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Punto! Luzon
Volume 8
Number 58
Thu - Sat
February 19 - 21, 2015
Central
PANANAW NG MALAYANG PILIPINO!
SSS payments via mobile
phones coming soon
By Ashley Manabat
C
LARK FREEPORT – In
keeping abreast with the
march of technology, the
Social Security System (SSS) will
soon accept payments through the
mobile phone.
9-hour
brownouts
slated today
This was explained
by Luisa “Louie” Sebastian, SSS assistant vice
president for media affairs, during the “Balitaan” media forum organized by the Capampangan in Media, Inc.
(CAMI) in cooperation
with the Clark Development Corp. and the SSS
at the Bale Balita here
last Friday.
Sebastian said mobile payments to SSS
will be available soon
In 5 towns
in Pampanga,
3 in Bataan
By Ding Cervantes
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO - Five towns
in Pampanga and another three in Bataan
will experience up to
nine and a half hours
of power interruption
today, Feb. 20, National Grid Corporation of the Philippines
(NGCP) public affairs
officer Ernest Lorenz
Vidal said. “Customers of Penelco in Orion, Morong, and Bagac will
have outage from 8
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. to
facilitate replacement
of insulators along
Orion tap-PNPP69kV
line segment. Normal
operations will immediately resume after work completion,”
Vidal said.
In Pampanga, cusPage 10 please
with the memorandum
of agreement (MOA)
signed between the state
agency and G-XChange
Inc.
The agreement allows SSS members to
settle their SSS contributions and loan amortizations through the use
of G-XChange’s mobile remittance facility
called “G-Cash,” which
is offered exclusively to
Globe and TM Network
Page 10 please
Paper trail. TIEZA COO Mark Lapid shows media documents
proving his agency’s ownership of Paskuhan. Photo by Bong Lacson
Lapid comes clean on Paskuhan
Gives timeline of transaction
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO– “I did
not betray Pampanga. I don’t want
the people of Pampanga to feel that I
betrayed them.”
Thus, said Mark Lapid, Tourism
Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone
Authority (TIEZA) chief operating of-
ficer, on the recent sale of the Hilaga (better known by its original name
Paskuhan Village) during a press
conference at the Max’s Restaurant
here Wednesday.
Lapid, who is also a former govPage 10 please
Lone surviving dolphin rescued
in La Union, Pangasinan also dies
Julius
CLARK FREEPORT –
A Fraser’s dolphin, the
lone survivor among 31
ailing dolphins found recently along the coast of
13 towns in Pangasinan
and La Union, also died
the other day at Subic
Freeport.
Lem Aragones, president of the Philippine
Marine Mammal Stranding Network (PMMSN),
announced the death of
the last surviving dolphin
which was named Julius. Page 10 please
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. Atty. Manuel
Pontanal, regional director of the National
Police Commission for Central Luzon, awards
plaque of recognition to OIC Police Regional
Office 3 Chief Supt. Ronald V. Santos for his
leadership in the security operations at the
recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
meetings at the Clark Freeport.
Photo by Bong Lacson
SBMA execs supports pay hike, but asks workers for patience
By Malou Dungog
Punto! Central Luzon • February 19 - 21, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT —
The top management of the
Subic Bay Metropolitan
Authority (SBMA) said it
supports employees’ call to
implement the Salary Standardization Law (SSL) in the
agency, but asked that workers agitating for the long-delayed salary adjustments be
more patient for the petition to
run its course.
SBMA Chairman Roberto Garcia said in a dialogue
with employees here on Monday that his office sympathizes with the call by rank-andfile workers to implement the
SSL, but is not in a position
to implement an increase for
some 3,000 employees without any approval from President Aquino.
“The bottom line is, we
have to get the approval of the
President,” Garcia explained.
“H’wag natin pangunahan ang Pangulo. That could
jeopardize the position of the
SBMA and the increase we’ve
been fighting for in the last
three years,” Garcia added.
Garcia pleaded for more
patience from the SBMA
workforce, as some employees wore black armbands on
Monday as a sign of protest
against the delayed salary adjustments.
The employees also conducted a candlelight vigil in
front of the SBMA main office
on Monday night to further express their sentiments.
The employees said that
their pay rates set in 2008
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have remained way below the
standards prescribed by Executive Order No. 76 that was
signed by President Aquino in
April 2012 and that their salaries are 55 percent lower than
their counterparts in other
GOCCs and LGUs.
Garcia, however, assured
the employees that the SBMA
management supports both
the request for a 10 percent
salary hike and the petition
for salary adjustments under
the SSL, and that these have
already been filed before the
proper offices.
“The request for a 10 percent increase has been on
the President’s desk for some
time now, and he has already
called for five meetings, but
there have been (inevitable)
delays. Last week, the sixth
meeting that was called to
settle this issue was also cancelled,” he added.
The SBMA official also
asked employees to follow
the proper procedure and to
respect the President’s office
which is to give the green light
for the salary adjustment.
He revealed that the SBMA
has already allocated P400
million in the 2015 budget
for the implementation of the
SSL.
“Some people say that I am
against the implementation of
salary adjustments for the employees, but if I were against
it, I wouldn’t have that budget
approved,” Garcia stressed.
Noting that the petition for
salary increase had been filed
in 2011, Garcia explained that
that his administration had ap-
SBMA employees urge Malacañang to approve the implementation of the Salary
Standardization Law.
proached the problem by first
improving the financial capability of the agency to implement the increase.
“We couldn’t have afforded it in 2011 because we had
losses of about P8 billion. But
now that we have improved
our financial position, then
we’re pushing for the salary
standardization,” he added.
The SBMA chairman also
revealed that his office has already secured recommendations for the retroactive implementation effective January
2013 of the 10 percent pay increase for SBMA employees.
Both the Commission on
Audit and the Office of the
Government Corporate Counsel came out last week with legal opinions allowing the proposed increase under the SSL
and under BCDA rates but
with the approval of the President, he added.
Car drifting steals show at balloon fest
By Ashley Manabat
CLARK FREEPORT – Six car
drivers including one from India showcased their car drifting skills at the taxiway of the
Philippine Air Force (PAF)
runway at the recent Hot Air
Balloon Festival here over the
weekend.
Audel “Dr. Drift” Sison said
a new organizing body that
is managing drifting which
is called Pacific Drift Championship organized the car
drifting demonstration for the
19th Hot Air Balloon Festival
to promote car drifting in the
Philippines which is fast be-
coming a popular sports as
well as a five-round international car drifting competition
to be held at the Clark Speedway here and at the Quirino
Grandstand and Cultural Center of the Philippines complex
in Manila.
Sison said Round 1 of the
international competition will
be done during the launch of
the “Fast and Furious 7” movie which is going to be held in
Manila on March 28. Round 2
will be held at the brand new
speedway in Tarlac in April,
Round 3 at the Clark International Speedway and Rounds
4 and 5 in Manila.
Crowds milled around the
heavily modified Nissan cars
with fiberglass body and 600
horsepower engines that are
used for drifting.
“We use Nissan Silvia S15
and Nissan Cefiro,” Sison said
as he walked over the car displays.
Sison said a demo run, 30
minutes in the morning and
another 30 minutes in the afternoon, were made during
the four-day festival to show
what is going to be in the competition. He also said spectators were invited for shotgun
rides to experience car drifting
which was a hit at the festival.
“We drifted sideways plus
a combination of side by
side, two cars proper tandem
demo,” Sison explained.
