malambing at matalino. Nanatili pa rin ang pusong Pinoy ni Daniel.
Dahil sa angking kakisigan at kaguwapuhan, maraming Pinay ang nagpapatansya kay Daniel dahil sa TVC
niya sa San Marino Tuna Flakes. Makikita kasi si Daniel sa iba’t ibang extreme outdoor activities. Hilig daw
niya ang ganitong sports activities kaya na-enjoy niya na gawin ang ganitong commercial.
Malaking factor kay Daniel na kinuha siyang endorser dahil sa ipinakita niyang kabaitan sa loob ng PBB
house na kahit hindi siya Pilipino, naging isang mabuting example sa mga Pinoy.
“Yung totong Daniel kasi, 119 days sa loob ng bahay. There’s no way you can face such a thing.
Talagang you’re living there. Sometimes you don’t even get to pansin the camera kasi parang sanay na
sa camera. Every corner, may camera, every corner, may mirror. Talagang hindi namin alam kung may
camera sa loob or wala or which will be shown in public. And when I left PBB house, the more I realize
how I should value my time. My time for family and how I should value my friends,” bulalas pa niya.
Marami nang ipon si Rodolfo Jackson sa kanyang paninirahan sa California. Biruin mo
nga naman, 1992 pa nang mag-migrate siya sa America, antimano nakapagtrabaho naman
siya. Kaya di naman biro na meron na rin naman siyang ipon at puwede nang mamahinga
pag-uwi niya sa Pilipinas.
Sa kasalukuyan , Rudy Jackson is working as a nursing assistant in a veteran hospital in
California. Bagamat medyo mahirap ang trabaho, napagtiyagaan niya ito dahil nga nagpilit
siyang makaipon ng malaking halaga. Marami pa kasing balak si Rudy na kung tutuusin, di
pa niya natutupad.
Nung nasa Pilipinas daw siya, polynanna attitude ang pinaandar niya. Dahil nga puwedeng
sabihing maganda naman ang buhay showbiz niya noon, in managing several bars in Metro
Manila, nakakahawak din naman siya ng malaking pera. “Pero walang kinapuntahan, lagi
pa ring kulang, ewan siguro dahil di naman talaga ako masaya sa ginawa ko noon. Kahit
sabihin pang nakasalamuha ko ang maraming artista, parang feeeling ko marami ang kulang
sa pagkatao ko,” sersyosong pagkukuwento pa ni Rudy.
Kaya nga raw nang maging asawa niya ang isang nurse na nagdala sa kanya sa California,
isang aral ang natutunan niya. “Minsan lang dumating ang pagkakataon kaya kailangang
samantalahin ko na,” sabi pa nito.
Did you know noong isang taon, nakauwi na siya sa Pilipinas to celebrate his birtrhday.
Inimbita niya lahat ang mga kaibigan niya from the past at isang reunion sa isang engrandeng
restaurant ginanap ang lahat. Dahil nga may ipon naman Rudy he can afford a grand vacation
pero still nababawan siya at hindi masaya. Sa isang birthday daw niya now in his senior year,
balak din nitong magbakasyon but this time meron siyang pangarap na gawin.
Hahanapin daw niya ang nawawalang ama at mga kapatid na noon pa niya inaasam na
makilala.
Malungkot si Rudy in sharing his life story sa amin. Sa pamamagitan ng Skype, inalala ni
Rudy ang kanyang namapaya nang ina na mag-isang nagtaguyod sa kanya. Wala na raw
siyang nakagisnang ama at tanging sa kuwento na lang ng ina ang tungkol sa nakaraan
niya. Anak daw siya ng isang taxi driver who drove his own fleet ng Dacanay Taxi.
Taga- Tondo raw ang ama nito sa pag-uwi niya lulubusin ang paghanap sa nawawala
niyang mga kamag-anak. “Hindi ko alam kung patay o buhay pa siya, but he is now
around 80 years old na kung sakali. I would still have to ask my aunts kung
ano ang tunay na pangalan niya, the latest I heard may mga kapatid
daw ako sa kanya who are living in Ilocandia. My mom’s maiden
name is Zenaida Ocampo, at aling Zeny ang tawag sa kanya.
If by chance may makabasa nito na Dacanay ang apeliyido,
baka sila na ang mga nawawala kong kapatid. Sana po,
makipag-communicate sila sa akin through Facebook,
Rodolfo Jackson po ang profile ko,” pakiusap pa ni
Rudy.
Puwedeng sabihing makulay na personalidad si
Rudy pero para sa kanya tila may nawawala pang kulay
ang malaking bahagi ng kanyang buhay, Tulungan po
nating maipinta nang tuluyan ang mapusyao na kulay
ng kanyang buhay.
Angelica Panganiban
Punto! Central Luzon • October 23 - 25, 2014 • Thursday - Saturday
Rodolfo Jackson hinahanap
ang nawawalang ama at mga kapatid
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