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P 8.00
Volume 8
Number 62
Thu - Sat
March 5 - 7, 2015
LUBAO IS IT. Better site for hot air balloon
festival than Clark, say balloonists themselves,
due to air currents comparable to those in
Albuquerque, New Mexico, hailed as best in the
world. File photo by Bong Lacson
To address
hiring problems
SBMA hosts
labor-mismatch
congress
By Malou Dungog
ORIGINALS. Organizers of the first Clark hot air balloon fest in 1994, 4x4 enthusiast Bernie
Bituin, DOT Director Ronnie Tiotuico and Angeles City 4-Wheelers chief Noel Castro take
reins of the Lubao edition of the festival. Photo by Bong Lacson
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT
- The labor department
of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA)
hosted on Friday the
Subic Bay Freeport Labor Matching Congress
to help reduce mismatch
between labor demand
by existing companies
and the available workforce in this freeport.
SBMA labor manager Severo Pastor said
the congress served as
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awarded
‘Clark is not it’ EdPam
Best Mayor for
For hot air balloons the 3rd time
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By Ashley Manabat
LARK FREEPORT – In total negation of its self-projected image,
Clark is not an ideal site for big international hot air balloon festivals.
This arose during the media forum “Talk Widus
(with us)” organized by the Pampanga Press Club
in cooperation with Widus Hotel and Casino here on
Wednesday.
Ronnie Tiotuico, Department of Tourism (DOT)
Central Luzon regional director, said flights were delayed for two hours during the holding of the Phil-
ippine International Balloon Fiesta here last February12-15 just to give way to the hot air balloons.
These included flights from Cebu Pacific and Qatar
Airways.
Noel Castro, president of the Lubao International
Balloon Festival (LIBF) and Angeles Four-Wheelers
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ANGELES CITY. – MULTI-AWARDED and World
No. 8 City Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan has been
chosen as one of the recipients of the 2015 Most
Outstanding Mayors Award (MOMA) by the prestigious worldwide organization Superbrands Marketing International (SMI). This is the 3rd time
that SMI has voted Pamintuan for the said award
since 2012.
SMI is the only international award-giving
body on Marketing/Branding in the Philippines. A
Superbrand pays tribute to the strongest brands
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3 rape suspects remain at large,
turn tables on 6 arresting cops
By Ding Cervantes
TREE CUT. Shorn of its foliage, an acacia tree awaits “transfer” from the Angeles
City Circumferential Road to give way to the widening project.
Photo by Bong Lacson
3 ‘pushers’ patay sa MRC
Ni Johnny R. Reblando
CASTILLEJOS,
Zambales
--Pinagbabaril hanggang sa
mapatay ang tatlong drug
pushers ng dalawang dipa
kilalang
motorcycle-riding-criminals IMRC) sa MPC
Resettlement, Purok 12, Barangay Balaybay, sa bayang
ito kamakalawa ng umaga.
Kinilala ni Senior Inspector
Jose Arca, hepe ng Castillejos PNP, ang mga biktimang
sina MacArthur Douglas Lesaca ng Barangay Tampo, Botolan, Zambales; Ruby Corazon
Fernan, 39, tubong Lanao del
Norte at residente ng Barangay Balaybay at Rodelio Mana
ng Barangay Barretto, Olongapo City.
Ang mga biktima ay nagtamo ng ibat-ibang tama ng bala
sa katawan mula sa M-16 armalite rifle.
Sa imbestigasyon ng pulisya, ang mga suspek ay na-
kasuot ng bonnet, itim na jacket at sakay ng single motorcycle.
Narekober ng pulisya sa
pinangyarihan ng krimen ang
mga basyo ng bala at siyam
na plastic sachet na hinihinalang naglalaman ng shabu.
May hinala ang pulisya na
onsehan sa droga ang motibo
sa pagpatay sa mga biktima.
Patuloy ang imbestigasyon
ng Castillejos PNP hinggil sa
nasabing krimen.
Punto! Central Luzon • March 5 - 7, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
3 huli sa pot session
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OLONGAPO CITY--Dinakip
ng mga tauhan ng Police Station 3 ng Olongapo City PNP
ang tatlong katao na nagpo-pot session sa isinagawang drug operation sa Barangay Pag-Asa sa lungsod
na ito.
Kinilala ng pulisya ang
mga suspek na sina Rodelio
Patriarca, 43, residente ng
No. 71 Perimeter St., Barangay Pag-Asa; Jayson Loui
Sandoval, 28, at Maeanne
Claudio, 27, pawang mga
residente ng Purok 2, Sandoval St., Barangay Cabalan, Olongapo City.
Nakuha sa pag-iingat ng
mga suspek ang may limang
Bangkay ng
Koreano natagpuan
SUBIC, Zambales--Isang naagnas na katawan ng hinihinalang Korean national ang natagpuan ng mga kabataan
naglalakad sa madamong lugar sa Club Morocco, Barangay
Cawag, sa bayang ito kamakalawa ng hapon.
Kinilala ni Chief Inspector Oriano Mina, hepe ng Subic
PNP, batay sa nakuhang Bureau of Immigration Alien Certificate of Registration ang biktimang si Min Kyoungseo, 59, ng
South Korea at may residential address sa Lot 4 and 5 Rizal
St., Plaridel 1, Malabanias, Angeles City.
Ayon sa ulat naglalakad ang grupo ng ilang kabataan sa
lugar ng makaamoy sila ng di kanais-nais at nang kanila itong
imbistigahan ay bangkay ng isang tao ang kanilang nakita
kung kaya kaagad itong ipinagbigay alam sa mga kagawad
ng Barangay Cawag na siya namang tumawag ng pulis.
Batay sa pagsisisyasat ng scene of the crime operatives,
ang biktima ay may tatlo hanggang apat na linggo nang namatay bago ito nakita.
Isinailalim naman sa autopsy ang bangkay ng biktima
para matukoy kung may naganap na “foul play”.
–Johnny R. Reblando
transparent plastic sachet na
naglalaman ng hinihinalang
shabu at ibat-ibang drug paraphernalia.
Ang mga suspek ay
detinido sa Police Station 3
at ipinagharap na sa kasong
paglabag sa Section 11 at12,
Article ll ng RA 9165.
–Johnny R. Reblando
ANGELES CITY- Three
suspected rapists of a 13-yearold girl in Gerona, Tarlac who
went into hiding have turned
the tables on six policemen
who arrested them after the
Ombudsman accepted their
plea to charge the cops with
arbitrary detention and grave
misconduct.
This, amid reports that the
suspects are now being coddled by a relative who is a
ranking police officer in Central Luzon.
The Gerona police identified the cops now facing the
charges before the Ombudsman as Inspector Joel Natalicio Gamboa, PO3 Domingo
Pascua, PO2 Joseph Nunag,
PO2 Johannes Niegos, PO3
Ronald Ramos and PO3 Levy
Santos, all from the Gerona
town police station.