Some of the local car drifters include Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone
Authority (TIEZA) GM Mark
Lapid and his younger brother Porac Councilor Maynard
Lapid, businessman Bingbong Lingat, and Radrich Albano, son of former QCPD
chief Richard Albano.
Drifting is a driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, causing loss of traction in the rear
wheels or all tires, while main-
taining control from entry to
exit of a corner.
A car is drifting when the
rear slip angle is greater than
the front slip angle, to such
an extent that often the front
wheels are pointing in the opposite direction to the turn
(e.g. car is turning left, wheels
are pointed right or vice versa,
also known as opposite lock
or counter steering).
As a motorsport discipline,
professional drifting competitions are held worldwide and
are judged according to the
speed, angle, showmanship
and line taken through a corner or set of corners.
Automated
weather
station up in
Bataan town
BAGAC, Bataan- The Weather Philippines Foundation has
equipped this municipality with
an automated weather station
(AWS) that will provide weather forecasts here as well as in
surrounding areas.
Nicanor Ancheta, Bagac
municipal administrator, said
the town has become the first
and only local government unit
in Bataan equipped with the
AWS.
The WPF, a non-stock,
non-profit organization, will
provide free weather forecasts
produced on the basis of data
from AWS installed in Bagac
and other chosen LGUs in the
country.
The AWS is solar-powered
that provides wind direction
and velocity temperature, air
pressure, humidity, rain and
amount of sunlight. The foundation will assign meteorologists to train the LGUs in its
operation.
Ancheta said they have
temporarily installed the AWS
at the back of the municipal
hall but soon it will be transferred to a higher and permanent site.
He said that digital information boards were already readied at the municipal hall, public
market and town plaza where
weather forecasts will be relayed.
THINK
GREEN
Punto! Central Luzon • February 19 - 21, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
By Ernie Esconde
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X-Factor Australia champ sings for kababayan
By Ernie Esconde
Punto! Central Luzon • February 19 - 21, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
SAMAL, Bataan- The X-Factor Australia 2014 champion wowed the big
crowd even for a short period on Monday afternoon as she sang two songs
at an improvised stage in the jampacked covered court here.
Marlisa Punzalan, 15, has roots in
Barangay Lalawigan, Samal where her
parents came from. She visited her
parent’s hometown six years ago when
she was nine years old.
She sang “Hopelessly Devoted to
You” and “Stand by You” with the audience participating.
“I can’t believe it. Everybody is
amazing, so touching!,” quipped her
mother Andrea.
Marlisa enjoyed answering some
questions from students her age. “Be
yourself, ask the help of God,” she said
when asked what she could advise
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would-be singers. She has no boyfriend yet but she has a celebrity crush
who is Justin Biber.
“Thank you everyone for supporting
me. I love you all!,” Marlisa said.
The big crowd not only came from
Samal but from neighboring towns like
two students from other municipalities.
“We went here to see Marlisa because
we are her avid fans,” said Mabel Navarro and Leera Cigaral, both 15, from
Hermosa, Bataan.
Samal Mayor Gene dela Fuente
was profuse in thanking the family of
Marlisa for bringing to the town the X
Factor Australia champion.
“We are all proud of Marlisa and I
know that she will be a role model to
other aspiring singers in our town,” the
mayor said.
“Post Valentine Date with Marlisa
Punzalan,”says big streamers at the
covered court.
SM wins LIMA Licensing Excellence Award
Punto! Central Luzon • February 19 - 21, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
The SM Store was named Best Retailer of the
Year during the recent LIMA Asian Licensing Excellence Awards in Hong Kong for its DC Justice League
Heroes United Retail Campaign in collaboration with
the Pacific Licensing Studio.
LIMA – the International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association – is the leading trade organization for the global licensing industry. Founded in
1985, LIMA represents interests the interests of its
membership in 35 countries by providing a forum for
networking, serving as a source of education and information, and recognizing excellence and achievement in the industry.
The LIMA Licensing Excellence Awards is a prestigious annual ceremony in Asia that recognizes the
industry’s most outstanding creativity and performance during the past year.
In 2015, “the addition of the Award for Best Retailer of the Year . . . provides the industry with even more
opportunities to recognize
standout licensing and
branding initiatives,”
says LIMA President Charles Riotto.
“It’s a great
honor to receive this award
. . . in partnership with the
SM Store,” says
Neal Rudge, a
partner at Singapore-based Pacific Licensing Studio. “It’s a testimony
to our long and successful
relationship
with our partners, and
their unwavering support of our work in
the region, that we’re
fortunate to enough
to be the recipient of
this award.” –PR
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Cayetano asks gov’t to be sensitive, MILF to be sincere
By Armand M. Galang
SCIENCE CITY OF MUNOZ
– Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano
remains clueless on the “rich
man” whom his colleague
Sen. Mriam Defensor-Santiago said is cooking a plot to
oust President Aquino from office but warned Malacanang to
be “sensitive” to the people’s
sentiments.
At the sidelines of his talk
with students that sit as trustees and regents of state universities in the country called
Student Trustees and Regents Union of the Philippines
(STRUP) Friday afternoon,
Cayetano also asked the Department of Health to undertake a check on the “mass amnesia epidemic” that hit government officials on the bloody
Mamasapano operation.
“Ang problema kasi sa Pilipinas, marami nang rich man,”
Cayetano said when asked if
he already has an idea of the
rich man who allegedly funds
the coup plot against the Aquino administration.
That people or forces who
want Aquino out of Malacanang banding together is a
part of democracy, the senator
said. “Pero ibang usapan na
pag coup d’etat,” he added.
And government stability
is a day-by-day business, he
stressed.
“I mean, wala namang Filipino na gusto ng gulo pero
wala rin namang Filipino na
gustong hindi ipinaglalaban
ang kanyang mga karapatan.
Ang stability ng gobyerno dayby-day yan so I think naman
it’s stable, people believe in
decmocracy hindi dapat mag-
karoon ng coup d’etat pero
ang Malacanang ay kailangang maging sensitive din sa
nararamdaman at pangangailangan ng tao,” Cayetano explained.
Cayetano, meanwhile admitted, that the MILF got his
ire during the Senate investigation on the massacre of 44
members of the police’s Special Action Force (SAF) in Mamasapano, Maguindanao last
Jan. 25. Scores were also
wounded during the “mis-encounter.”
“Tama ba naman na makipag-peace talk ka tapos bawat
galaw mo pag di ka sumunod,
giyera? Tama ba naman na
ang hinahanap mo ay terorista ang isusukli sa’yo, bala sa
ulo at pagpapatayin yung mga
kasama mo,” he said.
The people should under-
stand, he said, that Marwan
was an international terrorist.
“Si Marwan ay isang high level
na international terorist. Siya
ba ay magtatago sa kuta ng
MILF kung sa tingin niya ay di
siya safe don? So pa’no ka ba
namang hindi magagalit kasi
ginagawa tayong istupido eh.
Ginagawa tayong parang tanga, na alam na alam natin na
pinrotektahan si Marwan, pinatay ang ating mga alagad
ng batas tapos wala man lang
remorse sa kanila. Sasabihin
nakikiramay kami, thank you,
e nasan yung justice? Nasan
yung mga pumatay? Nasan
yung imbestigasyon niyo? “
Cayetano said.
He noted that Marwan
stayed for long in the former
residence of a top MILF commander who presently lives
barely half kilometer from the
place.
“Controlled area nila ‘yun
tapos sasabihin nila ay hindi
nila kilala si Marwan. Siguro
naman po ay maiintindihan
ng ating mga kababayan, sorry, we weren’t born yesterday.
Huwag niyo kaming lokohin,”
he added.
On government officials
who refused to detail the operation, Cayetano said the country is now plagued with a mass
amnesia epidemic.
“’Yun ang dapat tingnan
na bagong epidemic ng DOH
– mass amnesia. Nung dumating sa pananagutan na,
nung side ng gobyerno ay
nagka-amnesia lahat,” he
said, adding, however, that the
people also be reminded that
the root of the incident is the
MILF’s supposed coddling of a
terrorist.
DILG completes 2 BUB local road projects in Mexico
Punto! Central Luzon • February 19 - 21, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
By Joel P. Mapiles
PIO PAmpanga
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Improvement with concrete pavement of farm-to-market road from Sitio Gubat,
Barangay Laug to Barangay Sta. Maria. Contributed photo
MEXICO, Pamp. --- The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) announced yesterday that they
have already finished the concrete pavement of two separate barangay roads in this
town with funding allotment of
P3,247,365.38.
The DILG under Secretary
Mar Roxas funded these infrastructure projects through the
Bottom-Up Budgeting (BUB)
Program.
Myrvie Fabia, DILG provincial director disclosed that the
paved road of 340 linear meters from Barangays Cauayan to Buenavista amounted
to P1,498,221.93 and the other improved and newly-concreted 400 linear meter-road
located ing Barangays Laug
and Santa Maria totalled to
P1,749,143.45.
The local officials and residents here headed by Mayor Roy Manalastas had expressed gratitude to Secretary
Mar Roxas, DILG Regional
and Provincial staff for providing easy access to progress
for its citizenry through the improvement of local roads.
Locals here said that with
the completion of these local roads they could quickly
transport the farmers’ produce
to the marketplace and other
trading posts.
Fabia said the two Farmto-Market
road
projects
were part of the 15 million
peso-worth 2014 BUB Local Poverty Reduction Action Plan (LPRAP) formulated by the Local Poverty Reduction Action Team (LPRAT)
signed by Mayor Manalastas as chairperson, Roel D.
Sotto (Parents-Teachers Association-South District) as
co-chairperson, and two other
signatories from Civil Society
Organizations led by Analyn
D. Calayaan, parent-leader of
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino
Program, and Joven T. Mariano of the Municipal Agriculture and Fisheries Council
Fabia explained that the
BUB program which started in 2013, is aimed at making planning and budgeting
processes of both national
and local governments more
participatory,
transparent,
and responsive to the urgent
needs of the people especially the poor and marginalized
through genuine involvement
of grassroots organizations
and community groups.
“It hopes to institute budget reform, thus LPRATs were
formed through the local Executive Order composed of
equal number of representatives from CSOs elected by
themselves through an assembly, and Local Government Unit officers headed by
the Local Chief Executive,”
Fabia said.
She said that series of orientations and workshops were
conducted to formulate grassroots-based plans according
to the guidelines jointly-formulated and approved by the
participating national government agencies.
“Through BUB now the citizens experience more than
ever, the constitutional definition of government which is,
“a government of the people,
by the people, and for the people”, she added.
NPA burns heavy equipment anew
By Armand M. Galang
BONGABON, Nueva Ecija- Five
suspected members of the communist-led New People’s Army (NPA)
burned a heavy equipment owned by
a local contractor for alleged failure
to “pay revolutionary tax” in Barangay
Palomaria here before dawn on Friday.
Police said the suspects, armed
with long firearms, poured gasoline on
a crane link belt owned by LRTIQUI
Builders Inc., stationed along Bongabon-Rizal Road and set it on fire at
about 12:15 a.m.
PO3 Gerald Paul Cayog, investigator, said two caretakers, two village
peacekeepers and a village councilor were in the area when five heavily
armed men came from nowhere and
warned them of harm should they intervene.
“Huwag kayong makialam, mga
NPA kami,” witnesses quoted the suspects as saying.
The warning was followed by a
burst of fire skyward air as some of
the suspects who brought with them
plastic containers poured gasoline to
the heavy equipment.
The suspects immediately fled,
taking the direction of Old Palomaria
to the mountainous portion of Barangay Arriendo, Cayog reported.
Members of the Bongabon Fore
Volunteers who responded declared
fireout at about 12:25 a.m.
Lawmen recovered empty shells
from an M16 Armalite rifle, .9mm and
.45 pistols, police said.
Elements of the town police and
the Philippine Army’s 703rd Brigade
based in Barangay Calaanan, also of
this town, are conducting hot pursuit
operations against the suspects, police added.
This was the latest in a series of
attacks on private contractors in this
town. Recently, a backhoe owned by
a certain Reguyal Construction was
also burned by suspected rebels.
Gun-for-hire patay sa shoot-out
Ni Rommel Ramos
SAN JOSE DEL MONTE CITY – Patay ang isa
sa tatlong miyembro ng
robbery/hold-up at gunfor-hire group sa Purok
4, Barangay Paradise
ng lungsod na ito nitong
Miyerkules matapos maka-engkwentro ang Philippine National Police at
Philippine Army.
Kinilala ang napatay
na suspek na si Ramillo
Uclaray y Princena, 32,
residente ng Buguey,
Cagayan habang nakatakas naman ang dalawa pa nitong kasamahan na nakilala ang isa sa
alyas Bunso.
Ayon sa ulat, sakay
ang mga suspek ng kulay
itim na Mitsubishi Delica Van na may plakang
RAC 680 at armado ng
mga baril nang bigla na
lamang tutukan ng mga
ito ng baril sina Philippine Army PFC Junky
Hidalgo at PFC Jonald
Lintac na kasalukuyang
nagsasagawa noon ng
“Peace and Development Operations.”
Tinangay ng mga
suspek ang .45 na baril
ni Hidalgo at mabilis na
tumakas.
Mabilis namang rumesponde ang kapulisan at kasundaluhan at
tinugis ang mga suspek
kung saan nagkaroon ng
palitan ng putok.
Nagresulta ang engkwentro na ito sa pag-
kamatay ng suspek na
si Uclaray habang nakatakas nga si alyas Bunso
at isa pa nitong kasamahan.
Narekober sa crime
scene ang isang .45
PT 1911 Taurus pistol
na may serial number
NDP0517 na pag-aari
ni Philippine Army PFC
Hidalgo, isang UZI machine pistol, mga bala
mula sa .9mm at M16 rifle.
Narekober din ang
getaway vehicle ng mga
suspek na Delica Van.
Patuloy pa rin ang
imbestigasyon ng mga
otoridad hinggil sa insidente at pagtugis sa
mga nakatakas na suspek.
5 cattle rustler timbog
Ni Johnny R. Reblando
CASTILLEJOS, Zambales -- Bumagsak sa kamay ng mga tauhan ng
Castillejos PNP at ng Provincial Public Safety Company, 3rd Manuever
Platoon ang limang cattle rustler sa
bayang ito.
Kinilala ni Senior Inspector Jose
Arca, hepe ng Castillejos police, ang
mga suspek na sina Federico Pader, 57; Alfredo Pader, 51; Ronito Calderon, 22; Rosemarie Baal, 49, at Alvin Tabaquero, 27, pawang mga taga
Barangay Del Pilar dito.
Ang mga suspek ay dinakip sa
bisa ng warrant of arrest na ipinala-
bas ni Judge Raymond Viray ng RTC
Branch 75 ng Olongapo City sa kasong paglabag sa RA 533 o Anti-Cattle Rustling Law.
Ayon sa ulat, September 2013
nang samantalahin ng mga suspek ang sama ng panahon at kanilang kunin ang baka na nakasoga sa
tabing ilog sa Barangay Pamatawan
at pagmamay-ari ni Romeo Salazar
saka ito pinagtulung-tulungan katayin.