The complainants were
James Dela Cruz, Michael
Dela Cruz and Aljhon Tulabot
who were arrested by the cops
on July 22 last year, based
on a complaint of a second
year high school student who
said she was forcibly abducted at gun-point and repeatedly raped overnight by the three
suspects in Gerona.
The three rape suspects
filed the arbitrary detention
and grave misconduct against
the cops, and then went into
hiding.
Gamboa expressed dismay over the Ombudsman
cases, saying “We only acted on the personal complaint
reported to us and the rape
victim positively identified the
suspects that’s why we immediately arrested them.”
“How come we are facing
an Ombudsman case while
they remain fugitive of the
law? This is harassment,” said
Gamboa who led the arresting police team which nabbed
the three suspects in their residences in Barangay Caturay
in Gerona on July 22 last year.
Gamboa noted the rape
suspects underwent inquest
proceedings before the Tarlac Provincial Prosecutors Office but they filed a waiver for
their continued detention and
availed themselves of an ac-
cused right to preliminary investigation.
While detained at this
town’s police station pending
the preliminary investigation,
the suspects’ parents filed in
court a petition for habeas corpus alleging that their arrests
were unlawful.
Gamboa said only one
hearing was held on the petition at the Tarlac Regional
Trial Court Branch 65 presided by Judge Maria Magdalena
Balderama where the police’s
counsel Ferdinand Miclat was
ordered to submit a written
comment on the petition for
habeas corpus.
A few days later, the court
granted the suspects’ petition
and ordered their release on
August 15.
Apparently, the court’s decision to release the suspects
was primarily due to the failure
of Miclat to submit a written
comment on the petition.
Miclat is Gerona’s legal
counsel who was ordered by
Mayor Dennis Norma Go to
assist the police on the petition
for habeas corpus filed by the
suspects.
Gamboa, noted, however,
that a couple of months after
the suspects were released
from detention, the provincial
prosecutor concluded the preliminary investigation on the
rape case and subsequently
the Tarlac Regional Trial Court
Branch 63 issued the warrant
of arrest against the three..
The suspected rapists,
however, have remained at
large and are the subject of a
nationwide police manhunt.
“It is very unfortunate that
our good and capable policemen who were able to lawfully arrest the rape suspects are
being made to suffer after simply doing their job,” said Gerona police chief Supt. Ariel Rebancos Red.
Red noted that the Ombudsman complaint was filed
only last Dec. 15, after a warrant of arrest was issued
against the suspects.
“We will not be cowed by
any form of harassment. We
will continue to uphold the law
and arrest criminals whoever
they are, whomever they are
related to,” said Red.
humihingi ng tulong.
Ayon kay Aganon, siya at
ang kasama na nakilalang si
Caridad Daileg-Lucero ay pinipigilan umano ng isang Boy
Correa at kasama nitong si
Ramon Correa mula sa kanilang bakuran sa Barangay Palestina.
Nang dumating ang mga
otoridad, ani Villanueva, ay
naabutan nilang nagsusuntukan sina Aganon at Ramon
Correa, Naaktuhan rin ng mga
pulis na bumunot si Victor Correa ng baril.
Mabilis namang nakatakas si Ramon nang mamataan
ang mga pulis samantalang
nasakote si Victor at nakumpiska mula sa kanya ang .45
pistola na may isang magasin
at pitong bala.
Ayon kay Senior Supt.
Crizaldo Nieves, director ng
NEPPO, lumabas sa follow-up
investigation na si Victor ay
miyembro ng kilabot na Parica Group na sangkot sa gunfor-hire at panghoholdap sa
lungsod na ito at mga karatigbayan.
May nakabinbin rin itong
kaso na frustrated murder sa
Regional Trial Court sa ilalim
ng Criminal Case No. 150209-SJC at illegal possession
of firearms na may Criminal
Case No. 12145 sa Municipal
Trial Court Branch 2, sa lungsod ding ito.
Sinampahan ng bagong
kaso na paglabag sa Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act si Correa
dahil sa pinakahuling insidente.
Hired gun bagsak sa PPSC
Ni Armand M. Galang
SAN JOSE CITY – Bumagsak
sa kamay ng batas ang isang
hinihinalang lider ng gun-forhire at hold-up gang sa Nueva Ecija matapos mahulihan
ng baril ng mga operatiba ng
Nueva Ecija Police Provincial
Office-Provincial Public Safety
Company (NEPPO-PPSC) sa
Barangay Palestina dito nitong
Martes.
Ang suspek ay kinilalang si
Victor Correa, 38, residente ng
Zone 1, Barangay San Agustin
ng lungsod na ito.
Sa ulat ni Supt. Ricardo
Villanueva, commander ng
PPSC-NEPPO, nakatanggap
ng tawag mula sa residente na
nakilalang si Benito Aganon
ang 3rd Maneuver Platoon na
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SM Supermarket mobilizes
‘Baryanihan’ project in Gapo
We seldom experience giving away
loose change to the cashier as donation. Little we know that these coins
could go to the hands of deserving
beneficiaries.
Through the money that were
raised from “Baryanihan” , a project
that enjoins shoppers to voluntarily
donate their loose change for a community effort in the vicinity where SM
Supermarket operates.
SM Supermarket has donated essential items to Asinan Elementary
School that include water dispensers
with PET bottles, TV flat screen, desk
fans, basic sound system, cleaning
materials and monoblock chairs. Free
snacks were also distributed to all the
students present during the turn-over
ceremony on March 03, 2015 at Asinan Elementary School.
“Isa lang ang masasabi ko, napakalaking pasasalamat namin sa
SM sa pagbibigay nila ng mga gamit
na ito, super saya namin,” said Anita
Abille, school principal.
The project “Baryanihan” comes
from the words ‘barya’ (coins) and
‘bayanihan’ (the community spirit).
SM Supermarket, the largest su-
permarket chain in the Philippines rekindles the bayanihan tradition with
the launch of a project that depicts
the cooperative effort of helping out
one’s neighbor.
SM Supermarket continues to
give back to the communities and
help those in need through “Baryanihan” with the support from its millions
of shoppers.
SM Supermarket is the food retail arm of SM Investments. As of
May 30, 2014, it operates 39 supermarkets and 96 SaveMore branches
across the Philippines. –PR-SMOL
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Punto! Central Luzon • March 5 - 7, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
THUMBS UP. SM Supermarket Store Manager Jennifer Carillo (in black blazer) with the faculty
members and students of Asinan Elementary School approve the donation from SM Supermarket’s
“Baryanihan” project on March 03, 2015. The project “Baryanihan” with the combined words of
‘barya’ (coins) and ‘bayanihan’ (the community spirit) enjoins shoppers to voluntarily donate their
loose change for a community effort in the vicinity where SM Supermarket operates. PR-SMOL
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Tulauk: Lenten sarswela slated at Robinson’s
After the highly successful I Love Pope Francis The
Musical,Teatru
Kapampangan restages Tulauk, an original Lenten Sarswela that tells
the Greatest Story of Humani-
ty, the Redeeming Life, Death
and Resurrection of Jesus
Christ. Now on its third year of
touring, Tulauk, with 20 original songs, will be staged at
Robinsons Starmill Pampanga
and at the San Simon Parish
on March 14, 2015 and March
27, 2015 respectively.