Ang mga suspek ay detinido sa
Castillejos Municipal Police detention cell ng may kaukulang piyansang
tig-P35,000 para sa kanilang pansamantalang kalayaan.
SUBIC, Zambales --Nahulog sa bitag ng mga
tauhan ng Subic PNP
ang anim na katao sa
isinagawang drug operation sa Purok 6-A, Barangay Calapacuan, sa
bayang ito.
Kinilala ni Chief Inspector Oriano Mina,
hepe ng Subic police,
ang suspek na si Renz
Kristoffer Yambao alyas
Saddam, 24, na naunang
nahuli matapos na magbebenta ng isang plastic
sachet ng shabu sa halagang P300 sa isang police poseur buyer.
Huli naman sa katabing bahay ni Saddam na nagpo-pot session sina Edgar Gomez,
38; Rogelio Roque, 34;
at Jorge Idelfonso, 33,
pawang mga taga Subic;
at sina Reggie del Pila,
36, at Ryan Villamor, 30,
pawang mga taga Castillejos, Zambales.
Nakuha sa pag-iingat ni Gomez ang isang
plastic sachet ng shabu na nagkakahalaga
ng P1,000 at iba’t-ibang
drug paraphernalia. Narekober din sa pag-iingat
ng mga suspek ang isa
pang plastic sachet ng
shabu na nagkakahalaga ng P500.
Ang mga suspek
ay detinido na Subic
PNP detention cell at
ipinagharap na sa kasong paglabag sa RA
9165. –Johnnny R. Reblando
2 brothers fall in drug raid
By Ernie Esconde
MARIVELES,
Bataan- Two brothers were
nabbed in a police
search warrant operation for illegal drugs here
Thursday afternoon and
shabu and various drug
paraphernalia were confiscated.
Supt. Raynold Rosero, Mariveles police
chief, made the report
to Mayor Jesse Concepcion and municipal
administrator Luis Gonzales of the arrest of
brothers Sammy, 43 and
Danilo Rillo, 48, in their
residence in Barangay
Cabcaben, Mariveles.
Concepcion lauded
the Mariveles police for
its aggressive campaign
against illegal drugs.
Inspector Jose dela
Cruz, Mariveles deputy police chief, said their
main target were brothers Eric, 38 and Joel
Rillo, 37, who, however,
eluded arrest.
“Sammy and Danilo
were caught in the act
sniffing shabu and during
the protective search,
one small plastic sachet
containing shabu was
confiscated from each of
the two,” dela Cruz said.
The search result-
ed in the confiscation
of nine small plastic sachets containing suspected shabu and various illegal drug paraphernalia, police said.
“Nagkaroon ng resistance ang dalawa ngunit
dahil sa maagap na pagkilos ng raiding team,
wala na silang nagawa,”
the deputy police chief
said.
Dela Cruz said they
have readied case for
violation of Sections 11
and 15 of RA 9165 or the
Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act against
the two arrested and
also for the two at-large.
To be one’s self, and unafraid whether right or
wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice
of surrender to conformity. –Irving Wallace
Punto! Central Luzon • February 19 - 21, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
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Editorial
Punto! Central Luzon • February 19 - 21, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
Sealed with
goodness
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IT’S GETTING to be a case of the usual, the ordinary,
the…wala lang.
That is the Angeles City government with Mayor
Edgardo Pamintuan at its helm being bestowed
the Seal of Good Financial Housekeeping by the
Department of the Interior and Local Government.
Yearly, since he took over in 2010.
It’s no mean feat. Actually.
Consider the parameters for the SGFH:
Compliance with accounting and auditing standards,
rules and regulations, i.e., with an Unqualified or
Qualified COA Opinion of the immediately preceding
year; Compliance with the Full Disclosure Policy
of Local Budget and Finances, Bids and Public
Offerings e.g., Annual Budget, Statement of Receipts
and Expenditures, Annual Procurement Plan or
Procurement List, and Bid Results On Civil Works,
Goods and Services and Consulting Services.
“Another proof of the soundness of our financial
policies and the transparency of all our transactions.”
So said hizzoner of the SGFH. So rightly.
Still one more manifestation of the Pamintuan
administration’s strict adherence to its mandate
to serve is the 2014 Seal of Child-Friendly Local
Governance Certificate awarded the city by the
Council for the Welfare of Children.
Signed by Social Welfare and Development
Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman and DILG
Secretary Mar Roxas, the recognition cited the city
for “implementing programs that are geared towards
the protection of children, upholding their rights to
survival, development and participation.”
That sealed, punning aside, the veracity – and
efficacy – of the policy of the city government
enunciated by Pamintuan at the time of the recent
APEC meetings: “…to rescue street children roaming
the streets in line with the country’s compliance to
the Millennium Development Goals, the Local
Government Code which explicitly states that ‘it
shall be a policy to protect and rehabilitate children
gravely threatened or endangered by circumstances
which affect or will affect their survival and normal
development and over which they have no control’,
and other pertinent laws like the Special Protection
of Children Against Child Abuse Act and the Juvenile
Justice Welfare Act.”
Added the mayor then: “We feed them, give them
shelter and return them to their respective families.
We also educate them and their parents. In some
cases, we even file formal complaints against the
parents in line with the Juvenile Welfare Act.”
Two seals of good governance in a matter of days.
Yeah, no mean feat there.
A spoiler though – two coeds found stabbed to
death in their residence. Negating police claim of a
dramatic drop in the city’s crime rate.
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Bong Z. Lacson
Marcos on Mindanao
AS EARLY as the summer of 1972, while Luzon was in near anarchy, Mindanao
was being beleaguered by the activities of some 16,000 Muslim secessionists.
Strengthened by foreign material and moral support, encouraged by the seeming
impotence of government in Luzon, the secessionists were planning an all-out
attack to overwhelm government military installations in the Muslim provinces of
Sulu, Zamboanga del Sur (including the island of Basilan). Zamboanga del Norte,
Lanao del Sur, Lanao del Norte and Cotabato, and from there, take over all of
Mindanao and Sulu.
As a matter of fact, as early as October last
year – less than a month after the proclamation of
martial law – the rebels in Marawi City (Lanao del
Sur), confusing their signals, precipitately started
the rebellion, overwhelming some Constabulary
detachments. They burned the Philippine Army
headquarters, took over complete control of the
city – notably, Mindanao State University, where
the Japanese Ambassador, Toshio Urabe, was
almost captured by the rebels – and cut off all
radio and road communications to other parts
of the province.
In late February and early March, the summer
plan of 1972 belatedly went into operation in
Cotabato when 6,000 rebels overran most of
the towns, threatening the IV PC (Philippine
Constabulary) Zone headquarters in Parang
as well as Cotabato City, destroyed the bridges
and immobilized all transportation within the
province.
Before that, Basilan was almost completely
occupied by several thousand rebels;
Zamboanga del Sur was plunged into a state
of turmoil. Again before January, government
troops had practically lost the province of Sulu,
except for the poblaciones, to numerically
superior rebels and secessionists.
Only the superior training and courage
of government troops, their heroic and alert
leadership, and the support of both Muslims
and Christians, organized and doing battle as
self-defense and strike forces, turned the tide
and recovered most of the beleaguered areas
for the Republic of the Philippines.
What relation do these apparently strictly
military actions have on my decision for a quick
ratification of the Constitution? The answer is
that these military events were dominated by a
political plan.
The Muslim secessionist rebels had
somehow convinced their financial supporters
abroad (openly identified in the international
press) that there was a civil war in the
Philippines and this was an ideal condition for
establishing a government separate from that
of the Republic of the Philippines, allied, if
necessary, with a neighboring country. This
step would be followed by a demand from the
United Nations Security Council for the right
of self-determination, following the formula
that successfully set up Bangladesh as a state
independent of Pakistan. The date for the
accomplishment of the plan was January 1973.
The plan was almost a political masterpiece.
My options were few. The hostile reaction of the
American press to the declaration of martial law
destroyed for us any immediate expectation of
United States aid – at the time we badly needed
materiel. And, then, of course, the assaults in
Mindanao were calculated to divide our forces
between Luzon and Mindanao.
The political plan, along with its clever, if
crude, military strategy, might very well have
worked if I had vacillated about the risks
of immediately ratifying the Constitution.
The danger of a supposedly separate and
independent government set up in one or
another municipality in Mindanao was apparent,
and would at once hold in doubt our sovereignty
in the area.
The only possible maneuver dictated by
the national interest was to meet this incipient
“splinter state” with a government and a
republic duly supported by the great majority
of the people, especially the Muslim citizenry,
operating under a constitution of their own
making and already ratified so as to be
enforceable by the government.
Time, of course, was of the essence. The
secessionist plan had been set back a few
months, but out intelligence sources from
the rebel camps were quite certain that the
secessionists were determined to follow
through their plans – especially that of setting
up a separate government – before the end of
January this year.
More than anyone, I knew the vulnerability
of the Philippine Republic in the Muslim
areas; martial law was a success in the rest
of the country, but our southern backdoor was
strategically vulnerable to the secessionists. An
excruciatingly careful estimate of the situation
convinced me that if the entire citizenry,
including the residents of the Muslim provinces,
were to approve the new Constitution by a show
of hands through the barangays, this would
dishearten the rebels and the secessionists,
commit the fence-sitters, and derail the plan for
separation.
I could only achieve this advantage by
pushing through the barangay plebiscite by
the middle of January. Necessarily, some
formalities had to be set aside, such as the
secret or written ballot and allowing a month or
two of full discussions of the Constitution.
I was taking a legal and constitutional
gamble, to be sure, but at stake was the
integrity of the sovereign state rather than a
technicality of law.
As it turned out, however, the results of
the plebiscite, no matter how much it was
questioned by a few, achieved the purpose
I had envisioned. The secessionist plan was
upset.
Obviously, neither armed might nor
exhortation would have sufficed to save
the integrity of the sovereign state had the
secessionists succeeded in their plan to install
a separate “sovereignty.” On the other hand,
prudent statesmanship constrained me from
revealing to our people the full dimension of the
danger to themselves, their country, and their
progeny.
NOW SPEAKING from the grave, okay,
from his 1973 book Notes on the New Society
of the Philippines, President Ferdinand E.
Marcos finds relevance in the current of events
besetting the Filipino nation today.
The same arena of battle. A different time.
When leaders were men. Shame.
There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a
quickening, that is translated through you into
action, and because there is only one of you in all
time, this expression is unique. And if you block
it, it will never exist through any other medium
and will be lost. –Martha Graham
Napaguusapan
Lang
Felix M. Garcia
Looking for
a vice mayor?
Kung ako ang pipili ng makatambal
Para maging Bise ni Mayor Pamintuan,
‘Comes year 2016,’ sa re-eleksyon n’yan,
Ang kukunin ko ay tunay na kabagang
Na maaasahang sa lahat ng oras
Ay mapanaligan at sadyang matapat;
At ‘yong ngayon pa lang katuwang na’t lahat
Sa lahat halos ng gawain sa siyudad.
Tama’t marami ang mapagpilian niya
Sa hanay ng ngayo’y malapit sa kanya,
Pero iba na ang kadikit talaga
Pagdating sa usaping pampulitika
AbeKa pooh-poohs Lapid
claim on bonus tax law
THE Partido Abe Kapampangan (AbeKa) yesterday
pooh-poohed the claim of
Senator Lito Lapid that he is
a principal author of the new
law, Republic Act 10653, that
exempts the 13th month pay
and other bonuses from taxes.
“The claim is like cattle rustling. As we put it in Kapampangan, it is like mapanaku
damulag,” said AbeKa deputy
secretary general William Aguilar.
“The principal author of
the law is Senator Ralph Recto, and Lapid probably just
checked in his name as an author of the bill, perhaps even
without reading its text,” Aguilar said.
In a press statement,
Lapid’s camp claimed he is
among the principal authors
of the measure, stating that he
supposedly filed Senate Bill
No. 1838, which was supposed
to be the basis of RA 10653.
Aguilar said that despite
Lapid’s claim that he filed the
most number of bills in the
Senate, only one has been
passed into law, the Free Legal Assistance Law, because
most of Lapid’s bills “border on
the ridiculous,” including regulating the weight of school
bags.
Lapid has recently announced his plan to run for
mayor of Angeles City in 2016.
“Kapampangans and perhaps the entire nation are
awaiting the good senator to share his views on the
Mamapasano incident, particularly in a situation where government forces are running out
of ammunition. In his movies,
Lapid can annihilate armies
and can even split a bullet to
hit two targets,” Aguilar said in
jest.
“But seriously the Mamapasano incident is a national tragedy, and we yearn for
the Kapampangan senator to
stand up and make a serious
position,” he added.
AbeKa recently advised
Lapid to focus first on his job
as a senator, since the elections are still a long way to go,
instead of campaigning too
early to become mayor of Angeles City.
In 2007 Lapid, an incumbent senator, ran for mayor of
Makati City but was badly defeated by now vice president
Jejomar Binay. In his last year
as senator, Lapid is eyeing
the mayoralty of Angeles City,
even if he is from the town of
Porac, Pampanga.
Pagkat sa mundo ng pulitika mismo
Kasabiha’y walang kasanggang totoo,
Hangga’t maari ay iwasan ang trapo
Dahil baligtarin ang marami nito.
Dala na rin nitong kapagka nakamit
Na ng iba ang bagay na ninanais,
‘Self interes’ na ang siyang mananaig
Sa kaibuturan ng kanilang dibdib.
Lahat ng paraan ay gagawin nito
Para ilaglag ang kanyang kapartido,
D’yan makikita ang tunay na katoto
Sa nakararami nating pulitiko.
Kaya, kung tayo nga itong tatanungin
Hinggil sa hanay r’yan ng pagpipiliin
Para maging Bise ng ating butihing
Mayor ng Angeles ay makabubuting
At hindi pa trapo na maituturing,
Sapagkat kumbaga sa ‘sport’ na boksing,
Siya’y ngayon pa lamang aakyat sa ‘ring;’
(Bagama’t sa public office’ siya galing).
Pero bilang dating opisyal din naman
Sa ibang ahensya ng pamahalaan,
Kailanman ay hindi siya nabahiran
Ng anumang mantsa ng katiwalian.
Hanggang sa siya ay maging ‘Chief of Staff’
Ni EdPam o nitong pamahalaang siyudad,
Na kung saan lubos naipakitang ganap
Ng taong ito ang pagiging matapat
At sinseridad niya sa kanyang tungkulin
Bilang katuwang at kanang kamay pa rin
Ni Mayor sa iba pa nitong gampanin
Kahit anong oras siya kailanganin.