Teatru Kapampangan is
composed of ArtiSta.Rita,
Kapampangan priests and lay
Vega-Cabigting sets programs
for Women’s Month celebration
Punto! Central Luzon • March 5 - 7, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
ANGELES CITY--This city’s
Vice Mayor Vicky Vega Cabigting has set a series of activities in line with the celebration of the Women’s Month
this March aimed at promoting the welfare and well-being of women across all sectors.
Vega-Cabigting said that
the events are in line with
the 2015 National Women’s
Month Celebration with the
local theme “Angeleña, Desisyon Mo ay Mahalaga sa
Kinabukasan ng Bawat Isa,
Ikaw Na!”. Vega-Cabigting
said that the events aim to
pay tribute to all women leaders who passionately led and
continue to advance women’s advocacies.
“We have lined up activities that promote the well
rounded development of
women. We have diversified
this year’s events to cater to
diverse needs of our women
in the city,” Vega-Cabigting
said urging Angeleno women
to participate in the events.
The Vice Mayor has lined
up activities like
Sayaw,
Galaw Kababaihan sa Daan
that features Zumba and
Street dancing events and
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Sine Kababaihan Short Film
that brings college students in
an an open competition for this
year’s best creative films.
Vega-Cabigting will also be
relaunching her Kabuhayan
Patrol (Barangay Edition) in
a bid to bring livelihood assistance for women in the barangays. Women and mothers
will also be able to participate
in environmental activities as
Cabigting calls on mothers and
all women in communities here
to actively participate in protecting ‘Mother Earth’ through
environmental advocacies in
a program dubbed as Mothers
for Mother Nature (MOM Na!).
“We will also be hosting
seminars for women in various
sectors and groups like the
Philippine National Police Girl
Scouts and those employed
in the education sector of the
city. All these to help them be
aware of their rights and their
responsibilities in forging a
strong community,” Vega-Cabigting said.
Vega-Cabigting has been
known for her pro-women programs. She has been active in
empowerment programs like
Sulong Kaalaman, Women
H.E.A.L., Read-a-long, Kari-
ton para sa Edukasyon, Sulong Kalusugan/Caravan and
Mobile Clinic, Gabay sa Paghimlay and Kabuhayan Patrol among others.
The vice mayor said that
celebration
of
Women’s
Month here is pursuant to
Presidential
Proclamation
Nos. 224 and 227, both series of 1998, and Republic
Act No. 6949 s. 1990, hat declared the month of March as
National Women’s Month.
This year’s celebration
also aims to pay tribute to
all women leaders who passionately led and continue to
advance women’s advocacies. Their key roles and accomplishments in leadership,
power and decision-making
will be highlighted in order to
influence and break the conservative mindset and belief
that politics and leadership
are not for women, according
to Vega-Cabigting.
Vega-Cabigting is one
clear proof that women can
make it into the real of local
public service having served
as No. 1 city councilor (two
terms) and soon to complete
her full term as vice mayor.
–Press Release
artists, headed by its president
Rev. Fr. Deogracias Kerr S.
Galang and its spiritual directors/advisers His Excellency
Archbishop Emeritus Paciano
B. Aniceto and Most Reverend
Bishop Pablo Virgilio S. David.
Teatro Kapampangan Executive Directors are Ma. Theresa Laus, Teresita Guanzon,
Butchie Lagman, Dr. Leleng
Santiago, Rina Alarcon, Bondee Dinio, Corito Tayag, Vina
Tayag, Doren Tayag, Meng
Mctavish, Dr Victoria Segundo, Dr. Elen Mangahas, Frieda
Hizon and Siobe Co.
Tulauk stars five Kapampangan priests Fr. Ric Luzung, Fr. Ted Valencia, Fr. Homer Policarpio, Fr. Aris Maniago and Fr. Jon Bartolome with
ArtiSta.Rita and a select group
of seasoned men and women
completing the cast.
Tulauk is written by Andy
Alviz and Fr. Deogracias Kerr
Galang, with additional materials by Randy del Rosario. Recita Pineda, Angelique
Lansang, Hancel Lapid, Jake
Abella and Randy del Rosario
are at helm of its musical direction and orchestration.
Andy Alviz is its artistic director, choreographer and
composer.
Tulauk is an interactive
Lenten sarswela where the
audience is invited to participate in crowd scenes. To
heighten the Lenten experience, the viewers are advised
to bring palaspas, candles and
veils or shawls.
For details, inquiries and
bookings, Teatru Kapampangan can be reached through
its production managers Cindy Lapid @ 09189092994
and Rhoda Mercado at
0918900600.
By Ernie Esconde
nasa isip ko. Mahalaga ang
tulungan,
pagmamalasakit
ng bawat isa para sa pagsulong ng Samal. Magandang
programa itong sanitary landfill para masulusyunan ang
problema sa basura kaya sama-sama na tayo,” the mayor
appealed.
Under the scheme, Dela
Fuente said only residual
waste will be hauled off to the
dumpsite after proper segregation in every barangay. Recyclables can be sold to junkshops while biodegradables
can be turned into compost for
use as fertilizers.
She said that each of the
14 barangays will have a Material Recycling Facility.
Mayor: Landfill safe
SAMAL, Bataan- The mayor here on Monday assuaged
the fear of his constituents
on the alleged ill-effect of the
proposed sanitary landfill undergoing fencing and ground
works in an agricultural area
in this town.
“Republic Act 9003 or the
Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 where
our sanitary landfill project is
anchored protects the environment and people,” Mayor
Gene dela Fuente said, even
as she asked her constituents
to trust her.
“Bilang ina ng bayan, kabutihan ng mamamayan ang
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Punto! Central Luzon • March 5 - 7, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
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Editorial
Punto! Central Luzon • March 5 - 7, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
It’s the runway,
stupid
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WORST AIRPORT in the World 2011.
Worst Airport in the World 2012.
Worst Airport in the World 2013.
4th Worst Airport in the World 2014.
The worst gone worsening. So
something’s got to give.
Yeah, no mere facelift but a makeover
the Ninoy Aquino International Airport
Terminal 1 got subjected to of late.
“Naia Terminal 1 new facilities: Main
flight information display boards, check in
counters + weighing + feeder conveyors,
4 new chillers (AC).” So posted Deputy
presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte
on her Twitter account. With photographs
of the new baggage claim and the
conveyor area and newly-renovated
lavatories that she took during her
Tuesday inspection of the terminal.