Bagama’t di ko pa rin nakapanayam
Hinggil sa plano niya na tumakbo bilang
City Vice Mayor na katiket ni EdPam,
Tinitiyak kong si Alex Cauguiran
Ay magiging tunay na ‘asset’ ng bayan
At kapuri-puri sa panunungkulan
Sakali’t siya ay palaring mahalal,
Dahilan na rin sa kanyang katangian
Na mamuno sa konseho nitong siyudad
Sa paglikha riyan ng magagandang batas,
Na lalo pang ganap na magpapaunlad
Sa Angeles city sa araw ng bukas!
AC is Child-Friendly. Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan receives a certificate which
confers Angeles City with the Seal of Child-Friendly Local Governance by the Council
for the Welfare of Children (CWC) for the city’s commitment in promoting child rights
to survival, development and protection. Handing the certificate is Social Welfare
Officer Heide Patio and Department of the Interior and Local Government City Director
Belina T. Herman, CESE. Photo courtesy of Angeles CIO
Angeles’ crime rate down 15% - EdPam, ACPO
ANGELES CITY – The index crime rate has
declined by as much as 15%, from 554 to 470
covering January 2014 to January 2015, signifying improved peace and order in this city.
This was according to a report from Angeles
City Police Office (ACPO) as Mayor Edgardo
Pamintuan recently convened the first meeting
of the City Peace and Order Council (CPOC)
for 2015.
In the same report, ACPO recorded a 32%
increase in the crime solution rate in the onset of 2015, wherein 152 crimes are declared
“solved” as compared to the previous year’s 45
resolved cases.
The Weekly Crime Trend (WCT) further
validates the decreasing movement of crime
in the city. A consistent drop in the city’s crime
volume from 139 from October 24 to November 2 to only 74 crimes in the recent recorded
week.
According to Pamintuan, who is also the
chairman of the CPOC, this is a manifestation
of city government and national police’s commitment in making Angeles City a safe haven,
not only for the people of Angeles, but also
for indirect constituents like students, workers,
tourists and other groups who come to visit Angeles City.
“We are now beginning to reap the fruit of
our hard-earned toil to somehow decrease, if
not totally eradicate, forms of crime that greatly
affect the lives of our citizens here in Angeles,”
he expressed.
The ACPO also reported on the security
they provided during the APEC 2015 Senior
Officials’ Meeting, held inside Clark Freeport
Zone. A total of 973 APEC delegates were billeted in hotels in Angeles City.
Seal of Child-Friendly
Local Governance Awardee
During the same meeting, City Social Welfare and Development Officer Heide Patio, presented the 2014 Seal of Child-Friendly Local
Governance Certificate given by the Council for
the Welfare of Children (CWC).
The local government was cited for implementing programs that are geared towards the
protection of children, upholding their rights to
survival, development and participation. The
Award was signed by DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman and DILG Secretary Mar
Roxas.
Just recently, the DILG also awarded the
Seal of Good Financial Housekeeping (GFH) to
the local government of Angeles City.
“We are all gaining these recognitions because we are doing what is right according to
our mandate and the Angeleños see that,” said
Pamintuan.
Punto! Central Luzon • February 19 - 21, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
Ang ating itambal ay itong malapit
Mismo ang tanggapan niya sa Mayor’s Office,
Na tunay naman ding sadyang kapanalig
At may kasanayan na sa ‘legislative’;
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SSS payments via mobile phones coming soon
From page 1
subscribers.
G-Cash is a free mobile application, which
serves as a virtual wallet
offering users a secure,
fast and convenient
money transfers using
mobile phones.
Sebastian said for
SSS transactions, a onetime registration is required and payments are
free of charge.
The facility will be
opened to household
employers,
voluntary
members, and self-employed individuals including farmers, fisher-
men and non-working
spouses.
“We are encouraging
our members to register
in this new payment facility for prompt remittance
of their contributions and
loan amortizations at
their convenience,” Sebastian said
To make payments
using G-Cash, SSS
members will need to
load their G-Cash ac-
counts to cover their payments for contributions
and loans. The member
will receive a confirmation text message for every successful transaction.
line for the submission of
bids was set at 2 p.m. on
December 17, 2014 and
the opening of bids was
conducted immediately
after.
Lapid said four companies purchased bid
documents and among
the four interested bidders, one has successfully bid for Hilaga in an
amount more than the
minimum bid price of
P815,707,000
based
on the average appraisal value of two independent companies.
Lapid said TIEZA is
now currently waiting for
the approval of the Board
which is needed to consummate the sale to the
winning bidder which he
refused to identify pending the said approval.
Joining Lapid in the
press conference were
Jethro Nicolas F. Lozada, TIEZA Assistant
COO for Asset Management and Atty. Guiller
Asido, assistant COO for
Architecture and Engineering Services.
–Ashley Manabat
Lapid comes clean on Paskuhan
From page 1
ernor of Pampanga, explained that the sale of
the 9.3-hectare Paskuhan Village along the
North Luzon Expressway here for P939 million is above board.
Lapid said he is just
awaiting TIEZA Board
approval to make the
sale final.
Timeline on
Paskuhan
In a virtual repetition
of the banner story of the
Feb. 16-18 issue of Punto, Lapid said on January 12, 1989, pursuant to
its mandate under Presidential Decree No. 564,
the Philippine Tourism
Authority (PTA) executed
two Memorandum of Understanding with Jesus
Lazatin for the purchase
by the former of different
parcels of land from the
latter, with PTA conveying P100,000 to Lazatin
as earnest money.
On November 27,
1989, Lapid said, two
Deeds of Absolute Sale
were executed between
the two parties over the
same subject containing an area of 50,000
square meters and another 43,146 square meters for P80 per square
meter.
On December 6,
1989, P4 million was
paid for the 50,000
square meter lot and
P3,451,680 was paid for
the 43,164 square meter
lot, Lapid said.
On April 30, 1992, a
Deed of Exchange was
executed over Lot 3208G-4 owned by PTA and
Lot 3623-B owned by
Lazatin, he continued.
Subsequently, Transfer Certificate of Title
(TCT) Nos. 297231R covering an area of
43,164 square meters
and 376323-R covering
an area of 50,000 square
meters were issued in favor of PTA on March 30,
1990 and July 15, 1994
respectively, Lapid said.
In 2009, PTA was reorganized as the TIEZA under Republic Act
9593 or an act declaring
a national policy for tourism as an engine of investment, employment,
growth, and national development and strengthening the Department of
Tourism and its attached
agencies to effectively
and efficiently implement
that policy and appropriating funds thereof.
Lapid said in 2011,
upon the direction of the
TIEZA Board of Directors
headed by Secretary Ramon Jimenez, a study for
the highest and best use
and Master Planning of
TIEZA properties identified for privatization,
which included Hilaga,
was undertaken by a private consultancy firm engaged through a public
bidding.
He added that one of
the options recommended by the consultants for
Hilaga was the sale of
the property.
In its resolution on
January 11, 2014, the
TIEZA Board authorized
the engagement of the
services of consultants
in relation to the privatization of 13 properties
including Hilaga.
Lapid said on April 2,
2014, through a public
bidding, the consultancy
services were awarded
to Chadaro Consortium.
As provided in the services contract, within two
years, the consortium
shall provide the conceptualization and groundwork for the privatization
of assets as well as provide expert advice in determining the best option
on how to successfully
privatize the identified
assets.
The consortium shall
also assist the TIEZA
throughout the process
of implementing the concept based on due diligence they have conducted and in the actual
privatization of the assets.
Lapid said at least
four of the assets shall
be privatized through
sale, joint venture, lease,
management contract or
through other modalities
allowed by law.
After numerous meetings and evaluations, it
was agreed that the assets to be included in
the First Tranche are
the Agoo Playa Hotel in
La Union, properties in
Matabungkay and Talisay in Batangas and
Hilaga.
On October 27, 2014,
Lapid said the appraisals
of the value of each assets were presented and
approved by the Board.
Also approved was the
disposition of the assets
in the First Tranche by
December 2014.
Lapid said the mode
of privatization chosen
for the First Tranche is
an outright sale on an
“as is where is” basis.
After coming up with
a reasonable Terms of
Reference, the Special
Bid and Awards Committee for Privatization conducted a public bidding
on December 17, 2014
for the First Tranche of
the properties, Lapid
said.
He also said the publications of the invitation
to bid were placed in two
national dailies on October 31, November 3 and
November 10, 2014.
Lapid said the dead-
Punto! Central Luzon • February 19 - 21, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
Lone surviving dolphin...
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From page 1
Julius was among
the 31 dolphins which
beached
themselves
some three weeks ago
on the coasts of Pangasinan and La Union,
a phenomenon experts
described as “unusual
mortality event (UME).”
The dolphins were
transported to the Ocean
Adventure theme park’s
Dolphin Rescue Center, a journey which took
about five hours. Of
the 31 dolphins, 22 died
days later while eight
were released back into
the ocean. Julius initially survived but needed
medical attention, Aragones said.
The other day, however, Julius also died.
Gail Laule, chief operating officer of Ocean
Adventure, said “dynamite fishing is the likely cause of the incident,
and Julius apparently
suffered serious trauma. When a dolphin, or
whale, comes ashore
that means they have
lost the ability to survive
in their environment.
They are in critical condition, so the odds of success are very low. “
Aragones noted that
“caring for Julius was another testament to how
far the Stranding Network has come in terms
of effective cooperation
between agencies like
BFAR, local government
units, and members of
the civilian population
where these incidents
occur.”
She explained that
UME is “an unprecedented stranding that involves a significant number of animals going to
shore in one geographic area under conditions
that require immediate
intervention.” Aragones, also a professor of marine mam-
mal science at the Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology at UP Diliman
added that the dolphins
were most likely from the
same group, as Fraser’s
dolphins are often found
in large groups of up to
several hundred animals.”
“The Fraser’s dolphins are a deep water species so they may
have been attracted into
the Lingayen Gulf by the
abundance of Acetes, locally called “alamang,”
which have noticeably
increased recently,” she
explained.
Dr. Leo Suarez, staff
veterinarian at Ocean
Adventure who oversaw
the rehabilitation of Julius, said that “teams of
staff and volunteers provided around-the-clock
care, gently supporting him and helping him
swim for short distances
on his own.”
He noted that “one of
the biggest risks of long
term rehabilitation is scoliosis or curvature of the
spine from limited movement. Therefore, caregivers provided physical
therapy multiple times a
day to keep his muscles
working properly and the
spine aligned.”
Laule said Ocean
Adventure still cares for
three dolphins, all victims of dynamite fishing,
named Valentina, Scarlet, and Phina.
“These
dolphins,
which we fondly call
the dynamite girls, all
managed to survive because of the work of the
Stranding Network. We
brought a scientist from
Hawaii to conduct audiograms on the dolphins,
and found all three suffering from permanent
hearing loss. They are
now thriving here with us
at the park,” he noted.
–Ding Cervantes
9-hour brownouts...
From page 1
“The power interruption would accommotomers of Pampanga date Pelco I’s request to
Electric Cooperative I facilitate annual preven(Pelco I) in certain areas tive maintenance at Plaof Mexico, Arayat, Cand- za Luma, Arayat Substaaba, San Luis, and Sta. tion. Normal operations
Ana will have outage will immediately resume
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., he after work completion,”
also announced.
Vidal added.
Notice of Extrajudicial Settlement
Notice is hereby given that the heirs of Jesus Cunanan Figueroa
who died intestate on June 17, 2014 executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial
Settlement with Absolute Sale of his estate, more particularly described as a
parcel of land located at Brgy. Capaya, Angeles City and covered by Transfer
Certificate of Title No. 138959, before Notary Public Reymon E. Fabros as per
Doc No. 59, Page No. 88, Book No. VII, Series of 2015.
Punto! Central Luzon: February 20, 27 & March 6, 2015
Notice of Extrajudicial Settlement
Notice is hereby given that the heirs of Ponciano I. Del Rosario who
died on September 30, 2004 in Magalang, Pampanga executed an Affidavit of
Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Share of his estate, more particularly
described as a Willy’s Jeep with MV File No. 0364-3729, Engine No. 522663,
Chassis No. 283R, Plate No. CEB 722, and C.R. No. 57642153, before Notary
Public Almario D. Marimla as per Doc No. 495, Page 39, Book XXVI, Series
of 2015.
Punto! Central Luzon: February 13, 20 & 27, 2015
Notice of Extrajudicial Settlement
Notice is hereby given that the heirs of Bernardo Q. Capio who died
intestate on January 21, 1993 in Magalang, Pampanga executed an Affidavit of
Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale of his estate, more particularly described as a
parcel of land (Lot 25-C, Psd-328333) situated in the Barrio of Lourdes, Angeles
City and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 69059 of the Registry of
Deeds of Angeles City, before Notary Public Reymon E. Fabros as per Doc No.
101, Page No. 96, Book No. VII, Series of 2015.
Punto! Central Luzon: February 13, 20 & 27, 2015
Notice of Extrajudicial Settlement
Notice is hereby given that the heirs of Tomasa Ocampo Carbungco
who died intestate on November 24, 2014 in Angeles City executed an Affidavit
of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights of her estate, more particularly
described as a parcel of land (Lot 2, Pcs-03-000634) located in the Barrios of
San Nicolas and Lourdes, Angeles City and covered by Transfer Certificate of
Title No. 63262 of the Registry of Deeds of Angeles City, before Notary Public
Reymon E. Fabros as per Doc No. 97, Page No. 95, Book No. VII, Series of
2015.
Punto! Central Luzon: February 6, 13 & 20, 2015
Notice of Self-Adjudication
Notice is hereby given that Macaria Taruc Dela Cruz, sole heir of
Armando T. Dela Cruz who died on April 9, 1995 executed an Affidavit
of Self-Adjudication of his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of
land located on Lot 28A, Blk. 26, Sta. Monica Village, City of San Fernando,
Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 342333-R, before
Notary Public Severino T. Santos as per Doc No. 90, Page No. 19, Book No.
231, Series of 2014.
Punto! Central Luzon: February 6, 13 & 20, 2015
The Gossipmiller
Cesar Pambid
Heart Evangelista di pa mapatawad ng mga magulang
Kahit pala naikasal na si Heart Evangelista kay Senator Chiz Escudero, hindi pa rin napapatawad si Heart ng kanyang mga magulang.
Patunay yung di man lang dumalo ang mga ito sa magarbong kasal ng anak na ginanap sa Balesin Island sa Quezon Province.
Hindi lingid yung galit ng mga ito sa anak kahit na noong nagsisimula pa lang ang love affair ng dalawa. Sobrang drama ang nasaksihan ng publiko tungkol sa
kanila.
Si Heart naman, vocal sa pagsasabing mahal niya si Senator Chiz at kahit na itakwil; siya ng mga magulang ay okey lang sa kanya.
Si Senator Chiz sa kanyang parte ay walang pakialam, to the point na nilabanan niya ang maanghang na salita ng mga biyenan at ayon nga sa kanya, hindi na
sila dapat makialam.