Give NAIA T-1 now an “A” for toilet
cleanliness, coolness and convenience
to passengers. Yeah, great.
Too bad the terminal makeover will do
little, very, very little, if any, to solve the
fundamental problem of NAIA – air traffic
congestion.
Everyone
knows
the
solution:
expanded, multiple runways.
Which NAIA, with its constricted
600-hectare area, could not allow.
Which Clark, with its parallel runways,
can now allow. And more space for
expansion with its 2,400-hectare civil
aviation complex.
Yeah, seeking a solution to the problem
that is NAIA?
It’s Clark.
So, why hasn’t government even
thought about this?
That’s expecting too much of its
intelligence.
Duh!
acaesar.blogspot.com
Zona Libre
Bong Z. Lacson
Name-calling
NOBODY versus EdPam.
Screamed our banner here Friday last week, in what could be the opening salvo
of the 2016 campaign for the Angeles City mayorship. The incumbent, Edgardo
Pamintuan, clearly drawing first blood there.
No, Pamintuan did not name anybody
– “Nobody” nga eh – as he did not have to.
Everybody knows who that nobody was/is the
mayor implied in his response to a query from
the Inquirer’s Tonette Orejas.
Actually, a somebody to his supporters now
enraged by what they deemed as the “rattled”
Pamintuan’s insult.
Of course, Pamintuan in effect named
him. “Nobody” nga eh. With all the negativism
associated to that term – a know-nothing nonentity, foremost.
It’s all name-calling. Just an everyday
sport, taken to high intensity in its political
application thus meriting a prime spot in political
propaganda methodology.
Cognitive bias, it’s written in some shrink’s
notepad, defined as “error in thinking that
influence how humans make decisions.”
Impacting negative opinion in the minds of
some audience about the object of the namecalling is the principal end there. Blocking off
any rational or objective examination of the
facts at hand.
Suffice is the name tagged on the person
and conclusions are readily drawn.
A sampling from campaigns past:
Asenso Pusakal for one pugnacious town
mayor and Ferdinand Markurakus for his rival.
Jun Balas for the mayor of a sand quarryrich town.
Monkey Tong for a city executive. Advance
Santos for his opponent.
Don Pipit for a gubernatorial bet who started
rich and ended up last and lost.
Litong-lito for you-know-who.
In the 2010 presidential elections: Giba
Teodoro, Money Villar, and ultimate winner,
Abnoy Aquino.
And the current leading presidentiable:
Nognog.
Name-calling is aimed not only to trivialize
its object but moreso to ridicule him/her. Make
them so much the laughingstock that they
would not merit the least serious consideration
in the mind of the audience. Be wary though of
libel and slander lurking here.
As happened in 2001 when the journalist
Ody Fabian – God bless his soul – found
himself slapped with a case of slander for
making “Bawal ang pangit sa Mabalacat” the
closing spiel in our radio program Alas-4 Na!
The
never-winning
nay-surrendering
perennial also-ran felt alluded to by Fabian’s
“personal insult.”
On the other hand, name-calling can
backfire.
This is best exampled by the aestheticallychallenged dearly departed Apalit Mayor Tirso
G. Lacanilao.
The first time he ran, Lacanilao’s posters
were plastered with “PANGIT” by his rivals. No,
he did not cry slander.
Instead of being disheartened, Lacanilao
found right there the inspiration that propelled
him to victory.
He stopped putting up his own posters,
reproducing by the tens of thousands the
“PANGIT” sheets and plastered the whole town
with them. Unwise to the scheme, the electorate
found Lacanilao the harassed underdog,
Pushing further, Lacanilao appropriated for
himself the moniker “Pogi” and for his middle
initial G, “Guapo” – ironies that easily tickled the
funny bone of the electorate. Then he made selfdeprecation the high note of his campaign pitch.
On the entablado, Lacanilao in all seriousness:
“Sasabyan da pu deng kanakung kalaban ing
lupa kung kabayu. Mangalaram la pu ren. Ikayu
na ing makapagpatune e ku pu lupang kabayu.
Lupa ku pung tsonggo! (My rivals say I look like
a horse. They are liars. You, yourselves can see
that I don’t look like a horse. I look like a monkey!)”
His audience never failed to explode in laughter.
The electorate literally guffawed Lacanilao on
his way to the Apalit town hall in his two terms
as vice mayor and three terms as mayor.
The lesson here is that name-calling, as
propaganda technique, should be used most
judiciously.
Sans any rational argument leading to
predetermined conclusions negative to a
person, name-calling assumes the element
of that fallacy in logic called argumentum ad
hominem, the attack on a person’s character as
response to an argument.
Such argument instead of ridiculing the
person – as intended – can make an underdog
of him with the audience taking pity of, and then
sympathizing with him. Hence, another logical
fallacy called argumentum ad misericordiam.
This is most specially so in the case of us
Filipinos who always fall – with our inherent
emotional irrationality – for the underdog.
And nobody but “Nobody” has taken full
mastery of that art of underdogship in political
practice, parlaying it to victory in every election
he entered. Except one.
But then that was a totally different story.
Still, be careful with names.
Today in Philippine history
Source: www.kahimyang.info
The University of the Philippines
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On March 6, 1909, the University of the Philippines Los
Baños (UPLB) founded by
American botanist Edwin B.
Copeland, was officially established.
The Board of Regents of
the American University of
the Philippines established
the College of Agriculture in
Los Baños, Laguna, setting
up an institution dedicated
to research and education in
agriculture and related disciplines.
UPLB has played an influential role in Asian agriculture
and biotechnology due to its
pioneering efforts in plant
breeding and bioengineering
focusing on the development
of high-yielding and pest-resistant crops.
It is a recipient of the Ra-
mon Magsaysay Award (regarded as Asia’s Nobel Prize)
as well as other awards from
other Asian countries in recognition of its research works.
At present, the UPLB offers programs in the natural
sciences, engineering, formal sciences, social sciences and liberal arts through
its nine colleges and two
schools.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence
then, is not an act, but a habit. –Aristotle
Napaguusapan
Lang
Felix M. Garcia
Sinong dapat
sisihin?
Ang aba n’yong lingkod ay di Abogado
O empleado man lang sa ating husgado,
Pero nang dahil sa pagka-usisero
Ni ‘yours truly’ sa ibang nagtutungo rito
Para daluhan ang naka-takdang ‘hearing,’
Marami-rami na ang naringgan natin
Nitong iba’t-ibang reklamo at daing
Hinggil sa usad-pagong nilang usapin.
Nand’yan ang posibleng mag-‘file’ ang isa riyan
Ng kung anong ‘Motion’ para ipaliban;
At may mga Piskal na kahit alam n’yan
Na may bista siya tamad pumasok yan.
Ganun din naman ang ibang Abogado,
Na kahit may ‘hearing’ ng naka-‘set’ ito
Sa ganitong araw sa isang munisipyo,
Madalas may bista rin sa Kapitolyo.
Kaya papaano niya magagawang
Siputin pareho kung magkalayo yan?
Suma-total ang posibleng kahantungan
Ay wala maliban sa mapo-postpone lang.
Yan ay matagal na at dati ng sakit
Sa alin pa mandin yatang ‘Court of Justice’;
Minsan si ‘Your Honor’ itong biglang ‘on-leave’
Kahit pa may ‘setting’ siya ng paglilitis.
Alalaon baga, sa puntong nasabi
Ang lahat ng ito dagok sa kliyente,
Matuloy o hindi ang bista ng pobre
Tiyak sisingilin yan ng ‘Attorney’s fee’.
At ayon na rin sa kuwento nitong ilan
Na aking personal na nakapanayam,
Mga Piskal daw po itong karamihan
Na di sumisipot sa bista kung misan.
May mga Attorney din naman daw yata
Na ni kaunting pabor minsan di magawa
Ang sana kapagka’ na-postponed ng bigla,
Kalahati na lang o totally wala.
At ang masaklap sa ibang Abogado
Pagdating sa pera ay ubod ng listo,
Pero pagdating sa harap ng husgado
Animo ay pagong kung kumilos ito.
Trabaho lamang Sir, walang personalan
At walang direktang pinatatamaan,
Kundi ang atin ay obserbasyon lamang
Base na rin sa’ting naging karanasan.
Tulad na lang ng napakasimpleng kaso
Ng ‘relocation’ ng lupa ng anak ko,
Aba’y umabot ng taon sa husgado
Bago naresolba o natapos ito
Sa kapo-postpone’ ng kabilang partido,
Gayong hindi naman siya apektado,
Buti na lang si ‘Judge’ niresolba nito
Matapos magkusang siya’y sumama rito
At ang ‘surveyor’ na aming kinomisyon
Upang i-relocate ang mga ‘metes & bounds,’
At matapos nga ay inihayag nitong
Tapos na’t hintayin na lang ang desisyon.
Kung ang lahat na ng Hukom ay kagaya
Ng ating nabanggit na kusang sumama
Sa ‘site’ para lamang n’yan madetermina
Ang isyu, lahat madaling maresolba!
(At walang kaso na aabot ng siyam-siyam
Sa alin mang korte sa kasalukuyan,
Sanhi lamang nitong ‘red tape’ kadalasan
Na siyang sa ngayon ay tila umiiral!)
KIDS DAY. Fontana Leisure Parks in Clark plays host for the 5th year to some 400
children with special needs and their guardians Monday. The event is coordinated by
the Department of Tourism Region 3 with Taisho Pharmaceutical, Zagu, Clark Trading
Corp. and the SpEd teachers of DepEd Angeles City, The world-class waterpark was
closed for the day exclusively for these children. Contributed photo
Led by CBCP president
81 prelates call on PNoy, Senate, House to
‘give new life and glorious finish’ to CARP
Eighty one Catholic Church
leaders composed of 15 archbishops, 59 bishops, and seven Church administrators
have renewed their call for
President Benigno Aquino III,
the Senate, and the House of
Representatives to “give new
life and glorious finish” to the
27-year-old Comprehensive
Agrarian Reform Program
(CARP).
“In particular, at this time,
we appeal to the President
to certify urgent, and to the
members of the two chambers
of Congress to immediately
pass the two proposed laws…
which are in various stages of
consideration in the Senate
and the House of Representatives,” said the prelates, led by
Archbishop Socrates Villegas,
President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, in their recent two-page
letter they forwarded to Aquino.
The prelates are referring
to twin measures House Bill
4296 and House Bill 4375.
HB 4296 seeks to renew
the Department of Agrarian
Reform (DAR)’s authority to
issue notices of coverage and
provide adequate funding for
support services to agricultural landholdings that have not
yet been placed under CARP.
HB 4375 seeks to create
an independent Agrarian Reform Commission to review
the actual accomplishment
of CARP and investigate circumventions and violations of
the CARP Law with a view to
cause these landholdings to
be redistributed to qualified
beneficiaries.
In June 2014, President
Aquino certified as urgent the
passage of HB 4296, but the
House has not yet passed
the supposedly priority bill on
third and final reading, eight
months after the chief executive’s certification. Senate has
already done its part by passing the counterpart Senate Bill
2278.
HB 4375, which also remains pending at the House,
does not yet have a counterpart measure at the Senate and needs to be certified
by the President as a priority
measure.
“Not extending CARP and
ensuring the gains of the program is tantamount to disenfranchising at least a million
farmers of their right to own
the land they till, equitably
share in the fruits of their labor
and find a path out of poverty,”
the prelates said in their letter.
“It also means the country’s failure to break up the unjust concentration of land ownership in a few and thereby
not achieve inclusive growth,”
they said.
“To the Filipino people’s
representatives: please do not
allow the agrarian reform program to die a quiet death before its noble mission to finally emancipate and liberate our
farmers is fully achieved,” the
prelates added.
There are still about
708,000 hectares of agricultural landholdings that have
not yet been awarded to farmer-beneficiaries of the CARP
based on the August 2014
data of the DAR, according to
the prelates.
They also said that an estimated 1 million to 1.5 million hectares being claimed
by the DAR as distributed “are
not under the control of farmer-beneficiaries and are suspect as evasions of the law
such as lands under collective CLOA (certificate of landownership award) and longterm leaseback agreements
and lands distributed as VLTs
(voluntary land transfers) and
VOS (voluntary offer to sell).”
“Unless these transactions are voided and the land
distributed to legitimate farmer-beneficiaries, the landowners and the DAR personnel
complicit in the evasions will
be rewarded for defying the
law,” the prelates said.
“It would also be unfair to
the landowners who allowed
their lands to be really distributed to poor tillers, with some
of these landowners still to be
compensated,” they added.
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Punto! Central Luzon • March 5 - 7, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
Ganito anila: halimbawang ikaw
Ay may bista ka r’yan sa ganitong araw,
Walang katiyakan na matutuloy daw
Sa kadahilang baka mabantilaw.
7
‘Clark is not it’
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Club charter officers Bernie Bituin and Joel Santos said the original plan
of the hot air balloon fiesta in this former volcano-ravaged US military
facility is to put it back on
the map as a viable economic area.
Tiotuico and Castro
were part of the original
planners of the Clark balloon fiesta in 1994 with
then Tourism secretary
Mina Gabor, Briton John
Emery and Korean Pike
Chung Hee while Bituin
and Santos were part of
the first chase crew from
the Angeles Four-Wheelers Club.
But now that the
Clark International Airport (CIA) is gaining
ground, international ballooning has found a new
home in Barangay Prado
Siongco in Lubao, Pampanga, said Castro.
He said it is now time
to allow the full development of the Clark airport
and not hinder it with hot
air balloon flights.
This, jives with the
stand of the advocacy
group Pinoy Gumising
Ka Movement that the
hot air balloon festival in
Clark “sabotages” the full
development of the Clark
airport as the country’s
premier
international
gateway.
“One thing we learned
when we went to Saga,
Japan is not to fly near
airports. Ballooning is a
hindrance to the development of the Clark airport and is not in accordance with international
standards,” he said.
The biggest balloon
event in Asia is the Saga
International Balloon Fiesta in Japan where
hundreds of balloonists
participate. It was started in 1978 but in 1980
it was moved outside
Saga City where there is
more room and at least a
hundred kilometers from
the Fukuoka airport, the
fourth busiest passenger
airport in Japan.
Located between Fukuoka and Nagasaki,
Saga has an airport but
not many flights fly into it.
It is an hour by bus from
the larger Fukuoka airport.
Castro explained that
transferring the event
from Clark is also in accordance with the original plan to pave the way
for the full development
of the Clark airport.
From March 20 to 29,
Barangay Prado Siongco
will host the second international balloon festival
where some 46 hot air
balloons from 18 countries will converge in what
is bruited to be a spectacular air show. It is also
described as the biggest
hot air balloon festival in
Southeast Asia.
Joining the festival are some 15 special shaped hot air balloons including a newspaper, a birthday cake,
clown, heart, Star Wars
characters Darth Vader
and Yoda, and cartoon
characters like Humpty
Dumpty, Snobird and a
monster that will take to
the air.
Castro said “the excitement does not happen only up in the air but
also down on the ground”
because the chase crew
use four by four vehicles
unlike in Saga, Japan
where they use vans like
Hi-Ace and Delicas.
Castro said Philippine road conditions are
more challenging especially after the eruption of
Mt. Pinatubo when most
of the roads and bridges
were devastated.
Wind factor
Castro said the hot
summer month is never
a factor since in Africa,
where it is hotter, balloon
flights are offered to tourists the whole day and
year round.
“We did research and
consulted with experts,”
he said. “It is always the
wind condition that plays
a big factor in flying hot
air balloons,” he added.
Castro said Lubao
has the same wind condition as that of Albuquerque in New Mexico,
USA where the biggest
hot air balloon festival
in the world is held and
joined by thousands of
balloonists.
The unique wind condition is called “box air,”
Castro said, “where the
launch site can also be
the landing site allowing
spectators more viewing
time.”
Castro pointed out
that in Clark, balloons
go to the general direction of the lahar area every time they fly out and
just land there. In Lubao,
they fly out to the Bataan mountains then later
come back to the launch
site.
He said because of
this unique wind condition, Lubao has gained
prominence among in-
SBMA hosts labor-mismatch congress
Punto! Central Luzon • March 5 - 7, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
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8
a venue for dialogue
among students, the academe, business locators, and the government
to fill employment gaps
in an overall effort to
achieve industrial peace.
The congress was
held at the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention
Center (SBECC) and
was attended by sectoral
representatives from the
Subic Freeport, Olongapo, and Zambales. The
event also drew participation from the SBMA
Business Group, which
communicates with business locators in manufacturing, maritime, leisure, logistics, ICT, and
general business and investment.
“It is a continuing activity of SBMA as part of
its corporate social responsibility to extend to
students and the community its services of
finding or creating suitable jobs matching their
skills,” Pastor said.
He noted that employment problems in
the Philippines are often caused by labor mismatch, which results in
underemployment, if not
unemployment.
He recalled that when
South Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction-Philippines,
Inc.
started its operation in
Subic Bay, it asked the
SBMA for 10,000 workers as welders, plumbers, electricians, painters, and others.
“Unfortunately,
we
could only provide a
tenth of the number
asked. And the rest had
to undergo trainings,”
Pastor said.
He added that with
the SBMA’s target of creating 100,000 jobs by the
end of 2015, the SBMA
labor department is now
intensifying its efforts
with the help of business locators, schools,
and related agencies of
the government like the
Technical Education and
Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the
Department of Education
(DepEd).
“This why we in TESDA recommend that all
high school graduating
students must undergo
skills development training to develop skills and
interest, and later choose
the right college or vocational course after graduation,” explained TESDA Officer (R3) Nomer
Pascual during the congress.
Meanwhile,
some
business locators in the
freeport pointed out their
concerns about labor
mismatch to help identify and address the problems.
Quintin Ellick, owner of Contex Call Center and concurrent vice
chairman of the Subic
Bay Freeport Zone ICT
Advisory Council, admitted that most courses
offered in local schools
EdPam awarded Best Mayor...
From page 1
in the country. It is currently promoting more
than 14,000 brands and
is present in 88 countries
world-wide. The MOMA
(Most Outstanding Mayor Award) promotes the
works of the mayors for
their singular or collective efforts toward nation
building.
“We are being recognized worldwide and
by world-class organizations for our dedication to public service and
our service to the people. I am humbled by this
award which will not be
possible without the full
support of the officials
and employees of the
city government and the
barangays, and without
the active participation
of the different sectors
in our city through their
non-government
and
civil society organizations, and the business
groups,” Pamintuan said.
According to SMI, “A
mayor who has already
achieved the brand as
Good and for Outstanding already enjoys the
Better among the Good.
But with ‘Most Outstanding,’ the award is for successes achieved.”
Just last month, the
City Government of Angeles was adjudged
as one of the “Most
child-friendly LGUs” by
the Department of Social
Welfare and Development (DSWD). Pamintuan also garnered the
Seal of Good Financial
Housekeeping
(GFH)
from the Department of
Interior and Local Government (DILG).
Aside from Pamintuan, other city mayors
who will receive the 2015
Most Outstanding Mayor
Award from SMI are Manila Mayor Joseph Ejercito Estrada, Quezon
cannot be applied in
most companies in the
freeport.
Nicera
Philippines
Inc. human resource
manager Myra Concepcion, on the other hand,
revealed that they have
been experiencing difficulty in hiring new applicants because most of
them failed simple tests
and have attitude problems.
“In one hiring, out of
1,200 applicants only
25 percent passed the
simple abstract reasoning and arithmetic items;
and of those who passed
only 38 percent passed
the interview,” she said.
Given the problems
faced in hiring new applicants, the company representatives suggested
that the academe should
enhance the teaching of
English and mathematics subjects starting in
high school and also offer courses in personal
development, including
5S in the workplace.
City Mayor Herbert Bautista, San Fernando City
Mayor Edwin Santiago,
Lipa City Mayor Meynard
Sabili, Ozamis City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog
Sr. and Cauayan City
Mayor Bernard Faustino Dy. Mayor Emmanuel
Alejandrino of the Municipality of Arayat as well as
the municipal mayors of
Sta, Praxedes, Cagayan
Province; Torrijos, Marinduque; Lucban, Quezon;
Candelaria, Zambales,
San Ildefonso, Bulacan;
Calatagan,
Batangas;
Pagbilao, Quezon; and,
Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte.
–Angeles CIO
ternational
balloonists
which prompted the organizers to place the
name of Lubao in the official name of the festival
and not just the venue.
Added attractions in
the four-day event include professional para-gliders from South
Korea, kiddie rides as
well as a showcase of
Kapampangan
foods
and crafts. Various celebrities were also invited to grace the event.
Tickets are priced
at P250 and are now
available at SM branches. The venue in Barangay Prado Siongco, Lubao can be accessed
from the Olongapo-Gapan-San Fernando road.
Notice of Extrajudicial Settlement
Notice is hereby given that the heirs of Antonio P. Bondoc who
died intestate on December 14, 2014 in Angeles City executed an Affidavit of
Extrajudicial Settlement of his estate, more particularly described as follows:
Transfer Certificate of Title No. 695373-R
Register of Deeds for the Province of Pampanga
A parcel of land (Lot 10, Blk. 45 of the cons. subd. plan Pcs03-015720 being a portion of Lots 3008-P-4, 3008-P-5, 3008-P-7,
Psd-141126; Lots 3008-P-6-A, 3008-P-6-B, 3008-P-6-C, 3008-P-6-D,
3008-P-6-E, 3008-P-6-F, 3008-P-6-G, 3008-P-6-H, Psd-03-159018,
LRC Rec. No. ) situated in the Brgy. of Calibutbut, Mun. of Bacolor,
Prov. of Pamp.
Transfer Certificate of Title No. 042-2014017403
Registry of Deeds for San Fernando, Pampanga
A parcel of land (Lot C-12 of the subd. plan, Psd-03-126983,
being a portion of Lot C, BSD-035408-003423 (OLT) LRC Rec. No.)
situated in the Bo. of San Roque, Dau, Mun. of Lubao, Prov. of Pamp.
Bank Savings Account
BDO Bank with Account Number 004920140579 amounting to
P1,462,653.23
before Notary Public Rogelio T. Reyes as per Doc No. 408, Page No. 82, Book
No. 209, Series of 2015.
Punto! Central Luzon: March 6, 13 & 20, 2015
Notice of Extrajudicial Settlement
Notice is hereby given that the heirs of John Ronald Stuntz who
died intestate on February 21, 2015 in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga
executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement of his estate, more particularly
described as a Savings Account (US Dollars) with the Bank of Commerce,
019-Balibago, Angeles City Branch, under Account No. 019-21-001537-2
USD in the amount of Ten Thousand Eighty Eight and 79/100 US Dollars (US$
10,088.79), before Notary Public Anthonie K. Langit as per Doc No. 360, Page
No. 14, Book No. XXV, Series of 2015.
Punto! Central Luzon: March 6, 13 & 20, 2015
Notice of Extrajudicial Settlement
Notice is hereby given that the heirs of Gloria Ocampo-Concepcion
who died intestate on February 23, 2015 in Sacred Heart Medical Center,
McArthur Highway, Sto. Domingo, Angeles City executed an Affidavit of
Extrajudicial Settlement with Special Power of Attorney of her estate, more
particularly described as a Peso Deposit with the PNB General Insurers Co.,
Inc., Angeles Branch RBU, Branch Code 1302, Passbook No. 699521, Account
No. 177790400026 in the amount of Eighty Four Thousand One Hundred
Seventy Four and 44/100 Pesos (Php 84,174.44), before Notary Public Rodolfo
S. Uyengco as per Doc No. 406, Page No. 103, Book No. XLI, Series of 2015.
Punto! Central Luzon: March 6, 13 & 20, 2015
Notice of Extrajudicial Settlement
Notice is hereby given that the heirs of Primitiva De Guzman who died
intestate on June 20, 2008 executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement
with Sale of her estate, more particularly described as Holy Mary Memorial Lot
situated at Angeles City under Certificate of Ownership No. 8631, Holy Mary
Memorial Park, Inc. (Lot No. 7, Block No. 25, Garden Paradise), before Notary
Public Rodolfo S. Uyengco as per Doc No. 386, Page No. 99, Book No. XLI,
Series of 2015.
Punto! Central Luzon: March 6, 13 & 20, 2015
Notice of Extrajudicial Settlement
Notice is hereby given that the heirs of Oscar E. Serrano who died
intestate on December 12, 2013 in 06 Doña Adela Subd., Phase 2, Sta. Cruz,
Porac, Pampanga executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver
of Rights of his Motor Vehicles, more particularly described as follows:
Make
:
Isuzu
Type
:
Elf-HSPUR
Motor Number :
4BE1-231860
Serial Number :
NKR58E-7196781
Plate Number
:
WGU 297
File Number
:
1312-170634
Make
:
Isuzu
Type
:
Truck
Motor Number :
4BE1298047
Serial Number :
NPR58L7135557
Plate Number
:
XBJ 603
File Number
:
1368-153381
before Notary Public Rodolfo S. Uyengco as per Doc No. 1825, Page No. 10,
Book No. XLI, Series of 2014.
Punto! Central Luzon: March 6, 13 & 20, 2015
Notice of Extrajudicial Settlement
Notice is hereby given that the heirs of Ireneo Lugtu Bognot who
died intestate on April 28, 2009 and Ramona Manalo Bognot who died
intestate on November 26, 2012, both in Angeles City, executed an Affidavit of
Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights of their estate, more particularly
described as a parcel of land (Lot 21, Block 16) located in the Barrio of Pandan,
City of Angeles and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 90663 of the
Registry of Deeds of Pampanga, before Notary Public Reymon E. Fabros as per
Doc No. 51, Page No. 86, Book No. VII, Series of 2015.
Punto! Central Luzon: March 6, 13 & 20, 2015
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
Showtime. There’s so much entertainment to look forward to this month of March
at SM City San Fernando Downtown! Catch the hottest and crowd-drawing members
of the WAY 5 namely Jervy, RJ, VMiguel, Klarenz, and Carl John. The budding
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on GMA’s “Motorcycle Diaries ni Jay Taruc” and ABS-CBN’s “Rated-K”. Over 58k+
followers on their Facebook fan page https://www.facebook.com/WAY5Official WAY
5 is coming to SM City San Fernando Downtown on March 07 (Sat) at 3pm. Come
and watch WAY 5 mall show with surprise guests happening on March 7 (Sat) 3PM
at the Fourth level of SM City San Fernando Downtown. –SMSF-Downtown
CLTV36‘s Star Mill Season 3 is on!
CLTV36’s highly anticipated reality talent
search Star Mill: Central Luzon TV36’s Star
Search is on! Get a chance to win more than
P1 million in cash and other prizes in the biggest reality talent search in the region.
Aspiring performers from all over Central
Luzon are invited to audition on the following
dates and venues:
April 11 - Robisons Starmills Pampanga
April 18 - Robinsons Place Angeles
April 25 - Robinsons Place Pulilan
May 2 - Robinsons Luisita, Tarlac
May 9 - Robinsons Cabanatuan
May 16 - Balanga, Bataan
The competition is open for all talented
Central Luzon residents, 16 years old and
above. Auditionees are required to bring the
following:
- Original NSO Birth Certificate
- Original Barangay Clearance as proof of
1-year residence in Central Luzon
- Filled-out Official Application Form with
Parental Consent (for contestants aged 16
&17 years old) and Waiver
- (1) 2x2 colored picture
- (1) close-up photo framed from your chest
to the top of your head
- (1) full body glamour shot (5R) or group
shot for duos or groups
All auditionees must be present in the area
prior to the start of the audition which will kick
off at exactly 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The application
form is available at . Be sure to follow CLTV36
on facebook at for updates. For inquiries,
contact Rhidian Guevarra at 0917.569.0221
or 0918.854.2488.
Pampanga’s Ultimate Heartthrob JD Simon was named the grand winner of the second season of Star Mill, winning up to a total
of P1.7 million in cash and assorted prizes.
Runners-up include Barbie Manalo of Pampanga, Louie Anne Culala of Bulacan and Lemuel Lansangan of Bataan.
Dream big. Reach for the stars!
The miracle of a clear vision is now a reality with the
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Keratomileusis or LASIK surgery.
Thus, said Dr. Raoul Paolo
D. Henson, an eye surgeon
sub-specializing in Oculoplastics. He said he looks at LASIK
as one of the medical procedures that will boost medical
tourism in Central Luzon.
Henson was the resource
person for Clark in Action’s
‘”Pangkalusugan Day” hosted by veteran journalist Sonny Lopez aired live on Tuesday over ACCTN’s channel 6
and simulcast live over dwDU
105.5 FM.
“For me, LASIK is the best
and it is good for medical tourism,” he said.
Henson narrated a case
about one of his patients who
wanted to undergo LASIK surgery but had to leave for Guam
the following day.
After screening and proper pre-operative protocols,
the eye surgeon said he performed LASIK on the patient’s
eyes. The following day, he left
for Guam, he added.
Henson who is based in
Angeles City said, 99 percent
of his patients return to work
the next day after undergoing
LASIK surgery. “After the procedure, I issue a medical certificate and the patient is ready
to go. That is the beauty of
LASIK, they (patients) come
and go,” Henson said.
According to the eye surgeon, LASIK procedure is an
eye surgery that changes the
shape of your cornea permanently. The cornea is the crystal clear covering on the eyes.
A patient must be 18 years of
age or older to have LASIK
eye surgery as long as they
are free from cataract, diabetic
retinopathy and other eye diseases, he said.
Henson explained that “the
surgeon creates a flap and
that will be lifted away carefully. A laser is then used to reshape the underlying tissue of
the cornea. When the surgeon
has reshaped the cornea, he
carefully puts the flap back in
place.”
He said “no stitches are required and the flap will heal itself.” When the shape of the
cornea is changed it helps
improve the patient’s vision
and reduces or eliminates the
need for corrective eye wear,
he added.
In 1999, Henson underwent LASIK surgery. He said
he know exactly how a patient
feels after the procedure. “Immediately following LASIK surgery, your eyes may burn, itch
or you’ll feel a foreign body
sensation. You may also have
a small amount of discomfort.
Sleep it over,” Henson suggested.
“That’s why I do my LASIK
surgery at five or six in the afternoon, pagkatapos nun tulog
na sila (after that they sleep),
the next day, clear,” the doctor
said.
Eye drops for antibiotics to
prevent infection and eye goggles are also given for protection.
The Lasik Surgery Clinic uses an Alcon EX 500, the
fastest “excimer laser machine” in the Philippines. Henson and his medical partner,
Dr. Andrew Angeles, claimed
that the equipment is like the
“Maserati car” of the LASIK
machines.
Meanwhile, Henson said
LASIK surgery is relatively
costly because it has to compensate for the machine. According to him, LASIK surgery
ranges from P60, 000 to P100,
000 for both eyes depending
on the visual grade.
The eye surgeon also
urged the Philippine Health
Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to subsidize a portion
of the expenses in the procedure. “Suggestion ko sa PhilHealth (my suggestion to PhilHealth) na may certain point
of grade na kailangan i-cover
nila (that they need to cover),”
Henson said.
As for the rate of success,
the eye doctor disclosed that a
90- 95 percent of the patients’
visual acuity return to as normal as 20/20 or 20/25 vision
after the LASIK procedure.
“I keep on telling my patients, the most important
thing in LASIK surgery is you
become independent on your
glasses and you are no longer
visually disabled,” he underscored.
“When I retire, I just want to
do LASIK, because it’s predictable, it’s safe,” Henson said.
Over 2,000 cases were
done at the Lasik Surgery
Clinic (LSC) of the Angeles
University Foundation Medical
Center branch. - Astrud Aguinaldo, Contributor
Charity Event. Korean nationals headed by Congressman Kyung Chum Lee of Busan City, Byung Mo Lee and Chul Woo Lee of Punta Group,
together with DTVSI batch ‘94 headed by Mar Gravamen visit the children at Munting Tahanan ng Nazareth in Mabiga, Mabalacat City for a
feeding program. Contributed photo
Punto! Central Luzon • March 5 - 7, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
Eye surgeon pushes LASIK for medical tourism
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Holiday Inn Clark’s Gastronomia 10
Celebrating a decade of excellence in food, service and education
Punto! Central Luzon • March 5 - 7, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
Holiday Inn Clark hosted the very successful Gastronomia 10 last February 2425, 2015 at the hotel’s Conference Center.
16 Colleges and Universities from Region 3 joined with over 200 participants for
some 16 categories. This event was once
again in cooperation with The Council of
Hotel & Restaurant Educators of the Philippines Region III (COHREP Region III).
Participating schools were Botolan
Community College, CELTECH College
Olongapo, College of the Immaculate Concepcion, Columban College, Don Honorio
Ventura Technological State University,
General de Jesus College, Good Samaritan College, Gordon College, Guagua National Colleges, Jose Feliciano College
Foundation, Lyceum of Western Luzon
Zambales, Mabalacat City Colleges, Magsaysay Memorial College, PHINMA Araullo University, Republic Central Colleges
and University of the Assumption.
On its 10th year, Gastronomia competition continues its commitment in training and development of future hotel and
restaurant professionals. “We continue to
be the host for HRM and Tourism students
to showcase their talents and skills in the
different culinary and non culinary categories”, shared Mabel Lopez-Roman, Director of Sales. The most awaited categories are Bartending, Market Basket Competition, Napkin Folding, Cake Decorating
as well as new categories for Bed Making
and Tour Packaging.
The overall champion for the 10th Season was awarded to Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University followed
by PHINMA-Araullo University , College of
the Immaculate Concepcion and Jose C.
Feliciano College.
This event was also made possible
through the support of Punto Central Luzon and ISCHAM.
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