Kunsabagay, talaga namang matigas ang ulo ni Heart kapag umiibig siya. Ganuon din ang drama nila nang makipag-live in siya kay Jericho Rosales. Itinakwil din
siya noon ng mga magulang niya, pero kung ilang taon din silang di nag-usap at nagwakas lang ito nang magwakas din ang kanilang love affair ni Jericho.
Samantala, tahimik naman ang pamilya sa kung ilang saglit lang na pakikipagnobyo ni Heart kay Daniel Matsunaga. Sumama pa ngang mgbakasyon si Heart sa
Brazil at ang akala ng lahat, silang dalawa na ang magkakatuluyan.
After Daniel, may brief love encounter din si Heart kay Sid Lucero at maraming masagwang tsismis ang tungkol sa kanila na kumalat sa showbiz. Mga blind items
alluding na may encounters na naganap sa dalawa. Anyway, that was water down the drain now at halos di na maalala ng publiko.
Kasal na nga sina Heart at Chiz, pero di na naganap ang hinihintay nilang patawad.
Pero sa sulat na ipinadala ng tatay ni Heart, may mga linyang handa nilang patawarin ang dalawa when the time comes na nakita na na genuine ang ligaya ng
kanyang anak sa piling i Chiz.n
“Ako na mismovang kakatok sa inyong pinto kapag nakita kong totoo kang masaya,” sabi pa ng isang parte ng sulat.
Mukhang na-miss talaga ni Coco Martin si Julia Montes dahil siya pala mismo ang nag-request na magkasama
sila ng young actress sa Wansapanataym Presents Yamishita Treasures.
Nagkaroon ng announcement presscon para sa naturang proyekto held last Tuesday sa ABS-CBN na
dinaluhan nina Coco and Julia at ng iba pang cast. To date, ito ang biggest Wansapanataym dahil sa
malalaking artistang involved.
Bukod kina Coco and Julia ay kasama rin sa cast sina Eddie Garcia, Angel Aquino, Bing Loyzaga at
Nonie Buencamino. Parte rin ng cast si Ryan Bang at ang bagong child wonder na si Alonzo Muhlach
na anak ni Niño Muhlach.
Sa presscon ay tinutukso nga si Coco na para i-request niya si Julia na maging leading lady, ibig
lang sabihin ay type niya ang young actress.
“Puwede namang mag-request,” sambit niyang natatawa.
“Hindi, pero, ganu’n, eh, ’di ba, lalung-lalo na ’pag sa mga proyekto, ’pag may nakikita kang
babagay para du’n sa role, saka sabi ko nga, kumbaga, after ko talaga na mapanood siya sa Halik
sa Hangin, sobrang galing na galing ako sa kanya, and then, sabi ko nga, sana, magkasama
kami ulit sa proyekto ni Julia.
“And then, sa sobrang busy ng schedule namin, na ang dami naming gagawin, and then,
nu’ng nakita ko ’yung calendar ko na hindi kami magsasama this year, sabi ko, at least itong
sa Wansapanataym, magkasama man lang kami,” paliwanag ng Teleserye King.
Nahingan din ng eksplanasyon si Coco sa pagdalo niya sa premiere night ng Halik sa
Hangin. Na kahit gaano siya ka-busy, talagang gumagawa siya ng paraan para makita si
Julia at masuportahan ito.
“Eh, siyempre, ganu’n,” natatawa niyang sabi, “pinahihirapan mo ako, eh,” biro pa
niya.
“Hindi, ’di ba, ganu’n naman ang tao, kapag gusto mo ang isang bagay, siyempre kung
alam mo na...” hindi na naituloy ng aktor ang sasabihin sabay-pakiusap na “tama na.”
So, lumalabas talaga na gusto niya si Julia at hindi na naman nakasagot ang aktor.
Say tuloy ni Julia na nasa tabi niya, “awkward kasi, tinatanong n’yo siya, nandito
ako.”
Natanong din si Coco kung na-miss ba niya si Julia at sagot ni Coco, “Siyempre
po, kasi unang-una, medyo mahaba na rin ’yung pagsasama namin ni Julia lalung-lalo
na sa TV at pelikula. And then, nagsama naman kami sa Ikaw Lamang pero sabi ko
nga, siyempre iba rin ’yung kami talaga ang loveteam.”
Hindi lang sa Wansapanataym nag-request si Coco na makasama si Julia kungdi may
konsepto pa raw siyang ginawa for next year, isang pelikula naman na pagsasamahan
nilang dalawa.
Maging si Julia ay inamin niyang na-miss niya ang leading man at everytime raw na
tinatanong siya, si Coco raw talaga ang sinasabi niyang aktor na gusto niya laging katrabaho.
“Kasi, everytime na nakakasama ko siya, ang dami kong natututunan. And then dito,
panibagong group na naman po, alam ko na marami na naman akong matututunan sa kanya.
Kaya sobrang na-miss ko naman po talaga,” sabi ni Julia.
Hindi lang sina Coco and Julia ang naka-miss sa isa’t isa, kungdi maging ang mga CocoJules fans dahil habang ginaganap ang presscon ay nagti-trending din ito sa Twitter.
Natutuwa naman si Coco na ang dami raw na-excite nang malamang magkakasama sila.
“Nakakatuwa kasi ang daming mga tao na sila pa ’yung mas nae-excite para sa amin, and
then, nakakatuwa kasi alam naman naming nagiging effective kami sa mga bawat proyektong
ginagawa namin,” sabi ni Coco.
Usually ay isang buwan lamang tumatakbo ang bawat episode ng Wansapanataym pero
ang Yamishita Treasures ay tatakbo ng 3 months kaya ito ang pinakamatagal na run ng
nasabing fantasy-drama anthology.
May pagka-action ang tema ng Yamishita Treasure kaya kailangan pang mag-train nina
Coco at Julia ng taekwondo. Nakatakdang magsimula ang episode ngayong summer.
Daniel-Kathryn baliw sa kanilang young love affair
Heart Evangelista
Sobrang cute nina Daniel Padilla at Kahtryn Bernardo ksa presscon ng movie nilang
Crazy Beautiful You under Star Cinema. Ang kulit nila pareho kaya pati ang senior stars na
kasama nila, sina Gabby Concepcion at Lorna Tolentino, maging ang director na si Mae
Cruz-Alviar, natatawa sa kanila.
Say nga ni Gabby, napagdaanan na niya ang ganyan noong kapanahunan ng loveteam
nila ni Sharon Cuneta.
Puring-puri ni Gabo ang magka-loveteam dahil napaka-natural daw. What you see is
what you get.
“Ituloy lang nila ’yung natural. Sabagay, lumalabas naman ’yan on screen, kung ano
’yung nangyayari sa kanila, nakikita ko naman. Maski ako, kinikilig ako, eh. Fan nila ako,”
sabi ni Gabo.
Natanong si Daniel kung gaano siya ka-crazy kay Kathryn at nakakatuwa dahil hindi
niya masagut-sagot ang tanong dahil nahihiya raw siya.
“Nakakahiyang sumagot, maraming tao. Nahihiya rin naman ako,” sabi ni Daniel.
Nahihiya pa rin ba siya kay Kath after how many years of being together?
“Oo naman, hindi naman nawawala ’yun. At saka, talagang mahiyain ako,” sambit
na naman ni DJ.
Pero nababaliw ba siya kay Kath?
Natawa si Daniel dahil tinagalog lang daw ang tanong. Pero bandang huli, say
niya, “Oo na, sige na, opo!”
Punto! Central Luzon • February 19 - 21, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
Coco-Julia reinvents Wansapanataym!
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Punto! Central Luzon • February 19 - 21, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday